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The Death Of The Liberal Idea
Authored by Dmitry Orlov via Club Orlov blog,
Last week’s G20 gathering in Osaka was a signal event: it signaled how much the world has changed. The centerpieces of the new configuration are China, Russia and India, with the EU and Japan as eager adjuncts, and with Eurasian integration as the overarching priority. The agenda was clearly being set by Xi and Putin. May, Macron and Merkel - the European leaders not quite deserving of that title - were clearly being relegated to the outskirts; two of the three are on their way out while the one keeping his seat (for now) is looking more and more like a toyboy. The Europeans wasted their time haggling over who should head the European Commission, only to face open rebellion over their choice the moment they arrived back home.
And then there was Trump, let loose now that the Robert Mueller farce has come to its inevitable conclusion. He was running around trying to figure out which of America’s “partners” can still be thrown under the bus before the roof comes down on Pax Americana. It’s a stretch goal because he is out of ammo. He has already threatened all-out war—twice, once against North Korea, once against Iran, but, given the disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, sanity caused him to keep his military Humpty-Dumpty safely seated on the wall.
Trump hasn’t completely given up on trade war yet, but here too he is encountering problems and is being forced to backtrack: Huawei is being recalled from the sanctions doghouse. Trump must knock out another major player—either China, Russia or the EU—before Eurasia becomes cemented together via land trade routes controlled by China, Russia and Iran instead of sea routes patrolled by the US Navy; if he doesn’t succeed, then the US is out of the game, its military might and the US dollar both rendered irrelevant. Of these, the EU seems like the softest target, but even the Europeans somehow managed launch the mechanism that allows them to circumvent US sanctions against Iran. Trump is definitely in a tough spot. What is the author of “The Art of the Deal” to do when nobody wants to negotiate any more deals with the US, now knowing full well that the US always finds ways to renege on its obligations?
And then comes the bombshell announcement.
In an interview with Financial Times Putin declares that “the liberal idea... has finally outlived its usefulness” because it no longer serves the needs of the majority of the peoples. Not “people,” mind you, but “peoples”—all different, but all the viable ones united in their steadfast adherence to the principle that family and nation (from the Latin verb nasci—to be born) are über alles. Some might perceive hints of fascism in this train of thought, but that would be akin to arguing that since fascists are known to use toothbrushes, then ipso facto toothbrushes are fascist implements to be outlawed and everyone must go back to cleaning their teeth with twigs and sticks. That Putin was able to utter words to the effect that the liberal idea is dead—something no Western leader would dare say—shows how much the world has changed.
Not that some Western leaders wouldn’t say it, if they only could. “Our Western partners,” Putin said, “have conceded that some elements of the liberal idea are simply not realistic… such as multiculturalism. Many of them conceded that yes, unfortunately it doesn’t work (LOL) and that we must remember the interests of the native population.” Not that Russia doesn’t have its share of problems related to migrants, due to its open border policy with certain former Soviet republics, but it works to resolve them by demanding competency in Russian and respect for Russian culture and traditions, while “the liberal idea presupposes that nothing needs to be done, that migrants can rob, rape, steal, but that we must defend their rights… What rights? You broke a rule—you are punished!”
The migrant crisis is a perfect example of how liberalism has outlived its usefulness. Liberalism offers two ways forward, both of which are fatal to it. One approach is distinctly illiberal: halt the influx of migrants by any means necessary; insist that the migrants already in the country either conform to a strict set of requirements, including demonstrated competency in the nation’s language, detailed knowledge of its laws and administrative systems, strict obedience to its laws and demonstrated preference and respect for the customs and culture of the native population—or be not so much deported as expelled. The other approach is liberal at first: allow the influx to continue, do not hinder the formation of foreign ghettos and enclaves which native citizens and officials dare not enter, and eventually surrender to Sharia law or other forms of foreign dictate—guaranteeing the eventual death of the liberal idea along with much of the native population. Thus, the choice is between killing the liberal idea but saving the native population or letting the liberal idea die willy-nilly, taking the native population along with it. It offers no solution at all.
“We all live in a world based on traditional Biblical values,” quoth Putin. “We don’t have to demonstrate them every day… but must have them in our hearts and our souls. In this way, traditional values are more stable and more important to millions of people than this liberal idea which, in my view, is ceasing to exist.” This is true not just of the believers—be they Christian, Moslem or Jewish—but of the atheists as well. To put it in terms that may shock and astound some of you, you don’t have to believe in God (although it helps if you do—to avoid cognitive dissonance) but if you aspire to any sort of social adequacy in a traditional society you have no choice but to sincerely think and act as if God exists, and that He is the God of the Bible—be He Yahweh, Elohim, Jesus and the Holy Trinity or Allah (that's the Arabic word for “God”).
Putin capped off his argument by ever so gently and politely putting the boot in. He said that he has no clue about any of this “transformer-trans... whatever” stuff. How many genders are there? He has lost count. Not that he is against letting consenting adult members of various minority sexual groups do whatever they want among themselves—“Let everyone be happy!”—but they have no right to dictate to the rest. Specifically, Russian law makes homosexual propaganda among those who are under age illegal. Hollywood’s pro-LGBT mavens must be displeased: their choice is either to redact LGBT propaganda from the script, or to redact it from the finished film prior to its release in Russia (and China).
Here Putin is tapping into something that is fast becoming a political trend everywhere, including that former bastion of liberalism—the West. It is in the nature of democracies that previously repressed minorities tend to clamor for more and more rights up to and often well beyond the point where they begin to impinge on the rights of the majority; but at some point the majority starts pushing back. By now it can be stated with some certainty that in the view of the majority the LGBT movement has gone too far. Opinion surveys attest to this fact: LGBT support crested at well over 50% but has been dropping by roughly 10% per year for several years now.
How far beyond that point has the LGBT movement gone? In some Western countries children as young as three are subjected to “gender reassignment” that follows a sequence of indoctrination, chemical castration and physical castration, even against the wishes of their parents, resulting in a sterile individual. Pray tell, why should any sane parent agree to having their offspring sterilized, thus ending their bloodline? The vast majority of Earth’s population finds such practices appalling, and this is starting to include the home of the now dead liberal idea—the West itself. As a first, timid step of the overwhelming pushback that seems likely ensue, a “heterosexual pride parade” is scheduled to be held in Boston.
Note that the item in question is not “gender” but “sex.” The word “gender” does exist, but the sense in which LGBT activists and feminists use it is an instance of overloading—of linguistic violence. The only sense in which the term is valid is as grammatical gender, which is a feature of most Indo-European languages. In these languages, all nouns are assigned to one of exactly three genders—male, female and neuter—in English identified by the pronouns “he,” “she” and “it” while in Russian they are “on” “oná” and “onó” and, quite typically, “he” (“on”) is the default or unmarked gender while the other two require gender-specific endings (“-a”, “-o”). Male and female nouns and pronouns can denote either animate or inanimate objects, which answer either to “Who?” or to “What?” while neuter nouns and pronouns can only denote inanimate objects, which answer to “What?” (except in poetry, as permitted by poetic license). By the way, this clears away the confusion over alternative “gender-specific” pronouns, be they “ze,” “hir” or “ququuuxx”: in order to function grammatically, they must still make a choice between masculine and feminine, or they indicate that someone is an inanimate being—a “what” rather than a “who.”
The grammatical use of the term “gender” is justified; all others are fanciful efforts to overload the term in a way that does not comport with physical reality. And the reality is this: tissue samples of any specimen of the human species allow the specimen to be readily sexed by looking for an XX or an XY chromosome pair and assigning a corresponding “F” or “M” symbol. In the vast majority of cases, the specimen itself can be sexed by visual inspection, just like a chicken but far more easily—by examining the genitals. Crucially for the survival of the species, an “F” specimen should generally be capable of giving birth after mating with an “M” specimen. There are various abnormalities and pathologies that lie outside this basic scheme, but they are sufficiently rare as to be considered “in the noise” for most purposes.
The outliers certainly deserve the liberty to engage in any hanky-panky that tickles their fancy, but pretending that they belong to a rainbow of fictional “genders” does not help the rest of us at all. Perhaps referring to them all as “pidor,” as the Russians often do, oversimplifies matters a bit. (The word is short for “pederast” which is from the ancient Greeks, who were famous for pederasty, and which literally means “boy-love.”) On the other hand, with most Russians it would probably be a mistake to try to explain to them the difference between Q1 and Q2 in LGBTQ1Q2 because to them this question is sooo interesting! (Italicized phrase is to be read with a groan, a slack-jawed face and an eye-roll.)
That said, you can certainly go on believing in a rainbow of genders, or in elves, or unicorns, for that matter, and those who are kind and polite will tiptoe around your liberal shibboleths while those who are rude and uncouth will laugh in your face or even shove and slap you around a bit in a vain effort to knock some sense into your head. But we should be kind and polite and, as Putin said, “Let everyone be happy.” In turn, we should probably try to avoid being shoved and slapped around by people whose heads are full of outdated, wooly notions. Some of these heads—notably those belonging to snowflakes, who seem congenitally unable to brook any disagreement—will explode on their own.
Most importantly, we should deny these people any and all access to our children. Here, Putin issued a clarion call that should resound around the entire planet: “Leave the children alone!” His call should resonate with the vast majority of humans, of all ethnicities, cultures and faiths, who take the divine exhortation to “be fruitful and multiply” quite literally and wish for their progeny to do the same. When conditions turn for the worse, as they often do, they drop like flies in autumn, but then death is an essential part of life, and they regenerate and live to swarm again once conditions improve.
As an aside, now that liberalism is dead, those who feel that the planet is overpopulated only have the right to speak for themselves. That is, it may very well be the case that Earth is overpopulated with you, but that, of course, is for you alone to decide. If you feel sufficiently strongly about this matter, you should perhaps take charge and rid the planet of your good self, but please allow the rest of us wait to depart this world in some other, more naturalistic and less ideologically motivated manner. In the meantime, the rest of us should be able to have as many children as local conditions warrant. Putin had nothing to say on this question; he is the president of Russia, Russia is not overpopulated, and the rest of the planet didn’t elect him. Likewise, now that liberalism is dead, your opinion on Russia’s demographics matters not at all—unless you happen to be Russian, that is.
There is much more to say about the death of the liberal idea, and this is only the first installment—clearing the decks by throwing some useless baggage overboard, if you will. Far more important is the question of what will replace the liberal idea now that it is dead. Free market capitalism is also dead (just look at all of the financial shenanigans, the sanctions and the tariffs!) and Western free-market conservatives and libertarians should note that ideologically they are still liberals and that their ideology is also now dead.
But what is there to replace liberalism? It seems that the choice is between artificially resuscitated Marxism-Leninism (with Leon Trotsky lurking menacingly and Pol Pot sitting Buddha-like atop a pile of rotting corpses) and shiny, high-tech modern Stalinism (with distinctive Chinese characteristics). Intelligent boys and girls, when offered a false choice by being asked “Do you want an apple or a banana” usually respond “No!” I would like to do the same. But then what other choices are there?
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Sivo returns to training as court date awaits
The Fijian’s fate awaits.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: Maika Sivo of the Eels makes a break during the round 6 NRL match between the Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium on April 22, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt Blyth/Getty Images)
Eels star Maika Sivo returned to pre-season training on Monday after having his travel ban overturned.
However, the 26-year old is none the wiser on whether or not he’ll be playing this season.
The winger will likely learn his fate when his indecent assault case is heard in a Fijian court on February 17, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Sivo is not required to appear in court but is allowed to continue training with Parramatta.
With his case expected to drag out for several months, the 26-year old is likely to be stood down under the NRL’s ‘no-fault’ policy.
He was charged with indecent assault for allegedly touching a waitress’ skirt at Denarau Island’s Wyndham Resort on Boxing Day.
Sivo was arrested and spent the night in a jail cell on December 29.
The NRL integrity unit is expected to make a call on whether he plays this season after his court hearing.
Maika Sivo
isdonisgood January 9, 2020 at 3:33 pm
Oh please touching a skirt who seriously believes that’s all he did to be in lock up for the night and having to front court. No wonder everybody thinks footballers are simple meatheads.
Kev January 9, 2020 at 4:20 pm
He should have signed with the Broncos.
If he did this would have already been swept under their enormous rug.
TheRopeableRooster January 9, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Pulling at a skirt or even grabbing some butt is not going to result in a 11+ yr prison sentence. That’s the criteria to being stood down under the NRL no fault policy.
toddy123 January 9, 2020 at 11:11 pm
Tyrone may got stood down he’s max sentence would be 5 years
Dylan Walker got stood down he was looking at 12 months
Yes Toddy but that was not due to the stand down policy. That was at Greenbergs discretion. I would be surprised if he butted in on this case (pardon pun) unless it is far more serious than what we are being told.
I am not going to weigh in on whether or not he should be stood down as I have no idea on what actually happened. What I will say is if it is more serious than a pull on the skirt and he has done something that would seem to warrant an indecent assauly charge, than if he is stood down it would be disappointing from a Parra fan point of view, but understandable.
Toddy, the difference with those 2 cases, where Greenberg stepped in and made a decision, is that there was evidence available that he could work with. There doesn’t seem to be in this case, so it would be hard for him to justify doing anything at this stage. That said, there was evidence available in the Fifita one too, and the NRL decided to do nothing about that…….
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Burgin, Sparrow set to rumble for Philly Fight Night headliner
Peltz 09/03/2017
Kicking off the Philly Fight Night series Friday, March 10, at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia are 11 fights.
Topping the show will be an old-fashioned, all-Philly rumble when lightweights Anthony Burgin and Avery Sparrow collide after an eight-week training camp for each . In the six-round semifinal, Philadelphia favorite Fred Jenkins Jr. meets Roque Zapata, of Culpeper, VA.
In the six-round semifinal, Philadelphia favorite Fred Jenkins Jr. meets Roque Zapata, of Culpeper, VA.
The first fight will begin at 7:30 p.m., and tickets will be available at the door.
The four fighters and their trainers had this to say about training camp:
Anthony Burgin:
“Camp was great; I feel strong and focused. I am in amazing shape for March 10. It was a benefit for me being in Puerto Rico, not only because of the weather but also for the new things I learned and did there to bring my talent to another level mentally and physically. I pushed my body to limits I didn’t even know my body could go to. Now I am just ready for March 10.
“The feeling of fighting a main event in Philly is unbelievable. I am greatly appreciative to have this big opportunity, especially in my own city where all my friends and family can watch. It’s only the beginning for what’s in store for Anthony ‘Bad Boy’ Burgin.
“Every fight for me is an important fight. There is no added pressure just because I am headlining the card,but never have I been so focused for a fight like this and it scares me as crazy as that sounds. I can’t wait to step in the ring. I have been sparring with Michael Perez and a few other guys from Puerto Rico, just working on the game plan.”
TRAINER Raul Rivas:
“Anthony looks amazing; like he’s fighting for a world title. His conditioning and mindset is very focused.
Avery Sparrow:
“Camp has been the best ever, I feel the best I have felt in my whole career. We worked hard and smart. I have grown from my last fights, inside the ring and out. I got stronger physically and mentally. I feel it’s going to be hard to beat a guy like me when I’m this focused. I’ve been beating guys just off my talent and now that I’m in peak shape you’re going to see the best Avery ‘A Plus’ Sparrow. The fans and boxing supporters are going see that I’m a world-class fighter and one of boxing’s next superstars. I’ve been under the radar from the beginning of my career.
“It feels great to be fighting in the main event and it’s been a long time coming. I have a lot of fans all around but there’s no place like home. We are ‘war ready’ and we’re gonna put on a great show for the hometown fans who have been supporting me from the start. I want to give them a knockout because that’s what they deserve. We are not looking for a knockout; we’re just looking to put on a great show and get the win so I can put our city on the map again since Danny Garcia just lost the title. Someone needs to stand up for Philadelphia. I feel I’m the perfect candidate I have the look, skills, power, talent and the work ethic to put the city on my back. All in all it just my time and my city gets to witness the first step in greatness for Avery “A Plus” Sparrow.
“Training at home has been positive. I get to train alongside Bernard Hopkins, Jesse Hart and other top guys from Philadelphia who work hard and push me. They give me good advice and knowledge of the game. We also have the best fighters in the world here so I get the best sparring. By training in Philly, my team and I can’t go wrong. I’m at the point in my life and career where I’ve been through so much there’s nothing negative about anything in my life. Just waking up in the morning is blessing to me. I could have trained anywhere and still been focused.
“I like Anthony; he’s a good guy, very humble and a good fighter. I just feel like he missed his window. He’s been stopped, he has two losses and he’s just not mean enough to beat a guy like me I’m ready to die in there and I don’t think he is.”
TRAINER Greg Hackett:
“Everyone knows what it is. They are coming to see Anthony Burgin get his head chopped off. This is not a fight; this is an execution. Avery Sparrow looks like a brand new Bugatti on the showroom floor. His ability to focus has been amazing. Anything I ask for, he gives it to me. He turned it up for this fight. Anthony Burgin is a prime duck, ready to be plucked!”
Fred Jenkins, Jr.:
“Camp has been awesome. I can’t wait for this fight. It is everything. It’s not just a fight, it’s do or die. I look at all my fights the same. I go about it as if it’s a fight, it’s boxing. Boxing is fighting. All that extra shit people do, that’s not me, it’s just this is life and death, it’s a fight and I’m gonna get in there and fight the best fight I ever fought. Throughout my life I have been training around world champs and contenders.
“I am not looking past this fight. I look past no one. I’m the son of a man who has been around for a long time and I know they know me. Every opponent is coming to fight and either knows or assumes they know who I am because of my dad. It means a lot to be fighting the semifinal, but you’re supposed to go into every fight the same. It’s not about thinking this fight is more important than that fight. The job is to go in there and win by any means necessary. The object is to win. My goal is to get in there and win every time.
“Zapata is just a fighter who comes to fight. He’s fighting Fred Jenkins Jr. this time and he’s in for a real fight. He has never fought anybody before. He’s fighting somebody now. If you want to know more, come see fight night what I am about. I saw him fight Isaiah Wise and it was a good fight. One thing I noticed was that he threw a lot of punches and Wise was still fighting. Wise was really hitting him but he (Zapata) was out-working Wise. I saw what Zapata can do but I’m a fighter and I’m just gonna get in there and fight until the end. I live for this; I get a kick out of it. I love it. I’m not the bragging and boasting type. I’m a quiet guy but when the heat is on I’m gonna fight.”
TRAINER Fred Jenkins, Sr.:
“Fred looks superb. Whatever Zapata brings to the table we are going to match it. After this fight we are looking to move into co-main event position.”
Roque Zapata:
“I feel honored to be back fighting in Philadelphia. Knowing that my performance is what brought me back and that is what I plan to do, give the fans a fight! Of course, I want to get the win but it’s up to me tp see if I can pull the trigger and perform at the absolute best.”
“Jenkins has a lot more boxing experience. It doesn’t bother me at all. All I know is that Jenkins is going to do what he always does best and I’m going to do what I do best. One of us will get the best of the other and on Friday night everyone will see who is better.”
“I am not worried about coming to his backyard or being the underdog. In my MMA days and in boxing I’ve been fighting in the other guy’s backyard a lot and I love it. I know I’ll get the best Fred Jenkins, Jr., that night and it’ll be fun. Being the underdog isn’t something I worry about. I’ve been the underdog in all of my fights. To me it means people are doubting my abilities and that’s fine. I’m used to it.”
TRAINER Eric Zamora:
“He is very focused and hungry for this fight. He’s put in the necessary work to have his hand raised on March 10. We have enhanced his strengths and worked on his weaknesses. Expect to see a Roque like never before.”
The Burgin-Sparrow and Jenkins-Zapata fights top an 11-bout card at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. First fight is 7.30 pm. Tickets are priced at $40, $50 and $75 and they are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922) and at www.peltzboxing.com or www.2300Arena.com. The card is being promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., BAM Boxing and Joe Hand Promotions. It will be streamed live by www.glf.com and televised on delay by Comcast Sports Net.
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Eloisa Lopez
6x6 Southeast Asia and Oceania Talent: Eloisa Lopez, Philippines
“Eloisa Lopez's outstanding photojournalistic work reminds us of the importance of professional visual journalists documenting issues to be read by audiences. Her projects are characterized by an empathic and sensitive look at the individuals and communities she portrays.” - Helena Velez Olabarria, Spain, visual researcher, curator, project manager, lecturer and 6x6 nominator
Eloisa Lopez, based in Manila, specializes in stories on human rights, women, and religion. worked as a photo correspondent for the Philippine Daily, Rappler. WARM Festival in Sarajevo, and at the World Council of Churches in Geneva. She is the recipient of a grant from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Duterte's War
When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte won the elections in July 2016, it wasn’t long until dead bodies were found sprawled on the streets of Manila. This was his campaign promise—to wage war on illegal drugs by means of death and violence. At least 7000 people were killed by police and unidentified masked men within six months of his anti-illegal drug campaign. Today, almost three years since the drug war began, the death toll has reached 20,000 according to human rights groups. With the majority killed being fathers, the drug war has also orphaned tens of thousands of children, and widowed mothers fighting for survival amidst impunity.
Forty years after the reign of terror, the nightmares still haven’t left. Chia still dreams about the nights she suffered under the hands of Khmer Rouge cadres. Led by Marxist leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge killed up to two million people across Cambodia from 1975 to 1979—by starvation, exhaustion, and executions. Chia suffered a miscarriage, lost her father and husband within those four years. In solitude, she remembers the lives she lost, and the life she has lived through dreams and photographs.
Eloisa Lopez also received nominations from Francoise Callier and Verónica Sanchis Bencomo.
Discover work by the 6x6 Southeast Asia and Oceania talents, and find out about 6x6’s nomination and selection process.
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Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market 2019 by Company, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2027
Report code : 263385 |
Industry : Telecom and IT
Published On : Apr 2019 |
Pages : 136 |
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This report studies the Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems market
Power Line Communication (PLC) is a communication technology that enables sending data over existing power cables. This means that, with just power cables running to an electronic device (for example) one can both power it up and at the same time control/retrieve data from it in a half-duplex manner.
The global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems revenue was $ 5062.35 million in 2017 and is expected to reach $ 12175.63 million in 2025, growing at a CAGR of 11.59 % from 2017 to 2025. Europe `s production revenue accounted for the highest market share (32.53%) in 2017, followed by North America and China. Europe is expected to maintain its leading position for the next several years owing to the increasing global downstream demand for Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems.
The Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems are mainly used by Residential, Commercial, Smart Grid and Automotive applications. The dominated application is Smart Grid which accounts for about 42.04 % sales market share in 2017.
Despite the presence of competition problems, due to the global recovery trend is clear, the rising disposable income and customers' expectations for high efficiency and safety of transportation, investors are still optimistic about this area, the future will still have more new investment enter the field. In the next five years, the consumption volume will keep slow increasing, as well as the consumption value.
The global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems market is valued at 4700 million USD in 2018 and is expected to reach 7960 million USD by the end of 2024, growing at a CAGR of 9.2% between 2019 and 2024.
The Asia-Pacific will occupy for more market share in following years, especially in China, also fast growing India and Southeast Asia regions.
North America, especially The United States, will still play an important role which cannot be ignored. Any changes from United States might affect the development trend of Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems.
Europe also play important roles in global market, with market size of xx million USD in 2019 and will be xx million USD in 2024, with a CAGR of xx%.
This report studies the Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems market status and outlook of Global and major regions, from angles of players, countries, product types and end industries; this report analyzes the top players in global market, and splits the Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems market by product type and applications/end industries.
Market Segment by Companies, this report covers
NXP Semiconductor NV
Sigma Designs
South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia)
Narrowband PLC
Broadband PLC
1 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems
1.2 Classification of Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems by Types
1.2.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Comparison by Types (2019-2024)
1.2.2 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Types in 2018
1.2.3 Narrowband PLC
1.2.4 Broadband PLC
1.3 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market by Application
1.3.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Size and Market Share Comparison by Applications (2014-2024)
1.3.2 Commercial
1.3.3 Residential
1.3.4 Smart Grid
1.4 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market by Regions
1.4.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Size (Million USD) Comparison by Regions (2014-2024)
1.4.1 North America (USA, Canada and Mexico) Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Status and Prospect (2014-2024)
1.4.2 Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy) Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Status and Prospect (2014-2024)
1.4.3 Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia) Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Status and Prospect (2014-2024)
1.4.4 South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia) Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Status and Prospect (2014-2024)
1.4.5 Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa) Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Status and Prospect (2014-2024)
1.5 Global Market Size of Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems (2014-2024)
2.1 ABB
2.1.2 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
2.1.3 ABB Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.2 General Electric
2.2.3 General Electric Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.3 Siemens
2.3.3 Siemens Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.4 AMETEK
2.4.3 AMETEK Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.5 Texas Instruments
2.5.3 Texas Instruments Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.6 Maxim Integrated
2.6.3 Maxim Integrated Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.7 Devolo
2.7.3 Devolo Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.8 Cypress Semiconductor
2.8.3 Cypress Semiconductor Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.9 ST Microelectronics
2.9.3 ST Microelectronics Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.10 Panasonic
2.10.2 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
2.10.3 Panasonic Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.11 Microchip
2.11.3 Microchip Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.12 Qualcomm Atheros
2.12.3 Qualcomm Atheros Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.13 TP-Link Technologies
2.13.3 TP-Link Technologies Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.14 NETGEAR
2.14.3 NETGEAR Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.15 NXP Semiconductor NV
2.15.3 NXP Semiconductor NV Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.16 Sigma Designs
2.16.3 Sigma Designs Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.17 Zyxel Communications
2.17.3 Zyxel Communications Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
2.18 Renesas Electronics Corporation
2.18.3 Renesas Electronics Corporation Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
3 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Competition, by Players
3.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Share by Players (2014-2019)
3.2.1 Top 5 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Players Market Share
3.2.2 Top 10 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Players Market Share
4 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Size by Regions
4.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Market Share by Regions
4.2 North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
4.3 Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
4.4 Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
4.5 South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
4.6 Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
5 North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries
5.1 North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
5.2 USA Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
5.3 Canada Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
5.4 Mexico Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
6 Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries
6.1 Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
6.2 Germany Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
6.3 UK Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
6.4 France Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
6.5 Russia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
6.6 Italy Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
7 Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries
7.1 Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
7.2 China Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
7.3 Japan Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
7.4 Korea Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
7.5 India Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
7.6 Southeast Asia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
8 South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries
8.1 South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
8.2 Brazil Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
8.3 Argentina Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
8.4 Colombia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
9 Middle East and Africa Revenue Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems by Countries
9.1 Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
9.2 Saudi Arabia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
9.3 UAE Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
9.4 Egypt Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
9.5 Nigeria Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
9.6 South Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
10 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Segment by Type
10.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Market Share by Type (2014-2019)
10.2 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Forecast by Type (2019-2024)
10.3 Narrowband PLC Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2024)
10.4 Broadband PLC Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2024)
11 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Segment by Application
11.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Application (2014-2019)
11.2 Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Forecast by Application (2019-2024)
11.3 Commercial Revenue Growth (2014-2019)
11.4 Residential Revenue Growth (2014-2019)
11.5 Smart Grid Revenue Growth (2014-2019)
11.6 Automotive Revenue Growth (2014-2019)
11.7 Other Revenue Growth (2014-2019)
12 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Size Forecast (2019-2024)
12.1 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Size Forecast (2019-2024)
12.2 Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Forecast by Regions (2019-2024)
12.3 North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
12.4 Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
12.5 Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
12.6 South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
12.7 Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
Figure Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Picture
Table Product Specifications of Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems and Revenue (Million USD) Market Split by Product Type
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Types in 2018
Figure Narrowband PLC Picture
Figure Broadband PLC Picture
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Application (2014-2024)
Figure Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Applications in 2018
Figure Commercial Picture
Figure Residential Picture
Figure Smart Grid Picture
Figure Automotive Picture
Figure Other Picture
Table Global Market Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) Comparison by Regions 2014-2024
Figure North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Figure Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Figure Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Figure South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Figure Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2014-2024)
Table ABB Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table ABB Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table ABB Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table General Electric Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table General Electric Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table General Electric Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Siemens Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Siemens Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Siemens Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table AMETEK Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table AMETEK Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table AMETEK Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Texas Instruments Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Texas Instruments Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Texas Instruments Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Maxim Integrated Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Maxim Integrated Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Maxim Integrated Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Devolo Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Devolo Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Devolo Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Cypress Semiconductor Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Cypress Semiconductor Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Cypress Semiconductor Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table ST Microelectronics Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table ST Microelectronics Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table ST Microelectronics Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Panasonic Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Panasonic Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Panasonic Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Microchip Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Microchip Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Microchip Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Qualcomm Atheros Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Qualcomm Atheros Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Qualcomm Atheros Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table TP-Link Technologies Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table TP-Link Technologies Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table TP-Link Technologies Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table NETGEAR Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table NETGEAR Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table NETGEAR Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table NXP Semiconductor NV Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table NXP Semiconductor NV Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table NXP Semiconductor NV Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Sigma Designs Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Sigma Designs Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Sigma Designs Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Zyxel Communications Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Zyxel Communications Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Zyxel Communications Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Renesas Electronics Corporation Basic Information, Manufacturing Base and Competitors
Table Renesas Electronics Corporation Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Type and Applications
Table Renesas Electronics Corporation Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2017-2018)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Players (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Players (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Players in 2017
Figure Global Top 5 Players Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share in 2018
Figure Global Top 10 Players Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share in 2018
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (%) (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Regions (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Regions (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Regions (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Regions in 2018
Figure North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
Table North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2018
Figure USA Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Canada Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Mexico Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2018
Figure Germany Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure UK Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure France Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Russia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Italy Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2018
Figure China Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Japan Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Korea Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure India Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Southeast Asia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Countries (2014-2019)
Table South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2018
Figure Brazil Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Argentina Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Colombia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Countries (2014-2019)
Table Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries (2014-2019)
Figure Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share by Countries in 2018
Figure Saudi Arabia Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure UAE Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Egypt Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Nigeria Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure South Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue and Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) by Type (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Type (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Type (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Type in 2019
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Forecast by Type (2019-2024)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Share Forecast by Type (2019-2024)
Figure Global Narrowband PLC Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Broadband PLC Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue by Application (2014-2019)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Application (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Application (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Share by Application in 2019
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Forecast by Application (2019-2024)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Market Share Forecast by Application (2019-2024)
Figure Global Commercial Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Residential Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Smart Grid Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Automotive Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Other Revenue Growth Rate (2014-2019)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate Forecast (2019-2024)
Table Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue (Million USD) Forecast by Regions (2019-2024)
Figure Global Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Share Forecast by Regions (2019-2024)
Figure North America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
Figure Europe Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
Figure Asia-Pacific Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
Figure South America Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
Figure Middle East and Africa Power Line Communication (Plc) Systems Revenue Market Forecast (2019-2024)
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Brad Lichtenstein’s Latest Projects
September 20, 2013 by A Public Affair
On Friday September 20th, our guest host Yuri Rashkin was joined by Brad Lichtenstein, who is am award-winning filmmaker and the president of 371 Productions, about his latest work “As Goes Janesville”, his work at Al Jazeera America, and some of his other projects.
Rashkin and Lichtenstein discussed Lichtenstein’s “As Goes Janesville” that he wrote and directed. The film was is about the laid-off GM workers and civic leaders over the three year span amid Wisconsin’s controversy over unions. Lichtenstein also told us about his work with Al Jazeera America for whom he is directing an episode in a documentary series. Lichenstein also told us about a transparency mobile app that he is developed “bizVizz” that can be purchased in the Apple app store or in the Google play store.
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Verified Bobby Heenan Twitter account ends up being a fake
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When it’s too good to be true, then probably it is too good to be true. Details are emerging now that the Bobby Heenan Twitter account @RealBobbyHeenan isn’t real after all.
Twitter quickly “verified” the account after it went through the verification process but little did they know that they had been duped and the account of his wife Cynthia is also fake even though it’s been operating for several months. Cynthia confirmed with different sources that both accounts are not run by them.
The fake account swerved everyone including people such as Jim Ross, Mick Foley, Joey Styles, and other individuals who work in the business. The people behind the Heenan account has been very active over the past two days and managed to get over 30,000 followers in 48 hours.
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Jessica Solt, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, told the Tampa Bay Times that Heenan died from organ failures brought on by the disease. "It was just his time," Solt said. He had been battling cancer since 2002. Jessica said that…
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan passes away at age 72
Legendary manager Bobby “The Brain” Heenan passed away yesterday at the age of 72 at his home in Largo, Florida, a month and a half shy from his 73rd birthday. Heenan had been battling cancer since 2002. The man who was given the nickname of “The Weasel”…
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Oppose Trump’s criminal war against Iran!
The World Socialist Web Site categorically condemns the January 3 assassination of General Qassem Suleimani at Baghdad’s international airport.
The drone missile strike that killed Suleimani and nine others is a blatant act of murder, prosecutable—if the criminal statutes were enforced—under both international and US law.
The murder of Suleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, widely regarded as the second most important figure in the Iranian government, has been met with massive demonstrations in both Iraq and Iran and is widely seen in the Middle East as a US declaration of war against the entire region.
The Iranian government has vowed retaliation. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said that the country would take “forceful revenge.” Given the level of popular anger, to do less would risk losing control within Iran itself.
In Iran, the crowds gathering to honor Suleimani and the others killed in the attack—in all, five Iranians and five Iraqis were murdered in the drone missile strike—have been estimated in the millions as the funeral cortége has made its way from Ahvas to Mashhad and finally Tehran.
In Baghdad, over 100,000 people marched in protest against the assassination, chanting “Death to America!” in what has been described as the largest public demonstration in Iraq since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958.
Under the weight of this immense outpouring of popular hostility, the Iraqi Parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday for a resolution demanding the expulsion of US military forces from Iraq. While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated that Washington would ignore any Iraqi order to withdraw, the 5,000 US troops currently deployed have abandoned their ostensible mission of training Iraqi security forces, for fear the Iraqi soldiers will turn their guns on their instructors, and are preparing for attacks.
President Donald Trump has responded to Khamenei’s statements with a series of increasingly frenzied threats delivered via Twitter. He first claimed to have selected 52 targets in Iran, “representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago.” These included, he said, sites important to “Iranian culture.” Such an attack would add to the list of the US government’s illegal acts.
In subsequent tweets, the US president vowed to hit Iran “harder than they have ever been hit before,” and declared that his Twitter pronouncements served as “notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any US person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!”
Trump’s wild threats are calculated to inflame the situation and leave the Iranian government, which is under immense popular pressure, no choice but to take violent retaliatory measures. This might appear to be sheer madness, given the consequences of a war with Iran. But it would be the height of political naïveté to believe that the attack on Suleimani was ordered by Trump in a personal fit of anger.
The order was given by Trump with the deliberate intention of provoking war. There is a method to this madness. It is an attempt to find a way out of the increasingly desperate crisis of American capitalism—international and domestic—through spectacular acts of violence.
The Suleimani assassination is not an isolated event, but rather the start of a new war. It marks a dividing line between a “before” and an “after” not only in the Middle East, but internationally. Future historians will treat this state crime with the same significance as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914.
No one should make the mistake of underestimating the consequences of war with Iran. The development of the conflict will rapidly acquire global dimensions. It will be only a matter of time before the logic of the conflict—which affects the vital interests of countless states on the vast Eurasian land mass—draws numerous countries into the vortex of war. Neither the Russian nor Chinese government will be able to accept American control over Iran. The Indian government will not be able to stand by while Pakistan is totally destabilized by the American-Iranian conflict.
Moreover, the American military—despite all the trillions of dollars that have been squandered on armaments—is not prepared for the mass resistance it will encounter. Having been unable to impose its will on Iraq and Afghanistan, even after decades of war, the United States will find that war with Iran leads to military and political catastrophe.
Why, then, has the Trump administration embarked on this disastrous course?
First, the decision to launch a war against Iran is bound up with the rolling out of a new strategic doctrine in 2018 based on a shift from the “war on terrorism” to the preparation for wars arising from “great power competition.” The imposition of a colonial-style puppet regime in Tehran and control over the Persian Gulf’s energy supplies are seen by Washington as an essential preparation for war with Russia and China. Significantly, in the recently passed trillion-dollar military budget, a budget for world war, the Democrats and Republicans removed language that would have required the US president to seek congressional authorization before launching a military attack on Iran.
Second, and no less significantly, the reckless decision for war reflects the desperation of the American ruling class over the growth of class conflict within the United States. Its anxiety over the intensification of social anger and rise of anti-capitalist sentiment is compounded by the fact that the entire American economy is dependent on unlimited money-printing, known as “quantitative easing,” carried out to prevent a general collapse of the financial markets.
The American ruling class is well aware of the revolutionary implications of the crisis, and it is this sense of ultimate danger that underlies the reckless character of its actions. Faced with the accumulation of interacting and intractable economic, social and political crises, the Trump administration is gambling on war, not only to divert and distract the public, but also to legitimize the intensification of state repression and attacks on core democratic rights.
It is hardly an accident that within hours of the murder of Suleimani, heavily armed contingents of militarized police were patrolling the streets of major American cities.
The situation that now prevails in the United States—and, for that matter, in all the major capitalist countries in Western Europe—resembles that which existed in Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II. By 1938, Hitler’s regime, having accumulated massive and unsustainable debts to keep the economy afloat and finance the military buildup, saw war as the only way out of the impending disaster. One historian described the situation confronting Hitler as follows:
The only “solution” open to this regime of the structural tensions and crises produced by dictatorship and rearmament was more dictatorship and more rearmament, then expansion, then war and terror, then plunder and enslavement. The stark, ever-present alternative was collapse and chaos, and so all solutions were temporary, hectic, hand-to-mouth affairs, increasingly barbaric improvisations around a brutal theme. [Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class, by Tim Mason (Cambridge, 1995), p. 51]
American recklessness has created division and consternation in Europe. Heads of state and foreign ministers all talk of “de-escalation,” even as their own governments are frantically building up their armed forces. The thuggish US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the Europeans for not having “been as helpful as I wish that they could be,” adding, “The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans did, saved lives in Europe as well.” Everyone, of course, knows that this is a lie and that the attack can only produce a new bloodbath. Nevertheless, despite their misgivings, European governments, mired in crisis, are lining up behind the Trump administration.
The US media is, as always, working to create a war psychology within the American public. Even those who express qualms about the implications of Trump’s action invariably couch their timid criticisms in denunciations of Suleimani as a “bad actor” and even “terrorist,” supposedly responsible for killing hundreds of US troops.
This is all a pack of lies. Suleimani directed forces that defeated both Al Qaeda’s US-backed affiliates in Syria and ISIS, Washington’s Frankenstein’s monster, in Iraq. He is not implicated in the crimes that resulted from the US war of aggression in Iraq, which killed over a million people and produced such horrors as the massacre in Fallujah and the torture chambers of Abu Ghraib. As for American soldiers who died in Iraq, their blood is on the hands of the Bush administration and the Democrats who supported sending them into a “war of choice” based on lies.
In its New Year’s statement, the World Socialist Web Site wrote:
The movement toward a Third World War, which would threaten mankind with extinction, cannot be halted by humanitarian appeals. War arises out of the anarchy of capitalism and the obsolescence of the nation-state system. Therefore, it can be stopped only through the global struggle of the working class for socialism.
The new decade is not even a week old, but already this warning has been vindicated.
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Catastrophic floods hit Indonesian capital
By Owen Howell
A torrential downpour in Jakarta and the surrounding provinces of West Java and Banten on New Year’s Eve caused a catastrophic flood that has killed 67 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Rivers burst their banks, overturning cars and completely submerging single-storey houses. It is Jakarta’s deadliest flood since the 2007 deluge, which killed 80 people.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), an estimated 377 millimetres of rain fell in one day, Jakarta’s heaviest rainfall since records began in 1866. Within hours of the downpour, the water had risen nearly eight metres in some areas. The state weather agency has forecasted more extreme rainfall later in the month and until the rainy season ends in April.
Floodwaters submerged 74 districts across the city’s metropolitan area, including 12 districts of inner-city Jakarta, many of which had never previously been affected by flooding. More than 1,300 homes in poorer neighbourhoods have been devastated, and thousands more heavily damaged. Residents have drowned, some died of hypothermia or were electrocuted. Hundreds of thousands have abandoned their homes and sought refuge in damp overcrowded emergency shelters.
The heavy rain caused mudslides in hilly areas on the capital’s outskirts that buried dozens of people. On Sunday the search for buried victims of a massive landslide in the impoverished rural district of Sukajaya in West Java was ended after two weeks. The mudslides destroyed over 400 houses, displaced 4,000 farmers and workers, and claimed six lives. Several remain missing.
Across Jakarta, 724 power stations were shut down by the state-owned electricity company PLN as a precaution, after a 16-year-old boy was electrocuted by a power line. Public transport operations were disrupted, and the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport was temporarily closed due to submerged runways.
Blackouts and lack of telecommunications hampered search efforts. Water and electricity supplies were still cut long after the floods receded. Residents had to use rafts to navigate through waterlogged roads and floating debris. One Jakarta resident, Pudji, said she had to wait 22 hours on her roof before she was rescued, the Economist reported.
In response, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) dispatched relief items, deployed personnel, and established evacuation centres for victims. The Indonesian Red Cross deployed volunteers and staff to the affected areas, and is also providing first aid and health services. More than 1,000 soldiers and health workers have sprayed Jakarta to fend off possible waterborne diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis, which could spread from the floodwaters that have pooled around the capital.
President Joko Widodo visited a number of the hardest-hit villages, including in Lebak regency in Banten where 19 schools were damaged. He had planned to meet with the residents of the buried hamlets in Sukajaya, but the ground was too unstable for his helicopter to land.
Java was not the only region to be inundated by heavy rain. Throughout the Indonesian archipelago at least 169 areas were affected by floods. In the weeks leading up to the New Year’s Eve downpour, flash floods destroyed bridges and damaged villages in several provinces on the island of Sumatra. A family of five people went missing in Labuhan Batu regency, North Sumatra, apparently swept away on the river along with their house, in a flood that wrecked 229 homes. Floods in West Sumatra, Bengkulu, and Central Sulawesi have resulted in fatalities and left thousands homeless.
President Widodo did not hesitate to blame the poorest sections of the Indonesian working class for the disaster. He stated that flooding was brought on by workers converting land into residential areas and not disposing of rubbish properly, according to local newspaper Kompas .
For years Widodo has promised to improve Jakarta’s flood defences by building two dams and beginning construction work on the walls of the Ciliwung River. Those projects, however, have been plagued by delays. On January 2, he told reporters, “The most important thing at the moment is that evacuation of victims, safety, and security of the community take precedence. Later on, flood infrastructure will be handled after the evacuation handling is complete.”
As in other countries, Indonesian workers and the rural masses are furious at the indifference of the government and ruling elites to their plight in times of natural disaster. After the 2007 disaster, a flood in 2013 killed 47 people and submerged much of the city’s less developed districts when canals overflowed. And yet the response of successive governments has been characterised by insufficient investment in flood prevention infrastructure or, at worst, criminal negligence.
Indonesia is undergoing a historic transformation from a largely rural to urban society, with over 68 percent of the population expected to be living in cities within the next five years, according to the World Bank. The country’s rapid urbanisation, however, is regulated by private interests, as seen in the prioritisation of clean drinking water for residents in Jakarta’s wealthy districts, whose use of groundwater has led to the sinking of the megacity. Delik Hudalah, a researcher at the Institute of Technology in Bandung, found that governments had been so negligent that the current character of the city has been shaped almost entirely by the private business sector.
The floods have ignited discussion in Indonesian news outlets and social media about growing social inequality. Elisa Sutanudjaja, director of the Jakarta-based Rujak Centre for Urban Studies, said: “The rich are able to save themselves at the expense of other neighbourhoods… In a climate crisis, [the poor] are the first victims, and the last ones to get help.”
An aerial photo posted on Twitter showed the pristine grounds of Jakarta’s Shangri-La Hotel unaffected by the downpour, while the adjacent poor kampung (neighbourhood) was submerged in muddy floodwaters. The photo generated much conversation on how the floods had laid the country’s inequality bare.
Last Friday, Tempo reported on an ominous new development. Jakarta Police Chief Nana Sudjana announced the formation of a new task force designed to “deal with” extreme weather catastrophes, consisting of “police, armed forces, and related agencies.”
The government’s fear is that the widespread anger stirred up by the flood disaster could develop into a mass movement against social inequality, poverty and the Indonesian ruling class that presides over it. Jakarta, a sinking megacity of 35 million people faced with growing congestion and air pollution, is a social explosion waiting to happen.
However, the problems of Jakarta are simply a concentrated expression of the grotesque levels of social inequality across Indonesia and throughout the region. Faced with further demonstrations and public outrage, the Widodo administration is preparing police-state measures, as it has done in the brutal state repression of demonstrations in West Papua over the past four months.
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I Am a Woman and I Wear Tzitzit: Here's Why
By: Anonymous | Opinions | September 22, 2019
Editor’s Note: Although generally we do not publish anonymous pieces, we have decided to publish this piece anonymously for reasons the author outlines.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is my teacher describing the beauty and preciousness of mitzvot, comparing them to diamonds and urging us to collect as many as we could. I remember feeling such excitement at the time and motivation to run and gather them all. Over time, this enthusiasm, of course, subsided and evolved into a more complex and nuanced understanding of mitzvot and Torah, but the underlying message of the celebration of doing mitzvot remained with me and still rings true.
Growing up as a girl in the Orthodox Jewish community, however, this message was slightly amended: yes, all mitzvot are special and cherished, but not all are meant for women. As is clear from the Gemara and is brought down by all the later halakhic works, there is a clear distinction between a woman’s and man’s obligation with regards to certain mitzvot, namely time-bound mitzvot that one is obligated to actively perform.
But, as many know, it’s not as simple as that. Many of these time-bound mitzvot are performed by women — hearing the shofar and eating in a sukkah — and then some aren’t — like tzitzit. (Sephardic women have different customs of performing time-bound mitzvot.)
The Torah given purpose for the mitzvah of wearing tzitzit, is to remind the wearer of Hashem’s commandments and to further encourage them to perform them (Numbers 15:38). The ultimate ruling brought down by the rabbis is that it’s considered a time-bound commandment, and therefore women aren’t obligated in it. Traditionally, it was uncommon, if not unheard of, for women to take this practice upon themselves as a mitzvat reshut (a voluntary and permitted practice). The halakhic sources on the topic of women and tzitzit are voluminous and diverse, but many rulings including those of the Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, and Rav Moshe Feinstein state, with different qualifications, that women can choose to do this mitzvah if they wish.
As a woman who deeply values going above the letter of the law and chooses to do many mitzvot that I am not obligated in, I also wear tzitzit. To avoid any potential issues with kli gever, the prohibition of women wearing men’s clothes, my tzitzit are made out of a woman’s garment. In addition to being careful about tzniut, one of the special things about wearing tzitzit is the opportunity to don a garment with religious significance that isn’t directly connected to modesty and covering up. The option of engaging in a mitzvah so connected to my body, but not to my body’s sexualization, is meaningful and helps me further my personal connection to Judaism and Hashem.
One of the issues brought up about women wearing tzitzit is that of yuhara, or arrogance related to taking on religious practices with a sense of self-image. For me, tzitzit is exactly the opposite. I wear them under my clothing, tucked in and almost nobody knows about them, making this mitzvah completely between me and Hashem. I also chose to write this article anonymously, not because I am embarrassed about wearing them — on the contrary, I am quite proud of them — but to keep this mitzvah on a personal level and to steer clear of yuhara.
In a community where we celebrate and encourage women to perform mitzvot which they aren’t obligated in, those who feel that wearing tzitzit is something that will help them grow religiously should not be dissuaded from doing so. To me, donning tzitzit every day represents rushing to collect those diamonds in the morning. I begin my day with a renewed excitement and a tangible, wearable reminder of opportunities I have to perform as many mitzvot as possible.
Photo Caption: To avoid any potential issues with kli gever, the prohibition of women wearing men’s clothes, my tzitzit are made out of a woman’s garment.
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New website showcases migraine artwork digitally for the first time
Posted by er134 at Sep 05, 2016 02:40 PM | Permalink
University of Leicester researcher leads Migraine Art project launched during Migraine Awareness Week 2016
Issued by University of Leicester Press Office on 5 September 2016
Migraine artwork available to download via the website at: http://www.migraineart.org.uk/
One in seven people in the UK is affected by migraines, making this neurological condition one of the most common health disorders affecting the body’s nervous system. Although most commonly associated with a severe head pain, migraine can affect the whole body and can result in a vast range of symptoms, including visual disturbances, sensitivity to light and sound, vomiting, difficulty in forming words and even paralysis.
Despite being more prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined, and recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the sixth highest cause worldwide of years lost due to disability, migraine is an under-diagnosed and misunderstood condition which is often dismissed as ‘only a headache’.
Now, as part of Migraine Awareness Week (4-10 September), a new website showcasing original pieces of artwork expressing what it means to experience life with migraine has been launched.
Dr Katherine Foxhall, a medical historian in the University of Leicester’s School of History, Politics and International Relations (HyPIR), has collaborated with national charity Migraine Action to digitise more than 550 pieces of original artwork depicting the illness, making them free and accessible to all.
Working with Dr Simon Dixon and his team in the University of Leicester’s Special Collections in the David Wilson Library, the images were catalogued and digitally scanned in order to be made publicly available online for the first time.
The project has been funded by the University of Leicester Impact Development Fund, which aims to help researchers develop the public impact of their work. The work came out of Dr Foxhall’s Wellcome Trust funded research project examining the history of migraine since the early medieval period.
Dr Foxhall said: “We hope that the images will be a valuable resource for people living with, or supporting a person living with migraine, as well as neurologists, health and education workers, scholars and artists.
“We hope in particular that this website will be of use to children with migraine, and those who are supporting them to learn more about this very common, but often misunderstood, illness.”
Rebekah Aitchison, Marketing and Communications Officer at Migraine Action, added: “We hold one of the few migraine art collections in the world, which includes over 500 pieces providing a huge variety of expressions of what it means to experience life with migraine.
“The artists come from every walk of life, and include works by both adults and children. The collection includes depictions on a variety of subjects, from visual patterns experienced by those with visual aura, to the pain aspects of what a migraine really feels like. Now for the first time, thanks to the fantastic support of the University of Leicester and Dr Katherine Foxhall, Migraine Action’s Art Collection will be freely available for all to access and use.”
The website was created by Leicester-based social-enterprise design and communications agency We Are Epic.
Each image can be downloaded for free in low resolution for personal or educational use at: www.migraineart.org.uk
High-resolution (600 dpi) images for publications or commercial use can also be ordered through the website. Full details about how to use the images are available via the website at: http://www.migraineart.org.uk/using-the-images/
For more information contact Dr Katherine Foxhall at: k.foxhall@leicester.ac.uk or Rebekah Aitchison at Migraine Action at RebekahAitchison@migraine.org.uk.
About Migraine Action
Migraine Action is a registered charity, which provides support and information to migraine patients and their families, and raises general awareness of this still much-misunderstood condition. Its activities also include fundraising to support specialist migraine clinics and research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of migraine and other headache disorders. The charity has a quarterly newsletter (for members), a telephone help line and website providing up to date information, as well as numerous leaflets on all aspects of migraine and its treatment. The charity is a totally independent membership charity and its core work is funded solely by donations and membership subscriptions. For further information on migraine and its management, please contact the Migraine Action, 4th Floor, 27 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6NB, Tel: 0116 275 8317 or visit www.migraine.org.uk
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Strike wave in South Africa
By Chris Talbot
In the biggest strike in South Africa since 1994, over 300,000 public sector workers went on a two-day strike last week in support of a 10 percent pay claim. Teachers, health workers and civil servants demonstrated on Saturday in all the major cities. This follows a one-day public sector strike and demonstrations the previous week.
Black and white public sector workers joined the demonstration. They were united in protesting the government's 6 percent pay offer, which amounts to a 4 percent pay cut when set against the rate of inflation.
Although the pay claim is part of the regular annual round of negotiations it has taken on a more significant character as the government attempts to cut public spending. The government admits that they intend to slash 35,000 jobs in the civil service alone. Economists estimate that the real figure is much higher. Some propose that the present level of public spending, at over 30 percent of GDP, needs to be cut to 10 percent.
This week more negotiations resulted in the government offering a derisory 0.15 percent increase on their original offer, which the unions were forced to reject, saying they would go back to their members for a further mandate.
Last month rail workers at Spoornet protested at a proposed restructuring plan that will destroy from 18,000 to 30,000 out of a total of 60,000 jobs. The state funded rail company is taking this drastic action because it has recorded heavy losses that the government will not underwrite. Strikes also took place in the private sector, including 85,000 textile workers and Volkswagen car workers.
At the beginning of July workers at the Oryx mine in the Free State went on strike when management announced 900 job cuts after the British government's gold sale caused the price of gold to slump. The East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) had earlier announced that 5,000 jobs would go.
The mine has come close to liquidation twice in the last six years. The government has refused to bail it out. A spokesman said: "Government does not see its way clear to continually spend public funds propping up a mine which clearly cannot operate successfully in its present form."
In June South Africa's Chamber of Mines warned that with a gold price of below $265 an ounce half the mines it monitors, which account for 40 percent of total production, would be classified as marginal. This puts 80,000 jobs at risk. Within a month gold fell to $255 an ounce, which means that even more jobs are at risk in the industry.
Six mines have now notified the Gold Crisis Committee of their intention to sack 12,000 workers. At a time of collapsing prices South African gold has become the most expensive in the world. 100,000 jobs have been lost in gold mining over the last three years.
The impact of these redundancies on the former black homelands such as the Transkei, where 1,000 ERPM workers face the sack, is devastating. A government official said: "There are households where absolutely no one is working. Sometimes I go into a house and I don't like to ask when they last ate."
Neighbouring countries are also hit by the crisis. Seventy thousand miners are migratory workers from Mozambique. Lesotho's main source of income, after foreign aid, comes from the money sent home by miners in South Africa's gold mines.
The Gold Crisis Committee is made up of government, employer and union representatives and was set up to regulate the process of retrenchment in the mining industry and defuse its political impact. Mining remains the basis of the South African economy. Its prolonged decline, which dates back to the 1960s, is the main reason for the 50 percent unemployment among black workers.
When it first came to power the government expected to attract foreign direct investment and to develop the economy on the model of the so-called Asian tigers. Under the GEAR (Growth, Employment and Redistribution) strategy introduced in 1996 the government anticipated growth rates of 6 percent per annum and intended to create 400,000 new jobs each year. Even this high level of growth would only have absorbed the new entrants into the labour market and would not have reduced the present levels of unemployment.
But the Asian crisis exposed the growth and job creation targets set out in GEAR to be completely unrealistic. In fact South Africa lost more than 71,000 jobs in 1996 and 116,000 in 1997, and by late 1998 they were 700,000 jobs behind the GEAR estimates.
Since the African National Congress government won 65 percent of the vote in the June elections they have redoubled their commitment to restructuring the economy by privatising the public sector, allowing jobs to be destroyed in private industry and forcing through wage cuts whatever the cost to workers.
As the South African Mail and Guardian put it, "GEAR is the ANC's response to globalization, not to the needs and interests of the millions who voted for it twice. ANC's economic policy is much more in tune with the demands of globalization than those of millions of desperately poor black people who put their trust in the party."
It is not only the ANC and big business that is driving this policy ahead, but their partners in COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions). COSATU urged workers to vote for the ANC and mobilised their local bureaucrats to bring out the vote, even though the government had said that GEAR was non-negotiable. They have been forced to call these strikes because of the enormous pent-up anger in the working class.
A recent article in the Sowetan, a paper with 1.5 million readers predominantly among black workers, reflected the growing alienation of workers from the trade unions. A reporter asked: "Is the planned mass action by COSATU against job losses in the public sector and various parastatals [wholly or partially government-owned companies] not a belated damage-control exercise aimed at massaging the workers' fears and creating false hope?"
A spokesman for COSATU, Mukoni Ratshitanga, replied in the Sowetan by suggesting that the content of GEAR was still negotiable: "We have never thought that GEAR must result in a parting of the ways with the ANC." Trying to absolve the ANC of blame, he went on, "No one except the bosses knew of impending retrenchments until they were announced in the media."
But the decline of the gold industry was hardly unexpected and the government have been discussing for some time the need to cut back the public sector. All that the ANC have to offer is the palliative of "business development agencies" like Shomishanang ("Let's work together"), which advises workers how to use their redundancy money to start up small enterprises. At most this offers a tiny number of insecure low paid jobs with no solution for the vast majority who are being sacked, let alone the millions who will receive no severance pay.
This summer's strikes foreshadow major political and social upheavals to come as workers' anger grows. A rift will open up between the ANC and the broad masses that voted it into power. What is lacking, however, is a socialist perspective on which the working class can be mobilised to defend its interests.
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Life Sciences Discovery Fund Debunks Perceptions with Omeros Deal, Shows State Can Bankroll Companies
Luke Timmerman
Xconomy Seattle —
Railroad barons from the 19th century ruined it for Washington State, the common business perception goes, by snookering states into coughing up egregious corporate welfare. It led to a popular uprising and a subsequent state Constitution that forever prohibited direct aid to corporations. That, politicians often say, is the reason the state can’t invest in local startups today.
So it surprised a lot of people in October—me included—when the state’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund defied the perception by funneling $5 million of state money into a biotech corporation—Seattle-based Omeros (NASDAQ: OMER). This was part of a larger deal in which the state pooled resources with Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital to invest a total of $25 million into a basic research program at Omeros. The vision is that the company could make it possible to develop new therapies against 100 or more protein targets on cells that have been inaccessible to drugmakers.
This deal was remarkable because it represents the first time the state Life Sciences Discovery Fund has plowed its resources directly into a for-profit entity. The transaction was done through a project financing structure which has never been used by the state life sciences agency before, and which is within the legal boundaries set by the state’s Constitution, says executive director Lee Huntsman. If the bet fails, the state and Vulcan will have lost their money. If it pays off, the state could get back five times its original investment, and Omeros could end up throwing off much more cash flow into a new nonprofit entity that hasn’t yet been named, Huntsman says. That nonprofit agency could provide grants to Washington State researchers and companies long after the sun sets on the state’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund, originally envisioned by Gov. Chris Gregoire as a 10-year, $350 million plan to boost biotech in the state.
“I’m very excited about what this could mean medically, and I’m optimistic about what it could mean economically for the state,” Huntsman says. “You can do wild-eyed calculations about home run scenarios, and I don’t want to get too wrapped up in that. There are a lot of things that can go wrong. But we were convinced, and the board was convinced, they didn’t need to get any home run to justify this award. It was well within our mission, our mechanisms, and within our risk profile.”
Lee Huntsman
This deal involves some complicated scientific and financial considerations which I’ve been meaning to follow up on ever since the original story broke. Huntsman talked about all of that in a detailed interview at his Seattle office a few weeks ago.
The story began back in the summer of 2009, when Omeros CEO Greg Demopulos and chairman Tom Cable approached Huntsman. They told him about the company’s opportunity to discover new drug targets known as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). These are complex spaghetti-like 3-D protein structures that weave in and out of the surface of cells. Many of today’s best-selling therapies for allergies, pain, and mental illness hit these GPCR targets, including billion dollar blockbusters of the past and present like Merck’s loratadine (Claritin), Bristol-Myers Squibb’s aripiprazole (Abilify), and Purdue Pharma’s oxycodone (Oxycontin).
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2 responses to “Life Sciences Discovery Fund Debunks Perceptions with Omeros Deal, Shows State Can Bankroll Companies”
rrtzmd says:
…”Life Sciences Discovery Fund has plowed its resources directly into a for-profit entity.”…and they may as well have taken that money and flushed it down the nearest toilet…was that actually taxpayer money?…did ANYONE investigate what they were buying?…
…Omeros has spent FIVE YEARS trying to gain approval for a ridiculous IRRIGATING solution containing the ALREADY APPROVED drugs amitriptyline, ketoprofen & oxymetazoline…not only that but the trial was supposedly completed well over a YEAR ago and yet the company has repeatedly postponed reporting the results…we’re not talking about complicated data here…it’s stuff that could analyzed by any eighth grader with a statistics calculator in a few hours…
…in the meantime, per the IPO prospectus, OMER has been so kind as to pay Demopulos’ medical malpractice insurance AND his patient care fees…that’s on TOP of his half million dollar a year salary, benefits, bonuses, and perks…
…MOREOVER, the trial ostensibly was completed about 3-4 months BEFORE the IPO…a little fact that seems to have not made it into the prospectus…gosh, I wonder what it means if the results turn out bad — I’m confident they will — and someone starts poking their nose into who knew what, where, and when…they already fired some guy named Richard Klein because he complained about the way books were being kept…and I noticed the disappearance of a Dr. Murray just weeks after he was hired as Vice President of Clinical Development…that looked a little odd as well…
…and Vulcan?…did anyone look at Paul Allen’s investment record?…it doesn’t exactly have a glittering history of success…
…your government dollars at work…what a joke!
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If you are accused of a homicide, your freedom and life are literally on the line. You need a knowledgeable and skilled criminal defense attorney fighting on your side. Homicide is the killing of another human being.
Within the category of Homicide, there are several different crimes:
First Degree Murder (First Degree Premeditated Murder). To prove the crime of first degree murder, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the victim is dead,
the death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant, and
the killing of the victim was premeditated.
Premeditated killing is defined as a killing after consciously deciding to do so. There is no fixed period of time between forming the intent to kill and the killing itself. The intent must be formed before the killing. First degree murder is a capital felony punishable by the death penalty.
Felony Murder. To prove the crime of felony murder, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the death occurred as a consequence of and while the defendant was engaged in the commission of a crime, while the defendant was attempting to commit a crime, or was an accomplice of a crime.
Basically, if during the commission of any crime a person dies (whether it be a victim of the crime, passerby, witness or co-defendant), the person committing the underlying crime can be charged with felony murder. Felony murder is punishable by mandatory life in prison.
Second Degree Murder. To prove the crime of second degree murder, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant,
there was an unlawful killing of the victim by an act imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life.
Second degree murder is a felony punishable by life(PBL) in prison.
Manslaughter. To prove the crime of manslaughter, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the defendant intentionally caused the death of the victim or the death of the victim was caused by the culpable negligence of the defendant.
Manslaughter is a second degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Attempted First Degree Murder. To prove the crime of attempted first degree murder, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the defendant did some act intended to cause the death of the victim
that act went beyond just thinking about it,
that the defendant acted with a premeditated design to kill, and
the act would have resulted in the death of the victim that someone prevented from killing the victim or the defendant failed to do so.
Attempted first degree murder is a felony punishable by life (PBL) in prison.
Attempted Second Degree Murder. To prove the crime of attempted second degree murder, the State must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:
the defendant intentionally committed an act which would have resulted in the death of the victim except that someone prevented the defendant from killing the victim or
the defendant failed to do so and the act was immediately dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life.
Attempted second degree murder is a first degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
If you are arrested or charged with murder, it is important to contact a knowledgeable and skilled criminal defense attorney. At Winston Law, P.A., we will explore and develop possible defenses such as, the crime was committed in the heat of passion and not premeditated first degree murder, but instead second degree murder, self-defense, misidentification, alibi, justification, or that the cause of death was something other than murder such as an accident. All of these defenses require extensive preparation and an extremely experienced criminal defense attorney. As a former Assistant Public Defender, Susan Winston is highly skilled in trial advocacy including pre-trial issues, trial preparation and jury trials.
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Trump's national security adviser condemns Iran actions
Mark Makela
<p>PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 7: Retired United States Army lieutenant general Michael T. Flynn introduces Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump before he delivered a speech at The Union League of Philadelphia on September 7, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Trump spoke about his plans to build up the military if elected. Recent national polls show the presidential race is tightening with two months until the election. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)</p>
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, condemned Iran's recent ballistic missile launch as being in defiance of a UN Security Council Resolution.
He said Wednesday the launch was the latest in a series of provocative moves, including backing for Houthi rebels in Yemen. Flynn said President Barack Obama's administration "failed to respond adequately to Iran's malign actions."
He said Iran's actions threaten stability in the region and place American lives at risk, and said Iran was "on notice."
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Drunken driver was playing 'Pokemon Go' during crash, police say
Nicholas Coccia faces charges
Updated: 9:05 AM EDT Jul 25, 2016
Vermont State Police said a drunken driver was playing "Pokemon Go" on his cellphone when he crashed his car.Officers responded to a report of a crash at an intersection in Rutland Town at around 8:15 a.m. Sunday.Police said Nicholas Coccia, 21, told them he was driving from Chittenden to Rutland and had been hunting Pokemon with friends. They say he acknowledged he'd been distracted by the game.Police said Coccia was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .205, more than twice the legal limit of .08.He was cited on a charge of driving under the influence. A phone number couldn't be found for him. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.He's due in court on Aug. 8.aGet the WMUR app
RUTLAND TOWN, Vt. —
Vermont State Police said a drunken driver was playing "Pokemon Go" on his cellphone when he crashed his car.
Officers responded to a report of a crash at an intersection in Rutland Town at around 8:15 a.m. Sunday.
Police said Nicholas Coccia, 21, told them he was driving from Chittenden to Rutland and had been hunting Pokemon with friends. They say he acknowledged he'd been distracted by the game.
Police said Coccia was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .205, more than twice the legal limit of .08.
He was cited on a charge of driving under the influence. A phone number couldn't be found for him. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.
He's due in court on Aug. 8.a
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Parish Records on microform
Hartlebury Castle has been home to the Bishops of Worcester for more than 1000 years. Worcestershire County Museum occupies the north wing, but there is uncertainty about the castle’s future with the news that the Bishops will no longer live at the castle after the retirement of Dr Peter Selby in September 2007. [www.hartlebury.org.uk/index.html - accessed 6th March 2008]
The township of 'Hartlebury' in Lower Oswaldslow Hundred, included in Lower Halfshire Hundred, the hamlet Upper Mitton, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866) [25]
Bishops Wood was a Chapel of Ease to Hartlebury. A building was licensed for service in 1882. In 1974 the title of the parish became Hartlebury with Bishops Wood. It later reverted to just Hartlebury.[5]
O.S. Ref: SO841709
2½ miles east of Stourport-on-Severn & 3½ miles south of Kidderminster
The principal hamlets are Crossway Green 1½ miles south; Norchard, 1 south and Waresley, ½ south; Chadwick, 1 mile S.W.; Titton, 1½ miles S.W. and Lincomb, 2 miles S.W. near the river Severn; and Charlton, 2 miles N.W. and Upper Mitton, 1½ miles N.W.; Torton and Low Hill, ½ mile north. [57]
Bishop's Wood (chapel of ease): St. Mary
Peculiar of the incumbent [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]
Part in Lower Oswaldslow & part in Lower Halfshire, until 1866 when entirely in Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]
Droitwich [3] [25]
Kidderminster; Stone; Elmley Lovett; Ombersley; Astley; Areley Kings; Lower Mitton [1]
Christenings 1540-1969 [5]
Marriages 1540-1968 [5]
Burials 1540-1969 [5]
Banns 1754-1803 [5]
General 1540-1754 [27]
Banns 1803-1893 [12]
No Parish Registers for Bishops Wood are held at Worcestershire Archives . The original registers are still at the church.[5]
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1540-1812
St James Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1540-1768
HARTLEBURY : Births 1657-60, Christenings 1540-1711, 1745-1812, Marriages 1540-1711, 1746-1812, banns 1654-59, Burials 1540-1711, 1745-1812 [Typescript.] Published Nd.
HARTLEBURY : Births 1657-60, Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1540-1812, banns 1654-59 [Microfiche.] Published Nd. Source Review.
HARTLEBURY (St. James): Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1540-53/54, 1560-1754, Christenings & Burials 1755-1969, Marriages 1755-1968, banns 1754-1944, vestry minutes & parish accounts 1667-1726 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah 2004
At [FreeREG]
Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage and burial records, transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K., are available at: http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl
FreeREG is a new project. The database currently contains a few million records only, so you should not expect to find all your ancestors in the database.
The coverage for this parish currently stands at: Marriages: 1886-96, 1915-25 Burials: 1862-77
Further records may have been added since this posting
At Worcestershire Archives[12]
United Reform Congregational:
Originals: Marriages 1906-1975
Plan re provision of additional burial ground
For the names of those included on a war memorial at St. James's Church, Hartlebury see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-st-james-the-apostle-church/
For the names of those included on a war memorial at St. James's Church, Hartlebury Churchyard see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-st-james-the-apostle-churchyard/
For a war memorial to Edward James Gibbons at St. James's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-st-james-the-apostle-church-gibbons-memorial/
For a war memorial to Edward James Gibbons at St. James's Churchyard see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-st-james-the-apostle-churchyard-gibbons-memorial/;
For a war memorial to Gilbert Charles Dalrymple Fergusson at St. James's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-st-james-the-apostle-church-fergusson-memorial/
For the names of those included on a war memorial at St. John's Church, Summerfield see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/summerfield-war-memorial/
For the names of those included on a war memorial to Hartlebury C of E School pupils (now in Hartlebury Village Hall)see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/hartlebury-c-of-e-school-now-in-hartlebury-village-hall/
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Archives [14]
Bishops Wood may be included in the Hartlebury returns
Burial1755-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Court papers 1764-1809; Court leet and court baron records 1727-1836; Court rolls 1394-1558, 1661-63, 1649-58, 1702 (gaps); Manor books 1781-1860, 18th cent.; Rent rolls 1605, 1611, 1616; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-69, 1769-c.1805; Stewards' accounts 1808-33; Surveys and particulars of property 17th-18th cents; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc 17th-19th cents; Compotus roll [1524-25]; Surveys and particulars of property 17th-19th cents
At Worcestershire Archives [13]
Vestry meeting minutes & parish accounts 1667-1733
Amounts collected for briefs 1689-1739
Vestry minutes & parish accounts and rates 1734-8
List of officers 1700-1823/4
Bastardy bonds 1750-1850
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Archives:
St Gilberts (Waresley House)
Admission and progress register - 1964 - 71 - Ref: BA 10590
Admission and progress registers with index - 1939 - 64, 1972 - 86 - Ref: BA 9948 / 7 (i) - 10 (i)
Discharge books - 1971 - 72 - Ref: BA 9948 / 10 (ii) (iii)
HARTLEBURY : vestry minute book, various parish accounts 1667-1838, briefs 1689-1739, overseers 1700-85, 1758-1823, churchwardens 1700-48, constables 1700-1811, supervisors 1700-85 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969 Society of Genealogists
An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831:
HARTLEBURY, a parish comprising the hamlet of Upper Mitton, in the lower division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, but chiefly in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Stourport, and containing 1857 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Rector, rated in the king's books at £30, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. James, has considerable portions in the Norman style of architecture and some in the decorated style. The free grammar school is one of the five in the county having alternately the right of presentation to six scholarships in Worcester College, Oxford, founded by Sir Thomas Cookes, Bart: the exact period of its establishment is unknown, but it existed in 1400: in the 1st of Elizabeth it was by charter made a royal foundation, when twenty discreet men of the parish were constituted a body corporate, with a common seal, for the management of its funds, &c.; there are now, however, only seven trustees : its possessions consist of about one hundred and eighty-four acres of land, the rental of which is about £120: the head master and the under master have, in addition to their salary, each a good house, and liberty to take boarders. A school for twelve girls was founded and endowed with £200, by Mrs. Hannah Eyre, in 1726; and a Sunday school, under the patronage of the Bishop, was established in 1824, which is supported by voluntary contributions, and attended by about ninety children. Hartlebury castle has long been the residence of the diocesans, to whom it was given by Burthred, King of Mercia: the present is a neat brick mansion, erected about the time of the Restoration, the ancient castle having been taken by Colonel Morgan in 1646, and destroyed during the great rebellion.: The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes through the northwestern part of the parish.
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During AIDS conference, activists confront drug firms, politicians
By Gerry Scoppettuolo posted on August 3, 2012
‘Die-in’ protest at headquarters
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WW photo: Gerry Scoppettuolo
Washington, D.C. – Thousands of HIV-positive people and activists from all over the globe came to the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., in July to confront big drug companies and wealthy capitalist nations and to demand cheaper drugs and desperately needed prevention and treatment programs.
They came from as far away as South Africa and Hattiesburg, Miss. They came to fight for the survival of millions of people living with the virus in the U.S. and in the global South. Activists had successfully fought to lift a travel ban preventing HIV-positive people from entering the U.S.
For six days, activists carried out marches, occupations, “die-ins,” rallies and other direct action. They were joined by many researchers, scientists and advocates from among the 25,000 who attended the conference from about 200 countries.
From the opening ceremonies to the very end of the conference, activist voices rang out loud and often. On July 22, protestors ran to the stage to confront U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a free trade agreement being negotiated between Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru and the U.S. that could limit the manufacture of generic HIV medication in countries that need them. In Asia and the Pacific region, only 39 percent of people with HIV receive the anti-retroviral treatment they need. (Plus News, July 12)
On July 24, 10,000 marched behind the banners of the We Can End AIDS Coalition, pouring through downtown Washington, D.C., and chanting, “Pills costs pennies, profits cost lives!” A Bank of America branch along the march route decided to stay closed for the day, rather than contend with angry protesters. Activists are calling for a “Robin Hood tax,” a tax on Wall Street financial transactions. A large contingent from National Nurses United spearheaded the July 24 mobilization, joined by members of the Food and Commercial Workers union and the Service Employees union.
The march proceeded to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and conducted a “die-in” to protest the TPP. The largest of the five wings of the massive protest stopped at the national headquarters of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.The action culminated in a rally at Lafayette Park and the arrest of 15 people who were placing red ribbons on the fence surrounding the White House. Mounted riot police were used to keep the protesting crowd back.
After his arrest, Michael Tikili, from Health GAP (Global Access Project), told WW: “When someone gets arrested for a cause, it means something. HIV is connected to so many inequalities; for instance, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and the detention of immigrants. The HIV movement needs to do things like uniting with the Occupy Wall Street and other struggles.”
Protests were held every day during the conference. People with HIV and activists from many groups took part, including Health GAP; Housing Works; the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) NY, ACT UP Philadelphia, ACT UP Boston and ACT UP Paris; the Student Global AIDS Campaign; the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition; the AIDS Healthcare Foundation; and many others. Spontaneous marches were held throughout the conference, the largest being organized by Housing Works from New York City.
On the fourth day of the conference, July 25, an international contingent of 75 protesters raised banners and took to the main stage to demand that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria resume its recently canceled funding round on an as-needs basis, without the imposition of arbitrary caps. Although many poor countries depend on the Global Fund, rich country donors have not kept up with their financial commitments to it, using the pretext of austerity while at the same time finding hundreds of billions to fund NATO-led, so called “rebel” movements, first in Libya and now in Syria.
