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__label__cc	0.669882	0.330118	HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1980s → 1981 → March 1981 → 12 March 1981 → Commons Sitting → NORTHERN IRELAND De Lorean Motor Cars Limited HC Deb 12 March 1981 vol 1000 cc994-5 994 § 9. Mr. Bruce-Gardyne asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is now the aggregate cost to public funds of all subventions irrevocably committed to the De Lorean corporation; what is the current level of employment by the corporation; what is the ratio of the latter to the former; and what is his best estimate of compensation payable in the event of withdrawal of Her Majesty's Government's support. § 13. Mr. Cryer asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the financial control of De Lorean Cars. § Mr. Adam Butler The Government's commitment to the DMC-12 project comprises grants of £28.5 million and loans of £20.7 million. The Northern Ireland Development Agency has subscribed £17.8 million in the form of participating preference share capital. De Lorean Motor Cars Ltd. currently employs about 1,030 people. It would be misleading to relate the gross total of these figures, which include loans and share capital, to the present numbers employed as these are expected to double; whilst account must also be taken of the receipt by Government of royalties on cars sold. The Government have informed the House that they will honour the commitment to the company which was entered into by the previous Goverment. The question of compensation does not arise. My officials and the Northern Ireland Development Agency receive regular and detailed information on the company's financial position and are in regular contact with the company's management. § Mr. Bruce-Gardyne I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those details. We shall want to study them with care. May I congratulate my hon. Friend on resisting the latest financial blandishments by this American gentleman, so far? Has he noticed the American gentleman's plans to build another car plant in the South of Ireland? What plans do we have to scrutinise financial cross-fertilisation between Belfast and Shannon? § Mr. Butler We must see whether the De Lorean companies establish themselves in Southern Ireland. I am anxious to see that the present exercise is successful. We regularly monitor the companies' financial affairs. We see monthly statements of one type or another, quarterly statements and the audited financial accounts. § Mr. Cryer Will the Minister confirm that the Department has a majority of voting shares and therefore retains effective control? Does he accept that some degree of financial accountability is owed to the House? Therefore, will he ensure that parliamentary questions about such matters as the contract with Lotus Cars and the fees paid to directors are answered in the House, so that we can be confident that the project is going ahead with the minimum of reward to the directors and that they are not making a fat killing? The Government do not have the majority of voting shares. NIDA's share is only in redeemable preference share capital. In addition, we have two nominees on the boards of the car company and the parent company in America so that we are able to keep a close scrutiny on what goes on. The hon. Member for Keighley (Mr. Cryer) never ceases to ask questions about this company. It is not right to disclose commercially confidential information. § Alan Clark Since my hon. Friend, in common with any objective analyst, must now be discarding any notion that these cars will be built or sold commercially, will he assure the House that he thinks that the project has some merit as a job creation scheme? Any company employing 1,000 people in Northern Ireland, with prospects of increasing the number to 1,400 in June, is well worth supporting. My hon. Friend mentioned the commercial nature of the exercise. I wish that he would come to Northern Ireland and see the plant. It is remarkable. It is turning out cars at the rate of between 20 and 25 a day and the first are expected to be shipped before the end of the month. Back to Building Control Forward to Housing Associations (Allocations)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line573
__label__wiki	0.655092	0.655092	Category Archives: Lawn Tennis The first British Lawn Tennis Championships July 9, 2018 1877, Lawn Tennis, Tennistalkinghistory2013 It was on Monday 9th July 1877 that a Lawn Tennis championship took place for the first time at Worple Road, Wimbledon. Records of the time record Worple Road, and the streets on the southern slopes of Wimbledon Hill, as ‘highly respectable‘. Until about 1875 ‘Walpole Lane’ as a map of the time named it, had been a narrow track leading to fields. In 1868 the self-styled All-England Croquet Club had leased a field between the road and the railway line but doesn’t seem to have developed it much until the members decided to add the new game of Lawn Tennis to its activities. As a result the club was renamed The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. The members held their first Tennis Championship on this day – 9th July 1877 – a championship consisting of just gentlemen’s singles matches. That first championship is recorded as attracting twenty-two competitors and a crowd of about two hundred. The popularity grew rapidly and by 1884 they had permanent stands for the spectators built around the Club’s Central Court. By 1922 they had totally outgrown the ground and moved to the Club’s present site in Church Road. The old ground then became the Girls’ High School playing field. Now, when you sit down – or stand up – enjoying this second week of the modern game recall the beginning of the whote event back in 1877! Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships began July 9, 2017 A New Game, Lawn Tennis, Uncategorizedtalkinghistory2013 As we watch tennis last week and this, let’s think back to Sunday 9th July 1877 when the first games were played for the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship. The ‘All England Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club’ had been founded in July 1868, as the All England Croquet Club. Lawn tennis was introduced in February 1875 to compensate for the waning interest in croquet and in June 1877 the ‘All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club decided to organise a tennis tournament to pay for the repair of its pony roller. The first public announcement of the tournament was published on Saturday 9th June 1877 in The Field magazine under the header Lawn Tennis Championship: ‘The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, propose to hold a lawn tennis meeting, open to all amateurs, on Monday, July 9th and following days. Entrance fee, £1 1s 0d. Names and addresses of competitors to be forwarded to the Hon. Sec. A.E.C. and L.T.C. before Saturday, July 7th, or on that day before 2.15 p.m. at the club ground, Wimbledon. Two prizes will be given – one gold champion prize to the winner, one silver to the second player. The value of the prizes will depend on the number of entries, and will be declared before the draw; but in no case will they be less than the amount of the entrance money, and if there are ten and less than sixteen entries, they will be made up to £10 10s and £5 5s respectively.– Henry Jones – Hon Sec of the Lawn Tennis sub-committee.’ The Gentlemen’s Singles competition, the only event of the championship, was contested on grass courts by 22 players who each paid one guinea to participate. The tournament started on Sunday 9th July 1877, and the final – delayed for three days by rain – was played on 19th July in front of a crowd of about 200 people who each paid an entry fee of one shilling. The winner received 12 guineas in prize money and a silver challenge cup, valued at 25 guineas, donated by the sports magazine ‘The Field’. Spencer Gore, a 27-year-old rackets player from Wandsworth, became the first Wimbledon champion by defeating William Marshall, a 28-year-old ‘real tennis’ player, in three straight sets in a final that lasted 48 minutes. The tournament made a profit of £10 and the pony roller remained in use. An analysis made after the tournament led to some modifications of the rules regarding the court dimensions.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line580
__label__cc	0.743777	0.256223	Home → Free essays → Business → Disadvantages on Business Major ← Profitability The Significance of Engagement at Work → Buy custom Disadvantages on Business Major essay The term ‘Discouraged-Business major” as described by Salemi forms the hypothesis that illustrates the phenomenon of the disadvantage business major takes with retrospect to other majors (Salemi, 1996). Additionally, the term describes the preferability of Economics major as a result of students screened out of Business major. As such, this paper seeks to explain the disadvantage on business major with retrospect to Economics major. Much of the changes in economics major are as a result of increases as well as a subsequent decline in the popularity of business studies. As such, students consider an economics degree to be a substitute for the business degree. Siegfried describes the reasons for opting economics as improved prospects for employment, interest of the students to the subject, decision making practicality as well as professional school preparation (Siegfried 1984). Siegfried research has prompted the economics department to influence the factors as a way of instigating changes in enrolment towards the positive direction. Nonetheless, the enrolments in economics major can vary as a result of discouraged business major hypothesis. Consequently, Salemi developed the concept as a hypothesis that explained the fluctuations in the number of majors, in economics. As such, it is as a result of the aforementioned business schools that frequently made the economics major a second choice for students. This attributes to the fact that students that screened out of the business majors opted for the second choice, Economics studies. Tentatively, the students opted for economics, because, economics seen as a close substitute for business majors (Brasfield et al., 1996; Salemi and Eubanks, 1996, p.353; Siegfried and Wilkinson, 1982). Siegfried study suggested that the students idealized economics and business to be a substitute for the major. As such, they concluded that the fraction of the undergraduate students that centered on economics was considerably lower in the institutions that offered in business studies (Siegfried and Wilkinson, 1982). Arguably, the hypothesis links with the timing of selection of the main courses, as students do not choose to major in economics at the same stage of the education profession. Nonetheless, the study reveals that only twelve percent of report the decision in majoring, in economics major before arriving at college, nineteen percent decide in their freshman year. On the other hand, forty six percent decide their majors in sophomore year twenty percent in their senior year as three percent decide in the senior year (Siegfried and Raymond, 1984). As such, the timing in choosing economics has paramount consequences that regard to the enrolment as students may test other majors for better comparison. On the other hand, other students may face rejection by their major choices and, therefore, be content with the second best outcome. Brasfield studies the linkage that exists between business studies and economics. As such, he asserts that economics department situated at the schools that are offering business degrees may have substantial benefits with retrospect to the majors. This attributes to the fact that there exist business spillovers in schools. 1989/90 chosen as a base year where there was a nation al reduction in the economics majors happened. As such, it was evident that schools that did not offer an undergraduate business degree had a higher likelihood to lose econoics majors. This attributes to the fact that an economics degree is a close substitute for a business degree. Tentatively, the department in schools that did not offer the business degree were risking to have decreased experience. On the other hand, they accounted for an impropriate share of the overall business decline. As such, the offering of the degree appeared to be the essential determinant t of majors in economics. This was in opposition the idea of administration location of economics departments (Brasfield et al., 1996, p.366). With retrospect to the research, flexibility in economics electives seemed to have a good impact on the attractiveness of economics as a major. Arguably, Wilkinson studies the effect of certain design factors on the student’s choice of major. As such, the only one significant curriculum factor affects the student’s number who major in economics. Consequently, if there exist an undergraduate degree offered in the same school, the number of economics major declines drastically (Siegfried and Raymond, 1984, p.21). Additionally, DMS have lower grades in comparison to non DBMS in every core economics course. As such, the augmenting admission restriction either in the business schools or in the economics school reduces the economics major number by augmenting the quality of measured students as an augment in GPA. Nonetheless, joining the business schools would result in a decrease, in the economics major number by 83%. Nonetheless, as a result of the DBM hypothesis an augment in business studies popularity may result to an increase in the popularity of economics major. This is as a result of screening out of the students. They tend to choose economics major as the subsequent outcome as they recognize. Salemi discovered that an average between 1983 and 994 discouraged business major accounted for the annual cost of economics. By itself, it indicates that DBMS accounted disproportionately for the experience in the economics degree at UNC. DBMS as well as OEMs have divergent characteristics: DBMS have lesser SAT scores, lower grades in principles of economics as well as intermediate microeconomics. Salemi conforms that the general results indicate that the students consider economics as a substitute for business studies (Salemi and Eubanks (1996). A transformation in popularity of business studies is, therefore, likely to have a higher impact on economics with comparison to other programs. As the enrolments attributes to changes in students choice for business studies, economics department should deem this factor for future reference. The double majoring rate is higher among the students that have achieved graduate degrees that have a double undergraduate. This does not augment the earning that controls the levels of the post bachelor degree. The most likely reason is that the highest degree has the primarily affect on earnings. Certainly, as a result of all studies that examine returns to specific major controls the field of the highest degree or study returns that are available for people without degrees. Arguably, it is unknown whether college major has an independent effect on earnings when the highest degree includes the earning regressions. Craft and Baker (2003) On the other hand, having an additional degree has no important effect on the earning of an individual. Nonetheless, the returns to graduate degrees are substantial with MBAS as well as professional degrees thus having a great impact on earnings. Contrastingly, majoring in engineering produces the highest impact on the earnings of about 33%. As such, for individuals with single major, with a return of about 33 %. Consequently, the individual with a bachelors degree only have only one major in business experience the highest return for a single major. Arguably the individuals with a graduate degree and one undergraduate major have the second highest return that amount to 16 %, more in comparison to a single arts/social major. Having a single major in education results, in a penalty relative to having a single major in arts of 12%, for the individual without a degree, but the penalty reduces to 4 % for those that achieve a graduate degree. Certainly, having two majors within the sane group hardly ever leads to a higher earnings as compared to having a single major in that group. As such, the individuals with graduate degrees there exist no significant differences to such double majoring combinations comparative to single majors. For individuals that have a bachelor’s degree as the highest degree doubling within business result in additional returns: having more than one majors in business, on the other hand, provides returns that are 10 percent points her than the returns of a single major in business. Business major can make a positive impact on the world. As such, business studies functions to create fiscal integrity and stability, prosperity as well as beneficial products and services. Arguably, management in business offers an understanding in big business, small business as well as entrepreneurship Nonetheless, business major influences jobs, opportunity as well as incomes for personal enterprise. As such, it has a significant effect on the living standards as well as quality of life of humans. Consequently, business studies build a robust foundation for the individual that wish to move on to further their studies in specialized areas that include international business, management, marketing and communication technology. It offer practical skills for the individual that wish to move directly into the workplace. Participating in the world of business pertains studying individual, communities as well as organizations that address the need and problems of the 21st century business world. Additionally, business studies draw on facts from other fields of study for the purposes of getting to better solutions. For instance, it forms close links between marketing and communications, mathematics and accounting as well as entrepreneurial studies. Additionally, knowledge and skills are essential across all discipline. The student will be able to apply the knowledge gained in other majors and transfer the knowledge and skills necessary for business studies in the work place. Conclusively, the concept “Discourage-Business-major” hypothesis links with the timing of selection of the main courses as students do not choose to major in economics at the same stage of the education profession. Siegfried research has prompted the economics department to influence the factors as a way of instigating changes in enrolment towards the positive direction. Nonetheless, the enrolments in economics major can vary as a result of discouraged business major hypothesis. On the other hand, business major forms the comer stone for business knowhow as well as gaining essential entrepreneurial skills in the changing world market. The Significance of Engagement at Work Independent Contracts	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line581
__label__cc	0.706789	0.293211	Home » Blank Canvas » Magazine London Events Space Whole Venue 3,000 - Indoors / 7,000 - Outdoors New Events Space in London Magazine London is a new and upcoming Events Space in South East London. Slated to open in the summer of 2019, Magazine London boasts of a 3,000-capacity venue with an outdoor space called The Showground, that will add a further 7,000-capacity space with panoramic views that overlooks the Canary Wharf Skylines. The venue is the perfect place for those planning on hosting exhibitions, festivals-style events, fairs, concerts, conferences and more. To add to it, the venue is also a mere 3-minute walk from North Greenwich station. Booking for the venue will be open on early Summer next year. To find out more about this or to book this venue, kindly contact us. The Cutlers’ Hall is a magnificent Grade II listed city centre venue that has excellent transport links and accommodation within a short walking distance. The hall has flexible rooms and layout which means they can… The Congress Centre Meetings & Seminar Venue In Central London Ideally set in the heart of the West End, the Congress Centre has recently undergone a refurbishment and has emerged as one of Central London’s leading conference, meetings… Shaw Theatre – Central London Shaw Theatre The Shaw Theatre in Central London is a multi-purpose venue for hire. Seating up to 446 guests in one session, Shaw Theatre has played host to numerous events including conferences, screenings, lectures, presentations,… St George’s Hall A grand and historical event space, this Grade I-listed venue is perfect for hosting weddings, corporate events, functions, receptions, seminars, conferences, breakout sessions as well as workshop sessions. The Hop Farm Wedding Venue From weddings to parties, to private functions, The Hop Farm Family Park has proven to be one of the most ideal place to host your event. Eltham Palace Its elegant interiors offer a versatile combination for a range of events – from exclusive civil wedding ceremonies and grand receptions, to intimate dinners and large scale events. With an outstanding tradition of first class…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line582
__label__wiki	0.975489	0.975489	U.K.'s Royal Charter is a dangerous example, Sri Lankan editors warn Sri Lankan editors are urging British Prime Minister David Cameron to put a stop to the Royal Charter on press regulation affirming the need to protect the U.K.'s reputation as a “beacon of freedom.” Newspaper editors from Sri Lanka wrote to Cameron last week asking him to reconsider his reforms on press regulation arguing the restrictions would serve as a blueprint for those who wish to suppress a free press around the world. “Democracy across the world shudders at what is happening in the United Kingdom and Britain unfortunately stands smaller in the world as a result of your government’s actions,” they said. The letter comes after the Queen agreed to a Royal Charter that would oversee a new independent press regulator, a move that WAN-IFRA and several leading press organisations had urged her to reject. Cameron has approved the new structure for press regulation, backed by all three main U.K. political parties, after the Leveson Inquiry on media ethics recommended greater oversight of the press following the widely reported phone-hacking scandal. Among the Leveson Inquiry findings were the involvement of The News of the World's actions in the hacking of a murdered schoolgirl’s mobile phone. However, many newspaper groups in the U.K. are resisting the new controls, warning they risk handing control of the press to politicians and ultimately signalling the end of a free press. Parts of the industry intend to ignore the existence of the Royal Charter altogether, and plan to set up their own new system of regulation called the Independent Press Standards Organization (Ipso). Culture Secretary Maria Miller told Independent's Andy McSmith that this would make the move towards state regulation to become “redundant” as newspapers would refuse to sign up to The Royal Charter in favour of the Ipso. The Sri Lankan editors stated in their letter: “the fundamental bedrock of any democracy must be a free and independent press totally out of the reach of the politicians and apparatus of the state that it reports on.” The editors also recommended that Cameron consider how the actions of the British government will influence other regimes. Specifically bringing up the example of South Africa, where the African National Congress has proposed new laws to control the media, the letter said: “Any move by Britain toward legislation can only be a source of encouragement to South Africa’s would-be media regulators and of deep concern to its independent journalists." The letter came just before Cameron’s planned visit to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Friday with the aim of highlighting concerns over human right abuses, including the alleged intimidation of journalists. According to Reporters Without Borders, Sri Lanka currently ranks 162nd out of 179 on an index of national press freedom, making it the lowest-ranked parliamentary democracy. The country has earned a reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a journalist. In reaction to the slide in press freedoms witnessed in the U.K. in the past 12 months, WAN-IFRA will lead an international delegation to London this coming January to examine concerns about the Royal Charter along with the government’s condemnation of the Guardian's reporting on leaks by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. “It is rather difficult for the United Kingdom to lecture Sri Lanka and others about their press freedom record when its own actions result in such widespread international condemnation,” said WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyrègne. WAN-IFRA has previously conducted press freedom missions to Ethiopia, South Africa, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Mexico, Honduras and many other countries but this is the first mission to the UK. “A press freedom mission to the United Kingdom is unprecedented, and we cannot underestimate our concern for what is happening,” said Peyrègne. Asta Thrastardottir E-Mail: astathrastardottir@gmail.com	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line597
__label__cc	0.69357	0.30643	It's trendy to think "food should be fuel" or that food is something that helps you lose (or, ahem, gain) weight. But thinking only in terms of number on the scale takes away a huge part of what eating is about: pleasure. "If you think of eating as something enjoyable and something you do without guilt or without judging yourself, and you stay active, you're less likely to overeat, have a better diet, and maintain any weight loss for the long haul," says Zied. It's true: feeling guilty about your food choices can undermine weight loss—and even pack on the pounds—while a celebratory mindset gives you more control over your diet and can thwart weight gain, found a 2014 study in the journal Appetite. Cholesterol. Cholesterol is found in foods made from animals, such as bacon, whole milk, cheese made from whole milk, ice cream, full-fat frozen yogurt, and eggs. Fruits and vegetables do not contain cholesterol. Eggs are a major source of dietary cholesterol for Americans, but studies show that eating one egg a day does not increase the risk for heart disease in healthy people.2 You should eat less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day. Check the Nutrition Facts label for cholesterol. Foods with 20% or more of the “Daily Value” of cholesterol are high in cholesterol. 6. Keep healthy foods in larger packages and containers, and unhealthy foods in smaller ones. Big boxes and containers tend to catch your eye more, take up space in your kitchen and pantry, and otherwise get in your way. As a result, you’re more likely to notice them and eat them. Meanwhile, smaller items can hide in your kitchen for months. (Just take a look at what you have lying around right now. It’s probably small cans and containers.) Nutritional supplements are items that are usually considered non-food items that are used to enhance your nutritional program. Supplements may include, but are not limited to, vitamins, minerals, bars, and energy drinks or sports nutrition products to enhance performance. Supplements should be used alongside a healthy diet, but not replace it. To find a dietitian in your area that can assist you with supplements, go to www.eatright.org. Reduced nutritional density in many foods, combined with the use of refined "foods" like sugar, white flour and refined oils, places a greater priority on eating the most nutritious foods. Farm produce grown organically generally has higher levels of essential nutrients such as trace minerals because the soil contains higher levels of trace minerals and the produce grows slower and thus has more time to absorb nutrients from the soil. Examples of nutrient dense foods are sardines, wild salmon, shellfish, eggs, liver, kale, collards and spinach, sea plants (seaweed), garlic, blueberries, and dark chocolate. [17] Fiber is an important part of an overall healthy eating plan. Good sources of fiber include fortified cereal, many whole-grain breads, beans, fruits (especially berries), dark green leafy vegetables, all types of squash, and nuts. Look on the Nutrition Facts label for fiber content in processed foods like cereals and breads. Use the search tool on this USDA page to find the amount of fiber in whole foods like fruits and vegetables. Learn. Find out as much as you can about any dietary supplement you might take. Talk with your doctor, your pharmacist, or a registered dietitian. A supplement that seemed to help your neighbor might not work for you. If you are reading fact sheets or checking websites, be aware of the source of the information. Could the writer or group profit from the sale of a particular supplement? Read more about choosing reliable health information websites. Here, too, body size is the main difference between the needs of males and females. Despite all the hype about high-protein diets, our protein requirements are really quite modest — only about a third of a gram per pound of body weight. For a 125-pound woman, that amounts to about 42 grams, for a 175-pound man, 58 grams. That's a tiny difference, just about half an ounce a day. Creating an industry estimated to have a 2015 value of $37 billion,[4] there are more than 50,000 dietary supplement products marketed just in the United States,[5] where about 50% of the American adult population consumes dietary supplements. Multivitamins are the most commonly used product.[6] For those who fail to consume a balanced diet, the United States National Institutes of Health states that certain supplements "may have value."[7] You can get calcium from dairy products like milk, yogurt and cheese, canned fish with soft bones (sardines, anchovies and salmon; bones must be consumed to get the benefit of calcium), dark-green leafy vegetables (such as kale, mustard greens and turnip greens) and even tofu (if it's processed with calcium sulfate). Some foods are calcium-fortified; that is, they contain additional calcium. Examples include orange juice, certain cereals, soy milk and other breakfast foods. Talk to your health care professional about whether you should take calcium supplements if you don't think you're getting enough calcium from food sources. Dietary supplements are not intended to treat, diagnose, cure, or alleviate the effects of diseases. They cannot completely prevent diseases, as some vaccines can. However, some supplements are useful in reducing the risk of certain diseases and are authorized to make label claims about these uses. For example, folic acid supplements may make a claim about reducing the risk of birth defects of the brain and spinal cord. Brimming with vitamins! Bursting with energy! Store shelves are exploding with colorful, cleverly named drinks that sound healthy but are actually just sweetened water. Don't let the labels fool you, Berman says. If it's not plain H2O or regular coffee or tea, it's a treat. For a healthier sip, try lemon or mint iced tea or sparkling water with a splash of juice. Animal products, such as meat, fish and poultry are good and important sources of iron. Iron from plant sources are found in peas and beans, spinach and other green leafy vegetables, potatoes, and whole-grain and iron-fortified cereal products. The addition of even relatively small amounts of meat or foods containing vitamin C substantially increases the total amount of iron absorbed from the entire meal. Among general reasons for the possible harmful effects of dietary supplements are: a) absorption in a short time, b) manufacturing quality and contamination, and c) enhancing both positive and negative effects at the same time.[56] The incidence of liver injury from herbal and dietary supplements is about 16–20% of all supplement products causing injury, with the occurrence growing globally over the early 21st century.[41] The most common liver injuries from weight loss and bodybuilding supplements involve hepatocellular damage with resulting jaundice, and the most common supplement ingredients attributed to these injuries are green tea catechins, anabolic steroids, and the herbal extract, aegeline.[41] Weight loss supplements have also had adverse psychiatric effects.[84] Other nutritional supplements include nutrient-dense food products. Examples of these are brewer's yeast, spirulina (sea algea), bee pollen and royal jelly, fish oil and essential fatty acid supplements, colostrum (a specialty dairy product), psyllium seed husks (a source of fiber), wheat germ, wheatgrass, and medicinal mushrooms such as the shiitake and reishi varieties. "A smoothie with only fruits and fruit juice is essentially dessert!" Rebecca Lewis, in-house R.D. at HelloFresh, tell SELF. Smoothies can definitely be a healthy meal option, provided you're using vegetables in addition to those fruits, and high-protein, high-fiber ingredients like almond milk and chia seeds. Unfortunately a lot of smoothies (especially store-bought varieties) tend to pack in sugar. In fact, a small size at common smoothie stores like Jamba Juice can often contain more than 50 grams of sugar. To be sure you don't end up with a total gut bomb, consider making smoothies yourself. Or double check the ingredient list at your favorite shops and supermarkets. Omega-3 fatty acids — essential to health and happiness, reviewed by Dr. Mary James, MD. From conception to old age, every cell in our bodies needs omega-3’s. Learn how omega-3 fatty acids benefit every body system — from the brain to the heart, breast, bones, colon, skin and more, this is one nutrient that can make all the difference to our health, our happiness, and — perhaps best of all — our longevity. Heart-healthy eating is an important way to lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death for American women. Stroke is the number 3 cause of death.1 To get the most benefit for your heart, you should choose more fruits, vegetables, and foods with whole grains and healthy protein. You also should eat less food with added sugar, calories, and unhealthy fats. Parents are advised to become familiar with the literature on essential nutrients, for instance by consulting the Orthomolecular News Service. Children should be given supplements in appropriate doses and in a suitable form. Pills should not be given before children can control the swallowing reflex. Multivitamin powder can be given dissolved in water or juice. Parents should not dose vitamin C so high that a child comes to school or kindergarten with loose bowels or diarrhea. In high doses, niacin may cause unpleasant side effects such as flushing and itching lasting up to several hours. [10] Although this is not dangerous, it may cause a child to feel unwell and anxious. Starting niacin supplementation with a low dose and gradually increasing it will allow the body to adapt and avoid the niacin flush. A multivitamin supplement containing moderate amounts of niacin is often adequate until a child is 8-10 years old. For younger children, the dosage should start with only a few tens of milligrams, and not increased to more than 50-100 mg/day. Adults may gradually get used to taking 1,000-1,500 mg/d divided into 3 doses per day. A well-known example is vitamin C, which can effectively fight viral infections, prevent or reverse disease caused by bacteria, and help the body detoxify organic and inorganic toxins. [45] Vitamin C also reduces the risk for cancer, strengthens connective tissues (collagen), and counteracts stress by increasing the adrenal´s production of cortisol. The dose required is set according to the body's need. Nobel Price Laureate Linus Pauling suggested that an optimal daily intake of vitamin C could vary from at least 250 mg up to 20 grams per day. [46] Because unabsorbed vitamin C attracts water into the gut, some people may experience loose stools, gas and/or diarrhea by ingesting only 1-2 grams at a time, while others with a higher level of stress may tolerate 5-6 grams or more. The dose that causes loose stools is called the "bowel tolerance" for vitamin C. [47] To avoid the laxative effect of high doses, it is best to take vitamin C throughout the day in smaller divided doses. This is all great, useful information. .I have been eating and living this way for the last 25-30 yrs and I can testify it has done wonders for me, but I can’t get it through my daughter’s lifestyle. ..I’d love some advice on this..I don’t push anything into her, but I feel exhausted of trying to be supportive and helpful preparing the best healthy and nutritious meals I think I’m capable of, but all along I’ve seen very little improvement, very little change in her lifestyle approach. .what else can I do? (She’s 27 yrs old) Some supplements that were found to have health benefits in observational studies turned out, with more rigorous testing, to be not only ineffective but also risky. Vitamin E, which was initially thought to protect the heart, was later discovered to increase the risk for bleeding strokes. Folic acid and other B vitamins were once believed to prevent heart disease and strokes—until later studies not only didn't confirm that benefit but actually raised concerns that high doses of these nutrients might increase cancer risk. Everyone seems to have food allergies these days, but in fact, such allergies are rare. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, while one in three adults think they have a food allergy or modify their family's diet, only about four percent do. A food allergy is an abnormal immune-system response to certain foods (most commonly, fish, shellfish, peanuts, other nuts and eggs). Symptoms can include hives, rashes, nasal congestion, nausea, diarrhea and gas. However, symptoms of food intolerance—such as intestinal distress—may mimic those of a food allergy. You may want to talk to an allergist about diagnosis and treatment. Whether you have food allergies or intolerance, you will need to develop a diet that fits your needs and avoids foods that trigger a reaction. ^ Dwyer, J. T; Wiemer, K. L; Dary, O; Keen, C. L; King, J. C; Miller, K. B; Philbert, M. A; Tarasuk, V; Taylor, C. L; Gaine, P. C; Jarvis, A. B; Bailey, R. L (2015). "Fortification and Health: Challenges and Opportunities". Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal. 6 (1): 124–131. doi:10.3945/an.114.007443. PMC 4288271. PMID 25593151. Consumers can make wise choices for nutritional supplementation by consulting professional nutritionists and naturopathic physicians. Nutritional supplements are best added into the diet slowly, starting with small dosages and working up to the manufacturers' recommended amounts over time. Also, some supplements, such as herbal medications that may stimulate processes in the body, are best taken intermittently, allowing the body occasional rest periods without the supplement. To avoid unfavorable interactions, nutritional supplements are best used moderately and individually, rather than taking handfuls of capsules and tablets for various needs and conditions at the same time. Finally, consumers should be wary of excessive or grandiose health claims made by manufacturers of nutritional supplements and rely on scientific information to validate these claims. Over the period 2008 to 2011, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the United States received 6,307 reports of health problems (identified as adverse events) from use of dietary supplements containing a combination of ingredients in manufactured vitamins, minerals or other supplement products,[72] with 92% of tested herbal supplements containing lead and 80% containing other chemical contaminants.[73] Using undercover staff, the GAO also found that supplement retailers intentionally engaged in "unequivocal deception" to sell products advertised with baseless health claims, particularly to elderly consumers.[73] Consumer Reports also reported unsafe levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in several protein powder products.[74] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported that protein spiking, i.e., the addition of amino acids to manipulate protein content analysis, was common.[75] Many of the companies involved challenged CBC's claim.[76] It’s perfectly OK to indulge in breakfast sausage and cheeseburgers on occasion. But on an everyday basis, there are plenty of great lean proteins to choose from. Some good meat-free options include beans, peas, quinoa, lentils, tofu, low-fat yogurt and 1% milk. Fish is another great source of protein that can also be rich in healthy omega-3’s. As far as meat goes, cuts that have round, chuck or loin in the name are usually leanest, along with chicken and turkey breast. Learn more with our Essential Guide to Protein. Vitamin C protects the brain and nervous system from damage caused by stress because the synthesis and maintenance of chemical neurotransmitters such as adrenaline and noradrenaline requires adequate levels of vitamin C. [25] Vitamin C is also needed to repair collagen which is essential for skin, blood vessels, bones and joints, and muscles. When these are damaged by physical stress, extra vitamin C is necessary. A controlled trial of 91 adults who experienced increased anxiety and stress 2-3 months after an earthquake in New Zealand in 2011 was divided into three groups, two were given a broad spectrum supplement of micronutrients in low or higher doses. [26] The supplements were found to alleviate the experience of stress, with the biggest dose having the biggest effect. Eat in smaller plates. Science says that eating on a large plate tricks your brain into thinking that you haven’t eaten enough. Eat on a smaller plate to feel full quicker and avoid overeating. Moreover, the color of your plate could impact your food intake as well. According to a study conducted by Cornell University, people eat less when there is a higher color contrast between the plate and the food. If the color contrast between the two is lower, we tend to eat more. For instance, if you eat pasta with alfredo sauce on a white plate, you’ll probably eat more as compared to eating in, say, a blue plate. As with all dietary supplements, in the United States inappropriate label health claims such as preventing or treating disease are opposed by the FDA and deceptive advertisements by the Federal Trade Commission. Probiotic foods and dietary supplements are allowed to make claims using Structure:Function vocabulary as long as human trial evidence is adequate. In 2005, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to UAS Laboratories for disease treatment claims (colds, flu, ulcers, elevated blood cholesterol, colon cancer...). The company revised label and website content and continued to sell the product.[65] In 2011 the company was found to have resumed the label and website claims, and the FDA seized product and stopped production.[66] In 2010 a FTC action was brought against a probiotic food company for exaggerated health claims, resulting in a multimillion-dollar fine and revisions to future advertising.[67] In the European Union a more restrictive approach has been taken by the EFSA. All proposed health claims were rejected on the grounds that the science was not sufficient, and no health claims are permitted. Foods with live microorganisms (yogurt, kefir) can be sold, but without claims.[60][63] Your doctor may also be able to notify you of any other potential risks a supplement might pose to your health (especially if you're pregnant, have other medical conditions or are planning to have surgery), as well as offer guidance on the best dosage to take. If your doctor isn't comfortable with advising you on supplement use, ask if he or she can refer you to a qualified supplement-savvy health practitioner. But keep in mind that because of a lack of research on side effects, just how a supplement may interact with a medication isn't known. ^ Jump up to: a b c Schwingshackl, L; Boeing, H; Stelmach-Mardas, M; Gottschald, M; Dietrich, S; Hoffmann, G; Chaimani, A (2017). "Dietary Supplements and Risk of Cause-Specific Death, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Primary Prevention Trials". Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal. 8 (1): 27–39. doi:10.3945/an.116.013516. PMC 5227980. PMID 28096125. An important take-home message is to focus on the types of foods you eat and your overall dietary pattern, instead of on individual nutrients such as fat, dietary cholesterol, or specific vitamins. There are no single nutrients or vitamins that can make you healthy. Instead, there is a short list of key food types that together can dramatically reduce your risk for heart disease. Women need more of this mineral because they lose an average of 15 to 20 milligrams of iron each month during menstruation. Without enough iron, iron deficiency anemia can develop and cause symptoms that include fatigue and headaches. After menopause, body iron generally increases. Therefore, iron deficiency in women older than 50 years of age may indicate blood loss from another source and should be checked by a physician. Nutritional supplements may be designed to provide specialized support for athletes. Some of these consist of high-protein products, such as amino acid supplements, while other products contain nutrients that support metabolism, energy, and athletic performance and recovery. People engaging in intense athletic activity may have increased needs for water-soluble vitamins, antioxidants, and certain minerals, including chromium. Sports drinks contain blends of electrolytes (salts) that the body loses during exertion and sweating, as well as vitamins, minerals, and performance-supporting herbs.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line600
__label__cc	0.670966	0.329034	Archive for category: Overcrowding Fertility Rates, Global Poverty, Life Expectancy, Overcrowding, Uganda Problems Associated with Overpopulation In Uganda Overpopulation is often one of the major causes of poverty. A lack of educational resources along with high death rates often go hand in hand with higher birth rates, resulting in large booms in population growth. The United Nations predicted that the poorest countries in the world are the biggest contributors to population growth. Uganda is one of the poorest developing countries in the world. There are many problems associated with overpopulation In Uganda. High Fertility Rates The poorest developing countries are usually the ones with the highest fertility rates and the ones with the least amount of resources to support their population growth. It has been proven that fertility rates in African nations are higher than in Western nations. One of the problems is that more developed nations are the ones that consume most of the resources, leaving the least possible amount to support the populations in African nations. In addition to this, the lack of sexual education and family planning is a major cause of overpopulation in this region. Only 20 percent of Uganda’s women have access to contraception. Women in Uganda have an average of 7 children, which is higher the African average of 5.1 but more than double that of the global average of 2.7. Ugandan government’s lack of responsibility in improving family planning is a major reason for the country’s exponential population growth. Population Increases Presently there are 27.7 million people living in Uganda. By 2025, this number is estimated to double to 56 million people, making Uganda the nation with the world’s biggest population growth (at a rate of 3.3 percent). This kind of growth definitely continues to make resources more scarce in this region of the world. With already 19.5 percent of Uganda’s population living in poverty, efforts to decrease poverty rates will fail unless measures are taken. As much as 78 percent of the population in Uganda are under the age of 30. Experts say that such big population will be a burden to the economy unless it is transformed into a working force. One major reason for the vast increase in the youth population was a need for family security, often to help with labor. There is minimal industrialization in many developing countries, so people have kids in order to have more help on the farm. Unemployment and Overpopulation Currently, 83 percent of young people have no formal employment. This is partly due to low economic growth, slow labor markets, high population growth rates, the rigid education system, rural-urban migration and limited access to capital. This boom in population growth is bound to put pressure on the economy by straining resources if the high birth rates are not controlled. The major problem of Uganda’s young population is an increasing dependency burden at the household level with a related increase in demand for social services like health and education, which are not growing at the same pace as its population. For example, classrooms in public schools are overcrowded due to growth in school populations. One cause for the growth in the population has been an increase in unwanted births, leading back to the idea that family planning is an essential part of reducing overpopulation in Uganda. Solutions to Overpopulation in Uganda There are many possible solutions to overcoming the overpopulation crisis in Uganda. Experts highlight the need for a long-term plan that focuses on the role of the family, the government, the private sector and society in helping young people to become productive. By reducing the problems with overpopulation in Uganda, the economy will benefit through taxes and more sustained production of goods and services. Family planning services would reduce fertility levels and increase the proportion of employed adults to young dependents. Furthermore, promoting family planning by educating men and women about contraception will play a key role in reducing fertility rates. A reduction in “fertility was achieved in the West over the course of a century of female education, national family planning services and the introduction of job opportunities for women.” Therefore, it is important to empower women by giving them access to reproductive health services as well as better economic options. The United Nations aims to tackle this issue by running microcredit projects to turn young women into advocates for reproductive health. Another solution is government incentives. Governments must promote responsible parenthood and limit subsidies to the first two children unless the family is living in poverty. This can also be accomplished by promoting child spacing and having fewer children. In certain urban regions of the country, there are ads showing happy couples with just one or two children. Cutting exponential population growth will give Uganda’s natural resources a higher chance of supporting the human burden. Government intervention through family planning by educating people on contraception methods and empowering women by enhancing female education are important steps towards reducing problems associated with overpopulation in Uganda and decreasing poverty. – Mayra Vega Photo: Google February 22, 2019 /by Kim Thelwell https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg 0 0 Kim Thelwell https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg Kim Thelwell2019-02-22 07:30:142019-05-02 14:25:47Problems Associated with Overpopulation In Uganda Global Poverty, Overcrowding, Slums Five Cities Suffering From Poverty and Overcrowding The world is experiencing rapid population growth and urbanization. Advances in medicine have allowed for increased life expectancy as well as decreased infant mortality, while birth rates have largely remained unchanged. This combination of circumstances has lead to great growth; between 1999 and 2011, the population increased by nearly one billion people. The population increase has led to rapid urbanization. People migrate to cities with the promise of economic or educational opportunity, technological advancement and access to health care. It is estimated that by 2050, 66 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. This urbanization of cities that are neither prepared nor equipped to deal with overcrowding places strain on both natural and manmade resources alike. The following is a list of five cities suffering from both poverty and overcrowding. Five Major Cities Dealing With Poverty and Overcrowding Mumbai, India: With a population density of 171.9 people per square mile, India is notorious for overcrowding. Mumbai is no exception, with a population near 23 million and a population density of almost 70,000 people per square mile.Mumbai serves as India’s commercial hub and is home to the Bollywood industry, making it prone to migration. Yet, those with hopes of Bollywood often end up in prostitution or organized crime. The population has doubled in 25 years, leading to many slum neighborhoods.In fact, half of the population of Mumbai lives in overcrowded, unsanitary slums that comprise only eight percent of the city’s geographic area. Although great wealth exists throughout Mumbai, poverty and overcrowding continue to increase. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Being named the most densely populated city in the world in 2015, Dhaka suffers from overcrowding and poverty alike. It has also been named to lists of least livable cities and fastest growing cities.Its population is over 18 million, with a density of 114,300 people per square mile. Roughly one-third of Dhaka’s residents live in poverty, with two million inhabiting slums or without any form of shelter. Lagos, Nigeria: Lagos is Africa’s fastest growing city. In 2017, the population was 21 million; the U.N. predicts that this number will rise to over 24 million by 2030.Situated between the Atlantic Ocean and a lagoon, Lagos is Nigeria’s commercial capital. Yet, 300,000 people live in slum neighborhoods and make a living by fishing out of hand-built canoes. One-fifth of the city’s residents live in poverty.The slum houses are fashioned from scrap-metal and elevated on stilts to protect against flooding. There is little access to clean water, electricity or quality education. The majority of slums are built along the coast, causing friction with the wealthy as well as the government, which has evicted many communities on faulty logic in order to seize the land. Manila, Philippines: Manila has a population of 1.7 million and a land area of less than 10 square miles, leading to a high population density of over 170,000 people per square mile. Manila serves as the Philippines capital and home of its banking and commerce industries.In Manila, 600,000 people live in slum districts, which are ridden with disease and malnutrition. Many kids do not attend school, as parents are often forced to choose between feeding the family or sending the kids to school. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar boasts the highest population density on this list, with over 760,000 people per square mile. The influx in population resulted in unplanned neighborhoods known as “ger” areas, which house 60 percent of Ulaanbaatar’s population but are vulnerable to natural disasters and lack water and sanitation sources as well as electricity.A number of expensive apartment buildings mark the city’s skyline, yet many of these buildings remain empty due to the high cost of living. The government intervention has tended to benefit the upper-income subgroups, rather than those living in poverty. Poverty and overcrowding are endlessly entwined. Rather than placing a halt on migration and urbanization as many cities have attempted, lack of affordable housing, quality water and sanitation facilities, education opportunity and food shortages ought to be addressed. Cities must respond to the growing demands that come with overcrowding in order to help alleviate poverty and decrease hardship. – Jessie Serody July 2, 2018 /by Borgen Project https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg 0 0 Borgen Project https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg Borgen Project2018-07-02 07:30:522018-07-31 13:33:26Five Cities Suffering From Poverty and Overcrowding Education, Energy and Electricity, Global Poverty, Housing, Infrastructure, Overcrowding, Overpopulation, Slums The Dangers of Growing Urban Poverty A milestone was reached in 2007 – for the first year ever, more people were living in cities than in the country. Forbes magazine estimated that by 2030, around 5 billion of the world’s 8.1 billion people would live in cities. Of those 5 billion, an estimated 2 billion will live in slums in Africa and Asia. The UN reports that slum children in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to suffer from respiratory and water-born illnesses than their rural peers. Additionally, women living in slums are more likely to contract HIV than women in more rural areas. Most lack at least one of the following five basic needs, with some households lacking three or more: durable walls, a secure lease or title, adequate living space, clean water, and working toilets. Many of the people living in slums are squatters – those lacking legal title to their land and without legal and political rights. Without such rights, there is little incentive for people to invest in their homes or communities. One way to grapple with urban poverty is to promote policies that help squatters attain rights, but in order to do so, the government under which the slum exists must function well enough to enforce such policies. The infrastructure of these ever-growing cities – roads, public transport, water systems, sanitation, and electricity – cannot keep up with the growing population. Similarly, natural or man-made disasters cannot be managed well because of a lack of emergency resources for all inhabitants. The education of children is also a problem, as children living in slums are less likely to be enrolled in school than their rural peers. With little economic opportunity and educational opportunity, slums like these are ripe for developing criminal organizations and even militant movements. Organizations like UN Habitat are working to combat the dangers of growing urban poverty. City planning, infrastructure development, and participatory slum upgrading are top priority while also focusing on urban legislation, risk management, gender, and youth. Also important is building capacity for organizations and governments that are trying to make a difference. If unaddressed, there is a danger that our world could soon be dealing with “failed cities” in the same way that it deals with failed states. Mega cities, those with more than 10 million inhabitants, are on the rise across the developing world, and will likely reach 20 million by 2020. Challenges continue to increase and, if left unaddressed, could be detrimental to the global community as a whole. – Madisson Barnett Sources: Forbes, UN Habitat Photo: Wikipedia April 24, 2014 /by Borgen Project https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg 0 0 Borgen Project https://borgenproject.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Borgen_Project_Logo_small.jpg Borgen Project2014-04-24 12:21:022014-07-30 16:26:50The Dangers of Growing Urban Poverty	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line608
__label__wiki	0.601151	0.601151	NFL Stadiums To Have Fully Digital Ticket Systems In 2018-19 Season Filed Under:Digital Ticketing, NFL, Ryan Mayer, Ticketmaster, Tickets Ryan Mayer Lost in the ups and downs of following their favorite teams over the course of the season, NFL fans may have missed a bit of news last fall that will change their game-day experience. For the 2018-19 season, NFL teams are moving to a fully digital ticketing platform, provided by Ticketmaster for all stadiums. Digital ticketing has continued to gain in prevalence as mobile technology improves. According to Ticketmaster’s Chief Product Officer for North America, Justin Burleigh, the reasoning behind the migration from paper to digital tickets is twofold. “Our industry has fundamentally always been plagued by issues that are at the core of ticketing, which are anonymity and fraud,” said Burleigh in a recent phone interview. The anonymity of paper tickets, buying and selling, presents problems for both the team and consumer in Burleigh’s eyes. The team has no way of truly knowing who is in what seat in their stadium with paper tickets. Sure, they have the names of season ticket holders or group leaders that buy tickets in bulk, but they don’t know who receives the tickets after the initial purchase. Because of this, teams have been unable to connect with some fans at the games. As for the consumer (the fan), if they’re not the title owner of the ticket, the team can’t build a relationship with them or personalize their experience, according to Burleigh. Ticketmaster Presence phone tapping enclosure. Credit: Ticketmaster Paper tickets also present a risk of fraud, with the seller making multiple copies of the same tickets and selling them to various people. With digital ticketing, Burleigh says they’ve already seen at least one case in which fraud was completely shut down. “We’ve talked for a while over the last year about a case study at Orlando City’s soccer stadium, where they just went completely digital. They went from about 120 cases of fraud per game to 0. They had no fraud for an entire season and for us, that’s one of the most important metrics of the shift.” Ticketmaster’s system, Presence, will be installed at every NFL venue for the upcoming season and will be used for both games and any shows or concerts that take place within those venues. Presence operates on NFC (near-field communication, think Apple Pay tap-and-go) or RFID (think credit cards) technology, so it doesn’t necessarily require wifi or access to the internet via cellular service. There is also a “paper” option for users concerned they may run into those all-encompassing “phone issues.” “We actually did build a paper instrument that we call a Ticketmaster ‘Smart Ticket,'” said Burleigh. “It’s about the size of a business card but it doesn’t have a barcode on it. It has an RFID chip in it. You have the same kind of tap-and-go experience you would have with your phone, like Apple Pay, but with a piece of paper instead.” Ticketmaster Presence system “Smart Ticket”. Credit: Ticketmaster With any technology that gathers and stores consumer data, there are always concerns about data security. “In the Presence platform, we don’t store any details about you. We store your section, your row, your seat, your token value, and then when a club wants to engage with you, they’ll go into their own customer database to engage with you,” said Burleigh. “We’re pretty tight with how we control access to the data and how we let the data follow on in that lifecycle. Security is absolutely top of mind for us.” According to Ticketmaster, their Presence system was in use for about 75% of tickets scanned at this year’s College Football Playoffs and 85% of those scanned at this year’s NHL All-Star game in Tampa. In addition, eight NBA venues have gone fully digital. Presence System on phone. Credit: Ticketmaster Still, there’s something to be said for having a paper ticket. Many fans collect tickets to the various sporting events and concerts they have attended over the years, as mementos. A full transition to a digital platform would seem to wipe away that type of nostalgic experience. However, Burleigh says their team is still working on some ideas of how to allow folks to amass a digital collection in much the same way they’ve done with physical tickets through the years. “We’re all fans, we all love going to live events and working for a company where that’s at the core of what we do,” said Burleigh. “I’m a guy who collects vinyl and has ticket stubs from when I went to shows when I was younger all the way up until recently. We are thinking pretty deeply about how can you have a digital experience but get a commemorative ticket or lanyard, those types of things. We’re not ready yet to announce what we’re thinking in that regard, but we are thinking about it.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line609
__label__cc	0.589234	0.410766	Top 7 Most Lavish Casinos Around The World Filed Under:Aria, Atlantis Paradise Island, Baccarat, Bahamas, blackjack, Casinos, Gambling, James Bond, Las Vegas, Macau, Marina Bay Sands, Poker, Randy Yagi, Ritz Club, Ritz Hotel London, Roulette, Singapore, Slot Machines, travel, Venetian Las Vegas, Venetian Macao Photo Credit: Randy Yagi Monte Carlo Casino Rolls Royces (credit: Randy Yagi) With a rich history stretching back nearly 200 years, modern casino gambling has entertained countless numbers of people, with more than a few who became wealthy overnight. But it’s the most exclusive casinos, romanticized in film and literature with images of high stakes gambling tables surrounded by a select group of guests in tuxedos or evening dresses, which have intrigued people around the world and even those who don’t enjoying gambling. Although some of the most lavish casinos in the world are part of a private, members-only club, many others are open to the public who are all but certain to be bedazzled with the ultimate experience in casino gaming. The following are seven of the most lavish and most beautiful casinos around the world. Atlantis Casino Atlantis Paradise Island Resort One Casino Drive Paradise Island, Bahamas www.atlantisbahamas.com Featuring more than 800 of the newest slot machines and over 75 table games including blackjack, craps and roulette, Atlantis Casino is the largest casino in the Caribbean. Situated in 50,000 square feet within the enormous luxury resort Atlantis Paradise Island, the state-of-the-art casino spans a significant portion of the seven-acre Paradise Lagoon and connects the resort’s signature hotel, the Royal Towers, to the smaller Coral Towers, the conference center and Atlantis Marina. The main casino, graced with the stunning Crystal Gate and an array of colorful glass sculptures, is open 24 hours a day and also offers the Pegasus Race and Sportsbook, with five betting windows, wagering on all major sporting events and live simulcasts from U.S. racetracks. Adjacent to the casino is Dragons Nightclub for hand crafted cocktails, dancing and music provided by live bands or DJs. Atlantis Paradise Island Resort offers six hotels with more than 4,000 rooms, including some of the world’s most expensive suites. Also on the property is one of the world’s largest marine habitats, 40 restaurants and lounges, an 18-hole championship golf course and a 63-acre water park. BarMasa, Aria (credit: Randy Yagi) 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South www.aria.com/ It’s difficult to single out just one lavish Las Vegas casino-hotel, and it might be best to end the debate with the simple flip of a coin. But among the many five-star luxury resort-casinos in the city, Aria often comes up in the conversation as the best in this famous gambling mecca in the desert. Located in the urban metropolis known as City Center on the Las Vegas Strip, Aria hosts an extraordinary casino with more than 150,000 square feet of gaming space and features nearly 2,000 slot machines and 145 tables for popular casino games like roulette, craps, blackjack and poker. Also on the casino floor is a 25-table poker room including a high stakes table in the Ivey Room with wagers up to $100,000. With more than 4,000 technologically advanced guest rooms, a major retail and entertainment complex, more than 25 restaurants and bars and three swimming pools, Aria is reportedly the largest building in the world with an LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Among the exceptional dining experiences within Aria are chef Michael Mina’s Bardot Brasserie, Sage led by James Beard Award-winning chef Shawn McClain and chef Masa Takayama’s BarMasa. Related: Family-Friendly Guide To Las Vegas 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany www.casino-baden-baden.de Located in southwestern Germany near the French border, Casino Baden-Baden is the oldest casino in Germany and one of the most famous in Europe. First opened more than 150 years ago, the casino is part of the fabulous luxury hotel and spa Kurhaus, whose stunning Belle Epoch architecture was inspired by ornate French palaces. Once described by famed German actress Marlene Dietrich as “the most beautiful casino in the world,” the casino offers an impressive assortment of classic gaming action, such as roulette, poker and blackjack, in addition to more than 140 slot machines with payouts averaging between 92 and 97 percent. Also within the historic casino is a opulent conservatory with hand-painted stained glass windows, a table room awash in red with a priceless chandelier known as The Red Hall, a luxury restaurant currently being remodeled and the contemporary nightclub Bernstein. The city of Baden-Baden also hosts several charming hotels, a museum with 2,000-year-old Roman bath ruins and the Iffezheim racetrack, the setting for some of the most prestigious horse races in Europe. Casino De Monte Carlo (credit: Randy Yagi) Casino De Monte Carlo http://www.casinomontecarlo.com/ Known for its rich history, exquisite decor and a rich and famous clientele, the Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco is likely the world’s most famous casino. First opened in 1863, this extraordinary Beaux Arts structure was designed by the famed French architect Charles Garnier, who also created his namesake Palais Garnier in Paris, one of the world’s most renowned opera houses. The enormous gambling and entertainment complex overlooking the Mediterranean Sea also features the Monte Carlo Opera House, the offices for the Monte Carlo Ballet and is next door to the palatial five-star luxury Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo, with the Michelin three-starred restaurant Louis XV led by acclaimed chef Alain Ducasse. With the breathtaking interior of the casino, a variety of traditional games can be enjoyed including roulette, poker, blackjack, craps and baccarat, as well as video poker and slot machines. The Casino de Monte Carlo has often been portrayed as a favorite haunt of fictional British super spy James Bond in films like “Never Say Never Again” and “GoldenEye” and also served as the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel and two subsequent films, “Casino Royale.” The Monte Carlo casino has also appeared in several other popular movies, such as “Cars 2,” “Iron Man 2,” “Oceans 12” and “Grace of Monaco.” 10 Bayfront Ave. www.marinabaysands.com The ultimate gaming destination in Singapore, Marina Bay Sands is the world’s most expensive standalone casino property and features the world’s largest atrium casino. The magnificent three-level casino covers more than 160,000 square feet and offers more than 2,300 slot machines and 350 gaming tables. More than 20 games can be played at the very popular casino, including familiar games like blackjack, baccarat and roulette, as well as other less familiar such as Sic-bo, a game of chance with three dice that originated in China and Pontoon, the traditional British version of blackjack. The resort resembling the Roman numeral “III” holds more than 2,500 rooms and suites, an array of dining options and an 800,000-square-foot shopping complex. However, its signature attraction is the spectacular Sands Sky Park, described as a “1.2-hectare tropical oasis” that sits atop the three towers to form one of the world’s largest cantilevers. At 200 meters high (656 feet), the resort’s majestic skypark is said to be longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall and features a breathtaking 150-meter (164 yards) Infinity swimming pool with unparalleled views of the Singapore skyline. Ritz Club Ritz Hotel 150 Picadily London W1J 9BR http://www.theritzclub.com/ Tucked away in the basement of one of London’s most iconic hotels bordering the fashionable Mayfair and St. James districts, the Ritz Club is one of the world’s most exclusive private member clubs. Occupying the space that housed the original Ritz ballroom, the club first opened in 1978 and dramatically restored the Louis XVI style of the Ritz Hotel, but didn’t offer casino gambling for another 20 years. Today, the Ritz Club has four distinct areas: the renowned restaurant, bar with a smoking terrace, the Salon Privé lounge and the principal gaming salon. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the casino offers a variety of classic games like American roulette, blackjack, baccarat and three card poker and has three adjoining rooms for baccarat, roulette or blackjack. Most table games have a modest minimum bet of £25, but roulette starts at just £5. First opened in 1906, the Ritz Hotel is often cited as the world’s greatest hotel and consistently sets the standard for classic luxury and impeccable service. Venetian Macao Resort Hotel Estrada de Baia de Nossa Senhora da Esperanca www.venetianmacao.com The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel looks much like its sister casino on the Las Vegas Strip, with a replica of Venice’s St. Mark’s Campanile and gondola rides with singing gondoliers. But with 550,000 square feet of casino space, the Venetian Macao boasts the world’s largest casino and is also one of the world’s largest hotels. In fact, the casino floor of the Venetian Macao is quadruple the gaming space of its equally famous counterpart in Las Vegas. More than 3,400 slot machines and 800 Vegas-style gaming tables are on the Venetian Macao casino floor, in addition to more than 30 restaurants and bars on the entire complex. The Venetian Macao is an all suites hotel with 3,000 rooms, each with a separate bedroom and living area. 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__label__wiki	0.51335	0.51335	[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] Journal 2 Single Journal 2 [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] Middle East and Islamic Studies 3 Islamic Law 3 [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] Religious Studies 3 History of Religion 3 [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] Social Sciences 8 Religion & Society 8 [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 8 [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] International Law 3 Comparative Law 3 Brill \| Nijhoff 3 Human Rights x Religion & Society x All accessible content x The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the “Right to be Protected against Incitement” Jeroen Temperman Article 20(2) of the un’s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (iccpr) is an odd human rights clause. It provides that “[a]ny advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.” Accordingly, this provision does not appear to codify a fundamental right but rather a sui generis state obligation. The present article aims at providing a legal taxonomy of this international incitement clause, ultimately also answering the question as to whether, despite its unique formulation as speech prohibition, it contains a justiciable right to protection from incitement. In Journal of Law, Religion and State Religious Pluralism and the Challenge for Secularism Arif A. Jamal and Jaclyn L. Neo This essay introduces the Special Issue of the Journal. It discusses how changing religious demographics and heightened religious plurality are challenging existing thinking about, and patterns of, state-religion relations and the nature of the ‘secular state’. The essay briefly surveys each of the papers in the Special Issue and highlights that one of the key lessons that emerges from the papers is the importance of context. As the contexts evolve, fresh thinking and new arrangements would be needed. Kokkinakis at the Grassroots Level Effie Fokas This contribution considers the impact of Kokkinakis at the grassroots level: to what extent do grassroots level actors know about the case of Kokkinakis and see in it an opportunity to further their own religion-related rights claims? To what extent has the case inspired social actors such as rights activists, cause lawyers or faith group members to mobilise for their own religion-related rights, whether in court, in the halls of government, or in the streets? Has Kokkinakis left a mark on the individual citizen with concerns to do with religious freedoms? These questions are addressed through empirical research conducted on the indirect effects of ECtHR religion-related case law, including Kokkinakis, at the grassroots level in Greece. In Religion & Human Rights Parental Rights in Relation to Denominational Schooling under the European Convention on Human Rights Whereas the bulk of Article 2 Protocol i cases concerns aspects of the public-school framework and curriculum, this article explores Convention rights in the realm of denominational schooling. It is outlined that the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court generally strongly supports the rights of parents not to send their child to state-organized schools and hence to establish or avail of private, denominational schooling instead. In this area of private schooling, the Strasbourg Court could build a stronger body of jurisprudence against discriminatory funding policies. The Court is right in seeing no state duty to fund denominational schools, but where intricate funding policies serve to privilege the state or dominant religion and their schools, at the disadvantage of minority religion schools, the Court should come into action. A Typology of Dissent in Religion Cases in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights Sophie van Bijsterveld Dissenting opinions in European Court of Human Rights judgments are a familiar phenomenon. Nevertheless, they receive little or no systematic attention. This essay presents a typology of dissenting opinions in religion cases in the Grand Chamber of the European Court. It identifies patterns of dividing lines within Grand Chamber decisions in religion cases and discusses these patterns. Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Religious Persuasion: Effective Tools for Balancing Human Rights and Resolving Conflicts? Are L. Svendsen, Rainer O. Bless and Matthew K. Richards Attempts by people of faith to persuade others to their beliefs can provoke conflicts—even violence—in communities intent on protecting their privacy and identity. Both advocates and targets claim the protection of competing human rights, which must be balanced. Voluntary codes of conduct offer a viable alternative to government regulation. This article evaluates twenty-one codes and identifies which have greatest potential for conflict-resolution. Effective codes balance competing rights consistent with international law norms, respect multiple traditions, and address a general audience. They motivate compliance, provide a platform for dialogue, and promote the pluralism necessary to freedom of conscience. In contrast, codes focused on a single faith’s or network’s own constituencies are less likely to prevent or resolve conflicts because they tend to advocate a sectarian view and sometimes violate international law. Like aggressive state regulations, these codes can perpetuate rather than prevent conflict. Journal of Law, Religion and State Editor-in-Chief Gideon Sapir The Journal of Law Religion and State provides an international forum for the study of the interactions between law and religion and between religion and state. It seeks to explore these interactions from legal and constitutional as well as from internal religious perspectives. The JLRS is a peer-reviewed journal that is committed to a broad and open discussion on a cross-cultural basis. Submission of articles in the following areas: religion and state; legal and political aspects of all religious traditions; comparative research of different religious legal systems and their interrelations are welcomed as are contributions from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. 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The Journal tackles these issues fearlessly, and draws its materials from all relevant disciplines - theology, anthropology, history, international relations, human rights, religious studies, and many others - but with special emphasis on legal frameworks. It is an indispensable source for all those concerned with monitoring, studying, teaching, analysing or developing policies on the relationship between religion and human rights today. Religion & Human Rights is a peer-reviewed, academic journal, published by Brill \| Nijhoff - the world’s leading imprint for international Human Rights books and periodicals. Brill \| Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill in Leiden, The Netherlands, which is itself internationally renowned for the strength of its publishing programmes, inter alia, in the field of religious studies. 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__label__wiki	0.748534	0.748534	Online Gallery home British comics Greek manuscripts Hebrew manuscripts Spare Rib Romantics and Victorians 20th century literature Playtimes Visits and workshops Sites/opening times Change my details (Members/Registered users) St Pancras opening times Boston Spa opening times Full list of our blogs French - Fran�ais All our blogs Music news and views We have around 100,000 pieces of manuscript music, 1.6 million items of printed music and 2 million music recordings! This blog features news and information about these rich collections. It is written by our music curators, cataloguers and reference staff, with occasional pieces from guest contributors. Read more More music materials on our manuscripts website The summer holidays are upon us, but we are as always hard at work. We have a few more Music Manuscripts from our collection which have been digitised by The British Library's Imaging Studio so we could upload them to our website and make them accessible to all. Egerton MS 2795 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Portion of a musical sketch-book (c 1825) This is a small pocket sketchbook of the kind that Beethoven carried around on his sorties into the countryside and taverns around Vienna. Egerton dates from the summer of 1825 and transmits studies for the Quartet in B flat, Op 130. Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2795 Add MS 38068 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G : no. 15 from "Das Wohltemperirte Clavier," part ii (c.1744) Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_38068 R.M.18.a.1 - Sir George Job Elvey, The Rolling Year (1850) Birthday cantata for Queen Victoria for solo voices, chorus and full orchestra, in score. With a separate extra copy of the words on a leaflet. Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.18.a.1 Add MS 41866 - Johannes Brahms, Rhapsody in E♭ major op. 119, no. 4 (1893) Written at Bad Ischl at the end of June 1893. This manuscript differs in a few places from the first published edition by Simrock also in 1893. Egerton MS 2335 - Joseph Haydn, Symphonies nos. 47 and 48 (c.1784) Add MS 53777 - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Patience (1881) After opening at the Opera Comique in April 1881, Patience moved in October to the brand-new Savoy Theater, just off the Strand, and inaugurated the first theater with electric lighting. Add MS 38069 - Miscellaneous George Frideric Handel, Italian cantata,: 18th cent. Joseph Haydn, 6 English Canzonettas, Hob.XXVIa:25-30 Title page signed 1791. Charles-Simon Catel, "Quatuor énigmatique": 1811. Ludwig van Beethoven, Canon: 1825 Wilhelm Richard Wagner, 1st violin part of overture "Polonia" 1833 George William Chard, Hymn: 19th cent. Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS 38069 Add MS 41631 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Three Early Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 (1783) Beethoven's own copy of his three early pianoforte sonatas in Eb, F minor and D, with annotations by the young composer. Posted by Elias Mazzucco at 11:27 AM Tracing Mozart's London influences at the British Library Ian Page, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists, recalls his exploration of dozens of scores in the British Library as part of his research for the recently released 2-CD recording, ‘Mozart in London’ Ian Page (Photo: Sheila Rock) For a London-based company devoted to performing the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, it is a tidy and convenient coincidence that Mozart began his composing career in earnest here in the English capital. In August 1764, four months after Mozart and his family had arrived in London, Wolfgang’s father Leopold had fallen ill and been advised to withdraw with his family to the purer air and rolling countryside of Chelsea (!). Leopold remained bed-ridden for a few weeks, and to facilitate his recovery both Wolfgang and his sister were forbidden from playing music or making any other noise. I like to think that it was as a direct result of this stipulation that the then eight-year-old Mozart sat down in silence to pen his first symphony. Mozart composed a handful of works during his 15-month stay in London. Three symphonies and his first concert aria, “Va dal furor portata”, all feature on our new recording, and he also wrote a set of six sonatas dedicated to Queen Charlotte and a miniature motet, “God is our refuge”, which he presented as a gift to the British Museum following his visit there in July 1765. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.: ‘God is our Refuge’, K. 20; 1765 (detail). British Library Shelfmark K.10.a.17.(3) These works have all been recorded before, and are familiar to the more ardent and inquisitive of Mozart-lovers. Our ‘Mozart in London’ festival, however, which was one of the flagship projects in the first year of our ongoing MOZART 250 series, sought to explore the music that the young Mozart might have heard during his extended visit to London, and our 2-CD set features live recordings originally taken from the concerts which comprised this festival. All the information that I needed in order to put this programme together proved to be readily available at the British Library, and I was amazed that nobody had previously explored this wealth of forgotten music, much of which would have had a formative influence on the young Mozart. The recording includes over a dozen pieces that had never been recorded before. We are lucky that people of the 18th century were such fastidious chroniclers, and we know exactly which operas were performed at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket (in Italian) and at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and Drury Lane (in English) during Mozart’s stay. Furthermore, although Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria (premièred at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket on 26 January 1765, the day before Mozart’s ninth birthday) is the only score to have survived complete, many of these operas had selections of ‘Favourite Airs’ published, and copies of these can be found in the British library collection. Bach, Johann Christian (1765). The Favourite Songs in the Opera Adriano in Siria. British Library Shelfmark R.M.13.c.19.(8.) I spent many hours ploughing through these volumes, and ended up with over 250 arias or duets to choose from. Less than half of these, perhaps, were deserving of resurrection, but I was astonished by how good much of this music was, and how clearly it paved the way for Mozart’s own musical language. On one level a figure of Mozart’s magnitude is best regarded as a unique and timeless genius, but he was also very much a product of his own age and experiences. Mozart’s father is frustratingly reticent in his letters about what music they heard in London – he is more concerned with complaining about the weather and the beer – but the deeper I delved the more apparent it felt that Mozart must have been familiar with a lot of this surviving music. During this process I discovered charming and beautiful music by composers I had previously not even heard of – the likes of Giovanni Pescetti, Davide Perez, George Rush and William Bates – and it only added to the excitement that much of this repertoire had not been performed since time of its composition. I have never been more grateful for my British Library Reader’s Card. ‘Mozart in London’ was released on Signum Classics on 4 May 2018, and has been selected as Recording of the Month and Editor’s Choice for Gramophone magazine, Record of the Month for Limelight magazine, Disc of the Week for Classic FM Holland and Editor’s Choice for Presto Classical. Posted by Elias Mazzucco at 7:00 AM Chopin First Editions available online Add comment Comments (0) Eugène Delacroix (ca 1838) Portrait de Frédéric Chopin, compositeur. Louvre Museum R.F1717 As part to our commitment to bring our collections to everyone, we have digitised over sixty first editions of piano music by Frédéric Chopin, which are now available online. As is the case with most composers, first editions of Chopin’s music are important to study the text of a given piece. Chopin would often add expression marks to the printing proofs, marks which weren't in the manuscripts provided to the publisher. Sometimes these additions were so numerous that a second proof had to be prepared for Chopin to approve for publication. In these cases they reveal a more advanced compositional state than the autograph manuscripts. You may download a spreadsheet with the complete list by clicking here. The links on the right hand side will take you to the corresponding catalogue record. To view the score click on the "I want this" tab, and then on the red “GO” button next to "Digital Content, Collection Item". This newly digitised set will no doubt be a welcomed complement to the Chopin Online Resources, which includes other first editions from our collections. Posted by Elias Mazzucco at 12:34 PM Classical music, Digital scholarship, Digitisation, Music, Printed music More Digitised Music Manuscripts available online We have the pleasure of bringing you some more highlights from our collection which we have digitised in high resolution and uploaded onto our website so anyone can enjoy them remotely. All the below are autograph, unless noted. Egerton MS 2954 - Musical treatises (15th century) Italian Musical Treatise by Johannes de Muris Add MS 36738 - Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in G major D. 894, Op. 78 (1826) Published as the Fantasy, Andante, Menuetto and Allegretto, is the eighteenth sonata of Franz Schubert composed in October 1826. Lansdowne MS 763 - Musical treatises (15th century) Treatises transcribed, and probably to a great extent compiled, by John Wylde, precentor of Waltham Holy Cross Abbey, about 1460. Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Lansdowne_MS_763 R.M.19.d.9 - George Frideric Handel, Il Trionfo del Tempo HWV 46a (c 1710) Manuscript copy, except for the Overture on ff. 69-78, and the corrections which are in the hand of Handel. Digital Version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.19.d.9 Add MS 47849 - Joseph Haydn, Symphony no. 40 in F major (1763) Egerton MS 2327 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Rough copies of twelve airs for pianoforte, with accompaniment for flute or violin (c. 1817) These are connected with his arrangements of English, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish airs. They were all published in Sechs variirte Themen (op. 105) and Zehn variirte Themen (op. 107), about the year 1817. From op. 107 are taken nos. 1-4 (nos. 9, 10, 2, 8, respectively), no. 9 (no. 4), and nos. 11, 12 (nos. 1, 5); and from op. 105, nos. 5-8 (nos. 1, 2, 4, 5), and no. 10 (no. 6). Egerton MS 2746 - Miscellaneous, including: Robert Schumann, March in G minor, op. 76/2 Richard Wagner, Sketch of the people's chorus (melody and bass only) from Act ii of 'Rienzi' (1839) Richard Wagner, Largo maestoso (introductory movement) and Allegro con brio (beginning only), in C, for 4 hands Draft of a letter, apparently by Richard Wagner, but unsigned Classical music, Digital scholarship, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Music Musgrave at 90 Today (27 May 2018) is the ninetieth birthday of Thea Musgrave, a composer in respect of whom the British Library possesses the largest known institutional collection of archival papers (an acquisition financed in part by the Eccles Centre for American Studies), as well as a substantial collection of sound recordings (both commercial and non-commercial). Some facets of Musgrave's compositional career to date are outlined in last year's anniversary posting, illustrated primarily by some of the concert programmes in the Library's Musgrave archive. With an official work-list to date numbering over 150 compositions, it is perhaps unsurprising that Musgrave defies straightforward categorisation in terms of genre, a situation which, judging by a 1988 interview with Bruce Duffie, she seems to relish: “I do chamber works, I do orchestral works, I do opera, I have done ballet, I've done songs, unaccompanied choral pieces — all sorts of things. I like to do different things, so I don't really like to be pigeonholed. There are even some electronic things — mostly with live music, not on its own.” A 2017 interview with Frank Oteri suggests that Musgrave still has an appetite for such diversity: “it’s always exciting to work on a slightly less familiar medium, for me that is — makes me consider new ideas. I like to work with everything. You know, just what happens, what comes along.” As with many published contemporary composers, the vehicle for instigating a new Musgrave composition tends to be the commission. The influence of the commissioning context is manifested particularly in the manifold idiosyncratic instrumentations found in Musgrave's oeuvre. Yet, composing to commission should not be taken to imply a passive response on the part of the composer; in fact, perusal of Musgrave's scores and manuscript material demonstrates a creative praxis that thrives upon customising and stretching the precepts of the genres with which she engages. As she explains in a 2018 interview with Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh, she takes inspiration from a broad range of sources, including the performer for whom she is writing: “My pieces usually begin as commissions for specific forces and presenting organizations or a particular performer. I frequently get inspired by what I read (poetry and novels) or see (paintings, plays, nature) away from my writing desk, and by what I know and sense about the performer.” One recurrent Musgrave trait is the animation of instrumentalists with choreographic performance directions, extending their purview to encompass dramatic agency and visual spectacle. Musgrave often animates individuals within the orchestra, obfuscating the delineation between the role of soloist and of tutti (rank-and-file) orchestral player, especially where the animated player is afforded an uncharacteristic degree of virtuosity and of liberty from the conductor's yoke. Such liberty — sometimes characterised as rebellion or defiance — raises notational challenges that may not have an unequivocal solution, as is apparent from the papers relating to Night Music, a work for chamber orchestra in which "the two horn players are featured in a soloistic and dramatic way". It was premiered in 1969, yet the score and parts were revised by Musgrave in 1998, acting in response to feedback from the conductor Nicholas Kraemer. Night Music is replete with phrases notated so as to afford some temporal liberties: whilst the rhythm is specified, the presence of fermatae and the absence of barlines in these phrases mean that they are not mapped precisely to the prevailing tempo. Various means of co-ordination are employed, ranging from fermatae to repeating cells (sometimes, these invite comparison to Lutosławski's box-notation, whilst at other times, they are little more than regular bars to be repeated “as necessary”, a device which might be described as a vamp, although Musgrave herself never uses the word). The revisions in 1998 consisted principally of the addition of barlines and of more explicit directions for how the conductor is to signal the various points of co-ordination. The British Library possesses the annotated photocopies on which Musgrave indicated the planned revisions. Some of these notational revisions can be characterised as clarifications rather than changes. For example, on pages 52–53 of the full score, the addition of a barline and indications as to which hand the conductor should utilise do not compromise the independence of a group comprising 2nd horn, oboes, violoncellos, and double basses. Rather, the conductor indications communicate cues for the events that trigger, or are triggered by, this group's metrically independent entries at a “Tempo di marzia” with its own time signature and barring. As for the added barline, shortly after figure 61, it straddles tied notes. Since the anacrusis is already cued by the first horn, the only potential diminution in independence entailed by the barline is the fixing of the point at which the diminuendo is to commence, aligining it to the violas' arrival on G (at the 2nd bar of figure 61). Instead, the added barline could be construed as serving a practical function, in that it elucidates the syntactical position of the group's entry relative to (circa) figure 61 and to the piccolo's unbarred ad libitum solo — this seems self-evident in the score, but may be harder to navigate in the parts. Annotated photocopy of pp.52–53 of the full score (there were no changes to the pagination of the score), indicating revisions planned in 1998 (but not implemented). Copyright © Chester Music Ltd; reproduced with kind permission. Ultimately, the revisions on these particular pages were not implemented in the revised edition. Perhaps, the additions were deemed self-evident after all. In fact, Musgrave's comment at the top of page 52 — “when Hrn 1º STANDS // easy to give signal” — suggests that it may not be necessary for the conductor to give such explicit signals. Archival papers can often reveal cases of ideas which were entertained but subsequently dismissed. Elsewhere, however, notational revisions present on these annotated photocopies were not only implemented, but extended. For example, on pages 42–43, barlines were added to the bassoon, horns, and one solo double-bass. In the process, rhythms are regulated to fit into the prevailing time signature, mapped to the other parts. Whilst some of these mappings are to tied notes, thus eschewing audible alignment, the rhythmic and metric complexity has still been somewhat reduced, ossifying a particular solution to the co-ordination of formerly independent layers in the texture. In the annotated photocopies, these lines see a brief return to an unbarred "AD LIB" at the 4th bar of figure 49. Annotated photocopy of pp.42–43 of the full score (there were no changes to the pagination of the score), indicating revisions planned in 1998. Copyright © Chester Music Ltd; reproduced with kind permission. In the revised edition, however, barlines have been added there as well, with the parenthesised fermatae just before figure 50 (which function much like the curlew symbol used by Britten) removed. Also absent from the revised edition is the conductor's double-handed downbeat indicated at figure 50. Judging by the crossed-out indication at figure 49, it seems that Musgrave vacillated over where to stipulate this downbeat, before opting not to stipulate it at all. Although it is unusual for Musgrave to revise works decades after the première, Night Music is not the only work to have returned to occupy Musgrave over such a long timespan. Her choral work Voices of Power and Protest was first envisaged in 1977, initially under the title "Voices of Warning and Pity", and the Musgrave archive contains evidence of the early sketches, comprising a series of drawings illustrating the plot and choreography, as well as plans for the libretto, which, initially, had been envisaged as a collection of texts by various authors. A series of drawings illustrating the plot and choreography for Voices of Power and Protest, which Musgrave has dated “circa 1977”. Copyright © Thea Musgrave; reproduced with kind permission. Some of the early plans, dating from 1977, for the libretto for and choreography in Voices of Power and Protest (initially under the title “Voices of Warning and Pity”). Copyright © Thea Musgrave; reproduced with kind permission. In 2006, Musgrave proceeded in earnest with writing the libretto and setting it to music, deciding to write her own original text. Nonetheless, she has incorporated a few notable quotations, such as the first stanza of the Dies irae plainchant (prolifically quoted in repertoire both sacred and secular) and the first two lines of the nursery rhyme Baa, baa, black sheep (Musgrave changed the subsequent couplet to “I'm here to take it for that is now the rule”, exemplifying the callous greed of the profiteer who sings these lines). Fair copy of p.20 of the score of Voices of Power and Protest. The second and third lines of the Dies irae plainchant can be seen in the basses; the first two lines of Baa, baa, black sheep can be seen in the tenor solo, starting at the 5th bar of figure 44. Copyright © Novello & Co Ltd; reproduced with kind permission. In this work, the members of the chorus take on acting roles, and the choreography entailed is indicated through diagrams in the score. Similar diagrams can be found in the composition draft, and even the musical sketches for the work. In a sketch for the ending, the diagrams indicate the splintering of the chorus, as they come to the realisation that ostensible victory in war is illusory: “We have, all of us, lost”. A leaf from the “rough sketches” of the music for Voices of Power and Protest. Although the material after figure 62 has been struck-out, much of it, and the words above the final system, finds its way into the work. Although the dates in the top-right do not specify a year, it is almost certainly 2006 (on the basis of the other leaves that were in the same envelope). Copyright © Novello & Co Ltd; reproduced with kind permission. These dramatic demands are liminal to the precepts usually associated with choral music, and, once again, seem to complicate categorisation. In the 2017 interview with Oteri, Musgrave outlines the manner in which Voices of Power and Protest combines the demands placed on an opera chorus with those placed on an unaccompanied choir: “an opera chorus is used to memorizing and being blocked, and is usually accompanied by an orchestra. A [stand alone] chorus is not used to being blocked. They’re usually standing in rows, and they’re on book and are often unaccompanied, or maybe with a piano or organ. I thought it would be great if they could be off book and would become the set themselves.” Musgrave's choral output has been prolific in recent years, ranging in scope from short, festive works such as Hear the Voice of the Bard and Sing to Celebrate Summer to longer works engaging with texts centred on fundamental questions of existence, such as her anthological oratorio, The Voices of Our Ancestors(which also features choreography, although it does not require the choir to sing from memory). Her latest pair of choral works, Missa Brevis and A Collect for John the Baptist, will be premièred at Wells Cathedral on Sunday 24th June, as part of the cathedral's liturgy that day[20]. Although the main birthday celebrations are taking place in New York, there will be several opportunities for audiences in the UK to hear works from Musgrave's oeuvre. By Sasha Millwood, Doctoral Researcher (Arts & Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Partnership), Music Collections, British Library, and University of Glasgow Over There, All Over Again: American Sheet Music, World War 1 and Nostalgic Musicals It is always a great pleasure when you find your research coinciding with that of your colleagues. There has been a recent spike in discussions around American Music and World War I in the Eccles Centre as Jean Petrovic is currently developing an online exhibition showcasing the British Library's excellent collection of American sheet music, whilst I am research American musicals of the early 1940s which looked back at World War I and vaudeville. As part of her project, Jean has been focusing on World War I, which saw an explosion in printed music. At the turn of the twentieth century – prior to the rise of radio and the phonograph – pianos were still the main source of home entertainment. Recent innovations in production had bought about a sharp decline in prices and an inevitable rise in demand. Not surprisingly, this was a boom-time for song-writers and music publishers. Print runs of top-selling songs frequently exceeded hundreds of thousands and between 1900 and 1910 more than 100 songs sold over one million copies. More than 10,000 songs about World War I were published in the United States during 1914-18. In the early days, many of these songs echoed the non-interventionist stance of President Woodrow Wilson and most Americans. Within days of the US declaration of war in 1917, George M Cohan, already one of the country’s most successful songwriters, penned ‘Over There’. With its patriotic call to arms, its optimism and its references to liberty and the American flag it went on to become the nation’s favourite war song. It was performed and recorded by many artists and eventually sold more than two million copies. Above: George Michael Cohan. Over There. New York: Wm Jerome Publishing Corp., c1917. British Library shelfmark a.318.(5) (other versions, h.3825.z.(52); h.1562; H.1860.i.(8); h.3825.ff.(7)); image courtesy of the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.100010518 In 1936, President Franklin D Roosevelt presented Cohan with the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his contribution to US morale during World War I. He was the first person in an artistic field to receive this honour. And this is where I come in. During America’s participation in World War II, a notable body of musical films were produced which reflected on the current crisis through the historical metaphor of America’s role in World War I. By binding these wartime stories with settings concerned with vaudeville and performance, these films conveyed patriotic messages and made entertainment culture central to American values. Above: promotional poster for Yankee Doodle Dandy (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1942, Warner Brothers) In 1942, director Michael Curtiz made Yankee Doodle Dandy, a biopic about Cohan’s life. The narrative is framed by Cohan, in the present day, going to visit President Roosevelt at the White House where he discusses his career and receives the Congressional Gold Medal (despite the award actually being made 6 years previously). In the urgent context of World War II the film places Cohan (but also by extension Hollywood itself) as vital agents in America’s cultural mythmaking: the inclusion of his famous, popular songs (‘Over There’, ‘Give My Regards to Broadway’, ‘The Yankee Doodle Boy’ and ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag’) and production numbers involving a lot (and I mean A LOT) of flags, allow the fictional President Roosevelt to comment to Cohan that “your songs were weapons as strong as cannons and rifles in World War I." Interesting, whilst the film was certainly an important part of Warner Brothers Studio’s commitment to the war effort, aimed partially at legitimizing their own work in the context of the war, the unashamedly patriotic film also served an interesting purpose for its star, James Cagney, who had personally struggled to deny Communist links. Cagney had initially been opposed to making a Cohan biopic as he’d disliked Cohan since the Actor’s Equity Strike in 1919 when Cohan had sided with the producers. However, during the late 1930s and early 1940s Cagney had run-ins with the Dies Committee (the House Un-American Activities Committee): in 1940 he was named along with 15 other Hollywood figures in the testimony of John R Leech (an LA Communist Party leader) and the New York Times printed the allegation that Cagney was a Communist on its front page (August 15, 1940). Although Cagney refuted the allegations and Martin Dies made a statement to the press clearing him, his brother, William Cagney, who managed his business affairs is reported to have said that “we’re going to have to make the [most] goddamndest patriotic picture that’s ever been made. I think it’s the Cohan story.”[1] The film certainly achieves this aim: Cagney went on to win an Oscar for the role (and the film was a huge box office success for Warners). For those interested in learning more about the American sheet music collection at the British Library, Jean’s web exhibition will go live later this summer. In the meantime, an older incarnation of the project can be found here. I will be discussing ‘American Film Musicals and the Reimagining of World War I’ as part of the British Library’s Feed the Mind series on Monday 21 May at 12.30 in the Knowledge Centre. I can promise clips of Gene Kelly, which must rate as one of the best ways to pass a lunch break. I hope you’ll be able to join me. By: Dr Cara Rodway, Deputy Head of the Eccles Centre for American Studies, with thanks to Jean Petrovic, Bibliographical Editor. [1] Patrick McGilligan, Cagney: The Actor as Auteur (New York & London: Tantivy Press, 1975), pp145-8 [shelfmark: General Reference Collection X.981/20794] Posted by Amelie Roper at 12:44 PM Printed music, Research collaboration The Mozarts in London It's April 1764 and Leopold Mozart was standing on the French shore of the Channel, waiting for the ferry to England. He was accompanied by his wife Anna Maria and their two children, Maria Anna (nicknamed Nannerl) and Wolfgang, aged 12 and 8 respectively. They had never seen the sea and any apprehensions they might have had were met with a rough crossing. Leopold reported in a letter that they made “a heavy contribution in vomiting.”1 On the 23 April they finally arrived in London from Paris, lodging above a barber’s shop near Trafalgar Square. They had left Salzburg almost a year before, as Leopold showed the prowess of his two child prodigies across different European courts. Britain wasn’t included in their initial plans, but they had been urged to make the journey by two Englishmen in the French Court: London was at the time the richest, the biggest and most successful city in Europe. It contained a wealthy class of merchants who patroned public performances. This was an important difference from previous countries they had visited, where concert life was mainly confined to the courts. The Mozart family spent around fifteen months in the British capital, but their experience was not as successful as they had hope so. Let’s find out more about their story through these three items from our collections Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Six Sonates Pour Le Clavecin ... Oeuvre III. London: Printed for the Author, 1765. British Library Shelfmark R.M.11.f.5 The start of the trip was nonetheless auspicious. The letters of introduction from France had been very effective, as within a week the family was summoned to Buckingham House (a more modest predecessor to the current Palace), for the first of their three visits to the court of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Here Wolfgang’s skills were put to royal test: The King placed before him not only works of Wagensil, but those of Bach, Abel, and Handel,2 and he played off everything prima vista. Then he accompanied the Queen in an aria which she sang, and also a flautist who played a solo. Finally he took the bass part of some airs of Handel and played the most beautiful melody on it and in such a manner that everyone was amazed. In short, what he knew when we left Salzburg is a mere shadow compared with what he knows now. It exceeds all that one can imagine.3 The Queen asked the Mozarts to be the dedicatee of one of Wolfgang's compositions. Leopold obliged, printing at his expense a run of three sonatas. The copy shown above, is the very one which was presented to the Queen. God is our refuge, K. 20 Towards the end of their London stay the Mozarts received an invitation to visit the British Museum (from which the British Library was born). It seems now hard to believe, but children weren’t allowed then. Wolfgang and Nannerl were indeed very privileged. Leopold and his daughter kept a travel diary and she recalls to have seen “the library, the antiquities, birds of all kinds, fishes, insects and fruits.” in the Museum 4 They presented the Museum directors with a copy of his first two sonatas (also in our collections); a copy of a print showing Leopold and his two children (in the British Museum); and the manuscript of ‘God us our Refuge’ K. 20 shown above (a digitised version is available here). This motet for four voices was especially composed and presented to the Trustees of the Museum. It was to be his only setting of English words during his life. Little Wolfgang seems to have had trouble fitting the words to their corresponding notes (noticeable in bars 7-9), so his father wrote them in the rest of the piece. At the British Library we can boast that our collection of Mozart manuscripts is certainly the first to have been started by the composer himself! Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, 17 May 64 . British Library Shelfmark Burney 529.b. The British Library has an important collection of Newspapers gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (b.1757, d.1817), mostly published in London between 1604 and 1804. The collection has been digitised and can be viewed on any of our Reading Room terminals. Leopold Mozart was no doubt an astute marketer, paying for several adverts on London papers where he announced performances by his children. They were often described as “prodigies of nature” and Leopold was more than ready to bend the truth slightly, purporting his children to be one or two years younger. The adverts here shown appeared on the Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, where Leopold published more frequently. Their first few months of their London stay saw them play in the most fashionable gardens of London. However their luck changed in early July when Leopold fell gravely ill, developing from what he described as “a kind of native complaint, which is called a cold”5. Without his guidance and promotion, performances stopped for a few months and by the spring of 1765 public interest in the child prodigies began to wane. Wolfgang in the meantime, occupied himself composing -among other works- his first symphony, which premiered in February at the Little Theatre in Haymarket. Their bad fortunes may have also been influenced by external forces, as there are indications that malicious rumours were being spread about the family. One of the most outrageous no doubt, said that Wolfgang wasn’t a child but a small adult with a growth deficiency. His father Leopold was forced to deny this in an open letter. Understandably, by mid-1765 the Mozarts started to arrange their long return to Salzburg. Private concerts were being offered at reduced fees. By July 1765 the young Mozarts, who had started performing for the Royals, were now playing during lunchtime at the Swan and Hoop pub near Moorgate in the City... Special thanks to Maddy Smith, curator of printed heritage collections 1601-1900, for her assistance with this article. Letter from Leopold Mozart to his merchant and friend, Johann Lorenz von Hagenauer. London, 25 April May 1764 (extract) Composers Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Christian Bach, Karl Friedrich Abel and the King’s favourite composer, George Frideric Handel ibid 1. London, 28 May 1764 (extract) Mozart. Briefe und Aufzeichnungen. Gesamtausgabe. (Kassel 1962) Vol I. pp196, 198-9. British Library Shelfmark 07902.e.4. ibid 1, "Chelsea near London", 13 September 1764. Posted by Elias Mazzucco at 5:12 PM Classical music, Music, Newsroom, Printed music, Rare books Latest Music Manuscripts available on our website In addition to the previous batch announced here, we are pleased to share with you a few more Music Manuscripts freshly uploaded onto our website. One of the principal reasons that compel us to make these images available, is to preserve our collections for future generations. Every reading room request will involve at least eight pairs of hands that will handle the item from the shelf, to the reading desk and back. Naturally, this means that considerable stress is placed upon collection items which may be -as in the case of Music Collection materials- over 500 years old. Therefore, having high resolution images available on our website greatly minimizes threats to the longevity of our collection. Please note that all of the below are Autograph Manuscripts, unless noted. Add MS 31707 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony no.103 in E-flat major "The Drumroll" (1795) This manuscript was presented by Haydn to Luigi Cherubini, who is said to have provided the missing folios 23r, 23v, and 26r by his own hand. From the collection of Julian Marshall. Catalogue Record: http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002023864 Add MS 32173 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Michael Haydn - A collection of songs, duets, choruses, cantatas, and a divertimento (18th-19th century) Add MS 47851, Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto, op. 61, for violin or piano (1808) Manuscript copy made for the first printed version of the concerto, with autograph corrections. This document is the main textual source for both the violin solo part and its piano arrangement. More information elsewhere on this blog. Catalogue Records: http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002104251 Add MS 35272, 35273 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Collection of Scottish airs for one or two voices (c. 1803) Manuscript Copies, mainly in the hand in the hand of his amanuensis J. Radnitzky, with autograph additions. Digital Versions: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_35272 http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_35273 Add MS 35274 - 35275 Franz Joseph Haydn, Collection of Welsh airs for one or two voices (c.1804) Manuscript copy, with an autograph note by the composer at the beginning, http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002088749 Newer posts \| Older posts Music blog recent posts The Susan Bradshaw Papers: Archive of an Insightful Communicator Scratch Music Music notetaking and composers' thematic catalogues in the 18th century ‘For Jean on her Birthday’: Vaughan Williams’s String Quartet in A minor Elisabeth Lutyens: notebooks, letters, and papers Music from beyond: the Rosemary Brown Collection Music Doctoral Open Day - 4 December 2018 William Byrd, catholic composer Welcome to Discovering Music New Digitised Music Manuscripts Tweets by bl_classical Tweets by bl_popmusic Tweets by BL_Music_Colls Contemporary Britain Georgians-revealed World and traditional music Music blog links Music web pages Other British Library blogs Living knowledge Maps and views Copyright © The British Library Board	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line612
__label__wiki	0.507797	0.507797	I conclude the story of Henry Goldsmith and his family in this post with final chapters on the lives of three of his ten children, those who outlived all the others: Walter, Florence, and Helen. Walter Goldsmith and his wife Ella Rosenberg had suffered two terrible losses early in their marriage. Their first child had lived just a few weeks, and their second, Sarah, had died in 1921 from gastroenteritis when she was four. But Walter and Ella had had three more children after Sarah, as we have seen: Edison (born shortly before Sarah’s death in 1921), Stanley (1922) and Edna (1924). Thus, in 1930 Walter and Ella had three young children, and Walter was practicing dentistry in Pittsburgh. Walter Goldsmith and family, 1930 US census, Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 0220; FHL microfilm: 2341711 The 1930s appear to have been fairly uneventful for Walter and his family, and by 1940, the three children were teenagers, and Walter continued to practice dentistry in Pittsburgh. Walter Goldsmith and family, 1940 US census, Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03662; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 69-370 On October 16, 1942, Edison enlisted in the US Army; he’d been a salesman at Gimbel Brothers when he registered for the draft: Edison Goldsmith, World War II draft registration, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations, Content Source: The National Archives, Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947 Edison served in the Army as a warrant officer and was honorably discharged on January 23, 1946. From March 10, 1945, until August 8, 1945, he served overseas in World War II.1 Edison’s younger brother Stanley registered for the draft, but I did not find any record of military service. He was nineteen at the time and not employed. He does appear in the 1942 University of Pittsburgh yearbook as a member of the photography staff of that publication, so he must have been a student when he registered for the draft. According to my cousin Robin, Stanley had very poor eyesight, yet somehow managed to become a professional photographer. Stanley Goldsmith, World War II draft registration, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations, Content Source: The National Archives, Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947 As listed in the 1954 and 1955 directories, Stanley and Edison and their sister Edna were all still living with their parents Walter and Ella at 1263 Bellerock Avenue in Pittsburgh. Edison was the vice-president of Manor Products, a company that manufactured awnings, and Edna was a telephone operator for the M.H. Delrick Company. Stanley had no occupation listed. Their father Walter continued to be listed as a dentist in all these directories.2 On November 25, 1955, Edna Goldsmith married Arnold Feuerlicht. “Noon Wedding,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 18, 1955, p. 20. Arnold was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1919,3 to Herman and Gussie Feuerlicht. His father, a Hungarian-born immigrant, was a baker. In 1940, the family was living in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Arnold was working as a clerk in a shoe store.4 Arnold is listed in the 1955 Pittsburgh directory as an accountant.5 He and Edna had two children. They would at some point move to Beverly Hills, California, where Arnold continued to work as an accountant.6 Four years after her daughter’s wedding, Ella Rosenberg Goldsmith died in Pittsburgh on November 21, 1959 at age 72.7 Her husband Walter survived her for twelve years; he died when he was 89 in August 1971.8 Walter and Ella were survived by their three children. Stanley died on February 24, 1994, in Pittsburgh; he was 71.9 The following year his brother Edison died on November 9, 1995; he was 74.10 Neither had married or had children. Their sister Edna survived them. She died in San Pedro, California, on October 19, 2007, at the age of 83. Her husband Arnold died less than two months later on December 5, 2007; he was 87. Edna and Arnold were survived by their children. With Walter Goldsmith’s death in 1971, only two of Henry Goldsmith’s ten children were still living, his two daughters, Florence and Helen. Florence died at 91 in Beverly Hills, California, on April 22, 1975.11 That left only Helen, the youngest of Henry Goldsmith’s children. In 1930 she’d been living with her husband Edwin T. Meyer and two sons Edgar and Malcolm in Pittsburgh. Edwin was an optometrist.12 On March 19, 1938 Edgar married Esther Orringer in Weirton, West Virginia.13 Esther was the daughter of Oscar Orringer and Rose Spann and was born on March 5, 1916, in Pittsburgh.14 Her parents were Austrian-born immigrants, and in 1920 her father was in the wholesale grocery business in Pittsburgh.15 A heartfelt thank you to Cathy Meder-Dempsey of Opening Doors in Brick Walls for locating Edgar and Esther’s marriage record. West Virginia Vital Research Records Project (database and images), West Virginia Division of Culture and History (A collaborative venture between the West Virginia State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah to place vital records online via the West Virginia Archives and History Web site accessible at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr), Register of Marriages Brooke County, West Virginia, page 213, top, Marriage License of Edgar Jaffa Meyer and Esther Orringer.