U.S. immigration policy had banned attendance of delegates who were sex workers or convicted drug users. Nevertheless, many organized groups representing sex workers and the harm reduction movement attended.
That same day, activists from the Global Network of Sex Work Projects protested at a conference panel on “The U.S. Congress and the Global AIDS Epidemic,” which was chaired by archconservative former Senate majority leader and Hospital Corporation of America multimillionaire, Bill Frist. At the end of the panel, a Gambian HIV activist confronted Frist directly from the convention floor, telling him that “millions of lives would have been saved if you had listened to us before.”
International activists from poor countries in the global South are wary about HIV prevention breakthroughs ballyhooed by rich countries. An example is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP, an expensive preventative pill that uninfected people may take to prevent infection from positive partners. As explained to WW by Morris Edwards from the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS, “PrEP is a rich person’s remedy for a global problem.”
Activists will continue to demand what people with HIV need until greed and profits are replaced by a system that truly serves the needs of the people.
Imani Keith Henry contributed to this article.
Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle
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Psalm 113 is the third psalm in a group of psalms in Book Five known as the hallelujah psalms (Psalms 111-118).
It also the first of a collection of six psalms (Psalms 113-118) that are known as “the Egyptian Hallel” and are used in the celebration of Passover. In modern Jewish life, Psalms 113-114 are recited before the Passover meal, and Psalms 115-118 are recited at its conclusion. Psalm 113, classified as a community hymn of praise, is sung at the blessing of the first Passover cup of wine. Calling its hearers to praise the name of the Lord for all of the Lord’s goodness to the people, it is an apt introduction to the Passover story, which is then recounted in the following psalm, Psalm 114.
Two evenly divided stanzas make up Psalm 113, verses 1-4 and verses 5-9, with verse 5’s question, “Who is like the LORD our God?” acting as the centerpiece of the psalm and connecting its two parts. Some scholars suggest that the psalm may have been used antiphonally, sung by two choirs in a worship setting.
The psalm opens with “hallelujah” -- a command to the people to praise the Lord. Twice more in the opening verse, the command to praise is issued, first naming the subject of the command, “O servants of the Lord,” and then further identifying the object of praise, “the name of the Lord.” The phrase “the name of the LORD” appears again in verses 2 and 3. In verse 2, “the name of the Lord” is being blessed “from this time on and forevermore,” and in verse 3 it is being praised “from the rising of the sun to its setting.”
“Name” was an important concept in the ancient Near East. Names reflected the natures and characters of the persons who bore them and were conceptually equal to the very essence of being. To know someone was to possess some part of that person; to speak a name was to speak someone or something into being. The name “Jacob” means “he usurps,” because he grabs Esau's heel at their birth, attempting to be the first-born twin (Genesis 25:26). He indeed usurps Esau later in life when he coerces Esau into selling to him his birthright and when he tricks Isaac into giving him the blessing. After the incident at the Jabbok, God changes Jacob's name to “Israel” which means “he has struggled with God” (32:28).
In the creation story in Genesis 2, God brings the animals one by one to the first human and we read, “and whatever the human called every living creature, that was its name” (2:19). Here we have a wonderful picture of humanity working together with God as co-creator. Naming brings the animals into being -- an ibex becomes an ibex; a hippopotamus becomes a hippopotamus; an eagle becomes an eagle.
In Exodus 3, Moses encounters God at the burning bush. In that encounter, Moses replies to God's command to return to Egypt with a seemingly simple request. “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?” (3:13). Moses asked for God's name. What is the nature and character of the God who is requesting such a thing? God replies with self-naming words of existence, “I am that I am.” From the Hebrew words ehyeh asher ehyeh?the ancient Israelites derived the personal name of God, Yahweh.They possessed an important aspect of the being of God.
In Exodus 20, God commanded the Israelites from Mt. Sinai that they are not to “make wrongful use of” God’s name. The book of Deuteronomy tells us that God’s name will dwell in the place of God’s choosing in the land (Deuteronomy 12:5, 14:23-24, 16:2). And Psalm 8:1 states, “O Lord , our sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth.” Verse 4 of Psalm 113 echoes Psalm 8:4: “The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.”
The question of verse 5 is the center of Psalm 113, connecting the call to praise of the first four verses with the reasons to praise found in verses 6-9. The question, “Who is like the Lord our God?” needs no answer. The answer is obvious, based on the description of the Lord that follows. Verse 6 states that God “is seated (literally “dwells”) on high,” yet God “looks down on the heavens and the earth.” In verses 7 and 8, God “raises up from the dust” and “lifts up from the ash heap” the poor and the needy and causes them to sit (literally “dwell”) with princes. And in verse 9, God “gives a home (literally “a dwelling place”)” to “the barren woman,” making her the joyous mother of children.
God who dwells on high looks down upon the earth; sees the needy and the poor Israelites in slavery in Egypt; raises them up from the dunghills and places them in the dwellings of princes; sees barren Israel, and gives her children a place to dwell. The repetition of the verb “to dwell” (in verses 6, 8, and 9) is striking. When Moses encountered God at the burning bush, God said to him, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt. ... Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them and bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land” (Exodus 3:7-8). A dwelling place, a homeland, was the ultimate promise of God to the children of Israel.
Many commentators connect Psalm 113:5, 7-8, and 9 with verses 2, 5, and 8 of Hannah's Song in 1 Samuel 2, in which Hannah sings to the “Holy One,” the “Rock” verse 2), because “the barren has born seven” (verse 5) and because the LORD “raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes” (verse 8). The story of God’s care for Hannah thus becomes a model for God’s care for Israel.
Psalm 113 ends with the same word with which it begins -- hallelujah -- forming a frame of praise around the words of the psalm. Psalm 113 is a hymn calling a community of believers to praise a transcendent God who cares enough for humankind to look down, reach down, and raise up the poor and needy of the earth. The answer to the question, “Who is like the Lord our God?” can be nothing more and nothing less than, “No one.”
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Nancy deClaissé-Walford
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages
McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University
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Orthogonal matrices
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra
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In this course on Linear Algebra we look at what linear algebra is and how it relates to vectors and matrices. Then we look through what vectors and matrices are and how to work with them, including the knotty problem of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and how to use these to solve problems. Finally we look at how to use these to do fun things with datasets - like how to rotate images of faces and how to extract eigenvectors to look at how the Pagerank algorithm works. Since we're aiming at data-driven applications, we'll be implementing some of these ideas in code, not just on pencil and paper. Towards the end of the course, you'll write code blocks and encounter Jupyter notebooks in Python, but don't worry, these will be quite short, focussed on the concepts, and will guide you through if you’ve not coded before. At the end of this course you will have an intuitive understanding of vectors and matrices that will help you bridge the gap into linear algebra problems, and how to apply these concepts to machine learning.
Eigenvalues And Eigenvectors, Basis (Linear Algebra), Transformation Matrix, Linear Algebra
Professors teaches in so much friendly manner. This is beginner level course. Don't expect you will dive deep inside the Linear Algebra. But the foundation will become solid if you attend this course.
Amazing course, great instructors. The amount of working linear algebra knowledge you get from this single course is substantial. It has already helped solidify my learning in other ML and AI courses.
Matrices make linear mappings
In Module 4, we continue our discussion of matrices; first we think about how to code up matrix multiplication and matrix operations using the Einstein Summation Convention, which is a widely used notation in more advanced linear algebra courses. Then, we look at how matrices can transform a description of a vector from one basis (set of axes) to another. This will allow us to, for example, figure out how to apply a reflection to an image and manipulate images. We'll also look at how to construct a convenient basis vector set in order to do such transformations. Then, we'll write some code to do these transformations and apply this work computationally.
Orthogonal matrices6:40
David Dye
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Now, it's going to be really useful if we can make a transformation matrix whose column vectors make up a new basis, all of whoms't vectors are perpendicular or what's called Orthogonal to each other. In this video, we're going to look at this and why this is. But first, I want you to find a new operation on the matrix called the transpose. This is where we interchange all the elements of the rows and columns of the matrix, so I'll denote the transpose as T and I'll say that the ijth element of the transpose of A, is equal to the elements on the opposite diagonal A_ji. So if I had a matrix like 1,2,3,4, and I wanted to know its transpose, then I will interchange the elements that are off the diagonal. So the one and the four stay where they are. Because if is, I find i and j are the same; 1,1 1,1 they would stay the same, the same for 2,2. But the element 1,2 interchange to the element 2,1 so they go like that. So 1,2,3,4 becomes, when I transpose it 1,3,2,4. Now, let's imagine that I have a square matrix of dimension n by n, it defines a transformation with a new basis and the columns of that transformation matrix A. Some vectors a_1, a_2 that are the basis vectors in the new space as we've said before and I'm going to make this a special matrix while I impose the condition that these vectors are orthogonal to each other and they have unit length. That is, a_i dotted with a_j is equal to zero if i isn't equal to j, that is they're orthogonal, and it's equal to one if i is equal to j, that is they are of unit length. Now, let's think about what happens if I multiply this matrix on the left by a transpose. So A transpose is going to be given by just flipping the rows and columns of all of the elements across the leading diagonal of A. So that is, I'm going to have a_1 is going to become a row, a_2 is going to become the next row all the way down to a_n because I flip all of the elements across the leading diagonal. So while I multiply A_T by A, let's see what happens, it's going to be quite magical. So if I get A_T times A, then I'm going to get, well, the first element here is going to be the first row times the first column, and that's a_1 dotted with a_1, and that's one. The second element here, the first row and the second column is a_1 dotted with a_2 and that's zero, and a_1 dot a_3 all the way up to a_n is going to give me a whole series of zeros where this guy remember is a_n. Then when I do the second row on the first column, I'm going to get another zero. I want to do the second one and the second column I'm going to get a one. Second row, third column zero all the way across. I want to do the third one, I'm going to get the same again, I'm going to get zero zero. It only says it's a_3 times a_3, and that's going to be that element all the way across and what I'm gradually building up here, is I'm building up the identity matrix. So what I found is that A_t times A gives me the identity matrix, and what that means is, is that A_T is a valid inverse of A. Which is really kind of neat. A set of unit length basis vectors that are all perpendicular to each other are called an orthonormal basis set, and the matrix composed of them is called an orthogonal matrix. One thing also to know about an orthogonal matrix is that because all the basis vectors, any of unit length, it must scale space by a factor of one. So the determinant of an orthogonal matrix must be either plus or minus one. The minus is what arises in the new basis, if the new basis vector set flits space around. They stay inverted, they make it left-handed. Notice that if A_T is the inverse then I should be able to post multiply A by A_T and get the identity. So I can do this on the way round. Which also means by the same logic that the rows of the orthogonal matrix are orthonormal, as well as the columns which is neat, and we saw in the last video that actually the inverse is the matrix that does the reverse transformation. So the transpose matrix of an orthonormal basis vector set is itself another orthogonal basis vector set which is really neat. Now, remember that in the last module on vectors we said that transforming a vector to a new coordinate system was just taking the projection or dot product of that vector, so say that's the vector, with each of the basis vectors so basis factor this one, basis factor that one, and so on so long as those basis vectors were orthogonal to each other. If you want to pause and think about that for a moment in the light of all we've learned about matrices, just look and think about this for a moment. Now in data science what we're really saying here is that wherever possible, we want to use an orthonormal basis vector set when we transform our data. That is, we want our transformation matrix to be an orthogonal matrix. That means the inverse is easy to compute. It means the transmission is reversible because it doesn't collapse space. It means that the projection is just the dot product. Lots of things are nice and pleasant, and easy. If I arrange the basis vectors in right order, then the determinant is one, and that's an easy way to check and if they aren't just exchange a pair of them and actually then they will be determinant one rather than the minus one. So what we've done in this video is look at the transpose and that's led us to find out about the most convenient basis factor set of all which is the orthonormal basis factor set which together make the orthogonal matrix whose inverse is its transpose. So that's really cool.
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Saif and Khalid bin Zayed witness the signing of two agreements by “Faz’aah” with "Zayed Higher Organization" and "Abu Dhabi Pension Fund"
ZHO > Home > Media Center > News > Saif and Khalid bin Zayed witness the signing of two agreements by “Faz’aah” with "Zayed Higher Organization" and "Abu Dhabi Pension Fund"
Posted On : 7/26/2017
“The agreements provide discount cards for retirees, eligible individuals and "People of Determination"
HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Solidarity Fund for the Ministry of Interior Employees, witnessed at Ministry of Interior HQs yesterday the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding that empowers the Fund’s social role. The Memoranda were signed in the presence of Sheikh Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs.
The first memorandum was signed between the Social Solidarity Fund for the Employees of Ministry of Interior “Faz’aah” and Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs, while the second was signed between Faz’aah and the Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund.
The first memorandum of understanding was signed by Abdulla Abd Al-‘Aali Al-Humaidan, Acting Secretary-General of Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs, and Lt.Colonel/Ahmed Abu Haroun for Social Solidarity Fund for the Employees of the Ministry of Interior “Faz’aah”.
Under the said memorandum, special cards are issued for “People of Determination” that qualify them to receive distinctive services including discounts on wide range of shopping and promotions, along with the collaborative services provided by “Faza’ah” to its members.
While the second Memorandum was signed by Mr. Khalaf Rahma Al Hammadi, for Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund and Lt. Colonel Ahmed Abu Haroun, Director of Social Collaboration, Ministry of Interior, for “Faza’ah”
Under the said MOU deduction cards are given to pensioners and eligible persons, which cards provide discounts on purchases, food products and hotel bookings on the lowest possible rates.
The signing of the two memoranda was attended by each of Major General Salim Mubarak Al Shamsi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Resources and Support Services, Brigadier General Mohammed Humaid bin Dalmuj Al Dhahiri, Secretary General of the Office of HH the Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Interior, Brigadier General Mohammad Rashid Keshim Al Shamsi, Director of Ministry Affairs, and Eng. Brigadier General Hussein Ahmed Al Harthy, Director General of E-Services and Communications , Ministry of Interior and a number of officers from Ministry of Interior.
The signature ceremony was also attended by Mohammed Al Sewaidi, Director of General Secretary Office, Afrah Al Mashjari and Alaa Al Arnaouti from Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs. Further, from Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund attended Mr. Hussain Al Mosawi, the Fund’s Acting Director, Faisal Al Jabiri, Director Of Customer Happiness and Fatima Al Sheraiqi, the Fund’s Director of Government Communication.
Al-Humaidan welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the ZHO and the Social Solidarity Fund for the employees of the Ministry of Interior “Faz’aah”, indicating that it represents the incarnation of the wise leadership vision in achieving social integration and encouraging the building of a society with equal opportunities for all. He added that this MOU reflects the government principles of empowering cooperation and coordination among different organizations and institutions to serve the category of “People of Determination”.
He also praised the role played by the Ministry of Interior and valued the attention and keenness paid to the categories of “People of Determination” by HH Lt.General/ Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. Such role is represented through the launch of several humanitarian initiatives, including “Seedling of Hope” initiative and other initiatives dedicated by His Highness to serve these categories.
He also expressed his best thanks and appreciation to His Highness the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior for his outstanding efforts in supporting the categories of “People of Determination” in general and for the many initiatives adopted by His Highness to the service and care of these categories.
He confirmed the keenness and follow-up of HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs, on launching a number of initiatives aimed at providing the highest quality and distinctive services along with developing care and rehabilitation for the categories of “People of Determination”, in accordance with the best international practices.
Al-Humaidan also praised the efforts of the Social Solidarity Fund for Employees of the Ministry of Interior as a public welfare organization, based on the principle of social solidarity. The program launched by the Fund «Faz’aah Program», aims to provide distinct and high quality services to associate members of the Program.
Al-Humaidan emphasized that the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs seeks, through the signing of this memorandum, to lay the foundations of partnership and cooperation of long-term relationships that play a pivotal role in activating communication with all governmental bodies and other institutions, especially public welfare associations.
HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Hammadi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund, thanked His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Social Solidarity Fund for Employees of Ministry of the Interior for this initiative. This initiative, which aims to provide retirees and beneficiaries registered in the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund, the benefits offered by the program, including a wide range of exclusive services and programs that contribute to the achievement of happiness. Al-Hammadi stressed that partnerships and cooperation among government agencies are not limited to improving operations and exchanging of data and systems, but extends to study the social and living needs of citizens.
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Actor Ruffalo "Baffled" At Collapse Of Twin Towers
911truthguy Tue, 10/30/2007 - 10:02am
WTC7 collapse
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2007/301007_ruffalo_baffled.htm
Joins Martin Sheen in publicly doubting 9/11 official story, slams Commission as "illegitimate"
Award winning actor Mark Ruffalo says he is "baffled" at the collapse of the twin towers and Building 7 on 9/11 and has called for re-opening the investigation into the attacks, joining Martin Sheen in publicly doubting the government's official story.
Ruffalo's notable film roles include Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Academy Award-nominated 2000 film You Can Count on Me and most recently, 2007's Zodiac. He is a vocal critic of the Iraq war having appeared on Democracy Now and spoken at the October 2006 World Can't Wait protest in New York City.
In an interview with We Are Change L.A. at an anti-war rally in Los Angeles this past weekend, Ruffalo said he was "baffled" with how the twin towers and Building 7 came down, but cautioned that so much information had been put out that the truth had been "stretched" and that too many people were being distracted by the more "sensational" aspects of some claims made about 9/11 that were being fostered to "discredit the movement."
Ruffalo also slammed the 9/11 Commission Report.
"The fact that the 9/11 investigation went from the moment the planes hit to the moment the buildings fell and nothing before and nothing after I think makes that investigation completely illegitimate," said Ruffalo.
"If you're gonna do a crime investigation, you have to find motive....and we didn't follow that, it was quickly pushed away," he added.
Ruffalo concurred that the immediate interference in the crime scene as well as the initial appointment of Henry Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission were obvious signs that the investigation was compromised, mandating a re-opening of the inquiry.
Ruffalo joins two other highly prominent public figures who have also expressed doubts about the official 9/11 story just in the last few days alone.
Actor Martin Sheen spoke at length about how he finds the government version difficult to swallow during the same ANSWER rally in Los Angeles that Ruffalo attended, a story that has received absolutely no mainstream press attention at time of writing.
Award winning comedian George Carlin also questioned the "received reality" of 9/11 during a recent appearance at Borders Bookstore in New York City.
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Etihad Airways Acquires Majority Stake in Alitalia’s MilleMiglia Frequent Flyer Programme
Greater opportunities for MilleMiglia’s 4.6 million members to earn and redeem miles
Guests who register as new MilleMiglia members before February 28 will receive a double welcome bonus of 4,000 miles
Acquisition marks Etihad Airways’ third investment in a frequent flyer programme, with majority stakes also purchased in airberlin’s topbonus and Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege, alongside its full ownership of the Etihad Guest programme
Together, Etihad Guest, topbonus, JetPrivilege and MilleMiglia have a combined total of 14 million members worldwide
Etihad Airways now operates frequent flyer programmess for seven airlines around the world under its Global Loyalty Company (GLC) umbrella
UAE and Italy | February 3, 2015– Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Alitalia Loyalty S.p.A, the owner and operator of MilleMiglia, Alitalia’s frequent flyer programme, with Alitalia retaining the remaining 25 per cent stake.
Alitalia Loyalty will become part of Global Loyalty Company (GLC), a loyalty and lifestyle company that allows Etihad Airways and its partners to target the global loyalty market more effectively, whilst driving technology and back office synergies. GLC also consists of Etihad Airways’ Etihad Guest, airberlin’s topbonus and Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege programmess. Together, Etihad Guest, topbonus, JetPrivilege and MilleMiglia have a combined total of 14 million members worldwide.
The addition of MilleMiglia will lead to enhanced opportunities for members to collect and redeem their miles around the world. In addition, it will give GLC true global scale and a critical mass of valuable, high-spending consumers.
Posted by Patricia on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Filed under News Releases · Tagged with Alitalia, Etihad Airways, frequent flyer programmess, MilleMiglia
This Week’s News Mix
The big news this week is from Gogo: The company announced today that it has received regulatory approval from the FCC to operate its next generation in-flight connectivity technology – 2Ku. The FCC approval clears a major hurdle in the path to launching the new service. The approval is a blanket approval from the FCC for Gogo to operate its 2Ku system on 1,000 aircraft. “Clearing the necessary regulatory hurdles to provide this service to an aircraft flying anywhere around the globe is no small feat. Gogo has proven it is a leader at navigating these environments for all aircraft types no matter where they fly,” said Michael Small, Gogo’s president and CEO. “We are happy that the launch of 2Ku is proceeding as planned and are continuing to work with the FAA on approval for installation.” Gogo expects the new 2Ku technology will outperform other global connectivity solutions currently available in the market. The new antenna technology is expected to deliver peak speeds to the aircraft of more than 70 Mbps. The advantages of 2Ku are significant. The antenna is more spectrally efficient which means it will produce more bandwidth at less cost than competitive solutions. 2Ku’s performance benefits will be even more dramatic in tropical regions where other satellite solutions degrade significantly due to restrictions associated with operating at high skew angles. The antenna itself is only 4.5 inches tall and the low profile produces very little incremental drag on the aircraft. The 2Ku antenna and its increased spectral efficiency are compatible with today’s Ku satellites and future Ku satellites, including future spot beam satellites. When future satellite technologies become available, Gogo expects peak speeds for the service in excess of 100 Mbps. Because the antenna can be used with any Ku-satellite, it also avoids the single point of failure that comes with reliance on a single satellite for connectivity in a given region, and offers airlines much desired redundancy and reliability.
If you forgot about what 2Ku actually is, and how it works, we have a perfect solution – look here!
Aircraft Interiors Expo 2014 will again be at the Hamburg Messe, April 14 – 16 this year in Germany and you can keep abreast at www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com. To steal from their press release: “The countdown is now on for next year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo which takes place at the Hamburg Messe in Germany from 14-16 April 2015. Organized by Reed Exhibitions, Aircraft Interiors Expo 2015 will be the essential hub for the aircraft interiors industry to view groundbreaking new products and innovative technologies, as well as networking with exhibiting companies and professional visitors on both the conference and show floors. The demand for air travel, particularly from new emerging markets, will see the global airline fleet witness extraordinary growth over the next decade. Developing markets in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East will continue to serve as the main catalyst for this upward trend. According to a recent Airbus global market forecast for 2014-2033, China will need more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters at a total market value of US$820 billion – this represents 17% of the world total demand for over 31,000 new aircraft during the next 20 years. Factors such as the increase in demand for cabin customization to enhance passenger comfort, together with increasing passenger growth rates, are boosting the cabin interior market worldwide. The cabin seats market is predicted to be best overall performer in the sector.”
As they note about the exposition; “Aircraft Interiors Expo is the world’s largest event dedicated to sourcing the latest innovations, technologies and products for the cabin interiors, inflight entertainment and passenger comfort industries. Taking place in Hamburg from 14- 16 April 2015 the exhibition attracts thousands of buyers and decision makers from major scheduled, regional and charter airlines and offers the opportunity to meet face to face with suppliers and manufacturers covering the full spectrum of the industry.” Also, we note that a total of 74 submissions were received for the Crystal Cabin Award 2015. After detailed examination we understand, the six members of the preselection committee have approved 68 of these for the shortlist. In the next stage, the international jury of 25 experts, including representatives of various airlines, aircraft manufacturers, suppliers, and technical service providers, along with university professors, consultants and specialist journalists, will now evaluate all accepted entries, so that the finalists for the seven categories can be nominated shortly before the Aircraft Interiors Expo (14 – 16 April, 2015). The winners will be crowned, as they are every year, at a formal gala event held in association with the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.
Also, don’t forget the other reason for going, the World Catering and Onboard Services Expo will take place there as well. “Visitors will include onboard services and retail buyers, food and beverage buyers as well as procurement representatives from air and rail travel operators. The exhibitor base includes providers of snack foods, pre-prepared meals, food service equipment, hygiene products and services, food packaging, passenger comfort products and onboard retail items. In other words, you had best go because all your friends and competitors will be there. By day we will be roaming the floor (more on that later) but we will have more later on this event!
An ‘“industry source” sent this update on the new CEO at Zodiac Inflight Innovations – please welcome him: Zodiac Aerospace is pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Smith as CEO of Zodiac Innovations (Zii) as of January 19th, 2015. Matt replaces Rod Farley who will enter retirement at the end of January. Rod has been an integral part of creating Zii, serving as a leader in the former IMS Company and Zii CEO for the last 2 years. His customer focus has been instrumental in making Zii a key player in the IFEC industry. We are going to miss Rod and wish him all of the best in his future.
Matt joins Zii from Panasonic Avionics Corporation where he spent the last 6 years and was recently Senior VP of Operations. He was also the Chairman of Panasonic Corporation Singapore (PACSS) joint venture. Previously, Matt was with Rockwell Collins in both Avionics and Inflight Entertainment, and Honeywell Aerospace in Avionics. Matt has a Bachelors and Masters Degree of Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Matt will be based in Brea, CA office.
The folks at Bell-Pottinger sent us an Alitalia update and here is a condensed version: “Change is underway at Alitalia as they will introduce new routes, new product and service standards, a new cost management strategy and new branding, as the foundations to build a premium global airline representing the best of Italy. Mr Hogan (CEO) said that Alitalia’s major investors had set a clear deadline for the airline to deliver profitability by 2017. He said; “We need to create a performance-based, customer-focused culture which results in a sustainably profitable airline, one which can grow over the long term.” Alitalia and Etihad Airways and its partners are exploring opportunities to improve jointly fleet efficiency. For example, Alitalia is in the process of relocating 14 Airbus A320s to airberlin, and looking into options with Etihad Airways to acquire additional wide-body aircraft for Alitalia. Alitalia will also have opportunities to receive aircraft from Etihad Airways’ existing fleet order book. Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana (alitalia.com) is a completely private company that started operations on January 1, 2015. The new Alitalia is a limited company with an Italian majority share and a 49% share owned by the industrial partner Etihad Airways, U.A.E.’s national airline.”
As you may know, 2014 was certainly the year of the “hack” and data breaches are now a weekly event. The folks at Zenedge provided a very good infographic on the subject and we provide it here for you. While the aviation industry and aircraft have seemingly been lightly affected, you might want to view the 1 hour Internet Webinar Recording that SITA and Recorded Future put together.
You might enjoy reading Aviation Week’s Person of the year article, especially the Letters To The Editor!
Lastly, did you know that powdered alcohol is on its way to your local liquor store… if your state doesn’t ban it first. Called Palcahol, the powder, when mixed with water or mix, can deliver vodka or rum flavored drinks with the booze built-in. Boy are the inflight passenger requests for water going to increase.
Posted by Patricia on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 5:45 pm
Filed under Hot Topics · Tagged with 2Ku, AIX Hamburg 2015, Alitalia, Gogo, Hacking, Matt Smith, Palcahol, Zii
The New Alitalia the Strategic Plan for the New Alitalia Unveiled
Italy | January 20, 2015– The strategy for the new Alitalia was unveiled today, with an unequivocal commitment by the new executive team and strategic investors to reinvent the airline.
Alitalia will introduce new routes, new product and service standards, a new cost management strategy and new branding, as the foundations to build a premium global airline representing the best of Italy.
The new Alitalia commenced operations on 1 January 2015, following the completion of equity investments by Etihad Airways and Alitalia’s existing shareholders. The new company’s Board meeting yesterday ratified the business strategy, which was outlined today by Luca di Montezemolo, Chairman of Alitalia, Silvano Cassano, Chief Executive Officer of Alitalia, and James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Aviation Group and Vice Chairman of Alitalia.
Luca di Montezemolo said: “The energies, passion and expertise I have experienced at Alitalia in recent weeks do not leave any doubt that the airline we’re unveiling today will become once again a premium Italian airline recognised worldwide. This is why I believe the people in Alitalia are a pillar of the history we’re about to write.
“Our priority is to put the customer at the centre of everything we do. And to do that, we will change many things, starting with the way we work. We need to work as one united team to achieve this great common goal.
“The revitalised Alitalia we envision and have started building, will be an asset to this country, and a driver to support the growth of our tourism and our business.”
James Hogan said Alitalia’s future will rely on major change throughout the organisation.
“In a market still beset by the continuing Eurozone crisis, anything other than rapid, decisive change is simply not an option.
“This is the right strategy, with the right management team to lead it.
“But there should be no doubts at all: we have made a commercial investment that must deliver a commercial return.
“We’ve invested in the new Alitalia because we believe it can flourish again. It will only succeed if there is 100 per cent support from everyone. The coming months and next few years will not be easy, but if everyone pulls together as one team, Alitalia can grow again.”
Mr Hogan said that Alitalia’s major investors had set a clear deadline for the airline to deliver profitability by 2017.
Outlining the airline’s new strategy, Mr Cassano said: “The new Alitalia strategy is serious, it is exciting and it is commercial. It is a strategy for success – if everybody delivers.
“It is serious because it has been developed over months by an executive team and a set of partners that share extensive and in-depth industry expertise.
“It is exciting because of the vision and ambition that we have for the brand and for the business. This is the chance to create a new Alitalia, one which Italy can truly feel proud of.
“And it is commercial because that is the only way this can work. Every single employee at Alitalia has to get into a commercial mindset, one in which the basis of every decision is: Does this add value to our customer? Does it add value to our company? And does it help us to deliver a financial return?
“We need to create a performance-based, customer-focused culture which results in a sustainably profitable airline, one which can grow over the long term.
“The investment we have received from our shareholders gives us the opportunity to do that.”
Mr Cassano added: “A successful Alitalia means jobs, it means trade and it means tourism. It means a major impact on the Italian economy.”
The key elements of the new business strategy include:
A new three-hub strategy in Italy. Milan Malpensa will increase long-haul services, while Milan Linate will increase connectivity with partner airline hubs. Rome Fiumicino will grow long-haul flying and continue to expand short and medium haul flying to maintain relevance to the Italian market.
Schedules across the network will be optimised to allow better connectivity, as well as increased codesharing with existing and new partners.
New routes from Rome include Berlin, Dusseldorf, San Francisco, Mexico City, Santiago (Chile), Beijing and Seoul, with increased flights to New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Abu Dhabi.
Alitalia will also add 13 weekly flights from Milan Malpensa, with daily services to Abu Dhabi, four flights a week to Shanghai, and additional flights to Tokyo.
There will also be increased connectivity with Etihad Airways’ hub in Abu Dhabi, with daily services from Venice, Milan, Bologna and Catania, as well as additional flights from Rome, all allowing onward connections to the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China and Australia.
Venice will be the only Italian airport, in addition to Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa, from which Alitalia will operate services to Abu Dhabi with long-haul aircraft.
While exploring further opportunities to deepen the relationships with Skyteam members and in particular Air France/KLM and Delta, there will be a major new partnership with airberlin & NIKI, as well as increased connectivity with Etihad Airways. There are also plans to work more deeply with Air Serbia and Etihad Regional. These partnerships will increase customer choice across many markets.
Alitalia and Etihad Airways and its partners are exploring opportunities to improve jointly fleet efficiency. For example, Alitalia is in the process of relocating 14 Airbus A320s to airberlin, and looking into options with Etihad Airways to acquire additional wide-body aircraft for Alitalia. Alitalia will also have opportunities to receive aircraft from Etihad Airways’ existing fleet orderbook.
A new customer-first culture, with new product and service standards across the airline. A new Customer Excellence Training Academy will deliver skills to all customer-facing staff, while customers will experience traditional Italian hospitality, new food service options, new-look lounges in Rome, Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate.
Alitalia will launch a new brand and visual identity, covering aircraft, uniforms and all other customer touch-points. While the name will remain unchanged, the new branding will seek to capture and embody the essence of Italy.
Filed under News Releases · Tagged with Alitalia, Etihad Airways, rebranding, strategic investors
Etihad Airways – Alitalia Statement
June 25, 2014 — Alitalia and Etihad Airways today confirmed that they have agreed the principal terms and conditions of a proposed transaction whereby Etihad Airways will acquire a 49 per cent equity stake in Alitalia.
The airlines will now move to finalise the transactional documents, that will include the agreed upon conditions, as soon as possible. The conclusion of the investment is subject to final regulatory approvals.
Filed under News Releases · Tagged with Alitalia, Etihad Airways
Alitalia Extends Content Services Agreement With IFP
London, UK | May 8, 2013– IFP, the Passenger Experience Provider™, today announced an extension to its multi-year agreement with Alitalia to provide a full suite of inflight entertainment services.
IFP will continue to provide its long-standing customer with a wide range of audio, video and local and international movies on demand for the airline’s seat-back and handheld IFE systems.
“We’re committed to providing outstanding customer service and satisfaction,” commented Francesco Cupo, Purchasing Manager at Servair Solution Italia, the service company managing Alitalia’s in-flight services supply chain since November 2010. “IFP’s continued support will help further our efforts to offer a fresh and appealing entertainment programme for our customers.”
“We’re delighted to extend our partnership with Alitalia,” commented Robert Haxton, Managing Director of IFP. “The airline will continue to benefit from our understanding of passengers’ content preferences and we aim to constantly evolve the programming to ensure it remains relevant at all times.”
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'Future–proofing' the IFE installation means providing an onboard network with sufficient bandwidth that the airline will never have to tear apart their airplane to re-wire to install upgrades. Fiber-to-the-Seat™ provides a fiber optics network running at a gigabit per second – High-definition video is only the beginning – who knows what the hot, killer apps will be 10-20 years from now?!”
- Rich Salter, CTO, Lumexis Corporation
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Doris B. Wheeler Papers
Identifier: LP000570
Walter P. Reuther Library
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This collection consists of songbooks and songsheets gathered by Ms. Wheeler while with the ILGWU. There are labor songs, folksongs, and songs of radical groups. Some of the songs are from the Brookwood Labor College, the ILGWU, and the IWW.
Majority of material found within 1932 - 1957
Wheeler, Doris B. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
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Doris Wheeler served as the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) southwestern region Educational Director and was a charter member of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 420 (St. Louis, MO). Ms. Wheeler's papers are comprised of a collection of songs associated with radical groups and the labor movement.
Doris Wheeler was the Educational Director of the southwestern region of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She was married to Paul Preisler who helped found AFT Local 420 in St. Louis, Missouri, of which she was a charter member. She later married Maurice R. Wheeler who was on the executive committee of the Joint Progressive Caucus of the AFT which fought communist influence in the union. She actively participated in the caucus which succeeded in defeating the communists at the 1940 AFT convention. Correspondence from Ms. Wheeler relating to this can be found in the Stanton and Nancy Smith Collection.
Materials arranged in alphabetical order.
The papers of Doris B. Wheeler were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in October of 1972 by Doris B. Wheeler.
Processing History
Finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library in July 1983.
Women in the labor movement
Working class--Songs and music
Guide to the Doris B. Wheeler Papers
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
https://reuther.wayne.edu
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
"Doris B. Wheeler Papers, Box [#], Folder [#], Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University" http://as.reuther.wayne.edu/repositories/2/resources/880 Accessed January 20, 2020.
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Cultural Itinerary
“Accursed Mountains” - The legend behind it
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Things to know about the Accursed Mountains
Çok Mosque
It was built in 1580 in the Islamic-Albanian style. Besides the function of a mosque, it also serves today as an Islamic primary school and holds a collection of old books dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries.
Avdyl Hoxha Tower
In the tower of Avdyl Hoxha, als o known as “Oda e Junikut” (Junik’s Guest House), leaders of all Albanian territories gathered to solve national disputes and to make decisions for the good of the Albanian people. From 21 to 25 May 1912, the Assembly of Junik was held here, with the attendance of 250 Albanian delegates who made the collective decision to organize a general uprising. Thus, the tower throughout the years became a symbol of resistance and survival, Albanian hospitality and honor, respect of traditional laws and customs.
Ram Zyberi Tower
This tower was built in 1860 with all the features of the traditional tower of Accursed Mountain area, and was inherited by 5 generations of Zyberi family. The tower has historically been a gathering place and shelter of important personalities, and has also served to shelter Junik’s visitors over the years. The tower of Ram Zyberi has been restored after damages during the Kosovo* war, and for several years has served as a guesthouse and restaurant.
Jahë Imeri Tower
This tower was built at the beginning of the 19th century in the centre of Junik. Its characteristic feature is the stone-made facade of the second floor. The use of stones strengthens the wall and adorns the facade. The tower has been restored from time to time and is now serving the family, the community and institutions that ensure its preservation.
Deçan Mosque
The Deçan Mosque, built in 1851, is of great value as it is among the oldest and most famous Ottoman architecture monuments in Kosovo*. The building has a rectangular base, covered with hipped roof and with minarets. The mosque is built in an
Islamic-Albanian style, in a technique that is identified with towers. After being burned down during the war of 1999, the only remainings from the mosque were the construction walls and the characteristic minaret which was located on the left side of the building. After restoration in 2003, the mosque took its earlier function, although it is not entirely completed.
Deçan Monastery
Built in the midst of the 14th century, the Deçan Monastery lies in the picturesque valley of Bistrica River. In 2004, Deçan Monastery was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List “as one of the most valuable examples of life in the Paleontological Renaissance in Byzantine drawings” and “valuable documentation of life in the 16th century”. In 2006, Decani Monastery entered the List of World Heritage in Danger. This Orthodox monastery was built by the medieval Serbian king Stefan Dečanski, who dedicated the building to the Resurrection of Christ. After his death, Dečanski was buried in the still incomplete Dečan Monastery in 1331, and its construction was continued by his son, Stefan Dušan.
Shabanaj Watermill
Built in the centre of Deçan in the 19th century by local craftsmen, the Shabanaj Watermill is one of the oldest objects in town. This watermill served as a public facility for the needs of the population of Deçan, beyond grinding grain. It was an industrial building belonging to the type of watermills with only one opening. With a rectangular base, the facility as a whole is built with hewn and non-hewn stones. It has a simple hipped roof and it is covered with traditional tiles. The grinding mechanism consisted of two grinding stones of the mill which functioned due to water pressure.
Demukaj Tower
The Demukaj Tower, built in the 19th century, is located in the old neighborhood of Deçan. The tower was reconstructed after being burned down during the last war, and while the outside part has taken its original shape, the internal part still needs some work.
Mazrekaj Tower
Drenoc, one of the villages of Deçan Municipality, is known as the “tower village”. Before the war, this village had 30 towers, while now only 8 of them are left. One of these towers is the 18th century Mazrekaj Tower. The Mazrekaj family has survived warfare, regime changes, and economic instability, and so has their kulla, which has been recently reconstructed. The Mazrekaj Tower offers today bed and breakfast with traditional food, space for conferences, exhibitions and celebrations.
Osdautaj Tower
Built by the Osdautaj family in the 19th century, the Osdautaj Tower is located in the village of Isniq in Deçan. It is a symbol of the village and local inhabitants consider it as an important heritage monument, as the building has hosted an important assembly for the Albanian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1910. Inhabitants also say that the tower is older than officially accepted. The Osdautaj Tower is unique in its kind in Kosovo*, as it is the only kulla with four floors. It is also one of the few towers in the region to have survived time and war. Renovated after the war, today the tower hosts a small museum with artefacts.
Kulla e Qelisë
“Kulla e qelisë” (Cell’s Tower) also known as Jerina’s Castle, is a settlement belonging to the 2nd century AD, located on a rock in a forest about 12 kilometers west of Deçan. Jerina was one of the eight Illyrian queens starting from Teuta, who has inspired many stories and legends. The settlement covers nine acres of land and is surrounded by walls which can still be found in the location.
Tahir Bey Inn / Ethnographic Museum of Peja
Located inside Tahir Bey Inn, the Ethnographic Museum of Peja exhibits the cultural heritage of Peja, Rugova and Dukagjin. The museum building, belonging to the second half of the 18th century, is a beautiful example of old asymmetric houses. The house is an object of cultural importance, both architecturally and ethnologically, with preserved archaic elements in the interior. The museum contains about 700 exhibits, of which 450 are exhibited in the section of “Cultural Heritage of Peja Region” and 100 archaeological artefacts are exhibited in the section of “Cultural Archaeological Heritage”. The ethnographic exhibition includes collections of traditional costumes, jewelry, utensils, work tools, musical instruments, textiles, etc.
Old Bazaar
The Old Bazaar (Alb. Çarshia e vjetër) is an area with characteristic oriental stores, where original shops still exist producing various handicrafts, and is known for its historical importance in economic development. The Old Bazaar was built during the Ottoman rule in the 19th century with 960 stores that have practiced different crafts, some of which are still present, ranging from tailors, saddlers, shoemakers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, etc.
Xhylfatyn Mosque
The Xhylfatyn Mosque, located in the neighborhood of Karagaqi in Peja, was built in 1697 during the Ottoman period. The name of this mosque is associated with the legend about a woman named Xhylfatyn. According to oral tradition, she had invested in the construction of the mosque, so after her death a shrine above her grave was built and the mosque was named after her. The mosque was built on a massive stone system with internal wooden structure and local architecture.
Bajrakli Mosque
In the central part of Peja Old Bazaar lies the Bajrakli Mosque built in 1471. The mosque is one of the most important architectural and sacred buildings of the Ottoman period here. It was built by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Hanit during the time when Peja was a sanjak (Ottoman district). This is a classic monumental building, also serving as a sanctuary to the cemetery of prominent city’s personalities from the 16th to the 19th centuries, including the grave of Ali Pasha Gusinje and Haxhi Zeka.
Hammam Mosque
The Hamam Mosque, built in 1587, is located in the old part of town in the “Haxhi Zeka” neighborhood near the hammam (Turkish bath) of Haxhi Bey and the building of the first Albanian Primary School in Peja. This mosque ranks among the oldest historical monuments of cultural heritage, not only for the city of Peja but throughout of Kosovo*. The mosque was burned several times, in 1890, during the First World War and during the recent war in Kosovo* in 1999, and it was restored in 2001.
Deftedari Mosque
One of the oldest mosques in Peja, Deftedari Mosque, was built in 1570. The mosque was restored in 2010 after being burned during the 1999 war, and is now a protected cultural monument.
Haxhi Bey Hammam
Hammams were public facilities of a social character which were widely spread in the Balkans during the Ottoman rule. Today a small number of them is preserved in the Accursed Mountains area due to the time factor, atmospheric conditions, human factor, and uninterrupted transformations of cities. The preserved hammams, although some of them have been transformed or have lost their original elements, hold an important spot in the the architectural constructions of the people in the past and the region’s history and culture.
Taftali Mosque
The Taftali Mosque is located in the neighborhood called the Sahat Kulla of Peja, built in 1587. The mosque was named after the Turkish word “taft” which means “wood”, because originally it was entirely made of wood. The mosque was built on rectangular base with wood construction, and combined walls with stones and bricks coated with mortar.
Kurshumli Mosque
Kurshumli Mosque was built in the 1577 and is one of the most beautiful mosques in Peja. Local craft techniques were employed here to good effect in elaborately carved wooden ceilings and other interior decorations. Kurshumli Mosque was closed after the end of the Second World War and turned into an arms depot for the Yugoslav army. It was returned to worship after a lapse of twenty years in 1965. During the 1999 war the mosque was highly damaged. Later, while being restored, foundations of the old mosque were found.
Haxhi Zeka Mill
Haxhi Zeka Mill complex was built in the second half of the 19th century, during the Ottoman rule, and is located in the northern part of the city, near the Old Bazaar. It is the first industrial watermill in the region and was initially composed of a mill, flour warehouse, granary, horse stable and the guest house.
Zenel Bey Tower
Zenel Bey Tower, built in the second half of the 19th century, is a two-storey building within the complex composition of Zenel Beu. The tower occupied the main part of the complex in contrast with the guest house, which was in the internal part of the courtyard. Nowadays, the guest house doesn’t exist, while the tower has been restored after being burned down and shelled in 1999.
Gockaj Tower
In the neighborhood of “Vorret e Gjata” in Peja lies the three-storey tower of Shaban Gockaj, which dates back to the 19th century. The tower had both a guest chamber and a women’s chamber. In the ground floor there was a warehouse, in the first floor there was the residential room, whereas in the top floor the men’s chamber. The construction is carried out mainly by hewn and few non-hewn stones, using a rustic technique.
Halil Bey Tombstone
Next to Kurshumli Mosque in the neighborhood of Haxhi Zeka, there is a grave mausoleum, set over a Muslim cemetery (holy tomb) of Halil Bey, erected in 1545. This mausoleum is located in the courtyard of the maytep of the mosque, which does not exist anymore.
Jashar Pasha Inn
In 1850 Haxhi Zeka began the construction of a guest house in the expanded area of the Old Bazaar, carried on later by his brother’s son Jashar Pasha. Jashar Pasha’s guest house is an example of domestic residence construction, part of a complex including the Haxhi Zeka Tower. The current building is a reconstruction of the old guest house, which was built on the base of the stone wall, with thick brick walls constructed in a timberframing system.
Austro-Hungarian Cemetery
In the Austro-Hungarian Cemetery, 208 Austro-Hungarian soldiers who served in Peja during World War I were buried. This cemetery started taking shape during 1900- 1912 and was reconstructed in 2014.
Patriarchate of Peja Monastery
The Patriarchate of Peja Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery of a high ecclesiastical culture, belonging to the Byzantine-Roman period of the 13th century. It is located near Lumbardh of Peja, at the entrance of Rugova Valley. The monastery complex is unique, with three churches connected as one whole, resulting in a total of four churches: Church of the Holy Apostles, Saint Demetrius, Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas.
Nitaj Tower
Initially property of Halil Kasapolli, built by local craftsmen in the second half of the 19th century, belongs to the part of the guest house complex of Halil Kasapolli located in the centre of Peja. Now the tower belongs to the Nitaj family, hence its name. After interventions during the 20th century, when the mansion was turned into business function, two big and two small curved windows were opened. Now the tower is used for residential purposes, whereas the ground floor is a restaurant.
Binak Dina Tower
The three-storey tower of Binak Dina is located on the exit of the village of Raushiq in Peja Municipality. Constructed in the second half of the 19th century on a rectangular base, the tower has a ground floor that was used as a barn, the first floor with residential rooms, and the top floor with the men’s chamber. The corners of the mansion are constructed with hewn river stones, while the open gallery (dyshekllëk) is made of wood and it is set out along the entire front wall.
Ali Bajraktari Tower
The tower of Ali Bajraktari, a patriot of the Albanian National cause, is located in the centre of the village Vranoc in Peja Municipality. Constructed in the second half of the 18th century, the building possesses architectural, ethnographic and historical values. However, in 2004 seeing the cultural and historic importance of it, the mansion was restored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo*.
Haki Spahiu Tower
This mansion is part of Spahiu family complex, built in the midst of the 19th century. The tower was built on a mass stone base with earth-bricks, plastered with white lime. The house is characterized by a horizontal layout with rectangular windows made of wood, and numerous openings in the front facade. The mansion has undergone changes in 1979, where an entrance and an annex were added to the ground floor. The mansion now is used for residential purposes, and is in poor condition.
Sylë Rexha Tower
The tower of Sylë Rexha is located in the centre of the village Vranoc in Peja Municipality. Built in the 18th century, the building has two storeys and is carried out with stone from river and corners made of hewn stones constructed by national craftsmen form Dibra (Albania) and craftsmen from the family of Syle Rexha.The building was burned in the 1999 war and the restoration was done from 2006 to 2009. In order to accommodate the needs of the residents, the mansion has undergone changes in the internal organization and is now in good condition.
Saint Jeremiah Cemetery Church
The Church of Saint Jeremiah is situated in the village of Gorazhdevc in the municipality of Peja, inhabited by Serb minority. The church was constructed in the 16th century and since 1958 is under the protection of the law. This church belongs to the type of churches with tray. It is built from oak timber and is well preserved. The church has a rectangular base, a low roof, and is covered with stone slabs of different sizes. The interior space is divided into the church’s narthex, the main part and the altar part.
Meyteb in Llukë e Epërme
In the village of Lluka e Epërme in the municipality of Deçan, in the centre of the village you will find the first Albanian school in this area (Turk. meyteb), the Meyteb of Tahir Effendi Lluka. The village meyteb was built by rural Albanian artisans in the 19th century, and construction-wise it resembles the towers of Dukagjini area. The meyteb is built in a rustic technique, with an opened portal, while the windows and the corners of the building were constructed using raw stones, differentiating these parts from the rest of the meyteb. The building retains its original condition, with some changes in later phases visible on the walls and as well on the plaster of the exterior facades.
Tahir Lush Bërdynaj Mill
The Tahir Lush Bërdynaj Mill, constructed in the 19th century, is thought to be amongst the first watermills built in the area. The two-storey watermill is public and was built mainly in stone. The construction structure resembles the typical technique used in building fortified houses, respectively the towers of Dukagjin. Besides its use for milling wheat, the mill also hosted migrants from Albania, and rendered many services for the population of the area.
Mosque of Drelaj
The Mosque of Drelaj is located in Drelaj Village in Rugova. This is the first mosque in the area of Rugova, built in 1915. Bogë village, in Rugova Valley, stands at an altitude of about 1,300m - 1,400m. From here you should manage to climb Hajla Peak, at 2.403 m. The village of Bogë, and the whole valley of Rugova is an already known area for skiing. Here you will find centers and facilities set up for the organization of various competitions in kosovo.
Church of Kuqishtë
Kuqishtë is a village in Rugova, with a name deriving from the Albanian word “kuq” meaning “red”, referring to the red-colored stones and rocks in the area. Along with the church in Shtupeq i Vogël, the church in Kuqishte is the only remaining church in Rugova. It was built on the foundations of an old church. Activities of the Catholic Church have been documented in Rugova from the 18th century, where Albanian and Italian pastors have served throughout the years.
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The decline of Philippine political parties
Posted by Action for Economic Reforms | Apr 1, 2019 | 2019 Elections, Columns, Yellow Pad
By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
What has happened to Philippine political parties?
The political party is defined as an organization of individuals bound by common vision, values, program and public policies, and its goal is to win political power through free and fair elections. A political party has a clear position on each major issue that society faces. And even though one party can have similar positions with others on some issues, still each party remains distinct from the rest, in terms of its ideology, its value and culture, and its whole program.
To be sure, some political parties like the Communist Party of the Philippines or CPP prefer the extra-legal route to achieve political power. The CPP is outside the legal system, and yet in the Philippines, it is arguably the most consistent in upholding an ideology and a program. Further, it is the most organized and the most disciplined political party. Despite having the positive attributes of a political party, the CPP is weak in electoral politics and cannot win national elections.
But what about the mainstream political parties? They are far from being the ideological and programmatic parties. These parties have names that describe them to be “nationalist,” “democratic,” and “liberal.” However, these are nominal descriptions; they exist only in name. In actuality, the majority of the members of such political parties are far from being nationalist, democratic, or liberal. The majority of them are not loyal to any party, and they can easily switch from one party to another, seizing any opportunity to join the party in power.
The Nacionalista Party (NP) and the Liberal Party (LP) claim to be the oldest political parties in the Philippines. But this is inaccurate since the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP), whose progeny is the more militant CPP, was established in 1930, much earlier than the LP’s creation. The NP was founded at the turn of the 20th century, with the aim of gaining independence from US colonialism through peaceful transition. The LP was a faction that broke away from the NP in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
Nothing actually distinguished the LP from the NP when they split, except for the LP excuse to separate — that it constituted the “liberal wing” of the NP. The truth was that the LP became the vehicle for Manuel Roxas to run for the Presidency and challenge the candidacy of Sergio Osmeña, the NP stalwart.
Party switching of a candidate seeking the Presidency happened again in 1965 when Ferdinand Marcos transferred from the LP to the NP in order to run against the incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal. Marcos’s victory in 1965 was his stepping stone to becoming a dictator.
Jose Maria Sison also known as Amado Guerrero, the founder of the CPP, thus described the NP and LP as not being different from each other; that one is Coca Cola and the other is Pepsi Cola.
The installation of the Marcos dictatorship led to the abolition of the two-party system. Marcos created his Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) and allowed inconsequential parties to operate. But these parties were either the “loyal opposition” or were KBL’s junior partners.
The downfall of the dictatorship was orchestrated mainly by movements. And in reaction to the dictatorship as well as to the failed two-party system of the post-war, pre-martial law era, the 1987 Freedom Constitution instituted a multi-party system. However, in this set-up, the victory particularly in the presidential elections was determined by a plurality, not by the majority.
The multi-party, plurality system has not transformed the political parties into ideological or programmatic parties. Rather, political parties have become vehicles for personalities to have a machinery. Thus, Fidel Ramos resuscitated a moribund Lakas; Joseph Estrada had different party affiliations before creating his Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino; Gloria Arroyo formed Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino (KAMPI); and Rodrigo Duterte used Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).
Duterte is a curious case. He, who does not hide his fascination with Marcos and his being authoritarian, is the current chair of PDP-Laban, which was formed to fight the dictatorship and which describes its ideology as “democratic socialist.”
Duterte calls himself socialist although it is doubtful that he is one. At the height of the election campaign, when asked about his economic program, Duterte’s curt reply was that he would copy the platform of the other candidates.
And for the mid-term elections in May 2019, Duterte is linked to two political parties, PDP-Laban and his daughter Sara Duterte Carpio’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago. Strange still is the decision of Hugpong to field 13 candidates, but voters will elect 12 senators. The oddest part is that Duterte has endorsed candidates not necessarily because of their party affiliation (that they are either PDP-Laban or Hugpong candidates) but because they are his personal choices.
But the main opposition party has not behaved as an authentic political party either. The Liberal Party, acknowledging its unpopularity, hides behind the shibboleth “Otso Diretso,” although not all the candidates are LP members. The unity of “Otso Diretso” as a party is its being anti-Duterte. But being anti-Duterte is not enough to build a solid political party. It is reported, for instance, that a senatorial candidate of “Otso Diretso” is against reproductive health although the LP is associated with reproductive health reforms.
The recent developments, with Duterte’s attitude and behavior towards political parties being the foolish of all, solidify the view articulated by social scientists like Paul Hutchcroft that Philippine political competition is defined by personalities, by patronage, and by feeble parties. Hutchcroft traces the problem as far back as the US colonial period when the US continued the patronage system imposed by Spanish colonialism and further abetted it through its own “institutional innovations.”
The question then is whether path dependence has determined the Philippine political system. That is, our history has structured and constrained the system, making reforms difficult to take root.
Further, the present conditions, not only nationally but also globally, indicate a predisposition of voters to strongmen and simplistic solutions as well as a tendency to reject programmatic parties.
In a word, we cannot expect the rules of the game to change soon.
Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III coordinates the Action for Economic Reforms.
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Rock in a Hard Place | Released: 1982 | Columbia Records | Gold |
Rock in a Hard Place: Tour Dates 1982-1984
images.amplified.com 1) Jailbait
images.amplified.com 2) Lightning Strikes
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images.amplified.com 4) Bolivian Ragamuffin
images.amplified.com 5) Cry Me a River
images.amplified.com 6) Prelude to Joanie
images.amplified.com 7) Joanie's Butterfly
images.amplified.com 8) Rock in a Hard Place (Chesire Cat)
images.amplified.com 9) Jig is Up
images.amplified.com 10) Push Comes to Shove
ROCK IN A HARD PLACE was not only the first '80s Aerosmith album, it was also the only album to not feature founding members Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Perry left in the middle of making the prior album, NIGHT IN THE RUTS, and Whitford hung around long enough to play rhythm guitar on this record's excellent "Lightning Strikes." Both left as a result of personal problems and were replaced by guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay.
Although Perry's contributions as a collaborator with Steven Tyler were missed, Crespo did a good job taking up the slack. Among the more notable songs he penned with Tyler were the slide guitar-drenched locomotive "Bolivian Ragamuffin," the sassy strut "Jig is Up," and the salacious "Jailbait." Aerosmith took the opportunity for a little studio experimentation ROCK IN A HARD PLACE as well. Vocoders were used on "Prelude to Joanie," which segued smoothly into the Indian-flavored "Joanie's Butterfly," foreshadowing the band's later cultural dabbling on 1997's Nine Lives. But it didn't take an expert to know that Aerosmith was not the same after the loss of the aforementioned members. And so did the band, who welcomed Perry and Whitford back into its ranks two years after Rock in a Hard Place.
Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York and Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida.
Aerosmith:
Steven Tyler (vocals, piano);
Jimmy Crespo, Rick Dufay (guitar);
Tom Hamilton (bass);
Joey Kramer (drums)
Brad Whitford, Joe Lievano (guitar);
Reinhard Straub (violin);
John Turi (saxophone);
Paul Harris (piano);
Jack Douglas (percussion)
Album - Billboard (North America)
1982 Pop Albums 32
1982 "Lightning Strikes" Mainstream Rock 21
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Bristol Taurus
Bristol had originally intended to use the Aquila and Perseus as two of its major product lines in the 1930s, but the rapid increase in size and speed of aircraft in the 1930s demanded much larger engines than either of these. The mechanicals from both of these designs were then put into two-row configurations to develop much larger engines, the Aquila becoming the Taurus, and the Perseus becoming the Hercules.
The Taurus was a 14-cylinder two-row radial sleeve valve design, resulting in an extraordinarily uncluttered exterior and very low mechanical noise. It offered high power with a relatively low weight, starting from 1,015 hp (760 kW) in the earliest versions. It was also compact, with a diameter of 46 inches (1170 mm) which made it attractive to fighter designers. Unfortunately, the engine has also been described as "notoriously troublesome", with protracted development and a slow growth in rated power. After several years of development, power had been increased from 1,015 hp (760 kW) to only 1,130 hp (840 kW). As the most important applications of this engine were in aircraft that flew at low altitude, engine development efforts focussed on low-altitude performance.
Bristol Taurus 11 14-Cylinder sleeve-valve double bank air-cooled radial engine of 1938 provided 1,065 h.p. at 5,000ft, and was fitted to the Beaufort Mk 1 as well as the Fairey Battle and Fairey Albacore.
The first Taurus engines were delivered just before World War II began and found some use primarily in the Fairey Albacore and Bristol's own Beaufort torpedo bomber. Starting from April 1940, it was suggested to replace the Taurus engines of the latter by the famous Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, but this change was postponed to the autumn of 1941 while attempts were made to cure the reliability problems of the Taurus, and later had to be temporarily reversed because of shortages of Twin Wasp engines. The Twin Wasp was, however, strongly preferred, especially for overseas postings, because of its much greater reliability. In later models of the Taurus engine the reliability problems were mostly cured by a change in the cylinder manufacturing process, although the engine kept a poor reputation, and in the Albacore the Taurus engine was retained until the end of that aircraft's production in 1943.
There were no other operational applications of the Taurus engine, because its initial reliability problems discouraged the development of Taurus-powered aircraft, and because later-war combat aircraft demanded more powerful engines. Its production lines were closed down in favour of the Hercules engine.
Taurus II
1940 1,060 hp.
Taurus III
935 hp.
Taurus VI
Taurus XII
1940 985 hp. Supercharger ratio decreased, impeller diameter increased.
Taurus XVI
1940 985 hp.
Taurus XX
Trials engine only, one built.
Bristol Beaufort
Fairey Albacore
Fairey Battle testbed only
Gloster F.9/37
Type: 14-cylinder, two-row, supercharged, air-cooled radial engine with dual ignition
Bore: 5 in (127 mm)
Stroke: 5.625 in (143 mm)
Displacement: 1,550 in³ (25.4 L)
Length: 49.2 in (1,250 mm)
Diameter: 46.25 in (1,175 mm)
Dry weight: 1,301 lb (590 kg)
Valvetrain: Sleeve valve
Supercharger: Single-speed centrifugal type supercharger
Fuel system: Claudel-Hobson carburettor
Fuel type: 87 Octane petrol
Cooling system: Air-cooled
Reduction gear: Farman epicyclic gearing, 0.444:1
996 hp (743 kW) at 3,225 rpm for takeoff
1,050 hp (783 kW) at 3,225 rpm at 5,000 ft (1,520 m)
Specific power: 0.68 hp/in³ (30.83 kW/l)
Compression ratio: 7.2:1
Specific fuel consumption: 0.43 lb/(hp·h) (261 g/(kW·h))
Power-to-weight ratio: 0.81 hp/lb (1.33 kW/kg)
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York Minster – Undercroft
As Surveyor of the Fabric for York Minster, Andrew Arrol is overseeing a range of projects both for the Minster itself and for other properties in the precinct, such as the fifteenth-century St William’s College, which now acts as a conference centre and restaurant.
Andrew is also architect for the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘York Minster Revealed’ project – a £23 million scheme that involves the conservation and repair of the Minster’s east front, the reordering of the South Transept approach to improve visitor access and an overhaul of the Minster’s museum facilities in the Undercroft where Andrew is working in collaboration with interpretive designers to improve display and access facilities whilst not disturbing the medieval, Romanesque and Roman fabric both present in the Undercroft and supported by foundations within it.
The project combines high quality repair and conservation with a complex access project on a live site with constant pedestrian and visitor traffic.
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“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”
- Muhammad Ali
Just as Ali said…well, almost…the races were won far away from witnesses, out there on the trails and roads and fields, long before we went to the starting line.
Some people out there may actually think that Cherokee makes it look easy. We’ve had a good amount of success and it may occur to some that, perhaps, there is a secret that we have discovered…and if they could only know that secret….
Actually, there is a secret. It is called “hard work”. …Ok, it’s really not that much of a secret. It’s just that some people accept it easier than others. We have been fortunate, over the years, to have many individuals who fully accept the importance of hard work. It has become a tradition at Cherokee to do all that is necessary to be successful. It is not easy…despite how it may look to an outsider. It requires a tremendous amount of sacrifice, and you, the members of Cherokee Cross Country 2005, have made that sacrifice. You dedicated yourselves to your summer training. You worked hard all season long. You raced with courage and spirit. You earned your success!
This season, the success was even sweeter, as it wasn’t totally expected. We were in a rebuilding year after graduating six of our top eight runners, and we found ourselves counting on a number of individuals with little varsity experience. We did not know how they would respond.
As it turned out, we need not have been concerned. Here’s what happened…
On Sunday, June 19th, the summer training for the 2005 season officially began. Yersak, McLaughlin, Maneval, Dolan, McFadden and Candy had graduated. Only three runners returned who had run under 18:00 minutes at Holmdel Park, the site of the state championships. Our work was cut out for us …but we were determined.
During the week of August 16th to the 21st, Cherokee runners attended the RunningWorks Cross Country Camp in the Poconos. Six days devoted to becoming a better runner…and, for some, a better GaGa player!
On August 23rd, we met at 8:00 AM for the first official day of practice. Thanks to the fine leadership of our seniors, the team came in with a strong base established over 10 weeks of good, progressive summer training.
On September 3rd, the Courier Post issued its season preview article. Cherokee began the season ranked 3rd in South Jersey, behind two other Group 4 teams – Triton and Washington Township.
On Saturday, September 10th, we headed up to Holmdel Park for our first workout on the state course. It was a good reminder of how difficult Holmdel is and what it takes to run it successfully.
On Tuesday, September 13th, we opened our season with an easy win over Pennsauken High School at the Gloucester County College B course. Newcomer, Ryan Lutz, earned Runner of the Meet honors as the first “First Year Runner” across the line!
On the morning of Saturday, September 17th, the 10th annual Cherokee Challenge got underway. With 1500 competitors from 75 different schools, the Challenge is the 2nd largest meet in the state behind the Shore Coaches Invitational. The Cherokee runners fared well against the strong competition, led by sophomore champion, Alex Yersak. Greg Bredeck, Vinny Marziano, Will Andes, and Rich Nelson medaled in the senior race. Mike Medvec and Colin Cunningham won awards in the junior race. Kevin Schickling, along with Yersak, medaled in the sophomore competition. And, Marc Saccomanno and Rob Roselli picked up hardware in the freshman race. The meet proved costly, however, as team leader, Marziano, suffered a calf injury that would continue to plague him for the rest of the season; and senior, Mike Brown, newly returned from a bout with mono, sustained a season-ending injury.
On Wednesday, September 21st, the team’s dual meet record improved to 2 wins and 0 losses with an 18-46 victory over Eastern High School on the GCC – A course. Newcomer, Graham Davis improved his time from the Pennsauken Meet by 3:19 (!!) to earn Runner of the Meet honors.
On Saturday, September 21st, we headed back to GCC for the 2nd Annual South Jersey Shoot-out, consisting of 3 varsity races – the 5-6-7 man race, the 3-4 man race, and the 1-2 man race, and a JV race. Steve McCarroll showed that he was back from an early season injury as he moved up throughout the race to finish 2nd in the JV competition. The highlight of the varsity competitions was the 1-2 finish by Will Andes and Rich Nelson in the 3-4 man race, sparking the team to victory for the 2nd year in a row.
The team improved to 4 and 0 on Tuesday, September 27th with wins over Cherry Hill East and, district rival, Shawnee. Hardworking junior, Mike Medvec, recorded his first sub-18 minute clocking and finished 11th overall to spark the victory.
The team traveled to Holmdel Park on Saturday, October 1st, to run in the Shore Coaches Invitational and get their first feel for racing on the state championship course. Marc Saccomanno turned in a fine performance to finish 11th in a freshman field of over 200 runners. Rob Roselli was not far behind with his own strong performance for 25th place. Alex Yersak and Rich Nelson provided the highlights in the varsity competition with Alex moving to number 11 on the All-Time Cherokee Holmdel List and Rich dropping his course PR by 40 seconds. Despite these two strong efforts, we finished in 4th with 147 points, 10 behind rival Washington Township, whom we would face 10 days later for the division championship.
On Monday, October 3rd, Washington Township replaced Triton as South Jersey’s number one team in the Courier Post Poll. They would be the 2nd of 5 teams to hold the number one spot during the course of the season.
On the 6th of October, three freshmen and three sophomores competed in the Burlington County Frosh/Soph Meet at the Rancocas Valley Sports Complex. While all six ran well, Liam Eells got the nod for Runner of the Meet with his first sub-20 5k.
Strong winds and rain greeted the team on Saturday, October 8th as we arrived for the South Jersey Open at Delsea High School. With the varsity resting in preparation for the Washington Township dual meet, it was up to the JV and freshmen runners to provide the highlights. Colin Cunningham, returning from injury, led the way with a decisive victory in the JV race (an early indication of why he would be running varsity at the end of the season). Ocean City won the division 3 Varsity Race over Washington Township, which resulted in their move to the number one spot in the next Courier Post Poll that Monday.
On Tuesday, October 11th, we faced the first serious threat to our dual meet win streak in several years when we lined up against Washington Township and Lenape on the GCC – A course. Washington Township returned 6 strong runners from a team that had won the Olympic Conference Meet in 2004 and had beaten us 10 days earlier at Holmdel. We were ready for the challenge. Sparked by the return of senior leader, Vinny Marziano, we soundly defeated the Minutemen by a score of 20 to 36. While it felt good to run well and win, we knew not to get overly confident…Washington Township would be back.
The following Saturday, October 15th, while the varsity team traveled to Holmdel for a workout in preparation for the state meet, the rest of the team competed in the South Jersey Hall of Fame Class Meet. Marc Saccomanno, Rob Roselli and Sean Hartnett ran strong races to place 3rd, 5th and 8th in the freshman race while Ryan Lutz led the sophomore contingent with his 4th place finish. All four are new runners with a lot of potential for the future.
Having not lost to a Burlington County team in 8 years, our streak was on the line on October 21st, at the Burlington County Championships. Moorestown had been running very well. An off race by us would give them the championship. Once again, the team responded, placing 6 runners between 2nd and 18th, with a 7th in at 29, for a comfortable victory. In addition to the fine varsity effort, the Combined Class Race which followed was dominated by Cherokee runners. Steve McCarroll ran a full 1:49 faster than his time from last year to earn Runner of the Meet honors while first year senior, Ryan Elliott, had his best race of the season, just missing a sub-20 minute clocking.
The South Jersey Frosh/Soph Meet was next for the team on Monday, October 24th at GCC. Although this was their 3rd race in 9 days, the guys still gave it their best effort. Liam Eells PRed at 19:32 and newcomer, Geoff Schellack, ran tough to set a course PR and earn Runner of the Meet honors.
On Friday, October 28th, the varsity put together perhaps their best team effort of the year to dominate the Olympic Conference Meet with 27 points. Runner of the Meet, Greg Bredeck, led a 1-2-3 sweep with Alex Yersak and Rich Nelson close behind. With Will Andes taking a needed break, it was Vinny Marziano and Colin Cunningham who stepped into the 4-5 spots, finishing 10th and 11th respectively. Matt Applegate, a top 7 varsity runner on any other team, demonstrated his ability with a terrific win in the JV race and a new PR at 17:35. Matt earned Co-Runner of the Meet honors along with Greg.
On Monday, October 31st, we moved into the 2nd position in the Courier Post Poll, behind Ocean City. Sectional rivals, Triton, Washington Township and Mainland occupied the 3rd, 4th and 7th spots. In five days we would face them all on the course at Delsea.
On Wednesday, November 2nd, the team traveled to Pennypacker Park for the Haddonfield Invitational. Traditionally, the team is divided into two with Shak coaching one group and Cal coaching the other. The 5th running of this rivalry ended the same as the previous four…with a Cal loss! Shak’s Princeton Tigers, led by Mike Medvec’s 1st place finish, defeated Cal’s Salisbury Sea Gulls by a score of 25-30. Joe Foley earned Runner of the Meet honors with his first sub-18 minute clocking.
On Saturday, November 5th, we lined up for the first round of the state championships – the South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals. It was an unseasonably warm day – sunny and 74 – a factor that would prove unfortunate for our squad. High expectations led to fast starts and tense racing. Although we got our first ever 1-2 finish in the Sectionals (Alex Yersak and Greg Bredeck), the rest of our runners succumbed to the heat and fast pace, fading over the last mile. The result was a disappointing 2nd place finish behind Washington Township, who ran very well. Instead of dwelling on the negative, each runner set his sights on doing better at the State Meet and Meet of Champions.
The weather was cooler on Saturday, November 12th, for the State Group 4 Championships …and so was our team. We raced better than the week before with outstanding performances coming from Rich Nelson and Kevin Schickling (Holmdel PRs of 21 and 41 seconds respectively!). Despite the improvement, we missed the final automatic qualifying spot for the Meet of Champions by nine points with our 4th place finish. Fortunately, we qualified as a wildcard with Washington Township right behind us in 5th. This marked our 9th straight trip to the Meet of Champions.
With one race to go, we still had a couple of goals to achieve when we arrived back at Holmdel for the Meet of Champions on Saturday, November 19th. We needed to beat Washington Township and Moorestown to secure the Courier Post Cup (#1 team in South Jersey), and we wanted to extend our streak of trips to the MOC awards podium (top 6) to nine straight years. Compiling the results from the Group State Meets into one, we would be 7th. It was simple… we needed a better race to make the podium and insure a win over our South Jersey rivals. Everyone seemed focused but not too tense. That was good. Now, we needed to keep our composure and race as we were capable. As the runners crossed the finish line, it was clear that the team had run well. However, Washington Township had also run a good one. Greg Bredeck became only the 5th Cherokee runner ever to break 16:20 at Holmdel, finishing far in front of Township’s first man. But, would that be enough to offset the strong pack finish by the Washington Township squad? Will Andes had a great race with a 36 second PR and a sub-17 clocking. That certainly helped but, still, was it enough? …Then, Colin Cunningham passed several runners down the homestretch and that proved to be the difference. When the results were announced, Cherokee was 6th with 188 points, Don Bosco Prep was 7th with 189 points and Washington Township was 8th with 190 points. Up front, CBA established a new 5 man average record of 16:15.
On Sunday, November 20th, Greg Bredeck was selected to the All-South Jersey Team for the 3rd time…a feat accomplished over the years by only a handful of area runners. Along with Greg, sophomore, Alex Yersak, was selected to the team, giving him the opportunity to eventually join Greg as a three time All-South Jersey runner. Both Greg and Alex were also selected to the First Team All-County, while Rich Nelson and Will Andes made the 2nd Team.
On Wednesday, November 23rd, the official notification came in the Courier Post as the Cherokee squad was honored with a full page spread for, once again, ending the season as the number one team in South Jersey. This was the 5th time in the past nine years that we had won the Cup. Oh…and, in those other four years…we were 2nd. What a great tribute to this team that they could, with limited experience, uphold the outstanding tradition of Cherokee Cross Country so well!
Thanks parents…for being such great fans. The support and encouragement you give to your sons really helps!
Thanks Mr. Schramm and Mr. Benedetto. Not many schools can boast an A.D. and an Assistant A.D. who are both former track coaches. It helps to know that the efforts of the cross country team are appreciated by the administration.
As always, thank you Mr. Smyth. You not only run the website and take the photos but…what would we do without the pretzels?!!
Thanks to the members of the Booster Club who put this dinner together, and to those who helped out at the Cherokee Challenge.
To this year’s seniors:
Thanks for making this such a great season! The leadership you provided was the key ingredient to our success. No doubt, your athletic contributions were significant. However, it was your example to the rest of the team that will have a lasting effect on our program. You showed us what it means to be dedicated, determined and loyal. The team was important to you…more so than your own accomplishments. For that, we thank you. Please know that, whatever we accomplish in the coming years, you are, and will always be, a part of it.
To those who are returning:
Just as it was last year, we do not have the best returning team on paper. And…just as it was this season, we expect to be the best team on the course. Plan on it! …Figure out your role in it…Make it happen!
“A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”
- Harvey Mackay -
Thanks to all of you – seniors and underclassmen – for an outstanding season! We are proud to be your coaches.
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Cardinal Allen is a progressive, exciting and happy school - a school in which everyone is challenged to be all they can be.
The school is named after Cardinal William Allen, a Lancashire man, who was born in 1532 and is known to have lived as a young boy at Rossall near to the site of the school. His determination not to abandon his Catholic faith during the reign of Elizabeth I caused William to flee to the continent where he founded the English Seminary at Douai and the Venerable English College in Rome in order that young Englishmen could be trained as priests and return to England to keep alive the Catholic faith.
We are an "outstanding Catholic school" (Section 48 Report 2017), founded on the teachings of Christ and we promote a distinctive Christian ethos where every pupil is considered as unique and important. In particular, we endeavour to help develop young people who show respect for themselves and each other; tolerance, courtesy and a high regard for those less fortunate than themselves. As a result, our students are bright, cheerful, highly motivated and show outstanding attitudes to learning. Our 810 pupils form a friendly, open school in which discipline is good and where a high value is placed on order, respect for others and endeavour. Pupils and staff recognise the importance of the School's Catholic and Christian mission and are committed to it in every way regardless of their faith heritage. The school is widely acknowledged as providing outstanding levels of pastoral care which are based on a secure knowledge of the unique talents of individual students. We rely on and receive excellent levels of support from our parents in our drive to help our pupils develop into rounded, caring and active citizens, fully prepared to meet the challenges of the modern world.
We received nearly 400 applications for September 2019 and 165 pupils joined us in Year 7 for the new school year. We take pupils from over twenty primary schools with the majority coming from our eight Catholic partner primary schools: St. Mary's Fleetwood, St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Fleetwood, Sacred Heart Thornton, St Teresa's Cleveleys, St John's Poulton and St Bernadette's Bispham. Some children travel from the parishes of St Mary's, Great Eccleston and St William's, Pilling. A significant number of children in each year group attended local County Primary Schools. We work hard to ensure that all of our new pupils enjoy a smooth transition from primary school to high school and links between Cardinal Allen and our partner primary schools have always been very strong.
The school is well maintained and a planned refurbishment programme ensures that the pupils and staff enjoy good facilities which are well cared for. Building development in recent years has included a new Music Studio Complex, a refit of IT facilities and a complete refurbishment of our Science department.
Awards, including the BECTA ICT Mark, the Design Mark and the Secondary Geography Quality Mark acknowledge the quality of our curriculum, teaching & learning. We are a Fairtrade Fair Achiever School, one of only twelve Eco Ambassador Schools in the country and a Full International School with an annual exchange visit with our partner school in India. Our school is constantly striving to achieve higher standards as demonstrated by not only excellent GCSE outcomes but also as reported in our most recent Ofsted (2015) and Section 48 Denominational (2017) reports.
We are absolutely delighted with this year’s examination results. Our brilliant pupils achieved more Grade 8s and 9s, in more subjects, than ever before. In terms of attainment, 84% of pupils achieved at least a grade 4 (equivalent to the ‘old’ grade C) in English, 78% in Maths, 72% in both English and Maths, and 79% in Science. There were also amazing results in a wide range of subjects beyond English, Maths and Science which have supported our pupils in securing places at local colleges, employment and prestigious apprenticeships.
I hope that our website and prospectus provide you with the information that you are looking for and give you a sense of what we are about. If you should have any questions about the school or would like to visit us on a working day, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Andrew Cafferkey
I have lots of fun in my subjects and enjoy learning new things.
Year 7 Pupil
Teachers at this school always help me when I need it. They always encourage me in my lessons.
The school involves many students in lots of exciting clubs...
...very helpful and a great environment to learn in.
This year has been really interesting. The teachers have really prepared me for my GCSEs.
Year 10 Pupil
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Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter
Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge
Rent the Chapter House
Donations & Scholarships
Timberlines
Chapter Positions & Resolutions
Non-Toxic Ammunition and Fishing Tackle Member Pledge
When John Moriarty spoke on September 27 he presented a Member Pledge on the use of non-toxic ammunition and fishing tackle. Our State and National organizations already have passed similar resolutions. Click here
Stop the Spread of Asian Carp!
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Representatives Keith Ellison, Erik Paulsen, and Tim Walz today introduced legislation (S.2164 - Upper Mississippi Conservation and River Protection Act of 2012) to help fight the spread of Asian carp in Minnesota’s waterways. The legislation would kick-start the process to consider closing the Upper St. Anthony Falls Dam to help stop the spread of the invasive species, as well as require immediate closure if Asian carp are found. In addition, the bill would direct federal agencies to partner with Minnesota on efforts to root out infestations and prevent the spread of Asian carp in the state’s rivers. Klobuchar and Ellison authored the bill in the Senate and House, respectively, and Franken, Paulsen, and Walz are original cosponsors. The legislation is supported by Governor Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. (3/5/12)
Clean Water Restoration
4/1/09 - Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, we made great progress in cleaning up our nation's waters. But these protections were rolled back in recent years.
Introduced in April 2009 by U.S. Senator Russell Feingold, D-WI, S.787 the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 would delete "navigable" from the CWA, protecting "isolated" waters, headwater streams, small rivers, ponds, lakes and wetlands as well. The bill was never passed.
Lake Vermillion State Park
4/15/09 - Minnesota has apparently lost out on a chance to create a new state park on Lake Vermilion. U.S. Steel is now moving ahead with plans to develop the proposed park land into a housing project. Those plans are a blow to Gov. Pawlenty, who argued that creating a state park on the land is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The proposed Lake Vermilion State Park, an idea once-thought dead, has new life this week after Department of Natural Resources officials announced they have reached an agreement to pay $18 million for approximately 3,000 acres of land on Vermilion's eastern shore from US Steel. The park could be open for limited day use as early as mid-summer 2011. Construction of a fully-functional park will likely take three years or more, and cost $25-$30 million, according to DNR officials.
MN Constitutional Amendment
The Breckenridge Chapter Board of Directors supported the VOTE YES Amendment.
The amendment passed on November 4, 2008, providing dedicated funding for the environment.
Save Springbrook Nature Center, Fridley, MN, from being turned into a golf course.
The City of Fridley passed a referendum keeping Springbrook Nature Center Open!
Tilden Avenue - Champlin
Opposed a 4-lane highway project through the Hennepin County Park Reserve.
The highway bridge was opened on July 15, 2008.
Oxbow Creek/Shadowbrook
In conjunction with Save Our Creeks the Chapter fought from 2002-2006 to correct improper development of ephemeral creek, wetland, and natural area in Brooklyn Park and Champlin.
Mercury in Minnesota Waters
The Chapter fought to stop allowing polluters to release toxic mercury into our air and water and conducted an educational workshop in 2006.
The Minnesota Legislature passed the Mercury Reduction Act in Spring of 2006!
Prairie Restoration
Advocated for preservation & restoration of Galloway Park, Champlin. (5-6 years ago)
About 1/2 of the park was saved and the city urged to create wetlands, which was done.
W. J. Breckenridge Chapter, IWLA
763-561-5364 (Please leave message)
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How To Get A Talent Agent Or Manager’s Attention
Every actor wants to know how to get a talent agent or manager’s attention. I know, because it’s one of the questions I’m most often asked.
As you can imagine I get a LOT of cold emails from actors, but one recently stood out from the crowd so I thought I’d share it with you to give you a sense of how best to get noticed when you reach out to a representative.
When you’re just starting out on your acting career, there’s a lot of cold calling involved. Sending hundreds of emails to talent managers, agents, casting execs, directors, writers, other actors — it’s just part of the process. Making connections is how you start climbing the ladder.
You might worry that all of those emails you send will never amount to anything, and if you’re copying and pasting the same pitch to every industry email address you can find, you’re right.
I can’t tell you how often an actor reaches out to me with an email that is so obviously a generic template sent to every manager in town, I can’t click delete fast enough. It’s like the sender didn’t take the time to do even the slightest bit of research about me and doesn’t really care about anything except for my job title. Even worse, it looks like they had so little confidence in themselves, they didn’t even bother to try to stand out. Generic templates are a bad look and no talent manager is going to take them seriously.
However, once in a while I get a great cold call from an actor. As a matter of fact, I got one just the other day.
Ryan Popowcer blew my socks off with his note and made me take notice. It was a dang-near-perfect email from an actor who knows I don’t know him from Adam, yet took the time to find common ground and try to make a connection. It worked.
Check it out below and beneath his letter, I’ll explain why his approach was so smart.
Subject Line: Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties)
Mr. Medavoy —
My name is Ryan Popowcer and I’m 23 years old. I began acting in 2011 and, through lack of opportunity, I decided to grab the bull by the horns and make my own breaks. So about five years ago, I started writing.
Normally, I copy and paste the same query letter that I’ve sent out to hundreds of managers at this point, in hopes of getting someone to take a chance on reading one of my scripts, in hopes (again) of attaining representation. With you, it’s different. I always put in a ton of research to anybody I reach out to, and you have separated yourself so far from the pack, that I knew I had to separate myself from the pack as well from all the other generic emails you get daily. What drew me to writing this email is your website/blog. Not only is it rare for a manager like youself to take the time to create content like you do, but the why behind it is the most inspiring. It’s not to promote anything, it’s not to attain something, it’s not for financial gain. It’s simply to connect & inspire. That alone tells me exactly the type of human being you are.
So why did I subject this email ‘Gary David Goldberg’, who is famously the creator of the hit 1980s sitcom ‘Family Ties’. Gary is actually my biggest inspiration to get started in this business. The more I read articles or watched videos about him, the more inspired I was about who he was as a person, not just as a writer. Gary was never concerned with saving the budget for his project, or doing what was fiscally beneficial for his company. His main concern was doing what was best artistically. If a song, or actor he wanted cost a lot of money, but would benefit the show, he was quick to go for it. If I had one word to describe Gary, it’d be passion. I titled his name in this email because reading and studying you, I see a very similar correlation. Most managers I research are all about the money. It’s all about their time and how their investment will be made. With you, it’s about passion. The fact that you never used your dad’s name to get ahead, the fact that you walked away from the business after so much success, and the fact that you only returned because you saw the impact you made on others’ lives. These decisions are about something bigger than money; they’re based on passion. So I can’t emphasize enough how much I admire and respect you and your story.
Gary David Goldberg unfortunately passed away in 2013; I’ll never get the chance to sit down and talk to one of my biggest inspirations. You embody so much of what he stands for, and that’s who I want to surround myself with in this business. I want someone who will match my enthusiasm and share that passion; someone who’s main goal is to pull the best out of me. Personally, I believe the greatest thing one can do in life is make an impact on someone else’s life. I think you and I have the opportunity to make an impact on a lot of people that can be unmatched.
Ever since I started trying to make it in this industry, I’ve been searching for a mentor; someone who will believe in me and push me. I’d love the opportunity to show why I think you can be that guy for me. I think I have a lot to offer; things you’ve never heard before from a prospective client. I believe in myself and am confident I will do whatever it takes to be successful, but I know I can’t do it alone.
– Ryan Popowcer
Ryan follows a quick introduction and then makes it clear from the outset that he knows what a crapshoot the email cold call can be. There’s a classic belief in advertising that you only have 3–5 seconds to catch a reader’s attention and Ryan enacts that mantra well here.
First with the unusual subject line, then with his second paragraph. He admits that he commits the template faux pas but follows it up by telling me why I stood out to him. There’s always a weird dynamic with these things but by revealing that he reads my blog, he immediately puts to rest any doubts I may have that this is something he’s been sending to everyone. I don’t need my butt kissed but nobody wants to feel like just another number.
Ryan isn’t selling himself to me so much as trying to build a connection. He succeeds in that pursuit by invoking the story of Gary David Goldberg, assuming, correctly, that I’m a fan. I love Gary David Goldberg. It’s extremely flattering to be compared to Gary David Goldberg but, again, I don’t need the butt kissing.
What I like about this passage is that he is clearly demonstrating that he’s read my blog, understands what I’m about, and shows that he’s as passionate about art as I am. We’ve got similar tastes and values, which is something I always look for in a client because it’s a partnership.
By the final paragraph, Ryan’s barely talked about himself. He’s prioritized the connection over his career.
Rather than telling me why I’d be lucky to have him on my client roster, he’s shared with me what makes him tick and simply established some common ground.
When I get to his action item, where he tells me he’s looking for a mentor (NOT a manager), I’m already thinking I like him. I like it even more that he says he’s just looking for someone to push him and learn from. Yes, I suspect his end game is to ask me to represent him but I respect the guts it takes to reach out and not once mention the prospect of working together. The message is all about building a connection and making me interested in getting to know him more.
It’s a risk to put yourself out there. For actors, it can feel counterintuitive to not act for representation in these emails. However, it’s a gutsy and, frankly, very classy thing to reach out simply to talk.
Of course, I know the goal is eventual representation, but I don’t like going into meetings with any actors strictly with the end game in mind. I want to hear their story, I want to share mine, and I want to determine if we’d work well together.
Ryan has correctly intuited that I’m all about stories and getting on the same page with the people I work with and appealed to that sensibility in his note. That’s exactly why we have spoken many times and he is forever on my radar.
Now that you know how to get a representative’s attention, the next step is to learn how to deal with Hollywood executives.
HOW TO DEAL WITH HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES
How To Use The Actors’ Business Plan To Grow Your Career
The 3 Biggest Lessons People Learned Last Year About How To Make It In Hollywood
Did you sign him? 🙂
Dax McKeever
To Mr Brian Medavoy,
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS STORY about Ryan Popowcer and Gary David Goldberg. I rarely read these blogs because (1) many are so common from past blogs I’ve read and (2) I have read many books such as POWER HOUSE CAA, The Untold Story of Creative Artists Agency. But this blog reminded me of the young man I was when I first arrived in Hollywood California at age 23 in 2003. Now located in Hollywood Florida, I’ve traveled the world in London England, Gold Coast Australia y Buenos Aires Argentina where I attended Los Premios Maria Guerrero; the Tony Awards of South America. I’m doing great now, though I’m always looking for additional opportunities. As son of Daniel McKeever Jr., the assistant D.A who prosecuted the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, I’ve met many award winning artists of whom I never request referrals due to the fact that they are in a league of their own. I also love The Arts more than The Money. If ever time permits, I hope we can chat further. BUT THANKS FOR SHARING THIS STORY. I wish you and Ryan all the best. Sincerely https://DaxMcKeever.com
Thanks for your inspiring messages and great advice!
Diane Kenley
Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information in your blogs. I am excited to not only read more of what you have to say, but honestly inspired to take further action in my daily business as an actor!
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Book Review: HockeyNomics
Stats analysis has slowly but steadily crept its way into the world of professional sports over the last two decades, and hockey has been no exception. I'm not someone who needs to be convinced of the value of statistical analysis (obviously), but the numbers work done in the hockey mainstream continues to be pretty simplistic.
HockeyNomics is Darcy Norman's attempt to popularize and spread the idea of "study[ing] NHL stats based on science, not just opinion". I found the book to be a useful introduction to the world of statistical analysis in hockey. When I say "statistical analysis", I really mean "proper statistical analysis", because there are lots of fantasy hockey GMs out there who can quote lots of numbers that really say very little at all.
Norman quotes hockey analyst Alan Ryder in the book as saying, "Hockey is awash with meaningless and, even worse, misleading statistics" (p. 34). As a goalie analyst, I've run into lots of sportswriters who write screeds against judging goalies based on stats, and then fill out their Vezina ballot based on the league leaders in wins and shutouts. Similarly, points make up such a huge part of a skater's rating, even though the player's usage (situational ice time, defensive vs. offensive zone faceoffs) and situation (strength of linemates and opposition) can have a big impact on those numbers. And that's not even starting to discuss the player's defensive play. Many people seem to evaluate a player's penalty killing skill, for example, by the number of shorthanded goals they score, which is at best an awfully incomplete analysis.
Nobody watches every game, so even the most hard-core anti-numbers crowd is probably going to be influenced by at least some numerical evidence. The trick is convincing fans to focus on the good numbers (e.g. possession metrics, save %, rate stats) instead of the bad (scoring numbers, wins, career stats).
The book does not get into any really heavy mathematical work (Norman says a few times that doing so would be outside of his scope). The limited scope means that some parts had to be simplified. For example, the Ovechkin-Crosby debate was limited to a discussion of which player was likely to be more high-scoring over the course of their careers. A full analysis could have tried to factor in additional variables like linemates, ice time, or defensive play. Those who follow the likes of Vic Ferrari, Tyler Dellow, Gabe Desjardins or Puck Prospectus on a regular basis might want to see some deeper analysis or think that the book didn't go far enough in a few spots.
Norman discusses a number of interesting topics. I thought the Poisson modeling to identify the best goalscoring season was an interesting method. The typical way to adjust is to use the average goals scored per game to create an adjusted goals figure, but that doesn't seem to work in all cases since the scoring totals of the top forwards and the league average goals scored have not always followed each other in perfect lockstep. In some seasons in the 1980s league scoring was very high, yet other than Gretzky the top forwards in the league were only scoring around 110 points. In the early 1990s the league scoring level had dropped, but for a few seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94 many of the top forwards put up terrific numbers.
The book also gets into various measures of drafting success. I personally feel that player development is more important than drafting, and that how teams develop their 18, 19 and 20 year old players should be considered as well. There is a high degree of consensus on high picks, so it seems very unlikely that we would see the observed divergence in terms of player performances based simply on what names get called out on draft day. Part of it may just be a matter of overall team-building strategy: Some teams rely heavily on drafted talent and are content to develop players at the NHL level, while others either have much less turnover or fill many of their roster spots with players that were developed elsewhere.
The last chapter is of particular interest, since it deals with the question of whether Martin Brodeur is overrated. I don't want to give too much away, but Norman quotes me a few times and that should tell you which side he ends up on. To be honest, a regular reader of this blog would be familiar with all the arguments presented in the chapter. It is important once again to point out that "overrated" simply means that a player is rated more highly than he deserves to be. Martin Brodeur is a unique athlete in terms of his durability, his playing style and his ability to contribute to his team in ways other than simply making saves. Despite this many fans consider him to be the best goalie ever, even though Brodeur is most likely the third best goalie of the last 20 years.
HockeyNomics gives a quick summary of the most relevant arguments, but I think there are a couple of issues that still need to be resolved to properly evaluate Brodeur. They include a more nuanced analysis of his overall non-save impact, properly assessing any scorer bias effects from playing in New Jersey, and improving shot quality metrics. My confidence in shot quality measures has been shaken somewhat over the last few months, but I'm still pretty sure that there is some signal in the noise. It may be only useful for analyzing outlier teams, but if anybody was an outlier in terms of defensive skill it surely was the New Jersey Devils.
HockeyNomics is a decent read for anyone interested in hockey, but if you want deep analysis or heavy number-crunching you might find it a bit light in spots. It might be a good gift idea for that friend or relative who either buys into just a bit too much of the conventional wisdom in hockey, or perhaps knows the numbers but tends to focus on the wrong ones.
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Why Do So Many Dumb Things Get Written About Chris Osgood?
The official website of the National Hockey League named Chris Osgood as the Second Team All-Star goalie on the NHL's All-Decade Team (hat tip to an anonymous poster on this blog for passing along the link).
That is so mind-boggling that it really shouldn't require much further comment for any rational individual. But if you want to see some numbers just to drill the point home, here are the GAAs of Chris Osgood and Roberto Luongo in both the regular season and the playoffs from 1999-00 to 2009-10:
Regular Season: Osgood 2.56, Luongo 2.56
Playoffs: Osgood 2.05, Luongo 2.09
Even if one was so crazy as to use goal prevention as the sole criterion, it's still barely possible to make the argument for Osgood over Luongo, when you consider that Luongo played in a lot more games. Think for more than a nanosecond about their respective teammates and team situations and it's completely obvious who is far better.
If you want to argue about the value of save percentages for someone like Martin Brodeur, who brings more to the table than just stopping pucks that's fine, but this is Chris Osgood. Over the last decade Osgood's numbers read .912 at EV and .871 on the PK. Luongo's .929 at EV and .887 on the PK. And we're talking about a sample size of over 13,000 shots for Osgood and nearly 18,000 shots for Luongo, i.e. no doubt at all that there is a massive gulf between the two goalies.
Multiply the save percentage differential over Luongo's workload, and you get a difference of 275 goals, or nearly 30 goals per season. That's the equivalent of something like 50-55 wins. A team would be 10 points better in the standings every year with Luongo in net than with Osgood. On a per-game basis, that's a difference of about half a goal per game. Yet somehow a difference in playoff winning percentage of .073 between the two goalies is enough to make up for all of that.
Basically, this guy is saying that the scoring proficiency of a goalie's team means an awful lot more than saving an extra half a goal per game, based on the time-worn journalistic principle of assigning all team results to the account of their goaltender. Yet I'm sure nobody would dare rank one skater ahead of another if the first guy had averaged 30 fewer points per season than the other guy for an entire decade, regardless of any difference between them in terms of Cups or team success.
For illustrative purposes, here are the players who averaged 0.5 PPG less over the past 10 years than All-Decade First Team All-Star Joe Sakic:
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Jonathan Cheechoo
Todd White
And the same thing for fellow First Team All-Star Jarome Iginla:
Jan Hlavac
Bobby Holik
Steve Konowalchuk
Sergei Zholtok
Now obviously scoring totals are not complete assessments of player values, but I think the point is pretty obvious. I'm not sure Osgood would make my Fifteenth All-Decade Team, as I'd take any of Luongo, Brodeur, Giguere, Kiprusoff, Hasek, Roy, Vokoun, Kolzig, Belfour, Nabokov, Lundqvist, Turco, Roloson, Khabibulin, Thomas or Theodore ahead of him. Maybe a couple of others as well.
Penalty Kill Shots Against
Here's my latest article on Puck Prospectus.
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Goalie and Faceoffs
Some of the most interesting new statistics introduced by stats guys in the blogosphere have been numbers that track how many defensive and offensive zone faceoffs players are put on the ice for. For skaters, this helps adjust for the way they are being used by their coach, since for example it is an advantage for an offensive player to start their shift in the other team's end rather than having to move the puck 180 feet down the ice to get it into a scoring position. Faceoff numbers can also be used to measure which players are driving possession, by seeing whether a player ends their shift more often in the offensive or defensive zone.
I haven't seen anyone apply these numbers yet to goalies. Since goalies don't change lines, the starting and ending shift numbers are of course meaningless. However, on many shots goalies have the opportunity to either freeze or play the puck, and that choice affects the number of defensive zone draws their teams face. Also, if certain goalies are able to contribute to their teams in other ways, such as for example through their puckhandling skills, then it might show up by their team taking more draws at the other end of the rink.
Vic Ferrari at timeonice has the faceoff zone start numbers for every player in the league last year, including goalies. I'll stick to the convention used by Gabe Desjardins at Behind the Net where he has the offensive faceoff percentage for all players, a number calculated by ignoring the neutral zone faceoffs and dividing the number of offensive zone faceoffs by the total number of draws in offensive and defensive zone combined.
The correlation between the offensive faceoff percentage for starters and their backups was 0.51, which suggests that the rest of the team has a big impact on puck possession and faceoffs. That should be fairly uncontroversial. I'd expect with a bigger sample size for most of the backup goalies that number would be higher.
The correlation between offensive faceoff percentage and shots faced per 60 minutes was -0.57. I was expecting that relationship to be stronger, since all the Corsi evidence shows a big advantage to starting in the other team's zone, but again EV only for one season is a fairly small sample so there is likely a reasonable degree of luck in the numbers.
There were 9 teams that had a offensive faceoff percentage difference of 5% or more between their starting goalie and his backups. Here are the faceoff numbers for each of those teams, along with the offensive faceoff percentages and shots faced per 60 minutes:
Buffalo:
Ryan Miller: 480 def, 433 off, 47%, 30.9 SA/60
Backups: 254 def, 282 off, 53%, 31.2 SA/60
Edmonton:
Dwayne Roloson: 553 def, 513 off, 48%, 32.6 SA/60
Montreal:
Carey Price: 423 def, 409 off, 49%, 29.9 SA/60
Jaroslav Halak: 383 def, 269 off, 41%, 33.5 SA/60
Martin Brodeur: 194 def, 268 off, 58%, 28.8 SA/60
Scott Clemmensen: 434 def, 353 off, 45%, 29.0 SA/60
Kevin Weekes: 154 def, 136 off, 47%, 30.1 SA/60
New York Rangers:
Henrik Lundqvist: 459 def, 665 off, 59%, 29.0 SA/60
Steve Valiquette: 90 def, 102 off, 53%, 30.7 SA/60
Ottawa:
Alex Auld: 322 def, 373 off, 54%, 28.0 SA/60
Philadelphia:
Martin Biron: 584 def, 484 off, 45%, 32.4 SA/60
Antero Niittymaki: 226 def, 230 off, 50%, 31.5 SA/60
San Jose:
Evgeni Nabokov: 510 def, 521 off, 51%, 27.1 SA/60
Brian Boucher: 150 def, 202 off, 57%, 26.2 SA/60
Vesa Toskala: 342 def, 366 off, 52%, 29.8 SA/60
The Price/Halak gap is interesting and appears to account for some of the shot differential between them, but I'm not sure how much it had to do with the goalies. I'd bet the split would be in the other direction if we were looking at this season's numbers, based on how Montreal has played in front of each of them in 2009-10. Most of the others either involve backups who didn't play very much or goalies who I wouldn't expect to have much of an effect on faceoffs, although there is one notable exception.
The biggest gap between any starter and backup, by far, is in New Jersey. Knowing what we know about those goalies, I'd say that these numbers suggest a real effect. In most starter/backup scenarios, we have to at least consider the possibility of strength of schedule being a factor, but that wasn't the case here as Clemmensen was an injury replacement for Brodeur. The Devils weren't performing exactly the same all the way through the season, but all three of their goalies had similar GAAs so it is likely that they played in fairly similar environments.
The numbers indicate that Brodeur is either helping shift the play to the other end of the ice or freezing the puck less often than the other goalies. Here are the faceoff numbers for New Jersey's goalies broken down per 60 minutes of EV play:
Brodeur: 8.6 def zone, 11.9 off zone
Clemmensen: 14.2 def zone, 11.6 off zone
Weekes: 15.4 def zone, 13.6 off zone
Brodeur keeps the puck moving a lot more than the other two (and indeed, he probably keeps it moving more than any other goalie in the league). However, the team did not take substantially more faceoffs at the other end of the rink, which makes it uncertain whether Brodeur's impact translates to the offensive side of the rink (although I would certainly like to see more data on this one).
Consistently giving the puck to teammates instead of allowing the opposing team to win control of it through a faceoff should help a team, and this may account for some of the observed shot differentials between Brodeur and his backup goalies. There are other possible benefits, such as creating more changes on the fly, which could be to the benefit of a smart bench coach who wants to get his matchups. I'd expect some tradeoff in terms of increased turnovers, but Brodeur is likely pretty efficient.
I think these results also shed a bit more light on the rebound numbers discussed earlier here that showed Clemmensen allowing a lower rate of rebound shots against than Brodeur. Given that Brodeur would have been playing the puck much more often and attempting to direct his rebounds rather than simply freezing the puck, that means he would have been facing many more opportunities to turn over the puck or for the other team to steal it and get a quick shot on goal. If Brodeur was aggressive in terms of directing rebounds and playing the puck while Clemmensen was conservative (and probably helped by a defence that gave extra attention to clearing the crease), then that would explain why Brodeur's numbers don't seem as good despite his superior skill. More opportunities usually mean more errors, no matter how good you are.
This is just a cursory look from one year's worth of data, but looking at a few more seasons' worth of data could help us better identify Brodeur's effect here and see whether any other goalies seem to have a tendency towards freezing or moving the puck.
Why Offence Rules the New NHL
"Defence wins championships" is a familiar cliche that is thrown around as a truth in not only hockey circles, but by fans of virtually every team sport. At some points in hockey history it may have been true, but I believe the game has changed. In the new NHL, the evidence suggests that offence wins championships.
First of all, I'll give the small sample size warning to everything that I'm about to post. Past results do not guarantee future performance and so on. I tend to believe the numbers show a real effect since regular season results have generally fallen in line, but I'm going to be focusing on playoff results only which means that the sample is limited to 60 playoff series over the last 4 seasons.
Secondly, I'm ignoring all shootouts here. Goals for and goals against mean actual goals, not the goal awarded in the standings to the team that won the shootout. I counted all games that went into a shootout as ties for both teams, so because of that a few times I considered a team that finished lower in the standings to have had a better record than their opponent. This approach makes sense to me since shootouts don't happen in the playoffs.
It is important to realize that in the playoffs nothing happens with a high degree of certainty. Upsets regularly happen in short series. Just to establish a baseline, over the period from 1955-2009 the team with the better regular season winning percentage has won 65% of the playoff series. Since the lockout the percentage has fallen to 61%, which likely reflects the higher level of parity in today's game.
If the better overall team wins 61% of the time, how does the better offensive team do? Answer: The team with more goals scored has actually done even better, winning 37 of the last 60 series (62%). That's a much better success rate than the team with fewer goals allowed, which has won just 27 series (45%).
Often the same team will be better in both categories. For example, the 2008 Detroit Red Wings had better regular season offensive and defensive numbers than all four of their playoff opponents. Let's look only at series when a team with more goals scored plays against a team with fewer goals against, the classic offensive team vs. defensive team scenario. In those matchups, the stronger offensive team has won 24 out of 38 times (63%).
The numbers also show the value of looking at a team's win threshold. The team with the better win threshold won 38 out of 60 series (63%). Win threshold has been a better predictor of success since 2006 than a team's overall record or number of goals scored. As you can infer from that result, a team with a higher win threshold was slightly more likely to win than an opponent with a lower win threshold even when the latter had a better win/loss record, although this advantage was slight (11/21, 52%).
When we focus on goaltending, we also see that the post-lockout playoffs have been determined primarily by the play of skaters, rather than by the play of the masked men. The team with the better regular season save percentage has won just 25 out of 60 series (42%). When a team with a better save percentage has played against a team with a better record, the team with the better goaltending won just 7 out of 25 series.
If you look at each position individually then goalie is the most important position in hockey, but the 18 skaters as a group are collectively much more important than the goalie. A good measure of the effectiveness of the skaters is a team's win threshold. Since the lockout, when a team with a better win threshold went up against a team with a better save percentage, the team with the better skaters won 26 out of 39 times (67%). Given the uncertainty of playoff results in hockey, that is a very high probability.
There is another cliche that goes something like, "In the playoffs you don't need a great goalie, you just need a hot goalie". If you have a dominant team then you might not even need that, but for most teams that is probably not far from the truth. The abundance of good goalies in today's NHL means that a lot of teams have a goalie that is capable of excellent play for a month or two. The best goalies are not able to be the difference makers that they perhaps once were, and that means that goaltending ranks well behind a team's offensive ability in terms of predicting their success.
"TCG's other big problem is that he completely ignores the human element of sport, and approaches all statistical problems from the assumption that players perform the same regardless of game situation, again without ever really grappling with the problem. It is essentially a hockey version of Moneyball, Billy Beane's now comical baseball analysis which included the theory that there is no such thing as clutch hitting...I find attempts to erase the human element of sport under a pile of statistics not only patently false, but also vaguely disgusting." (HFBoards)
I just wanted to post a few words about my outlook on clutch play. The poster above is essentially correct in my base assumption regarding clutch performance in hockey players. However, I don't think it's fair to say I've never grappled with the problem. I simply think that the high degree of uncertainty means that it does not make sense to use clutch performance as an evaluative tool for goalies. Here are the six primary reasons:
1. Most of hockey is played with the score close. Allowing a goal against in a close game results in a significant downgrade in a team's win probability, and therefore most of a goalie's workload should be considered to be a clutch situation. From that, it follows that a goalie's overall performance should closely approximate his clutch performance, since most of the sample comes from situations with a high penalty for allowing a goal against.
2. If we define clutch situations more narrowly, we run into small sample size issues. For example, if we were to evaluate goalies based entirely on their performance in third periods in the playoffs, then we only have several hundred shots to work with even for experienced netminders. A more common split is to simply discuss regular season performance and playoff performance separately, but for the most part over a larger sample size the two results converge, or are generally within a typical margin of error for the size of the sample. Playoff results are also fraught with additional perils, including extreme opposition effects, a different style of play, and greater playing-to-the-score effects.
3. The best way to evaluate a method or statistic is to see how well it predicts the future. If we want to include clutch play in our predictions for active netminders, then sample size is even more of a concern. It is a simple fact of random chance and the variability of athletic endeavours that some goalies are going to start their playoff careers hot while others start their playoff careers cold, regardless of their level of talent, preparation or mental fortitude. Without a large sample size to work with, we're essentially guessing at this point whether someone like Cam Ward has a true ability to raise his game in important situations or whether he had a couple of well-timed hot streaks. If he continues to play on a marginally talented team that frequently misses the playoffs, we may never know with a high degree of confidence which viewpoint is correct.
4. Players and teams have the option of changing their style of play, their matchups, their shoot/pass tendencies, and their offensive/defensive bias to match the game situation. Goalies do not have those same strategic options. This suggests that changes in results or percentages in response to the game situation are primarily driven by players, not goalies.
5. Nearly every goalie who has been identified as clutch by subjective evaluators played on a dominant team. That correlation certainly suggests that many observers are conflating team effects with goaltender performance. It is possible that they are correct, but it does not seem very probable, given that on the whole team strength is a much better predictor of playoff success than goalie strength. If there were goalies who played on weak teams who did not have significant team success yet were universally praised as clutch, then I would have more confidence in the ability of observers to rate "clutchness".
6. Subjective evaluations of goalies often strongly emphasize a goalie's performance in important situations, his team success, and whether or not someone believes he is a "winner". It is conventional hockey wisdom that you need a clutch goalie to win and that the best goalies win the most games. Therefore, it seems extremely likely that there should be a selection bias against goalies who can't perform under pressure, that scouts will pick out the most clutch goalies to advance to higher levels of play. If a goalie who is in truth a "choker" or a "loser" does make it all the way to the best league in the world, then that would reflect somewhat poorly on the ability of observers to subjectively evaluate clutch play.
In summary, I'm not a clutch play disbeliever, merely a clutch play skeptic. I have done studies of clutch performance because I think it is a worthwhile topic to investigate, but I don't think the evidence suggests it is particularly significant or that it is accurately estimated by observers. I'm certainly not saying that sports psychologists are quacks, or that all athletes perform at exactly the same level in every situation. Players are indeed human, and there are too many top-level athletes who failed under pressure to discount the human element entirely. However, I think we need to focus primarily on the most significant data, and I see NHL goaltending as an area where major clutch differences are structurally unlikely (see points 1, 4 and 6 above). We also have to be very careful about poor logic when switching back and forth from the general case to the specific case, e.g. some athletes choke, Goalie A choked in a big game, therefore Goalie A is a choker who will always choke.
Let's assume there is some small variance in clutch skill among NHL goalies. Precisely measuring that skill will be very difficult, whether you are evaluating players subjectively, objectively, or using both methods. Either way you are going to make mistakes, because chance happens and the future is unknown. If you want to be like a television broadcaster and subjectively praise players for their mental toughness and because "all they do is win", then you are going to hype some guys who simply went on a hot streak and have nothing but regression to the mean in their future. You're also going to dump on some players for their lack of fortitude who, unbeknownst to you, are going to tear up the league in future playoff seasons.
On the other hand, if you view the world the way I do, you run the risk of failing to correctly praise a player as clutch, or at least you won't do so until their careers are mostly over and they have proven that they have that ability. You will also continue to predict great things for players who have good overall records but have poor clutch performances in their early careers. Some of these players might continue to perform poorly under pressure, but many of them will see their future pressure performances improve to match their overall ability.
If someone thinks that this perspective is promoting an agenda or in some way ignoring evidence, I'd like to point out that I took the same approach on shot prevention effects. I always thought there was a small effect, but I thought it was likely fairly insignificant and I wasn't going to commit to anything at all until I had evidence of what it was.
Was I wrong to state that goalies have no effect on shots against? Absolutely, as I think there is some very good evidence that goalies can affect the number of shots against, and the observed variance among NHL goalies seems to be about 1 shot above or below average. However, there are tons of people (including Martin Brodeur himself) who are demonstrably wrong on the other side of the equation because they overestimate the effect. Guessing too high is just as wrong as guessing too low. And by doing some in-depth research on the issue from my devil's advocate position and debating others who disagreed with me, I think we've come to greater learning than we otherwise would have if I'd merely accepted the consensus opinion or came to some quick subjective estimate and left it there.
Similarly, it's highly probable that I would be wrong to state that there is absolutely no difference in clutch skill among NHL goalies. However, in the presence of uncertainty that's still the position I am generally going to take, because I don't know exactly where to draw the line and I think that most people are drawing theirs too far on the opposite side of the true marker. That makes us both wrong, but my bet is that I'm closer to being right.
It's doubtful we'll ever develop perfect metrics or track them perfectly, and even if we do there are still going to be some limitations like being constrained by sample size. In the great clutch debate, that means it is likely always going to come down to picking which error you want to make. I'd rather assume a player is not clutch and wait for proof that they are, then assume that they are and wait for proof that they aren't. I think the general correlation between regular season and playoff performance, and the observed regression to the mean of many players who at one point or another were considered playoff over- or underachievers makes my position the one that is less likely to make mistakes. I am quite aware that there will probably still be mistakes, but I'm willing to accept the trade-off. And if we can ever prove the magnitude of clutch skill for NHL goalies, then I will update my position accordingly.
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Guardians of the Galaxy game coming from Telltale
Jason December 2, 2016 Android, Apple, MARVEL, News, past, PC, PS4, Xbox One Leave a comment 1,118 Views
Fresh from their foray into the DC Universe, Telltale Games is hitting Marvel Comics with Guardians of the Galaxy.
Licensed games have come a long way. In just the early 2000’s, we would probably have been looking at a mindless third-person action game for a Guardians of the Galaxy tie-in. And now? We get a five-part adventure game, which I’m sure will be loaded with Telltale’s usual flair and style.
“The energizing blend of humor, emotion, teamwork, and full-on sci-fi action-adventure of the Guardians provides an enormously satisfying space to explore through Telltale’s unique style of interactive storytelling,” said Kevin Bruner, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games. “In Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, players will take on multiple roles within the ragtag band of heroes, and take the pilot’s seat in directing their escapades around the universe. We are always honored to be working with the best creative partners and storytellers in entertainment, and working with Marvel on this series leaves us excited to share what we’ve been developing when it premieres in 2017.”
“With story at the core of everything that Marvel creates, who better to team with than master storytellers Telltale Games,” said Jay Ong, Senior Vice President, Games & Innovation, Marvel Entertainment. “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series fully showcases Marvel and Telltale’s rich legacy of storytelling, and fans will find themselves immersed in an original, character-driven narrative. As part of our strategy to establish a new standard for Marvel games, this is certainly among the great titles to come.”
As you might expect, and has become the norm, there’ll be a retail disc as well as the downloadable episodes. That season pass disc will include the first episode in physical form, plus included downloads for the rest. No, it’s not all on the disc, but at least it’s something for the physical fans out there. No word though, on whether it’ll drop at the same time as the first episode of the digital version.
And when might that be? No firm date exists yet, but you can look for Guardians of the Galaxy to hit consoles, the PC, and mobile platforms some time in 2017.
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Jason's been knee deep in videogames since he was but a lad. Cutting his teeth on the pixely glory that was the Atari 2600, he's been hack'n'slashing and shoot'em'uping ever since. Mainly an FPS and action guy, Jason enjoys the occasional well crafted title from every genre.
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Slings & Arrows. Season 3 (2007 Television)
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Canadian drama series detailing daily life at the New Burbage Theatre Festival, a Shakespearean theatre company in crisis. In the third season, struggling with the unfamiliar burdens of success, the New...
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Television biography series hosted by Ann-Marie MacDonald. The documentary follows classical actor William Hutt through his much-publicised final season at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival in...
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Video recording of Antoni Cimolino’s 2001 production of Twelfth Night for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Tara Rosling is Viola.
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The Light from the TV Shows: ’60s and ’70s Saturday Mornings Made to Order
Posted by Will Harris (11/23/2011 @ 11:48 pm)
I love Warner Archive.
It’s true. I really do. I’ve been a major proponent of the MOD (Made on Demand) format for DVDs ever since I first heard about the idea in the context of movies – “Want an obscure film from our vault released on DVD? We’ll print copies on an as-ordered basis!” – but when they started moving into doing the same thing for TV series, I practically lost my mind. Mind you, they eased into television, first offering up a bunch of TV movies, then miniseries, then a couple of more recent series that didn’t have massive fanbases, like “The Eleventh Hour” and “Dark Blue.” Soon, however, they started to delve into their back catalog of Hanna-Barbera series…and that’s when things really started getting interesting for me.
Throughout the ’70s, I was an obsessive watcher of cartoons: before and after school, Saturday mornings, even the occasional Sunday morning series. (Anyone remember “These Are The Days”?) As Warner Archive has begun to reissue the series that I watched in my youth but, in most cases, haven’t seen since, I’ve all but drooled at the prospect of getting to revisit them. Now that I have, I thought I’d shine the spotlight on the top 10 releases that have resulted in the most flashbacks for me:
The Addams Family: The Complete Series
Be delightfully miserable with the Addams Family as they take to the road in their Victorian-styled RV for spooktacular cross-country quests only they can conjure. From Nashville to New Orleans, New Mexico and Hawaii, these peculiar parents – Gomez and Morticia – treat their family to misadventures, including outwitting a band of gold thieves, freeing the animals from New York’s Central Park Zoo and racing a horse in the Kentucky Derby. They even win a piece of the moon and with Uncle Fester’s rocket, the trip will be a blast! You may remember them as “altogether ooky,” but the spirit of this family is contagious!
Although the “Addams Family” movies resulted in an animated series in the early ’90s, a lot of people don’t realize that there’d already been one back in the early ’70s. I remembered that I’d watched it as a kid, but I hadn’t seen it in years. Indeed, my only truly concrete memory of the ’70s animated version of the Addams Family came from when they appeared on an episode of “The New Scooby-Doo Movies.” Unfortunately, although John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy contributed to the Addams’ “Scooby-Doo” appearance, they’re nowhere to be found on this set. This is the sort of disappointment you never really get over as you’re watching it, but at the same time, if you’re a fan of “The Addams Family” in general, then it still makes for relatively enjoyable viewing.
Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles: The Complete Series
Buzz Conroy is a heroic boy-genius who builds the powerful robot Frankenstein Jr. When the Ghastly Genie, the Junk Man and other evildoers get up to their old tricks, “Frankie” and his young creator crank into action. The crime fighting coalition continues with the Impossibles, a group of superheroes disguised as a beatnik rock group. At the direction of “Big D,” Multi Man, Coil Man and Fluid Man make hot-rockin’ musical justice thwarting thieves and corralling crooks with their transformative powers.
This remains one of the oddest – and therefore coolest – series ever to have emerged from Hanna-Barbera. There would seem to be little doubt that the Frankenstein Jr. / Buzz Conroy relationship was inspired at least in some part by Gigantor, the famous space-age robot who was under the command of Jimmy Sparks, but hearing Ted Cassidy’s voice come booming out of Frankie made it rather easy to dismiss the derivative nature of the premise. As for the Impossibles, I remain mystified as to why a series about a rock band who doubled as superheroes neither lasted very long nor made any sort of dent on the pop charts. Somebody at Hanna-Barbera really dropped the ball on that one, that’s all I can say.
The Funky Phantom: The Complete Series
One cold, wet night three lost teens – Skip, April and Augie plus Elmo their dog – stumbled inside a spooky old house hoping to get warm. The dusty clock showed the wrong time, so these helpful kids reset the clock hands. A gong rang out, followed by a voice: It’s the Spirit of 1776, even, at your service! Much to their surprise was the friendly ghost Mudsy and his mischievous ghost cat Boo. Antics abound when this motley group hits the road, cracking cases and thwarting crooks, pirates, ghosts and all kinds of strange characters.
For my part, when I think of the Funky Phantom, I think of the fact that, when the amusement park Kings Dominion used to be Hanna-Barbera-themed, we also used to end up parking in the Funky Phantom lot. Also, I always remember that Micky Dolenz of the Monkees did one of the voices on the show (Skip). Funnily enough, though, it wasn’t until years later that I actually saw my first episode of the show, by which point I’d already long since associated it with fond memories of childhood, anyway. Having revisited it, it’s still a fun little show, following the same general formula as “Scooby-Doo,” but with the twist of doing the ghost-hunting with an actual ghost.
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cgerada@clintons.co.uk
Charles Gerada.
Leads the firm's corporate practice.
Handles corporate transactional work, mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments as well as providing general advice on business matters as they arise. Frequently assists clients with business start-ups (including drafting shareholder agreements and terms of business), other joint venture and commercial contracts, intellectual property (including software and development agreements), employment and loan and security agreements.
Works with entrepreneurs and corporates and has extensive experience in technology focussed businesses, having been advising clients in the online gaming industry for over 15 years.
Extensive experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical industry and regularly acts on product licence acquisitions and disposals.
Close connections with Malta and sits on the board of the Malta Business Network.
Trustee and former chair of the Downside Settlement.
Faheem
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Dilks
Shulman.
Perlaky.
Woodward.
Hutchinson.
Puxley.
Guida.
Bostock.
Cappuccio.
Jones.
Landsman.
Fisher.
Gornell.
Kuhs.
Associate, Los Angeles
Raggett.
Goldfarb.
Weaser.
Stein.
Crouch.
Lux.
Anderson.
Supna
Chavda.
Sharland.
Gerada.
Stakem.
Okoeva.
Wright.
Cobley.
PA and Legal Assistant (non qualified)
Sacré.
Senior Paralegal
Prince.
Pidcock.
Saeed.
Slepon.
Christophers.
Matthews.
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Joelson.
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Stinson.
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Goldman.
Vernon.
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Middleweek.
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Naghdi.
Seigal.
Cohen.
Partner; Chair of Clintons
Parker.
Nethercot.
Wielogorska.
Edwards.
Griffiths.
Hrabi.
Chartered Legal Executive
Wilner.
Rollin.
Kenwood.
Andrew Kidd.
akidd@clintons.co.uk
Andrew’s busy legal practice involves estate planning drafting and advisory work. He advises individuals, many of whom are high profile, on their wills and estate planning taking into account a multitude of factors from wealth protection to taxation. Andrew is a well-known and well-respected practitioner in London private client circles and holds a number of significant committee positions, including sitting as the Hon. Secretary of the City of London branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Andrew is a full member of the leading professional associations in this area of law, STEP and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). In 2019 Andrew was awarded a STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates, with distinction.
Lancaster University, Law, 2001; The College of Law, 2002.
Andrew is a sought after expert frequently being called upon to contribute to the national media on cases in his field of law. He regularly collaborates on stories featured in the broadsheets, including The Sunday Telegraph, and regularly provides legal commentary in The Sunday Times Business & Money. He has appeared as a guest reviewer on the popular live segment The Papers on BBC News.
Andrew Myers.
amyers@clintons.co.uk
Acts for an array of well-known and established artists in the music industry.
Clients say he is "amazing to do deals with" and "very shrewd, experienced and wise" (Chambers & Partners).
Andrew Sharland.
asharland@clintons.co.uk
Leads the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice.
One of the leading Media and Entertainment litigators in the UK. Recognised as such repeatedly by all the major legal directories.
Practice encompasses a very broad spectrum of contentious issues, from Music to Privacy and Reputation Management to Theatre, Film, Television, Sports, Advertising, Gaming and Data and Technology industries. Clients include internationally known musicians, artists, film and television production companies, major recording and publishing companies, brand owners and creatives, tech and gaming companies, sporting personalities, actors, actresses and television presenters and the managers and agents of all these professionals
Track record in landmark litigation, including representing Sony Music in the litigation brought unsuccessfully by George Michael; representing EMI Music Publishing in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on reversionary rights under the 1911 Copyright Act; and in successfully bringing a substantial, international trade mark action for W3 Limited against easyGroup
Brought or defended actions for Robert Smith (The Cure), Nigel Martin-Smith (the founding manager of Take That), Disclosure, Radiohead, Syco, Universal, BMG, Imagem Music Publishing and numerous other household names.
Educated at Winchester College and Cambridge University and qualified initially at the Bar, before re-qualifying as a Solicitor in 1988.
Berkeley Edwards.
bedwards@clintons.co.uk
Main focus is music work, advising both emerging and established artists, producers, songwriters and managers on a wide range of legal and commercial issues. He also advises a number of record labels, publishing companies and digital businesses.
Before qualifying as a lawyer, worked for a number of years in the music industry - with experience ranging from promotion and record labels to artist management.
A keen musician.
Joined the firm in 2007 as a trainee.
Chris Coates.
ccoates@clintons.co.uk
Advises on all aspects of corporate work with particular experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and public and private equity fundraising.
Clients range from listed international corporates to individual owners of private businesses and entrepreneurs looking for assistance with their technology start-ups.
Advises on transactions across a broad range of industry sectors including music, sport, theatre, marketing, new technology and oil and gas exploration.
Prior to becoming a solicitor, Chris qualified as a Chartered Company Secretary (ACIS) and oversees the provision of the firm’s company secretarial services.
Qualified with Clintons in 2006.
David Griffiths.
dgriffiths@clintons.co.uk
Over two decades’ litigation experience, both within and outside the fields of music, entertainment and media and recognised as a leading contentious music lawyer in the Legal 500.
Clients have included celebrated individuals, record and publishing majors and minors, and bands, artists and songwriters.
Outside of the entertainment arena, has brought successful material claims against a Premiership football club in contract and, acting for multiple clients, against a major firm of solicitors in professional negligence.
Equally adept and experienced in defending claims, recently acting for a television production company and its insurers in successfully resolving a complex and substantial tripartite dispute involving a national commercial television network and the US based Estate of an internationally renowned entertainer.
Educated at Clare College Cambridge, the University of Westminster and the College of Law, David trained at niche entertainment firm Allison & Humphreys before joining Clintons.
Diana Okoeva.
dokoeva@clintons.co.uk
Leads the firm's Immigration practice.
Dual qualified as an Attorney in New York and a Solicitor in England and Wales.
Focuses primarily on US immigration and nationality law. Works with individual talent and with talent groups, helping them obtain the required visas to enter the US for filming or performing. Advises start ups and established businesses expanding into the US or growing their US presence or workforce. Acts for entrepreneurs, seeking to start businesses in the US, investors seeking “green cards” under the investment schemes, and individuals seeking to self-petition for permanent residency in the US based on extraordinary abilities or national interest waivers.
Advises individuals requiring complex waivers of inadmissibility based on previous criminal record, as well as individuals seeking family based immigrant and non-immigrant visas and other immigration benefits or wishing to acquire or lose US citizenship.
Wide range of clients, including traditional and new age talent, start-ups, owned and managed businesses, large multinational corporations, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. Practice spans across sectors, with concentration in media, entertainment, creative and tech sectors.
Active member of and a frequent speaker at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and regularly volunteers her time on AILA committees, chairing the last two biennial AILA RDC/EMEA London conferences.
Before Clintons, headed the US immigration practice at Lewis Silkin, having practised immigration law at firms in London and in the US. Before starting her career as an immigration lawyer, worked for a number of years as an international lawyer for the Armenian government.
Keen traveller, experimental chef and a mixologist and a loyal Friend of the Royal Opera House.
James Jones.
jjones@clintons.co.uk
Extensive experience of the media and entertainment industry and advises clients on commercial and intellectual property issues across a wide range of sectors including music and television.
Particularly well known for theatre and live event work. Recent stage productions include: The Bodyguard, An Officer and a Gentleman, Bat Out of Hell, Everybody’s Talking about Jamie, The Exorcist and Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty.
James Nethercot.
jnethercot@clintons.co.uk
Leads the firm’s Property practice and heads the firm’s Private Client Group.
Advises on all aspects of residential and commercial property law, including development site acquisition and disposal and secured lending. Particular expertise in enfranchisement (both individual and collective).
Diverse Client base, including banks, corporate entities and offshore structures, entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals and those in the public eye. Works closely with other departments of the firm, including the family, corporate, litigation and entertainment departments.
Trained at Clintons and qualified in 2004
John Cohen.
jcohen@clintons.co.uk
Recognised as a leading practitioner in Theatre.
Represents many of the leading British creators of musical theatre – Tim Rice, Don Black, the late Lionel Bart, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, as well as directors, designers, orchestrators and producers. He also continues to represent a number of recording artists and television personalities.
Also handles corporate matters in the entertainment business.
Trustee of The Arts Foundation, Mercury Musical Developments, The Lionel Bart Foundation and The Whicker’s World Foundation.
Kami Naghdi.
knaghdi@clintons.co.uk
Heads the Film and Television practice.
Work spans media finance, development, production and exploitation of film and television content across all platforms, with an international client base from Los Angeles to Beijing. Best known for handling multi-party financing transactions, complex rights deals (for both buyers and sellers), life rights, investigative documentaries and completion guarantees. Praised by clients for his dynamic, vigorous approach to high pressure closings.
Recent work includes documentaries “Supersonic”, “Trojan” and “Death of Gentleman”; feature films “Titan”; “Ophelia” “Where Hands Touch” and “Moose”. Has also worked on a number of the most high value rights deals in TV in the UK.
Listed by the Legal 500 as a leading individual in film and television. Clients say he is “knowledgeable, thorough and fast” and “very experienced”.
Regular visiting lecturer to film MA courses and has provided expert evidence in complex film finance cases. His articles have been published by the Entertainment Law Review and Lexis. Most recently he has provided evidence for the House of Lords Communications Committee in relation to 'Public Service Broadcasting in the age of video on demand'.
Educated at University College London; City, University of London; City Law School.
From 2005 to 2010 Kami worked in the film industry and produced eight international feature films with leading cast and film-makers.
Karim Bouzidi.
KBouzidi@clintons.co.uk
Deals with a broad range of disputes in the creative industries and sports (intellectual property and contractual disputes, as well as regulatory and disciplinary proceedings) acting for prominent individuals, as well as leading corporate entities. He also has a thriving general commercial litigation practice with particular experience of complex shareholder and LLP disputes, and senior executive ‘exits’.
Has a Masters in UK, US and EU Law of Copyright from King's College London.
Contributing author to the textbook 'Football and the Law'.
Before qualifying as a lawyer, spent 10 years as a successful music promoter.
Fluent French.
Layla Bunni.
lbunni@clintons.co.uk
Heads the firm’s employment practice.
Non-contentious work includes managing employee relations issues (both employer and employee), reviewing and drafting employment agreements and consultancy contracts, reviewing and drafting HR policies and procedures, hiring and firing senior executives, advising on internal commercial reorganisations, handling internal disciplinary and grievance procedures and also advising on TUPE matters.
Contentious experience includes handling High Court claims on anti-compete and post-termination restrictions; and employment tribunal claims relating to, amongst other things, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination and trade union disputes.
Clients drawn from a diverse range of sectors including entertainment, financial services and media and technology and include high net worth individuals and senior executives.
Regularly provides clients and their management teams with training on a multitude of employment related matters including, diversity and managing disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings. She has co-written a chapter on jurisdiction and governing law for the publication “Cross-Border Transfers and Redundancies”.
Joined Clintons from Starr & Partners LLP, where she led the employment practice. Trained at Debevoise & Plimpton and joined the employment department of CMS Cameron McKenna upon qualification.
Liz Vernon.
lvernon@clintons.co.uk
Leads the firm’s Family practice.
Over 23 years’ experience in dealing with both financial cases (including pre and post-nuptial agreements) and work relating to children. Acts for clients from all walks of life, with a particular expertise in dealing with high net worth complex financial cases involving businesses and trusts, often with an international dimension.
Part of the original team that acted for Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce. Established reputation for dealing with high profile clients from the sports, entertainment and media fields and their spouses. Acted for both Karen Parlour in respect of the widely reported landmark case and for Slavica Ecclestone.
Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
A collaboratively trained lawyer and member of the Central London Collaborative Forum (http://www.collaborativefamilylaw.org.uk/). Wide range of alternative dispute resolution skills to assist in the resolution of difficult family disputes without involving the courts.
Qualified as a solicitor in 1989 and became a partner at Mishcon de Reya in 1998 before moving to Clintons.
Conversational French and Welsh.
Nicky Stein.
nstein@clintons.co.uk
Qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and specialises in music and entertainment law.
Divides his time between London and Los Angeles. Advises both recording artists and writers in all aspects of the music industry, as well as acting for various record, publishing, production and management companies (he has previously managed artists and worked in-house at a major record company).
Nicky also advises on TV work and merchandise agreements (music and sport).
Peter Button.
pbutton@clintons.co.uk
Recognised as a leading practitioner and senior statesman in Music.
Specialises in entertainment law, with particular expertise in all non-contentious commercial and contractual aspects of the global music industry and regularly advised on corporate and catalogue regulations and rules.
Clients range from new artists, producers, songwriters and DJs, through to managers, merchandise companies, independent record and publishing companies, to major record companies and internationally renowned artists. Amongst others, has advised Boy George, Michael Jackson, U2, Paul Weller, Daft Punk, The Who, The Travelling Wilburys Stereophonics, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, Cher and Duran Duran.
Philip Stinson.
Brands; Corporate & Commercial
pstinson@clintons.co.uk
Philip leads the firm’s Brands and Commercial practices.
Recognised in the Legal 500 for his work in Brand Management, Media and Entertainment and Sport.
Advises clients across a wide variety of sectors, including leading advertising and marketing services businesses, event owners and management companies, luxury brands, fashion designers, artists and art dealers, digital media and publishing businesses, cinematic and theatrical rights owners, bands, entertainers, authors and sports people (including Olympic medal winners). Has a particular expertise in the use and exploitation of Image Rights.
Trustee of the Swimathon Foundation, owners of the world's largest pool based fund-raising swim and other swimming events, which take place throughout the UK each year with over 25,000 participants.
Member of the newly constituted independent European Athletics Court.
Member of the European Sponsorship Association and author of the legal section of its Diploma qualification.
Educated at Marlborough College and Oxford University.
French speaker.
Roddy Chisholm Batten.
Privacy & Reputation Management; Litigation & Dispute Resolution
rchisholmbatten@clintons.co.uk
Described by Legal 500 as “sharp, focused and effective” and by Chambers & Partners as a “highly regarded litigator who defends clients, often celebrities and television personalities, from privacy invasion and defamation. He has been very active in recent years pursuing hacking claims against tabloid newspapers”.
Leads the firm’s Privacy and Reputation Management practice, acting for well-known actors, television personalities, sportsmen and musicians in claims for defamation, malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection and protection from harassment.
Currently advising clients in claims for misuse of private information against both News Group Newspapers Limited and MGN Limited arising out of the ongoing phone hacking scandal, including Shane Richie who was one of the eight representative claimants that was awarded record damages in the ground breaking Court of Appeal decision in Gulati & Ors v MGN Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 1291.
He also successfully acted for three of Paul Weller’s children in their high-profile misuse of private information claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, arising out of the publication in the Mail Online of seven highly intrusive paparazzi-style photographs of them on a family shopping trip with their father and at a cafe in Santa Monica, a decision that was upheld in the Court of Appeal (Weller v Associated Newspapers Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 1176) – as a consequence of this ruling tabloid newspapers are now required to pixilate photographs of children.
Also undertakes general commercial litigation including contractual disputes in the music, film and theatre industries, as well as IP and property related issues.
Studied Estate Management at Oxford Brookes University and qualified as a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) in 1997.
Sarah Bostock.
00 44 20 7395 8412
sbostock@clintons.co.uk
Sarah has specialised in family law since qualifying in August 2009.
Sarah encourages solutions focused on the family as a whole, with an amicable approach in the first instance, fighting only the relevant battles to bring matters to a swift and cost effective conclusion. With experience in all aspects of family law: divorce; civil partnerships; nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, financial and children disputes between both married and unmarried partners.
She has vast experience dealing with high net worth clients, those with complicated family structures, trust funds, companies, international considerations and jurisdictional complexities.
Away from the law Sarah is passionate about live music, sports and finding unique ways of raising money for charity.
Steve Joelson.
sjoelson@clintons.co.uk
Has specialised in commercial and entertainment litigation for more than 35 years, both in the UK and the US and has substantial trial experience. Considerable and wide-ranging experience as an advocate and litigation strategist, particularly in difficult and complex matters.
‘Entertainment Litigation Lawyer of the Year in England’ by Corporate Intl Magazine in 2017.
Global practice, representing clients from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, the Russian Federation, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia. Deals with complex commercial litigation and entertainment, media, sports and art disputes. Also has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution, handling numerous arbitrations and mediations (both domestic and international), including appeals to sporting arbitral bodies for individuals and governing bodies. Particular expertise in handling cases with international, cross-border elements.
Clients include international corporations, studios, Film and TV production and distribution companies, artists, producers, composers, actors, directors, theatrical producers, advertising agencies, art advisers, sporting governing bodies, FIFA licensed agents and sportsmen and sportswomen.
Before joining Clintons in 1999, he practised for approximately 20 years as a barrister in England and then as an attorney in Los Angeles.
Tom Frederikse.
tfrederikse@clintons.co.uk
Recognised as a leading practitioner in Digital Media and technology-related matters.
Works on a wide range of commercial and media matters and IT projects and regularly deals with IP issues including copyright, trademarks and brand protection, rights licensing, data protection and information security.
Clients include IT companies, digital content retailers and aggregators, music and entertainment companies, franchisors, advertising agencies, artists, managers, producers and film-makers.
Extensive practical experience in media and technology, having spent 15 years as a music producer and engineer and amassing a large discography.
Trained at Bird & Bird before joining Clintons in 2005.
Dual-qualified as a UK solicitor and a New York attorney.
Tom Guida.
Digital Media; Film & TV
tguida@clintons.co.uk
Industry leader in digital content and media. Film & TV. Sports. Marketing.
Advises on the development, finance, production, distribution and exploitation of rights and content across all platforms. Works with creative companies and agencies in their IP, commercial and corporate affairs.
Clients include studios, production companies, rights holders, publishers, broadcasters, talent and creatives, brands, online platforms, sports leagues and governing bodies.
Graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School, qualified New York 1998, UK 2017.
Executive Producer on Manhattan Night, independent feature film released in the US by Lionsgate in 2016 (released internationally as "Manhattan Nocturne") and on PUSH, currently in development with the same team. Governor of Global Academy.
Alastair Kenwood.
akenwood@clintons.co.uk
Alastair advises clients across the music and entertainment sectors on a broad range agreements, with a focus on recording, publishing, management and producer agreements.
Alastair joined Clintons in 2018 after nearly 4 years at Sound Advice, a boutique music law firm, where he worked with clients from across the music industry.
Qualified as a Solicitor in 2016.
Amedeo Cappuccio.
acappuccio@clintons.co.uk
Amedeo advises clients in the music and entertainment industries on legal and commercial matters. His clients include artists, songwriters, managers, producers and tech start-ups – he has a particular passion for jazz and hip hop.
He joined Clintons in 2019 from boutique music law firm Sound Advice, where he predominantly represented talent. Previously, Amedeo trained at Harbottle & Lewis, where he worked across all sectors of the entertainment industry.
Amedeo read Law with Italian Law at University College London (UCL). He is bilingual in Italian, and also speaks French and Spanish. In his spare time, he produces his own rap and electronic music and is classically trained in the double bass.
Blake Wilner.
bwilner@clintons.co.uk
Having trained at the firm, Blake qualified in to the Litigation Department in 2017.
Blake advises clients from across the media and entertainment sector on a broad range of disputes.
Before joining Clintons, Blake worked as a professional musician and performed throughout the world. He also held academic positions at tertiary music institutions and ran his own company that facilitated various aspects of his original musical projects, including album releases, touring, marketing and promotion.
Caitlyn Kuhs.
ckuhs@clintons.us.com
Callie Matthews.
cmatthews@clintons.co.uk
Callie specialises in Music and advises emerging and developed artists across the music and entertainment sectors with a focus on recording, publishing, management and producer agreements.
LLB from Cardiff University.
Prior to joining Clintons, Callie worked in music management for 4 years representing artists and producers. She is a keen pianist and a live music enthusiast.
Caroline Hrabi.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Privacy & Reputation Management
chrabi@clintons.co.uk
Caroline is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She has experience of a broad range of disputes in the media, entertainment and sports industries with a particular focus on reputation management, defamation and privacy claims.
She is an integral member of the team currently advising prominent individuals in claims for misuse of private information against both News Group Newspapers Limited and MGN Limited arising out of the phone hacking scandal.
Listed by the Legal 500 as ‘a rising star’ (2019 Edition) and as providing 'key support to the reputation practice, with particular expertise in phone hacking claims' (2020 Edition).
Charlotte Fisher.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Employment
Cfisher@clintons.co.uk
Charlotte is a Solicitor in the Litigation Team, specialising in contentious entertainment and media practices and general employment law.
After studying Law at University, Charlotte went on to train at Guildford School of Acting and worked as an Actress and Singer both on television and in Theatre productions before returning to law to train as a Barrister and qualify as a Solicitor in 2017.
Whilst advising clients in the entertainment and media industries, Charlotte continues to fuel her passion for music and the theatre by performing in amateur musicals and singing with a professional function band. Charlotte also has achieved grade 8 piano and plays the cello.
Daniel Chalmers.
dchalmers@clintons.co.uk
Dan joined Clintons from a Top 100 UK firm in January 2018.
Dan qualified as a Solicitor in 2011 and has experience in all aspects of family law. He specialises particularly in divorce and associated financial matters, often representing clients in high net worth disputes involving assets in multiple jurisdictions.
Dan handles matters at all stages of a relationship including Pre and Post Nuptial agreements, civil partnership agreements and cohabitation agreements as well as all aspects of private law children cases, both domestic and international with experience in contentious leave to remove applications.
Dan is a Committee member of Resolution, an organisaiton committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. He has also developed relationships with other family lawyers often enabling him to reach cost effective and expedited settlements for his clients.
Outside of the office, Dan is a keen sportsman, playing both football and hockey and can be found trying to lower his handicap on the golf course!
What others say about Dan:
Professional quotes:
“He’s a real star. He manages high level cases well beyond his experience. He’s a real rising star – probably one of the best solicitors I’ve worked with.”
“Daniel Chalmers is more junior, but definitely one to watch.”
Client testimonials:
“His knowledge and experience were second to none. He knew our case inside out and was willing to put in the hours, or at least be available at all hours, when required. He treated us very well, and no query we had was too trivial. He was happy to speak on the phone, or by email, as required. He knew exactly what was required to get the best outcome and what wasn’t worth pursuing.”
“Thank you so much for all your help and expertise over the last couple of years. It made an enormous difference to have such a lovely person to deal with through the tough times.”
“I just want to say thank you for all the hard work you put in to get me the access I want with the girls. I’m very grateful for everything you did. You did an amazing job.”
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your advice over the last year, without it I would not have had the confidence to do what I have and I’m so much happier now.”
“You have been terrific in the handling of my case…thanks for your support.”
Dom Christophers.
dchristophers@clintons.co.uk
Dom works on all aspects of family law, including high-value and cross-border financial matters arising from divorce. He has particular experience in complex disputes concerning the arrangements for children.
Dom is a member of Resolution, a national organisation committed to finding a constructive solution to all family disputes.
Prior to joining the firm Dom spent 8 years in the music industry working with major artists, labels and live events. He gained significant experience in public relations, artist management, journalism, legal & business affairs, and is well-versed in working with individuals in the public eye.
BA(Hons) degree from Royal Holloway, University of London and a Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course from the University of Law in London.
Outside the office, Dom is a keen sportsman, collects too many records and doesn’t sell enough of them.
Emilie Edwards.
eedwards@clintons.co.uk
Emilie works on a broad range of rights, development, production, financing and sales/exploitation deals across film, television, and other audio visual content.
Prior to joining Clintons, she worked for a Magic Circle law firm advising clients in the technology, media and telecoms sector.
Recommended by the Legal 500 (2019) for film and television. Provided evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on 'Public Service Broadcasting in the age of video on demand'. Regular thought leadership pieces and speaking events including for Lexis PSL, Women in Film and Television and the British Film Institute.
Has lived and worked in Paris and Milan and speaks fluent French and proficient Italian.
A Friend of the Phoenix Cinema Trust, assisting in the running of one of the UK’s oldest cinemas and a member of Women in Film and Television.
Emma Jones.
ejones@clintons.co.uk
Emma joined Clintons in 2019 and has experience in a broad range of private client work including the preparation of wills, lifetime estate planning and the administration of estates.
Emma is an affiliate member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is currently undertaking the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates. Emma recently passed her final diploma examination with distinction.
LLB University of Reading.
Qualified as a Solicitor in September 2016.
Faheem Mahmood
fmahmood@clintons.co.uk
Faheem is an associate in the firm's Corporate group. He joined Clintons in 2020 from a Magic Circle Firm.
His practice covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, advising blue-chip companies, various investment funds and entrepreneurs in a wide range of complex matters.
Faheem has degrees from Kings College London, the London School of Economics and Oxford University. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2011.
Halina Wielogorska.
Music; Brands & Marketing Services
hwielogorska@clintons.co.uk
Highly regarded music and entertainment lawyer who has built up a sterling reputation at one of the world's most respected and influential music law firms, Clintons.
Prior to Clintons worked in the business, label, publishing, sponsorship, events and legal divisions at Boiler Room and AEI Group.
Works closely with leading music talent, providing a personal service and access to an extensive network of industry connections to assist her clients in their career development for which she is recognised and respected in the industry. Has a growing and diverse client base, reflecting her own passion for new music.
Read law at Oxford University and trained at a Magic Circle law firm before diversifying into music.
Hayley Dilks
hdilks@clintons.co.uk
Hayley advises clients from across the media, entertainment and sports industry on a broad range of intellectual property, media and contractual disputes and reputation management issues.
Prior to joining Clintons, Hayley was part of the in-house legal team at the Premier League.
Before qualifying as a solicitor in 2017, Hayley worked at the Press Complaints Commission, the then regulator of the UK print press, as a complaints officer.
Masters in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law from the University of Bristol.
Jenny Parker.
jparker@clintons.co.uk
Jenny is a media and entertainment lawyer specialising in film and TV. She is recommended in the Legal 500 (2019).
In addition to a broad range of development and production work, Jenny advises on high value, multi-jurisdictional film and TV financing transactions. She regularly advises rights holders, production companies and talent on deals with SVOD platforms and major UK and US broadcasters, often with international elements.
Jenny has particular experience advising on content with complex rights issues arising from music and sport. She has recently negotiated feature film rights for a Premier League football player, advised a League One football club on the financing and production of a television series and negotiated production terms for high budget feature-length documentaries starring some of the most well-known musicians in the world.
As well as working with high profile individuals and industry-leading companies, Jenny enjoys working with new and upcoming producers and directors. She has worked with clients on socio-political lobbying within the industry, including best practice guidelines for the filming of intimate scenes.
Jenny regularly speaks at film festivals, seminars and events in the UK and abroad. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2014.
Appointments and awards: Legal Expert for Scottish Screen Sector ‘FOCUS’ panel, delivered by Film City Futures (2018-2019); shortlisted for a Rising Star Award by WeAreTheCity (2018); member of Women in Film & TV (UK).
Luke Gornell.
LGornell@clintons.co.uk
Luke is an Associate in the Entertainment Team, specialising in Film & TV. He advises production companies, financiers, film and television businesses, brands and leading talent on the creation, finance and exploitation of audio-visual content across all platforms.
Luke also advises clients in relation to general brand protection matters, multi-territory trade mark registrations and cyber security. Before joining Clintons in 2014, Luke read history at The University of Sheffield.
He has a keen interest in the arts, in particular film and theatre, and he has travelled extensively through Asia and Latin America. Luke is also the vice-captain of the Clintons’ football team.
Natasha Hotson
nhotson@clintons.co.uk
Leads the firm’s UK immigration practice.
Advises across the full range of UK immigration and nationality applications and specialises in both business and personal immigration. Recognised as a key lawyer in the Legal 500.
Assists businesses starting up in the UK with sponsor licence and Representatives of Overseas Business applications. Advises established businesses on recruitment into the UK, the Prevention of Illegal Working regime, sponsorship compliance and applications under Tiers 2 and 5 of the Points Based System. Moves talent to the UK through the Tier 5 Creative, Exceptional Talent and Permitted Paid engagement routes. Acts for investors, entrepreneurs and innovators. Advises on family based applications for partners and children of British nationals, settlement, European applications and applications for British citizenship.
Conducts immigration audits to ensure that clients are not in breach of their compliance obligations and has successfully challenged Civil Penalties, succeeding in waiving fines for illegal working.
Provides bespoke training and guidance to businesses on UK immigration, the sponsorship management system and the immigration implications of Brexit.
Large breadth of clients across industry sectors encompassing talent, start-ups, SMEs, large multinational companies, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.
Active member of the Immigration Lawyers’ Practitioners Association (ILPA). Consults regularly with Home Office policy makers and liaises with industry representative bodies to inform their discussions with government on immigration policy development.
Before Clintons, was a Senior Associate at Lewis Silkin, having specialised in immigration law at leading London law firms since 2004.
Avid theatregoer, occasional surfer and enjoys travel.
Nick Weaser.
nweaser@clintons.co.uk
Nick advises on a wide range of legal and commercial matters within the music industry, with a primary focus on artists and, in particular, emerging talent. Nick also represents a diverse range of producers, songwriters and managers. Whilst his main focus is on the music industry in the UK, Europe and United States, Nick also has a unique understanding of the Asian and Australasian music markets having spent 18 months representing Clintons in Australia. Subsequently, he has concluded deals for his diverse international client base with major and independent record companies and publishers throughout the world.
Nick joined the firm in 2015, having trained at Reed Smith. During his training, Nick was seconded to Absolute Radio (Bauer Media) where he advised the business on various aspects of its Isle of Wight Festival partnership, live sessions at the station and one-off special music events. Prior to joining Reed Smith, Nick worked at a multi-channel network.
Nick qualified as a Solicitor in 2014.
Nikki Puxley.
npuxley@clintons.co.uk
After completing her LLB at City University London, Nikki began her career in the music industry working at an independent promotions company.
Nikki trained at Simons Muirhead & Burton and qualified into their music department, where she gained experience working with independent record labels, independent publishers, songwriters, producers, mixers, managers and music industry executives in respect of their employment arrangements.
Nikki offers strategic guidance and commercial advice for all aspects of a career in music, with a particular passion for developing and emerging talent.
Ollie Raggett.
oraggett@clintons.co.uk
Ollie joined Clintons’ Corporate and Commercial team in November 2018 from City firm CMS. Prior to his training, Ollie read International Relations & Politics at the University of Sheffield and alongside his GDL/LPC has an MA in Business, writing about the video-on-demand sector.
Ollie has previously completed secondments to both Amazon and BP where he undertook a variety of corporate, digital, IP, data protection and general commercial work. He assists on all types of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on music, digital media and theatre. Ollie frequently advises on corporate m&a transactions, shareholders' agreements and joint ventures, and is experienced in drafting a wide range of commercial contracts.