(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12012126&Type=Marriage : accessed 5 July 2019). Edgar’s brother Malcolm married Carolyn Schnurrer on September 1, 1942, in Pittsburgh. Carolyn was the daughter of Michael Max Schnurrer, an architectural draftsman, and Eva Katz, both of whom were Romanian immigrants. She was born on December 15, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.16 Carolyn and Malcolm were both graduates of the University of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF74-G8X : 18 October 2017), Malcolm G. Meyer and Carolyn Schnurer, 01 Sep 1942; citing Marriage, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennslyvannia; FHL microfilm 1,992,163. The Pittsburgh Press, October 3, 1942, p. 18 Malcolm was a lieutenant in the US Army when he and Carolyn married; he was stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. He served in the Army from May 4, 1942, until March 2, 1946, including two and a half years overseas during World War II. When he returned, he and Carolyn settled in Pittsburgh and had two children together. Like his father Edwin, Malcolm was an optometrist.17 Edgar and Esther also stayed in Pittsburgh for some time. They had one child. When Edgar registered for the World War II draft, he was working for Gulf Research and Development Company and living in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. Edgar Meyer, World War II draft registration, Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations But Edgar was not destined to stay in western Pennsylvania. In 1950 he is listed in the Buffalo, New York directory as a physicist.18 According to his obituary, he lived in Vienna, Austria from 1968 to 1970, working as a representative of the American Optical Company board of directors. Then he returned to the US and settled in Massachusetts where he was the manager of the medical products division of the American Optical Company from 1970 until 1972.19 During that time his father Edwin died. Edwin was 81 when he passed away on March 19, 1971.20 The family suffered another loss two years later when Malcolm’s wife Carolyn died in May 1973; she was only 53.21 Then just two years later Edgar Meyer died on April 17, 1975, in Pittsburgh, to which he had only recently returned upon retiring. Edgar was sixty years old. He was survived by his mother Helen, his wife Esther, his brother Malcolm, his daughter, and grandchildren.22 Helen Goldsmith Meyer had lost her husband Edwin, her daughter-in-law Carolyn, and her son Edgar in the space of four years. Helen herself died in August 1983 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She was 93 years old.23 Her son Malcolm also lived a long life. He was also 93 when he died on May 1, 2011. He was survived by his children and grandchildren.24 I have just connected with two of Helen’s granddaughters and one of Walter’s granddaughters and hope to have more photographs and personal recollections to add to an update to this post. But for now, I have reached the end of the story of my double cousin Henry Goldsmith, his wife Sarah Jaffa, their ten children and many grandchildren. And it brings me to the last of Simon Goldsmith’s children, my other double cousin Hannah Goldsmith, Henry’s full sister. Both Henry and Hannah were born in the US shortly after their parents immigrated; both lost their mother when they were just toddlers. Both overcame the odds and lived full and successful lives. Both lived those lives in western Pennsylvania. Hannah’s story comes next. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; SSN: 181120537, Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966. ↩ Title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1954, 1955, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 ↩ Box Title: Fessler, Elwood E – Fiedor, John F (Box 246), Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 ↩ Herman Feuerlicht and family, 1940 US census, Census Place: Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03650; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 68-82, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census ↩ Title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1955, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 ↩ Publication Title: Beverly Hills, City Directory, 1973, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 ↩ Ella Goldsmith death certificate, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 097051-099750, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 ↩ Number: 169-32-7384; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1956-1958, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ↩ SSN: 201142857, Death Certificate Number: PA 2972985, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 ↩ SSN: 181120537, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 ↩ Social Security #: 572443297, Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 ↩ Edwin T. Meyer and family, 1930 US census, Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 33A; Enumeration District: 0234; FHL microfilm: 2341713, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census ↩ Marriage Date: 1938, Marriage Place: Brooke, West Virginia, United States, Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 ↩ Oscar Orringer and family, 1920 US census, Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1522; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 548, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census ↩ Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF74-G8X : 18 October 2017), Malcolm G. Meyer and Carolyn Schnurer, 01 Sep 1942; citing Marriage, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennslyvannia; FHL microfilm 1,992,163. Schnurer family, 1940 US census, Census Place: West View, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03420; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 2-593, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census ↩ Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 ↩ Publication Title: Buffalo, New York, City Directory, 1950, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 ↩ “Edgar J. Meyer,” The Pittsburgh Press, April 18, 1975, p. 42. ↩ Number: 172-32-4406; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1956-1958, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; “Dr. E. Meyer, Optometrist,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 Mar 1971, p. 13 ↩ SSN: 169030713, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; “Edgar J. Meyer,” The Pittsburgh Press, April 18, 1975, p. 42. ↩ Number: 173-24-7039; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ↩ Issue State: California; Issue Date: Before 1951, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ↩ This entry was posted in Genealogy, Goldschmidt/Goldsmith, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Washington PA and tagged Goldsmith, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh by Amy. Bookmark the permalink. I am interested in genealogy and family research, books, movies, cats, dogs, and baseball. View all posts by Amy → 17 thoughts on “Henry Goldsmith, The Final Chapter: Walter, Florence, and Helen” Peter Klopp on July 5, 2019 at 9:12 am said: An uneventful period in someone’s life in a family chronicle filled with deaths and tragedies can only mean one thing: a happy and prosperous time for Walter Goldsmith and his family. Amy on July 5, 2019 at 9:13 am said: I hope so—hard to know what was really going on that didn’t make the newspapers or vital records. Michael on July 5, 2019 at 9:25 am said: Congratulations on wrapping up this chapter, Amy. I’m looking forward to seeing what you learn (and photos you see) from the granddaughters. Good luck! Thanks, Michael! I am also!! nwpaintedlady on July 5, 2019 at 10:53 am said: I took a look with google and checked on the Bellerock and Ripply addresses. Looks like both homes are still there and quite lovely. * Bellerock is a stately brick home and the street is the old brick type stones as well. Hoping for some pics and stories for you to share 🙂 Amy on July 5, 2019 at 5:31 pm said: Thanks, Sharon! I tend to forget to do that—I know you are really good at presenting those images, and they are wonderful. I should try and remember to do it myself! Now I will take a look. 🙂 Cathy Meder-Dempsey on July 5, 2019 at 4:00 pm said: I’d like to add a record to your story. As Edgar and Esther married in West Virginia, I looked up their marriage license with the Minister’s return which came from Rabbi Louis A. Glyn. You can find the record in the upper right quadrant of this image: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12012126&Type=Marriage I find it interesting the license was applied for more than a month before they were married. Congratulations on the end of another chapter. Bring on the next, Amy. Wow, thank you, Cathy!! That’s wonderful. Do you know if there is a proper way to cite to this record? I am not familiar with this database having done no WV research. I wonder why they were married there? Google Maps shows Weirton being about 36 miles west of Pittsburgh. They were both 21 or over so it couldn’t have been a parental permission requirement. Thanks again! Cathy Meder-Dempsey on July 6, 2019 at 3:09 am said: You’re welcome, Amy. The collection can be found through FamilySearch or directly at WVCulture.org. It is a collaborative venture between the West Virginia State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah to place vital records online via the West Virginia Archives and History Web site. I messaged you two different citations. Could it be they wanted to be married by the Rabbi who turned in the minister’s return? I’m not familiar with Brooke County, West Virginia. But I do know that for Mason County, WV, many citizens went across the river to Gallia County, OH, to marry. I have not figured out the reason when the Mason County courthouse was just as close. Perhaps the formalities were easier or the courthouse not as busy. As an afterthought, perhaps it was easier to get a license there and the Rabbi was from Pennsylvania. Thanks, Cathy! I am going to add those now. I have to believe that Edgar and Esther had a rabbi from PA—I wonder if there was even a Jewish community in Weirton! So my guess is there was some quirk in WV law that made it easier to get married there. Or they eloped. I doubt they eloped since the license was taken out over a month before the marriage. It may have just been easier for them in WV. You’re welcome, Amy. I was glad to be able to help. Debi Austen on July 10, 2019 at 10:01 am said: Beverly Hills. It would be nice to know more about what took them there and what they did once they arrived. Amy on July 10, 2019 at 12:08 pm said: Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything more than what I reported. 😦 Luanne on July 12, 2019 at 12:01 am said: Wonderful work here and a thank you to Cathy. I am amazed how even when people don’t die particularly young, the typical range is still so large. I know it’s far from profound but it really struck me here. From 60 to 100, basically. I love how Sharon looked up the houses. Amy on July 12, 2019 at 7:57 am said: And sadly that range still occurs today even with modern medicine. Too many people die too young. Sharon inspired me to look at them—I usually forget to do that! Nice brick houses that I assume are the same ones the Goldsmiths lived in. Luanne on July 14, 2019 at 9:53 am said: I need to remember to do that as well.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line613
__label__cc	0.574353	0.425647	Tag Archives: adultery An iconic figure, his faithful manservant and Terry Gilliam’s 25-year-odyssey. (2018) Adventure (Screen Media) Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Jordi Mollá, Óscar Jaenada, Jason Watkins, Paloma Bloyd, Hovik Keuchkerian, Matilde Fluixa, Joe Manjón, Antonio Gil, Rodrigo Poison, Sergi López, Rossy de Palma, Bruno Schiappa, Hipolito Boro, Jorge Calvo, Will Keen, Viveka Rytzner. Directed by Terry Gilliam Few films have as checkered a past as The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Visionary director and ex-Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam has been trying to get this film made since 1989. Unable to secure financing until 1998, he began filming only to have the production shut down after only a week following health problems for star Jean Rochefort’s health issues, a devastating flood which swept away nearly all the production’s equipment and assorted financial issues. Since then Gilliam has been continuing to get production restarted, adding some fairly big name actors to the cast but ultimately was unable to secure financing until 2017 when cameras finally rolled once again. Incredibly, production was eventually completed. Now we see the finished product and was it worth 25 years of Gilliam’s life? Well, I suppose you’d have to ask him that. The story involved a jaded Hollywood commercial director named Toby (Driver) who as a student filmmaker commandeered a Spanish village and made a black and white film called The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, transforming Javier (Pryce), an ordinary cobbler into believing he was actually Don Quixote, and Angelica (Ribeiro), a 15-year-old waitress into thinking she could be a star. The villagers, needless to say, don’t remember Toby fondly. When Toby returns to the village of Los Suenos (“The Dreams”) years later while filming an insurance company commercial involving the Man of La Mancha, he is brought face to face with the results of his student film. The now-mad Javier mistakes Toby for Sancho Panza and off they go into the Spanish countryside where Toby nearly burns the village down, is arrested by the local constabulary, watches Don Quixote tilt at windmills and ends up at a lavish party thrown by a Russian Oligarch (Mollá) who now “owns” Angelica and assisted by Toby’s boss (Skarsgård) and his oversexed wife Jacqui (Kurylenko). Can Toby find a way back to reality through the cobbler’s madness or will he eventually get sucked in, Javier’s vision preferable to the real world? This is not an easy movie to analyze; there are a ton of things going on and many layers to unravel. Toby could be considered a young Terry Gilliam, a bright and inventive creative mind worn down by dealing with the machine of commercial filmmaking. Quixote is the ideal he is striving to achieve. Or he can be construed as purity while Toby is the corrupted but not irretrievable. Quixote longs to re-create the Age of Chivalry; a return to an idealized past maybe? While Toby is the strictures of the present. I could go on and on…and already have. There is a lot to think about here which is never a bad thing in a movie. My beef with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is that it needed more Terry Gilliam; this feels stripped down and less imaginative than his other efforts. I think this would have benefited from a much larger budget to give Gilliam’s imagination full flower and perhaps that is why it has taken so long to make this; unless it’s a superhero film or a science fiction epic, Hollywood is loathe to give those mega-budgets out to just anyone, particularly to people like Gilliam whose movies don’t always make money. Pryce is delightful as Quixote; his madness is at least sweet and essentially harmless unless he perceives you to be non-chivalrous. In that case things could get testy. Driver is a versatile actor who can do just about any kind of character; Toby is essentially a self-absorbed twerp who at any given moment thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. Beyond the student film, we don’t get a whole lot of background on Toby and the movie might have benefited from connecting the dots between student filmmaker to jaded commercial filmmaker. The mostly European cast does solid work throughout the film. There aren’t a lot of dazzling special effects shots here and the film could have used them. Maybe I expected more from the film since it took so long to make it to the screen, and because Gilliam is such a visually arresting filmmaker. I get the sense that this isn’t the film he wanted to make but it was the film he could afford to make. Perhaps that’s true of most filmmakers. REASONS TO SEE: Like any Terry Gilliam movie, this is chock full of imagination. Skewers the film industry with a rapier wit. REASONS TO AVOID: The movie could have used a little more whimsy. FAMILY VALUES: There are some profanity, sexuality, violence and disturbing images. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Since 1989, Gilliam has made numerous attempts to get this film off the ground, most notably in 2000 when it became “the most cursed film in history” as documented by Lost in La Mancha. Over the years Gilliam has cast a number of actors as Quixote besides Pryce; Michael Palin, John Hurt, Jean Rochefort and Robert Duvall, two of whom have since passed away. CRITICAL MASS: As of 4/10/19: Rotten Tomatoes: 63% positive reviews: Metacritic: 56/100. COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen NEXT: Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy Posted in New Releases \| Tagged Adam Driver, adultery, adventure, chivalry, cinema, Cinema365, commercials, Don Quixote, Dulcinea, Films, Joana Ribeiro, Jonathan Pryce, Jordi Molla, knights errant, madness, Miguel de Cervantes, movies, Olga Kurylenko, Oscar Jaenada, reviews, Rossy de Palma, Russian oligarchs, Sancho Panza, Screen Media, Spain, Stellan Skarsgard, student film, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, tilting at windmills \| Leave a reply A portrait of wistfulness. (2014) Romance (Music Box) Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Candelier, Niels Schneider, Mel Raido, Elsa Zylberstein, Pip Torrens, Kacey Mottet Klein, Edith Scob, Philippe Uchan, Pascale Arbillot, Marie-Benedicte Roy, Christian Sinniger, Pierre Alloggia, Patrice Le Mehaute, Gaspard Beuacarne, Marianne Viville, Jean-Yves Freyburger. Directed by Anne Fontaine Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert is a masterwork of French literature, although not too many Americans have read it (then again, not too many Americans have read anything). The story concerns a doctor’s wife in a provincial French town who embarked on several adulterous affairs to relieve the boredom of life in the slow lane as well as an empty marriage. It was racy for its time and many of the themes of the book have echoed down through the ages, as has its realistic story telling style. An English couple, Charlie (Flemyng) and Gemma (Arterton) Bovery have moved into a small French town where Flaubert wrote his masterpiece. Martin Joubert (Luchini), who runs a boulingerie with his acerbic, practical wife Valerie (Candelier), is taken by the couple’s similar name to the tragic heroine and with Gemma herself, a spirited and beautiful young woman. He is a big fan of classic literature and Madame Bovary is one of his favorites. Gemma at first seems thrilled with all things French, taking deep, sensual breaths of the freshly baked bread, taking long walks through the countryside with her dog. Martin often walks with her, delighted by his new friend. However, he is prone to looking for similarities between Gemma and Emma (the given name of Flaubert’s heroine) and soon finds a big one when Gemma initiates a torrid affair with Hervé de Bressigny, the callow womanizing scion to a titled family that lives nearby who is home on a break from school. Certain that she is hurtling to a terrible end =takes steps to save Gemma from the same fate as Flaubert’s protagonist no matter what the cost. Based on a French graphic novel which is in turn something of a satiric take on Flaubert’s novel, the movie moves at a pace that befits its setting in the lovely rural countryside of France although some American viewers, used to a more brisk rhythm to their film may become impatient. but American viewers willing to stick with the movie will be rewarded with one of the better endings to a movie as I’ve seen in recent years, although admittedly it takes a long time in getting there. Luchini is one of France’s most dependable actors although he’s not well-known on this side of the Atlantic. He plays Martin as a man living a pretty ordinary life, with a teenage son (Klein) who’s a bit of an asshole, and a wife who is somewhat bemused by his penchant to see things through the lens of his beloved books. She supported him when he moved the family from Paris although she wasn’t particularly thrilled by the idea but has essentially accepted and even embraced their new life which they have been in for several years when the movie begins. Luchini tends to be subtle with his performance, never really allowing the character to sink into cartoonish excess (which would be easy to do) but still leaves that little twinkle of the eternal boy which his character truly is. Arterton is one of those actresses who always delivers attention-grabbing performances but doesn’t get the respect she deserves. She really is one of the finest actresses out there right now and should be getting the kind of films that are being offered to Emma Watson, Keira Knightley and Felicity Jones but for some reason she’s still either by choice or circumstance laboring in smaller films on the fringes of big stardom. This is another terrific performance that leaves me scratching my head as to why this woman isn’t a big, big star. Luchini is the mournful face of hopeless love here. The feeling of impending tragedy colors everything like dappled sunlight on a summer day that is offset by a chill wind. The village setting is charming but like the decaying cottages that Martin and Gemma live in, the charm is offset by the reality that it isn’t all wildflowers and croissants. The movie has a lot of comedic elements – are men of a certain age group who fall obsessively in love with a much younger woman really that pathetic? – although I suspect that the humor appeals to a more European sensibility than American, although some of the situations are more or less universal. Overall this is a marvelously French film that is at once sexy, wistful, tragic and ridiculous. I guess that our lives pretty much hit those same notes as well. Maybe not as sexy as French lives do though. REASONS TO GO: Lovely rustic French setting. Great ending. REASONS TO STAY: Sense of humor may be too European for some. FAMILY VALUES: Sexuality, some nudity and also a bit of foul language. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Fontaine is best known as a director in the U.S. for Coco Before Chanel. CRITICAL MASS: As of 5/12/15: Rotten Tomatoes: 67% positive reviews. Metacritic: no score yet. COMPARISON SHOPPING: Madame Bovary NEXT: Welcome to Me Posted in New Releases \| Tagged adultery, antique restoration, antique vase, baker, based on a graphic novel, boulingerie, cinema, dogs, ex-boyfriend, extramarital affair, Fabrice Luchini, Films, France, French cinema, Gemma Arterton, Gemma Bovery, Gustave Flaubert, inspired by a classic novel, Isabelle Candelier, Jason Flemyng, Madame Bovary, movies, Music Box Films, Niels Schneider, Pip Torrens, provincial, reviews, separation, stalking, walks in the woods \| Leave a reply Helena Bonham Carter’s Mad Men audition didn’t go as planned. (2010) Biographical Drama (W2 Media) Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Matthew McNulty, Colin Prockter, Frasier Huckle, Kia Pegg, Rielly Newbold, Roger Walker, Rob Jarvis, Amy Marston, Selina Cadell, Louise Mardenborough, Corinne Wicks, Marion Bailey, Tracey Wilkinson, Claire Higgins. Directed by S.J. Clarkson There is an old saying that says that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Personally, I don’t buy it; the way to a man’s heart is through a place lower in the anatomy, if you get my drift. Still, if you can keep a man well-fed, you have a decent shot at keeping a man once you’ve got him. For young Nigel Slater (Kennedy), life in the late 50s/early 60s in England is blissful although flavorless. His Dad (Stott) is a factory manager with a grumpy temperament; his mom (Hamilton) sweet as can be although she has one flaw – she can’t cook to save her life. Everything she makes is boiled in a can (a pre-microwave era of making prepared foods) and when the contents of those cans came out overcooked, it would be toast for supper, something Nigel actually looked forward to. As it turned out, his mum had another flaw – severe asthma and eventually it would take her life. Although Nigel misses her terribly, life continues on pretty much as before with dad being not much better at cooking than his late wife was. Into their lives comes housekeeper Mrs. Potter (Bonham-Carter) who is in fact a brilliant cook – she seduces the Slaters with heavenly meringues and savory roasts. But the now-teenage Nigel (Highmore) has taken an interest in cooking himself and is jealous of the attention his father is paying Mrs. Potter – and yes, there IS a Mr. Potter. Eventually the Slaters pull up stakes and move out to the country, Mrs. Potter in tow and Nigel competes with Mrs. Potter for Mr. Slater, with Mrs. Potter having the upper hand. Nigel has also discovered his sexuality – and he is very much interested in boys, although he is too shy to approach any. What will his dad make of that? This was originally made for British television and was a monster hit in the ratings there. Why they chose to release it in the U.S. is something of a mystery; Slater, a well-known food critic in Great Britain, is virtually unknown here across the pond. That doesn’t mean that this isn’t worth watching. Even if you don’t know who Nigel would become, his story is still interesting and bittersweet. It’s also nice to see Britain in the ’60s, in some ways the apex of modern British culture (some might argue that the 80s were and I wouldn’t disagree) and the filmmakers capture the period beautifully here, even more so than Mad Men. Bonham-Carter is an underrated actress who often appears in supporting roles in big movies yet almost always steals attention in a good way – see her Harry Potter appearances or Big Fish if you disagree. While I get the sense that the filmmakers aren’t quite sure what they make of the Mrs. Potter character, whether she’s an adulterous manipulative homewrecker or a woman trying her best to please a family that’s been through hell. Nigel is much more clear; he thinks she’s the former and loathes the woman although we can’t always see why. In many ways, we begin to root against the main character which is rather odd because Bonham-Carter isn’t the focus; Nigel is and the more he hates Mrs. Potter, the more we see him as a spoiled officious twit. The movie is a bit overbearing in places and makes a lot of its points with a sledge hammer when a Q-tip would have done. I could have used some subtitles in places as some of the rural accents were a bit difficult to decipher. There was some entertainment to be had here and there are some funny moments but by and large I found that the filmmakers didn’t appear to have the courage of their convictions. The real Mrs. Potter’s daughters (Nigel’s stepsisters) have excoriated the movie (and Slater’s autobiography which inspired it) for the portrayal both of Mr. Slater and Mrs. Potter (her name was even changed for the movie) and while they have a bit of an ulterior motive, just the way these portrayals are made in the film tell me that they are a bit skewed by Nigel’s own prejudices in the matter which is only to be expected. We all see things through our own lens of self-interest. WHY RENT THIS: Bonham-Carter is always fascinating onscreen. Captures period nicely. WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Doesn’t use Bonham-Carter’s character well. A bit heavy-handed. FAMILY VALUES: Some foul language, period smoking and sexuality. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The chef at the Savoy Hotel who appears in the final scene is the real Nigel Slater. BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: Not available. SITES TO SEE: Netflix (DVD rental only), Amazon (unavailable), Vudu (rent/buy), iTunes (unavailable), Flixster (unavailable), Target Ticket (unavailable) COMPARISON SHOPPING: No Reservations NEXT: Get Hard Posted in DVD Review \| Tagged 1960s, adultery, asthma, based on an autobiography, BBC, biographical drama, boiling water, British cinema, canned food, chef, cinema, competition, DVD Reviews, factory manager, Films, food, food critic, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, homosexual, Ken Stott, movies, Nigel Slater, toast, W2 Media, widower \| Leave a reply In a Better World (Haevnen) Some father and son heart-to-hearts don't quite have the desired effect. (2010) Drama (Sony Classics) Mikael Persbrandt, Markus Rygaard, William Johnk Juels Nielsen, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Toke Lars Bjarke, Kim Bodnia, Wil Johnson, Elsebeth Streentoft, Camilla Gottleib, Odiege Matthew, Simon Maagaard Holm. Directed by Susanne Bier All of us have some sort of moral compass that guides them, be it a motivation to do the right thing or one to act only in one’s own self-interest. There are also times in all of our lives when we are required to use that compass in order to make a profound decision, one that may affect not only our own lives but of those around us. Anton (Persbrandt) is a Swedish doctor living in a small town in Denmark. Well, some of the time anyway – he spends a good deal of time working in refugee camps in what appears to be the Sudan (although it’s never specifically spelled out in the film). Much of his time is spent patching up the victims of a particularly sadistic warlord nicknamed The Big Man (Matthew), who likes to bet his functionaries what the sex of an unborn child but being somewhat impatient, prefers to rip the fetus out of the womb rather than wait for it to be born. His moral resolve is tested when the Big Man himself comes into the refugee camp, demanding to be treated for an infected leg. He is married to Marianne (Dyrholm) but only loosely. A fellow doctor who stays at home with their sons Elias (Rygaard) and Morten (Bjarke), the relationship between the two has come to a breaking point after Anton cheated on Marianne. Edging closer to divorce, Anton’s infrequent visits home are characterized by separate residences and strained silences. Elias is bullied at school, particularly by Sofus (Holm), a large blonde kid who doesn’t like Swedes to begin with (apparently there is some hostility towards Swedes in Denmark) but doesn’t like Elias in particular, referring to him as “Rat Face” (due to his angular features and braces). Sofus delights in tormenting Elias, flattening his bicycle tires and stealing the valves so that Elias can’t re-inflate them. This is observed by Christian (Nielsen), a new kid in town whose mother recently lost a long fight with cancer. Christian is angered at his father Claus (Thomsen), who lied to him when promising his mother would get better but worse still – for wanting his mother to die during the late stages of the disease when she was suffering terribly. Christian has developed an intense hatred of bullies and defends Elias, taking on the much bigger Sofus – beating him mercilessly with a bicycle pump, at last threatening the bully with a knife. This brings the police into the matter, although both boys defend each other and protect each other, knowing that if the knife is found or attributed to Christian it would mean immediate expulsion. Right about then Anton returns home, staying in the family summer house. When Anton breaks up a fight between Morten and another boy, the boy’s father Lars (Bodnia) warns Anton not to touch his boy and slaps Anton, causing obvious embarrassment mostly because it was witnessed by Christian and Elias, who have become fast friends. Anton, a pacifist, believes that not responding to the provocation was the right thing to do. Christian and Elias are not so sure, believing Anton to be afraid. In order to prove to the boys he isn’t afraid, he takes them to Lars’ auto shop and confronts the adult bully. Lars continues to abuse and slap Anton, but Anton never flinches. Pleased with himself, he is satisfied that he has taught the boys a valuable lesson. Christian, however, has taken a different lesson away and resolves to do something about Lars – something serious that will forever change the course of his life and that of Elias. This is the most recent recipient of the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, winning also the Golden Globe for the same category (a very rare occurrence I can assure you). Director Biers constructs a morality play, setting it in a bucolic Danish town where life would seem idyllic, and in a refugee camp. She wisely plays the moral dilemmas of Anton (in treating the Big Man) and his son (in following Christian down a path of vengeance) side by side in parallel stories, emphasizing how similar the two situations are. She is helped by having two fine juvenile leads. Both Nielsen and Rygaard are convincing, coming off as real kids without saving the day or acting beyond their years. Like all children, Christian and Elias don’t have sufficiently developed moral compasses at this point in their lives, and make decisions essentially based on incomplete information. Persbrandt is not a name I was familiar with, but he does a terrific job as Anton, displaying the moral ambiguity of a man who cheated on his wife, yet lectures his sons about morality. Anton’s obvious anguish at having violated his own ethics is clear, as is his devotion to his sons. I understand he is one of the most respected actors in Scandinavia – I can certainly see why. Dyrholm is also fine as a woman who feels completely lost and doesn’t know how to find her way back, or even if she wants to. Marianne can be shrill and sometimes takes her anger out on her son who blames her for not forgiving his dad. Thomsen, as the grieving father, is similarly solid. His grief renders him nearly inert, unable to take action as his son treads increasingly dangerous waters. I like the conversation this brings up in terms of the use of violence as a tool of vengeance (in fact, the Danish title for the movie is “The Revenge”). Not that violence doesn’t exist in Denmark – of course it does – but it’s far less prevalent there than here, so the impact of the movie was probably more intense in Denmark than here. The truth is we become desensitized to violence, seeing it as a means of getting even, knowing that it solves nothing. Anton may have been ineffective in conveying his message to Christian and Elias, but it’s a good message nonetheless. REASONS TO GO: A quiet little drama that settles in on violence and vengeance. Juvenile leads do a tremendous job. REASONS TO STAY: Needed to make its points a little more subtly. FAMILY VALUES: There is some violence that’s occasionally shocking (some of it involving pre-teens), there’s some disturbing images and some snippets of foul language and sex. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The story Christian reads at his mother’s funeral is “The Nightingale” by Hans Christian Anderson. HOME OR THEATER: The great African vistas look terrific on the big screen but so too does the bucolic imagery of the small Danish town. In other words, catch it in a theater if you can. TOMORROW: Disgrace Posted in New Releases \| Tagged adultery, Africa, bullying, cancer, cinema, Danish cinema, Denmark, divorce, doctor, Films, grain elevator, Haevnen, In a Better World, kayaking, Mikael Persbrandt, moral compass, movies, refugee camp, revenge, reviews, sadism, single parent, Sony Classics, Susanne Bier, Ulrich Thomsen, vengeance, warlord \| Leave a reply Posted on December 7, 2010 by carlosdev End transmission. (2007) Horror (Magnet) Anessa Ramsey, Sahr Ngaujah, AJ Bowen, Matt Stanton, Suehyla El-Attar, Justin Welborn, Cheri Christian, Scott Poythress, Christopher Thomas, Lindsey Garrett, Chadrian McKnight. Directed by David Brucker, Jacob Gentry and Dan Bush When the end of the world comes, how would you spend it? Would you want to be with the one you love to face the inevitable or would you fight for survival? The end of the world has come to Terminus, although the people there don’t know it. Mya Denton (Ramsey) is having an affair with Ben (Welborn) who begs her to come with her to the bus station and leave her abusive husband Lewis (Bowen) behind. Mya can’t quite bring herself to do it and she goes home to her husband, who is having an argument with two friends as they watch the ball game. Suddenly, Lewis grabs a baseball bat and begins beating one of his friends to death with it. Batter up. This section, titled “Transmission I: Crazy Love” was directed by Brucker. Up next is “Transmission II: The Jealousy Monster” directed by Gentry. Mya and Lewis’ friend Rod (Ngaujah) try to get away but Rod has been infected by the signal and causes their car to crash. Nice guy Clark (Poythress) tries to make sure Mya’s okay but she doesn’t trust anyone so she warns him off and makes for the bus station on foot. Meanwhile Clark’s neighbor Anna (Christian), who is throwing a New Year’s Eve party, is distressed over having had to murder her husband who was trying to strangle her. This has driven her over the edge and she thinks that Clark is her husband. Lewis arrives, completely enraged and hallucinating badly, believes that Anna is Mya. Jim Parsons (McKnight), an invited guest, arrives and believes he wants to get laid. Lewis kills everybody just to make things less confusing. The final section is “Transmission III: Escape from Terminus” and is directed by Bush (by a process of elimination). In this portion, Ben escapes to try and find Mya and Lewis heads over to try and find her first, as the city crumbles into chaos. What state will she be in when they find her? Each of the three sections is done in a different style; the first is a kind of indie drama, while the second is black comedy; the third is action packed. It can get a little bit jarring moving from section to section, but mostly, the actors all remain the same. While these are essentially unknowns, the acting is pretty decent enough – I’ve seen worse with bigger budgets. The effects are essentially bargain basement as you might guess, but there are so few of them that mostly it’s about fake blood and make-up wounds which are relatively inexpensive compared to CGI. Everything else is just a matter of planning and luck. Most indie horror movies have a tendency to either be too cerebral to be truly terrifying, or too gory to be terrifying (one gets numbed to gore pretty quickly). The Signal finds the right balance and ends up being terrifying. While the concept of signals sent over the airwaves to cause mass psychosis is nothing new, this is one of the best versions I’ve seen. It’s equally irreverent as it is relevant to our use of technology and the dangers of being too reliant on it. If you’re looking for a scare flick you haven’t seen yet to while away a Friday night, this one might be for you. WHY RENT THIS: As indie horror films go, this is a gem. Less claustrophobic than Pontypool and certainly a little wackier. WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Three separate directors directing separately make for some interesting style differentials, but this can also be unnecessarily distracting. FAMILY VALUES: A lot of bloody, gory violence and a good deal of filthy language. There’s some brief nudity and sexual innuendo as well. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The fictional city in the film is called Terminus, which was the original name of the city of Atlanta, Georgia where the movie was actually filmed. NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: There are several online viral videos that marketed the movie before its limited release, including the bloody results at a television station when the signal first arrives as well as a cheerful family picnic amidst the carnage and mayhem of the apocalypse. Two minutes of the short The Hap Hapgood Story were aired during the film; the entire ten-minute short is thoughtfully provided here. Finally, you can see the signal itself, eight hours and 24 minutes worth, if you really want to. BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $371,568 on an unreported production budget; while there’s a chance the project made money, it probably didn’t. TOMORROW: The Celestine Prophecy Posted in DVD Review \| Tagged adultery, Atlanta, bus station, cell phones, cellular phones, cinema, DVD Reviews, fictional city, Films, homicidal rage, horror, Magnet Releasing, movies, psychosis, radio, Sci-Fi Horror, television, The Signal, Torture \| Leave a reply Posted on February 7, 2010 by carlosdev Mary Lynn Rajskub and Emily Blunt share an awkward moment on an elevator. (Overture) Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Clifton Collins Jr., Jason Spevack, Paul Dooley, Eric Christian Olsen. Directed by Christine Jeffs Life is a messy business, so you might as well get paid for cleaning up after it. At least, that’s the theory. Rose (Adams) is a single mother struggling to make ends meet. She works as a maid in a low-rent New Mexico hotel, worries with a high-strung 7-year-old boy causing chaos in a public school that would just as soon see him drugged. She carries on an affair with Mac (Zahn) the high school quarterback who fathered her child then abandoned her to marry someone else. It is Mac who gives her the idea to start up a new business when he mentions off-handedly that crime scene clean-up pays very well. With no idea what is involved in the disposal of blood, guts ‘n’ gore from a living space, she approaches the idea with moxie and spunk, roping her shiftless sister Norah (Blunt) into helping her out with the encouragement of her Dad (Arkin) who never met a get-rich-quick scheme he didn’t like – and that didn’t send him fleeing for the poorhouse. Rose begins to feel that the job is a bit of a calling. Norah, who does her own thing (and it’s usually the wrong thing), becomes involved in the life of the daughter (Rajskub) of a client who had committed suicide, and in a somewhat awkward way as well. Norah is the polar opposite of the straitlaced, slightly anal Rose. Where one likes to plan, the other prefers spontaneity. Where one is ambitious, the other is a slacker. I’m sure you know which one is which. Rose has issues of her own, however. She has an inferiority complex stemming from her high school years, when she was the cheerleader and the belle of the ball. Ashamed of her lowly station in life, her new business is giving her self-confidence for the first time since her glory days. Attending a baby shower at which many of her former schoolmates will be in attendance becomes nearly as important to her as getting her son into a private school. This leads to a disaster that could spell the end of nearly every one of Rose’s dreams, as well as her relationship with her sister. The producers of this film have another movie to their credit to which they are anxious to compare this one to: Little Miss Sunshine. Unfortunately, all the two films really have in common is their New Mexico setting, the word “Sunshine” in their titles and Alan Arkin. This is, I think, meant to be a black comedy. I’m not really sure. Something tells me that the filmmakers aren’t either. That’s not to say that this movie isn’t without its charms. Adams is an accomplished actress who delivers a nicely layered performance. She is at once the mousy maid who has been smacked around overly much by life, the efficient and organized boss, the enthusiastic lover and the compassionate friend, not to mention the fiercely defensive mom. For my money, it’s some of the Oscar-nominated actress’ best work ever, although it was sadly overlooked. Blunt is a talented actress in her own right as well, and she gives a solid performance in a role that is not written as well as Rose is. I got the impression at times that some of the things Norah does to screw up are done merely to advance the story along. They don’t seem terribly organic with the character that is not as brainless as her actions seem to make out she is. Arkin delivers his usual fine work in a role that has come to define him pretty much over the last several years; the crotchety but eccentric dad/granddad. It’s a role he’s been playing for a couple of decades now (you can see the germs of it in Edward Scissorhands) and he does it better than anybody. I tend to have a soft spot for movies that show a side of real life that we don’t often get to see portrayed onscreen. Truthfully, I never wondered who cleaned up a murder scene after the forensics team leaves the scene but obviously somebody must. Roger Ebert mused that there was a documentary in this movie somewhere and he’s right; unfortunately, there’s also a better movie in here as well. I’m a big believer in the theory that characters should drive the actions, not the other way around. A good movie will take a set of characters, plop them into a situation and then see what they make of it. A movie that has to resort to having a stock idiot character in the mix is suffering from lazy writing and in almost every case will be flawed and not nearly as good as it could have been. It’s too bad that the movie wasn’t better written because it has a lot going for it. I like the premise, I like the setting, I like the acting, heck I even like the gruesome crime scenes. This is a movie that swayed between being a black comedy and a slice-of-life drama and winds up somewhere in-between in a no man’s land of indecision. It’s worth seeing for the performances of the leads, but only just. WHY RENT THIS: Adams, Blunt and Arkin give solid performances. A twisted slice of real life served up in New Mexico, where movies don’t film often enough. WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Some of the imagery and subject matter is squirm-inducing. Norah is such a screw-up at times that you wonder if she was written that way just as a plot device. FAMILY VALUES: Some very disturbing images not suitable for children; also there is a goodly amount of foul language as well as some drug use and sexuality. TRIVIAL PURSUIT: During the first two seasons of “The Office,” Adams played John Krasinski’s girlfriend. Blunt was Krasinski’s girlfriend in real life at the time of filming. NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: There is a featurette on the realities of crime scene cleaning with some people who do the job in real life. TOMORROW: I Love You, Man Posted in DVD Review \| Tagged adultery, Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, black comedy, cinema, crime scene cleanup, DVD Reviews, eccentricity, Emily Blunt, Films, high school, independent film, Mary Lynn Rajskub, movies, murder, New Mexico, Overture Films, Paul Dooley, slice of life, Steve Zahn, suicide, Sunshine Cleaning \| 4 Replies	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line617
__label__wiki	0.730603	0.730603	Libel indemnities on the agenda...and still unlawful - updated; Cllr Caiach writes to the Minister Update 6th July; Cllr Sian Caiach has written urgently to Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Local Government minister, the full text can be found at the end of this post Following the EGM on the 27th February council decided to ask for further guidance over their power to grant an indemnity to bring an action for libel on behalf of officers. Specifically of course was the issue of the public funding of the indemnity for Mr James to counter sue me. The Appointed Auditor had deemed it unlawful, and still does. According to Mr James' bizarre 'newsletter', as per yesterday's post, he claims that the council 'has subsequently confirmed with Welsh Government that the Council does have the powers to grant such indemnities'. It does no such thing. This matter is now on the agenda for next week's full council meeting. The correspondence with Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Minister, can be read here and it does not differ from earlier correspondence from former local government minister, Carl Sargeant. She states that she does not have all the facts and neither has she seen the reports which were given to members. On that basis, I'm not sure she was in a position to give any guidance anyway. However, she refuses to give legal advice and states that 'the issue of Statutory interpretation is clearly a matter for the courts'. In other words, the Welsh Government is not in a position to clarify a matter of law such as this, only a court can decide. She notes the risks associated with relying on the Local Government Act and consequently the 'exceptional circumstances' 'get out' clause. As Carl Sargeant said in 2010, the council must satisfy itself and others that it has acted within the powers available. So, as I said, Mark James is wrong and disingenuous, the Welsh Government has not confirmed that the council has such power. Linda Rees Jones, the acting head of law, and the Director of Resources, Roger Jones have compiled a report, here, for next week's meeting. These two officials were the authors of the report (along with contributions from Mr James himself) to the Executive Board in January 2012 where the indemnity was granted. This was the meeting where Mr James not only remained present but also failed to declare a financial and personal interest. Mrs Rees Jones, as the council solicitor has a decidedly vested interest in all this. If council had agreed that the indemnity was unlawful then this would have serious implications for her, and Mr James of course. The fact remains though that it was unlawful. In addition, the Appointed Auditor has seen the letter from Lesley Griffiths and, not surprisingly, has not changed his view that the indemnity was unlawful. Despite the 2006 Guidance, the 2006 Order itself specifically prohibits the granting of Indemnities to bring actions for libel. Simple. What the council is relying on is that the 1972 Local Government Act allows for a council to “..have power to do anything (whether or not involving the expenditure, borrowing or lending of money or the acquisition or disposal of any property or rights) which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of any of their functions”. The auditor is of the view that the 2006 Order removed once and for all the doubt within the Local Government Act specifically in relation to the funding of libel actions. The council's opinion brings us back yet again to the issue of 'exceptional circumstances' and whether, by funding Mr James it facilitated the discharge of their functions. In plain English, was I clogging up the wheels of my local council to such a degree that it was in the public's best interest to fund Mr James' counterclaim. Again I repeat, the Appointed Auditor does not recognise this argument at all, and neither, in my view, does the Welsh Government. If we look at the council's 'exceptional circumstances' opinion in more detail, it is, as I have said before, deeply flawed. You may also remember that the legal advice (which has not been disclosed) on the merits of bringing the counterclaim was from Mr Adam Speker, the barrister who has represented Mr James throughout the case. Hardly an independent view. The counterclaim was brought for entirely tactical reasons, and as part of the defence, if you will, not because Mr James felt suddenly concerned about what had been said. The blog posts concerned, (and you will recall part of the counterclaim concerned this very issue of the granting of indemnities which turned out to be unlawful anyway) were written several months prior to the counterclaim. Out of over 700 blogposts only two points were thought to be possibly actionable. The bringing of the counterclaim also made any early resolution, and therefore a far smaller costs bill, extremely difficult. The action was a calculated step to put pressure on me to withdraw my claim, not because Mr James had suffered any injury to his reputation. For what it's worth, he acquired a CBE shortly before the counterclaim was brought; his reputation was intact. The 'Derbyshire rule' prevents local authorities (and all government bodies) from bringing libel actions in their own name, this is to prevent any 'chilling effect' on robust democratic debate. Local authorities are also prohibited from using a council officer, in this case Mr James, to get around the Derbyshire rule by 'suing by proxy'. Mr James confirms in his 'newsletter' that this is exactly what they have done - he bought the counterclaim 'on behalf of officers', clearly contrary to the Derbyshire rule. Following the EGM, as we know, the indemnity was stopped and the 'clause' in the constitution suspended. It is not clear from the documents for next week's meeting whether the suspension will continue - if this is a matter for council to decide then I implore Member's to remove the clause once and for all. It is unlawful, unethical, and simply immoral. What is clear is that senior officers are trying to mislead councillors into rejecting the Wales Audit Office report, I hope the Members don't fall for it. In conclusion I remain of the view that the funding of the counterclaim was indeed unlawful and consequently I am also of the honest opinion that any Court Orders which have arisen from it are void. Mr James may not have brought the counterclaim had the public not been paying for it, I doubt very much if he'd have put his wallet and home on the line over it. Without the counterclaim the outcome of the whole case may have been very different. Much of the council's defence revolved around my concerns and questions over the unlawfulness of such indemnities - apparently I was being unreasonable in questioning the 2008 clause in the constitution. Turns out I wasn't. Update 6th July; Cllr Sian Caiach has written to the Welsh Local Government Minister Lesley Griffiths, it is self-explanatory; Dear Minister, At our next full council meeting on the 9th July 2014 (Agenda item no 7 available on the Carmarthenshire County Website) we, all Carmarthenshire Councillors are being asked to approve a report by our Director of Resources and s151 officer, Roger Jones and acting Head of Administration and Law and acting monitoring officer Linda Rees-Jones. This report confirms the Council Executive's position that the libel indemnity found to be unlawful by the Wales Audit Office, is in fact, lawful. In accepting this report we, as a council, will be endorsing this position held by these officers, in conflict with the Wales Audit Office report that it was, in fact, not lawful. There appears to be no new evidence presented except your letter of 6th May 2014 to Dave Gilbert. which we have copied in our papers. It is stated to us for guidance that " The minister's clarification of the Welsh Ministers' view of the Law has been received and is attached. The Welsh Government therefore reiterates its 2006 Guidance on that point.The advice given to the [County Council] Executive Board when it considered the grant of an indemnity to the Head of Paid Service (Mark James) in January 2012 was in accordance with that Guidance. This opinion by these 2 officers who were themselves instrumental in giving the original guidance to the Executive Board in 2012 is that your letter supports them, and does not endorse the Wales Audit Office Report saying the payment was unlawful. I myself do not agree with this interpretation, but as most of the Councillors do not have experience of reading legal reports they may not even try to wade through the rambling "explanation" in their report of why these officers were right to promote the policy of supporting Mr James' in a libel claim against a blogger, and the reasons they regard your letter as agreement and confirmation that they were right to do so. In 2012 we backbench Councillors were not given copy of the legal advice from James Goudie [2008] which supposedly supported the decision to pay Mr James' legal costs. When eventually given to us in the WAO report, it did no such thing. We had been deliberately mislead. Now the same officers who advised the executive in 2012 are asking us to approve a report which exonerates them on the basis of your letter. I ask that you urgently make your true position known. A Labour led Council is otherwise very likely to vote to approve this report rubbishing the views of the Welsh Audit Office and therefore setting a precedent for Welsh Councils to take libel actions against bloggers and others using their officers as proxies, in the same way as Mr Mark James was used by the then Council Leader, Meryl Gravell to try to silence a critic. Cllr Sian Caiach. People First /Gwerin Gyntaf Carmarthenshire County Council member for Hengoed Ward Well said Jacqui. Knowledge is power Jacqui and you have this in abundance! Surely by arguing against waht is as clear as the nose on your face the solicitor for the county is in breach of her own proffesional rules. I know that she must serve the CE but she also has a duty to act in accordance with law Society standards. Jacqui, I am a reader of your blog and a long time fan, but I would like to make some observations on the legal case and this post you have published. You've said in this blog that "Mr James may not have brought the counterclaim had the public not been paying for it". I think you are probably correct. However I think the more pertinent point you appear to be overlooking is that Mark James would probably never have sued you at all had you not initiated a libel claim against him in the first place. I get the sense that you feel there was a cunning ploy at play, that by counter-suing you Mr James and the council managed to get around the Derbyshire rule, this may be true, but again, linking in to my first point, you were suing him, you were on the attack which gave him the opportunity to counter-sue you. (Forget about the funding for a second). He didn't initiate legal action, you did, so it's not very convincing that this was a means to shut you up, you went on the offensive - and his reaction was also to go on the offensive, that's the risk with litigation. I know you disagree with the judge's decision, but your claim was thrown out in its entirety. I tend to agree with you that on the evidence I have seen, the libel indemnity was unlawful, and therefore the funding of Mr James' counter-claim was unlawful, but you must surely accept that the source of funding for his counter-suit had no bearing whatsoever on the judge's decision. You said in this blog: "Without the counterclaim the outcome of the whole case may have been very different." That quote is very obviously correct - because without the counter-claim, you would have just lost your own claim and the net cost to you would have been limited to just the legal costs. Instead, the counter-claim went against you and you had to pay (in addition) the large damages, however I get the impression that you believe your original libel claim may have succeeded had Mr James not counter-sued, but I can see no real reason for that view. I know you are bruised, but I think it would help to separate the source of the libel counter-claim funding and the court ruling into two different boxes. You have beefs with both, but they should not be treated as one. Yes Mr James may not have sued you had he not been able to use the libel indemnity, but it was his response to your first move, and I can't think why there could be any suggestion that the source of the funds that were used to pay for his counter-claim had a bearing on the outcome of the case (which is different from his decision to counter-sue you.) To suggest otherwise (and I'm not saying you have, just the impression you give) would be illogical - because the source of funding was not a fact of your libel claim or Mr James' counter-claim, nor was it any part of either, so there is no reason the judge would have made a different decision with exactly the same facts. Perhaps if we say, for instance, that Mr James funded the counter-claim without the council funding his indemnity. I think we can assume that whoever was paying his legal bill (himself, his mother, a wealthy cousin perhaps) the case would have centred on exactly the same facts, so I can see no reason why anybody could feel that the same judge would have made a different decision on the same facts. By all means have a beef with the libel indemnity, campaign over it, I agree it's wrong, but don't relate it in terms of the court case you lost because it was not a fact of the case. You also happen to disagree with the judge's decision, but that is a completely separate 'beef' because, as I've said, there is no link between the funding of the counter-claim and the result! Sorry it was a long post but I hope you approve it - I believe it would be good for you to separate the two, and focus your efforts on campaigning against the indemnity clause without criticising the decision, because there is no logical connection. @Jocelyn Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I presumed that everyone who is interested in this matter understands that I brought the claim in the first place. I did so as quickly as possible because the words I complained of were hurtful, untrue and highly defamatory, not just of me but my family as well and I felt that a legal response was the only option which had the strength to challenge the published words of a senior public official, in this case a chief executive of a council. A prompt retraction and recognition that the words were defamatory were all I wanted. I am not arguing either that Mr James did not have the right to countersue as a private individual in a private capacity, and as you rightly point out, this was simply a tactical move, not uncommon in litigation. However, this has a bearing on the council's 'exceptional circumstances' argument and I stand by my view that in respect of the counterclaim, the circumstances were not exceptional in the defamatory sense, it was not a prompt reaction to recently published material. The fact remains though that the funding was unlawful, he didn't pay for it himself, nor did a wealthy cousin and that is why I have mentioned the consequences of that in my post. I also feel that the (publicly available) judgement from the last appeal hearing made it quite clear that the court were looking at meaning, not the unlawful funding of the counterclaim. It is common knowledge that any defamation case concerns matters of meaning. It was interesting to note though that the appeal court recognised that the WAO findings were an important issue in law and remain unresolved. In fact, Mr James himself was clearly concerned that the findings would have a bearing on the appeal and this was evident during his counsel's submissions at the hearing itself. It is worth noting that this concern translated itself into an additional submission to the court following the draft judgement which consisted of futher attempted justification for the unlawful funding. I believe my plea that the counterclaim was an abuse of process should have stood and, as I said in my post, a considerable amount of evidence, and indeed part of the counterclaim revolved around my concerns about the libel indemnity clause itself. Therefore, for you to say that this element had no bearing on the facts and the judge's decision, is wholly incorrect, you are also wrong to suggest that on a personal basis, there is no logical connection. I am well aware that I lost the case in its entirety,(although Mr James did fail on two out of the five points of the counterclaim), this is public knowledge and there is nothing I can do about it. It is not a matter of feeling miffed, or having, as you put it 'a beef', or even the astonishing attitude of the trial judge; my disgust at the findings is based on the facts and evidence, or lack of evidence, which were before the court. You cannot expect me not to consider that there may have been a different outcome with regards to both the claim and the counterclaim, but the unlawful funding was only one aspect which could have had a bearing on the outcome. Of enormous significance to me was the fact that, at the last minute, I was denied a jury - indeed a jury may have reached the same conclusions, but if that had been the case, I would have had at least a sense of fair play. For the record, I remain of the view that a jury would have reached very different conclusions. The judge decided that the case, which was a six day trial, basically between two people, would be too complicated for a jury to consider. Contrast that with the jury at the recent phone hacking trial which lasted eight months, with mountains of documentation and a busload of lawyers. I am aware of the difference between civil and criminal trials but to have been found 'guilty' of criminal offences at a civil trial where the appropriate standard of proof was neither required, sought nor even found was simply outrageous. (my comment continues....) (Continuing with my comment above....) However, to return to your main point, the reason that the judgement has become conflated with the unlawful funding findings is that the council, and Mr James, have continually done so themselves. They have attempted to justify, retrospectively, the unlawful funding by repeated reference to the outcome of the case. The libel indemnity issue is indeed separate, and of wider importance than the Thompson v James case. The Appointed auditor himself said that he was not concerned with the outcome, nor the details of the case - the point at issue was twofold; the principle that the council had acted ultra vires and the decision taken on the 23rd January 2012 by the council's executive board based on a flawed and misleading report from the three senior officials involved. If you wish to say that in regards to the continuing row over the unlawful payment, the two issues should be in 'separate boxes' and that the connection is illogical, I suggest you read Mr James' staff 'newsletter' issued only last week, and address your point to Mr James and the Council. Thank you again for your comment,	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line618
__label__cc	0.613632	0.386368	The minutes of the July full council meeting have just been published and of interest to Caebrwyn is the way in which Item 7, 'Libel indemnities' was recorded for printed posterity. To the casual reader it would appear that there nothing untoward had ever happened. The word 'unlawful' has been carefully omitted from the whole section. Also omitted is the statement made by the First Minister of Wales, just the day before, and read out in full by Cllr Alun Lenny. You may recall that it went like this; "...in terms of the situation in Carmarthenshire, we as a Government have said that it is not right to provide any sort of indemnity in terms of what has happened there. At the end of the day it is something for the council but it is exceptionally important that the council does ensure that they do not place officers in a situation where they do have some sort of indemnity in terms of cases that have gone to court, and that point has been made in the past" The Minutes, perhaps wisely, have also omitted the brief rant from the chief executive. Due to the overwhelming urge to peddle the official line, anyone from the distant future who happens to undertake a study of 'Council Minutes in the dark ages', will go away with a very slanted view of local government in Carmarthenshire; the renowned experts at putting propaganda and spin into official records of proceedings; or, airbrushing the past. They will also be wondering, if there was nothing wrong with the libel indemnity, why the clause was removed from the Constitution. ...and what they will not be aware of either is the identity of the very senior official who approves the Minutes...and who, I discovered, is not averse to doing a bit of editing either.... You make a very good point about the minutes. If the minutes are not to be reflect the reality of what happens in the meetings, then really, what's the point? Someone (Sian Ciach perhaps) needs to challenge their veracity. Anon 17:17 You're right; which is why I thought webcasting/public filming would be a good idea - if all meetings were recorded there would finally be a true record. So far, we've got full council only. Over the years Sian Caiach, and others, have challenged the veracity of Minutes - unfortunately, they are usually shouted down...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line619
__label__wiki	0.876584	0.876584	California lands its second 2013 guard as Jordan Mathews commits By Raphielle JohnsonSep 9, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT In what could be an interesting season for the California Golden Bears, head coach Mike Montgomery and his staff have now picked up two important wins on the recruiting trail. Just one week after keeping five-star Bay Area prospect Jabari Bird home, Cal received a verbal commitment from Santa Monica, CA guard Jordan Mathews on Sunday according to Scout.com (subscription required). Mathews is a player whose stock rose in the eyes of many recruiting analysts during the summer, as he was able to knock down shots from the perimeter as well as from mid-range. Mathews helped lead Santa Monica High School to an 18-8 record as a junior, and he averaged 15.6 points per game in five games with California Supreme at the EYBL Finals at the Nike Peach Jam in July. In the four EYBL events leading up to the Peach Jam Mathews averaged 14.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, shooting 46.3% from the field and 44.4% from beyond the arc. The son of UCLA assistant coach Phil Mathews, Jordan also held offers from schools such as Colorado, Gonzaga, Kansas State, San Diego State, USC, VCU, Wake Forest and Wyoming according to Rivals.com. Both Bird and Mathews will have the opportunity to earn playing time immediately next season, even with both Justin Cobbs (redshirt junior this season) and Allen Crabbe (junior) being able to return. Brandon Smith is a senior this season and it remains to be seen what Missouri transfer Ricky Kreklow can provide after averaging 2.1 points per game in his one season in Columbia. The Golden Bears needed a talent boost on the perimeter in the 2013 class, and landing both Bird and Mathews early is definitely a step in the right direction. Raphielle is also the assistant editor at CollegeHoops.net and can be followed on Twitter at @raphiellej.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line625
__label__cc	0.561164	0.438836	BOOK FEATURE: “Broken with You” by J. Kenner True love never fades… Broken With You, the next suspenseful tale in the all-new Stark Security series of standalones, from New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner, is available now! After surviving a troubled childhood, Denise can’t believe that she’s blissfully married to her partner and soulmate. She’s confident that not even Mason’s long-term, deep-cover assignment will shake their bond. And she certainly doesn’t anticipate that when he finally walks back through her door that he’ll have no memory of her, himself, or their time together… When Mason is pulled out of an operation gone bad, all he knows is what he’s told — that he was a covert agent, that he has information vital to national security somewhere in his head, and that they can tell him no more for fear of burying those hard-fought secrets even further. 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__label__cc	0.677015	0.322985	Christ the Suffering King of our Salvation brotherdavidjohnbattrickbsg November 24, 2013 December 29, 2016 sermons The world held its breath as a boy stood in front of a tank in Tianamin Square – an image of peaceful confrontation that can never be erased. Whatever the immediate outcome, that image animates, provokes and provides a template by which Chinese history will be judged into the future. Martin Luther King in Washington declaring “I have a dream”. Saint Francis of Assisi stripping off in protest in the Cathedral. Nelson Mandela warmly shaking hands with the jailers on his release from Robben Island. Men, women and children standing peacefully on the top of the Berlin Wall, declaring that it no longer has the power to divide them. There are many other images that will always confront the human imagination. Creating these images is the work of prophets. They are images of power exercised by the apparently defeated, images of a liberated human spirit confronting huge, apparently immovable systems. They are images that have confronted and changed human history in our own life times, continuing the long prophetic line of men and women who search after truth, and speak that truth whatever the cost. They cannot now be erased. Here is another image on this great Festival of Christ the King, on the last Sunday of our Christian year. A humble man who entered his home city on a donkey surrounded by a crowd at a religious festival. Who is arrested by the occupying forces, and condemned to death by the religious leaders of his day. And who now hangs on a cross and prays for forgiveness for those who have put him there, and offers hope to a man on the cross next to him who seeks after truth. On this Festival of Christ the King we return to one of the final episodes in the life of Jesus, as we find it reflected upon by the writers of the Gospel of Luke. The scene is designed to confront us with Jesus’ seeming fearlessness at the hands of human leaders, as he proclaims a Kingdom that is not from this world, but that will effect this world totally and fully. It is the culmination of all that the Gospel writers having been pointing towards as they have told the life of Jesus for those who will come after him. It is the culmination of our Christian year, it is the culmination of our year of reflections on the Lukan narrative of the life of Jesus as we have travelled with Jesus and his disciples, marking the events of his birth and his ministry. Over the last two weekends in this Kingdom Season, we have celebrated the Kingship of Christ, our Eternal King of Glory, we have been challenged by Christ our Loving Servant King; and now, as we hear again the words of this familiar Gospel, in this harrowing scene of Our Lord nailed upon the cross, we come face to face with the Suffering King of our Salvation. It is true that we could console ourselves by focusing only on the glory of our King, it is true that we can be motivated and inspired to work for his Kingdom as we glimpse him as a servant, but one of these descriptions alone is not sufficient for us to understand the King that we worship and adore. Christ the King of Glory, Christ the Loving Servant King, Christ the Suffering King of our Salvation: this is Christ the King. Luke’s Gospel gives us five especial glimpses into what this Kingdom will be like through the final hours of Jesus’ life. Firstly, Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey. He comes to fulfil the prophecies of the past that say that a Messiah will enter that city to bring about change. But Jesus’ entry is not as his followers had expected. His arrival does not signal the start of a violent rebellion, because Jesus has come to show that his Kingdom will not be found in the places where strength and might are to be found. That is why he has continually taught his disciples that it is those on the margins, those in need, and those who love peace who will find themselves in his Kingdom, and not those who are the rulers of the present age. The Kingdom of God will be a Kingdom for the powerless, and not the powerful, when the order of things is turned around. Secondly, Jesus cleanses the Temple. He sees what is happening there, the corruption, the money making, the dishonesty in God’s house and in righteous anger – regardless of the cost to himself – he clears the tables and offers that place a new beginning. Thirdly, Jesus hosts the Last Supper, a religious Passover meal at which he not only offers his hospitality, but offers his body and his blood to those who share table fellowship with him. We can be in no doubt that this prophetic sign is designed to re-orientate his followers towards a life of utter self-sacrifice for the sake of the Kingdom. Fourthly – proclaimed by some as the King, and named a King by others as a form of mockery – Jesus meets with the earthly rule of that place, Pontius Pilate, in his headquarters. Pilate gives him the opportunity to save himself by clarifying his position and his loyalty to the occupying Roman Empire. But Jesus signals instead that the Kingdom of God is a place where truth is proclaimed, and to which those who desire truth will be attracted. Then finally, there is the most powerful and baffling scene of all: as Jesus hangs on the cross. Those first four scenes – of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the righteous cleansing of the Temple, the giving of himself in the Last Supper and the truth-speaking encounter with Pontius Pilate, only make sense in Luke’s Gospel when we are forced to come face to face with Jesus on the cross. It was Mel Gibson’s film of the last moments of Jesus’ life, which really brought home to me for the first time some years ago the sheer agony of Jesus’ experience, and the violence that the cross symbolises. Even the red of our vestments that we wear in this Kingdom Season, cannot capture fully the blood and the suffering that was involved. For those who stood around and watched it, it would have seemed like Jesus’ ministry had ended in agonising and embarrassing failure. We can suspect that the disciples felt this too, given that the resurrected Jesus meets them huddled away in an upper room living in fear and not knowing what the future would hold for them. For the writers of Luke’s Gospel, the drama of the cross has a different meaning altogether. It is on the cross – in the vulnerability and pain of his final moments, that Jesus reveals to us most fully what it means to live life in communion with God. It is, after all, the utter self-sacrifice of Jesus which opens the key to humanity’s salvation: seen so clearly for us in both Jesus’ prayer that those who have put him there will be forgiven, and the offering of eternal hope to the man nailed to the cross next to him. So for the writers of Luke’s Gospel the cross is for Jesus, what a throne is for a normal king. It is the place where his power and glory are most fully revealed, even though those who watched on at that time, (not knowing the end of the story) could not have seen or understood this for themselves. That is why images of Christ as King throughout the history of the Church have most often depicted him upon the cross. Yes, it is true that we sometimes see glimpses of him on a throne of glory, but the Church understands that his true throne is the cross – that is where his glory is ultimately revealed, that is where his Kingdom is most clearly declared. The significance of this for us, is that this is where his Kingdom is defined. If we are looking for a Kingdom of power and might, we have come to the wrong man – for we find in Jesus a Kingdom which is built of loving sacrifice and service to others: where sinners are prayed for for forgiveness and eternal hope is offered. We remember that Jesus never loses the wounds of his suffering. Even in his resurrection he is still scarred by his suffering, as he offers his hands and his feet as testimony to Thomas that he is alive. Because by his wounds, the wounds of the suffering of our King, we are offered healing, forgiveness and eternal hope. We celebrate today (rather nervously I suspect) our place in a Kingdom in which crowns of gold are put aside in place of a crown of thorns, and thrones of grandeur and comfort are put to one side in favour of the bare wood of a blood stained cross. The Kingship of Christ challenges how we perceive every Kingdom in this world, every power and authority on earth (and especially how we use our own power and influence as individuals and as the Church) and it orientates us back to the heart of the life of Jesus. In these final acts of his life: and in this final moment of his self-sacrifice on the cross we see most clearly the King that we worship today, who breaks open his life for us, but calls us to live in utter commitment as we follow in his Way. As the wise priest Zechariah declared as he anticipated the birth of Jesus right back at the start of Luke’s Gospel: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel: who has come to his people and set them free. The Lord has raised up for us a mighty saviour… to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Today, on this last weekend of the Christian year, we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, whose throne is his cross, whose jewels are the nails, and whose crown is made of harsh thrones: the King of Eternal Glory, the King of Loving Service, the King who suffers for our salvation. At this Mass, the last Sunday Mass of this Christian year, we pray for the power of God’s Holy Spirit to grace us and strengthen us, in the year ahead that, despite all of our natural anguish and reservations, we will follow his example as we live out the promises of his Kingdom. Previous Christ the Loving Servant King Next Coming Soon: Signs for the Start of Advent	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line635
__label__wiki	0.658301	0.658301	By David Dunn Awards Coverage, The Scope 2016 Oscar Predictions I’m preparing to rename the 2016 Academy Awards “The La La Land Awards.” Seriously, ever since it broke award records at the Golden Globes back in January, the amount of traction La La Land has received has been absolutely ridiculous. Almost immediately, everyone started predicting that La La Land would sweep awards season, from the BAFTAs all the way to the Academy Awards. That train kept going and going and going, and like the Energizer Bunny, it never stopped. I know two things for certain at this point: Jackie Chan will win an honorary Oscar, and La La Land will sweep Oscar night. That’s it. I don’t know how many awards La La Land will win, or what awards the other best picture nominees will win, and I especially don’t know what will win in those blasted short categories. A lot of people are saying that there’s a strong chance that La La Land will win 11 Oscars, putting it in an exclusive club with Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic, and Ben-Hur. With my current predictions, I have them winning 10 Oscars, but it can really go in any direction on Oscar night. Either way, I’m expecting a full rundown of snubs and surprises this year, just as there are a few during every ceremony every year. Let’s go through my predictions and see where they’re expected to be: Best Picture: No surprise here. La La Land is going to take home the highly coveted award for best picture. Last year, I went against my gut predicting that The Revenant would beat out Spotlight for best picture. While I was correct in predicting the other categories, Spotlight still managed to nab the top prize, despite only winning one other award from the night. I’m not going to make the same mistake again this year. La La Land it is. Best Director: Damien Chazelle won the DGA, so more likely than not, that also means he’s going to win the Oscar. He wasn’t nominated in 2014 for his masterful work on Whiplash. Him winning for La La Land this year will make up for that snub years ago. Best Actor: One of the first categories where the odds are split right down the middle for me. It’s down to Manchester By The Sea and Fences for this one. Casey Affleck won the golden globe. Denzel Washington won the screen actor. Who’s going to take it? It’s a tough race, but I’m going with Denzel for a few reasons. First, the Screen Actors Guild is more accurate at predicting best acting Oscars than the Golden Globes are, even if it is by a fraction. Second, with most best actor wins, their performances usually break out emotively, expressing a wide range of emotions for voters to judge from. Great as Affleck’s performance was in Manchester By The Sea, it was also very muted and soft spoken, which works against him compared to Denzel’s confrontational, intimidating presence in Fences. This category really is a flip of the coin here, but I’m betting on Denzel. Best Actress: Another pincher. Emma Stone for La La Land versus Isabelle Huppert for Elle. Who will win? Since Stone has La La Land by her side, I’m betting on her. Again though, this category can go either way. Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali for Moonlight. Even though you could make a strong argument for Dev Patel in Lion or Michael Shannon in Nocturnal Animals, Ali has had the traction for a long time now and strong support from the acting community. If he didn’t get it now, it would be one of the biggest upsets of the year. Considering we already got one last year with Sylvester Stallone losing for Creed, I’m not looking for another upset anytime soon. Best Supporting Actress: Can we all agree that Viola Davis was robbed in 2011 from her performance in The Help? Her portrayal as a confused yet courageous housemaid compelled the film forward in its narrative and made her one of the standout performances of the year. She deserved to be recognized alongside her acting colleagues including Jean Dujardin in The Artist, Christopher Plummer in Beginners, and Octavia Spencer in The Help as well. The award instead went to Meryl Streep for her performance in the dull, lifeless, mind-numbingly tedious The Iron Lady. Oh, don’t worry about it Academy voters! Give her all of the awards, why don’t ya? In the place of that massive snub, Viola Davis will win her first Oscar this year for portraying the supportive, strong-willed, yet heartbroken Rose Maxson in Fences. The fact that she will be recognized for her hard work is encouraging. The fact that she will get it at the cost of Naomie Harris’ performance in Moonlight is not. Different performances, yes. Powerful performances, yes. But when it all comes down to it, it’s a matter of opinion, not quality, as to which performance deserves the Oscar more. I felt Harris’ was superior, but I have a feeling I’m going to be in the minority on that one. It’s a shame Harris and Davis had to go against each other in the same year. They’re both outstanding talent. Best Animated Feature: Zootopia. Even though Disney’s other animated nominee Moana is more deserving, there’s no denying the popularity and the influence that people share for Zootopia. Cute and cuddly zoo animals beat The Rock going on a deep sea adventure. Best Documentary Feature: O.J. Simpson has been getting a lot of attention this year. The TV drama based on his notorious murder case, “The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”, broke critical and commercial barriers and won the Golden Globe for best television miniseries. His documentary O.J.: Made In America also swept critics’ top ten lists, both for best of the year and for documentaries. I can’t see another film winning this year, so I’m going with O.J.: Made In America. Best Foreign-Languge Feature: I have a good feeling about Toni Erdmann. While The Salesman has also been getting a lot of traction and buzz for the Oscar, Asghar Farhadi already won the foreign-language Oscar in 2012 for A Separation. Repeated wins are unusual in this category, so I’m betting on Toni Erdmann in its place. Best Original Screenplay: The great thing about La La Land is how many layers it has to peel away, not just as a fun and snappy musical and comedy, but also as a complex drama, a heartfelt romance, and a journey towards pursuing your dreams. The script is one of the greatest things about La La Land, but it isn’t the best thing. No, the best things from the film are its brilliant score and standout performances from Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. The script supplements their talent. It doesn’t provide it. Since this is the case, I’m going against the grain here and guess that Kenneth Lonergan will win best original screenplay for Manchester By The Sea. That’s a movie that has less to work with than La La Land does, and yet, it ends up doing so much more. It’s a heartbreaking tragedy, a family drama, a dark comedy, and a tale of mending open wounds that achieves everything that it set out to do. For its ambition, bravery, and intimacy in handling the delicate topic of death and how we react to it, I’m going with Manchester. Best Adapted Screenplay: It’s hard to imagine any other nominee winning this year besides Moonlight. That’s because with it, Barry Jenkins broke barriers in racial, economic, and homosexual communities, and it allowed viewers to understand its characters because of their experiences, not because of what they looked like. Arrival was equally genius in its structure and Fences was faithful to its source material. But I’m going with Moonlight, if for no other reason than it deserves it the most. Best Film Editing: I’m going to start this by saying that literally everyone in this category deserves the award over Tom Cross for La La Land. Everyone. Joe Walker’s smart sequencing of events built up the intrigue and the mystery surrounding Arrival. John Gilbert’s assemblage of chaotic, bloody firefights in Hacksaw Ridge made all of the madness clear and readable. And Moonlight was especially outstanding in its editing, in how it gradually built up Chiron’s childhood and how it carried over into his adult years. All of these nominees are most deserving for the Oscar for best film editing. None of them will get it. Instead, Tom Cross will win best film editing for work on La La Land. Why? Because he won the ACE award for best editing, which is more often than not accurate in predicting the Oscar winner. So Cross it is. If this goes down as I predict, this will be the win that frustrates me the most on Oscar night. Don’t get me wrong, Cross is an exemplary editor. But the editing is not the thread that holds La La Land together. It is the music, the acting, the story, the cinematography, the art direction. Every element in the film fits and works with each other in the way that it needs to. Cross just had to assemble it all together. I realize that in itself is a time-consuming job, but it required no innovation on his part, no deep attention to detail. Just an observation on the characters and the scenery and arranging clips into the right order. If you think I’m overreacting, look at his work on Whiplash, which won him his first editing Oscar in 2014. Now compare that to La La Land. You will see for yourself how much more difficult and impressive it was to edit that action together compared to the lighthearted ambiance of La La Land. Best Cinematography: The best cinematographer in this category easily goes to Bradford Young, whose skillful, deliberate shots built up the suspense and the eerieness of Arrival. But by this point in the night, La La Land will already be on a roll, and I don’t expect Arrival to derail the train anytime soon. Linus Sandgren will win best cinematography for La La Land. Celebrate by singing a song and two-stepping to it. Best Makeup and Hairstyling: This is a difficult category to pick this year, because unlike previous years, there’s no clear standout among the nominees. A Man Called Ove is so under the radar that it’s barely gotten any attention, so you can already cross that right off the list. And everyone hates Suicide Squad, so I don’t expect a win there either. Since I’m out of options, I’ll begrudgingly guess Star Trek Beyond will win the Oscar, even though it’s only repeating the work that it did the first time it won in 2009. Best Costume Design: While Jackie and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them both demonstrated some outstanding outfits, it’s hard to imagine La La Land working without the great costume work by Mary Zophres. From Ryan Gosling’s suave jazz suits to Emma Stone’s elegant dresses, her costumes made every scene come alive with the music. For that reason, I’m going with La La Land. Best Production Design: First thing’s first: Passengers, get your butt out of here. Doctor Strange deserved to be in your place. Second: with a pack of outstanding nominees including Arrival, Fantastic Beasts, and Hail, Caesar!, it’s hard to pick the most worthy out of these nominees. However, none of these films throw you back to the classic Hollywood musical days where sets were filled with bright lights, vibrant colors and beautiful designs. I’m going with La La Land since it does exactly that. Best Musical Score: La La Land. It will be a national outrage if anything else wins. Best Original Song: This award is obviously going to go to La La Land. The question is for which song? La La Land is nominated twice here, once for “City of Stars” and another for “The Fools Who Dream.” Considering that I’m still humming “City of Stars” weeks after seeing the film, I’m placing my bet on that one. Side note: Twenty One Pilots should have been nominated here for their phenomenally dark and ethereal work on “Heathens.” Suicide Squad got straight up robbed on that one. Best Sound Editing: How many action films have won for best sound editing? Too many, that’s how many. From the past six years, six action films have won the Oscar in this category. Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty tied in 2012. American Sniper won in 2014. And Mad Max: Fury Road also won last year. At this point, I would be foolish not to go for the action-packed war epic like all of the Academy voters. So I’m going with Hacksaw Ridge. Deepwater Horizon also has a good chance of nabbing it too. Best Sound Mixing: La La Land. It’s hard to time music to action on-screen, especially when that action includes tap-dancing and motion choreography. La La Land did exceptionally well not only with its music, but with making it relevant in every scene. So La La Land it is. Best Visual Effects: The most visually impressive out of the nominees here is easily Doctor Strange, whose shape-shifting, mind-bending visuals bend and break reality barriers like you wouldn’t believe. Visual effects are supposed to be transportive in their art, and I haven’t visually seen a film like Doctor Strange since Avatar or Inception. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to get it. Why? Because a Marvel property hasn’t won a best VFX Oscar since over a decade ago with Spider-Man 2. If Iron Man, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men: Days of Future Past couldn’t nab it, then it’s highly unlikely Doctor Strange will now, no matter how good the visual effects may be. The fact that Captain America: Civil War isn’t even nominated in this category should tell you everything about the Academy voter’s opinions of superhero movies. Since that is the case, I’m going with my runner-up option, which is Jon Favreau’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book. His team expertly combined practical effects with CGI, and the body movements of the animals were so accurately depicted that it’s hard to tell that they’re not real animals. If The Jungle Book had any achievement, it was in its visual effects, so that’s the one I’m going with. And now we come to the infuriating short categories. I never know what to put any year, considering I’m never able to see any of the nominees. The following are just blind guesses: Piper for animated short, Joe’s Violin for documentary short, and Silent Nights for live action short. Watch me get all of them wrong this year. Just wait. That concludes my predictions for this year’s La La— oops, I meant Oscar ceremony. I’ll see you guys on awards night, preferably without any singing. Tagged Academy Awards, Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Manchester By The Sea, Moonlight, Oscars	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line636
__label__wiki	0.851969	0.851969	Tag Archives: Ebola UN The Ebola Crisis Keeps Getting Worse, Battling ISIS Around the World, The War On Drugs and America’s Wealth Gap Unsustainable The Ebola epidemic sweeping across Western Africa this summer shows no signs of slowing down as researchers say it’s about to get worse. According to AOL, Health officials say Ebola outbreak about to get worse, Frieden, the director of the Center for Disease Control, said: “It is the world’s first Ebola epidemic and it’s spiraling out of control. It’s bad now, it’s going to get worse in the very near future.” The World Health Organization told officials to “prepare for an ‘exponential increase’ in Ebola cases in countries currently experiencing intense virus transmission.” The Who suspects that normal containment measures aren’t working due to Ebola victims and their communities mistrust of medical experts. The New York Times: “Now, armed gangs chase health workers away from villages while the sick hide.” As of Monday, The World Health Organization reports the virus has killed 2,105 people with half from Liberia and the rest from Guinea and Sierra Leone mostly. According to WHO: “The whole world is responsible and accountable to bring the Ebola threat under control. Let’s do it. Action, action, and action.” President Obama on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” announced the U.S. military would deploy its resources and logistical expertise to help aid workers on the ground. NBC’s “Meet The Press”: “If we don’t make that effort now, and this spreads … there is the prospect then that the virus mutates … and then it could be a serious danger to the United States.” Currently, 53 percent of the people diagnosed with Ebola die as there is no cure for it. On Sunday, the Guardian reported a potential breakthrough saying the human trials were underway for a vaccine that worked on monkeys. However, best case scenario if a vaccine works it will take months to deliver it to victims while victims and people try to help them are on their own. Eleanor Goldberg reports, More Women Than Men Are Dying From Ebola, the current Ebola outbreak may infect as many ads 20,000 people with a disproportionate number being women, experts say. According to UNICEF, more women than men are contracting the disease as they traditionally serve as health care workers and are the ones who take care of the sick in their families. Women account for 55 to 60 percent of the victims who die from Ebola in the current epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The Washington Post reported, health teams in Liberia recently reported that women made up 75 percent of victims infected with Ebola. Irin News reports the outbreak can be attributed to the consumption of infected bushmeat of wild animals which many rely on for their livelihood and main source of protein. Sia Nyama Koroma, first lady of Sierra Leone, told the Washington Post: “Women are the caregivers — if a kid is sick, they say, ‘Go to your mom. Most of the time when there is a death in the family, it’s the woman who prepares the funeral, usually an aunt or older female relative.” Marpue Spear, executive director of the Women’s NGO Secretariat of Liberia, told Foreign Policy: “If a man is sick, the woman can easily bathe him but the man cannot do so. Traditionally, women will take care of the men as compared to them taking care of the women.” Because of the confrontation associated with the disease due to military surrounding homes and healthcare workers not respecting a patient’s traditions, Ebola victims do not go to treatment centers. However, if these relationships can be mended, then these epidemics could be stopped before they spread to this level. Frankfurter wrote in a blog for Wellbody Alliance: “Health workers should acknowledge, publicly, how frightening this disease will be for affected communities and how difficult it is for families to part with loved ones to likely die in isolation wards. Such sympathetic gestures would serve to align the priorities of communities and the public health response.” While the world fights to contain and stop the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa, the U.S. and other world leaders are discussing plans to rid the world of another political and social disease, ISIS. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance at a conference on defense innovation Wednesday that unsophisticated militaries and terrorist groups are acquiring destructive weapons and Moscow and Beijing are modernizing their armed services including electronic warfare and special operations capabilities, Lolita C. Baldor reports, Chuck Hagel: U.S. Needs To Maintain Military Superiority. Hagel said: “We are entering an era where American dominance on the seas, in the skies, and in space — not to mention cyberspace — can no longer be taken for granted. And while the United States continues to maintain a decisive military and technological edge over any potential adversary, our continued superiority is not a given. We must take this challenge seriously, and do everything necessary to sustain and renew our military superiority. This will not only require active investment by both government and industry — it will require us to once again embrace a spirit of innovation” in how American buys and develops new technologies. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad Wednesday to press Iraq’s Shiite Leader to give more power to Sunnis or jeopardize any hope of defeating the Islamic State group as Iraq’s new government has finally been put in place and the threat of ISIS increases, the Associate Press reports, Kerry to meet with new Iraqi Prime Minister. Kerry’s arrival happened just two days after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was sworn in and seated his top government ministers. The trip marks the first high level U.S. meeting with the new prime minister and symbolizes the Obama administration’s support for Iraq three years after the U.S. left. However, it also signals to the Shiite Muslim leader that the U.S. is watching to make sure he gives Iraqi Sunnis more control over local power structures and security forces. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Kerry will “meet with Iraqi government officials to welcome them on the successful formation of a new government” and “discuss how the United States can increase its support to Iraq’s new government in our common effort to defeat ISIL and the threat that it poses to Iraq, the region, and the world.” Kerry’s trip comes on the eve of a meeting win Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he and Arab leaders across the Mideast will discuss what nations can contribute to the fight against ISIS. Officials hope to have a strategic blueprint against ISIS with specific steps nations are willing to take by the opening of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of the month. White House official said Tuesday that Obama will ask Congress to authorize the arming and training of Syrian opposition forces but will press forward without formal sign off from lawmaker on a broader military and political effort to combat the Islamic State. The president’s broader strategy could include more wide ranging airstrikes against Iraq and Syria and hinges on military and political commitment from allies in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. A senior U.S. official said the conference participants will discuss how to dry up foreign funding for the Islamic State and counter propaganda used to recruit people into the extremist group. In addition, al-Abadi promised to create a national guard of local fighters to secure Iraq’s 18 provinces run by a governor. This would ensure the Iraqi army and its mostly Shiite forces would not be in charge of security in Sunni regions along for salaried jobs, government pensions and other benefits to areas of Iraq where al-Maliki, the former prime minister, denied for years. Zeina Karam reports, UN Aid Reaches Record Number Of Syrians, the World Food Program has assisted 4.1 million Syrians in the last month reaching more of those in need with shipments traversing borders and front lines on Tuesday. Syria’s civil war has touched off a massive humanitarian crisis, with some 10.8 million people in need of assistance, including 4.7 million in hard-to-reach areas, according to the U.N. Previously, humanitarian aid was block without Syrian government approval first ensuring the rebel held areas remained off limits, but in July, the U.N. Security Council authorized movement of humanitarian aid to Syrians in opposition areas without government approval. IN a statement Tuesday, the World Food Program said over the last six weeks it and its partners have reached more than 580,000 people with deliveries crossing battle lines. The August figures include five cross-border convoys that delivered rice, lentils, oil, pasta and other staples for 69,500 in difficult zones to reach in Aleppo, Idlib, Quneitra and Daraa provinces. Muhannad Hadi, WFP’s Regional Emergency Coordinator for Syria, said: “We are reaching more people every day with urgently needed food assistance — many of them have been going hungry for months. We will build on these gains in the coming weeks and months and hope that all parties to the conflict will continue to facilitate our access to the women, children and families that remain out of our reach behind conflict lines.” The U.N. agency said fighting and security concerns continue to hamper access to many areas, particularly in Hassakeh, Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces. Meanwhile, the war on drugs, which has had little if any success, has left hundreds of thousands dead and fleeing, leading to demands to completely overhaul the drug policies around the world including legalization of psychoactive substances like marijuana. Matt Ferner reports, World Leaders Condemn Failed Drug War, Call For Global Reform, on Tuesday in New York City, 10 members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy urged all governments to embrace models that include decriminalization of consumption, legal regulation of drug markets and strategic refocusing of criminal enforcement. Sound policy, former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said, “does not allow human rights to be put aside in order to extend the repression of drugs.” The commission consists of 21 former presidents and other prominent individuals who are trying to advance “humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies.” Its members include Cardoso; former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss; former Colombian President César Gaviria; former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo; Louise Arbour, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights; and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Cardoso believes the new approach should stress public health and ensure drug users have access to health care. Gaviria argues the legalization of marijuana and other illicit substances “strengthens the fight against cartels.” Cardoso said the world’s governments must put pressure on the Untied Nations before the United Nations before the 2016 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) to begin incremental change in the “inadequate” strategies of the “war on drugs” found in current international conventions. Zedillo points out the current U.N. system of prohibition has led to increase in consumption and “created a disaster, not a world free of drugs.” Cardoso said: “We cannot abolish the use of drugs. So we need cultural modification.” Zedillo accuses the U.N. of straitjacketing the effort to adopt new policies, adding: “2016 is an opportunity to start a new international regime where governments can really control this drug problem. Our objective is to have a framework that empowers governments to pursue more rational policies. The specifics of those policies are to be defined by those governments and their civil societies.” The report comes as punished for drug oriented crimes around the world are already being reconsidered and in some countries reshaped. Cardoso said there were experiments going on all around the world with great reform success in the United States, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Uruguay. he said: “We have experiences in Portugal since 1991, where they have decriminalized the use of drugs. Users get treatment assistance but are not put in jail. It has been very effective in Portugal; the results are quite clear.” In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to approve legal regulation of the production, distribution and sale of marijuana. While the U.S. government bans the use, some states, Colorado and Washington, have legalized the recreational use of the drug and 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical use. Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority, in an interview with The Huffington Post, said: “These world leaders have seen, from their own experience, how the failed war on drugs harms countries and populations. I have no doubt that President Obama will evolve and join this group and the majority of Americans in at least endorsing the legalization of marijuana, just as he did with marriage equality. The only question is if this evolution will occur before or after his term as president ends. I’m sure the global commission’s members would welcome him to their ranks as one more former head of state on the record for legalization, but it’ll be a lot more impactful if he undergoes this transformation while he still has the power to change failed policies that harm people every day.” While the war on drugs seems to be making some headway in the world, the socioeconomic war being fought between classes, namely the wealthy and poor, has grown. Reuters reports, America’s Wealth Gap ‘Unsustainable’ According To Harvard Study, Harvard Business School released a study Monday titled “An Economy Doing Half its Job” said American companies were showing signs of recovering their competitive edge in the world market since the financial crisis, but workers keep struggling to demand better pay and benefits. The report says “such a divergence is unsustainable” based on a survey of 1,947 Harvard Business School alumni around the world highlighting the problem with the U.S. education system, transport infrastructure, and the effectiveness of the political system. Some 47 percent said the next three years they expect U.S. companies to be both less competitive internationally and less able to pay higher wages and benefits versus 33 percent who though the opposite. According to the survey, the results are an improvement from a 2012 Harvard Business School survey of its alumni showing 58 percent expected a decline in U.S. competitiveness. However, Harvard wrote the respondents of the 2014 survey “were much more hopeful about the future competitive success of America’s firms than they were about the future pay of America’s workers.” Harvard called on corporate leaders to help solve America’s wealth gap by working to buttress the kindergarten-to-12th-grade education system, skills-training programs, and transportation infrastructure, among other things. The report said: “Shortsighted executives may be satisfied with an American economy whose firms win in global markets without lifting U.S. living standards. But any leader with a long view understands that business has a profound stake in the prosperity of the average American. Thriving citizens become more productive employees, more willing consumers, and stronger supporters of pro-business policies. Struggling citizens are disgruntled at work, frugal at the cash register, and anti-business at the ballot box.” Meanwhile, in a speech given at the Urban Institute Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew put U.S. companies using tax inversion on notice, according to CNBC: “This practice allows the corporation to avoid their civic responsibilities, while continuing to benefit from everything that makes America the best place in the world to do business. … This may be legal, but it’s wrong. And our laws should change.” Lew urged Congress to address the problem through comprehensive tax reform, but also warned the Treasury would act independently to crack down on inversions in the very near future. Tax inversion, which involves a company relocating its headquarters to a low tax nation while still maintaining their U.S. operations, has become common practice over the last year with Burger King being the latest corporation accused of inversion after merging with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. Bloomberg’s Peter Cook says the Treasury’s options are limited: “They have several ideas on the table, I’m told, at the Treasury Department. They haven’t decided on one single fix. But Lew’s message this morning was: we can only do this at the margins. Only Congress can have a real, long-term fix here.” The Obama adminsitration estimates there are dozens of inversion in the works which have not been announced, but Lew urges Congress to make any legislative fix for inversion retroactive to all deals since May including the Burger King-Tim Hortons merger. According to Ryan Gorman, Amid tax backlash, Burger King acquires Tim Horton’s but keeps US HQ, Berger King announced Tuesday it purchased Tim Hortons but will keep its headquarters in the U.S. after speculation that the it would move north to avoid taxes. In a Facebook post, Burger King said: “We hear you. We’re not moving, we’re just growing and finding ways to serve you better. Our headquarters will remain in Miami where we were founded more than 60 years ago and… BKC will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes.” According to Congressional Research Service data complied by the Post earlier this year, Burger King would have been the 48th company to immigrate abroad with more than 70 making the move since 1983. 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__label__wiki	0.934752	0.934752	Tag Archives: Iraq Prisoner Convoy July 25, 2014 by craftymcclever Ukraine’s Prime Minister Resigns, While Iraq Elects A President and U.N. Probes Israeli Violence On Wednesday, the White House speculated that the downing of two fighter jets in Ukraine was part of a pattern to of Russian backed separatists using Russian weapons to pose risk to aircraft and further destabilize the conflict in the former Soviet republic, according to an Associated Press report, U.S.: Downed Ukraine Jets Part Of Russia Influenced Pattern. The two jets were shot down 20 miles away from the Malaysian Airlines crash site meaning that separatist are undeterred by the international outrage of the disaster last week that killed 298 people. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes on Wednesday explained, “The only aircraft they’re not taking responsibility for is MH-17. But I don’t think anybody believes that. How could anybody believe anything that the separatists or Russia says about this when we see a clear pattern of threatening Ukrainian aircraft in eastern Ukraine?” Rhodes added that the U.S. was weighing tougher sanctions against Russia if they continue to arm the separatists even before the European Union deepens its own sanctions against Russia. The U.S. has sought to coordinated their efforts with the EU on tougher sanctions, however the E.U. has been reluctant to do so since many European leaders fear their strong trade ties with Russia could make their own economies vulnerable to fallout. The U.S. this week has sought to present more specific evidence tying the separatists to the shooting down of the passenger jet MH17 citing intercepts, satellite photos and social media postings by separatists. However, officials have yet to find direct evidence that the missiles used came from Russia or that they were directly involved. Rhodes. “Do we know who pulled the trigger? No, that’s the hardest thing to determine. But when you add up the different pieces of evidence, they’re telling one story here,” Rhodes said. While many mysteries are yet to be solved regarding MH17, on Thursday, Ukrainian Prime Minster Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned opening the door for a new elections that would reflect the country’s changed political scene after the ousting of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February, according to David McHugh’s article Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns. Yatsenyuk, supporter of stronger ties with Europe and a key participant in the protests that toppled Yanukovych, made the announcement from the dais of Parliament after two parties pulled out of the governing coalition, McHugh reports. He said Parliament could no longer do their work and pass necessary laws. Poroshenko’s call for political renewal implies that the resignation and new elections may be the result of planning and political maneuvering. Yatsenyuk took over five months ago backed by a coalition of pro-European parties following the ousting of Yanukovych by months of street protests. In addition, the protest began because the former president refused to sign a trade deal with the European Union but grew from their to include wider grievances such as suppression of protestors with riot police, corruption and lack of progress in modernizing the economy. Balazs Jarabik, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explains, “I think this is a fully expected and planned development. The president and the government coalition looked for ways to clear the legal way for an early election, as they are under a lot of pressure from Maidan and the public.” The president can dismiss Parliament, which at one time was dominated by Yanukovych supporters in the pro-Russian Party of Regions, if no new government is formed in 30 days. The government faces tensions with Russia who sees Yanukovych’s ouster a coup, seized Ukraine’s Crimea region and cut off gas supplies in a price dispute. The nationalist Svoboda party and the Udar party pulled out of the coalition, who according to Parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was suppose to propose a candidate for temporary prime minister until the parliamentary election could be held. While Ukraine struggles to keep the government running, Iraq named a new president on Thursday hours after an attack on a prison convoy that killed dozens of people, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin report, Iraq: Kurdish politician Massoum named president. Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum, 76, accepted the position after winning two thirds votes and noting the “huge security, political and economic tasks” facing the government. Last month, the Islamic State extremist group captured Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and continues to advance plunging the country into the worst crisis since the U.S. withdrew in 2011 and inflamed existing tensions between sectarian and political rivals. Hours before, militants fired at a Taji military base where detainees were facing terrorism charges causing the facility to be evacuated by authorities, according to officials. However, militants attacked the bus with roadside bombs igniting a gun battle that killed 52 prisoners and eight soldiers while wounding seven prisoners and eight soldiers. Massoum is considered a soft spoken moderate and has kept good relations with Sunni and Shiite Arab politicians. The next step for the new president is to select a candidate for prime minster to try to form the new government. Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki’s bloc won the most seats in the April Elect, but his critics want him to step aside accusing him of monopolizing power and alienating the Sunni and Kurdish minorities adding to the tension. However, Al-Maliki vows to remain at his post he has held since 2006. On Thursday, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad. At a press conference with al-Maliki, Ban said Iraq is facing an “existential threat” and could overcome it if it forms a “thoroughly inclusive government.” Dating back to thew 2003 U.S. led invasion, an unofficial agreement said the presidency is held by a Kurd, the prime minister is Shiite and the parliament speaker is Sunni. Al-Mailiki responded: “Despite the fact that we have problems…we are moving at a confident pace to implement the mechanisms of the democratic work.” More than a million Iraqis have been displaced this year with many fleeing the violence, the U.N. said. Ban offered continued U.N. support to the refugees fleeing the violence and condemned the persecution of religious and ethnic minority groups by jihadi militants in Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq. Meanwhile, Israel continued its ground offensive on Thursday hitting a compound housing a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens seeking shelter from the clashes on the street, Palestinian official said. Kamel al-Kafarne, who was at the school, said the U.N. was putting people on the buses when three tank shell hit, Ibrahim Barzak and Peter Enav report, UN school caught in Gaza cross-fire; 15 killed. Israeli military said it was looking into the incident and said Hamas rockets are possibly to blame but offered no proof. It was the fourth time a U.N. facility has been hit in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant in Gaza since July 8. According to military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, “We can’t confirm that this is a result of errant fire. In any case, we do not target U.N. facilities.” Lerner said the U.N. and Red Cross were told to evacuate the school three days ago, which is what they were doing at the time the shells hit. The delay came as the U.N. waited for a response from the Israeli military on if a lull in fighting would take place and never heard back, U.N. Refugee Agency Spokesman Chris Gunness explained. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, during a visit to Iraq, said: “Today’s attack underscores the imperative for the killing to stop – and to stop now.” Dozens have been killed in a day of heavy fighting in Gaza raising the death toll to 788 Palestinian, 32 Israeli soldiers and three civilian, two Israeli and one Thai worker. With growing casualties on both sides, the international community has increase diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire. State Department spokesman Jen Psaki on Thursday said Thursday’s attack on the U.N. school “underscores the need to end the violence and to achieve a sustainable cease-fire and enduring resolution to the crisis in Gaza as soon as possible. We call on all parties to protect these facilities from the conflict and we have condemn those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza.” British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond called for Hamas to agree to a humanitarian ceasefire so Israel and Palestinian authority could come together for talks. After a meeting with Hammond, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We started this operation to return peace and quiet to Israel… And we shall return it.” With the battle continuing and no end in site, the international community has stepped up their efforts to find a resolution amid possible warm crime charges levied against both Hamas and Israel. On Wednesday, the Unite Nations launched an international inquiry into human rights violations and crims committed by Israel during its military offensive in Gaza, according to Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles, UN Launches Probe Into Israeli Violations In Gaza. The U.N. Human Rights Council condemned the Israeli assault which it said is full of “disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks” that include aerial bombing of civilian areas, collective punishment, and the killing of more than 650 Palestinians. At the end of the emergency session, requested by the Palestinians, Egypt and Pakistan, the 47 member forum adopted a resolution presented by Palestinians by a vote of 29 states in favor, 1 against (the United States) with 17 abstentions including all nine European Union members. Ibbrahim Khraishi, ambassador of the Palestinian observer mission to the U.N. in Geneva, said: “We came here to try to achieve together with you at least minimum justice for children who are being dismembered, for women whose bodies are lying in the streets, to find some justice for those who are being exterminated.” Israel and its ally the United States reject the probe calling it a one sided and counterproductive amid efforts to reach a ceasefire, according to Nebehay and Miles. Before the vote, Israel ambassador Eviator Manor told the forum: “Why does this Council believe that naming and shaming Israel will get it anywhere? Throughout the entire escalation of events, Israel has always acted with maximum restraint, fully committed to international law in general and the laws of armed conflict. Hamas is the aggressor. Hamas is the one committing war crimes … Open your eyes to reality.” In another article published on AOL, Palestinians In Gaza Denounce Israel For Saying It Warns Civilians Before Strikes, many Palestinian civilian and survivors of Israeli airstrikes caught in the crossfire mock and criticize Israel’s insistence that it tries to avoid killing civilians. Instead, they believe civilians are being targeted as a collective form of punishment with strikes recently hitting hospitals, a center for the disabled, and even a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees. In many of these strikes like the attack that killed 25 members of four households in southern Gaza, there are few survivors if any at all. In addition, Palestinians said they haven’t received warning when the Israeli military hits vehicles in what are often targeted assassinations, the article reports. 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__label__wiki	0.983067	0.983067	Co-Investigators Associate Professor Susan Parry Associate Professor Susan Parry, MB ChB, FRACP, is a gastroenterologist specialising in familial gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Aung Ko Win Dr Win is a medically qualified genetic epidemiologist at the Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Associate Professor Christophe Rosty Associate Professor Christophe Rosty is a specialist gastro-intestinal Anatomical Pathologist, trained in Paris and graduated in 1997. Professor Melissa Southey Professor Southey, PhD, Grad Dip Law, FHGSA, FFSc (RCPA), has a track record in both molecular diagnostic pathology and molecular genetic research. Dr. Rob MacInnis Dr. Robert MacInnis joined the Cancer Epidemiology Centre at the Cancer Council of Victoria in 2000 as a statistician, having previously worked for three years in osteoporosis research at the University of Melbourne. Associate Professor Louise Keogh Dr Louise Keogh is a health sociologist with a training and research background in chemistry. Louise Galloway Louise Galloway is Senior Advisor for the Prevention and Population Health (PPH) branch in the Victorian Department of Health. Associate Professor Clara Gaff Associate Professor Clara Gaff is the Executive Director for Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, with a long clinical practice career at the Royal Women's Hospital, the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the University Hospital Wales. Dr Jennifer Walker Dr Walker has a Master of Public Health and PhD from the University of Melbourne. Over the last 12 years, she has been involved in Primary Care Research in sexual health and colorectal cancer. Dr Daniel Buchanan Dr Buchanan has a PhD in molecular genetics and over 19 years of laboratory experience in genetic and epigenetic testing and analysis. Dr Driss Ait Ouakrim Dr Ait Ouakrim is a research fellow and epidemiologist at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. Dr Louisa Flander Dr Flander is a Senior Research Fellow and epidemiologist at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. Dr James Dowty Dr Dowty is a biostatistician with 12 years of experience in developing and applying sophisticated statistical techniques to analyse family data. Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics School of Population & Global Health Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street Twitter: @CRE_CRC1	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line643
__label__wiki	0.723831	0.723831	China Watch [November 12 – 18] Pakistan, China to Counter All Challenges to CPEC By crssblog November 20, 2018 November 20, 2018 Leave a Comment on China Watch [November 12 – 18] Pakistan, China to Counter All Challenges to CPEC Pakistan, China to Counter All Challenges to CPEC: Chairman of Pakistan China Institute and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain said that Pakistan and China will jointly counter all challenges to CPEC, during his address at the 4th CPEC Media Forum.[i] The China Economic Net (CEN) and the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI), in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, jointly organised the Media Forum. The purpose of the forum was to disseminate factual information on CPEC, and also to devise a joint Pakistan-China strategy to counter negative perceptions that are generated by vested interests and detractors in the region. A 12-member delegation took part in the event, led by Senator Mushahid Hussain, Chairman PCI and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Masood Khalid talked about the stance of the new government on CPEC, after the conclusion of the PM Khan’s visit to China. During that visit both countries have expressed satisfaction with progress of CPEC, both sides are committed to agree to complete the ongoing projects of CPEC, as well as create employment, enhance people’s welfare and promote industrial development. The two sides also agreed to promote the construction of CPEC in the future by taking it to the next phase which will be decided at the upcoming meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of CPEC in Beijing next month, and both sides also agreed to create a social economic development working group apart from a political working group through the two Foreign Ministries.” The Ambassador also emphasized the role of media in disseminating accurate information on CPEC and said that there should be more media interaction between the two countries. “We need to guard the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and CPEC against the growing negativity of its detractors.” Prime Minister Imran Khan’s China Visit to take Friendly Ties to New Heights: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to China and interaction with Chinese top leadership would usher in a new era of friendship and cooperation between the two all-weather friends, former Chinese and Pakistani diplomats said on Wednesday.[ii] The visit of PM Khan’s was a great success as people from all walks of life from both sides were commending it, they expressed these views during a reception hosted by Hasib ur Rehman, Chief Representative, Askari Bank. Former Ambassador Lu Shulin, who served as Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan remarked, “The visit would take China-Pakistan friendship to new heights and it has opened a new chapter of bilateral ties.” He said that people to people contact was the central point of friendship and the cooperation as a result of the new agreements will further cement the existing ties and comprehensive meetings of top Chinese leadership with the visiting prime minister were testimony to this fact. Beijing Puts to Rest Doubts About CPEC: Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing has urged the Pakistani nation to support CPEC for progress and economic stability of the country, saying any doubts about it are baseless. Speaking at the CPEC Career Summit 2018 at the Islamabad Air University on Thursday, he said, “The new Pakistani government keeps a vision for the future and the Chinese government and leadership believe that the incumbent government can develop Pakistan. China believes that Pakistanis are hardworking and peace-loving people and that Pakistan has a brighter future under the current leadership.” Jing praised PM Khan for being a visionary, saying PM Khan told in a speech at an institution in China that he was a sportsman and used to take risks against the opposite team’s players. “Imran Khan is serious regarding the future of the youth. Innovation is important for the future,” said Jing. “CPEC is a window of development. Through it, people of China and the region can be contacted.” He said as Pakistan has geographical importance, a strong Pakistan would prove beneficial for the whole region and that his country had always worked towards strengthening bilateral relations with Pakistan.[iii] President FCCI Suggests Formation of Joint Ventures for Technology Transfer from China: CPEC has entered its second phase under which Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are being established, however, a strategy should be evolved to encourage joint ventures in order to ensure technology transfer from China, emphasized Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) President, Syed Zia Alumdar Hussain.[iv] He was speaking to a three-member delegation of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which was developing and marketing Rashakai and Hattar SEZs. Hussain pointed out that the M3 Industrial Estate in Faisalabad had already been declared an SEZ under CPEC. He was of the view that the estate was strategically located along the M3 motorway as the Lahore-Karachi motorway of CPEC could be reached within half an hour drive. “The surplus produced in this area can be easily transported to Karachi, Gwadar, China and landlocked Central Asia through reliable connectivity,” he said. The FCCI president suggested that many industrial units, which had been closed due to lack of modern technology, could be revived through collaboration with China. “China is importing food items worth $100 billion annually from across the world,” he pointed out. “Pakistan can provide some of these commodities as it produces surplus wheat, milk and vegetables.” He suggested that value addition to these products would assist Pakistan in bridging the existing import and export gap between the two countries. IMF Dissatisfied with Pakistan’s Fiscal Policies: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed dissatisfaction at the current state of Pakistan’s tax collection as the cash-strapped government sought a bailout package of up to USD 6 billion from the multilateral lender to overcome the economic challenges, media reports said Tuesday. The Pakistani government is facing grave economic challenges as it struggles to keep the economy afloat. Last month, Saudi Arabia said it would provide Pakistan with a USD 6 billion rescue package, but officials have said it is not enough, and Islamabad still plans to seek a bailout from the IMF. If approved, it would be Pakistan’s 13th rescue package from the multilateral lender since the late 1980s. Pakistan formally approached the IMF in October for loans. An IMF team is currently reviewing Pakistan’s monetary and fiscal policies as well as its monetary needs in keeping with the current account deficit.[v] This report is compiled and written by Syeda Uruba Nisar, Social Media Associate at the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), Islamabad. [i] Pakistan, China to counter all challenges to CPEC: Mushahid. (2018, November 18). The News. Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/395408-pakistan-china-to-counter-all-challenges-to-cpec-mushahid [ii] Abbas, S. (2018, November 14). Prime Minister Imran Khan’s China Visit To Take Friendly Ties To New Heights: Former Diplomats. Urdu Point. Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/prime-minister-imran-khans-china-visit-to-ta-480567.html [iii] Beijing Puts to Rest Doubts About CPEC. (2018, November 16). The Express Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://tribune.com.pk/story/1848247/1-beijing-puts-rest-doubts-cpec/ [iv] Rana, I. (2018, November 17). Strategy needed to form joint ventures with China: FCCI. The Express Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://tribune.com.pk/story/1848788/2-strategy-needed-form-joint-ventures-china-fcci/ [v] IMF Dissatisfied With Pakistan’s Fiscal Policies as Imran Khan Govt Seeks USD 6 Billion Bailout. (2018, November 13). News 18. Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://www.news18.com/news/world/imf-dissatisfied-with-pakistans-fiscal-policies-as-imran-khan-govt-seeks-usd-6-billion-bailout-1938213.html Previous Entry Improving Pak-Afghan relations ‘one of my top priorities’, says outgoing Afghan Ambassador Next Entry PM Imran Khan lashes out at President Trump for making false assertions	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line644
__label__wiki	0.935351	0.935351	Manson Prosecutor, ‘Helter Skelter’ Writer Vincent Bugliosi Dies at 80 Posted 11:20 am, June 9, 2015, by Jennifer Shrum The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the “Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations” at the Rayburn House Office Building on Captiol Hill July 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Spearheaded by former Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the hearing included authors, former politicians, university professors and other opponents of the Bush Administration. Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles prosecutor who became a best-selling author with “Helter Skelter” — his true-crime account of the Manson Family killings — has died at the age of 80, his wife confirmed Tuesday. He died Saturday of cancer. Bugliosi rose to prominence as the 35-year-old deputy district attorney assigned to try Charles Manson and several of his followers over a series of bloody 1969 murders meant to incite a race war. In 2014, Bugliosi lamented that he seemed inexorably linked to Manson It's like the successful attorney and author had "never done anything else," he said "He doesn't deserve to be alive. If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson." The crimes, which Manson ordered to be as brutal as possible, shocked the nation. The victims were stabbed hundreds of times. One, Sharon Tate, was more than eight months pregnant. ‘Til Death: Charles Manson’s Fiancée Wanted Him for His Corpse Investigators found the words “rise,” “pigs” and “helter skelter” written in blood at the crime scenes. “As soon as I got on that case and I saw blood words, words printed in blood on a wall, immediately I told my wife, ‘I don’t know what the motive for these murders is,’ ” Bugliosi told CNN’s Ted Rowlands last year. “But, I said, ‘It’s gonna be freaky and far out.’ ” After securing death sentences for Manson and the others — sentences commuted to life in prison when California’s death sentence was abolished — Bugliosi retired from the DA’s office. He had won 105 of his 106 felony trials, including 21 murder convictions, according to his publisher. In 1974, he published “Helter Skelter,” his account of the murders and trial. The book became what publisher Simon & Schuster called “the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history.” Despite going on to a successful career as a writer after the Manson case, Bugliosi lamented to Rowlands that it was as if had had “never done anything else.” Baby Bombshell: Charles Manson Wants to Have Baby Behind Bars? “But I’m so associated with him, I can no more disassociate myself from him than I can jump away from my own shadow,” he said. Manson, 80, remains incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison in California. He has been denied parole 12 times. In 1991, Bugliosi scored another best-seller with “And the Sea Will Tell,” his account of the double murder of a couple on a Pacific atoll. He represented one of the suspects in the case and won an acquittal. His 2008 book on the O.J. Simpson trial, “Outrage,” also reached the top of the New York Times hardcover bestsellers list, according to the publisher, making him the only true-crime writer with so many top sellers. 20 Years Later: Key Moments From the OJ Simpson Trial More recently, he had written books on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and an indictment of President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. His last book, “Divinity of Doubt: The God Question,” was published in 2011. He told Rowlands that he kept talking about Manson mostly because people kept asking him about the killings and the trial, and he said that Manson to some extent got away with murder, because his death sentence was commuted. “He doesn’t deserve to be alive. If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson,” Bugliosi said. “Do I go around during the daytime, ‘Geez, I’m upset that he’s alive’? No, I don’t even think about him. I don’t think about this case.” Topics: Crime, RIP Texas executes John William King in horrific 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. Dallas police search for suspect in shooting that injured 8-year-old boy and left his father dead Texas House passes bill to vastly expand access to medical marijuana Washington family sues city, county after 10-year-old cat cited 30 times Abused dog dies 5 days into recovery at Ohio shelter John Singleton, ‘Boyz N the Hood’ director, is dead at 51 Man won’t go to prison after keeping teen girl in captivity for more than a year No prison time for woman who tried to drown newborn in McDonald’s toilet Transgender woman attacked in April found dead on Dallas street Galveston infant dies after being left in hot car while father works in restaurant Here’s everything coming and going on Netflix in May Ross Perot dead at 89	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line645
__label__wiki	0.951818	0.951818	Bios back to list Jennie Snyder Urman Download Bio Print Executive Producer of “Charmed” and “Jane The Virgin” Jennie Snyder Urman serves as executive producer on The CW’s new series “Charmed.” Snyder Urman also developed and executive produces The CW’s Golden Globe nominated “Jane The Virgin.” The show has been honored with a Peabody Award, three TCA nominations, six Critics Choice nominations, three NAACP Image Award nominations, as well as multiple Teen Choice nominations, a People’s Choice Award for “Favorite New TV Comedy,” the Planned Parenthood “Maggie Award for Television,” and an Imagen Award for best Primetime Comedy in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, the show was named one of AFI’s Top Television Programs of the Year. Prior to “Jane The Virgin” and “Charmed,” Urman created “Emily Owens, MD,” also for The CW. Other credits include “Reign,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Men in Trees,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “90210” and “Hope and Faith.” She was also named one of Variety’s “10 TV Writer’s to Watch” in 2012. Additionally, she wrote the screenplay for the feature film “Something Borrowed” based on the Emily Giffin novel. Snyder Urman grew up in Rye, New York and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University. She is married to Jamie Urman, a cinematographer, and is the proud (and tired) mommy to Theo and Poppy.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line646
__label__wiki	0.786148	0.786148	Trump’s Interview with The Times and Germany’s Bild http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/full-transcript-of-interview-with-donald-trump-5d39sr09d The Times of London Michael Gove and Kai Diekmann, right, interviewing Donald Trump in his eponymous tower in New York– Daniel Biskup This is the full transcript of Donald Trump’s interview with Times’ Michael Gove and Kai Diekmann, former chief editor of the German newspaper Bild. Mr President-elect, your grandfather is from Germany, your mother is from Scotland. As you know, Michael is Scottish, I am German. How will you manage relations with our countries? Trump: Well, it’s similar. We have great love for both countries. These are great countries, great places. It’s very interesting how the UK broke away. I sort of, as you know, predicted it. I was in Turnberry and was doing a ribbon cutting because I bought Turnberry, which is doing unbelievably, and I’ll tell you, the fact that your pound sterling has gone down? Great. Because business is unbelievable in a lot of parts in the UK, as you know. I think Brexit is going to end up being a great thing. So do you think we will be able to get a trade deal between the US and the UK quite quickly? Absolutely, very quickly. I’m a big fan of the UK, uh, we’re gonna work very hard to get it done quickly and done properly — good for both sides. I will be meeting with [Theresa May] — in fact if you want you can see the letter, wherever the letter is, she just sent it. UK’s Theresa May–The Midwife of BREXIT She’s requesting a meeting and we’ll have a meeting right after I get into the White House and it’ll be, I think we’re gonna get something done very quickly. Why do you think Brexit happened? People don’t want to have other people coming in and destroying their country and you know in this country we’re gonna go very strong borders from the day I get in. One of the first orders I’m gonna sign – day one – which I will consider to be Monday as opposed to Friday or Saturday. Right? I mean my day one is gonna be Monday because I don’t want to be signing and get it mixed up with lots of celebration, but one of the first orders we’re gonna be signing is gonna be strong borders. We don’t want people coming in from Syria who we don’t know who they are. You know there’s no way of vetting these people. I don’t want to do what Germany did. And I’ve great respect for Merkel, by the way, I have to say. I have great respect for her. But, I, I think it was, I think it was very unfortunate what happened. And you know I have a love for Germany because my father came from Germany and I don’t want to be in that position. You know the way I look at it, we have enough problems. You said during the campaign that you’d like to stop Muslims coming to the US. Is that still your plan? Well, from various parts of the world that have lots of terrorism problems. There will be extreme vetting, it’s not gonna be like it is now, they don’t even, we don’t even have real vetting. The vetting into this country is essentially non-existent as it is, as it was at least, with your country. Are there any travel restrictions that could be imposed on Europeans coming to the US? Well, it could happen, I mean we’re gonna have to see. I mean, we’re looking at parts of Europe; parts of the world and parts of Europe, where we have problems where they come in and they’re gonna be causing problems. I don’t wanna have those problems. Look, I won the election because of strong borders and trade. And military, we’re gonna have strong military. You mentioned you have German ancestors. What does it mean for you to have German blood in your veins? Well, it’s great. I mean, I’m very proud of Germany and Germany is very special Bad Dürkheim, right? This is serious Germany, right? Like this isn’t any question — this is serious Germany. No, I’m very proud of Germany. I love Germany, I love the UK. Have you ever been to Germany? Yes, I have been to Germany. When Obama came for his last visit to Berlin, he said that if he could vote in the upcoming election he would vote for Angela Merkel. Would you? Well, I don’t know who she’s running against, number one, I’m just saying, I don’t know her, I’ve never met her. As I said, I’ve had great respect for her. I felt she was a great, great leader. I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals, you know taking all of the people from wherever they come from. And nobody even knows where they come from. You’ll find out, you got a big dose of it a week ago. So I think she made a catastrophic mistake, very bad mistake. Now, with that being said, I respect her, I like her, but I don’t know her. So I can’t talk about who I’m gonna be backing — if anyone. When are you coming to the UK as President? I look forward to doing it. My mother was very ceremonial, I think that’s where I got this aspect because my father was very brick-and-mortar, he was like, and my mother sort of had a flair, she loved the Queen, she loved anything — she was so proud of the Queen. She loved the ceremonial and the beauty, cause nobody does that like the English. And she had great respect for the Queen, liked her. Anytime the Queen was on television, an event, my mother would be watching. Crazy, right? Is there anything else you take from having a Scottish mother? Well, the Scottish are known for watching their pennies, so I like to watch my pennies — I mean I deal in big pennies, that’s the problem. Is there anything typically German about you? I like order. I like things done in an orderly manner. And certainly the Germans, that’s something that they’re rather well-known for. But I do, I like order and I like strength. In your campaign you said Angela Merkel’s policy on Syrian refugees was insane. Do you still think so? Germany’s Outstanding Chancellor, Angela Merkel I think it’s not good. I think it was a big mistake for Germany. And Germany of all countries, ’cause Germany was one of the toughest in the world for having anybody go in, and, uh, no I think it was a mistake. And I’ll see her and I’ll meet her and I respect her. And I like her but I think it was a mistake. And people make mistakes but I think it was a very big mistake. I think we should have built safe zones in Syria. Would have been a lot less expensive. Uh, get the Gulf states to pay for ’em who aren’t coming through, I mean they’ve got money that nobody has. Would have been a lot less expensive than the trauma that Germany’s going through now — but I would have said — you build safe zones in Syria. Look, this whole thing should have never happened. Iraq should not have been attacked in the first place, all right? It was one of the worst decisions, possibly the worst decision ever made in the history of our country. We’ve unleashed — it’s like throwing rocks into a beehive. It’s one of the great messes of all time. I looked at something, uh, I’m not allowed to show you because it’s classified – but, I just looked at Afghanistan and you look at the Taliban – and you take a look at every, every year its more, more, more, you know they have the different colours – and you say, you know – what’s going on? Who do you blame? Obama, Pakistan? Who do you blame? Afghanistan is, is not going well. Nothing’s going well — I guess we’ve been in Afghanistan almost 17 years — but you look at all of the places, now in all fairness, we haven’t let our people do what they’re supposed to do. You know we have great military, we’re gonna have much greater military because we’re gonna have — you know right now it’s very depleted, we’re gonna have great military, but we haven’t let our military win. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are you know big contractors for this country and we have an F-35 program that has been very, very severely over budget and behind schedule. Hundreds of billions of dollars over budget and seven years behind schedule. And, uh, they got to shape up. And what’s your priority for the military as Commander-In-Chief? Isis. And how are you going to deal with Isis? Well, I’d rather not say, I don’t want to be like Obama or others where they say — I always talk about Mosul, you know Mosul’s turned out to be a disaster — brutal. So Mosul, so they announced four months ago we’re going to attack Mosul — I said, “Why do you have to announce it?”. Like you said, “What’s going to be your priority?”. When are you going to attack? When are you gonna, how are you gonna do it? What kind of weapons are you gonna use, right? What time of the day? You think Obama telegraphed his punch? Mosul turned out to be a disaster because we announced five months ago that we were going into Mosul, in five months. In four months we said, “We’re getting ready”, by the time we get in, it’s been so much talk — and it’s been very hard to take — you know that, right? Do you think that what’s happened in Syria now with Putin intervening is a good thing or a bad thing? Nah, I think it’s a very rough thing. It’s a very bad thing, we had a chance to do something when we had the line in the sand and it wasn’t — nothing happened. That was the only time — and now, it’s sort of very late. It’s too late. Now everything is over — at some point it will come to an end — but Aleppo was nasty. I mean when you see them shooting old ladies walking out-of-town — they can’t even walk and they’re shooting ’em — it almost looks like they’re shooting ’em for sport — ah no, that’s a terrible — that’s been a terrible situation. Aleppo has been such a terrible humanitarian situation. Talking about Russia, you know that Angela Merkel understands Putin very well because he is fluent in German, she is fluent in Russian, and they have known each other for a long time — but who would you trust more, Angela Merkel or Vladimir Putin? Well, I start off trusting both — but let’s see how long that lasts. It may not last long at all. Can you understand why eastern Europeans fear Putin and Russia? The Tough and Enigmatic Russsian Sure. Oh sure, I know that. I mean, I understand what’s going on, I said a long time ago — that NATO had problems. Number one it was obsolete, because it was, you know, designed many, many years ago. Number two — the countries aren’t paying what they’re supposed to pay. I took such heat, when I said NATO was obsolete. It’s obsolete because it wasn’t taking care of terror. I took a lot of heat for two days. And then they started saying Trump is right — and now — it was on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, they have a whole division devoted now to terror, which is good. And the other thing is the countries aren’t paying their fair share so we’re supposed to protect countries but a lot of these countries aren’t paying what they’re supposed to be paying, which I think is very unfair to the United States. With that being said, NATO is very important to me. Britain is paying. Britain is paying. There’s five countries that are paying what they’re supposed to. Five. It’s not much, from 22. For decades now, Europe has depended on America for its defence. Will that guarantee be there in the future as well? Yeah, I feel very strongly toward Europe — very strongly toward Europe, yes. Do you support European sanctions against Russia? Well, I think you know — people have to get together and people have to do what they have to do in terms of being fair. OK? They have sanctions on Russia — let’s see if we can make some good deals with Russia. For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that’s part of it. But you do have sanctions and Russia’s hurting very badly right now because of sanctions, but I think something can happen that a lot of people are gonna benefit. Will you rip up the Iran deal? Well, I don’t want to say what I’m gonna do with the Iran deal. I just don’t want to play the cards. I mean, look, I’m not a politician, I don’t go out and say, ‘I’m gonna do this — I’m gonna do —’, I gotta do what I gotta do. But I don’t wanna play. Who plays cards where you show everybody the hand before you play it? But I’m not happy with the Iran deal, I think it’s one of the worst deals ever made, I think it’s one of the dumbest deals I’ve ever seen, one of the dumbest, in terms of a deal. Where you give — where you give a $150 billion back to a country, where you give $1.7 billion in cash — did you ever see a million dollars in hundred-dollar bills? It’s a lot. It’s a whole — it’s a lot. $1.7 billion in cash. Plane loads. Of, of — think of it — plane, many planes. Boom. $1.7 billion. I don’t understand. It just shows the power of a president — when a president of this country can authorise $1.7 billion in cash, that’s a lot of power. And you think that money is now funding terror? No, I think that money is in Swiss bank accounts — they don’t need that money, they’re using other money, I think they’ve taken that money and they’ve kept it for themselves. That’s my opinion. What did you think of Obama’s approach towards the UN Security Council resolution on Israel just before Christmas? I think it was terrible. It should have been a veto. I think it was terrible. Do you think the UK should have vetoed it? Well, the UK may have another chance to veto if what I’m hearing is true, because you know you have a meeting as you know, this weekend. And there are a lot of bad stories being circulated. The problem I have is that it makes it a tougher deal for me to negotiate because the Palestinians are given so much — even though it’s not legally binding it’s psychologically binding and it makes it much tougher for me to negotiate. You understand that? Because people are giving away chips, they’re giving away all these chips. And do you think the UK should veto any UN Security Council resolution on Israel put forward this week so that you are in a stronger position to get the right deal for the Middle East? Well, I’d like to see the UK veto. I think it’d be great if they veto because I’m not sure the United States is gonna veto, amazingly. They won’t, right? You think the United States is gonna veto? I’ll have friends who are Jewish have a fundraiser for Obama and I’ll say, “What are you doing? OK — what are you doing?” Is it true you’re going to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? Well, I don’t want to comment on that, again, but we’ll see what happens. You know that famous saying by Henry Kissinger: “Which number do I dial if I want to talk to Europe?” Which number are you going to dial? Yeah, well I would say Merkel is by far one of the most important leaders. ’Cause you look at the UK and you look at the European Union and it’s Germany. Basically a vehicle for Germany. That’s why I thought the UK was so smart in getting out and you were there and you guys wrote it — put it on the front page: “Trump said that Brexit is gonna happen”. That was when it was gonna lose easily, you know, everybody thought I was crazy. Obama said to go to the back of the line. Meaning, if it does happen — and then he had to retract — that was a bad statement to make. And now we are at the front of the queue? I think you’re doing great. I think it’s going great. What is your view on the future of the European Union? Do you expect more countries to leave the European Union? I think it’s tough. I spoke to the head of the European Union, very fine gentleman called me up. Mr Juncker? Yes, ah, to congratulate me on what happened with respect to the election. Uh, I think it’s very tough. I think it’s tough. People, countries want their own identity and the UK wanted its own identity but, I do believe this, if they hadn’t been forced to take in all of the refugees, so many, with all the problems that it, you know, entails, I think that you wouldn’t have a Brexit. It probably could have worked out but, this was the final straw, this was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. I think people want, people want their own identity, so if you ask me, others, I believe others will leave. As a successful businessman, do you trust the European currency? “I trust the dollar”. –Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States (w.e.f. January 20, 2017) Well, it’s doing OK. I mean, you know. What do you trust? I trust the dollar, I’m gonna trust the dollar a lot more in four years than I do now, but sure I mean it’s a currency, it’s fine. But I do think keeping it together is not gonna be as easy as a lot of people think. And I think this, if refugees keep pouring into different part of Europe. I think it’s gonna be very hard to keep it together cause people are angry about it. What is better for the United States — a strong European Union or stronger nation states? Personally, I don’t think it matters much for the United States. I never thought it mattered. Look, the EU was formed, partially, to beat the United States on trade, OK? So, I don’t really care whether it’s separate or together, to me it doesn’t matter. I can see this — I own a big property in Ireland, magnificent property called Doonbeg, what happened is I went for an approval to do this massive, beautiful expansion — that was when I was a developer, now I couldn’t care less about it — but I learnt a lot because I got the approvals very quickly from Ireland and then Ireland and my people went to the EU to get the approval — it was going to take years — that was a very bad thing for Ireland. Do you think that the EU is holding back all its member states? Is it an obstacle to their growth and prosperity? Well I can tell you from the environmental standpoint, they were using environmental tricks to stop a project from being built — I found it to be a very unpleasant experience. To get the approvals from the EU would have taken years — I don’t think that’s good for a country like Ireland so you know what I did? I said forget it I’m not gonna build it. People in Europe and beyond have expressed concern that America may have a protectionist trade policy that will hurt America’s friends. What would you say to them? Well, I can tell you that in the last … I think I’ve done more than any president-elect ever — Many factories now, many car plants, that were going to be built-in other locations are building in Michigan and Ohio — ya know Ford announced a big one, Fiat Chrysler announced a big one, General Motors is announcing, they’re all announcing and I’m not just talking about cars I’m talking about other things, there will be many other things — you can’t allow companies to leave our country, fire all of its employees, move to Mexico, make whatever the product is, and then sell it back in with no tax — and there will be a very substantial border tax for companies that do that. And when people hear that — they say we’re gonna stay here or we’re gonna build in the US — so they’ll go and they’ll build their car plant or they’ll build their air-conditioning plant and they’re gonna sell their air conditioners but they’re gonna pay 35 per cent tax . . . there’s not gonna be any tax because they’re not gonna leave — see there’s not gonna be any tax — but the conservative theory is open borders, open borders is all fine. First of all it’s bad for security — for trade it’s fine — the problem is the US is always taken advantage of — we have hundreds of billions of dollars of trade deficits with China — we have $805 billion in trade deficits with the world — ya almost say, who’s making these deals when you’re losing that kind of money, right — we actually have almost $800 billion — almost $800 billion in trade deficits with the world — so you say, who’s making these deals? Well, Germany is obviously benefiting because we are the world champions at exporting? Well you’re very good at export — we buy lots of your cars. Do Europeans have to fear something similar to what you might announce for China — higher custom duties? It’s going to be different — I mean Germany is a great country, great manufacturing country — you go down Fifth Avenue everybody has a Mercedes-Benz in front of their building, right — the fact is that it’s been very unfair to the US, it’s not a two-way street. How many Chevrolets do you see in Germany? Maybe none — not too many — how many — you don’t see anything over there — it’s a one-way street — it’s gotta be a two-way street — I want it to be fair but it’s gotta be a two-way street and that’s why we’re losing almost $800, think of it, $800 billion a year in trade so that will stop — ya know we have Wilbur [Ross, his choice for commerce secretary] as one of our guys, ya know Wilbur . . . And I will say most of it . . . most of it is China ’cause China is a tremendous problem. You just mentioned Mercedes, BMW, even VW — do you expect them to build more plants in the US? For example, BMW wants to open a plant in 2019 in Mexico . . . I would tell them, don’t waste their time and money — unless they want to sell to other countries, that’s fine — if they want to open in Mexico, I love Mexico, I like the President, I like everybody — but I would tell BMW if they think they’re gonna build a plant in Mexico and sell cars into the US without a 35 per cent tax, it’s not gonna happen, it’s not gonna happen — so if they want to build cars for the world I would say wish them luck — they can build cars for the US but they’ll be paying a 35 per cent tax on every car that comes into the country . . . so what I’m saying is they have to build their plant in the US, it will be much better for them and what we’re doing — maybe more importantly, is we’re lowering taxes — corporate taxes — down to from 15 to 20 per cent and were getting rid of 75 per cent of the regulations — from 35 down to 15 to 20, we haven’t picked the final but from 15 to 20, and we’re also gonna let the companies bring back their money with the inversion, corporate inversion. That will affect people like Google? Well, we’ve got five — I think it’s five, they say it’s 2.5-3, I think it’s five, but it’s $5 trillion over there and they can’t bring back their money so that’s part of our tax bill, the money comes back. Given your views on free trade, would you say that you’re a conservative? I’m pragmatic, look I go in front of crowds — I had the biggest crowds anybody’s ever had for a presidential election and that’s tough and when I was fighting with Jeb Bush, ya know “low energy” Jeb, he would say, ‘Donald Trump is not a conservative’, so I’d go in front of 25,000 people and, like in Michigan, where there’s massive — 32,000 people — and I’m screaming, ‘Jeb Bush says I’m not a conservative’, they’re screaming, ‘Who cares?’, and I said, ‘What do you want? Do you want conservative or a good deal?’ And the reason, because Jeb Bush said I’m not a conservative because I don’t believe in free trade — well I do believe in free trade, I love free trade, but it’s gotta be smart trade so I call it fair trade — and the problem, so I said to the people, ‘Do you want a conservative or do you want somebody who’s gonna make great deals?’, and they’re all screaming, ‘Great deals, great deals’ — they don’t care, there are no labels — ya know there’s some people, he is not — Jeb Bush would stand up — ‘He is not a true conservative’ — who cares — I am a conservative, but I’m really about making great deals for the people so they get jobs . . . the people don’t care ya know when you’re talking — they don’t care, they want good deals — ya know what? They want their jobs back. Do you have any models — are there heroes that you steer by — people you look up to from the past? Well, I don’t like heroes, I don’t like the concept of heroes, the concept of heroes is never great, but certainly you can respect certain people and certainly there are certain people — but I’ve learnt a lot from my father — my father was a builder in Brooklyn and Queens — he did houses and housing and I learned a lot about negotiation from my father — although I also think negotiation is a natural trait, I don’t think you can, you either have it or you don’t, you get better at it but basically, the people who I know who are great negotiators or great salesmen or great politicians, it’s very natural, very natural . . . I got a letter from somebody, their congressman, they said what you’ve done is amazing because you were never a politician and you beat all the politicians. He said they added it up — when I was three months into the campaign, they added it up — I had three months of experience and the 17 guys I was running against, the Republicans, had 236 years – ya know when you add 20 years and 30 years — so I was three months they were 236 years — so it’s sort of a funny article but I believe it’s like hitting a baseball or being a good golfer — natural ability, to me, is much more important to me than experience and experience is a great thing — I think it’s a great thing — but I learned a lot from my father in terms of leadership. Your policy platform of America First implies you’re happy to see the rest of the world suffer. Do you? I don’t want it to be a disruption — I love the world, I want the world to be good but we can’t go — I mean look at what’s happening to our country — we are $20 trillion — we don’t know what we’re doing — our military is weak — we’re in wars that never end, we’re in Afghanistan now 17 years, they told me this, really — 17 years, it’s the longest war we’ve ever been in. Given what’s been reported this week, what does that say about your relations with the intelligence community? Well, we have to have, ya have to have the right people and as you know Pompeo — who’s really been received, did a good job yesterday, head of the CIA — might I think we have some very great people going in — I think we have some great people — ya know I have a lot of respect for the intelligence but a lot of leaks, a lot of fake news coming out, a lot of fake news. It’s been reported that a British former diplomat was involved in this whole thing — do you think that we, in Britain, need to look at our intelligence services? Well, that guy is somebody that you should look at, because whatever he made up about me it was false — he was supposedly hired by the Republicans and Democrats working together — even that I don’t believe because they don’t work together, they work separately — and they don’t hire the same guy — what they got together? See the whole thing is fake news because it said the, whoever it was, intelligence, the so-called intelligence, said he’s an operative of Republicans and Democrats — they don’t work together, they don’t work together. Who do you think, then, is behind it all? I think probably could be intelligence or it could be, it could be, the Democrats. When I just heard it — I ripped up the mat . . . if I did that in a hotel it’d be the biggest thing — they’d have me on the front page of The New York Post, right? And the other thing, I can’t even, I don’t even want to shake hands with people now I hear about this stuff — ugh. It’s fake news, it was totally made up and I just got a letter from people who went to Russia with me — did you see that letter — very rich people, they went with me, they said you were with us, I was with them, I wasn’t even here when they said such false stuff. I left, I wasn’t even there . . . I was there for the Miss Universe contest, got up, got my stuff and I left — I wasn’t even there — it’s all . . . so if this guy is a British guy you got a lot of problems. How is being President going to change how you operate? Ya know this is a very, very big change — I led a very nice life and ya know successful and good and nice and this is a lot different — but ya know my attitude on that is when you’re president, you’re in the White House which is a very special place — you’re there for a limited period of time — who wants to leave? Like I’ve liked President Obama, he’s been very nice, yeah he’s been nice one on one, but maybe not so nice in other ways — but who wants to leave the White House to go to some other place and be away on a vacation? The White House is very special, there’s so much work to be done, I’m not gonna be leaving much — I mean a lot of work to be done — I’m gonna be in there working, doing what I’m supposed to be doing — but who wants to leave the White House? They say Camp David is very nice. Yea, Camp David is very rustic, it’s nice, you’d like it. You know how long you’d like it? For about 30 minutes… When you’re President will you still tweet? And if you do will it be as the Real Donald Trump, as POTUS, or probably as Real POTUS? @realDonaldTrump I think, I’ll keep it . . . so I’ve got 46 million people right now — that’s a lot, that’s really a lot — but 46 million — including Facebook, Twitter and ya know, Instagram so when you think that your 46 million there, I’d rather just let that build up and just keep it @realDonaldTrump, it’s working — and the tweeting, I thought I’d do less of it, but I’m covered so dishonestly by the press — so dishonestly — that I can put out Twitter — and it’s not 140, it’s now 140, 280 — I can go bing bing bing and I just keep going and they put it on and as soon as I tweet it out — this morning on television, Fox — “Donald Trump, we have breaking news” — I put out a thing . . . . . . You were tweeting a lot this morning? I tweeted a little bit, yeah. And you do it on your own? I tweeted about the intelligence agencies because it all turned out to be false information. And you do it on that phone there? This — I have numerous, I have numerous — I have iPhones, I have . . . But nobody else knows how to log into your Twitter account? No, I do — I have one or two people who do during the day I’ll just dictate something and they’ll type it in. So, Steve Bannon or someone else? No, not Steve, but I have people who do it. But ya know the tweeting is interesting because I find it very accurate — when I get a word out and if I tell something to the papers and they don’t write it accurately, it’s really bad — they can’t do much when you tweet it and I’m careful about, it’s very precise, actually it’s very, very precise — and it comes out breaking news, we have breaking news — ya know, it’s funny, if I did a press release and if I put it out, it wouldn’t get nearly — people would see it the following day — if I do a news conference, that’s a lot of work. Although the media have been better lately, which is shocking, shocking — in fact today they have a front-page story saying that Trump’s people will never leave him — ya know all of the voters that I have will never leave — which is very interesting cause we have great support in the country, tremendous support, I was very surprised at that story. What role will [your son-in-law] Jared [Kushner] play? Harvard educated Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and 45th POTUS Oh, really . . . Ya know what, Jared is such a good kid and he’ll make a deal with Israel that no one else can — ya know he’s a natural, he’s a great deal, he’s a natural — ya know what I was talking about, natural — he’s a natural deal-maker — everyone likes him. And will [your daughter] Ivanka play a big role in the administration? Well, not now, she’s going to Washington, and they’re buying a house or something, but ya know she’s got the children, so Jared will be involved as we announced — no salary, no nothing. If he made peace — who’d be better at that than Jared, right — there’s something about him . . . Are you looking forward to meeting our prime minister? Well, I’ll be there — we’ll be there soon — I would say we’ll be here for a little while but and it looks like she’ll be here first — how is she doing over there, by the way, what do you think? Theresa? Yeah, May. She’s got very strong approval ratings. Popular. How are they doing with the break-up? How’s the break-up going? Well, the PM wants to get a strong deal with the US. Well, we’re gonna get a trade deal. Well, how is our Nigel doing? I like him, I think he’s a great guy, I think he’s a very good guy and he was very supportive. He’d go around the US — he was saying Trump’s gonna win. He was one of the earliest people who said Trump was gonna win. So, he’s gotta feel for it. Michael, you should’ve written that we were gonna win. Well, at least let me give you a copy of my book on how to fight terrorism. Good, I’d love that. That’s fantastic — how to fight terrorism, I can use that. This entry was posted in American Politics, Character and Integrity, Democracy, Diplomacy, Donald J Trump, Foreign Policy, Foriegn Affairs, Geo-Politics, Leadership, The Eurozone, US-China Relations. Bookmark the permalink. ← The Kindleberger Trap Economic Crises and the Crisis of Economics → 4 thoughts on “Trump’s Interview with The Times and Germany’s Bild” Shiou says: January 17, 2017 at 11:38 pm Penny-pinching side, the Scottish side, of Trump is coming to town. You may accuse Trump having bad-style and being crude, but not stupid because he has all those (accurate) numbers in his head. Semper fi says: January 18, 2017 at 5:47 am The numbers in his head are those he conjures up, not backed up by data. Pingback: The Republican Roots and Grave Risks of Donald Trump’s Hostility to NATO Pingback: What Does Vladimir Putin See in Donald Trump? - THE SPORT HALL	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line650
__label__wiki	0.812883	0.812883	Tall Bldg Analysis Uploaded by sandeepuae saveSave Tall Bldg Analysis For Later HighRise Building Construction Profile Highrise Building Design in Midas Gen_final DESIGN,LOADING & STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Arup_Journal_2_2012 (1) Design of Tallbuidings Preliminra Design Structural System for Tall Buildings 100 Storey John Hancock Center, Chicago: A case study of the design process JohnHancockCenter.pdf Outrigger Design for High-Rise Buildings Tall Buildings High Rise Structures Design Introduction Citigroup Center Building agreement between the owners and the contractor SMM Schedule - Measurement Wall Sections-Built Examples Building Planning BTech Civil Scheme and Syllabi Subject to Approval of Academ TRUTH IN TALL BUILDINGS A Tour Guide of Select Buildings in New York City Chicago Houston CEE463: A Social and Multi-dimensional Exploration of Structures Cover image from http://www.som.com/content.cfm/john_hancock_center a clear understanding of structural behavior and the resulting forms... [helps] architects and engineers to design buildings in which the aesthetic quality of structure and technology can merge with the social and architectural values to create buildings that will eloquently speak of our time. Fazlur Khan Structural Aesthetics in Architecture and Its Social and Technological Relevance., In Eleventh Congress, Final Report (Vienna 1980), by IABSE. Zuich: IABSE, 1980. photograph: Fazlur Khan(left) and Bruce Graham (right), Princeton University Maillart Archive Yasmin Sabina Khan Byron (Fazlur Khans daughter), center, with our class September 2010 CEE 463: A Social and Multi-dimensional Exploration of Structures Princeton University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fall 2010 Instructors: Maria E. Moreyra Garlock Sigrid Adriaenssens Teaching Assistant: Morgan Neal Students: Daneeka Abellard Alex Beers Jeremy Chen Liz Deir Michaela Glaeser Scott Huang Meg Lee Jasmine Low Elizabeth Nadelman Megan Prier Maryanne Watcher Preface .................................................................................................... 8 PART 1 NEW YORK CITY 780 Third Avenue ................................................................................... 12 Citicorp ................................................................................................... 18 Hearst Tower .......................................................................................... 26 World Trade Center ................................................................................ 32 Times Square Tower ............................................................................... 38 New York Times Tower ........................................................................... 44 Bank of America Tower .......................................................................... 50 Marina City ............................................................................................. 56 Inland Steel ............................................................................................. 60 Brunswick Building ................................................................................. 64 Sears (Willis) Tower ................................................................................ 70 John Hancock Center .............................................................................. 76 Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments ................................................................. 82 One Magnificent Mile ............................................................................. 86 Onterie ................................................................................................... 90 One Shell Plaza ....................................................................................... 96 Two Shell Plaza (Walker Building) ......................................................... 102 PART 2 CHICAGO PART 3 HOUSTON Preface The best structures of our society (e.g bridges, buildings, towers, vaults) come to existence not only by selecting proper forms and making engineering calculations, but also by (1) knowing and working with the related economic and political circumstances, (2) developing an appropriate and economical construction process, which is intimately connected to the design, and (3) considering the environmental impacts of such a construction (i.e., durability and other sustainability measures). Our class, CEE463 A Social and Multi-dimensional Exploration of Structures examines these aspects of structural engineering design and it teaches a sense of scale, to consider constructability aspects of design, to reflect on aesthetics, and to learn to communicate ideas to the general public. This booklet summarizes some social and engineering facts about the structures to be visited by the class. These visits provide the student with a full scale three-dimensional experience, which give one a sense of scale that is not possible to fully experience through photographs. One also becomes intimately connected with the construction process. The connections are observed up close and the details of bolts and welds that comprise the simple or sometimes complex part of the steel design is seen. For a concrete structure the imprint of the form boards that reminds one that formwork (what molds the concrete) needs to be built before the concrete can be poured. During a site visit one can also observe the durability of the structure over time, which is a measure of sustainability. Before the visit, the students had begun their study of an assigned structure through structural analysis, a study of the social context, and the making of a model of the structure. During these visits, the students will study carefully the structure, its details, and its surroundings. In some cases there will be an opportunity to talk to the engineers and owners involved with the project. By observing these structures in action, they can measure the success or failure to meet the structures functionality and one understands the structures relationship to the community. For the Fall 2010 academic semester, the theme of the class is based on the tall building designs of Fazlur Khan while working at Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM), Chicago. Most of the structures that we will visit are Khans designs, although we will also visit some other tall buildings in the cities where the structure is expressed, thus revealing Truth in Structure. The idea of expressing structure in architecture is very old. The medieval Gothic light cathedrals (like Chartres 12th century AD, France) seemed to be pulled out of stone -a rather heavy material- and expressed only what was structurally needed. Similarly in Japanese temples Kyoto (like Kiyomizu-dera 10th century AD, Japan) most sublime emotions are expressed through the use of structure. This idea of structural architecture appealed to the Chicago School at the end of the 19th century. The Monadnock Building (Burnham and Root, 1889) is an impressive load bearing brick structure and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (Sullivan,1899) uses a steel frame to articulate its architectural intention. These successful historic tall buildings show that for their design the line between the architect and the engineer becomes blurred and results in a relationship between equal designers. The Chicago based SOM team Khan and Bruce Graham, an exemplary engineer architect tandem first known for the Inland Steel Building (Chicago 1958), revolutionized the approach to tall building design in the 1960s and 1970s and moved away from the traditional rigid frame systems. The shear wall/frame interaction system largely increased the stiffness of tall buildings against lateral (wind) loads. This system performed efficiently in the new tubular concrete structures such as De Witt-Chestnut (1965 Chicago), Brunswick (1965, Chicago), and One and Two Shell Plaza (1971, 1972, Houston). The tubular configurations, highly effective in carrying lateral loads, also became the natural structural form of much taller systems such as the bundled tube Sears (Willis) Tower (1973, Chicago), the steel trussed tube of the John Hancock Center (1970, Chicago), and the concrete trussed tubes of Onterie (1985, Chicago) and 780 3rd Avenue (1983, NYC). Structural expression as a basis for architecture has not always been desired and is clothed over with some tall buildings (e.g., Citicorp, 1977, NYC). David Billington, Professor Emeritus of Princeton University, has taught us that structure can be art when it is efficient, economical, and elegant; but to make this latter assessment in tall buildings, the structure must be expressed. That is not to say that if the structure is concealed behind faade, the tall building cannot be a work of art; but in this case it would be considered architectural art, not structural art. We are grateful to Professor Billington for his consultation and participation in this class as well as Yasmin Khan (Fazlur Khans daughter), Bill Baker (partner SOM), Leslie Robertson (founder Leslie E. Robertson Associates), Guy Nordenson (founder Guy Nordenson Associates), and Esther da Costa Meyer (Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University). Finally, we are thankful to Princeton University for recognizing the value of such a course as part of the structural engineering education and thus funding the travel expenses related to our structures tour as well as other financial support for the course development. Maria E. Moreyra Garlock & Sigrid Adriaenssens PART 1 NEW YORK CITY 780 Third Avenue ............................. 12 Citicorp ............................................. 18 Hearst Tower .................................... 26 World Trade Center .......................... 32 Times Square Tower ......................... 38 New York Times Tower..................... 44 Bank of America Tower .................... 50 Image left: 780 3rd Ave, photo from http://www.780third.com/AboutJRTRealty/tabid/94/Def ault.aspxI Figure 1.a. The completed 780 3rd Avenue, NY building showing its 8:1:1 slenderness ratio rd Figure 1.b. 780 3 Avenue, NY under construction with its concrete structure exposed Adriaenssens 780 3 Ave. 780 3rd Avenue Alt Name: 780 3rd Avenue Location: New York, 780 3rd Avenue Engineer: Rosenwasser-Grossman consulting engineers Architect: SOM New York Start of Construction: Completion: 1983 Height: 570 ft (174 m) Number of Floors: 50 Material: Concrete SOCIAL, POLITICAL and ECONOMIC CONTEXT Most office space in the City (Manhattan, New York) is very old. Approximately 45 percent of office space was built before World War II, and only 15 percent of office space was built after 1979. This fact is surprising as the City experienced a huge office space development burst in the 1980s. The construction of the 780 3rd Avenue building, shown in Figure 1, is set in this context. In the early 1980s,the US economy started to feel the effect of the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 energy crisis. Socially, the City was at the heart of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s (Manhattan 2010). A brief, severe recession that started in 1980 and ended in 1982 affected many industries, including steel manufacturing (Early 80s recession 2010). This fact played to the advantage of the development of concrete structural systems for tall buildings in the mid 1980s. One year into the recession, Ronald Reagan, the new President, stated that the economy was in a "slight recession". These political and economic factors created a challenging construction environment: high demand for office space in the City, high financing and construction cost and interrupted economic expansion (Khan 2004). Following this early recession, the City saw a rebirth of Wall Street which greatly improved not only the City's economic health but also its role at the center of the worldwide financial industry (Manhattan 2010). Besides this financial boost, an expiring zoning bonus in the 1980s prompted developers to finance office space in West Midtown, despite traditional corporate preference for buildings rd east of Fifth Avenue. The 780 3 Avenue building is one such development. Grossman consulting engineers) for an office development in midtown NY, the 780 3rd Avenue building. This team investigated several proposals (including framed tube with shear wall system) for the slender 1:8 width to height ratio tower. The SOM NY architects talked with Khan about the teams ideas. Khan proposed a concrete trussed tube for the structural system. This system integrates multistory diagonals with columns and spandrels in the exterior frame. The diagonals are more than merely lateral load bracing elements, for they also support gravity loads and distribute them to the vertical columns of each frame. The X-form diagonals bring together the four frames into one tube through their connection at the corners. This arrangement minimises shear lag and results in an economic system. This system had been pioneered in steel in the John Hancock Center (Chicago) and was, at the time of prelimanary design, also being studied as a concrete option for the Onterie Centre, Chicago, which has coincidentally similar proportions. Casting concrete diagonals in situ seemed an inappropriate solution. Instead of slender diagonals cast throughout the window apertures, the openings were filled in with infill panels in a stepped pattern as shown in figure 2. The Rosenwasser engineers were convinced of this new systems efficiency. STRUCTURAL SIGNIFICANCE After having successfully introduced the steel trussed tube system in the Hancock Center, Kahn was keen on experimenting with this economic and efficient system in concrete. However, in the 1960s and early 1970s developers did not want to accept a concrete version of this highly efficient system for aesthetic and economic reasons. (Khan 2004). The presence of external diagonal members blocking desirable window office space deterred many developers (Bauer 2006). In 1972, in an article in Progressive Architecture, Khan writes Given the right circumstances, this type of system will find its rd way in the near future (Khan 1972). The 780 3 Avenue building is the first completed concrete trussed tube. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM While Khan was designing the Onterie Tower, the SOM New York Office teamed up with the structural engineer Robert Rosenwasser Associates (now Rosenwasser / Figure 2. The X form diagonals are formed by infill panels in a stepped pattern. The Plaza with its 22 trees is both elegant and simple in design. Figure 3 shows that the concrete structure is (unlike the Onterie Center in Chicago) clad in a rose Finnish rd Balmoral Granite . The 780 3 Avenue building was completed before the Onterie Building in Chicago. Only two decades later, the next major trussed tube tall building, the Times Square Tower, appeared in New York. Figure 3. The concrete structure is unlike the Onterie Centre - clad in rose Granite. This tall building is set back from 3rd Avenue, 48th Street and 49th Street to accommodate a large urban plaza with twenty-two trees, shown in Figure 2. The entire plaza is constructed with red Hastings brick and rose Granite. The plaza appears simple and elegant in design. The building offers an inviting entrance to the user (see Figure 4). Bauer M R (2006). The skyscraper as structural art: a Chicago Tradition arrives in New York. Master Thesis, Princeton University. Early 1980s recession http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1980s_recession (accessed 10/19/2010) Khan F R (1972). Future of High Rise Structures. Progressive Architecture. 83. Khan Y S K (2004). Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur R. Khan. Norton and Company, NY, p. 352. Manhattan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan (accessed 10/19/2010) Figure 4. The Plaza in front of the 780 3rd Avenue focuses the attention of the pedestrian to the entrance of the building. FIGURE REFERENCES Figure 1a : http://www.caryl.com/pressreleases.cfm?pressid=1997( accessed 10/19/2010) Figure 1b: http://www.rosenwassergrossman.com/pop.html (accessed 10/19/2010) Figure 2: http://www.780third.com/AbouttheBuilding/tabid/54/ Default.aspx(accessed 10/19/2010) Figure 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leokoolhoven/40012841 9/(accessed 10/19/2010) Figure 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leokoolhoven/40012841 9/(accessed 10/19/2010) Citicorp Center Figure 2 a. The Citicorp building sits 130 feet in the air and is supported by a central concrete core and four perimeter columns, which are positioned at the center of each building face. Figure 1.b. The Citicorp building with its 45-degree slanted roof, as seen from Queens . Alt Name: Citigroup Center, 601 Lexington Avenue Location: New York, Lexington Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets Engineer: Le Messurier Consultants Architect: Stubbins Associates, Emery Roth & Sons Start of Construction: 1974 Completion: 1977 Height: 915 ft (279m) Number of Floors: 59 Material: Steel THE CITY: In 1970, New Yorks population was at almost 7.9 million, which was the same as 20 years earlier. The City had also gained a reputation as a crime city. 1977, the year of the Citicorp Center completion, is remembered for two catastrophes: the blackout, resulting in city-wide looting, and the Son of Sam serial murders. The construction of the World Trade Center, in the beginning of the 1970s initiated further office space development in Lower Manhattan. The oil crisis prompted developers and designers to construct energy efficient buildings. THE CONGREGATION: In 1862, a group of German immigrants founded the Lutheran congregation of StPeters, based in Manhattan. At the turn of the century, the congregation moved into a new gothic church at the th corner of 54 and Lexington Avenue. In the 1960s, congregations were fleeing from the city to the suburbs. The people of St-Peters decided to affirm human life amidst the skyscrapers and develop a ministry that would serve more than just a Sunday congregation. They wanted to use their valuable real estate as a resource for their Ministry (New York Architecture Images 2010). In 1970, they sold their building and formed a condominium with Citicorp. "One of the most successful urban schemes in New York in the 1970s, 'Citicorp' brought new life to a downtown Manhattan city block that had been largely filled by a popular but far too big Lutheran Church. (Sharp D. 2006). 130 feet in the air and is supported on a central concrete core and four perimeter columns, which are positioned at the center of each building face (see Figure 1a and Figure 2). This design allows the Citicorp Center to cantilever 72 feet over the new church, shown in Figure 2. To resist wind loads, the engineer, LeMessurier, designed 8-story tall chevron braces on the exterior facades (see Figure 3). These braces also collect gravity loads and guide them towards a stiffer central column, which extends over the entire height on each face of the building. This system reduces the gravity loads that need to be transferred at the bottom of the perimeter columns. In the John Hancock Center, (Chicago) Khan used the diagonals to take lateral loads but also to distribute the gravity loads equally over the perimeter columns (Bauer 2006). LeMessurrier uses the chevron bracing to concentrate the gravity loads towards single points of support, the central columns in the building faces. The expression of this innovative structural system was not on the agenda of the architect Hugh Stibbins. A curtain wall that articulates horizontal bands obscures the braces. About this disguise of the structure, Le Mesurrier said: I would have liked my stuff to be expressed on the outside of the building, but Stubbins wouldnt have it. In the end I told myself I didnt give a damn the structure was there, itd be seen by God. The towering office building stands out The trussed tube concept arrived first in New York with the Citicorp Center in 1977. This building is the first tall building in the US to have a tuned mass damper to counteract swaying motions due to the wind and reduce the buildings motion by as much as 50% (Greer 1982). The damper is located in the mechanical space at the top of the building. From day one, the Citicorp Center was an engineering challenge: the northwest corner of the proposed building site was occupied by St. Peter's Lutheran Church. The church allowed Citicorp to construct a 59story tall building on their site under one condition: a new church should be built on the same corner, with no connection to the Citicorp building and no structure passing through it. As a result, the Citicorp building sits because of its diagonal roofline, (shown in figure 1b) slanted for a solar collector but not bearing one. (The orientation of the slant is such that the solar panels would not directly face the sun.) Figure 3. The new Lutheran St-Peters church sits untouched underneath the Citicorp Building. Figure 2. The Citicorp building sits on a central core and four columns in the center of the building faces. The structure is hidden behind horizontal bands of cladding. In 1978, prompted by a Princeton engineering student, Le Messurier discovered a crucial flaw in the building's design: the bolted joints were too weak to withstand 70 mph cross winds. With hurricane season coming closer, Le Messurier convinced the client to hire a crew of welders to repair the weak bolted connections. For the next three months, a construction crew working at night, out of sight and out of knowledge of the public, welded steel plates over each of the 200 bolted connections. This engineering crisis was kept hidden from the public for almost 20 years. In 1995, the New Yorker (Morgenstern 1995) published an article that criticized Le Messurier for insufficient oversights, for misleading the public about the extent of the danger during the rectification procedure, and for keeping the engineering insights from his peers for two decades. (see Figure 4) Engineering textbooks however have praised Le Messuriers undertaking of alerting Citicorp to the problem in his own design as an example of ethical behavior. The 30-page document outlining the structural mistakes in the Citicorp building was called "Project SERENE." The acronym stands for "Special Engineering Review of Events Nobody Envisioned." Figure 4. Chevron Bracing in the Citicorp Center As a result of the events of 9/11 in 2002, one of the columns, the one facing 53rd Street, was clad with blast resistant sheets of steel and copper and steel bracing to protect the building from possible terrorist attacks. ODriscoll 2002). Figure 5. The article in the New Yorker discussing the Citicorp crisis read To avert disaster, Le Messurier knew that he would have to blow the whistle quickly---on himself.Notice the bolt, the chevron bracing, the Lutheran church, the approaching hurricane Ella. Bauer M R (2006). The skyscraper as structural art: a Chicago Tradition arrives in New York. Master Thesis, Princeton University. Greer (1982). RX for swaying skyscrapers. The New York Times, October 24. Morgenstern (1995). The Fifty-Nine Story Crisis. The New Yorker, pp. 45-56. New York Architecture Images (2010) http://www.nycarchitecture.com/UES/UES103.htm accessed 10/19/2010 ODriscoll P. (2002). High rises remain vulnerable after 9/11. USA Today, September 25. Sharp D. (2006). Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. Images Publishing Dist.,p. 346. Figure 1a and 1b: http://wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/citigroup/images /citigroup_45th_rd_queens_23feb02.jpg Figure 2: http://www.greatbuildings.com accessed 10/20/2010 Figure 3: New York Architecture Images (2010) http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES103.htm accessed 10/19/2010 Figure 4: Bauer M R (2006). The skyscraper as structural art: a Chicago Tradition arrives in New York. Master Thesis, Princeton University. Figure 5: Morgenstern (1995). The Fifty-Nine Story Crisis. The New Yorker, pp. 45-56. Hearst Tower Figure 3. Original Hearst Building (1928) Figure 2. Hearst Tower cross-section Figure 3. Hearst Tower Location: New York City, 8th Ave & 57th St. Engineer: Cantor Seinuk Architect: Norman Foster Start of Construction: 2003 Completion: 2006 Height:597 ft (182 m) Number of Floors: 46 Material: Steel In 1926, William Randolph Hearst, founder of Hearst Corporation, commissioned the design of the International Magazine Building. This six-story structure was completed in 1928 (Fig. 1) to house the 12 magazines Hearst owned at the time. It was always Hearst's intent that a tower would rise another 12 stories above Eighth Avenue (on the roof of the old building you can still see the stub-outs of the columns that were designed to carry the additional load). Hearst expected that Columbus Circle (the building location) would become the extension of New York's growing theater district and it did experience unprecedented commercial growth in the 1920s. The construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression. In the meantime, the squat six-story building was designated a historic landmark. Near the end of the century, Hearst had nearly 2000 employees spread out in nine separate buildings in Midtown, and had outgrown its real estate. They decided to build a new headquarters at the site of the original headquarters, by building above it (Figs 2 & 3). The Landmarks Commission allowed construction of the new building on the condition that the original faade be preserved. The structural system is called a diagrid, where diagonals on the perimeter of the building act as a tube to carry the wind and gravity loads (Fig. 3, 4). The wide flange diagonal columns and 10-in. plate connection nodes are field assembled in 4-story Aframes, with the intermediate beams preinstalled to the columns (Fig 5). The legs of the As are 57-ft-long and the nodes are 40 ft. apart. The diagrid transfers loads at the tenth floor into 12, perimeter megacolumns that are unbraced for 85 ft and continue to foundations. Eight, 90-ft-long superdiagonals slope in from third-floor megacolumn nodes to column lines at the tenth floor. Superdiagonals carry load and also stabilize the core wall (Fig. 2). This mega-column/mega-brace system consists of 44-in. square plate box weldments. Only the framing at the perimeter of the old building remained to stabilize the existing landmark faade, and that was upgraded to meet current wind and seismic criteria. The new building has its own foundation and new columns. Figure 4. Hearst Tower structural parts. 1967+ calling it a diagonalled tube indicating that the system is probably the closest to a rigid tube with the characteristics of a true cantilever. But the disadvantage to the system is that Since the optimum system would be one in which the design for vertical loads is at the same time adequate for lateral loads, this system of closely spaced diagonals is questionable because all vertical loads must be increased by a certain factor owing to the inclination of members+. Hearst Tower is the first "green" high rise office building completed in New York City, with a number of environmental considerations built into the plan. The floor of the atrium is paved with heat conductive limestone. Polyethylene tubing is embedded under the floor and filled with circulating water for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Rain collected on the roof is stored in a tank in the basement for use in the cooling system, to irrigate plants and for the water sculpture in the main lobby. 85% of the building's structural steel contains recycled material. Overall, the building has been designed to use 26% less energy than the minimum requirements for the city of New York, and earned a gold designation from the United States Green Building Councils LEED certification program, Figure 5. Hearst Tower diagrid under construction. Compared to conventional steel construction (steel beam-column framing) the diagrid structure uses reportedly about 20% less structural steel (9,500 metric tons ,10,480 tons). However, the idea that the diagrid is an optimum system has not gone unchallenged. Fazlur Khan wrote about this system Khan, The John Hancock Center, Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE, becoming New York City's first LEED Gold skyscraper. [wikipedia] Figure 5: Post, Nadine, Manhattan High-Rise Is Chock Full Of Jarring Juxtapositions, ENR, October 31, 2005 Khan, Fazlur John Hancock Center, Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE, October 1967, n. 10 v. 37 . Post, Nadine, Manhattan High-Rise Is Chock Full Of Jarring Juxtapositions, ENR, October 31, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Tower_%28New_Y ork_City%29 http://www.hearst.com/real-estate/hearst-tower.php http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID124.htm Figure 1: http://www.hearst.com/real-estate/hearsttower.php Figure 2: Post, Nadine, Manhattan High-Rise Is Chock Full Of Jarring Juxtapositions, ENR, October 31, 2005 Figure 3: http://adaptivereuse.net/page/2/ Figure 4: Post, Nadine, Manhattan High-Rise Is Chock Full Of Jarring Juxtapositions, ENR, October 31, 2005 New World Trade Center WTC 1 WTC 2 WTC 3 WTC 4 Figure 4. New World Trade Center During the late 1940s and 1950s, economic growth in New York City was concentrated in Midtown Manhattan, but not Lower Manhattan. To help stimulate urban renewal, a World Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan was proposed to be established by the Port Authority. The initial suggested site was along the East River. In gaining approval for the project, the Port Authority agreed to take over the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad which became the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH). The Port Authority also decided to move the World Trade Center project to the Hudson Terminal building site on the west side of Lower Manhattan, a more convenient location for New Jersey commuters arriving via PATH. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, several years of contract negotiations resulted in the PANYNJ developing1WTC and Silversetin Properties developing2WTC, 3WTC, and 4WTC. Quick Facts: One WTC Alternate Name: Freedom Tower Location: New York City Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk Architect: David Childs, SOM Start of Construction: 2006 Estimated Projected Completion: 2013 Height: 1776 ft (541 m) (with Antennae) Number of Floors: 105 Material: Steel New World Trade Center Quick Facts: Two WTC Location: New York City, 200 Greenwich Street Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk Architect: Foster and Partners Start of Construction: June 2010 Estimated Projected Completion: Height: 1270 ft (387 m) Number of Floors: 79 Structure & Material: central concrete core, steel encased in reinforced concrete, and an external structural steel frame. Fig. 2: 1 WTC Fig. 3. 2 WTC New World Trade Center Quick Facts: Three WTC Location: New York City, 175 Greenwich Street Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), formerly Richard Rogers Partnership Start of Construction: July 2010 Estimated Projected Completion: Height: 1140 ft (348 m) Number of Floors: 71 Structure & Material: central concrete core, steel encased in reinforced concrete, and clad in an external structural steel frame. Quick Facts: Four WTC Location: New York City, 150 Greenwich Street Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA) Architect: Maki and Associates Start of Construction: 2008 Estimated Projected Completion: 2013 Height: 975 ft (297 m) Number of Floors: 64 Structure & Material: a reinforced concrete core, composite structural steel and reinforced concrete columns, and floor system with steel girders and beams. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center http://www.wtc.com/about/office-towers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center Figure 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_wtc.jpg Figure 2: http://www.wtc.com/media/images/d/14_40_2010_09 _02-1WTC-from-7WTC---Credit-Joe-Woolhead1.jpg Figure 3: http://www.wtc.com/media/images/d/15_06_Tower2C onceptualDesigns.jpg Figure 4: http://www.wtc.com/media/images/d/18_07_Tower3R enderings.jpg Figure 5: http://www.wtc.com/media/images/d/34_02_Tower4_ Rendering.jpg Times Square Tower Figure 5. Times Square Tower day and evening view looking southeast Location: New York City, West 41st St. Engineer: Thornton-Tomasetti Architect: David Childs, SOM Start of Construction: 2002 Completion: 2004 Height: 724 ft (221 m) Number of Floors: 47 Material: Steel The Times Square Tower was constructed as part of the 42 St. Development Project, whose goal was to revitalize the 42nd St Times Square neighborhood that, by the late 1970s, had significantly deteriorated both physically and morally (it was given over to burlesque and prostitution). In 1992, in order to jump start the street's revitalization, the City and State agencies working together as the 42nd Street Development Corporation Inc., invited a team of architects and designers to provide an interim plan for the theater block of 42nd Street, tied to the development of office buildings at the Times Square end of the block. But plans for the revitalization were stalled by lawsuits and by the deep economic recession of the early 1990s. In November of 2000 Boston Properties acquired the leasehold to the 7 Times Square Site. Originally, it was planned to be Arthur Andersens headquarters. The firm signed a lease in October 2000, but then backed out in 2002 after the Enron scandal, which led to the dissolution of Arthur Anderson, one of the largest audit and accountancy companies at the time. As part of the 42nd Street Development Project (42 DP), NYC zoning did not control the site; therefore, unlike other tall buildings in New York City, the Tower did not require setbacks, which meant that the entire size of the lot could be used for the whole building height. A floor plan is shown in Fig. 2. Other zoning issues meant that the only mechanical floor was placed at the roof, which eliminated an outrigger structural system (that relies on large trusses crossing the space from the core to the perimeter). In order to maximize rentable space on each floor, the core was to be as small as possible, which meant that the perimeter would be mostly relied on for a structural system. The need to engage the perimeter to create an efficient structural system, the lack of outrigger locations, the need for a minimal core and the elevator core ending at the 5th floor Sky Lobby meant that a braced core was not a viable solution. The only practical solution is an exterior structural system.Gottleib, 2005] The building was designed to resist lateral loads using a trussed tube. The John Hancock Center also uses a trussed tube, but there is a subtle difference between these two towers. In the John Hancock Center, the diagonals on perpendicular faces intersect at the same location. In the Times Square Tower, the diagonals on perpendicular faces do not intersect. This was done to minimize the obstructed views in the corner offices. While the force transfer is more continuous if the diagonals on the corners meet, a study [Bauer, 2006] has shown that had the diagonals on the two faces met at the corner, the structural effects would not have been too much different. Figure 2. Floor Plan column for a typical column spacing of 60ft (18.3m) at the ground floor. In addition the NE corner column at Broadway and 42nd is removed on the ground floor. This is done by splitting the column at the 5th floor into 2 columns each setting back from the corner along the North and East sides of the building. Gottleib, 2005+ The average steel weight of the building is around 24 pounds per square foot (1.17 kN per square meter). Due to the perimeter lateral system much of this steel is in the outside columns particularly the corner columns which reach a maximum size of 2tons per foot (58.4 kN per meter). *Gottleib, 2005+ Gottleib, Eli, Times Square TowerThe Design of a Tall Tower on a Tiny Footprint, Proceedings of the 2005 Structures Congress, ASCE, 2005. Bauer, Michael, The Skyscraper as Structural Art: A Chicago Tradition Arrives in New York, Masters Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2006. http://www.ramsa.com/project.aspx?id=5 Figure 3. Trussed tube structural system: (left) southwest view, and (right) north-east view. The signage zone between the 2nd floor and underside of the 5th floor is used to hide a belt truss. The truss accommodates the removal of every other perimeter Figure 1: day view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/379825754/ evening view: http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id= 415495 Figure 2: Bauer, 2006 Figure 3: Bauer, 2006 New York Times Building Figure 6 a. The newly completed NYT green building has a cruciform plan with exposed steel work. Figure 1 b. A ceramic rod screen, extending far above the roof, blocks out direct sunlight and reduces cooling loads Location: New York, 620 Eight Avenue, th st between 40 and 41 Street Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti Inc. Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFowle Architects Start of Construction: 2003 Completion: 2007 Height: roof 748 ft (228m) antenna 1046 ft (319m) Number of Floors: 52 Material: Steel The New York Times (NYT) is a daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The NYT is nicknamed "The Gray Lady" and long regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record". (New York Times 2010) The Times is owned by The New York Times Company. In 1904, the NYT nd moved to 42 Street in the Times Square Area, which subsequently was named after the paper. More recently the Times Company had been housed at 229 rd West 43 Street. The Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) had obtained the building site through eminent domain (action of the state to seize a citizens property with monetary compensation but without the owners consent). The ESDC purchased ten blighted existing buildings in Times Square. Once the 2 new 7400m site was assembled from the different properties, ESDC leased it to the New York Times Company and Forest City Ratner (the developer) for 85.6 million USD for 99 years. This lease is considered to be considerably below the market value. On top of that, the New York Times Company received 26.1 million USD in tax breaks. The expression of the exterior steel work involved a compromise between aesthetics, structural efficiency, fabrication and ease of construction. a continuous vertical member connects the ends of multiple beams together. This vertical member is available in case of fire when one or more diagonal rods go, for the vertical hanger can redistribute the load. Load path 3: the tapered floor beams are momentconnected to the supporting column with sufficient capacity to cantilever, though with excessive deflection. The central framing line uses a Vierendeel system with floor beams moment-connected to both the supporting column and the cantilever tip vertical post. The architect Renzo Piano says about this building Each architecture tells a story, and the story this new building proposes is one of lightness and transparency. The building is about defying gravity. A building that will disappear in the air, that will bring the same magic to the skyline that the neo-Gothic brings. (New York Times Building 2010) Contributing to this vision is the structural steel exoskeleton that is integrated into the architectural design and a glass and ceramic curtain wall design that admits natural light to the building on all floors. The exposed steel-framed building has a cruciform plan with its structural system as an outrigger. The cantilevered bays have three framing lines: one on each side of the cantilevered bay and one down its centre. The two side framing lines have multiple load paths to allow exposed steel on the exterior (Scarangello 2008). Load path one: a diagonal rod at each floor hangs the outer end of the floor beam from the supporting column (see Figure 2). Second load path: Figure 2: By introducing several load paths in the cantilevered framing lines, the exterior steel can be exposed. In order to achieve perimeter transparency, a braced core lateral load resisting system was selected to resist horizontal loads. To further improve the lateral stiffness of the building, this core reaches out to the perimeter columns through outrigger trusses positioned at the mechanical floors. The east-west direction of the building has a broader wind face and a narrower core dimension: X-braced bays in the perimeters notches (shown in Figure 3) work together with the core to provide lateral stiffness. These external slender X-braces brought their own challenges in terms of fire resistance and pretensioning. Fire resistance: Conventional spray-on and mineral wool fire protection creates unacceptable bulky elements. Fire protection on the rods is avoided through the following approach. Under wind and seismic loads, the perimeter bracing is ignored in the safety and stability analysis. The second check on occupant wind comfort does include the X-bracing in the building stiffness. The X-bracing reduces the buildings sway from height/350 to height/450. Pre-tensioning: the brace should be designed so that no half of the brace ever buckles. However, as the columns of the building shorten, the X-braces experience compression. Pre-tensioning of the X-braces through locknuts during construction specifically compensated for this phenomenon. Figure 3. The slender X-bracing in the perimeter notches, orientated in the east-west direction, work in tandem with the braced core to resist lateral loads. The tower is portrayed as a green building but is not LEED certified. Increased energy efficiency is achieved in the faade through maximizing natural light within the building through a fully glazed curtain wall with low-e glass and blocking out the direct sunlight and reducing cooling loads through a ceramic 5/8 inch rod screen. This screen extends up around the rooftop mechanical zone, with the rods gradually increasing in spacing to make a smooth transition between building and sky. More than 95% of the structural steel was recycled. In the summer of 2008, three climbers illegally and independently of each other climbed the faade of the NYT building (see Figure 4). . Figure 4: Alain Robert illegally climbed the ceramic rod screen intended to increase the energy efficiency of the building. Piano states the building is all about defying gravity. New York Times Building (2010). http://newyorktimesbuilding.com/ accessed 10/20/2010 New York Times (2010) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_york_times accessed 10/20/2010 Scarangello T, Krall K, Callow J. (2008). A statement in Steel: The New York Times Building. CTBUH 8th World Congress 2008. Figure 1a: http://gifts.websgreatestfinds.com/Winter'sWaning-Light-January-10-2008 accessed 10/20/2010 Figure 1b: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/11/20/arts /20times_ca2.html accessed 10/20/2010 Figure 2: http://www.nycarchitecture.com/UES/UES103.htm accessed 10/20/2010 Figure 3 : http://www.daversteels.co.uk/projects.php?id=20 accessed 10/20/2010 Figure 4 : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/nyregion/06clim ber.html accessed 10/20/2010 Bank of America Tower Figure 7a. Bank of America Tower rendering Figure 1b. Bank of America Tower Alt Name: One Bryant Park nd Location: New York, 113 West 42 St. Engineer: Severud Associates Architect: Cook + Fox Architects Start of Construction: 2004 Completion: 2009 Height: 1200 ft (366 m) Number of Floors: 55 Material: Composite Reigning as one of the largest financial institutions in the United States, Bank of America has played an integral role in the nations economy for nearly a century. Despite such historic stature, Bank of America has never had a signature headquarters in New York ironically, the financial hub for national and global markets. The Bank of America Tower, also known as One Bryant Park, now serves as this signature headquarters and houses Bank of Americas consumer and commercial banking, investment banking, and investment management for its New York operations. The vision for One Bryant Park was inspired from New York Citys 1853 Crystal Palace (Fig 2). This was the first glass and iron building in the U.S. It was the intent of Cook + Fox Architects to modernize the Crystal Palace into a landmark that was distinguished by its crystalline form, record height, and nationally acclaimed sustainability features. Michael J. Crosbie described in an article of ArchitectureWeek Magazine, ...the building appears like a slender piece of ice, jutting up with an elegantly fractured surface that suggests a crystal emerging from the depths of New York's glacial past. One Bryant Park is composed of steel frames with a core surrounded by reinforced concrete shear walls. To accommodate the buildings unique form, the exterior columns are spaced at 20ft-on-center and begin to slope th after the 18 floor. These slopes offset the columns which in turn generate additional lateral loading on the structure. To account for this additional load, horizontal trusses were added to the floor framing system in order to properly transfer these loads to the core. This type of bracing is shown in Figure 3. Figure 2. The Crystal Palace, New York 1953 Measured to its pinnacle, One Bryant Park is the second tallest building in New York after the Empire State Building. It is the first building ever to strive for the United States Green Building Councils highest rating of Platinum LEED designation and was the worlds first office tower to actually reach this certification. In 2008, it was named the Best Green Project by New York Construction Magazine. Figure 3. Horizontal truss system employed to transfer additional lateral loads to core At the owners request, the elevator shafts and stairways were made more robust by means of encasing a steel frame within the original shear wall core. While design alterations needed to be made based on the sloping faade, this form exposed more of the building to sunlight, reduced the mass, and gave the structure a more slender appeal. One of the challenges that came about in designing One Bryant Park was accounting for the various live load conditions. These values ranged from office space requirements of 50psf to staging areas of up to 600psf. To account for these considerable differences, the exterior columns vary from typical wide-flange sections at the top to built-up box sections at the base. Mueller-Lust, Andrew (2008). Crystal Clear. Civil Engineering Magazine pp 38-47 One Bryant Park: Making a Point in the Skyline. Metals in Construction (2008) pp. 20-27 One Bryant Park http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf040 816.htm accessed 10/19/10 One Bryant Park http://www.architectureweek.com/2010/0825/environ ment_2-1.html accessed 10/19/10 Bank of America Tower New York http://www.tishmanconstruction.com/index.php?q=no de/577 accessed 10/19/10 In order to achieve Platinum LEED certification, there were several sustainability features that were incorporated into the building. To name a few, this structure uses onsite power generated from a 4.6 MW cogeneration plant that produces electricity, incorporates an under floor air system to enhance the quality of the indoor environment, and utilizes a greywater system that captures and reuses rainwater. Figure 1: http://designcrack.com Figure 2: http://atlantic-cable.com/1858NY/ Figure 3: durst.org/assets/pdf/obp.pdf Marina City ....................................... 56 Inland Steel....................................... 60 Brunswick Building ........................... 64 Sears (Willis) Tower .......................... 70 John Hancock Center ........................ 76 Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments .......... 82 One Magnificent Mile ....................... 86 Onterie Center.................................. 90 Image left: Willis Tower, photo from http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c96995 3ef01156eba1f3b970c-popup Figure 1. Marina City Towers Location: Chicago 300 North State St Engineer: Severud Associates Architect: Bertrand Goldberg Start of Construction: 1959 Completion: 1964 Height: 562 ft (171 m) Number of Floors: 61 Material: Concrete Following World War II, downtown Chicago began to experience a gradual migration of people from the city to the suburbs. Approximately 77% of all residential developments were taking place outside the downtown area. This evident withdrawal created a sense of fear for many union workers that this flow would trigger a mass decrease in city jobs. In response, a campaign was commissioned to revitalize the downtown Chicago area. What was birthed from this movement was Marina City, a city within a city. Financed primarily through the Building Service Employees International Union, this project was intended to be a model of how to maintain and sustain the central business district. Marina City was originally marketed to single adults and couples without children. The 3.1 acre complex consists of five structures, two twin residential towers, a hotel, a theater, and a marina. With additional amenities like a movie theater, bowling alley, restaurants, and shops, the complex is truly a city within a city. As shown in Figure 1, the corn-cob shaped Marina Towers are undoubtedly the most notable features of the complex. Art historian David Jameson described the towers as looking at pure truth, he states, Youre not really looking at the building, youre looking into the building. The Marina Towers are credited as being two of the first new urban, mixed-use, residential high rise structures in downtown Chicago. Additionally, it has been argued that the towers started the residential renaissance of the inner cities not just in Chicago, but also nationwide. Another unique feature of the Marina Towers is its lower 19 floors of exposed spiral parking. As shown in Figure 2, this type of integrated space of parking and living was a novel and distinct component not typically explored in the design of high-rise buildings at that time. When describing his vision for the Marina Towers, architect Bertrand Goldberg stated, The towers will be like two trees, the central columns will house the elevators, stairways, and utility lines. They will be the trunks in the tree design. And indeed, this concrete shear wall core structural system is just that. This integrated circular core is intended to take the entire lateral load from the cantilevered floors. It has been estimated that the core in fact absorbs 70% of the total lateral load. The cores shear wall was designed with staggered openings that were optimized during the design process to minimize the size of the openings and maximize the amount of stiffness. The diameter of each tower and core is 105ft and 35ft, respectively. The core wall varies from 30 at the base to 12 at the top. As shown in Figure 3, there are 16 reinforced concrete beams that radiate from the core, acting as branches of Goldbergs tree design. Additionally, beyond the perimeter columns are 10ft balconies in a fan-like formation that can be considered the leaves of the structural tree. There are three concentric rings of piles on which the towers are supported, the inner ring supporting the core, and the two outer rings supporting the perimeter columns. Figure 2. Marina Towers Parking Marina City http://marinacityonline.com (accessed 10/15/2010) Marina City http://www.cement.org/buildings/buildings_mixed_marina_city. asps (accessed 10/15/2010) Figure 1: http://thelostcompass.net Figure 2: http://urbantoronto.ca/ Figure 3: http://www.marinacityonline.com/floorplate.htm Figure 3. Schematic Floor Plan of East Tower Normal-weight concrete was employed for the vertical load carrying system. Alternatively, lightweight concrete was chosen for the floor slabs and framing beams. Ali, Mir M. (2001). Evolution of Concrete Skyscrapers: from Ingalls to Jinmao. Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering. 10, pp. 10-11 Figure 8. Inland Steel Building Location: Chicago Architect: SOM Engineer: SOM Start of Construction: 1954 Completion: 1958 Height: 332ft Number of Floors: 19; 25 Height: 332 ft (101.3 m) Material: Steel The Inland Steel Company was an independent firm that operated in the Illinois and Indiana area from 18931998. At the time of World War II, there were many opportunities for the company to grow. Using this as leverage for their reputation, the Inland Steel Company also started specializing in cold-rolled sheet and strip steel for vehicles. As a result, the companys business soared and quickly garnered honors as one of the top ten largest steel companies in the U.S. After deciding to build its headquarters in Chicago, the company was determined to use its new home to represent the future of development. Leigh Block, former Vice President of the company at the time commented on the main objective for the design of the new headquarters, We are the only major steel company with headquarters in Chicago. We wanted a building wed be proud of, one that spelled steel. Not only did Inland Steel spell steel with its elegantly exposed perimeter columns and flat stainless steel curtain wall, but it also was a catalyst for a new wave of high-rise office structures within the urban community. Inland Steel was the first time Fazlur Khan and architect Bruce Graham met. Khan was brought onto the project to assist specifically in the design of the perimeter column-beam connection. Up until this point no building had ever been designed with columns exposed on the perimeter. Khan discovered a new way to detail the connection between the beams and columns. The success of this project started a partnership between Khan and Graham whose work would forever influence tall building design. One of the first skyscrapers to be built in the Chicago Loop post-Great Depression, this building has also achieved many other accolades, including the following: First major structure to be built on steel pilings instead of concrete First building with an attached structure for service and mechanical systems First major building with underground parking First building using a combination of steel beam bracing and soldier beam piling First building in the Loop with built-in 100% air conditioning First large building with a flat stainless steel curtain wall free of fluting or embossing The entire structure is supported by seven perimeter columns on the front and back faces of the building. There are no structural columns on the sides of the building. This is clear in Figure 2a where no columns on the side reach the street level. This type of structural system allows for a completely column-free interior space. This concept was ideal for the owners giving them flexibility in how to utilize and vary the interior space. Figure 2b is a typical floor plan of the Inland Steel Building. Figure 2(a). Inland Steel Building and (b),right, floor plan Notice also in Figure 2 that the core is attached to the rear of the building, which differs from the conventional center core. This service tower is 25 floors whereas the actual building is only 19 floors. http://www.som.com/content.cfm/inland_steel_building Figure 2a: http://www.americanarchitecture.info/USA/CHICAGO/CHIC-LS/CHIC-LS-043.htm Figure 2b: http://www.inlandsteelbuilding.com/ Ali, Mir M.(2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International, NY, p. 92. Inland Steel Building http://www.inlandsteelbuilding.com/ accessed 10/19/10 Inland Steel Company http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/642 .html Inland Steel Building http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,86 8272,00.html accessed 10/19/10 Brunswick Building Figure 1. Brunswick Building Figure 2. Brunswick Building - at street level Low & Lee Alt Name: Cook County Administration Bldg Location: Chicago, 69 W. Washington St Engineer: Fazlur Khan Architect: Bruce Graham, Myron Goldsmith Start of Construction: 1961 Completion: 1965 Number of Floors: Material: The Brunswick Building (Figure 9) was built in the postDepression era, a time in which city overcrowding and unemployment emerged in the aftermath of a fragile economy. (Khan, 2004) Newly elected Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley commissioned a Loop revitalization project to cure inner city stagnation and substandard housing. This involved constructing new roads, parking garages, and the state-of-the-art OHare Airport, incentives that brought people back into the city for work. (Pacyga, 2009) Demand for new office space was also catalyzed by newly instituted height and zoning restrictions gave rise to the need for innovative, efficiently designed high-rise buildings. (Khan, 2004) The Brunswick Building represented the beginning of a building boom driven forward by the demand for highrise office space and supported by Daleys tenure. The structure of the Brunswick Building employs a framed tube system. Exterior columns form the outer frame, with a central shear wall tube. The columns were closely spaced and connected by relatively deep spandrels, which simulated a concrete bearing wall (Khan, 1968). This system was a significant step forward, due to the demand for high-rise buildings as population and prosperity was increasing in the limited urban areas (Coull, et al., 1967). Before Khan introduced this system, there were several predecessors in structural systems. The traditional vertical shear truss and the beam-column type rigid frame construction were combined into the shear truss frame interaction system. This significantly reduced lateral drift, compared to a standard shear truss. Improvements to this design were developed by the addition of belt trusses. This increased the lateral strength and stiffness by connecting all exterior columns to the interior shear truss through horizontal belt trusses. This was followed by the development of the framed tube. (Khan, 1972) The Brunswick Building is the first building where Khan used the system where the horizontal forces are resisted by both the outer frame and the interior shear walls. The rigid outer frame resists most of the wind loading at the top of the building, while bearing little of the wind load near the base. The shear walls, made of monolithic reinforced concrete, have high rigidity, and resist most of the wind loading, particularly in the lower floors (Khan, 1979). They act as a huge vertical cantilever fixed at the foundation level. (Khan, 1966) Figure 10. Moment interaction of (a) beam-column frame & (b) shear wall vertical cantilever resulting in (c) mutual restraining system With a shear wall and a frame existing in the same building, each one will try to obstruct the other from taking its natural free deflected shape, and as a result a redistribution of forces between the two occurs (Khan, et al., 1964). The frame tends to push (horizontally) the shear wall at the top, and pull it towards the bottom, as shown by the arrows in Figure 10. The resulting deflections are significantly smaller than the deflections which would have resulted from each component acting on its own. (Khan, 1966) Another issue in tall building design is how to carry the vertical loads. A load applied to the top of a column would simply travel down that column through the entire building until it hits the girder. The load is not distributed into the other columns (Khan, 1966). At the girder, load transfer needs to be achieved between the smaller, closely spaced columns, to the large supporting columns. This is done by the loads transferring sideways through the large transfer girder and concentrating at the supporting columns (see Figure 11). Figure 11. Transfer of gravity loads from the smaller columns at the top to the large supporting columns A prominent feature of the Brunswick Building is the exposed columns and spandrels that make up the exterior frame. All typical exterior columns were exposed about 70% of their area, which meant that in an extreme case the top floor could move 1.25 inches. To relieve the high bending stresses which would occur, the floors are hinged around the shear wall by resting on neoprene pads. (Findel, et al., 1968) The massive transfer girder of the Brunswick Building corresponds with a recessed architectural plane on the Civic Centers lobby glass wall (Khan, 2004). In fact, the building was designed such that it created a large open space (see Figure 9) in relationship to the Civic Center (Graham, 1984). The building was also the tallest concrete structure of its time. (Khan, 2004) Khan, Yasmin Sabine. (2004) Engineering Architecture: The Vision of Fazlur R. Khan. W. W. Norton & Company Pacyga, Dominic A. (2009) Chicago: A Biography. The University of Chicago Press. Coull, A. and Stafford Smith, B. (1967) Tall Buildings. Findel, Mark and Khan, Fazlur R. (1968) Effects of Column Exposure in Tall Structures. Portland Cement Association. Graham, Bruce J. (1984) Collaboration in Practice between Architect and Engineer. Khan, Fazlur R. and Sbarounis, John A. (1964) Interaction of Shear Walls and Frames. ASCE. Khan, Fazlur R. (1972) New Concepts in High Rise Buildings. Khan, Fazlur R. (1979) Shear Wall Structures. Skidmore, Owings & Merril. Khan, Fazlur R. (1966) The Bearing Wall. Architectural & Engineering News. Khan, Fazlur R. (1968) The Bearing Wall Comes of Age. Architectural & Engineering News. Figure 1: http://www.som.com/content.cfm/brunswick_building Figure 2: http://www.som.com/content.cfm/brunswick_building Figure 3: Khan, Fazlur R. (1966) The Bearing Wall. Architectural & Engineering News. Figure 4: Courtesy of Morgan Neal Willis Tower Figure 1. Willis Tower Wachter & Glaeser Alt Name: Sears Tower Location: Chicago, 233 S. Wacker Dr. Engineer: Fazlur Khan Architect: Bruce Graham Start of Construction: 1970 Completion: 1973 Height: 1450 ft (442 m) Number of Floors: 110 Material: Steel Started in 1893, Sears, Roebuck & Co. had grown to the largest retailer in the world by 1969. (Langmead 2009) This growth meant the company needed new, modern headquarters. Sears favored Chicago due to the economic boom locally and nationally, as well as a sense of loyalty to the city where it was founded. Sears located a site at S. Wacker Drive and purchased it with the endorsement of Chicagos Mayor Richard Daley. (Khan, Y. 209) The mayors support also allowed the building to achieve its final height, as he lifted building height restrictions to support downtown growth. (Pridmore 2002) The buildings original design included fewer, larger stories to meet Sears requirements of 110,000 square feet per floor. The design firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM), completed a study showing increased employee efficiency through smaller stacked floors. ([Anonymous] 1973) This improved marketability and rentability pushed the buildings height to increase to its final position in the Chicago skyline (Iyengar p 71). The height of the building also allowed the Sears Tower to surpass the World Trade Center in NYC. The two cities had competed with each other for the most dominant skyline. At 1450 feet, the Sears Tower set the record for height for almost thirty years (Khan, Y. p 218). The Willis Tower is a bundled tube structure composed th th of 9 tubes each 75 feet by 75 feet. At the 50 , 66 , and 90th floors, two or more of the tubes terminate, gradually decreasing the area of the floor plans (see Figure 1). The tubes are tied together at various levels by truss belts. This not only improves lateral stiffness, but prevents differential gravity settlement from the various tower heights (Iyengar p 72) The braced tube system used for the John Hancock Center in Chicago preceded the bundled tube system, but was inadequate for the height of the Willis Tower. The systems reduction of shear lag allowed for a lighter structure, utilizing only 33 pounds of structural steel per square foot (see Figures 2 & 3). This made the bundled tube system incredibly efficient (Khan, FR p 8). Figure 2. Shear lag of typical building Figure 3. Reduced shear lag of Sears Tower The structural system of the Willis Tower consists of a system of columns spaced at 15 on center with each of the nine tubes sharing at least two faces of columns with the other tubes. Due to the asymmetry of the building, the gravity loads vary by each tube. However, the belt trusses that precede the set backs help equally distribute the gravity loads to the columns (see Figure 4) (Khan, FR p 6). For the lateral wind loads, the Willis Tower acts as a cantilevered tube with differing moments of inertia due to the different column layouts from the set backs. The lower floors have a larger moment of inertia. (see Figure 5). The wind pressures on the building depend on the area exposed as well as a variety of environmental factors. Figure 5. Cantilever Beam Model for Wind Due to the extreme height of the building, traditional building codes were not sufficient to determine required strengths. The building was designed using a combination of Chicago Building code and wind tunnel testing, also utilizing computer aided design and statistical analyses (see Figure 6) (Khan, FR p 10-11). Figure 4. Gravity load transfer through belt truss Also in 2009, the 103rd floor observation deck was remodeled to include three protruding glass boxes offering an unimpeded view of Chicago. (Slevin 2009) [Anonymous] 1973 Bigger may be better: Chicagos Sears Tower is nine skyscrapers in one. Architecture Plus. 1(7): 56-59. Dow Jones Newswire. 