Orla Meehan.
omeehan@clintons.co.uk
Represents a wide range of clients on all elements of their commercial and residential property requirements.
Acts on the sale and purchase of houses, flats and commercial units, as well as leasehold acquisition and disposal of offices and other commercial premises and residential enfranchisement.
Dual qualified in 2015 as a Solicitor in England and Wales and in Ireland.
Saima Saeed.
ssaeed@clintons.co.uk
Deals with a broad range of commercial and residential property matters and acts for landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, lenders, investors, corporates, estates and private individuals.
Transactions include dealing with commercial leases, secured lending deals, investment acquisitions, corporate re-structuring and high end residential sales and purchases.
Experienced in London and UK property and acting for overseas clients.
Graduate of Cardiff Law School and member of Women in Banking and Finance and CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women).
Sam Sparrow.
ssparrow@clintons.co.uk
Specialises in Music.
Assists Andrew Myers and has a number of her own artist and management clients.
Head of Digital Marketing at Warner Brothers Records and spent seven years working in management for a high profile rock band, before joining Clintons.
Has a first class degree from Cambridge University in Social and Political Sciences and a distinction in both the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course.
Sebastian Jones.
sjones@clintons.co.uk
Works across a broad spectrum of disputes and matters in the music, sport, entertainment and media, and commercial sectors, acting for both corporate entities and individuals (including well-known bands, artists and songwriters, and sports professionals).
Has assisted in bringing or defending cases for a variety of high profile clients including leading bands and bookmakers. Most recently involved in the Clintons team that won a substantial and international trade mark dispute against easyGroup. Also recently advised England Netball on a new regulatory framework for its Vitality Superleague.
Mentioned in the 2017 Legal 500 for commercial work in the sporting sector.
Read Medieval & Modern History at the University of Birmingham before studying law. Qualified as a Solicitor in 2013.
Previously worked as a writer and producer at a global music/media company, with specific experience dealing with new media and digital platforms. Trained and qualified as an NCTJ-accredited journalist. A drummer and a keen runner, regularly competing in ultra-distance events across the world.
Stephen Pidcock.
00 44 20 395 8445
spidcock@clintons.co.uk
Advises clients from the subsidised and commercial sectors on all areas of theatre and live performance, including commercial, licensing, intellectual property and rights issues. Has also advised on corporate transactions in the entertainment, fashion, leisure and retail fields.
Before qualifying as a solicitor, Stephen was a theatre publicist working in-house at the Royal Court Theatre and then for The Corner Shop PR in the West End and across the UK. As a publicist, his clients included many of the leading West End theatre production companies.
An award-winning translator of new Italian plays.
Trustee of the Bush Theatre, and of Rabble theatre company in Reading.
Supna Chavda.
Film & TV; Brands & Marketing Services
schavda@clintons.co.uk
Advises clients on the development, production and exploitation of film, television and audio-visual content across all platforms and on a range of marketing and intellectual property matters for brands.
Before Clintons, worked in-house at television and sports talent management agency James Grant Media, advising clients on television, format and sponsorship deals, and at mobile games studios Mind Candy, creators of the Moshi Monsters intellectual property, and NaturalMotion, developers of ultra-high-quality mobile game products and gaming technology.
Aron Rollin.
arollin@clintons.co.uk
Assists individuals in the entertainment world requiring specialist criminal law advice.
A Blackstone Scholar at Bar School, called to the Bar in 2004 and since then has worked both in the entertainment industry and as a criminal barrister.
In the entertainment industry Aron has worked as a producer and a lawyer. His production company has produced, advised on and been involved in a full range of productions including feature films, short films, major West End shows, national and international tours and Fringe shows. Aron advises clients in all of these areas, including major West End and international producers as well as smaller production companies, individual producers, film companies and individual filmmakers.
As a criminal barrister Aron has been recognised repeatedly by Chambers and Partners as an up and coming ‘leading junior’ and he has appeared frequently in very high-profile cases. Aron practiced at Carmelite Chambers and remains a door tenant there. His full Criminal CV is on the Carmelite website.
Uniquely qualified to advise where there is an overlap between entertainment and criminal law or where those in the media require assistance with criminal law problems and related reputation management concerns.
M.A. from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc from SOAS.
Charlie Anderson.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Music
canderson@clintons.co.uk
Charlie Anderson is a barrister practicing primarily within our music and litigation departments. Holding a first in molecular biology and a Thomas More scholarship from Lincoln's Inn during his law conversion, Charlie was called to the bar in 2003 and completed his pupillage at 11 South Square, a top-tier IP chambers. Already involved in the media and entertainment world as a DJ, producer and events promoter, he then joined Clintons in order to work directly with clients on IP and contract-related litigation with a music industry slant. He has since acted for clients in various high profile cases including the successful Court of Appeal action in Seal -v- Wadlow. Charlie's current practice covers all aspects of IP, including copyright, trade marks and passing off, as well as contractual matters. His advisory work includes non-contentious and semi-contentious matters within music, events and new media, including complex digital licensing and branding issues. Charlie is a fluent French speaker. He is a lifelong surfer and spends a part of each year based in Indonesia or California.
David Landsman.
dlandsman@clintons.co.uk
David's firm DM Landsman & Co merged with Clintons in 1990, to establish the basis of the firm as it practices today.
David is now a Consultant to the firm and advises a number of leading figures from the world of music and entertainment.
Gary Lux.
glux@clintons.co.uk
Gary Lux qualified as a Legal Executive in 1976 shortly after joining Clintons and is now a consultant to the Firm. He specialises in commercial litigation. He has been involved in numerous high profile court actions relating to disputes in the music industry and has acted both for recording and publishing companies, as well as artistes. In addition to his civil practice, he has represented and advised in criminal matters including high profile fraud actions. Latterly he has specialised in intellectual property matters and, in particular, issues relating to parallel trading, and the establishment of the Parallel Traders Association, to which he is the legal adviser, representing the Association in various matters both before the Trade & Industry Select Committee and before the European Parliament and the European Commission.
Jeremy Crouch.
jcrouch@clintons.co.uk
Having worked for HM Customs and Excise and trained in accountancy, Jeremy has nearly fifteen years’ experience in administering trusts and estates, specialising in tax and accounting matters as well as advising individuals on a range of taxation matters.
Clients have included high net worth individuals, owners of large landed estates, non-resident individuals and companies owning UK property.
When not dealing with the taxman, Jeremy is a church organist and singer and travels the world in pursuit of opera.
John Seigal.
jseigal@clintons.co.uk
Formerly the firm's Managing Partner for many years and originally a Corporate and Commercial lawyer. Now assists the firm’s Management Committee.
BSc (Econ) from Cardiff University.
Qualified as a Solicitor in 1984, joining Clintons in 1987.
Passionate follower of Led Zeppelin, Tottenham Hotspur, Cycling and Winston Churchill.
Laurence Middleweek.
lmiddleweek@clintons.co.uk
Deals with every aspect of property law, both commercial and residential, and has extensive experience of advising clients, whether individuals, businesses, property companies or banks in all types of transactions including sales and purchases, secured lending and lettings.
Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, Clifton College Bristol and Trinity College Cambridge.
Closely follows the fortunes of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Mel Stein.
Born on 13-7-45 and educated at Central Foundation Grammar School and King's College, London, Mel was one of the first English solicitors to be regarded as a specialist sports lawyer.
He has represented footballers such as Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer as well as Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
Mel established the Post-Graduate Certificate in Sports Law at King's College in 1995 and still lectures in Sports Law at King's College and as a visiting professor at Coventry University. He remains an examiner on the King's College course.
He is the author of some seventeen books and a regular broadcaster on sports related matters on BBC, GMTV, Sky and Radios 4 and 5.
Mel joined Clintons in January 2005 as a Consultant, specifically to help develop and enhance the firm's expanding and well regarded sports law practice.
Mel represents and advises several Football League Clubs as well as being the legal advisor to the Football Conference.
Michael Goldman.
mgoldman@clintons.co.uk
Deals with both Commercial and Residential Property matters and has more than thirty years’ experience in mortgage security work. Also advises on insolvency related property matters.
Acts for a hotel group and recently advised on its acquisition of a Central London Hotel. Acts for a Bank on its property based loans.
Attended Christs College Grammar School, Finchley (1960 – 1967) and Queen Mary College, London University.
Runs a local malt whisky tasting group.
Robert Ryder.
rryder@clintons.co.uk
Robert is a solicitor who specialises in dispute resolution with a proven track record in all types of litigation particularly commercial and property disputes, acting for both Claimants and Defendants.
After training in London, Robert was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982 and then practised in Kent for many years during which he set up and managed his own firm in Tunbridge Wells. He joined Clintons in April 2011 as a Consultant solicitor after working as a Partner in a substantial City practice.
Robert also acts for commercial and individual clients in relation to international transactions and is also a Notary Public and a trained mediator.
Tanya Goldfarb.
tgoldfarb@clintons.co.uk
Joined Clintons in January 2008 as a Consultant.
Specialises in business and personal UK immigration matters. She is a highly-regarded and experienced lawyer - prior to joining Clintons, she was a Senior Associate of some of the leading immigration practices in the UK; Reed Smith, CMS Cameron McKenna and she started her career at Magrath LLP.
Tanya has a wealth of expertise and knowledge in advising clients in the entertainment and sports fields, as well as many other industries and sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals, media, technology and multinational organisations. Tanya’s clients also include high net worth individuals and private clients from across all industry sectors.
Tanya advises on all UK immigration matters, ranging from entry to the UK as a visitor, to advising on all Tiers within the Points Based System and compliance/sponsorship applications for employers. Her expertise also includes advising on applications for family members of British nationals, UK Ancestry visas, Domestic Workers travelling to the UK and other private client immigration issues.Tanya also advises clients on making applications for Settlement/Indefinite Leave to Remain and naturalising as a British Citizen.
Tanya is the Co-Chair of the New York Working Group of the Immigration Practitioners Association (ILPA), a member and past Executive Committee Member of ILPA and a past Secretary of the Immigration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Tanya is also a founding member of the Steering Committee of the Great British Business Club, UKTI, in New York and Board Member & Secretary of the New York Peace Institute.
In her spare time, Tanya is an avid photographer of doors, a periodic yoga devotee and a lover of Sondheim musicals.
Tim Bienias.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Family
tbienias@clintons.co.uk
He has over 30 years experience of diverse litigation and dispute resolution, having previously been a Partner at Clintons for 26 years.
Tim’s breadth of experience extends to the resolution of disputes relating to trusts, partnerships, companies, property, professional negligence, family disputes and education. Tim is particularly known for dealing with “difficult” cases whether it is his opponent or the issues that arise that are complex. Tim enjoys real loyalty from his clients, many of whom he has represented for the entirety of his professional career. He formerly headed Clintons, now thriving, Family Department and its contentious Employment Department.
Tim has a Masters Degree (London LSE) in Intellectual Property Law, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Employment Law, is a qualified family mediator and a member of the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Section. His clientele includes artists, executives, property developers, retailers, restaurateurs. entrepreneurs, nightclub owners and musicians. Tim is a passionate theatre goer and has a charitable involvement with Covent Garden St Paul’s (the actors’ church).
Some interesting moments:
Successfully resisting a client's committal to prison for contempt in circumstances where his client had broken the terms of a Court Order (Sectorguard Plc v Dienne Plc).
Successfully applying to stay a defamation claim against his client on the basis that the Claimant had suffered no loss.
Applying to the Court to commit his opposing solicitor to prison for attempting to pervert the course of justice, the solicitor having threatened Tim’s client, during the course of legal proceedings.
Margot Sacré.
Margot has a number of years of experience in US immigration, having worked in practices on both sides of the pond. She works with the immigration team, assisting with a variety of US immigration and nationality matters. She works on cases that involve obtaining US visas for talent and crews in the entertainment sector, artists, sports persons, entrepreneurs and a wide spectrum of individuals relocating to the US on a temporary or permanent basis for work or for other reasons. She also assists with matters involving challenging visa refusals or findings of inadmissibility to the US, as well as various US nationality related matters.
Margot holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish with a minor in French. She recently completed the Graduate Diploma in Law at City, University of London, and aspires to become a US lawyer in the future.
Originally from Belgium, Margot speaks Flemish and French. She is also fluent in Spanish. Margot loves horse riding and played on her university polo team.
Michael Stakem.
mstakem@clintons.co.uk
Involved in advising clients on non-contentious matters, including reviewing and drafting contracts of employment, and HR policies and procedures.
Contentious work includes assisting with both Employment Tribunal and High Court claims.
Student Member of CILEx (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives). Completed Level 6 Certificates in Employment Law and The Practice of Employment Law.
Associate Member of CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development).
Sam Cobley.
Works with the immigration team, assisting primarily with all kinds of US immigration and nationality matters, including for companies expanding operations into the US or moving personnel, as well as cases involving individuals relocating to the US on a temporary or permanent basis or dealing with other US nationality related issues.
Law degree from the University of South Africa, GDL from BPP Law School and is currently completing the LPC at BPP.
Speaks Afrikaans and finished Top 5 in the De Beers English Olympiad on “War and Indifference”. Enjoys sports and the outdoor life.
Zoe Wright.
zwright@clintons.co.uk
Assists the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Teams. An Affiliate member of CILEx.
Andrew J De Perlaky.
ADePerlaky@clintons.co.uk
Andrew has recently completed his law studies at BPP, gaining distinctions in both the GDL and LPC.
Before retraining as a lawyer, Andrew had a successful career as an actor and singer. Credits include playing the lead role in the Olivier award-winning The 39 Steps in the West End and Downton Abbey.
He has also recorded a gold-certified album as a member of the vocal group Teatro.
Andrew was recently made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music for his significant contribution to the industry.
Dylan Slepon.
dslepon@clintons.co.uk
Dylan started his training contract at Clintons in September 2018. He is currently conducting his first seat in the Property and Private client departments of the firm, where he has been working on a wide range of property transactions as well as estate planning matters.
Prior to working at Clintons, Dylan worked as a paralegal in a film sale agency where he assisted on film-financing projects and licensing agreements. He also has experience as a corporate and commercial paralegal, working on company acquisitions in the food and leisure sectors.
Dylan was born in Brussels and speaks five languages fluently, including Mandarin, French and Hebrew. He studied Law at the University of Sheffield and obtained a Masters Degree in Intellectual Property at King’s College, University of London. In 2018 he obtained the Legal Practice Course with a Distinction.
Passionate about digital disruption in the field of entertainment, Dylan has previously worked with artists and bands in the distribution and promotion of their music.
Jordan Prince.
jprince@clintons.co.uk
Graduated in 2015 from the University of Liverpool after studying LLB law. Completed LPC at BPP Law School in 2016.
Undertook a 12 month Legal and Business Affairs Internship between September 2016 and September 2017 at Universal Music Group. Thereafter, a Paralegal at Universal Music Group from September 2017 to July 2018, before joining Clintons in September 2018.
Samantha Hutchinson.
shutchinson@clintons.co.uk
Samantha graduated from the University of Leeds in 2012 with an LLB in law. She completed her Masters Degree in Law at BPP Holborn in 2019. With a particular interest in brands and marketing, she focused her final masters essay on the effects of Ambush Marketing at sporting events, and the potential legal remedies which could be adopted.
In the years between her studies Samantha lived and worked abroad for a number of years, and since being back in London she has worked closely with the executives of a growing travel and creative company.
In her spare time she enjoys going to gigs and is passionate about music.
Sara Shulman.
sshulman@clintons.co.uk
Sara Shulman has an Undergraduate degree in Classics from University College London (2010 – 2013), a Diploma in Writing and Producing Comedy from the National Film and Television School (2014 - 2016) and completed the Graduate Diploma in Law (2017 – 2018) and the Legal Practice Course (2018 – 2019) at BPP University.
At university, Sara was the Head of Comedy at the UCLU student radio Rare FM, where she interviewed comedians and members of the comedy industry for her show ‘Humour Me’ and UCL SoundCloud.
After university, Sara worked in production and Entertainment Development at a variety of production companies and then set up the Scripted Comedy Development department at Wall to Wall (Warner Bros. TV UK) where she developed new comedy shows with some of the best new and established comedy writers and performers in the UK.
Sara then worked in investment where she specialised in SEIS and EIS investments for start up companies, particularly business plans for Tier 1 visa investment.
Sara is also the Founder and Editor of Comedy Blogedy, TEDxUCL speaker on ‘The Power of Funny’ and has written for Ticketmaster and The Huffington Post. Sara has produced several award-winning and nominated short films, which have been featured at the LA Comedy Festival, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, LA Indie Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Miami Independent Film Festival, San Francisco Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival.
Sara has created and run a variety of comedy shows in London, which have been featured in the national press.
Tara Woodward.
twoodward@clintons.co.uk
Tara graduated in Law at the University of Durham in 2015 and went on to study the LPC at BPP under a scholarship from the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme. Whilst studying she worked as an intern at Leipa Gupta Family Lawyers, working on matrimonial and child matters. She has a strong interest in Media and Entertainment.
Outside of the firm she enjoys cooking and interior design.
Diane Middleton.
dmiddleton@clintons.co.uk
Responsible for the supervision and management of staff, the administration and accounting function for the firm and the provision of general office accommodation and equipment.
A member of the ILCA and ILAM.
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We Don’t Live in a Democracy Part I
Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. When I was in school, I had absolutely no interest in history. To be honest, I didn’t have a real interest in many of my classes. It was only after college and my involvement in political campaigns that I became enthralled in the deeper meanings of human history, the patterns of human behavior, and the origins of the greatest country the planet has ever known.
The truths I have discovered are both fascinating and unsettling. As I am a student of history—and by no means yet a scholar—I’m going to keep the purpose of this installment simple. From ancient Egypt to modern times, one fact is clear and indisputable: (and this is important for those of you who may believe the world must have begun about 10 years before your birth) people are the same today as they were 5000 years ago. Human nature has not evolved at all. Society’s tolerance for what is deemed acceptable has certainly devolved, but our inclinations as a species are identical to those of our ancient predecessors.
It is with this knowledge that I find the second truth so phenomenal and Divine: the founders of our country were a group of men so brilliant, so inspired, and so focused on goals beyond their immediate desires that we do ourselves harm to veer too far from their wisdom. They rightly feared too much power in a central government.
Federalism as defined is a system of government “whereby the states are not merely regional representatives of the federal government, but are granted independent powers and responsibilities. With their own legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch, states are empowered to pass, enforce, and interpret laws, provided they do not violate the Constitution. (American Heritage Dictionary).”
Let’s think about that. “The states are not merely representatives of the federal government.” How many of you would say that our current governmental structure is a pretty muddied version of that principle? It would actually seem that states have become mere distribution branches of federal programs and objectives. How often do we hear of Congressional legislation that “persuades” the states to cooperate with federal initiatives by threatening to hold back or deny much-needed federal money? A more accurate description might be that the states are regularly subjected to federal waterboarding: “Go along with our program or drown in debt while we give your piece of the pie to states that acquiesce.”
As I stated previously, I am no scholar of history. It is my hope, however, that the simplicity of my historical knowledge will actually serve the simplicity of the points I am about to make.
1. We don’t live in a democracy. Some of you know this and some of you don’t, but it’s oh, so important. We live in a representative republic. That means we elect or appoint people to represent our interests in both state and federal government. Making good decisions about legislative issues should not be the choice of the masses. A clear—perhaps significant—majority of eligible voters in our country don’t have a clue about what or for whom they’re voting. And with the current insufferable trend of cycle-to-cycle campaigning, we face the very real possibility that many voters will tune out the rhetoric as a result of becoming numb to the never ending process. That’s why we elect a select few to become informed and make decisions on our behalf.
I know the idea of a pure democracy sounds beautiful—one man, one vote. Every voice heard. Should the completely uninformed voter carry the same weight as one who is knowledgeable about the subject matter? I’m not calling for a voter litmus test, just pointing out the dilemma of pure democracy. We vote for representatives—not policy.
2. When you mess with the balanced system, the system risks failure. Three branches of government: Executive (the President), Legislative (Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives), and the Judicial (the Courts—namely the Supreme Court). Each was designed to carry equal weight, but with very distinctive roles. Congress creates legislation. The President can veto the legislation—which Congress can override if a significant majority of the members vote together to do so. The Supreme Court interprets the law and makes sure it doesn’t violate the Constitution.
That is the system as it was designed. And we’ve butchered the holy crap out of it.
Beginning in the early 20th century, Supreme Court rulings began to side with the federal government over states. This movement also resulted in the Court’s horribly flawed interpretation of the “Establishment Clause” of the 1st Amendment—which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Note that it says “Congress”—not “government” or “state government”—shall make no law. Many states did have religious preferences and were permitted to do so by the Constitution. But with the addition of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the Bill of Rights were essentially applied to states, binding state governments the same as they do the federal. A 1913 Supreme Court ruling extrapolated this to mean that states—like the federal government—could no longer have state-sanctioned religions.
Then, they were off to the races.
With a shift toward the federal balance of power, the virtues of populism took root and democracy for and by ALL the people became the utopian ideal. Also in 1913, the 17th Amendment established popular election of U.S. Senators. What? It wasn’t always that way? No. Here’s where our collective failings (mine included) as history students have really hurt us as a population.
I’m going to digress for a moment to set up this point with a bit of a tangent. A proud liberal friend of mine curses the Electoral College system at every opportunity. He swears—and I do mean swears—that it should be abolished in favor of a simple majority vote. This contempt for the Electoral College really hit the fan for him in 2000 when George W. Bush won the Presidency despite losing the popular vote (not the only time that this has happened in U.S. history, by the way). He even quite mistakenly suggested that I would share his belief if the shoe was on the other foot. Even my limited knowledge of U.S. history knew better. I know the states matter.
If you believe in popular democracy, abolishing the Electoral College sounds noble, empowering to the individual. But one simple important fact cemented my resolve: the 17th Amendment. Prior to the 17th, U.S. Senators were appointed by state legislatures. Our 100 Senators answered directly to their states—more specifically the legislators, the representatives (there’s that word again)—elected to make wise decisions for the citizens they represent. Okay, so what? Big deal, right?
Stop and think about this: the House of Representatives is and always was elected by popular vote—every two years. Majority rules. If Joe Congressman isn’t doing his job, then we only have to put up with this joker for two years. Then throw the bum out, and replace him with someone who’ll do the job right.
Senators, however, are elected for 6 years. They are meant to be more deliberative, less subject to the whims of a fickle electorate. Answerable to the legislatures of their home states.
And Presidents are ultimately decided by the Electoral College. Three different methods for electing the electable components of the U.S. government (the Supreme Court is appointed, so it doesn’t count here). Wow! Those founders were smart guys. Such a balanced system was designed to prevent fads, trends, public resentment, economics, etc. from abruptly steering the country rudderlessly into who-knows-what.
In light of this revelation, even my Electoral College-hating friend had to acknowledge that it suddenly made more sense to him. Our current system has resulted in Senators who never leave office—even as their state legislatures have evolved and changed in political identity. How much more money and payola has this need to campaign on a statewide level injected into the political system? How much has the ability to woo the public at large resulted in 30, 40, and 50-year Senate terms? And how much has all of this resulted in a complete concentration of power in Washington, D.C. instead of an equal balance in state capitols across the country?
A third—and frightening—component of this subject matter is the problem of judicial activism. For those who don’t know the term, judicial activism is the practice of creating or altering law from the jurist bench—a clear breach of judiciary responsibility. This practice has resulted in the introduction of numerous laws and legal principles that would have never—and I mean never—had a chance in Hades of being passed by Congress. But because of an overreaching, idealistic interpretation of their obligations as jurists, these power grabs now exist as established law.
Judicial activism requires its own article or three, so I’ll leave that topic for another day. But with the current economic climate and the federal intrusion into private business, banking, and healthcare, it’s important to note the hows and whys of the incredible structure our founding fathers established. We’ve already tinkered too much with the system, and I fear that if we don’t pause to recall where we started, we may venture so far from where we’re supposed to be that it may take a generation or more to undo the damage.
Next: We Don’t Live in a Democracy Part II
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Charity fundraising - employees vs. volunteers
I've been looking to post on my blog about charities and volunteers for some time, but never got around to finding an interesting angle. Much of this is based on a draft that I started back in 2007, but never got around to posting. The reason I'm posting now is in relation to a story running through the press about someone being sacked for not raising enough money during a marathon run. The news story is available: BBC News London Marathon snail crawl man Lloyd Scott sacked; MSN News Charity sacks snail marathon man and Yahoo! Sport Marathon man sacked for not raising enough.
I don't think that this particular story is that news worthy. The news stories are certainly one sided with certain information excluded, but what concerns me are the comments that have been left on some of these pages which have completely misunderstood what has happened here. For example many seem to think that this was a profitable event, but the charity is being greedy whereas in fact the charity has lost a substantial amount of money through this. Unfortunately this is turning out to be a lot of bad publicity for this charity that from the sound of it is not deserved.
My perspective is mainly from that as a volunteer. I do not work, nor have I worked as paid employee of a charity, although I have friends that do or have done so. I have experience with volunteering at a local level, a regional level and a national level and I have worked directly alongside paid employees. I have been involved in volunteering for some time with a few different charities, although mainly with one that I've been a member of for 17 years. I have not mentioned that charity in here as this is about charities in general and the charity I volunteer with is nothing to do with the example stated. I also contribute regularly to some charities (both through membership and through regular donations) and like to know that many money is being used towards the aims of that charity.
I am providing references to this particular event involving the marathon runner. I am not involved with that charity in anyway and I don't have any further information above what is in the news stories or Twitter (note some news stores have more information than others).
Different charities
There is no such thing as a typical charity. Charities vary from small organisations with just a few volunteers and raising small sums of money to large national organisations with a large income and turnover. Some of these may also be part of a worldwide movement, but in the UK to be classed as a charity they need to be registered as a UK charity. Charities may help locally, nationally, overseas or a combination of all these.
A charity must benefit the wider community. Although they normally have a target group that they support they cannot be set-up to raise money for an individual. For example if someone has a specific illness that cannot be treated on the NHS, but then raises money to get treatment elsewhere then this cannot be a charity, because it is for an individual and not the public good. A charity could be established which is designed to be for anyone suffering from that same illness, as long as it didn't give proportionally more to that individuals treatment than to others.
A charity, must also benefit a charitable purpose.
The Charities Act sets out the following descriptions of charitable purposes:
a) the prevention or relief of poverty;
b) the advancement of education;
c) the advancement of religion;
d) the advancement of health or the saving of lives;
e) the advancement of citizenship or community development;
f) the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science;
g) the advancement of amateur sport;
h) the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity;
i) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement;
j) the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage;
k) the advancement of animal welfare;
l) the promotion of the efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown or of the police, fire and rescue services or ambulance services;
m) other purposes currently recognised as charitable and any new charitable purposes which are similar to another charitable purpose.
More information is available at: Charity Commission: Commentary on the Descriptions of Charitable Purposes in the Charities Act 2006.
Investment for fund-raising
Fund-raising is a vital part of many charities to be able to support their charitable aims. They do however also incur costs in raising the money. This could be through the purchase of equipment (in this example £18,000 for the snail costume), the cost of staff to support the fund-raising (see below) or in some cases to pay an external company to fund-raise on their behalf.
For example some of the door to door schemes may take a cut of the donation. This may be a large percentage of the donation for the first term (eg. year) with a diminishing commission for future terms. In the long term this can be a good source of income for the charities, but in the short term it can make almost as much for the commercial scheme as the charity receives.
All these investments or costs are a decision that the charities must make to find cost effective ways of raising money. Most of these make money, but in some cases the cost of investment may not pay off; in this example the combined cost of the costume and marketing costing more than the money raised. In fact it sounds like they may have lost around £30,000 from this venture.
Paid staff
Whilst it's nice to think that charities can manage completely using volunteer help, for larger charities this is rarely the case. The demands of a large charity mean that there is normally a need for paid staff in addition to volunteers to ensure that the charity is run correctly, legally and in an effective way.
This may be because they need someone with a specific skill or need someone to work full time to be available during the day when most volunteers will be at work.
Whatever the reason paid staff can be essential to the running of the charity. It is the case that charities need to careful balance the cost of any paid staff with the benefit that the charity receives, either in financial fund-raising or in fulfilling it's charitable aims.
In the case of the example stated it doesn't give any idea of how this person was employed but he was director of fundraising. The decision to employ this person would have been made on the basis that they were hoping that the person would bring in more income than the cost of employing him and the additional costs associated with the fund-raising.
Charity paid employees have the same rights as paid employees of other commercial companies, and you would expect them to apply the same business decisions upon whether to terminate someone's employment. For any job sometimes decisions are made that cost the business money but in the long term these expect to be balanced out by the profitable activities. Sometimes very big mistakes can cost a lot of money.
Volunteers can have the same involvement and rights as paid staff, but obviously don't get the same remuneration. Volunteers can be hard to recruit particularly with the right skills and work commitments often get in the way.
This should not in anyway detract what volunteers provide to an organisation, and in fact a good organisation will ensure that the support structure is in place to support the volunteers to contribute towards the charity, and a good charity will appreciate the contributions that the volunteers are able to make.
There are also some volunteers that are able to provide the equivalent of an employed worker either in terms of time or training and/or experience. Perhaps someone that is retired or works part-time may provide a large commitment to an organisation.
A real advantage for volunteers is that whilst an employee needs to provide a significant return to cover the cost of employing them the amount that needs to be raised by a volunteer is much less. Whilst charities still need to cover any overheads associated with supporting the volunteer even a small amount of money raised by volunteers can directly contribute to the cause rather than being absorbed by salary costs.
You may think that it's easy to keep volunteers motivated, after all they want to help, but when there is a lot of work that needs to be covered by volunteers it can be hard to get volunteers to cover everything that's needed. After all when we go to work we are motivated by the monthly pay check, but without that it's much easier to get de-motivated and leave as a volunteer. I did a small group study of these motivations in the past see: Motivation – A Study of the Motivations for Members of a Volunteer Organisation.
Donating to charities
With this particular event the money that was donated by the public has not gone to help the children that this organisation supports. Instead it's gone towards paying for the cost of the costume and covering the other losses incurred. That is a real shame.
It should not however detract those wanting to give to charity. I think that the fact that this charity is addressing the issue means that fortunately this won't happen again.
How do you give to charities so that the charities get maximum benefit. This will depend upon the charity. Some will handle fund-raising themselves and others will enlist the help of commercial organisations for some or all of their fund-raising needs.
One way I give to charities is through payroll donations. These are taken from my salary pre-tax and distributed to the organisation of my choice. The particular company that my employers arrange this through makes sure that the charities get maximum benefit through the scheme.
Another way I donate is via regular direct-debit contributions direct to the charity. In some cases it may be better to avoid setting this up through door-to-door or through those that ask you to sign up in the town centres as these people are often being paid to do this work and work for a company that may take a significant cut. Instead find out from the charity how best to arrange this eg. by setting up the direct-debit directly through their website. Alternatively for one off donations do it directly through the charity website.
You can off course still contribute through collection tins and through sponsorship websites (eg. Virgin Money Giving is a not-for-profit scheme compared to some of the others), but small regular contributions are usually much better for charities.
Don't forget to tick the gift-aid box if you are a UK tax payer to help the charity claim back the tax paid from PAYE.
Also consider volunteering. As a volunteer you may be able to give far more to a charity than you could through a money contribution
There will always be risks associated around investment for fund-raising, but I think it's safe to say that over the long term the good that comes through fund-raising is normally far more significant than the ones that are not successful.
As I said I really don't have all the facts to be able to pass judgement on this particular case, but it does sound like it was a a failure. Hopefully the charity can turn this back around for future events and sounds like they are making steps in the right direction.
Again this is just my opinion based on my personal experience. It's easy to sympathise with this individual who was clearly trying to make this work and put a lot of effort in, but the charity needs to make a decision on whether to spend their money directly on charitable aims or in trying to pursue more money through high-profile fund-raising.
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Séminaire vidéoconférence "Experiments in the Social Sciences" - Carole Treibich (SESSTIM - GREQAM)
"Behavioral Economics in the Field: Estimating Misreporting of Condom Use of Female Sex Workers in Senegal"
13-12-2016 - 14h00 à 16h00 - ISEM Salle SCI
Carole Treibich (SESSTIM-Greqam)
Behavioral economics in the field: Estimating misreporting of condom use of female sex workers in Senegal
Abstract: Self-reported condom use is high among female sex workers in most low and middle-income countries. Because the known benefit of using condoms is high, there is a desirability bias in under-reporting socially undesirable health behaviours such as unprotected sex. We use a list randomisation to measure misreporting in condom use in Senegal, a country where sex workers face high social stigma and where AIDS epidemic is mainly concentrated among this population. Using this indirect elicitation method, we find that 22% of female sex workers did not use a condom in their last sexual intercourse with a client, which is significantly greater than the 3% obtained when asked directly. When estimating condom use among sub-groups, we find that female sex workers who are at higher risk of infection are less likely to use condoms. Our study confirms that the list randomisation is an effective method to elicit sensitive behaviours in low-income countries.
Experiments in the Social Sciences A video-conference seminar jointly organised by
EHESS Marseille, Vieille Charité, 2, rue de la Charité, Marseille - Salle 205
GREDEG, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis – Salle du Conseil de l’ISEM (SCI)
Institut Jean Nicod, Ecole Normale Superieure, 29, rue d’Ulm, Paris – Salle CRI
Università di Genova, Via Vivaldi 5 - 16126 Genova – Sala Passadore.
The next session of our seminar will be on Tuesday January 10, 2017.
Experiments in the Social Sciences:
Experiments have become part of the scientific apparatus in social science only relatively recently compared with the status they had already acquired as a superior proof practice in the late seventeenth century in the natural sciences. For the second year, the seminar invites participants from different disciplines, such as animal studies, cognitive sciences, economics, linguistics, neurosciences, philosophy, psychology, etc., to analyse the experimental paradigm, its historical development and its epistemological constraints and tries to open the blackbox of experimental settings. That is, this seminar aims at reflecting on the status of experiments in the social sciences in a comparative way across disciplines, the part they play in providing insights and proofs, the methodological and rhetorical differences in experiments and experimental settings, the necessity and role of incentives in eliciting “truthful” answers, the transfer from results in the lab or in the “field" to the “world", the status of the theoretical models to which experimental results are compared, etc.
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ET Williams
The Doctor of Common Sense
10/15/2017 by The Doctor Of Common Sense
Conspiracy or Not? Is Radioactive Material Dangerous?
Can You Trust Your Government?
Galen Winsor is a nuclear physicist of renown who worked at, and helped design, nuclear power plants in Hanford, WA; Oak Ridge, TN; Morris, IL, San Jose, CA; Wimington, NJ. Among his positions of expertise he was in charge of measuring and controlling the nuclear fuel inventory and storage.
Galen Winsor has traveled and lectured all over America, spoken on national talk radio, and made several videos exposing the misunderstood issues of nuclear radiation. He shows that fear of radiation has been exaggerated to scare people … so a few powerful people can maintain total control of the world’s most valuable power resource. Filmed by Ben Williams in 1986.
In the video, you can watch Galen lick a pile of highly radioactive uranium off the palm of his hand and ignite a chunk of plutonium into a shower of flaming dust. The guy also drank reactor cooling pool water for fun and liked to go swimming in the pool to relax. He also spiked the basement flooring of his own home with enough radioactive material to send any Geiger counter reading off the scale to disprove the fear mongering surrounding radon at the time.
Galen surmises the regulations and fear mongering that surround radioactive materials are in place to prevent the widespread adoption of nuclear power in local small scale neighborhood/home based reactors. Galen also points out that hot nuclear “waste” can be effectively turned into a safe power source through thermionic conversion, which is how the U.S. submarine navigation network was powered. The heat it gives off can also be used to safely heat homes.
He points out that nuclear “waste” is worth roughly $10 million (in 1986 dollars) a ton if it were to be reprocessed to collect its useful isotopes, so all of this talk about trying to bury it is a sham. He says the power companies are holding all the waste with the intent of playing the plutonium futures market. The “waste” could be stored above ground in already constructed buildings meeting all the regulatory requirements without the need to have these outrageous basalt mines dug into mountains. The only reason he can think of for these underground vaults is to hide bodies/evidence that the state doesn’t want uncovered.
At its core, he says federal controls over nuclear material is about maintaining power and control over the masses through the denial of self-sufficient power sources. Obviously if one had a personal sized power source that was cheap and efficient, they wouldn’t need to be connected to the “grid” for anything. The power grid is the control grid our rulers use to keep us under their thumbs.
He also says Three Mile Island was an intentionally created disaster, and that a core meltdown could not melt its way deep into the Earth.
You do not have a choice about paying for the wars in Libya, Iraq, Panama, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, etc.. etc.. You do not have a choice about paying for nuclear weapons. You do not have a choice about paying for NSA wiretapping programs that monitor your own communications. You do not have a choice about paying for bureaucratic stripper parties. You do not have a choice about paying for bank bailouts worth tens of trillions of dollars. You do not have a choice about ANYTHING. As the author Robert Heinlein once said, “There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. ”
Further, I reject the notion that ideas can be “property.” Rand was big advocate of copyright and patents, and a lot of her work actually revolves around those concepts. Most academic libertarians like myself reject this view. The Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom has some good academic articles on the subject for those who are interested.
So, with those myths dispelled, let’s move on to the article itself. You’ll notice that when I make a point, I use the term “he says”. While I find Galen’s arguments to be compelling, I haven’t looked very deeply into the research on the subject. And I’m certainly not advocating for people to go out and consume uranium for kicks. No where do I suggest that. I’m simply offering up information that others may care to dig into more deeply.
And contrary to Herbert’s unsubstantiated claim, Galen did not die an early death from leukemia. He died from age related complications at the age of 82.
If the author of this article wasn’t such a reactionary, she may have actually bothered to look up some research on the subject to see just how accurate Galen’s claims were before deriding them. This chapter from The Nuclear Energy Option, written by Bernard L. Cohen from the University of Pittsburgh, pretty much backs up the claims made by Galen in the video.
“We now turn to the question of why the public became so irrationally fearful of radiation. Probably the most important reason is the gross overcoverage of radiation stories by television, magazines, and newspapers. Constantly hearing stories about radiation as a hazard gave people the subconscious impression that it was something to worry about. In attempting to document this overcoverage, I obtained the number of entries in the New York Times Information Bank on various types of accidents and compared them with the number of fatalities per year caused by these accidents in the United States. I did this for the years 1974-1978 so as not to include the Three Mile Island accident, which generated more stories than usual. On an average, there were 120 entries per year on motor vehicle accidents, which kill 50,000 Americans each year; 50 entries per year on industrial accidents, which kill 12,000; and 20 entries per year on asphyxiation accidents, which kill 4,500; note that for these the number of entries, which represents roughly the amount of newspaper coverage, is approximately proportional to the death toll they cause. But for accidents involving radiation, there were something like 200 entries per year, in spite of there not having been a single fatality from a radiation accident for over a decade.
From all of the hundred or so highly publicized incidents discussed earlier in this chapter (with the exception of the Three Mile Island accident), the total radiation received by all people involved was not more than 10,000 mrem. Since we expect only one cancer death from every 4 million mrem, there is much less than a 1% chance that there will ever be even a single fatality from all of those incidents taken together. On an average, each of these highly publicized incidents involved less than 1 chance in 10,000 of a single fatality, but for some reason they got more attention than other accidents that were killing an average of 300 Americans every day and seriously injuring 10 times that number. Surely, then, the amount of coverage of radiation incidents was grossly out of proportion to the true hazard.”
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GETTING OVER UBER IN CANADA
Mark Katz (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Canada)/ May 5, 2016 July 5, 2018 /1 Comment
Mark Katz and Alysha Manji
Since its arrival in Canada in 2012, Uber has generated heated discussion among affected interests, notably the established taxi industry, regulatory bodies overseeing the industry, and municipal and provincial governments responsible for putting the existing regulatory frameworks into place. In an effort to stave off the impact of its competitive offerings, Uber has been banned outright in some cities and sued in others, its drivers have been charged with various violations, vehicles have been seized, and extra-legal measures have been employed, ranging from tying up traffic with protests and demonstrations to smashing drivers’ cellphones. Emotions have reached such unreasonable extremes that Uber has even been labelled as “worse than ISIS” and accused of engaging in the “genocide” of the taxi industry.
On November 26, 2015, the Bureau entered the roiling Uber debate with the release of a “white paper” entitled “Modernizing Regulation in the Taxi Industry” (the “White Paper”). As denoted by its title, the Bureau’s White Paper uses the entry of Uber as a platform upon which to advocate its more general views on regulation of the taxi industry in Canada. While clearly of the opinion that efforts to squelch competition are counterproductive and antithetical to consumer interests, the White Paper does not adopt a dogmatic anti-regulation position in advocating for greater openness to competition. Rather, the White Paper is careful to recognize that regulation still has a role to play in the taxi industry, but one that needs to focus on promoting competition and limiting intervention to the minimum necessary to address legitimate policy concerns.
As discussed below, competition advocacy is an integral element of the Bureau’s mandate to champion competition and competitive forces in Canada. In this article, we consider whether and how well the White Paper advances this goal and supports the Bureau’s mandate.
The Competition Bureau as Competition Advocate
The Bureau is charged with administering and enforcing Canadian competition law, as embodied principally in the Competition Act (the “Act”). The large part of this mandate is carried out through different forms of enforcement action – investigations, inquiries, contested proceedings, consent agreement settlements, and so on. But so-called “competition advocacy” is another important way for the Bureau to help ensure a competitive marketplace. This involves the Bureau promoting the benefits of competition by means of non-enforcement mechanisms, ranging from making formal submissions before federal and provincial regulatory boards on the one hand to “consciousness-raising” initiatives such as organizing “Cartel Days” and “Fraud Awareness Months” on the other.
The current Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, has done much to reinvigorate the Bureau’s advocacy role since his appointment in 2013. As an example, the Bureau now has a separate branch, the Competition Promotion Branch, charged with encouraging the adoption of pro-competitive policies by governments, regulators, and the business community. The Bureau has also created a new platform on its website devoted to its advocacy function , and periodically publishes The Competition Advocate to share views on this topic.
The Parameters of Bureau Advocacy
In one of his first speeches in office, Commissioner Pecman provided helpful insight into when the Bureau is most likely to engage in advocacy efforts.
First, the Commissioner identified three sectors of the Canadian economy where he thought competition advocacy holds the most promise: the digital economy, the retail sector and the health sector.
The Commissioner then noted the types of competitive restrictions that concern the Bureau the most:
• Restrictions that raise barriers to entry or expansion in a market.
• Restrictions that control how firms are allowed to compete in a market.
• Restrictions that shield firms from competitive pressure.
Finally, the Commissioner noted that, as a practical matter, the Bureau lacks the resources necessary to intervene in every deserving case. As such, he outlined the four strategic criteria which the Bureau will use to triage when to exercise its advocacy mandate:
• Does a forum to present exist, and is there a high level of public interest?
• Will the Bureau be contributing in a useful way?
• Will the Bureau be able to gauge the impact of its advocacy efforts?
• Will its efforts have clear, tangible benefits for Canadians
Given the foregoing criteria, it is no surprise that the Bureau has chosen to intervene publicly in the current debate over the future of Canada’s taxi industry. This issue is obviously of intense public interest, it involves cutting edge innovative business models based on so-called peer-to-peer platforms, and it offers the Bureau the opportunity to promote pro-consumer interests over restrictionist efforts to shield incumbents from competitive pressures. More generally, the debate over Uber (and other ride-sharing services of a similar nature) highlights an important issue that is often central to the Bureau’s advocacy efforts – how to strike the correct balance between the sometimes conflicting imperatives of government regulation and free competition.
Competition Bureau Concerns with the Taxi Industry
(i) February 2014 Submission to Toronto Taxi Review
As it happens, the White Paper is not the first time that the Bureau has addressed issues of competition in the Canadian taxi industry. In February 2014, the Bureau submitted a brief to the City of Toronto’s Taxicab Industry Review in which it argued that the City of Toronto should increase the number of taxi licences issued to drivers because the City’s restrictive approach to licensing created upward pressure on fares and downward pressure on service. For example, the Bureau noted that taxi fares in Toronto were among the highest in North America and that wait times in Toronto also compared unfavourably to those in many other jurisdictions (e.g. the average wait times in Toronto were 9 and 10 minutes compared to Ireland where on average customers waited five minutes or less). The Bureau also argued that low income groups and other vulnerable parts of the population (such as seniors and the disabled) were disproportionately affected by the lack of competition pervading the taxi industry.
The Bureau’s position on the need to liberalize licensing restrictions echoed the views of a report issued by the OECD’s Competition Committee in 2007 on competition for taxi services. The OECD concluded that omnipresent restrictions on entry represent the greatest impediment to competition in the taxi industry. These restrictions take the form of overall limits on the number of licences available for taxi drivers or rules that call for excessively high quality of cars or driver training. The result is an undersupply of services at competitive prices, with low income consumers being the most significantly disadvantaged. The OECD therefore recommended that the removal of quantitative entry restrictions be the focus of regulatory reform of the taxi industry. As for qualitative restrictions, the OECD recognized that while these have a role to play in promoting consumer welfare, they must be designed carefully to ensure that they do not prevent the development of innovative services and market structures. For example, the OECD suggested that regulators should not set vehicle standards in ways that limit the provision of low price services that meet consumer demand.
In what turned out to be a foreshadowing of the issues it would address in the White Paper, the Bureau’s February 2014 submission also discussed the impact of new and emerging technologies on the Canadian taxi industry.
The Bureau recognized that many local municipalities had raised concerns that the new services and their drivers were not in compliance with local regulations and licensing requirements. The Bureau also took notice of possible consumer protection issues, including possible safety and privacy concerns.
On balance, however, the Bureau’s position was that both consumers and operators would benefit from competition between traditional and new products and services, and from new methods of delivering these products and services. It therefore invited the City of Toronto, and by extension all relevant Canadian authorities, to re-examine their regulatory frameworks for the taxi industry and to limit their regulatory interventions to cases where they are needed to prevent harm to consumers or taxi operators. As the Bureau’s submission stated: “We believe that unwarranted restrictions on competition should be avoided, and any restrictions on competition should be no broader than reasonably necessary to address legitimate subjects of regulation”.
(ii) The White Paper
The White Paper provides a more in-depth analysis and discussion of the issues raised by Uber and other ride-sharing applications than does the Bureau’s February 2014 submission to the City of Toronto. However, the defining themes and messages are the same, namely that the advent of ride sharing services necessitates a “re-think” of the existing regulatory framework based on the following core principles: (a) competition is the best means to ensure that consumers have access to the broadest range of products and services at competitive prices; and (b) while regulation has a legitimate role to play, restrictions should be limited to meeting legitimate policy objectives, such as protecting the safety of passengers and drivers, and should not be used to impede competition from new entrants. The contribution of the White Paper is to spell out in more detail the Bureau’s view of what this revised regulatory framework should look like.
The White Paper begins by citing the competitive benefits resulting from the entry of new ride sharing services (also referred to as “transportation network services” or “TNCs”) into Canada: lower prices, reduced waiting times, greater access to and availability of taxi services, improved quality of service and convenience for consumers. The White Paper also acknowledges that part of this overall improvement is due to the competitive reactions of traditional taxi services, e.g., developing their own apps to compete with Uber and a new (and welcome) emphasis in some instances on cleaner vehicles and more courteous service. At the same time, the Bureau does not ignore concerns about public safety that could require regulatory intervention.
In proposing a new framework for the taxi industry, the basic premise of the Bureau’s recommendation for change is that all ride providers – traditional taxi services and TNCs – be on a level regulatory playing field. Contrary to the efforts of certain authorities, this does not mean simply imposing the same existing standards across the board on all ride providers; nor does the Bureau suggest the opposite by recommending that all regulations be scrapped. Instead, the Bureau seeks somewhat of a middle ground in which all ride providers – new and old, traditional and TNCs – be subject to a “lighter” regulatory framework in which regulations serve legitimate public policy objectives and are no more intrusive than necessary. The benefit of such an approach, in the Bureau’s view, is that it avoids overregulation of the industry, does not favour one class of provider over another, and ensures that traditional services have the flexibility to respond competitively to TNCs to the benefit of consumers (and themselves).
Repeating one of the new mantras currently in favour in Canada, the Bureau recommends further that regulators should employ an “evidence-based” approach to regulation, i.e., rely on empirical evidence whenever possible to test the efficacy of any new proposed regulation.
Finally, the Bureau also suggests that regulators should continually question and revisit the effectiveness of restrictions they impose. To that end, the Bureau recommends the employment of “sunset clauses” so as to encourage periodic reviews of the effectiveness of and need for regulatory limitations on the taxi industry.
With these basic principles in mind, the White Paper proceeds to set out the Bureau’s views on specific issues affecting competition in the taxi industry:
Entry Restrictions – As in its February 2014 submission, the Bureau continues to recommend that regulators remove entry restrictions and transition to an “open entry” system that would allow any qualified applicant to operate a vehicle-for-hire. The Bureau acknowledges that cities that have moved towards open entry systems have experienced mixed results – in some cases, there has been an influx of improperly maintained vehicles and congestion at popular pick-up locations such as hotels and airports. However, the Bureau believes that these issues can be dealt with via new technologies and targeted rules and is still preferable to the blunt instrument of placing an absolute limit on the number of permissible taxi cabs.
Price Controls – One of the obvious goals of removing entry restrictions is to put downward pressure on prices. However, regulation can be an impediment to price reductions if drivers are prevented from reacting to greater competition by lowering prices. While not advocating that price controls be scrapped entirely, the Bureau urges regulators to show greater flexibility in devising rules that will allow all drivers to set their fares more independently in reaction to market forces.
Public Safety and Consumer Protection – The Bureau recognizes that regulators have legitimate objectives in establishing rules to protect the safety of passengers, drivers and third parties and thus recommends that these rules apply to both traditional services and TNCs. However, consistent with its overall theme, the Bureau recommends that regulators relax overly-strict rules that impede competition.
Quality of Service – Similarly, the Bureau recommends that legitimate quality of service regulations be applied equally to both traditional taxi services and TNCs. Again, however, the Bureau cautions against the risk of over-regulation. Differences in quality of service, e.g. providing bottles of water or magazines and driver attire, are an important competitive factor and therefore should not be overly standardized.
Licensing and Training – To obtain a valid taxi driver’s license, traditional taxi drivers undergo an intensive licensing process which include providing a driving record and results of a criminal background check, completing educational program requirements and ongoing annual courses and paying annual fees. Generally speaking, TNCs are currently only required to conduct background checks on drivers and offer driver training. The Bureau recommends that regulators create a uniform licensing process for both traditional taxi services and TNCs that will ensure an appropriate level of safe and knowledgeable services without being more burdensome and restrictive than necessary.
Limits on Street Hails – Most Canadian municipalities that permit the operation of TNCs still limit their ability to accept street hails or use taxi stands. The Bureau recommends that regulators consider reducing these restrictions, if not eliminating them entirely, so that the rules are the same for both traditional market participants and TNCs.
Accessibility – Regulators often create rules that mandate or incentivize taxi companies to offer accessible services to persons with disabilities. The Bureau recommends that regulators consider applying the same rules and similar incentives to TNCs so that passengers who need accessible services can also benefit from increased competition.
In summary, the Bureau’s White Paper strikes a balance between the twin poles of free competition and all-encompassing regulation. Although clearly reflecting a bias towards competition, the White Paper acknowledges the role that regulation may still have to play in the Canadian taxi market, so long as that role is appropriately defined and limited. As well, the White Paper does not purport to provide regulators with detailed, nuts and bolts advice on how taxi regulations should be restructured. Rather, the Bureau’s approach is to set out general principles that regulators and governments can then apply having regard to their greater expertise.
The Bureau’s approach to modernizing the taxi industry is consistent with the views expressed by competition authorities in other jurisdictions that have been grappling with these issues. Not surprisingly, these authorities also support entry by TNCs and have taken a variety of steps to promote greater competition in the industry.
For example, Brazil’s Council for Economic Defence (“CADE”) has initiated administrative proceedings against individual taxi drivers and their associations for abusive actions against TNCs, such as damaging cars, threatening and injuring TNC drivers and passengers and blocking TNC vehicles from using roadways; the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) has refused to clear a joint venture of established taxi companies that it found would have hindered entry by TNCs; in Mexico, the competition authority, COFECE, has urged that Uber and other ridesharing services not be subjected to taxi regulations beyond those necessary to protect consumer safety; India’s Competition Commission has rejected complaints of unfair business practices brought against Uber and Ola (another ride sharing service) by rival taxi companies; the competition authority in France has issued opinions favourable to Uber and related services; and in the U.K., the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has criticized London’s transportation authority for proposing new rules that would impose significant restrictions and burdens on companies such as Uber.
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez provided an excellent summary of the prevailing sentiment among competition authorities in a speech she delivered in October 2015:
The threshold question for policymakers examining new peer-to-peer businesses should be whether there is a public policy justification for regulating the service at all, either through an expansion of existing regulatory schemes or entirely new ones. If there is no public policy rationale justifying regulation, policymakers should allow competition to proceed unfettered. Our experience tells us that consumers generally benefit from the competition that arises between traditional and new business models.
One of our main concerns is that existing regulatory schemes tend to mirror, and perhaps even entrench, traditional business models and thereby chill pro-consumer innovation … A related concern is that existing regulatory bodies may be controlled or influenced by the very interests they regulate, and that incumbents will use the existing regulatory structure to deter new, potentially disruptive entry …
Of course, regulatory boards and other policymakers may have legitimate consumer protection and other public interest objectives for regulation, among them public safety. But policymakers must carefully consider the potential competitive effects of such regulations as well as the justifications being urged to support them.
Regulatory frameworks, to the extent they are needed, should be flexible enough to allow new forms of competition. Often, the existing regulations governing the traditional industry (here, taxicabs) have been in place for decades without much change. It is advisable that they be reviewed and revised periodically to facilitate and encourage the emergence of new forms of competition that would benefit consumers.
In addition, any regulatory response should be narrowly tailored to the specific public policy goals that have been identified. We recommend that regulations directed at ride-sharing services should focus primarily on ensuring qualified drivers, safe and clean vehicles, sufficient liability insurance, transparency of fare information, protecting privacy and consumer data, and compliance with other applicable laws.
This is a perfect reflection of the Bureau’s approach as well.
The Uber story offers a paradigmatic example of the disruptive impact that a new technology can have on entrenched incumbent interests. It also has presented the Bureau with an excellent opportunity to promote the benefits of innovation and competition in what has to date been a pervasively regulated market.
It is possible to argue that the Bureau should have been even more aggressive in substance and tone in the White Paper. Frankly, the taxi industry’s arguments against Uber are not credible and obviously self-serving. However, the Bureau has to operate within the confines of reality and obviously concluded that a measured approach is more likely to gain adherents among key stakeholders.
One also expects that the White Paper will not be the Bureau’s last word on this subject. The situation continues to evolve as Canadian authorities are really only at the starting point of grappling with the issues raised by Uber and other ride sharing services. As such, there will be an ongoing need for the Bureau to monitor developments and step in to promote and protect competition as necessary, whether through its advocacy role (as has been the case so far) or otherwise.
THIS IS AN EXPANDED VERSION OF AN ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN COMPETITION LAW INSIGHT, VOLUME 15, ISSUE 4, 12 APRIL 2016
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Rafael Allendesalazar says:
Very interesting article. The position of Canada’s Competition Bureau broadly coincides with other competition authorities. Apart those mentioned in the article, note that the Spanish Competition Authority has also recently issued a very interesting draft report on sharing economy that addresses specifically the transport sector (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n65MjUaTmRLuZCqTIlqyWvobVqreR-iAzsz1mhxy2y0/edit) and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland issued yesterday a stimulating Statement on Uber (https://uokik.gov.pl/news.php?news_id=12353).
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Scientists expect significant changes in the material that makes up the comet as you go deeper into the comet, just as the material of the Earth changes significantly the deeper you go underground. Only an impact mission can study the interior of a comet below the evolved surface layer. Other missions, such as ESA's Rosetta Mission, are being planned that will land on a comet and scratch the surface. But the Deep Impact Mission is the only one that will excavate a large enough hole to see the interior composition of the comet. Take a look at our science Objectives.
Q: Who came up with the idea to impact a comet?
The idea of impacting a comet has been around for a long time and has been seriously discussed as the ending scenario for orbiter missions. The idea dates back at least 30 years to the book 2001 written by Arthur C. Clarke. Mission teams from a variety of other missions have studied the concept, including the team of the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) mission that was subsequently cancelled by NASA in the mid 1990's and the team of the Giotto mission (which was flown by ESA to comet Halley). The Deep Impact project was first proposed in a somewhat different form and rejected in 1996. In 1998 the team re-proposed the idea with a number of changes and on the basis of this proposal was one of two Discovery missions ultimately selected in July 1999.
Q: Who is working on Deep Impact?
Project members are affiliated with numerous organizations. The science team includes members from The University of Maryland and other universities, NASA/JPL (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (BATC). You can learn more about the science team and their specific roles on the Deep Impact mission here. In addition to the scientists, there are many other people working on the mission. To learn more about the different mission roles, take a look here.
Q: Will the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) be involved in this project?
Yes. The HST will be imaging the encounter before, during and after the impact. It will be joined by several large and small ground-based telescopes at various locations around the world.
Q: Will any ground-based telescopes be observing the impact?
The most spectacular images will come from the flyby spacecraft. But many ground-based telescopes will be collecting data in the optical and other wavelengths to complement the data from the flyby spacecraft. Details about the observing opportunities can be found here.
Q: Will I be able to see the impact?
We hope so! Unfortunately, one side of the earth will be facing away from the comet at the time of impact so that side won't be able to see it directly. However, we plan on broadcasting the event on television and on the internet so that everyone all over the world can see the impact. Details about observing the comet can be found here.
Q: How will the data get from the spacecraft to the scientists?
The data gathered by the spacecraft is transmitted to the ground via X-band communication. The data will go through NASA's Deep Space Network to JPL and then to Cornell University and the University of Maryland. They then get distributed to the science team for analysis.
Q: When are launch and impact?
Launch was 12 January 2005. The impact is planned for 05:52 4 July 2005 UT. Take a look at the mission timeline to see where we are in the schedule. To find out when the impact will occur in local time, see our page of Questions About the Encounter.
Q: What tasks exist between 2000 and 2005, before the launch?
The flight systems will be built between March 2001 and October 2003. It is then delivered to Cape Canaveral at the end of 2004 for launch at the beginning of 2005. Meanwhile, the science team will continue observations of the comet to better understand the environment that the spacecraft will encounter. Studies of cratering processes, both lab simulations and computer models, will continue. And the details of the observing sequence -- when to take images, when to take spectra, and when to send data back -- for the mission will be designed. Be sure to watch our timeline to see where we are in the mission.
Q: I gather we'll see the collision in full-motion video (televised) because the event will be near enough. At what point is full-motion video no longer possible, i.e. at what distance from Earth?
We will not be able to observe the impact in "full motion video" (ie., at a rate of 30 frames/sec) because of data rate limitations both in the imaging cameras and in the data link from the spacecraft to Earth. The cameras are designed to make accurate scientific measurements, not primarily to produce video. As such, the imaging detectors are read out relatively slowly in order to keep the noise levels low, and the data are encoded to 14 bits to make the most accurate measurements possible. At their full frame format (1024x1024 pixels), the cameras will output only one frame every 1.7s. At impact and for the following few seconds, we plan to use subframe imaging modes (64x64 pixels in the Medium Resolution Instrument and 256x256 pixels in the High Resolution Instrument). With these formats, the cameras can produce frames at rates of about 20/sec for the MRI and 5/s for the HRI. So we will be able to reconstruct the impact itself with pretty good time resolution. Even if the cameras could produce frames at 30/sec, the data link to Earth at the range of the comet at impact would not allow the data to be returned to Earth fast enough to support full-motion video in real time. The maximum data rate that we expect to use given the spacecraft telecommunications system capabilities and the receiving capabilities of the Deep Space Network stations on Earth is about 300,000 bits/s, which is about 200 times slower than needed for full-motion digital video. The data link could support full-motion video only at ranges less than about 10 million km.
Q: How precisely known will the time of the impact be, and how soon will you know it?
Our targeted impact time is 05:52 4 July 2005 UT plus or minus 3 minutes. In late June, 2005, we should know within 1 minute. Two or three days from the impact (July 2/3, 2005) we will know within 30 seconds. Five minutes away from impact we will know within 2.7 seconds. The web site will be updated with the time of impact as the event gets closer.
Q: How do you get all the data from the spacecraft back to Earth?
Both the flyby and the impactor spacecraft will gather images and other data as they observe the comet - but what good is that if we don't get it back to Earth? That's why the huge white antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) are so important. They are positioned about 120 degrees apart around the world in: Spain, Australia and in California, USA. From there, they communicate with and listen to all our spacecraft. Not only will these antennas receive data, but they will send it on for distribution to our scientists and engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Maryland and Cornell University. In addition to collecting data, these dish-like structures serve as the communication path between the Deep Impact team on Earth giving instructions, and the spacecraft replying back to the team. It's through this two-way communication that the team can confirm the health of the spacecraft and give any changes needed in its flight. The DSN will be even more important in the 24 hours that the impactor aims at and hits the comet. So much data will be coming down for the 14 minutes of primary science that the team will actually time the collision to make sure they have overlapping coverage from 70-meter dishes in two locations in the world. This makes the DSN a truly important partner to the Deep Impact project. The next time you think of spacecraft in space - remember the Deep Space Network (deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/).
Q: Why does a mission have a "launch period" and what does that mean?
The launch period is the number of days during which a mission can launch and still reach its target. The launch period is determined by several factors such as the current position of the planetary body they need to reach combined with the power of the launch vehicle. The launch period can be a number of days or weeks depending on the mission. Deep Impact had a launch period of 21 days beginning 12 January 2005. A spacecraft can be ready, installed in its launch vehicle, and on the launch pad and certain circumstances can put it on hold. Some of the factors are:
A launch vehicle of the same type has problems on another mission
The Deep Space Network antenna assigned for initial acquisition of the spacecraft has a problem and is not rated "green" and ready to track.
A possible problem with the spacecraft or launch vehicle during last testing
A violation of the surrounding secured air, land or ocean space
A breakdown in the communication system for the launch team
For many systems needed during launch, there are additional backup systems but they are very careful to assure the success of a launch as much as possible before they proceed with the countdown.
Q: Are you using explosives to make the crater in Comet Tempel 1?
There is no bomb nor explosives on our spacecraft. When the impactor hits the comet, it forms the crater simply from the transfer of kinetic energy. For example, 2 cars traveling very slowly only get crunched a little when they hit, but two cars traveling very fast can get demolished upon impact. Same thing with Deep Impact's impactor and the comet, they are both traveling very fast (faster than cars, faster than bullets) so the crunch they make is enough to carve out a good-sized crater on the comet without using explosives.
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Defiant Duck
Thoughts. Ramblings. Errata.
Defiantduck.com is Open for Business
Well, it's been a while since this endeavor was begun, but here we are. The official 'opening' of the site. Originally, defiantduck.com was intended to function purely as a vehicle for continuing education and self-improvement in the field of software development, but during the development of the site itself, the purpose shifted somewhat.
First, the nature of this site. It was developed quickly and with little to no regard for design principles or best practices. The whole notion was to get a site quickly up and running, with just a few basic requirements:
It was going to be .NET core and hosted on a Linux machine.
The development workflow had to be such that one could work in turn on a mac, windows, or linux machine with zero environment issues.
It was going to be built and deployed using continuous integration.
The current site meets those requirements. It's by no means complete. Future articles will address all sorts of improvements done on the site, from refactoring the project to better adhere to best practices, or adding styling improvements for the currently atrocious comments. Security issues are also a likely source of article inspiration.
Other articles of a technical nature can be expected. Personal projects that are interesting at all are likely to be mined for article material. A game ported from XNA to PyGame, for instance, or my efforts at porting a Circle MUD from C to C++, or even the fledgling custom MUD server in C# that needs a lot more love than it's currently getting are all likely to be the subjects of more than one article here on Defiant Duck.
I mentioned above, though, that the purpose of the site had shifted somewhat, and everything described thus far represents no deviation at all from the original intent. The 'shift' will be manifested in other articles with more of a cultural bent. You can expect to see all sorts of articles from across the spectrum of 'geek' interests (not just software). So, you can expect articles about the upcoming Middle Earth show on Prime, or Star Wars, or gaming, etc. Really anything that strikes my fancy is up for consideration, but it will always bear some relation to some segment of geek culture.
So, welcome.
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Contributions of African Americans (Act 561)
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Resources for Historical Contributions Made by African-Americans (Act 561)
Act 561 of 2017 provided direction to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to update the materials and resources for the teaching of historical contributions made by African-Americans in the United States and in other countries prior to the establishment of the United States for inclusion in the appropriate curricula of all kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) of all public schools in Arkansas.
Please download Historical Contributions Made by African-Americans (PDF).
The links in this document provide lessons and resources for the teaching of historical contributions made by African-Americans in the United States and in other countries prior to the establishment of the United States. They are organized into grade-level bands.
Melissa Starkey, Social Studies Specialist
Social Studies Resources
Arkansas History
Arkansas in the American Civil War (Act 561)
Social Studies Sample Review Units
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A Commentary Written on the Fifth Anniversary of the March 5, 2002, Truth Clarification Video Broadcast in Changchun
March 10, 2007 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Mainland China
(Clearwisdom.net) It has been nearly five years since a group of Falun Dafa practitioners courageously broadcast truth clarification videos through a local TV network in Changchun City on March 5, 2002. Three of the practitioners involvedâ€"Liu Chengjun, Hou Mingkai and Lei Mingâ€"were tortured to death. Zhou Runjun, Chen Yanmei, Zhao Jian, Yun Qingbin, Liang Zhenxing, and others are still being held.
Numerous people in Changchun learned the truth through this magnificent deed of broadcasting those videos while the wicked Communist Party fearedâ€"and fearsâ€"the truth. The Party launched military forces to search door-to-door within less than one hour after the incident. According to one incomplete estimate, more than 5,000 people were arrested, and almost all of them were brutally tortured. The tortures suffered by the practitioners who participated in the broadcast were barbaric beyond words. We do not know how many practitioners died in police custody. The Party officials lied that Falun Gong practitioners destroyed the TV network and were backed by foreign forces. They spread lies to deceive people who didn't know the truth, which is why I want to explain some of the facts.
First I want to explain why and how, as a Falun Gong practitioner, we clarify the truth.
The Party had produced vicious lies, attacking Master and Falun Gong 24/7 through TV, radio, newspapers, and all other media since July 20, 1999. These lies also poisoned the minds of people all over the world. All practitioners benefited from the practice of Falun Gong, and we wanted to clarify the facts to the regime. Because many volunteer assistants and practitioners were arrested, many kind and trusting Falun Gong practitioners believed the regime started the persecution based on a few people's fabricated lies. At first we went to the State Appeals Office, but the bureau turned into an arrest venue. The official sign, "Appeals Office," was later removed.
Falun Gong practitioners have created [numerous] opportunities for the communist regime to learn the truth, but it has refused to accept them. From the beginning of the persecution, we heard about Falun Gong practitioners from all over the country being constantly arrested, beaten, and killed. Our hearts were bleeding. We had no way to appeal, so we went to Tiananmen Square and unfurled banners that read, "Falun Dafa Is Good." We wanted to tell all Chinese people and people worldwide that "Falun Dafa is good" and about the persecution we were suffering in China.
We later realized that the Communist Party employedâ€"and is still employingâ€"nothing more than lies and deception throughout all of its political movements and persecution. One day I stared out the window and thought, "If one Dafa practitioner could write a good article exposing the Party's lies and the truth, people would no longer believe the lies on TV." Soon afterwards another practitioner came to my home and asked, "Do you want to hand out flyers?" I asked, "What is it?" He showed me a sheet of paper titled "Q & A on the Facts of Falun Gong."
I was truly touched because it was exactly what I had wanted to do. Many times Falun Gong practitioners understand each other because our common wish is to help all Chinese people know the truth about this persecution and to end it. The flyers initially displayed only words but later evolved into picture pamphlets. We also made VCDs, using our own money to cover all production expenses.
The Communist regime staged the Self-immolation Incident in Tiananmen Square on January 23, 2001, in an attempt to frame Falun Gong. This vicious plo deceived quite a few Chinese people. Some people who previously believed us were once again confused. We clarified the truth all over again, specifically regarding this incident, and handed out lots of VCDs that analyzed this incident.
Which brings us to the March 5, 2002, video broadcast.
In September or October 2001, I visited a practitioner who had come to Changchun to avoid the police. He was doing research to find a cheap loudspeaker that would broadcast for more than one hour if placed on the street. He said he had studied electronics repair in his younger days but didn't work in the field, although he believed it wouldn't pose a problem for him to make a speaker. When I visited him again a few days later he was ready with the speaker. I had by then read an article on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website that said several thousand people in one area had learned the truth about Falun Gong at one time through a local TV broadcast. I was pleased to read that and thought about how practitioners are full of wisdom when clarifying the truth and rescuing sentient beings! I went back to this practitioner who also mentioned the article. He said he would study the mechanism [of that specific broadcasting equipment]. I encouraged him.
Several days later another practitioner asked me, "An article on the Minghui website says several thousand people watched videos on the truth about Dafa on TV. Do you know any practitioner with this type of skill?" I said I knew one practitioner, but he needed to figure out the technical issues. I didn't get involved any further but knew one of the issues we encountered was how to find the main transport channel for the cable TV signals.
At the time many Changchun practitioners were employed to collect fees for the Changchun cable TV network company. We were able to quickly find the main broadcasting channel. It seemed like a coincidence, but maybe it was heaven's will! Some practitioners learned the technology involved, but I do not know the details. Some practitioners bought the equipment with their own money. The broadcast was successfully carried out on the evening of March 5, 2002.
When videos revealing the truth about Dafa appeared on the TV screen, everyone was shocked. Many practitioners' relatives called them asking, "Is the regime restoring justice to Falun Gong?" After a short time, no less than one million people in Changchun had learned the truth about the self-immolation and about Falun Dafa being embraced around the world. Many people called their family and friends and asked them to watch TV. When I went to a small shop the next day I asked someone whether he had watched the Falun Gong videos. I felt bad about missing the videos myself.
One hour after the broadcast some practitioners said, "According to a reliable source, they [the Communist Party] have dispatched the military and are searching for practitioners from house to house." They [practitioners in the know] warned all practitioners to immediately leave home. I didn't think much of it but I informed practitioners whom I knew. They were just as nonchalant as I was, because we severely underestimated the extent of the malevolence of the Chinese Communist Party that fears most the exposure of its lies!
The next day I could not get in touch with anyone I knew. Then I heard that many, many people had been arrested during a large-scale arrest sweep throughout the province. Shortly afterwards, we learned that some people were tortured to death. During those days, a windstorm howled across the city. The air was filled with dust and sand. It was exactly like the scene from the film Sandstormâ€"the evil was there! Uniformed and plainclothes police officers filled every street; pedestrians were constantly interrogated or searched. People stood next to every electricity pole in Changchun City. There was a shortage of manpower to watch all the poles, so the regime called on work places to send people, and local districts took responsibility for their own precincts.
State-run newspapers started spreading rumors saying, "Falun Gong practitioners destroyed the TV network." Think about it: Who is in charge of all the mediaâ€"including the TV, radio, and newspapers. Who spins countless lies that deceive all the Chinese people? Who incites those kind-hearted people to hate Falun Gong, and who staged the self-immolation and again duped people through its media network? When fearless Falun Gong practitioners who transcend life and death for the sake of upholding the truth exposed their lies on TV, the communist regime started waving the butcher knife.
Liu Chengjun, Lei Ming, Zhou Runjun, Chen Yanmei, Zhao Jian, Yun Qingbin, Liang Zhenxing and other practitioners were arrested and endured tortures beyond imagination. They were handed heavy prison sentences. Liu Chengjun and Lei Ming were tortured to death. Several thousand Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and sentenced to prison or forced labor. Some have since disappeared.
I have been meaning to reveal the truth for a long time, because I hope all kindhearted people will get to know the truth about Falun Gong. I have the same hope as other practitioners: we only want to help people learn the truth.
Changchun people are fortunate because the teachings of the Falun Buddha Fa originated in Changchun. Dafa was embraced throughout Changchun and eventually all of China. During the past seven years of persecution, Falun Dafa has not only not been extinguished but is now being practiced in more than 80 countries worldwide. The whole world knows Falun Dafa is good.
It may seem like the video broadcast in Changchun was the idea of a few practitioners, but I know it's heaven's will. Falun Gong practitioners were safeguarding the Buddha's Fa, the truth, following heaven's will.
Category: Opinion & Perspective
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Ms. Tang Lihua Sentenced to Three-Year Prison Term for Studying the Falun Dafa Teachings
November 28, 2017 | By a Minghui correspondent in Sichuan Province, China
(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tang Lihua from Guangan City, Sichuan Province was recently sentenced to a three-year prison term after serving a one and a half year term.
Ms. Tang was arrested on May 16, 2016 when she was studying the Falun Dafa teachings with 17 other practitioners in Guanan City. Fifteen of the practitioners were taken to Bayi Hotel and interrogated. They were cuffed to chairs for over ten hours and placed under either administrative detention or criminal detention. Some were taken to Huaying Detention Center and held for one month.
Ms. Tang was tortured at Bayi hotel. She was hung up by handcuffs to a window, with her toes barely touching the ground. She was also beaten and deprived of sleep. Ms. Tang was held there for 18 days and then taken to the detention center.
Among those arrested and detained were Ms. Tang's husband, mother, and sister. Her father was very sick and receiving IV injections at the time. The police intended to arrest him too but were talked out of it by other practitioners.
Her husband and sister were also tortured, and were forced to pay 40,000 yuan in ransom before being released. Her mother had been detained for 13 days, and the restaurant they had recently opened was forced to close.
Category: Accounts of Persecution
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“Taiwan: Over 7,500 Practitioners Learn From Each Other at Experience-Sharing Conference”
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Allen named London 2012 Olympic Village "Mayor"
LONDON, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Charles Allen, a former television executive, has been appointed so-called "Mayor" of the London 2012 Olympic Village.
Allen will act as a figurehead, welcoming and hosting dignitaries and maintaining a "visible and accessible" presence for residents throughout the Games period.