2009 March 13. Iconic Sears Tower renamed. The Globe and Mail (Canada); Sect B:7. Figure 6. Wind Tunnel Model Iyengar, HS. Bundled-tube structure for Sears Towers. Civil Engineering. ASCE. 1972; November: 71-75. Jaquet, GJ. The remapping of an icon [Sears Tower, Chicago] Inland Architect. 1992; 36(4): 59-62. Khan, FR. Sears Tower: Special Structural Design and Construction Considerations. Report for Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP. 1976 Khan, FR and WP Moore. Tall building systems and concepts. New York : American Society of Civil Engineers, 1980. Khan, YS. Engineering Architecture. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2004. 205-233. The construction of the Sears Tower was quick and economical thanks to prefabricated two store column and beam sections nicknamed Christmas trees (Khan 1980). After Sears' relocation in 1988, the building's lobby was remodeled to suit its new multi-tenant occupation. (Jaquet 1992) The building was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009 after insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd., after the company leased 125,000 square feet. (Dow Jones Newswire 2009) Langmead, D. Icons of American Architecture: from the Alamo to the World Trade Center. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. Pridmore, JCAF. Sears Tower: a building book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2002. Slevin, P. 2009 July 2. Walking On Air in Chicago; Glass Ledges Give Visitors a Thrill (or Pause). The Washington Post; Sect C:01. Figure 1: http://www.som.com/content.cfm/sears_tower Figure 2: Khan, Fazlur. Bearing Wall. 1966, courtesy of Skidmore, Owings, Merrill LLP. Figure 3: Khan, Fazlur. Sears Tower: Special Structural Design and Construction Considerations. 1976, courtesy of Skidmore, Owings, Merrill LLP. Figure 4: Personal sketch, M. Glaeser Figure 5 : Personal sketch, M. Wachter Figure 6 : Khan, YS. Engineering Architecture. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2004. 219. Figure 1. The John Hancock Center Chen & Huang Location: 875 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago Engineer: Fazlur Khan Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Start of Construction: 1965 Completion: 1970 Height: 1127 ft (343.5 m) Number of Floors: 100 Material: Steel As the nation transitioned into the 1950s, Chicago (along with the nations other large cities) was faced with the phenomenon of white flight the tendency of upper and middle-class citizens to abandon the innercity and move to surrounding suburbs. Over the decade, Chicagos population shrank by nearly 700,000 people, leaving the city center impoverished and in disarray (University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001). To combat this, Chicagos City Council and Mayor Daley implemented the Chicago 21 Plan, an urban renewal project focused on improving neighborhoods near downtown and the lakefront. Though the Hancock was not a direct result of the project, the 21 Plan was responsible for creating the gentrified atmosphere that enabled the construction of a luxurious, mixed-use development. The original developer of the building, Jerry Wolman, was convinced that the Hancock would be financially viable because of an existing proposal to construct a rapid-transit line in the vicinity of the site. Although the public transportation line was never implemented, demand for high-density development existed due to extensive urban development at the time, as well as the cachet brought about by media attention on the Hancock itself. The Hancock Center debuted Fazlur Khans trussed tube structural system, which employs stiff, multi-story diagonal bracing to assist in carrying gravity loads as well as lateral loads. Prior to the development of the trussed tube, Khans framed tube was the preeminent structural system for high-rise construction. SOMs initial calculations for a single mixed-use tower at the Hancock site demonstrated that, for the total square footage desired, a tower of the required height would be unfeasible from a cost perspective due to the amount of structural steel that would be required. When the building was redesigned with the trussed tube system, the unit quantity of steel used for the 100story tower was equivalent to that required for a traditional building of only 40 or 50 stories (Khan, 2004) The trussed tube is the natural progression towards achieving purer tube behavior: in the framed tube, only 70% of the total deflection was due to tube action, while 30% was due to the frame action. Where the trussed tube suffered from shear lag due to the flexibility of spandrel beams, the X-braced Hancock behaved very similar to that expected in a true cantilever tube (Khan, 1966). For structures above 60 stories, Khan found using the rigid-box type structure, with all exterior wall elements would act together like the walls of a tube, was the best and most economical solution. This could be achieved either with closely spaced exterior columns and stiff spandrels, closely spaced diagonal members on an exterior wall, or by tying together the exterior columns by adding the minimum number of diagonals in the exterior wall planes (Khan, 1965). When Khan decided use the optimum columndiagonal-truss tube, for the structural system, he knew from a research project he had recently worked on with a graduate student at Illinois Institute of Technology that diagonal bracing at approximately 45 (Khan, 1974) could be used to improve lateral stability for structures highly affected by horizontal wind loads. In the John Hancock Center, Khan recognized that bracing would also redistribute loads in the system. Figure 2, showing just two levels, illustrates the probable transfer of gravity and wind loads in an unbraced scenario. Figure 3 qualitatively demonstrates the new load paths, with the loading in both the horizontal spandrels and vertical columns diminished through the introduction of axial loading in the bracing. As the figures show, the introduction of the diagonal load paths simultaneously relieved horizontal stresses due to wind loads, and vertical stress from gravity loading in the system. Thus the diagonals take the majority of the wind shear while acting also as inclined (Khan, 1972). Figure 3. Braced: Transfer of gravity & wind loads While without bracing the horizontal and vertical loads are largely handled separately, the redistribution of the stresses allows the braced system to handle loads in a more integral manner, and the tube becomes a stiffened box. Ultimately, the system can thus be ideally modeled as if it were a steel beam, responding to lateral loads in bending as a pure cantilever (Tucker, 1985), as shown in Figure 4. Figure 2. Un-braced: Transfer of gravity & wind loads examined, delaying the construction schedule. It was due to these unforeseen increases in the cost in the project that forced the developer Jerry Wolman, who had started the project in 1964, to sell it to the John Hancock Mutual Life Company only a year after construction had started (Khan YS, 2004). Khan also involved himself in optimizing the design down to the level of individual apartments. While concrete slab ceilings were usually placed under the beams in most steel buildings, Khan recognized this as an inefficient use of space. In this project, the walls were designed to coincide with the beams, so that the concrete slabs between the beams could be used as the ceilings. This increased the clearance of the apartment buildings from about 8 feet to 9 feet, making the rooms look much larger (Khan YS, 2004). Figure 4. Trussed tube as cantilever As of January 1, 2011, the Hancock Center will be home to the worlds highest ice skating rink, which will be installed in the buildings observatory on the 94th floor, more than 1000 feet off the ground. (Schwarz J, 2010) Khan was very involved in the project throughout the construction process. When several construction problems relating to some of the caissons of the foundations were found, he made the difficult but necessary decision of having the rest of the caissons Khan, F. (1966). Optimization of Building Structures. Structural Engineering Conference at University of Illinois in Chicago, pp 29-30. Khan, F. (1965). Design of High-Rise Buildings. A Symposium on Steel at University of Illinois in Chicago, pp 13-15. Tucker, J. (1985). Superskyscrapers: Aiming for 200 stories. High Technology vol.5(no.1), pp 52-55. Khan, F. (1964). Methods of Bracing and Structural Deflections. Research Paper, pp 4-8. Khan, F. (1968). Report on Column-Free Multi-Story Buildings With and Without Rigid Cores. IABSE, 8th congress, pp 5-10. Khan, F. (1969). Framed Tubes and Interacting Framed Tubes and Shear Walls. Research Paper, pp 3-5. Khan, F. (1974). New Structural Systems for Tall Buildings and Their Scale Effects on Cities. Vanderbilt Symposium on Tall Buildings, pp 114-115. Khan, F. (1966). Bearing Wall. Research Paper, p 37. Khan, F. (1972). Structural Systems for Multi-Storey Steel Buildings. Research Paper, pp 26-35. Khan, Y.S (2004). Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur R. Khan. London: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001). Gentrification in West Town: Contested Ground. The Natalie Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement. (Schwarz J, 2010). Hancock Building Set to Install Ice th Rink on 94 Floor. NBC Chicago. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/HancockBuilding-Set-to-Install-Ice-Rink-on-94th-Floor.html Figure 1: http://www.visitingdc.com/images/john-hancockcenter-address.jpg Figures 2-4: Jeremy Chen and Scott Huang Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments Figure 12. Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments Chestnut-DeWitt Alt Name: Plaza at DeWitt Location: Chicago Architect: SOM Engineer: SOM Start of Construction: 1963 Completion: 1965 Height: 373ft Number of Floors: 43 Material: Concrete In the 1960s, Chicago experienced a mass movement of people leaving the suburbs to return to the city. This generated a high demand for residential space and accordingly a need to build taller and more efficient. At the time Fazlur Khan and Bruce Graham were hired to design Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments, there were four newly built structures in vicinity of the prospective site. With each building around 20 stories, it was decided to extend the height of Chestnut-DeWitt well above the others to ensure that it would be distinct as well as allow for unobstructed views. Up until this point, however, most concrete structures were no more than 20 stories and employed shear wall practices. Nevertheless, the pressure to build taller influenced Khan to push the envelope with conventional forms. At the completion of construction, this building was the first in the world to incorporate a tubular structural system. Prior to this, the extents for height on concrete structures were limited. However, Khans ability to recognize the efficiency in using the perimeter, rather than the core, to resist lateral loading not only revolutionized tall building design but also enabled concrete to be a viable material at these great heights. In evaluating the proposed vision for Chestnut DeWitt, Khan realized that he needed to visualize the global behavior of the structure as it is subjected to wind. In his observation, he reasoned that the stressed due to lateral forces as opposed to gravity forces was the controlling factor for high-rise buildings. With this, Khan was able to see that in response to wind forces, the buildings natural tendency is to act as a cantilever. Using this as a template, Khan then realized this ideal behavior is equivalent to a standing hollow box shaped building with a solid wall perimeter. Through his evaluation, Khan realized that as holes were place into the hollow box, the efficiency of the system is concurrently reduced. Figure 2 shows the concept of replicating pure cantilever behavior. It was from this analysis that Khan discovered that cantilever action is practically achieved by using closely spaced columns around the perimeter to resist lateral loads. Figure 3 shows a typical floor plan of Chestnut-DeWitt Figure 2. The framed tube concept evolving from the solid perimeter wall to beam-column perimeter grid Figure 3. Chestnut-DeWitt Apartments Ali, Mir M.(2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International, NY, p. 99-100. Khan Y S K (2004). Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur R. Khan. Norton and Company, NY, p. 352. http://www.buyingahomechicago.com/Chicago/Plaza_On_Dewitt Figure 2: Khan, YS. Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur Khan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (2004). 91. Figure 3: Khan, YS. Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur Khan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (2004). 87. One Magnificent Mile Figure 1. One Magnificent Mile Alt Name: One Mag Mile, 950 N. Michigan Location: Chicago Architect: SOM Engineer: SOM Start of Construction: 1978 Completion: 1983 Height: 673ft (205m) Number of Floors: 57 Material: Concrete The Magnificent Mile, also known as The Mag Mile, is located along Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. This commercial district serves as a link between the Chicago Loop and the Gold Coast, one of Chicagos wealthiest neighborhoods. In addition to being Chicagos wealthiest shopping district, The Mag Mile is a nucleus for restaurants, entertainment, and hotels. Figure 2 shows a view of the Mag Mile looking south. Mag Mile contains 5 of the tallest 85 buildings in the world. Located at the northern end of this district is One Magnificent Mile, a mixed-used, high rise with commercial, office, and residential space. Figure 2. View of the Magnificent Mile looking south One Mag Mile is a concrete bundled tube where tube heights extend to the following floors: 21, 49 and 57. This type of structural system is an extended version of the frame tube. Designed to act like a three-dimensional hollow tube, the framed tube is able to behave like a cantilever on account of the closely spaced columns on the perimeter. This allows the system to efficiently resist lateral loads. The bundled tube concept is an adaptation of the single framed tube where the building consists of several single frame tubes. In addition to the remarkable amount of stiffness that this system provides at great heights, the bundled tube is not limited by a certain form or configuration. As long as there is a modular arrangement of the tubes, the configurations are essentially infinite. In One Mag Mile, the tubes are in a hexagonal configuration which was found to be most feasible with the site limitations of an L-shaped. These various tube heights were strategically calculated to minimize the influence of shadows cast on the Oak Street Beach as well as create a variety of different views. Each tube has a sloping roof. Figure 3 shows an aerial view of One Mag Mile. Note in Figure 4 the visible distinction between office and residential space is revealed with the two story mechanical floor that extends across all three towers. Figure 3. Aerial view of One Mag Mile Figure 4. One Mag Mile Ali, Mir M.(2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International, NY, p. 99-100. The Magnificent Mile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_Mile accessed 10/20/01 One Magnificent Mile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Magnificent_Mile accessed 10/20/10 http://www.aviewoncities.com/buildings/chicago/onemagnificen tmile.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20070509_Foot_of_Magnificent _Mile.JPG http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1028/OneMagnificent-Mile.php Figure 4 : http://two.archiseek.com/2009/1983-onemagnificent-mile-chicago-illinois/ Onterie Figure 13. Onterie Center Location: Chicago, 441 East Erie St Architect: SOM Engineer: SOM Start of Construction: 1979 Completion: 1985 Height: 571ft Number of Floors: 58 Material: Concrete In the late-1970s, there were several components that lead to the recovery of the building market. First was a rise in the number of office workers and a corresponding demand for office space. The second component was the staunch support of the new presidential administration of Jimmy Carter to revitalize and restore urban areas through urban-aid programs and federal grants. With this commitment, President Carter wanted to promote the idea that urban areas are the backbone of the social and economic structure of 1 our country. This led to a rise in government funded projects specifically for metropolitan development At the same time, Fazlur Khans mentorship with graduate students at Illinois Institute of Technology facilitated the ongoing research of evaluating the effectiveness of different structural systems. Based on the work of one of his students Robin Hodgkison, Khan decided to implement the idea of a diagonally braced concrete building for the Onterie Center. Regarded as Fazlur Khans last major project, the Onterie Center is a mixed-use development with residential, office, and retail space. Currently the 57th tallest building in Chicago, this concrete trussed tube structure is visibly accentuated by its concrete in-fill panels. The Onterie was the first concrete high-rise in the world to use diagonal shear panels at the perimeter. The Onterie is comprised of two buildings, a 58-story main tower and a 12-story auxiliary tower. Figure 2 shows a street view of the building. The combination of closely spaced perimeter columns and spandrels as well as the integration of diagonal concrete infill panels make up the lateral load-resisting system. As a whole, these infill panels create X-formations on the perimeter serving two purposes. The first is to act as shear panels to resist the effects of lateral loading, and the second is to join the perimeter columns and spandrels to distribute vertical loads. Figure 3 shows an infill panel detail where the reinforcement ties the vertical and horizontal systems together. Figure 2. Onterie Center street view Figure 3. Typical reinforcement detail for infill panesl between spandrels and columns Figure 4. illustrates one challenge with designing this type of structural system. As its shown in the figure below, the horizontal component of the axial force in the diagonals induces a force at each corner where the braces meet. Typically these forces are resisted with the presence of a perimeter tension tie that essentially bounds the structure in place. However, in the case of the Onterie Center, this horizontal thrust is resisted by increasing the depth of the slab and adding additional reinforcement in the spandrels. The base of the tower spreads to create more office space and to increase the amount of sunlight that enters. The main public lobby for the main and auxiliary tower contains retail space. Floors 6-10 of the main tower and floors 2-11 on the auxiliary tower are for office space. The additional floors are residential spaces. Khan Y S K (2004). Engineering Architecture: the vision of Fazlur R. Khan. Norton and Company, NY, p. 339. Ali, Mir M.(2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International, NY, pp. 101-104. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XcugP1Fa860HZwZCNVld Hg Figure 2: http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/14450574/GrandMcClurg-Chicago-IL/ Figure 3,4: Ali, Mir M.(2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International, NY, p. 102. Figure 4. The forces that occur where the braces meet at the corner of the building One Shell Plaza ................................. 96 Walker Building (Two Shell Plaza) .. 102 Image left: One Shell Plaza, photo from http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/houston2.htm One Shell Plaza Figure 14. One Shell Plaza Abellard, Deir, & Nadelman In the 1960s United States, there were competing forces when it came to construction: urban expansion and economic inflation. The government saw construction and urban expansion as the future of business growth in the US, as well as the crux in keeping the economy stimulated. However, in the 1960s, multiple instances of economic tension directly correlated with increased construction costs.2 While these times werent the most severe that the US had seen, the need to build more economic structures led to the creation of more efficient structural systems. One Shell Plaza was the first in a series of skyscrapers that went up in the 1970s in Houston. Already known for its residential architecture, Houston wanted to venture into tall building design, to accommodate the growing business culture in the 1960s-70s. At the time, Houston was ranked fourth in construction activity and was the fastest growing city in the US. It furthermore boasted the worlds largest domed stadium, the headquarters for NASAs manned spacecraft program, 2,3 and plans for a new international airport. Thus, investor Gerald D. Hines argued, it was only natural for the Shell Oil Company to relocate its corporate headquarters and 18,000 employees to Houston.3 Location: Houston, 910 Louisiana St. Engineer: Fazlur Khan Architect: Bruce Graham Start of Construction: 1967 Completion: 1971 Height: 714 ft (217.7 m) Number of Floors: 50 Material: Lightweight concrete The erection of One Shell Plaza marked Houstons desire to become an industrial and commercial hub in the US and the world. It is a place that expresses individualism and yet still works as a large business community. Houston saw One Shell Plaza as the chance to elevate the citys reputation and lead it to being one of the USs 3 most popular cities. system, Khan was able to design the 50-story One Shell Plaza to weigh approximately the same as a 35-story normal-weight concrete structure, with approximately the same cost per square foot of office space. 2,5 The tube-in-tube system (Fig. 2) is characterized by increased lateral resistance and added redundancy, which enables the structure to be taller than, lighter than, and equally as stiff as a shorter framed tube building.2 One Shell Plaza is the tallest lightweight concrete structure in the world and was one of the first lightweight concrete structures ever built. 2 At the time, the use of lightweight concrete was not considered wise by engineers because of the difficulties that exist in controlling its homogeneity, as well as its susceptibility to creep and shrinkage. Khan developed a rigorous quality control program that was implemented to minimize negative effects of using lightweight concrete 6 for One Shell Plaza. It was entirely successful and creep 2 has not been an issue to this day. One Shell Plaza was also the first tube-in-tube structure ever built. Khan had already developed the framed tube concept for the Brunswick building in Chicago, but that was effective for only a limited height range. By using lightweight concrete (115 pcf) and the tube-in-tube Figure 2. Schematic Floor Plan For lateral loads, the building acts like a cantilevered Ibeam: the inner core, like the web, resists the shear forces, while the exterior columns, like the flanges, are either in tension (on the side of the wind) or in compression (on the side opposite the wind). The floor 4 does not participate in lateral load resistance. gravity loads among perimeter columns, while the columns at corner D receive the smallest. Khan reflects this in his design by varying the depth of the exterior columns at these points, as seen in the plan. 5,7 One Shell Plaza was the first all-lightweight concrete building ever built, the first ever tube-in-tube structure, and at the time of its completion in 1971, the tallest building west of the Mississippi and the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. 2 It was renovated in the early 1990s to upgrade the electrical and mechanical systems (including elevators) and minor architectural details to the lobby and 8 entranceways. It has ENERGY STAR certification (1999, 2004, 2009) and 8 has recently obtained LEED Gold certification (2009). Figure 3. Two-way Slab at Corners Gravity loads in One Shell Plaza are not uniformly distributed to the columns, as they are in other structures. This is because at each of the buildings four corners, the one-way joist system changes to a two-way slab (Fig. 3). The two-way slab redistributes the load such that columns at corners B and C receive the largest Figure 3: Ali, Mir M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Fazlur Khan. New York: Rizzoli International, p. 90. Colaco, Joseph P. (2004). One Shell Plaza, Houston. Practical Periodical on Structural Design and Construction. 9(2), pp. 79-82. 2 Khan, Yasmin S. (2004). Engineering Architecture: the Vision of Fazlur R. Khan. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 3 (1972). One Shell Plaza: The Tallest Building West of the Mississippi. Architectural Digest. 1, pp. 21-22. 4 Khan, Fazlur R. (1981). Structural Theories and their Architectural Expression A Review of Possibilities. The Chicago Architectural Journal. 1, pp. 32-41. 5 (1968). Office Tower Design Cuts Framing Costs. Engineering News-Record. 15 Feb. 1968, pp. 41-42. 6 Khan, Fazlur R., G. Stockbridge and E.J. Brown (1971). Quality Control of High Strength Lightweight Concrete for One Shell Plaza. Special Publications 9-2. pp.15-34. 7 Ali, Mir M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Fazlur Khan. New York: Rizzoli International, pp. 88-91. 8 Hines Interest Group (2010). One Shell Plaza. http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=256. Adams, Nicholas (2007). Skidmore, Owings and Merrill: SOM Since 1936. Milan: Electa Architecture, pp. 248-251. Figure 1: http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=256 Figure 2: Ali, Mir M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Walker Building (Two Shell Plaza) Figure 1: Walker Building Figure 3: Walker from above Beers &Prier Alt Name: Two Shell Plaza Location: Houston, Walker Street Engineer: Fazlur Khan (SOM) Architect: Bruce Graham Start of Construction: 1971 Completion: 1972 Height: 341 ft (103.94 m) Number of Floors: 26 Material: lightweight concrete The Walker building was the first highrise building bought by the real estate company Hines, Inc. and has been largely occupied by Shell Oil Company. Since the discovery of Texas oil in 1901, Houston has emerged as an energy centre vulnerable to oil-controlled economic fluctuations (Advameg 2009). Large urban growth during the 1970s and 1980s, stimulated by federal money post World War II and quotas on oil imports in the 1960s, saw the construction of many office building occupied by energy-related industries and made Houston the fourth largest American city (Fischer 1989). Because Houston has no zoning ordinances, limited urban planning has been driven by the private leadership of oil and financial companies (Fischer 1989). Consequent urban sprawl was exacerbated by low property and income taxes, making Houston favorable for real estate companies like Hines (Fischer 1989). Difficulties in the oil industry in the 1980s were mirrored in a slowing building industry (Fischer 1989). The construction of Two Shell at the height of Houston expansion provided high density space for a growing city and economy without adding to urban sprawl. Later diversification efforts to strengthen public programs and Houstons economy with investments in technology, science, and finance were mirrored in the diversification of Two Shells occupants (Fischer 1989). architectural development (Kahn, cited in Saliklis 2008) and that a new structural system gives the possibility of a new architectural expression (Goldsmith, cited in Saliklis 2008). Khan achieved a sound, efficient, and redundant system with true structural expression that came out of the real structural behavior and flow of loads, and not by means of arbitrary architectural facades (Kahn, cited in Bonowitz 1985). He introduced a successful new solution to the multistory construction of a new material. One of the biggest challenges Khan faced in concrete design was how to transfer loads from tightly spaced wall columns to widely spaced based columns (Ali 2001). He wanted to find a more efficient solution than the traditional transfer girder or trusses (Ali 2001). The Walker building was one solution and a mid-point between his previous work on the Brunswick building and later work on the Marine Midland Bank (Khan 2004). In the Walker, Khan reduces the wide spandrel and replaces the heavy girder in the Brunswick with an arching pattern of exterior columns to direct flow of axial gravity loads from many columns to a few base columns (Khan 2004). Khan also replaces the traditional beam-column frame with a new framed tube to increase stiffness and raise the height potential of reinforced concrete buildings. (Khan 2004). The Walker building was constructed at a time when concrete was still a new material in large-scale design; its success provided new design options and helped to gain acceptance of concrete (Saliklis 2008). Kahn proved that there is a place for structural logic in new There are two main structural systems at play in the Walker building: the framed tube with shear wall core to provide lateral stiffness and resist wind forces and the arching action in the facade to distribute gravity loads. characteristic of a beam-column frame (Khan 2004). Tube characteristics resist overall moment on the building, while frame characteristics act at each floor to resist shear and bending (Khan 2004). The presence of load-bearing walls on the perimeter also resist overturning moment and increase stiffness (Khan 2004). The frame supports its self-weight and a small portion of load from each floor, while the interior columns carry the majority of the floor loads (Bonowitz 1985). The interior shear walls that span across the short face acts to stiff the axis along the longer face (Khan 2004). The gradually changing columns and deepening spandrels along each face create step arches that direct force flow from many small columns to the several large columns that support the building at its base (Saliklis 2008). This system enables a more accessible street face, especially for a lower parking levels, as well as increasing redundancy (Khan 2004). Because columns are so close, it enables the transfer of forces from a damaged column to neighboring columns increasing safety and permitting repairs without widespread structural failure (Khan 2004). Figure 5: Arch Pattern Figure 6: Force Transfer Because the exterior columns are so closely spaced, the walls act like as a load-bearing tube with windows cut out (Khan 2004). A pure framed tube responds hybridly to lateral loads, much like a cantilever out of the ground (Khan 2004). However, with the presence of windows, the building also experiences deformations recycling system, and the Hines Green Office education program to teach occupants how to reduce their carbon footprints (USGBC 2009). Advameg. 2009, Houston: Economy, Available from: < http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/TheSouth/Houston-Economy.html>. [5 October 2010] Figure 7. Floor Plan of Framed Tube Ali, M.M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan, Rizzoli: New York. Bonowitz, D. (1985). Load distribution to base columns of concrete tubes and bearing walls: Four approaches by Fazlur Khan, Senior thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Fischer, R. (1989). Urban policy in Houston, TX, Urban Studies, 26, pp. 144-154. Khan, Y.S. (2004) Engineering Architecture: The Vision of Fazlur R. Khan, WW Norton & Company: New York. In 2009, Hines undertook a renovation of Two Shell Plaza that won them LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certification for renovation of existing building (USGBC 2009). The renovations involved water use reductions, purchase of green power renewable energy certificates, low-pressure ductwork, and reflective paving that successfully decreased energy use by 42 percent and save Hines about 1.63 dollars per square foot annually (USGBC 2009). Hines included efforts to change occupants behaviors with programs to encourage alternative commuting, an extensive Saliklis, E.P., Bauer, M., & Billington, D.P. (2008). Simplicity, scale, and surprise: Evaluating structural form, Journal of Architectural Engineering, 14(1), pp. 2529. Skidmore, Owens, and Merrill, LLP. (1971). Walker Building. Structural and Construction Documents. United States Green Building Council. (2009). Project profile: Two Shell Plaza, LEED project profile. 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Vad skapar närhet och flöden? SOFO Proximity creates value Housing value is 90% walkability in Stockholm Appartment prices in Stockholm regionUrban qualities “Walkability command a premium of $4-34,000” CEO for Cities (2009) ”Walkable urban””Drivable suburban” SHOPS DENSITYDENSITY SHOPS STOCKHOLM MALMÖÖREBRO RESTAURANTS DENSITY “Cities are proximity, density, closeness” Edward Glaeser Density decreases car use Density Travel Dunphy RT and Fisher K (1996) Average commute in Hong Kong is 11 min “Individuals living near transit had a significantly higher level of trust and reciprocity and connections with neighbors.” Patterns of social capital associated with transit oriented development, Journal of Transport Geography, 2014 “Denser areas have greater economic mobility.“ (Measuring sprawl, SGA, 2014) “The compact walkable city enhance livelihoods for the poor through affordable mobility. It lower social segregation through proximity of affordable housing to places of work”. Joan Clos, UN Habitat “An advanced city is not where the poor drive cars, but where the rich take public transport” Enrique Penalosa Car accessiblity do not affect appartment prices or office rents in Stockholm Public transport accessibility Officerent Failing office areas without transit and walkability Infra City, Upplands Väsby Inside Infra City, Upplands Väsby Inside failing office areas… "People in denser areas are more physically active." (Neighborhood environment and physical activity, Eriksson, 2013) "People in denser areas have longer life expectancies." (Measuring sprawl, SGA, 2014) 5% drive to shop downtown in New York and in Stockholm (PPS 2010, Spacescape 2012) "Pedestrians spend 65% more than drivers" Transport for London (2014) “1/3 of America’s malls are dead or dying” deadmalls.com Wallmart and IKEA goes urban Gallerian shopping mall, Stockholm Photoshop Gallerian shopping mall, Stockholm Why not car cities? 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__label__wiki	0.943582	0.943582	About The MOVIE MOVIE RATING : About Despicable Me 3 Category: Animation, Action, Adventure Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin Starring: Jenny Slate, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell Age Restriction: 2 years Budget: $168,000,00 Box Office: $? Watch "Despicable Me 3" Full Movie 3 Great Reasons To Watch Despicable Me 3 “Despicable Me 3”, While preparing to confront the new villain Balthazar Bratt (Spanish voice of Jay of the Cave), Gru received news that left him speechless: Dru, his twin, lives in Freedonia where he inherited a huge farm. The brothers were separated at birth, their father stayed with Dru and Gru grew up with his mother. Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures this week launched a new promotional spot for "My Favorite Villain 3" (Despicable Me 3), the newest installment of the most charming and good bad of all to hit theaters on June 30. Thirty seconds in which we see Gru returning to crime because of his brother and the happy minions for that. The animated film will follow in the footsteps of this fun bandit become good-natured, who will be next to Lucy, Margo, Edith, Agnes and the beloved comebananas. According to the synopsis of the film, everyone should try to stop Balthazar Bratt, an actor obsessed with the character who brought him to fame in the 80's and who has come back to revive old glories, now as Gru's worst enemy.. Character in the movie, which I haven’t yet seen). She’s a recent college graduate who in the early going is a kind of New Economy update of Charlie Chaplin’s factory worker in Modern Times, rendered more and more hapless by the expanding array of gadgetry she is meant to master. An entry-level customer-service rep, she is beleaguered by the burgeoning number of screens installed on her desk, the urgent communiqués deluging her through various instant-messaging systems, and the many requests to participate in social-media groups. These become indistinguishable from demands in the tech world’s passive-aggressive culture of team spirit. Mae’s soul is being hollowed out by the fizz and rattle of nonstop meaningless interaction, and her weakened state is essential to her being first seduced, and then weaponized, by Despicable Me 3. Sinister elements appear gradually, in each case vigorously defended by company bosses such as an avuncular co-founder, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks). Bailey and the other two founders are. Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda and Eric Guillon are the directors of the movie written by Five Paul and Ken Daurio. The cast includes Steve Carell (Gru), Kristen Wiig (Lucy), Miranda Cosgrove (Margo), Dana Gaier (Edith), Nev Scharrel (Agnes) Russell Brand (Nephario), Trey Parker (Balthazar Bratt), Andy Nyman (Clive), Pierre Coffin (many minions), Steve Coogan (Silas) and Jenny Slate. #3 A great release date: June 25, 2017 We share two new developments of Despicable Me 3, directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda (Minions). Release: June 30, 2017. Considering everything you’ll need to learn about the brand new villain in Despicable Me 3, you’ll have a strong leg up if you lived through the ‘80s. Trey Parker — yes, he, of South Park and Team America — voices the newest enemy of Gru in the third Despicable Me movie, which pits the reformed supervillain (Steve Carell) against a formidable former child star named Balthazar Bratt. What you’ll immediately notice about the character is how he’s essentially trapped in a neon time-warp, as almost everything about him — from exploding Rubik’s Cubes and weaponized Simon sequences to purple shoulder pads and copious moonwalks — is dripping in ‘80s nostalgia. Despicable Me 3 Development (When using the bathroom, one is allowed to turn off the sound for three minutes. Eggers dryly reports without comment that Despicable Me 3’s own internal deliberations are, meanwhile, cloaked from public view: “Those meetings are full of sensitive intellectual property,” exclaims one employee. Despicable Me 3 Full Movie Storyline “Bratt was a former child star in the ‘80s and was on a hugely popular television show where he actually played a kid villain, until his life hit a wall when he hit puberty, and with all of the immediate awkwardness of puberty came a complete exodus of his entire audience base, and Bratt’s never moved beyond that massive disappointment and is intent upon getting revenge against all of his fans who deserted him,” says Illumination CEO and Despicable producer Chris Meledandri, describing the concept imagined by DM3 writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. “When we meet Bratt today, he’s an adult for whom, for all practical purposes, time has stopped in the ‘80s,” Meledandri continues. “There’s a lot of ’80s texture that’s fun to sit back and look for, whether it’s a yo-yo or a throwback to specific dance moves, and there are references that are also kind of hidden away and not so front and center. And I think, without question, the association of Michael Jackson with the 1980s was important for us and the utilization of that was a great gateway through which to enter the movie because Jackson speaks so much to that era. From that concept, character designer Eric Guillon ran wild and created a figure who oozed retro vibes; Bratt, he says, simply is the ‘80s, much like Gru is gothic or Vector (from the first film) is geek. “When I think about the ‘80s, the first thing that comes to my mind is music, then haircuts and shoulder pads,” says Guillon, who attempted to combine a handful of different ‘80s hairstyles into one cohesive look. “I chose the erect hair and cut it straight on the top of the head for a few reasons. About The Characters Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet T. (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Jenny Slate was born on March 25, 1982 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA as Jenny Sarah Slate. Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, to Laurie J. (Johnston), an artist, and Jon J. Wiig, a lake marina manager. Steve Coogan was born on October 14, 1965 in Middleton, Manchester, England as Stephen John Coogan. Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, to Christina (Casey) and Tom Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning business. Copyrigth © 2017 despicableme3online.com All rights reserved. \| DMCA \| CONTACT	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line655
__label__wiki	0.687985	0.687985	The Humbling 2014 R 1h 47m Blu-ray / DVD Adapted from a Philip Roth novel, this steamy drama follows an elderly, fading actor after he retires and moves to a farmhouse, where he develops a strange and intense relationship with a young woman. Al Pacino, Dianne Wiest, Greta Gerwig, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Nina Arianda, Mary Louise Wilson, Dan Hedaya, Billy Porter, Victor Cruz, Steve Rosen, Andrea Barnes, Dylan Baker Drama, Romantic Comedies, Romantic Dramas, Indie Romance English, Spanish (Neutral) Parents need to know that The Humbling stars Al Pacino as an aging actor who becomes involved with a much younger woman (Greta Gerwig). They have frank discussions about sex, especially her past relationships with women and her extensive collection of sex toys (in one scene she plays with one under the covers). There's kissing, and a threesome is depicted as a shadowy encounter. Expect moderate drinking and some swearing, including "f--k" and "s--t," plus one near-suicide and a description of sexual abuse. Several discussions center on a transsexual character's transition and gender identity. A couple talks frequently about their active sex life; it's not really shown on screen, but a threesome is depicted mostly as moving shadows. A woman has an extensive collection of sex toys, which are seen and described in a graphic, humorous way. In one scene she plays with one under the covers. Several discussions center on a character's gender identity. Kissing. A couple engages in a bitter argument, with yelling and screaming. An actor engages in a violent act on stage that might not be in the script, possibly using a real weapon. A man comes close to killing himself with a shotgun, and a woman repeatedly talks about killing her husband. A woman describes seeing her daughter being sexually abused. Frequent swearing includes "f--k," "s--t," and "a--hole." An aging, disconnected actor discovers new reasons to become interested in living life and pursuing meaningful work. Adults drink wine and other alcoholic beverages at home, with meals, and in bars; nobody ever seems particularly drunk.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line658
__label__wiki	0.549432	0.549432	Jeff Siegel June 21, 2018 2018 Offseason Breaking down the Dwight Howard-Timofey Mozgov swap A year to the day after being traded from Atlanta to Charlotte, Dwight Howard is on the move again, this time to Brooklyn. The Nets will be Howard’s sixth NBA team and fourth in the past two calendar years after leaving Houston for Atlanta in July 2016. And much like Jimmy McNulty, Howard’s reputation precedes his arrival in Brooklyn: he sets fire to everything he touches, then walks away while it burns. Charlotte makes the fifth consecutive team that has been unhappy with the baggage he brings to the locker room, the lack of leadership, and how those machinations influence the team’s play on the court. And for the second consecutive summer, the team shipping him out had to overpay to get rid of him and might have been better off trying to work a buyout or simply sending him home and taking the cap hit for the remaining time on his contract. The details of the trade: Brooklyn receives Howard, who has one year and $23.8 million left on his contract. Charlotte gets Timofey Mozgov and the $32.7 million they’ll owe him over the next two years, in addition to two second-round picks in 2018 and 2021, plus cash. For the cap nerds out there (and if you’re not a cap nerd, how’d you find your way to this site?), the trade math is simple for this deal: Brooklyn has to take Howard into 2018-19 cap space, so they’ll need to shave about $24.0 million in salary and cap holds between now and July 6 in order to make the trade fully legal. They have many ways of getting this done, but two moves they’ll absolutely make are declining to tender the qualifying offer and renouncing the cap hold of Nik Stauskas, and renouncing Jahlil Okafor’s cap hold. The two of those are worth $17.7 million of the $24.0 million they need to scrap, and the remaining $6.3 million will have to come from the following list, unless Brooklyn makes another trade between now and then: -Dante Cunningham’s cap hold – $4.3 million -Quincy Acy’s cap hold – $1.5 million -Joe Harris’s cap hold – $1.5 million -Milton Doyle’s cap hold – $1.3 million -James Webb’s cap hold – $1.3 million -The traded player exception generated in the Rashad Vaughn trade – $1.9 million -Spencer Dinwiddie’s non-guaranteed contract – $1.7 million -Isaiah Whitehead’s non-guaranteed contract – $1.5 million That list encompasses $15.1 million in cuttable salary or renounceable cap holds and the Nets only need to add it all up to $6.3 million to get under the cap to complete the trade. Of these, Harris’s free agent cap hold and Dinwiddie’s non-guaranteed contract are absolute keepers—Harris is due a raise and will be an unrestricted free agent, but the Nets will want to be able to go over the cap to keep him, and Dinwiddie is one of the league’s best values on a minimum contract after his breakout season in 2017-18 and should be the subject of extension negotiations with the Nets once the offseason settles a bit more. Everything else is on the table to be removed from the Nets books and they’ll likely go into July before choosing which to let go, as that decision isn’t due until July 6, the end of the moratorium. Now that we’ve gotten the nitty-gritty details out of the way, we can jump into the fun stuff: why would these two teams make this trade and what does it mean for their futures? From Brooklyn’s perspective, this will just about do it for their cap space this summer, though there still could be about $9 million left if they truly cut ties with everybody listed above, but that won’t be enough money to take on another bad contract with an asset attached. The most important aspect of this trade for the Nets is that Howard’s contract is one year shorter than Mozgov’s, which opens the door for Brooklyn to have double max space next summer. Howard’s contract is timed with DeMarre Carroll and Jeremy Lin and could leave them with Allen Crabbe as the only player on a non-rookie scale contract when the clock turns over to 2019 free agency. Of course, a lot can change between now and then, starting with Harris’s new contract, an extension for Dinwiddie, rookie-scale extensions or qualifying offers for D’Angelo Russell and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and their draft picks this year and next, but as of now, the Nets could be planning to go after a pair of big fish in 2019 to team up with their young core. Names like Kemba Walker and Kyrie Irving at the point guard position and Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, and Kawhi Leonard on the wing will all likely be available next summer and you can bet the Nets will be heavily involved in pursuit of at least one of these players. Howard’s impact for Brooklyn next season will fall somewhere between negative and non-existent, depending on how quickly the two sides work a buyout. At this point, he’s known to be a difficult fit in the locker room and the Nets have gone to great lengths to build a new culture through general manager Sean Marks and head coach Kenny Atkinson. With a host of impressionable youngsters on the roster, Howard’s influence may push some of those players in the wrong direction or hinder their development. If they do keep him around, will he expect to start over Jarrett Allen? At this point, Howard is still the better player, but the Nets have a long-term investment in Allen, who showed that he’s a starting-caliber player in his rookie season. Allen should be the starter on the first night of the season, but doing so might send Howard’s already tenuous positivity into a downward spiral. For the Hornets, it’s hard not to think of the two trades involving Howard as one larger transaction, even though they took place 365 days apart and involved entirely different front offices. Essentially, Charlotte moved three years of Miles Plumlee at $12.5 million per year and the 41st pick in the 2017 draft for one year of Howard at $23.5 million, two years of Mozgov at about $16.4 million per year, the 31st pick in 2017, the 45th pick in 2018, and Brooklyn’s 2021 second-rounder. The second-round maneuvering was very well done, but paying Plumlee $37.5 million over three years is a hell of a lot better than paying the combination of Howard and Mozgov $56.2 million over the same timeframe, especially considering that Plumlee is far more useful on the court than Mozgov. Is that extra $18.7 million worth moving up ten spots in the second round in 2017 and the two extra second-rounders they’ll get in 2018 and 2021? You could make that argument, though I’d come down on the opposite side. Once Mitch Kupchak took over for Rich Cho, there was no way around it; he had to make moves to get under the tax. As I wrote in their offseason preview, their first-round pick in this year’s draft would put them dangerously close to the tax and owner Michael Jordan has never been one to want to go over the tax threshold. This move gives them a lot of wiggle room under the tax this year and will allow them to use most or all of their mid-level exception without getting into the danger zone. Charlotte does avoid the tax this season, but adding another $16.7 million on their books for next year will leave them susceptible to a similar problem in 2019. Assuming Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist opt in to a combined $28.0 million for 2019-20, the Hornets will have $95.6 million in salary committed before considering new contracts for Walker, Frank Kaminsky, and Jeremy Lamb, in addition to their 2019 first-round pick and any money they put on their books this summer, from restricted free agent Treveon Graham to whomever they sign with their newly-available mid-level exception. The tax line is projected at $131 million for 2019-20, leaving them $35.4 million to work with (as of now). Walker will be eligible for 30 percent of the cap on a max contract that would start at $32.4 million, a deal he’ll certainly seek after being woefully underpaid for three seasons in a row at that point. If Charlotte is the team to give Walker that deal, they’ll probably have to make yet another money-saving move around this time next year. For 2018-19, the move clarifies Charlotte’s center rotation, which was in disarray last season with Howard moving in on Cody Zeller’s starting role. He and Walker developed a nice pick-and-roll chemistry in their years together and Zeller’s do-it-all style just didn’t work on second units. He’s a very good supporting piece, but as one of the better players in Charlotte’s bench units, he and the team struggled. Zeller will vault back into the starting lineup and will stay there as long as he’s healthy. Some combination of Mozgov, Willy Hernangomez, and small-ball 5 Kaminsky will man the ship when Zeller is on the bench, either through rest or injury. Zeller is definitely an injury risk at this point, so having multiple options behind him will be good for Charlotte and was part of the calculus when they acquired Hernangomez last season. The Howard acquisition last season didn’t make a ton of sense on the court for the Hornets, but now they’ll be able to get back to a more sensible center rotation. Posted in 2018 Offseason and tagged Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, NBA, salary cap. Bookmark the permalink. 30 Teams in 30 Days: Dallas Mavericks Offseason Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days: New York Knicks Offseason Preview	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line660
__label__cc	0.727857	0.272143	The three newly ordained priests visit us -Mrs. Elizabeth Soares and Ms. Reena Louis The Salesian Province of Mumbai has been blessed with three newly ordained priests this year. On 22nd Dec 2018 Dn. Justus Mendis, Dn. Sunil Pinto and Dn. Rudolf D’Souza were ordained priests by His Emminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias at the Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Don Bosco, Matunga. As is the custom, the newly ordained priests visit the institutions of the Mumbai Province in the month of January. On Monday, 14th January 2019, the three new priests paid a visit to Don Bosco, Matunga. The day with the new priests began with the Eucharistic celebration presided over by the new priests, Fr. Rudolf D’Souza being the main celebrant, in the very shrine that they were ordained priests. They were joined at the altar for mass by our Principal, Fr. Bernard Fernandes, Vice-Principal & Administrator Fr. Roy Noronha and Fr. Lawrence D’Souza. A solemn entrance of the celebrants and the presentation of bouquet and a specially designed card for each of the new priests marked the beginning of the Mass. Fr. Bernard Fernandes introduced the new priests to the congregation that comprised students from Stds. 3 to 8, DBIS students, staff of DBHS and DBIS, parents and well-wishers. At the homily, Fr. Justus outlined the Christian call, especially that of a close disciple and follower of Christ to be a priest. He cited the example of Fr. Rudolf who after having completed his graduation and while at work, answered the call to be a priest. Fr. Justus himself was struck down by sickness and bedridden for some time, and at the time of his treatment and recovery in the hospital, was visited by his then Principal, a priest. This left an indelible mark on the young Justus, who made a promise to be a priest if he recovered from his sickness. Recover, he did… and he went on to complete his studies and become a priest. The mass was well animated with commentaries, readings, prayer of the faithful and the majestic singing of the choir. At the end of the celebration, as is the tradition, there was the kissing of the anointed hands of the newly ordained priests. The students of Stds. 5 to 9 were then addressed by the new priests in batches. Here the priests recounted their own stories of priesthood and answered the queries of students especially about their faith and the following of Christ more closely. God bless our new priests… we accompany them with our prayers and good wishes!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line664
__label__cc	0.645937	0.354063	N: Night of the Seagulls (1975) Hubrisween Central ♠ Letterboxd Page Dude… are those EYES? Come ON! So here we are, on the fourth and final entry of Spanish director Amando de Ossorio’s Blind Dead series. Over the course of the series, the Templars have been: Revenants who emerge from their graves whenever anybody trespasses in their haunted cathedral Revenants who emerge from their grave either because of the Village Idiot’s human sacrifice, or because it’s the 500th anniversary of their execution by peasants who had enough Revenants who got dug up with their treasure and took over a galleon to lure ships into “another dimension” for blood sacrifice to continue their immortal but sucky existence. In Night of the Seagulls, the Templars are lording over a remote fishing village where every seven years, the villagers must turn over one of their children (preferably pretty girls, apparently) on seven consecutive nights, or the Templars will kill everybody. This happened once before, we are told, though why there’s still a village there is never addressed. We don’t even get to find that out until the mid-point of the picture; Most of our time is spent with the new doctor who has been assigned to the village (Victor Petit) and his wife (Maria Kosti), who are told by the departing doctor: Don’t go out at night Don’t get involved in anything Transfer out as soon as possible They of course ignore all of these good pieces of advice, especially when the orphan girl they’ve hired as a maid (Sandra Mozarowsky) is chosen as one night’s sacrifice. The doctor frees her in the nick of time, which means there is a Templar get-together at his house. As I said, the backstory (which changes with each successive Blind Dead movie) isn’t revealed until the midpoint, and the appearances by the Templars to that point feel rather rote and uninspired. Some footage is obviously recycled from the first movie, and though there is one instance of the most famous of the Templar’s traits – that they are blind and have to hunt by sound – that remains a factor that also received dwindling attention as the series progressed (I also have a question about the efficacy of hearing-based predators in a locale with constant rolling surf and seagulls, but let’s get on with it). Once we get into zombie siege territory the movie takes off. The doctor’s ramshackle residence is pretty indefensible (again, the opportunity for the sound of hammering boards over windows being what attracts the zombies is wasted), and those flimsy boards are no match for ghouls wielding broadswords. The Templars slowly make their way in, and it is a pretty effective sequence, even if there are a couple of side-trips into the realm of nonsense. The fact that the heroes discover the Templars are very flammable and do not exploit that knowledge is, amazingly, not the stupidest thing that is done. “This is surprisingly effective! Let’s never do it again!” On the even-numbered films in his trademark series, de Ossorio also destroys the Templars at the end (Oooh, spoilers for a 40 year-old movie). The method used here is so obvious that you wonder why the villagers didn’t freaking do it years ago. “Just wait until Stuart Gordon comes along!” Night of the Seagulls does have its good points – the zombie siege, the fact that the Templars are apparently worshipping Dagon – but it is dragged down by tedium. de Ossorio is a firm believer in the magic of threes, which usually bears some tasty cinematic fruit – but going through the sacrifice ritual three times, without the Templars being portrayed with the same awful decaying majesty of the previous films, and no build in suspense, brings the series to a close in a less than satisfying manner. Damn near every clip on YouTube is too freaking dark, so be warned: Buy Night of the Seagulls on Amazon Categories: The Wonderful World of Crap . Tags: amando de ossorio, blind dead, hubrisween, night of the seagulls . Author: drfreex . Comments: 2 Comments G: The Ghost Galleon (1974) It appeals to my warped sense of symmetry when a review featuring a horrible Spanish galleon is scheduled to run on Columbus Day. When you want to talk about Spanish horror movies, there are two series that are going to jump out of the spooky box at you: Paul Naschy’s El Hombre Lobo flicks, and Amando de Ossorio’s Blind Dead movies. I wrote about the inaugural Tombs of the Blind Dead back in the day, and the sequel, Return of the Blind Dead (duh) last year. And with this offering, we see that the Law of Diminishing Returns is sadly in action. Worthless rich dude Howard Tucker (Jack Taylor) and model agency owner Lillian (the always welcome Maria Perschy) are working an ill-considered publicity stunt: two of Lillian’s models on Tucker’s new boat design will strand themselves in the ocean, be discovered, and Step Four: Profit! Except that the two run afoul of a weird patch of fog and the derelict 16th century galleon adrift therein. The galleon rams their boat, they go on board, and are not heard from again. So Tucker, Lillian, Tucker’s hired muscle Sergio (Manuel de Blas) and model Noemi (Barbara Rey) head out on Taylor’s yacht to find them. Noemi is the friend of one of the missing models, and has been doing stuff like threatening to go to the cops about the whole thing, completely unaware that this is a bad way to deal with villains and/or rich people. For her efforts she has been kidnapped, raped by Sergio, and brought along for the trip. Also accompanying them is Professor Gruber (Carlos Lemos), a scientist at a meteorological service who assured them there is never fog in that part of the ocean, but there is the occasional ghost galleon. Well, needless to say, this amazingly doomed quintet is going to find the galleon, and their launch is going to vanish, because the Professor tells us they are in another dimension. Gruber has an almost Russell Johnson-esque grasp of a number of scientific disciplines, including how to do an “exorcism” that will keep the zombie Templars at bay for 24 hours (which is a pretty crap exorcism, if you ask me). Gruber also finds the ship’s log that explains how the Templars came to be on a ship (I was wondering): the crew apparently picked up a slew of Templar treasure, and brought the bodies, too, maybe? So the satanic templars now drift in their magical fog, drawing in victims for blood sacrifice that will allow them to maintain their immortality. This, at least, is pretty cool. Too bad it’s at the end. If in Return de Ossorio opened up the action to encompass an entire village, in Galleon it closes back down again drastically – he gets a lot of use out of those galleon sets, probably built for another movie entirely. We also see way too much of the most woeful miniature ship I have ever seen. The Templars, so creepy in the last two movies, seem to be pretty perfunctory in their roamings this time, and too often the puppetry is obvious and sub-par. Perhaps they seem less ominous because in their previous movies, they were pretty relentlessly homicidal. This time, they have to drag their victims away to… well, we never find out, which could be terrifying, but first we’d have to care about the characters, wouldn’t we? I admit that all the Blind Dead movies have depended on people making stupid choices, but this time out we are talking about complete imbeciles. We are spared yet another revisionist origin story, but that also robs us of one of the few things that gives them their identity: no mention is ever made of their blindness, or their reliance on tracking their victims by sound. Noemi’s encounter with the zombies is the one instance of true horror in the whole enterprise, and even then that’s because it is so sadistically drawn out. This is by far the weakest of the Blind Dead movies (that I have seen. I can only imagine Night of the Seagulls will patiently wait to ambush me next year). Its reputation hasn’t been aided by having numerous other names pasted over its beginning through the years. Most people will recognize it better under the utterly generic Horror of the Zombies, which I believe was the title when it appeared on the USA Network’s Up All Night over and over again. Not to mention the piggy-backing title Horror of the Evil Dead, or the Brentwood disc I viewed where it was called Zombie Flesh Eater. Singular. Not Eaters. Needless to say, there is no flesh eaten.Whether or not this would have improved the movie, I just don’t know. “An important film!” Categories: The Wonderful World of Crap . Tags: amando de ossorio, blind dead, horror of the zombies, maria perschy, the ghost galleon, zombie flesh eater . Author: drfreex . Comments: Leave a comment R: Return of the Blind Dead (1973) What, we’re back to Spanish horror already? This is, to no one’s surprise, Amando de Ossorio’s sequel to his 1972 Tombs of the Blind Dead, which is a really good horror movie. It introduced an alternate version of the Knights Templar (whose actual story makes for a good read) who were executed for practicing black magic and birds plucked out their corpses’ eyes. In this alternate alternate version, the Templars are still drinking virgin blood, but this time it’s the villagers, not the Church (with a capital “Ch”) who get fed up, burn out the knights’ eyes and then set them (or at least some dummies dressed like them) on fire. The one Templar allowed to have lines swears they’ll be back. Sooo, 500 years later, the very same village is having a party to celebrate the legend of the death of the Templars, and an “American” named Jack Marlowe (Tony Kendall) is there to provide the fireworks. He got the gig through an old girlfriend (Esperanza Ray) who is now the secretary/mistress of the corrupt mayor (Fernando Sancho). The relationships get stupidly complex, but never mind that, there’s zombies. The semi-deformed caretaker of the ruins where the Templars got torched, Murdo (Jose Canelejas) kidnaps a girl and sacrifices her the night of the festival, but we’re not really sure if it’s her blood or the Templars deciding they’d better make good on that “coming back” business. In any case, the Templars are back, and they’re a creepy bunch, because they actually look dead. They get on their zombie horses and ride for the village, stopping at the occasional house or railroad station to murder the occupants. Intriguingly, the Mayor and his goons have advance warning of the Templar’s approach, yet do nothing about it, resulting in a wholesale slaughter in the town square. After Marlowe and the Mayor’s suddenly civic-minded goons manage to clear a way for the surviving townfolk to run away, they barricade themselves in a church to hopefully survive the night. At that point, we’re into fairly traditional zombie siege territory, with the occupants splitting into factions and the Mayor getting several people killed just so he can escape. There are two minor scenes of the Mayor calling the less-than-useful Governor for help which I think are supposed to be comedic but just slow everything down. Apparently the legend of the Templars is very well-known, because Useful information About Undead Knights is dropped at important points. “They’re supposed to be attracted to sound!” “They’re afraid of fire!” “They’re supposed to go back to their graves at dawn!” But in this version of the Templar story, they haven’t been seen for 500 years… where is this information coming from? Tombs of the Blind Dead ended with one hell of a devastating bloodbath and the dreadful promise of carnage to come. Return has a more upbeat ending, which feels like a cheat, somehow. Overall, it’s not quite as good as its predecessor, but it definitely has its moments, and whatever else, you have to admire its efficiency: the Templars rise from their graves at the 16 minute mark, and then we’re off to the races. That, my friends, is some significant bang for your horror buck. The Blind Dead on Amazon Categories: The Wonderful World of Crap . Tags: amando de ossorio, blind dead, hubrisween, return of the blind dead, templars . Author: drfreex . Comments: 2 Comments	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line671
__label__wiki	0.71468	0.71468	Home / Board Members Lindsay Preftakes Prior to moving to Pelham, Lindsay worked in market research and development of educational materials for public health and education departments throughout the country. Subjects included the green jobs industry, home air, and clean public water supplies. Her work experience also includes finance, accounting, and growing up in a large family-owned auto services company. Lindsay believes strongly in building awareness about the consequences our consumption has on the environment and hopes to use her business background and marketing experience to facilitate the transition of Pelham families into a more sustainable and environmentally conscious lifestyle. Peter Mullany Peter Mullany has been a resident of Pelham for over 20 years; he and his wife have raised two daughters here. He has spent his professional career in banking. Locally, Peter spent many years in leadership roles, including four as co-president of the Pelham Travel Soccer Club. His environmental interests and awareness sharpened in recent years, particularly in the area of plastics and their detrimental impacts on the environment and public health. He hopes that others will likewise heighten their awareness and efforts in support of a cleaner and healthier environment. Amy Dunkin Amy Dunkin is a journalist who serves as Director of Academic Operations at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to joining CUNY in 2008, she worked at BusinessWeek magazine, editing the personal finance section and covering retailing and marketing. She also started one of BusinessWeek’s first blogs, called Working Parents, and spearheaded a successful campaign to get the magazine’s then parent company, McGraw-Hill, to offer paid leave and other benefits to adoptive parents. She began her career as a reporter at the The Record newspaper in Hackensack, NJ. She graduated from the State University of New York’s University at Buffalo with a B.A. in English and served as editor-in-chief of its student newspaper. Amy became involved with EcoPel in the fall of 2014 when she helped organize its first town-wide cleanup. She joined its board in 2015. Amy and her husband Larry Kraftowitz have lived in Pelham since 1991. They have two sons: Eli, 22, and Jonah, 19. Davie Baccei Davie Baccei describes herself as an avid hiker and lifelong tree hugger who has always been focused on the environment and the importance of effecting change through personal choices and community action. She and her husband Sean moved to Pelham in August 2017, drawn by the convenience of a community that is walking or biking distance to the train station, shopping, and schools. Davie has been with the same financial services firm for 25 years, the majority of the time in compliance. A native of Missouri, she has worked and lived in San Francisco and Boston and went to school in Tulsa, where she studied English literature. On most weekends, weather permitting, she can be found paddle boarding on Long Island Sound, and she has participated in the "Paddle Across the Sound" fundraiser to benefit Save the Sound. She is excited to join the board of EcoPel and for the chance to do her part in making a difference in Pelham. Melissa Eustace Melissa and a small group of concerned environmentalists founded EcoPel in 2013 in an effort to spur green action in the community. Always an animal lover, Melissa grew more concerned with the state of the environment after the birth of her first son in 1999, when it became more apparent that overwhelming burden of chemicals and plastic in our environment could be harmful to life. She has served as a board member at the Pelham Children’s Center, on the Site Based Council at Colonial School, and in many different capacities for the Colonial School PTA, culminating in a two-year term as President from 2010-2012. Prior to moving to Pelham in 2004, Melissa worked as Country Manager for Eurasia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency for six years. She also worked in two Washington, DC think tanks, and spent time studying in Russia and working in Ukraine. Melissa has an MA in Russian and East European Studies from the George Washington University and a BA in Political Science from McGill University. Mark Rookwood Anna Riehl A Pelham resident for more than 20 years, Anna became EcoPel's first social media manager in 2018. She co-founded EcoPel's annual Summer Solstice Community Yoga Practice in 2014 and has helped organize the event for the past five years. Anna has been active in other community organizations, serving as board president of the Pelham Art Center from 2007-2012 and co-commissioner of Pelham Youth Lacrosse from 2006-2012. Professionally, she has explored various entrepreneurial and managerial endeavors, as proprietor of AnnaHatha Yoga and YogaWorks as well as a sales rep for the HAVEN Collective line of yoga wear. Anna hopes her social media outreach will inspire local consumers to change their personal and household practices to shift away from single-use plastic bags, bottles, and other disposable items toward a more sustainable approach for our planet and our future. Anna is married to fellow EcoPel board member Peter Mullany and is proud mother to daughters Mae and Madeleine. Aimee Linn Kaplan Aimee Linn Kaplan has lived in Pelham with her husband and three children since 2005. Prior to becoming a full-time mom, she worked as a communications and media relations executive for Credit Suisse's Investment Bank. In addition to joining the EcoPel board, Aimee is vice chair of Pelham Preservation & Garden Society, volunteers with the Pelham Education Foundation, and serves as sustainability chair for the Colonial School PTA. One of her goals is to see that more trees are planted in Pelham to replace those lost due to age, disease, and storms. Brett Grabel Don’t Throw it Away Do you have an item that you are thinking of throwing away? Search our database for a way to reuse or recycle it instead! Tax-Deductible Donation The Environmental Coalition of the Pelhams is a not-for-profit (501c3) organization. Make a tax-deductible donation today! Suggested Donation: $20.00 Donate Now	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line675
__label__wiki	0.886955	0.886955	Anniversaries, Cover Stories, Editorials, Interviews, Lists, and Comprehensive Rankings The Dark Knight and the Dangerous Legacy of the Charismatic Villain The Joker once said that he was just ahead of the curve, and he might've been tragically right by Andrew Bloom on July 19, 2018, 12:30am The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) The Joker had left an indelible mark on pop culture long before Heath Ledger assumed the role. He’s one of the few super villains to be consistently featured on merchandise going as far back as the 1960s. His classic semi-origin story in 1998’s Batman: The Killing Joke spurred a dramatic shift in the medium that left fans demanding more of its darkness in their comics. The Joker’s place in the cultural firmament was enough to lure the likes of Jack Nicholson to portray the character on the silver screen. For decades, despite his myriad misdeeds and sizable body count, The Joker nevertheless garnered a consistent crowd of acolytes who saw him as a sort of harlequin antihero. However, Ledger and Christopher Nolan’s take on the character would change his complexion in the popular consciousness in ways we’re still feeling a decade later. Joker had long since been an agent of chaos, mixing garish, loony displays with unnerving malevolence. But in 2008’s The Dark Knight, that sense of chaos found both an ideological weight under Nolan’s hand and a captivating avatar in Ledger’s interpretation that extended The Joker’s reach and influence beyond what anyone involved could have imagined. The trouble is that Ledger’s Joker also left an unfortunate legacy of fans who were enraptured by the character’s magnetic presence but who forgot (or willfully ignored) that he was supposed to be the bad guy. In the 10 years since The Dark Knight was released, that particular incarnation of the character has become a mascot of disruption for disruption’s sake, of callous teenage nihilism and online baiting, whose impact has run in direct and indirect ways from a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, to the White House. If a charismatic villain is too effective, you run the risk of not just compelling the audience, but swaying it. There’s a portion of any audience all too willing to fetishize a morally bankrupt character because he’s speaking their language, because the bad guy’s false promises ring louder in their ears than their better angels. Ledger’s Joker was meant to be tempting in that way, to represent a certain segment of the audience’s power fantasies, even as Nolan means to tear that down (albeit in favor of a different one). The Dark Knight’s version of the character is transfixing on the screen, a reptilian bundle of nervous energy who seems in complete control, while still channeling a frighteningly unpredictable joie de vivre. He speaks as though he has all the answers, with knowing insights into Batman, his equal and opposite creature of the night with whom he intends “to do this forever,” and Gotham, a city he recognizes as on the cusp of changing irrevocably under the Dark Knight’s watch. Joker is still a murderous psychopath in The Dark Knight, but in a way that’s larger than life, with the gaze of Nolan’s camera and the draw of Ledger’s charisma making the greasepaint-decked madman seem immediate and yet also distant, safe enough to be a tragic hero for the wrong crowd. In the process, the film cemented a pop cultural icon who became an enduring influence in the popular consciousness writ large. That is, in principle, a wonderful thing. Nolan, Ledger, and the team that worked to bring the Joker to life deserve tremendous credit for the achievement he represents. Good villains should be compelling. They should leave an impression that sticks with the viewer and makes the world of the hero, and the audience, a little grayer than it was before. It’s an approach that worked particularly well for The Dark Knight at a time when the line between the good guys and bad guys in the real world seemed to grow blurrier by the day. The Dark Knight arrived on the cusp of the Great Recession, the perfect time for people to channel their scorn for a world whose grand order had seemingly betrayed them. There have always been icons for the disaffected, and Joker’s message that the rules are bullshit, that the freaks shall inherit the Earth, and that it’s all meaningless so you may as well expose that fact however you see fit is a well-worn if persistent one. The only true ideology he represents is chaos for chaos’ sake, a self-described “dog chasing cars” whose only true disdain is for anyone with “plans.” That id-fueled mentality, which bucks any attempt to impose order, found particular purchase in a growing number of young men who found themselves coming of age in a society that they felt had no place for them. Ledger’s Joker reflected these people and their ideas in a crowd-pleasing package, blending the scary with the cool, offering misfit camaraderie, and assuming the casual, self-confident air that stroked the ego of anyone who quietly agreed with him, or at least shared his grievances. These are tempting lures, but also destructive ones that miss the thrust of the film they came from; The Joker doesn’t just lose in The Dark Knight — he’s proven wrong. His notion that, when the chips are down and the lights are off, people will “eat each other” is subverted by the most powerful moment in the movie. Joker means for his grand finale in the battle for Gotham’s soul to be a demonstration of the evil that lies in the hearts of men. He plants explosives on one boat full of prisoners and another on a boat full of civilians. Each boat is given a trigger connected to the bombs on the other, with the promise that whichever group hits theirs first gets to live while the other will die. It’s a terrifying thought experiment made real, designed to prove that when you strip away the comforts and security the modern world claims to provide, the common man is capable of uncommon cruelty in the name of self-preservation. His plan fails, not because Batman swoops in to save the day, or because Lucius Fox’s latest gadget creates a fix, but because both the prisoners and the civilians would rather die nobly than kill to save their own skins. It’s the beginning of the end of Joker’s deranged crusade. Joker may prove his “one bad day” hypothesis with Harvey Dent, but he doesn’t break Gotham, or even Batman for that matter. The titular Dark Knight chooses to save his foe, rather than break his one rule, even as Joker goads him to his limits. In the final tally, Nolan doesn’t buy The Joker’s lines, even if he’s adept at selling them. But mercy is never as cool as vengeance. Remaining steadfast in the face of temptation will never sell as many day-glo T-shirts as breaking the rules with outsized flair. Thousands of fans walked away from The Dark Knight less wowed by the fortitude of its eponymous hero, or the city that birthed him, than they were enraptured by the seductions of the self-professed maniac who told them that nothing really mattered. That’s because the Joker of The Dark Knight offered them that easy answer, an answer that doesn’t ask you to change, that doesn’t ask you to be your better self, that doesn’t ask you to take responsibility for anything. Instead it offers just the opposite: the freedom to do whatever you want, to wreck whatever you want, to hurt whomever you want, because it’s all bullshit anyway, and anyone who doesn’t see that is just a part of the problem. In a decade where the specter of terrorism shattered the illusions of safety in the Western world, when the collapse of the financial system left everyone questioning whom “the rules” were meant to protect, when dwindling opportunities and shifting demographics made the people who’d believed they were on the way to a life better than their parents’ feel squeezed out and cast aside, it’s no wonder that a figure who dished out that terror instead of taking it, who was bound only by his wants and his destructive talents, who laughed in the face of The End as he meant to expose it, would find resonance with a disillusioned lot seeking solace amid their ever-shrinking place in the world. As the scope of that disillusionment grew wider, as the easy answers started to seem all the more appealing to an audience desperate for them, the world began to look more and more like the one that Joker presaged than the one that Batman dreamt after. That’s not the fault of a single film, its director, or its star; Ledger’s Joker simply emerged at the right time, in the right way, to appeal to an ugly part of our society that was starting to metastasize, and which found — true to the spirit of Nolan’s Batman — its own everlasting symbol. It’s the symbol that was adopted by the killer who took innocent lives at a theater in Colorado and declared that “the message is: there is no message.” It can be seen in the cheering section of nihilist trolls who helped fuel the latest object of their affections to the highest office in the land. It can be seen in the fraying fabric between us, the kind that could only provoke an upturned corner in a Glasgow smile. The power of a compelling villain is a good thing, especially with an interpretation as singular as Ledger’s. But with the wrong fan base, and the wrong lessons learned, it can also make the real world worse, in ways that resonate years after the credits roll. The Joker of The Dark Knight may have failed to expose the black heart of Gotham, but his greatest trick of all might have been shining a light on the lost souls on the other side of the screen, who wished he could be their champion. CoS Instagram BROCKHAMPTON premieres “1998 TRUMAN”: Stream Bruce Springsteen crashes Billy Joel’s 100th concert at Madison Square Garden: Watch	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line681
__label__wiki	0.706348	0.706348	Exercise Could Help Disabled People, But Too Few Are Active: CDC Lack of workouts increases the risk of chronic diseases, experts say By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, May 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Half of the 21 million Americans who have a disability don't exercise, and that lack of exercise is jeopardizing their health, federal officials reported Tuesday. Among these 11 million inactive adults are people who have difficulty walking or climbing stairs, have problems hearing or seeing, or have trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions, officials said. Many of these disabled adults are able to exercise, but don't do so regularly or at all, Ileana Arias, principal deputy director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a news conference. At Risk for Alzheimer's? Exercise Might Help Keep It at Bay Healthy Living Can Cut Odds for Alzheimer's in People at Genetic Risk Most States Restrict Pregnant Women's Advance Directives: Study "We are very concerned about this, because working-age adults with disabilities who get no aerobic physical activity are 50 percent more likely to have cancer, diabetes, stroke or heart disease than those who get the recommended amount of physical activity," Arias said. "We know that regular aerobic physical activity increases heart and lung function, improves daily living activities and independence, decreases the chance of developing chronic diseases and also improves mental health," Arias said. "If doctors and health professionals recommend aerobic physical activity to adults with disabilities, then adults with disabilities are 82 percent more likely to be physically active," she added. Speaking at the news conference, Dianna Carroll, an epidemiologist in CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, said, "We don't know if disability leads to inactivity and chronic disease, or if inactivity and chronic disease lead to disability." What's clear, she said, is that exercise has the potential to prevent chronic disease, improve the health of someone with a chronic disease and help reduce the risk of additional chronic diseases. But, 47 percent of adults with disabilities who are able to do aerobic physical activity don't do so. An additional 22 percent aren't active enough. Yet, only 44 percent of these adults who saw a doctor in the past year left with a recommendation to exercise, Carroll said. According to Carroll, 57 percent of adults with limited mobility, 40 percent of adults with memory and thinking problems, 36 percent of those with serious vision problems and 33 percent of those with serious hearing difficulties get no aerobic exercise. That's in contrast to the 26 percent of adults who don't have a disability and get no exercise, she added. Carroll noted that government guidelines for Americans recommend that all adults, including those with disabilities, get at least 150 minutes -- 2.5 hours -- of moderate aerobic physical activity each week. If some people with disabilities can't reach this goal, they should do the best they can. The key is to avoid inactivity, Carroll said. "Some activity is better than none," she said. People should start slowly, and exercise for at least 10 minutes each time. They should gradually increase their activity to reach the goal of at least 2.5 hours a week of moderate exercise, Carroll said. Activities can include walking, swimming and biking. Even rolling yourself in a wheelchair is exercise, she said. People with disabilities can encounter barriers that deter them from exercising. These include physical barriers such as no curb-cuts on sidewalks, no ramps into gyms, and parks and trails that aren't safe or easy to navigate, Carroll said. She also said psychological barriers play a role. These include lack of support from family and friends or feeling self-conscious about using a gym and asking for help. People with disabilities need to develop the confidence and the belief in their ability to do aerobic exercise as a way of improving their health, Arias said. Samantha Heller, a senior clinical nutritionist and exercise physiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said, "For some people with disabilities, the idea of movement and exercise is daunting and they do not know how or where to begin." Health professionals can take a proactive approach with their patients with disabilities by referring them for physical or occupational therapy, she said. "Physical and occupational therapy are terrific places for people with disabilities to kick-start their exercise programs. Patients, too, can be proactive in their own health care and demand referrals for physical or occupational therapy," Heller said. Depending on the type and level of disability, exercise options may include aquatic exercise, chair yoga, adapted Tai Chi, wall push-ups, balance exercises and stability ball exercises, she said. Visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on physical activity. SOURCES: Samantha Heller, M.S., R.D., senior clinical nutritionist, exercise physiologist, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City; May 6, 2014, news conference with Ileana Arias, Ph.D., principal deputy director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dianna Carroll, Ph.D., epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; May 6, 2014, report, Vital Signs: Disability and Physical Activity -- United States, 2009-2012	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line682
__label__wiki	0.637786	0.637786	Early Language Skills Tied to Higher IQ Decades Later THURSDAY, Nov. 22, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- How quickly children pick up language skills may help predict their IQ in middle age, a new Danish study suggests. The researchers found a significant association between IQ test results at age 50 and the speed at which participants achieved a number of developmental milestones in childhood. "Most studies of the relationship between the speed of early language development and intelligence later in life have used a short time span, so the possible lifelong associations between them have hardly been explored," said study author Trine Flensborg-Madsen, of the University of Copenhagen. By contrast, the follow-up for this study was 50 years, Flensborg-Madsen said in a news release from the British Psychological Society. The study included nearly 1,000 people born in Copenhagen between 1959 and 1961, and followed throughout their lives. Results of an IQ test at age 50 were compared with their assessments from childhood. Kids who could name objects/animals in pictures, form a sentence, and share experiences more quickly than other children tended to have a higher IQ in middle age, the study found. Further analysis showed that language-related milestones explained 6.7 percent of variation in midlife IQ, while social interaction milestones explained 3.1 percent. However, the study can't prove a direct cause-and-effect relationship, so parents shouldn't worry that their late bloomer is doomed to fall behind. The study results were published Nov. 22 in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. The U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has more on speech and language developmental milestones. SOURCE: British Psychological Society, news release, Nov. 22, 2018 -- Robert Preidt Last Updated: Nov 22, 2018	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line683
__label__wiki	0.683559	0.683559	You searched for: Concepts Believe Remove constraint Concepts: Believe Format Text Remove constraint Format: Text Immanuel Kant 1 Believe 406 nation 53 moral 50 citizen 43 necessary 41 This I Believe 405 West Medford African-American Remembrance Project 1 « Previous \| 201 - 300 of 406 \| Next » 201. This I Believe Charles Turner, 37th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, compares life to a navigation in that everyone begins life in a specific spot and situation and the travels toward an unkown destination, using what ever tools we have acquired in life to give direction; from this he adds that it is important to keep your awareness in the present and do the task at hand. This essay also contains an advertisement for a This I Believe LP album. Sidonie Gruenberg describes her belief in the importance of both family life and productive occupation outside the home, and recounts how she balanced those beliefs in her own life. NOTE: This version has been abbreviated to include an advertisement after the essay. Contains advertisement for a book containing 100 "This I Believe" essays. Duplicate of the essay, complete and without the advertisement, is on XTV-18161 (Box 004). Raymond Allen, Chancellor of UCLA, describes the impact his family had on teaching him responsibility and other beliefs such as the necessity of family and describes the beliefs he holds close, such as the importance of kindness,the perfectabiloity of man, the need for faith and freedom to worship, and the value of creativity. This essay also contains an advertisement for a This I Believe LP album. Phyllis Parker is reminded of a saying she was fond of as a child, "love conquers all" and describes the good and sometimes bad results that have come of love. She also compares love to electricity, a flow of energy, and says that if we could all harness love and direct it wisely the world could be a much better place without prejudice. In addition, this essay contains an advertisement for a This I Believe LP album. Viscountess Astor recounts growing up in Virginia and being influenced by the faith of her African American nurse, and states her belief that the English-speaking people are the hope of the world because the Bible has been translated into their common language, that individuals don't start life on an equal plane because of socioeconomic disadvantages, that one needs the doctrine of the fatherhood of God in order to believe in the brotherhood of humanity, that Mary Eddy Baker's vision has brought healing, and that Christ's message will bring peace on Earth. Mrs. Pillsbury describes how she developed faith and belief in God and also her belief in the goodness of people and that we each have abilites they have been given to us for a purpose. Monroe Deustch expresses his belief that the sentiment of brotherhood between people could solve many of the world's problems and also expresses his belief that there is a greater power in the world that has created the Universe and that this power is immortal just as the spirit of people is immortal as well. William James describes how an experience during World War II gave him a belief in his dependence on God and an appreciation for life, and how he strives to be sensitive to others' beliefs and avoid speaking unkindly to them. Norman Cousins describes his beliefs in both the individuality of the self and the unity of all humanity, as well as in a moral order derived from universal order; therefore, the poverty of others impacts his own condition, and he works to alleviate social problems. Ralph Waldo Gerard describes his belief in the power of truth to free men from disease, prejudice, and other ills. Alexis Kyrou, Director General of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explains the confluence of belief and knowledge and the importance of his Greek heritage to his beliefes and enumerates what some of these are; cooperation, the importance of a spiritual life, patriotism, and repectt for others. David Maxwell-Fyfe describes his beliefs in the faith of a romantic--a faith with the conviction and idealism to address the problems of the age and which recognizes humanity's need for spiritual advancement, in addition to scientific and material advancement. John Rothenstein, the director of the Tate Gallery in London, describes the path that led him to the Roman Catholic Churchas an adolescent and why he continues to be part of the Church. Dora Dodge talks about her work with the girls club and the importance of planning and faith. Edina Campbell Dover discusses her guiding philosophy to behave in the same manner as she imagines Jesus Christ would, and the outcomes of this philosophy in her life and work and also explains the need for prayer, and its importance, on a frequent and regular basis. Clement Reicher recounts a short allegory he wrote as a child which formed the basis for his belief that love must be personal (not idea-driven) and unpossessive, in order to increase and lead ultimately to happiness. Sylvester Long recounts his experiences growing up in an Ohio farming family, and describes his belief that he is merely a "window" through which to reveal God's light to others and God's "subcontractor" whose work is done ultimately for and with God. Laurence Sharples describes the essential beliefs he tries to live by; keep active and busy, educate his heart and have empathy, remain honest, and create something positive to leave behind. Henry Taylor, President of Taylor and Caldwell, explains his belief that everything operates based on the principals of certain laws, weather they be natural, physical, social, or religious and failure to adhere to these laws inevitably results in disfuntion and chaos; and the supreme law would be the law of God. Peter Scott describes his belief in painting and science as a means by which to discover truth, and describes the wide variety of interests that provide him a busy life. Edith Sams describes how a childhood encounter with a handicapped individual inspired her to enter social work as a career, and her belief that the efforts of individuals can make an impact on the world. Jessie Vann describes her belief in the value of keeping her promises, her aunt's prediction that she would never amount to anything, her belief in the power of gratitude and appreciation, and the management of her husband's newspaper after he died. Herbert Hodge describes his search for his own personal, practical philosophy for life: to try his best at all he does. W. C. Locker describes his beliefs in God's omnipotence, in his own responsibility to live according to God's plan for his life, and in the role that work plays to make the inner qualities of love visible to others. Thelma Mills desribes her philosophy of social service, as well as her beliefs in the personality of Jesus Christ, God's eternal purpose for the universe, and her own role in living out that purpose by serving others. Julius Stulman states his belief in the need for self-evaluation and describes his own practice of speculating on what values the future might require and subsequently living his life towards achieving those goals. Ernest Melby talks about his belief in the individuality of people and the need for freedom and liberty in order for people to develop to the greatest potential. George Haynes, executive director of the National Urban League, describes his beliefs in the equal potential of humans, in beauty, truth, goodness, peace, life, God, and eternity. George Sokolsky talks about his experience abroad and how the experience affected his philosophy of life, politics, and religion. The essence of Louise Miller's philosophy is that heaven is around us and at the "center of man" and explains how she cultivates this in herself through meditation and the outcomes, particualrly in relations with others, she finds. Joe McNeil describes his beliefs in a God who created and watches over the universe, and in the power of preparing youth to impact their communities in tangible ways, no matter how seemingly small or insignificant. Barbarba Davenport states her belief that world peace can be achieved through a shifting of focus towards the oneness (rather than difference) of humanity. Lee DuBridge describes his beliefs in science, both what can be understood now, and what will be explained as civilization progresses toward the future. Thomas O Leary describes stories of human kindness, and his belief that working in newspapers is a way to bring the truth to light. Jacob Bronowski describes his simultaneous introduction to mathematics and the English language, his love that developed for both subjects, and his belief in using the mind to find truth. Arthur Gill describes his belief that children's dreams are his hope for the creativity, innovation, progress, and peace of the future. Rubin Gotesky relates an experience of feeling part of yet aloof from the universe, and describes his belief that though isolation is an essential part of the self, his actions do matter and can help to change the world. Rollo Peters explains his faith and wonder in people as individuals and the influence of friends on people's lives, recalling a his friendship with Edward Gordon Craig. Thomas Dreier describes how his belief in a loving God too big to be contained by labels helps support his beliefs in religious tolerance and in the importance of demonstrating God's existance through a life of loving service. Lillian Ferrence describes a moment of spiritual revelation in the sculpture court at the Brooklyn Museum, and her beliefs in God's tie to beauty, the importance of considering the feelings of others, the use of humor to dispel anxiety, and the brotherhood of humanity. Milton Katz describes how his experiences in another culture caused him to question the universal nature of his own values, but his reaction to world powers such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union led him to conclude that his values of freedom and justice and charity were true, after all. John Sinclair, president of the National Industrial Conference Board, describes his belief that faith in an immortal soul, prayer, knowledge of the truth, and humility will help him overcome discouragement, cynicism, and the fear of death. Maulsby Kimball, Jr., describes his belief that man is full of potential that has yet to be tapped, and his belief that humans can unlock that potential through art and creative activity. Magnus Kristoffersen describes how reading has shaped his life, and describes the lessons he has derived from stories: from Sutton Vane's Outward Bound, he has learned that he must give a final account of his actions, and from Selma Lagerlof's Jerusalem, he has learned that trying to save one's life at the expense of others merely backfires in the end. Clyde Williams describes his belief that happiness comes through accomplishing the work one is meant to do, and relates how his work at the Battelle Institute has helped him to find satisfaction in life. John Gassner describes his abhorrence of dogma and his belief that humanism is the belief system that can enable humanity to make scientific progress without destroying itself. Wade Hampton lists his beliefs, some of which are: humility, faith, and respect for others, and the moral order of the universe. Nobel Prize winning President of the Royal Academy, Henry Dale describes his belief in the "supreme value of truth" and the need for science to join forces with religion to help explain both material reality and our immaterial feelings of free will and a moral purpose in life. Pat O'Brien describes his belief in faith and prayer and the diginity of persons. Heloise Broeg describes her belief in the importance of human relationships, love, work, and knowledge. Hadley Cantrell describes the differences between knowledge, beliefs, and emotions, and states his belief that human beings are essentially the same in their needs and aspirations, and that satisfaction comes through high quality work motivated by love. S. Richard Silverman describes his belief in the significance of all people, even a deaf child, and the potential of anyone to accomplish change in the world. Bennet Schauffler talks about the importance of keeping active in order to find happiness, that if one enjoys what one is doing and works at it one has no time, or inclination, to argue or fight with others. boredom and inactivity have led people to conflict and materialistic greed. Wilis Gorthy describes how as a boy he was drawn toward careers that were flashy and important; later in life, he found satisfaction through a career in helping disabled individuals achieve productive lifes. Wallace Stegner describes his suspicions of "passionate faith" because of the religious intolerance it creates, and recounts his beliefs in virtues such as kindness and courage, and his belief that although consciences are developed differently, based on one's birthplace, nevertheless, people across the world share many values. Yaroslav Chyz runs through many of the simple adages he lives by but emphasizes that underlying them all is the "Golden Rule" Curtin Winsor tells of the importance of individualism and being true to himself in the development of his beliefs and what some of those beliefs are. Eugene Gregg, Vice President and General Manager of Westrex Corporation, describes his beliefs that persons are responsible to a higher authority and responsible for taking care of others as well as themselves. Frederick Thayer considers the many different philosophies and belief systems in the world and arrives at the conclusion that people would be better off focusing on their present life and conduct rather than on their afterlife. Joseph Klacsman describes his simple faith and the happiness he derives from serving a wide variety of passengers during his work as a Pullman conductor. Mary Belden, president and treasurer of Belden Frosting Company, describes her beliefs in the brotherhood of individuals, the need for tolerance, the importance of listening to the other side of an argument, the dignity of human beings, the need to remember the past, and her confidence that Christianity will triumph over other philosophies, dispelling fear and uncertainty. Harold Clurman describes how difficult the theater field was during the Great Depression, but expresses his love and motivations for being in theater and his desire to serve others. Jay Kennedy speaks of growing up as a young, homeless orphan and the important lesson of survival, and staying alive, that he learned and still lives by, although tempered by the knowledge that to fully develop one must do so within the context of reltionships with others. Richard Tucker describes his belief in honesty and keeping one's word, and recounts how he strives to teach his son that even so-called "white lies" still hurt the teller of the lie. Roger Phillips, publisher of World Magazine, describes the faith and values he inherited from his family and explains the value and influence of a mate and examines the many elements that make up a persons heritage. Walden Pell describes his belief that life is an "educational enterprise" filled with teachers who must be sure that they are passing along the truth to the next generation. Catherine Walsh describes her belief that it is impossible to be truly happy and the importance of always making the best effort in what one does. J. Warren Day recounts how looking at ripples in a lake made him realize that all of his actions and life choices have consequences, and describes his belief that a life of service, especially in helping children learn about God, is the most unselfish and Christian life he can imagine. Margaret Runbeck describes her trip to India to combat illiteracy, and her belief that there is a spiritual revival underway, as people realize that rational intelligence alone cannot prevent "global suicide." Elizabeth Coker describes how an accident left her face disfigured, and the how the process of exerting extra effort to overcome her self-consciousness developed a love for people, a respect for tolerance, and a joy in laughter. Rosalie Spidell describes her "creed of umimportant people"--her beliefs in unseen realities and the afterlife, her conviction that virture isn't dead, her certainty in a religion she has practiced since childhood, and her description of simple pleasures and joys that have enriched her everyday life. Viscount Halisham considers and rejects the idea of materialism and embraces an immaterial universe at the center of which is Jesus Christ who can redeem the suffering and sins of mankind. Frank Weil describes his beliefs that one must earn future privileges through the work of today, that belief in the future provides strength for meeting the challenges of today, and that people in general have the wisdom and integrity to achieve a better tomorrow. George Higginbotham, president of the Consolidation Coal Company, describes his "principle of kindness" (a resolve to avoid hurting others), his "principle of self-analysis" (a process of self-reflection which determines personal faults and ways in which to overcome them), and his "principle of tolerance" (a belief that because God is compassionate and forgiving, he should be as well). Stanley Kramer describes how a schoolteacher told him to have "the courage to be unpopular" and how that advice shaped his life and career in Hollywood. William Joyce, founder of Joyce Incorporated, Shoe Manufacturers, describes how the deaths of his brother and son led him to conclude that he could only have faith in God's purposes rather than demand an explanation of His actions. Ellen Carpenter describes her belief that prayer works and that the answer to the poverty and problems of the world is a spiritual one. Children's author Martha Kiser talks about her faith in all people and her beliefs in the immortality of the soul, the importance of compassion, work and friendship. Alfred Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and former dean and trustee of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, explains his belief that we all perceive the world differently and so we need to try to approach one another with empathy, respect, and compassion, and that this attitude is particularly important in the American business world where people spend such a great deal of time and attention. Edward Sneed describes how ambition used to drive his life, until he learned how to count his blessings, and received great strength and happiness in return. Joseph Szigeti describes his efforts to avoid being stereotyped and remaining authentic to himself and also the obligation one has to work with and help other people. Frank Dalley, office manager at the Utah Department of Employment Securit and National Gaurdsman, recounts his expereineces in the Korean War and how he relied on prayer for guidance and his determination to try to help others and relieve human suffering in whatever way he could. George Washington impersonator and insurance agent, Lawrence Hart describes his beliefs: that the world was intelligently designed, that we have been given brains to combat sin and suffering and the desire to help make the world better, that we are responsible for who we are as much as heredity or environment, that truth will prevail over falsehood, that Christ's principals are the finest ever taught, that worship services and meditation are essential to understanding life's meaning, and that life continues after death. Freya Stark talks about her belief in immortality and the afterlife and how this view of eternity affects her perspective and gives her and affinity for sincerity and truth. Richard Potter discusses his closes with nature as a child and his belief that there is much to be gained from living close to nature and more children must be raised with an awareness of nature. Sidonie Gruenberg describes her belief in the importance of both family life and productive occupation outside the home, and recounts how she balanced those values in her own life. Eric Warner Johnson describes his beliefs in the freedom of conscience, in the brotherhood of humanity, in the importance of living one's faith in practical action, and in the value of speaking the truth, even at personal risk. This episode is a rebroadcast of an earlier airing. Doris Almy explains how her trust in the omnipotence of God and the reestablishment of her faith allowed her to overcome her fears and anxiety, and discusses her belief in kindness and education as a relief from anxiety in the lives of others. Edward Sherman emphasizes the need for responsibility and sacrifice for the sake of the country and to preserve its leadership in the world, and lists his personal commandments, a "Decalogue of Civic Responsibility." Robert Colwell describes his belief that a free society starts with personal responsibility, and he quotes theologian Martin Luther's description of two kinds of faith--one can either hold beliefs that are passive or beliefs that lead to action. R.Gopolakrishnan describes his awareness, upon coming to America, that the beliefs and dreams of Americans are the same as those of the people of India and that the desire for peace, liberty, brotherhood and cooperation are not limited by national borders. Ernest Macmillan, Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Dean of Music at Toronto University and Principal of the Toronto Conservatory, describes the importance of life in the world and its immaterial mystery and his belief that one must find purpose in life and enjoy it as best one can to glorify God. Etienne Dupuch describes how his newspaper has been run in humble reliance on God, and describes his belief in the efficacy of prayer and in freedom from fear of death. Frieda Gates discusses how her work as a librarian allows her to help others educate themselves and the importance of tolerance and respect for others views. Moekarto Notowidigdo, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia, describes being in jail during the Indonesian push for independence, and witnessing the comraderie of prisoners from all socioeconomic statuses, which led them to sing the Indonesian National Anthem during an execution. Edgar Scott describes his beliefs that the universe was created by God, that God is loving and in control of events, that the existence of evil does not negate the existence of God but rather teaches us important life lessons, that what happens after death is still an "unsolved puzzle," and that individuals must surrender to the things in life which are too big for them to dominate. Samuel Guard tells the story of a young boy becoming an excellent farmer through dedication and faith in hinself, a capability that Samuel Guard says lies within everyone. Vita Sackville-West describes her belief in an impersonal force, and her belief that, contrary to organized religion's creed, humans are insignificant specks in the galaxy. Kenneth Johnson talks of the importance of democracy, freedom and human welfare, and emphasizes the ethical principles that underlie our democratic ideals. Harry Blake describes a conversation with his sons in which they discuss the need for faith, hope, and charity to attain a succesful and happy life.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line685
__label__wiki	0.893703	0.893703	The Sex and the City opening credits: A 5-minute oral history By Caitlin Brody For more on Sex and the City, pick up Entertainment Weekly’s Untold Stories issue on stands now, or buy it right here. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. The “do-do-do-do,” the tutu, the New York City skyline — this was how we first met Carrie Bradshaw, long before the heroine ever busted out an “I couldn’t help but wonder.” Nearly 20 years later, the collective brains behind the six-season phenomenon think back on creating that indelible main-title sequence. As a first step, Sex and the City creator Darren Star looked to classic female-fronted series. Darren Star: I was really inspired by the That Girl main title, which told the story of Anne Marie [Marlo Thomas] coming to New York, and I thought about The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I wanted to give a sense of the character, tell a little bit of a story, and let the audience know that Carrie was never going to take herself too seriously. Before scenes were shot, composer Douglas Cuomo took a crack at what would become the famed main-title Sex and the City theme. Star asked for something sexy and sophisticated, to let the audience know it was okay to laugh. Douglas Cuomo: I was given a rough storyboard — it was a cartoon where the women went from brunch to shoe shopping and, later, an art museum. I went to Virgin Records and found the “Space-Age Bachelor Pad” music section and thought that might work, so I hired a drummer and saxophone player for the demo and had about 10 days to do it. The music had sections because of the scenes in the storyboard, and right before I played it in a meeting with Darren, he said, “Oh, we’re not doing that anymore!” The song was 37 seconds, but it seemed like it took an hour to play through — I was very nervous. When you’re playing music for someone, you have no idea whether it’s the greatest or worst thing ever. After Darren heard it once, he said, “You hit a home run.” That almost never happens. His only note was to make it a little longer, so I made that little climbing part at the end a little longer, which made it more effective. For more revelations from the past four decades of entertainment, visit ew.com/untoldstories. Star: I wanted a Latin, cocktail-themed vibe, and I loved Doug’s song the second I heard it. It’s very, very infectious. It captured exactly the feeling that I wanted. Cuomo: For the real song, I had a bass player, drummer, saxophone player, percussionist and pianist. We recorded the song near the Empire State Building. Star: You know, the show really wasn’t that popular the first season — it was kind of slow to catch on. I remember driving around L.A. playing the theme song in my car and wondering if anyone was going to recognize it. [Laughs] Cuomo: I heard that it was Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ringtone. [Laughs] With the music nailed down, Star came up with a new premise: Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker (now on HBO’s Divorce), walks around Manhattan and gets splashed by a bus bearing an ad for her own newspaper column. The opening was filmed in March 1998 on Fifth Avenue near Manhattan’s Plaza hotel; the pilot premiered in June. Star: The series was always about four women, but the viewer’s way into the show is through Carrie. It was important to establish this young, single woman who’s writing a column exploring sex and relationships and, in the process, learning about life. And part of learning about life is getting splashed by a bus. She has this moment of glory that ended very quickly. Sarah Jessica Parker: I thought it was a very smart way of doing the pie in the face before anybody else could do it. I hadn’t [yet] been Carrie Bradshaw for a long time. If we had shot it a year later, I would’ve understood exactly how she walks. But that was part of figuring it out that day. And the point of view was strong enough that I didn’t need as much information as I might’ve needed for a scene. It’s a really tight sequence, but if you look at the amount of footage covered, it’s not a great amount of mileage. Star: I think we got it on the first or second take. Parker: Someone was throwing buckets of water at me. Well, not buckets, but enough for me to have to avoid it. Prop people are always going out of their way to make the water warm, but there’s not a lot they can typically do to control it when you’re working on the street. If I was cold, I survived. It’s so little to ask of me. Star hired costume designer Patricia Field for the opening sequence. The two continued to work together for all six seasons, on both film spin-offs, and on Star’s current project, Younger, for TV Land. Field found Carrie’s iconic tutu in a $5 bin on a showroom floor and re-created four versions of it. Patricia Field: It was very difficult for the producers to understand the tutu. Sarah Jessica and I were fighting for it, and Darren said, “Okay, but I want other outfits as possibilities.” Star: I remember thinking, “Wow, a tutu?” But Pat and Sarah Jessica were very committed to it. I would say it was one of many times where they’d have a wardrobe and I’d look at it and say, “I don’t get it, but go for it!” We did one pass where Carrie’s in a beautiful blue dress, but she doesn’t get splashed. Instead she trips when she sees the ad. Parker: I tripped a lot that day! It was not a fancy tutu, and we doubled the tank top because it was see-through and Pat didn’t want me wearing a bra. I remember the shoes — they were leopard-print and strappy. I wore them throughout the first season — we really asked a lot of that shoe. I wore makeup in the opening that I didn’t wear in the show, and I don’t think she ever wore that hairstyle, either, so it felt like this sort of lifted thing that existed on its own. It nodded to a person but wasn’t reflective of everything we knew her to be. But I just thought the whole thing was right. Field: I told Darren that if the show was a hit, we’d need something completely original — not of that season or a certain time. In the end, the tutu won. Star: It was such a brilliant choice because in a way, Carrie’s dancing through her life in New York. 