Once chief executive of ITV, Allen, 55, cut his teeth in the specialised business of hosting sports mega-events when he acted as chair of the Organising Committee for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
He has been a key behind-the-scenes figure at London 2012, first as vice-chair of the victorious London bid and more recently as a director of the Games Organising Committee.
He says he is "thrilled" by his appointment and looking forward to delivering "an outstanding and memorable experience for residents and visitors during the Games this summer".
Lord Coe, the London 2012 chairman, said Allen had "a thorough understanding of the Games environment and its complex delivery".
He was confident he would do a "fantastic" job.
Among other current roles, Allen is a director of Virgin Media.
Get Set network students welcome Coubertin Oak trees to Olympic and Paralympic Village(05-29 10:17)
Day 10: Olympic Flame travels on the Ffestiniog Railway before arriving in Bangor(05-29 10:01)
Day 9: Olympic Flame visits Kidwelly Castle and Aberystwyth(05-28 11:46)
Day 8: Olympic Flame visits Cardiff Bay and Caerphilly Castle(05-28 11:43)
Olympic Park to host BBC Gardeners' Question Time Garden for the Games special(05-28 11:36)
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So, Nate, why put the music in your posts?
Well, that’s a question I’ve been asking myself… and I’m not sure how it’s been going over, but I like it. It offers a little more creative expression and adds some emotion to an otherwise sometimes hard to read subject. Hardcore and staunch economists may feel that it takes away credibility from the site, but I say that if you don’t like it, don’t press the play button! The work, and truth, will stand on its own merit.
And what is music anyway? Music is made up of waves – the same as all of nature and the markets as well. Good music, like the markets, also has math that underlies the waves. There are relationships that can make beautiful music or music that is off key. I’ll bet that you will find Fibonacci relationships in the waves if you look, just as you see them in the number of pedals on a flower or appendages on your body.
Marketing people strive for this relationship on a visual level. Fibonacci relationships are pleasing to the eye as well as the ear. That’s why credit cards measure approximately 3.4 inches in width and 2.1 inches in height. The difference between them is 1.3 inches, which when divided by 3.4 equals 38.2… a prime Fibonacci relationship! Another way to state this is that the height of the card is 61.8% the width of the card! Measure one and you’ll see.
But more importantly, I’m not currently upbeat about the economy – the news flow is depressing. Many people can’t even bear to look, so they ignore it. If you’re reading my site, that’s probably not you. You can face reality and deal with it, meeting it head on. That’s me… while I don’t like what’s happening, I am optimistic about the future and life in general. One could spend day after day reading economic reports and listening to the dry news, there’s certainly plenty of it out there. You can feel trapped by it if you let it. Same for people who are in debt or are facing a very difficult future because they bought into the must have everything now (on credit) mentality. They face a future of work as they have already reaped their reward by borrowing against future earnings. In this way they have become debt slaves – they are prisoners of the system as are all Americans who now face higher taxes and must toil until late in the year just to pay their taxes. And even those who have done “the right thing” are victimized as well. They watch their retirement savings collapse as they are told that pouring money into their 401k’s and IRA’s is a good way to ensure a future free from work.
Music is one way to interrupt the negativity and to return to nature just a little. Music is an art form that can be inspiring and can offer HOPE. That’s what Obama is selling after all – HOPE. He may be doing all the same things as before, but people always like to hope.
I ran across a video clip of the Shawshank Redemption the other day and found the ending clip interesting. YouTube also has a Shawshank clip about music. I thought it was funny as it got me thinking about why I like the EconoTunes…
The first clip is the music scene, and the second clip picks up in the cafeteria overlapping for about a minute:
The Shawshank Redemption - Music Scene:
The Shawshank Redemption - Hope:
If you like the music and videos intertwined with stories, let me know by voting on the “cool” button below… if not, well then don’t click “play”! ;-)
My apologies...
I do strive to be accurate in my work, and when I’m not, I want to be the first to admit I was wrong. In my current End of Day/ Week Report I made an error when discussing the hammer candlestick on TLT, and didn't realize it until I was laying in bed!
I mentioned that a reversal of that hammer would conflict with all the other hammers found in equities, and that was incorrect. It would actually support the direction of movement of the other hammers as bond prices normally rise when stocks decline which is what those hammers are saying.
The End of Day post regarding TLT has been updated.
California Follows Through on Threat to Suspend Tax Refunds…
Welcome to the Hotel California...
Evidently the math isn’t working out so well in California. This is a situation that will need Federal help. In other words, Californians, like all Americans, will have to be taxed more so that they can bail themselves out.
Sound silly? That’s what happens when the math doesn’t work. The same people owe all the debts for all the levels of big government, for all corporate debt, and for all personal debt. The math stopped working a long time ago Death by Numbers
California controller to suspend tax refunds, welfare checks
John Chiang announces that his office will suspend $3.7 billion in payments owed to Californians starting Feb. 1, as a result of the state's cash crisis. Student grants are also affected.
By Evan Halper
8:25 PM PST, January 16, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento -- State Controller John Chiang announced today that his office would suspend tax refunds, welfare checks, student grants and other payments owed to Californians starting Feb. 1, as a result of the state's cash crisis.
Chiang said he had no choice but to stop making some $3.7 billion in payments in the absence of action by the governor and lawmakers to close the state's nearly $42-billion budget deficit. More than half of those payments are tax refunds.
The controller said the suspended payments could be rolled into IOUs if California still lacked sufficient cash to pay its bills come March or April.
"I take this action with great reluctance," Chiang said at a news conference in his office. But he said that without action to close the deficit, "there is no way to make it through February unscathed."
The payments to be frozen include nearly $2 billion in tax refunds; $300 million in cash grants for needy families and the aged, blind and disabled; and $13 million in grants for college students.
Eagles - Hotel California:
Bank Failure Friday - Part II... This one hits closer to home.
And another one's gone…
National Commerce, Clark County Bank Seized by U.S.
By Ari Levy
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- National Bank of Commerce in Berkeley, Illinois, was seized by regulators, the first bank shut down in 2009, as a deepening recession and record foreclosures extend the housing slump into a third year.
Bank of Clark County in Vancouver, Washington, was also closed today by authorities.
National Commerce, with $430.9 million in assets and $402.1 million in deposits, was shut by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver. Republic Bank of Chicago in Oak Brook, Illinois is assuming ownership of the failed bank’s two offices as of tomorrow, the FDIC said.
“Deposits will continue to be insured by the FDIC, so there is no need for customers to change their banking relationship to retain their current deposit coverage,” the statement said.
Regulators closed 25 banks last year, the most since 1993, draining money from the FDIC deposit insurance fund, which had $34.6 billion as of Sept. 30. The FDIC last month approved a budget for the coming year that almost doubles spending to $2.2 billion from 2008 to hire staff for handling bank closures. As much as $1 billion was allotted to manage failed banks.
Republic Bank will assume all the deposits and buy $366.6 million in assets at a $44.9 million discount, with the FDIC holding the remaining assets for later disposition.
The FDIC was also named the receiver for Clark County, which had $446.5 million in assets and $366.5 million in deposits. Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, Oregon, is assuming Clark County’s insured deposits.
Clark County is the first Washington bank to fail since Seattle’s Emerald City Bank went under in 1993.
Emergency Lifeline
The FDIC today joined the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in announcing a $138 billion emergency lifeline to Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, to support its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Citigroup Inc. today posted a fifth straight quarterly loss and announced plans to split in two.
The FDIC and OCC have taken steps to stem failures, such as allowing private-equity firms and other bidders to buy assets and deposits of lenders running out of cash. IndyMac Bank, the fourth-largest U.S. lender to fail last year, was the first institution sold to a private-equity investor, for $1.3 billion on Jan. 2. The sale was led by Steven Mnuchin of Dune Capital Management LP.
The FDIC oversees 8,384 institutions with $13.6 trillion in assets and insures as much as $250,000 per depositor per bank. The agency last month doubled premiums charged to banks for coverage to replenish its reserves amid agency forecasts that bank failures through 2013 will cost almost $40 billion.
Problem Banks
The FDIC classified 171 banks as “problem” in the third quarter, a 46 percent jump from the second quarter, and said industry earnings fell 94 percent to $1.73 billion from the previous year. The agency doesn’t identify problem banks by name.
Washington Mutual Inc., formerly the biggest savings and loan, was seized Sept. 25 and its branch network sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. after customers drained $16.7 billion in deposits in less than two weeks. Wachovia Corp., the sixth- biggest bank, was pushed by regulators into a sale and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co. for $12.7 billion.
While certainly not as big as Washington Mutual (we won’t count *that* one), it was in my own state of Washington…
Vancouver, Washington is just across the Columbia River north of Portland, Oregon. While it wasn’t right down the street, it’s hitting close to home.
Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown live:
And so it goes… more bank failures after Paulson said no more. Albeit a relatively small one, I expect the number of bank failures to pick up this year over last as we are getting to the place in the downturn where companies that were hanging on hoping for a quick turn around will discover that there is no quick turn around in sight.
National Bank of Commerce in Illinois Seized by OCC
Government’s Steps
Washington Mutual Inc., formerly the biggest savings and loan, was seized Sept. 25 and its branch network sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. after customers drained $16.7 billion in deposits in less than two weeks. Wachovia Corp., the sixth-biggest bank, was pushed by regulators into a sale and snapped up by Wells Fargo & Co. for $12.7 billion.
Queen – Another One Bites The Dust:
Well, I would summarize that close as somewhat bullish on a daily basis, but much less than bullish on the weekly. Huge down week on the XLF, and for the transports. It seems that the gloss is coming off the financials once again.
For the day, the DOW finished up 68 points (.8%), the S&P was up .75%, the NDX gained 1.24%, and the small caps in the RUT gained .8%.
Notables are the XLF which lost 3%, BAC down 13.7%, C down another 8.6%, JPM down 6.2%, WFC down 7.3%, OPY was UP 9%; and outside the financials, gold rose $23, IYR and REITS rose 3.7%, while the VIX was down 9.6%.
Market internals were mostly positive with advancing issues nearly 2 to 1 on the positive. New 52 week lows, however, are still bearish. Bank of America, for example, set a new 14 year low today.
So, fundamentally I see a corrupt and immoral financial system showing its true colors again – in other words, it’s ugly, and the underlying math is relentless no matter how hard they try to hide it. The math just keeps coming back to haunt. I’ll say it again – until the debt clears, as in gone, the market cannot fully recover. With all attempts to hide the bad math, the actual underlying math only gets worse.
From a technical perspective I see a lot of mixed indicators, a lot of strange candlesticks (possibly opex weirdness), and a headache from staring at the charts all week! Seriously, there’s a lot going on here, so I’m going to throw a lot of charts up. Those not into the technicals… well, I can see your eyes rolling back already, but those who depend on them will see a lot happening at least in the short term, so bear with me.
While I’m thinking of it, I want to mention that I’m working on upgrading my site to one that lands you on a home page (same color scheme) with headlines and is broken into sections – one of those sections will be for market updates, another for technical articles, another for general articles and economic stories, and another for my personal full length articles. I think that will be nice because you can skip the technical stuff and market updates if you’re only here for the macro picture, and visa versa.
The revised site will have some other advantages, such as when you click on an article or update you will be taken to its own page that will have the dark background as a frame, but will have a white background with black lettering to make reading easier on the eyes. I don’t like too much light and some people don’t like reading the white letters, so I think this will be good for everyone. look at Bloomberg.com to see how they deal with it – my look though, will not be anywhere near as busy as that! Another advantage of that layout is that page loading will be more quick because you won’t be pulling up my last 10 posts with all the pictures and videos. It’s still a little way out there, and I’ll be working on it this weekend, so if you have comments or suggestions on what you’d like to see, please leave a comment here or email me, thanks.
Back to the technical landscape… I’m sure you will be hearing all the pumpers (who earn a living directly or indirectly from selling you something) talk about how we didn’t break down to new lower lows and how that’s a positive thing. This is just plain old silliness, just like the B.S. I was hearing on CNBS today… things like oil collapsing in price is a good thing… CPI being negative is only about energy and it doesn’t show deflation! Yeah, okay, sold to them! They do not understand what’s happening, they certainly didn’t see it coming, and remember who they work for!
Here come the charts, let’s start by looking at the ugly stepsister, the financials! Here’s a three month weekly XLF chart. It’s bearish looking as heck, no other way to read that. Note that as you look left to right you see decreasing volume as it went up, and now increasing volume as it goes down. Look at the weekly stochastic and RSI, they are both turning back down and the stochastic is in danger of moving to a sell pretty soon if the selling continues. I want to point out that the P&F chart for the XLF has a target of $5.50!
Next let’s look at a one month daily of the XLF. Here, too, we see increasing volume as the selling progressed until today and it was slightly lighter. Today’s candlestick does not look like a reversal, you would expect to see a spike in volume and some sort of hammer, reverse hammer, or doji and that’s not it. That said, the oscillators are oversold, but my slow has a little bit further and note that the fast is just crawling along in oversold territory:
Financials are clearly still an anchor around the neck of the entire market. A sustainable rally is not possible without their participation.
Here’s a one month daily chart of DOW. That’s a fat bodied doji on about equal volume that would seem to confirm higher prices – the opposite of the financials. However, note that the volume over the past week was coming up in general while the market was going down in general. It would look like a reversal, but it’s not anywhere as strong as previous reversals we’ve seen in this bear market. Once again, the oscillators are rolling up off the bottom on the daily time frame:
Next, take a look at the DOW 3 month WEEKLY. Here is a chart that looks like it has just broken down out of its sideways pattern much like the XLF weekly. Two down weeks on increasing volume. Are we done?:
The daily picture is about the same on the SPX as it was on the DOW daily, so let’s look at the 20 day, 30 minute chart of the SPX instead. Here we can see what was a down trending channel has turned into a smaller uptrend channel. Note the possible double top at 850ish… that is present in all the index charts tonight and looks particularly double ‘toppish’ on the NDX. I may be wrong about that, but the potential for that is on the table, especially with all the stochastic indicators overbought, or nearly overbought, from the 5 minute, to the 60 minute time frames. The 850 area is also a pivot point. IF this is the beginning of wave 2 of 5 down, I would expect a retrace most likely to the 61.8% level which is now up at 895. If it’s the beginning of wave ‘c’ up of ‘B’ up, it’s off to an awfully weak start. We’ll see… Tuesday will give us a lot more insight:
While I said that the SPX daily chart looks like the DOW daily over the past couple of days, the corresponding ETF, SPY does NOT. Take a look at that daily candlestick. That is an odd one because it is a hammer in clear air, meaning that the body of the hammer is not against the previous candle’s body. That would normally be a reversal indicator and if at the bottom of a descent might indicate a bottom, but at the top of an ascent would indicate a top. Well, that is a two day ascent. Is it a reversal indicator? If I look back on this chart for previous examples in the past year, I find one in almost the same relative spot – the end of descent, but second day rally – on the 8th of September. What followed? A big red down day. Note the falling volume here which is different than the indices:
Okay, well that’s a mystery, let’s look at the DOW’s ETF, DIA. Here is the same exact candle and lower volume as well. Hmmm… the plot thickens:
How about the Q’s? Same thing, big old black hammer, falling volume.
And here’s the corresponding chart of the NDX. Again, big tall black hammer. It’s an ugly thing. Prior examples? Look at the one on the 18th of November. What followed? A bearish engulfing big old red candle. How about the 19th of September? Same candle towards the bottom of a decline followed by a big sell off:
Strange hammers, do we see them anywhere else? YES! In a couple of strange places. IYR produced one on its advance today and here’s a chart of SRS, the 2X inverse of IYR. I just want to show what the inverted version of that hammer looks like. Here, it looks even more like a reversal indicator to me. Second day of a decline on lower volume, hmmmm…:
The next odd one is found on the 20 year bond, TLT. Below is a 3 month chart that should look familiar if you read my article on bonds. This morning prices gapped back down into the channel, popped back up to the old rising channel and failed there, then subsequently fell back down into the channel again. That’s the odd movement that produces hammers. Now, this one is odd in that the other bond charts did not produce the same type of candlestick. AND, if prices were to reverse on this hammer, it would GENERALLY mean that stocks are declinging, which would be confirmation of what all the other hammers are saying. Hmmm… now we have an enigma. Oh, and that 3 peaks and a domed house pattern are back in play should bond priced continue to go down (against what the hammer is saying)! Very interesting, I can’t wait to see what happens. I did not re-short TLT, although I know a cool cucumber who did on a retest of the upwards channel. Note that the down day today came on slightly higher volume:
For another piece of the riddle, let’s look at the VIX. Below is a 3 month daily. You can see the new uptrend that clearly broke the prior downtrend, and today the VIX plunged and broke the current uptrend. That, I would consider bullish for stocks. And look at the stochastic and RSI roll over. That said, Tuesday will be the tell because if you’ll notice it landed right on support at 46 which held:
It’s a mystery to me… the day felt bullish, but strange as the financials were falling apart while the rest of the market tried to rebound. Does that sound familiar? Isn’t that how the prior sell offs got put into motion, with the financials leading the entire market down?
So, there’s weirdness underlying the financials, the rest of the stocks, and even the bond market. It “feels” strange to me, like we’re at a turning point that may not be what most people think. Those hammers are talking, are we listening?
Next week is Obama’s big week. Do the masses feel frightened? Do they feel full of HOPE, or are they figuring out that he’s adding to the bad math, possibly setting the market up to disappoint?
Frankly, I think that people across the entire globe are getting a funny feeling in the pit of their gut driven by the realization of what a financial mess the banks are really in. You might say that the sentiment is shifting, like it is the end of the innocence.
Don Henley – The End of the Innocence:
Might as well get Don Henley up here while I’m in that Eagles mood… ;-)
The XLF is down 4.5%... WFC is down nearly 12%, and now GE is joining the fun. XLF is dragging all the other indices with it again. The XLF looks to me like it’s targeting $9 after producing a small H&S pattern. If it keeps it up at this rate we’ll hit it today… that would be a horrific 10% move! Not sure if we can really do that much in one day, but it appears to be giving it a shot...
Here’s a 5 day chart. You can see that we’ve made a new lower low, and as I extend the channel, support is at sub $9 for the day…
I got more short on the break of that neckline and then again got more short when the SPX broke it's uptrend line. Watching closely, I think the XLF is obviously the key to today.
I note that the VIX is coming back up and so are bonds which have jumped back up out of their channels - glad I didn't jump on that!
Here's a little XLF meltdown music...
Velvet Revolver, Fall to Pieces:
In a nutshell, the conflict of these two charts is why I am on the sidelines for now (actually small short the XLF)…
DOW daily:
XLF daily:
The hits just keep on coming, one of these days the rule of law will prevail, but the lawlessness for now just seems to be getting worse.
And the market doesn’t care at this point and is higher, continuing its technical bounce. Right now the DOW is up nearly a hundred points and the S&P is up 10.
Data out this morning shows the CPI fell .7%, again energy being cited, but the deflationary forces are taking hold.
Check out this report on Treasury International Capital Flows:
Investors and institutions across the world repatriated funds in November, leading to a net outflow of $21.7 billion in long-term U.S. securities. Foreign accounts sold a net $56.0 billion of U.S. assets in the month while U.S. accounts sold a net $34.3 billion of foreign assets. Of the $56.0 billion in foreign outflow, official institutions sold a net $37.1 billion of U.S. assets with private investors selling $18.9 billion. Foreigners were once again heavy sellers of U.S. agency debt and were also heavy sellers in November of corporate bonds.
That is showing investors do not like what they see happening in the treasury complex, and guess what? Treasuries are way off this morning, TLT and /ZB have returned to their respective channels. I may re-enter my bond trade with a small position just to see what happens (haven’t yet). I think Mish and others who think bonds will stay high in price for a long time may be incorrect. If there’s no rule of law in the U.S. foreign investors will exit and we already know some of the big players are doing the same.
Okay,the markets just opened and here’s a 20 day, 30 minute chart of the SPX. Notice that I’ve drawn some Fibonacci lines on there. Last night we ran up to the 23.6, and today it looks like we may run up to 38.2% line. Notice that we broke the neckline of the small inverted H&S pattern. The target for that will be closer to the 50% retrace line. I’m thinking, however, that I’ll exit my long positions this morning as I am not trusting this move completely yet, and as you can see, we are overbought now on the 30 minute stochastic:
The XLF is barely positive and is still weighing on the market, another reason that I am skittish about holding long here. For the market to rally, financials must go along for the ride.
In any event, I don’t like what’s happening with the bailouts, etc. and I think the bond market doesn’t like it either. It’s unorganized, it’s lawless, and until the looting of the taxpayer stops, the markets have no chance.
Otherwise, have a great day and best of luck to your trades,
Okay, here's an EconoTune that reflects how I'm feeling about trading today...
Eagles – Wasted Time:
PS – I trust this move so little that I just exited my long positions… sorry it took so long to get this out.
What Citi is doing here is a just a plain old fashioned corporate shell game. Look over here, NO – over here – Which shell is the crap under?
This, under any sense of decency, is just WRONG. It is also illegal to create a shell company for the purpose of hiding assets. Yet, this is just another example of our Government allowing the BS and not holding these companies to the rule of law. When the rule of law is not enforced, lawlessness follows. In this case, all these large banks comprise the Federal Banking System, they effectively ARE THE FED. And that’s why the control of the central banking system must be returned to the people, and I believe that will ultimately be a fallout and consequence of their actions.
Look at some other countries around the world, such as Ireland. They are nationalizing their banks saying that if they must use taxpayer money to bail them out then ownership of those companies belongs to the people. This should always be the case, in my judgment, private individuals should not profit from the manufacture and distribution of a money system that rightly belongs to the people in the first place!
The actions of Citi are disgusting:
CNN article
Citi splitting into two after $8.3 billion loss
Results come in far worse than analysts were anticipating; banking giant will realign into two units, ending its so-called 'universal banking' business model.
By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Citigroup reported a much bigger-than-expected $8.3 billion quarterly loss Friday, while the beleaguered bank also revealed plans to split up into two businesses, effectively bringing an end to the company's "financial supermarket" model.
Under the new arrangement, Citigroup would split into two units: Citicorp and Citi Holdings. Citicorp would house, among other things, the company's private and investment bank as well as its credit card and consumer banking business.
Citi Holdings would incorporate its so-called non-core businesses, including its Smith Barney brokerage and a pool of troubled assets that have plagued the firm for more than a year.
CEO Vikram Pandit said the difficult economic and market environment for both Citigroup and the broader banking sector forced the company's hand, adding that the move will help simplify the organization and help better serve both clients and customers.
"The realignment will preserve what makes Citi unique -- its global, universal banking footprint," he said in a statement. "We will continue to move aggressively to get Citi back on the right track and return it to a position of sustainable financial success."
Pandit: No rush to sell any more businesses
Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) stock rose nearly 6% in pre-market trading following the release. But shares of the battered bank have plunged 43% so far this week due to concerns about its future.
Citigroup, which ranks as one of the world's biggest banks by assets, said it would work to implement the changes as quickly as possible, with the new structure reflected in its reporting by the second quarter of this year.
Analysts have speculated in recent months that the company may look to sell additional divisions in an effort to raise cash. During a conference call Friday morning, Pandit said Citigroup would continue to look at all options for its Citi Holdings businesses, but that they were not in a rush to sell some of those units.
The broader restructuring move, however, will effectively reverse the 1998 merger between Citicorp and Travelers Group overseen by then-CEO Sanford Weill.
That deal created the modern-day Citigroup and its so-called "universal bank" business model, which aimed to offer clients and customers a smorgasbord of financial services.
For years, both shareholders and analysts have clamored for Citigroup to abandon this business model because they believed it did not work. The latest results from Citi seem to prove them right.
Another tough quarter for Citi
The New York City-based bank recorded a net loss of $8.29 billion, or $1.72 a share, during the fourth quarter, representing the company's fifth-straight quarterly loss. The bank lost a total of $18.72 billion in 2008…
Mike Larson at MoneyandMarkets has something interesting to say about the FHLB system, as if we didn’t have enough to worry about! His remarks make clear what’s happening in short order:
Federal Home Loan Banks following Fannie,
Freddie, private banks over a cliff?
Unless you follow the banking industry closely, you probably haven't heard of the Federal Home Loan Banks. But the FHLBs are vitally important as a source of funding for U.S. banks both large and small. There are 12 of them spread around the country — in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Des Moines, Indianapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Topeka.
FHLBs sell debt into the capital markets to raise money, using their AAA ratings to borrow cheaply. They use that money to make advances to banks that are members of the system and take collateral in exchange — often mortgages or mortgage-backed securities.
The banks use the money they get from the FHLB, along with cash raised elsewhere from their own debt sales and depositors, to make loans. The banks are required to own stock in the FHLBs, and that stock helps capitalize the regional FHLBs.
So what's the problem?
The FHLBs own billions and billions of dollars worth of mortgage backed securities. Those securities have plunged in value. So just like their banking customers, FHLBs are facing potentially huge write-downs on their portfolios. They may also be losing money on derivatives they employ.
And that's what is stressing the system.
Specifically
The Seattle FHLB just warned that it may miss one of its capital targets. It may be barred from paying dividends on the stock member banks hold in it, potentially impacting those institutions counting on the money.
The San Francisco FHLB also said earlier this month that it was facing impairment charges, and that it wouldn't pay a fourth-quarter dividend as a result.
Moody's recently warned that eight out of the 12 FHLBs could ultimately face capital problems thanks to losses on their $76 billion of mortgage securities not backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Now here's where it gets really interesting: While many investors have never heard of the FHLBs, they collectively have roughly $1.25 trillion — with a "T" — in debt outstanding. That makes them the biggest borrowers in the U.S.— behind the federal government!
If you thought it was expensive to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (The Treasury has pledged to inject up to $200 billion in capital into the two of them), just you wait. Should the FHLBs need a bailout, there's no telling how much it will cost!
In other words, we're looking into the maw of yet another gigantic black hole!
Or maybe the word should be “Pigman,” or “Co-conspirator?” Note that they are also playing games with their report by moving up the timing of its release. Again, the banks are getting away with simply unbelievable stuff…
And the math keeps getting worse:
U.S. Gives Bank of America $138 Billion Lifeline
By Scott Lanman and Craig Torres
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government agreed to invest $20 billion more in Bank of America Corp. and backstop $118 billion of its assets to help the lender absorb Merrill Lynch & Co. and prevent the financial crisis from deepening.
The government agreed to the rescue “as part of its commitment to support financial market stability,” the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said today in a e-mailed joint statement.
Hours earlier, the U.S. Senate voted to allow the release of $350 billion in financial rescue funds, the second half of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program enacted Oct. 3 by President George W. Bush.
The U.S. already had injected $15 billion into Bank of America, the country’s biggest lender, and another $10 billion to Merrill to bolster the combined company against the global credit crunch.
Bank of America will absorb the first $10 billion of losses in the pool, of which the “large majority” of assets were assumed by the company in the Merrill purchase, the government said. The Treasury and FDIC will share the next $10 billion of losses.
The Fed will backstop assets with a loan after the government’s first $10 billion in losses, the agencies said.
Future Losses
The asset pool includes cash assets with a current book value of as much as $37 billion and derivatives with maximum potential future losses of as much as $81 billion, according to the term sheet provided by the government.
Separately, the FDIC said it plans to propose changing its bond-guarantee program for banks to cover debt as long as 10 years, from the current three-year maturity. The FDIC will soon propose rule changes to the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, today’s statement said.
“The U.S. government will continue to use all of our resources to preserve the strength of our banking institutions and promote the process of repair and recovery and to manage risks,” the joint statement said.
Shares of Bank of America plunged 18 percent yesterday, sliding to $1.88 to $8.32 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading after hitting $7.35, its lowest level since February 1991.
The bank moved up its fourth-quarter report to today at 7 a.m. New York time.
I have read every book that Harry Dent has written and even quote some of his work in my book. Yes, he is the one who famously predicted a DOW in the 30,000+ range and he was obviously not correct. HOWEVER, he is a true demographic expert, whose work I admire – he has done a lot of research into the effects of demographics, the effects of the Baby Boom generation, world wide demographics, and real estate trends.
He also has studied cycles, and especially S-curves and technology cycles so he has a good foundation. I think he is NOT, however, an Elliott Wave disciple, nor does he understand waves the way that Martin Armstrong does.
At any rate, here’s his latest thinking for what it’s worth… I think he’ll be a lot closer on this call than the vast majority of investors. Not sure about his timing of the “reprieve” I think we may be there now, but I’m open to his timing comments. I think we’ve already entered a depression, but just as most of the “experts” were a year late in recognizing a recession, most will be a year late in recognizing the depression.
Harry Dent Discusses the Coming Depression:
Despite what looks like a reversal day, this morning’s action produced new LOWER targets on most of the indices and the NDX broke down enough to trigger a bearish target as well.
For example, the DOW had a target of 7,200 and that has adjusted down to 6,900…
Once these targets are triggered, the market may bounce, but they have to now break out higher to produce bullish targets again.
DOW:
S&P:
NDX:
Transports:
VIX:
CNN I reporter photo:
Okay that was a wild close! The U.S. Airways crash in New York sparked some selling which may have been a knee jerk reaction (thinking possible terrorism?). Once it turned out that everyone evacuated safely and that it was likely due to geese, the market picked right back up into a more bullish close and I got a little bit long biased for tomorrow as that’s what the close was saying. Miraculous that everyone survived the ditching, terrific job on the part of the crew as well as the boats on the Hudson river to get everyone out! Way to go!
Having geese take out both engines on takeoff is obviously a very dangerous thing. It seems to me that the pilots kept their cool and kept the airframe under control to guide it to a water landing in an otherwise very populated area. Then the flight attendants and passengers did a good job getting everyone out once they were in the water… that’s why you don’t want to always choose who you fly with based solely on cost!
Back to stocks… For the day the DOW managed to close UP 12 points, which wasn’t much of a gain, but it was a big reversal. The S&P closed up .13%, the NDX was up strongly with a 1.7% gain, the RUT led the way up with a plus 2.1% showing. Notable is the XLF which lost 4.6% and split from IYR today which closed UP 2.9%.
The VIX, which was up 10% early in the day closed up 3.8%. Bonds closed mixed on the day, still above the channel they had been in.
Okay, here’s the DOW daily so you can see we posted a “green” doji on higher volume. That one looks a lot more bullish than the one I posted in my last update. We hit 8,000, bounced, did a perfect 50% retrace of that bounce and then made a move back up into the close:
It’s the same basic picture on the SPX daily, a doji, but the NDX and RUT candles look stronger, the NDX was darn near engulfing, but not quite.
Let’s take a look at the 10 day, 10 minute SPX chart. You can see that we broke that ending diagonal and that’s when I "ditched" the last of my short positions and went long which turned out to be an excellent play. The stochastic is mixed, on the 60 minute there’s a lot of room to run higher but the 20 minute is overbought. Also note that there’s what looks like a potential small inverted Head & Shoulder on this chart with the neckline at the 850 level (dark green double line). A break of this neckline higher would target about 875 or so:
From an Elliott Wave perspective it looks like we either just began wave 2 up of 5 down, or we may have just began wave ‘c’ up of the larger wave ‘B’. The break higher out of that ending diagonal looked impulsive and is steep like what you would expect for either of those two possibilities.
Another news item today is that the House Democrats offered up an $825 billion stimulus package that would include money for the states and tax cuts. Lovely.
Intel reported a 90% decline in earnings after the bell which met their already lowered expectations and that has the NDX futures up a little. RIMM was a big winner today, too, up 9.2% on the day.
So, overall it looks like a possible reversal day. We’ll need follow through tomorrow which is Opex and then we can start to look at how long the rally could last or go. This has the potential to be a good sized retrace as it’s most likely the start of either wave 2 or wave ‘c’… either of which could run. Of course I caveat that with the fact that it’s a technical rally if it goes, the fundamentals have NOT changed and this is still very much a bear market. Consumer sentiment comes out tomorrow morning and now that we’re into earnings season the possibilities of a tape bomb can come at any time.
Did you see that AIG is paying out more than $150 million more in bonuses to retain their “top people?” That would be our money, yours and mine rewarding their risk taking and bad behavior! Isn’t that grand?
Let me bounce this idea off everyone to see if the idea sticks… A trading friend and I spend the day chatting on a very fast and cool instant messenger service that allows us to communicate and trade charts in real time – boy is that ever helpful for spotting things you otherwise might miss. It’s like doubling your vision of the market. It really helped today and we caught every corner by using teamwork. I’ve always said that investing is a TEAM sport, there’s no reason to be a loner when it comes to trying to make money. So, we think it’s so cool that we’re talking about maybe opening up the conversation to people to view (for only a very small fee). If that interests you, drop me an email and let me know, it would be experimental to start and later we may make it a formal service and even invite certain experienced traders to contribute.
Good communications are important to staying wealthy, as is communicating well with a lot of crewmembers while piloting a large aircraft. I have always said that flying the aircraft, for me, was the easy part, communicating well with everyone else was the hard part… Thank goodness the people on board that flight were okay, you never know what might happen, so let’s appreciate the time we have! You never know, you could lose it all in a New York minute.
Don Henley – New York Minute:
So, the DOW hit 8,000 and has bounced up 280 points all the way to being sizably green. That’s a good reversal and I caught it thanks to that ending diagonal pattern. Now the question is how far does this run? I don’t know, but it’s possible that it ends anytime… today, Opex tomorrow, Obama’s inauguration, who knows besides the insiders at GS and JPM? Rumor being floated now is that Citi (C) will be nationalized? Now they’re talking about Bank of America getting TARP money (our money) and .gov guarantees to help BAC purchase portions of C. What a bunch of fools in the government, and I will say the same thing about those buying their stock for any play meant to be longer than just a short pop. The fools rush in.
NOW we’re down from the top, XLF is looking terrible, C is down another 20%.
Below is the current DOW candlestick. Very much a doji that basically just got us back above the lower Bollinger. Reversal would be a lot more convincing with a hammer here instead. I’ll be going out mostly flat to slightly long, just because I don’t want to get caught on the wrong side of whatever they have in store for Opex tomorrow.
Here’s that ending diagonal that proved prescient…
I exited short positions and went long for a very short term play… Options expiration is tomorrow, fun and games. The question will be; is this the beginning of wave 2 of 5 down, or is it the beginning of ‘c’ of wave ‘B’?
Time will tell, see Stones tune below…
Below is a 5 day, 5 minute chart. The red lines are showing what looks like a classic ending diagonal. We could still reach the 800 area, but a break above the upper line and I’ll exit my short positions.
I expect that although my math says 800, that it can likely turn a little before then, so I’m wary here and will exit in the 805 to 807 range if we make it there, OR will exit shorts on a break above that red trendline. I may try a short term long play for tomorrow, then nothing but time over the long holiday weekend.
Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (1964):
I really like Hugh Hendry. He’s a straight shooter and understands the fundamentals. He is sticking with bonds for now, though, not seeing them backing off yet. So far he’s right…
CNBC – Hugh Hendry
Good interview, he still reminds me of me! (I think that's a compliment to him?)
The math of this move is targeting the 800 area of the S&P or the 7,850 area of the DOW. Here’s what I’m seeing now, please follow along on the 5 day, 5 minute SPX chart:
Yesterday’s bear flag broke down and it was worth about 38 handles from the break of the flag which happened just above 840. If you subtract 38 from 840, you wind up just above 800.
This morning we descended down to 820 which is relatively strong support and we COULD bounce higher from here, but look at the math on this smaller flag that is forming. The top of the last leg down began at 850 and descended to 820 or about 30 points. If this flag climbs up to about 830 and then breaks lower it, too, will be targeting the 800 area.
It’s funny how the math works. Flags tend to develop at Fibonacci percentage points, in this case 50%. These Fibonacci relationships are found throughout nature and throughout the markets.
The VIX is up very strongly again, rising 10% up to the mid 50 level. Volatility and Fear is returning. Caution is still advised… the best place to get short this move will be on a wave 2 retrace if this is wave one. Wave 2’s tend to retrace a large portion of wave 1, so that might offer a better short entry opportunity when it occurs – and it will.
PS - no Econotunes for this post, sorry to disappoint ;-)
Cohn Gets Grilled by Grayson… Someone is finally asking the right questions!
This is one of the first times I’ve seen Congress ask the right questions. Congressman Grayson is getting away from the trees and starting to look at the forest. The roots will come later, that’s when we’ll be talking about the role of the Central Bank and our monetary system.
In the mean time, this is a good start, glad to hear questions like this:
$1.2 Trillion Slush Fund: Congressman Alan Grayson Grills Fed Vice Chair Donald Kohn:
The Philly Fed numbers just came out and they aren’t showing inflation, that’s for sure. From Econoday:
The Philly Fed's general business conditions index pulled up somewhat to minus 32.9 from minus 39.3 in November. But contraction has been significant as this index has been at very negative levels for three months. New orders point to further weakness ahead as this index came in at minus 25.2. The unfilled orders index also remained significantly negative. Price pressures eased further as the prices paid index fell to minus 33.2 from minus 30.7 in November. Also, prices received dropped sharply to minus 37.8 from minus 15.5 the month before.
Prices falling and general business conditions contracting. Corporate profits going to turn around in the second half of ’09? Yeah, okay. Things aren’t really that pleasant down on the streets of Philadelphia…
Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia:
I know, I know… somebody please make him stop! BTW, we are already tagging the 820 area and I think we base here for a while, but the last flag target is 800, so I think that's probably in play...
Futures were down last night but have come up this morning to about flat. Why? I guess JPM losing “only” $2.9 billion with earnings down 76% is good news – worse was feared! LOL, the truth is that JPMorgan is the most highly leveraged institution on the planet and if they were forced to mark all their “assets” to market today wouldn’t be worth spit. They are the lynchpin to the world of derivatives and they are being allowed the freedom to manipulate their accounting, to exchange their bad loans for cash, to have the taxpayers back their buying of other worthless companies, and to hide and obscure the value of their assets BECAUSE when, not if, the house of Morgan falls, the entire shadow banking system goes down with it. Oh, and they are the FED, in concert with the other central banks.
Speaking of central banks, Trichet’s hand was forced over at the ECB forcing him to cut interest rates by another .5% and thus Euroland rates now stand at 2%.
And speaking of bank shenanigans, Morgan Stanley is said to be looking for more oil tankers. No, not to move the oil that the speculate with, but to store it. What is the point of having investment banks own more above ground oil than oil companies? Is that necessary or make the system of delivery more efficient? Didn’t think so… it’s just another symptom of a money system gone wild.
The Producer Price Index fell by 1.9%, the first drop in seven years. Again, more evidence of deflation, but remember that none of the government inflation numbers represent reality, they are complete hedonistic fantasy.
And finally, an economic indicator that is growing… Ahh, the New York Manufacturing Index ROSE from a NEGATIVE 27.9 to a NEGATIVE 22.2, showing that the contraction in manufacturing is still ongoing, but it’s growing? – ha.
The Philly Fed survey comes out later this morning.
Jobless claims for the past week jumped from 470,000 to 540,000, another very negative print. Continuing claims actually fell a little but are still extremely elevated at about 4.5 million.
Steve Jobs won’t talk about his health, but everything’s fine, just fine, keep on buying the stock while he doesn’t disclose his health condition, everything’s fine. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that owning AAPL shares was like gambling on Jobs’ health, and if you were one of those gamblers, you just lost your bet. Now this morning we find out that doctors may have to remove his pancreas leaving him without the ability to produce insulin. Everything’s fine, just fine.
From a technical perspective, not a lot to say other than an emphasis on the fact that volume is expanding again now that the market has been going down. We’re oversold on almost all time frames up to the daily charts, and I’m sure that JPM fooling its stock holders for another quarter will lift the spirits among those who want a piece of the “super bargains” available in the financial space.
I note that the long bond has come back down some this morning but has not made it back into its channel. HOG continues to get slaughtered and is now sitting at about $13 a share, down from $20 just a few days ago.
We still have a potential bearish flag on the table, but since it didn’t break last night I’m beginning to wonder if this move is close to over. This latest downtrend is most likely either wave ‘b’ of the larger wave ‘B’, or it is the beginning of wave 5 down, probably wave 1 of 5. If that is true, the place to get short is near the top of wave 2 which may be coming soon as we have short term oversold conditions and I can count 5 subwaves down inside this last move.
For now the 840 area has to remain resistance for the selling to continue. The next support area after that is in the 820 range, and after that we’d be looking at 800 which is a round number and has two Fibonacci coincident with that level. The November lows then beckon all the way down at 740. Don’t think we’ll make it all the way down there without bouncing first, so be patient and pick a good entry. Also be careful because if this is wave ‘b’ of ‘B’, we’re close to getting wave ‘c’ – doesn’t “feel” that way to me after yesterday’s action, but it’s still a good possibility. What’s left to keep the fantasy going at this point? More stimulus? Lower rates? Printing? Uh, huh, that’s what I thought. What happened to the Santa rally? The Obama inauguration rally? The fantasy is dying.
Sadly, the last piece of news is that Ricardo Montalban has passed. He was great in his bad guy roles in the Star Trek movies, but I never understood how someone would pay $50,000 for a trip to Fantasy Island? I mean that was what, 1978? A dollar was still worth something then… it was only seven years removed from Nixon yanking the gold standard. Perhaps that was my early bubble economy radar at work?!
Fantasy Island:
PS – markets just opened and the selling continues, DOW down 75 as I post this…
Meredith talks about financials…
“…so many pressures… more disruptive than even the most bearish investor expects.”
Hmmm… well, I doubt Meredith has made it to my level of bearishness yet, but she’s catching on, step by step, downgrade by downgrade.
Good 6 minute interview:
CNBC Interview – Meredith Whitney
Weak financials and REITS led the market down again; on the day the DOW gave up 248 points, the S&P lost just under 3%, the NDX lost 3.3%, and the RUT led the indices down with a -4.4% showing. Notably the XLF lost 5.8% and IYR 5.2%, and the VIX gained 13.5%.
Yesterday I mentioned that I thought we probably had a small movement on the McClelland oscillator… well we did, and today obviously fulfilled that. The market was down broadly with internals very negative, nearly 9 to 1 on the NYSE with preliminary data.
Talk about sour fundamentals… Motorola just announced they would be cutting 4,000 workers, and in addition to Nortel, Gottschalk’s and Goody’s both filed for bankruptcy today . Just look at this retail sales chart from Calculated Risk:
CR – Retail Sales Collapse in December
That’s what I call cliff diving and is an ominous sign.
The bond market never did get back into its channel, thus I now think I was probably early with that call. I got out like I said I would, and will look for signs that it’s topping again. I was looking at the charts of the bond market during the Great Depression and noticed that it was about 18 months from the October 1929 crash that bonds turned. That same point for us would be in late March or so, but obviously every situation’s different as history does rhyme but seldom repeats.
Regarding the indices, if you didn’t catch my post earlier with P&F chart breakdowns, I suggest you scroll down and look those over.
Let’s start on the charts by looking at a one month daily of the DOW. Not a pretty sight (unless you’re short!). Note how we went in the past 6 days from the top Bollinger band to the bottom. From overbought on the stochastic to oversold. Notice how it closed right on 8,200… that’s a support line from a couple of bottom points in October. Notice how the volume is increasing, volume confirms price. The bottom Bollinger is turning down, but we closed beneath it. At the start of past sell offs earlier this year the downward momentum was able to push the lower Bollinger down and out of the way. Here it’s going to depend, I think, on whether we are just starting wave 5 down (having been in wave 4 instead of wave B) or are still in wave B – again, we really won’t know until looking at it in hindsight:
Next let’s glance at the SPX daily. Pretty much the same picture as the DOW. It did manage to close above 840, but is right on the bottom of the flag it spent the day building. That flag has a target down around 800 if it breaks down.
Next look at the Transports. They were nailed for another 4.8% today, again on higher volume. They broke beneath the prior December lows looking like they are going to retest the lower November lows. Yesterday some followers of DOW Theory were getting all excited about how the transports made a new low, but the DOW didn’t claiming it set up a possible DOW Theory non-confirmation. That was just wrong as I believe it would need to break the November low and then not have the Industrials join the party. Regardless, didn’t matter as the Industrials and the Transports are both still singing the same tune and DOW Theory is still on a bear market sell signal, I don’t see anything that will change that anytime soon. While we’re here, look at the slow stochastic… it’s pointing down pretty good and has a lot of room still.
Lastly, let’s look at the XLF one month daily. Bollinger is turning down more steeply, and it closed beneath the bottom. Volume today was high, but not as high as yesterday, the general trend is higher volume and lower prices. The financials have been a real anchor to the economy. How many economists and supposed experts were saying that the financials were isolated and wouldn’t affect the “real” economy? Too many, that’s for sure – take a glance at the retail sales chart above to see how that worked out. Recovery in the second half of the year? Do you see any sign of that here or in the latest earnings reports? I don’t:
Options expiration is Friday… I’m still awaiting the usual fun and games. Overall this is a difficult point in the market to call, a lot of people are having trouble with it as it’s still in the same range, although now getting towards the bottom of the range. The 840 area is now key. If we break that, there’s a good chance we keep on trucking down for a while, but if we hold it, we could rally in the short term.
Of course reality keeps interrupting the Sweet dreams, Steve Jobs just announced he’ll be taking leave through June causing Apple to plunge $10 in a matter of seconds after hours, and the /ES (S&P futures) just fell to 831, well below that 840 pivot.
Tomorrow we have Jobless claims, PPI numbers, Empire State Manufacturing Index, and the Philly Fed Survey. CPI and Consumer Sentiment come out on Friday.
And least we forget, Obama’s inauguration (most expensive ever) is only a week away and that’s got to give people HOPE, right? Sweet Dreams are made of that…
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
Or perhaps the bulls will continue to feel the rain again?
Annie Lennox - live, Here Comes the Rain Again
We created a bear flag with today’s action which is led once again by weak financials and in particular Citi which is down 23% currently. Below is a 20 day, 30 minute chart of the SPX. That 840 level was important… you can see that we made a lower low despite being oversold. I do see a slight positive divergence on the RSI… however, the flag did break the lower boundary:
Unless we move back up into it, the target on the latest flag is ugly. It’s worth about 38 handles, so it would target the 800 SPX area, and on the DOW it would target about 7,850. That’s a big if, we’re still oversold and have been oversold on the 60 minute timeframe for the past 4 days without a significant bounce.
All the daily index charts ran into their lower Bollinger bands and are turning them lower. If you’re short and we regain the 840 area, I wouldn’t stick around as I also see what could be a very clean 5 waves down on the RUT. Difficult to trade unless you got short a while ago and held firm.
Since I copied that chart, we’ve bounced back up to taste the flag bottom again… stay sharp and good luck.
How bad? If the first quarter budget number is annualized, it’s $2 TRILLION bad this year. And that’s with non-GAAP accounting, AND without factoring in any more bailouts from Obama and his HOPE team – how likely is that? As I’ve been saying, the true deficit is going to run into the multi-trillions.
There’s just BAD math all around us. Tax receipts are falling (that would be our nation’s income), while expenditures are going TO THE MOON – Alice!
Cutting taxes and increasing spending is simply more bad math on top of already horrid math.
US three-month budget gap exceeds FY 2008 full year
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The United States racked up a record $485 billion deficit for the first three months of fiscal 2009, exceeding the $455 billion gap for all of the previous year, the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday.
In December, the government posted a deficit of $83.62 billion versus a year-ago surplus of $48.26 billion -- a wide swing that the Treasury attributed to a steep drop in corporate tax receipts and outlays from its financial rescue fund.
… The combined October, November and December deficit was nearly five times the year-ago budget hole of $107 billion, according to Treasury data.
The ballooning deficit could constrain President-elect Barack Obama's ability to revive the U.S. economy with a massive fiscal spending program this year. The deficit for fiscal 2009, which started Oct. 1, is expected to hit a staggering $1.186 trillion, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. This is even before an estimated $800 billion in proposed tax cuts and stimulus spending from Obama.
...While his theories get proven wrong.
I post only so that you can be under whelmed with action that matches reality, and over whelmed with bullshit. And people still lay platitudes on this guy? I wouldn't be so polite:
Bernanke Q&A (22 minutes):
Which one is the Joker?
The Dark Bailout:
The market has deteriorated significantly. The DOW is currently off by 305 points, the XLF is down 5.6%, IYR is down 5%, the S&P is down 3.6%, and the RUT is down 4%.
That’s ugly.
And we just broke the 840 pivot on the SPX… that does open the door to a retest of the November lows, but does not eliminate a move back up until those November lows are broken – that’s a long ways down. Here’s a 3 month daily of the SPX, note that we are beneath the lower Bollinger band and oversold on the fast stochastic. It’s very dangerous to short the hole when the market is down this much already, so I am resigned to be disciplined and not do it here UNLESS we retest the 840 pivot and then fail, that would be okay as long as discipline is maintained and no loss is accepted by using the entry point or 840 as a stop (consider long play on break above?):
Next is a chart of the DOW daily. DOW 8,000 isn’t very far away. Be ware, until we break the November lows, we could still be in a corrective wave. Also, keep in mind that this is options expiration week and we’ve now had 6 down days in a row, which I note, the volume is increasing on:
Finally, let’s look at the VIX, definitely broken out higher, but it too is reaching the Bollinger and in this case is approaching overbought. Still, this is more than a wave 4, that means that what is labeled on this cart as 1-2-3 is probably an a-b-c and is over:
Here’s a P&F of the VIX showing the breakout higher and a new higher target of 80:
All the major indices have broken down and produced lower targets, except the NDX is close but has not triggered a breakdown yet. Here are the charts, note the new price objectives. I use these charts to help identify breakout locations and to get initial targets. The DOW and Transports had broken down earlier and produced lower targets, but now those targets have been refined and are substantially lower:
RUT (small caps):
Sorry for the delay in posting this, the Google Blogger site went down right as I was in the process of posting…
Futures are way down following the retail sales report for December, Nortel filing for Chapter 11, Deutsche Bank losing $6.3 billion in the fourth quarter, Greece’s credit rating cut by Standard & Poor’s, and Obama running into resistance from Congress… you know, the usual news as of late!
Due to all that, the DOW futures are down nearly 200 points, and S&P futures are off by 20.
So, the fundamentals are what I’ve been saying they are, and not what the “experts” were HOPING. It’s a bummer when expectations get dashed, that’s called disappointment.
And speaking of expectations gone awry, let’s quickly review the bond situation, it looks like I may have been early on my bond market call, so I’m exiting that trade here FOR NOW, but will re-enter if we regain those channels later in the day. Here’s a snapshot of the premarket activity, that’s TLT on the left and the long bond futures on the right and they are both outside of their respective channels, therefore I’m out of the trade for now:
Here’s a snapshot of the TNX, 10 year Treasury Notes. It, too, has broken down from its channel (TNX is showing rates [2.2%] on the right, whereas TLT and /ZB are showing price on the vertical axis):
Okay, so that answers that question for now about bonds. The move, however, is still parabolic and will end nastily at some point, I’m still thinking it won’t be too much longer, but then again, parabolic moves can surprise even people who understand them. Here’s what it feels like when a trade like this goes wrong… it’s also what the “experts” who are miscalculating the economic situation must feel like… it’s what it feels like if you went long last night (I had a small long)… and it’s what it’s going to feel like as the entire Baby Boom generation realizes they don’t have the money they thought they did for retirement – sad, but true:
The Five Stages of Stock Market Realization (or death) – as explained by a giraffe!
So, from a technical perspective, the markets are breaking down further, and they are making a lower low at this stage, having exceeded the previous low. Here’s a chart of the DOW daily. Note that the lower Bollinger band is moving down out of the way, but also notice that we’re oversold on the fast stochastic – that can get oversold and stay there:
Since I missed the short entry at SPX 856, I am now resigned to waiting for either a retest of that level, or a break of the next major support level at 840ish. At that level, there is a pivot point in play and that’s also where the bottom of the daily Bollinger currently is.
Overall, this is a dangerous place for traders. It could be a bear trap, but that’s NOT what the fundamentals are saying to me. So, we’re close to breaking down out of the range we’ve been in, but close does not count. Breaking 840 will probably set up a retest of the November lows, now that I will be a part of.
DOW is currently down 190 points...
Have a good day, I hope you’re not feeling like that giraffe!
Expect much more of this:
Nortel Files for Bankruptcy Amid Credit Squeeze
By Bob Van Voris and Joe Schneider
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nortel Networks Corp., North America’s biggest maker of telephone equipment, filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court.
Nortel, based in Toronto, had more than $1 billion in assets and debt, according to today’s Chapter 11 filing of its U.S. subsidiary in Wilmington, Delaware.
Nortel has lost almost $7 billion since Chief Executive Officer Mike Zafirovski took over in 2005, leaving him struggling for the funds to operate the company. Bank of New York Mellon was listed as Nortel’s largest unsecured creditor in its role as trustee on more than $3.8 billion in notes.
As of Sept. 30, Nortel’s debt amounted to $6.3 billion, including adjustments for operating leases, pension deficits and other items. The company has $1 billion in bonds that come due in 2011. Total liabilities amounted to almost $12 billion.
Zafirovski had sought to revive Nortel’s fortunes by cleaning up the balance sheet and reducing the workforce by 18 percent since he started. Demand for Nortel’s gear, mainly based on older code division multiple access technology, has waned as customers move to faster systems.
Money markets in the U.S. seized up following the Sept. 15 failure of the securities firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Banks stopped lending as they hoarded cash, pushing the country into a deeper recession. That’s making it more difficult, and more expensive, for companies like Nortel to find new financing.
CDMA Unit
The company could sell the CDMA unit to raise money, RBC analyst Mark Sue said in a report in November. The challenge is that too many asset sales may conflict with Nortel’s debt covenants, said Sue, who cut his target on the stock price to $0.
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16 DeKalb schools make AP honor roll
Thursday, March 5th, 2015, 9:01am
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Sixteen of DeKalb County's 22 public high schools have been named to a statewide Advanced Placement honor roll.
The College Board's AP program gives high school students the opportunity to take college-level courses. At the end of the school year, the students are tested on their knowledge. AP exams earn scores of 1 through 5; receiving a 3, 4 or 5 could result in college credit.
"DeKalb students are succeeding in college-level learning," DeKalb County School District Superintendent Michael Thurmond said. "With more than 70 percent of our high schools on the AP honor roll, we are proud of the district's overall success. Our goal is to be 100 percent."
AP schools are honored in six categories:
AP Challenge Schools are schools with fewer than 900 students where AP exams are offered in four key areas -- English, math, science and social studies.
* DeKalb School of the Arts
* Elizabeth Andrews High School
Ga. Connections Academy enrollment opens Mar. 3
Sunday, February 22nd, 2015, 1:24pm
(WXIA) -- Georgia Connections Academy, a free statewide virtual K-12 school, will begin accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year next month.
Enrollment opens Mar. 3. The school can support 4,000 students; spaces are limited and families are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
A free parent information session will be held Tuesday, Mar. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Hampton Inn Atlanta-Perimeter Center, which is located at 769 Hammond Drive in Sandy Springs. Teachers and currently enrolled families will answer questions and go over the school's curriculum at the session.
For more information about Georgia Connections Academy, visit connectionsacademy.com.
Children to receive free dental services
Thursday, February 19th, 2015, 8:58am
LILBURN, Ga. -- More than 1,400 children will receive free dental treatments this week.
Students at Lilburn Elementary School in Gwinnett and Hightower Elementary School in DeKalb will be given dental sealants and fluoride treatments, courtesy of a $45,000 grant to the Georgia Oral Health Prevention Program from Renaissance Dental. Both procedures are very effective in helping to reduce tooth decay and other oral problems in children, according to a Renaissance Dental spokesperson.
The students will receive their treatments on Thursday and Friday.
Georgia ranks 49th in the U.S. in number of dentists per capita, and 16 counties do not have a single practicing dentist, according to Renaissance Dental.
3 counties benefit from Fuel Your School program
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015, 10:45am
(WXIA) -- More than 100 public schools in three metro Atlanta counties will benefit from Chevron's Fuel Your School program.
Through the campaign, Chevron contributes $1 from every gasoline purchase of eight gallons or more to participating schools. Fuel Your School generated $391,146 for 131 schools in Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton counties.
Many of the projects that are granted funds from the program are part of STEM curriculums. For example, students at Grady High School in Atlanta received a data-gathering device to use in their physics courses.
Chevron said nearly 40,000 students are impacted by the money generated through Fuel Your School.
Video shows DeKalb teacher choking student
Submitted by Blayne Alexander, 11Alive Reporter
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015, 10:51am
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Chiquita Handley said she didn't realize how bad it was until she saw the surveillance video.
"I saw it and my heart just dropped," she said. "It's nothing anyone ever wants to see their child go through."
Handley spoke exclusively with 11Alive's Blayne Alexander, after obtaining surveillance video showing Pleasantdale Elementary School teacher Stephanie Fleet appearing to choke Handley's son Ravon, then in the 5th grade. The incident happened on May 22, but Handley received the video months later, after filing an open records request with DeKalb County schools.
According to written statements from other students and teachers in the cafeteria, Ravon was being disruptive, using profanity and threatened to hit Fleet.
DeKalb superintendent among 100 Most Influential Georgians
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015, 1:00pm
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County School District Superintendent Michael Thurmond has been named to Georgia Trend magazine's latest list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians.
Thurmond has served as superintendent since February 2013. He is the only public schools superintendent to receive the honor.
His recognition in the magazine says:
The former commissioner of labor inherited a mess when he took over leadership of the third-largest school system in Georgia (100,000 students, 14,000 employees and a $1.2 billion budget). He stabilized the troubled district, built a $30 million surplus, improved student achievement and increased graduation rates. Along the way, he has enhanced the reputation as a leader and public education advocate.
DeKalb schools show growth on CCRPI
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014, 10:57am
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County's public school students are prepared for life after graduation.
According to the recently released College & Career Ready Performance Index, many of the county's elementary, middle and high schools demonstrated growth over last year.
The county's most improved schools include:
* Indian Creek (+22.7 percentage points)
* Briar Vista (+22)
* Pleasantdale (+21.7)
* Chapel Hill (+19)
* Wynbrook (+14)
* Stephenson (+15.7)
* Columbia (+14.5)
* Salem (+7.8)
* Cedar Grove (+6.7)
* Druid Hills (+6.6)
* Towers (+8.1)
* Lakeside (+6.5)
* Lithonia (+6)
* Redan (+3.5)
* Chamblee (+1)
By comparison, Georgia's elementary schools saw a decrease of 5.2 percentage points, the state's middle schools saw a decrease of 1.4, and high school decreased by 3.4 points.
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The Future of Digital Forensics and Investigations
Author Topic: The Future of Digital Forensics and Investigations (Read 849 times)
masud895
Recently, Apple announced that it has taken new and significant measures to strengthen privacy on mobile devices, which will ensure that it is no longer possible for Apple or law enforcement to unlock encrypted devices. The news quickly triggered a reaction from FBI Director James Comey who stated that he was “very concerned” about these new steps and then went on to say that “What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law.”
The FBI’s concern is fully justified; computer crime has become an extremely sophisticated, global and lucrative business that continues to grow in its prevalence and frequency. According to a recent study from the security company McAfee, the annual cost to the global economy from cyber crime is now more than $400 billion.
New and powerful technologies adopted by consumers and business offer the same advantages to criminals, potentially hampering forensic investigations and rendering many traditional tools and techniques obsolete. Ironically, the powerful encryption necessary to protect our data has become an important part of the modern criminal’s toolbox.
To further complicate matters, there is a deep shortage of forensic experts. In addition, the sheer volume of complex data generated and stored in the cloud, on social media platforms and on mobile devices is allowing criminals to better cover their tracks — making the workload for investigators even greater.
While complex, these challenges are not insurmountable. However, they do present a series of long-term issues and questions, which must be addressed.
Four key areas of immediate concern include the needs:
For business and government leaders to better understand the importance of digital forensics and the cyber crime risks facing their organizations?
To strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and private enterprise and to promote best practices for conducting joint cyber crime investigations.
To inspire appropriate individuals to enter the cyber security field and to use their skills to improve investigation and support methods.
To keep pace with technology and to move toward a 24/7 “Forensics as a Service” model that uses the cloud’s powerful processing power to facilitate complex investigations.
Source : http://www.edelman.com/post/future-digital-forensics-investigations/
Md.Masud Parvez
Senior IT Officer
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Israeli Lobbyist Confirms 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, While Israeli PM Draws Ridicule At The UN
The global 9/11 truth and justice movement was vindicated again when Patrick Clawson, the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy (WINEP), publicly suggested that the United States and Israel stage a false flag provocation in the Persian Gulf to justify U.S. military action and switch the war against Iran to another gear.
If Clawson's suggestion is acted upon, it won't be the first time that Israeli and American leaders slaughtered sacrificial lambs in a false flag operation and used the event to deceive their shell-shocked nations into war. Both the USS Liberty cover-up and the false flag September 11 events demonstrate the willingness of Israeli and U.S. administrations to dance with the devil.
For the full context of Clawson's remarks, watch the complete video titled, "How to Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout."
Clawson's comments are hardly surprising. 9/11 truth-tellers have been saying for years that the same governments who pulled off the 9/11 deception will again resort to the tactic of a covert false flag operation to get the world to support a U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
But the truth is that the United States is already at war with Iran. I reported back in April that the aim of U.S. sanctions against Iran is to provoke an Iranian pearl harbor, thereby mobilizing American public opinion for an all-out American-Western-Israeli war against Iran.
Clawson is not a demonic outlier, he is only publicly acknowledging what is covert U.S. policy. The FDR administration pulled Japan into the same trap through sanctions and covert warfare that the Bush and Obama administrations have laid out for Iran.
If the sanctions don't provoke an Iranian response, which goes against the history of the use of sanctions in this way, then the U.S., or more likely Israel, will stage a false flag event and use it to blame Iran. Clawson's admission merely confirms our original suspicions and adds weight to our predictions that there will be a new US-Israeli false flag to start a new war.
According to many analysts, the likely American victim in the Persian Gulf will be the USS Enterprise. Of course, it may never happen. If there are level-headed and peace-minded people in and around the U.S. military like former Navy Adviser Gwenyth Todd then the American people and the Iranian people will be saved from a catastrophic and pointless war with each other.
But it is stupid to hope for the best. Staying vigilant is key because a new false flag can happen any day, either in the United States, Europe, or the Persian Gulf.
Traditionally, the false flag card was the "secret card" that was played very close to the Zionist/Globalist chest, but arrogant characters like Clawson mistakenly believe that people aren't paying attention so why hold back? This thinking shows a level of arrogance that is very dangerous for the powers-that-be in the United States and Israel.
There are more rational people within the U.S. establishment like Zbigniew Brzezinski who are aware that there is a massive global political awakening and know that an illegitimate attack against Iran is a fool's errand. Speaking to The Real News about a potentially disastrous US-Iran war in January 2010, Brzezinski said:
"The Chinese are getting more involved in Iranian economy 'cause they need energy, and they're not going to be particularly grateful if we produce a conflict in the region. And that will also affect them. And what consequences that might have for the world economy is hard to predict. All I'm saying is don't trifle with the silly notion, oh, we'll just bomb them and the problem is solved. It's a false analogy, and historically it's one fundamental lesson we shouldn't forget: Stalin and the Soviet Union was more of a threat than Iran ever will be, and yet we deterred it. Mao Zedong talked of a nuclear war which might kill 300 million people, and so what [inaudible] we didn't have a war with the Chinese. Why should we act like crazies in dealing with Iran?"
A third world war will destroy America, Israel, and Iran, and make way for a one world order through a violent birth. Only individuals with a disturbed imagination believe that massive political and social change can only be produced violently and catastrophically. If America and Iran restore ties, the situation in the Middle East would improve dramatically, especially on the Israel-Palestine front.
But we cannot depend on governments to improve anything. There must be a creation of a united and global peace movement based on the efforts of the global 9/11 truth and justice movement. And it must begin in America because its gifted people hold the most important key to world peace, which is their non-compliance with the hijacked U.S. government and U.S. media.
The failing and collapsing U.S. state-corporate media cannot compete in an environment where different voices and different opinions can be heard. The global alternative media is alert, expanding, and ready to knock down any new deception at a moment's notice.
Radio host Alex Jones and Emmy award-winning journalist Amber Lyon recently discussed the increasing value of the global alternative media and how it is changing global political conversations. "As journalists," said Lyon, "we cannot pick and choose when or when not to tell the truth. We always have to be truth-seekers and trying to expose the truth on every level."
The rapid online response to Clawson's repulsive statements has been extraordinary and is another sign that American public opinion will not be hijacked so easily the next time a false flag occurs that pushes America into another unnecessary war. It shows us that any new false flag event will be rightly interpreted as an act by the terrorist states in Israel and the U.S., thus negating its function: mobilizing public opinion in America and the West for another war in the Middle East.
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley wrote the following about Clawson's false flag suggestion in his article, "False Flag: Leading Analyst At Pro-Israeli Think Tank Publicly Discusses How U.S. Can Be Forced Into War With Iran":
"It is the callous disconnect that is most chilling in these remarks. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have died or have been crippled for life in these wars that have left the country near bankruptcy (and increasingly hostile “allies” in Afghanistan and Iraq). Those casualties and costs, however, appear immaterial in the discussion of supporting Israel in a war against Iran."
Clawson displays a horrifying indifference to the suffering of American soldiers, and ordinary people in the Middle East. Many commentators have noted Clawson's unmanly characteristics. He is one of those "girlie men" that Schwarzenegger mocked at the Republican National Convention in 2004. Washington is full of such men. They have lost touch with what being a man means. To them, dropping bombs on innocent villagers in a foreign country from a shack in Nevada is a demonstration of toughness.
Clawson and others like him in the U.S.-Israeli establishment who believe that the murder of innocent people is a necessary evil don't recognize the natural boundaries of right and wrong. The morality of decisions does not enter their calculations, and this is their greatest mistake.
II. Netanyahu Draws Ridicule At The UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ridiculed after he delivered his first grade level speech at the United Nations on Thursday, September 27, for bringing a kindergarten bomb chart to a serious international meeting. Another reason he was not taken seriously is because he does not have any moral authority. Neither does President Obama, by the way, but at least he has the grace to express himself on an international stage in a thoughtful and respectable manner. Netanyahu lacks grace, moral authority, and thoughtfulness.
A video capturing a young Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States in the 1970s shows a crazy side of him that seems to be a permanent feature. His rigid sense of rightness, demonstrated in the video, is scary. He can't tolerate different opinions and views. He is a classic case of an authoritarian personality.
I'm surprised that an intellectual nation like Israel elected this man who only uses emotion to get his points across and throws logic aside. Then again, it's not really surprising. Germany, the most intellectual nation in Europe, elected the demagogue Hitler. The comparison is apt, because as Dr. Steve Pieczenik said on the Alex Jones show on September 16, Netanyahu is "the Hitler of the 21st century."
Any country, no matter how civilized, can be mentally captured for a period of time in its history and become a victim of emotion-based, fear-mongering rhetoric. America, Israel, England, Germany, Russia, Iran, France, the country and time doesn't matter. We're all humans - emotional creatures who can be easily manipulated, easily led to war, and easily hoodwinked by men in power.
The difference between Hitler and Netanyahu is that Hitler had stage presence, whereas Netanyahu is an international laughing stock. This will turn out to be a good thing not only for the people of Israel, Iran, and America, but for the whole world.
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Diversity Glossary
Common dimensions of diversity, arranged alphabetically.
Age can be a factor in issues of access and equity. ln particular, the elderly may encounter discrimination due to age. ln addition, generalizations about generational groups can lead to stereotypes.
Biological Sex is a physical or medical classification; most often termed either "male" or "female." This classification is usually based on a person’s internal and external sex organs but can also be based on chromosomes or hormone levels. Biological sex is not the same as gender identity or gender expression.
Disability refers to a way of describing people based on their physical, mental or emotional abilities, as compared to "average" or "normal" people. People with disabilities sometimes identify others’ attitudes as their biggest barriers.
Ethnicity is a grouping of people that is based on a combination of cultural heritage, location, language, religion, and shared history. Sometimes, ethnicity is referred to as race, though most scholars consider them different.i
Gender Expression is the way people "wear" their gender. It can include the way people act, how they dress, how they wear their hair, how they speak, or how they change their bodies, from wearing make-up to having surgery. Gender expression is not the same as sexual orientation or gender identity.
Gender Identity is the way each of us feel about our own gender. It is important to remember that gender identity is what we feel and and call ourselves. Though most people develop a gender identity that matches their biological sex, others may feel that their gender identity is different from their biological sex. In these cases, people may choose to change their gender expression or their biological sex.
Language can be a factor in issues of access and equity. One's ability to speak fluently the primary language of a community may affect one's abhility to be a fully included member of that community.
Marital or Parental Status can factors in issues of access and equity. For example, whether or not one is single, married, and/or a parent may affect one's access to employment, housing, and other material and social resources.
National Origin or Ancestry refers to classification of people based on the country in which they were born or raised.
Race is a classification that groups humans together based on physical traits such as skin color, hair texture, etc. Current scientific data suggest that there are more physical differences within so-called races than between them.ii
Religion is an organized belief system based on certain principles of faith.
Sexual Orientation describes people based on their relational, romantic, and/or sexual attractions. Frequently used terms for describing one’s sexual orientation are lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning and straight.
Social Class refers to the way people are grouped in a culture based on their socio-economic status and access to material and social resources.
Veteran Status can be a factor in issues of access and equity. A veteran is a person who served in the Armed Forces. Some veterans have encountered discrimination in civilian employment due to their status as veterans.
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Foreword - Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 Editor Tracy Stapp Herold
For many aspiring entrepreneurs, finding a path to business ownership can be challenging. With so many great ideas, products, and services already in the market, it can be hard to think of a new niche to pursue. And if even if you do know what type of business you’d like to start, there are numerous obstacles that prevent many people from ever actually taking the leap from entrepreneurial dream to business ownership reality. For those who have taken that leap, and have created a successful business, finding a way to expand that business can prove equally daunting. If you try to go it alone, your growth will likely be restrained by limited finances, time, energy, and resources.
These may seem like two very different problems, but whichever one you find yourself relating to, the answer to both lies in a word: franchising. The beauty of franchising is that it offers two unique and useful paths to growing a business, whether you are just starting out or you want to expand an existing business. For the aspiring entrepreneur, becoming a franchisee allows you to buy into a company that already has a proven model for success. For the existing business owner, becoming a franchisor offers a systematic way to allow others to help grow your business and brand with reduced financial risk on your part.
We at Entrepreneur pride ourselves on our coverage of the franchise industry, including the first, best, and most comprehensive franchise rank- ing in the world, the Franchise 500®. Over the 37-plus years we’ve published that ranking, we’ve seen how franchising has evolved and adapted to changes in the economy, business climate, and technology. Through it all, the industry continues to thrive. Franchising has made entrepreneurship possible for thousands of people who might not otherwise have ever started their own business, and helped others take their business from local success to nationally-known brand. We’ve talked to these people. We’ve listened to their success stories as well as their struggles and shared them often in the pages of our magazine and on our website. We’ve heard over and over about the positive impact that franchising has had not only on their lives and livelihoods, but on communities and economies around the country and around the world. In short, we believe in the power of franchising.
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George Musarurwa Gregan (born 19 April 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) made more appearances for his national team, the Wallabies, than any other player in the sport’s history. He is respected throughout the rugby world for his tenacity, tactical skill, leadership ability and sportsmanship.
Gregan played Super 14 for the ACT Brumbies since the inception of that competition in 1996, helping to lead them to overall victories in 2001 and 2004. He and his wife Erica have three children, Max, Charlie and Jazz.
George made his first appearance for the Wallabies in 1994. He made an immediate impact for the team, making a try-saving tackle on All Black Jeff Wilson that directly led to Australia winning the Bledisloe Cup that year and is much remembered as one of the greatest moments in the Wallabies-All Blacks rivalry.
In June 2004 Gregan was appointed to the Order of Australia for his services to Rugby Union Football and in particular, as the Captain of the Wallabies.
Following the World Cup in France 2007, George retired from Australian rugby and joined French Club Toulon for one season. On 18 June 2008 it was announced that he had joined Suntory Sungoliath in Japan where he played three seasons for the club culminating in winning the Japan Cup in March 2011.
George is now actively involved in the café and catering business – The Gregan Group, established in 1997 by his wife, Erica Gregan, who is the Managing Director of the business. Currently there are 24 outlets including cafes, small wine bars and bistros.
About GG Foundation
In October 2004, Gregan announced that his four-year-old son had epilepsy and launched the George Gregan Foundation.
The George Gregan Foundation has raised over three million dollars and built all access outdoor playgrounds for The Children’s Hospital Westmead, The Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane and at the new ACT Women’s and Children’s Hospital. In addition to design, funding and building these playgrounds, the Foundation supports a Fellowship in Paediatric Neurology specialising in epilepsy.
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“It’s not just that 40 Cuban and American personalities have asked Barack Obama to ease the embargo against Cuba. It’s that the powerful Chamber of Commerce of the United States traveled to Havana and returned delighted; it’s that ex-Governor Charlie Crist also wants to go to the legendary capital and lift the embargo; it’s that Tampa doesn’t know what to do to to be closer to Havana and and wants to start a ferry. It’s Fanjul’s calculated statements, the memoirs of Hillary Clinton, and now the poll. What to say about the poll, because polls are like appearances of the virgin: some fall to their knees and others say it’s a hallucination. I say that it is a serious indication that there winds of change not only in the relations between Washington and Havana, but also in Miami.
“It is true that there are moral and ideological reasons to oppose Washington, as they say, ‘giving oxygen to the dictatorship.’ But the Cuban political exile community long ago delivered the solution to its national problem to the United States. And the interests of this exile community, whether beneficial or not for the Cuban nation, need not coincide with those of Washington.
“There is no reason to fear accepting and evaluating the facts of Cuban reality, both the good and the bad. The bad are repeated every day. But the others are not. Yes, there is a change in Cuba toward new forms of production. Today the Cuban public is freer socially and economically than two years ago, freer to travel, to emigrate and if they don’t like it, to return; with more rights in entrepreneurship and property than at any time since 1968; government opponents leave and return to their homes in Havana. Raul Castro says that he’s putting everything on the table to negotiate with the United States. Is there an internal debate, no less important for being outside the official media, over the future of the country? Why negate it and insist that all this is nothing more than a pantomime?
“In the standard and acceptable narrative about the Cuban state, its power is on the edge of the abyss. A never-ending abyss into which it never falls. Because the criminal hand of Castro blocks it. That narrative is unchanged for the past half-century. But in the past 23 years that government survived the fall of the Soviet bloc and strengthened its influence in Latin America; since 2007 it has been off the list of human rights violators and for 22 years has managed to have the UN condemn the U.S. embargo. Is that government weaker than in the spring of 1991? No. In the equation to understand its power, there are other crucial factors than those considered in the repeated anti-Castro narrative. In 1996 they rejected Clinton’s olive branch because they were weak, now they are seeking it because they are not.
“The 61 years that have passed since the Moncada attack are an indelible part of Cuban reality and history. There is no way to make them disappear and it would not be right to do so. The same applies to the 57 years of the Republic. This is, whether we like it or not in Miami or in Havana, the history of the Cuban people. There is no other. It carries on by the friendly or terrible hand of a powerful neighbor whom it is as dangerous to idolize as to look down upon. Let’s not continue turning our backs on ourselves.”
– Jorge Davila Miguel, in Friday’s Nuevo Herald
Labels: MIami, us policy
The end of El Exilio?
El exilio is not going away, either as a state of mind or as a voting bloc never forgets the pain, loss, and grievances of 1959 and its aftermath.
But as the Cuban-American community is increasingly populated by younger generations and immigrants who departed Cuba after the 1970’s, it is no longer defined solely by the exile experience. It is turning instead into an immigrant community with diverse outlooks and political preferences.
To see that this is the case, one need only to observe the flights going to Cuba and to talk to the Cuban Americans on them. They visit and support their families, have their kids stay with their aunt in Cuba for the summer, and think of buying a family home in Cuba in a relative’s name. For them, getting on the plane is not a political act.
Elites are changing too, increasingly looking at Cuba and figuring out ways they can engage in a positive way. The Fanjuls are interested in investing. And Facundo Bacardi has given an interview to Cigar Aficionado, a magazine that offends many in the community because it treats Cuba as a luxury tourism destination. Bacardi reveals that his family is divided about the embargo question. In contrast to the hard-liners’ typical dismissal of Cuba’s changes as “cosmetic,” he has this view: “The society is slowly opening up a bit, and there are reforms. So long as the reforms continue, the people who benefit the most are the Cuban people. Every country does things at its own pace, and Cuba is no different. It’s doing things at its own pace. I can understand that the Cuban government doesn’t want to run the risk of a revolution, so they’re implementing these changes in piecemeal fashion over a period of time. The question is, will Raúl go all the way, or will he not?”
And now, there’s a new poll from Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute, which has been surveying Cuban American attitudes since 1991.
For the first time, a majority of Cuban Americans, 52 percent, wants to end the embargo. By contrast, in the five polls conducted during the 1990's, support for the embargo averaged 85 percent.
The poll shows that support for hard-line policies is concentrated in the over-65 age bracket, which means that this is a trend, not a fluke.
Support for lifting the embargo is 52 percent overall: 62 percent of those 18-29, 55 percent age 30-44, 55 percent age 45-64, and 40 percent age 65 and higher.
Support for re-establishing diplomatic relations is 68 percent overall: 88 percent of those 18-29, 78 percent age 30-44, 68 percent age 45-64, and 41 percent age 65 and higher.
It’s no wonder that politicians – so far, only Democrats – are taking notice. Charlie Crist and Hillary Clinton are not simply questioning the policy but opposing the embargo head-on; they are, respectively, the first significant Florida statewide candidate and the first (presumptive) major Presidential candidate to do so. The electoral penalty once attached to that position no longer exists.
And President Obama, the first candidate to really figure out the new Miami-Dade math, continues to think about it.
Labels: 2016, MIami, politics
And now, Hillary
The former Secretary of State says that she urged President Obama to “lift or ease” the U.S. embargo against Cuba, as AP paraphrases a passage from her forthcoming memoir.
Secretary Clinton made the recommendation at the end of her time in office, arguing that the embargo is ineffectual in Cuba and harmful to U.S. relations in the Americas. In April 2012, she and President Obama attended a regional summit in Cartagena, Colombia where the entire hemisphere told the United States that Cuba will no longer be excluded from such meetings. That position was reiterated at an OAS meeting this week. The next summit takes place in Panama next year.
It is not surprising that a former U.S. official finds our policy ineffective or counterproductive and calls for it to change. That happens all the time. What’s more interesting is Secretary Clinton as a Presidential candidate calculating that the political sweet spot is to be critical of the Cuban government’s human rights practices while also questioning the value of the embargo itself.
In the frame of reference that has been used for decades, such a position poses a risk for her in the general election. But that frame of reference is worn out too. Cuban-Americans split 50-50 in the last Presidential election and Cuban Americn elites are starting to break in a new direction. The knee-jerk Republican position, to tighten the embargo and go back to the days of limiting family visits and remittances, ensures that Republican candidates compete for a shrinking and aging part of the Cuban American electorate.
Polls are a great way to measure political change, but it’s also valuable to watch how professional politicians position themselves. Charlie Crist and now Hillary Clinton have told us a lot.
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Review of The Religion by Tim Willocks
What do you get when you make one of the most epic sieges in history the setting of a 21st century secular morality play? A truly bizarre literary artifact, that's what.
The Great Siege of Malta of 1565 pitted the all-conquering armies of the Turkish sultan Sulieman the Magnificent against a determined band of Christian defenders led by about 1,000 Knights of St. John. Captained by their gallant Grand Master, Jean Parisot de la Valette, the Christians were determined to fight to the last man for Malta. Though outnumbered more than five-to-one, the Knights and their Maltese allies held the Turkish host and their gigantic artillery pieces at bay for over three months in one of the most heroic displays of military valor since Thermopylae. I decided to read this book because the siege is an amazing moment in history, and the other fictionalized account of it which I read previously (Angels in Iron by Nicholas Prata) was a memorable work which vividly brings to life the Knights of Saint John as well as their Turkish antagonists.
The Religion by Tim Willocks, on the other hand, chooses this epochal siege as the grand setting for a tawdry tale that does violence to both history and good taste. The main protagonist (Tannhauser) is a former Christian, former Janissary and current new-agey libertine materialist with a penchant for wenching, opium, and extreme violence. All of the antagonists, without exception, are Roman Catholic priests and monks--including the shadowy figure of one Michele Ghislieri who would become Pope Saint Pius V. The "Black Legend" looms large in this novel, and the Inquisition (cue scary organ music), imagined as KGB-like spy network that engages in wanton extralegal brutality, plays a major role--at one point even conspiring to murder Grand Master La Valette himself.
I will give the author credit in that the novel is, for the most part, decently written and he has done enough research to get the basic facts and timeline of events correct. The Religion, however, suffers from the following flaws that made it almost unreadable in my opinion:
The fictional main character is a sort of deus ex machina responsible for all the defenders' winning stratagems. Rather than give La Valette and his knights credit for their amazing strategic and tactical vision as recorded by history, the author makes them hyper-violent pawns who put Tannhauser's brilliant ideas into practice. It's a good thing this fictional superman showed up, or else the battle would have gone quite differently. Sigh.
Unnecessary and ubiquitous sex scenes. If you can't stomach sex acts described in grotesque detail, skip this book because there are many such scenes. Way too many. And seriously tacky ones, too. And like a cheesy romance novel, the sex scenes often happen in wholly ludicrous circumstances. There is also a hideous rape scene. By page 100, the author has pretty much exhausted his catalog of terms for a woman's private parts.
Strange portrayal of women characters. As an unsurprising adjunct to the above, the main women characters in the book are basically two-dimensional sex-toys who both manage to fall for the hero at the same time and yet not despise each other. Given the author's understanding of "love" as little more than an answer to the urgent call of one's generative organs, this is perhaps not surprising
A slavish dedication to 21st century moral and political trends that made the plot predictable. For example, Catholicism is treated with a contempt that has become practically de rigueur for novelists these days. The author makes up atrocities out of whole cloth to sully the Catholic characters--particularly the Knights. The Catholic characters are all either bloodthirsty fanatics, ignorant barbarians, base hypocrites, scheming churchmen, or deluded simpletons who come to their senses thanks to the syncretist wisdom of Tannhauser. At the same time, Islam is handled with kid gloves. While the author moralizes endlessly about the warlike activities of the Christians, he offers no such condemnation of the fact that the Turks are waging an aggressive war of conquest in the first place. The process of "recruiting" Janissaries was glossed over. The term "bastinado" is mentioned but never explained. The few Turks who are given more than a cursory treatment are noble intellectuals or joyful, kind-hearted common folk. Once you understand that these views are built into the plot, the outcome of the tale will be unsurprising.
The Religion also should have been about 200 pages shorter. Much of the relationship navel-gazing could have been safely discarded, along with the backstory of several minor characters. The main character's backstory which is finally revealed toward the end is yet another tedious shot at the Catholic Church and includes the utterly discredited notion that those who pursued science were persecuted by the Church. Anyone who holds that view does so only out of profound and inexcusable historical ignorance. For more information on this subject, I would refer you to How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Tom Woods or to atheist Tim O'Neill's review of God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science.
In summary, if you are a secular sort who enjoys historical fiction that's loaded with sex and takes plentiful cheap-shots at Catholicism, you'll no doubt love this book. If you'd prefer to read a novelization of the Great Siege which is dramatic, intense and close to the history without all the excess baggage, I would heartily recommend Angels in Iron as mentioned above.
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This day in Late Roman History (August 7): Happy Birthday, Constantius II
Today is the 1,696th birthday of the Roman emperor Constantius II. One of the sons of Constantine the Great, Constantius was the longest lived and arguably the most politically successful of Constantine's heirs. He was, however, a man of conflicts--rigorous, temperate, suspicious and cruel all at the same time. As a supporter of Arianism, he caused tumult within the Catholic Church and his reign ended abruptly when he died of sickness while on the way to grapple with his usurping nephew. His death in AD 361 left the Roman Empire in the hands of the last pagan emperor, Julian the Apostate.
Here is an excerpt of how the 4th century historian Ammianus Marcellinus eulogized him:
Always preserving the dignity of the imperial authority, Constantius proudly and magnanimously disdained popularity. In conferring the higher dignities he was very sparing, and allowed very few changes to be made in the administration of the finances. Nor did he ever encourage the arrogance of the soldiers...Nor under him was any general promoted to the title of most illustrious.
In taking care of the soldiers he was very cautious: an examiner into their merits, sometimes over-scrupulous, giving dignities about the palace as if with scales. Under him no one who was not well known to him, or who was favored merely by some sudden impulse, ever received any high appointment in the palace. But only such as had served ten years in some capacity or other could look for such appointments as master of the ceremonies or treasurer....
He was a diligent cultivator of learning, but, as his blunted talent was not suited to rhetoric, he devoted himself to versification; in which, however, he did nothing worth speaking of. In his way of life he was economical and temperate, and by moderation in eating and drinking he preserved such robust health that he was rarely ill, though when ill dangerously so....
He was contented with very little sleep, which he took when time and season allowed; and throughout his long life he was so extremely chaste that no suspicion was ever cast on him in this respect, though it is a charge which, even when it can find no ground, malignity is apt to fasten on princes.
In riding and throwing the javelin, in shooting with the bow, and in all the accomplishments of military exercises, he was admirably skilful. That he never blew his nose in public, never spat, never was seen to change countenance, and that he never in all his life ate any fruit I pass over, as what has been often related before.
Having now briefly enumerated his good qualities with which we have been able to become acquainted, let us now proceed to speak of his vices. In other respects he was equal to average princes, but if he had the slightest reason (even if founded on wholly false information) for suspecting any one of aiming at supreme power, he would at once institute the most rigorous inquiry, trampling down right and wrong alike, and outdo the cruelty of Caligula, Domitian, or Commodus, whose barbarity he rivaled at the very beginning of his reign, when he shamefully put to death his own connections and relations
And his cruelty and morose suspicions, which were directed against everything of the kind, were a cruel addition to the sufferings of the unhappy persons who were accused of sedition or treason....
In such cases he had a mortal hatred of justice, even though his great object was to be accounted just and merciful: and as sparks flying from a dry wood, by a mere breath of wind are sometimes carried on with unrestrained course to the danger of the country villages around, so he also from the most trivial causes kindled heaps of evils....And, as some right-thinking people are of opinion, it was rather an indication of great virtue in Constantius to have quelled the empire without shedding more blood, than to have revenged himself with such cruelty....
But as in his foreign wars this emperor was unsuccessful and unfortunate, on the other hand in his civil contests he was successful; and in all those domestic calamities he covered himself with the horrid blood of the enemies of the republic and of himself; and yielding to his elation at these triumphs in a way neither right nor usual, he erected at a vast expense triumphal arches in Gaul and the two Pannonias, to record his triumphs over his own provinces; engraving on them the titles of his exploits ... as long as they should last, to those who read the inscriptions.
He was preposterously addicted to listening to his wives, and to the thin voices of his eunuchs, and some of his courtiers, who applauded all his words, and watched everything he said, whether in approval or disapproval, in order to agree with it.
The misery of these times was further increased by the insatiable covetousness of his tax-collectors, who brought him more odium than money; and to many persons this seemed the more intolerable, because he never listened to any excuse, never took any measures for relief of the provinces when oppressed by the multiplicity of taxes and imposts; and in addition to all this he was very apt to take back any exemptions which he had granted.
He confused the Christian religion, which is plain and simple, with old women's superstitions; in investigating which he preferred perplexing himself to settling its questions with dignity, so that he excited much dissension; which he further encouraged by diffuse wordy explanations: he ruined the establishment of public conveyances by devoting them to the service of crowds of priests, who went to and fro to different synods, as they call the meetings at which they endeavor to settle everything according to their own fancy.
As to his personal appearance and stature, he was of a dark complexion with prominent eyes; of keen sight, soft hair, with his cheeks carefully shaved, and bright looking. From his waist to his neck he was rather long, his legs were very short and crooked, which made him a good leaper and runner.
Read the full account here: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ammianus_21_book21.htm#C16
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Book Review: The Red Keep by Allen French
Here is a review I wrote in 2007 but for some reason, it never made it onto the blog. Having recommended this book to dozens of people since then who have reported back that the recommendation was a worthy one, I hereby present this review so that even more folks may enjoy this excellent book.
The cover art for this book always intrigued me, so at last I decided to pick it up and read it. I was not disappointed. The Red Keep is the story of the petty nobility of 12th century Burgundy that effortlessly places young readers within a historical setting much different from their own. With the political system of the province in a state of flux thanks to the minority of the Duke, one family, the Sauval, amasses power and wealth by robbing travelers and raiding neighboring baronies. The Red Keep is the stronghold of one such barony. It is raided by the Sauval and the Baron is put to the sword--only his daughter, Anne, is rescued by the noble Baron Roger and his men, among them a young page named Conan. In the aftermath of the attack, the damaged keep is left abandoned--the bone of contention around which the story revolves.
The main character, Conan, is immediately sympathetic. He is strong, brave, and chivalrous to a fault, but young man that he is, he makes occasional bone-headed decisions that nearly cost him his life. As the story progresses, Conan's youthful naivete transforms into savvy adulthood as he carefully plans a strategy to thwart the Sauval.
The character of Anne is also appealing. Though she is presented in fighting trim throughout the book, she is not given unrealistic strength or the ability to strike down fighting men twice her size--a common but ludicrous feature of much modern literature. Anne's true strength lies in her courage, her determination to regain her father's fief and her willingness to step outside of the expected female role, even in the face of difficult odds, for the sake of justice. In this, I thought she resembled St. Joan of Arc.
Overall, I loved The Red Keep. The main characters were good and solid, and the antagonists were suitably detestable. The story itself and the writing are also first rate. Add to this the great black and white illustrations by Andrew Wyeth throughout, and you've got a real winner of a book, perfectly suited for kids 10 and up, but easily read and enjoyed by adults as well.
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A Roman tribune, my heroics helped defeat the Persians at the Battle of Satala in AD 530. Leading a squadron of heavy cavalry into the Persian center, I grabbed hold of the standards of the Persian general Mermeroes and flung them to the ground. Thinking their general slain, the Persian army fled from the field, but not before their elite Immortals dealt me a fatal wound.
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Mexico 2, USA 1 – Rafael Marquez, Mexico finally break the “Dos a cero” curse.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. In the eighty-ninth minute, Rafael Marquez headed a goal that broke the “Dos A Cero” curse, as Mexico beat the United States 2-1 in their opening match of CONCACAF’s final phase of World Cup qualifying.
Miguel Layun (20′) also scored for Mexico, while Bobby Wood (49′) scored the USA’s only goal. However, not all the news was good. Mexico would lose captain Andres Guardado in the 25th minute to a leg injury.
Mexico started the match bravely, knowing that they needed to break open the United States early. The attacks asked questions of the Stars and Stripes‘ line of three, but did not create any clear cut 1v1 chances until the 17th minute, when Jesus Manuel Corona’s long distance shot rang off the post.
A few minutes later, the “shoot from anywhere” approach worked for El Tri off of a quick restart in the 20th minute, as Guardado worked the ball to Layun whose shot from 25 yards out beat Tim Howard to open the scoring.
After the opening goal, the game’s flow somewhat disrupted. Javier Hernandez was well defended at times throughout the first half, and there were two forced changes for injury–Andres Guardado in the 25th minute and Howard, who conceded Layun’s goal, went off with a hamstring injury right before the stroke of half time. Carlos Vela did have a chance on goal in that time, and could only head a cross off the crossbar.
However, one trend that started to worry Mexico over the first half lead to Mexico losing its first half lead. Stars and Stripes attackers started to breach the Mexico block, but Mexico were helped by Jozy Altidore’s poor control and decision-making. In the 49th minute, an indecision by Hector Herrera out wide with an oncoming trap was the mistake that led to the attack on the foot on a Germany-based player and not an MLS player, and Bobby Wood equalized the score.
After the goal, the Mexico started to find their way to regain their composure. But the game started to get tactical, as the USA changed to a more defensive approach, and Mexico started to lack the required ruthlessness. But after the USA failed to convert a free kick on a foul that some USA fans would argue was a penalty, El Tri regained their footing in the game.
And one minute from the end of regular time in the second half, Rafael Marquez headed a corner kick delivery past Brad Guzan to give El Tri the points. Layun’s delivery found the Atlas defender, who had dismarked Jozy Altidore inside the six yard box, and Marquez executed the simple finish. However, not all was good news at the end as Carlos Salcedo was sent off in second half stoppage time. The Fiorentina center back will miss the team’s match against Panama, and several players could be in danger of picking up suspensions for Mexico’s matches in the beginning of 2017.
The win, the first by Mexico in a World Cup qualifying match in the United States in five cycles, was significant. But in terms of the standings, with Panama and Costa Rica all winning away earlier in the day, Mexico had to win to be in the automatic World Cup places. In this round, they finished the round in a tie for second place with Panama.
Mexico and Panama will play each other in Panama City on Tuesday, November 15 in Panama City at 9:00 PM EST. For the United States, they will travel to San Jose to take on table leaders Costa Rica, who dispatched of Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in Port of Spain.
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Rubbing Shoulders with the Giants
Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 10, 2018
BioEngineering/BME grad student Dennis Zhou invited to attend annual meeting of Nobel Laureates
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Dennis Zhou, a fifth-year BioEngineering Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to attend the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, June 24-29, in Lindau, Germany.
Zhou will be among the 600 young scientists (undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers) from across the world sharing the unique atmosphere of the annual event, which brings together more than 40 Nobel Laureates to meet and inspire this next generation of researchers.
“Basically, it’s a chance for us to share our excitement in science,” says Zhou, whose home school is the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. “I’m pretty overwhelmed and beyond excited about this. I mean, I’ve never met a Nobel Laureate before, so it truly is the opportunity of a lifetime.”
In the lab of Petit Institute researcher Andrés García, Zhou’s research focuses on cell adhesion. Specifically, his studies explore how cells generate forces as they adhere to their environment, “and how these forces are transfused in the signaling pathways within the cell,” he says.
“It’s very basic cell biology, but since adhesion is such an essential process, we hope our results may be applicable in the clinic one day,” Zhou adds. “For example, adhesion is implicated in the disease processes of diseases like cancer and atherosclerosis.”
While the notion of rubbing shoulders with past winners of the Nobel Prize is overwhelming to Zhou, he hasn’t really had time to catch his breath – he’s been busy with research.
“It’ll really sink in over the next few months,” he says. “But Georgia Tech has such a strong history of sending people to this meeting, so I’m going to talk to some of the previous attendees from Tech and learn from their experience.”
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Wine, Film, and the Role of the Entrepreneur: Nitin Khanna Ventures From Software Solutions to Award-Winning Documentaries
November 9, 2019 latenightsess Leave a comment
Born in India and later emigrated to the USA at the age of 17, Nitin Khanna is an eminent personality in the world of top CEOs in the US. He started small as a co-founder of Saber Corporation and went on to become a CEO of other established companies such as Merger Tech and Cura Cannabis. He is also a distinguished philanthropist who sits on a range of advisory boards of TiE Oregon, The Classic Wines Auction, Free wire Broad bank, and Vend screen amongst others. He credits his amassed experience and expertise, timely strategizing and negotiation skills, passion and culture for service of others for the far he has gotten in his career. To date, he is still looked upon by many upcoming entrepreneurs in Portland and even beyond.
Beyond the business space, the Nitin effect is also felt in the cultural realm. He has an interest and knack for the film industry that has seen him produce two highly acclaimed documentary films: What Lies Upstream and Terms and Conditions. The former provides an insight into the world of big data, technological corporation, and privacy concerns. The later in which he worked with Cullen Hoback, a renowned filmmaker, provides an eye into the activities of government and corporate and how they trickle down to affect the public. He details how crises like Flint water and Elk River Chemical Spill were orchestrated by corporates and how the government took no action, and the public suffered severely.
Building on his love for wine, Nitin’s entrepreneurial toes are also immersed in the wine industry where he has produced his own label: Pinot Noir. He also sits on the wine actions and tastings boards which have given him a platform to network further and identity more opportunities for business.
Nitin’s diverse business portfolio highlights the broader purpose of an entrepreneur which goes beyond economic production. It also underscores the role model function whereby the entrepreneur impacts positively on the progress of the society on both social and business fronts. IFurthermore, it emphasizes the focus of creativity and strategy in identifying opportunities to invest in.
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The Growth of Gulf Coast Western Under the Leadership of Matthew Fleeger
October 31, 2019 latenightsess Leave a comment
The energy sector has changed significantly over the past few years and one of the main people involved in its growth is Matthew Fleeger. He is a shining example of how grit and passion can get someone where they want to go in this industry. He is the President and CEO of Gulf Coast Western. This business is one of the major players in the energy industry on the gulf coast. Gulf Coast Western owns numerous drilling sites along the coastline and has also used new technology to expand and grow the energy sector as a whole. Matthew Fleeger has been one of the major reasons why Gulf Coast Western has grown to such a significant size. He brings with him an impressive pedigree in the energy sector.
Matthew Fleeger is a graduate of the prestigious Southern Methodist University (SMU). After this, he spent about seven years gaining a tremendous amount of experience in the inner workings of the energy sector. He did work a few entry-level positions along the way, believing this would give him insight into the day to day workings of the industry. After this, he climbed the ranks with a variety of businesses in the Texas area. During this time, he developed a reputation as a tremendous asset to the energy sector and to each company with which he worked. In addition, he also received a number of compelling offers to join a variety of energy corporations. Ultimately, he decided to bring his talents back to the family business and became the President and CEO of Gulf Coast Western.
Coming back home, Fleeger knew that he had a tremendous opportunity to further expand Gulf Coast Western. He brought in new technologies that led to the growth of the company. He has developed prime real estate throughout the region and has his eyes set on more growth in the future.
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Niranjan Shaw Creates a New Pace for Philanthropy
Niranjan Shah is a CEO who is based in the city of Chicago. He has long been known as the head of Globetrotters Engineering Corporation. This is a company whose purpose is to provide a whole new level of engineering and architectural excellence. The company has long been known as one of the foremost firms in the Chicago area.
Niranjan Shah has won many awards, both in the city of Chicago and elsewhere, for his contributions in these vital areas. However, he has also recently become known for another, quite different, branch of activity. His charitable and philanthropic activity has won him a whole new reputation as a man of serious intent and personal worth.
The acclaim that has come to Niranjan Shah from progressive social quarters has been very welcomed. He has responded by redoubling his efforts. Niranjan Shah has always been a man who believes in giving back to his community. This is a concept of good work and bridge building that goes well beyond the mere city of Chicago.
Niranjan Shah has won acclaim as a company CEO for many years. This has been the bulk of his life so far. But he has recently branched out to support a myriad of charitable and political causes that go well beyond his identity as a man of success in the world of business. These are causes that continue to mean a great deal in his personal life.
Niranjan Shah has set a new example of how a progressive and charitable man of business should conduct himself. For this reason, he has continued to find success in the world of business in Chicago and well beyond. His charitable work is renowned in the city and in the nation as a whole. This is work that shows no signs of abating.
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Sujit Choudhry Uses Scholarly Excellence For World Peace
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Sujit Choudhry and George Anderson have used their intelligent political minds to co-author “Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions”. This is a compilation of 17 case studies that address many circumstances and instances of territorial cleavages and constitutional law-making processes. The studies can be used by many scholars and world leaders in order to learn more about the current political situations of areas like Myanmar, Yemen, and Libya. This information can be very helpful because of the ability to properly adapt and reinforce law and policy. Scholars and activists should take advantage of the information that is included within’ the text to help create a governmental basis that can function properly with constitutional geometry.
This text explains the countries’ circumstances and processes as they undergo constitutional transitioning. Multiple different governmental types and sizes are mentioned as well. For example, small territories, multi-communal countries, and politically stern regions are also included. Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Spain, and other territories are particularly mentioned throughout the text with an appropriate amount of detail. There is also a policy paper that was published by Sujit Choudhry and George Anderson that can be used as an accompanying read. The policy paper is published with the same name and serves to provide more insight into constitution-making processes and territorial boundaries. There is also expert advice from the authors that can be used as comparative or direct research for multiple different governmental situations.
Sujit Choudhry is a very accredited author who has undergone studies at some of the most accredited Universities like McGill University, the University of Oxford, and more. During these intense studies, he was able to acquire a bachelors and masters degree of Law. Choudhry continues to advise nations with his political wits and accredited insights. His books and other publishings greatly are appreciated and applied.
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Transporting Kindness With Nitin Khanna
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Nitin Khanna is an entrepreneur who was born in India on March 18, 1971. He currently is the Chief Executive Officer for MergerTech, an advisory firm that operates internationally. The company began operating in 2009 and has made strides of progression over the last decade.
During 2015, Nitin Khanna entered the recreational and medical marijuana industry. What started out as a cannabis solution for locals has grown into the largest cannabis concentrate provider in Oregon. Khanna is also a board member for numerous companies. These companies include Vendscreen, Freewire Broadband and Classic Wine Auction to name a few. Throughout his career, the CEO has assisted in many acquisition deals with companies such as Amazon and Cancom.
Growing up in India shaped his life tremendously. While his father was in the army, the remainder of his family were entrepreneurs and that rubbed off on him. This would lay the foundation for him to travel to the United States at age 17 and begin working towards his undergraduate and masters certification. Shortly after his arrival in America, Nitins’s brother joined him in 1999 and they established Saber, a software company. The early work that he and his brother accomplished had an impact on voting systems, at the nationwide level. Currently more than half the country utilizes this software to manage various elections. This was the basis for them to introduce other industries to the software such as childcare and the Department of motor vehicles. The company would grow to a point where he felt comfortable selling.
After successfully building and selling his software company, the businessman would begin to angel invest throughout the Portland region. The goal of Nitin Khanna is to build a business that has longevity. He hopes decades from now that his companies are still active are still servicing people like a brand such as Coca-Cola, respectively. By starting his every morning doing an inventory of his business and growth lines, he has a foundation for dealing with the day’s tasks.
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Clay Siegall: A Scion of Turning Passion into Success
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Watching a cancer patient endure the excruciating pain of conventional treatment is always disheartening. It can instill a sense of fear of not only of cancer but also the treatment. However, in the face of such adversity, there are individuals who see opportunities to make the situation better and more bearable. One such individual is Clay Siegall, the founder and current president, chief executive officer and chairman of Seattle Genetics. Witnessing a relative go through the ordeal of conventional cancer treatment while at the university stirred a strong passion in him to find alternative and more effective cancer treatment. It is this passion that he has pursued single-handedly.
In 1998, he cofounded Seattle Genetics and has directed the company’s activities towards finding effective therapy for cancer. One such successful therapy is the FDA-approved ADCetris, which has brought in significant revenues for the company in addition to the patents sold. Clay Siegall has been steadfast in his management of the company, guiding the company through financial difficulties. His strong belief in teamwork has seen guide the company to important milestones such as initial public offer (IPO), which helped the company end a decade-long operation without making profits.
Academic Background and Scholarly Endeavors
Clay Siegall is one of the leading scholars on cancer research with up to 15 patents already registered to his name. His long commitment to understanding cancer and finding an effective cure has also seen publish up to 70 articles. His interest in cancer research and treatment development began while he was at the University of Maryland studying for his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology. He later furthered his interest in the subject by studying for his PhD in Genetics at George Washington University.
Award-winning Entrepreneurship and Management
Clay Siegall has been awarded the prestigious Pacific Northwest Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 in recognition for his excellent management at Seattle Genetics, which he cofounded. He was also honored by his alma mater, University of Maryland, for outstanding work. His tenure at the helm of the company has seen it partner with other key industry players in cancer research and development of revolutionary therapies while also spearheading an initiative that helped in raising over $1.2 billion in capital for research.
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THANK YOU to everyone who attended the
8th Annual No Ordinary Evening
on April 27, 2019,
honoring the legacy of Declan Drumm Sullivan.
Your generosity helped raise a record-breaking $850,000 for the Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund and Declan’s Class students.
Declan’s Class is a group of Horizons for Youth students, now 96 strong, whose tuition and programming are supported exclusively from funds raised at No Ordinary Evening. The number of students in Declan’s Class grows every year, a testament to the commitment of the Drumm-Sullivan family, and the entire Horizons for Youth community, to the education and future of our students.
To learn more about donating to No Ordinary Evening, please download our Sponsorship Packet by clicking here.
We would like to especially thank…
Along with 650 of our closest friends, the 8th annual No Ordinary Evening raised a record-breaking $850,000 in support of students at Horizons for Youth. With No Ordinary Evening in the Emerald City as the theme for this year’s event, we celebrated the life of Declan Drumm Sullivan. Our MC for the evening was Reggie Brooks, who led the celebrations for Declan’s Class, now 96 students strong, and its first high school class graduates, Dejah and Sophia.
Dejah and Sophia have been accepted to 26 colleges and universities and earned $1,160,388 in scholarships, collectively. The highlights of the night were the unveiling of the video and the girls’ announcements of where they will be attending school in the fall. Dejah will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Sophia will be attending John Carroll University.
A very special thank you goes out to the Drumm Sullivan family who, for eight years now, have made supporting Chicago students their highest priority. We cannot thank them enough.
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No Ordinary Evening was founded to remember and celebrate the life of Declan Drumm Sullivan, who was tragically killed in an accident at the University of Notre Dame on October 27, 2010. His family created the Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund to memorialize Declan’s life. The Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund supports organizations that demonstrate substantial local impact in the areas of education and community service.
Benefiting Horizons for Youth
The primary beneficiary of the event is Horizons for Youth, Chicago’s only kindergarten through college nonprofit organization committed to helping children from low-resource neighborhoods recognize and achieve their full potential. Over 27 years, Horizons for Youth has partnered with Chicago’s public, charter, private, and faith-based schools, along with dedicated families, to provide tuition scholarships, one-on-one mentoring, individualized tutoring, a summer academic program, family support programs, monthly enrichment opportunities, high school and college preparation, and college persistence support.
Horizons for Youth currently serves 262 students. To date, 80% of Horizons for Youth high school program graduates have either graduated from college or are still on track to graduate. They are persisting at a rate nearly ten times greater than their socioeconomic peers, demonstrating the effectiveness and life-changing impact of Horizons for Youth programming.
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I saw the lovely and intelligent Amy Goodman speak tonight at LeMoyne College. It was the fourth annual Rev. Daniel Berrigan SJ/International House Peacemaker Lecture. I'll be writing about it when I get a chance.
I just heard Janane Garafalo talking about "camel toes" on Majority Report. Can't remember the last time THAT happened on a political talk show! LOL.
Bobby Eberle hates Kos more than he loves freedom
Poor Bobby Eberle's got his panties in a wad over bloggers saying what they think at any moment they choose to think it or say it. What's he advocating? Censorship? Think about it. Who is the party of the politically correct, really? If politicians wish to distance themselves from the bloggers, then let them do so. The same goes for advertisers. My hope is that Kos would not let the loss of a few bucks break his honesty. I think the most important thing is being unencumbered to freely speak. Bobby totally misses that point. I can imagine Bobby in Colonial times. Oh, that nasty Ben Franklin said a baaaad thing!
Our soldiers in Iraq are dying for freedom. FREEDOM--someone tell Bobby-I think he's forgotten. Instead, he feigns heart-pain and shock over someone daring to comment (albeit harshly) upon the use of soldiers of fortune in Iraq. I'll cry tomorrow, Bobby. We are humans out here...and we know what Bobby and his ilk are all about. They want to exact revenge upon an ideological enemy by attacking his income. To hell with truth and freedom. Censor thyself and assimilate or be broken! Once Bobby develops more of a penchant for the love of truth than a lust for political supremacy and market-based revenge, we just might be able to connect.
As the Internet continues to develop, it is the responsibility of those with reach and influence to act appropriately.
.....so government can go on doing as they please with nothing but sterile commentary from those who might see the danger in it...even when the situation might call for emotional appeal in order to awaken the masses? I don't think so, Bobby.
Last, I find it interesting that Bobby resurrected Kos' statement, even after Kos decided to censor it himself after apologizing. Bobby's allowing the re-emergence and further dissemination of the original statement he found so utterly painful and inapproriate will ensure further pain for those he says were injured.
Way to go, .
I'm listening To Kos on Air America's radio show "Majority Report". He's being extremely gracious. He will not make an issue over the Kerry delinking because he knews it would play into the right wing's (and the mainstream media's) hands. See Majority Report listener comments here.
Matt Stoller has a fantastic summary of the right wing/Kos/Kerry delinking/blogging situation here at The Blogging of the President.
I applaud Atrios' philosophy on the matter.
The O'Franken Blog Has Arrived!
The web address is: http://www.ofrankenfactor.com
Assorted stories--TAXES
or...Hey, Norquist, Get your smarmy claws out of our DEMOCRACY!
Media Transparency: The Apparat: George W. Bush's back-door political machine
Patriot News: Specter not radical enough for the Bushites. Grover Norquist longs to see fellow Republican incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter defeated by right wing Toomey. Specter has dared to vote against Bush on several issues.
Star Ledger: At a time when many states are facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, governors are begging from the federal government, borrowing from investors and stealing from their surpluses.
U.S. Newswire: As these states suffer from financial shortages, Grover Norquist names those calling for necessary tax hikes "rats in the Coke bottle".
Newsday: The creation of Grover Norquist's ARP is deceiving and based on the double lie that the Social Security system is in crisis and that ARP wants to save it. ARP hope to start a grass-roots movement to convert the nation's oldest and most successful social insurance system into a stock investment scheme.
MLive.com: In Michigan, Republican lawmakers are being politicallywhipsawed. Grover Norquist warns hikes would be "fiscal abdication" by Republicans. Norquist has warned GOP lawmakers seeking to run for other offices that they vote for tax increases at their peril.
SF Gate: Concentration of undue Constitutional power: Norquist is wonderful at organizing, but he needs to get his damned unelected hands off of the people's American democracy. Undue political pressure on our lawmakers is destroying the balance of American democracy within this Republic. Democrats must learn how to counter these unsavory tactics.
Maine News: Grover Norquist strong-arms would-be tax-raisers in Maine while critics try to crash conference
Courier Journal: In Kentucky, Norquist's advocating no new taxes causes a confiscation of dedicated funds by Gov. Ernie Fletcher-- (in order to make good on his irresponsible promise to raise no new revenue). Gov. Fletcher has squandered his opportunity to lead by submitting a budget that turns its back on basic needs and kills momentum at all levels of education.
Topeka Capital-Journal: Where the president's suicidal tax cuts would lead us--The president can no longer claim, as he did in previous budgets, that his tax cuts for millionaires and huge corporations will not cause real pain for ordinary working Americans. The tradeoff between President Bush's tax cuts and the roads, hospitals, schools and critical services ordinary Americans rely on is crystal clear.
The Hill: Tax hawks cooling to Norquist--Influential conservatives from an array of anti-tax groups are publicly criticizing Grover Norquist, considered President Bush’s most prominent liaison to the conservative grassroots, for being too close to the White House. Conservatives also were outraged by the decision of Norquist’s group to give Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) a “Hero of the Taxpayer Award” in the midst of his fierce primary battle with conservative challenger, Rep. Pat Toomey.
Iraq is out of control, civil war looming; Bush favorable poll ratings down
Chaos reigns in Iraq today. Violence has erupted all over the country. So many of our troops have died over the weekend. So many Iraqi protestors have been "liberated"..by bullets through the head. They were angered over the arrest of a man named Mustafa al-Yacoubi, an acolyte to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. They were angered over the forced shut-down of a newspaper. They tried to take matters into their own hands by taking control of the police stations and government buildings in their neighborhood. It's been rumoured that even some of the Iraqi police abandoned their posts to join the ranks of the volunteer Mehdi Army. Violence, chaos, anarchy.
With the fall of Hussein came a newfound religious freedom. After their 'liberation' In 2003, Shiites were free for the first time in a long time. Mustafa al-Yacoubi the arrested aide at the center of the eruption of mob violence, has claimed al-Sadr is supported by 75% of Iraqi Shiites. That's close to 45 per cent of Iraq’s population. 45 per cent.
The Bush administration should have invited the U.N. world-community to be part of this intervention from the start. We would have had a good chance to win over these Shiites. Listen to where they stood a year ago:
In Sayyid Muqtada’s entourage, they speak only of differences between "traditional" and "active" howzah - or schools of theology - in Najaf. The "active" theologians believe religious leaders should become involved in the day-to-day running of society.
The example of Islamic Iran is foremost in everyone’s mind. "I want an Islamic republic, but with justice," a former prisoner from the Dawa party said. "We have knocked on all the doors and we don’t see any just Islamic republics."
There is no difference between politics and religion, Sayyid Jaffar said, "but men of religion and politicians do not have to be the same ones - that is the main difference between us and Iran".
The Iraqi people, he added, were "closing an evil period" and "know very little about how other countries are ruled".
For 35 years of Baathist rule, most Shiite leaders practiced taqiya to survive. For the moment, rifts are mostly about whether they tried to live peacefully under the regime or actively fought it.
Now, says a Shiite named Tariq, "everyone is practising taqiya against the Americans, because we are under occupation. The Shiite leadership is divided and confused; they’re trying to find their bearings. Shiites in Baghdad have repeatedly told me they will fight the Americans if they don’t leave."
If only we'd done things right. Had we brought in international experts to show these people clearly that this was not a U.S. occupation, but a U.N. action, and had we tried to show them what democracy could do for their Islamic republic in the way of the justice they were seeking, they may have been convinced to be patient, to learn, and take part in a new government. Instead, they may see Iran as their governmental role model. That's a damned shame.
In a CBS poll taken on Sunday, we see that Americans may be grasping the reality of the security disaster in Iraq.
CBS News Poll. March 30-April 1, 2004. N=834 registered voters. MoE ±3.
"Is your opinion of George W. Bush favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't you heard enough about George W. Bush yet to have an opinion?"
March 30-April 1, 2004.........%
Favorable............................39
Not Favorable......................42
Undecided...........................16
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OMG that was like Leaving Las Vegas without the happy ending.
I can't believe it got 77/75% good reviews? We often disagree on what makes a watchable movie.
Other than the fact they didn't get anything right technically on flight operations (or know how fly an airplane)... and I had my wife (the Flight Attendant) saying, "That's WRONG!" for any sequences that involved crew. It was a rehash of a rehash. And one with kind of an obnoxious message.
I like Denzel in most things. This wasn't most things. Denzel did a good job playing a douchebag, and it started with some full frontal nudity. (Ya ya, seen it before).
And I liked the John Goodman character and the most memorable line, "It's OK, I"m on the list".... but other than that. It really was another substance abuse downer and his enablers. I got the lesson the first time Nancy said "just say 'no'"... I didn't need Zemeckis beating me over the head with it for 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Someone said it was anti-union, but I didn't get that. I think the key is if you like Denzel's character, then you'll get caught up in the drama of it all. But if you're rooting for Darwin to teach this idiot his final lesson, as an example for everyone else... then it's just one long ass PSA.
If you want something more upbeat, go watch Brazil, Precious or Sophie's Choice.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flight_2012/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_(2012_film)
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'From Bench to Bedside'
I&I Symposium 2019
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Prof. Dr. Liam O’Mahony
Principal Investigator Molecular Immunology at the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research and Professor of Immunology at APC Microbiome Ireland.
The Roles of Microbes and their Metabolites in Allergic Immune Responses
The influence of microbiome composition and metabolic activities on human health throughout life is, by now, a well-established research and clinical concept. Significant progress has been made on elucidating these interactions, but there are still many unresolved and challenging questions remaining. In this presentation, I will provide an overview of the fundamentals of mucosal immunological responses to microbes and how our understanding of this field has changed in recent years. In addition, I will review microbiome/host interactions and the mechanisms by which these interactions influence allergic responses. Finally, I will identify the areas where we need to focus our future basic research activities in order to progress the clinical understanding of the microbiome’s influence on health, especially in immune development and allergy prevention.
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Beekman
Professor Cellular Disease Models and Principal Investigator of Cystic Fibrosis research lab of the Department of Pediatrics at University Medical Center Utrecht.
Intestinal organoids and the modelling of CF disease
Prof. Beekmans lab aims to develop cellular disease models that capture human disease and therapy thereof. Such models are used in a preclinical context to identify new biology, new treatment options or mode-of-actions of treatments for various genetic diseases. In the clinical domain, we explore how patient cells can be used as a living biomarker to support individual clinical decision making (e.g. personalized treatment) or to help stratify patients for clinical trials with new drug candidates. His research has focussed on cystic fibrosis, but is currently expanding to other genetic diseases. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects epithelial defence mechanisms against pathogens, which lead to chronic infections of the lungs and strongly reduced quality of life and life expectancy. New treatments that target the root cause are being developed, but their exact mode of actions and individual efficacy remain unclear. His work on intestinal organoids and the modelling of CF disease showed for the first time that biobanks of patient-derived stem cell cultures could be used to identify patients with rare variants of CF that could benefit from these treatments, leading to individual access and reimbursement. This work has been awarded by multiple prestigious international awards, and the application of organoids for personalized medicine of CF is currently implemented worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Leo James
Principal Investigator MRC, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge.
Trim-Away: Targeted degradation of pathogens and proteins by the cytosolic antibody receptor TRIM21
Viruses are masters of rapid change, adapting and evolving within days. In contrast, our immune system evolves slowly over decades. Antibodies are the exception to this rule and the only molecule we make that targets viruses and evolves on the same timescale. But viruses have a second trick; they replicate inside our cells and away from antibodies circulating in the blood. At least this was the view for over a century. In my talk, I will describe the recent discovery that there is a system of intracellular antibody immunity that protects us from infection. During infection, antibodies stick to circulating viruses and accompany them into cells. Once inside the cell, antibody-coated viruses are detected by an enzyme called TRIM21. TRIM21 tags each virus for destruction in the proteasome, the cell’s recycling machine. TRIM21 is found in every cell in the body, ready to destroy not only diverse viruses but also proteopathic neurodegenerative agents like tau. I will discuss how we are learning about this system in order to better understand infection and inspire new therapeutics and biotechnology. An example of this is ‘Trim-Away’, a technology in which TRIM21 is used to rapidly degrade specific cell proteins instead of viruses. This technology offers an alternative to siRNA or CRISPR but with the advantage that it removes existing proteins within hours. While Trim-Away is currently used as a research tool, it could be adapted in the future into a new type of therapeutic to treat a wide range of diseases
Prof. Dr. Willem Mulder
Professor of Precision Medicine at the department of Biomedical Engineering of Eindhoven University and Professor Radiology and Oncological Sciences at Mount Sinai’s Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute (TMII, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, USA).
Therapeutic targeting of innate immunity with nanobiologics
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing the treatment of diseases. Most of the immunotherapy strategies currently being developed engage the adaptive immune system. In recent years, emerging evidence has shown that the innate immune system displays long-term changes in its functional program through metabolic and epigenetic programming of myeloid cells (monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells). Therefore, targeting myeloid cells and their progenitors is a powerful ‘therapeutic framework’ to regulate the delicate balance of immune homeostasis, priming/training and tolerance. This Presentation will showcase how nanobiologic-based immunotherapies can be applied to achieve long-term therapeutic benefits in detrimental diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases as well as to prevent organ rejection after transplantation. In addition, a translational workflow involving innovative multimodality imaging approaches and large animal models will be discussed.
Prof. Dr. Xavier Saelens
Professor at the department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Ghent University and Principal Investigator VIB-UGent Medical Biotechnology Center.
A universal influenza A vaccine based on the extracellular domain of the M2 protein
Influenza and human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections can cause serious disease. Currently used influenza vaccines have moderate and variable efficacy, whereas there is no licensed vaccine yet against RSV. Our laboratory has focused on the highly conserved extracellular domain of Matrix protein 2 (M2e) of influenza A viruses to develop a universal influenza A vaccine candidate. Protection induced by M2e-vaccines against influenza A virus challenge is very broad and primarily mediated by non-neutralizing M2e-specific IgG that can activate Fcγ Receptors on alveolar macrophages. In vitro, this mode of protection can be mimicked and quantified in an antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis assay using murine or human sera that contain M2e-specific IgG. More recently, we also generated M2e-targeting antibody-based biologicals with therapeutic anti-influenza A potential.The Influenza neuraminidase (NA) is a variable antigen that is largely neglected in currently used influenza vaccines. In collaboration with a private partner, we demonstrated that pan-N1 subtype NA immunity can be induced by computationally guided consensus recombinant NA antigens. In addition, we recently demonstrated that NA-specific antibodies that lack NA inhibiting activity can protect against influenza through Fc-mediated effector mechanisms.
Our lab has also explored an unconventional approach to develop a vaccine candidate against RSV by focusing on the extracellular domain of the small hydrophobic protein (SHe) of this virus. We showed that a SHe-fusion construct can induce SHe-specific antibodies that strongly reduce RSV replication in challenged mice and cotton rats. A phase 1 clinical study in older adults revealed that an adjuvanted SHe peptide vaccine was well tolerated and could induce SHe-specific IgG titers that were sustained for more than a year.
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October 10, 2013 by Peter T Young Leave a Comment
The Chinese Revolution Started with a Hawaiʻi Hui
The first unified Chinese imperial state was established by Qin Shi Huang of the Qin state in 221 BC (it had been made up of provisional states/dynasties before that.) Over the succeeding centuries, China was under dynastic rule; to name only a few: Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan (Mongol) and Ming.
It was rare for one dynasty to change peacefully into the next, since dynasties were often established before the overthrow of an existing regime, or continued for a time after they had been defeated.
The Qing Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Qing or Great Qing (including the Manchus,) was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917.
It was replaced by the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China who became the ruling governmental authority of China between 1927 to 1948. It was led by the Kuomintang (also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party, KMT), until the Government of the Republic of China under the newly promulgated Constitution of the Republic of China was established in its place.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution on October 10, 1911, revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866 –March 12, 1925) was elected Provisional President and founded the Provisional Government of the Republic of China.
Sun Yat-sen is the Founding Father of modern China, the Republic of China (Nationalist China) and the forerunner of democratic revolution in the People’s Republic of China.
As part of a philosophy to make China a free, prosperous and powerful nation Sun Yat-sen adopted “Three Principles of the People:” “Mínzú, Mínquán, Mínshēng“ (People’s Nationalism, People’s Democracy, People’s Livelihood.)
But let’s step back a bit and look at the Hawaiʻi ties of Sun Yat-sen and those ties to the China revolution.
As the title suggests, it was here that Sun formed his first revolutionary organization that succeeded in overthrowing the Manchu dynasty, bringing an end to more than 4,000 years of imperial rule in China.
In 1879, then 13 years of age, Sun Yat-sen journeyed to Hawaiʻi to join his older brother, Sun Mei, a successful rice farmer, rancher and merchant. Sun entered ʻIolani at age 14. After three years there, he attended Oʻahu College (Punahou School,) and may have had classes at St Louis, as well.
In Sun Yat-Sen’s four years in Hawaiʻi (1879-1883,) he was exposed to Western ideas, was strongly influenced by them and in his young mind, the seeds of Western democracy were planted. The Anglican and Protestant Christian religious teachings at each rounded his western education. (Sun was later baptized.)
He came to Hawaiʻi on six different occasions, initially for schooling and to support his brother’s businesses on Maui. Later, his trips were geared to gain support for revolutionizing China and fundraising for that end.
On his third trip in Hawaiʻi (on November 24, 1894) Sun established the Hsing Chung Hui (Revive China Society,) his first revolutionary society. Among its founders were many Christians, one of them being Chung Ku Ai, his fellow student at ʻIolani (and later founder of City Mill.)
Shortly after, in January 1895, Dr. Sun left Hawaiʻi and returned to China to initiate his revolutionary activities in earnest. The funding of the First Canton Uprising mainly came from the Chinese in Hawaiʻi (that first uprising failed.)
On another visit to Hawaiʻi (in 1903,) Sun reorganized the Hsing Chung Hui into Chung Hua Ke Min Jun (The Chinese Revolutionary Army) in Hilo.
Another Hawaiʻi tie for Sun relates to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that blocked Chinese travel to the US. In March 1904, while residing in Kula, Maui, Sun Yat-sen obtained a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth, issued by the Territory of Hawaiʻi, stating that “he was born in the Hawaiian Islands on the 24th day of November, A.D. 1870.”
He used it to travel to the continent; then, when it was no longer needed, he renounced it.
In 1905, in Tokyo, Sun reorganized the Hsing Chung Hui and other organizations into a political party called the Tung Meng Hui. Likewise, the Chinese Revolutionary Army was reorganized and all of its members became Tung Meng Hui members.
This party spread all over China and rallied all the revolutionists under its wings. He then made his last visit to Hawaiʻi to form the Hawaiʻi Chapter of Tung Meng Hui.
From 1894 to 1911, Sun traveled around the globe advocating revolution and soliciting funds for the cause. At first, he concentrated on China, but his continued need for money forced him elsewhere. Southeast Asia, Japan, Hawaiʻi, Canada, the United States and Europe all became familiar during his endless quest. (Damon)
The revolutionary movement in China grew stronger and stronger. Tung Meng Hui members staged many armed uprisings, culminating in the October 10, 1911 Wuhan (Wuchang) Uprising which succeeded in overthrowing the Manchu dynasty and established the Republic of China.
That date is now celebrated annually as the Republic of China’s national day, also known as the “Double Ten Day”. On December 29, 1911, Sun Yat-Sen was elected president and on January 1, 1912, he was officially inaugurated. After Sun’s death in March 1925, Chiang Kai-shek became the leader of the Kuomintang (KMT.)
The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949; in that year, during the Chinese Civil War, the communists captured Beijing and later Nanjing. The communist-party-led People’s Republic of China was proclaimed on October 1, 1949.
Originally based in mainland China, Chiang Kai-shek and a few hundred thousand Republic of China troops and two million refugees fled from mainland China to Taiwan (formerly known as “Formosa.”)
On December 7, 1949 Chiang proclaimed Taipei, Taiwan, the temporary capital of the Republic of China and it now governs the island of Taiwan. Sun Yat-sen is one of the few Chinese revolutionary figures revered in both the People’s Republic of China (mainland) and Republic of China (Taiwan.)
Hawaiʻi and its people played an important role in the life of Sun Yat-sen, as well as in his revolutionary activities. His first revolutionary organization was formed in Hawaiʻi, it developed into the political party directly responsible for the collapse of the Manchus.
People in Hawaiʻi joined the Hui, contributed their efforts and funds and in many instances even their lives to China’s revolution. Sun once said: “overseas Chinese are the mother of revolution”. (Lots of information here from Damon, SunYatSenHawaii-org) (By the way, Hui is Chinese and it means “to gather together.”)
The image shows establishment of the Republic of China with display of two flags of the Wuhan Uprising. In addition, I have added other images in a folder of like name in the Photos section on my Facebook and Google+ pages.
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WATCH: Caitlyn Jenner reveals she STILL hasn’t settled her feud with Khloé Kardashian
The transgender star hasn't spoken to her former stepdaughter in "years"
Kendra Becker | Editor
Caitlyn Jenner has revealed that she still hasn’t settled her feud with Khloé Kardashian.
During last night’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, the 70-year-old admitted she hasn’t spoken to her former stepdaughter in years.
Speaking to her campmates, Caitlyn opened up about coming out as a transgender woman, and revealed who she told first.
She responded: “The first was the kids. I started with Brandon my son and he said to me ‘Dad, I’ve always been so proud to be your son, but I’ve never been more proud of you than right now.'”
“I went through every kid and the only one who wasn’t quite… and still to this day I can’t figure it out, was Khloe.
“For some reason was pi**ed off about something through this whole process. It’s been five or six years and I really haven’t talked to her since,” Caitlyn admitted.
When Ian Wright asked, “Do you think she’s more thinking about herself rather than you?” Caitlyn responded: “I don’t know, we were really close, I raised her since she was five years old.”
“I really don’t know what her issues are. I’m still the same person that I was, same sense of humour, same everything.”
The transgender star, formerly known as Bruce, was married to Kardashian matriarch Kris for over 23 years before they announced their separation in 2013.
Two years later, Caitlyn came out as transgender in June 2015.
Caitlyn remained on good terms with the Kardashian family following her transition, but Khloé found it particularly difficult to process.
Then in 2017, the famous family fell out with Caitlyn over claims she made about Kris in her memoir, The Secrets Of My Life.
Their fall out caused a huge rift between Caitlyn and the Kardashians, but she’s since settled her differences with Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, as they recently attended her 70th birthday celebrations alongside Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
But sadly, it looks like Caitlyn and Khloé will never see eye to eye…
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Book ReviewBOOK REVIEWS
Insanity: Murder, Madness, and the Law
Howard Sokolov
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2010, 38 (4) 620-622;
By Charles Patrick Ewing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 224 pp. $39.95.
Professor Charles Patrick Ewing, an attorney and forensic psychologist, wrote Insanity: Murder, Madness, and the Law to examine one of the more controversial topics in forensic mental health. He describes how the insanity defense was proffered in regionally and nationally publicized homicide cases that took place between 1963 and 2001. He states that he wrote the book to dispel myths about the insanity defense. The cases, due to their controversial nature, had extensive public records available for review. Each case discussion contains the background of the homicide perpetrator, circumstances of the offense, insanity defense criteria used during the trial and, most instructively, excerpts from expert testimony at each trial that allow readers to appreciate how expertise can be used and, in some cases, misused.
The case histories are those of Jacob Rubenstein (Jack Ruby) who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John Kennedy; Robert Torsney, a New York City police officer who killed an unarmed teenager; David Berkowitz, better known as Son of Sam, who killed six people in New York City; John Wayne Gacy who killed 30 or more young men in Chicago; Arthur Shawcross, known as the Genessee River Killer, who raped and strangled 11 women in upstate New York; Scott Panetti who killed his in-laws in Texas; Eric Smith, a 13-year-old who fatally beat and sodomized a 4-year-old boy in New York; Andrew Goldstein, who pushed an innocent bystander in front of an oncoming New York City subway train; Eric Michael Clark, who shot and killed an Arizona police officer; and Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in Texas.
The author uses the book's preface and introduction to summarize the history of the insanity defense, to describe controversies about its use, and to review how insanity defense criteria have changed over the past century and a half. He reports that, despite public perception that the insanity defense is frequently proffered by criminal defendants, national surveys indicate that it is used in less than one percent of criminal cases and is successful in only 25 percent of those. My impression is that other surveys have reported that the rate at which forensic mental health evaluators opine that examinees meet insanity defense criteria is about 10 percent. For example, in 2009, the Ohio Department of Mental Health reported that of 1,326 cases in which an expert opinion was given about the insanity defense, 130 cases, or 9.8 percent fulfilled the legal criteria (Baker RN, Ohio Department of Mental Health, personal communication, March 30, 2010). It was surprising, therefore, to learn that Ewing reports an even lower rate in his own practice. He states on page xv of the Preface, “Out of the many hundreds of defendants I have examined for this purpose, I can count on 2 hands, give or take, the number I found actually met the legal standard for insanity.” He does not explain the discrepancy between his results and the survey data he reports.
Insanity, contends Ewing, is used as a defense against various charges and, at times, the defense is uncontested, especially when a defendant is accused of committing a nonviolent offense. Although the media publicize homicide cases in which the insanity defense is proffered to mitigate the offense, homicide, explains the author, is prevalent in about one-third of insanity defense cases. In the 10 cases presented, only Torsney and Yates were adjudicated insane. David Berkowitz rejected his attorneys' intent to raise the insanity defense. He and the seven other defendants were found guilty and sentenced to prison. Ewing correctly states that defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity frequently spend as much or more time confined in forensic mental health units or under strict court supervision than do those persons who have been found guilty of the same offense.
The case studies are of exceptionally heinous offenses that resulted in a battle of expert witnesses at trial. The author notes that in many of these cases, aggressive defense attorneys used insanity as a defense of last resort and in some cases, zealous prosecutors attempted to block an insanity verdict, despite strong evidence, by retaining an expert to refute defense counsel's position. Some of the expert testimony samples in this book are painful to read, especially when prominent experts attempt to support awkward opinions. These cases are negatively viewed by the public and reinforce myths that expert witnesses are so-called hired guns who will support or refute the insanity defense based on other than scientific reasoning.
In his epilogue, Ewing cogently categorizes some of the lessons to be learned from these cases. He reminds the reader how challenging it is for juries to wade through technical and sometimes unintelligible testimony before it can render a verdict. He also offers his opinions about which cases resulted in verdicts that seem to fit or not fit the evidence presented.
The highlight of this interesting, extensively referenced and readable book remains the fascinating cases that Ewing dissects in an illuminating fashion.
Disclosures of financial or other potential conflicts of interest: None.
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“What We Want” 2017 album release
The current live performance hiatus Jesse RS has found themselves in has not been in vain. The 8 month hibernation is about to come to an end and yield the latest Jesse RS release: “What We Want”. This album will serve as the follow-up to the band’s 2014 debut release, “Drinkers & Jokers” and continues to expand on the diverse musical sound being associated with Jesse RS. “What We Want” is the result of 2 years of writing and road testing, over 3 months and 120 hours in the studio, the arranging of over 15 individual instruments, 3 months of mixing and mastering, and continuing weeks of marketing and promotion. It’s a noticeable step up from their first, fully self-produced album and something the entire band is excited and anxious to share with everyone.
Originally conceived as a 5-track EP, the band couldn’t limit themselves to keeping new music off this album and the EP quickly evolved into an 11-track, full-length album. The band pulled from songs they’ve been performing live for over 2 years, newer songs which were road tested last summer, and never-before performed tunes from Jesse’s decade-old vault of acoustic tunes. Some tunes, such as “The Liver” and “Elephant In The Room,” may sound familiar to those who have caught the band on stage over the past 2 years. Others may recognized reworked tunes such as the title track “What We Want” (formerly “What I Want”) from the band’s first year. Other songs such as the musical landscape “Loop,” drinking sing-along “Down At The Bar,” and island-feel “Where I’m At” will sound brand new and exploit the wide variety of musical styles and influences that shape the band’s sound. Particularly of note is the combination of the musically accented monologue which prefaces “What We Want” and the title track itself, which deliver a climactic message of unity, tolerance and love that the band strives to bring to every performance.
Jesse RS spent the months of recording and mixing at Evergroove Studio in Evergreen, CO working with recording engineer and co-producer Brad Smaling who greatly helped to shape many aspects of the music in times of creative writers block. Mastering was done at Vigalanti Recording Studio in Atlanta, GA. The band was honored to bring in several guest musicians for this recording. Among the added talent were Christina Lundell on vocals, Ben Waligoske on lap steel, Adam Bodine on accordion, Luka Keck on fiddle, Don Prorak on steel pan and a carefully pieced together string quartet. Friends of the band and members of fellow Denver-based funk-rock group Digg – Will Crossland (electric and acoustic guitars) and Josh Rutherford (organ) – are featured on several tracks as well.
“What We Want” is scheduled for release on May 28, 2017 on all major digital platforms as well as in person at the band’s release party that evening. The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall in Denver will host Jesse RS as they celebrate the release of the new album. Fans can expect the album to be performed in it’s entirety along with a mix of familiar JRS tunes. Several of the band’s studio guest musicians will be on hand to join the boys on stage. Featured support for the show include jazz-rock jam band Analogue Hero and piano singer-songwriter/pop group Alec Ryan. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the show. They can be purchased on the Moon Room website or by getting in touch with Jesse RS through email (contact info at the bottom of the webpage) or Facebook. The show is scheduled for 7pm with Alec Ryan kicking off the party at 7:30pm.
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Accident On Route 140 Yesterday
BURLINGTON, N. (Crashes investigated by agencies outside the Missouri State Highway Patrol are not included. Prabhu and Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha arrived at the accident spot yesterday. Two people were killed and two others were injured early Sunday in a crash in Paramus, New Jersey. Two people killed in car crash on Route 9 in Clifton Park. yesterday, February 13, 2019, Troopers from the State Police Middleboro Barracks, along with members of the Taunton Fire Department, responded to reports of a single vehicle crash on Route 140 Southbound prior to Exit 10 in Taunton. The following was just released from the Anne Arundel County police regarding the serious accident yesterday at Route 2 and Stepneys Lane in Edgewater. No one suffered serious injuries when the tractor-trailer jacknifed near Exit 8, with the other vehicles losing control. CROMWELL — Authorities are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that killed a 61-year-old Enfield man early Wednesday on Route 9. 1 near Townsend, Delaware. The names of the victims have. Route 30 In North Huntingdon Closed For Hours After Deadly CrashA busy section of Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, between Skellytown Road and Colonial Manor Road in North Huntington was shut down. LifeGuard was used to take someone to the hospital. Posted 7:57 am, September 25, 2018, A head-on car crash last night involving a car and a semi truck left one person dead and another injured. Police say Voelker was pronounced dead at the scene. The Florida Crash Portal provides comprehensive information about purchasing a crash report, reporting a crash and accessing Florida crash data. Please wait a minimum of seven business days from the date of the crash before attempting to order a crash report to ensure the availability of the completed initial report. A Minersville man was killed in a crash along Route 225 on Tuesday, Northumberland County Coroner James F. Motorcyclist hurt in crash with deer on Route 539 The two-lane highway where a motorcyclist struck a deer is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in Ocean County Check out this story on app. Officers. Mattson of 11 Elizabeth St. Ossipee police requested the assistance of New Hampshire State Police upon arrival. From our studios in Arlington, VA ABC7 covers national and local news, sports, weather, traffic and culture and carries. I-71 south has reopened after being closed at the 140. The crash, which involved two vehicles, happened around 2:30 p. A silver car and a black SUV were involved in a crash on R 29 in the Chillicothe area. HOPE -- A 75-year-old man died of injuries he suffered in a single-vehicle accident on Route 80 in the township this morning -- the first of two crashes that occurred within minutes in the same. , just south of Stoney Fork Rd. near the Belmont Elementary School when a car made a U-turn in front of the bus which was traveling east. At least one of the other drivers was taken to a hospital. ROCK ISLAND, Illinois -- According to the Rock Island County coroner, 25-year-old Alexander Jackson died after a crash along Illinois Route 92. on Route 140 near Bear Mountain Road in Wallingford. Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 10:10 AM EST. Credit: ITV News Anglia Police say the silver Renault Laguna was travelling towards Aylsham and the silver Hyundai Getz was going in the opposite direction when the crash happened just before 8. The crash occurred on Route 140 (Crystal Lake Road), shortly after 1 a. Officers responded to the crash at 401 W. A deadly crash occurred this morning on Route 70 in Howard County, Maryland just West of Route 29. The names of the victims have. The 25-year old Acushnet man killed a few hours earlier on Route 140 accident also has been identified. the driver of a Ford pickup truck. SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- State Route 140 in Scioto County has reopened after an early morning semi crash. CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP -- A woman is dead and a teen was badly hurt after a crash in Monroe County. Traffic is currently being diverted around the accident. McCray, 46. One of those was taken by Life Flight helicopter. One person has died in a rollover crash on I-71 southbound near State Route 61 in Morrow County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Shown here is the semi truck involved in a Thursday evening collision near the intersection of state routes 6 and 7 near the. One person was taken by helicopter from the scene. Thursday, police said. Oregon Department of Transportation home page. The crash closed Route 30 in both directions for about six hours. PITTSBURGH - Traffic on Route 51 is delayed in the area of Route 36 while crews work to clear the scene and investigate an accident involving a motorcycle. Mark Naftzinger, 57, of New Ringgold. This service can now be used to perform a real time search using either a crash report number or detailed crash information. Freetown Fire and EMS assisted at the scene. A tractor-trailer accident is causing some traffic problems for motorists traveling on Route 220. Police are on scene of a deadly accident that has all lanes closed in both directions on Route 1&9 at Sip Avenue. Two people were killed and two others were injured early Sunday in a crash in Paramus, New Jersey. there yesterday afternoon. Few details are being reported regarding an accident that has closed both lanes of State Route 39. Mattson was a passenger in a 1995 Ford Escort driven. State Police from the Dartmouth Barracks responded to the. One person is dead, another person seriously injured during a single car crash on Route 55 early Thursday morning. A 27-year-old Uniontown man was killed in a two-car crash Monday evening on Route 40 in Wharton Township, Fayette County. near mile post 7. A three vehicle accident shut down Route 140 near the Baltimore-Carroll County line for about three hours today. DEDHAM -- A truck accident on Route 128 South yesterday destroyed part of an overpass, tied up traffic for miles, and knocked out countless weekend plans for the second Saturday in a row. Gabrielle Harmon, OCEAN CITY, Md. A 39-year-old New Bedford man is dead after a series of chain-reaction car crashes on Route 140 in New Bedford early yesterday morning, state police said. East Conway Road also was closed. ALBUQUERQUE, N. “It’s crazy,” Joaquin Fernandez of Ocala said. 26-year-old injured in Route 120 crash near Lakemoor, McHenry Flight for Life airlifts man with serious injuries after car vs. According to officials, the crash happened near I-10 and Verrado. For the second time in two weeks, a fatal crash disrupted morning rush-hour traffic on Route 51 in Westmoreland County. AVON, MASS. MD 140 Near Baltimore, Carroll County Line Closed After Crash troopers were called to eastbound route 140 (Balimore Blvd. At approximately 12:30 pm, State Police in Middleboro. The crash happened near Montressor Road. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE M. Maryland State Police have identified the person who was killed in a two-car accident on Route 301 in Charles County early Sunday morning. One Injured in Accident on Route 1 in Newcastle. There was a serious accident on near the intersection of Route 6 and Route 140. The accident happened just after 8:30 p. State troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left at least one person dead late Saturday night east of Corona de Tucson. Maryland State Police said the crash happened just. ORWIGSBURG — Two people died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Route 61 in North Manheim Township, according to state police at Schuylkill Haven. Route 140 was closed in both. The crash, which involved two vehicles, happened around 2:30 p. Fatal traffic accident on State Route 163. Two cars were involved, with one person being taken by air. Keep Calm and Be careful Best car crashes compilation in this channel. One party was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with non life threatening injuries. , was closed for over five hours following an accident that left one man dead. Three men were killed in a car accident between two cars on Route 31 on Saturday morning. The Elyria Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash which occurred at approximately 11:06 p. Police said Savannah Gonsalves of North Dartmouth was driving. near Uwchlan Avenue on Route 113. This service can now be used to perform a real time search using either a crash report number or detailed crash information. Route 2 westbound in Mentor reopens after tractor-trailer crash. Williamsburg Township EMS and Fire, along with Williamsburg Police and The Ohio State Highway patrol reported to a fatal accident this afternoon on State Route 32 in Williamsburg Tuesday Afternoon. , the woman was driving a 2003 Ford Escape on Route 140 north. Route 8 reopened in both directions around 6:40 p. The net effect was complete closure of Route 70 in both directions near Marriottsville An overturned box truck apparently resulted in a fuel spill. by: — An 18-year-old woman from North Dartmouth was pronounced dead Thursday morning following a crash on Route 140 South. The crash happened around 3:45 p. UPDATE 3/6/14 @ 5:55 p. The mother of an Irish man who was killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia last March has said her son, Micheál Ryan, is coming home as a "UN hero" because of "all the lives he has saved". TAUNTON (CBS) - Route 140 reopened less than an hour after closing for a medflight landing. near the Belmont Elementary School when a car made a U-turn in front of the bus which was traveling east. About 40 people visited the emergency room of Landspítali National University Hospital yesterday, due to accidents on icy roads and sidewalks. MILFORD -- Local police are investigating a fatal three-car crash on Route 101 in Milford that closed part of Route 101 for several hours, officials said. Mattson of 11 Elizabeth St. At approximately 12:30 pm, State Police in Middleboro. Head On Collisions: Car Crash Accident Pictures and Stories A head on collision occurs when the front end of two vehicles hit each other, these accidents result in the highest number of fatal crashes because the combined forces are so high. Lebanon NH On Thursday March 8, 2018 at approximately 5:50 a. Deputies from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office were on scene of a two vehicle crash late Monday afternoon. Use Only Department of Safety Division of Motor Vehicles MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT N. Accident is a sudden unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in major causalities, damage or injury. com) - A 37-year-old woman died after two cars collided in Columbia, Illinois on Sunday night. Tuesday, the Hudson Police Department said. WINCHENDON — One driver was killed and another injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 140 at about 5:50 a. The road is now open. A tractor-trailer and car collided yesterday morning. The Illinois State Police is still investigating the accident, Frank said. At least one of the other drivers was taken to a hospital. 1 near Townsend, Delaware. on Saturday. TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A crash at Route 2 and Stadium required a Life Flight Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred on Route 140 (Crystal Lake Road), shortly after 1 a. (WDBJ7) The woman who died in an accident on Route 460 on Thursday morning has been identified by Virginia State Police. – Police say a minor accident has closed a bridge in Ocean City. Route 30 In North Huntingdon Closed For Hours After Deadly CrashA busy section of Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, between Skellytown Road and Colonial Manor Road in North Huntington was shut down. Route 140 Closed After Single Car Crash. Joe Mandola confirmed Monday morning that one person was killed in the crash, which. Drivers should expect major delays along Route 15 after a crash in Leesburg, Va. A three vehicle accident shut down Route 140 near the Baltimore-Carroll County line for about three hours today. Sally Pacheco, 65, died after the two-car crash that. REDDING — A motorcyclist was seriously injured Saturday evening in a crash that shut down a section of Route 53 for about three hours. Troopers are investigating a fatal crash on U. Car crash on U. A Bedford man is dead after a single vehicle crash on Route 460 just west of the Lynchburg City line. This blog is updated on daily basis. , an 18-year-old woman from North. One person is dead, another person seriously injured during a single car crash on Route 55 early Thursday morning. Maryland Law stands among five other professional schools on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus. A woman was killed in a crash Friday on Maryland Route 140 near Westminster, Maryland State Police said. According to Virginia State Police, a 1997 Toyota 4Runner was traveling south when it. The accident happened just after 8:30 p. The crash reports provided on this site are not official documents. Illinois State Police responded to the scene and confirmed that a victim was air lifted from the scene. Small plane crashes in New Jersey neighborhood, damages at least three homes. Wednesday after a car went into the woods. State troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left at least one person dead late Saturday night east of Corona de Tucson. Fire engines on the 140 north side. There was a serious accident on near the intersection of Route 6 and Route 140. WDTV Local Radar. Thursday on the southbound lanes of Route 130. Illinois state police continue to investigate and have yet to release more information to the public. The multi-vehicle crash occurred at roughly 6 a. '?Like any other construction project, it's the intent to make things easier,'? he said. accident was on Route 896 at Bartville Road, east of Quarryville, state police said Sunday. Official Twitter account of the Massachusetts State Police. — A person has died following a three-vehicle crash on Route 295. Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. The Armstrong County Coroner said Lynn Kennedy, of Kittanning, was traveling south on State Route 108 in Boggs. Witnesses said the driver of a northbound black Toyota. In a related report by The Inquisitr, a motorcycle crash at 285 MPH was not so survivable, and land speed record holder Bill Warner was killed in the motorcycle accident. Some features on this website, like video and images, might not work properly. (Crashes investigated by agencies outside the Missouri State Highway Patrol are not included. My suggestion is to find an alternate route. Nathan Woodside, nathan. The alleged driver of a pickup truck involved in a three-vehicle DUI crash on U. Small plane crashes in New Jersey neighborhood, damages at least three homes. After troopers and emergency teams arrived at the scene around 5 p. Officials say the incident happened around 4:08 p. Two Dead In Separate Overnight Crashes On Route 140 In New Bedford Route 140 Southbound was closed for about 3 1/2 hours after the first crash, and Route 140 Northbound was closed for about. 25-year-old metro worker dies after 100 tonnes U-girder fell on him News Entry# 394247 by: shashankswain~ Yesterday (23:51) Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): A 25-year-old metro worker was crushed to death after a 100 tonnes U-girder fell on him during construction work of Metro Line 2A in Kandivali area on Friday. They said two. Three — Breakout candidate: Fred VanVleet matched Siakam every step of the way en route to a career-high 34 points in the season opener. Fatal crash on Hwy 140 at Lakeview Dr. The crash reports provided on this site are not official documents. Police and emergency personnel are on the scene. Keep Calm and Be careful Best car crashes compilation in this channel. Video Above: A look at the day's top headlines and forecast. At least two are injured, but police cannot confirm the severity of the injuries at this time. Police are on scene of a deadly accident that has all lanes closed in both directions on Route 1&9 at Sip Avenue. gl/gmDXeU We make new videos every week! Let's be friends! All crashes. Eight people were killed in vehicle accidents around the region yesterday, bringing the total for the past five days to 14. Thursday near the Route 66 Casino. Route 140 was closed in both. SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- State Route 140 in Scioto County has reopened after an early morning semi crash. The names of the victims have. The crash, which involved two vehicles, happened around 2:30 p. Officers. Mattson of 11 Elizabeth St. A two-vehicle accident in Oak Point Friday has left one man dead and another in hospital. Fatal crash on Hwy 140 at Lakeview Dr. What we know. advising of an. When someone is injured in an accident in Massachusetts, it is important to gather information about what happens next. By Chris Sheppard [email protected] Three people were injured in a head-on accident Monday near the Village of Saranac Lake. Route 117 (US 117) and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington. Route 8 New Brunswick fatal crash videos and latest news articles; GlobalNews. Police investigating the fatal road traffic collision near Dorchester yesterday afternoon are now appealing for witnesses or anyone. The highway has two segments where it serves as an intermodal connector: from Patterson Avenue in Baltimore to I-695 in Pikesville and from Painters Mill Road to Owings Mill Boulevard in Owings Mills. by: — An 18-year-old woman from North Dartmouth was pronounced dead Thursday morning following a crash on Route 140 South. Accident reports with live updates from the DOT, the News, and our Reporters on State Route 140. BUCKFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Three individuals were injured in a crash that involved three vehicles and one pedestrian Saturday morning on Route 140, said the Oxford County Sheriff's office. “We never expect that to happen right here on 200. troopers assigned to the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Norwell responded to a crash on Route 3 southbound, north of Exit 12, in Norwell. A two-vehicle accident in Oak Point Friday has left one man dead and another in hospital. I’m heartbroken under the weight of this grief. Massachusetts State Police said there was a fatal single vehicle roll-over crash on Route 140-South that happened around 12:15 a. TRENTON — An early-morning crash on Route 129 claimed the life of a Trenton man, authorities said. Jose Roman-Flores, 36, was killed after the vehicle he was driving. Massachusetts State Police Detectives are seeking any witnesses to a fatal car accident Saturday afternoon along Route 140 in Lakeville. Two Dead In Separate Overnight Crashes On Route 140 In New Bedford Route 140 Southbound was closed for about 3 1/2 hours after the first crash, and Route 140 Northbound was closed for about. More accidents happen on these roads than any other, and one city in particular is an accident hot spot. The chairman of the NTSB says Saturday's crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people is "the deadliest transportation-related accident in the country since 2009. Route 202 was closed in both directions in the area of Cedar Hollow Road near Pa. Robert Forte and Caletha Benson were traveling from Billerica to the Tweeter Center in Mansfield when they found. Around 8:10 a. A tractor. On Sunday October 13, 2019 at about 10:15 PM, OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle head-on crash on Highway 18 near milepost 35. It was just two months old and with 800 hours under its belt, so experts are baffled as to what. Shortly after 5 p. 140 at the Carroll-Baltimore county line. Maryland 832 parallels Maryland 140 on its 7. 3 miles east of milepost 5, according to. According to Virginia State Police, a 1997 Toyota 4Runner was traveling south when it. Fatal accident closes State Route 190 in Tulare County The Highway Patrol said at. Massachusetts State Police Media Release - 10282017 - State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in New Bedford on Route 140 at Nash Street Overpass. For the second time in two weeks, a fatal crash disrupted morning rush-hour traffic on Route 51 in Westmoreland County. Since the start at 1215hrs UTC yesterday from Le Havre, the 29 IMOCAs have been sailing at high speed and quickly made their way out of the English Channel, even if three double-handed crews (Ruyant/Koch, Sorel/Le Brec and Joschke/Lagravière) suffered technical problems forcing them to carry out a. Two victims were. Sensitised train drivers have saved over 140 elephants from train hits this year so far in Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) zone, mainly in North Bengal and Western Assam. A tractor-trailer and car collided yesterday morning. Thursday on the southbound lanes of Route 130. Dartmouth woman killed in Freetown rollover crash on Route 140, state police say. The crash reports and photographs are retained for five years. The Illinois State Police is still investigating the accident, Frank said. White, 61, both of State Route 85, Dayton, PA, were traveling east on Route 85, approximately ¼ mile west of Rural Valley when the crash occurred at. UPDATE 3/6/14 @ 5:55 p. The crash happened in the area of Mariposa Road and Main Street just after 8:00 p. UPDATE: A crash along Highway 140 east of White City on Thursday claimed the life of one driver and injured two others — all due to an attempt to pass in a no-passing zone, according to Oregon State Police (OSP). A portion of Route 210 in Fort Washington, Md. TAUNTON — An unidentified woman was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash on Route 140 early Wednesday afternoon, according to Massachusetts State Police. - UPDATE (November 29, 10:30 a. people were declared dead yesterday. A man is dead after his car caught fire when he crashed into a tractor trailer while going the wrong way down Route 100 in Elkridge Monday morning. Officials received reports about the accident on State Route 87 near Saguaro Lake Road around 3 p. State troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left at least one person dead late Saturday night east of Corona de Tucson. The highway was closed just after 2 p. ALERT! Terrible accident on 140 south bound near Route 6. On the 7th of July 2017, Air Canada flight 759 lined up to land on the taxiway instead of the runway at San Francisco International Airport, in the process coming just seconds away from causing. Route 20 to traffic west of Freeport from Lena to Stockton. Gabrielle Harmon, OCEAN CITY, Md. There was a serious accident on near the intersection of Route 6 and Route 140. When someone is injured in an accident in Massachusetts, it is important to gather information about what happens next. Sheriff releases video showing teens reaching 140 mph before fatal Palm Harbor SUV crash He said he watched his friends crash, the car rolling and spinning down the road as it burst into. when the woman's SUV and a pickup truck collided at the intersection of Route 120 and Volo Village Road, said Kevin Lyons, the Lakemoor Police Department. - Officials with ADOT say a portion of the I-10 is closed to traffic following a crash in the far West Valley. Content tagged with accident. BELMONT — Three students were unharmed when the school bus they were riding in was involved in a traffic accident on Route 140 Tuesday afternoon. The crash closed Route 30 in both directions for about six hours. , the FAA said. We also write about Massachusetts motor vehicle laws, safety tips, accident statistics and more. The New Jersey State Police are investigating a fatal vehicle accident Tuesday on westbound Route 80 in Rockaway Township. Dickie Winn, 59, was arraigned Sunday morning on the charges, which stem from a crash at the intersection of State Route 9 and Ushers Road Saturday. Route 140 was closed in both. Angel Zunun-Gomez, 30, was. The driver was composed but distraught after the crash. NEW CITY - Two people were killed and a third suffered a head injury after a deadly two-car accident that shut down Route 304 for hours on Sunday night. Officials received reports about the accident on State Route 87 near Saguaro Lake Road around 3 p. , New Hampshire State Police from. Dartmouth woman killed in Freetown rollover crash on Route 140, state police say. The accident resulted in one. One dead, two taken to hospital after Route 15 crash YORK COUNTY, Pa. at the intersection of Illinois Route 159 and Route 140 in Holiday Shores. Route 140 was closed in both. The crash happened about 5:30 a. FISHKILL - Route 9D in the area of Baxtertown Road as been reopened after a traffic accident closed both lanes, according to state police. One person dead after accident on Route 10. Serious accident on Route 4. The snake was a Reticulated Python, which is native to southeast Asia and is considered to be the longest snake in the world. The collision between a pickup truck and transport occurred at 8:30 a. CONWAY — A motorcycle-car accident near the Conway Police Station Monday complicated travel for exiting visitors as emergency personnel shut Route 302 from Eagles Way to the Route 302/113 intersection from 12:30-3:30 p. Every day hundreds of accident is reported in. com One man has died in a car crash that happened early Sunday morning, south of exit five on Route 140 in New Bedford. Fatal crash on Hwy 140 at Lakeview Dr. Motorcycle crash kills 61-year-old Hellam man near Route 30. The accident was reported at around 1:30 this afternoon on 140 near Brian Daniel Court. The driver involved in an Oct. Information on this site is preliminary information relating to motor vehicle injury and fatal crashes investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. at the intersection of Illinois Route 159 and Route 140 in Holiday Shores. advising of an. Route 29 as crews worked to clear. Credit: ITV News Anglia Police say the silver Renault Laguna was travelling towards Aylsham and the silver Hyundai Getz was going in the opposite direction when the crash happened just before 8. The following was just released from the Anne Arundel County police regarding the serious accident yesterday at Route 2 and Stepneys Lane in Edgewater. Train crash in India leaves over 140 dead. ROAD CLOSURE: Accident on Route 50 closes bridge. A woman tries to comfort the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian Monday on Illinois Route 140 east of Powder Mill Road in Alton. Accident is a sudden unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in major causalities, damage or injury. BURLINGTON, N. The deceased person, whose identity was withheld pending notification of. Then after I had taken an alternate route I saw an ambulance speed up and eventually head to UC hospital. (WCAX) A crash involving several vehicles closed a portion of Route 15 in Underhill Tuesday. See below for original release. The accident involved 2 suv’s and a pickup truck. A portion of Business Route 209 that. The western end is at I-15 in Barstow, California ; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U. At approximately 12:30 pm, State Police in Middleboro. Small plane crashes in New Jersey neighborhood, damages at least three homes. near mile post 7. The 25-year old Acushnet man killed a few hours earlier on Route 140 accident also has been identified. By KATIE DAHLSTROM and CAITLIN SWIECA. The incident happened before exit 64, which is 10th Ave. FISHKILL - Route 9D in the area of Baxtertown Road as been reopened after a traffic accident closed both lanes, according to state police. Monday on Route 115 near Brodheadsville near. Three people were flown to area hospitals — one in critical condition — following a six-vehicle collision Wednesday night on Route 422 in Slippery Rock Township. Alligator Captured In Giant Eagle Parking LotAnother alligator has. Icy roads are to blame for the crash that happened at about 3 p. UPDATE: A crash along Highway 140 east of White City on Thursday claimed the life of one driver and injured two others — all due to an attempt to pass in a no-passing zone, according to Oregon State Police (OSP). A tractor-trailer and four other vehicles were involved in a crash Thursday afternoon that shut down the southbound side of Route 146 in Millbury, Massachusetts. Two people were hospitalized following a collision on Illinois Route 140 in Meadowbrook yesterday. (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun). Route 3 was shut down for several hours near the crash scene, with traffic between Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island being rerouted onto Route 230, also. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Keep Calm and Be careful Best car crashes compilation in this channel. (WCAX) A crash involving several vehicles closed a portion of Route 15 in Underhill Tuesday. COLUMBIA, Ill. ELYRIA, OH (WOIO) - An Elyria Fire Department dispatcher confirmed that a emergency response team was sent to the scene of an accident located at Cleveland Street and Route 57 sometime after 9:30. The accident involved 2 suv’s and a pickup truck. , an 18-year-old woman from North. At approximately 1:30 p. Route 140 is closed in Ellington because of an early morning crash. Icy roads are to blame for the crash that happened at about 3 p. At least two are injured, but police cannot confirm the severity of the injuries at this time. State Police Sgt. Eight people were killed in vehicle accidents around the region yesterday, bringing the total for the past five days to 14. MILFORD -- Local police are investigating a fatal three-car crash on Route 101 in Milford that closed part of Route 101 for several hours, officials said. and occurred almost half a mile past Exit 53 (Route 110/River Road). Police are not available for official details yet, but we have several fans reporting from the accident: "Happening. Three people died and eight others were injured in a horrific and fiery accident on Route 280 in East Orange Wednesday after a dump truck and several other cars were involved in the crash at mile. The crash, which involved two vehicles, happened around 2:30 p. Troopers from the New Hampshire State Police. - Two people were killed and another man was injured in a plane crash in Ocala on Thursday. Route 9D in Fishkill reopened following traffic accident.