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__label__wiki	0.693639	0.693639	Dr. Burl W. Randolph, Jr, DM, MSS, MBA Founding Director Dr. Burl Randolph, Jr., DM, serves as one of the Founding Directors and as Secretary and Director of International Mentoring for Foreign Affairs Council. Dr. Burl is also the Founder, President, and Chief Consultant of MyWingman, LLC, a Business Leadership and Management Consulting company. The company services include executive coaching, organizational planning, corporate training, mentoring program development, writing services, and government contracting. Dr. Burl is an author, editor, and publisher of several books, peer-reviewed articles, and academic works. He is a recurring Guest Lecturer with the University of Alaska, and a member of the Center for Educational Innovation and Technology Research (CEITR) with the University of Phoenix. Dr. Burl is also a retired United States Army Colonel, with nearly 32 years of service to the nation in various command, leadership, and management positions. He last served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence and Security, G-2 (Chief Executive Officer - CEO for Intelligence), Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL. Dr. Burl has extensive strategic and operational intelligence experience, serving as the XVIII Airborne Corps Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, G-2 (Chief Operating Officer - COO for Intelligence); Site Commander, Deputy Site Commander, Weapons Inspector, and Monitor with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Onsite Inspections, and with the Defense Intelligence Agency as an Operations Officer. Much of Dr. Burl’s intelligence experience occurred during his three combat tours in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Burl also has broad executive level experience leading several successful recruiting operations throughout the Army. He served as a Battalion Executive Officer (COO), Battalion Commander (CEO) for the largest recruiting battalion in the Army, and as a Brigade Deputy Commanding Officer (COO) for the Mid and Southwest areas of the United States. Dr. Burl holds a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership (DM) from the University of Phoenix, a Master of Strategic Studies (MSS) from the US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Troy University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Iowa State University. Dr. Burl was inducted into the International Honor Society in Business in 2015, which is awarded to the Top 20% of an academic class. In 2014, he earned the University of Phoenix Doctoral Leadership Scholarship for work towards his dissertation. Dr. Burl is often sought as a motivational speaker for organizations and mentoring programs. He prides himself on his work not only in the military, but within his passion: Mentoring. Dr. Burl began mentoring in 1988 at Fort Hood, TX, was dubbed as The Silent Drummer, and has mentored continuously ever since. Dr. Burl has mentored all over the world, influencing notable organizations such as Partnership for Peace in Germany, Campus Crusade for Christ in the Washington, DC area, Carlisle Victory Circle, Carlisle, PA, and most markedly, The ROCKS Inc, in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Iraq.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line689
__label__cc	0.614752	0.385248	December 31, 2003 Jim McLennan reviews, thriller Rating: D Dir: Jon Hess Star: Steve Railsback, Nicholas Guest, Sam Melville, Xander Berkeley Not to be confused with the remake of Nikita made four years later, this has Railsback as washed-up agent Hank Knight, whose alcoholic tenure at the American Embassy in Mexico City is shaken up by an assassination attempt on a visiting senator (Melville). Mind you, it’s hardly any better than the Badham/Fonda feature, sharing a similar degree of predictability, even though it isn’t a remake. It’s obvious who the bad guy is going to be almost as soon as he appears, and for the next hour or so, the viewer will be waiting for Knight to catch up. Along the way, however, there are one or two points to watch out for, such as a very young Xander Berkeley, with peroxide hair, playing the assassin. Seven years later, he and Railsback teamed up again, this time with Berkeley the flaky lawman, and Railsback the villain, in Barb Wire. You probably didn’t notice. 🙂 [Okay, if we hadn’t watched it last week, neither would we!] The political subtext is also kinda interesting, in that it hints at forces within the United States using “terrorist” groups overseas to further their own aims. If it had gone further down this route, instead of focusing on Knight’s struggles with his (yawn!) inner demons, the results might have stood the test of time better, rather than being just another forgettable action flick. Jon Hess Nicholas Guest Sam Melville Steve Railsback Atolladero (1995)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line692
__label__cc	0.633374	0.366626	Volkswagen plans 36,000 charging points throughout Europe Volkswagen is aiming for a rapid breakthrough for e- mobility and is redoubling its efforts in the field of charging infrastructure. Throughout Europe, the Group will be installing a total of 36,000 charging points by 2025; 11,000 of these are to be developed by the Volkswagen brand. They will be installed at Volkswagen plants and at about 3,000 Volkswagen dealerships in all large towns and cities. With its Group company for charging infrastructure Elli (Electric Life) and its charging service “We Charge”, Volkswagen is also moving into further lucrative business areas connected with charging. All in all, the Group is investing about €250 million at its European locations. At the same time, the Group calls for other measures to take effect rapidly for more charging stations in Germany. “Charging infrastructure will increasingly become the crucial factor for the rapid breakthrough of e-mobility in Germany. Charging an electric car must become just as easy and normal as charging a smart phone. This is why we need significantly more charging stations in public spaces and simple rules for the installation of private Wallboxes. Volkswagen intends to send out a signal and is becoming involved in the development of charging infrastructure at all levels,” says Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand responsible for E-Mobility. Development of infrastructure in all utilization scenarios Estimates by Volkswagen indicate that 70 percent of all charging operations will be carried out at home or work in the future. Volkswagen company Elli will be offering complete charging solutions for companies and consumers to meet these requirements from 2020 onwards. These will range from affordable Wallboxes including installation to appropriate eco- power. At Volkswagen plants throughout Germany, the brand will be installing about 4,000 charging points for employees; many of these will be accessible to the public. Public charging stations will be used for about a quarter of all charging operations. With Volkswagen’s “We Charge” service, customers will have access to more than 100,000 charging points throughout Europe in the future – in the medium term, the figure is set to rise to 150,000 charging points. Partnerships with retail chains are planned, allowing customers to charge their cars conveniently while they are shopping. A start has been made with Tesco in the UK and other chains are to follow. Volkswagen has also laid the main foundations for charging on long highway journeys. The models of the ID. family offer longer ranges and are designed for fast charging. The ID.3 can be charged at a fast charging station with 100 to 125 kilowatts depending on the option selected. Together with industrial partners, Volkswagen will also be installing 400 fast charging stations with up to 2,400 charging points along major routes and highways throughout Europe by 2020 under the IONITY umbrella. In addition, Volkswagen is bringing fast charging infrastructure to urban areas. The first 28 fast charging stations not located on the autobahn network are to be commissioned in Wolfsburg at the end of June. They are part of Volkswagen AG’s present to the city of Wolfsburg on its 80th anniversary. Stronger commitment called for on the part of politicians However, the expansion of charging infrastructure will need to be significantly boosted over the coming months. In Germany alone, the Coalition Agreement calls for more than 100,000 additional public charging points by 2020. Only a fraction of these charging points have already been established. Volkswagen is convinced that stronger commitment on the part of politicians is called for. The foundations for the rapid expansion of infrastructure need to be laid rapidly, for example by amendments to tenancy and construction law or the expansion of subsidies for charging infrastructure at public and private parking facilities. “There is potential for e-mobility to become a genuine success story in Germany. If industry and politicians make a concerted effort, we can overcome the challenges of charging infrastructure very fast. Similarly, we can only master the technology-driven structural transformation in our industry by working together,” says E-Mobility Board Member Thomas Ulbrich. “Germany needs an e-mobility masterplan.” LEVC reveals new range-extended light commercial vanSeventy-five Percent of Plug-in Vehicles Sold in the US in 2018 Were Made in the US CHAdeMO 2017: another good year of great growth Kalmar to Introduce Fast Charging Solution for Electric Powered Shuttle and Straddle Carriers June 18, 2019 Electric Car NewsEV Charging, Volkswagen	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line694
__label__wiki	0.885877	0.885877	Israel’s pinkwashing exposed as dishonest at New York debates Uri Horesh The Electronic Intifada 6 April 2012 Pinkwashing has unwittingly generated resistance and debate. Steve Rhodes Flickr “Pinkwashing is a way to normalize Zionism in a queer context.” So said Nadia Awad, an American-born documentary filmmaker of Palestinian ancestry, at a panel titled “(Un)Occupying Territories of Gender and Sexuality in Palestine,” at the New School for Social Research in New York. “Pinkwashing” comes to the fore The term “pinkwashing” has been used by activists for some time, but came to wide public prominence last November due to a New York Times op-ed by Sarah Schulman. In general, pinkwashing refers to an Israeli hasbara (literally “explaining” in Hebrew) — or propaganda — strategy to portray Israel as espousing liberal or progressive democratic values such as feminism, gay rights and multiculturalism, in order to distract from or discount Israel’s systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians. Awad’s was but one of several definitions, descriptions and analyses of the term that reverberated in downtown and uptown Manhattan on 4 April, as members of the first American LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) delegation to Palestine and a handful of other scholars and activists presented their experiences and thoughts at the New School and at Columbia University Law School earlier in the day. Awad agreed to modify her statement to the effect that there is not much queerness in pinkwashing itself, but more so in our opposition to it and to the Israeli occupation as a larger project. The session at Columbia aimed to explore pinkwashing more directly. “The Ethics of Pinkwashing: LGBT Rights in Israel/Palestine” featured Katherine Franke and Kendall Thomas, both professors at Columbia Law School, as well as Vani Natarajan, a writer, activist and librarian at Barnard College. All three were members of the LGBTQ delegation to Palestine. Neta Patrick, an Israeli lawyer and a fellow at the Human Rights Institute at Columbia, moderated the discussion. The panelists spoke of various encounters that the delegation members had had with victims of Israeli occupation, violence by settlers and the army, not only in the West Bank but in Israel, sometimes with devastating details which would be sadly familiar to regular readers of The Electronic Intifada. Hebron reminiscent of Jim Crow America But then came the story of al-Khalil (known to many by its Hebrew name, Hebron). It was also not new to me. I have read and heard about it numerous times, and I have walked along Shuhada Street with a guide from Breaking the Silence and witnessed exactly what the members of the delegation had seen. Yet I couldn’t help but be moved by Professor Kendall Thomas’ retelling of this tale, with a very precise graphic description of the concrete barriers and the width of the sections of the road allotted to each of the ethnic groups populating the city. Thomas is an African-American, which everybody in attendance could see. And he verbalized it very eloquently, yet gently, when he said, “people who look like me remember what it was like in some parts of this country,” referring to the United States in the days of segregation and Jim Crow laws. His words resonated even more when Natarajan spoke of “intersectionality,” as every member of the panel, and indeed most of us have more than just one identity, and, in a way, pinkwashing seeks to simplify not only the conflict, but also the human beings involved in it. Propaganda conceals key facts Given that this was a law school event, there was naturally some commentary on matters of legislation and court rulings. Franke, for instance, indicated that indeed Israel has allowed the registration of same-sex marriages before most states in the United States (most of the United States still do not allow such unions), and that the Israeli military has allowed lesbians and gays (but not transgendered people) to serve openly for many years before the US as well. However, she reminded us, the contexts for both are very different, and this is something that the official Israeli pinkwashing propaganda does not bother to explicate. In the case of matrimonial law, only same-sex marriages that were carried out outside of Israel in jurisdictions where such marriages are legal (for example, Canada) may be registered in Israel, since Israel itself has no secular mechanism for matrimony, and no Orthodox rabbi (or clergy member of any of the recognized religions) would perform a same-sex union. And in the matter of military service, we are not dealing with permission to serve, but rather with a legal obligation to serve, given Israel’s laws of conscription. Either way, Franke noted, this would be of no relevance to Palestinians. A gay Palestinian, Franke said, may try to pass through a checkpoint staffed by gay Israeli soldiers and still be harassed and denied entry to the supposed “gay haven” about which the pinkwashing project keeps boasting. Selling women as sex objects The imbalance between Israel as a modern, gay-friendly, secular-leaning society and the same Israel being a traditional, patriarchal, (hetero-)sexist one was raised by the moderator, Neta Patrick as well. In her introduction to pinkwashing, she revealed that Israel’s so-called Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, which, along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Tourism are the architects of the current ongoing pinkwashing campaign, has very different content on its Hebrew website than on its English counterpart. The Hebrew site has a section entitled “Myth vs. Reality,” with talking points for Israelis living abroad (such as Patrick or myself) to convey to the alleged ignorant goyim. One of these alleged myths is (my translation): “In Israel, women wear keffiyehs or headscarves.” To Debunk this “myth,” I am supposed to tell you that “most Israeli women wear nothing on their heads,” and also that “Israel is considered in the world to be as much of a fashion capital as New York, Paris and London,” and (emphasis in the original) “our beautiful [female] models star on the covers of the most prominent magazines in the world.” Although the same government website does indeed acknowledge that there are many different ethno-religious groups in the country, the image of the “Israeli woman” that the government emphasizes and urges Israelis to propagate and foreigners to consume is strictly a sexualized and secular one. This image obscures the reality of a country where many women — Muslims and Jews — dress modestly and cover their heads due to their religious observances. “Coming out” not a chief concern The New School event was framed within a series on “Coming Out in the Developing World.” Interestingly, coming out, or indeed being out, in the Western sense, did not appear to be a chief concern of the Palestinian queers with whom the American delegation members had met during their visit. This is perhaps best illustrated by the words of the first speaker, Darnell Moore, Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University (whose remarks were read in absentia by another panelist, Pauline Park): “On our trip, for example, many of us American delegates (US Citizens) were quite upset when we discovered that it may not be a good idea to “out” ourselves with our host families. The profound disordering of our ways of being, quite understandably, provoked confusion and discomfort. Some felt that we had come too far in our own struggle for self-determination and acceptance as LGBTQ people in the United States to return to the proverbial “closet.” We asked questions and pushed back when we were told by our Palestinian hosts that negotiations around disclosure were often individual and contextual…that disclosure, in some cases, may not be the most appropriate move…that the sexed and having-sex lives of people regardless of sexual identity tend not to be the first line of discussion.” Moore seems to have discovered first-hand that Western notions of what it means to be “gay” or to “come out” — may be unintelligible to Palestinians and others, because these concepts have a specific history that is not necessarily universal or transhistorical. This is the thrust of Joseph Massad’s critique of what he calls the “Gay International” — a form of activism that insists that specific experiences and identities whose history lies in the West represent universal truths, and which has become increasingly tied to hegemonic foreign policy concerns of the United States. “Forced into activism by circumstance” “Coming out wasn’t a formative experience for me,” said Mahdi, an activist in Alqaws, originally from East Jerusalem, currently based in New York. Mahdi, who spoke at the New School panel, was introduced only by his first name. He reinforced Moore’s assessment of the disparity between Western notions of coming out and practices in Palestine. A similar sentiment was expressed at Columbia by Thomas, who said that many of the activists he had met in Palestine were virtually forced into activism by circumstance. Mahdi summed up Israel’s “pinkwashing” rebranding message: Israel — and especially Tel Aviv — is a gay haven, while Palestinians are all homophobic. And this message is always conveyed, he reminded us, without input from any queer Palestinians. In response to an audience question, Mahdi revealed that a need had arisen for a “spatial manifestation” for queer life in the West Bank, and that a home for queer Palestinians had recently opened in Ramallah. “It’s underground. I can’t tell you where it is,” he added. Forthcoming documentary Nadia Awad, who headed the team that documented the journey of the American LGBTQ delegation to Palestine on video, displayed still images from her upcoming documentary which will be available in segments, online, in open-source format. Carolyn Klassen, lead organizer with Young, Jewish and Proud, introduced her group, initially by screening a short video (Available on YouTube: “Jewish Voice for Peace: Young Jewish Proud Declaration.”) While the group isn’t an all-queer group, many — if not most — of its member identify as queer, and the issue of pinkwashing has “brought the struggle close to home” for them. The presentation of Pauline Park, chair of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) and member of the LGBTQ delegation to Palestine, consisted of a visual report from the delegation’s visit to Palestine and Israel, as well as Park’s additional week-long stay in the region, mostly in Tel Aviv. The 25 photos (out of 2,000 she had taken) can be viewed online. Both events had a little bit of friction when question-and-answer time came. This was somewhat more evident at Columbia, where one member of the audience tried to argue that the mere claim that pinkwashing even existed was “propaganda,” and another member, a former soldier from Israel, told us in a very emotional voice how offended he was to hear his beloved army being accused of war crimes. At the New School, A self-identified gay Jewish pro-Israeli Zionist pleaded with the panelists to engage in “dialogue” with him and his friends, to which Awad bluntly responded that she was opposed to dialogue with people who refuse to accept the basic facts, as it is not a productive task for an activist to be engaged in. The recent Penn BDS conference in Philadelphia had a panel on pinkwashing, and so did J Street in its recent meeting in Washington. Two additional events are slated for next week in New York. “Queering Solidarity: A Panel on Pinkwashing and LGBTQ Activism for Israel-Palestine,” will be held at Columbia University on 10 April and “Creating Solidarities: A Conversation with Members of the First US LGBTQ Delegate to Palestine” will be held at the Brecht Forum on 11 April. As Israel engages in more propaganda to deflect attention from its numerous and vicious violations of human rights and shine whatever little light is left on its supposed accomplishments in the realm of gender and sexuality, we are certain to hear more opposition to this enterprise. Uri Horesh is an Israeli linguist, educator and activist. Born in Jaffa in 1970, he was educated at Tel Aviv University and the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia. He has taught linguistics and Arabic at Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Georgetown University, the University of Texas at Austin and Franklin & Marshall College. His first political memory is demonstrating on his father’s shoulders at age 7 against the expansion of a West Bank settlement, the name of which currently escapes him. As a graduate student at Penn, he was among the co-founders of FPAN, the Free Palestine Action Network. He tweets frequently at @urihoresh. Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article misidentified the organizational affiliation with which Pauline Park participated in the LGBTQ delegation to Palestine and incorrectly stated that she had been in Tel Aviv as the guest of the Coalition of Women for Peace. It has been updated. Nadia Awad New School for Social Research Katherine Franke Kendall Thomas Vani Natarajan Neta Patrick Alqaws Carolyn Klassen Pauline Park Coalition of Women for Peace Queens Pride House LGBTQ delegation to Palestine Columbia prof Katherine Franke joins academic boycott of Israel and will not speak at the Equality Forum Benjamin Doherty 4 May 2012 Pro-BDS Columbia prof's gathering with anti-BDS J Street and Zionist LGBT groups stirs controversy Benjamin Doherty 12 April 2013 Leading LGBT activists, artists and cultural workers: oppose pinkwashing and support BDS Nora Barrows-Friedman 27 January 2012	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line695
__label__wiki	0.722343	0.722343	EU Commission proposes to set up European Monetary Fund The European Commission proposes to transform the 500-billion-euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM) into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) to more rapidly respond to financial difficulties in Eurozone member states. © Reuters / Scanpix "We propose to build on the success of the European Stability Mechanism, turning it into a European Monetary Fund. The transformation of the ESM to the European Monetary Fund will help to more efficiently deal with future crises," Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, told reporters after the Commission's meeting. Lithuania emerges as blockchain gateway to Europe Lithuania's 2018 draft budget meets fiscal discipline requirements - European Commission Under the Commission's proposal, the new fund would have the same financing capacity as the ESM, at 500 billion euros, but it would have to respond to financial shocks faced by Eurozone countries in a more rapid and more transparent way. The EU's executive body expects the EU Council and the European Parliament to agree by mid-2019 on the establishment of the EMF. The Commission on Wednesday also issued two communications that propose to consider establishing the post of a European minister of economy and finance and creating a separate Eurozone budget line within the overall EU budget. The three proposals were first publicly mentioned by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in his State of the Union speech in mid-September. Hot on the heels of issuing of the Europe’s fastest e-money (EMI) license to the numerous global... Lithuania's draft budget for 2018 complies with the fiscal requirements of the Stability and Growth... Macron’s vision for the EU is underpinned by federalisation with a France First flavour Minister of finance says it's too early to speak about creating EU finance minister Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka thinks that it is too early to speak about creating an... Is a new economic crisis looming? Kirkilas – Multi-Speed EU is no bogeyman	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line696
__label__wiki	0.681282	0.681282	Court docs show Hope Hicks in contact with Michael Cohen during hush-money discussions THE SOCIAL COMMERCE REPORT: Inside the fast-developing opportunity to reach billions of consumers' wallets using social platforms Instagram is starting to cut off its most addictive feature, and it could have huge consequences for teens' mental health Home » Markets » Investors are worried about European bank earnings — here is all you need to know Investors are worried about European bank earnings — here is all you need to know Big European banks are set to report their first-quarter earnings starting next week and some investors fear that poor report cards could lead to further volatility in the stock markets. Several analysts have raised concerns over earnings this quarter due to external risks such as low economic growth, uncertainty over U.S.-China trade deal, Brexit and a U-turn on major central bank policy towards more easing. Daniel Morris, senior investment strategist at BNP Paribas told CNBC Monday that results among European corporates in the fourth-quarter of 2018 was on the lower end. “It was one of the lowest you had in a long time. We really didn’t notice because we were recovering from the end of December and you had the Fed and so on. Now, we have digested the Fed, I think we have priced in most of the (U.S.-China) trade deal so earnings are going to matter this time. And if we have such minimal beats over expectations and of course as we know expectations are very low for this quarter, I think markets are not going to be happy with that,” Morris told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.” European banks are suffering from years of weak profits, massive fines, ultra-low monetary policy and uncertainty surrounding the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. The U.S. banks, on the other hand, especially the big ones like J.P. Morgan and Citi have very strong retail operations that have kept these banks resilient in the face of economic headwinds. U.S. bank earnings have been a mixed bag in the first-quarter of this year. But it is yet to be seen how their European counterparts perform. CNBC takes a look at the big European banks that are set to report over the next two weeks and what drives their strategy: Credit Suisse is due to report on Wednesday, April 24. According to data firm Refinitiv, Credit Suisse is expected to report a first-quarter net profit of 793.7 million Swiss francs, as compared to 694 million Swiss francs reported in the first-quarter of 2018. Last year, the Swiss-lender swung back to profit for the first time since 2014. The bank reported a full-year net profit of 2.1 billion Swiss francs ($2.08 billion) for 2018, compared with a 983 million loss in 2017. The bank’s CEO Tidjane Thiam has led the bank’s turnaround strategy by improving the balance sheet, cutting down on bonuses as well as slashing headcount. In February, Thiam also pointed out a number of external uncertainties weighing on the bank. These include the U.S. trade negotiations and Brexit that have led to “limited visibility” in the months ahead. However, the bank’s stock is still down nearly 20 percent over a 12-month period and about 40 percent since Thiam took over as the CEO in 2015. UBS is set to report its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, April 25. According to data firm Refinitiv, UBS is expected to report a first-quarter net profit of 856 million Swiss francs, as compared to 1.5 billion Swiss francs reported in the first-quarter of 2018. Last month, UBS chief Sergio Ermotti told CNBC that despite the rally in global equity markets, revenues in the first quarter of 2019 was one of the worst in recent years. Noting especially tough conditions outside the United States, Ermotti said investment banking revenues were down about a third compared to the euphoric first quarter that kicked off 2018. Investment banking is a specific division of banking related to the creation of capital for other companies, governments and other entities. The bank recently also announced that it is cutting an extra $300 million from 2019 costs after they anticipated investment banking revenues plunged –and wealth management remained under pressure in the first quarter. UBS stock is down more than 23 percent over a 12-month period. British-bank Barclays is due to report its first-quarter numbers on Thursday, April 25. According to data firm Refinitiv, Barclays is expected to report a first-quarter net profit of 875.6 million pounds, as compared to the heavy losses of 764 million pounds reported in the first-quarter of 2018. Earlier this year, Barclays reported a full-year net profit of £1.4 billion ($1.82 billion) for 2018, swinging back to the black after 2017 losses. The bank also set aside a Brexit provision of £150 million in its 2018 results. However, the bank remains under pressure from its shareholders over its turnaround strategy. In February, U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global Management dumped all of its stake in Barclays. The New York-based hedge fund had been one of the top 10 investors in Barclays and held a stake of 2.5 percent. Barclays’ first-quarter numbers come at a time when the bank is also facing pressure from activist investor Edward Bramson forcing his way on to the board. Bramson’s Sherborne Investors holds a 5.5 percent stake in the bank. According to Reuters, Bramson wants Barclays to reduce resources allocated to its investment units. Barclays’ shares are down more than 21 percent over a 12-month period. German-lender Deutsche Bank will report first-quarter earnings on Friday, April 26. According to data firm Refinitiv, Deutsche Bank is expected to report a first-quarter net profit of 130.5 million euros, as compared to 120 million euros reported in the first-quarter of 2018. Deutsche Bank has been in the news regularly in the past few months due to speculation over a potential merger with Commerzbank. The merger is seen to be heavily backed by the German government in a bid to create a strong national champion. A joint operation could have a balance sheet of nearly 2 trillion euros. In the past few years, Deutsche Bank has made headlines for all the wrong reasons — from settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice, to management reshuffles, weak earnings, constant restructuring and steep stock price falls. Last year, the bank posted its first full-year net profit since 2014. Shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are both down more than 35 percent over a 12-month period. British-bank RBS is set to report first-quarter earnings on Friday, April 26. An estimate for RBS’ first-quarter net income for 2019 wasn’t available from Refinitiv. However, the bank reported a net profit of 792 million pounds in first-quarter 2018. The bank slightly beat expectations for full-year profit during its fourth-quarter numbers. However, it has been at the center of a long legal saga with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its selling of toxic mortgages in the U.S. in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The lengthy settlement agreement process had prevented the bank from providing dividends to its shareholders. In the summer last year, the bank proposed its first dividend in 10 years. RBS has continued to warn of ongoing economic and political uncertainty and highly competitive mortgage market, along with uncertainty surrounding U.K.’s exit from the European Union. In the third-quarter of 2018, the bank said it had set aside an impairment provision of 100 million pounds to deal with economic uncertainties, including from the fallout of Brexit. Shares of RBS are down nearly a percent over a 12-month period. French lender BNP Paribas publishes first-quarter numbers on Thursday, May 2. According to data firm Refinitiv, BNP Paribas is expected to report a first-quarter net profit of 1.8 billion euros, as compared to 1.5 billion euros reported in the first-quarter of 2018. The bank downgraded its 2020 targets during its fourth-quarter results in 2018. The bank said that the economic environment in Europe supported outstanding loans, despite low interest rates. However, it lowered its profitability and revenue growth targets for 2020 due to the impact from the market sell-off in the fourth quarter of 2018. The French bank now hopes to achieve revenue growth of 1.5 percent per year between 2016 and 2020, down sharply from its previous 2.5 percent target. Shares of BNP Paribas are down more than 23 percent over a 12-month period. Another French lender, Societe Generale is due to report its first-quarter numbers on Friday, May 3. An estimate for SocGen’s first-quarter net income for 2019 wasn’t available from Refinitiv. However, the bank reported a net profit of 850 million euros in the first-quarter of 2018. SocGen, France’s third-largest bank, announced earlier this month a plan to cut 1,600 jobs, mainly at its corporate and investment banking arm, in a bid to buoy profitability after last year’s poor performance. The lender had announced it would cut 500 million euros ($563 million) in costs at its corporate and investment banking in early February after its fourth quarter results were hit by a steep market downturn, which in turn forced it to lower both profitability and revenue growth targets. Shares of SocGen are down more than 36 percent over a 12-month period. Business survey says Brexit biggest threat to UK financial center LIVE MARKETS-Closing Snapshot: European Shares Finally Secure a Rebound Global IPO Proceeds Hit Four Year High in First Quarter EU sees step-by-step approach to bank trading capital rules The defeat of the Nazis helped discredit race science, which through fields such as eugenics had fueled the belief that...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line697
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__label__wiki	0.856177	0.856177	Home > Fordham University Press > Electronic Books > Religion > 8 Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims James L. Heft S.M., University of Dayton Other Religion From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. Today, that sustaining mission has never been more challenged. Will young people have a faith to guide them? How can faith traditions anchor religious attachments in this secular, skeptical culture? The fruit of a historic gathering of scholars and religious leaders across three faiths and many disciplines, this important book reports on the religious lives of young people in today’s world. It’s also a unique inventory of creative and thoughtful responses from churches, synagogues, and mosques working to keep religion a significant force in those lives. The essays are grouped thematically. Opening the book, Melchor Sanchez de Toca and Nancy Ammerman explore fundamental issues that have an impact on religion—from the cultural effects of global consumerism and personal technology to pluralism and individualism. In Part Two, leading investigators present three leading studies of religiosity among young people and college students in the United States, illuminating the gap between personal values and organized religion—and the emergence of new, different forms of spirituality and faith. How religious institutions deal with these challenges forms the heart of the book—in portraits of “best practices” developed to revitalize traditional institutions, from a synagogue in New York City and a Muslim youth camp in California to the famed French Catholic community of the late Brother John of Taizé. Finally, Jack Miles and Diane Winston weave the findings into a broader perspective of the future of religious belief, practice, and feeling in a changing world. Filled with real-world wisdom, Passing the Faith will be an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand what religions must, and can, do to inspire a vigorous faith in the next generation. Heft, James L. S.M., "Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims" (2007). Religion. 8. https://fordham.bepress.com/relig/8 Other Religion Commons	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line700
__label__cc	0.501006	0.498994	False Terminology and the Delegitimization of Israel Dr. Eliyahu Shoot \| 06/06/2018 02/07/2018 Terminological warfare. Word choice affects how one views events. When it comes to Israel, the distortion is rampant, a concerted effort to create an anti-Israel bias and resentment. Post-Modernist deconstruction at its finest (Photo - Pintrest) In 2007, the BBC released an opinion poll conducted in 27 countries, in which the respondents were asked to rate 13 pre-selected countries as having either a positive or a negative role in the world. Israel topped the list as the most negatively viewed country, followed by Iran and North Korea. In fact, out of all the countries in the poll, only the respondents from United States and Nigeria had a positive view of Israel (Nigerians, bizarrely, also viewed North Korea positively). Not surprisingly, large majorities within Muslim countries saw Israel as having a negative influence in the world. More surprising, however, was that also in Europe (including Israel’s supposed allies, such as the UK or Germany), Israel was viewed negatively by a large margin, with only 17% of Britons, 10% of Germans, 7% of Poles and 6% of Hungarians viewing it in a positive light. Obviously, the vast majority of respondents had no first-hand knowledge of Israel, its people, land or history. So what is the reason for such a strong anti-Israel sentiment? The answer offered by the pollsters themselves was that the poll was conducted just six months following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. However, the pollster added, there was no evidence showing that the result was “any better or worse than other historical ratings.” The pollsters did not elaborate why this would be the case, but it is not far-fetched to assume that these attitudes were shaped by the continued exposure to mainstream Western media’s anti-Israel bias and distorted coverage. The question, however, is why there would be such a strong anti-Israel bias especially in countries where the media is not government-controlled and there is a presumption of the freedom of speech and free access to information (assuming anti-Semitism is not a sine qua non the formation of the anti-Israel bias). In order to answer this question we need to address the ideological dogma of post-Modernism, which has come to dominate the Western media and academic circles in the last several decades. Post-Modernism rejects the existence of an objective truth (“no one has the monopoly on truth”), thus emancipating mutually-exclusive narratives (“one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”). In particular, post-Modernism attempts to deconstruct traditional narratives and social order, often in order subvert them. Although, according to post-Modernism, no narrative can be more valid than another, nevertheless, the void left by the deconstruction is often filled by the “victimhood” narrative or the original narrative’s semantic inversion. In other words, once the former heroes are turned into villains, the former villains immediately become heroes by virtue of their victimhood status. In its most radical form, this kind of moral relativism amounts to intellectual dishonesty, which purposely turns all traditional values on its head. (Michael Walsh in his book “The Devil’s Pleasure Palace” refers to this phenomenon as the “Satanic” leftism.) One of the primary tools in achieving this end, is the terminological warfare. In linguistics, there is a concept of the semantic field, i.e. a concept or an object referred to by a group of terms or expressions. Within the semantic field, there may be terms which have negative, neutral or favourable connotations, yet these words aren’t exactly synonymous, since various connotations link them with other semantic fields. Over time, various semantic shifts may occur which add new connotations to the term. These shifts may involve pejoration (i.e. making the term taboo, offensive or biased) or amelioration (i.e. making a previously unacceptable term into a positive one). For instance, an originally neutral term Negro had been pejorated and consequently replaced with black, which had not previously been used in reference to race; the term homosexual is in the process of being replaced by gay, virtually supplanting the original meaning of the word (except in the phrase “happy and gay”).A pupil is now likely to be referred to as a student, a stewardess is a flight assistant, and a chairman is a chair. Some of these changes were euphemistic, when the term was perceived to have accrued negative overtones; others, perhaps the majority, were driven by the left-liberal and feminist agenda. The semantic shift also took place vis-à-vis the terminology and rhetoric associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict. At the time of Israel’s War of Independence, most Western countries viewed Israel positively, and the anti-Israel sentiment did not dominate the public discourse. The anti-Israel pejorative semantic shift began in the mid-1950s, coming to dominate mainstream media and academic institutions by the early 1970s. The liberal media and public institutions began engaging in post-colonial mea culpa, viewing Israel as one of the last outposts of colonialism, and giving Israel’s enemies a free pass as noble savages who could do no wrong. This is how Arab Moslems became Arabs, Arab Palestinians, and finally just Palestinians. This semantic shift was facilitated by the fact that the Israel/Judea had been dubbed “Palestine” for centuries prior to anyone other than Jews claiming it a homeland. It was the 2nd century Roman Emperor Hadrian, who, following the genocidal suppression of the Bar-Kochba Revolt, replaced Judea with “Palestine” (named after the Philistines, a proto-Hellenic people that inhabited the Gaza-Ashkelon coastal strip between 12-5 cent. BCE), in order to erase all mention of Jews from their land and end their hopes for independence. He exiled and sold into slavery the majority of vanquished Jews, while Jerusalem was leveled and rebuilt as “Aelia Capitolina” with the pagan temple of Jupiter towering over the ruins of the two Biblical Temples. While the land was conquered and ruled by many powers, including the Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamelukes, Ottomans and the British, none of them considered it a separate entity; Arabs in particular, despite numerous efforts to settle the area, saw it as a barren and unattractive part of the Caliphate, the periphery of the province of a-Sham (Syria-Levant) with the regional centre of Ramle, not Jerusalem. Jews, on the other hand, while dispersed in the four corners of the earth, never forgot their land, yet could not return to it due to lack of political and military power. Only following the first major waves of Jewish immigration did the local Arabs begin having national aspirations, although those aspirations were primarily focused on preventing the formation of a Jewish polity and creating a pan-Arab state that included the land of Israel, but not limited to it. Despite historical facts, the liberal media continues to advance the twisted narrative, according to which it wasn’t the Jewish polity and the Jewish people that had been ethnically cleansed from their land by the Romans and replaced by pagan, Christian and subsequently Islamic invaders and migrants; but rather the Arab Palestinians that were the victimized natives ethnically cleansed from Palestine by the European “Zionist settlers”, who then turned it into Israel or, even worse, into Greater Israel (a sinister, if ludicrous, dysphemism, for a territory smaller than Lesotho or Armenia, that is supposed to invoke Nazis’ Lebensraum). The subtext of the term “Palestinian” in the anti-Israel discourse came to mean that “Palestinians” are innocent even if proven guilty, while “Israelis” are guilty even if proven innocent. The dissemination of this prejudice has been so successful, it is virtually taken for granted. The Western media routinely describes machete-wielding Muslims who ram lorries into pedestrian passers-by and then go on stabbing sprees to the cries of “Allahu akbar” as “militants”, “youths” or “refugees”, rather than jihadists, Islamists or simply terrorists. While some of these terms are part of the same semantic field, the word choice affects greatly how one views the event. That the mainstream media routinely obscures the killers’ motives and euphemize their identities is bad enough, yet when it comes to Israel the distortion does not stop there. Whereas when such attacks take place in Europe and America, the media is usually at a loss to find a cause, yet should the attacker be described as Palestinian and the victims as Israeli or Jewish, and the attack’s location described as being in the “Israeli-occupied territories”, the acts of terror is always “understood” as an outcome of “frustration” or “the lack of hope”, while the victims of terror are left faceless, nameless or demonized as “settlers”. There is neither outrage nor major headlines; rather, it is the response from either Israeli civilians or the IDF that would generate headlines, with the original attack pushed to article’s end, which great number of readers will not reach. Furthermore, when Israel pre-empts attacks, it is the aggressor, when it responds to attacks, its response is disproportionate, when it is attacked, it deserves little sympathy because of the occupation. In effect, the liberal media whitewashes the disproportionality of the Islamic terror onslaught on Israeli Jews as a “natural response” to “settlement growth” or “glimmering hopes of peace”, while requiring Israel to adhere to artificial under-proportionality “norms” when dealing with the homicidal national security threats. This is not neutral reporting, this a concerted effort to create an anti-Israel bias and resentment, bordering on incitement. Then there are false clichés and expressions that are used left and right. Take the “peace process”, for example. No sane person would choose war over peace, yet if the “peace process” is in fact a cynical euphemism for Israeli land surrender without enforceable long-term security guarantees, no sane person would support it, unless, like many Western liberals, he believes that the land is stolen in the first place. Despite the obvious falsity of this claim, it is impossible to fully rebut it as long as one continues to call the land “Palestine” and the Arabs “Palestinians”. The same goes for other liberal mantras, such as the “two-state solution” rather than proposal, the “cycle of violence”, which is equates terrorism with self-defense and security measures, or the “land-for-peace” formula, which has the accuracy of a Russian roulette. The unravelling of these false myths will not come about until the false terminology is unravelled together with them. All those who value truth and integrity must call these terms for what they are: false euphemisms, misnomers or canards. Once the anti-Israel jargon is replaced with the historically accurate, logical and balanced terminology, the demonization and delegitimisation of Israel would lose its appeal for the decent but largely ignorant majority, and the unique story of Israel as a nation risen from the ashes of the Holocaust and the two thousand years of exile would give inspiration and hope to people around the world. Dr Eliyahu Shoot is a Harvard-educated academic and researcher. He lives in Israel with his wife and five children. [Find this article interesting? You can find more in depth articles on Israel and the Middle East @en.mida.org.il] 13 comments on the article Liz Wagner says: God bless you for writing this. Unravelling the many threads in the war against Israel can feel like mapping the genome of the current strain of antisemitism with which the world is infected. I feel as if you’ve unlocked the code for a huge strand of DNA! This is a brilliant articulation of the problem that Israel, Jews and our supporters face around the world. Now, we must find industrial-strength strategies and tactics for attacking the problem and fighting the virus. Leolyn Gribben says: Well put….!! Eliyahu Shoot says: Thank you for your comment! As you correctly suggest in your final sentence, Israel and its defenders around the world need to invest both financial and human resources into addressing the anti-Israel terminological warfare. However, this effort can only bear fruit once we ourselves stop using the anti-Israel Trojan-horse lingo. Rotem N. says: Here are three more common phrases and a 2 more which were mentioned, but by a different angle: – In the Arabic media it’s not exist. They simply say “JIHAD”. There is no conflict with those who want to kill you – it’s a Fight-or-Flight situation. – JUDEA AND SAMARIA is a ridge of mountains, not a bank of a river which flows far way east and down below sea level, to the lowest spot on earth! The source for this term comes in the 50s, while Judea & Samaria where illegally occupied by Jordan and they literally flatterened this ridge, so they won’t have to pronounce its original name – JUDEA – From who? Jordan? the Brits? The Ottomans? The Mamluks? The Templers? the Crusaders? The Sunni Muslim conquest? The Romans? The Greeks? The Persians? or was it from the tribe of Judea… oops. Here’s the international law which refute completely the assult of “Occupation”: The Mandate for “Palestine” (Israel), by the League of Nations, 1922 – straight from the UN’s website: https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/2FCA2C68106F11AB05256BCF007BF3CB * The tribe Al-Masri (“the Egyptian” are no “Palestinians” * The tribe Al-Bagdadi are no “Palestinians” * The tribe Halabi, from Halen, Syria are no “Palestinians” * The tribe Al-Mugrabi from Magrab, Morocco, are not “Palestinians” * The Al-Shishani family from Chechniya – are not “Palestinians” * The Tamimis – from Saudi Arabia, are no “Palestinians” * The tribe of Abbas from Baghdad are no “Palestinians” * The Tarabulsi people – from Tripoly in Lebanon are no “Palestinians” either More info in this article: https://en.mida.org.il/2018/05/16/origins-arab-settlers-land-israel-2/ “Both Sides” / “The Other Side” since Arab communities are not nationalists, there are MANY SIDES; different and separate sides (see last paragraph) – There are already 4: Israel, Jordan, Gaza, Tel Aviv… (the last one is a joke of course, but a sad one) – The people of Israel had more than enough of the European’s “Solutions” – especially the final ones!!! – According to Qur’an, “Masjod Al Awsa” (the further Mosque) was outside a small village between Mecca and Taif and more likely to be the small village “Al-Ji’iranaja” (or Al-Juranah on Google Mpas), about 26km north-east of Mecca. Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran even once! Now lets check the result of this terminology – with this paragraph: The “Palestinians” in the “West Bank”, are being illegally “Occupied” by “The Zionists” who commit “War Crimes” and “Human Rights violations” and holding “Apartheid” policies. Therefore, the “Palestinians” actions are legitimate “Peaceful Protest” against the “Zionist’s” “Ethnic Cleansing” and “Genoside” of the Israeli “Aggressive” regime. For that reason, “BOTH SIDES” must return to “Negotiation” to settle the “Conflict” and strive for “2-States” + “Solution”. Does this sounds familiar from somewhere? Islamic Terror? Jihad? Hijrah? – These three doesn’t exist and if you dare to mentioned it, you’ll be immediately silenced and be called “Racist”. This is an amazingly clear article. You have hit the issue on the head and this should be used much more publicly by the Israeli PR machine if there is such a thing. The whole world needs to understand these facts. I am just a private individual with an incredible love for Israel and have been following the activities in Israel just about all my life (and I was born in 1948, ) and it is an article I will keep to use myself privately in defense of Israel in South Africa. Excellent work. June Getraer says: The unraveling of false myths based on false terminology is an almost Sisyphian task. This excellent article while very clear is also very depressing when confronted with the avalanche of objective truth. It is insidiously emanating from Academia where one might naturally think it would be repudiated and from there it is dispersed to the world through all forms of media. Neither these agents shows any inclination to unravel. As witnessed by the vote at the UN General assembly last night, there are very few in this world who value truth and integrity! Daniel Seaman says: Exactly, and so disappointing. These who were our natural allies once. It is a shame. Gary Katz says: Good points and I would add that many of them also apply to Jews in general. Thus, a successful Korean is “hard working,” but a successful Jew is “exploitative.” A Christian who employs 5000 workers is “creating jobs,” while a Jew who owns a large company is “disproportionately powerful.” Muslim groups can lobby their governments, but when AIPAC does so, it “controls the U.S. government.” The Israel-Arab conflict would get a tiny fraction of the attention, if it were a Sunni-Shiite struggle or Kurd-Sunni. Thus, the mistreatment of Israel is just a symptom of anti-Semitism, even if some hypocrites aren’t even aware of it. Excellent points Gary, thank you Frank Adam says: Can’t we shift the semantics to Wagneriarise the Arabs in their Revolution till death slogans foor Gotterdammerung 21st century style? ? I assume you are referring to the cult of death built on the allure of the orgiastic afterworld, shared by both Teutonic paganism and Wahhabi Islam. Not sure what you mean by “Wagnerising”, but if you are referring to Richard Wagner’s not-so-latent anti-Semitism, I don’t suppose they are in need of any further “Wagnerisation”. Arlene Bridges Samuels says: In reading Dr. Shoot’s enlightening article I’m compelled to comment on the fact that the rise of anti-Semitisn is accompanied by the proactive rise of Christian advocacy on behalf of Israel. We are fighting alongside you in the public relations battle to portray not only the biblical divine deed as proof of Israel’s rightful ancestry but its inestimable value in the modern world. I’m one of them, among millions, and a proud Zionist. As the darkness of anti-Semitism grows, the depth and broad, varied initiatives of our advocacy increases! You are not standing alone! Your support is appreciated. You intuitively understand that the battle Israel faces is the battle for your future. https://en.mida.org.il/2018/06/06/false-terminology-and-the-delegitimization-of-israel/	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line702
__label__wiki	0.989838	0.989838	This article is about the original British sitcom. For other uses, see Are You Being Served? (disambiguation). Typical Are You Being Served? intertitle Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft Jeremy Lloyd David Croft Michael Knowles Derren Litten (2016) Bernard Thompson Harold Snoad Ray Butt Gordon Elsbury John Kilby Martin Shardlow Mollie Sugden Trevor Bannister John Inman Arthur Brough Nicholas Smith Larry Martyn Harold Bennett Arthur English James Hayter Penny Irving Vivienne Johnson Alfie Bass Mike Berry Kenneth Waller Candy Davis Theme music composer Ronnie Hazlehurst No. of series 70 (list of episodes) Executive producer(s) Bob Spiers Production company(s) BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Australia, home video) Warner Home Video (US, home video) KAET (US, television)[1] PAL (576i) 1080i HDTV (2016) Surround sound 5.1(2016) 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08) – Comedy Playhouse Beane's of Boston Grace & Favour Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC.[2] Set in London, the show follows the misadventures and mishaps of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments in the flagship department store of a fictional chain called Grace Brothers. The series was broadcast on the BBC for ten series, totalling 69 episodes between 8 November 1972 and 1 April 1985 – and included 5 Christmas specials. There was also a 1977 film, a spin-off series Grace & Favour with some of the same main cast in 1991–92, and a one-off episode with a new cast in 2016. Since its original release, all 69 episodes, the restored pilot, the Christmas specials, the sequel and the film have been released on DVD. Are You Being Served? was a great success in the UK and was also popular in three other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations (Canada, New Zealand, and Australia), and was successfully aired in The Netherlands and Belgium with Dutch subtitles. The show was also popular in Israel and in the United States, where it gained a loyal and enthusiastic following when PBS television stations began airing reruns of it in the mid-1980s, along with other British sitcoms. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a television countdown of Britain's Best Sitcom.[3] It is regularly repeated worldwide (BBC Two, Drama and Gold in the UK; PBS and BBC America in the United States; and BBC UKTV, Fox Classics and 9Gem in Australia). 1.1 Series conception 1.2 Airing 1.3 Restoration of the 1972 pilot 1.4 Theme song 1.5 International broadcasts 2 Characters and casting 2.1 Main characters 3.1 Film 3.2 The Best of Are You Being Served? (1992) 3.3 2016 revival 4 Other adaptations 4.1 Spin-off 4.2 Play 4.3 American adaptation 4.4 Australian adaptation 6 Merchandise 6.1 DVD releases Series conception[edit] The idea for the show came from Lloyd's brief period in the early 1950s working at Simpsons of Piccadilly, a clothing store which traded for over 60 years until 1999.[4] The inspiration for the store has also been credited to Rossiters of Paignton department store from the time Lloyd and Croft spent there,[5] and the former Clements of Watford. Airing[edit] Logo used for the pilot episode and series one; from series two onwards, the quotation marks were removed. The pilot episode was created as part of the Comedy Playhouse series, although the BBC had originally chosen not to broadcast the programme. The pilot was used as a filler during the 1972 Summer Olympics when the coverage of the Olympiad was interrupted by the Munich massacre on 8 September 1972, leading to a full series being produced.[6] This first episode was repeated at the beginning of the first series on 14 March 1973. Although the first series was aired in the same timeslot as Coronation Street on ITV, consequently receiving relatively little attention, the repeats shown later in the year were much more successful.[7] The show became a ratings hit, and after a successful 13-year run, Are You Being Served? came to an end on 1 April 1985. Of the original cast, only Frank Thornton, Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Wendy Richard and Nicholas Smith appeared in all 69 episodes of the programme's 13-year run; these five later featured in the sequel sitcom, Grace & Favour (also known as Are You Being Served? Again!). The cast performed in character for a stage sketch on the BBC1 programme Variety on 19 June 1976. Restoration of the 1972 pilot[edit] Although the pilot was produced in colour, the videotape was wiped in the 1970s leaving only a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording, which was made for international syndication to countries where colour television broadcasts had not been adopted.[8] In 2009, the pilot episode was restored to colour using the colour recovery technique previously used for the Dad's Army episode "Room at the Bottom". The restored colour version was first shown on BBC2 on 1 January 2010 as part of a special Are You Being Served? night. Theme song[edit] Audio samples of Are You Being Served? (media help) "Are You Being Served?" theme Problems playing this file? See media help. The theme song, written by the show's co-writer David Croft and composer Ronnie Hazlehurst, consists of a lift girl (whose voice was provided by Stephanie Gathercole) announcing each floor over the musique concrète sounds of a cash register (which effectively serves as the only percussion instrument) and a simple musical accompaniment. The 1977 Are You Being Served? film has a different version of the theme song which is longer, in a different key and without the floor announcements. A remix of the theme was released in 1996 by a dance act calling itself "Grace Brothers",[9] and featured vocal samples of John Inman and Frank Thornton. There is a homage to the theme song in the Ladytron song "Paco!" from the album 604, and New Zealand band Minuit's "I hate guns". A lugubrious version of the theme song is featured on the album The Ape of Naples by the experimental music group Coil. The theme song has also been covered by Australian band Regurgitator on their 1999 album ...art. Pop singer Jamelia's song "Window Shopping" (from her 2006 album Walk with Me) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound effect as well as Mrs Slocombe's voice inquiring, "Good morning, Mr Grainger; are you free?" The song was also used in a 2016 Audi advertisement for their Quattro range. International broadcasts[edit] The series was shown in the United States on PBS stations and on BBC America, as well as in many Commonwealth nations around the world. PBS first began airing it (on 24 stations) in 1987, and viewership steadily climbed as more stations carried it. By the early 1990s, it had gained such a loyal following that American viewers of the show formed fan clubs and were in large attendance wherever cast members made guest appearances. Are You Being Served? aired in Canada in prime time on Global Television Network in the mid 1980s and late night on YTV. It also became available to Canadian viewers on PBS station WNED (Buffalo). The show aired on Saturday evening prime time from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. The series was also extremely popular in Australia. It started on ABC Television in 1974 and was repeated by ABC in Australia several times.[10] By 1978 it had been acquired by the commercial Seven Network who successfully screened repeats of the program to audiences larger than those who viewed it on the ABC.[11] Are You Being Served? was ranked as the top rated show on Australian television for 1978, being watched by 2,255,000 people in five cities.[12] New episodes were aired on ABC until 1984 after that the last season was broadcast on the Seven Network. Characters and casting[edit] Cast of Are You Being Served? Original cast of 1972–75. (From left): Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard, Trevor Bannister, Nicholas Smith, Larry Martyn, Arthur Brough, John Inman, and Frank Thornton. Series 8 cast of 1981. (left to right): (top) Arthur English, Wendy Richard, Benny Lee, Mike Berry; (bottom) Nicholas Smith, Frank Thornton, Mollie Sugden, Vivienne Johnson, John Inman, Kenneth Waller, Louise Burton Are You Being Served? featured humour based on sexual innuendo, misunderstandings, mistaken identity, farce and occasional slapstick. In addition, there were sight gags generated by outrageous costumes which the characters were sometimes required to wear for store promotions, and gaudy store displays frequently featuring malfunctioning robotic mannequins. The show is remembered for its prolific use of double entendres. The main humorous base of the series was a merciless parody of the British class system. This permeated almost every interaction and was especially evident in the conversations between the maintenance men and the ostensibly higher-class store personnel. The episodes rarely left the store, and to parody the stereotype of the British class system, characters rarely addressed each other by their first names, even after work, instead using their formal titled names ("Mr", "Mrs", "Miss", or even "Captain"). When they did address each other by their first names, it was usually either as an aside, or often for comic effect (e.g. an underling addressing a superior). The joke is that lower class people, even when married, addressed each other as Mr. or Mrs. Middle and upper-class people on familiar terms always use given or nicknames. The use of titles is therefore a pretention to being posh or refined. Main characters[edit] Main article: List of Are You Being Served? characters Mrs. Slocombe (Mollie Sugden) (Series 1–10), a senior sales assistant and head of the ladies' department. She is known for her changing hair colour and conversations about her cat, which she always refers to as "my pussy". Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard) (Series 1–10), a young, attractive, working-class, cockney-speaking junior sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe. Mr Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough) (Series 1–5), a 40-year veteran of Grace Brothers, a senior sales assistant and head of the gents' department, who often falls asleep on the job, is usually grumpy, and wears a measuring tape over his shoulders. Arthur Brough died before the filming of Season 6. Mr Percival Tebbs (James Hayter) (Series 6), Mr Grainger's replacement. He retired after only one year in the men's department. Mr Harry Goldberg (Alfie Bass) (Series 7), Mr Tebbs's replacement. Originally the junior salesman, he was quickly promoted to senior after proving to be a master salesman. Like Tebbs, Goldberg lasted only one year. Mr Grossman (Milo Sperber) (Series 8), an expert shoe salesman, joined the gents' department, when some of the floor space was given over to shoes. He lasted only four episodes. Mr Abraham Klein (Benny Lee) (Series 8), joined the gents' department to help out with upcoming sales in the store. Klein lasted only four episodes. Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries (John Inman) (Series 1–10), a sales assistant in gents'; a camp-acting man who lives with his mother, also played on several occasions by John Inman. He made frequent use of double entendre, especially related to his implied gay lifestyle. He often breaks the fourth wall by talking directly to the television audience, unusual at the time of the original broadcast. Mr James/Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister) (Series 1–7), the young, penniless, womanising junior salesman; a source of irritation to the female sales staff. Always referred to as the department 'junior', but Bannister was in fact one year older than Inman. The character left the series after Series 7 (1979). (In Series 2 his name was given as "James" but was stated as "Dick" in Series 5 and 6). Wendy Richard claimed in an interview that the series was originally devised as a "vehicle" for Trevor Bannister, which suggests that Mr Lucas was intended to be the series main character, the early series' story lines bear this out.[citation needed] Mr Bert Spooner (Mike Berry) (Series 8–10), eventually replaced Mr Lucas as gents' junior sales assistant and was similar to him in many ways. "Captain" Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton) (Series 1–10), the haughty floorwalker[discuss] (an employee who both supervises sales staff and assists customers) who purportedly fought in the North Africa Campaign of World War II but was accused of actually being in the Service Corps and never seeing combat. Mr Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith) (Series 1–10), the autocratic, obsequious (to the Grace brothers), yet bumbling and incompetent floor manager. "Young" Mr Grace (Harold Bennett) (Series 1–8), the very old, rich but stingy store owner, surrounded by attractive young women. The character's final appearance was in 1981 following Bennett's death. The character was killed off in the first episode of the spinoff series Grace & Favour. "Old" Mr Grace (Kenneth Waller) (Series 8), "Young" Mr Grace's even-older brother – replaced him at the store when he took a sabbatical to write his memoirs. In Series 9 & 10, the management of the store was again attributed to "Young" Mr. Grace, who was by then an invisible character. Miss Belfridge (Candy Davis), the last and longest-running of Mr Rumbold's secretaries. She was admired by all male staff, including Mr Humphries and especially Captain Peacock, who dined her at The Ritz Hotel. Mr Mash (Larry Martyn) (Series 1-3), the stock and maintenance man who installed mechanised display units in store and was often scolded by Captain Peacock for being on the floor during opening hours. Mr Beverley Harman (Arthur English) (Series 4–10), Mr. Mash's replacement. Mr. Rumbold calls him "Harry" in seasons 5 and 9, but in season 9 he states his name is actually "Beverly". Diana Yardswick (Doremy Vernon), the manageress of Grace Brothers' canteen at which the staff had their lunch. Known for serving grossly unappetising food, and for her ill temper and sarcasm, as well as for enforcing strict social order, which dictated that management, sales staff and the maintenance crew and lift operators all dine separately. Main article: List of Are You Being Served? episodes Are You Being Served? was initially broadcast from 1973 to 1985. Each series had between four and nine episodes. Counting the pilot episode, all episodes and specials from the series, and the film, the show ran for sixty-nine episodes and ten series. Unlike many sitcoms, each episode was self-contained, there being no continuing story or theme throughout a series. For example, we find out there are certain rules that staff should follow in one episode, it is no longer in place in further episodes. It becomes apparent that the male staff should wear hats appropriate to their status. Capt. Peacock is informed by Mr. Rumbold that a Floor Walker should wear a Homberg, not a bowler. Neither Mr. Humpries nor Mr. Lucas have worn hats up to this point, but both have to purchase one. At the end of the episode Young Mr. Grace informs Capt. Peacock that a homberg doesn't suit him and he should wear a bowler "all the time". However, in all future episodes, when he arrives with a hat on, it is a homberg and Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas also go back to not wearing hats. Main article: Are You Being Served? (film) In 1977, as for many other popular British sitcoms of the time, a feature film was produced. The British film industry assumed at the time that audiences wouldn't come to the theater unless enticed by a plot they couldn't get from their television, so they demanded bigger plots for such films. The film version of Are You Being Served? followed this trend, following the staff as they take a package holiday together while the store is closed for redecoration, a loose adaptation of the play version from the year before. Set in the fictional resort of Costa Plonka, in Spain, the entire cast of the television series reprised their roles in the film.[13] Reviews of the film were generally negative, with one reviewer declaring, "The humour consists mainly of withering selection of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey thunder-box which bolts from the outside are thrown in for good measure."[14] The Best of Are You Being Served? (1992)[edit] Buoyed by the huge success of the series in the United States, BBC America commissioned a special straight-to-VHS compilation in 1992. Running at 78 minutes, The Best of Are You Being Served featured newly-shot scenes of Mr Humphries reminiscing with his elderly mother, Annie, about his time working at Grace Brothers. Both roles were played by John Inman. The additional sequences were filmed in America, and directed by Don Hopfer. 2016 revival[edit] In 2016, a one-off revival episode was announced and filmed at Dock10. It was broadcast as part of BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season, a celebration of 60 years of television sitcoms.[15] It was set in 1988 with the original characters, played by a new cast.[16] Captain Peacock was played by John Challis, Mrs Slocombe by Sherrie Hewson, Mr Humphries by Jason Watkins, Miss Brahms by Niky Wardley, Mr Grainger by Roy Barraclough (Grainger having come out of retirement "To spend less time with his wife"), Mr Harman by Arthur Smith, and Mr Rumbold by Justin Edwards.[17][18] New characters in the show were Young Mr Grace's grandson – also called Young Mr Grace – played by Mathew Horne, Miss Croft – named as a tribute to series co-creator David Croft – played by Jorgie Porter, and newcomer Mr Conway, played by Kayode Ewumi. The episode was written by Derren Litten. The BBC issued a press release saying: "It's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands. Mr Humphries, Captain Peacock, Mr Rumbold and Mrs Slocombe all seem to be stuck in another era. A new member of staff, Mr Conway, joins the team but will he help shake things up or will he just put a pussy amongst the pigeons?"[15] The episode was aired in August 2016 to universally poor reviews for both the writing and the acting.[19][20][21] No further episodes were commissioned. Other adaptations[edit] Spin-off[edit] Main article: Grace & Favour Almost immediately after the cancellation of Are You Being Served? in 1985, the cast began suggesting a spin-off to Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. Though all felt the department store format was exhausted, it was suggested the characters could be moved to a new location. In 1992, most of the original cast reunited for Grace & Favour (known as Are You Being Served Again! in the United States and Canada). The new series followed the characters after Young Mr. Grace's death, when they are forced to run a hotel in a dilapidated manor house that was purchased using their pension fund. Grace & Favour ran for two series.[22] Play[edit] In the summer of 1976, a stage adaptation of Are You Being Served? ran at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Directed by Robert Redfarn, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard, and Nicholas Smith reprised their characters from the television show while the characters of Mr. Lucas, Mr. Grainger, and Mr. Mash were recast. The play had basically the same plot as the film version which would debut the next year, though Young Mr. Grace's role was omitted entirely and Mr. Mash had less to do than Mr. Harman in the film. Reviews for the play were mixed; a writer for the Blackpool Diarist of the Stage declared it the funniest show he'd seen in thirty years, while Michael Leapman from The Times, declared the play to be worthless except for the final line, though he admitted he'd never seen the television show.[23] The play has occasionally been run at other theaters since, including in 2012 at the Manifest Theater in Manningtree.[24] American adaptation[edit] Main article: Beane's of Boston In 1979, Garry Marshall, in the midst of success producing and directing Happy Days and its spin-offs, produced a pilot for an American version of Are You Being Served? At the time, Americanised versions of British series, including Three's Company, All in the Family, and Sanford and Son were doing well in the ratings, and Marshall hoped to capitalise on this with his script for Beane's of Boston. Jeremy Lloyd's Laugh-In partner, Alan Sues, was cast as Mr. Humphries, a decision Lloyd regretted, saying Sues had been miscast. Other cast included future Magnum PI star John Hillerman as Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Slocombe, and Lorna Patterson as Miss Brahms. Ultimately, CBS passed on Beane's of Boston and a full series was not produced.[25] Australian adaptation[edit] Main article: Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series) An Australian adaptation, also called Are You Being Served?, ran for two series and sixteen episodes from 1980 to 1981 on Network Ten. It starred John Inman as Mr Humphries, who travels to Australia on loan from Grace Brothers to work for Old Mr. Grace's cousin, Mr. Bone at his department store, Bone Brothers. Renamed versions of characters from the original series rounded out the cast including June Bronhill as Mrs. Crawford, a copy of Mrs. Slocombe, and Shane Bourne as Captain Wagstaff, a copy of Captain Peacock. Jeremy Lloyd adapted episodes for the show from his own scripts from the British Are You Being Served, drawing from the then-new episodes of the seventh series for series one of the Australian version, and a selection of older episodes for series two. Lloyd would later say he hated the process of adapting the episodes, which were mostly left intact with the exception of some topical jokes, which were changed or deleted.[26] The series gained much of its popularity with TV viewers by "pushing the envelope" through its deliberate-yet-subtle use of risqué visual gags, innuendo-infused dialogue and cleverly-disguised sophomoric humour. These comical devices also attracted some mild criticism, in part for relying on sexual stereotypes and double entendres – e.g., Mrs Slocombe discussing her cat: "Animals are very psychic...the least sign of danger and my pussy's hair stands on end". John Inman's portrayal of Humphries' over-the-top antics and sharp-tongued, witty responses, along with his trademark catch-phrase "I'm free!", were enthusiastically embraced by many audience members, and the character evolved into a gay icon in popular culture. Despite this, Inman pointed out that Mr Humphries' true sexual orientation was never explicitly stated in the series, and David Croft said in an interview that the character was not homosexual, but "just a mother's boy".[27] In an episode of the spin-off Grace & Favour, the character is further described as neither a "woman's man" nor a "man's man" and as being "in limbo". The characters (Mr Humphries especially) sometimes broke the fourth wall for comical effect. Merchandise[edit] Seven early episodes were novelised for a book, written by Jeremy Lloyd, called Are You Being Served? – Camping In and other Fiascos. This was written in 1976, and republished in 1997 by KQED Books. The seven episodes featured are "Camping In", "Up Captain Peacock", "Wedding Bells", "His and Hers", "Coffee Morning", "The Hand of Fate" and "The Clock". In 1995, KQED Books published Are You Being Served – The Inside Story by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown, and Geoff Tibbals, with a foreword by Jeremy Lloyd, and sub-titled: The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest – and Public Television's Favorite – Comedy Series. In 212 pages, the book's six chapters cover: The Cast of Characters, Behind the Scenes, The Episodes, The Spin-offs, Trivia Quiz, and Glossary. ISBN 0-912333-04-9. In 1999, I'm Free! The Complete Are You Being Served?, a guide to the series, was published by Orion Books. It was written by Richard Webber, with contributions from David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. A board game was also produced in the 1970s. Players moved round a board resembling the shop floor to purchase one item from each of the four counters and leave the store, before their opponents and without going over budget. DVD releases[edit] All ten series, including a black and white version of the pilot episode, and all five Christmas specials from those years, as well as both series of Grace & Favour are now available on DVD in the UK (Region 2). Are You Being Served?: the Movie was released in 2002. A colour-restored version of the original pilot episode has yet to be released commercially. All ten series, as well as both series of Grace & Favour (in packaging titled Are You Being Served? Again!) and the film are available on DVD in Region 1 (North America). All ten series, as well as both series of Grace & Favour and the film have been released in Australia (Region 4). A DVD titled Are You Being Served? – Best of The Early Years and Are You Being Served? Christmas Specials have also been released. DVD title Ep. # DVD release Complete Series 1 1 1972–1973 6 27 August 2002 25 July 2005 2 March 2006 The Pilot B&W version 1 1974 5 27 August 2002 19 September 2005 8 June 2006 — 2 1975 9 27 August 2002 30 January 2006 5 October 2006 1975 Christmas Special 1 1976 7 27 August 2002 27 March 2006 7 March 2007 1976 Christmas Special 1 1977 7 27 August 2002 5 June 2006 6 June 2007 — 1 1978 6 30 September 2003 28 August 2006 3 October 2007 1978 Christmas Special 1 1979 8 30 September 2003 25 August 2008 6 March 2008 1979 Christmas Special 1 1981 8 30 September 2003 7 September 2009 7 August 2008 1981 Christmas Special 1 1983 6 30 September 2003 24 May 2010 2 October 2008 — Complete Series 10 1 1985 7 30 September 2003 13 September 2010 5 March 2009 — 6 1972–1977 34 27 August 2002 2 October 2006 N/A Same as individual releases Complete Series 6–10 5 1978–1985 35 30 September 2003 N/A N/A Same as individual releases 11 1972–1985 69 7 September 2003 11 August 2009 13 September 2010 1 April 2010 Extra Disc with Profile Specials on Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard etc. The 2009 R1 reissue comes in the smaller 2 disc thinpak cases instead of standard Amaray keep cases. 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The Sydney Morning Herald – The Guide: 2 June 1986, p.1, 6. [1] ^ Semmler, Clement. Why 'Are You Being Served?' is our top-rating program. The Sydney Morning Herald: 25 October 1978, p.8. [2] ^ "Australian TV shows top ratings". The Canberra Times. 30 December 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, pp. 181-183 ^ Pym, John (1977). "Are You Being Served?". Monthly Film Bulletin. London: British Film Institute. 44 (516). ^ a b "BBC – Are You Being Served? is returning to BBC One – Media Centre". Retrieved 8 October 2016. ^ "All-star cast of Are You Being Served? remake spotted arriving for filming at Salford Quays". Manchester Evening News. ^ Guide, British Comedy (22 February 2016). "New Are You Being Served? cast revealed". Retrieved 8 October 2016. ^ "Alf Garnett back as part of BBC sitcom revival". BBC News. BBC. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016. ^ "Are You Being Served? made Mrs Brown's Boys look like Wodehouse – review". The Daily Telegraph. ^ "Furious BBC viewers demand licence fee refunds after blasting Are You Being Served? remake as 'truly ghastly'". 29 August 2016. ^ "Are You Being Served? remake panned by viewers". Your Local Guardian. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs, p. 186 ^ "Manifest Theatre - Are You Being Served". www.manifesttheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2018. ^ Rigelsford, Brown, and Tibballs (1995), p. 187 ^ "I'm Free! – The Complete Are You Being Served?". Orion Books. 1999. Rigelsford, Adrian; Brown, Anthony; Tibballs, Geoff (1995). Are You Being Served?: The Inside Story of Britain's Funniest-and Public Television's Favorite-Comedy Series. San Francisco: KQED Books. ISBN 0-912333-04-9. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Are You Being Served? 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__label__wiki	0.532502	0.532502	Downtown Sacramento Find sources: "Downtown Sacramento" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Downtown Sacramento is the central business district of the City of Sacramento. Downtown is generally defined as the area south of the American River, east of the Sacramento River, north of Broadway, and west of 16th Street.[1] The central business district is generally defined as north of R Street, south of H Street, east of the Sacramento River, and west of 16th Street.[2] Downtown Sacramento is currently undergoing a major revitalization project.[citation needed] View of Downtown. Visage point is looking east from West Sacramento. 3 Major features 4 Pedestrian malls 8 Theatres 9 Notable residents United States representative: Doris Matsui[3] State senator: Richard Pan[4] Assemblymember: Kevin McCarty[4] City Mayor – Darrell Steinberg Streets[edit] The streets in downtown Sacramento use a numbered and lettered grid system. These lettered streets run north and south, and numbered streets are oriented as west and east. The exceptions to this include Capitol Mall and Capitol Avenue, which are equivalent of M Street; Front Street located in Old Sacramento, which is equivalent to 1st Street; Broadway, which is equivalent to Y Street, and Alhambra Boulevard, which is equivalent to 31st Street. Major features[edit] Included within downtown is the California State Capitol building, the house of California State Government. The major shopping center is the Westfield Downtown Plaza, an outdoor shopping mall that includes Macy's. The recently renovated and expanded Sacramento City Hall is also located downtown. The Sacramento Convention Center Complex is a major events venue downtown. The recently renovated Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament located at 11th and K Streets. It is the largest historical cathedral west of the Sacramento River. Homeless Haven in the river district has a large homeless population Pedestrian malls[edit] Main article: K Street (Sacramento) K Street, the city's former main shopping, dining, and entertainment street, was closed to all automobile traffic between 1969 and November 12, 2011, between 13th Street and Westfield Downtown Plaza.[5] In November, 2012, the K Street Mall was rebranded "The Kay", and now functions as a shopping area.[6] Two half-block long pedestrian malls still exist in downtown on 11th Street between J-K Alley and The Kay, and from The Kay to K-L Alley.[citation needed] See also: Transportation in the Sacramento metropolitan area The Sacramento Regional Transit provides light rail and bus service through downtown. Interstate 5 separates Old Sacramento State Historic Park from the western edge of downtown. The State Route 160 (15th and 16th Streets) borders the eastern edge of downtown on a pair of one-way surface streets. The historic Sacramento Valley Amtrak Station is located downtown just north of Westfield Downtown Plaza, and is serviced by Amtrak Capitol Corridor and three other routes, in addition to being the western terminus of the Gold light rail line. The return of streetcars to downtown is currently being evaluated in a joint effort by both Sacramento and West Sacramento. Interstate 80, Interstate 80 Business (Capital City Freeway), California State Route 99 and U.S. Route 50 all intersect in the area. Hotels[edit] There are many major hotels located in the downtown area of Sacramento. The Hyatt Regency and a Sheraton Grand are located near the State Capitol and the Embassy Suites is located west in the downtown area, closer to the Sacramento River and the Crocker Art Museum. A mid-rise Holiday Inn is located off of Interstate 5, near Old Sacramento. A 230-room, 15-story Residence Inn by Marriott is located at 15th and L Streets, which is on the northeast corner of Capitol Park. The Citizen Hotel is a 200-room Sacramento boutique hotel, in the old Cal West historic building at 10th and J Streets. Restaurants[edit] Numerous restaurants are located in the downtown area, including a Claim Jumper that recently opened in the restored Elks Lodge building at 11th and J Streets. Foundation Restaurant & Bar is located on the corner of 4th and L Streets near many hotels, Macy's Department Store, and the new Kings Arena site. Theatres[edit] Near the convention center are the Crest Theatre at 10th and K Streets, and an IMAX theater located at 13th and K Streets. Westfield Downtown Plaza also has a large multiplex cinema. The Sacramento Community Center Theatre is located on 13th and L Streets, and has regular performances by Broadway Sacramento, Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sacramento Opera, and The Sacramento Ballet. The Wells Fargo Pavilion (formerly Music Circus) located on 14th and H Streets provides a unique 'theater in the round' live theater and musical experience. The historic Memorial Auditorium at 16th and J Streets holds many performances from comedy acts, traveling bands, and speakers. The Assembly Music Hall, located at 10th and K Streets, is a 200-seat venue offering musical comedies in an upscale setting with table service. Notable residents[edit] Jim Beall - California State Senator Jerry Brown - Former Governor of California had a unit in the Elliott Building Edward Hernandez - California State Senator Henry Stern - California State Senator ^ "Map of Communities in Sacramento County" (PDF). Saccounty.net. Retrieved February 6, 2019. ^ "Central City Community Plan Map" (PDF). Cityofsacramento.org. Retrieved February 6, 2019. ^ "California's 6th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved February 1, 2015. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) ^ "K Street becomes "The Kay"". Fox40.com. October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2019. History (Timeline) Del Paso Heights Gardenland Land Park Lavender Heights New Era Park North Sacramento Old Sacramento Pocket-Greenhaven Robla Southeast Village Southside Park Swanston Estates Tahoe Park Upper Land Park Valley View Acres Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Downtown_Sacramento&oldid=901993277" Geography of Sacramento, California Culture of Sacramento, California Neighborhoods in Sacramento, California Central business districts in the United States Tourist attractions in Sacramento, California Use mdy dates from September 2011 Sacramento County, California articles missing geocoordinate data	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line705
__label__wiki	0.87514	0.87514	I, Robot For other uses, see I, Robot (disambiguation). Ed Cartier Robot series Gnome Press Print (hardback) The Complete Robot I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950 and were then compiled into a book for stand-alone publication by Gnome Press in 1950, in an initial edition of 5,000 copies. The stories are woven together by a framing narrative in which the fictional Dr. Susan Calvin tells each story to a reporter (who serves as the narrator) in the 21st century. Although the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics. Several of the stories feature the character of Dr. Calvin, chief robopsychologist at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots. Upon their publication in this collection, Asimov wrote a framing sequence presenting the stories as Calvin's reminiscences during an interview with her about her life's work, chiefly concerned with aberrant behaviour of robots and the use of "robopsychology" to sort out what is happening in their positronic brain. The book also contains the short story in which Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics first appear, which had large influence on later science fiction and had impact on thought on ethics of artificial intelligence as well. Other characters that appear in these short stories are Powell and Donovan, a field-testing team which locates flaws in USRMM's prototype models. The collection shares a title with the 1939 short story "I, Robot" by Eando Binder (pseudonym of Earl and Otto Binder), which greatly influenced Asimov. Asimov had wanted to call his collection Mind and Iron and objected when the publisher made the title the same as Binder's. In his introduction to the story in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories (1979), Asimov wrote: It certainly caught my attention. Two months after I read it, I began 'Robbie', about a sympathetic robot, and that was the start of my positronic robot series. Eleven years later, when nine of my robot stories were collected into a book, the publisher named the collection I, Robot over my objections. My book is now the more famous, but Otto's story was there first. 3 Dramatic adaptations 3.2 Films 3.2.1 Harlan Ellison's screenplay (1978) 3.2.2 2004 film 3.4 Video game 4 Prequels 5 Popular culture references "Introduction" (the initial portion of the framing story or linking text) "Robbie" (1940, 1950) "Runaround" (1942) "Reason" (1941) "Catch That Rabbit" (1944) "Liar!" (1941) "Little Lost Robot" (1947) "Escape!" (1945) "Evidence" (1946) "The Evitable Conflict" (1950) The New York Times described I, Robot as "an exciting science thriller [which] could be fun for those whose nerves are not already made raw by the potentialities of the atomic age."[1] Describing it as "continuously fascinating", Groff Conklin "Unreservedly recommended" the book.[2] P. Schuyler Miller recommended the collection "For puzzle situations, for humor, for warm character, [and] for most of the values of plain good writing".[3] Dramatic adaptations[edit] At least three of the short stories from I, Robot have been adapted for television. The first was a 1962 episode of Out of this World hosted by Boris Karloff called "Little Lost Robot" with Maxine Audley as Susan Calvin. Two short stories from the collection were made into episodes of Out of the Unknown: "The Prophet" (1967), based on "Reason"; and "Liar!" (1969).[4] The 12th episode of the USSR science fiction TV series This Fantastic World, filmed in 1987 and entitled Don't Joke with Robots, was based on works by Aleksandr Belyaev and Fredrik Kilander as well as Asimov's "Liar!" story.[5] Both the original and revival series of The Outer Limits include episodes named "I, Robot"; however, both are adaptations of the Earl and Otto Binder story of that name and are unconnected with Asimov's work. Films[edit] Harlan Ellison's screenplay (1978)[edit] In the late 1970s, Warner Bros. acquired the option to make a film based on the book, but no screenplay was ever accepted. The most notable attempt was one by Harlan Ellison, who collaborated with Asimov himself to create a version which captured the spirit of the original. Asimov is quoted as saying that this screenplay would lead to "the first really adult, complex, worthwhile science fiction movie ever made." Ellison's script builds a framework around Asimov's short stories that involves a reporter named Robert Bratenahl tracking down information about Susan Calvin's alleged former lover Stephen Byerly. Asimov's stories are presented as flashbacks that differ from the originals in their stronger emphasis on Calvin's character. Ellison placed Calvin into stories in which she did not originally appear and fleshed out her character's role in ones where she did. In constructing the script as a series of flashbacks that focused on character development rather than action, Ellison used the film Citizen Kane as a model.[6] Although acclaimed by critics, the screenplay is generally considered to have been unfilmable based upon the technology and average film budgets of the time.[6] Asimov also believed that the film may have been scrapped because of a conflict between Ellison and the producers: when the producers suggested changes in the script, instead of being diplomatic as advised by Asimov, Ellison "reacted violently" and offended the producers.[7] The script was serialized in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in late 1987, and eventually appeared in book form under the title I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, in 1994 (reprinted 2004, ISBN 1-4165-0600-4). 2004 film[edit] Main article: I, Robot (film) The film I, Robot, starring Will Smith, was released by Twentieth Century Fox on July 16, 2004 in the United States. Its plot incorporates elements of "Little Lost Robot",[8] some of Asimov's character names and the Three Laws. However, the plot of the movie is mostly original work adapted from the screenplay Hardwired by Jeff Vintar, completely unlinked to Asimov's stories[8] and has been compared to Asimov's The Caves of Steel, which revolves around the murder of a roboticist (although the rest of the film's plot is not based on that novel or other works by Asimov). Unlike the books by Asimov, the movie featured hordes of killer robots. BBC Radio 4 aired an audio drama adaptation of five of the I, Robot stories on their 15 Minute Drama in 2017, dramatized by Richard Kurti and starring Hermione Norris. Robbie[9] Reason[10] Little Lost Robot[11] Liar[12] The Evitable Conflict[13] These also aired in a single program on BBC Radio 4 Extra as Isaac Asimov's 'I, Robot': Omnibus.[14] Video game[edit] See also: I, Robot (video game) Prequels[edit] Mickey Zucker Reichert was asked to write three[15] prequels of I, Robot by Asimov's estate, because she is a science fiction writer with a medical degree. She first met Asimov when she was 23, although she did not know him well.[16] She is the first female writer to be authorized to write stories based on Asimov's novels;[16] follow-ups to his Foundation series were written by Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and David Brin.[15] The prequels were ordered by Berkley Books,[15] and consist of: I Robot: To Protect (2011) I Robot: To Obey (2013) I Robot: To Preserve (2016) Popular culture references[edit] See also: The Three Laws of Robotics in popular culture In 2004 The Saturday Evening Post said that I, Robot's Three Laws "revolutionized the science fiction genre and made robots far more interesting than they ever had been before."[17] I, Robot has influenced many aspects of modern popular culture, particularly with respect to science fiction and technology. One example of this is in the technology industry. The name of the real-life modem manufacturer named U.S. Robotics was directly inspired by I, Robot. The name is taken from the name of a robot manufacturer ("United States Robots and Mechanical Men") that appears throughout Asimov's robot short stories.[18] Many works in the field of science fiction have also paid homage to Asimov's collection. An episode of the original Star Trek series, "I, Mudd" (1967), which depicts a planet of androids in need of humans references I, Robot. Another reference appears in the title of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "I, Borg" (1992), in which Geordi La Forge befriends a lost member of the Borg collective and teaches it a sense of individuality and free will. Doctor Who's 1977 story, The Robots of Death, references I, Robot with the "First Principle" stating: "It is forbidden for robots to harm humans". In Aliens, a 1986 movie, the synthetic person Bishop paraphrases Asimov's First Law in the line: "It is impossible for me to harm, or by omission of action allow to be harmed, a human being." An episode of The Simpsons entitled "I D'oh Bot" (2004) has Professor Frink build a robot named "Smashius Clay" (also named "Killhammad Aieee") that follows all three of Asimov's laws of robotics. The animated science fiction/comedy Futurama makes several references to I, Robot. The title of the episode "I, Roommate" (1999) is a spoof on I, Robot although the plot of the episode has little to do with the original stories.[19] Additionally, the episode "The Cyber House Rules" included an optician named "Eye Robot" and the episode "Anthology of Interest II" included a segment called "I, Meatbag."[citation needed] Also in "Bender's Game" (2008) the psychiatrist is shown a logical fallacy and explodes when the assistant shouts "Liar!" a la "Liar!". Leela once told Bender to "cover his ears" so that he would not hear the robot-destroying paradox which she used to destroy Robot Santa (he punishes the bad, he kills people, killing is bad, therefore he must punish himself), causing a total breakdown; additionally, Bender has stated that he is Three Laws Safe. The positronic brain, which Asimov named his robots' central processors, is what powers Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as other Soong type androids. Positronic brains have been referenced in a number of other television shows including Doctor Who, Once Upon a Time... Space, Perry Rhodan, The Number of the Beast, and others. Author Cory Doctorow has written a story called "I, Robot" as homage to Asimov,[20] as well as "I, Row-Boat", both released in the short story collection Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. He has also said, "If I return to this theme, it will be with a story about uplifted cheese sandwiches, called 'I, Rarebit.'"[21] Other cultural references to the book are less directly related to science fiction and technology. The 1977 album I Robot, by The Alan Parsons Project, was inspired by Asimov's I, Robot. In its original conception, the album was to follow the themes and concepts presented in the short story collection. The Alan Parsons Project were not able to obtain the rights in spite of Asimov's enthusiasm; he had already assigned the rights elsewhere. Thus, the album's concept was altered slightly although the name was kept (minus comma to avoid copyright infringement).[22] The 2002 electronica album by experimental artist Edman Goodrich (known, at times, to operate under the aliases of "je, le roi!" and "The Ghost Quartet") shares the title of I, Robot, and is heavily influenced by Asimovian themes. The 2009 album, I, Human, by Singaporean band Deus Ex Machina draws heavily upon Asimov's principles on robotics and applies it to the concept of cloning.[23] The Indian science fiction film Endhiran, released in 2010, refers to Asimov's three laws for artificial intelligence for the fictional character Chitti: The Robot. When a scientist takes in the robot for evaluation, the panel enquires whether the robot was built using the Three Laws of Robotics. The theme for Burning Man 2018 was "I, Robot".[24] ^ "Realm of the Spacemen," The New York Times Book Review, February 4, 1951 ^ Conklin, Groff (April 1951). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 59–61. ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction, September 1951, pp. 124–25. ^ "IMDb list of actresses that have played Susan Calvin". ^ ‹See Tfd›(in Russian) State Fund of Television and Radio Programs Archived September 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ^ a b Weil, Ellen; Wolfe, Gary K. (2002). Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-8142-0892-4. ^ Isaac Asimov, "Hollywood and I". In Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1979. ^ a b Topel, Fred (August 17, 2004). ""Jeff Vintar was Hardwired for I, ROBOT" (interview with Jeff Vintar, script writer)". Screenwriter's Utopia. Christopher Wehner. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2014. ^ "Robbie, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, 15 Minute Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ "Reason, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, 15 Minute Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ "Little Lost Robot, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, 15 Minute Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ "Liar, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, 15 Minute Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ "The Evitable Conflict, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, 15 Minute Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ "Isaac Asimov's 'I, Robot': Omnibus - BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC. Retrieved February 10, 2017. ^ a b c "Fantasy author to write new 'Isaac Asimov' novels". October 29, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2014. ^ a b "Area author continues works of Isaac Asimov". Kalona News. May 25, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2014. ^ Kreiter, Ted. "Revisiting The Master Of Science Fiction". Saturday Evening Post. 276 (6): 38. ISSN 0048-9239. ^ U.S. Robotics Press Kit, 2004, p3 PDF format Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ^ M. Keith Booker (2006). Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from the Flintstones to Family Guy. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. p. 122. ISBN 0-275-99019-2. ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Cory Doctorow's Craphound.com". http://www.craphound.com/?p=189 (retrieved April 27, 2008) ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Cory Doctorow's Craphound.com". http://www.craphound.com/?p=1676 (retrieved April 27, 2008) ^ Official Alan Parsons Project website Archived February 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Reviews". Live 4 Metal. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011. ^ "I, ROBOT". Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 299. I, Robot title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database I, Robot at Open Library Foundation Series The Rest of the Robots I, Robot by Isaac Asimov "Robbie" "Runaround" "Reason" "Catch that Rabbit" "Liar!" "Little Lost Robot" "Escape!" "Evidence" "The Evitable Conflict" Isaac Asimov's Robot series The Positronic Man The Caves of Steel The Robots of Dawn Robots and Empire Short story collections The Rest of the Robots Robot Dreams Robot Visions Second Robot series (by Roger MacBride Allen) Isaac Asimov's Caliban Isaac Asimov's Inferno Isaac Asimov's Utopia Third Robot series (by Mark W. Tiedemann) Robots in Time series (by William F. Wu) Robot City series Perihelion Robots and Aliens series Susan Calvin prequel series (by Mickey Zucker Reichert) I Robot: To Protect I Robot: To Obey I Robot: To Preserve Positronic brain Robopsychology U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Frankenstein complex Three Laws of Robotics Susan Calvin Elijah Baley Followed by: The Empire series and The Foundation series Science fiction short-story collections by Isaac Asimov I, Robot (1950) The Martian Way and Other Stories (1955) Earth Is Room Enough (1957) Nine Tomorrows (1959) The Rest of the Robots (1964) Through a Glass, Clearly (1967) Asimov's Mysteries (1968) Nightfall and Other Stories (1969) The Early Asimov (1972) The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973) Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975) The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976) The Complete Robot (1982) The Winds of Change and Other Stories (1983) The Edge of Tomorrow (1985) The Alternate Asimovs (1986) The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986) Science Fiction by Asimov (1986) Robot Dreams (1986) Azazel (1988) The Asimov Chronicles (1989) Robot Visions (1990) The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990) Magic (1996) List of short stories by Isaac Asimov Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I,_Robot&oldid=902280066" 1950 short story collections Foundation universe books Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov Science fiction short story collections Open Library ID different from Wikidata Articles with Open Library links	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line706
__label__wiki	0.6593	0.6593	Robert Trent Jones English-American golf course architect This article is about the elder. For information about the son, see Robert Trent Jones Jr. Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1906-06-20)June 20, 1906 Ince-in-Makerfield, England June 14, 2000(2000-06-14) (aged 93) English–American Ione Jones Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Rees Jones World Golf Hall of Fame Old Tom Morris Award Robert Trent Jones Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was an English–American golf course architect who designed or re-designed more than 500 golf courses in 45 U.S. states and 35 countries. In reference to this, Jones took pride in saying, "The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course."[1] He is often confused with the famous amateur golfer Bobby Jones with whom he worked from time to time. Jones received the 1987 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. Also in 1987, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.[2] 1 Early life and education Early life and education[edit] Robert Trent Jones was born on June 20, 1906, in Ince-in-Makerfield, England, to Welsh parents.[3] At age five or six, Jones emigrated with his parents to the United States, where they arrived in East Rochester, New York. Jones worked as a caddie at The Country Club of Rochester and accepted a job as golf professional at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club in nearby Sodus Point, New York. He met Donald Ross as a youth and, taking up the game, recorded the best score of all the amateur golfers at the 1927 Canadian Open and set a course record at Rochester.[1][2][3] While working as a golf professional, Jones attended Cornell University, undergoing a customized course of study that would allow him to pursue his interest in golf course design, during which time he designed nine holes of the university's golf course, now known as the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University (he designed the other nine holes in 1954).[2] While at Cornell, Jones joined Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Fraternity. The golf course at Green Lakes State Park in upstate New York was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1936. Jones went into business with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson after concluding his studies at Cornell, and with him designed courses in Canada. Following his partnership with Thompson, Jones went into business on his own and began designing local courses in the United States in the 1930s.[2] Many of these, such as the 1936 course at Green Lakes State Park (see photo), were built using labor provided by the Works Progress Administration.[4] Shortly after World War II, Jones got his first major assignment designing the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta in collaboration with golf legend Bobby Jones. At Bobby Jones' request, Jones redesigned the 11th and 16th holes at Augusta National Golf Club. Despite the similarity of their names, the two men were not related. To make this distinction clear, Robert began using the middle name "Trent" shortly afterward.[1][3] In 1955, Gene Hamm helped Jones build the Duke University Golf Course in Durham, North Carolina. He moved from there to Delaware to continue work with Jones, and then in 1959 moved back to Raleigh where he began his own design career.[5][6] During the 1950s, Jones' annual income was reported as being $600,000—according to Golf Digest, no one other than Ben Hogan earned more money from golf at that time.[7] Jones' clients included U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, for a putting green at the White House and a single hole at Camp David, as well as the Rockefeller family, Aga Khan and Hassan II of Morocco, for private courses. He was commissioned in 1990 to design a set of 18 courses in Alabama, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the largest single golf design contract in history.[1][3] Jones was married to Ione Jones, who died in 1987 and with whom he had two sons: Robert Jr. and Rees, both of whom became golf course architects.[1] Jones continued to design golf courses in his later years until health problems prompted him to retire to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he died on June 14, 2000. His final course, the Southern Highlands Golf Club, was completed in 1999.[2] List of golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones ^ a b c d e Anderson, Dave (16 June 2000). "Robert Trent Jones Sr., Golf Course Architect Who Made Mark on U.S. Open, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2016. ^ a b c d e "A Short Biography of Robert Trent Jones Sr". Robert Trent Jones Society. Retrieved 7 July 2016. ^ a b c d "Robert Trent Jones Sr". The Telegraph. 19 June 2000. Retrieved 7 July 2016. ^ Cornish, Geoffrey S.; Whitten, Ronald E. (1993). "Robert Trent Jones (1906 - 2000)". The Architects of Golf. Harper-Collins. ISBN 0-06-270082-0. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. ^ "2001 - Gene Hamm". PGA Carolinas - Hall of Fame. Professional Golfers' Association. Retrieved 7 July 2016. ^ "Gene Hamm Course". Indiana Wells Golf Club. Retrieved 7 July 2016. ^ Whitten, Ron. "Commemorative". Golf Digest. Retrieved 7 July 2016. Robert Trent Jones Sr. at the World Golf Hall of Fame Robert Trent Jones Society Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Trent_Jones&oldid=905964319" Golf course architects 20th-century American architects World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni People from Ince-in-Makerfield Infobox person using alma mater	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line707
__label__wiki	0.60701	0.60701	Congress highlights Research and treatments Support group news A potted history of the Endometriosis Association Victoria by Ros Wood, Australia As the Endometriosis Association Victoria approaches its 21st birthday in 2005, I thought it might be worthwhile reflecting on our ‘life’ to date. In doing so, I have not tried to write a complete history. Rather, I have tried to give you a few insights into our main achievements and their impact. Therefore, there are many gaps in the story, and the story does not acknowledge many of the people who have made major contributions to the Association over the years. Ros Wood, co-founder of the Endometriosis Association Victoria In mid 1983, I joined the Women’s Health Resource Collective, which had just received funding to set up a women’s health information service and produce leaflets on various women’s health issues. I had been diagnosed with endometriosis a year earlier. At the time, there was no lay information on the topic. I had been able to obtain information, because I had a good understanding of medical concepts and language through my physiotherapy course, and access to Melbourne University’s medical library. However, one of my friends who had been tentatively diagnosed with the condition soon afterwards was not so lucky. She had no medical background, so the information in the medical textbooks was gobbledegook to her. As a result, she had been dependent on me to explain the condition to her. At one of my first WHRC meetings, we discussed topics for possible leaflets. I timidly suggested that we do one on endometriosis, because my reading had indicated that it was a common condition, and my experience had shown me there was no lay information on it. The Collective agreed. Di Surgey, one of the WHRC staff, and I then spent six months researching and writing the leaflet. When it was published at the end of the year, the Collective asked me if I would start a self help group. I agreed, thinking ‘Yeh, we’ll get six or seven women and we’ll sit round and have a few whinges, and then it will all fold up’. How wrong I was! The need for the group became abundantly clear in January 1984 when extracts from the leaflet were published in the women’s pages of The Age. Over the next six weeks, more than 200 women rang the WHRC to obtain the leaflet and talk about their endometriosis. The staff collected the names of all the women who wanted to join a self help group, and I organised three initial meetings for February and March. Meanwhile, Lorraine Henderson was nearing the end of two years in England with her husband who was on a defence forces exchange program. While there, she joined the newly formed UK Endometriosis Society, and resolved that she would set up a similar group on her return to Melbourne. In January 1984, soon after returning, she approached the WHRC with the intention of setting up a group. After the initial meetings, we had a mailing list of about 70 women. We set up the Victorian Endometriosis Self Help Group, later renamed the Endometriosis Association Victoria, and formed a committee to guide it through its early days. In the first few months, we concentrated on setting ourselves up as a viable group rather than ‘spreading the word’ about endometriosis. My experience of being in the WHRC office after publication of The Age article had shown me that we would not cope with the flood of enquiries that would accompany any publicity unless we were a well structured and organised group. In the second half of 1984, we began promoting Lorraine’s home telephone number as the group’s contact number, and so began the helpline for which the Association is so justifiably renowned. Lorraine staffed the helpline from her home for over 10 years. In that time, she gave much needed support and information to thousands of women at all hours of the day and night, and at considerable inconvenience to her and her family. In those days, having endometriosis was even more isolating than it is today. Almost no women had heard of the word before being diagnosed, and even less knew of another woman who had had it. For most women, talking to Lorraine was the first time they had talked to someone who understood what they were going through, and the first time they were given any information about the condition. Diagnosis delay research Soon after setting up the group, we learned of a questionnaire survey that the UK Endometriosis Society had developed, so we decided to distribute it as our first major project. I made a few changes to the questionnaire as a result of the comments I had heard repeatedly while talking to women in the group and on the WHRC helpline. In particular, it seemed to me that, although most of us had been diagnosed in our late 20s, many of us believed that we had had our symptoms since our teenage years. I modified the questionnaire, so we could ascertain whether or not these hunches were correct. We distributed about 250 questionnaires, of which 102 were returned. Analysis of the diagnosis questions confirmed our hunches. However, our results were open to criticism, because of the disorganised way we had conducted the survey. We could not hope to persuade doctors that there was a problem with the diagnosis of endometriosis if our research was not ‘methodologically sound’. We began publicising the results in the hope of procuring funding to enable us to redo the survey in a more scientific manner. In 1989, we were given some funding by a Health Department official. We used our helpline records to mail out questionnaires to every woman who had contacted the Association since its inception. Of the 1,114 questionnaires posted, 780 were returned. This represented a return rate of 70%, which is amazing for a postal survey. The results well and truly confirmed our hunches and our earlier survey results: The average when symptoms were first experienced was 22.7 years A total of 43% believed they had first experienced symptoms before the age of 20 The average age when diagnosed was 28.9 years Almost 60% were aged 25-34 when diagnosed The average diagnostic delay was 6.9 years. We were then faced with the huge task of convincing the medical profession that long diagnosis delays for women with endometriosis was the norm rather than the exception. Our aim was to reduce the diagnosis delay, so young women would not have to go through the long delays we ourselves had experienced. Our task ended up being much easier than we had anticipated thanks to a few open-minded gynaecologists. The first of these was Professor Carl Wood. He was stunned when we showed him the results, and he took up the cause with his usual vigor. It seems that he took every opportunity he had to tell doctors about the results, and to encourage them to consider a diagnosis in teenagers and young women who had possible symptoms. Our big opportunity came when Frances FitzGerald and I were lucky enough to attend the 3rd World Congress on Endometriosis in Brussels in 1992. With no real hope of success, I applied to do a poster about our survey for the conference. However, my application was upgraded to a 10-minute talk. I was notified of the ‘upgrade’ five days before I was due to leave for Europe! At that stage, I was racing against time to finish two major contracts. A friend spent his evenings and entire weekend preparing a set of slides for me. He also arranged for his brother, with whom I was staying for a few days before the conference, to provide me with a computer while I was at his place. On the afternoon of my talk, I made my way to the appropriate room, and was most relieved to find it almost empty. However, I got the shock of my life when I stepped on to the podium to give my talk. The room was jam packed with people! Because of my deafness, I had not heard them moving into the room! My nervousness turned to panic! After all, in effect, I was about to tell several hundred of the world’s top gynaecologists that they and their colleagues were doing a lousy job of diagnosing women with endometriosis! The talk before me was given by a nurse from Chicago. Her research involved interviewing 50 women about their experiences of obtaining a diagnosis for their endometriosis. The average diagnosis delay in her group was 6.9 years! I presented our research results with my legs shaking, one so much so that I almost fell over at one point. At the end of the talk, despite being told there was no time for discussion, a gynaecologist in the foreground, turned around to the audience, and said emphatically, ‘We’ve got a major problem on our hands here. We’ve got almost identical results from two totally different parts of the globe, and from two totally different health systems. And, we’ve got to do something about it.’ That gynaecologist, along with a few others, has indeed ‘done something about it’. He and his team have conducted research projects to verify the problem. They have also repeatedly told gynaecologists throughout the world about the long diagnosis delays, so much so that when I attended the 6th World Congress in 1998 the existence of long diagnosis delays was ‘established fact’. The sad footnote to this story is that most of the subsequent research has found even longer average diagnosis delays than we did. Most have been in the range of 8–12 years, which is far too long. 1990 Endometriosis Information Day In late 1990, we held our first major seminar, and audaciously invited three professors to speak: Professor David Healy, Professor Roger Pepperell and Professor Carl Wood. Unsure of the likely response, we held the seminar in the Auditorium of the Royal Women’s Hospital, because the hospital charged per head rather than a flat fee, which would minimise our losses if only a few people attended. However, we need not have worried, because we were booked out more than a week beforehand, and the auditorium was packed with over 400 people. The event was a tremendous success, but its main legacy was that it led to the establishment of the Endometriosis Clinic. Endometriosis Clinic At the time of the 1990 Endometriosis Information Day, Professor Carl Wood was looking for new challenges. Over the previous few years, he had become increasingly interested in endometriosis. The attendance at the seminar suggested to him that the time might be right for setting up an endometriosis clinic. So, in early 1991, Professor Wood wrote to us asking if we might be interested in being involved in a jointly run endometriosis clinic, and inviting us to his office to discuss the idea. Before the meeting, we talked about our vision of the ideal clinic, and the minimum we would be prepared to accept if the Association were to be involved. Much to our surprise, Professor Wood’s vision was almost identical to ours, so we embarked on the project soon afterwards. The Endometriosis Clinic opened in June 1991 with five gynaecologists: Dr Bruce Downing, Dr Tony Lawrence, Dr Mac Talbot, Dr Mary Wingfield and Professor Carl Wood. They were joined soon after by Dr Nick Lolatgis. The gynaecologists worked with two lay counsellors from the Association: Frances FitzGerald and Lorraine Henderson. From the start, the clinic adopted a model of shared care that involved a comprehensive consultation with a gynaecologist followed by the option of a second lay consultation with a member of the Association. The purpose of the lay consultation was to give women the opportunity to learn about and discuss any aspect of endometriosis with someone who ‘had been there and done it’. From its earliest days, the clinic received much acclaim from users, but it was not until 1999 that we were able to conduct a formal evaluation. That evaluation showed that the majority of users were extremely satisfied with the clinic’s model of shared care and the care they had received, and most believed that their care in the clinic was substantially better than their previous care. The clinic arrangements changed in 1999 when it became associated with the Epworth Hospital and became the Epworth Endometriosis Clinic. However, the unique model of shared care continues today, as does the excellent service. Explaining Endometriosis In July 1990, Veronica James of McCulloch Publishing approached the Association about the possibility of producing a book on endometriosis. Soon afterwards, three Management Collective members, Lorraine Henderson, Robyn Riley and I signed a contract, and began writing the book in earnest. The manuscript was delivered to the publishers in early 1991, just as the company was ‘going under’. However, Veronica’s determination and hard work ensured that the book did not ‘go under’ with the company, which was subsequently taken over by the book’s current publishers Allen and Unwin. Explaining Endometriosis, Australia’s first lay book on endometriosis, finally appeared in the bookshops in June 1991. In the early weeks, the community’s lack of awareness of endometriosis was a major obstacle to getting the book into the bookshops. The booksellers and shop owners had not heard of endometriosis, so they could see no reason to promote or stock the book. However, women with endometriosis had other ideas, and the first print run of 2000 sold out in six weeks, just as a major feature about endometriosis and the book was going to air on A Current Affair. The book proved extremely popular with women, most of whom had not previously had access to comprehensive information about the condition. Many women told us they had read it from cover to cover almost immediately, such was their hunger for information, and some even referred to it as their ‘Bible’. By 1999, when work on the second edition began, the book had sold nearly 10,000 copies. → Explaining Endometriosis is still in print! GnRH agonists In the second half of 1993, the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC), the government committee responsible for approving new drugs, rejected applications to have the GnRH agonists Synarel and Zoladex approved for the treatment of endometriosis in Australia. They rejected the drugs because they believed they caused an unacceptable degree of irreversible osteoporosis. Needless to say, we were not impressed, so when one of the drug companies decided to lodge an appeal against the decision in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the court that settles disputes about government decisions, we began investigating how we might be involved in the process. We were extremely fortunate to procure the help of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), an independent legal advocacy organisation based in Sydney. They agreed to represent us at the AAT hearing, so together we began preparing our case. For me, that involved reading all the paperwork associated with the Zoladex application, a pile of paper 40 cm high! The proceedings took a sudden turn in October, when we received a letter from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the government department that prepares new drug applications for ADEC. The letter invited us to a round-table conference to discuss the rejection of Synarel and Zoladex, and the issues surrounding the drug treatment of endometriosis. The roundtable conference was held in December, and involved 23 people, including representatives of the TGA, three gynaecologists, a bone specialist and representatives of the relevant drug companies. Lorraine Henderson and I attended on behalf of the Association. We were assisted by the Executive Director of the Consumer’s Health Forum and a lawyer from PIAC. The main purpose of the meeting was ‘to ensure that sufferers from endometriosis have an opportunity to voice their concerns relating to the availability of drug treatment in Australia, and that all parties to the issue have an opportunity to state their position and to hear the views of other interest groups’. That goal was certainly fulfilled. Each of the three main parties — the TGA, the Association and the medical specialists — were given the opportunity to present their case, and there was free and open discussion of all the perspectives. At the end of the day, there was strong agreement between all the parties, and we formulated a consensus statement that was to be presented to the next meeting of ADEC. We then had an anxious wait to see how ADEC would respond. ADEC had never had any of its decisions challenged by such a coalition of consumer, medical and industry representatives, so we had no way of anticipating their response. Our efforts were well rewarded in February 1994 when ADEC reversed its earlier decisions, and approved the use of Synarel and Zoladex for the treatment of endometriosis, subject to certain conditions designed to enhance its safety. 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__label__cc	0.701367	0.298633	Top Mobile App Development Companies in London [Updated 2018] Posted on February 13, 2018 by Mayank Pratap Singh Mobile Apps are an important chunk of our lives. Barely an hour passes without us our smartphones to check out regular notifications from our favorite apps. While we use these apps to satisfy our needs, we hardly acknowledge the people behind the scenes. Yes, I am talking about mobile app development companies, the corporations, and enterprises which work to get the app you exactly want. These mobile app development companies in London cater to your specific requirements in the most efficient manner. Let us discuss some of these important Mobile App Development Companies in London: 1) HEDGEHOG LABS : Hedgehog Labs is a leading global technology consultancy headquartered in Newcastle in Tyne with its additional offices in London, the United States; Denmark and India. It was founded in 2007 by Sarat Pediredla and Mark Forster who are now the CEO and Chief Product Officer respectively. It derives its name Jim Collins’ book “Good to Great” which features the ‘hedgehog concept’ of cultivating ‘piercing clarity’ in the pursuit of long-term results while rejecting propositions that ‘fail the hedgehog test’. The company has been furnished with many award and accolades. It was conferred the title of “Newcastle’s Best Company to Work for” by rating site Glassdoor and “SME of the Year” by Newcastle Business awards to name a few of their trophies. After noticing the keen interest of the masses in VR augmented reality, Hedgehog Labs invested in its own Immersive Technology division and was successful in developing for trailblazing headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Microsoft HoloLens. This project was led by one of UK’s leading expert in the field, Shaun Allen whose VR pitch recently helped the North East region win the bid to host the Great Exhibition of the North. All in all, Hedgehog labs is one of the key players in the mobile app development game and continues to grow day by day with a rapid turnover growth of 160%. Ref: https://hedgehoglab.com/ Recommended Reading: How Much Does it Cost to Make a Mobile App? 2) Apadmi : Apadmi is a mobile app development company based in Manchester started up in 2009. They are one of the leading developers in the games and have developed apps for IOS, Windows, Android, Blackberry as well as for web designing. They have also produced apps for UK companies and organizations such as the British Museum, BBC iPlayer, XFactor app, Skyscanner and The Guardian. This mobile app development group has deep roots in the other industries too. Many of its existing members and their CEO, Garry Partington helped develop the first smartphone back in 1998. They have a dedicated staff of about 120 members. One of their company’s notable projects is discussed here: Lexus IS series: The vision was to enhance Lexus’ customer journey and immerse prospective buyers in an interactive digital experience for the launch of the new Lexus IS model. The company’s challenge was to create an innovative mobile tool that would be used by the Lexus sales team to highlight key attributes of the new car and detail complex technological innovations. In partnership with the digital agency, Amaze, Apadmi built an iPad app that brought the key features of the new Lexus IS model to life in a way that paper never could. The experience was built around an interactive 360-degree view of the user’s chosen car model, allowing them to rotate the car in any direction, as well as change the colors, wheels or optional extras for the interior or exterior. This made for a much richer sales conversion. This app has received a lot of appreciation and won numerous awards. It was named the ‘Largest Digital Agency of the Year 2018’ by Northen Digital Awards, ‘Top UK mobile app developer’ by Clutch and ‘Digital & Creative Business of the Year’ by City of Manchester Business Awards just to name a few. This mobile app development company is growing exponentially and recently opened a refreshed office in the newly furbished Federation House. It has doubled its turnover in just 2 years and has set the bar high for other players in the game. Ref: https://www.apadmi.com/ 3) Intellectsoft: This company started its operations in 2007 by Alexander Kabanov and has now-grown into a full-cycle, mobile-first software development company. It has worked with Jaguar & Land Rover, Eurostar, Harley-Davidson and the NHS and help develop their software. The organization has 35 Fortune 500 clients, 200+ full-time developers, and 6 offices in 5 countries namely UK, Norway, USA, Ukraine, and Belarus. This mobile app development company is one of the leaders of the county in enterprise blockchain solutions, cloud computing( through Microsoft Azure), artificial intelligence, augmented reality and Internet of Things. An exceptionally well-delivered project by the company is talked about here: Cirrus Insight: Having enjoyed significant success with their Cirrus Insight sales tool, Cirrus path, a cross-platform SaaS company specializing in apps that integrate Salesforce CRM tools with Emails, its customers had come to rely on a range of features with a high-level of functionality. Cirruspath reached out to Intellectsoft to develop a mobile application that would extend the capabilities of their Salesforce integration to the iOS platform. This would require a team to develop an application programming interface that retained existing features as well as optimize additional functions. To re-create and enhance the capabilities of Cirrus Insight, this mobile application came to include 60 screens, which represented an unusual level of complexity. Careful attention had to be paid throughout the development process to ensure that the navigation and user experience would not be compromised in any way. A team of nine mobile app developers created a full-featured mobile email client with built-in, advanced CRM functionality. The app was entirely native with communication to the Cirrus Salesforce-integrated platform via a private API. Recently, the booming company added Brighter, another name to its list of partners. This was the company’s second portfolio expansion in 2017 and the fourth in the past four years. Artem Kozel, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Intellectsoft, says the addition of Brighter’s products to the portfolio will be useful to company’s in-house development team. “Brighter has developed an effective and practically tested method of starting and improving applications and helping many of the funded startups to achieve indefeasible feats. Their experience and know-how will help us improve our own delivery.” This addition further strengthened their Initial Public Offering which is scheduled to be held in Ref: https://www.intellectsoft.net/ 4. Iflexion: Iflexion is an mobile app development and a web solutions provider company which was started in 1999. It is one of the most experienced mobile app development companies in London and has completed more than 1500 projects. They have worked with both software vendors and non-software companies in projects with teams located in different parts of the world. It has a team of 400 engineers who have significant command over iPhone OS, Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry. Iflexion has worked with clients all over the world, including the US, Russia, and Israel. They have a dedicated staff of 370 employees. A unique factor in the company is its separate QA department which is responsible for providing quality assurance throughout the entire Software Development Lifecycle of every project. They have a wide range of services which include the development of corporate business applications and user experience and user interface design, consulting on security, testing, maintenance, and support. Their major clients include Phillips, eBay, Timex, Paypal, and Cisco. In addition to this, they developed Corporate E-learning portal development for Satellite Behaviour Simulation. Iflexion was ranked as one of the top 10 Business Intelligence(BI) App Developers and also Top 10 E-Commerce App Developers and Top Travel & Lifestyle App Developers by Clutch.co in 2017. They were also included in the Leaders Matrix as one of the Top Web Development Companies by Clutch.co in Ref: https://www.iflexion.com/ Recommended Reading: Top Ten Mobile App Development Companies In India 5) Nodes: Nodes is one of the prestigious mobile app development companies in London which was started by 45 app developers who were based in London and Copenhagen. It was founded and led by Andreas Green Rasmussen. In a time span of around 7 years, they have 1000+ satisfied clients with more than 1200+ apps published. They have developed remarkable apps for their customers and some of them are worth an applaud. One such promising project is discussed below: Cosmetics company Rimmel wanted to create a 3D makeup simulation app. They wanted an app which invited users to take a photo of the makeup look from anywhere- their friend, a beauty editorial, a billboard or a catalog and then using the app, they could try the same makeup on themselves virtually using facial recognition. Another company, Holition, created proprietary technology that Nodes was able to collaborate with, implement and design across iPhone Operating System and Android and complete the rest of the necessary backend integrations. Another such promising project in which they worked dedicatedly is appreciable. Mazda was spending a lot of money on print materials for their sales and distribution. Frequent updates became an expensive exercise with print and logistics expenses. Furthermore, Mazda wanted to create interest and drive preference towards the Mazda brand. Nodes gave the solution which was an app where the sales team can easily access the latest version of the product catalog and use it actively in sales situations with end-consumers. Mazda can now easily push out updates and make sure information reaches the sales team directly on their own device, cutting through the communication noise from other car brands. Ref: https://www.nodesagency.com/ 6) Miquido: Miquido is a renowned company which focuses on mobile apps development, smart homes solution and wearable apps, which optimally meet business requirements of customers. 90% of their projects arrive from referrals suggested by other satisfied customers. This shows the reliability and trust placed by their customers and the high quality they provide. In addition to providing mobile app development services, Miquido contributes to the company’s internal transformation, process automation, model creation, and event planning. They provide mobile app development services, including design and coding, for multiple projects. The agency also frequently contributes to strategic processes. Miquido offers a fluid development process that stands out in a crowded industry. They are based in Krakow and have offices in London and Berlin. Krzysztof Kogutkiewicz, a student of AGH University of Science and Technology is the CEO of the corporation. They were recognized by 2016 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE as the fastest growing mobile design & development company in CE. Their projects like HelloFresh and Picnic were awarded by Google, TIME Magazine, and Website Awards. The company not only takes care of app development but the whole process of making it successful: improving app idea, through wireframing UX, designing UI, the keyword density is 0.2%, which is too low; the focus keyword was found 5 times. OK, SEO score images on this page do not have alt attributes containing the focus keyword. 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They provided additional functionalities like cloud-based synchronization and an in-app library. They continually keep adding new features to keep with the pace of this dynamic industry. Miquido initially completed and converted an iOS app to Android. The team then assumed responsibility for all development and UX, as well as full leadership for the Android product. Miquido designed and developed a core iOS, Android, and Web app. The project required translating data from biometric devices and sensors before linking it to the platforms. Ref: https://www.miquido.com/ 7) Brightec: Brightness a Brighton-based mobile app development company in London which was started in 2010 and focuses on turning on your ideas in easy-to-use, feature-rich apps to meet your business needs. They develop for Android and iPhone Operating System. In addition to these, they also specialize in Google Glass, developers for Google Glass are not easy to find, so it is a plus point in favor of Brightec. They have a user-centered approach and they aim to develop smarter and friendlier ways for their users to engage with technology. The company has worked with big corporations, some of them include Morrisons, Roche, Land Rover, Willis Tower Watson, ziffit.com, Parexel and Kitchen Craft. Some of the singular apps which Brightec presented are discussed here:- 1) They developed an extraordinary app TrainSplit which is a rail ticket service dedicated to saving passengers money. Splitting train tickets can bring consumer savings of up to 65% but the process of doing so can be time-consuming and confusing. With commuters and day-trippers facing enough delays already, TrainSplit’s automated search scans a vast database and delivers cheap and simple travel options. 2) They made a fun and intuitive messaging app known as Chinwag. Chinwag has been intuitively designed to ensure it is fun to use, interactive and accessible. One of the main challenges of any new app is to distinguish it from the competition. They discovered the factors they had to introduce in order to make the app Sociable, Playful, Witty and Quick (i.e. ‘in the moment’). Working with Jomoco, the company which had assigned this project to Brightec, their receptive design team created a series of caption packs so users can play around with personalizing each image. From comical to LOUD, the users will find a style to say exactly what you want. Users can also create groups and storyboards, view all their messages in a timeline view and even share a message on social media. 3) The Good Fish Guide, a user-friendly consumer app, is produced by the Marine Conservation Society and helps customers make environmentally sound seafood choices. The Marine Conservation Society is dedicated to conserving the marine environment. They wanted a ‘pocket guide’ style consumer app to help customers make informed decisions when choosing fish at a restaurant, or at the fish counter in the local supermarket. The app – The Good Fish Guide – serves as an index of endangered species of fish in the United Kingdom. The app enables users to make ethical purchasing decisions based on the present sustainability of fish species. Bright has won the award of ‘The Agency of the Year(Small)’ at the UK App Awards 2017. The Kings Education app, built by Brightec, has received an award of distinction at the 2017 Communicator Awards. They also won accolades in three different categories in the London Design Awards. Ref: https://www.brightec.co.uk/ 8) Magora: Magora Systems is a London-based app development company founded in 2010 with an eclectic portfolio of mostly small-business clients. They use PHP, Java and.Net. They’ve developed apps in the IT, arts, utilities and education sectors, to name a few. The company moves forward with the lead of Vladimir Potapenko. They started off with two young developers to become an international corporation with professional staff and offices in London, Novosibirsk, and Saint-Petersburg. Magora specializes in educational apps. One of the apps, Core Power Golf, is one such standing proof of their excellence. iOS app development is one of the most important spheres in Majora’s work, and an educational project places even more responsibility on the app developers. By design, this iOS application, Core Power Golf, was an ultimate guide and provided meaningful full video lessons, workouts and other useful materials from professional golf coaches. From a technical standpoint, it was no problem for our experts to create this video instructor. Core Power Golf applies the waterfall methodology and ASP.NET, and there was a standard MVP deployment process. The content administrator is one of their customers, professional Long Driver, Kevin Hennessy. He films and publishes video lessons in different categories like warm-ups, workouts, golf tips, physical exercises and strength training. This iOS app provides users with relevant video content based on their level, which they select as part of their profile set-up. Any additional video is available for viewing by exploring the extensive video catalog. As you can see, this app combines simple but inclusive functionality. Magora ranks high among innumerable mobile app development companies because of their time-an efficient team of innovative experts who are capable of delivering every project with utmost dedication within the stipulated period of time. Undoubtedly, their extraordinary ways of working have helped them to achieve great success in the field of modern apps development, mobile marketing or web systems. Ref: https://magora-systems.com/ 9) Konstant Infosolutions: Konstant Infosolutions is an award-winning mobile app development and web company delivering best-in-class solutions. Apart from app development, they also focus on emerging sectors like cloud computing, IoT Development, consultancy services, software maintenance, and support. They have delivered over 3500 projects and made a mark in this competitive market in over 13 years. The company is currently run by Vipin Jain. He is responsible for the team’s overall vision, business direction, corporate initiatives and goals. Let us look at one of the case studies of the projects accomplished by Konstant Infosolution. NASSCOM: NASSCOM is a global trade body of India with over 2000 members, of which over 250 are companies from the China, EU, Japan, US and UK.' NASSCOM's member companies are in the business of software development, software services, software products, IT-enabled/BPO services and e-commerce. This app aims at providing access to NASSCOM research and intelligence that tracks industry trends, growth opportunities and best practices. Access to industry events, presentations, blogs, discussions, and articles. The app also provides an opportunity to engage with the NASSCOM research team and shared case studies or transformational stories. This mobile app development company was recognized to have the best mobile app developers by Appfutura. Clutch.co ranked Konstant Infosolutions number 2 on the list of Best App development companies in India 2016. It was also recognized by CloudReviews as, which is one of the Top App Development Company. Ref: https://www.konstantinfo.com/ 10) Promatics: Promatics is a reputed mobile app development company based in London with significant presence across the globe. They have a strength of more than 100 and have delivered over3000 projects and have a team of certified eCommerce developers. Their key sectors include cloud-computing, user experience design, and CMS Development. They are a dedicated team and customer satisfaction is their top priority. Some of the best apps developed by Promatics are discussed here:- 1) J.J.Threads: jjthreads.com is a one-of-a-kind website of Hong Kong-based J.J. Threads, to enable users to design a complete shirt of their own by choosing from a cornucopia of shirts and fabrics. The thoughtfully designed rich interactive interface offers users to purchase a shirt designed of their own or designed by other users. A very popular website among the users jjthreads.com is now available to all. 2) Poulsbo RVs main requirement was to build a customized web portal which would attract more prospects, sell more RVs and ultimately generate more revenue. The website is tailored in such a way that any user visiting the website could view approximately 50 to 60 images in the gallery to view the details of the RVs. We integrated an API that helped in the resolution conversion without any problems to make it lightweight. They have been given accreditations by Clutch.co, Silicon India, Awards and many others. They were one of the top 100 finalists in the Red Herring Asia Awards. Ref: http://www.promatic.co.uk/ These are just 10 of the top mobile app development companies in London also with a presence felt across the whole globe. These companies continue to dominate the app market and grow with each project that they deliver. With the growing need for apps in everyday life, the mushrooming of these corporations is inevitable. Articles which you might find interesting to read : Top Ten Mobile App Development Companies In Australia [Updated 2018] Top Ten Mobile App Development Companies In India [Updated 2018] Top 10 Mobile App Development Company in USA	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line709
__label__wiki	0.886515	0.886515	So-called action against terror outfits just an eyewash to deceive world: MQM leader Altaf Hussain Written by Epilogue on 8th March 2019 PM to address ‘Howdy Modi’ community summit in US 18th July 2019 UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed arrested 17th July 2019 US remains hopeful of resolving trade ties with India 17th July 2019 The founder of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has said that terror outfits such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are the “children of Pakistan Army”, adding that the “so-called action” by Pakistan against these outfits are just an “eye-wash to deceive the world.” “Under the guise of action, Pakistani authorities are taking them under protective custody to provide shelter,” Altaf Hussain, MQM’s founder-leader said, adding that true action against these terror outfits cannot be taken by Pakistan. In his latest address, Hussian also said the current tensions between India and Pakistan is not a war-like situation but actually the “beginning of another war”. He added that the Pulwama attack has “fully exposed the deep root nexus between the Pakistan Army and religious Jihadi outfits”. Hussain said that the Punjabi dominated army establishment had launched many army operations in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA areas and Sindh against Mohajirs, “other oppressed nations” and minorities and they have converted Pakistan into “Punjabistan”. “At present all smaller nations have been made colonies by Punjabistan,” Hussain said, mentioning that if the ongoing army operations and “policy of suppression” against Balochs, Pashtuns, Mohajirs and other “oppressed nations” are not stopped and their genuine grievances are not addressed then “nature will takes its own course as it has already taken in 1971, in the form of debacle or disintegration of Pakistan”. He also talked about the call for the right to self-determination for Mohajirs and other “oppressed nations”. “Altaf Hussain said that since the inception of Pakistan, the Mohajirs and other oppressed nations have been subjected to alienation and denied their equal right by the establishment. This situation can only lead to the movement for self-determination, which is guaranteed under the United Nations charter. The onus is on the state, hold a referendum for the oppressed nations and let them decide how they want to live. A life of discrimination and prejudice will not be accepted anymore,” a press release issued by Hussain outlined. Hussain, citing US as an example, said that the United States has 50 sovereign states, where every state has its own flag and the autonomy to run their affairs. “So Mohajirs, Sindhi, Pashtuns and Balochs don’t want to live with Punjabi military any more, they want full autonomy like the states of USA,” he said. “If ethnic cleansing is being carried out against Mohajirs, then we can move before the ICJ (International Court of Justice) for crimes against humanity,” he said. “We are committed to raising our issue before the United Nations who will ensure that a fair referendum for the right of self-determination (is held),” the statement noted. Hussain also appealed to the international community to use their “good offices to stop ongoing state brutalities against Mohajirs, Balochs, Pashtuns, Sindhi, Saraiki, Gilgiti, Baltistanis, Hazaras and other oppressed minorities” in Pakistan. He further asked the international community to understand the plight and miseries of “oppressed nations” and help them to live with honour and dignity. He appealed to the UN, asking the organisation to send their troops in Pakistan for safeguarding Mohajirs, Balochs, Pashtuns and other oppressed nations, “because, in Pakistan, nobody is available for their safety and security”. MQM’s founder also said that while Pakistani media highlights the situation in Kashmir, “ it is surprising that Indian media does not televise the brutalities and ongoing army operation and genocide of Mohajirs, Baloch and others”. “In Karachi, thousands have been killed extra-judicially and thousands are enforcedly disappeared and thousands are languishing in jails, while in Balochistan, mutilated bodies of innocent Baloch are found daily,” he revealed. eyewash to deceive world	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line711
__label__wiki	0.659993	0.659993	Goa Dy CM Sudin Dhavalikar was indulging in anti -alliance activities: Pramod Sawant Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Sudin Dhavalikar was indulging in anti -alliance activities and so was dropped from the cabinet. Sawant told ANI, “He was conducting activities against the alliance, we had requested Sudin’s brother Deepak to not contest in Shiroda by-poll but he is not ready to listen, so we took the decision.” Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLA Dhavalikar was dropped from the Goa cabinet about a week after being sworn-in to the post. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant recommended the sacking of Dhavalikar from the cabinet, which was accepted by Governor Mridula Sinha. Soon after being dropped from the cabinet, Dhavalikar said that “splitting MGP at midnight is the biggest dacoity done by Chowkidars”. “I will not respond to any questions, but what I have in my mind I will speak. Today I am free. MGP is a party of the people. At night, the chowkidars have committed dacoity on MGP which has shocked the people of Goa. People of Goa are watching this and they will decide on the course of action,” he said. Earlier in a late night dramatic development, two MLAs from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) merged their party’s legislative wing with the BJP, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said. The support of the MGP was crucial for the stability of BJP-led dispensation in Goa. The merger of the two-member legislative unit into the BJP brings the saffron party on par with the Congress with 14 seats each. The MGP is an alliance partner of the BJP in Goa since 2012. On March 19, Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa in a late-night ceremony along with an 11- member cabinet. Goa Dy CM Sudin Dhavalikar was indulging in	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line712
__label__cc	0.68806	0.31194	Mood: hot Music: George Michael - Praying for Time say what's mine is mine and not yours It's not mine to offer. I don't feel I can offer fic in exchange for any money. I can give it as a gift or I can write it for lulz in my own free time, but I can't charge for it, even if I never see the cash. I could say that the money is not for the fic, it's for my time, which, yes, is mine. Plus it's not money for me, it's for a good cause; one of the best, in fact. Writing fic so a charity can benefit is not the same as writing fic and demanding that people buy it in ebook form, but to me the principle is the same -- the implication is that I own what I'm offering. But I don't actually own my fic. Boiled down, the transaction is "X writes fic, Y pays for it". To me, it doesn't matter who gets the money. In the end, it's fic for money. JKR can write "fic" of her own world and sell it to the highest bidder. I can't do that with JKR's world; I don't think I have the right, and it's a right without which I'm perfectly content. Writing fic for any money, no matter where the money goes, would make me uncomfortable in my fannish shoes, and that discomfort is not offset by the warm fuzziness of contributing to a good cause. And because it seems I need to say this every time I state an opinion: this is not to say everyone should feel uncomfortable offering fic for auction. It's just how I feel about it, with no implicit "if you don't feel/think like this, you're a poo-head!". If I wanted to say "everyone who offers fanfic for auction is a poo-head!", that's exactly what I would have said, believe it or not. I've just been thinking about why the idea of signing up for the latest fandom charity event's been making me feel so damned skeevy, and this post explains why. I'm also kind of hoping I'm not alone in feeling this way, which is why I post it here instead of just keeping my thoughts to myself. All that said, I could certainly offer original fiction, but I doubt anyone would be interested in that. In lieu of offering fic so somebody else can make a donation, I'll donate as much as I can spare to Equality California after I get paid next week. I think they're the ones who'll need it most in the struggle against overturning the new law. Tags: meta:fan fiction	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line716
__label__cc	0.575763	0.424237	Diana Shipping Inc (DSX) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript Motley Fool Transcribers, The Motley Fool Motley Fool March 15, 2019 Logo of jester cap with thought bubble. Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Feb. 26, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET Prepared Remarks Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Greetings and welcome to the Diana Shipping Inc. 2018 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. (Operator instructions) Please note, this conference is being recorded. I'll now turn the conference over to our host, Mr. Ed Nebb, IR Advisor for Diana Shipping. Please go ahead sir. Edward Nebb -- IR Advisor Thanks Diego, and thanks to all of you for joining us today for the fourth quarter and year-end conference call of Diana Shipping Inc. With us today from management are Mr. Simeon Palios, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Anastasios Margaronis, President, Mr. Andreas Michalopoulos, Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Ioannis Zafirakis, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary, Ms. Semiramis Paliou, Chief Operating Officer, and Ms. Maria Dede, Chief Accounting Officer. Before management begins their remarks, let me remind you of the safe harbor notice. Certain statements made during this conference call, which are not historical fact, are forward-looking statements under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, expectations, projections and beliefs as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. And for a description of the risks and uncertainties, and other factors that may cause future results to differ from the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With that, let me turn the call over to Mr. Simeon Palios, Chairman and CEO. Simeon P. Palios -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thank you, Ed. Good morning and thank you for joining us today to discuss the results of Diana Shipping Inc. for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. Our performance strengthened significantly during the recent quarter and year as reflected in higher-time charter revenues and the dramatic turnaround in profitability. This is the result of the patient and focused strategy we have persistently followed over many years, which position the Company to take advantage of improving industry conditions. In addition, we took steps to fortify our balance sheet in 2018, while also demonstrating our strong belief in the Company by conducting a Self Tender Offer. Lastly, we have continued to actively manage our fleet profile to optimize our mix of vessels, and maintain our operational and financial flexibility. To summarize our financial results, Diana Shipping Inc. reported net income of $2.9 million and net income attributed to common stockholders of $1.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2018. This represents a turnaround from a net loss of $436.9 million and a net loss attributed to common stockholders of $438.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, which included a $422.5 million impairment loss. For the full year 2018, net income was $16.6 million and net income attributed to common stockholders was $10.8. This was a significant improvement compared with the net loss of $511.7 million and a net loss attributed to common stockholders of $517.5 million, including the impairment loss for 2017. Time charter revenues rose to $62.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2018 from $48.9 million for the same quarter of 2017, mainly due to the increased average time charter rates that we have achieved for our vessels. Time charter revenues were $226.2 million for the full year of 2018, up from $161.9 million for 2017. Turning to the balance sheet, cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled a healthy $151.4 million at December 31, 2018. Long-term debt, net of deferred financing cost, including the current portion, was $530.5 million compared to stockholders equity of more than $627.7 million. The Company enhanced its financial flexibility during the 2018 fourth quarter by redeeming all of the outstanding 8.5% senior notes due 2020 at the aggregate principal amount of approximately $63.25 million. This was made possible in part by our issuance during the third quarter of $100 million private placement of senior unsecured bonds -- maturing in September 2023. Reflecting our commitment to return value to shareholders, at the end of December 2018, the Company completed the Self Tender Offer to purchase up to 4,166,666 shares of our outstanding common stock at a price of $3.6 per share. The Board of Directors determined that repurchasing the shares was in the Company's best interest, given our cash position and stock price. In connection with our active management of the Company's fleet in the 2018 fourth quarter, we agreed to sell two vessels. The Alcyon for a sale price of $7.45 million before commissions and the Triton for a sale price of $7.35 million before commissions. In early 2019, we announced agreements to sell the vessels, Naias and Dione at a sale price of $7.2 million each. All four of these vessels were 2001 built and were among the oldest vessels in fleet. We will continue to manage our fleet in a responsible manner that promotes a balance of time charter maturities and produces a predictable revenue stream. As we look ahead in 2019, we will continue the prudent management of our financial position and our fleet, and we'll maintain our focus on delivering value to our shareholders. With that, I'll now turn the call over to our President, Anastasios Margaronis, for a perspective on industry conditions. He will then be followed by our Chief Financial Officer, Andreas Michalopoulos, who will provide a more detailed financial overview. Thank you. Anastasios C. Margaronis -- President Thank you, Simon and welcome to all the participants of this quarterly conference call of Diana Shipping Inc. Last year started off on a very positive note in the bulk area market, but things began to deteriorate and the market lost its gains and more toward the end of the year. Proof of this is Baltic Dry Index, which started the year at 1,282 and stood at only 637 on February 25. The Baltic Cape Index moved from 1,987 to 520 over the same period, and the Baltic Panamax Index stood at 1,391 on January 2, closing yesterday at only 608. Since mid-October last year, Panamax rates are down by 52%, while Capesize rates are also down 32% over the same period. Let's start with macroeconomic developments, which usually have a role to play in the medium- to long-term fortunes of the shipping industry. In the Eurozone, the economy grew 1.8% in 2018. The IMF predicts growth will slow down to a maximum of 1.6%, this year, with downside risks present. In 2018, the Chinese economy grew by 6.6%. That was the slowest pace since 1990, but the comparison becomes rather meaningless if you look back in the context of the overall size of the Chinese economy in 2018 and in 1990. For 2019, growth is expected to come in at 6.2%. Developing economies on the other hand grew at a brisk 4.6% in 2018. The IMF expects growth to slow down to about 4.5% this year. Overall, world GDP growth in 2018 was 3.7% and this rate of growth is expected to come down to 3.5% this year. Starting with steel now, looking at commodities according to Howe Robinson, Chinese steel production rose nearly 10% in 2018 on the back of strong expansion in real estate and ongoing government infrastructure project. Howe Robinson expects Chinese steel production to fall in 2019. However, they cite state-sponsored projects such as the recently announced $125 billion rail network expansion to limit the extent of any decline. Steel stock piles in China at the end of December were approximately 9.2 million ton, which was about 100,000 tonnes less than at the same time in 2017. Turning to demand now for shipping overall, according to Clarksons, total bulk carrier trade in 2018 reached the 29.339 trillion ton miles, an increase of 2.8% compared to 2017. In 2019, they estimate that volumes will increase by 3.4% to reach 30.343 trillion ton miles. In 2021, volumes are estimated to increase by 2.8% (ph). Looking at iron ore now, according to Clarksons, global seaborne iron ore trade is estimated to have contracted marginally to 1.47 billion tonnes in 2018, largely reflecting weaker shipments to China. This was mainly caused by more scrap use in the countries of steel industry and a drawdown in port inventories. In 2019, Chinese iron ore imports are expected to increase by around 2% as the sharp drawdown in inventories seen last year is not expected to be repeated and the consumption of scrapping China's blast furnaces might fall back from the level seen last year. The latter could be caused through the arrival of more high-quality steel in the markets. According to Banchero Costa, the outlook for Chinese iron ore imports in 2019 remains worried as higher iron ore prices and lower steel prices have cut into steel mill profit margins, discouraging the steel mills from ramping-up output and restocking raw materials. According to Clarksons, following the disaster caused by the collapse over Vale's Corrego do Feijao Dam, Vale announced that 40 million tonnes per annum of iron ore production will be suspended to allow for the decommissioning of 10,000 dams over the next three years. As a result, overall Brazilian iron ore shipments could be between 5 million tonnes and 50 (ph) million tonnes per year weaker than earlier projections. This would amount to about 1% of seaborne iron ore trade or 0.3% (ph) of total annual bulk trade. The interesting question is to try and determine where the shortfall in projected iron ore shipments might come from and what effect that would have on the overall ton mile demand for capes. It is quite certain though that business for the Vale sized bulkers would be negatively affected as a result of this disaster. We need to keep in mind that these ships cannot be employed in any other routes but those envisaged by Vale, when they were design built. As for coking coal now, holding against to Clarksons, total world imports of coking coal could reach 275 million tonnes this year, an increase of 3% compared to 2018. In 2020, the estimate is set at 282 million tonnes, which would be a further increase of 2%. (inaudible) Chinese import demand and potentially weaker prices represent downside risks, so do European Union seaborne coking coal imports, which are expected to show only marginal growth in the coming years. Thermal coal, according to Clarksons, thermal coal imports are estimated to increase by 2% this year and reach 996 million tonnes, and about 1% growth in 2020. This year, China is expected to remain the world's largest seaborne steam coal importer, although volumes are expected to fall slightly year-on-year, when significant downside risks are present as mentioned below. According to Howe Robinson, the Chinese government imposed restrictions on thermal coal imports from mid-November onwards. According to Banchero Costa, India continues to have strong coal imports as domestic production shortfalls, domestic logistics bottlenecks regulations, targeting pollution cuts and surging demand for power from household electrification lead to higher imports from suppliers in Indonesia, South Africa and the United States. On top of all the above, according to Comodo Research, at the beginning of February, China's six major coastal power plants had 14.7 million tonnes of coal in stock pile, which was 50% higher than a year ago. Turning to grain cargos. In the 2018, 2019 grain season, Clarksons expected the grain imports to reach 500 million metric tonnes, which if it materializes will be an increase of 4%. In 2019, 2020, the expectation is for a further increase of 3% to 515 million metric tonnes. According to Banchero Costa, global soybean trade is expected to contract by 0.7% in 2018 to 2019 grain mainly as lower Chinese imports, due to US trade tensions, outweigh an increase in European imports. Turning to the supply now of tonnage, newbuilding deliveries last year were 27.3 million deadweight compared with 37.1 million deadweight in 2017. This year, newbuilding deliveries are expected to reach 37 million to 38 million deadweight. Comodo Research are concerned by the fact that while in 2018 about 297 vessels were delivered this year, the number is expected to be in the 330 to 430 range. Unless demolitions increase so as to compensate for this extra newbuilding tonnage, supply might become an issue for the dry bulk market, by increasing well over 3% which is currently anticipate by most analysts. Clarksons estimate fleet growth of 3% this year with fundamental looking fairly balanced with downside demand risks as mentioned already. Banchero Costa also expects fleet growth of 3% for this year assuming demolition activity increases from its record low-level seen in 2018, in line with expected increases in newbuilding deliveries this year. Clarksons believe that supply growth could be limited by the impact of the January 2020 Global Sulphur Cap with bulk carriers out of commission to fit scrubbers absorbing about 0.5% of bulk fleet capacity across 2019. Scrapping, last year's demolition volumes of 4 million deadweight were the lowest seen for 10 years. In 2017, 13.6 million deadweight worth of capacity was scrapped. In 2019, Banchero Costa expect the scrapping to reach at least 10 million deadweight tonne. With scrapping slowing down significantly in 2018 to just over 4 million deadweight tonne, the average age of the bulk carrier fleet went up from 9.1 years at the end of 2017 to 9.6 years last December. A quick look at the order book now. According to Clarksons, at the end of last year, there were 88.5 million deadweight tons worth of ships on order, representing 11% of the bulk carrier fleet. The Capesize order book was 49.9 million deadweight tons, which was 15% of the existing fleet and 20.9 million deadweight tons of Panamax's were on order, the equivalent of 10% of the existing fleet. Nearly half of this newbuilding tonnage is scheduled for delivery this year, while the rest will be delivered in 2020 and beyond. So, what kind of an outlook do analysts provide us with all these data? Comodo Research are rather bearish on the prospects of the world economy and for the dry bulk market as a whole. They point out that the Vale incident is a new headwind for the Capesize market that will require continued evaluation. The positive news they cite in this sector, is the arrest of an elderly VLOC conversion. This might reveal problems known in some circles for a while now about the structural integrity of these ships. It is possible that the further trading of these vessels might be suspended. If the supply and demand forecast described earlier unmaterialize this year, rates should improve from their present depressed levels. On the other hand, Clarksons' report, that while overall demand/supply outlook for the bulk carrier sector in 2019 looks broadly balanced, a number of significant downside risks to the demand side are clear. These range from global economic concerns to uncertainty over the outlook of China's coal and iron ore imports. Clarksons' counter-balanced these negative factors, by pointing out that increased demolition and vessel of higher time for scrubber retrofits mentioned earlier could have a positive impact. On this note, we will pass the call over to our CFO, Andreas Michalopoulos, who will provide us with the financial highlights for the fourth quarter of last year and for 2018 as a whole. Thank you. Andreas Michalopoulos -- Chief Financial Officer Thank you, Stasi and good morning. I am pleased to be discussing today with you Diana's operational results for the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2018. Net income and net income attributed to common stockholders amounted to $2.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Earnings per common share were $0.01. Time charter revenues increased to $62.9 million, compared to $48.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase was due to the increased average time charter rates that we achieved for our vessels during the quarter. This increase was partly offset by a decreasing revenues due to the sale of the vessels Alcyon and Triton in December 2018. Ownership days were 4,554 in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 4,624 in the same quarter of 2017. Fleet utilization was 99.1% compared to 98.9% for the same quarter of 2017, and the daily time charter equivalent rate was $13,527 compared to $9,949 for the same quarter of 2017. Voyage expenses were $2.7 million for the quarter compared to $3 million for the same quarter of 2017, and the decrease in voyage expenses was due to a gain from bunkers of $0.7 million compared to a loss of $0.5 million in the same quarter of 2017. Vessel operating expenses amounted to $25.2 million compared to $24 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, and increased by 5%. The increase was due to increasing insurances, repairs and maintenance costs of the vessels and taxes. Daily operating expenses were $5,536 for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to $5,195 for the same quarter of 2017, representing an increase of 7%. Depreciation and amortization of deferred charges amounted to $13 million. General and administrative expenses were $9 million compared to $8.2 million for the same quarter last year. The increase was mainly due to increased payroll and training costs, and the exchange rate of euro to US dollars. Management fees to related party were $0.6 million compared to $0.5 million last year, due to the increased average number of vessels managed by Diana Wilhelmsen. Interest and finance costs amounted to $9 million, compared to $6.8 million in the same quarter of 2017. This increase was attributable to increased average interest rates in the quarter compared to the same quarter of 2017, and was partly offset by decreased average debt. Interest and other income amounted to $0.8 million compared to $1.5 million for the same quarter last year. The decrease was due to the repayment of the loan due from Diana Containerships. For the year now ended December 31, 2018, net income amounted to $16.6 million and net income attributed to common stockholders amounted to $10.8 million. Earnings per share was $0.10. Time charter revenues increased to $226.2 million, compared to $161.9 million for 2017. The increase was attributable to increased average time charter rates that we achieved through our vessels during the year, less a five (ph) days compared to 2017. Ownership days in 2018 were 18,204 compared to 18,119. Fleet utilization was 99.1% compared to 98.2% in 2017, and the daily time charter equivalent rate was $12,179 compared to $8,568 in 2017. Voyage expenses were $7.4 million in 2018. Vessel operating expenses amounted to $95.5 million compared to $90.4 million in 2017. The increase in operating expenses was due to increased insurances, repairs and maintenance costs and taxes. Daily operating expenses in 2018 were $5,247 compared to $4,987 for 2017, representing a 5% increase. Depreciation and amortization of deferred charges amounted to $52.2 million in 2018. General and administrative expenses increased to $29.5 million compared to $26.3 million in 2017, mainly due to increased payroll and training costs, increased BoD fees and legal fees and the exchange rate of fuel to US dollars. Management fee to related party was $2.4 million compared to $1.9 million in 2017. The increase was due to an increased average number of vessels managed by Diana Wilhelmsen during the year compared to 2017. Interest and finance costs amounted to $30.5 million compared to $26.6 million in 2017. This increase was attributable to increased average interest rates compared to last year, while average debt is decreasing. Interest and other income amounted to $8.8 million compared to $4.5 million in 2017. This increase was mainly due to the payment of the $5 million discount price, which was recorded in income on the date of the loan repayment by Diana Containerships, Inc. Thank you for your attention. We would now be pleased to respond to your question, and I will turn the call to the operator, who will instruct you as to the procedure for asking questions. At this time, we will be conducting a question-and-answer session. Our first question comes from Noah Parquette with JPMorgan. Please state your question. Noah Parquette -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst Great. Thanks. I just wanted to ask you guys -- wanted to ask about use of cash flow. Obviously the tender in Q4, that was one drive off because that was kind of pre the Vale news and the market moved lower. I mean, how are you in terms of your comfortable like a liquidity buffer at this point, given where rates are? I mean, would you consider more moves like the tender or taking up the deferred stock? Or are you kind of want to see a little bit extra liquidity out there? Ioannis Zafirakis -- Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary No. This is Ioannis Zafirakis speaking. We are considering the cash position that we have today to be sufficient on the conservative side of the business, I have to say. As we were trying to explain earlier, we feel that the fare meter is on the high side and there is some justification for being afraid for the demand. And certainly, there is the thought of the demand going down, but we also believe that these may have been a little bit overestimated, which has led also supply to be on the low side lower than what should have been, and the net effect, most probably is going to be much more positive than everybody thinks. Having said that, to answer your question directly, we think that the liquidity -- the cash that we have aside is more than enough. And don't forget that we are selling also vessels, and, therefore, a tender offer is not out of the question. Okay. That's clear. And then I just wanted to ask about the 2001-built ships that you're selling. One, you still have, I think, one more, it's safe to assume that's up on the block too. Are those, just trying to get a sense of -- or two more -- are those going to scrap or are those going to trade? Just to get a sense how scrapping will shape up this year? No, no. Those vessels are fully tradable. They've been sold to -- before the trading. The scrap value of those vessels is almost half of what they have been sold for. Yes. Okay, great. Thanks. Our next question comes from Randy Giveans with Jefferies. Please state your question. Randy Giveans -- Jefferies -- Analyst Yes. So two quick questions for me. So, Diana obviously been very active in the time charter market in recent months and it was kind of continuous. But is that specifically due to kind of a weaker outlook for short-term spot rates or just an ongoing strategic decision to kind of keep rechartering vessels to maintain 75%, 80% time charter coverage for the next six months to nine months? You are closer to the second explanation. As we have done since 2005, we keep our strategy the same. Chartering of our vessels is staggering process. We will continue doing that. I'm not that 100% certain whether it is 70% or 80% that you mentioned, it is absolutely correct. We don't have such a target in our mind. What we have as a target is to have a vessel opening every 15 days or 20 days. We are trying our best not to have a lot of vessels opening at the same time and this is what we will continue doing. Sure. Okay. And then looking at the balance sheet now on kind of where it is currently after some refinancings and whatnot. Can you provide a quarterly debt amor for this year and maybe for 2020? Any big balloons in the near term? Yes. So as we had stated we had a loan for motor vessel Maera, which had a balloon and a maturity amount of $12.1 million. And that was maturing on the 4th of January. This was repaid; this loan was repaid and we have the vessel now that is without a mortgage. So, this was a conscious decision within our strategy to slightly de-lever the Company, we decided to repay that vessel. Considering motor vessel, Crystalia and Atalandi, those two vessels, we had a maturing installment, a maturing balloon and installment of $21 million that we also repaid a few days ago. It was maturing a few days ago. On that amount, we are nearly concluded to refinance those two vessels. As soon as we refinance them, you will be the first to know, but we are in final stages of refinancing those two vessels for about $19 million for both. And finally, within our maturities, you have a loan for Ismene and Selina, with the maturity amount of around $20 million, maturing on the 30th of June. We intend to also refinance those two vessels at maturity and this should be absolutely no problem for us to do that. Last but not least, motor vessel Houston is maturing at the end of the year with a balloon installment of $4.9 million. On the November 19th, we have not decided yet what we're going to do at that point in time of the year with that amount. What is important for you to know is that we have banks that are there to refinance our vessels and that's point number one. And point number two is that we do not want, as Ioannis said I think at the beginning of the call, to diminish our cash balance in the balance sheet. We are at the point in the cycle where we are building the balance sheet and the cash in the balance sheet and we intend to do that. And in kind of just for total debt amor for this year and next year, not necessarily including the vessel sales, just kind of scheduled debt amor. You will see all that in the 20-F, but basically, for this year is around $100 million, all inclusive. And for next year, it's about $40 million and a lot in the half for the next six years. But I think in a few days, you will have the 20-F filing that we will do, and you will have all that in greater detail which is most important for you at that time. Yes. Excellent. And then I guess one quick housekeeping question. So, yeah. Congrats on that tender offer. Now following those share repurchases, what is the current share count that we should use for 2019? You want the exact number, it's 103 million shares something. You want the exact number? 103,764,351. Now, we're talking. All right. Thanks again, gentlemen. Have it going. Ladies and gentlemen, there appears to be no additional requests for questions. I'll turn it back to management for closing remarks. Thank you. Thank you again for your interest in and support of Diana Shipping. We look forward to speaking with you in the future. Thank you. Thank you. This concludes today's conference. All parties may disconnect. Have a good day. 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__label__cc	0.582859	0.417141	Campus Development Heroes in Flemingsberg Be a part of the cluster An attractive place for knowledge-intensive companies Establishment projects Ideas into business The Flemingsberg Model Technology for a healthy old age Diversity and health Local Area Map Focus: Diversity and health Home/Focus Areas Flemingsberg Science/Focus: Diversity and health Focus: Diversity and health MosebackeProvins 2018-06-28T10:39:41+00:00 The population of Sweden and Europe is increasingly diverse. Diversity is the result of demographic changes such as ageing, globalization and migration. This is reinforced by changes in people’s lifestyles, and rapid advances in science and technology. To understand the complexity of the challenges we face caused by diversity, health and integration, a common and concerted effort from society is needed. Lifestyles and societal development Continued societal development means that in many respects diversity will be the defining characteristic of the population, something that is especially evident locally in Flemingsberg, but also nationally and internationally in Sweden and the rest of Europe. Differences between and within groups in terms of background, ethnicity, culture and religion, sexual orientation and identity, social position, as well as function and health are of the greatest importance for the individual and society as a whole. Health is one of the most important factors that affects people’s diverse lifestyles. How does health impact our lifestyles? The physical condition of refugees and integration are issues that the Red Cross University College has worked on successfully for many years. It is one of the single most critical factors that influences people’s lifestyles. The pooled competences and expertise at the Red Cross University College, both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, have contributed to our approaching issues such as health, vulnerability, marginalization, refugees and migration, as well as norms and social inclusion in research and training. The Red Cross University College has a stated societal responsibility and global engagement in, amongst other areas, research into issues related to the consequences of crises, catastrophes and migration and initiatives designed to promote equality in health outcomes. The college also conducts research into resilience and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. Research areas at the Red Cross University College: Health and Technological Development Health in Global Transitions Health Promoting Interventions and Resilience Huddinge municipality acts to improve public health in a raft of different ways. Initiatives in this area are broad and linked to, for example, work with healthy society planning that supports positive developments in housing, and that influences Huddinge residents’ health outcomes, and education and employment opportunities. Health communicators Botkyrka municipal authority works to improve public health in a number of ways. How the authority decides to work with housing, roads, public transport, water and drainage, and the environment of course has implications for Botkyrka residents’ health, as well as education and employment opportunities, and interaction with friends and family. Public health initiatives are based on the challenges outlined in A Sustainable Botkyrka and the authority’s long-term goals contained in its Multi-year plan. Södertörn University offers training courses and conducts research into, amongst other areas, International Health, Health and Social Change and has several centers including SCOHOST, The Stockholm Centre for Health and Social Change, a research center that examines issues related to public health and wellbeing with a special focus on Eastern Europe. SCOHOST Health and Social Change BJÖRN VARNESTIGCEO PERNILLA BOSTRÖMCOO	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line724
__label__wiki	0.916199	0.916199	My Funny Valentine speaks to the core of humanity Published: February 13, 201312:42 pm Zee Zee Theatre presents the return of Dave Deveau’s My Funny Valentine, based on the true story of 15 year-old Lawrence King who was shot twice in the head after asking his classmate Brandon McInerney to be his valentine. First presented in 2011, My Funny Valentine not only finds a new home at the Firehall Arts Centre, it also sees a change to its script and cast. When the play first appeared, McInerney’s trial had not yet been completed. It wasn’t until several months later that following an original mistrial, prosecutors went back to court a second time, but decided to drop the original hate crime charge. A month later McInerney pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a 21 year prison sentence. “The biggest change [from the original 2011 version] is that we can look back at the crime and all the trial information,” explains playwright Dave Deveau. “Brandon is now serving his jail sentence and there is a sense of closure at a judicial level, even though the underlying themes and issues have not necessarily been resolved.” The other big change for this updated version of Deveau’s play comes from the casting of Anton Lipovetsky (photo right), who plays the numerous characters in the story. No stranger to working together, as the two had already been working on Deveau’s next play, Lipovetsky was seen as a logical fit to replace Kyle Cameron who is now working in New York. “[The role is] an absolute gift to an actor,” says Lipovetsky. “I feel tremendously lucky.” Originally in talks with the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company to be part of their season, the opportunity to remount the show with them disappeared when the Playhouse closed its doors last year. Fortunately, Deveau was able to find a replacement in the Firehall Arts Centre who conveniently had an opening in their own season. “We approached Donna [Firehall Artistic Producer Donna Spencer] who had seen the show and was a really positive champion,” says Deveau. “They needed a show and we needed a venue”. With its new cast, an updated script and the serendipitous nature of its new venue, Deveau is poised once again to bring this “powerful and sophisticated” story and one of the best plays of 2011 back to the Vancouver stage. “[My Funny Valentine] is important because as a society we haven’t learned all of our lessons,” says Deveau. “We still hear about young kids killing themselves and others; those kids that feel like misfits and their lives end abruptly. I wish I could say I had a way to stop this ‘trend’, but the only way I am able to wrestle with questions like this is to write about them and to have those conversations with an audience.” More than just a conversation though, Deveau insists that My Funny Valentine also speaks to our core humanity and is designed to challenge. “An audience is not going to agree with every character, but all of them have an innate humanity that is loveable and understandable,” he says. “In that sense it enables us to see the best in people with whom we don’t agree and that is a lovely thing for a society to do. It invites people to hear from people they don’t necessarily agree with, but find a common ground.” 19 February – 2 March 2013 Firehall Arts Centre A death goes far beyond its immediate surroundings: it echoes through a community. On February 11, 2008, in California, 14-year-old Lawrence King asked his classmate Brandon McInerney to be his valentine. The next day, McInerney shot King twice in the head. After being declared brain-dead, King passed away on February 14, 2008–Valentine’s Day. Visit http://www.zeezeetheatre.ca for more information. Previous Previous post: Theatre review: Spring Awakening understands its universal truth despite a few blemishes Next Next post: Theatre review: The Girl in the Frame – this musical has 22 minutes	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line726
__label__wiki	0.735856	0.735856	President George W. Bush meets with his war council at Camp David, Saturday morning, March 22, 2003. Present at the table are, from left, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard B. Myers, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Chief of Staff to the Vice President Lewis Libby, Chief of Staff Andy Card, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, CIA Director George Tenet, and Chief Counsel to the President Alberto Gonzalez. White House photo by Eric Draper Recent Photo Essays President's Trip to Germany & Russia Mrs. Bush's Trip to Germany & Russia Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Visit President's Trip to Iraq Australian Prime Minister Howard Visit Mrs. Bush's Trip to Costa Rica	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line728
__label__wiki	0.53955	0.53955	Get Clients Now! 28-Day Program Get It Written Day Business Building Writer Program Business Coaching with C.J. Get Clients Now! Coaching with Kris About C.J. Hayden About Kristine Carey C.J. Hayden, MCC, CPCC, is the bestselling author of Get Clients Now!, The One-Person Marketing Plan Workbook, 50 Ways Coaches Can Change the World, and The Women’s Giving Circle Guide. C.J. is a business coach, trainer, and speaker who helps entrepreneurs get clients, get strategic, and get things done. Her company, Wings for Business, specializes in serving self-employed professionals, solopreneurs, and service business owners. C.J. is a former systems and productivity consultant with over three decades of experience in business management. She has been a professional trainer since 1978, a business advisor since 1990, and a coach since 1992. A popular speaker and workshop leader, C.J. has presented hundreds of programs on marketing, entrepreneurship, and overcoming barriers to success, to corporate clients, professional associations, and small businesses. She has taught marketing for John F. Kennedy University, Mills College, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and SCORE. Her articles have been published internationally in Home Business, Selling Power, and Sales and Marketing Management. She contributes regularly to dozens of websites and ezines, including RainToday, SalesDog, Salesopedia, and About.com. A pioneer in the emerging profession of coaching, C.J. was a founding director of the worldwide Professional and Personal Coaches Association (which later merged with the International Coach Federation) and editor of their newsletter Being in Action. She serves on the advisory board of Choice: The Magazine of Professional Coaching. C.J. holds the credentials Master Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation, and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach from the Coaches Training Institute. She has completed advanced coach training with the Arbinger Institute and is a member of the Arbinger Coaches Network. As a citizen activist, C.J. is founder and director of the nonprofit Citizen Angel, former vice chair of the San Francisco Social Enterprise Alliance, and a co-founder of the Thriving Women in Business Giving Circle. C.J. has been featured in Investor’s Business Daily, Information Marketing Journal, Home Office Computing, and Costco Connection, and numerous books. She has been widely profiled internationally by newspapers, radio, and TV. Also about C.J. Hayden C.J. was born in Westchester County, New York, but didn’t stay there long. Before settling in San Francisco as a young adult, she had lived in sixteen cities, eight states, and two Canadian provinces. At the age of 15, C.J. dropped out of high school and ran away from home. Living on the street for more than two years in several U.S. and Canadian cities, she became addicted to alcohol and drugs, and was a victim of assault and abuse. Overcoming homelessness, addiction, and her lack of education, C.J. eventually earned her way off the street with a series of minimum wage jobs. She put herself through college at night over a period of ten years. Before she turned 30, C.J. held over fifty jobs, including carhop, bank teller, computer programmer, surveyor, product manager, and planetary geologist. Her first entrepreneurial venture was making jewelry in a logging cabin on Vancouver Island, and she has been self-employed as a technical writer, corporate trainer, seminar producer, software developer, and management consultant. An instinctive gate-crasher and determined survivor, C.J. has created her own path to success by applying her special blend of persistence, resourcefulness, and an ability to relate to just about anyone. To find out more about C.J., visit C.J. Hayden.com or contact her. Subscribe to the free GET CLIENTS NOW! E-Letter and get your copy of Five Secrets to Finding all the Clients You'll Ever Need. Copyright © 2019 Wings for Business LLC • San Francisco, California 94122 • (415) 484-3814 • All rights reserved. Get Clients Now!™ is a trademark of Wings for Business LLC • Legal Notices This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt out if you wish.Accept Read More	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line729
__label__cc	0.683775	0.316225	Credit.com Can Living Near a Starbucks Boost Your Home’s Value? The next time you’re looking for a home, consider scanning the neighborhood for a Starbucks location. While you’re at it, look around at the local business scene and look into public transportation options nearby — these things may have a significant impact on your future property value. Real estate site Zillow analyzed the relationship between property values and proximity to Starbucks locations and found that homes within a quarter-mile of Starbucks increased in value by 96% between 1997 and 2014. The national average for that period was 65%. There are many reasons a home’s value may rise or fall, and this analysis doesn’t mean a Starbucks in the neighborhood will cause values to rise, but it’s something to keep in mind when you’re home shopping. The growth indicators in your area may be geographically specific. Scott Sheldon, a loan officer of Sonoma County Mortgages and contributor for Credit.com, said his area in California is significantly impacted by the tech boom in San Francisco. It’s consistently one of the most expensive cities in the country, so areas dozens of miles outside of San Francisco have seen increasing demand and rising property values. Sheldon said he works with people buying in Sonoma County and commuting well over 40 miles to work in the Bay Area. Again, proximity to San Francisco isn’t the only thing affecting home values, but it’s a factor. He also noted how home values have spiked in Rohnert Park, an area where a casino was opened in 2013 and a hotel and surrounding restaurants are in development. If you canvass your potential neighborhood and research development proposals, you can get a good idea of why a home there might increase in value in the coming years. Another example of things to look for is public transportation. Ben Papale, a Realtor with the Bellagio-Papale Group of American Realty in Chicago, said he sees a relationship between public transit improvements and increases in demand and property values. READ Stop Spending Money on Stupid Things “If a buyer asks me to help find a home in an up-and-coming area, the first thing I look for is access to the L (Chicago’s elevated train system). The second thing I look for is walkability: What’s the restaurant/entertainment/shopping scene look like?” he said via email. Coffee shops, job opportunities, commercial development, public transportation — you can identify so many things that make a home appealing, just by browsing the neighborhood. There’s a lot more to the homebuying process, like figuring out how much house you can afford and if your credit is good enough to qualify for a decent interest rate, but don’t overlook the importance of considering a home’s future value. (You can check your credit scores for free on Credit.com.) How to Get Pre-Approved for a Mortgage Why You Should Check Your Credit Before Buying a Home 5 Ways to Help Your Parents Retire FTC Returns More Than $2.9 Million to Inc21 Cramming Victims In Second Round of Refunds to Consumers Help! An Old Credit Card Is Stopping Me From... Woman Is Sent 300 Credit Reports By Accident 3 Ways to Keep Your Debit Card Safe at the ATM 10 States Where Foreclosure Is a Huge Problem The Real Reason Student Loans Should Be Dischargeable... The New Proposal That Could Get Your Employer to Pay...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line730
__label__wiki	0.597337	0.597337	1 Intensive Workshop with Bobbi Jene Smith APR 14 - 19 280 Broadway, Entrance at 53A Chambers Bobbi Jene’s work explores the intersection of physicality, virtuosity, and desire. With a focus on extremes: delicacy and explosiveness, simple and detailed, personal and political, pain and pleasure. She choreographs situations where we are able to see people behave, rather than perform. Asking artists to execute a series of tasks so difficult that it requires them to move beyond the confines of “performing”. She believes this unfiltered exposure reveals a truth in the body – the duality of masculine and feminine, where dominate and passive are married, and pain and pleasure have equal value. ABOUT Bobbi Jene Smith Bobbi Jene Smith was born in Centerville, Iowa. From 2005-2014 she was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin. She is an alumnus of the Juilliard School, North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Her choreography has been presented by The Batsheva Dance Company, PS122 COIL Festival, A.R.T, The Israel Museum, Luminato Festival, The Wild Project, Machol Shalem, Sacramento Ballet, The CCA, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. In 2017 she became a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC). Bobbi’s film and video work include, “Annihilation” directed by Alex Garland, “MA” directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall, and “Yossi” directed by Eytan Fox. The documentary “Bobbi Jene” which follows Bobbi’s trajectory of leaving a dance company to create her own work, swept the Tribeca Film Festival, winning best documentary, best cinematography, and best editing in 2017. In 2018, Bobbi stars in the feature films, “Mari” directed by Georgia Parris and “Aviva” directed by Boaz Yakin. Bobbi has been a certified GAGA teacher for the past 13 years and has taught Ohad Naharin’s repertory in schools and universities around the world. She is part-time faculty at the Juilliard School, and guest teaching at NYU and UArts. Photo by Matthew Placek The accessible entrance for this location is located at 280 Broadway. Please note that this is a shared entrance with the New York City Department of Buildings. To access the elevator, attendees may be asked to provide a valid photo ID and go through building security, including a metal detector. Requests for reasonable accommodation or for access to the 280 Broadway entrance after 5:00 pm or on the weekend should be made three days in advance by contacting Elyse Desmond at 646.837.6809 (Voice only), or by e-mailing elyse@gibneydance.org.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line738
__label__cc	0.528474	0.471526	Location: Main Index Welcome them to our community! Monopoly Events getielts020 Colavax Cosplay babylinda Kitty9925 forums.animecons.com Most of Vic Mignogna's Convention Appearances Cancelled Posted on: 02-19-19 09:58 PM Posted by: PatrickD In light of multiple recent allegations of "unwanted physical advances", "rude behavior", and "unsolicited physical affection", almost all convention appearances for Vic Mignogna were cancelled. Mignogna, best known as the voice of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, has made more convention guest appearances than anyone else currently in the FanCons.com guest database. In 2018, he was a guest at 34 conventions. He had made two guest appearances in 2019 before the allegations were brought into the spotlight by an article on Anime News Network. Days after his appearance at a number of future conventions had been cancelled, Mignogna made an appearance at Bak-Anime where he offered an apology in a panel which was recorded by fans. Following that convention appearance, several additional allegations came forward. It was announced by both Rooster Teeth and Funimation that Mignogna would not be cast in any future roles. His number of guest cancellations currently totals thirteen conventions. Only four conventions still have Mignogna on their guest list. Tupelo Con, one of the remaining four, has stated, "We are currently reviewing the allegations and talking to fans through our page so that we can make the best decision for our fans and event. We will be making a final decision soon based on the information we have seen so far, and the fan base. We should have an announcement within the next couple of days regarding our findings and decision." Anime Matsuri is the only remaining anime convention to list Vic Mignogna as a guest. The convention has been the subject of sexual harassment allegations itself (for which the convention organizer, John Leigh, has apologized). On Twitter, the convention posted several odd replies that imply they have no plans to cancel Mignogna's appearance. The other two remaining conventions on Mignogna's schedule, Central PA Comic Con and Savannah Mega Comic Con, did not reply to our inquiries. Both conventions also appear to be deleting all inquiries related to Vic Mignogna which have been posted on their Facebook pages. A-Kon Announces Convention Is Sold and Will Be Changing Dates and Venue A-Kon, the longest-running anime convention in North America, announced today that the convention, previously organized by Phoenix Entertainment, will be run by a new, unnamed owner starting in 2019. The convention, previously scheduled for June 6-9 in Forth Worth, Texas, will now be held June 27-30 at an unnamed venue in Dallas Texas. In addition to the ownership, date, and venue change, A-Kon announced that it will start mailing badges, but only for "A-Kon+" VIP badges. Anyone pre-registered before January 15, 2019 will received a complimentary upgrade to A-Kon+. The announcement states that anyone who had previously made hotel reservations through Hotels for Hope will have their reservations transferred to "one of our host hotels for 2019." Hotels for Hope will contact those with reservations to confirm the location, rates, and details. There will be a cost difference, but A-Kon says, "this should help save a little money." Anyone who has reserved a room on their own and not using Hotels for Hope will be on their own to cancel their existing reservation and obtain a new one. A-Kon says that they will be "rebooting" their web site soon and will disable room booking until it's updated to match the new location. The announcement also references a price increase, but says that they have "decided to postpone any price changes while we complete our reboot and catch up on announcements." We have no additional information about the new owners or new venue at this time. On A-Kon's Facebook page, attendees are not reacting well to the news. Many are questioning the move just five months before the event, the web site not being updated with the announcement, and the name of the venue or new owners not being mentioned at all. Some are pointing out that the date change also impacts those that have already booked airline travel that cannot change their dates without expensive change fees. Any questions being answered are mostly being answered by A-Kon with referrals to Hotels for Hope or quoted text from the announcement and no new information being offered. Amazing Comic Con Aloha Cancelled Due to Hurricane Amazing Comic Con Aloha announced at 9:44am HST today, what would have been the first day of the convention, that it would be rescheduled due to Hurricane Lane. The announcement by Jimmy Jay, founder of Amazing Comic Con states, "We watched the weather closely and as hurricane lane weakened we made a decision to utilize the vendors, talent and media that had made it to Hawaii to still move forward with our show but due to circumstances beyond Amazing Comic Conventions Control the convention center became unavailable for use. The safety of our attendees and guests is paramount to us." In response to those who have asked about refunds after flying in for the convention, they have been told, "Thank you for reaching out, I completely understand your concerns and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We are currently working with the convention center to see what our options are with regards to the future of the event. As soon as we have a full assessment of what the situation is, we will be in contact with our attendees ASAP when more information becomes available. If you have additional concerns or questions please feel free to send us a message or email." There has been no new date for the convention announced, but that doesn't help those who had already flown in for the convention who are upset that they likely won't be able to fly back for the re-scheduled convention due to travel costs. Had the convention, Hawai'i Convention Center, or Hawai'i Tourism Authority decided to cancel sooner, perhaps on Wednesday when a hurricane warning was issued, travelers who had not arrived would very likely have been able to reschedule or cancel flights with their airlines for no fee. Izumicon Looks Like It's Cancelled...But They Haven't Said So Posted on: 08-15-18 12:18 AM For more than 24 hours, rumors have been circulating about Izumicon which is scheduled for August 31st through September 2nd in Midwest City, Oklahoma. It has all the appearances of a cancelled convention without anyone from staff specifically saying if it has been cancelled or not. Sometime in the last week, the convention's web site had been modified to make every page look like the home page. The convention's Eventbrite page was also modified to no longer sell tickets even though it had previously stated an August 31st deadline. Nothing has been posted on Izumicon's Twitter since August 6th and there have been no staff posts on their Facebook page since an August 7th post encouraging people to book their hotel rooms by August 10th. On an unofficial Izumicon Facebook group, there are multiple screenshots claiming that all the convention's directors have resigned. In the day since these first appeared, there have been no posts by staff members to dispute these claims or to communicate anything at all. Guests are cancelling. Jād Saxton posted on Twitter that she would not be attending "because of some recent issues". Daman Mills had also tweeted he would have to cancel "due to some recent issues that are unfortunately out of my control". (Morgan Berry and J. Michael Tatum had previously cancelled, but were still listed on some pages of the Izumicon site.) With no official word from staff yet, there is also no word on refunds if the convention is in fact cancelled. According to the Sheraton Midwest City Hotel's web site, cancellations of prepaid room reservations cannot be refunded but rooms that were not prepaid can be fully refunded if cancelled more than two days in advance. Izumicon was founded in 2007. The convention name was sold to a new organizer for 2018. The previous organizers have no affiliation with the current convention. We reached out to Izumicon staff for comment, but did not hear back. We will post an update if we do. Otakon 2018 Attendance Numbers Rise Again Washington, D.C. (August 12, 2018) - The official attendance for Otakon 2018 has bounced back up from a slower year, Otakorp Inc. has announced. The final number, including all departments, is 29,293. The number is up roughly 5,000 from the 2017 final number of 24,894. The final attendance number includes total memberships/attendees, both pre-registered and at door, as well as staff, dealers, artists, industry, contractors, guests, and members of the registered press. Significantly, the total number of paid registrations -- 26,590 -- exceeds last year's total attendance numbers, according to convention president Andrew Zerrlaut. Zerrlaut said, "Thank you to everyone who attended or supported Otakon 2018! We are thrilled to be back in Washington, D.C. and are looking forward to next year. We are already hard at work planning the next, best Otakon yet. Please save the dates for July 26-28, 2019." This was the second year the convention was held in Washington, D.C. Otakon 2019 will be held from July 26 to 28 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-sixth year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership-based convention sponsored by Otakorp Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff - we are run by fans, for fans. For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see: http://www.otakorp.org/ For more information and the latest news on Otakon 2019, see http://www.otakon.com/ Current Quote "You haven't really been to a con until you've paid too much for food you really don't want, but feel compelled to eat so you don't die." ~ Wil Wheaton	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line740
__label__cc	0.610966	0.389034	The Chat Board Help me help my kid By happysmileylady, May 19 in The Chat Board happysmileylady 17,256 Qualified Bee Keeper My oldest is 23 and dating someone from another culture. They are...more than semi serious. By that I mean, discussions of the future have happened, but....no rings or dates. Here's DD23's stumbling block. Her boyfriend is concerned about his parent's reaction to him dating an American white girl. His entire family still lives in his country of origin and has no intention of moving to the US. However, he came here on a student visa, is converting that to a working visa, and ultimately intends to gain citizenship. This process is long and drawn out but ultimately, he doesn't intend to ever move back to his country of origin, which means that regardless of who he dates/carries on a relationship/marries...his family simply won't be closely directly involved in his life. Right now, his family is here in the states. They came for his college masters degree graduation (a program with BS and MS together.) They have been here for 3 weeks and will be here another week. He hasn't told them he has a girlfriend. And he's really afraid to, specifically because his girlfriend is an American white girl. But, DD is feeling like he's ashamed of her. In addition, she doesn't want to get started with his family on the wrong foot if things do continue to progress. She has talked to him about this, but he is totally and completely freaked out about the idea of telling his parents. One of her biggest concerns is that if things continue to progress, she may be stuck meeting an unapproving MIL on her wedding day (yes......my dd thinks ahead, but yes...these are discussions.) So...for those who have dated outside their culture, even married outside their culture of origin, how are these things handled? It's outside my experience so I don't quite know how to advise "caution" if that makes sense... maize 62,011 Maizgyver Is this a culture where marriages are traditionally arranged? SereneHome 2,394 I don't know if it's considered a different culture bc both my husband and i are white, but I wasn't born in US and my family is all here, but neither me at 20 or me now would find this situation OK. If he is serious about your DD, he should introduce his family to her. If he is not introducing them to each other - to me it screams all kinds of red flags. But I am very harsh when it comes to what I consider excuses. He is not a child. He is an adult. And he is lying. He is either lying to your DD about his reasons or he is lying to his parents about his relationship. I don't like people who lie. Innisfree 5,070 Hive Mind Queen Bee I have no insights on the question of cross-cultural relationships. However, I would hesitate to base my relationship and marriage plans on an idea that his family will never be more closely involved in his life. These things can change in unexpected ways. 8 minutes ago, maize said: However...Her BF's brother went off an "eloped" for lack of a better word and ultimately, though the DIL is not well liked.....she is accepted and participates in family events on such. livetoread 8,514 Hive Mind Worker Bee I don’t have any advice, but The Big Sick is a great movie that deals with this very issue. It’s the semi-autobiographical story of the co-writers who fell in love (and the guy stars in it too). Pen 12,632 It depends hugely on the cultures and people involved. With range of reaction ultimately possible from happy acceptance to murder. Bambam 2,436 Hive Mind Level 6 Worker: Scout Bee I have no advice. If I were your DD, I'd be concerned about a guy who is so afraid of telling his parents this. I'm assuming since he is getting his Master's that he is older than 22. I'd expect a 22 yo to stand up to their parents (maybe this is a cultural thing that I don't understand?). If he wasn't or couldn't, I'd be wondering exactly when/if he could tell them/stand up to them. Ultimately I think my DD's biggest thing is that.......if she's going to meet these people it's either going to be this week.................or on her wedding day if that is where it goes. Short of major catastrophe, they aren't coming back to the states for years, and she's not going there for, well, years. Her passport is even expired. Funny enough, she has a co-worker, female, who is from the same culture/country, who has told her very similar. Well, using less polite terms lol. So I did tell DD that if someone with that experience is telling her this, its possible it's not a cultural thing but a mother/son thing. (which I think can be pretty universal sometimes.) One thing I also wanted to say.....we have met him. We really like him and in particular, DH, who plays the part of the overprotective dad REALLY well....REALLY likes him. He's really a great guy. The fact that we were so accepting however, seemed to surprise him, according to DD23. Someone asked about his age....he's older than her....late 20s. Garga 23,176 Beekeeping Professor Does his family know he’s planning on immigrating and becoming a US citizen and will rarely ever see them again? And if they know, then who did they expect him to marry? For him to find another immigrant from his homeland? Or is it possible that they’ve already considered that he will end up marrying an white American girl, since he’ll be an American himself in a few years? And maybe his fears aren’t as founded as he thinks? Or...if his family doesn’t approve, will he break up with your dd? Maybe that’s why he isn’t telling. His plan might be a secret wedding, because otherwise he might be afraid he’ll cave to their pressure. Edited May 19 by Garga 1 minute ago, happysmileylady said: Yikes. That seems old to be so afraid to stand up to the family. But I’m an American and our culture is all about leaving the nest and going your own way. In other cultures, the elder generation is to be OBEYED and you sacrifice the things you want in order to please your family. Well, I’m not much help after all...I thought I was going somewhere with this, but I guess I’m not. Is this a deal breaker for your dd? What if she did meet the family for the first time at the wedding? Ultimately, is she ok with that? Because it sounds like that’s what’ll happen. 5 minutes ago, Garga said: According to him, yes they know and are happy he plans to immigrate. However, I don't suppose anyone has discussed "who he's expected to marry." Given everything I have been told both by DD and her BF.....I suspect his fears are not quite as founded as he thinks. 10 minutes ago, Garga said: Ultimately, it might be a deal breaker for her, which is why she's struggling hard and asked my advice...................which is why I asked here. And, maybe it's an American culture thing, but meeting your ILs the day of your wedding........that's a very hard pill to swallow for her (and really, would be for me too.) You mentioned "elder generation is to be OBEYED" and that's how she feels he's proceeding, but it's very in conflict with....well...our culture, in this regard. Also, to be perfectly honest, my DD may very well be overthinking the whole thing because his family leaves in a week. It feels to her like the last chance to meet them before................proceeding I guess is the word I am looking for. It's not like they can fly out for a holiday or birthday. And in our family, most holidays and birthdays are celebrated family style and boyfriends and such are welcomed. So all of this is very new territory for her, and me and DH. Edited May 19 by happysmileylady Arcadia 16,988 I have ex-colleagues who are expected to go back to their homeland for a bride after getting their citizenship (China, India, Korea). Some of my ex-colleagues parents and siblings expect the person to sponsor them to the US after acquiring citizenship. My husband and I are the same race and from the same country. His parents (especially his mom) has the reputation of being so nitpicky about her sons’ girlfriends and scaring them off that he told his aunts but not his parents. He got scolded by his mom for his choice of engagement ring 😛 J-rap 13,357 Hmm Just because he's afraid to tell his parents doesn't necessarily mean red flags are all over it. They sound like vastly different cultures, so I don't think it's quite fair to expect the same of him as we would a young man of our own culture. It may be the type of situation where your dd will just have to accept that it may take years before his parents get over their long-held beliefs and dreams for their son. Hopefully with patience and love, they will finally come to see that their son is very happy and that your dd is a lovely person! I think I'd prepare your dd that it won't happen fast; that she'll need to be patient. Hopefully at some point she could visit his home country? Her making an effort to get to know his family on their turf might give a very positive message. I guess I wouldn't worry about it too much other than that. There's only so much you can do right now, and what's more important is that your dd and he build a solid and trusting relationship, if they plan to marry someday. Eventually he will have to tell his parents. We have two inter-cultural marriages among our children, though not so vastly different cultures. However, each of our children spent quite a bit of time in the other's culture to get to know the family and understand the culture better. Ottakee 11,709 Amateur Bee Keeper LocationWest Michigan Another thing for her to consider, is his philosophy on raising children, etc. as cultural differences can be huge here as well. mathnerd 3,252 Slacker Mom LocationNot in Kansas anymore! certain cultures I know of ask their sons to bring their girlfriends back to their country and undergo religious ceremonies (including conversions) even if they do accept the girl as the DIL. It depends on the culture, the family and how "progressive" their outlook is towards inter-religious and inter-cultural marriages. In societies with arranged marriages (and the loss of face for the family in their communities if the male does not stick to tradition), there is going to be a lot of resistance. desertflower 635 You have many factors to consider. Like how often his family visits. Who does his parents expect him to marry? I dont like the fact he hasn't told his parents about her. Leads me to believe that he is not serious about her. When my husband and I were at this stage I still told my parents and he met them. We didn't have a ring or anything yet either. Just talked about getting married. Your daughter needs to know that he will choose her over his parent's approval. Because ultimately in the end she will be the most important person in his life until they have kids. This is how I feel anyhow. I love my parents and all. but I left their household and have one of my own now. If they don't come to the states often and he is serious about her, then she should meet with them. Imo. I can't speak for all cultures, but that is what I did. 6 minutes ago, J-rap said: She's working on understanding his culture. She is working to learn the language and cook the food, both of which she actually finds really fascinating and enjoyable. She told me that once, he walked into her apartment and remarked that it smelled like home and that gave her all the warm feels that a remark like that should. At this point, if they met today, she could introduce herself in his mother's language and he loves her even more for even that much. kiwik 4,491 Hive Mind Level 4 Worker: Builder Bee Many immigrants here go back to their COO to get marriages arranged so it may be they have someone arranged for him. Whether he knows this or not is another question. 6 minutes ago, mathnerd said: Actually, of all things, religion is not the issue. Although the culture typically practices arranged marriages, the religion does not. I hope that makes sense. Religiously speaking, they actually share the same religion, as well as the same level of lack of practice. Marriage itself has its ups and downs, so I would get this out of the way before the wedding. Also, has he already been betrothed to someone else? 3 minutes ago, Pen said: As far as we (DD, DH, me) know....no. And based on what we DO know, it's not...............likely. I suppose it's possible, but I don't know enough to answer definitively. I would say the answer is more likely NO, than YES. 11 minutes ago, happysmileylady said: So, say, like Christians from the country of India? Lots of arranged marriages in India, but not a religious requirement? PeppermintPattie 236 Hive Mind Level 2 Worker: Nurse Bee Maybe this is your answer then - a dad to boyfriend chat about it all. He can ask the hard questions, and I'm betting the boyfriend won't even find it strange that the dad is so involved, being from a country with arranged marriages. In India, parents are expected to stay involved in the marriages of their children, offering advice and laying down the law when necessary, long after the wedding is over, which makes me think that this discussion with your dh is even more crucial - It's not like the in-laws' disapproval will go away once they're married. It could go on and on. The thing is, now that he has a master's degree, as soon as he has a healthy bank account, they'll be finding him a wife, so it's going to have to be dealt with soon, and it would be more honoring to his parents to be upfront about it all, to say nothing of the respect it would show your dd. Your dh should be able to get to the bottom of it all with some good questions. (Let us know if you want our help in formulating those. 🙂 ) There's a movie about a similar situation with an Indian man and an American woman called The Patels, or something like that. 12 minutes ago, PeppermintPattie said: Part of what makes this a bit difficult is that, DD doesn't live with or near us. She's fully launched, liveing over 2 hrs away. She actually lives closer to my parents and her BF has met my parents more than he has met us. sigh Having adult kids is so complicated. If they DO get married, which is very possible, he would be a GREAT guy to welcome to the family. But it's not up to us and we can't do much beyond advise. gardenmom5 28,277 Locationin the valley between the water surrounded by mts I would consider not wanting to even tell his parents he has a girlfriend, let alone a white American girlfriend, a major red flag. for all his protestations he never wants to move back to his country of origin - things may change. for all he's convinced his parents are in another country and will have no impact, is naïve. if it is this difficult now, when they dont' have a ring and a date (and his parents don't even know about her) - it will be 100 times worse after they are married and start having children. prairiewindmomma 25,681 no longer on the prairie Look, for all that we might try to understand based on cultural practices from his home country, ultimately this is about their relationship and the inter dynamics between him and his parents. I think this should be an eye opening/caveat emptor moment that should lead to some serious questions before marriage. Will his parents visit yearly for weeks at a time? Will his parents come live with them, if they marry, as they age and retire from working? Who will work? Who will care for children? Will she be able to maintain her current levels of freedom or will his behavioral expectations for her change? I think this experience should be giving her a strong heads up that he isn't as independent as she would prefer. SKL 49,525 She needs to be very careful and guard her feelings. I think there is a good chance he is either going to change his mind (i.e. end the relationship), or try really hard to change her (to suit his family's customs), or both. Also, he is lying to his family about such a big thing - what's to say he isn't just as shamelessly lying to her? I have an Indian friend who accepted a guy because he said he would allow her to have a job and play sports, but then after the marriage, he demanded that she quit those and slave in the house ... and he became abusive when she didn't submit enough. And that was said to be pretty common in that culture. As she is a planner - that is good - I hope they are discussing how (and where, and by whom) any children they have would be raised. He may be OK with her being who she is, but his daughters may be a different story. The Indian guy I dated declared, for example, that his daughters must wear skirts below the knee; also that his kids must be raised in his conservative Hindu religion. Not to mention in a home where the woman's place is in the kitchen. Furthermore, he intended to keep my parents / extended family and friends away to minimize their influence. It was a blessing that he was so honest about these things. Carrie12345 14,426 Apprentice Bee Keeper I do think I would share most of everyone’s concerns here. The one thing I’d be a little lighter on is the whole “he’s too old to not be telling his parents” thing. To American’s, of course he’s too darn old to be hiding from Mommy and Daddy! But there are many other cultures in which dating and marriage carry heavy parental influence no matter the ages involved. Shucking that in practice while on the other side of the world may be one thing, but exposing it in person to deep cultural roots might be an entirely different thing. I would give SOME grace for what he might be going though, internally. That said, I still wouldn’t like it. Something is (obviously) going to have to give at some point. His girlfriend has every right to know when that point is. FWIW, I talked future and marriage with two people before my dh. It did not happen with those two people. Perhaps he’s waiting (right or wrong) to be absolutely positive that it will be happening before he takes on that conversation. (As an American mom with American kids, I vote wrong, but I do reserve some empathy for the man’s situation.) whitehawk 12,895 Making it go! So, as somebody who is not close to my parents and did not discuss my boyfriend much until telling them we were engaged--though they'd met him (and we married at 22/23)--I'd like to point out that from his POV, there may be no up side to discussing it with his parents. He doesn't plan to live in the same country with them again. He may only see them once a year or so. They're not going to change his mind, but they may try because it's not a "done deal" yet (even if actually they would like her very much--they may be hoping for a high-status DIL like a doctor). If he sees them as likely to try to interfere inappropriately, and he doesn't intend to take their opinion into consideration anyway, why say anything now? MaBelle 824 My first instinct would be to run from any guy who was afraid to introduce her to his parents. Man up or beat it. Valley Girl 5,932 I can see why you're concerned. My question would be, at what point WOULD he think it appropriate to introduce your daughter to his family? Waiting until they're engaged and she's confronted with upset/disapproving in-laws-to-be is extremely unfair. Things can be said that may be hard to get past. (Ask me how I know.) In fairness to everyone, he needs to give his family a heads up. Everyone on his side needs a chance to get used to the idea and work out their personal hang-ups before meeting the poor girl. Is there someone in his family who would support his decision, or who could be counted on to say "I've met her. She's lovely"? ETA: Other posters have made some really wise suggestions about things that need to be discussed between the two of the them up front so there are no unpleasant surprises with regard to expectations or his family's involvement with them. Also, just because things are agreed upon at the outset does not mean someone won't have a change of heart years down the road. That happened with DH and me on a fundamental issue that had been "covered" before marriage, and it caused a lot of friction. Edited May 19 by Valley Girl unsinkable 22,975 AD QUEM IBIMUS Would she accept this (or any other cultural) behavior from a white guy who was born and raised in the US? She has to deal with the consequences of his choices regarding their relationship at this point, not the causes. So I talked to her a little bit ago, she apparently talked with him last night and basically told him, look, this really bothers me. She said he apologized and reassured her that he would tell them, but the way she discussed it, it doesn't sound like she has a lot of confidence in that. If he doesn't tell them before they go back home, I know that's going to be a major thing for her that will probably boil up sooner rather than later. If he does tell them but she doesn't get to meet them, that will still bother her, but at this point it would be difficult to make the schedules work right. I am very close to my parents but I completely understand that many people are not. I understand not telling parents about even big events in your life if you are not close to them But he is not simply "not telling" them something, he is lying. Bc if his parents have been here for 3 wks and have no idea that he is dating OP's DD, there HAS TO be lying going on. He is either telling them that he is single or that she is not available to meet. Bc I can not imagine a mother in ANY CULTURE not asking her late 20s' yr old son about his relationships. marbel 22,527 9 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: This. Huge red flag! And, someone else said - he's telling her he's lying to his parents, how does she know he's not lying to her? He's proven himself a liar, and afraid of his parents. I don't think I could excuse that with "oh, well, that's his culture." He lives in your daughter's culture now, and says he plans to stay. How does she know he is telling her the truth about that? Marriage is a risk no matter what, right? There is always the chance someone will change their mind about something, and the unexpected can always happen. But when you add different cultural expectations to the mix, it can be complicated. imagine in 10 years this young man's father dies, and he is called to go home to care for his mother. And he feels obligated to do so because, yeah, he's still afraid to upset his parents. 7 minutes ago, SereneHome said: Bc I can not imagine a mother in ANY CULTURE not asking her late 20s' yr old son about his relationships. If it is expected that matchmaking would occur when the time comes, the parents may not ask. My Korean ex-colleagues won’t ask about relationships, they were asked if they earn enough to support a wife. I know a few who were matchmade as they show us photos from the matchmaking meetings while we were taking coffee break in the office. 