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Helping Us Kids
Helps families with children find health insurance, child care, resources for education, and financial assistance. In English and Spanish.
Abducted Child Recovery
Delta International focuses on the tracking of non-custodial parents or others, who have illegally abducted children in the US or internationally, and the recovery of the children.
Advocate4Child
Brought about in hopes of establishing a network of informational material to the parents of challenging children.
AIDS Alliance for Children
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families
Alabama - VOICES For Alabama's Children
VOICES for Alabama's Children seeks to ensure a decent childhood for every Alabama child. Achieving this goal also will ensure a safer, more productive and prosperous state for all of us. Founded in 1992 through the vision of The Children's Hospital of Alabama, the Alabama Power Foundation, the Junior League of Birmingham, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the Children's Trust Fund and others, VOICES is the only statewide multi-issue organization advocating for children and families in Alabama.
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is one of the oldest professional societies in the United States. Founded in 1909, its purpose is to improve the quality and standards of individual and family life through programs that educate, influence public policy, disseminate information and publish research findings. The association's over 12,000 members work to empower individuals, strengthen families and enable communities, and include: elementary, secondary, post-secondary and extension educators and administrators; other professionals in government, business and nonprofit sectors; and students preparing for the field
American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association advances the quality, availability, use, and support of occupational therapy through standard-setting, advocacy, education, and research on behalf of its members and the public.
America's Promise
"That's what America's Promise is all about - pulling together the might of America's companies, public service groups and children's service providers; their talents and their resources, to strengthen kids. Not just their minds and bodies, but their character as well. And it's working. It will work even better if you and your group join in. It's time to get involved. Join us. "
AMT Children of Hope
Founded to save lives of newborns and give dignity to those that could not be saved.
Arizona Children Association
Arizona's Children Association (AzCA) has been serving Arizona's children since 1912. As the needs of children and families have changed over the years, AzCA has met those needs with a full range of services, becoming the state's largest full service child welfare/behavioral health agency.
Arizona - Children's Action Alliance (CAA),
Children's Action Alliance (CAA), founded in 1988, is a non-profit, nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families.
Arizona Parenting Alliance
The Arizona Parenting Alliance (APA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian alliance of community, business, religious and government leaders dedicated to reducing social ills, strengthening families and improving the lives of Arizona's children by promoting involved and responsible parenting, positive youth development and responsible images in media.
Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families
The mission of Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families is to protect and promote through research, education and advocacy the rights and well-being of Arkansas children and their families, to assure that they have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.
Baltic Child Center
Child Centre a regional cooperation to raise the level of knowledge and to coordinate the activities in effort to prevent, protect and rehabilitate sexually exploited children.
Binky Patrol Comforting Covers for Kids
National, non-profit organization making and distributing homemade blankets to children born HIV+, drug-addicted, infected with AIDS or other chronic & terminal illnesses, those who are abused, in foster care or experiencing trauma of any kind.
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
The Board on Children, Youth, and Families addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. It does so by convening experts to weigh in on matters from the perspective of the behavioral, social, and health sciences.
California Child Advocates List
The Children's Advocates Roundtable: Over 140 Statewide Organizations Advocating For Children in California.
Campaign For Our Children
The mission of Campaign For Our Children, Inc., is to develop research-based prevention messages and abstinence educational media campaigns which encourage healthy, responsible sexual decisions among early-adolescent youth, promote a more informed support system for youth; and raise public awareness about adolescent preventative health issues.
CARE Center - Child Abuse Response & Evaluation, Inc.
The CARE Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation, Inc.- is a non-profit organization with an innovative approach to the investigation and treatment of child sexual and physical abuse in Oklahoma County. The Center's goals are to minimize each child's trauma, to provide timely treatment and services, and to ensure the proper investigation of cases. The CARE Center team consists of administrative staff, law enforcement investigators, child protective service workers, therapists, assistant district attorneys, medical professionals, and innumerable volunteers.
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
It is the mission of the Center to support and to promote a reoriented national preparedness to foster the development, achievement, and adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance. The Center will do so by facilitating collaboration at a Federal, state, and local level and by supporting the identification, production, exchange, and use of knowledge to enhance the capacity of those involved with children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems to develop, implement, and sustain effective practices, programs, and policies.
Center for Research on Child Wellbeing - Princeton
The Center is concerned with a broad range of children's issues, including education, healthcare, income sufficiency and family/community support. Our long-term goal is to identify policies in each of these areas that are effective and politically feasible. To meet this goal, the Center supports basic research as well as evaluations of particular policies and programs.
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
We start from the position that society has a responsibility to children and that attending to the needs of children serves the interest of the larger society as well. Chapin Hall's primary work is research that addresses two questions: (1) What does our society now do for children? and (2) What other approaches might we as a society take to meet our responsibility to children?
Child Advocacy and Issues Resources
A site containing links to Internet sites with information about child advocacy, children's medical conditions, and children with special needs.
Child Advocate
ChildAdvocate.net serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health, medical, educational, legal and legislative issues.
Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan
Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan (CFS), a 501(c)(3) organization, promotes the safety and well-being of children, adults, and families by providing services that offer opportunities and support for social and emotional healing and growth.
Child Development Institute
Online Information: Child Development, Parenting, Child Psychology, Teenagers, Health, Safety and Learning Disabilities including Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia
Child-Free Zone
Home page for the book child-free zone.
ChildReach
Childreach, the U.S. Member of PLAN, is a global, child-focused, child sponsorship and development organization.
Children Now
Directory of Children's Issues on the World Wide Web.
Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice for America's children. Using innovative research and communications strategies, Children Now promotes pioneering solutions to problems facing America's children. Recognized nationally for its policy expertise, up-to-date information about the status of children, and leading work with the media, Children Now focuses particular attention on the needs of children who are poor or at risk while working to improve conditions for all children by making them a top priority across the nation.
Childrens Alliance of New Hampshire
The Children's Alliance of New Hampshire is a statewide advocacy organization for children -- we work to give children a voice at all levels of state and local decision making so that New Hampshire can become one of the best places anywhere to raise a child, a place where every child is valued and no child is left behind.
Children's Home Society of Florida
Children's Home Society of Florida provides effective solutions to build and support healthy families for Florida's children.
Children, Youth, Family Consortium - University of Minnesota
The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium was established during the Fall of 1991 to bring together the varied competencies of the University of Minnesota and the vital resources of Minnesota's communities to enhance the ability of individuals and organizations to address critical health, education, and social policy concerns in ways that improve the well-being of Minnesota children, youth, and families.
ChildServ
We are a multi-racial, wide-ranging agency that provides community based programs and services that each year meet the needs of more than 4,000 children throughout the Chicago area.
The Child Welfare League of America, the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, is committed to engaging all Americans in promoting the well-being of children, youths, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.
Citizens Committee for Children of New York
Citizens' Committee for Children of New York - locally-based, multi-issue child advocacy organization.
Coalition for West Virginia's Children
The Coalition for West Virginia's Children is a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the well-being of our state's children and families. Through education, collaboration and advocacy we promise responsible public policies that give children a fair chance in life.
Colonel's Kids Charity
The Colonel's Kids charity, one of the first corporate foundations to name child care as its cause, will help make high-quality child care available to more families throughout the country.
Colorado Children's Campaign
As a statewide nonprofit organization, we promote the well-being of all children through research, public awareness, and helping concerned citizens work on behalf of children, with special emphasis on early intervention and long-term prevention.
Community/Child Advocacy Resident Education Program
The Pediatric Links with the Community/Child Advocacy Resident Education Program, or PLC/CARE as it is best known, is an innovative partnership between the University of Rochester Department of Pediatrics and Rochester community-based agencies that serve children and their families.
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Founded in 1910, the Connecticut Association for Human Services is a not-for-profit organization that promotes public policy solutions and brings resources to bear to strengthen need children, families, and communities through education, outreach, advocacy, research, and evaluation.
Connecticut SAFE KIDS
Connecticut SAFE KIDS mission is to reduce preventable injuries to children. Encouraging the use of safety supplies, such as low-cost bicycle helmets, car seats, smoke detectors, etc.
DC Action for Children is an independent, non-profit, multi-issue advocacy organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and their families living in the District of Columbia.
Delaware - Kids Count in Delaware
KIDS COUNT in Delaware will be the authoritative source of key data about the status of the well being of children and their families in Delaware, and will use the data to serve as a catalyst and partner for collaboration for those who can act to improve that status.
Disabled Children's Relief Fund
Disabled Children's Relief Fund (DCRF), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, provides disabled children with assistance to obtain wheelchairs, orthopedic braces, walkers, lifts, hearing aids, eyeglasses, medical equipment, physical therapy, and surgery.
Disaster Training International
The mission of Disaster Training International is to help adults help children who are living with the threat, existence, and aftermath of disasters. We provide emergency preparedness, disaster response, and recovery training for adults who are responsible for the care, nurture, and well being of young children in disaster situations.
Family Source of Florida
The Family Source of Florida is dedicated to creating a culture where children grow up safe and loved, families are strong and stable, and where communities work together - making Florida the best place to be a child.
Georgians For Children (GFC)
Georgians For Children (GFC) believes every KID COUNTS and every aspect of their surroundings impacts their development. It is the obligation of every Georgian to provide children and their families with tools to become healthy, well educated, self-sufficient, contributing members of society. GFC organizes Georgians to speak with one voice to advocate change on behalf of our children, Georgia's most important resource.
Illinois Fatherhood Initiative
This is about leadership, community oriented leadership, and building public and private partnerships. This is also about building community, bringing people together who would not otherwise come together, in this case, around the concept of fatherhood.
Illinois - Voices for Illinois Children
Voices for Illinois Children champions the full development of every child in Illinois to assure the future well-being of the people of the state. We work with families, communities and policy makers to ensure that all children grow up healthy, nurtured, safe and well educated.
Indiana Youth Institute
The Indiana Youth Institute promotes the healthy development of children and youth by serving the institutions and people of Indiana who work on their behalf."
Interfaith Neighbors (child advocacy)
Each year, Interfaith provides afterschool and summer programs and services to nearly 800 youngsters and their families. We are proud to have trained over 1500 New York City youth workers in our innovative model of intervention.
Iowa - Child & Family Policy Center
The Child and Family Policy Center was established in 1989 by former Iowa Legislator Dr. Charles Bruner to better link research and policy on issues vital to children and families, and to advocate for outcome-based policies to improve child well-being.
Kansas Action for Children
Kansas Action for Children is a private, not-for profit, citizen-based corporation founded in 1979. We work on behalf of all children to ensure that their physical and emotional needs are met, and that they become healthy and contributing adults.
Kansas For Life
We are a statewide educational organization also engaged in social action. We are dedicated to protecting and fostering the most basic human right ...
Kids As Self Advocates
KASA is a national, grassroots network of youth with special needs and our friends, speaking on behalf of ourselves. We are leaders in our communities, and we help spread helpful, positive information among our peers to increase knowledge around various issues.
Kids Peace
KidsPeace gives kids and their families peace through the nation's most comprehensive range of mental and behavioral health treatment programs, crisis intervention services and public education initiatives. KidsPeace, a private, not-for-profit organization, helps families help kids anticipate and avoid crisis whenever possible.
Madison County Court Appointed Juvenile Advocates
The Madison County program was started by Judge Hartwell Lutz in 1987 after he attended a judicial conference where the CASA concept was presented. He decided to bring the idea home to Madison County.
Maine Children's Alliance
The Maine Children's Alliance is a strong, powerful voice for children, youth and families and provides leadership to create or change policy on their behalf. The Maine Children's Alliance collects the voices and data of various organizations, develops, promotes and advocates a substantive strategic plan including desired outcomes to insure positive change for children and their families.
Maine Marks
Maine Mark's is a set of social indicators that reflect the well-being of Maine children, families and communities.
Mapping Our World
The Mapping Our World project developed a five-day workshop where children used drawing, painting, writing, photography and video to "map" or describe their lives.
Marin Advocates for Children
Marin Advocates for Children is dedicated to preventing the abuse and advocating for the best interests of children.
Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Massachusetts Citizens for Children (MCC) was founded in 1959 by Dr. Martha May Eliot, an internationally recognized pediatrician and chief of the US Children's Bureau (1951 - 1956). We are a non-profit statewide child advocacy organization, whose mission is to improve the lives of the state's most vulnerable children through advocacy by concerned citizens.
Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
In these challenging times of increased demands for services, dwindling financial and staff resources, managed care constraints, and ever-changing legislative mandates and funding streams, our Maternal and Child Health (MCH) colleagues and consumers need to have access to the best and most current information available. MCH NetLink Plus enhances the capacity of the maternal and Child health Bureau, MCHB grantees, and other members of our MCH community to effectively use information technologies to address the health needs of women and children.
Michigan Federation of Private Child & Family Agencies
The Michigan Federation of Private Child & Family Agencies is a statewide membership organization, comprised of 52 private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organizations serving
Missouri - Citizens for Missouri's Children
. Citizens for Missouri's Children is a statewide child advocacy organization serving as an independent voice for children on those issues, policies and government programs that affect their lives and about which they cannot speak for themselves. CMC's mission is to advocate for the rights and well-being of all Missouri children, with a primary emphasis on those children with greatest need.
NASA Quest
NASA Quest is dedicated to bringing NASA people and science to classrooms through the internet. Space Team Online, Aerospace Team Online, Solar System Online, and Deep Space Online. NASA Quest is the ultimate resource for educators and kids interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and space science. These NASA Quest projects allow students to share in the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like flying the shuttle and International Space Station, exploring distant planets with amazing spacecraft, and aeronautics/airplane research. The focus of these projects is the enthusiastic people of NASA; we hope students will finish the project feeling like they've met these interesting folks through chats, e-mail Q&A and live webcasts (audio/video programs).
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
The NACoA believes that no child should grow up in isolation and without support. It is the only national nonprofit membership organization working on behalf of children of alcoholics. NACoA's mission is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies.
National Association of Child Advocates
The National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) is an association of nonprofit state- and community-based child advocacy organizations devoted to improving the well-being of this country's children. The members of NACA believe that this nation has the resources to: lift all children out of poverty; end childhood hunger and homelessness; ensure quality health care, early childhood and school programs for every child.
National Black Child Development Institute
National child advocacy group focusing on black children.
National Child Support Enforcement Association
National Child Support Enforcement Association is the nonprofit, membership organization representing the child support community - a workforce of over 60,000. NCSEA's mission is to promote the well-being of children through professional development of its membership, advocacy and public awareness.
New Designs for Youth
New Designs for Youth Development is a quarterly publication dedicated to voicing progressive, humane, and caring approaches to the development of youth and community.
New Jersey - Association for Children of New Jersey
Much of our work focuses on "creating public forums" to either support necessary initiatives of government or to insure sufficient accountability for protection and positive development of children. Through the latter part of the 1990's, we are doing this in the health and child welfare areas, among others.
Ohio - Children's Defense Fund
Children's Defense Fund (CDF) was founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman to provide a strong and effective voice for the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Our goal is to educate the nation about the needs of children and encourage preventative investment in children before they get sick, drop out of school, or get into trouble.
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) vigorously promotes positive changes in programs and policies that affect large numbers of children. With particular concern for very vulnerable children, OICA is committed to improving conditions for all children.
Olive Crest Foster Family Agency
Olive Crest is dedicated to preventing Child Abuse, treating victims of child abuse, and preserving the family.
Oregon Childrens Foundation
The Oregon Children's Foundation is a non-profit organization started by former Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt and the Ater Wynne law firm.
Parent Help USA
Parent Help U.S.A. Center; established by MOACA, we work toward this goal by strengthening families in Orange County, California and across America. Through parent education and family services, we emphasize discipline without hitting or harming.
Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
Prevent Child Abuse Indiana is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving as a catalyst for preventing child abuse in all its forms and thereby enhancing the quality of life for children and families in Indiana.
Project Linus
Project Linus is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. It is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of NEW, HOMEMADE, WASHABLE blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer blanketeers.
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT publishes data and information on the health, education, safety, and economic security of Rhode Island children; leads or participates in government committees and commissions involving children's issues; uses a media and communications strategy to raise public and political awareness; and organizes a wide range of people and organizations to advocate for children.
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is a statewide non-profit children's policy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes accountability and action to improve the health, education, safety, and economic security of Rhode Island's children.
Safer Child
A nonprofit educational information and referral resource on all issues of child welfare, child health and child safety.
Stand for Children Pittsburgh Chapter
A children's advocacy group promoting and encouraging health, child care, after school programs, education, and nutrition for children.
StandUp For Kids
A nationally acclaimed volunteer organization committed to the rescue of homeless and street kids!
St. Ann's Infant and Materntiy
St. Ann's provides residential emergency placement care to abused, abandoned or neglected infants and children, and pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Statewide Youth Advocacy
Welcome to the Statewide Youth Advocacy Web Site. This site was designed to provide access to information, services, and ideas that we can all use to improve the lives of New York's children.
Stop Child Porn
Stop Child Porn and Child Exploitation on the Internet
Street Safe Kids
National Kids are Street Safe Campaign includes Kids Guidebook, Training Programs, Community Resources and Safety Advice
Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth is an independent agency created by the Tennessee State Legislature to: advocate for legislation, policies and programs to promote and protect the health, well-being and development of children and youth.
Texas Kids Count
As a sub-group of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, Texas Kids Count monitors and acts on behalf of the children of Texas.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
One of the Foundation's main objectives is to provide the best available data and analysis on critical issues affecting disadvantaged children and families, as well as the knowledge and tools practitioners, policymakers, and citizens need to advance their efforts on behalf of children.
The Arc of the United States works through education, research and advocacy to improve the quality of life for children and adults with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and their families and works to prevent both the causes and the effects of mental retardation.
The Child Advocate
Children and families have special issues regarding behavioral and emotional problems.
The Institute for Child and Family Policy at Columbia University
The mission of the Institute is to identify and address fundamental and intractable problems in the formulation, analysis, implementation, and evaluation of social policies toward children, youth, and families. The distinctive approach of the Institute is its integration of both a developmental perspective and an international-comparative perspective into its work.
The National Family Preservation Network (NFPN)
The National Family Preservation Network (NFPN) is dedicated to promoting and preserving the well-being of children at risk of being removed from their family. We also promote reunification of families with children in foster care whenever possible, or as an alternative, a safe and stable kinship placement.
Trinity Children and Family Services
Trinity Children and Family Services (TCFS) is a not-for-profit, multi-service agency serving the needs of children requiring out-of-home placement through residential/treatment and foster family programs.
Unbroken Trust
Unbroken Trust, a University of Utah student club, is dedicated to educating the public about local and world issues related to child protection and child advocacy
Utah Children
Utah Children is a child advocacy organization that speaks out on behalf of the children of Utah and seeks to improve the lives of children whose families are least able to protect and nurture them.
Victims of Child Abuse Laws New York
We are VOCAL -- a group of parents, children and others who are family advocates. We are not guilty people trying to escape judgment; we are innocent people who have been victimized by child abuse laws and are asking for justice.
Washington State Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
The Washington State Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A resource for physicians and parents to explore medical and legislative issues pertinent to pediatrics. Use our database to find a pediatrician according to specialty and city location, or explore pediatric career opportunities in Washington state.
WEST VIRGINIA KIDS COUNT FUND
The primary mission of the West Virginia KIDS COUNT Fund is to improve the lives of at-risk children through promoting prevention programs, policies and strategies and developing partnerships between business and the social service sectors.
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Inc. is a nonprofit, multi-issue child and family advocacy agency. Headquartered in Madison and Milwaukee, the Council's mission is to promote the well-being of children and families in Wisconsin by advocating for effective and efficient health, education, and human service delivery systems.
World Childrens Center
The World Children's Center is a planned community for approximately 500 orphaned, neglected and abused children from Georgia, the United States and the world. The Center is expected to begin construction by the year 2002 on approximately 300 acres of land just outside metro Atlanta.
The following links are in Dutch
Families USA - Children's Health
A great resource of information on issues related to children's health and health advocacy.
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Tao Hu, male, born in 1964. From 1984 to 1990, he successively obtained his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in the department of Modern Physics at University of Sciences and Technology of China. In 1999, he got the Ph.D in the Institute of High Energy Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After 1990 till now, he works in the Experimental Physics Centre of the IHEP. From June 1994 to September 1995, he has worked as a visiting scholar in California Institute of Technology. From July 2001 to December 2002, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Colorado State University. Now he is a full professor of the IHEP, CAS.
Areas of Research:detector physics, experimental particle physics
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From 1991 to 1994, as a main member, he participated the “precise measurement of t-mass” on BES, and made the major contributions on the events selection, data analysis and systematic errors. From 1996 to 1999, he accomplished the physical analysis of “first measurement of branching fraction for y(2S)®tt” on BES, which removed the doubts about lepton universality. After 2003, he began to assist in charge of the installation, construction and maintenance of CsI (TI) crystal calorimeter on BESIII. From the beginning of 2005, he was responsible for the development of zero degree detector of luminosity. From 2009 to the present, he takes the charge of the test of AD Dry Run in the Daya Bay experiment.
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Older Family Members Find Immune System Support from Mannatech’s Ambrotose® Powders
GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2017-- Mannatech®, a global health and wellness company, provides a powerful nutritional supplement in its Ambrotose powders that offers a perfect solution for older family members who are seeking a way to bolster their healthy immune system.
With increased age, key elements of the immune system can weaken, which can adversely affect a person’s overall health and wellness. Mannatech’s Ambrotose can help support a healthy immune system, helping to keep it strong over time.
Ambrotose powder is made with aloe vera gel extract, which includes Manapol® powder, a unique Glyconutrient ingredient exclusive to Mannatech. Manapol is extracted from fresh, washed and filtered aloe gel through a proprietary extraction method that yields the highest potency possible.
Mannatech’s Ambrotose powders encourage cellular communication and are shown to support cognitive functions – including memory, focus and attention, as well as supporting the body’s immune and digestive systems to encourage overall health.
A number of Mannatech’s core Ambrotose products are supported by industry-standard clinical studies which includes 17 human clinical trials that have been published, 12 of which were double-blind, placebo-controlled studies — the gold standard for product validation. For more on Mannatech’s rigorous scientific research, please visit MannatechScience.org.
“Ambrotose, with Manapol powder derived from aloe vera, is one of the most valuable nutritional supplements available because of its potent ability to support our immune system, which is so critical as we grow older,” said Dr. Steve Nugent, Mannatech’s Senior Global Wellness Director and Chairman of Mannatech’s Global Scientific Advisory Board. “Most people are familiar with the benefits of the aloe vera plant when used on the skin. Its powerful topical benefits have been appreciated for centuries, and we’ve been able to harness key benefits of aloe vera gel for the inside of the body. As we age, the immune system often needs additional support, and Ambrotose with Manapol is uniquely designed to support a healthy immune system and improve our daily wellness.”
For more information about Mannatech and its products, please visit www.MeiTaiChina.com.†^
About Mannatech
Mannatech, Incorporated, offers a profound wellness experience that makes a difference in the lives of people across the world. Through its innovative Glyconutrition products, Mannatech changes lives, providing an unprecedented level of natural wellness, freedom and purpose. With more than 20 years of experience and operations in 26 markets, Mannatech is committed to transforming lives. For more information, visit MeiTaiChina.com.
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^Mannatech’s cross-border e-commerce model in China is a different opportunity from Mannatech’s MLM business in other markets. Our cross-border e-commerce model in China is not an MLM or direct selling business.
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Stereotaxis.com
Stereotaxis Reports 2015 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results
February 22, 2016 at 4:07 PM EST
New capital orders of $5.1 million in the fourth quarter, including two Niobe® ES system orders in Japan
Fourth quarter free cash flow of $1.6 million, driving a 71% reduction in full year cash burn compared to 2014
Ventricular Tachycardia procedures in the fourth quarter grew 28% year over year, with increased clinical evidence supporting Stereotaxis’ technology as the standard of care
Total revenue for 2015 increased 8% year over year to $37.7 million
Full year systems revenue increased 36% year over year on seven Niobe® ES system sales, up from three in 2014
Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:STXS), a global leader in innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015.
“We finished the year on a strong note, achieving new capital orders of $5.1 million in the fourth quarter and our first ever positive free cash flow quarter of $1.6 million, which helped drive a 71% reduction in cash burn for the full year,” said William C. Mills, Stereotaxis Chief Executive Officer. “New capital orders in the fourth quarter included two Niobe® ES system orders in Japan, where we see continued progress and momentum. For the full year, we grew total revenue 8% compared to 2014 and increased systems revenue 36% year over year on seven new Niobe ES systems and several upgraded sites, compared to three Niobe system shipments last year.
“Our improved commercial results reflect progress with our ongoing initiatives to increase awareness of the outstanding clinical efficacy, efficiency, and safety of our technology compared to manual modalities across the spectrum of complex ablation cases. Supported by a growing body of independent clinical evidence on the higher acute success, lower recurrence rates, and improved safety when using our magnetic navigation platform for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT), these procedures have become our growth leader. In the fourth quarter, VT procedures increased 28% year over year.
“With an estimated 60,000 VT procedures performed worldwide and growing at over 10% each year, we believe the VT market currently represents a nearly $100 million market opportunity for the Company on an annual basis. Last month, we announced the initiation of our first prospective, randomized clinical trial at prominent VT centers of excellence to definitively establish our superiority in long-term patient outcomes versus manual catheter approaches. We believe we are well positioned to become the standard of care for VT and to capitalize on this position as part of our overall growth plans,” Mr. Mills concluded.
Fourth Quarter 2015 Financial Results
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 totaled $9.2 million, a 6% decline from $9.8 million in the prior year fourth quarter and down slightly from $9.3 million on a sequential basis. Systems revenue was $2.4 million, down 24% from $3.2 million in the prior year quarter but up 5% sequentially from $2.3 million in the third quarter. During the fourth quarter, the Company recognized revenue of $1.4 million on one Niobe ES system and two Niobe ES upgrades, $0.2 million on three Vdrive® robotic navigation systems and $0.8 million in Odyssey® solution sales. Recurring revenue was $6.8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $6.6 million in the prior year quarter and $7.0 million in the third quarter. Total procedures declined 5% year over year, partially offset by a 28% increase in VT procedures.
The Company generated new capital orders of $5.1 million on three Niobe ES system orders and three upgrades, two Vdrive systems and five Odyssey solution orders, compared to $2.9 million in the prior year fourth quarter and $3.1 million in the third quarter. Ending capital backlog for the 2015 fourth quarter was $6.0 million.
Gross margin in the quarter was $6.8 million, or 73.7% of revenue, versus $7.5 million, or 76.6% of revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $6.8 million, or 73.6% of revenue, in the third quarter of 2015. Operating expenses in the fourth quarter were $8.2 million, an increase over $7.2 million in the prior year quarter and $7.7 million in the third quarter, partially due to $0.6 million of one-time non-cash charges related to intangible assets and stock-based compensation.
Operating loss in the fourth quarter was $(1.4) million, compared to operating income of $0.3 million in the prior year fourth quarter and an operating loss of $(0.9) million in the third quarter. Interest expense was $0.8 million in all four quarters of the year.
Net loss for the 2015 fourth quarter was $(1.7) million, or $(0.08) per share, compared to net income of $0.9 million, or $0.04 per share, reported in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding mark-to-market warrant revaluation, the Company would have reported a net loss of $(2.2) million, or $(0.10) per share, for the 2015 fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of $(0.5) million, or $(0.03) per share, for the 2014 fourth quarter. The weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the fourth quarters of 2015 and 2014 totaled 21.5 million and 20.6 million, respectively.
The Company had free cash flow of $1.6 million during the quarter, compared to cash burn of $1.4 million in the year ago quarter and less than $0.1 million in the third quarter.
Full Year Financial Results
Revenue for the full year ended December 31, 2015 was $37.7 million, up 8% compared to $35.0 million for 2014. Systems revenue in 2015 was $10.6 million on seven Niobe ES systems, seven Vdrive systems and $2.8 million in Odyssey sales, compared to $7.8 million in the prior year period. Recurring revenue was $27.0 million, down 1% from $27.2 million in the prior year period. Total procedures declined by 3% from the same period last year; however, VT procedures increased by 15%.
Gross margin was $27.2 million, or 72.3% of revenue, compared to $26.8 million, or 76.5% of revenue, in 2014. Operating expenses were $32.6 million, compared to $32.2 million in 2014. Operating loss was $(5.4) million in both years.
Interest expense was $3.3 million for both 2015 and 2014.
Net loss was $(7.4) million for 2015, or $(0.35) per share, compared to $(5.2) million, or $(0.26) per share, for 2014. Excluding mark-to-market warrant revaluation, the 2015 net loss would have been $(8.7) million, or $(0.41) per share, compared to $(8.7) million, or $(0.44) per share, in 2014.
At December 31, 2015, Stereotaxis had cash and cash equivalents of $5.6 million, compared to $3.6 million at September 30, 2015, with unused borrowing capacity of $5.2 million on its revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank. During the quarter, the Company recognized $0.3 million in gross proceeds from its 2015 warrants offering. Cash burn for 2015 was $2.7 million compared to $9.2 million in 2014. At December 31, 2015, total debt was $18.4 million related to HealthCare Royalty Partners long-term debt with no borrowings against its revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank.
Stereotaxis will host a conference call and webcast today, February 22, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss fourth quarter results. To access the conference call, dial 888-417-8465 (United States and Canada) or 1-719-325-2329 (International) and give the participant pass code 4685179. Participants are asked to call the above numbers 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. To access the live and replay webcast, please visit the investor relations section of the Stereotaxis website at www.stereotaxis.com.
About Stereotaxis
Stereotaxis is a healthcare technology and innovation leader in the development of robotic cardiology instrument navigation systems designed to enhance the treatment of arrhythmias and coronary disease, as well as information management solutions for the interventional lab. Over 100 issued patents support the Stereotaxis platform, which helps physicians around the world provide unsurpassed patient care with robotic precision and safety, improved lab efficiency and productivity, and enhanced integration of procedural information. Stereotaxis' core Epoch® Solution includes the Niobe® magnetic navigation system, the Odyssey® portfolio of lab optimization, networking and patient information management solutions, and the Vdrive® robotic navigation system and consumables.
The core components of Stereotaxis’ systems have received regulatory clearance in the United States, European Union, Canada, China, Japan, and elsewhere. The V-Sono™ ICE catheter manipulator, V-Loop™ variable loop catheter manipulator, and V-CAS™ catheter advancement system have received clearance in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. For more information, please visit www.stereotaxis.com.
This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe”, "estimate”, "project”, "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to raise additional capital on a timely basis and on terms that are acceptable, its continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, its ability to continue to manage expenses and cash burn rate at sustainable levels, its ability to continue to work with lenders to extend, repay or refinance indebtedness on acceptable terms, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, the effect of global economic conditions on the ability and willingness of customers to purchase its systems and the timing of such purchases, competitive factors, changes resulting from the recently enacted healthcare reform in the United States, including changes in government reimbursement procedures, dependence upon third-party vendors, timing of regulatory approvals, and other risks discussed in the Company's periodic and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. There can be no assurance that the Company will recognize revenue related to its purchase orders and other commitments in any particular period or at all because some of these purchase orders and other commitments are subject to contingencies that are outside of the Company's control. In addition, these orders and commitments may be revised, modified, delayed or canceled, either by their express terms, as a result of negotiations, or by overall project changes or delays.
STEREOTAXIS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
December 31, Twelve Months Ended
Systems $ 2,417,862 $ 3,169,782 $ 10,640,584 $ 7,839,006
Disposables, service and accessories 6,786,770 6,585,186 27,033,940 27,172,270
Total revenue 9,204,632 9,754,968 37,674,524 35,011,276
Systems 1,515,850 1,246,051 6,052,241 4,204,719
Disposables, service and accessories 902,011 1,035,550 4,385,917 4,018,661
Total cost of revenue 2,417,861 2,281,601 10,438,158 8,223,380
Gross margin 6,786,771 7,473,367 27,236,366 26,787,896
Research and development 1,853,057 1,127,737 6,252,791 5,158,331
Sales and marketing 3,873,407 3,723,851 15,850,362 15,168,940
General and administrative 2,426,752 2,308,246 10,543,741 11,845,289
Total operating expenses 8,153,216 7,159,834 32,646,894 32,172,560
Operating income (loss) (1,366,445 ) 313,533 (5,410,528 ) (5,384,664 )
Other income 507,909 1,370,721 1,340,057 3,510,439
Interest income 242 1,419 1,864 7,084
Interest expense (823,287 ) (829,458 ) (3,284,168 ) (3,335,300 )
Net income (loss) $ (1,681,581 ) $ 856,215 $ (7,352,775 ) $ (5,202,441 )
Net earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic $ (0.08 ) $ 0.04 $ (0.35 ) $ (0.26 )
Diluted $ (0.08 ) $ 0.04 $ (0.35 ) $ (0.26 )
Weighted average shares used in computing net earnings (loss) per common share:
2015 December 31,
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,593,582 $ 7,270,301
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $93,478 and $131,464 in 2015 and 2014, respectively 6,376,470 6,480,499
Inventories 4,504,282 6,371,903
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 785,211 1,094,837
Total current assets 17,259,545 21,217,540
Property and equipment, net 1,067,321 894,728
Intangible assets, net 635,889 1,379,653
Other assets 264,159 388,850
Total assets $ 19,226,914 $ 23,880,771
Accounts payable $ 1,840,135 $ 2,353,133
Accrued liabilities 6,058,390 5,259,694
Deferred revenue 7,445,935 6,658,170
Warrants 794,130 2,134,187
Total current liabilities 16,138,590 16,405,184
Long-term debt 18,429,177 18,388,764
Long-term deferred revenue 2,009,198 976,165
Other liabilities 275,603 660,376
Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 10,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding at 2015 and 2014 - -
Common stock, par value $0.001; 300,000,000 shares authorized, 21,551,173 and 20,480,874 shares issued at 2015 and 2014, respectively 21,551 20,481
Additional paid-in capital 448,517,472 446,241,703
Treasury stock, 4,015 shares at 2015 and 2014 (205,999 ) (205,999 )
Accumulated deficit (465,958,678 ) (458,605,903 )
Total stockholders' deficit (17,625,654 ) (12,549,718 )
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit $ 19,226,914 $ 23,880,771
Martin C. Stammer
Investor Contact:
Todd Kehrli / Jim ByersMKR Group, Inc.
stxs@mkr-group.com
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Soldier names at Cumberland Gap
By design on March 3, 2014 Comments Off on Soldier names at Cumberland Gap
By Mike Steely
If Knoxville was the goal to capturing East Tennessee during the Civil War, then the Cumberland Gap was the doorway. The historic pass was occupied four times, twice by each side. While no major battle took place, there were many skirmishes around the area with the aim to take or protect the fortifications there.
When the soldiers were not fighting, drilling or preparing to fight, they were isolated there often with the enemy nearby. The soldiers killed time by roaming the mountain, playing cards, talking with each other, and being bored. Some of them took the time to put their initials and names on the rocks there, both above and below the mountain.
Even today you can still find some of the deeply carved on the boulders on the top of the mountain or inside “Soldier’s Cave” at the bottom, left there in candle or ash markings. While few men on either side were killed in action while stationed there, many died of disease or infections. After the war, the Union graves were unearthed and moved to the new National Cemetery in Knoxville, next to the Old Gray Cemetery.
Up on the Pinnacle in Cumberland Gap National Park, you can view several Civil War signatures cut deeply into the rocks overlooking the valley below. One of them was by a Confederate soldier, W. R. McEntire, which was cut there on September 9, 1863, just before his outpost surrendered to Union forces.
McEntire spent 18 months as a prisoner and returned to Texas where he told his grandson, years later while on his deathbed, about the carving. He asked him to return to the gap someday and curse the Yankees for five minutes. On September 9th, 1963, George H. McEntire, Jr., did just that, 100 years to the day of the carving.
Another carving on the rocks atop the mountain is that by a Union soldier, J.M. Taylor. This North Carolinan started the war as a conscripted (drafted) Confederate but walked away from the Southern army and joined the Union forces. He was enrolled in the 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry only six days after McEntire cut his name at Cumberland Gap.
Taylor, born in 1830, was mustered in Knoxville and his unit patrolled East Tennessee until January 22, 1864, when he was posted at Cumberland Gap. He was there, off and on, for a year and became a scout. Although absent without leave for a while, he was restored to duty that year in August and was again mustered out in Knoxville and paid a $30 clothing allowance and a $75 bounty. He returned to Madison County, N. C. and got married.
He and his family moved around a bit, finally landing in Unicoi County, where he died in 1925.
Years later the family bible he bought for less than $2 following the war was found by a family member and much of the information he recorded has been printed and kept by the Taylor descendants.
If you haven’t been to Cumberland Gap it’s about an hour away and there’s lots to do there, including the National Park with a museum, gift shop, hiking and picnicking areas, camping, and the overlook that you can drive up to easily. The town of Cumberland Gap is worth a visit, especially the old mill and iron furnace.
The Cumberland Gap highway tunnel is a wonder and the building of it allowed the restoration of the old Warrior’s Trace or Wilderness Road across the historic gap. There’s Cudjo’s Cave you can tour by torch light, Sand Cave you can hike to, and you can walk to earthen forts atop the mountain. You can Google Cumberland Gap or call the national park visitor center at (606)248-2817. A day-away drive can highlight a morning or afternoon, especially for a family with children.
Soldier names at Cumberland Gap added by design on March 3, 2014
A Day Away: Pikeville, Tennessee: Rest in Pieces
Fulton Alumni seeking names
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1976: Rubberworkers Strike
Article on the 1976 strikes in the tire industry. Appeared in Free Flowing (May 1976).
On the morning of April 21, 70,000 rubberworkers, members of the United Rubber Workers union (URW) struck the nation's Big Four tire producers Firestone, Goodyear, Goodrich, and Uniroyal. In Des Moines, some 2,200 workers walked out of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, located north of town. Expecting a long strike, the rubberworkers have expressed a willingness to stay out as long as it takes to win a substantial settlement.
The old contract, negotiated during the Nixon wage control period, left the union membership a full 10% behind inflation. Consequently, an increasingly militant rank-and-file is putting considerable pressure on the union leadership to demand immediate catch-up raises and an unlimited cost-of-living allowance. Also at issue is job security. Over 10,000 rubberworkers are now on layoff due to the recession. The union is demanding supplemental unemployment benefits and is seeking to equalize pay scales and work rules at the widely dispersed plants of the Big Four.
In Des Moines, Firestone has obtained an unlimited "temporary" injunction that limits the union to four pickets per gate. In a graphic example of how big business and the government work together, Polk County District Judge Anthony Critelli also issued orders prohibiting pickets from preventing Firestone executives, suppliers or scabs from entering or leaving the plant. Thus, the government has lined up on the side of the company in seeing that production (in some form) continues.
Although there is a great deal of rank-and-file militancy, there is no organized national rank-and-file movement in the URW. Consequently, rank-and-file demands will most likely not be met as the union bureaucracy is expected to knuckle under to government and industry pleas to not "jeopardize economic recovery" with "inflationary wage demands". If this happens, however, the union will be vulnerable to a determined rank-and-file challenge.
Written by Gary Larsen
Juan Conatz
Nov 1 2010 06:13
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Lobeck Taylor | Executive Summary: Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Tulsa
Executive Summary: Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Tulsa
17 Aug Executive Summary: Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Tulsa
Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Tulsa
The Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation
Written by Natalie Deuschle
One February 23rd & 24th, the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation (LTFF) hosted a series of events on women’ economic development and entrepreneurship. The first of the three events was a public discussion featuring guest speaker Greta Schettler, former Senior Economic Policy Advisor for the Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State and current Vice President of WeConnect International, a global organization that connects women owned business to corporate supply chains. When LTFF announced the public event on social media, it received both encouragement and pushback from the community. Tulsans asked, Why focus on women’s entrepreneurship? Why not focus on entrepreneurship in general?
With nearly 100 people in attendance at 36 Degrees North, LTFF’s CEO, Elizabeth Frame Ellison, addressed these questions in her opening remarks:
A NYT article a few weeks ago reported on a study that found by age 6, girls are less likely than boys to view their own gender as brilliant—in the study researchers told two gender neutral stories—one about someone that was smart and another about someone who was nice. 6 year old girls were 2x more likely to identify the nice story as a girl and the smart story as a boy.
This feeling likely grows only stronger as little girls grow into women. In 2015, an additional study found that women are underrepresented in fields thought to require brilliance – fields that include some of the most prestigious careers in our society, such as those in science and engineering.
Women are an underutilized resource as engines of economic growth. In the US 887 new women owned businesses launch every day but only $1 of every $232 in conventional small business loans go to women owned businesses. In Oklahoma, growth in women owned businesses is 10% below the national average. That’s why we’re so honored to have Greta here with us tonight to talk about women and entrepreneurship.
Greta began the conversation by sharing that by closing the gender gap in labor force participation, the global GDP could rise by $28 trillion by 2025 and we would reach the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. To explain how Tulsa can support the startup, growth and sustainability of women’s economic development and entrepreneurship, Greta referenced the indicators used to assess Tulsa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem found in LTFF’s annual State of Entrepreneurship Report.
For physical infrastructure, those managing entrepreneurial spaces should think about how they reach out and bring in people to these spaces. Tulsa should research additional capital intensive sectors can be supported and how the infrastructure throughout the city supports everyone’s ability to engage. Within the topic of promoting culture, she highlighted the fact that women are often responsible for many different unpaid duties including household management, child and elderly care and that these responsibilities cause women to be more time poor than their male peers. For greater diversity and inclusion she shared the importance of celebrating success, engaging females from a young age and understanding what women want and need to better balance their time to succeed.
Regarding support services, language used to describe events, networking and special programs has an impact on female participation. For example, since women currently have less exposure to coding, they are more likely to attend a workshop called “Introduction to Coding” rather than one called “Coding Workshop”. To make trainings more accessible to women, they should be stretched out over time rather than condensed, which is more difficult for women’s schedules to accommodate. Mentors are important Greta commented, but so are sponsors, that is, people who advocate for a woman when she needs to be more visible in their workplace, helping ensure there is an awareness of her contributions.
In the area of human capital, beyond identifying female tech developers, there is a need to bridge the gap between STEM education and girls. For finance, she shared that the majority of women raise their own funds and that women need to become more aggressive in pursuing capital, but that they need the support of men to address the capital bias in which only 7-8% of venture capital goes to women. The fear of failure was addressed and Greta said that while women can start small, they need to overcome their fear of failure and allow themselves to think big and create scalable business plans. Within the realm of research & development, Greta suggested focusing on creating Tulsa’s Unique Brand by investing in the creative economy and identifying what makes Tulsa unique. To back this suggestion up, she cited that a May 2013 report on the world trade of global creative goods and services totaled $624 billion dollars.
The public and private sectors play an important role in supporting the growth of women’s entrepreneurship. A decrease in gender gaps in four key areas, education, health, economic and political participation, has a direct correlation to a country’s competitive advantage. Tulsa’s public sector should explore legal, regulatory and policy reform to create gender-responsive economic development that supports women’s entrepreneurship. Greta stated the fact that Mayor GT Bynum has prioritized entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy and that he is officing out of 36N once a month is a tremendous commitment. To continue this momentum, Tulsa should set a big vision and invite everybody in to make a plan. The private sector can enhance women’s economic advancement by focusing on three pillars: people, philosophy and process. Women entrepreneurs need additional assistance in the following areas from the private sector, financial strength and the ability to handle record keeping, access to capital other than microfinance, business acumen for dealing with large companies and pricing.
Roundtable Lunch with Community Support Stakeholders
To continue the conversation, LTFF & 36N co-hosted a stakeholder meeting at 36N that included leadership from the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, APSCO, Madison Strategies, Tulsa Regional Chamber, Riata Center for Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University, Impact Tulsa, The Mine, LEAD North, REI Women’s Business Center, Tulsa People Magazine, Girls Leadership Society, Railsbridge and the Greenwood Cultural Center.
The stakeholders brought forward questions like How can we support our female peers in the workplace? What can we do to address the fact that statistically girls already start viewing themselves poorly by the age of 6?
To support our female peers in the workplace, the group talked about the fact that women still experience sexual harassment but it’s often not brought to light. When it is called out, colleagues and supervisors often do not back the women up and this case is worse in male dominated environments. An article titled “Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber” written by a former female engineer at Uber, was referenced and the stakeholders shared experiences of sexual harassment as well as instances of when they stood up and protected their female peers from such mistreatment.
Greta stated that the only way to change this behavior is through education and encouraging men to step forward and be allies in the advancement of women. She shared it is important to develop a business case that shows that the advancement of women and better treatment of women is good for everyone and and a team’s overall performance.
Addressing the fact that girls statistically view themselves as less smart and capable than their boy peers, Greta shared that girls need to be exposed to more coding education opportunities and that Tulsa should develop and support coding programs that are universal for K-12 students.
A conversation on Women’s Economic Development & Entrepreneurship at Tulsa’s City Hall
The third convening that LTFF organized was a meeting with the mayor’s office of Economic Development at the City of Tulsa. Participants included both business and governmental leaders. Cassie Reese, Vice President of Nabholz Construction, asked about creating incentive to source from women owned businesses. Deidra Kirtley, Executive Director of Resonance Center for Women, explained the need to raise awareness of supporting women with prison history. Women with a criminal record, she said, have an extremely difficult time finding a job, have on average 2.3 children and need a second chance. The group offered the idea of setting a bold goal to half the number of women who are being incarcerated and finding a way to build bigger visibility on the importance of giving formerly incarcerated women a second chance.
Teresa Burkett, Attorney at Connor & Winters, brought to attention the need to create family friendly policies that would support women to work part time. Greta introduced the concept of shared services, which is when two women who work part time to support their family fulfill one full-time job within a company. Senior leadership is key to supporting women in the workplace and supporting women owned businesses. For example, in order to increase the amount of capital going to women owned businesses, there needs to be more women in leadership positions at venture capital firms since people like to support businesses and entrepreneurs with which they identify. Pam McKissick, Co-Owner & CEO of Williams, Williams & McKissick, brought up that many high net worth women would like to support women owned businesses but they don’t know how. Greta suggested looking into programs like Goldman Seeds, a $600 million dollar fund for women entrepreneurs as well as angel networks that that educate women on how to invest and those that invest only in women owned businesses.
It was an honor to host Greta Schettler and to engage with so many Tulsans who are dedicated to supporting women’s economic development and entrepreneurship. The conversation does not stop here and LTFF looks forward to continuing this important work.
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Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Louise Emma Augusta Dahl (L.E.A.D) was born November 19, 1895 in San Fransisco, California (her mother thought it was good luck if the initials of a child's name spelled a word). Both of her parents were from Norway. Her mother's family moved to the United States where they started a farm in Iowa after her father had lost a lot of money in the timber industry. Louise's father left Norway and came to the U.S. in 1872 working as an engineer designing engines in Pennsylvania. Her parents met and married in San Fransisco, where they lived with Louise and her two sisters for many years.
In 1914, Louise became a student at the San Fransisco Institute of Art. While there, her days were spent doing cast and life drawings, painting and composition, anatomy, color, and design. She drew with charcoal in life classes and erased mistakes with the rolled up inside of sourdough bread. The first course taught in color at art schools was taught by Rudolph Schaeffer, whom she had the privilege of studying under.
Louise had always wanted to be a painter and if painting didn't work out she wanted to go to New York after art school to study interior decorating. However, because of the death of her father in 1919, she stayed in San Fransisco and took up a job designing electric signs. Then, a "wonderful accident": a friend of the photographer Anne Brigman introduced the two, after meeting, Brigman invited Louise to her studio (Brigman was part of the Stieglitz group, which was a group devoted to getting photography recognized). After looking at some of Brigman's photographs of nudes in ice caves and in cypress trees, she fell in love with the possibilities of the camera. It was at this moment she decided that she must get a camera.
In 1923, Louise left San Fransisco for New York to study interior decorating and architecture. After a year in New York City, Louise became an assistant to one of the top decorators in San Fransisco, Beth Armstrong.
In 1926, after her mother was killed in a car accident, she moved to Europe with some friends. While traveling to meet a friend in Africa, she came across an American Artist named Meyer (Mike) Wolfe. They hit it off instantly and married in San Fransisco shortly after.
She began taking photography very seriously and after the wedding she purchased a 5 x 7 view camera with a wide-angle lens. Not too long after, her and her husband were traveling back to New York where she was hired by Woman's Home Companion magazine to do food photographs. Around the same time, a friend of hers, Anne Wille, was working for Women's Wear Daily and suggested that Louise take her photographs to Vanity Fair. The editor, Frank Crowninshield decided to publish her photos in the November 1933 issue. After reviewing her photos he asked to meet Louise in person. She agreed, and in their meeting he told her that she had something great, and asked her to become apart of their team at Vanity Fair doing portraits of prominent people in the Conde Nast Studio. She turned down his offer, saying that "I could never work in someone else's studio. I am of an independent nature and need my own surroundings".
Shortly after, under the direction of George Green she started working for Saks Fifth Avenue taking photos for catalogs and advertisements. She enjoyed working with Green, because he gave her freedom and allowed her to choose her own backgrounds.
Around this same time, a friend of hers suggested that she try fashion photography. She admitted to knowing nothing about it, but figured no one else did either. Her friend let her use her showroom models and the clothes, under the conditions that she could use the photographs in the women's pages of her newspaper. This was a great experience for Louise. She got to practice lighting on them and figure out ways to get the women in her photos to look chic, elegant, beautiful, and most important, natural.
Her first true advertising account was Crown Rayon, a division of the Viscose Corporation, in 1934. The dresses used were black crepe with white collars, cuffs, and accessories. Shooting indoors was easier because she could control the lighting and exposures better. Then to her good fortunes the Weston exposure meter surfaced which took away these mishaps, making it easier for her to shoot outdoors, which Louise became widely known for.
In 1936, Louise started her long career of 22 years at Harper's Bazaar fashion magazine. Her job as a fashion photographer was to create beautiful photographs that spoke out about a designers' new clothing item in a natural way. Throughout her time there, the magazine published more than 600 photographs of hers, including 86 covers and thousands of black and white pictures. In the beginning of her career at Harper's she was doing the average color photography with the still lifes and accessories as main subjects. However, she longed to work with people. After a year of work she got her wish as she started doing portraits and fashion.
At Harper's Bazaar, during this time, Louise worked under one of the best magazine editor's of all time, Carmel Snow. She worked under many other great people as well, including the fashion editor, Diana Vreeland, art director Alexey Brodovitch, managing editor Frances McFadden, and others. In her autobiography, Louise states that "her time at Harper's Bazaar would not have been as wonderful if it weren't for her determined and intelligent staff".
Her career at Harper's Bazaar ended in 1958, when her colleagues Carmel Snow and Alexey Brodovitch resigned from their positions. The new art director visited her at her studio and this took Louise by surprise and took away her enthusiasm. She had never been told how to photograph or do her job hardly once since her time with the magazine and now it was happening. She enjoyed her freedom too much to put up with this so she herself resigned from Harper's Bazaar.
Throughout her years as a photographer, Louise went through many cameras as they advanced in their technology. One in particular, caused three worn-down vertebrae, a trip to the hospital and a traction; the seven pound Rolleiflex and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Graflex. After these incidents the doctors ordered her to balance her cameras on a tripod, which to her caused restrictions that just wouldn't fly.
In her autobiography, A Photographer's Scrapbook, Louise makes a point of telling her readers that she would not have been such a success in her work if it weren't for her schooling at the San Fransisco Institute of Art. The classes that she took and her experiences with her teachers opened her mind up to the world and her surroundings. These experiences made it easier for her to see beyond just a photo. It allowed her to create beauty and in many people's eyes, art.
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Center for Creative Photography. (1996-2000). Louise dahl-wolfe: the american image. Retrieved from http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa204.htm
Dahl-Wolfe, L. (1984). A Photographer's scrapbook. New York: St. Martin's/Marek.
Museum of Contemporary Photography. (2005-2009). Louise dahl-wolfe. Retrieved from http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/dahlwolfe_louise.php
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President Sirleaf Pays Tearful Tribute to Willis Knuckles
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joined hundreds of friends, family and colleagues who gathered in Careysburg Saturday morning to lay to rest the remains of the late Willis DeFrancis Knuckles, Jr.President Sirleaf began her eulogy in the form of a Letter: “Dear Willis…”A deeply saddened President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, in her tearful tribute, described the late Knuckles as an awesome strategist who, she said, immensely, committedly and honestly contributed to her successes in the 2005 and 2011 presidential elections.She said he was introduced to her as a ‘rising star’; and as a non-partisan, he began to effect his strategies and organizational skills during presidential campaigns.She asserted that she saw it fitting for Willis to be part of her first cabinet team as Minister of Publics Works and later as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, but characteristically coined his departure from her government as “untimely,” adding that “He held no bitterness.”The President recalled that although Knuckles went into the private sector as a business man, “he always dropped by my house to spice my day with his wise counsel.”Madam Sirleaf, in a painful narration, said her last meeting with Willis Knuckles was at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, where he was in uncontrollable tears, coupled with the lamentations of family members.She indicated that that an emotional heartbreak forced her to leave the hospital in tears.President Sirleaf told the thousand-odd funeral-goers that Willis’ tears at the hospital sent a message that he would no longer be with us. This prediction to his death brought tears in the eyes of many in the Seys United Methodist Church in Careysburg.“I had never seen him cry before; and so I believed that was a message that I would not see him again,” the President said.Sorrowfully, for about three minutes, the President left the podium and held on to the casket bearing Mr. Knuckles’ mortal remains and grieved before the mourners, which spared another tearful moment.Some Christians and Muslims who were in the Church argued that if the President had the power of resurrection, or had direct access to God, she would have either resurrected Willis, or prostrated before God as she did at the casket.The President made a remark she had never before revealed publicly: that Willis Knuckles was the person upon whom she depended to organize the transfer of Liberia’s capital city from Monrovia, Montserrado County, to Zekepa in Nimba County.Others who also paid tributes included Foreign Minister Augustine Ngafuan, who read the Official Gazette on behalf of the Liberian Government as Dean of the Cabinet; the City Corporation of Careysburg, the Rotary Clubs of Monrovia and Sinkor, Alpha Oldtimers and Crowd 21.Others included the Liberia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Monrovia Christian Church, the Mount Galilee Baptist Church (Careysburg), First Presbyterian Chruch (Careyburg), Seys United Methodist Church and the family.In his funeral discourse, Seys Senior Pastor Sampson W. Nyanti told the audience that death is inevitable, and that after death is judgment for hell or heaven. Rev. Nyanti said there are three things that sends one to heaven: Knowing, Believing and Living the Word God.Prior to Mr. Knuckles’ employment in the Unity Party’s led government, specially between, 1969-1993, he served as Liaison Officer and Special Protocol Attache, planning for and executing important events such as State Visits, Conferences and Inaugurations and serving as a Liaison to foreign dignitaries, including Heads of State.At the State Department, he served as Secretary to Secretary of State J. Rudolph Grimes and was later appointed by the late President Tubman as a member of Liberian delegations to several Ministerial and Summit meetings of Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He also attended the Summit of Heads of State of the Non-Aligned Movement in Lusaka, Zambia.Mr. Knuckles also served as Administrative Assistant to the late Vice President James E. Greene, until his death in 1977. President William R. Tolbert in 1979 appointed Mr. Knuckles Assistant Minister for Sports in the Ministry of Labor, Youth and Sports, during the tenure of Minister Estrada J. Bernard. Following his successful organization of a six-nation tournament won by Liberia, Knucles was elevated to the position of Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, the assignment he held until his resignation in June 1980.The late Knuckles served as Managing Editor at the Daily Observer from 1982-1984 as well as a correspondent for the BBC’s Focus on Africa Program.Willis was a strong believer in the family and the Church. He was a lifelong Methodist, spearheaded and organized record fundraising drives on two occasions for the rebuilding of the Church.He served as Secretary General and Vice Chairman of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) from 1972-1975 and from 1984-1986.In 1988, he organized and served as managing director of the Sports World, which was forced to close down in 1990 at the onset of the civil war. Again, in 1992, he established a wholly owned private business entity, which provided a vital link between Liberians at home and their relatives in the US, West Africa and other part of the world.The distinguished statesman died Monday, July 28, 2014 at the hour of 12:30 am in Accra, Ghana after a brief illness.He was born June 29, 1946 in the City of Careysburg, Montserrado County unto the Union of Mr. Willis D. Knuckles, Sr. and Mrs. Ethel Dunbar Knuckles, the second of 15 children. He was predeceased by two brothers, George and Winston.He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hawa Evelyn Knuckles; three children, Hawa-Ellen Knuckles, Willis D. Knuckles, III (Marie), and Ethel V. Knuckles; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Dunbar Wah; 12 brothers and sisters, Mrs. Bushin Wilson, Gabriel, Raymond, Marie Forko, William, Benedict, Pitman, Emma Burl Sea, Ethel Coomber, Estella, Mawolo and Robert; two grandchildren: Somod Willis and Nala Miriam; and many other relatives and friends in Liberia and abroad.The Liberian Official Gazette described the late Knuckles as: Patriot, Administrator, Entrepreneur, Devout Christian and Dedicated Public Servant.Mr. Knuckles was buried at the Knuckles’ Cemetery opposite his house in Careysburg.President Ellen Johnson-Sireaf led the Cabinet to the burial, which marked the first time for President Sirleaf to attend both funeral and burial ceremonies, since her reelection in 2011.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
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Prague hopes to turn ex-hospital where Jan Palach died into ‘Museum of Totalitarianism’
Brian Kenety
Fifty years ago this January, Jan Palach doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on Wenceslas Square to protest the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Prague City Hall is now looking to buy the former hospital where he died – slated to become a luxury hotel – and turn it into a “museum of totalitarianism”.
From cream to pig’s blood: How cooking evolved during the Protectorate
Tom McEnchroe
Whether it is glutton-free, paleo, vegan or just low-carb, the modern world offers special diets for the most selective consumers. But how does one eat when all but the most basic foodstuffs are cut off? That was the question that Czechs living during the Protectorate era between 1939 and 1945 had to ask themselves nearly every day.
Paul Ort: Three times the Gestapo came looking for my brothers and I – three times my father fobbed them off
Dr. Paul Ort’s mother and grandfather were murdered by the Nazis in reprisals that followed the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. A childhood friend of Vaclav Havel’s, the then Pavel Ort escaped from Communist Czechoslovakia via Tunisia after securing a medical degree against the odds. He went on to have a very successful career in the US, where he is still practising at the age of 82.
Czech national revivalists fought against the Christmas tree, says historian
Lodged just before Christmas, December 22nd may at first seem a rather unremarkable day. However, it marks the anniversary of the first recorded Christmas tree being introduced on Czech soil. Today Christmas trees have not only established themselves in nearly every household but also dominate many town squares. This despite an initial struggle against Czech revivalists, who saw it as a German import.
Golden treasure from Thirty Years’ War discovered in Pardubice region
Officials of the Pardubice region recently announced a surprise discovery. Dozens of gold coins were found on a pasture near the town of Králíky in the north east of Bohemia. Experts, who have analysed the coins, say they date to the period of the Thirty Years’ War and may have been buried while an army was on the march.
New hopes of saving Schindler’s Ark
Thanks to Steven Spielberg, the story of Oskar Schindler and the twelve hundred Jews he saved during World War II is well known. But not many people know that the factory where he employed them still stands. It is in the village of Brněnec, north of the Czech Republic’s second city of Brno, and for many years it has stood derelict. There has been a lot of talk of saving the building and turning it into a museum and memorial, and the latest initiative comes from members of the Low-Beer family, who owned the factory until 1938 when they had to flee
Readings and ‘big heart’ rally commemorate seven years since death of Václav Havel
Tuesday marks the seventh anniversary of the death of Václav Havel. The former president remains a much respected figure in the country, even though his quotes are often used to help delineate the current divide in Czech society. Several commemorative events are taking place across the Czech Republic, including those that seek to bring Havel closer through his works.
A century of Czech independence - according to Pavel Kosatík
Vít Pohanka
As the end of 2018 draws near, Czechs are reflecting on the century of their independent state. All years ending in “8” have a special meaning for this nation – 1918, 1938, 1948, and 1968 were the main turning points for the country and its people. Pavel Kosatík is a journalist and writer, author of many books, screenplays and documentaries about Czech history.
The Světlana case: partisan fighters, agent provocateurs, and the Third Resistance in Czechoslovakia
The short-lived secret organisation Světlana formed in 1948 grew to become the largest anti-Communist group in Czechoslovakia, boasting several hundred members at its peak, operating in more than a dozen cells, mainly in Moravia. That’s one version of events. Many long believed that Světlana was not only infiltrated by the State Security force, or StB, but was in fact a creation of it – part of operations to ensnare “counter-revolutionaries”, those sympathetic to what is now known as the Third Resistance movement. Other questions remain as to whether
Book on Czechoslovak spy to be adopted by Hollywood
One of the most fascinating Cold War spy tales, involving a Czechoslovak spy who fooled a woman into thinking he was her long abandoned son, is being adopted as a screenplay by a Hollywood studio. Jaroslav Kmenta, who is the author of a book on the spy and later sold the rights to Fox Searchlight Pictures, says the studio has used its option to go ahead.
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Cool For The Summer
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Demi Lovato foregoes her usual pop-rock vocals to whisper-sing over a tinkling piano at the start of this very-obviously-trying-to-be-a-summer-jam summer jam. She wants to enter into something with someone that seems at least a little scandalous. “Don't tell your mother,” she warns softly, as a wavering synth line propels this vocal powerhouse into a bombastic chorus that's all about trying out new things for the sake of summer experiences. The abrupt crescendos, slamming beat, and Lovato's shredding vocal stylings make this song so hot, it's doubtful that it'll cool once autumn arrives.
The song has drawn comparisons to Katy Perry's “I Kissed a Girl,” due to the bi-curious nature of the lyrics and music video.
“Cool For the Summer” was nominated for Song of the Summer at the 2015 MTV Music Video Awards, but lost to 5 Seconds of Summer's “She's Kinda Hot.”
The single was the first released off of Lovato's fifth studio album “Confident,” which she has noted would be a major departure in both sound and lyrical content from her previous endeavors. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, she stated, “I'm done with the sob stories and the tales...This is a completely new Demi.”
Demi Lovato co-wrote the song with, among others, Max Martin. Martin's resume includes penning songs for Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry, the latter being another justification for comparisons between “Cool For the Summer” and “I Kissed a Girl.”
“Cool For the Summer” charted in over 20 different countries, and was Lovato's first single to reach the top 10 in the U.K.
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Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Iraq at the level of the Deputy Ministers
On September 11, 2019 Minsk hosted Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Iraq. At the consultations the Belarusian delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Dapkiunas, the Iraqi delegation was led by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nizar Issa Abdulhadi Al-Khirullah.
These were the first consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries after the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq to Belarus in 2015.
During the consultations, the delegations have discussed in details a wide range of issues on bilateral agenda, as well as a possibility and specific steps to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries in different spheres.
The Deputies Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Iraq noted an exceptional coordinating and encouraging role of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in strengthening bilateral cooperation, especially through the specialized agencies.
The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq pointed out a significant improvement of the situation in Iraq in the sphere of security in recent years and appearance of numerous new opportunities for the development of cooperation with foreign countries in the fields of business, social and communal infrastructure, education and tourism.
During the consultations, the Iraqi partners expressed their interest in establishing strong partnership with Belarus in the field of agricultural production, both in terms of importing Belarusian food products and exploring the possibility of producing Belarusian agricultural equipment in Iraq and establishing full-cycle agricultural production in Iraq based on advanced Belarusian technologies of breeding, growing and processing.
In accordance with the urgent national needs of the post-conflict reconstruction, the head of the Iraqi delegation expressed great demand for Belarusian public transport in Iraq. The parties agreed on the need to continue discussing this issue between the relevant institutions as a priority.
With a view to increase the awareness of Iraqi consumers about the export opportunities of Belarus and advantages of Belarusian goods and products, Nizar Issa Abdul-Hadi al-Khairallah recommended to use the capacity of the annual international exhibition in Baghdad.
During the discussion, the parties also paid special attention to the prospects of expanding cooperation in higher education (training of Iraqi students in Belarus), tourism and sports (organization of a football match between the national teams of Belarus and Iraq).
The Deputy Ministers emphasized the importance of a significant increase in the intensity of direct contacts between representatives of the government departments and business entities of the two countries and noted the expected visits to Minsk of the representatives of the leadership of the Iraqi ministries of trade and higher education.
During the consultations, a number of specific issues of practical interaction between the government departments of the two countries on civil and consular issues were discussed.
The Deputy Ministers noted the great role in the development of multifaceted bilateral cooperation played by the Belarusian Embassy in Ankara and Iraqi Embassy in Moscow, as well as the Honorary Consul of Belarus in Iraq, Majid Al-Qaysi.
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This is one of Neil Simon's earlier works – and still one of his funniest. In a cascade of witty quips and snappy ripostes, there is a laugh in nearly every line. The story centres on the Bratters, a pair of newlywed New Yorkers who move into an apartment six floors up – an agonising climb for everyone but young wife Corrie who is thrilled with her first home. Husband Paul, a rather serious rising lawyer, is not so amused. Neither is Corrie's mother, a widow with a bad back and a nervous disposition, who is even more nervous when she meets the Bratters' eccentric European neighbour, Velasco. After a night out with him, the Bratters have their first stand-up row and Corrie accuses Paul of being a stuffed shirt who would never do anything so crazy as to walk barefoot in the park. Meanwhile, her mother has to find out how she lost all her clothes when she passed out in Velasco's apartment and Paul decides to walk on the wild side to prove his love for Corrie. Naturally, it all ends happily. But you'll still be laughing on the way out of the theatre.
The Day After The Fair
by Frank Harvey
This sad romantic play is an adaptation of a short story by Thomas Hardy. It is set in Hardy country, Dorset, in the home of a wealthy brewer, Arthur Harnham, and his unhappy younger wife Edith. The arrival of a fair with a new-fangled steam carousel is the cause of much excitement among the young maids in the house, one of whom, Anna, meets a young man from London. When she receives a letter from him, she confesses to Edith that she cannot read, nor write. The kindly Edith agrees to act as Anna's shadow by writing to the young man, a barrister named Charles Bradford. Soon, Edith and Charles are exchanging love letters – he still believing hers come from Anna. Anna is found to be pregnant and Charles comes to marry her. On that day, he discovers he has been deceived and is bound, not to the educated woman to whom he has been writing, but to a pretty, illiterate peasant. The play ends on a beautifully sad note. Take your handkerchiefs.
Larkin With Women
Philip Larkin was the author and poet who famously turned down the offer to become the Poet Laureate and who was also renowned for his assertion that sexual intercourse began in 1963. Larkin was a reclusive man who spent the last of his 63 years of life in the comparative backwater of Hull University, despite being hailed as one of the finest writers of the 20th century and the nation's favourite poet. Much of his output shed a somewhat ascerbic view of modern society but his personal life was once described as hair-raising but hilarious. Ben Brown's play looks at Larkin's life through his relationships with three women – the glamourous Monica Jones, the gentle Maeve Brennan and his long time secretary and confidante, Betty Mackereth – across three decades, a period when Larkin was keeping these three women on the go without marrying any one of them. The result is an amusing insight into the unorthodox, jazz-loving, sexually charged poet who called himself "the Don Juan of Hull". This year is the 25th anniversary of Larkin's death and his memory will be celebrated at literary festivals across the world even as our production opens.
by George Huang
The action takes place in the offices of a Hollywood film studio – "not the movies but the business of movies... and you gotta be ready to crush anyone and anything that comes within a mile of getting in your way". Here we meet Buddy Ackerman, Senior Executive Vice-President of Keystone Productions, an outwardly charming but totally ruthless man who has risen to power by making highly successful blood-and-bullets movies. He has a new assistant, Guy, whom he greets amiably but soon subjects to a torrent of abuse and belittlement which becomes the pattern of their tempestuous relationship. Into it walks Dawn Lockard, a feisty, street-wise, hard-headed producer with a new project which Buddy is persuaded to back. Buddy hands Guy the chance to produce it and, amid the excitement of developing the script, he and Dawn become lovers. But just as success seems within his grasp, Guy discovers he has been betrayed. He wreaks a terrible revenge on Buddy and settles his score with Dawn. This is a play of raw power with a twist at the end – and one which will grip you to the last curtain.
The Matchgirls
by Bill Owen
Yes, that Bill Owen, star of Last of the Summer Wine. The story is based on a real event in 1888 when girls working in the Bryant and May match factory in London went on strike – geddit? – in protest at their dreadful working conditions. One of the effects of making phosphorus matches was that the girls risked developing a disfiguring condition known as "phossy jaw". Led by one of their number, Kate, they seek recognition of their rights with the help of Annie Besant, an early Labour activist. Of course, they finally win the day. Sounds grim? Not a bit of it. Thisis a lot of fun. There is romance between the girls and their young men, mostly from the nearby London docks - chief among them Kate and her boyfriend Joe. This show is a fast-moving musical laced with Cockney humour and songs, musical numbers and choruses a-plenty. In short, a feel-good show with tunes to make you tap your feet and songs you will long remember.
by Clifford Williams
Adapted from the novel by Daphne du Maurier, this is the much-read tale of a young girl who marries an older man, Maxim de Winter, and is taken to live on his West Country estate, Manderley. There, her early happiness withers away as she gradually becomes involved in the mystery of de Winter's first wife, Rebecca, who died in unknown circumstances. Rebecca's unseen presence fills the house, enthusiastically promoted by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, whose loyalty to the dead women is fierce and unhinged. Driven to despair by the dark menace surrounding her, the young wife is on the point of taking her own life when the truth of Rebecca's death is finally revealed and the de Winters emerge from the shadows to begin their married life together. You may know the ending but this story unfolds with a gripping intensity which makes for superb theatre.
by Gerald Sibleyras (trans by Tom Stoppard)
This gentle comedy will appeal to everyone. It is Stoppard's translation of a French play by Gerald Sibleyras and, as you might expect from a master of theatrical wit, he brings a rich humour to a simple concept. The play is set in 1959 in the grounds of an old soldiers' home where three of the inmates – First World War veterans – live. What brings Phillipe, Gustave and Henri together is their common purpose – to escape. With military precision, the three would-be escapees talk, plan and plot whenever they meet, always searching for the perfect scheme to make their getaway. Of course, they have never succeeded but they retain high hopes. When we meet them, they are devising yet another cunning plan to get them over the wall and away. But although escape is their prime concern, they talk of many things – of the war, the other inmates, the Sisters who care for them, the sexual attractions of the young women who work at the home, and the dog. They want to take the dog with them but it's made of stone and they can't lift it. It is typical of the lunacy that permeates this lovely comic vignette. You'll sympathise with the three old fools and you will laugh with them, not at them.
by Marc Camoletti
Bernard invites his mistress, Brigit, down to his country cottage on her birthday despite the fact that his wife, Jacqueline, will be there too. To avoid her suspicions, he also invites his best friend, Robert, and asks him to pretend that Brigit is his mistress. Robert is uneasy about this arrangement, never having met Brigit. When an attractive cleaning lady turns up, he is further confused. Increasingly desperate to keep his wife sweet, Bernard gives a masterly display of quick thinking until... well, you will have got the picture. A farce? You've got it in one. And a very funny one it is.
Full of sight gags, funny lines and lust, the whole thing spins along at a rate of knots with frantic complications in which identities, plots and even bedrooms are changed in ever more confusion. Unbelievable? Of course. But put logic aside, sit back and enjoy.
The Lion In Winter
by James Goldman
The setting is the castle at Chinon in the Loire valley, a stronghold of Henry II, king of England and ruler of a large part of France. It is Christmas 1183 and Henry prepares to greet his wife, his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Once, they outraged the courts of Europe by eloping to marry and create an enormous empire embracing England and almost half of France. Now, Eleanor comes to Chinon only because Henry releases her from prison where he has kept her for the last ten years. He brings his latest love, the French princess Alais to meet Eleanor and their three sons, Richard, Geoffrey and John, two of whom later became kings themselves. This reunion brings together a fiery family, dominated by Henry and Eleanor who cannot forgive each other for destroying their one-time love and who now engage in an angry, spitting, furious battle of wills. The play is based on fact and paints an enthralling picture of two mighty personalities whose Christmas ends with both parties having fought to a standstill but remain joined together. They retire to lick with wounds until next they meet, when Henry will let Eleanor out of prison for Easter. As a play, this is simply stunning. We shall be taking it to Cornwall in the summer as our contribution of the Minack Festival.
"The region's best amateur theatre by miles"
Croydonlife November 2012
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Moe Zinkerbell Is Among One of Youtube’s Fastest Growing Prank Channels
Youtube is the major platform for entertaining video content. The sheer popularity of the website has made it a very competitive contest to become famous. However, sometimes, an entertainer succeeds in getting ahead of there and entering the center stage. Mohamed Abdelrahim Zahrieh, more commonly known as his internet alias, Moe Zinkerbell, is one such comedian and Youtube personality. He is a Palestinian-American producer, director, actor, and comedian which produces entertainment-based video content.
Moe Zinkerbell is among the leading and fastest-growing pranking channels on Youtube. Pranking is a phenomenon that has taken over Youtube. It involves purposely setting up outlandish and hyperbolic scenarios and seeing how unsuspecting people deal with them. Despite the massive volume of such videos on the platform, Moe Zinkerbell has managed to distinguish his own quite well.
The channel has garnered quite a lot of acclaim and has a fan-following over 85,000 subcribers. Many of Moe Zinkerbell’s videos have gotten millions of views. The channel had become very quickly one of the top pranking video-channels on the entire platform. This rise to fame is something that Mohamed Abdelrahim Zahrieh did not anticipate. However, he states that it is something that he is more than happy to achieve. Focusing on the creation of even better comedic and prank videos, he hopes to continue entertaining his audience and viewers.
Fans of his channel have most notably responded to the comedic absurdity of his videos. They enjoy the various scenarios and circumstances he comes up with for his pranks and hopes to see more content of that nature. As a result of this, Moe Zinkerbell is on the fast track towards becoming one of the most reputable pranking channels on Youtube.
About Moe Zinkerbell:
Moe Zinkerbell is a Youtube channel that is run by Mohamed Abdelrahim Zahrieh. Mohamed is a 26-year-old Palestinian-American Internet personality, producer, director, actor, comedian, and a prankster on YouTube. He is one of 8 siblings and still resides in New York City. Having studied at the John Dewey High School, producing entertaining video content was always one of his passions. With Youtube’s supremacy over the video market, he decided to give it a try and was surprised to see the positivity and acclaim he received. Many of his videos have garnered millions of views. He plans to continue delivering the same quality and entertainment that his fans expect from him.
For more information: https://www.youtube.com/moezinkerbell
Contact Person: Mohamed Abdelrahim Zahrieh
Address:1 Brooklyn Ave
Website: https://www.youtube.com/moezinkerbell
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Mumbai all set to get first Indian Institute of Skills
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Mumbai is all set to get the first Indian Institute of Skills - IIS, the foundation stone of which will be laid next month. Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey today announced that the institute is likely to be operational by next year. He said this after visiting the campus of National Skill Training Institute in Mumbai to review the site were IIS will be built.
Mr. Pandey informed that the project will be executed on a Public-Private Partnership basis, wherein Tata Educational and Development Trust will build the infrastructure and run the centre at an investment of 300 crore rupees. He said the IIS will have a capacity to train 10,000 trainees in traditional as well as new-age skills like factory automation, digital manufacturing, cybersecurity, additive manufacturing, data analytics, digital design, smart mechatronics among others. He added that the government wants to create a future-ready workforce who can cope with the changing technology and digital environment.
Mr. Pandey said the formation of a separate Ministry for Skill Development has ushered in a skill development movement in the country. He informed that the government is planning to set up two such institutes at Ahmedabad and Kanpur by 2022.
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NGOs in China
A blog about developments in the nongovernmental, nonprofit, charitable sector in China.
Warriors of Qiugang -- environmental activism at its best
Last Saturday afternoon, I went to the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in the 798 Art Space in Beijing to see “Warriors of Qiugang”, a short documentary about a farmer-turned-environmental activist (to see the full documentary, go to e360.yale.edu). The film was directed by Ruby Yang who had won a Oscar for best short documentary for her earlier 2006 film, “Blood of Yingzhou District” about children in Anhui who had lost their parents to an AIDS epidemic in the province. I had seen the earlier film and a friend of mine, an environmental lawyer in Beijing, had recommended “Warriors of Qiugang” so I was looking forward to the screening. When I heard that Ruby Yang and Mr. Zhang Gongli, the farmer, were going to be in the audience and answering questions afterwards, that made the event even sweeter.
Despite the polluted, overcast, chilly conditions, I hopped on my bike and rode out to the 798 Art Space and got there about 10 minutes late. The film had already started, and the auditorium was almost packed, but luckily I found a seat up front, opened up my Windows document on my phone and started to take notes.
The film is in some ways a familiar story for those of us steeped in environmental horror stories in China. The story is about Qiugang village which is located on the banks of the Huai River in Anhui. The village’s land and waterways are being laid to waste by several highly-polluting factories next door. The villagers are fed up by the pollution and the health problems it is causing, and protest in 2003 but are beaten up. Enter Mr. Zhang whose land is very close to one of the factories. He sues the factory in 2004 and again in 2005 but loses each time, though in an interview he did with me afterwards, he said the factory did settle with him by paying him 500 yuan (about U.S.$65 a year at that time) for three years, but refused to stop its operations. In 2007, Mr. Zhang and Qiugang are helped by Green Anhui, a local environmental NGO, which gets their story to the local media. The villagers then decide to write a petition to the local authorities asking them to close the factories down. The local authorities balk until Mr. Zhang, with the help of Green Anhui and other environmental NGOs in Beijing, bring the story to the national media which in turn attracts the attention of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Mr. Zhang's message is that the factories should be closed down because they are in violation of existing environmental laws and regulations. Under pressure from the national authorities and Mr. Zhang who keeps up the campaign, local authorities eventually order the factories closed in 2009. The factories are now in the process of being torn down.
The film brings out some important elements of activism in China. It shows that ordinary farmers do care about the damage caused by environmental pollution and are willing to take risks to do something about it. It depicts the role of NGOs in educating individual activists about the laws, and bringing their stories to the media and national authorities. It shows how the media and national authorities can be occasional allies in the fight to enforce China’s laws in favor of social and environmental justice. The combined efforts of these actors can sometimes lead to good results even in an authoritarian state. We see a similar pattern in the environmental campaign against the Nujiang River dam project which ended up being suspended in 2005 (see Andrew Mertha's brilliant account in his book Water Warriors).
After the film, I had a chance to go out to dinner with Ruby Yang and Mr. Zhang and offered to escort Mr. Zhang back to the train station so I could interview him. He told me many of the people in his village and many of the local officials in his area had seen the film. Now that he had achieved a level of fame, he didn’t seem to think the local authorities would cause him any trouble. I hope he's right.
When I dropped him off at the train station, he took out his camera and showed me pictures of the factory being razed. He said there would soon be trees and grass there, and that they've seen some small fish again in the river and waterways. He sounded hopeful.
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Peter O. Stecher
Peter O. Stecher (born 1965 in Vienna, Austria) is an expert in archery. He is a published author on the subject, and he has toured the globe to perform in various archery events as "Bowman", including a slapstick routine with a character he calls "Barry Bowdini". Stecher lives in Lockenhaus, where in 1991 he founded the first archery club in the Burgenland state. Stecher is known as a classic bow purist, shooting every bow type, but prefers the simple straight American semi-longbow similar to the ones favored by Howard Hill.
Stecher`s book, "Legends in Archery - Adventures with Bow and Arrow" (Schiffer Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0764335754), began as a 2008 series of portraits of famous archers, for a German-language trade magazine. The book was then published in the German language in 2008, then more widely released in 2010. Byron Ferguson met Stecher 2010 in Graz, Austria and the two bowmen became friends. Stecher has published Ferguson`s own book, "Become the Arrow", into German. Stecher then completed a 10-minute archery movie featuring trick shots and slow-motion imaging with a high-speed camera.
More recently, Stecher was invited to Nanjing as one of the seven best "Robin Hood" archers from around the world, to appear on a Chinese televised program featuring an archery competition, the first ever on popular Chinese broadcasting. The show, which aired on Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation on 22 February 2015, was seen by 250 million Chinese viewers. His contestant was Chinese Olympic gold medalist, Zhang Juanjuan. The challenge was to shoot arrows at falling rings. In the end, Stecher shot to a draw with Zhang Juanjuan, each hitting seven falling rings out of fifteen opportunities.
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Radio DNA
Another cat among the pigeons, perhaps… here is my latest Crucible column for Chemistry World.
It has to rate as one of the most astonishing discoveries of this century, and it came from a Nobel laureate. Yet it was almost entirely ignored. In 2011 Luc Montagnier, who three years earlier was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his co-discovery of the AIDS virus HIV, reported that he and his coworkers could use the polymerase chain reaction (PCR, the conventional method of amplifying strands of DNA) to synthesize DNA sequences of more than 100 base pairs, without any of the target strands present to template the process [1]. All they needed was water. Water, that is, first subjected to very-low-frequency electromagnetic waves emitted and recorded from solutions of DNA encoding the target sequence. In other words, the information in a DNA strand could be transmitted by its electromagnetic emissions and imprinted on water itself.
Maybe you’re now thinking this work was ignored for good reason, namely that it’s utterly implausible. I agree: it doesn’t even begin to make sense given what we know about the molecular ingredients. But the claims were unambiguous. The authors say they took a 104-base-pair fragment of DNA from HIV (and who knows about that better than Montagnier?) and copied it, reproducibly and with at least 98% fidelity, by adding the PCR ingredients to the irradiated water. If you choose to ignore this, are you saying Montagnier is lying?
What you’re actually saying is that science doesn’t always work as it is ‘supposed’ to, by claims being tested and then accepted or rejected depending on the result. Of course, many trivial claims never get replicated (that’s another story), but really big ones – and they don’t come much bigger than this – are immediately interrogated by other labs, right? That’s what happened with cold fusion, however implausible it seemed. True, some results can’t be replicated without highly specialized kit and expertise – no one has rushed to verify the Higgs boson sighting. But Montagnier and colleagues used nothing more than you’d find in most molecular biology labs worldwide.
So what’s going on? What we’re really seeing tested here are the unwritten social codes of science. Montagnier has long been seen as something of a maverick, but in recent years some have accused him of descending into quackery. Since claiming in 2009 that some DNA emits EM signals [2], he has suggested that such signals can be detected in the blood of children with autism and that this justifies treating autism with antibiotics. He has seemed to suggest that HIV can be defeated with diet and supplements, and commended the notorious ‘memory of water’ proposed by French immunologist Jacques Benveniste [3]. Although he is currently the head of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention in Paris, his unorthodox views have prompted some leading researchers to question his suitability to lead such projects.
But science judges the results, not the person, right? So let’s look at the paper. At face value making a simple claim, it is in fact so peppered with oddness that other researchers probably imagine any attempt at replication will be deeply unrewarding. There are hints that the EM emissions come from a baffling and bloody-minded universe: their strength doesn’t correlate with concentration, they seem to appear in some ranges of dilution and then vanish in others, and there is no rhyme or reason to which organisms or sequences produce them and which don’t. That the authors show the signals not as ordinary graphs but as a screenshot adds to the misgivings.
Then there’s the ‘explanation’. Montagnier has teamed up with Italian physicist Emilio Del Giudice and his colleagues, who in 1988 published a “theory of liquid water based on quantum field theory” [4] which proposed that water molecules can form “coherent domains” about 100 nm in size containing “almost free electrons” that can absorb electromagnetic energy and use it to create self-organized dissipative structures. These coherent domains are, however, a quantum putty to be shaped to order, not a theory to be tested. They haven’t yet been clearly detected, nor have they convincingly explained a single problem in chemical physics, but they have been invoked to account for Benveniste’s results and cold fusion, and now they can explain Montagnier’s findings on the basis that the EM signals from DNA can somehow shape the domains to stand in for the DNA itself in the PCR process.
Make of this what you will; the real issue here is that it all looks puzzling, even prejudiced, to outsiders, who understandably cannot fathom why a startling claim by a distinguished scientist is apparently just being brushed aside. Perhaps it might help to stop pretending that science works as the books say it does. Perhaps also, given that Montagnier says his findings are motivating clinical trials to “test new therapeutics” for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, it might be wise to subject them to more scrutiny after all.
1. L. Montagnier et al., J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 306, 012007 (2011).
2. L. Montagnier et al., Interdiscip. Sci. Comput. Life Sci. 1, 81 (2009).
3. E. Davenas et al., Nature 338, 816 (1988).
4. E. Del Giudice, G. Preparata & G. Vitiello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 1085 (1988).
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JimmyGiro said...
Now if you were a modern tyrant, and you found yourself in a position of controlling the mainstream media of our quasi-democracy, in order to assert your indirect will, would it not be to your advantage to nerf science?
If so, what percentage of bizarre science would it take before people stopped listening to scientists generally, as though they were all quacks?
Without truth or reality to stop you, there would be no limits as to what you could sell as 'virtue': Divorce, ritalin, sodomy, socialism, abortion, 'quantitative easing', the criminalizing of heterosexuality, and secret family courts, to name but a few.
And what are your views on political 'scientists' like Lord Robert Winston?
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Kasich concocting school funding plan behind closed doors
By Greg On July 29, 2012 · 6 Comments
While a team of legislators led by Republican Ron Amstutz have schedule hearings across the state about school funding, the Kasich administration has his own team meeting in secret to craft his school funding plan. The Cleveland Plain Dealer shared a key insight into what we can expect from Kasich’s plan: consolidation.
No big surprise, but not exactly what we would call a “funding” solution, but instead more state regulation over school operations. Kasich has long preached about his desire to have local governments consolidate their services in order to fix his budget, and forcing schools to do so to fit his personal philosophy is a logical next step for him to take. Instead of figuring out a method of funding to improve services for schools, Kasich wants to combine services across districts to cut costs and the quality of the operation.
Kasich spokesperson Rob Nichols expresses an opinion the Governor has held even prior to his election, “The money is going to overhead, red tape and bureaucracy instead of instruction. Ohio is one of the worst states in driving dollars to the classroom, and we want to flip that and bring more money into the classroom and less into overhead.”
Much easier said than done, especially when the administrations actions are taking us in the opposite direction. The administration has continued to enact bill after bill that meets the very definition of red tape and bureaucracy, most of which we have written about on Plunderbund — teacher retesting, the third grade retention plan (with its increased student testing), teacher merit pay, a new school ranking system, a new school grading system, and a never-before-tested teacher evaluation system. In addition, we had significant reforms that were already in the process of being enacted in Ohio, the adoption of the new common core curriculum with new online-only exams and the new Resident Educator program providing for extended mentoring of new teachers.
All of those items require a massive financial commitment by the state for processes that should be clearly considered to be non-classroom expenditures. They are heavy on new computer equipment (both classroom and district-wide network) and on personnel to create, enact, and oversee the various processes.
And it seems we might have the unlikeliest of allies: House Finance Committee Chair….and leader of the statewide school funding discussions, Ron Amstutz.
Said Amstutz of Kasich’s job-sharing plans:
“I think we will see more of it, but I don’t think it’s a silver bullet and I don’t think it should be mandated,” he said. “Academic success is what is critical and that isn’t as simple as having more resources in the classroom.”
Consider that last sentence from Amstutz again — he certainly seems more thoughtful about the process than does our first-term governor, don’t you think?
Interestingly enough, the Toledo Blade published an article today about term limits that contains some interesting information about why we might be inclined to trust Amstutz over Kasich on this issue. In a word: experience. Amstutz’s relevant experience puts Kasich to shame on this issue.
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R., Wooster), chairman of the powerful House Finance and Appropriations Committee, is dean of post-term limits legislating with 32 consecutive years in the General Assembly. He already had 20 years under his belt when the first impact of term limits was felt in 2000. Voters then sent him to the Senate and then back to the House in 2009.
He has been presiding over a series of hearings to educate committee members when it comes to school funding. In this age of term limits, many lawmakers were not here when the Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly held the state’s method of funding K-12 education unconstitutional.
No, we haven’t jumped on the Ron Amstutz bandwagon, but the potential firestorm between the Kasich Administration and the experienced Amstutz’s House Finance Committee should provide for some interesting stories over the next year (Kasich is planning to roll out school funding in his 2013 budget — legislation that will first have to pass through House Finance).
Let us know — what key components would you like to see addressed in the next school funding model?
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Interview on rules for sale of housing to young people: Where to apply for consultation and who has advantages
Friday, 11 October 2019, 11:51:07
At the opening ceremony of the Year of Youth, the First President of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, instructed to ensure the construction of rental housing for young Kazakhstanis at affordable prices in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent. In November 2019, the acceptance of applications is already starting in some regions. In an interview with PrimeMinister.kz, Chairman of the Committee on Youth and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Social Development Madiyar Kozhakhmet spoke more about the ongoing work to provide housing for young Kazakhstanis.
— Madiyar Duisenbaiuly, how will applications be received? Where should young people apply? What documents do they need to provide for housing?
— By decision of the country's leadership in support of working youth, 3 thousand apartments will be given out annually in the next 3 years in the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent. The main purpose of issuing this housing is to support working youth in order to enable them to save up for their own housing. This measure does not imply support for socially vulnerable groups. The main task is to support working youth. It was decided to formulate the main criteria for the selection of housing in five basic principles: age under 29 years old, he must work, must not have housing in his property, have a deposit account in order to make savings, and also have an income of over 100 thousand Tenge and above. The calculation here was made on the basis that housing will be issued for a period of 5 years. Within 5 years, the cost of housing will be about 10 thousand tenge, plus housing services 20 thousand tenge. We assumed that in the region of 60 thousand tenge he would spend on his needs. He will save the rest of the difference from 20 to 30 thousand tenge every month. Then within 5 years it will be able to accumulate approximately 1.8 million tenge, not counting government premiums, interest on the deposit. This amount should be enough to purchase your own home. 2 million tenge is even enough under the 7-20-25 program to buy primary own housing. From this logic, such a demand was made. After people submit documents, from November in Nur Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent housing will be distributed according to the point system. Housing is limited, most likely there will be more applicants. In order to set some selection criteria so that there is no misunderstanding, we set up a point system. If a young girl is married, then this gives her an extra point. Having children is an extra point. The more experience, the better. The longer I saved money on a deposit, the better. The presence of some achievements in work — this also gives advantages in obtaining this housing.
— Will professional specialization influence the desicion? Will there be a preference for social workers, or can everyone claim?
— Everyone can claim, but taking into account the fact that this is a support program for working youth, we have made it so that the priority 100 specialties, which together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population are approved and will have a certain priority in terms of points. Any specialty can take part, but if you are the owner of a profession that is relevant, important and for which there is now a need for personnel, then you will receive additional points.
— It turns out that housing will be provided for a period of 5 years? Regardless of how old a person will be for the period of housing?
— If at the time of filing the application he must be under 29 years old, up to 34 years the maximum period when he can live in this housing.
— If it's a family?
— In this case, the application is filed not as a family, but separately. A wife or spouse will be considered as an additional member of the family. The application will come from the one who filed it. If the husband is over 30 years old, but the wife is less and she submits documents, then we will accept them. And vice versa, respectively. It all depends on the age of the applicant. Family income can also be included in the amount of income of 100 thousand tenge.
— Will there be any assistance for civil servants?
— Civil servants, budget workers and everyone who works in this area will have one extra point.
— Does the scoring system provide for accumulation or is it considered only for the period of submission? Will there be a backup list?
— No, there will be no reserve list. A contest was held for the filing period, they submitted documents, and decided. Anyone who fails has the right to file again next year. There will not be one that has passed and will wait. Priorities will not be formed. The commission will meet only once to determine the annual list.
— So far we are talking only about three large cities. What are the prospects for spreading this experience to the regions of the republic?
— We hope that the pilot project will give its positive results. If this mechanism is justified, has a good social effect, then I think we will take the initiative to expand the list. So far, the decision has been made only within these cities. Housing is planned within 40 square meters. This will be a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment, depending on how local executive bodies will acquire them. This year, taking into account the tight deadlines, part of the housing will be purchased on the market, i.e., finished. Part of the housing is being built: now the construction process, public procurement, and so on. Next year it is planned that this will be only new housing built.
— It turns out the area of housing will be standard for all 3 thousand apartments?
— Within 40 square meters depending on the region’s economy. The average cost of these apartments, for example, in Shymkent may be greater, Nur-Sultan less. Budget money is allocated from this calculation. The basic calculation goes from 40 square meters.
— Will the rent pay in these three cities be the same?
— No, each region has its own standards, rates set for the provision of rental housing. The difference will be no more than 10 thousand tenge.
— Will the applicants have any advantages depending on the deadlines? Will it all depend on the score?
— The question was, whoever filed earlier, has more right, but from our point of view, there is a certain injustice. Thus, not the most needy or not the most suitable can get this apartment. This approach is not entirely correct. Together with government agencies, we held a discussion of this order and decided that the focus would be on the point system first.
— Is responsibility for violateon of any points of residence provided for, will the family be evicted?
— There is a model agreement on the use of rental housing. In it, in addition to the basic standards (preservation of property, quality, etc.), the following standards will apply: for 5 years this person must work. He must annually confirm the fact that he works. If for some reason he quits and does not attempt to find a job, we will be forced to raise the question of eviction. In general, we do not set any radical rules on what to evict for any mistake. But if they violate such rules as does not work, does not seek work, then we will raise the question of eviction. Because after 5 years, we must release a young man with the opportunity to buy his own housing, then settle other young people.
— Among the criteria we do not see the presence of education. In our country, in addition to higher education, vocational education is actively developing. Will this be taken into account? Will priority be given to people with higher or secondary education?
— According to the law, working youth are all those who work — after school, after college, after high school. In this regard, there will be no special restrictions or advantages for those who have this or that education. The most important thing is that it works. That is, you can apply already from the age of 18, while the young man must work on an ongoing basis, with full-time employment.
— As for the quality of rental housing, who will check whether the housing meets the standards?
— Here are the standard verification mechanisms. Akimat is a developer, customer and purchaser of this property. He will conduct appropriate monitoring of compliance with the quality and effective provision of housing. In any case, public commissions, members of the Nur Otan party and any youth activists will have the full right, if they wish, to carry out public monitoring of the quality of this housing and compliance with contractual obligations so that everyone who does not meet the criteria does not randomly receive an apartment.
— How will the transparency of this process be ensured? As far as we understand, applications will be accepted by akimats. Will you, for your part, be involved in ensuring the transparency of this process?
— We have now worked on this issue at the order level so that the commissions are as open as possible with the involvement of the public. We will carefully monitor this so that representatives of youth, public organizations, and the deputies are on the composition of the commissions and, when considering these applications, can ensure the completeness of decision-making on the basis of all submitted documents and prevent corruption risks.
— Surely the mechanism for receiving applications in the three cities will be identical. Will these be online applications?
— In general, three cities have platforms through which applications will appear. They have already formed a practice for issuing rental housing for other segments of the population. By the same mechanism, the same portals will be involved. This is done in order to reduce the order, quantity of feed, etc.
— So, where can citizens apply for participation in the rental housing program for young people. Where can those not on the lists ask about the reasons for the refusal?
— In early September, we gave a short briefing with contacts. We will indicate these contacts, it will be possible to contact these phones.
For questions about providing housing for working youth, you should contact the authorized bodies: Housing Fund KSU of the Akimat of Nur-Sultan: 8 (7172) 79-34-50, 79-34-62 (63), Public Development Department of Almaty: 8 (7272) 62-27-08, Department for Family, Children and Youth Affairs of Shymkent: 8 (7252) 24-74-37.
— Thank you for the interview.
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A historian, a writer, an authority on Central and Eastern Europe, a music buff, a collector, a true Renaissance Man - Prof. Norman Davies is an outstanding academic respected worldwide for his many books about history. He is also an organiser and a participant of many initiatives and debates, often addressing the most critical questions affecting today’s world. At the same time he is a very warm and approachable person. Want to know more? Watch this space!
Prof. Norman Davies has received many prestigious honours for his academic work, including honorary doctorates and honorary citizenships. In particular, he has received state honours from Queen Elizabeth II and the President of Poland. However he is also much respected for his active and long-standing involvement in diverse projects or initiatives which extend considerably beyond the confines of formal academia.
Books are not everything - there are now many different ways in which knowledge can and should be imparted, thereby creating a rich collection of complementary sources. We therefore invite you to visit our ever expanding multimedia library of highly interesting films, pictures, and articles.
Pictures have become an integral part of the way we document our history - for ourselves, for others, for posterity, or simply out of pure enjoyment. This website shows the book covers of Norman Davies’s published works, but also some of the most interesting photographs from his private albums.
History is, of course, Norman Davies’s foremost passion, but he has always pursued other interests with equal energy, particularly artistic and musical ones. He is a true Renaissance Man: in his free time he enjoys collecting old postcards, reads poetry (especially that of Dante Alighieri), likes to relax by playing the accordion, avidly watches snooker games (his father, Richard Davies, was a particularly gifted amateur player who won numerous prizes), and he is an ardent, lifelong supporter of Bolton Wanderers football team. His frequent travels around the world, as an author and an academic, provide him with the opportunity to discover more for himself about the people and places he visits.
Very often we ourselves are the best biographers, and our most honest critics – are those closest to us. Prof. Davies’s family and friends are an important part of his life. So we let them speak freely and candidly about him in the book "70. A Birthday Book for Norman Davies".
Biography of Norman Davies
"All my life, I have been intrigued by the gap between appearances and reality. Things are never quite as they seem."
Norman Davies, born in 1939 in Bolton (Lancashire) was educated at Bolton School, Magdalen College, Oxford, the University of Sussex and at several continental universities including Grenoble, Perugia and Kraków. His formative years created a lifelong European outlook.
His special interest in Central and Eastern Europe was unusual among contemporaries. It started in 1958 when four school-leavers drove from Lancashire to Istanbul and back in an ex-US Army Jeep. It was consolidated by further adventurous travels: by intensive Russian courses and by post-doctoral study at the Jagiellonian University, where he obtained a Ph.D.
Unlike most academics, Norman Davies began his career as a school teacher. During a four-year spell, he worked at every level from primary to Sixth Form, at a girls' school and then at St. Paul's. These experiences honed his skills as a lecturer and educator, and primed the arts of simple narrative and clear analysis.
As a pupil of AJP Taylor and the nephew of a well-known Lancastrian sportsman and broadcaster, Davies was always familiar with the worlds of publishing and the media. He emerged as a historical author with "White Eagle, Red Star" (1972) which was written during a research fellowship at St. Antony's College. He found his way into radio and later TV via the BBC World Service to which he made contributions relative to current affairs in the Soviet Bloc.
Davies' academic career centred on the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London, where he was successively Lecturer, Reader and Professor. A quarter of a century in London was supplemented by regular assignments abroad at Columbia, Mc Gill, Hokkaido, Stanford, Harvard, Adelaide and the ANU in Canberra. He was elected Fell of the British Academy in 1997.
The stay at Stanford was particularly eventful. It started with the prospective offer of an endowed chair and ended when the offer was mysteriously cancelled before it could be formalised by Board of Trustees. Stanford's decision, which contradicted the unanimous recommendation of it's own Search Committee, remained unsubstantiated for months, and since all grievance procedures were refused, became the subject of a lengthy but inconclusive law suit. It eventually emerged that an unnamed group of critics had taken offense at one chapter in Davies' prize-winning history of Poland, "God's Playground" (1981). Davies remembers the episode stoically - as evidence of academic small-mindedness and of fate awaiting anyone who confronts entrenched opinions and prejudices.
BOOKS AND...BOOKS
Nonetheless, the budding author surged ahead. After the collapse of Communism, "God's Playground" (OUP, 1981) was adopted by Poland's Ministry of Education as compulsory reading for all history students in state schools and universities. "Europe: A History" (OUP, 1996) became a Number 1 best-seller in Britain and "The Isles: A History" (Macmillan,1999) confirmed Davies' reputation as an iconoclast. "Microcosm: A Portrait of a Central European City" (Jonathan Cape, 2002) written with Roger Moorhouse, presents the little known history of a Central European city, Wroclaw / Breslau; whilst "Rising '44" (2004) has eclipsed all previous studies of the Warsaw Rising. According to the the author, "Europe at War" (2006) was bound to encounter turbulence, as it did. "Vanished Kingdoms" (Penguin, 2011) was long in gestation and editing, but repaid the meticulous attentions of its editor with a long series of scintillating reviews.
Over the years, Norman Davies has received many prizes and honours. He was awarded the CMG by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001 for 'services to history', and has collected several Polish distinctions including the Orders of Polonia Restituta, of Merit, and of the White Eagle. He is an honorary citizen of several cities, including Wroclaw: and the holder of numerous honorary degrees, most recently a D Litt from Sussex.
Though formally retired from his academic post, Norman Davies continues to write, publish and teach. When not travelling, he lives in Oxford and Cracow with his wife Maria, and has two sons, Daniel and Christian. From 2000 - 2006 he was a Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford: and In 2006 to 2008 a Visiting Fellow In Cambridge at Clare Hall and Peterhouse. In Cracow, he holds the position in the UNESCO Chair of Translation Studies and a part-time lectureship in the Oriental Institute. In Warsaw, he presents periodic lectures at the European College in Natolin. In 2011, he returned to St.Antony’s College, Oxford, where is an Honorary Fellow. In the first part of 2012, for the purposes of stimulation and relaxation, he travelled round the World on a lecture tour that took him to a dozen countries including UAE, Malaysia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Tahiti.
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Blythe gives her regards to Kate Smith
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by DEB BOYLAN Special to The Press in Focus
Mezzo-soprano Steph-anie Blythe will present her cabaret performance of music by American icon Kate Smith.
The show, "We'll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith," 8 p.m. Sept. 22, Symphony Hall, Allentown, features Blythe accompanied by pianist Craig Terry.
"The show is a tribute to the great American singer Kate Smith. It is not an impersonation show," says Blythe. "I don't pretend to be Kate Smith or try to sing like Kate Smith."
In addition to the songs, Blythe offers background and biographical material about Kate Smith.
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Theater Review Musical just 'Marvelous' at The Pines
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by DOUGLAS GRAVES Special to The Press in Focus
Step back to an era when big hair, cat's-eye glasses and go-go boots were cutting-edge fashion accessories and enjoy an energetic quartet harmonize non-stop hit songs from the 1950s and '60s.
"The Marvelous Wonderettes" by Roger Bean, with music arrangements by Brian William Baker and directed by Oliver Blatt, continues through Oct. 28 The Pines Dinner Theatre, Allentown.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by CONTRIBUTED PHOTO in Focus
Your look ahead at Valley Arts
Sing me "Kate": Metropolitan Opera star Stephanie Blythe, above, who recently starred as Fricka in Wagner's "Ring Cycle," is in concert, 8 p.m. Sept. 22, Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown. Blythe will perform her acclaimed program, "We'll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith," accompanied by Craig Terry, piano. Blythe, described as having a commanding, sumptuous mezzo-soprano, premiered that role in "One Sweet Morning" with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Lehigh Valley Stage
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by The Press in Focus
"44 Plays for 44 Presidents," 8 p.m. Sept. 29; 2, 8 p.m. Sept. 30; 8 p.m. Oct. 1 - 3, Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown. muhlenberg.edu/theatre, 484-664-3333
"An Evening At A British Music Hall," 8 p.m. Sept 28, 29, Touchstone Theatre, 321 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem. 610-861-1689.
"Arsenic and Old Lace," 8 p.m. Sept. 26 - 29, Oct. 3 - 6; 2 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 7; 9:45 a.m. Oct. 2, DeSales University, Main Stage, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley. desales.edu, 610-282-3192
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You be 'Frank,' I'll be 'Robot'
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by PAUL WILLISTEIN in Focus
"Robot & Frank" is a cute comedy-drama that presents issues about growing old and health care for the elderly in a very entertaining way.
The film by movie producer turned first-time feature director, Jake Schreier, and TV writer-producer and first-time feature screenwriter, Christopher D. Ford, should garner an actor Oscar nomination for Frank Langella, previously nominated for his stunning portrayal of former President Richard Nixon in director Ron Howard's "Frost-Nixon" (2008).
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Blast Furnace Blues Festival schedule
Musikfest Café
James Supra, 5 p.m.
Lurrie Bell, 6:45 p.m.
Alexis P Suter, 8:30 p.m.
Jam, 10:30 p.m.
Banko Cinema, Red Theater
Mike Dugan, 5:30 p.m.
Watermelon Slim, 7:15 p.m.
Mike Dugan, 9 p.m.
Lazy Lester, 12:30 p.m.
Catherine Russell, 2 p.m.
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, 3:30 p.m.
James Cotton, 5 p.m.
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials, 7 p.m.
CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, 8:45 p.m.
Donovan Roberts, 1:30, 3 p.m.
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Broadway's dueling 'Divas'
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 by DIANE WITTRY Special to The Press in Focus
Symphony Hall season-opener 'Wicked' fun
If you look up the word "diva" in the dictionary, it means a "highly-distinguished female singer; derived from the Italian word for "a goddess."
Goddesses will abound on the Allentown Symphony Hall stage at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 as we feature two very "Wicked Divas" singing your favorite Broadway hit songs.
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"Phantom" for real: Ramin Karimloo, above, who played the Phantom in "The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall," performs 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12, Musikfest Cafe, ArtsQuest Center, SteelStacks, Bethlehem.
Look, ma, no internet
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 by KERRI JORDAN Special to The Press in Focus
Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Radio Club communicates education, events and emergency preparedness
Communication travels in many formats, and the radio is the number one method for the Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Radio Club (DLARC).
The 200 members of the club, founded 66 years ago, communicate with handheld radios.
Charles Lazarchak, of Easton, president of DLARC, describes the radio club as educational.
The club offers its members all kinds of projects, from building one's own antenna and computer software to participating in emergency preparedness procedures and communicating with people around the world..
And that's without using the internet.
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The eclectic 'Heart' of Ramin Karimloo
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 by PAUL WILLISTEIN Focus Editor in Focus
Ramin Karimloo fled with his parents from Iran to Canada, landed the lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" in Great Britain and is touring the United States behind his CD, "Human Heart," including a concert, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12, Musikfest Cafe, Bethehem.
Let's get the geopolitical question out of the way right away.
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The two ‘David B’s
This week, quite rightly, the media has been buzzing with news of the return of David Bowie. His first new material in a decade was released, quite unexpectedly, on Tuesday; his 66th birthday. The song – Where Are We Now? – is a lovely, melancholy meditation on lost youth. Filled with references to Berlin, where Bowie himself spent several years in the 1970s, it was produced by Tony Visconti who – along with Bowie and Brian Eno – formed the Holy Trinity responsible for the three late-70s albums that (in my personal opinion) represent the pinnacle of Bowie’s creative output. I know that sounds like I’m saying he “peaked” with “Heroes”, Low and Lodger and then went into decline. But that’s not how I see it. Yes, there was something of a trough in the 1980s, but 1.Outside in the mid-90s saw him once again climb creative heights rarely visited by others and of the four 90s / early noughties albums that followed, only Hours was less than brilliant (both Earthling and Heathen are grossly underrated and Reality has some stonking songs on it though you might argue there’s some filler there too).
The new single is to be followed by an album in March (called The Next Day) which I am eagerly anticipating. And while well-publicised health problems suggest he may not tour the new songs, we can still hope against hope. Right? As well as the inevitable cooing from die-hard fans (of which I am one and for which I make no apology) there have been other responses. Thanks to the internet, you can read the views of the cynics and the compulsive denigrators just as easily as the views of the die-hard fans. Which is fine. If people genuinely don’t like Bowie, or genuinely find the new song lacking in some way then they are just as entitled to express that opinion as people like myself who are excited about it. Mind you, a lot of the criticism I’ve encountered smacks somewhat of deliberate contrarianism. It comes from the same sort of people who tell you The Beatles never wrote a good tune, Citizen Kane is overrated and insist they don’t understand the phrase “best thing since sliced bread” because frankly sliced bread is shit.
And you know what, those folk are also just as entitled to express their opinion. I find it a little sad that people actively seek the sensation of jadedness – something I seem to spend a whole lot of time battling – but I don’t have to live their lives so let them at it… I’m not looking for repressive legislation on the matter.
Anyway, here’s the new single (along with the odd video). If you’ve not already heard it, I hope you like it as much as I do. I found myself humming it after just one listen and yet I’d still describe it as “a grower” because I’m enjoying it more and more with each new hearing.
The other David B
In my personal musical universe there’s probably only one other person who rivals David Bowie for the top spot (luckily my musical universe is polytheistic in nature, so they don’t need to fight it out). And that’s David Byrne. Like Bowie, David Byrne’s finest hour was quite a while ago – and perhaps not at all coincidentally – also involved Brian Eno. I’m speaking of course about Remain In Light, the greatest album ever recorded.
Also like Bowie, however, that didn’t represent a “peak” from which there was only a long decline ahead. No, like Bowie’s Low, Remain In Light was simply the tallest tree in a forest of redwoods. His career since Talking Heads has been generally overlooked by the mainstream (with the occasional exception… his Oscar for The Last Emperor soundtrack being one such exception) but is no less because of it. So when I read a review of last year’s Love This Giant (a collaboration with St. Vincent) that described the album as “a return to form” I was genuinely mystified. You can’t return to something you never left, and Byrne has been “on form” pretty much since 1977. Whether it was his work with Talking Heads, his solo stuff, his collaborations (with Eno, Fat Boy Slim, St. Vincent and others) or his many books, films and installations; Byrne has consistently brought joy, light, wonder and a great rhythm section to my life.
Love This Giant is another wonderful record. The heavy use of “heavy brass” gives it quite a distinctive sound, setting it apart from most of his other work (excluding, of course, his album of brass band compositions – Music For The Knee Plays). In fact it contains a song (I Should Watch TV) that rocketed straight into my top 10 Byrne tracks and which I listen to regularly. How pleasing, therefore, that it appears on the short live concert by Byrne and St. Vincent that’s just been released by NPR. I recommend the entire gig as it showcases a genuinely wonderful album while throwing in a couple of older tracks. But if you’ve only got a few minutes, then skip ahead to 24:40 and listen to the glorious I Should Watch TV.
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The ethics of music downloads
I’ve just read a couple of articles which got me thinking about the ethics of downloading (this one by Emily White attempting to justify her massive music collection – none of which she paid for; and this one by David Lowery in response). It’s a subject I’ve thought about quite a lot over the years… I remember the first incarnation of Napster, and prior to that I can even recall swapping rare tracks person-to-person across the IRC network. So I was there right at the start of digital downloads. Before that, I put together plenty of mix-CDs for friends. I remember, for example, sometime in the 90s putting together a David Byrne compilation CD complete with a fairly lengthy companion ‘zine containing lyrics, facts about the songs and personal observations. It was a proper labour of love. And back even before that, I vividly recall spending hours making the perfect mix-tape… an often lengthy process for the music-obsessed.
And it’s fair to say that over the years I received my share of such mix tapes and CDs. They were an important part of my life. Sharing music with friends was hugely significant to me. Notably however, my circle of friends all had very large record (and later, CD) collections. I can’t speak for others, but in my case music probably represented my single largest financial outlay. Even back in the days when I was working in industry and earning a fair chunk of change, I was probably spending more on music than on rent, or food, or any other single thing.
In that respect, the sharing of music that I and my friends engaged in was – in a very real sense – promoting the spending of money on music. When my friend P gave me that C90 of Talking Heads songs back in the mid-80s, there’s no sense in which David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz or Jerry Harrison lost out. Since that day I have bought the band’s entire catalogue three times (first on vinyl, then on CD, then on the digitally remastered CDs). I’ve also bought everything Byrne has released as a solo artist (including all the mail-order only stuff); I’ve bought the Tom Tom Club records; I’ve bought tickets to see Byrne perform live on every European tour he’s done since the early 1990s; I’ve bought a t-shirt at almost all of those gigs; I’ve bought his books; I’ve bought his DVDs.
And all of that was triggered by that first technically-illegal mix-tape. “Home Taping Is Killing Music” indeed!
In fact when I first started downloading music through IRC or Napster or Limewire, it was only to get hold of tracks that couldn’t be purchased from the artist. A live bootleg of David Byrne performing Sympathy for The Devil… an unreleased studio out-take from Bowie’s Low… an early Legendary Pink Dots track from an out-of-print EP only available on long-deleted cassette… a The The b-side that was impossible to track down in physical form (and believe me, I searched… I was one of those slightly mad looking blokes in long black coats who would attend record fairs). Whatever you may feel about the ethics of downloading music for free, in those cases I just don’t see the problem. I’d already bought most (if not all) of the recorded output of those artists – including that 10″ version of ‘The Beat(en) Generation’ in the cardboard box with the postcards and badge. I’d rush down to my local record store on the day of release, in the hope of getting my hands on the red vinyl pressing of a Siouxsie and The Banshees single I would buy on standard black vinyl anyway. Hell I even used to scour those endless lists in small-print in Record Collector magazine and excitedly write a £30 cheque for a Japanese import of an album I already owned because it had a different sleeve and an extra track.
Sad. Sad. Sad.
So yes, when music began to appear for free on the internet I didn’t have a huge ethical issue with grabbing that live bootleg, or this rare b-side. It wasn’t that I felt the artist or record company owed me anything for my years of devotion and financial outlay… I just didn’t think they’d begrudge me (of all people!) the opportunity to get hold of those rare tracks.
Then however, things started to change. Broadband replaced dial-up and suddenly it was possible to grab entire albums for free. Today, a person can type “The Beatles” into a torrent search and download the entire back catalogue in a matter of minutes. And yes, I admit, there was a short period of time when I too found myself caught up in this madness. I’d already paid for about half of Bob Marley’s albums, why not just grab the other half? What could it hurt? And then… well I really like that one track off that one album by that bloke… let’s download his entire recorded output.
And then I thought… hang on a minute. What the hell am I doing? I still don’t see anything wrong with finding that rare deleted single and grabbing it if it’s not available on iTunes – though that’s an increasingly rare occurrence with so much stuff being available from legitimate online stores these days. And I still don’t think sending a compilation CD – or even a copy of some especially great new album – to a friend is a bad thing. It doesn’t happen that often any more, but when it does I honestly see it as an important form of promotion for the artist(s) in question… just like that Talking Heads C90 back in the day. Where possible I try to purchase directly from the artist’s website rather than iTunes of course (no need to give a cut to Apple if you can give it all to the artist) and I still like to browse the few remaining record shops and buy something physical – throwback that I am.
But the notion of downloading entire back catalogues is just wrong. There’s no sense in which that can possibly help the artist. They will never receive any compensation from you for whatever they’ve added to your life. And enough people are doing it now that it’s having a genuinely negative effect on the prospect of many artists. I’m not going to quote numbers or statistics, but I suggest you read David Lowery’s excellent article to set yourself straight if you’re one of those people who believe mass downloading is having no impact on artists.
Besides, I want to pay for the good stuff because it means the artist is more likely to make more of it. No, I don’t want to pay for the bad stuff… but I don’t even want to listen to that, so why download it? There’s a case to be made for “try before you buy”… just like the long-lamented listening posts in record shops (or even better, the local record store where you knew the guy behind the counter and he’d gladly play whatever record you wanted to hear over the speaker system). But YouTube fulfils that function these days – perhaps to the annoyance of some artists – but there you have it. Want to know whether the new Kate Bush record is a return to form… listen to a couple of tracks on YouTube and then buy the record from her website if you like them (album available as a high bitrate lossless download, or as a lovely crafted package if you’re old-school). There’s no actual need to download the entire album for free just to check it out. If you don’t think you’d like it, then why do that anyway? And if you do think it will enrich your life, doesn’t the artist deserve to be able to make a living?
So yes, I did go through a brief phase of mass downloading. And I’m not proud of it. But ultimately I realised my actions were fundamentally unethical (and in my defence, I’d already paid my dues as far as music-purchasing was concerned, so maybe I can be forgiven my temporary lapse). More worrying though is not my generation – many of whom I suspect could tell very similar stories to mine – no, it’s the new generation of music-lovers who never experienced the genuine joy of buying that slice of wonderfully packaged vinyl and rushing home to be delighted by it. Even the CD didn’t kill that experience (though it was never quite as good). But the digital download? It just doesn’t feel like an “artefact” (because let’s face it, it’s not). As such, it’s difficult to place as much value on it. If limitless quantities of the finest champagne was available in every home on tap, for free, how long before it seemed vaguely worthless?
And that’s what’s happening to music. Even hardcore music fans of the current generation can’t help but hold the art-form in considerably lower esteem than those of us who had no option but to buy it. And who got something physical – something we could feel and pore over – in return for our money. The loss of that tactile experience is, I believe, directly related to the loss of value that seems to have beset the musical output of even the greatest artists. I know I sound terribly old-fashioned when I say that, but I do think it’s true. And no, I don’t know how to solve the problem. But I do feel it is a problem, and it’s one that needs to be solved if we want our artists to continue creating great music.
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I glanced at my twitter timeline and noticed the following tweet…
Anyone who says the 80’s was the best decade for music needs to be shot. By a firing squad #BBC4
@J___Williamson | twitter
I assumed from the #BBC4 hashtag that there was some 80s music documentary being broadcast, but taken at face value (obvious comedy hyperbole aside) I realised I wasn’t entirely sure whether I’d be up before that firing squad or not. If asked to name a favourite decade, musically speaking, my immediate reaction would be to say “the 70s”. But when I gave it a bit more thought (probably considerably more than @J___Williamson meant her tweet to be subjected to) I realised that – assuming we start “the 80s” in 1980 – rather than 1981 as some are wont to do – then it’s fair to say that my favourite album of all time is an 80s album (Remain in Light by Talking Heads). In fact, a huge amount of my favourite music was released during the 1980s.
1980 also saw the release of Joy Division’s Closer. It was the year of Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, of Autoamerican and of Heartattack And Vine. And the decade that followed saw the entire career of The Smiths and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. It saw Tom Waits move from good to great and on into godlike. The 80s saw Prince at his peak. And what a peak that was. There are moments on Sign ‘O’ The Times that still send shivers down my spine despite the familiarity of 25 years of regular play. It was the decade that brought us the best of The Cure, of The The, of Kate Bush and of The Cocteau Twins. And it was the decade that kicked off the careers of Nick Cave, The Legendary Pink Dots and World Party.
Right at the heart of the decade, 1985 saw the release of Around The World in a Day, Asylum, Don’t Stand Me Down, The Firstborn is Dead, Head on The Door, Hounds Of Love, Hunting High And Low, Little Creatures, Low-Life, Meat Is Murder, Rain Dogs, Suzanne Vega, and Thursday Afternoon. That’s a pretty diverse list of albums… and each one’s a corker in its own way. What’s more, there’s not a year in the 1980s that doesn’t have just as fine a list attached to it.
Then, as the 80s drew to a close, we discovered that It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. We were infused with the Spirit of Eden while we got Naked and Bummed. We got our minds melted by Pixies and My Bloody Valentine as Julee Cruise took us Floating Into The Night, all the while being reminded that The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste.
And you know what…? I’ve not even begun to do the 80s justice. Byrne and Eno’s My Life in The Bush of Ghosts, Peter Gabriel’s So, Paul Simon’s Graceland and Julian Cope’s Fried all helped make the decade what it was. There were seminal records from Siouxsie and the Banshees, R.E.M., and I’m even prepared to put in a good word for The Joshua Tree which – for all its over-earnest breast-beating – contains some cracking tunes. Sure it was a low point for David Bowie, but elsewhere good music was thriving.
Decades?
But of course, I could make a similar case for the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1990s and even the noughties; though I would probably find that more difficult as I’ve discovered less new music in the past ten years. Probably a result of advancing age as well as having an already extremely extensive record collection that does its best to crowd out new releases (there are, after all, only so many hours in the day). Actually, it’s not ten years… looking at my media player, it appears that my discovery of new albums tapers off somewhat in 2007. There’s still a handful each year after that, but nothing like as many as there once was.
As it happens, I have a theory that music has become less culturally important in the past few years and – as a result – there’s less great stuff being produced (“less” not “none”). I’m not sure that theory stands up to scrutiny… though it’d be a good discussion to have over a few pints of Guinness.
Then, as I began to mentally put together the case for the 1970s, it struck me just how arbitrary the “decade” distinction is. It’s a cultural shorthand that extends far beyond music of course, but it tends to be used most frequently in that arena. Most albums released in 1989 have far more in common with the music of 1992 than they do with the music of 1982. There are records from 1979 and from 1991 that – to all intents and purposes – qualify as 80s music. And there are records from the early 80s that tend to be seen as part of the 1970s. The same is true for all decades. The Beatles were a 1960s band even if Let It Be was released in 1970. Hell, I think of The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan as being “of the sixties” even though the majority of their output – quantitatively speaking – came afterwards. And I don’t know where the hell Van Morrison fits in. Astral Weeks (“best album ever recorded except when Remain In Light is” tm) was released in 1968, but is essentially timeless, and damn near everything else he did came post-1970.
On top of that, there’s the fact that the truly great music of every decade… of every year… is massively outweighed in terms of sheer volume, by the truly awful. Or the merely uninteresting. For every I’m Your Man or Lovesexy there are a dozen of Hold Me in Your Arms and Kylie. Two dozen.
So does it even make sense to talk about whether the music of the 90s is better than the music of the 80s? Certainly Bone Machine and Henry’s Dream are better albums than White Feathers and Blackout. But you could just as easily choose Wet Wet Wet and Bryan Adams as your representatives of the 1990s, and… well… they’re no Prince or The Smiths.
In fact, you just have to compare Prince to… er… Prince. The 80s really come out of that one smiling.
In the end, I came to the conclusion that – when all’s said and done – there’s a pretty simple way to identify precisely when music was at its very best. Ask yourself the following question… “When was my 21st birthday?” Now, take the five years before that. Take the five years after. Add them together and you have the best decade for music. See? Simple. And no firing squads required.
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Something for the (election) weekend
In honour of the most important election in recent Irish history…
… stealing all our dreams…
Found out this morning
There’s a circus coming to town
They drive in Cadillacs
Using walkie-talkies, and the Secret Service
Their big top: Imitation of life
And all the flags and microphones
They have to cover our eyes
We play the sideshows
And we like the tunnel of love
And when we ride the ferris wheel
We’re little children again
And when they’re asking for volunteers
We’ll be the first ones aboard
And when the ringmaster calls our names
We’ll be the first ones to go… to sleep
Stealing all our dreams
Dreams for sale
They sell ’em back to you
On with the show
Start the parade
We sang along
Sweep us away
It’s political party time
Going down, going down
And the celebrities all come out
Coming down, coming down, coming…
The sun is going down
And the dogs are starting to howl
We stay out after dark
Eating cotton candy
And the music’s playing…
How we all laughed!
We split our sides
The cameras flashed
We almost died!
The rain’s gonna pour on down, falling out of the sky
Coming down, coming down
And the celebrities all run out, and the rain’s
Gonna rain,
Gonna rain, gonna rain
Gonna rain, gonna rain,
Rain, rain
And now I wonder who’s boss
And who he’s leavin’ behind?
Talking Heads: The Democratic Circus
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Talking Heads: Remain In Light
Darwin be damned! This is why we evolved ears. No “adapting to our environment” / “survival of the versatile” bullshit. The surround mix of Remain In Light on 5.1 speakers and big beefy bass acted as a ‘Strange Attractor’… a retroactive enchantment cast upon all of human history… shaping biology and culture backwards through the millennia – coaxing eardrums from the depths of our DNA – in order that this experience may exist.
By which I mean, this is a good album.
Remain In Light was the first album I ever bought. It’s still, to my ears, one of the finest albums ever recorded. Which is a lovely stroke of luck. My first single was Ray Parker Junior’s Ghostbusters.
Aaaanyways, Remain In Light was first released in 1980 and for me is the band’s finest achievement. Which is not to say they went downhill after they stopped working with Brian Eno, merely a different direction. Indeed, as 1981’s My Life In The Bush of Ghosts demonstrated, the direction being taken by Eno and David Byrne had its logical extension in something that wasn’t a Talking Heads record. And although the close collaboration between Eno and Byrne (to the point where Eno is co-writer of the album, and is an instrumentalist or vocalist on pretty much every track) led to friction within the band, Remain In Light is still very much a Talking Heads record… the natural next step after the previous year’s Fear of Music.
But why am I reviewing it now? It was released in 1980, and I bought it in 1986. Is there anything beyond it being “a good album” to justify this entry?
Digitally Remastered and Remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound
Really? And that’s good then is it?
Oh yes. Dear Lord yes. I’ve often thought to myself when listening to The White Album, or Astral Weeks, or Horses or Remain In Light… “wouldn’t it be amazing to hear this again for the first time?” And now, thanks to the wonders of modern sound mixing technology, I damn near can.
Remain In Light, with the entire Talking Heads back catalogue, has been re-released. Now, I’m often sceptical about re-releases (Bowie, for instance, is on the verge of taking the piss) but there’s no doubt that the sound reproduction on early CDs was often very shoddy, and remastering using the latest technology can overcome that. Plus, when coupled with a complete remix by a member of the band (i.e. someone who was present at the original recordings and has an idea of the sound they were trying to achieve), the process can radically improve an album, lifting individual instruments out of a muddy wall of sound and giving them the clarity and definition they had during actual recording.
As with the other albums, Remain In Light now consists of two discs… a CD and a DVD. The CD contains the digitally remastered version, plus a handful of unreleased tracks / outtakes. The DVD contains the original album, digitally remastered and remixed in 5.1 surround sound, plus a handful of previously unreleased performance videos. All in all it’s fair to say they’ve tried to offer enough additional material to justify buying the albums a third time (if, like me, you started buying music in the era of vinyl and cassette).
Certainly I’m a big enough (or foolish enough) fan to buy the re-issues on the strength of the remastering alone, but even for casual fans the audio quality is noticeably and significantly better and the bonus material is excellent. The four unfinished outtakes on Remain In Light‘s CD do fall a little short of “new songs”. But close to twenty minutes of new music from some truly historic recording sessions isn’t to be sniffed at… from the super-tight Fela’s Riff; the intensity of which leaves no space for vocals; to the Eno dominated Unison and the sublime Right Start which – judging by the presence of that bassline – was the seed that grew into Once In A Lifetime.
Hardcore fans of the band will be fascinated by what amounts to a glimpse of the creative process in action. Others will just dig the grooves.
It’s difficult to put into the words the difference in sound quality. Words like “richer” and “warmer” convey a sense of the change, but don’t really capture it. Everything is clearer – with entire new lyrics emerging from beneath layers of instrumentation – yet nothing is out of place. The songs don’t fragment into mere collections of channels, but hold their cohesion despite being opened up so radically. It’s a testament to the talent of Andy Zax; producer on the re-issue project; that this is the case.
Hearing something like The Overload in 5.1 surround sound is an unspeakably sublime musical experience. I was sceptical that a technology originally developed to allow positional sound for Hollywood action blockbusters would genuinely add anything to an album or piece of music. But add it does. If I were to say something like, “it allows you to feel like you’re inside the music”, I’d just sound like a brochure for 5.1 technology. You simply have to hear it for yourself… assuming you have the appropriate speaker setup.
But what about the songs?
Even though the reason for this review is the remastering, remixing and rerelease, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to say something about the album itself. Just what makes this one of the finest albums ever recorded?
Remain In Light marks the end of Talking Heads transition from spikey New York art punks into the most intelligent and eclectic band of their era; drawing influences from Africa and South America as well as from closer to home; mixing rhythms from around the world with soul, jazz, rock, pop, funk and country… and adding a generous dash of European motorische / krautrock to the mix.
It’s remarkable that such a dark and brooding wash of electronics as the album’s final track The Overload could exist without incongruity on an album that also contains the sheer funky exuberance of The Great Curve with its glorious refrain… “The world moves on a woman’s hips / the world moves and it swivels and bops / the world moves on a woman’s hips / the world moves and it bounces and hops”. The Overload is like Joy Division at their very best, while The Great Curve is like… well, like nothing else you’ve heard, but if Sly and The Family Stone ever did punk, it might sound a little bit like it. That Remain In Light still makes perfect sense as a complete album blows me away every time.
The aforementioned My Life In The Bush of Ghosts can be heard emerging from several of the tracks on Remain In Light, not least the famous swirling “preaching” of Once In A Lifetime. Of course, although the lyrics of Once In A Lifetime are all lifted from sermons that Byrne heard on evangelical radio stations, the song isn’t about preaching… it’s about epiphany, about the moment of revelation.
And if the album had a common lyrical theme (it’s stretching it a little to claim that it does), then it would be just that… revelation, epiphany, realisation… unexpected understanding. The album’s heart lies in the two tracks Seen And Not Seen and The Listening Wind which foreshadow the approaching Overload. In The Listening Wind we are presented with a glimpse into the heart of an anti-American / anti-capitalist terrorist, Mojique… planting bombs and lying low waiting for news of the explosions. Yet Mojique’s story is told with empathy, warmth and even romance…
Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He thinks of days that he can still remember… now.
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never… more.
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
(come to) drive them away
Drive them away.
Mojique buys equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing… by.
Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind around him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him… on.
The Listening Wind | Lyrics: David Byrne
Even back when Remain In Light was released, the notion that terrorists could be viewed sympathetically in popular music was an uncomfortable one. These days it’s positively subversive. But Byrne has never shirked from tackling the uncomfortable subjects… indeed it seems to be where he’s at his best; paradoxically where he’s most comfortable. Even today, with direct attacks on the Bush administration in songs like Empire (from his most recent album, Grown Backwards) and even more direct attacks from his blog, he’s – thankfully – not an artist ever likely to be cowed by political pressure.
Just prior to The Listening Wind, however, is the unsettling Seen And Not Seen… exploring the alienation and psychosocial distortion created by the mediation of culture and experience… the song is a gloriously hypnotic bass and percussion line, over which Byrne blankly recites the words… the creepiness of the opening lines… “he would see faces in movies, on TV, in magazines, and in books. He thought that some of these faces might be right for him.” never lets up. Right to the final few words left hanging within the relentless rhythms… “He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake…….”
Just left hanging there.
There’s not a single bad track on Remain In Light. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that there’s not a song on the album that isn’t a classic. The handful of albums which qualify as “essential” often – though not always – possess that quality. If you don’t already own this album, then this new release is the perfect excuse to check it out. And you can trust me when I say that from an audio-quality standpoint, it’s a huge improvement over the original release.
For those who already own Remain In Light, it’s a little more complicated. By themselves, the extra tracks probably don’t justify the cost unless you’re a big fan. Don’t get me wrong, the bonus material is great to have, but it’s not the reason to buy the rerelease (I’ve spent far, far more time listening to the original album on 5.1 speakers than I have listening to the extra tracks or watching the videos). I would say this though; if you believe it’s a great album, then the remastering is worth buying it again for. It’s almost like hearing it for the first time.
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Armenia Airways resuming Yerevan–Tehran flights
Armenia Airways is resuming regular flights from Yerevan to Tehran beginning from Tuesday, January 14.
The carrier cited a statement by the Armenian Civil Aviation Committee recommending airlines to avoid the airspace over Iran and Iraq and said they have contacted the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Yerevan.
The company said in a Facebook post they have received safety reassurances from the Iranian side in the aftermath of the downing of a Ukrainian plane by Iran's military on January 8.
Iran’s military on January 11 announced its role in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board, saying the shootdown was “unintentional” and blaming “human error.”
The Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia on Monday recommended carriers to avoid the airspace over Iran and Iraq, citing guidelines issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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Bashar Assad’s Victory Close as Never Before
Dmitry MININ | 15.05.2014 | 09:07
While the world attention is focused on Ukraine, the events in Syria may significantly affect the situation in the Middle East and the world. The forces of Bashar Assad have fully liberated Homs, the third largest city of the country with a population of one million where the uprising started around three years back. According to agreement, about two thousand militants with small arms left the city. They need to be armed to repel possible attacks by Islamic State Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces which accuse them of treason. In return civilians held as hostages were freed and aid was allowed to get into besieged populated areas. After the agreement expired, the forces leaving the city were attacked by rockets. Many died along with the force commander Abade Rahman.
The two army brigades that liberated the city are expected to be re-deployed to the north where a decisive battle for Aleppo is going to start. The government forces are also successful in Eastern Guta, a Damascus suburb. They have recently received reinforcements from Qalamoun region where the government army has recently held a victory. There is a reason to believe that by the time of presidential election slated for July 3 the government regular forces will have their control established over the area where at least 85% of population lives. Washington has already said the expected victory of Bashar Assad, the leading candidate out of three hopefuls, will be illegitimate because the civil war is raging and the candidates don’t have equal chances. The US stance is not very convincing as it has already recognized as legitimate the presidential election to take place in Ukraine under more or less the same circumstances.
It’s not the only parallel between Syria and Ukraine. The big chessboard game makes them intertwined; no matter they are situated at large distance from each other. Experts believe that to large extent Washington has provoked the Ukrainian crisis trying to evade the humiliating defeat while playing the Syrian game. The Volgograd terror acts were traced to the Islamic militants in Syria (dislocated near Homs). Many expected Russia to intensify support of Damascus and even strike the perpetrators. If this version is correct, the anti-Russian forces coming to power in Kiev were to distract Moscow from what the West was doing to overthrow the Syrian regime, among other things. The planned scenario has totally failed.
The US cannot get a free hand in Syria taking advantage of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. The strategic blunders have led to real zugzwang. Any large-scale intervention in Syria gives Russia an impetus to intensify its efforts in Ukraine. Direct involvement will entail increase of Russian aid to Bashar Assad. He needs much less for victory than the interim government in Kiev which has great expectations which neither the United States, nor Europe are ready to satisfy. French journalists write, «There is no sign the Bashar Assad’s regime in Damascus is going to fall. His victories are incredible and even the most perspicacious annalists fail to explain what has made him achieve such a success». French journalists say the United States evaded direct involvement because Assad was supported by Vladimir Putin.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have made a «decisive mistake» being blinded by their hatred of the Syrian President. They provided funds for Al-Qaeda linked Islamic radical groups. The West ignored it but the world was very much aware of the fact. One more reason for Assad’s success was the failure to drive a wedge between those who were close to him and make his team split.
The Syrian leader is absolutely right when he repeats that the people were the decisive factor that influenced the events and made them unfold favorably for the government. People are tired of violence and different militant groups operating in the territory of their country. They believed that only those who rule the country today can establish peace, law and order. It’s important to note that after multiple cases of treason and loss of brothers-in-arms Bashar Assad surrounded himself by the people who are loyal and able to accomplish the most difficult missions. No matter great losses during the war, the Syrian military has become the staunchest and most effective force in the Middle East.
Red and rosy – government forces and Kurds
Green – pro-Western Syrian Free Army
Grey – Islamists forces of Jabhat-al-Nusra and Islamic State Iraq and Syria
The White House could have honestly admitted the failure of its strategy in Syria and launch constructive talks on ultimate normalization of the situation in the war-torn country. Instead it continues attempts to stop the wheel of history which is out of its control. During the strategic battle for Qalamoun and fierce fighting for control of Homs, the United States and Turkey let a large opposition formation invade the Syrian province of Latakia. Now it is trying to launch a counter-offensive from the south. The mission is to prevent the liberation of Damascus suburbs and divert the government forces that have just held the victory in Homs so that they could not move to Aleppo.
For this purpose the United States has prepared a well-armed (including heavy weapons) group located near the Jordanian-Israeli-Syrian border junction. It comprises nine militias. At present the force is moving along the Israeli border to the Golan town of Quneitra to wrest it from the Syrian army, thereby removing one of its last points of access to the Israeli border. The plan of action is based on the assumption that the Syrian forces will avoid the use of artillery pieces because Israel may fire back. For the same reason Damascus will abstain from using aviation. Israeli air defenses may cover the militant forces.
The name of the operation is «Levant of the Prophet». Sounds false in view of Israeli collaboration with Islamists. At that the government forces have large reinforcements in the vicinity of central Damascus. This force can be used to counter the offensive. They have failed in Latakia and they’ll fail in Quneitra. The activities of militants and their Western supporters resemble death agony. They cannot change anything so the only thing they do is prolonging the suffering of people.
Analysts already make conjectures related to the would-be correlation of forces in the Middle East after the inevitable victory of Bashar Assad which is close. The forecasts are worrisome for Washington. The emerging axis Tehran-Bagdad-Damascus-Beirut is a nightmare and thanks to the awkward policies implemented by former President George Bush and incumbent President Barack Obama it is close to becoming a reality. They did their best to make it come true. By and large the White House behaves the same way in Ukraine. Its Ukrainian policy may also fail the same way.
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