12 hours ago, Ottakee said: This has been the experience of one of my siblings who married someone from a different culture. Navigating the cultural differences wasn't too difficult until children came along, but there are HUGE cultural differences in child rearing expectations and that has been very, very hard for them to navigate. moonflower 2,569 Both of my sister in laws married men from different cultures (in their cases, Mexicans). Both were here in the US illegally and did intend to stay; one had most of his family here and the other was just here on his own. Both ended in divorce; the cultural issues were a huge divide and I think also having family/connections/origins in another country where they had a kind of social position and currency that they lacked here made it harder to commit to stay in the US when things were difficult and easier to return to Mexico. Neither sister in law wanted to move themselves and their kids to Mexico and that contributed to the breakdown of the relationship. So I'd say yes, in-law issues can be serious, cross cultural issues can be serious, but also just the very practical issue of return to country of origin is worth considering. Is he sure he can convert to citizenship? Would she be willing, if he can't or if he changes his mind and wants to be near his family and origin culture (completely understandable), to move to where he's from? sassenach 9,924 Disappointing Bill like it's my job 13 hours ago, livetoread said: That was a great movie. It kind of surprised me. 1 hour ago, happysmileylady said: if he tells her he told his parents, but she doesn't meet them (or speak with them on the phone/skype) - how will she know he's telling her the truth? how does she know he's telling her the truth now? what will happen if he doesn't get permanent residency/citizenship? remind her, breaking off a relationship with big red flags before a marriage and kids is far cheaper, both financially and emotionally- than a divorce down the road. 1 hour ago, SereneHome said: I don't. I don't consider it my business to ask my children about their relationships. I didn't even hear about dsil until the holiday weekend when they first started talking about marriage. (because she brought him to our house.) when they have something to announce - they'll tell me. dh was harassed by his family, uncles, aunts, etc because he was a late 20's something and single. everyone was demanding to know who he was dating, and what his plans were. he still takes joy in the fact his mother was out of the country when we got engaged and married. and she had no idea who I was. eta: I'm sure dh's family thought they were only asking occasionally over a period of years, and they were "showing concern" - but there were multiple people asking on a regular basis - adds up fast. and the expressions of concern he was "being too picky". Edited May 19 by gardenmom5 If he does tell them but she doesn't get to meet them, that will still bother her, but at this point it would be difficult to make the schedules work right. How about sending his parents off at the airport? Would that work for your daughter’s schedule? Edited May 19 by Arcadia I do want to make sure I haven't given the wrong impression. The possibility of marriage is a discussion they are having, but there is for sure no commitment to anything yet. It's really the very beginning of the discussion process on that. It's not something she would fall into lightly or rush into or anything like that. 4 minutes ago, Arcadia said: To be honest, I don't know the details of when his family is leaving, I just know it's sometime towards the end of this week. I do know DD will be travelling around the state for work like 2 or 3 days during the week, but if his family is flying out on a Saturday it probably would work. kdsuomi 202 My husband is not white and grew up in another country and culture, and I didn't meet the sisters who raised him until the day before we got married. The other sisters I didn't meet until after we were married. The marriage is ending after eleven years, but it has nothing to do with out cultural differences. Due to my experience, I wouldn't necessarily think not mentioning her to the family is a huge red flag, but it may be in their situation. 13 hours ago, happysmileylady said: Just remember that it won't seem strange to the bf when your dh gets involved at some point. This is completely expected in India, and expressing his expectations for how he wants your dd to be treated in the marriage will be respected. The fact that your dd might not meet the in-laws until the wedding won't seem strange to them or even to the bf - I know many Indians who didn't even meet their fiance until the day of the wedding! So the bf may not understand why this matters to your dd. I'm glad I didn't know how hard this stage of parenting would be when my kids were little. It is complicated!!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line743
__label__cc	0.721722	0.278278	Celebrating Death? If we’re done chanting “USA! USA!” in response to the death of Osama bin Laden—as Phillies fans did during an otherwise frustrating game Sunday night—maybe it’s time to do some serious reflection, as Annette John-Hall does in her column in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. “I simply can’t celebrate death,” she writes, “even if it’s the demise of a despot who orchestrated the deaths of so many innocent people.” Revenge tastes good but is less filling. Filed in Cultural Blather Tags: Osama bin Laden 2 Responses to “Celebrating Death?” Sand Says: I would not like to be him on the other side, but I would have preferred for him to die forgotten. Sam Gridley Says: That would be the ultimate punishment for a guy like bin Laden: to be ignored and forgotten. Unfortunately, he’s made too much of a mark on U.S. society for us to forget him; he’ll be in our history books forever, or at least until the early 21st century gets reduced to a single sentence. We can hope, though, that he’ll be no more than a footnote in the history of the Middle East and central Asia. « Strawberries, Pies, Books Flash! It’s Fiction »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line753
__label__wiki	0.557494	0.557494	Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 8 June 2018 His Fight Is Over NOTE: This article was originally written and published June 8, 2018, the day that Charles Krauthammer announced to his friends, colleagues, and fans that his fight with cancer was nearing an end. Today, June 21, we learned that he has gone to his rest. A truly great intellect (brilliant), spirit (humane), analyst, writer, and thinker has been silenced. As he, himself, announced two weeks ago on the Washington Post website, “My fight is over.” Charles Krauthammer has died of an aggressive cancer at 68 years old. I need to go all the way back to the mind and writings of Christian apologist C.S. Lewis to identify an intelligence and a body of ideas, so cogently and irrefutably expressed, as those of Charles Krauthammer. When he became a regular at 6:00 p.m. on cable television news, I tried never to miss the program. I knew that he would address the complex issues of the day — issues invariably complicated by rascally people (in and out of government) and infused and confused by the injection of small-minded personal invective — and his opinions and solutions would always emerge smoothly and uncomplicatedly brilliant. Even on the rare occasion when I disagreed with his conclusions, the correctness of his logic and the inevitability of the flow of his reasoning were always right on target and thought-generating. “It’s an unusual combination. While he intellectually operates at a very high level, he speaks simply and clearly and compellingly. You don’t have to be a genius to know what he’s talking about.” — Brit Hume, Fox News His life was full and multi-faceted, evolving in ways one would be hard-pressed to predict. He was, in this chronological order, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, a political writer for The New Republic, a speechwriter for Walter Mondale, an ardent “Great Society Liberal” (who would, however, become fully disillusioned of modern Progressive Liberalism), a Reagan Conservative, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his commentary in 1987, a diehard Washington Nationals fan, a Conservative political analyst for Fox News, and the author of the best-selling book Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics. My wife Adrianne and I got the audiobook of his 2013 book Things That Matter, and listened to it on a long car trip. The book was a revelation, opening the door to give us a much wider and deeper look into the whole man. We find out, as the title promises, what truly matters to him in his life. The following is from the book’s Introduction. “What matters? Lives of the good and the great, the innocence of dogs, cunning of cats, the elegance of nature, the wonders of space, the thrown outfield assist, the difference between historical guilt historical responsibility, homage and sacrilege in monumental architecture, fashions and follies and the finer uses of the F-word.” Below is a video of a book reading and Q&A session Krauthammer did in support of the book. It took place in Washington’s wonderful Politics and Prose bookstore. (And yes, he’ll even explain about his allusion to “the F-word”!) Here, in its entirety, is the note that Dr. Krauthammer published on the Washington Post website today. And below that is a short excerpt from Things That Matter. Both encapsulate everything we suspected about his wide vision of humanity, his positive outlook, and his generosity to all of us “fans.” God bless you, sir. And thank you for everything. I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months. I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me. In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen. That operation was thought to have been a success, but it caused a cascade of secondary complications — which I have been fighting in hospital ever since. It was a long and hard fight with many setbacks, but I was steadily, if slowly, overcoming each obstacle along the way and gradually making my way back to health. However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over. I wish to thank my doctors and caregivers, whose efforts have been magnificent. My dear friends, who have given me a lifetime of memories and whose support has sustained me through these difficult months. And all of my partners at The Washington Post, Fox News, and Crown Publishing. Lastly, I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers, who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life’s work. I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny. I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended. The Washington Post has stated that notes of encouragement and appreciation could be emailed Dr. Krauthammer at THIS ADDRESS. Things That Matter (excerpt) I’m often asked: “How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?” To which the short answer is: “I was young once.” The long answer begins by noting that this is hardly a novel passage. The path is well trodden, most famously by Ronald Reagan, himself once a New Deal Democrat, and more recently by a generation of neoconservatives, lead by Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz. Every story has its idiosyncrasies. These are mine. I’d been a lifelong Democrat, and in my youth a Great Society liberal. But I had always identified with the party’s Cold War liberals, uncompromising Truman-Kennedy anti-communists led by the likes of Henry Jackson, Hubert Humphrey and Pat Moynihan. Given my social-democratic political orientation, it was natural for me to work for Democrats, handing out leaflets for Henry Jackson in the 1976 Massachusetts Democratic primary (Jackson won; I handed out a lot of leaflets.) and working for Mondale four years later. After Reagan took office in 1981, however, Democratic foreign policy changed dramatically. Some, of course, had begun their slide toward isolationism years earlier with George McGovern’s “Come Home America” campaign. But the responsibility of governance imposes discipline. When the Soviets provocatively moved Intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) into Eastern Europe, President Carter and German chancellor Helmut Schmidt got NATO to approve the counter deployment of American INFs in Western Europe. However, as soon as they lost power in 1981, the Democrats did an about-face. They fell in the thrall of the “nuclear freeze,” an idea of unmatched strategic vacuity, which would have canceled the American IMF deployment while freezing the Soviet force in place. The result would have been a major strategic setback, undermining the nuclear guarantee that underwrote the NATO alliance. Years later, leading European social democrats repented their youthful part in the anti-nuclear movement of the early ’80s. But the Democratic Party never did. It went even further left. It reflexively opposed every element of the Reagan foreign policy that ultimately brought total victory in the Cold War: the defense buildup, the resistance to Soviet gains in Central America and the blunt “evil empire” rhetoric that gave hope and succor to dissidents in the gulag. Democrats denounced such talk as provocative and naïve — the pronouncements of “an amiable dunce,” to quote Clark Clifford’s famous phrase disdaining Reagan. And most relevant now, Democrats became implacable foes of missile defense, in large part because the idea originated with Reagan. The resistance was militant and nearly theological. It lasted 30 years — until, well, today, when a Democratic administration, facing North Korean nuclear threats, frantically puts in place (on Guam, in Alaska, in California, and off the Korean coast) the few missile-defense systems that had survived decades of Democratic opposition and defunding. I wrote most of the New Republic editorials opposing the Democratic Party’s foreign policy of retreat, drawing fierce resistance from and occasioning public debate with my more traditionally liberal TNR colleagues. My attack on the nuclear freeze, announced the publisher rather ruefully at the next editorial meeting, produced more canceled subscriptions than any other article in the magazine’s history. At that time, I still saw myself as trying to save the soul of the Democratic Party, which to me meant keeping alive the activist anti-Communist tradition of Truman and Kennedy. But few other Democrats followed. By the mid-1980s, Humphrey and Jackson were dead and Moynihan had declined to pick up their mantle. The Cold War contingent of the Democratic Party essentially disappeared. As someone who had never had any illusions about either communism or Soviet power, I gave up on the Democrats. On foreign policy, as the cliché goes, I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. It left me. Not so on domestic policy. The Democratic Party remained true to itself. I changed. The origin of that evolution is simple: I’m open to empirical evidence. The results of the Great Society experiments started coming in and began showing that, for all its good intentions, the War on Poverty was causing irreparable damage to the very communities it was designed to help. Charles Murray’s Losing Ground was one turning point. Another, more theoretical but equally powerful, was Mancur Olson’s The Rise and Decline of Nations which opened my eyes to the inexorable “institutional sclerosis” that corrodes and corrupts the ever-enlarging welfare state. The ’80s and ’90s saw the further accumulation of a vast body of social science evidence — produced by two generations of critics from James Q. Wilson to Heather McDonald, writing in The Public Interest, City Journal and elsewhere — on the limits and failures of the ever-expanding Leviathan state. As I became convinced of the practical and theoretical defects of the social-democratic tendencies of my youth, it was but a short distance to a philosophy of restrained, free-market governance that gave more space and place to the individual and to the civil society that stands between citizen and state. In a kind of full-circle return, I found my eventual political home in a vision of limited government that, while providing for the helpless, is committed above all to guaranteeing individual liberty and the pursuit of one’s own Millian “ends of life.” Such has been my trajectory. Given my checkered past, I’ve offered this brief personal history for those interested in what forces, internal and external, led me to change direction both vocationally and ideologically. I’ve elaborated it here because I believe that while everyone has the right to change views, one does at least owe others an explanation. The above is mine. This book represents the product of that journey. Reprinted from the book Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics. Copyright 2013 by Charles Krauthammer. Published by Crown Forum, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company. ARTICLE © 2018, DR. GROVER B. PROCTOR, JR. — ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Posted in Issues, Politics, Television \| Tags: Charles Krauthammer, Fox News, Things That Matter Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 17 May 2018 A Healer of Children Here’s some great news about someone I feel like I’ve known forever. Trust me, you will for certain want to read this if you have children — or grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc. — or if you know people who do. (And those of you who know what “NBHS ’69” means, you will especially want to keep reading!) Kurt Newman: Then and Now I have known Kurt Newman for over 50 years, going back to high school and university (UNC). All of us who were with him in the Needham Broughton High School Class of 1969 knew then that (in addition to being hardworking, intelligent, and quite likely destined for big things) Kurt was friendly and modest, and he possessed a sincere caring for people that was as large as his trademark smile. (That previous paragraph sounds way too much like a eulogy! Not what was intended!! Sorry, Kurt.) Happily Kurt is very much alive, active, and highly accomplished. He has risen to lofty heights of achievement and rank in his chosen field of Pediatric Surgery (see his bio below), and he is the author of an inspiring, very important, and wonderfully readable book titled Healing Children: A Surgeon’s Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine. The book is seasoned with Kurt’s memories, experiences, and many of the children (and their parents) he has encountered over the years. But its purpose is not to be a memoir for its own sake — though with all he has accomplished, he would be more than entitled to write one. As you will see later when you view the video of Bret Baier’s interview, Kurt is very forthright in asserting that he wrote the book with a much more crusading purpose. Based on knowledge and wisdom he has accrued in his 30+ years of experience as a noted Pediatric Surgeon, he wrote the book to enable parents and guardians to know how best to plan in advance for their children’s health and well being. As such, it is an exceedingly important book, as summarized here: By exposing the reader to the range of child-specific treatments and services available, Healing Children helps parents to tackle the myriad decisions involved in choosing the best health-care options for their children and to plan ahead. After all, the day your child needs care is not the best day to start looking. — The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, October 2017 The reviewers have heaped on praise: The New York Times: “Newman captures the beautiful collegiality of pediatric medicine and the wisdom of parents and of children themselves. The kids Newman describes are themselves heroic, and they deserve nothing but the best.” Author Madeline Levine: “Astounding! An amazing look at the tenacity and courage of kids.” Kirkus Reviews: “[Newman] sets forth a convincing argument to place children’s medical requirements and their need to thrive well into adulthood at the forefront of American medicine, and he admits that ‘these kids have been my real teachers.'” Washington Independent Review of Books: “This book is a valuable guide for parents, families, and caregivers, as well as for anyone concerned about the future of our kids. Healing Children will also be of great interest to students pursuing a career in medicine.” The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health: “Healing Children is a deeply moving and inspiring chronicle of a doctor who has dedicated his life to fighting the good fight.” The hardback edition of Healing Children was published last year, six years after Kurt was named both President and CEO of the renowned Children’s National Health System, headquartered in Washington, DC. And here’s more good news: the paperback edition is scheduled to be released two months from today, July 17 and is now available for pre-order.. Last year, after the book had hit the market, Kurt was invited to be interviewed on Fox News by anchor Bret Baier. It turned out to be an emotional moment for the newsman. DR. KURT NEWMAN INTERVIEWED BY BRET BAIER ON FOX NEWS ABOUT HIS BOOK HEALING CHILDREN (13 JUNE 2017) (4:11) For those who prefer to absorb their reading through their ears, there is an Audio Book version as well, nicely narrated by Kurt himself! Here’s a 5-minute chunk of the opening, just to give you a flavor and to entice you: HEALING CHILDREN BY KURT NEWMAN, M.D. — CHAPTER 1 (EXCERPT) READ BY THE AUTHOR (2017) (5:00) https://d3dqntzfhcgpyw.cloudfront.net/bk/peng/003151/bk_peng_003151_sample.mp3 Congratulations on the success of your book, Kurt. We are honored to know you, and are so very proud of your career of life-saving work! Hope to see you at our 50th-Year Reunion in 2019! Kurt Newman, MD: Bio Kurt Newman, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s National Health System, is a surgeon and a recognized leader on pediatric health issues, nationally and in Washington, D.C. Since becoming CEO in 2011, he has fostered a culture committed to advancing care and research by putting patients first and actively championed innovations in research, operations, and clinical care. He has forged creative and productive partnerships with other health systems in the region, with government and community entities and with industry, at the local, national, and global level. He is also a strong advocate for expanding mental health access for kids and has led two national forums on this issue. Dr. Newman joined Children’s National as a surgical fellow in 1984, becoming the Surgeon-In-Chief and Senior Vice President for the Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Center for Surgical Care in 2003. He was instrumental in developing the vision for the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National, inspired by the audacious goal of making surgery for children minimally invasive and pain free. When the Institute was made possible in 2009 through a transformational $150 Million gift, Dr. Newman served as its Founding Vice President. Currently Dr. Newman serves as the Chair of the Children’s Hospital Association Leadership Committee on Advocacy and Policy and as a member of the Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the District of Columbia Hospital Association and a member of the Commonwealth Council on Childhood Success in Virginia. In addition, Dr. Newman serves on the Board of the Economic Club of Washington, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Federal City Council, DC Chamber of Commerce, and Fight for Children. Previously, he served as a Board Member of Commissioners of The Joint Commission, a member of the Board of Governors of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and as Chair of the Surgery Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Newman is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his medical education at Duke University. He completed his surgical residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and also served as the Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellow at Harvard Medical School. A VIDEO CREATED BY CHILDREN’S NATIONAL TO DOCUMENT DR. KURT NEWMAN’S FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AS PRESIDENT AND CEO (2011) (5:23) PHOTO CREDITS: (TOP) PRWEB.COM; (MIDDLE) MEDIUM.COM (BOTTOM) LATIPAC, 1969, P.53 VIDEO CREDIT: (MIDDLE) FOX NEWS; (BOTTOM) CHILDREN’S NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM AUDIO CREDIT: AMAZON.COM Posted in Family & Friends \| Tags: Bret Baier, Children's National Health Center, Fox News, Healing Children, Kurt Newman M.D., Needham Broughton High School Class of 1969 Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 23 April 2018 Enquiring Minds Now Know Well, here is some interesting news — and keep reading to find the kicker down near the end. I was recently told that a mass-circulation, national publication was going to carry a story on The Raleigh Call, the small part of the much larger JFK assassination mystery which I have been researching for almost 40 years. [If “The Raleigh Call” does not ring any bells with you, I have placed a small addendum at the bottom of this essay which will give the bare bones, introductory facts. But meanwhile, back to the “interesting news”…] Not only did I find out about the forthcoming article, I was told that my research, publications, and lectures were to serve as the basis for it! Seriously?? Author, researcher Stephen Jaffe And, as if all of that still weren’t enough, its author is Stephen Jaffe, a highly respected assassination expert — and, as it turned out, a very nice guy. Jaffe is the last surviving member of the investigative team pulled together by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to research the assassination. He also worked with attorney and author Mark Lane for many years on Lane’s myriad research topics, and he can be seen as narrator of key parts of Citizen Lane, Pauley Perrette’s engaging biographical documentary film about (and homage to) Lane. I had the pleasure of getting to know Jaffe by email, text, and phone in the last weeks (as he consulted me for facts, additions, and corrections), while he was putting the finishing touches on the article. He has become quite fascinated by the events and implications of the Raleigh Call (I certainly understand that!), and he told me he was planning to devote an entire chapter to the Call in the book that he is now writing. How unbelievable and humbling is all that, I ask you?! I certainly never expected this kind of attention for my work. Ready for it?? Here it comes… “So, Steve,” I asked him early on, “in what publication is this article going to appear?” “Oh! Didn’t I say? It’ll be in the National Enquirer.” (In case you didn’t pick up on it, that was the “kicker” I promised at the beginning of this essay.) And, sure enough, Jaffe’s “enquiring minds” article hit the grocery store shelves this past Friday, and will stay there until April 27. (It’s the issue, dated April 30, with the splashy cover headline: The Woman Who Destroyed Matt Lauer! … sigh!) Seriously, though, you should allow no prejudice against Jaffe’s new article, or the recent series of articles he has written, based on any feelings you may have about the publication in which they have appeared. Jaffe demanded total content control as a non-negotiable prerequisite of his agreeing to write JFK assassination articles for the Enquirer. And because they really wanted to publish him based on his long and deep research experience, they granted him that. I went back and read Jaffe’s previous articles for the Enquirer, and I found them highly probing, concise, very well written, and welcome additions to the collective body of research. While Jaffe maintains complete textual control over his articles, he has zero say about the headlines and cover copy. As a result of that and the time deadline and space restrictions imposed by the Enquirer, a couple of errors slipped in unawares. The main error is found in both of the two headlines (on the cover and over the article). “JFK Murder Sensation: Oswald made jailhouse phone call to CIA agent!” If you read Jaffe’s article, you’ll see that the person whom Lee Oswald attempted to call was not CIA, but rather a former Special Agent for U.S. Army Counterintelligence. I think that’s explosive and provocative enough — but I suppose the magazine’s editorial staff thought “CIA” sounded sexier and perhaps more sinister. Even with this, and one or two other small glitches, Jaffe has written a very good piece, and he proved once again what a dedicated truth-seeker and accomplished writer he is. Anyway… getting back to this ol’ Southern boy — Who’da thought any of this would happen?! Certainly not me. HERE ARE THE COVER HEADLINE AND THE CENTERFOLD SPREAD ARTICLE BY STEPHEN JAFFE. TO SEE A LARGER (AND MORE READABLE) VERSION OF THE ARTICLE, CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW. What Was The Raleigh Call? A brief excerpt from The Raleigh Call and the Fingerprints of Intelligence by DR. GROVER B. PROCTOR, JR. The story presented here takes place in the Dallas jail, 34 hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s Saturday night, November 23, 1963, in the Dallas jail, sometime before 10:00 p.m. Though of course he cannot know it, Lee Oswald has only 12 hours left to live. Around this time, he lets it be known that he wishes to make at least one telephone call. That request set in motion the following train of events. Between 10:15 and 10:35 p.m., 43-year-old telephone switchboard operator Alveeta Cave Treon arrived at work on the fifth floor of the Dallas Municipal Building, to begin her 11-to-7 shift. She came in well before her shift began in order to relieve one of the operators who had previously asked to leave early that night. Seated near one end of the ten-position switchboard was another operator, Louise Swinney, and Mrs. Treon took a position near the other end, leaving about four to six seats separating them. The following narrative is told from the perspective of, and uses quotes from the testimony by, Mrs. Treon (1920-1999). As soon as Mrs. Treon sat down to begin work, Mrs. Swinney told her there would be two men — “I am not sure if she said Secret Service, homicide, or what” — coming to the switchboard room to listen into a call. “They had told her that they would be taking Lee Harvey Oswald to a telephone to let him make a call.” Mrs. Swinney made it quite clear that their superiors had sent instructions for them to cooperate with the men. About 10 minutes later, said Mrs. Treon, “a knock came to the door, which is kept locked at night for security purposes. Mrs. Swinney, who was closest to the door, went and unlocked it. Two men identified themselves to her, I think by showing their identification cards. I didn’t remember what they said but I assumed they were the expected law enforcement men. They entered the room and immediately went to the equipment room.” As they were the only two operators at the board at that time, Mrs. Treon said she knew that either she or Mrs. Swinney would handle Lee Oswald’s call when it came through. “A few minutes after the men went into the private room, a red light came up on the board showing a call from the jail. Mrs. Swinney and I both plugged in simultaneously to take it.” Mrs. Treon was the first to say “Number, please,” but it was Mrs. Swinney who took charge of the call. “[I] let her handle it alone,” Mrs. Treon said later. “I did not unplug. I quit trying to handle the call and let her, but I stayed plugged in with my key open.” This meant that Mrs. Treon could hear everything that was being said to Mrs. Swinney by Lee Oswald. Mrs. Treon’s 20-year-old daughter, Sharon — who also worked for the Dallas Police Department, as a records stenographer in the Records Office — had come in to visit with her mother that night, and was sitting in a chair a few feet away from the switchboard. Sharon asked her mother, if it worked out that she handled Lee Oswald’s call, “to make a memorandum of it — a copy of the original ticket — as a souvenir.” When it was clear that Mrs. Swinney was taking the call, Mrs. Treon sat back and listened. ‘I Was Dumbfounded.’ Mrs. Treon continued: “I heard her repeat a number to the caller and saw her write down details on a notation pad, which is normal routine. She then closed the key so no one on the line could hear her, then called the two men in the room on a line and said that Oswald was personally placing his call.” “I listened and watched very carefully for Mrs. Swinney to place the call with the long distance operator. She appeared very nervous and visibly shaken. For a few minutes she just sat there trembling.” Mrs. Treon would later comment that she understood Mrs. Swinney’s nerves. “I continued watching and listening but she did not place the call.” Because Mrs. Swinney’s key was closed, it was not possible for Oswald or the men in the equipment room to know what was happening, nor whether she had placed the call that Oswald had requested. “I was dumbfounded at what happened next. Mrs. Swinney opened the key to Oswald and told him, ‘I am sorry the number doesn’t answer.’ I am pretty certain she said number and not numbers. She then unplugged and disconnected Oswald. Immediately, then, the two men in the equipment room came out, thanked us for our cooperation and left.” Mrs. Treon would later say that her “lasting impression of the events that night is that Mrs. Swinney had been instructed by someone to not put the call through to Oswald.” That belief was strengthened, she said, “by the fact that Mrs. Swinney did not leave work as soon as Mrs. Treon came on that night as she usually did. Instead she remained as though she had been assigned to handle the call.” In 1978, Captain Will Fritz of the Dallas Police Department was asked by a Congressional investigator if he remembered sending any of his homicide detectives to the Switchboard room to monitor Oswald’s calls. Captain Fritz said he did not remember giving those orders, “but he stated that it still could have happened.” He further noted that Dallas Jail records “show nothing relating to a call from Oswald to John Hurt,” but that would be consistent with the fact that the call was never attempted, and Mrs. Swinney made no official record of Oswald’s request. The LD Call Slip. In 1963, switchboard operators who placed Long Distance (LD) calls for people from inside the jail were required to fill out an LD ticket and turn it in for accounting purposes. However, such tickets were not required to be turned in for long distance calls that did not go through. Mrs. Treon was later asked if she knew what Mrs. Swinney did with the LD ticket she had begun to fill out, but she said he had no idea what had become of that ticket, though the normal thing would have been for her to throw it in the trash. However, because she had kept her key open when Mrs. Swinney was talking with Oswald, Mrs. Treon heard and made notes of all the information he had given concerning the call he wished to place. Surell Brady, a Senior Staff Counsel for the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), summarized Mrs. Treon’s version of events this way: Mrs. Treon stayed on the line. She said she was therefore able to hear everything Oswald said and she is sure he asked for the name John Hurt and gave the two numbers. She said that as she listened she wrote the information down on a regular telephone call slip. However, since Mrs. Swinney actually handled the call, Mrs. Treon signed her [Mrs. Swinney’s] name to the slip she intended to keep as a souvenir. She said the notations on the slip of “DA” and “CA” stand for did not answer and cancelled, because the call was never actually put through. Mrs. Treon said she never retrieved any paper from the wastebasket on which Mrs. Swinney supposedly entered the information. Had Mrs. Treon not kept the LD call slip that she filled out as a souvenir, this story would be no more than the most minor of footnotes in the tragedy of the Kennedy Assassination. However, years later, when the identity became known of the man to whom Oswald was trying to place a call, its significance would rise to the “very troublesome” and “deeply disturbing” levels ascribed to it by HSCA Chief Counsel Blakey. To read more about the man in Raleigh, NC that Lee Oswald was trying to call, as well as the implications for this man having been a former Special Army Counterintelligence Agent, you are invited to read the entirety of The Raleigh Call and the Fingerprints of Intelligence by clicking here. Posted in History, JFK assassination \| Tags: Alveeta Treon, Citizen Lane, House Select Committee on Assassinations, JFK assassination, Jim Garrison, Louise Swinney, Mark Lane, National Enquirer, Pauley Perrette, Stephen Jaffe, Surell Brady, The Raleigh Call, The Raleigh Call and the Fingerprints of Intelligence Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 8 February 2018 The Letter Man Is Coming! An invitation to all lovers of the fine arts, design, and the art of Calligraphy Come and hear world-renowned and internationally honored calligrapher, type designer, and teacher Julian Waters speak at the N.C. State University Crafts Center. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the main gallery of the Crafts Center, located on the NCSU campus. Admission is free. Waters is the son of calligrapher Sheila Waters and the late bookbinder and conservator Peter Waters. Starting in the late 1970s he studied extensively with the legendary German type designer Hermann Zapf, who later picked Waters as his successor to teach the summer masterclasses at Rochester Institute of Technology. His clients have included the U.S. Postal Service, National Geographic, many agencies, institutions, and companies. He has been a typographic designer and advisor for numerous exhibit designs and memorials. His typeface designs include the award-winning Waters Titling Pro font from Adobe and several custom corporate typefaces including a Transitional style family for the new Visitors Center at Jefferson’s Monticello, where he was a typographic designer and advisor. Among his collaborative efforts was with muralist William Cochran on the large public text art project The Dreaming in Frederick, Maryland in 2007. He has received many awards from the Type Directors Club, Graphis, Art Directors Club, Print, and Letter Arts Review, among others. Waters’ work has been represented in many international exhibitions and publications. Lettering by Julian Waters commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service. Click here to see more examples of his and his mother’s extraordinary works. Waters has had solo exhibitions in Washington DC, Norway, and Iceland; and in 2009 he was one of only two contemporary western lettering artists to be included in the St. John’s Bible exhibition at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. During the 1990s, Waters taught lettering and typography in the graphic design program at the Corcoran School of Art, and in 1997 he was the Rubenstein Memorial Artist in Residence at DC’s Sidwell Friends School, in conjunction with a large retrospective exhibition and a series of lectures. In 2001, Waters was one of 14 international type designers invited to exhibit in the seminal Zapfest exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library. He has been the keynote speaker at international design conferences, and over the last 30 years he has taught countless specialized workshops for lettering professionals throughout the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has taught several week-long summer sessions at Wells College Book Arts Institute, including digital font design using FontLab. His appearance for this talk in Raleigh is in conjunction with a four-day workshop on aspects of the German Black Letter hand sponsored by the Triangle Calligraphers’ Guild. Given Waters’ extraordinary talent and his countless professional and artistic accomplishments, the lecture promises to be mesmerizing. In addition, there will be an opportunity to purchase his books and prints after the presentation. Posted in Calligraphy \| Tags: Calligraphy, Julian Waters, N.C. State University Crafts Center, Triangle Callilgraphers' Guild Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 7 January 2018 Today — 7 January 2018 — would have been my father’s 100th Birthday ! Grover Belmont Proctor, Sr. was born on January 7, 1918 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Family stories say that the names “Grover” and “Belmont” were suggested to his parents by a neighbor lady, Mrs. Taylor, a widow who lived with her adult son John next door to the Proctors. Unfortunately, there is no record as to why she chose those names. Regardless of its origin, Daddy always made it quite plain that he really disliked the name “Grover,” and he did whatever he could to avoid being called by it. He had his nieces and nephews call him “Uncle Proctor” instead of “Uncle Grover,” and when he answered his phone at work, he always said, “Proctor speaking.” Daddy was born and lived the first seven years of his life on a 49-acre farm his mother had inherited from her family. Located at the west end of Trap Range Road, the farm was inside a triangle of Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and Wilson, NC, and it prospered as a tobacco farm that also had abundant fruit trees. His father built what Daddy’s oldest sibling called a “pretty house” across the street from the farm. It had carbide lights and other amenities that few people in that area had at the time. Unfortunately, that “pretty house” is no longer standing. Grover (at right) with his three siblings, photographed on the family farm. When Daddy was seven years old, in 1925, his parents sold their farm, and the family resettled first in Lee County, and they later moved down the road to Moncure in Chatham County. Daddy graduated in 1935 from Moncure High School, after which he went to work for the Seaboard Coastline Railroad. When World War II broke out, he would have had every expectation of being drafted, but his work for the railroad was considered by the government as “vital” to the war effort, and so his draft eligibility was deferred. Ruth, Grover, and Janie Proctor By 1943, the 25-year-old Grover was working as a clerk in the Railroad Depot in Apex, North Carolina. Sometime in late May of that year, a mutual friend introduced him to Edna Ruth Hooks, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Apex High School. It must have been something akin to love at first sight, as six weeks later, on July 11, they were married. One of his distant cousins, the soon-to-be-7-year-old Janie Proctor (see photo) was their Flower Girl. (I’ve written elsewhere brief re-tellings of their engagement and wedding ceremony and about Daddy’s life at and before the time of his wedding.) The following year, on April 3, 1944, he enlisted in the Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Speaking of the day my mother put him on the bus that took him off to basic training, she would say decades later, “I’ve never been more proud of him than I was that day.” Daddy served in the Army from April 1944 to November 1945, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of Pfc. The Golden Acorn patch from Pfc Proctor’s uniform After induction and (probably) boot camp at Fort Bragg and Clerk School at Fort Riley, Kansas, he was transferred to Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Texas. Camp Howze was one of the largest of several infantry replacement training centers the Army constructed to accommodate the large number of new soldiers needed for deployment in Europe and the Pacific. Daddy left the States on December 12, 1944, and arrived in Europe (probably France) on December 20, where he was assigned to Company “F” (2nd Battalion), 345th Regiment of the 87th Infantry (“Golden Acorn”) Division. Daddy participated in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and Rhineland (Siegfried Line) Campaigns. After fighting through Hitler’s infamous “Bulge,” Daddy’s battalion pushed through to the German border. By February of 1945, they were in position just a short way from the supposedly impenetrable Siegfried Line. On February 6 (his wife’s, my mother’s 20th birthday), Daddy’s F Company led the charge into the Line, and within a few short hours, had successfully breached it. The 2nd Battalion was awarded the much-coveted Presidential Unit Citation for “extraordinary heroism, savage aggressiveness and indomitable spirit — in the face of extremely difficult terrain, fanatical enemy resistance, and devastating artillery fire — brilliant tactical planning, rapid capture of assigned objectives and the conspicuous gallantry of each member of the 2nd Battalion, in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.” Daddy also was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Having broken through into Germany, they pushed toward the city of Olzheim, which had such tactical and strategic advantage that General George Patton specifically ordered Daddy’s 345th Regiment to capture it. Daddy later told my mother that on that day, he had taken the point of the march (that is, he was in the lead), and he was shot and critically wounded in the upper left arm (inches away from his heart) as they came up over a ridge. He fell and lay in the deep snow for nine hours before being found and rescued. He was later told that, had he not fallen in snow, which stanched the bleeding, he would have died long before he was found. After a long recuperation in Luxembourg, England, and finally the Veterans Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, he was discharged from the Army on November 19, 1945. (I have elsewhere written in greater detail about Daddy’s service in World War II.) After the War, Mother and Daddy moved to Raleigh, and from 1949 to 1960, he worked as a Cost Accountant and Warehouse Manager for Peden Steel. During that time, I was born in 1951. When they were thinking about names, Mother said that if she had a boy, she wanted him to be “Grover Jr.” But because he disliked his given name so much, Daddy was strongly opposed to the idea. As was usual in their marriage, Mother won — but with a compromise. Daddy said he would agree, just so long as I wouldn’t actually be called “Grover.” So, for the first 10 years of my life, I was known as “G.B.” Daddy began to feel strongly that he was being called into the Christian Ministry, and so he went back to school, enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1960. Finances and other problems prevented his completing this goal, but he remained a quiet but strong member of the Faith. Later he worked in Management at Richmond (Virginia) Steel Company, as Business Manager for the Methodist Home for Children in Raleigh, and finally, as the accountant for Federal funds at the Wake County Public Schools. As a result of his injury during the war and some experimental surgery that went bad, Daddy was in almost constant, often debilitating pain the rest of his life. Not only did the wound to his arm severely restrict its strength and movement, the Military doctors who performed post-injury surgery on him tried a new technique for nerve repair and regeneration. Not only did it fail and leave him in severe pain, but also many surgeries in subsequent years determined that the original, flawed “repair” was irreversible. The pain finally got so bad in his late 50s that he was unable to continue to work, and he was forced to retire. I still boil with anger at the shabby, irresponsible, callous treatment I observed Daddy receive from the Veterans Administration after his discharge from the Army — in all aspects (administrative, veterans benefits, and medical). To me, the (mis)treatment with which we dishonor Veterans like my father should be a criminal offense. When my mother met Daddy in 1943 (he was 25 years old), she said he was already a heavy smoker, and unfortunately, he remained one all the rest of his life. He developed lung cancer in the early 1980s, and he died from it June 22, 1982. He is buried next to Mother and among her family in Apex Cemetery in Apex, NC. I love you and miss you, Daddy! —G.B. Mother and Daddy, in a portrait from the late 1940s The sepia-toned photo of the young Daddy, the wedding photo that includes the Flower Girl, the photo of Pfc Proctor sitting on the “Keep Off” sign, and the formal portrait of my parents were all restored and (in 3 cases) colorized at my request by Asheville, NC photo-artist Melanie Bevill Arrowood. Beautiful work, as always, Melanie! Posted in Family History \| Tags: 345th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, Bronze Star, Golden Acorn Division, Grover B. Proctor Sr., Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart, Ruth Hooks Proctor Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 31 October 2017 ‘The Searchers’ at the Cary Theater The Cary Theater 122 E. Chatham Street, Cary, NC Friday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. one-night showing followed by panel discussion and Q&A Ticket Purchases by Phone: 1-800-514-3849 “One of the best films ever done on the case.” — Robert Groden Groden’s praise for this film is not to be taken lightly, as he is considered perhaps the premier photo and film expert on the subject of the assassination of President John Kennedy. The award-winning film The Searchers is the creation of North Carolina documentary filmmaker Randolph Benson. Calling itself “a portrait of researchers of the assassination of John F. Kennedy,” the film tells the stories of those men and women who devoted innumerable hours, months, years of their lives to researching the case — selflessly and with the sole goal of the Truth. And why would they not? A large majority of the American people have consistently and willingly told pollsters that they do not believe the official version of history — that “lone nut” nebbish Lee Oswald single-handedly murdered the president. My wife and I had the great pleasure earlier this year to view the film’s East Coast premiere, and I wrote afterward that “the audience at Chapel Hill’s Varsity Theater seemed unanimous in their admiration of the film’s quality, and the vital slice of American history it has preserved so heroically.” I heartily invite everyone to see it on November 10. (See the film’s trailer below.) The Cary Theater is a wonderful venue, but it is not huge. The auditorium’s limited number of seats will sell quickly, so I urge you to purchase your advance tickets immediately! Randolph Benson Fourteen years in the making, the film uses never-before-seen interviews, archival footage and recently declassified documents to chronicle the past and present of these ordinary citizens and their contributions to revealing the truth about the crime of the 20th century. Suffering ridicule, and being labeled with the intellectual scarlet letter of conspiracy theorists, these individuals have challenged the institutions of power for over 50 years. They have fought against great odds to, as they often proclaim, “take back our history!” The film features a literal “Who’s Who” of those who have given most to the investigation: Cyril Wecht, Robert Groden, Josiah Thompson, Mark Lane, John Judge, Jim Marrs, Jim DiEugenio, Debra Conway, Gary Aguilar, Lisa Pease, Rex Bradford, Walt Brown, Andy Winiarczyk and John Kelin, among many others. A “great strength of the film is that it is made for an audience that is not necessarily expert in all things JFK,” noted film critic Joseph Green. “The director made it, in his words, for ‘himself, before I got into all this.'” These researchers were at first scorned, then completely shunned, by the mainstream media — having the effect of caricaturing the people and censoring their message. This film “counters that by simply letting the critics speak about the case without being interfered with. . . . The great achievement of the film is to humanize the researchers themselves.” Randolph Benson (whom I am fortunate and honored to call friend) is an award-winning, Durham-based filmmaker. His films have garnered the Gold Medal in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards and a Kodak Excellence in Filmmaking Award at the Cannes Film Festival, among others. His work has been featured on the Bravo Network, the Independent Film Channel and UNC-TV as well as several international channels. A graduate of Wake Forest University and the North Carolina School of the Arts, Benson has taught at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University for more than 10 years. He is author of the article “JFK, Oswald and the Raleigh Connection,” as well as the highly intriguing and informative “13 Documents You Should Read About the JFK Assassination.” As is, alas, the case with all too many highly deserving documentaries, The Searchers is not currently set for national release. That is all the more reason you should see it in Cary on Friday night, November 10. Even if (and maybe “especially if”) you do not know much about the JFK assassination, you need to see the human drama of these men and women unfold in Benson’s deft telling. Seriously. THE SEARCHERS by RANDOLPH BENSON (OFFICIAL TRAILER) (1:25) ● COPYRIGHT 2017 THE SEARCHERS DOCUMENTARY LLC Posted in History, JFK assassination \| Tags: Andy Winiarczyk, Cyril Wecht, Debra Conway, Gary Aguilar, Jim DiEugenio, Jim Marrs, John Judge, John Kelin, Josiah Thompson, Lisa Pease, Mark Lane, Randolph Benson, Rex Bradford, Robert Groden, The Cary Theater, The Searchers, Walt Brown Do Two Exceptions Prove the JFK Rule? It seemed to me that, in the run-up to the deadline date for the release of the JFK Assassination documents, the national media were really trying very hard to make it into a story — and by that I mean, a really big story with mega-overtones. It was almost painful at times to watch them report it, struggling to find an appropriate historical or political underpinning (translation: spin) to put on it. Many of the reports were collective “ooo-ing” and “ahhh-ing” about it, and it was easy to believe they were making a bigger deal of the “event” than was warranted. Yes, it’s high time these documents finally are coming out of deep freeze, but it’s going to take quite a while for us to know everything that’s in them, and how important (if at all) they will be in the grand scheme of things. The national media have grown accustomed to the 24-hour news cycle, where, if a story is more than a day old, it’s ancient. I think they wanted (and maybe a few were actually expecting) the documents to be released at 8:01 a.m., and by 9:15, the entire JFK assassination to be solved. The old aphorism says that it is the exception which proves the rule. And such was the case here — twice. I’m very happy to report that both the UNC Public Radio program The State of Things and The News and Observer (nicknamed “The Old Reliable” for several decades long ago) got it right. The State of Things — Frank Stasio, host; UNC Public Radio (11:49) https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wunc/audio/2017/10/sot103117segA.mp3 Camila Molina’s article in the News and Observer, “Will the JFK files tell us more about Lee Oswald’s call to Raleigh?“, which was published on both the N&O and Herald/Sun websites, has set itself and its author apart. It’s thanks to a journalist who did her homework, researched the facts, digested them without prejudice, and reported them clearly, accurately, and without editorializing. You wouldn’t think this would be so unusual, would you? But Camila Molina distinguished and differentiated herself from a large number of her colleagues from years past, who were not known for unprejudiced, well-informed reporting of the issues surrounding the investigation into the JFK Assassination. I was pleased to be interviewed by her for the article, and happy that I am able to commend her for her obvious grasp of the facts which I discerned from the questions she asked. Posted in History, JFK assassination \| Tags: Camila Molina, JFK Assassination documents, The News and Observer Trump Tweets ‘Yes’ to JFK Document Release I’ve been peppered with questions from family, friends, and even the media (I’ll be interviewed live on BBC-TV early Thursday morning), wanting to know the significance of President Trump’s Saturday announcement that he would permit the release of all remaining classified documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy. It’s an excellent question, and one that has myriad possibilities. Here’s a shortened version of my take on the matter. Background. There have been 3 major investigations, by various parts of the Federal government, of the JFK assassination — The so-called Warren Commission (Report issued 1964; 888 pages); President Johnson strong-armed Chief Justice Earl Warren to chair the Commission in order to affirm to the public the “truth” that Lee Oswald alone killed the president. The so-called Schweiker-Hart Senate Sub-Committee, part of the Church Select Committee on Intelligence (Report issued 1976; 106 pages); Richard Schweiker and Gary Hart investigated the Monkey Business committed by and associated with the American Intelligence agencies related to the JFK assassination; and The House Select Committee on Assassinations (Report issued 1979; 686 pages); this committee was formed to further investigate the assassinations of both President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and was the first one to suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to kill JFK. All of these efforts to “find out the truth” about the assassination relied for information on various national law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the FBI, the CIA, Secret Service, etc. As a matter of wrapping up their work, each of the investigations boxed up all of the documents they had collected from these agencies, along with their internal working papers, and en masse declared them “classified” for various long periods of time. Honestly, none of them ever offered a reason for hiding all this information that I (and huge numbers of others) ever found credible or satisfying. The perceived inadequacies, inconsistencies, and pre-conceived conclusions associated with the Warren Commission’s year-long investigation and its findings would have been enough by itself for people to demand to see all of these sealed-away documents. But it was Commission Chairman Earl Warren himself who lit the fuel of urgency. When he was asked if all of the Commission’s information would be made public, he replied, “Yes, there will come a time. But it might not be in your lifetime.” Congress: “Release ‘Em.” In 1992, the last full year of the presidency of George H. W. Bush, Congress listened to the rising voice of public pressure by passing (with the president’s signature) the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The law required that agencies throughout the Federal Government transfer assassination-related records to the National Archives, and thus the JFK Assassination Records Collection was born. The Archives’ web site notes that the law required that “all records previously withheld [from release to the public] either in part or in full should be released on October 26, 2017, unless authorized for further withholding by the President of the United States. The 2017 date derives directly from the law that states: Each assassination record shall be publicly disclosed in full, and available in the Collection no later than the date that is 25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President certifies, as required by this Act, that – (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement or conduct of foreign relations; and (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure. “The Act was signed by President Bush on October 26, 1992, thus the final release date is October 26, 2017.” Dribs and Drabs. During the intervening 25 years, the National Archives has released a steady stream of documents, generally well indexed, so that searching was made almost easy. However, as the 2017 deadline approached, the speed of the releases failed to satisfy the researchers. Describing the pace as having dropped to “snail-like” and “in dribs and drabs,” information hunters approached the date of October 26, 2017 with increasing and seemingly justified skepticism. Would the full, uncensored documents be forthcoming? On July 24 of this year, the Archives released a batch of 441 “formerly withheld-in-full documents” and 3,369 documents previously released with portions redacted. While this was a huge chunk of .PDFs to pore through, a little arithmetic told researchers there was a huge number more hidden documents promised for October. The debate raged as to whether it would actually happen — with consensus overwhelmingly leaning to the negative. According to figures supplied by the National Archives, there could be as many as 50,000 documents “identified as assassination-related remaining withheld in full.” Will we see 50,000 documents on October 26? Unlikely. But you get the gist of the order of magnitude with which we are dealing. So, What Will Happen? I don’t know, but I perceive there are 3 issues raised by all of this, which we may briefly consider to end this essay — (1) lessons from the July 2017 release, (2) options remaining for the President, and (3) how likely is it that a “smoking gun” will be found? The July 2017 Bomb (Dud?) That Dropped. As I awaited my (electronic) copies of the almost 4,000 documents in July, I knew it would be an Everest-sized miracle if there were any sort of indexing done. Well, there’s no crying in baseball, and there are no miracles in Government. Remember that above I mentioned the great value and ease imparted by the fact that the documents currently in the Archives’ JFK Collection are generally very well indexed. If I want to know what, if any, documents are in the collection pertaining to the Raleigh, NC man that Lee Oswald was attempting to call from the Dallas jail, all I have to do when I’m at the National Archives Annex in College Park is enter “John David Hurt.” Out pops a list of all documents (released prior to this year’s July mass batch) in which his name appears. The fact that there was virtually NO indexing done for the July release (and certainly will not have been done for whatever comes out in October) means that months or years of slogging, page by page, through thousands of documents, will be the only way new knowledge is gained. Fortunately, I know for a fact that there are a large number of info-craving individuals out there who will gleefully, carefully, and painstakingly take that very route. The point is… when the documents are released on October 26, don’t expect Fox News or the Huffington Post to immediately be able to give you the run-down on what it contained. The prospect harkens back to Earl Warren’s prescient prediction of “not in your lifetime.” What Might the President Do, and Why Might He Do It? Scroll back up to look at President Trump’s tweet about the JFK documents. The first 7 words immediately jumped out at me when I first read it: “Subject to the receipt of further information…” Words are important in Washington, and in government in general. That caveat obviously meant something important, and we should take note of it. Should the president want an “out” (or should someone “convince” him that it would be in his best interests to make one), the original law that mandated the October 26 release provided an escape route from his otherwise plain duty to release all the documents. If you look above at the Roman numerals (i) and (ii) in the excerpt from the law quoted there, you’ll see exactly the “out” he has. Will he use that “out”? Or will he defy the Intelligence agencies that are strongly calling for a delay or denial of the release of some documents in the Archive? Or — a third possibility — was this just a ploy all along? The tweet allows him to appear as a champion of transparent (or at least translucent) government, while keeping the door open for him to later say, “Well, I tried. But I simply cannot put our Intelligence agents (or law enforcement or military) in the kind of danger that releasing some of these documents would do. It is with my greatest respect for what these brave men and women do to protect us every day that I will protect them by delaying the scheduled release until such time as we can be certain that their safety will not be compromised.” Frankly, I could see it going any of those three ways. There will be no smoking gun. A “Smoking Gun”? This one is somewhat easier for me, as I have been giving the same answer for the entire 40+ years I have been researching, writing, and lecturing about the assassination. There will be no smoking gun. Mentally walk with me for a couple of minutes, and let me show you why I am absolutely convinced this is so. For the moment, we should assume the worst. Assume that there was a big Conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. (After all, if Lee Oswald were the sole assassin, there would be no need to look for or hide a “smoking gun,” would there?) No matter who actually was involved in the Conspiracy, the investigative and intelligence agencies would have, some time or other, come across something that could serve as a “smoking gun” — perhaps not identifying the shooters or the groups behind them, but enough at least to prove beyond doubt that there were others involved. That’s a “smoking gun” for Conspiracy if I ever heard one — and the “Lee Oswald = Lone Nut” narrative immediately flies out the window if this document ever sees the light of day. Let’s further assume that this document finds its way to one of the 3 Federal investigations listed above. Someone sees it, and says, “If the public saw this today, there would be a strong clamor for the president to either bomb Russia or bomb Cuba or break the CIA into a thousand pieces, or whatever. National crisis. We have our dead ‘lone nut’ assassin, so let’s just keep him as that. This document cannot see the light of day.” Are you with me so far? So logically and realistically, what do you think happens to that document? Does it get put into a folder and later classified for 75 years? Or does it find its way to the shredder or incinerator? Anyone high enough in the government with sufficient power to be able to make such a file-away-or-burn decision would, it seems to me, make absolutely certain no one ever saw that piece of paper again. Thus, I have always said that the declassifying of documents will never solve the case in one fell swoop. BUT … having said that, I don’t want you to leave here thinking I am saying that the October 26 document dump (and the one from July) are pointless wastes of time. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let’s continue our mental walk together. The National Archives revealed that it inherited 5,000,000 documents from the various agencies, as a result of the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. Think of this, if you will, as a 5,000,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. By saying above that I believe that no “smoking gun” will be found, all that means is that there will not be found in the puzzle box one single piece (a “smoking piece,” if you will) that will magically reveal the whole picture. The logical alternative, however, is that by careful examination of all of the pieces, and finding how they fit together, that picture will slowly, inexorably appear. That is how we’ve progressed in the overall investigation to date. We must recognize that there are some pieces that are very small that will not likely to reveal much of the overall picture. But when combined with these 2 here, and those 5 over there, etc., first a pattern, then a picture, begins to emerge. Therefore, the document dump on October 26 will not be July 4 fireworks-worthy. It won’t be a compelling, sexy, rah-rah, 007-type event. Oliver Stone will almost certainly not make a movie about October 26. But it will mark one more step, albeit halting and long overdue. Had it had not been for public opinion rising up to demand the release of the hidden documents in the 1980s and early 1990s, October 26, 2017 would just be one more day of walking past the Christmas decorations to find the Halloween candy. Let’s keep the cry of public opinion strong and persistent for the Truth about who killed our President. Posted in History, JFK assassination \| Tags: Donald Trump, Earl Warren, House Select Committee on Assassinations, JFK assassination, JFK Assassination Records Collection, JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, Lee Oswald, National Archives, Not in your lifetime, October 26 2017, President George H.W. Bush, Schweiker-Hart Senate Subcommittee, smoking gun, Trump tweets, Warren Commission Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 1 October 2017 When B.B. and Bono Came to Town I just finished reading Blues All Around Me — the autobiography of B.B. King. And I am even more deeply filled with admiration for the humility and grace of the man, and for the towering genius of his music. Purposely written (by co-author David Ritz) in the style of the great Blues Man’s speech, the book was completed and published when King was 71 years old. As a memoir, it is above all honest, thorough, frank (shockingly so, at times), and both gently self-effacing and keenly self-aware. There were many passages that were just so wonderful (for this true fan of B.B. King) that I had to search out my wife and read them out loud to her. Now I’m seeking you out, to let you read one of my favorite passages from the book. Writing about B.B. King is becoming one of my favorite things to do. I have two previous essays about “The King of the Blues,” my personal obituary for him from 2015 and his (and others’) take on the question of whether Elvis was a racist. (Spoiler alert: everyone who knew him, including King and the many giants of Black music, all agree that Elvis “didn’t have a racist bone in his body.”) In this new essay, I’m sharing the history of one particularly huge hit song by B.B. King, which has always spoken directly and forcefully to me. If you know and love B.B King’s music, then I’d be willing to bet that one of your favorite songs by him is “When Love Comes to Town.” It was written especially for him, words by Bono and music by his rock group U2. It’s way up there among my favorites, and among the songs most likely to stir my emotions — with good reason. It comes across as a perfect fusion of the blues of B.B. King and the unique rock style of U2, as it was always intended to be. U2’s Bono and B.B. King In the excerpt (below) from Blues All Around Me, B.B. King tells how the song came to be written, how the special relationship between him and Bono started and grew, and how this song was fundamental in introducing a whole new generation to the American Blues and the Blues Master himself. You’ll see how the song’s poetry was what first drew King to the song (“Real heavy lyrics. You’re mighty young to write such heavy lyrics!” he told a slightly embarrassed Bono). Couple this with a powerful, driving musical foundation, plus the lyrical cries of King’s guitar “Lucille,” and there was no question it would be a winner. (Below the excerpt, I’ve put a link to the song’s music video, which is seasoned with concert footage and other visuals from Rattle and Hum, the documentary film featuring U2.) B.B. King never liked being called “The King of the Blues,” but everyone always did anyway. At the time this excerpt begins, he has at least become the leading Elder Statesman of the Blues. His long-time manager, Sid Seidenberg, was in the middle of a multi-year project to get King’s artistry in front of larger and more varied audiences. Sid understood King’s genius perhaps at a more fundamental level than anyone, and fortunately, his imagination for possibilities was equally large. As a result, he came to B.B. King with a suggestion that would change everything. . . from Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King COPYRIGHT 1996, NEW YORK: AVON BOOKS, PP.280-282 I was sixty-three when my career hit its hottest stride. . . . Sid was also looking for greater exposure. That’s why he hooked me up with U2. I’d heard their Joshua Tree album and knew they were among the biggest rock groups in the world. I could relate to rock. I heard its blues roots and felt its connection to my music. I could see its popularity had grown like wildfire since Elvis started shaking his pelvis in the fifties. Opening for the Stones and Marshall Tucker had been important for my career. But it took Sid—and not me—to think of a way to introduce myself to still another young generation. “It was a joy, just a joy, to share a stage with B.B. King. There was this great sense of camaraderie in his band. A rich, brassy sound they have behind them with the horn section. And then there’s his grace. You know, he’s a Lesson in Grace.” “We’re going to Ireland,” said Sid, “and U2 is coming to the show. So why don’t you ask Bono, the guy who sings lead, to write a song for you?” Sounded like a good idea, but I wasn’t sure Bono would be interested. I also hate to impose myself on anyone else. When it comes to business, though, I make myself do certain things, even if they might go against my nature. After my Dublin Concert, Bono and his boys showed up in the dressing room and we had a nice relaxed chat. They acted more like old friends than superstars. Before Bono left, I mentioned how I’d like him to write a song for me. All he said was “Okay, I will.” A year passed, maybe more, and I’d forgotten the whole thing when Sid said Bono had been looking for me. U2 was playing Fort Worth, Texas, and wanted my band to open the show. Sure thing. “I love the song. Real heavy lyrics. You’re mighty young to write such heavy lyrics!” —B.B. King to Bono, who looked humbled and in awe When I got there, Bono was all smiles. Said he’s written the song, but it was a duet for the two of us. I was flattered but frightened. Wasn’t the kind of material I was used to. But he was cool and patient and showed me how it went. More I heard it, more I was convinced our styles would blend. He called it “When Love Comes to Town.” The story surprised me; the lyrics weren’t what I’d expected. Didn’t think someone so young would write something so deep. In a rock tune, he’d written about the Crucifixion of Jesus. The song was solid and the rhythm was right, and that night, after my show and after his, Bono called me back out in front of forty thousand screaming U2 fans and we sang “When Love Comes to Town” as the crowd stood and cheered. It was a great moment. when they crucified my Lord. I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword. I threw the dice when they pierced His side. But I’ve seen love conquer the great divide. —”When Love Comes to Town” It was also great going out with U2. We taped a video that got heavy airplay and won an MTV Video Award. “When Love Comes to Town” was the hottest single off the album. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, we basically used the live version with some adjustments made in the studio. After the song came out on their album Rattle and Hum and hit big, U2 carried us around the world for over three months. We hit Europe and Japan and came back home, playing huge football stadiums and giant arenas to sold-out crowds. Bono treated us with absolute respect. He never made us feel like an opening act. I was given a hotel suite as big as his in every city I played. And in every concert, I felt a new energy coming from audiences who brought with them a fresh appreciation of the blues. I’ll never know how many new fans I made on that tour. But I believe my music was heard by still another new generation of young people who seemed to feel the same thing I’d felt when I first heard the blues sung by my Uncle Jack hollering in the cotton fields outside Indianola—raw emotion. WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN U2 and B.B. KING “I gave it my absolute everything I had in that HOWL, at the start of the song. And then B.B. King opened up his mouth, and I felt like a girl.” —Bono, on the opening 10 seconds of the video below Rare Photo of B.B. King and U2 in the legendary Sun Studios, Memphis, recording “When Love Comes to Town” Posted in Music \| Tags: B.B. King, Bono, Crucifixion of Jesus, David Ritz, Jimmy Iovine, Memphis, MTV Video Award, Rattle and Hum, Sid Seidenberg, Sun Studios, U2, When Love Comes to Town Posted by: Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. \| 13 September 2017 Judyth & Lee I was recently very pleased and honored to be invited to speak at the national JFK Assassination Conference, to be held in Dallas, November 17-19. It was particularly meaningful for me that the invitation came personally from Judyth Vary Baker, who became a good friend and research-colleague of mine a couple of decades ago. Unlike people like me (who have been drawn into the mystery of the JFK assassination through our own curiosity and sense of “an unsolved mystery” and “justice denied”), Judyth has a far more personal and intimate set of reasons for her involvement — as told in her book Me & Lee. In the book, she relates how she and Lee Oswald met by accident, discovered many mutual interests, were thrown together into a world of shadowy figures, and (as their time together in New Orleans progressed) found that they were being drawn closer and closer to each other. Hers is a fascinating and detailed narrative, covered in 600 pages of reminiscence and historical markers, and supported by an enormous amount of documents, press clippings, photos, maps, and independent corroboration. The time covered in Me & Lee is, of course, vital to anyone hoping to gain deeper insight into the man Lee Oswald — it was the summer of 1963, when Oswald was living in New Orleans, just weeks prior to the assassination of President Kennedy. Growing out of their unique relationship has come Judyth’s equally unique perspective on Lee Oswald’s life and his place in history. Lee & Judyth As might be imagined, such a story has become a lightning rod for deep, sometimes hateful and threatening, controversy. People whom I respect have widely divergent opinions about the book’s veracity, but there is one thing I have found almost universally true: Those who have taken the time to get to know Judyth, talk with her, hear her out with an intellectual dispassion, test her story with even-handed questions, and are willing to hear and consider her answers — these are the ones who have, by and large, come to believe Me & Lee to be a true accounting of her experiences. The book is a highly important addition to the overall study of Lee Oswald in particular and the assassination in general. Someone who did take the time to delve deeply into Judyth’s story was journalist, researcher, and author Jim Marrs, who unfortunately passed away very recently. Jim was one of those who at first viewed Judyth’s claims with great skepticism. But he made a point to search her out, get to know her, and interview her over time; and that experience turned his thinking around 180 degrees. Calling Judyth’s story a “well-supported account,” he commended it as “a vibrant and emotional personal narrative from the standpoint of one who obviously cares greatly for the story she is telling.” But wait — can’t one be emotional about and care deeply for a purposeful fabrication, as some think Judyth’s story is? Of course, but Jim was far from alone in his trust of Judyth’s story. In addition to his research findings, he wrote of his own personal knowledge that Mary Ferrell, “that Grande Dame of assassination researchers,” maintained until her death “a continuing confidence in the basic truth of Judyth’s story.” As part of a 6-page analysis of Judyth and her book, he went on to say the following: “In 2001, when I heard that a woman had emerged from the shadows, 38 years after the assassination, claiming to have been in close personal contact with Lee Harvey Oswald on a day-to-day basis during the summer of 1963 and that her name had never once appeared in any document or any report, I was skeptical, to say the least. My first question was: If what she says is true, how is she still alive? . . . “Could it be true? I pondered. . . . As I considered her story, I knew that either this woman was telling the truth or she needed to be in Hollywood writing screenplays, because her ability to concoct an absorbing story out of thin air was truly amazing. . . . “Having interviewed Judyth on several occasions and carefully studied her documentation and other materials, I can say that I have found her to be both internally consistent and forthright in her statements regarding her knowledge of events in New Orleans. Furthermore, her account has been largely confirmed from several separate sources. . . . “For once, I agree with one of [Judyth’s] constant critics, who wrote, ‘If Judyth Vary Baker is telling the truth, it will change the way we think about the Kennedy assassination.’ For those who know the facts behind her story, I think it already has.” If, after reading all the way to this point in the article, you are no doubt beginning to suspect that I am urging you to read Me & Lee . . . well, congratulate yourself on how perceptive you are! (You can click on the book cover image above to get more information.) I’ll be very interested to hear your reactions to Judyth’s story. Here is the announcement Judyth sent out after I replied in the affirmative to speak at the Conference: We are pleased to announce that GROVER PROCTOR, who discovered “The Raleigh Call: Lee Oswald’s Emergency Call to the CIA” will be speaking at the 5th Annual JFK Assassination Conference to be held Nov. 17-18-19 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dallas. Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. is a historian and former university Dean who is widely acknowledged as an expert on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He has published numerous articles, lectured extensively, and has frequently been consulted by print and broadcast media. While most of his work comprises analysis and interpretation of the assassination research phenomenon, he broke new ground in the investigation in the early 1980’s with his work on Lee Harvey Oswald’s [cut-off] telephone call from the Dallas jail to a former military counterintelligence agent in Raleigh, N.C. In November 2011, Dr. Proctor donated his entire JFK Assassination library to Baylor University’s Poage Library, as part of its JFK Assassination research center and archives. Later, in April 2014, he completed his gift to Baylor by donating all of his documents, papers, and files. His library and materials join collections of books, papers, and reference materials from Penn Jones Jr., Marguerite Oswald, Gary Shaw, Paul Hoch, Jack White, Ed Haslam, and many others. “Dr. Proctor has never swerved from honest research. He was one of the earliest respected researchers to treat me decently, to hear me out. His research standards are impeccable. You will learn much more than just about Lee’s phone call — made while under arrest only hours before he was shot dead — an attempt to reach his CIA case officer which was stymied when Lee’s call was deliberately yanked offline — and Lee was told the call ‘did not go through.'” -Judyth Vary Baker Editorial Note from me: One correction of a factual nature in the above. While it often feels to me that I’ve been working on The Raleigh Call all my life, I did not in fact “discover” it. To the best of my knowledge, the call was first introduced in Canfield and Weberman’s book Coup d’Etat in America and shortly thereafter in Tony Summers’ Conspiracy. It was in reading an advance copy of Tony’s book that I “discovered” the call for myself, whereupon I immediately called Bernie Reeves, my publisher at Spectator Magazine in Raleigh, and we agreed that I would pursue researching the story as far as it would go. After Spectator published my first two articles about the call in 1980, I have continued over the intervening 37 years to pull as many new threads into the story as I can find, to try to gain a full understanding of what happened. I look forward to sharing the latest “bits and pieces” with the Conference attendees in Dallas! Some of the other researchers and authors who will be speaking at the Dallas Conference this year include Judyth Vary Baker herself, my friend Randolph Benson (who will be screening his highly engaging documentary film The Searchers), Dr. Jim Fetzer, Robert Groden, St.John Hunt (son of the late E. Howard Hunt), Beverly Oliver (the “Babushka lady”), and Dr. Cyril Wecht. And this is only a small sample. My sincere thanks again to Judyth for the invitation to speak. I am very much looking forward to joining the information-sharing at this great event in Dallas. 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__label__cc	0.70449	0.29551	Evelyn Glennie on our Pro Musical Anvils Tuesday, 29 October 2013 By Neil Leave a Comment @GroverProPerc I urge every percussionist,composer to obtain a Grover Anvil. Superb addition, practical, the best Grover craftsmanship. — Evelyn Glennie (@DameEvelyn) October 29, 2013 @GroverProPerc They are brilliant! One of the best items to be developed in a long time. There are anvils upon anvils within one surface. Thanks, Evelyn! Get your own anvil here. Visit Evelyn here and here. Categories: Artist News, Product News Neil W. Grover holds the unique distinction of having performed with one of the world’s foremost orchestras, the Boston Symphony; with legendary rock bands like Aerosmith; and on John Williams’ soundtrack for Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom. For the past 28 years, Neil has gained worldwide visibility in the percussion section of the famed Boston Pops. Neil is one of the music industry’s most requested clinicians. Neil is the author of Four Mallet Primer, and also co-author (with Garwood Whaley) of Triangle, Tambourine and Cymbal Technique, both published by Merideth Music. Neil has had numerous articles published in leading music journals including, Percussive Notes, School Band & Orchestra, and Drum Tracks. In addition, he has been the subject of feature articles in Percussive Notes, Modern Drummer, School Band & Orchestra, Drum Tracks, and Musical Merchandise Review. As the Founder and President of Grover Pro Percussion, Neil Grover has been the world’s leading exponent of raising the standards of percussion instrument design and manufacturing. He has recently been featured on two episodes of “How It’s Made”, which airs worldwide on the Discovery Channel. Neil Grover has been elected to six terms of office and has served on the Board of Directors of the Percussive Arts Society for 12 years. He is also a Trustee of the Winchester (Massachusetts) Community Music School, one of the country’s premier community music schools.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line755
__label__cc	0.531536	0.468464	RBWM elections Over to You M’Lords to vote on Mambo No 5! Yvette Cooper and Oliver Letwin had the MPs pull a night shift yesterday to rush through a bill to slow down Brexit, trying to prevent a clean Brexit. They just got the legislation through the House of Commons by 1 vote… and it’s on to the House of Lords to ensure the people’s will is done in a timely fashion. What’s interesting is that both MPs, representatives of the main parties, are both part of the “Friends of Israel” organisation which, as far as I can tell, means that they want what’s best for Israel over that of their constituents. Challenge their membership and you’ll be branded “anti-semitic”, a hater of jews… which is obviously a load of tosh, you simply feel they should be focused on the interests of your constituents first… 69.3% of Yvette Coopers constituents voted to leave the EU, with Oliver’s matching the national vote. Why do these people believe they have the power to go against what their constituents voted for… does the ego really think it was them as glowing individuals that their constituents voted for or was it the national party flag they were flying that caught the voters eye. Personally, I’d be happy for the nation to hold another referendum as we know so much more about the whole political machine than we did back in 2016. We know that the EU wants to beat us with sticks for daring to want to leave. We know that at least 50% of national party candidates cannot be trusted to do as the population wishes. Which makes me conclude, if we did hold a referendum with these two choices: A – Brexit with a deal negotiated by a cross party of MPs at some date in the future, maybe! B – Just Brexit, leave tomorrow and work out terms from there That the majority of people would opt for B… am I wrong? Well let’s hope the Lords come back and block the their bill, let’s see what today might bring… Bill 37157/1 European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 1 A BILL TO Make provision in connection with the period for negotiations for withdrawing from the European Union. EIT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1 Duties in connection with Article 50 extension (1)On the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent, the Prime Minister must move a motion in the House of Commons in the form set out in subsection (2). (2)The form of the motion set out in this subsection is –“That this House agrees for the purposes of section 2 of the European Union(Withdrawal) Act 2019 to the Prime Minister seeking an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union to a period ending on […]” (3)A motion in the form set out in subsection (2) must include a date in the position indicated by the brackets in that subsection. (4)If the motion in the form set out in subsection (2) for the purposes of subsection(1) is agreed to without amendment, the Prime Minister must seek an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union to a period ending on the date included in that motion. (5)If the motion in the form set out in subsection (2) for the purposes of subsection(1) is agreed to with an amendment to change the date in the motion as moved to another date, the Prime Minister must seek an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union for a period endingon the date included in the motion as agreed to. (6)Subsection (7) applies if the European Council proposes an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union to a period ending other than on the date proposed in the resolution arising from the motion in the form set out in subsection (2) for the purposes of subsection (1). (7)If the condition in subsection (6) is met, on the day after the European Councilmakes the proposal referred to in subsection (6), the Prime Minister must movea motion in the House of Commons in the form set out in subsection (2). 2 Interpretation, commencement, extent and short title (1)Any term used in this Act which is also defined in section 20 of the 2018 Acthas the same meaning in this Act as in that Act. (2)This Act comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.(3)This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.(4)This Act may be cited as the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019. Presented by Yvette Cooper supported bySir Oliver Letwin, Hilary Benn,Dame Caroline Spelman, Jack Dromey, Alison McGovern, Mr Dominic Grieve, Clive Efford, Stephen Doughty,Norman Lamb, Ben Lakeand Stewart Hosie. 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__label__wiki	0.903335	0.903335	SemoSearch semo.jobs Latest Copa America News Fans mourn João Gilberto at Rio de Janeiro funeral Jul. 8, 2019 5:40 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fans from around the world honored bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto on Monday, filing past his coffin at his funeral in Rio de Janeiro. A small string orchestra and choir performed one of Gilberto's most famous songs, "Chega de saudade" as his body was displayed in an open casket... Messi slams referees, corruption after Copa America red card Jul. 6, 2019 11:18 PM EDT SÃO PAULO (AP) — After another frustrating Copa América ending, Lionel Messi boycotted the medal ceremony to protest the refereeing and "corruption," claiming Argentina had not been treated fairly. Following defeats in the last two finals, Messi had a sudden end to this year's tournament by being... US men also seek soccer title, face Mexico for Gold Cup CHICAGO (AP) — Remember the U.S. men's soccer team? It's also playing for a trophy on Sunday, taking on Mexico at Soldier Field in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Gone from the national sports consciousness since its October 2017 loss at... Venezuela steers away from politics before Copa América game Jun. 27, 2019 7:48 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel almost left his job for political reasons after his team beat Argentina 3-1 in March in a friendly game in Madrid. One day before he faces Lionel Messi again — this time in the quarterfinals of the Copa América — Dudamel was more... Richarlison to miss Brazil's Copa America clash due to mumps PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Richarlison has been ruled out of Brazil's Copa America quarterfinal match against Paraguay because of mumps. The Brazilian soccer confederation says the rest of the squad will be vaccinated after Thursday's game at the Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre. It did not comment when... Copa America guests Japan, Qatar still in contention Jun. 23, 2019 10:58 AM EDT PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Copa America guest teams Japan and Qatar are still in contention as the last round of group stage matches begins, and some of their South American opponents aren't too pleased. Qatar and Japan, who met in the Asian Cup final in February, are in third place in their groups. The... Copa America: Rodriguez leads Colombia to win over Argentina Jun. 16, 2019 7:04 AM EDT SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — James Rodriguez got the best of Lionel Messi in the Copa America, leading Colombia to a 2-0 win over Argentina in their opening game in the South American tournament on Saturday. Rodriguez set up Roger Martinez's opening goal in the second half with a high, diagonal pass across the... Qatar building for 2022 World Cup on Copa America debut RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For 2022 World Cup host Qatar, every Copa America match will be like a final. Sunday's clash against Paraguay at the historic Maracana stadium is especially so because it is probably the team's best chance to pick up points in the tournament. Qatar's Spanish coach Felix Sanchez told... Nations League winner Portugal rises in FIFA rankings ZURICH (AP) — Nations League champion Portugal is up two places to No. 5 in the FIFA men's rankings which are still led by Belgium. World champion France in second, Copa America host Brazil, and England complete an unchanged top four in the standings published Friday. World Cup runner-up Croatia falls one... Argentina's first World Cup point could prove priceless PARIS (AP) — At the final whistle of their Women's World Cup opener, Argentina's players dropped to their knees as if they'd won the entire tournament. They didn't even win the game. But for the first time ever, they didn't lose, either. Argentina played to a 0-0 draw against Japan to earn its first ever...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line762
__label__wiki	0.926896	0.926896	HeroHyper \| The World's Top Destination for Superheroes' Fandom Only Five Movies Have Grossed Over $2 Billion and Zoe Saldana Is In Three Of Them Now that Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame has crossed the massive $2 billion threshold, there is a new queen of the box office. Out of the five highly-anticipated movies to ever make $2 billion worldwide, Avengers star Zoe Saldana has appeared in three of them. Alongside her role as Gamora in the Avengers: Endgame ($2.19B) and last year’s Infinity War ($2.04B), the actress also played Neytiri, the lead in James Cameron’s Avatar ($2.78B). With Avatar 2 set for release next year and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 the year or two later, Zoe Saldana has at least two more billion-dollar films on the immediate horizon. Just last summer, fan favorite Zoe Saldana was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At her awards ceremony, she gave a heartfelt speech about chasing after the goals and aspirations. “Having a dream is just step one,” said Saldana. “Step two: sleeves up, hard work, passion, persistence, and perseverance. Fail often and fail forward. If at first, you do not succeed, you dust yourself off and try again. I learned to love what I do and do what I do, and that’s been my mantra. From Burger King commercials to Law and Order episodic, to a ballet film, I got to be a pirate, an INS officer, a xenolinguist on the Enterprise. And I got to be an alien warrior – well, multiple alien warriors.” (Photo: Marvel) Thanks to Guardians, Avatar, and the time in J.J. Abram’ Star Trek franchises, Zoe Saldana continued her speech by praising the science fiction genre that helped to turn her into a household name. “Science fiction is a universe where a person like me who’s unimaginable is imaginable by so many filmmakers like J.J. Abrams, James Cameron, and James Gunn,” she told Variety. “So I got to really flourish in this genre. I got to be brave and strong, and I got to play characters that were not only the daughter, the wife, or the girlfriend. I was a warrior, and I was also relevant to the storyline. And I am very proud of the path that I have chosen for myself by avoiding falling into stereotypical boxes.” Avengers: Endgame is now showing in theaters while Infinity War is streaming on Netflix. What is your favorite Zoe Saldana role? “Avengers: Endgame” Snaps Up Record With $600 Million at Domestic Box Office “Spider-Man: Far From Home” New Trailer Addresses The MCU’s Multiverse Mark Millar Declares Taron Egerton Will Be the Next Wolverine “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” Home Media Release Dates “The Batman:” Vanessa Kirby Addresses Rumors that She Would Be Playing Catwoman Taika Waititi Officially Signs On to Write and Direct Thor 4 “Avengers: Endgame” Takes a Big Jump in Catching Avatar, Less Than $7 Million Away Sam Raimi Still Thinks About His Unmade Spider-Man 4 Avengers: Endgame is now on Avatar’s tail at the global box office. The Marvel Studios’ flick has earned another $2.8 million this weekend, bringing its worldwide box office total to $2.781 billion. At this time of writing, that puts Endgame’s box office behemoth a mere $7 million shy of typing Avatar’s $2.788 billion box office record. Check out the chart below. (Photo: Box Office Mojo – Updated: July 15, 2019) For his part, Avengers: Endgame co-director Anthony Russo is trying not to think about whether the movie will catch or top Avatar. “I mean, look at it, I know it sounds very sensational, and all but I try not to focus on it because there is no – even if we do not pass Avatar, there is no way I want to have a shred of regret about anything associated with this movie,” the filmmaker said at the MTV Awards. “So I refuse to kind of consider it, you know?” However, Avengers: Endgame already passed Avatar to becoming the second highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office. After being re-released in theaters, Endgame returned to the domestic box office top 10. The movie earned another $1.69 million in North America this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $851 million. During a press tour for Avengers: Endgame, directors Anthony and Joe Russo expressed, “We poured our hearts and soul into Avengers: Endgame, hoping to tell a story that would inspire audiences around the world. Our family of cast and crew all felt honored to be entrusted with bringing the Infinity Saga to a close. To Kevin Feige, everyone at Marvel and Disney, and the incredible, global community of fans, thank you.” Avengers: Endgame is now being re-released in select theaters. The film will be hitting digital on July 30 and available in Blu-ray on August 13. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, with Gwyneth Paltrow Pepper Potts, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie. MCU: The Difference Between “The Snap” and “The Blip” Ever since the end of Avengers: Infinity War last year, fans of Marvel Cinematic Universe have referred to the biggest event that wiped out half of all life on Earth, and across the galaxy – as “The Snap.” It makes sense, considering Thanos literally snapped away half the population after accumulating all of six Infinity Stones. However, it works more as a movie-going term, considering not everyone knows how it all went down. The people on the streets of various cities and towns across the planet, far removed from the Battle of Wakanda (Black Panther), would likely refer to it as something else, especially after everyone returned in Endgame. And with Spider-Man: Far From Home, finally it gives us a different term for this event, with the students of Midtown High referring to their disappearances and return as “The Blip.” Recently, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige spoke with Fandango about the nomenclature, explaining how it all differentiates in the MCU. “It came pretty fast. We always referred to it as the Blip, then the public started referring to it as the Snap,” Feige explained. “We think it is funny when high school kids just call this horrific, universe-changing event the Blip. We have narrowed it down. The Snap is when everyone disappeared at the end of Infinity War. And The Blip is when everybody returned at the end of Endgame. And that’s how we’ve narrowed in on the definitions.” Actually, not everyone knows what happened in Wakanda, even though Steve Rogers/Captain America refers to the Mad Titan by name when conducting his support group in Endgame. So it stands to reason that not everyone actually knows about Thanos snapping his fingers, or that they’d even refer to the disappearances of friends and family so colloquially. At least we now have some defining terms for two of the most significant events to take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hopefully, we will get more stories to explore the five-year time period between “The Snap” and “The Blip,” so we could learn more about how the world managed to move on and adapt to these horrible events. Spider-Man: Far From Home is globally playing in theaters now. Avengers: Endgame will arrive digitally on July 3o and Blu-ray on August 13. “Avengers: Endgame:” Fat Thor Gets an Official Name From Marvel The latest crossover event from Marvel Studios has brought about dramatic changes for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including some facts that will drastically alter the future of the franchise. Avengers: Endgame sees two of the “Big Three” taken off the board, with the death of Tony Stark/Iron Man and the “retirement” of Steve Rogers/Captain America, but Thor also has a major change in his status quo as well. One of the changes to Chris Hemsworth’s character saw his normally chiseled physique being effectively snapped away. And after a time jump, we are introduced to a more robust version of the God of Thunder. While fans have affectionately referred to this character as “Fat Thor,” the special features for Endgame seemingly now gives him an official name: Bro Thor. The special featurette announced for Avengers: Endgame goes by the name “Bro Thor,” as described: “His appearance has changed, but his heroism remains! Go behind the scenes to see how Bro Thor was created.” This name is pretty applicable as it does not just describe Thor’s physical stature, but does more to explain his state of mind instead. After killing Thanos and the five-year time travel, Thor’s priorities shift toward playing Fornite with his best pals Meek and Korg while attempting to drink every bottle of beer in Norway. And the end of the film sees Thor reignite his heroic fire as he joins the Guardians of the Galaxy. Though it is not clear yet of Chris Hemsworth has actually joined the cast of this popular Marvel series, the actor is hopeful that he will appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. “I would play that character [Thor] again. I love it so much, especially if there is something unique to do with it again. I really felt like the last three films were very different each time. And it felt like a totally different character. But I don’t even know when or if they are shooting [Guardians 3],” Chris Hemsworth said. “I will work with any of those guys. Asgardians of the Galaxy. That is actually great! You might have just got me my next job. Thank you, man.” Avengers: Endgame hits digital HD on July 30 and Blu-ray/DVD on August 13. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Bring home Marvel Studios' @Avengers: Endgame on Digital July 30 and Blu-ray August 13: https://t.co/6wVet96bw0 pic.twitter.com/luboLlLCvL — Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) June 26, 2019 Avengers: Endgame Officially Getting Re-Released With New Footage It looks like Avengers: Endgame might be able to beat Avatar’s massive box office record after all. The movie has lost the majority of its momentum by now, almost two months after its initial release, but Avengers: Endgame is about to get another major boost to ticket sales. No, it is not just because Spider-Man: Far From Home is arriving in theaters in July. Avengers: Endgame is indeed hitting theaters for a second round, along with some additional footage that did not make it into the official cut in April. While attending the press junket for Spider-Man: Far From Home in London, Brandon Davis from Comicbook had a chance to speak exclusively with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, who confirmed that Avengers: Endgame would be heading back to the big screen for a theatrical re-release. Not only that, this version of the film will arrive with extra scenes that were not included in the first theatrical release. “We’re doing that,” Kevin Feige said of an Endgame re-release with new footage. “I don’t know if it has been announced. And I don’t know how much… Yeah, we are doing it next weekend.” So, Avengers: Endgame is now coming back to the big screen with new footage, which is an incredibly exciting announcement given the hype around the film. What’s even more exciting is the fact that Endgame is arriving next weekend, and fans can see it again before the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home on July 2. This action should also help Avengers: Endgame tackle the immense box office hurdle that is James Cameron’s Avatar. As of Wednesday morning, Avatar still holds the global box office record of all time with $2.788B. Meanwhile, Avengers: Endgame is very close to that number, with a current total of $2.750B. It has looked as though the final chapter of this Infinity Saga would not be able to topple Cameron’s sci-fi epic, but the re-release with new unseen footage could do the trick. And remember to be on the lookout for a new version of Avengers: Endgame next weekend! One last time. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! “Avengers: Endgame:” The Second Movie Ever to Cross $800 Million Domestically And just like that, Avengers: Endgame has reached another milestone. Thanks to an extended holiday weekend, the latest Marvel Studios film eventually has become the second movie ever to cross $800 million at the domestic box office. In the fifth weekend in theaters, Avengers: Endgame has grossed north of $803.63 million domestically, strengthening its second spot in the market of all time. This weekend has been exceptionally kind to the movie after a series of the larger-than-typical week over week drops. Dropping over 50% in each of the first four weekends, the four-day weekend allowed Avengers: Endgame to mark just a 25,6% drop over last weekend’s gross over $29.97 million. In total, Endgame earned an estimated $22.3 million stateside this weekend. Despite crossing $800 million domestically, Avengers: Endgame still trails Star Wars: The Force Awakens by a healthy $133 million, an uphill battle as the Marvel property heads deeper into its theatrical release. Globally, Endgame is just $103 million away from Avatar’s highest-grossing film title, something that industry experts anticipate will not happen until Labor Day weekend, if this blockbuster can stick it out in theaters that long. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner. Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, with Gwyneth Paltrow Pepper Potts, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Benedict Wong as Wong, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and Josh Brolin as Thanos. Avengers: Endgame now continues its box office run as the film moves into the second month in theaters. And the Avengers flick will be followed by Spider-Man: Far From Home on July 2 while Captain Marvel will be released digitally on May 28 ahead of a home media release on June 11. “Avengers: Endgame” Officially Surpasses Avatar at All-Time Domestic Box Office Avengers: Endgame has officially passed Avatar, becoming the second-highest grossing film ever at the domestic box office. Its total now stands at a whopping $780 million. Star Wars: The Force Awakens remains the highest-grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office with $936.6 million. Avengers: Endgame is also the second-highest grossing film of all time worldwide. It has earned $2.56 billion globally, passing James Cameron’s Titanic. At the worldwide box office, now Endgame still trails Avatar’s $2.78 billion total by $224 million. Opening with $350 million domestically and $1.2 billion worldwide, Avengers: Endgame immediately became a threat for the all-time box office crowns. Crossing the $2 billion mark in just the blink of an eye, the movie remains on pace to surpass Avatar and top the $2.7 billion worldwide gross of the 2009 sci-fi epic. As Endgame inches closer to that milestone, it has just beaten James Cameron’s film in the U.S. (Box Office Mojo chart – Updated: May 19, 2019) During a press release issued when Avengers: Endgame had its first $1 billion global opening in box office history, Walt Disney Studios chairman, Alan Horn, said, “Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios team have continued to challenge notions of what is possible at the movie theatre both in terms of storytelling and at the box office.” “Though Avengers: Endgame is far from an end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, these first 22 movies constitute a sprawling achievement, and this weekend’s monumental success is a testament to the world they have envisioned, the talent involved, and their collective passion, matched by the irrepressible enthusiasm of fans around the world.” So, what do you think about this record of Avengers: Endgame? Let us know in the comments! Avengers: Endgame is still playing in theaters. Other upcoming MCU film is Spider-Man: Far From Home which swings into theaters on July 2. Captain Marvel Suit in “Avengers: Endgame” Was Entirely CG After the debut in her own film in the last few months, Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), better known as Captain Marvel, certainly made an impression on the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Endgame. She brought the superpower she promised, with a sweet new haircut and an updated take on her classic suit as well. However, as it turns out, Carol did not always have that suit in Endgame. In fact, the whole thing was added in the post-production process. After the release of Endgame, during an interview with Weta Digital’s Matt Aitken, a VFX supervisor on the film, when the topic of working Captain Marvel into the story came up, Aitken explained there were actually some changes made after they shot her initial scenes. Remember, most of Avengers: Endgame was shot before Captain Marvel, and Brie Larson filmed all of her scenes for the film in the same suit she wore for her solo outing. And when everything came together, the creative team thought it was strange if the character had the same suit for 25 years, so they ended up making a suit on their computers and added it to Carol in post. “She was filmed with here physical costume with a great costume from the costume department, but after her sequences were filmed, it was decided by the filmmakers that her costume needed to be more different from the costume that she was wearing in the 25 years ago, whatever the era of Captain Marvel, the Captain Marvel movie,” explained Aitken. “So we ended up replacing her costume with a CG suit for all her shots.” So when we see all of those gold shoulder pads as well as updated logos, they were all created by computers. These kind of CG effects are all around films like Endgame, but they are just much harder to notice with the naked eyes. All of the Quantum Realm suits were made with VFX as well. What do you think of Captain Marvel’s suit in Avengers: Endgame? The film is now in theaters. New “Dark Phoenix” Trailer Features the X-Men’s own “Avengers: Endgame” as An Epic Finale A brand new IMAX exclusive trailer for Dark Phoenix goes back to the beginning of the franchise, showing off the full X-Men saga from the first X-Men movie in 2000. As we can see in the video above, Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Ian McKellen, along with all the other mutants who have graced the big screen in the last 20 years, stuffed into preamble for this latest installment. Aside from The New Mutants – which has been pushed back a couple of times with a current release date of April 2020 – now Dark Phoenix is rumored to be the last film in the X-Men saga. That concept is similar to one of the TV spots for Avengers: Endgame, which featured the ten years of Marvel Cinematic Universe culminating in one last showdown. However, the key difference is that instead of avenging those lost and defeating the Mad Titan (Thanos), the X-Men go against one of their own: Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey (who they also went against in The Last Stand, but this is a different kind of Jean Grey). Can Jean Grey be the new Thanos? So, does a look back into the past of this franchise have as much emotional weight for Dark Phoenix as it did for Endgame? Word is still out on just how the last X-Men film delivers its final emotional punches, but Endgame did raise the bar. Dark Phoenix is expected to bring the past 20 years of X-Men films to a close. Today has been dubbed “X-Men Day” in celebration. A new featurette looking back on the film franchise’s legacy was also released. On the nostalgia side, 20th Century Fox delivered a more hefty lookback – less Dark Phoenix trailer but more sentimentality – where the cast members of X-Men films talk about the impact of the franchise and how it changed comic book movies. Along with the IMAX trailer, Marvel Studios also released a new throwback poster in the style of Steven Spielberg’s go-to artist, Drew Struzan. X-Men: Dark Phoenix hits theaters on June 7th. “Avengers: Endgame:” Why Captain America Gave the Shield to Sam Wilson/Falcon Instead of Bucky Barnes The end of Avengers: Endgame might surprise many fans, not because Captain America (starred by Chris Evans) did survive in the film, but because he decided to retire and pass his iconic shield down to the right-hand man Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie). It was an emotional scene in which might have raised more questions than answers. And one of biggest questions being, why Cap choose Falcon over his life-long friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan)? According to Endgame screenwriters, there is a certain quality Falcon possesses that Bucky does not because in some ways he still has the risk of being mind-controlled again. “It is pretty hard to give it to Bucky,” co-writer Christopher Markus told Variety. “As much as we love him, he’s on the dark path and is still recovering from that. And Sam is really a truly stand up guy. It was not a wildly difficult choice, certainly. I think Bucky has a lot more stories as Bucky and as someone headed on a path of atonement. And Sam has ascended into his new role.” Also asked by Variety if Bucky’s nod of understanding was scripted, McFeely confirmed it was. “Yes,” he replied. “Our assumption is that he and Steve [Rogers] had a long conversation before Steve went back.” That means Bucky did already know about his best buddy’s decision. McFeely went to agree with his writing partner, saying it was the story arc to dive into, especially with the series for Falcon & The Winter Soldier streaming soon on Disney+. “The thing that gets me the most is that it is much better for both of their stories this way,” says McFeely. “Certainly, Bucky getting the shield would provide lots of stories. I do not know if it gives Sam much story. And again, there is a streaming show coming, right? I don’t know what they are doing but Sam having the mantle of Captain America, how he feels about that, and Bucky working or having some kind of relationship with HYDRA. I think that is pretty rich.” “Again, particularly as Bucky has to confront the mind control past. Captain America has always represented the best of the idea of America, you know? And giving it to an African-America guy… it is great! Not patting ourselves on the back, I am just saying that is pointing toward a better America.” The screenwriter also made sure to point out that he was unaware of what Marvel Studios has planned for the Disney+ show, even though he thinks Sam Wilson’s movement into the Captain America mantle should play a good part. (Sam Wilson as new Captain America – a fan art from DevianArt) Avengers: Endgame is now in theaters. Spider-Man: Far From Home arrives on July 2. “Avengers: Endgame:” Why Gamora Returned But Black Widow Did Not As we saw in Avengers: Endgame, both Gamora (star Zoe Saldana) and Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (star Scarlett Johansson) died on Vormir to unlock the Soul Stone. However, the Gamora still alive by the close of Endgame is a past version displaced from 2014. “It is not the Gamora that was killed by the Soul Stone. That’s the Gamora from the past,” Endgame co-writer Stephen Markus explained to Variety. “When Gamora went off the cliff, the Gamora from that time period died. But this is the Gamora from prior to that. So she is still alive. And she traveled in the time machine to the present. You know, as you do.” “As you do,” co-screenwriter Stephen McFeely quipped. Meanwhile, the original Gamora, who starred in both Guardians of the Galaxy and the Vol. 2, perished in Infinity War when her adoptive father Thanos (star Josh Brolin) murdered her to win the Soul Stone. In Avengers: Endgame, Nat prevents her long-term closest friend Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (star Jeremy Renner) from sacrificing himself. And the death of Black Widow gives the Avengers one of the six desperately needed Infinity Stones required to resurrect half of the universe that was vanished five years earlier. “In our minds, her journeys had come to an end if she could get the Avengers back,” McFeely told the New York Times. “She comes from such an abusive, terrible, and mind-control background. So when she gets to Vormir and has a chance to get the family back, and that is a thing she would trade for. But the toughest thing for us was that we were always worried that people were not going to have time to be sad enough. When the stakes are still out there, and they have not solved the problem. We lost a big character – a female character – but how do we honor it? We have this male lens, and it is a lot of guys being sad that a woman died.” Ultimately, Black Widow is the one who dies so the rest of the Avengers can obtain the Soul Stone, and her death has become a controversial topic about Endgame. One of the biggest criticisms to follow Black Widow’s death was her lack of a funeral. During a Q&A with Endgame co-director Joe Russo posted on Chinese website TencentQQ (translated by Reddit), the lack of this scene was finally addressed. In typical Russo fashion though, he suggested many possible explanations for why it was not in the film. “Did you forget when the heroes mourning for her after they returned from past? Maybe her funeral happened off screen. Maybe it’ll be shown in future installment because there’re still tons of stories in MCU that are waiting to be told.” So the lake-set mourning footage was the closest Nat would get to a funeral just before the plot moved on towards its finale, in which the Avengers assemble superheroes from across the universe for one last stand against Thanos, who threatens to burn the Earth to cinders. Iron Man/Tony Stark dies stopping the Mad Titan. And Endgame finished with a funeral for the hero who launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Tony gets a funeral. Natasha does not,” said Markus. “That is partly because Tony is the massive public figure and she has been a cipher the whole time. It was not necessarily honest to the character to give her a funeral. And the biggest question about it is what Thanos raises there on the dock. ‘We have the Infinity Stones. So why don’t we just bring her back?’” “That is the everlasting exchange,” said McFeely. “You bring her back, you lose the stone.” As for the screenwriters, retrieving a still-living Black Widow from an earlier timeline “would have been a weirdly selfish decision.” “Like, effectively, we are going to kidnap a version of Black Widow who knows nothing about the current circumstances and bring her to the future just so we can have one. It is not really asking her whether she wants to go.” So the deaths of the Gamora in 2018 and 2023’s Black Widow are irreversible, part of an everlasting exchange preventing their resurrection. We will know where Gamora goes from here as soon as Guardians of the Galaxy franchise arrives. The Guardians Vol. 3 will be written and directed by the return of James Gunn. Scarlett Johannson will reprise her role in the first Black Widow standalone film, previously reported to be a prequel set back in 2006, a handful of years before Natasha Romanoff joins Earth’s mightiest heroes. Directed by Cate Shortland, Black Widow is set to open sometime in 2020. Avengers: Endgame is now in theaters. 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__label__cc	0.721599	0.278401	Appellate Court Upholds GSB Decision that Appropriate Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Mental Stress Claim is under WSIA March 1, 2019 By: Mariana Kamenetsky, Sean Reginio The Divisional Court has upheld a decision of the Grievance Settlement Board (Board) that found that it did not have jurisdiction to award damages as a remedy for grievances alleging workplace bullying and harassment as the alleged injuries would be compensable under the Workplace Safety and Insurance, 1997 (WSIA). In Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. The Crown in Right of Ontario, the grievor was a Probation and Parole Officer who alleged she was subjected to workplace harassment and bullying by co-workers. She also claimed that the employer failed to provide her with a workplace environment free from harassment as required by the Collective Agreement and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. There were no allegations of discrimination based on a protected ground under the Human Rights Code. The remedies sought included general damages for pain, loss of dignity and humiliation as well as a direction that the employer take immediate steps to correct the issues in the workplace. The Board upheld the employer’s preliminary objection that it had no jurisdiction to award the compensatory damages sought, relying in part on the analysis in Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) (Monk). The Court of Appeal in that decision stated that if an injury or illness of the sort alleged by the grievor would have been compensable under the WSIA or its predecessor legislation, the Board “could not award damages under the collective agreement for compensable injuries” to which that legislation would have applied. The Board rejected the Union’s argument that Monk was inapplicable because there was no allegation of illness or disease in this case. It found that the grievor’s allegation that she sought medical attention, required prescription medication, and suffered ‘significant mental, emotional and physical distress’ was sufficient to constitute a viable claim under the WSIA. The Board also relied on two Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) decisions that concluded sections of the WSIA that limited entitlement for benefits for mental stress were unconstitutional. [It should be noted that the Board’s decision was rendered prior to the January 1, 2018 changes to the WSIA allowing entitlement to benefits for chronic mental stress.] The Divisional Court affirmed the reasonableness of the Board’s decision on the basis it properly applied the principles from Monk and was consistent with previous decisions of the Board. The Court noted that other relief may still be available, such as a declaration, a direction, or compensation for damage to property and stated that following the successful preliminary objection the Board indicated the matter was to continue as scheduled. The position of the WSIAT on the issue of chronic mental stress and the subsequent changes to the WSIA are critical factors for employers to keep in mind when responding to mental stress allegations outside the workers’ compensation forums. Even where a claim under the WSIA has not yet been filed, an adjudicator may decline jurisdiction to deal with compensatory damages if the allegations, if proven, could lead to compensation under the WSIA Sean Reginio is a 2018-2019 articling student with Hicks Morley. Practice Areas: Litigation, Workplace Safety & InsuranceIndustries: Government Ministries & Agencies (Federal and Provincial)Tags: Jurisdiction, Mental Stress	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line767
__label__wiki	0.660954	0.660954	UCSD: A college for you? Alyssa Ho August 12, 2018 Unlike many other UCs, the University of California San Diego is the combination of six different unique colleges: Revelle, Muir, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt and Sixth. Amanda Calcetas, an incoming third year at Sixth College majoring in Cognitive Neuroscience, approved of this system. “It might seem that UCSD is a big college, but because of the college system, there are individualized communities within the college itself. I feel like you can get both a close-knit community as well as a larger scale university,” Calcetas said. Therefore, the UCSD college system would be a better fit for students who were unsure of whether they prefer a larger or smaller college campus, because it is a combination of both. Each college is its own special community full of different General Ed requirements, housing areas and philosophies. (If you are still confused about this system, think of it like the different houses in Hogwarts.) For those interested in the college’s unique personality, I will go in depth for each one. Revelle College, known for its highly rigorous academic standards, provides a strong education foundation for any major, especially for graduate or professional schools. Muir College, supporting and accommodating, offers a personalized academic plan that would meet student’s individual needs, and also has a strong focus on social welfare and rights of others. At Marshall College, students become better citizens as a community that focuses on diversity, justice and imagination through community and public services. Similar with the pursuit of citizen-scholar, Warren College differs with academic internships and study abroad opportunities. The Roosevelt College focuses on understanding the history to gain global perspectives. Last but not least, Sixth College is driven by creativity and collaboration, especially in communication where students learn to address social issues in today’s society. Also unique to UCSD is their academics. “The Cognitive Neuroscience department was one of the first of its kind. The professors there were one of the founding fathers of their field, because Cognitive Neuroscience wasn’t a thing before it came to UCSD,” Calcetas said. In addition, something else unique to the specific colleges is a major called Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Major. “[It’s a] mixture of how twenty-first-century artists and designers work and how to revolutionize art,” Calcetas said. This means that the major ICAM is a great major for those students who are interested in not only art but in STEM. As a whole, whether it’d be Revelle College or Warren College, the overall environment of UCSD is a “relaxed and chill place fifteen minutes from the beach” said Roger Lee, an alumnus of Marshall College who majored in Economics and minored in Business. Lee further said that another main reason he decided to go to UCSD was for their Triton Day, which is a day dedicated to accepted freshman. “I found it super exciting, because I could talk to different organizations in the campus community and they really seemed to enjoy coming to school at UCSD,” Lee said. To further illustrate these freshman activities, Calcetas said that during Welcome Week, “you really get a feel for all the things you can do on campus. It’s a fun way to get freshman excited about the new year and about networking.” Such things to do on campus is “join one of the five hundred clubs!” said Lee. “That’s why at college, you should really just act yourself. Don’t worry about it, because you will fit [in] somewhere.” Some college admission advice from Lee, aside from having good grades and extracurriculars, is to “work on your personal statement because it can make or break your application. Having a personal statement that literally speaks out about you is very important,” said Lee. Application season could get very stressful, but do not worry. “UCSD wasn’t my first choice, but even if you don’t end up getting into your dream school, if you just be yourself, you will end up liking it there. For me, I really ended up enjoying attending school at UCSD,” said Calcetas. Calcetas was also originally from New Jersey and because she really loved her time at UCSD, she said, “Never be afraid to take the chance to really get out of your comfort zone and find the things that you enjoy.” Features Schools college college admissions san diego school UCSD Universities university University of California San Diego Mark Bradford’s ‘New Works’ exhibit at Hauser and Wirth Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Markle on history, legacy, and designing their own destinies	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line768
__label__cc	0.549062	0.450938	Resident Type Residents Map Past Resident 2011: Artadia Travis Somerville Travis Somerville employs painting, sculpture and installation in his practice, which is politically and socially motivated. He works organically in the sense that he usually starts with a central image and lets the piece evolve from there by using found items and ephemera. Travis Somerville (born 1963) grew up in towns throughout the southern United States and along the eastern seaboard. He briefly studied at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, finally settling in San Francisco where he attended the San Francisco Art Institute. His large-scale oil paintings and collages present images of political and cultural icons associated with the history of the south. His painting, drawings, sculpture and installations explore the complexities of racism and serve as a point of departure for discussion about US oppression and colonial attitudes abroad. Somerville’s work has been included in numerous museum exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally and has garnered critical praise in publications including Art in America, Artforum.com and San Francisco Magazine. Salon: Eamon Ore-Giron and Travis Somerville Travis Somerville, American Cracker, 2006, Installation view of solo exhibition. Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery. Travis Somerville, Rededicated To The Proposition…, 2011, Installation view of solo exhibition. Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery. Travis Somerville, 1963, 2009, Mixed media installation with found objects and video, 117 × 116 × 214 in. (297.18 × 294.64 × 543.56 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Travis Somerville, Well Division, 2009, Acrylic on vintage porcelain drinking fountains, auto paint on metal drinking fountain, and enamel on wood signs, 731/2 × 318 × 14 in. (186.69 × 807.72 × 35.56 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Travis Somerville, History 101, 2009, Oil and collage on canvas, 96 × 84 in. (243.84 × 213.36 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Residents from United States Conrad Egyir Kettering Family Foundation Studio #306 Duy Hoàng Vietnam, United States Toby Devan Lewis Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Sophy Naess Lenore G. Tawney Foundation 2011: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Yen-Hua Lee Yen-hua Lee works with drawings and light, and her current project involves a collection of timeworn books published in various countries around the world. Lee seeks out the books on her own and accepts donated copies from friends. Anthropomorphizing the books, Lee considers their journey from publication to destination, and she views her time traveling with the books as a dialogue. She is currently developing an installation work and video, and she intends to use incense to make holes on the pages of books, which will then be projected with light. For Lee, creating holes is a process of making space. Yen-Hua Lee (born Taiwan) graduated from the National Art University of Taiwan in 2002 and earned a MFA in 2007 from Northern Illinois University. Lee has received several art residency fellowships and her work has been shown in Argentina, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, and the United States. Salon: Gabriella Csoszó and Yen-Hua Lee Yen-Hua Lee, Between pages, 2011, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Yen-Hua Lee, Clay drawing installation, 2009, Earthenware, ink, fish wire, screw, and pencil on wall , Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Yen-Hua Lee, Untitled, 2011, Rice paper and wire, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Yen-Hua Lee, Interface, 2011, Marker on plastic drawer liner, Dimensions Variable. Courtesy of the artist. Yen-Hua Lee, Home Revisited, 2009, Ink on paper and pencil on wall, 54 × 180 in. (137.16 × 457.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Residents from Taiwan Yi-Hsuan Lin Taiwan, Brazil Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Hsiang Huang Pei-Hsuan Wang 2011: Foundation for a Civil Society Astrit Ismaili’s practice is inspired by the urban landscape and sequences of urban life – human sadness, dreams and hyper-reality. For Ismaili, art is subject and object at the same time. The images of the body that Ismaili experiments with suggest a diffuse intimacy, while tending to dissuade a voyeuristic approach. Unlike most images we are faced with on a daily basis – images that treat the body like a commodity to be used and consumed, or an icon to adore at safe distance – Ismaili employs his body to initiate a dialog with himself. He places his body in familiar settings, though at the limits of our experience, presenting it as a symbol of receptivity, a meeting place between himself and the rest of the world, a communicative model in which information about his experience is presented and reflected upon. The portraits are stage-managed, with clothing, make-up, mise-en-scène and settings carefully conceived, resulting in highly sophisticated pictorial compositions. He uses his own body as a model to investigate his own vision and not the other’s vision of his body. Ismaili projects images and symbols, hopes and fears onto the male body. He uses it like a gesticulative vector not fully known to him, communicating to the viewer the novelty of his encounter. Astrit Ismaili (born 1991 in Prishtina) is studying Theatre Directing at the Kosovan Art Academy. Recent solo shows include Artist of Tomorrow, The Kosova Art Gallery Prishtina, 2011; New Tear, Asma Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, 2011; Face the Reflection, KC Grad, Belgrade, 2011; Face the Reflection, Tetris, Prishtina, 2011; Right Turn, Turn Right, Traffic Gallery, Prishtina, 2010; Perspektiva 2010, Tetris, Prishtina; and B-Negative, The National Museum of Kosova, Prishtina, 2007. Astrit Ismaili, Baby, 2010, Photograph, 10 × 611/16 in. (25.4 × 16.93 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Astrit Ismaili, New Tear, I'm Your TV, 2010, Photograph, 61/2 × 10 in. (16.51 × 25.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Astrit Ismaili, One Day, 2011, Photograph, 811/16 × 13 in. (22.01 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Astrit Ismaili, Perception, Sister, 2011, Photograph, 911/16 × 141/2 in. (24.55 × 36.83 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Astrit Ismaili, Human, 2011, Photograph, 911/16 × 141/2 in. (24.55 × 36.83 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Residents from Kosovo Doruntina Kastrati Foundation for a Civil Society Artan Hajrullahu Majlinda Hoxha	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line771
__label__cc	0.709328	0.290672	A Program which Serves as an Inspiring Example In 2016, the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize was awarded to ICS-SP in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization’s unique approach focuses on agribusiness and skillful parenting in East Africa in an effort to improve early childhood development, parenting and agricultural practices in rural areas. The organization’s director, Beatrice Ogutu, spoke with the Jacobs Foundation about how her organization has changed since winning the prize. How and when did you initially develop the idea for your Skillful Parenting program? The development of our skillful parenting methodology started in 2009. During that time, the importance of parenting programs in promoting child development and well-being was increasingly being recognized in lower- and middle-income countries, but governments and other stakeholders were, and still are, faced with a lack of local, evidence-based parenting programs that can be effectively implemented at scale. As a result, governments and other actors were investing their limited resources in parenting programs or chose to work with modified versions of parenting programs that are in use in high-income countries. The latter were problematic, as these are not always culturally appropriate and are often too expensive to implement at scale. With Skillful Parenting, ICS SP has demonstrated the importance and feasibility of implementing a parenting program that has been developed in and for African communities. Its content and delivery model have been designed to fit the needs and interests of African families and to use locally available resources and infrastructure. How have things changed since you won the Jacobs Prize in 2016? In line with research evidence, we have been able to demonstrate to a number of government and private-sector actors in East Africa and Côte d’Ivoire that the process of child development is multi-dimensional. Skillful Parenting focuses specifically on the early childhood stage, but it acknowledges the importance of continuing investment at later childhood stages to sustain results achieved during early childhood. It also acknowledges that it is important to address parental well-being. This has expanded our visibility as a thought leader and a trusted partner in parenting education support, both regionally, in Africa, and globally. This has increased opportunities for new partnerships and funding. With the award money we have enriched the skillful parenting curriculum with new information on ECD and nutrition and translated the skillful parenting methodology into French. This has expanded our partnership opportunities in francophone Africa, especially Côte d’Ivoire. To increase our reach and impact, we have also built a community of competent team members and paraprofessionals with the knowledge and skills to spread the culture of skillful parenting. How have parents and children responded to the program? The uniqueness of the Skillful Parenting program lies in its approach and delivery model. First, it acknowledges the importance of parenting at all stages of child development and is therefore targeted to mothers, fathers and other caregivers with children up to the age of 18. The parents come together in peer groups. Second, the program starts from local perspectives on parenting and family and builds on community structures for delivery and adaptation. As a result, parents find the program easily accessible, can relate to its content, and recognize its added value. This is confirmed by the stories of beneficiaries. As one such beneficiary in Côte d’Ivoire noted: “The skillful parenting training equipped us with knowledge that will enable us raise our families well. We know the importance of our family. There is now communication, a good relationship, tolerance and love. Everyone knows now his/her roles and responsibilities in the family. We know the needs of our children. We know the stages of child development………….we are thankful for the arrival of this project.” In 2018, we had a positive impact on the lives of nearly 80,000 children and young people through their parents, schools, community organizations and other platforms. The organization’s Director, Beatrice Ogutu. “The skillful parenting program serves as an inspiring example for governments and civil society.” What partnerships have been key in building the success of the Skillful Parenting Program? ICS SP has a strong network of operational, research and strategic partners in Africa. It has a good relationship with national governments and takes a leading role in national working groups that focus on early childhood development and violence prevention. We contribute our experience and share evidence of what works, seeking to influence national-level policies and programs in East Africa. Our partnerships with TRECC, the Jacobs Foundation , the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, cocoa companies and IPA in Côte d’Ivoire have been instrumental in contextualizing and expanding our work and impact in that country. In 2018, we partnered with PATH to enrich our skillful parenting curriculum by adding content related to ECD and nutrition. Building on our consolidated capacity, strategic partners and past successes, we are well positioned to continue our growth into 2019. What achievements are you especially proud of? The skillful parenting program serves as an inspiring example for governments and civil society, as they seek to strengthen the design of ECD and violence prevention policies and programs, as well as for the private sector, as it works to strengthen the economy and boost productivity. A few years of investment in program development and research have borne fruit. In Kenya, for example, skillful parenting is now a recognized strategy for preventing child maltreatment and has been included in national government guidelines for strengthening child protection systems. In Tanzania, skillful parenting has been recognized by the government as one of four promising strategies to end violence against children; it was featured at the Solutions Summit to End Violence Against Children, which took place in Stockholm in 2018. We are currently part of Tanzania’s national taskforce to develop a national parenting curriculum. In Côte d’Ivoire, we have contextualized, translated and implemented the methodology together with cocoa companies, TRECC and government. The preliminary results indicate that skillful parenting promotes early childhood care and development, strengthens community development and reduces child maltreatment, including child labor incidents. We are proud to note that we have served as a laboratory for what works in promoting ECD and preventing child maltreatment. How do you see your organization and program developing in the next 10 years? Attaining scale and sustainability remains key. ICS SP is committed to taking Skillful Parenting to scale in the coming years while maintaining quality and operational excellence. We will use a number of pathways to that end, for example: We are now focusing on providing evidence for policymakers and decision makers of what works to promote ECD and prevent child maltreatment. We will continue to gather compelling evidence and disseminate information on the benefits of skillful parenting to governments and the private sector, in the interest of encouraging wide-scale adoption of this approach. We are exploring the use of technology to deliver parenting education to parents at scale and pursuing accreditation of skillful parenting so that it can be integrated into training and in-service courses for government social and health workers. This will ensure that competent social and health workers are available on the front lines to support parents and children. We will continue to seek partnerships with the goal of integrating the skillful parenting approach into other economic programs and business activities that work to mitigate poverty and social isolation as a risk factor for early childhood development, child labor and violence. Beyond Kenya, Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire, we are considering expanding our efforts to Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda and other African countries where the necessary demand and opportunity are present.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line777
__label__wiki	0.668229	0.668229	VP Pence Lays Down The Law to Congress and Calls For Ilhan Omar’s Removal From Powerful Committee By Raymond Draper On Apr 1, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual convention, harshly criticizing Democrats as being disloyal to Israel and in some cases, openly bigoted toward Jews. Most Democrats did not show up to the convention under pressure from far-left groups in the U.S. who are not friendly toward the Jewish State, our strongest ally in the Middle East. The Democrat Party, as of late, have several congresspeople who are hostile towards Israel and Mike Pence took this opportunity to call them out: Pence exclaimed loud and proud that the United States and Israel weren’t just allies, but “mishpocha,” the Yiddish term for the word “family.” Yahoo News reports, “Pence, a conservative Christian, took direct aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., one of the first two Muslim women in Congress. She has been condemned for tweets criticizing AIPAC and promulgating what some say are anti-Semitic views.” “The vice president, who did not mention Omar by name, lamented that a House newcomer had “trafficked in repeated anti-Semitic tropes,” listing a number of Omar’s more incendiary assertions,” the news outlet continued. “Anti-Semitism has no place in the Congress of the United States of America,” Pence explained, as the audience applauded his comments. WATCH: The VP also indicated that Representative Omar should be taken off the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Democratic higher-ups ASAP! The entire Democratic — or “Democrat,” as Pence put it, using the ungrammatical truncation that has become popular on the right — Party also came under assault from Pence, who has proved himself to be a reliable messenger for President Trump. He decried the fact that the party of President Harry Truman, who was instrumental in the creation of Israel, and “the home of so many American Jews for so long,” had “struggled” to condemn what he called Omar’s anti-Semitism. While some in the House sought a resolution targeted specifically at anti-Semitism, the chamber passed a broader anti-hate measure. .@IlhanMN tweets were a disgrace & her apology was inadequate. Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress, much less the Foreign Affairs Committee. Those who engage in anti-Semitic tropes should not just be denounced, they should face consequences for their words. — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 13, 2019 “It is wrong to boycott Israel and it is wrong to boycott AIPAC,” Pence continued, referring not just to the candidates’ absence but also mentioning “boycott, divestment and sanctions” movement which is intended to ruin Israel’s economy. “Let me be clear on this point,” Pence continued. “Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of Israel in America.” Yahoo reports, “While he focused on Israel, Pence opened his remarks with reference to the report of special counsel Robert Mueller, who spent two years investigating the Trump presidential campaign’s allegedly improper connections to Russia. That report was submitted to the Department of Justice on Friday and, in its lack of new indictments, appears to be favorable to Trump, if not entirely exculpatory.” Stop Attacking Israel And There Won’t Be Any Palestinian Deaths Ratings Crash For MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow After Mueller Report Destroys Her Conspiracy Theory Rubio Tweets Bloody Gaddafi Photo As He Calls For Maduro To Step Down In Venezuela #2 Democrat Breaks With Pelosi: ‘Wall Is Not Immoral’ Lindsey Graham Reveals AG Barr Is ‘Pretty Upset’ Over The Clinton Email Investigation A Second Woman Accuses Joe Biden Of Inappropriately Touching Her Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a new 2020 challenger: a Republican immigrant from… ‘NOT A TYPO’: Democrat Poll Shows What Voters Think Of Omar, Ocasio-Cortez: aka Trump… Joe Biden Describes Ocasio-Cortez as a ‘Brilliant, Bright Woman’ But Her Views Are… Michael Moore Proclaims It’s Time Trump Voters ‘Come in from the Storm,’…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line778
__label__wiki	0.835191	0.835191	How new Congregations are getting started and developing June 27, 2018 In Story-Telling Halebank St Mary’s Hale & Halebank is a church commissioned with the task of reaching two very distinct communities. Hale and Halebank are only one mile apart but there is a class divide that gives each community very different identities and poses very different missional challenges. In 2014, St Mary’s commissioned Rachel Gaunt, an Ordinand at St Mellitus North West to move into Halebank and get to know the community with the aim of starting a worshipping community specifically for Halebankers. The plan was to start making connections with people in the community in the first year, run community events in the second and have a worshipping community by the third. When Rachel arrived in Halebank she was put in touch with two contacts made by Janice, the vicar at St Mary’s. The first contact was Dilys Roberts, a Christian lady in her 70’s, known as ‘Auntie Dil’ by everyone in Halebank. Auntie Dil played a significant role in helping Rachel get accepted into this tight-knit community and introduced Rachel to a lot of people in the neighbourhood. The other contact was Becky, a Halebanker married at St Mary’s Hale, who had recently completed an Alpha course there. With just two contacts and the task of creating a new worshipping community, Rachel started by recruiting three ladies from St Mary’s who had a heart for Halebank and asked them to commit to praying regularly for her and the work there. Although these women were elderly and unable to help practically, their prayers were the best foundation from which to begin connecting with the community. There was a real sense from God to just have a go and so Rachel said ‘yes’ to every opportunity offered to her. Beginning with nothing can be exciting but it’s also really difficult. Janice, the vicar at St Mary’s encouraged Rachel to focus on making new friends and connections in the community, so Rachel simply went to all the local points of gathering including school plays and Bingo every Wednesday. There was a real sense from God to just have a go and so Rachel said ‘yes’ to every opportunity offered to her. From helping out at coffee clubs and hosting tea and toast mornings, to helping to run a youth club at the Community Centre and going to Bingo every week, Rachel and a few volunteers from St Mary’s became more involved in the life of the community. A lot of the opportunities didn’t always go to plan and the events didn’t always run as they should have, but the experience of saying ‘yes’ and getting involved provided plenty of opportunities to get to know people. new worshipping communities don’t just grow through sheer effort, there are also moments when God surprises you with opportunities and new people Rachel found Halebank to be a very welcoming community and as people got to know her, she was able to add some spiritual input as part of some of their existing activities and events. A lady who ran a local Youth group asked if Rachel could do something a bit ‘churchy’ at Christmas because some of the older people in the community wanted a Church service but didn’t want to travel to Hale. On Christmas Eve, they had carols, prayers and a nativity. This first Christmas Eve service was so special because the community themselves had asked for it and it also then led to further opportunities to talk about Jesus including a Holiday Bible club and a Good Friday event with Fish and Chips. As much as mission is a call to ‘go’ and take action, new worshipping communities don’t just grow through sheer effort, there are also moments when God surprises you with opportunities and new people and God’s Spirit at work played a significant role in the development of this Halebank mission. The local Church of England Primary School appointed a new Head Teacher who actively encouraged closer links between the school and church and as a result they now run a Christian assembly every Thursday with St Mary’s Halebank that parents are also invited to. There is also now a monthly Sweaty Church started by Rachel and Bob, a sports minister for Scripture Union, that’s now run by Becky and her husband Lee. But one of the most significant changes in the community came from a move of God that no one would ever have imagined. Church for Halebankers is no longer a building full of strangers in the village down the road, it’s an active and growing part of their community made up of people they know and live next door to. Becky, a Halebanker who had been working with Rachel from the start, married into a family with a longstanding presence in Halebank and her Father-in-law Ste became a Christian after going on a CAP course and then an Alpha course. Ste, was well known in Halebank and the changes to his life and his character following his journey to faith were so significant that it created a domino effect, inspiring many others in his family to find out more about Jesus including Becky’s husband. Four years on Becky and Rachel are starting to see the fruit of their hard work. Becky hosts Alpha and Discovery groups every other week, the first Alpha group has now become a cell group and in September Becky will run a morning Alpha for mums of school-aged children with one of the cell group members who became new Christian through the first Alpha group. The weekly school assembly now has 25 parents attending and has become its own Christian community. Becky and Rachel are hoping to offer something like Alpha or the Church Army course Faith Pictures to the parents attending the weekly assemblies as well as hosting another mission week with the local Elim church after the success of the one they hosted together last year. St Mary’s church didn’t wait for people to walk through their doors, they moved into the neighbourhood and now they have a congregation of people who would never have previously gone to Church. As Rachel is reaching the end of her four years in Halebank she has passed over leadership responsibility to Becky and her team who are part of the Discovery group who are the best people to take this small worshipping community forward because they live in Halebank and know it well. This change in leadership has meant a lot of the group are learning about Jesus at the the same time as learning about serving, leading and sharing faith, which is a much slower process but they are doing really well. The vision to establish a worshipping community in Halebank is well on its way, all the events hosted by this small Christian community are held in the places were people in the community regularly meet and this has helped them become part of the wider community. Church for Halebankers is no longer a building full of strangers in the village down the road, it’s an active and growing part of their community made up of people they know and live next door to. St Mary’s church didn’t wait for people to walk through their doors, they moved into the neighbourhood and now they have a congregation of people who would never have previously gone to Church. People don’t just walk into church buildings anymore and we can’t sit waiting for church to grow, we need to move, St Mary’s have done this and whilst it’s not always been easy, they’re a great example of what could happen when we leave the building. “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish” John 1:14 The Message	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line779
__label__wiki	0.707388	0.707388	パーツ iPhone iPhone 8 Antennas iPhone 8 Antennas iPhone 8 A1863 iPhone 8 A1863 47パーツ iPhone 8 Wi-Fi Diversity Antenna Replace the Wi-Fi antenna and cable that is stuck to the loudspeaker in the lower right corner inside the rear case. iPhone 8 Wireless Charging Antenna Replace a damaged or malfunctioning internal inductive charging coil. Ten years after the launch of the original iPhone, Apple’s latest refresh of the product line skips the ‘iPhone 7s’ name in favor of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus. The iPhone 8 (as well as the 8 Plus and the X) was formally announced on September 12, 2017. The design has remained fairly similar to its predecessor, with the only distinguishing difference being the switch from an aluminum backing to a glass back case. Apple has refined this design over the last three years, so it’s highly polished. The iPhone 8 has added fast-charging support, so you can charge up to 50 percent of the battery in 30 minutes. There’s also wireless charging support through the Qi standard, made possible by the new glass back. Internally, the phone possesses a new hexa-core system-on-chip with two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores along with an Apple designed GPU that all work to improve system and graphics performance. There are three models of the iPhone 8. Model A1863 is available for carriers Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. and for carriers in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. Model A1905 is available for carriers AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S. and for carriers in Canada, the UK, Europe, and globally excluding Hong Kong, China, and Japan. Model A1906 is for carriers in Japan. The most commonly needed repairs for the iPhone 8 are cracked screens and dead battery replacements. iFixit carries the best iPhone 8 screens and iPhone 8 batteries on the market. All iPhone 8 repairs will require a Pentalobe P2 screwdriver in addition to standard precision electronics tools. Any repair that removes the battery from the chassis will require battery replacement strips. If the LCD display is removed from the front of the phone for any repair, you will need replacement display adhesive to restore water resistant functionality. All iFixit Fix Kits come with all tools and replacement adhesive needed to complete the repair. Once all parts and tools have been acquired, check out iFixit’s iPhone 8 repair guides for step-by-step instructions on how to make the fix. The iPhone 8 earned a 6 out of 10 in iFixit’s repairability assessment. Watch the Teardown Review for more:	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line781
__label__cc	0.731286	0.268714	As travel has become more accessible, more and more, the genre is opening up to amateurs and professionals alike. Amateur Travel photography is often shared through sites like Flickr, 500px and 1x. Travel photography, unlike other genres like fashion, product, or food photography, is still an underestimated and relatively less monetized genre, though the challenges faced by travel photographers are lot greater than some of the genres where the light and other shooting conditions may be controllable. Traditionally travel photographers earned money through Stock photography, magazine assignments and commercial projects. Nowadays, the stock photography market has collapsed and more and more photographers are using more innovative methods of earning a living such as through blogging, public speaking, commercial projects and teaching. If you are a top notch, worldwide known photographer, it is very likely that customers from all over the world will want to use your services (for fashion, events, sports, architecture, products etc.). But as we are focusing on travel photography, commercial organizations that deal with traveling and tourism are more likely to hire you. Notable examples are hotels, tour companies, airlines and so on. Flight Abbotsford - Las Vegas (YXX - LAS) C$ 256+ Flight Vancouver - Las Vegas (YVR - LAS) C$ 256+ Flight Edmonton - Las Vegas (YEG - LAS) C$ 278+ Flight Toronto - Las Vegas (YHM - LAS) C$ 280+ Flight Victoria - Las Vegas (YYJ - LAS) C$ 288+ Flight Calgary - Las Vegas (YYC - LAS) C$ 302+ Flight Toronto - Las Vegas (YYZ - LAS) C$ 328+ Flight Kelowna - Las Vegas (YLW - LAS) C$ 330+ Flight Winnipeg - Las Vegas (YWG - LAS) C$ 358+ Flight Halifax - Las Vegas (YHZ - LAS) C$ 364+ Flight Ottawa - Las Vegas (YOW - LAS) C$ 365+ Flight Saskatoon - Las Vegas (YXE - LAS) C$ 377+ It was in 2006 when I traveled to the sacred city of Varanasi for the third or fourth time; this time in search of real sadhus rather than those I encountered on the ghats of the river Ganges. The more photogenically flamboyant of those would "earn" a few rupees from tourists and photographers who sought to augment their inventory of exotic portraits of these characters; perhaps paying them a tidy sum if they agreed to be photographed in a rowing boat or next to a temple. Once a black image is created, I clicked on File> Add Layer(s) From File, and used the Quick Mask tool (yellow arrow on left) to "paint" a line around Gui Lian. The Quick Mask tool wasn't sufficiently precise in blacking out all of the targeted areas, so I also used the Masking Brush tool (red arrow) and went over these areas on complete the task....a task that took me no more than 12 minutes; well within my range of tolerance. I then pumped up the saturation using Iridium Developer tools...a task that took under a minute. Stock photography: Shooting for stock photography is a subject for a different article (or five of them) but you can see stock agencies as the middle man between provider (the photographer) and buyer (magazines and websites). In order for news agencies or image bank websites to send you on assignment, you’re required to be a contract photographer. Each organization has its own contract and demands. But some photo agencies will be willing to pay for your independent travel images if they are sellable. Do not expect large amounts. But hey, it’s better than nothing. Bizarre 'upside down' hotel some say inspired the Star Wars... The 'JetBlue effect': U.S carrier's introduction of routes... Wand-erful! Harry Potter fans treated to a brand new 'Dark... Hiker spends six months trekking the 2,650-mile Pacific... Guests are bound to like what you've done with the place:... The world's best tall buildings for 2019 revealed, with the... Devansh Jhaveri is a freelance photographer based in Ahmedabad, India. He has been published in newspapers across India, and his photographs were used as book covers for books by Penguin Books. He has been widely exhibited by Pix Delhi, at the Delhi Photo Festival, the Chennai Salon, and the Asahi Shimbun in Japan. He has also been part of two personal solo shows named Trespass and Distortions. His latest series "The Red Dress Project" was exhibited at the British Council Delhi and will be traveling to other cities this year. Rosalynn Tay is a travel and fashion (as well as editorial) photographer based in Singapore, and is a peripatetic traveler whose fondness of travel led her to photograph in countless countries. She travels to Sri Lanka, Japan, Mongolia, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Siberia, Morocco and even ventured to North Korea. She is a graduate of Spéos, the internationally recognized photography school in Paris. She's also a committed Leica user, and has exhibited her work (Ethiopia -solo- and LeicaXhibition -group). Aga Szydlik is a professional culture photographer and a doctoral candidate based in South Africa. She tells us that her journey with photography started with Muay Thai (the famous Thai fight style) which she documented extensively. Based in Thailand, she able to explore South East Asia, onwards to Indonesia and South Africa. She is enthusiastic about alternative processes, analogue photography, Lomography and salt/albumin prints as well as mixed media. I was eagerly planning to revisit some of the neighborhoods with lòngtáng on my forthcoming trip to Shanghai and add to my inventory of candid photography, but was disappointed to read that large areas of Laoximen; one of the most well known of these neighborhoods, are being demolished by the city's government in the name of modernizing the area and raising living standards. As an approved photographer on stock libraries, you can possibly get access to client briefs where you can submit your work direct to the client, meaning they’ll consider you for the project and see your profile. Otherwise there’s usually a marketplace type system for you to upload your images and have them added to collections based on themes, destinations and seasons. The winners of the competition get a photo commission to an exotic destination – great experience and priceless exposure, as the images are printed in Wanderlust. Many of the past winners of this competition have gone on to become professional or semi-professional photographers. "We are often been approached for the contact details of certain photographers," says Lyn. "Organisations, such as travel companies or tourist boards, sometimes want to buy an image for their own use, or to see what else the photographer has in a similar vein. It can be a fantastic showcase." "Back when we started Wanderlust, we would invite photographers in with their portfolios. Nowadays, although we do commission some work, we increasingly use online stock libraries to find images for this website and for our magazines. On the one hand, they libraries have a wide range and make it very easy to search. On the other hand, we can find ourselves wading through pages of very average shots that don't offer anything different or fresh. And, so often we struggle to find what we need due to poor tagging by the photographers." Whether at home or abroad, when you know the ins and outs of a particular location, you can provide photography tours and location-specific workshops to serve both tourists and serious photographers. In Greece I found a professional photographer offering pricey photo tours in Santorini, a popular island with stunning viewpoints that are difficult to locate. Part of this photographer's service was to unveil these secret locations. Back in Holland, photographer Michiel Buijse offers nighttime photography workshops in Amsterdam, helping photographers shoot stunning long exposures along the historical canals. Consider what you can offer in a location you know well. The World Travel Guide (WTG) is the flagship digital consumer brand within the Columbus Travel Media portfolio. Available in English, German, French and Spanish versions, the WTG provides detailed and accurate travel content designed to inspire global travellers. It covers all aspects, from cities to airports, cruise ports to ski and beach resorts, attractions to events, and it also includes offbeat travel news, stories, quizzes and guides for adventurous travellers. Justin Zackham has been working on his bucket list for years. The screenwriter is credited with inventing the concept when he wrote the script for the 2007 film "The Bucket List." Now he, his wife and his two children are aiming to complete a bucket-list goal of being the first family to visit every country in the world, and are chronicling their travels on Instagram (@thisbucketlistlife). He says a bucket list should be surprising and personal. “There’s something to be said for getting out of your comfort zone. For me, it’s just about seeing as much as I possibly can in the time I’ve been allotted.” He shares some of his list with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY. 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__label__wiki	0.773478	0.773478	Singer-Songwriter Erik Dylan Collaborates With Luke Combs, Steve Earle for New Album Singer-songwriter Erik Dylan got a little high profile help on his sophomore album, Baseball on the Moon: The 13-track project features collaborations with Luke Combs and Steve Earle. Readers can press play above to hear the title track, which features a guest appearance from Combs. The heartfelt "Baseball on the Moon" gains a little extra grit from Combs' gravelly approach, with lyrics that offer a message of hope for all the dreamers out there. "They're gonna cut you down / Tell you your best ain't good enough / That your 'want to, got to''s gotta be bigger than your 'givin' up' / Go on and ask that girl to dance / Hell, she might just kiss a fool / Here's to the dreamers like you," the chorus repeats, encouraging listeners to pursue their dreams no matter who tries to dissuade them. The riff-heavy "Someday," which features Earle, may be more fun-loving, but features the same organic, gritty approach to songwriting. The song tackles the beloved country-song topic of being stuck in a small town, and dreaming of a life out in the wider world. "My brother went to college cause he played football / But I'm still hangin' round 'cause I'm a little bit small" Dylan sings. "I got me a '67 Chevy, she's low and sleek and black / Someday I'll put her on that interstate and never look back." An acclaimed songwriter in his own right, Dylan has written for artists such as Kip Moore, Eric Paslay, Justin Moore and the Eli Young Band, along with releasing his own critically-acclaimed debut album, Heart of a Flatland Boy, in 2016. See below for a full track list of Dylan's new album, Baseball on the Moon. NEXT: More New Country, Americana and Folk Albums Coming in 2018 Source: Singer-Songwriter Erik Dylan Collaborates With Luke Combs, Steve Earle for New Album Filed Under: Luke Combs	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line790
__label__wiki	0.684799	0.684799	Aid: What is it Good for? Well, according to much research the answer may well be: absolutely nothing. In fact, it could be worse than nothing. When judged against its founding aim of ‘instigating economic development and alleviating poverty’, its record is so bad it appears that aid might actually hinder the achievement of its own stated goals. And the curious thing is its failure seems to be something of an open secret. Even to an untrained eye the big numbers pertaining to development aid don’t look right. Take Africa, for example. Over $1 trillion dollars has been pumped into the continent in the last 50 years, and how much has it benefited? How many African countries are actually in a better condition now than they were before receiving aid? Check out our economics job listings In the words of Economist, Dambisa Moyo, the answer is zero: African people ‘are worse off; much worse off… aid has helped make the poor poorer, and growth slower’. Although a strong condemnation, Moyo is far from alone in her assessment. Development Expert, William Easterly, has drawn similar conclusions – his study ‘Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth’ revealing an inverse correlation between aid and per capita growth. Indeed, the aid establishment has endured four decades of trenchant critiques, many of the most vocal coming from within its own ranks. Throughout this time, the sector has showed itself impressively impervious, rarely changing its approach to development, offering only window dressing in way of reform. When criticism has built, the response from donors, whether the World Bank, the U.S, or even Bono, has invariably been the same: the demand for ‘one final push’. Poverty eradication, by this logic, has always been just one last injection of aid away. Given the huge cash flows of aid from the developed to developing world its persistence is hard to make sense of. Even harder to reconcile is the fact that between 1970 and 1998 poverty in Africa rose from 11% to 66%, this while aid flows were at their peak. Something, evidently, does not add up. How is it possible that an initiative so ‘well-intentioned’ can be so ineffectual, to the point of possibly being disruptive? And further, how can said initiative be allowed to continue unchanged for so long? To answer these questions, it’s necessary to consider the motivations behind its continued provision and the effects of its implementation - simple sounding steps that curiously the development community itself has, thus far, seemed so unwilling to take. Before continuing, one other thing should be said. In the following, the word ‘aid’ is meant to describe grants and low-interest loans given directly to governments, from other governments or institutions like the IMF, World Bank, etc. It does not cover humanitarian or emergency aid given, for instance, in the aftermath of a war or natural disaster. It should also be noted that what follows isn’t intended to discredit aid per se. Rather, it’s meant to expose the flaws in the form it currently takes – of which, there are many. Questionable motivations? Considering exactly which countries receive aid makes for an interesting starting point, and helps assess how benevolent the aims of donors really are. One would be forgiven for presuming that the five poorest countries in the world, as measured by GDP, would figure prominently among the top recipients of both UK and US aid – two of the world’s most generous ‘philanthropists’. And yet, on inspection, not one feature in either country’s top ten. Instead, the UK funnels the lions share of its aid to countries that are either burgeoning markets, like, for instance, Nigeria, or countries like Syria and Pakistan, that are believed to be of high geopolitical value – these two, in particular, vital to the ‘war on terror’. The same principles hold true for the US, who gives most of its aid to Israel, Egypt and Jordan; the primary aim in each country not to alleviate poverty, but to buttress American geopolitical aims. Revealing, too, is that these aid packages often come with many strings attached: most often, the guarantee that aid be spent on goods produced by the donor country. More recently, in the case of EU, aid has been made contingent on the recipient country curbing emigration – a process, which, in effect, has seen the EU outsource part of its borders controls, in one high profile case to a country with a questionable human rights records. In the case that these stipulated conditions aren’t met aid is withdrawn, making the aid itself function as both the carrot and the stick. Using aid so strategically is really nothing new. During the Cold War both sides of the Iron Curtain used it to try to bribe developing countries round to their way of thinking. What it highlights, though, is the insincerity with which aid is so habitually presented. Masked in the language of altruism, its primary concern is to boost donor’s commercial interests and further political aims. Fostering sustainable economic growth in the recipient country is merely an added (and unlikely) bonus, and sometimes even an irrelevance. How else, for example, could one explain America’s long-term financial aid programme for repressive Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi? Occasionally, the self-interested aims of aid aren’t even hidden. While in Nigeria last year, UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, declared that British aid would be exclusively used as a means of promoting British trade and political interests. As journalist Kenan Malik has noted, in many cases, this ‘aid for us’ focus leads to the exploitation of developing economics: Western governments utilise their ability to ‘borrow money at low rates, set up aid programmes, and then lend said money to poorer countries at much higher rates’. The rich make money; the poor accrue debt. To service the new debt, more aid is then offered and the now aid-dependent country has no option but to accept; thus completing the circle. African debt currently stands at around $350 billion. Disruptive influences Of course, not all aid programmes are so selfishly motivated, at least not so explicitly. Some genuinely seek poverty alleviation and economic growth. And yet, many such initiatives can be equally as destructive. According to development economist Angus Deaton, the problem begins with the way the introduction of foreign money in a country affects the relationship between a government and its people. Essential to the functioning of this relationship is the payment of taxes. To run a country a government must collect taxes from its people, and since the people must agree to relinquish their money for this to work, they hold some power over the government. This dynamic creates accountability. Deaton argues that aid damages this relationship. It reduces government reliance on the people’s taxes, and, therefore, reduces governmental accountability. For weak governments, as the recipients of aid tend to be, the effects of this can be very corrosive, acting as the breeding ground for both corruption and despotism. Research conducted by Transparency International has shown that corruption significantly reduces a country’s productivity, increases inflation and puts off foreign investors. Ultimately it creates more poverty. And poverty, as we know, encourages aid. There are countless examples in the African continent of how the introduction and expansion of aid programmes has quickly been followed by increases in corruption. Nigeria, Congo, and Zambia, to name a few, all experienced terrible kleptocratic practices while their governments received enormous amounts of aid. Why continue? The obvious next question is: once this process has begun, why does it continue? Why continue to provide aid for corrupt and despotic regimes? Beyond the economic incentives and political advantages cited above, Moyo posits two further, more practical reasons why this cycle of aid is left uninterrupted. First, there now exists an overwhelming pressure on donors to give. A whole industry has grown around aid, one that Moyo estimates employs – through the World Bank, IMF, countless NGOs, charities, and governmental aid agencies – around 500,000 people, or as she puts it the population of Swaziland. The livelihoods of these people depend on the ongoing distribution of aid. Moreover, within many of these organisations, successful lending is measured by the size and quantity of the loans given, rather than what the loans are actually spent on. Non-disbursed aid often increases the chances of aid programmes being slashed, putting jobs at risk. This has internalised the incentive to continuously lend, often, as history has shown, irrespective of the levels of corruption in the recipient country. The decision to lend to less-than-reputable governments is also informed by the view that if aid was reduced, or even cancelled, the poor would suffer. Education and health budgets would not be met and the country in question would falter. This feeling, however worthy, ignores the reality that in the majority of African cases the poor aren’t receiving the money and the country is already faltering. In 2014, Deaton, along with many other economists, contended that of the $135 billion spent on official aid, only a small portion ended up helping the poor. In a similar vein, Economist Peter Bauer described aid as a ‘form of taxing the poor in the West to enrich the new elites in the former colonies’. Once in their hands, rather than saving it, economic studies have shown that most often aid is then spent on consumer goods. This, in turn, has a number of negative consequences. First, as savings decline, banks have less money to lend, leading to a fall in domestic investment. Meanwhile, higher consumption, as a result of the aid influx, means that more money is chasing fewer goods and the country experiences inflation. The typical response to inflation is to raise interest rates, making investment even more unlikely, meaning fewer jobs, which leads to more poverty. And what happens next? The system is broken It’s clear aid is not working. The whole process is broken. From the disingenuous motivation behind its provision to the unintended and disruptive knock-on effects of its delivery, at every stage there exist problems. If the Western world is sincere in its desire to help end poverty, it needs to engage in some serious soul searching, put self-interest to one side, and think up some alternatives. Perhaps, too, it should entertain the idea that its participation in development, in any major way, might actually be unhelpful. Many of Africa’s biggest advances in recent years, like the widespread adoption of mobile phones, have come from within. And as Deaton has questioned: ‘who put us in charge anyway?’ Browse our job listings for more opportunities The Economics of Climate Change Universal Basic Income: a panacea for society's ills? 10 Biggest Struggles of PhD Students 10 Characteristics of Successful Students Tips for a Successful PhD Application Written By: William Pearse William Pearse	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line795
__label__wiki	0.707037	0.707037	Home Assam Rima Das, Jahnu Barua nominated for best director award at New York... Rima Das, Jahnu Barua nominated for best director award at New York Indian film festival 2019 (L) Rima Das; (R) Jahnu Barua New York, May 5, 2019: Great news for cinema enthusiasts of Assam as two of its brightest shining beacons Rima Das and Jahnu Barua have been nominated for best the director award at the New York Indian film festival 2019 for ‘Bulbul can Sing’ and ‘Bhoga Khirikee’ (Broken Window), respectively. Four Assamese films are being screened at the festival which will be held from May 7 to 12. These are: Bulbul Can Sing by Rima Das, Bhoga Khidikee (Broken Window) by Jahnu Barua, Aamis by Bhaskar Hazarika and Daughters of the Polo God, a documentary by Roopa Barua. ‘Bulbul’ has already made its presence felt across the world and narrates the story of Bulbul, a teenaged student, who grows up in a rural setting. While she is on the verge of discovering her teen life, a tragedy strikes her best friend. Meanwhile, “Gantumoote,” an intense coming-of-age story set in the 1990s, has been nominated for the best screenplay at the New York Indian Film Festival 2019. The festival, dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, will show a variety of films (29 narrative, three documentary and 32 short films). The NYIFF has been the go-to festival to watch South Asian diaspora films that have not been screened in New York. Presented by the Indo-American Arts Council, the New York Indian Film Festival screens feature, documentary and short films of India to give a view of Indian life to the people residing in America. It may be mentioned that Das’ first film ‘Village Rockstars’ wowed audiences worldwide and was India’s official entry for the ‘Best Foreign Film’ category at the Oscars. bulbul can sing new york film festival new york indian film festival rima das Previous articleAssam’s Public Health Engineering Department defends itself against corruption charges Next articleSoldier leaves base to watch ‘Avengers: Endgame’, arrested	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line796
__label__wiki	0.704645	0.704645	Murtz On The Scene: Exclusive Interview With SUITS‘ Patrick J. Adams Murtz \| July 16, 2013 \| Features, Interviews, Top Story, Video \| No Comments SUITS is one of the best scripted shows currently on television. In fact, if not for Breaking Bad, it might even be the best. It’s definitely high praise for a USA original series that is only in its third season and features one of the smaller ensemble casts in primetime. The show, which sees Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) lie about going to Harvard to secure a job as an associate attorney under mentor Harvey Spectre (Gabriel Macht) has been a favourite among critics since its debut and is heading into its most-anticipated season as Mike’s girlfriend Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle) now knows Mike’s secret as well. While there are many reasons as to why the series has received the praise that it has, it’s primarily due to the brilliant writing, spectacular character development and off-the-charts chemistry shared between the show’s two leads. I recently had the chance to sitdown and talk to Patrick J. Adams about the success of the show and his on-screen relationship with Gabriel Macht. We discussed the mentor and pupil relationship in general and if the fact that he and Gabriel are both relatively still young adds a new dimension to the traditional idea of the teacher and student. In the most in-depth interview that I have ever conducted, we chatted about the pressures of being the face of a show and what life was like for Adams prior to successfully landing the role of Mike. I asked him about his lucky streak of always being able to select guest-starring roles on hit shows like Lost and Friday Night Lights. We also chatted about the insanely hot love scene with Meghan Markle that marked the end of last season and if that was awkward at all. My favourite line of questioning centered around SUITS‘ new season (that debuts tonight on USA and on Bravo tomorrow in Canada) as I asked him about how Mike and Harvey’s bromance would change considering Mike’s deception last season. I also asked him if Mike made Harvey more ethical or if Harvey made Mike more ruthless. After visiting the SUITS set a couple of years ago, I had no idea that the show would be as good as it is. Similarly, while Patrick J. Adams is one of the best new faces on TV, I had no idea that he would be as insightful or well-spoken as he turned out to be. This is, without equivocation, my favourite interview. SUITS premieres tonight at 10 PM on USA and tomorrow at 10 PM on Bravo. Tags: murtz, Murtz Jaffer, Suits Murtz Murtz Jaffer is the world's foremost reality television expert and was the host of Reality Obsessed which aired on the TVTropolis and Global Reality Channels in Canada. He has professional writing experience at the Toronto Sun, National Post, TV Guide Canada, TOROMagazine.com and was a former producer at Entertainment Tonight Canada. He was also the editor at Weekendtrips.com.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line797
__label__wiki	0.94806	0.94806	CBS STUDIOS and CHICAGO ARENA Previous Story: CABRINI GREEN Next Story: CHEZ PAUL When Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon faced off on national television in September 1960, they made history right here in Chicago. The impact of that debate changed presidential campaigns. Photo Credit: Public Domain In our sophisticated media age, it seems inconceivable that fewer than 60 years ago, history was made when two presidential candidates faced off in debates for the first time ever on national television. It happened here in Chicago, in the CBS Television Studios then located on East Erie Street, on September 26, 1960. What made the broadcast so historic was that Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts beat the more seasoned politician, Vice President Richard M. Nixon – not necessarily on substance, but clearly on style. And television, a new factor where politics was concerned, influenced voters for the first time. Nixon, who had declined makeup and was sporting a 5 o’clock shadow, appeared sweaty and nervous. He kept glancing sideways at the time clock, which caused him to seem shifty. Kennedy, on the other hand, appeared tanned and rested. He addressed the camera directly and came off as self-assured, calm, and in command of his content. The differences between the candidates were magnified by the cameras. The debate has become a classic case study in media history; it illustrates Marshall McLuhan’s maxim that the medium is indeed the message. Political handlers also took note of the exaggerated effects of TV cameras. Thanks to that historic debate, they now routinely coach candidates to adjust their deliveries for televised events. Watch the Segment Riding Club of Chicago The CBS Studios building where this debate took place was not originally built as television studios. It was constructed for the Riding Club of Chicago in 1924 as a place for wealthy members to ride horses, view horse shows, and enjoy the good life. Originally constructed as the Riding Club of Chicago in 1924, the building at 333 East Erie served Chicago’s elite as a place to ride horses and attend horse shows. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum A brochure promoted the Club’s architecture and aesthetics.Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum In pre-HVAC days, ventilation for a horse arena was a primary concern, addressed confidently in the Club’s promotional materials. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum Chicago Arena The building was a large and dominating presence in the local streetscape at the time. Photo Credit: Art Institute of Chicago Tastes and fortunes shifted; by the mid-1930s, the building was repurposed as an ice skating arena. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum The Riding Club of Chicago didn’t survive the Great Depression, and 12 years later, the building was converted into the Chicago Arena, a place for less elite amusements. In the 1930s and 1940s, the Arena hosted figure skating championships, Olympic trials, and elaborate “ice carnivals” that brought such international skating stars as Sonja Henie of Norway and Frick and Frack, a comedy skating team from Switzerland. The popular Ice Capades and Ice Follies shows appeared at the Arena from 1940 until 1953; CBS took over the building in 1954. From the 1930s to the early 1950s, the Chicago Arena hosted such popular traveling ice shows as the Ice Follies and Ice Capades. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum Special features designed to attract the public included a bowling alley, a grill, and a $50,000 Wurlitzer organ to enhance the public skating sessions. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum Olympic figure skating trials were held at the Arena several times during the 1930s and 1940s. Photo Credit: Chicago History Museum	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line798
__label__cc	0.671576	0.328424	Gotta Have Some Faith in the Sound Michelle Weber 11 October 2018 17 October 2018 Building teh Interwebz, Effed-Up Shit, Fatty McChubberson, It's 3AM; I must be lonely. Earlier this year, I took a train from Rome to Brindisi, down in the heel of the boot, to spend the weekend with my deeply religious, extremely southern Italian cousins, aunts, and uncles. Normally, when Brian and I go to Brindisi, we stay with Zia Liliana and she gives us her bedroom, and we take it graciously and pretend that we’re totally comfortable sleeping surrounded by pictures of Jesus and my dead relatives, which includes both my parents, because to reject this hospitality, as I learned the one time I booked us a room in a bed and breakfast, is a GRAVE OFFENSE and if you do it you will speak of NOTHING ELSE all weekend. (Okay, that’s not entirely true. This is still Italy, so you will still talk a lot about food, as legal mandates require a minimum of 80% of casual conversation be about what you have eaten or are about to eat.) On this trip, it was just me, sans spouse, and it turns out that when I visit alone, I still get Zia Liliana’s bed. Except that she also sleeps in it, so it’s you (well, me) and the crucifix and the pictures of dead relatives and your alive 76-year-old aunt who wants to chat with you until 3am, which is honestly fine, because who is sleeping in this situation? During our impromptu slumber party, she asked me if I go to church. I could have lied and cut this conversation off at the knees, but I didn’t, and just said: no. “Never?” “But not even at Christmas? At Easter?” “Do you not have faith?” “Not really, no. I went to church for a long time. I never felt anything there. I find my meaning in other things, like music.” “So do you ask Beethoven and Mozart for help when things get hard?” (This one was asked with a TONE.) At the time, I responded with “No, but maybe I should try!” In retrospect, the answer should have been yes. Do I pray directly to Beethoven? I do not, and anyway, he’s deaf and seems like he’d be cranky. But do I use music when I want comfort or solace, or when I want to express joy, or when I want to feel involved in something bigger than myself? Absolutely. There is nothing better than creating music, and nothing better than doing it with other people. I play several different instruments, and have since my mother could prop me up on a piano bench. My favorite thing, the thing that makes me feel more alive and happier than anything else, is singing. And it’s the one thing I never do, except in the privacy of my apartment or in a car with the radio blasting. Never ever. At least, it was the one thing I never did, until last week, when some very good friends helped crack something open in me. I’m simultaneously elated beyond measure and utterly overcome by what a fucking shame it is that I spent the past 30 years silencing the most joyful part of myself. Astute readers will note that this means I wasn’t always silent, because I am currently a ripe ol’ 40-closing-in-on-41 years of age. As far back into my childhood as I can remember, I remember singing. First it was along with my father’s golden oldies tapes (“Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey! A kiddley divey too, wouldn’t you?”). Later it was to Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, because I am from New Jersey, then things swung heavily to The Jets and New Kids on the Block before veering to showtunes. Then after several teen years during which I’m pretty sure I sang the entirely of the Les Miz soundtrack every single day, I got to college, developed taste, and discovered non-New Jersey-based rock and roll. I sang all of it. I sang along with advertising jingles. I sang along to those top 40 songs that you don’t really like but end up knowing all the words to because they’re always on in the grocery store. I sang along to Hotel California whenever it came on the radio, which tells you something about my compulsion to sing because that’s a godawful song. As a child of seven, eight, nine, I frequently went on car trips with my parents to visit my big sister, who lived in Virginia at the time. They’d sit in the front seat listening to dad’s oldies, and I’d sit in the back seat, my Jets or Paula Abdul tape in my walkman. And I’d sing. For hours and hours, until I either fell asleep or we got there. I did this with complete abandon and complete unselfconsciousness. One day, I noticed my parents in the front seat. They were laughing at me. It was clear from their faces and gestures that they were laughing because of my singing. I started singing with a little less abandon. It only had to happen a few more times before my pliable child brain fully internalized: whatever you think is coming out of your mouth, it’s so distorted to others that the only appropriate reaction is to laugh. It might sound beautiful in your head, but it’s actually awful. Sorry, kid. So I stopped. I am a fat adult who was a chubby child; I also reached my full height of 5′ 10″ in the fifth grade and was a sensitive, bookish kid who liked hanging out with grown-ups and used too many big words. Being laughed at was a common childhood occurrence, and trying not to be laughed at a preoccupying pastime. I couldn’t stop kids from making fun of my size, but I could cut off one avenue of mockery. Make fun of my body if you want; I didn’t like it much at the time anyway. But not this thing that is the most precious to me, not if I can help it. I will rob myself of it before I will tolerate being laughed at for this most personal and deepest pleasure. That’s not to say that I stopped singing entirely: if there was music playing with audible vocals, I sang. Do sing. But if it’s just my voice? No. It’s not that I get nervous, or have stage fright: it’s that my voice turns to dust in my throat. If I’m talking about a song with my spouse, who I have known since we were both 15 years old and who routinely hears me fart, and he asks me to sing a few bars so he can recognize it, I can’t do it. If I’m singing along with the stereo and I hold a note too long or come in too early, so that for a moment it’s just my voice hanging in the air without the accompanying recording, I swallow the sound so fast that I practically choke on the nothingness. I want to run away from the room, away from myself, away from the half-second of sound that the child-mind we never fully outgrow is sure is one of the most hideous noises a human can emit. It’s a fight or flight response, my lizard brain trying to protect me from the pain of mockery. Or rather, from the pain of having to accept that the thing I think is most beautiful is, in reality, laughable. And the thing is that intellectually, I’m pretty sure my parents were not mocking my singing voice. I mean, they fucked me up in many ways, because they were people and parents and that’s life, but they weren’t assholes. They were probably laughing because it was cute, or because of the inane lyrics coming out of my nine-year-old mouth, or because of the level of passion I displayed for Menudo, or to save their own sanity because they’d just listened to five hours of a cappella Hangin’ Tough, which is something that I believe is now banned by the Geneva Convention. They’re not here any more, so I can’t ask them, but I’m pretty sure. I’m also pretty sure it doesn’t matter now. Because that’s how child-me understood it — your voice is so comical that even the people who love you most can only laugh at it — and once that shit sinks in, it sinks deep. And it doesn’t let go. Because here’s the other thing: I’m not deaf. In fact, I have a pretty great ear; it’s how I play the instruments I play as well as I do without knowing a jot of music theory, or even knowing what actual notes I’m playing. I know when other people are singing out of key, and I know that when I sing, I do not. I’m not Whitney Houston, but the sounds I emit are pleasantly in tune. It’s a testament to how early and deeply this lesson took root that it causes me to distrust the evidence my own senses provide. And yet, there it is. Something started to change, slowly and imperceptibly, a few years ago. Obviously: it would have to have been imperceptible to evade my now-instinctive self-silencing. It happened, improbably, at work. My company is entirely remote, with no central office and colleagues scattered all over the world. Once a year, we come together for an intense week-long gathering, to put faces to names and stock up on the camaraderie that we’ll mete out over the ensuing year back in our home offices. There are lots of social activities at these retreats, including, for the past few years, a band. We choose songs to cover in advance, learn them (or don’t) at home, then rehearse during the week we’re together and play a show on the last night. Over the course of the week, about a tenth of the company plays. I play in the band; I like to bang around on the drums in the rehearsal room, but I mainly play the bass. I grew up playing piano and took up the bass when I was 19 or 20 and realized that it would let me play the kind of music I listened to. That, and there was a boy I liked who played the bass and I wanted him to think I was cool. So I learned, the boy turned out to be a jerk and I turned out to be a much better bassist than him, and now I play the bass. The work band is the only time of year I get to do that any more, especially at full volume. I sign up for heavy songs, syncopated songs, songs with impossible time signatures that make drummers hate me. I do this partly because they’re fun to play and because I’m one of the only female instrument-players in the band and the only female bassist, so I like to represent for the lady rockers. I do it in other part because playing the bass, even though I really do enjoy it and am decent at it, has only ever been a consolation prize. It’s not the thing I really want to do — at least, not exclusively. It’s the thing I can do. So I might as well be impressive while I do it, if only to make myself feel I’m doing something that matters. Anyone who knows me in real life will be unsurprised to hear that I spend a lot of time in the band room at these work meetups, where there is music and there are not large groups of people. We practice, and we jam, and people sing along to things, and I do too since other people are singing and the music’s real loud, and sometimes, fleetingly, I’d hear my own voice and not flinch, because the happiness of making music with other people who are happy to be making music together is a powerful thing. And I started to wonder. I started to wonder if things had to be this way. Between last year’s retreat and this year’s, I had a three-month sabbatical and went to South Africa, and I made myself sing — out loud, alone — to some of the wild animals I was there to take care of. None of them ran away or tried to eat my face off, which I took as a positive sign. A few months later, I was on a work trip with my team, and after drinking two entire cocktails, suggested we go to karaoke. And we did, and I sang out loud with other people in the room for the very first time, and no one laughed or fled the room. And I started to wonder a little more. Last week was 2018’s work meetup. There was a band. I played the bass. And I sang. I sang at open mic night, where I was Garfunkel to a friend’s Simon on I Am a Rock. (I’m not a name namer on my blog, but I will say that my friend’s name rhymes with Shark Farmstrong.) I tried to sing as solo frontwoman while playing the bass, but trying to play while singing while managing my shaking legs was maybe a bridge too far for a first outing, even with one of my best friends there trying to keep me upright with her gaze, so I instead sang harmony and second vocals with Shark on George Michael’s Freedom! 90, which was the closing song of the main show. There were microphones. There were several hundred people watching, and listening. They all heard me. I heard myself. I kept a shaky egg in my hand the whole time I was singing — thankfully, both songs lent themselves to some subtle percussion — and I shook the holy living shit out of that egg. I mostly kept my eyes closed, though every once in a while I’d peek to make sure there were still people in the room or to glance at Shark, who would give me a smile that was a combo of “You’re doing it!” and “It sounds good!” and “I’m having fun doing this with you!” And honestly, it was the third one that meant the most, because it meant that this person, whose opinion and respect I care about and who is an objectively fantastic singer, liked singing with me. It was the third one that helped me, by the end, to open my eyes, to stop trying to crush the shaky egg into a diamond, to fully enjoy the thing I was doing while I was doing it. I could look around at other dear friends on the stage, at the people having a great time on the dance floor, at the microphone. And my voice could rise, and be audible, and I could just… let it. And it felt amazing. It felt like everything I wanted it to feel like. If felt right, and comfortable, and so, so joyful. Singing those two songs were two of the happiest moments in my whole life. Then the week ended, and we all left, and I was so emotionally overwrought that I cried in no fewer than three airports during my 15-hour trip home. (Orlando, Dulles, and Fiumicino, if you’re wondering. Of the three, Orlando was the most comfortable one for crying, FYI. It’s not as crowded as Dulles, and lots of the adults there are in Disney shock and seem like they kind of want to cry.) I sent Shark some sappy text messages from the gate. I listened to some of the songs we’d sung. I figured I’d get home and get some sleep, I’d be a little sad after the intensity of the week, and then the crying would stop. But it didn’t. It didn’t, because it’s not just happy crying, or overtired crying, or let-down crying. It feels different. It feels like grief, like mourning. When I told Zia Liliana that I don’t have faith in god, that was the truth. Maybe there’s a god, but I have no way of knowing one way of the other, and I don’t feel called to any kind of faith. I don’t think we have some higher purpose or reason for being here, and I’m fine with that. We’re here, we don’t know why or for how long, and so the only thing to do, the only moral, responsible thing, is to try to create as much peace and happiness as we can for as many people as we can, and to leave things a little better for the people who will come after us. It’s the only principle that makes sense to me. It’s my standard. What that means is that for the past 30 years, I have actively cut off access to one of the most profound sources of happiness I know, in direct contravention to my own fundamental morality. And that is sad. Was sad. And so I mourn those years. I get (and got) a lot of joy from singing along with music in the car or while I do the dishes, because singing is happy no matter when or how it’s done. But every time I stopped myself from being heard, every time I swallowed my own voice, I stomped on my own happiness. And every time I did that, I reinforced for myself that it was the way things had to be. A vicious circle; and then 30 years had gone by. I don’t expect that the crying will go on that much longer. For a little while, though yes. I have a life to live and more songs to sing, but 30 years are worthy of a little commemoration. At the end of the day, it doesn’t actually matter if you sing in key or not. My dad belted out hymns in church every Sunday with the greatest of gusto, and he couldn’t carry a tune from the fridge to the countertop. Music is for everyone, the end. Creating and sharing it is a deeply human experience to which everyone has access. Hopefully, there will be a band again at next year’s work retreat. I’ll play the bass again. And I’ll sing. I have a short list of songs already, and a lot of time to make up for. Grief, Music, Singing, What a kick just a buddy and me! Previous Trust Your Musical (and Animal) Instincts Next A List of Things I Have Been Right About Recently Maureen Carruthers says: I love every single thing you write on this site, and this is my new favorite. You are an inspiration to me in all kinds of ways I’ll probably never talk about with you in person because I would come across as a weird fan girl and I want you to think I’m cool. Michelle Weber says: You’re in luck! I already think that. Everyone wins! I love you. so. much. You are amazing. Your voice is beautiful and powerful (much like you, go figure) and the world deserves to hear it. More importantly, you deserve for the world to hear it. Goddamn it, now I’m crying again. Dan Hauk says: Thank you for sharing this, Michelle. I’m so happy for you and I’m glad you felt comfortable enough to go for it. You rocked Zombie too. I hope you do it next year. Also, this Shark Farmstrong fellow sounds like a good dude, wish I could meet him someday. 🙂 Look out for Shark and the Farmstrongs, coming soon to a civic center near you. And thank you ❤ Dammit, you have me crying now. And not just because I had to miss the closing party and you singing two of the best songs ever. Shit. The whole secret reason for the post was so that I wouldn’t have to cry alone. Success! I’m going to start petitioning Starly Cambaugh to let me take over the set list. This means many more people will get to hear you rule at Zombie. It was amazing, please do sing more next year! Okay, I might just call her Starly all the time from now on. (Oh, also: if the song wasn’t it on the set list, it is 100% not because of Starly and 100% because I tried to play and sing it was like nope, that’s not happening. And not a plain old “nope,” but a “GIF of an octopus scurrying across the ocean floor-nope.”) Mark Armstrong says: So wonderful to sing with you! Thank you for sharing your voice with us. mystorysrn says: You must be Shark Armstrong, lol! whoops! I meant Farmstrong–AutoCorrect corrected it lol! You have been outed, Shark. BTW, your runner-up alias was Park Charmstrong. Michelle 😭😭😭. You have such good words. I’m devastated that I missed your singing this year, and also overjoyed that you put the experience into your wordsmith’s crucible to produce this post so we can feel what you are experiencing. You amaze me. Thank you for writing this. Mel Choyce says: 💙💙💙💙💙 Relando Thompkins-Jones says: I appreciated reading this! Your thoughts about church also resonated with me, and I’ve since found peace in other ways as well. As I was reading I was reminded of why blogging spaces are so important. Thank you for sharing. Bob Ralian says: This was such a beautiful, sad, uplifting, happy, strong read. I cried. I feel a bit like a fraud because I don’t approach music with nearly the same reverence. Mostly I feel love for you and gratefulness that I get to know you and that I was able to play a song with you. You are amazing! To that I say: fraud schmaud, music is for everyone, full stop. You are also amazing, and a fricking rock star. More Queen next year, please. Barbara Ruglio says: Michelle, so good to hear from you again! As a true writer, something needed to move you first and so here you are. So glad you found your voice, it is every a greater blessing because you know what it is to leave it unattended in the corner. Surely you will not do that again. Sad to hear through you’re not tuning into the song of the God who loves you. As an old Italian woman too, like your tia, I long to expose you to a beautiful God who created your voice, your longing, and who loves you. Here, perhaps you never were exposed to a stirring song about God’s love for us, so please indulge a fan or yours and hear a song of His grandeur and His love before you turn away from Him again…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2U7ffUM5Ec Let me know what you think. but whatever, keep singing! I’m glad you enjoyed the post; thanks for reading. I’m going to skip the video — between growing up in a devout household with a mom who was once a nun, 18 years of church attendance, and undergraduate and masters’ degrees in religion, I haven’t wanted for exposure to faith and feel quite comfortable with my well-considered (and exceedingly personal) stance. Ben Dwyer says: Wow I never knew. Your singing sounds so easy and natural to me that I assumed you found it easy. Well done for overcoming your fears! Well that’s just the best compliment, especially coming from someone who seems to find everything music-related easy and natural; thank you. Maria Górska says: Now I’m crying too… For 3 years now I promised myself I’d join the Automattic band next year, when I won’t be that busy. And now the band might not be around anymore… I used to sing classical/opera as a teenager, then lost nearly half of my voice range. I hardly ever sing since then, even hearing a song I love that is no longer in my range can sometimes destroy me. I know joining the band would be super emotionally rough, but now I wish I didn’t wait that long. Maybe there will be another chance. We will keep our fingers crossed, and we will both plan to be at the microphone next year. And if we cry, we cry together ❤ Sylvia E says: This is beautifully written, thank you for sharing this. Such a good reminder that we can rob ourselves of so much joy. I used to love to sing too, but objectively I do sound terrible!! You’re a great writer. You describe things so well that I can just picture everything you said in my mind. Your sarcasm about how you felt about your deeply religious Italian relatives, had me laughing so hard. I can also relate to how nerve-racking it is to sing in front of people. I used to be a vocal performance major, so I’ve had to sing in front of people before. It’s not easy at first, but the more you do it, the more you learn how to work through it, so the easier it gets. Pingback: Q: What do you consider to be sins and what do you consider to be virtues? – An Upturned Soul Igor Zinovyev says: Oh, thank you for that post. I don’t know about crying, but I feel loss every time the party is over. Shark and the Farmstrongs is my only way to play music live these days, and I enjoy every second of it, even watching my bandmates play gives me a serious kick. So when the lights are out, for me it’s like I’m hollow inside. But your writing brought me back to life today! I realize now that we each take our most important part of it with us back home. For you it was regaining your voice, and I’m so happy for you! Keep going, you’ll do great things with it, I’m sure. Your dedication is legendary, I still remember you playing “46 and 2” like it was no big deal, polyrhythms and all that. I feel loss every time the party is over. Shark and the Farmstrongs is my only way to play music live these days, and I enjoy every second of it, even watching my bandmates play gives me a serious kick. This x1000. Pingback: A List of Things I Have Been Right About Recently – King of States! Zandy says: I’m thrilled by “Shark and the Farmstrongs” Leave a Reply to Mel Choyce Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line799
__label__wiki	0.569444	0.569444	Holly Quan/KCBS Radio Davis Rookie Cop Fatally Shot During Traffic Investigation Holly Quan DAVIS — A rookie Davis Police officer was shot and killed while investigating a routine traffic collision in downtown Davis on Thursday night. Five hours later, police say the alleged shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a home about a block away from the shooting. Officer Natalie Corona, 22, was responding to a three-car-crash at Fifth and D Street when shots rang out and she was struck by gunfire. It was not clear if the shooter was involved in the collision that Corona was investigating "This is just an absolutely devastating loss to the police department," said Police Chief Darren Pytel. "She's just an absolute star to our department and somebody that pretty much everybody really looked to as a close friend." Corona graduated from the Sacramento police academy in July had completed her field training shortly before Christmas. She'd been working on her own as an officer for only a few weeks. Her shooting was the first time a Davis officer had died on duty since 1959, according to Pytel. Corona's father was a member of the Colusa County Sheriff's Department for 26 years. Davis Police Department Natalie Corona Darren Pytel	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line802
__label__cc	0.571399	0.428601	Start Word Templates PowerPoint Templates Excel Case Studies HTML Emailers Extras Blog Kessler Associates has constructed a wide and varied collection of websites for many clients over the course of many years. Some of those websites are no longer live so we have maintained a sample page of them here, while others are very much alive. Many were small, short-lived sites for SMEs or private individuals, and many predate the need for mobile responsiveness. As a result, if you're viewing on a mobile display then only the currently-live or recently-terminated sites may appear at their best (these are marked below with an asterisk ). You can see examples of our work by clicking on any of the following links: Bridgebury Gate www.bridgeburygate.co.uk A small, responsive website built in 2016 for a small railway modelling group which exhibited a layout at various shows across the south-west of England. We also secured the domain name. When the group folded in 2018, the site was no longer needed. Until then it was hosted and maintained in full by us. This sample contains the front page only. KA Shopper www.sales.kessler-web.co.uk With no client budget for web design or construction, we designed, built, and hosted this small seller's site in 2013 using a very familiar layout to speed things up and keep costs down to a minimum, and then maintained the site in full for one very happy client. This sample contains the front page only. Virtual Assistant Spain www.virtualassistantspain.com This 2010 site was built to match an older, malfunctioning virtual assistant website, with a second language added. It was uploaded to VA Spain's own web space with maintenance work on hand by us whenever needed until the business was closed down. This sample contains the front page only. Whitstable Town Junior FC www.whitstabletownjrfc.co.uk This was the official Whitstable Town Junior Football Club site, based on a supplied design and created to resemble a previous version which could no longer be accessed. We secured the domain name, built the website, and hosted and maintained it for the club for many years before the site was closed in 2013. This sample contains the front page only. Property Sale www.kessler-web.co.uk/devereux/ A single page which was designed, built, and hosted by us to help with the private sale of a house in France in 2013. Contains standard property sales features such as a rotating selection of images. Claire's World www.clairedelorme.com A simple, dual language CV site for a professional online marketing expert. It was designed, built, and hosted by us in 2008 to last for as long as it was needed, according to the client's requirements. This sample contains the front page only, with working language option. St Mary's Playscheme www.stmarysplayscheme.org.uk A children's playscheme which ran under this particular management body between 2007-2009 before being transferred to another body which had its own arrangements. We were asked to design, build, and fully maintain this site, with the work including securing a domain name and providing web hosting. This sample contains the front page only. BabyStudio LLC www.babystudio.ee This PHP-based shopping cart website was designed and built in 2007 for a long-defunct European company, and then handed over in its entirety upon completion for the client to host and maintain. This sample contains the front page only. Little Yang Sing Restaurant www.littleyangsing.co.uk This restaurant website was designed and built in 2007 for the client to replace an older, rather unweildy site, and was then handed over in its entirety upon completion for the client to host and maintain. This sample contains the front page only. Tallinn Connection www.tallinnconnection.com An Estonia-based company requested a full website design and implementation process in 2006, with the final design being approved by the client prior to website construction beginning. We also secured several domain names that were all to link to the site. The site was fully hosted and maintained by us for as long as the venture lasted. This sample contains the front page only. SplashColour www.splashcolour.co.uk Another company which ceased trading quite some time ago, this site was designed and built in 2006 to their specifications, with all maintenance, domain-acquisition, and web space work handled in full by us. The website was also hosted by us. This sample contains the front page only. Applied Graphics www.applied-graphics.co.uk This is a now-defunct (and rather old-fashioned to today's eyes!) site that was built in 2002 to the client's strict design specifications to match a sister site. All maintenance and update work was handled by us while the site remained active. This sample contains the intro page and front page only - click 'Enter' to see the front page. www.foundrytypes.co.uk A website built to the client's extremely strict design specifications, and handed over in its entirety upon completion and initial upload. The site has since undergone various redevelopment, but the essential layout and operation remains the same. Unfortunately the client has not upgraded the site to be mobile responsive. The History Files * www.historyfiles.co.uk Containing work built up by a collection of contributors over many years since it launched in 1999, this not-for-profit reference website of approximately 2,200+ pages is maintained and hosted in full by us. It underwent extensive reworking to be mobile-friendly and provide a platform for further expansion. It is also https-secure. Whatever you need, we have the solution. 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__label__wiki	0.608941	0.608941	Previewing The Oxford Regional: Chattanooga Steve Peloquin Photo Courtesy: Getty Images The Oxford, Mississippi Regional gets underway on Friday, with four college softball teams vying for a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns, making their 21st-consecutive regional appearance, will be part of a field that also includes the Ole Miss Rebels, the top-seed in the regional, and the #11-overall seed, along with the Southeast Missouri St. Redhawks and the Chattanooga Mocs in the double-elimination event. Louisiana will take on Southeast Missouri St. in the first game of the regional, on Friday at 3:30 pm, followed by a match-up pitting Ole Miss and Chattanooga at 6 pm. Today, we preview the Chattanooga Mocs: Making their 11th NCAA tournament appearance, Chattanooga, winners of the Southern Conference Tournament title, will be making their first NCAA Regional appearance since 2015. The Mocs, who enter the regional with an overall record of 37-15, won their conference tournament championship, after going 11-7 in league play during the regular season. Chattanooga enters the regional with a 14-4 record over their last 18 games. The Mocs don't have a ton of power, with only one player hitting more than 7 home runs this season. That player is a good one, however, in senior catcher Amanda Beltran, who is hitting .320 with 12 homers and 43 runs batted in. Junior outfielder Aly Walker leads the team in hitting (.368), while freshman Emily Coltharp is right behind, hitting .346, while topping the team in stolen bases (12). Chattanooga doesn't hit a lot of homers (38), nor do they steal a lot of bases (28), but they put the bat on the ball and make the defense make plays. They feature 6 players who are hitting at least a .290, while hitting a .296 as a team, a figure which ranks them in the top 50 in the country. Look for Chattanooga to make the opposing pitcher work overtime. The Mocs have walked 143 times this season, while striking out 240 times. Pitching-wise, the Mocs are very solid, if unspectacular. Sophomore right-hander Allison Swinford, will enter the regional with a record of 10-3, to go along with a 1.50 ERA. Freshman Mariah Ramirez (12-2, 2.59) and junior Celie Hudson (15-10, 2.08) are other options in the circle. Hudson saw the most time inside the circle in the Southern Conference Tournament, while Ramirez has only thrown two innings since April 18, but Chattanooga has three capable arms to throw at opposing hitters. Chattanooga brings in an overall team ERA. of 2.12 into the regional, which currently ranks them an impressive 28th in the nation. Frank Reed, in his 18th year as head coach at Chattanooga, a 6-time Southern Conference Coach of the Year, has done a really nice job, and will have the Mocs ready to compete this weekend. To be truthful, Chattanooga just doesn’t have the depth or firepower that Louisiana, Ole Miss, or Southeast Missouri St. will bring into the regional. That being said, the Mocs won’t be intimidated, having a proud softball tradition. The three other teams in the regional can’t take Chattanooga lightly, because while it would be an upset if they won just one game this weekend, they are more than capable of winning that one game. The complete regional schedule is below: NCAA OXFORD REGIONAL SCHEDULE G1: 3:30 p.m. – Southeast Missouri St. vs. Louisiana G2: 6 p.m. – Chattanooga vs. Ole Miss G3: Noon – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 G4: 2:30 p.m. – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 G5: 5 p.m. – Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 G6: 2 p.m. – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 G7: 4:30 p.m. – (if necessary) Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 Source: Previewing The Oxford Regional: Chattanooga Filed Under: chattanooga mocs, louisianas ragin cajuns, oxford softball regional, ul softball Categories: Local Sports, News	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line806
__label__wiki	0.930079	0.930079	It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something. -- Duke Ellington George Gershwin 1898-1937 Widely regarded as one of the finest composers of both popular and classical music in the 20th century, George Gershwin wrote for Broadway musicals and the concert hall, creating many American standards in the process. George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, but was soon writing his own pieces. Gershwin’s first published song, “When You Want ‘Em, You Can’t Get ‘Em,” demonstrated innovative new techniques, but only earned him five dollars. Soon after, however, he met a young lyricist named Irving Ceaser. Together they composed a number of songs including “Swanee,” which sold more than a million copies. In the same year as “Swanee,” Gershwin collaborated with Arthur L. Jackson and Buddy De Sylva on his first complete Broadway musical, “La, La Lucille”. Over the course of the next four years, Gershwin wrote forty-five songs; among them were “Somebody Loves Me” and “Stairway to Paradise,” as well as a twenty-five-minute opera, “Blue Monday.” Composed in five days, the piece contained many musical clichés, but it also offered hints of developments to come. In 1924, George collaborated with his brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin, on a musical comedy “Lady Be Good”. It included such standards as “Fascinating Rhythm” and “The Man I Love.” It was the beginning of a partnership that would continue for the rest of the composer’s life. Together they wrote many more successful musicals including “Oh Kay!” and “Funny Face”, staring Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. While continuing to compose popular music for the stage, Gershwin began to lead a double life, trying to make his mark as a serious composer. When he was 25 years old, his jazz-influenced “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered in New York’s Aeolian Hall at the concert, “An Experiment in Music.” The audience included Jascha Heifitz, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Rachmaninov, and Igor Stravinsky. Gershwin followed this success with his orchestral work “Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody No. 2″ and “An American in Paris”. Serious music critics were often at a loss as to where to place Gershwin’s classical music in the standard repertoire. Some dismissed his work as banal and tiresome, but it always found favor with the general public. In the early thirties, Gershwin experimented with some new ideas in Broadway musicals. “Strike Up The Band”, “Let ‘Em Eat Cake”, and “Of Thee I Sing”, were innovative works dealing with social issues of the time. “Of Thee I Sing” was a major hit and the first comedy ever to win the Pulitzer Prize. In 1935 he presented a folk opera “Porgy and Bess” in Boston with only moderate success. Now recognized as one of the seminal works of American opera, it included such memorable songs as “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “I Loves You, Porgy,” and “Summertime.” In 1937, after many successes on Broadway, the brothers decided go to Hollywood. Again they teamed up with Fred Astaire, who was now paired with Ginger Rogers. They made the musical film, “Shall We Dance”, which included such hits as “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” Soon after came “A Damsel in Distress”, in which Astaire appeared with Joan Fontaine. After becoming ill while working on a film, he had plans to return to New York to work on writing serious music. He planned a string quartet, a ballet and another opera, but these pieces were never written. At the age of 38, he died of a brain tumor. Today he remains one of America’s most beloved popular musicians.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line809
__label__wiki	0.551924	0.551924	“Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise”. George Gershwin Home / Jazznews / Movies/DVD / Bohemian Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody Featured Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. They reach unparalleled success, but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career. Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid. While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. Queen cements a legacy that continues to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day. In Theaters November 2, 2018 Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech and Mike Myers Directed by: Bryan Singer Last modified on Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:53	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line810
__label__wiki	0.743001	0.743001	A Wrinkle in Time: A Timeless Tale March 13, 2018 Filed under: children,Creativity,Emotions,Favorite Books,Hero's Journey,Love,symbolism,The Lover Archetype,the shadow,Uncategorized — jeanraffa @ 12:01 am Tags: A Wrinkle in Time, Archetypes, books, children's literature, consciousness, film, goddesses, Harry Potter, Madeleine L'Engle, symbolism, the shadow By the 1970’s, Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (1962) was a staple in youth literature throughout North America. As an adult in 1977, I fell in love with it while doing research for the Children’s Literature course I taught. Considering that it was published in the pre-internet/social media era, this modern fantasy was arguably as popular with young readers in the 1970’s and 80’s as J.K. Rowlings’ Harry Potter series was with millennial youth. In 2003 Disney turned it into an award-winning made-for-television film, and now, 56 years after its inception, a new version of this classic has at last arrived on the big screen. I couldn’t wait to see it, and did last weekend. Meg Murray (Storm Reid) is the gifted oldest daughter of two brilliant astrophysicists who are developing theories about the origins and nature of the universe. When we meet her she’s an angry middle-school misfit, tormented with self-loathing and grief over the unexplained disappearance of her beloved father (Chris Pine) four years earlier. Meg’s only joy is her little brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), a precocious genius and telepath whom she deeply loves and fiercely protects from bullies. The story takes off when Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her new friend Calvin O’Keefe (Levi Miller) to his strange new friends—Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling) and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey). Like the benevolent Mother Goddesses they symbolize, these beings have come to Earth from somewhere in the cosmos to help Meg and Charles Wallace rescue their father from imprisonment by the evil shadow known as IT. Traveling across a wrinkle in time and space called a tesseract—a new theory being developed by Meg’s mother (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) but as yet unproven by her—they are transported to the dark planet Camazotz where they rescue Dr. Murray but lose Charles Wallace to the evil. The timeless message of this story is conveyed by the way Meg saves him from the gathering darkness. Almost everybody who reads a book before seeing the movie says the book was better. Unfortunately, I think this holds true for A Wrinkle in Time. Like dreams, we always prefer our own inner images to those of others. Nonetheless, there is much to love about this film. For example, the child actors are remarkable. Storm Reid is pitch perfect as Meg. At times, her depiction of an array of confused and conflicting feelings brought me to tears. I’ve been there. Levi Miller as Calvin is a natural at portraying a wounded boy who hides his secret sadness beneath his earnest, inherent kindness. And Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace is a constant surprise and delight. Sometimes the youngest children, like eight-year-old Brooklynn Prince of the Oscar-nominated film, The Florida Project, are uncannily confident actors because they’re still too delighted with the imaginary world of “let’s pretend” to be self-conscious about it. Once the travelers reach Camazotz, the costumes, sets, makeup, and auditory and visual effects are gorgeous and highly imaginative, but for me, unsettling and too much. Almost annoying. I would have preferred a more subtle palette with less in-your-face, technologically contrived color and pizazz! And as much as I admire the actresses who play the triple Mrs.’s, (symbolic of Hecate, Greek mythology’s three-faced goddess guide through the underworld), they are too young and glamorous for me. Madeleine L’Engle described Mrs. Whatsit as a frumpy, bumbling and eccentric old woman (who morphed into a young and beautiful white winged creature that was part horse and part manta ray), Mrs. Who as a plump little woman in enormous spectacles, and Mrs. Which as a coldly authoritative black-robed, beaked-nose witch with a broomstick who had difficulty materializing into human form. In the film version none of them is remotely old or witchy. Mrs. Whatsis is a gorgeous young redhead and Mrs. Who an exotic, raven-haired beauty. And the majestic Mrs. Which is a stunning Queen of the Cosmos with a glass-beaded unibrow, glittering eye shadow and lipstick, a shimmering, constantly changing wardrobe, and impossibly thick blonde-white hair….. I quite envied her hair….. Yes, the costumes and makeup are gorgeous and highly imaginative, but for me they don’t work. It’s not that I dislike what today’s highly sophisticated technology can do—after all, it made Star Wars, Avatar, and The Shape of Water possible. But too much of it detracts from the story and makes it difficult for the viewer to suspend disbelief, an attitude essential to the full enjoyment of a fantasy like this. Despite this, the story and characters are as moving and inspiring in this film as they were in the book. Meg’s wounded but indomitable will, Charles Wallace’s belief in his inner knowing, Calvin’s desire to help, and the determination of the three Mrs.’s to conquer evil with good are deeply familiar, soul-satisfying themes. Most satisfying of all is the way Meg saves Charles Wallace. By loving him. It’s the same timeless message about how anyone is ever really saved from the world’s darkness. Love is the one power evil doesn’t have, will never have. Knowing that love conquers all, we can endure anything. Even a highly anticipated film that doesn’t quite live up to our expectations.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line811
__label__wiki	0.610624	0.610624	Archive for the ‘Tenochtitlan’ Tag Filed under: Books \| Tags: 1491, Aztec, Baron of Lahontan, Benjamin Franklin, Boston Tea Party, Cadwallader Colden, Charles C. Mann, Columbus, David Hume, Five Nations, Guns Germs and Steel, Hadenosaunee, Henri Rousseau, Henry James, Hernan Cortés, Inca, Indian, indigenous, Inka, Iroquois, Jared Diamond, John Locke, Mohawk, Montaigne, Native American, New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Starsky & Hutch, Tenochtitlan, Thomas Paine, Vladimir Nabokov, We Shall Overcome I recently read Charles C. Mann’s 1491 and it’s no exaggeration to say I was profoundly impacted by it. First published in 2005 and subtitled New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the book was truly revelatory for me. Attempting to gather all the current knowledge about pre-Columbian life in the Americas into one accessible but thoroughly researched volume, Mann has created a work that reads like a novel but carries the perspective-altering power of Jared Diamond’s similarly weighty tome Guns, Germs and Steel. Mann’s stated goal with the book, other than the obvious one of painting a portrait as accurate as possible of what life was like before European contact, is to redress the annihilation of Indian history. Even those sensitive to the rights of indigenous people, he argues, tend to neglect their contributions to history. The fallacy of the “noble savage” endures to this day in the widespread belief among well-meaning liberals (especially environmentalists) that Indians were “one with nature,” living in a primeval wilderness, free of the constraints of society, in a timeless time. While it’s true that their societies were a good deal more egalitarian than European ones at the time of contact, this naïve view actually damages our ability to consider the Indians as agents of their own destinies, with civilizations, philosophies and technology that were in many cases on par with or more advanced than European ones at the time. More importantly, most historians now believe the Americas were much more populated than previously believed. There may have been as many people in Mesoamerica alone as in all of Europe in 1491. The “Aztec” capital of Tenochtitlan was, when Cortés arrived there in 1519, bigger than Paris – and much cleaner too, considering it had a functioning sewage system and Paris did not. The Inka empire that stretched for thousands of miles along the Andes Mountains of South America was the largest on earth at the time. Much of the book is concerned with demonstrating the ways Indians tended the land and shaped their own environments, something the one-with-nature idea doesn’t give them credit for. There are fascinating indications that much of the North American “wilderness” was one gigantic public works project – something like a national park, except it covered the entire continent – carefully cultivated and maintained with controlled burning, so that Indians could farm and hunt according to their needs. (Incredibly the same might be true of the Amazon rainforest.) The reason the continent seemed empty when Europeans began to push westward – a perception that led to the myth of Manifest Destiny – is that most of the native inhabitants, up to 90% of the population, had been wiped out in a series of apocalyptic plagues of measles, smallpox and influenza – diseases that were brought over from Europe and spread like wildfire, killing millions of Indians that had never seen a white person. The “primitive” hunter-gatherers of the plains and the west coast that we’ve always assumed were charming relics of the stone age were actually post-plague refugees; the “primeval” wilderness (romanticized by Thoreau and others) was actually a post-plague wasteland, overgrown after years of neglect. I’ve been wanting to talk about this book here, but not sure where to begin – there’s so much in it, so much to cover, it’s hard to type up a summary or rview without getting excited and overdoing it. But the Fourth of July seemed like a natural opportunity to share the below excerpts, which concern the crucial contributions of Indian culture to the American notions of liberty and independence. Though I’m very happily an expatriate living in Australia now, distance has given me perspective and a new appreciation of what it is to be American. Mann’s unabashedly bold hypothesis that Indians invented the modern ideal of individual freedom – which more or less forms the conclusion of his book – made me so proud and excited I wanted to punch the ceiling. Fleeing the Nazi conquest of Europe, the writer Vladimir Nabokov took a ship to the United States in the spring of 1940. Although Nabokov was the scion of a noble Russian family, he detested the class-bound servility ubiquitous in the land of his birth. He was delighted when the lowly US customs officers on the Manhattan dock failed to cringed at his aristocratic bearing and pedigree…. Their straightforward, even brash demeanor, with its implicit assumption that everyone was on the same social level, enchanted him. Nabokov was hardly the first emigré to be surprised by the difference between Americans and Europeans – a cultural divide that Henry James, like many others, attributed to the former’s “democratic spirit.” As has been widely noted, this spirit has consequences both positive and negative. The sense that anyone is as good as anyone else fuels entrepreneurial self-reliance, but can lead to what outsiders view as political know-nothingism. For better and worse though, this spirit is widely identified as one of America’s great gifts to the world. When rich stockbrokers in London and Paris proudly retain their working-class accents, when when audiences show up at La Scala in track suits and sneakers, when South Africans and Thais complain that the police don’t read suspects their rights as they do on Starsky & Hutch reruns, when anti-govenment protesters in Beirut sing “We Shall Overcome” in Lebanese accents – all these raspberries in the face of social and legal authority have a distinctly American tone… To be sure, apostles of freedom have arisen in many places. But an overwhelming number have been inspired by the American example – or, as it should perhaps be called, the Native American example, for among its fonts is Native American culture, especially that of the Haudenosaunee [“Iroquois,” or Five Nations]. …Compared to the despotic societies that were the norm in Europe and Asia, Haudenosaunee was a libertarian dream. [Mann cites evidence that the Haudenosaunee had one of the oldest forms of representative governments on earth, a great council that relied on consent of the governed – including powerful women clan heads – and may have influenced the US Constitution.] …As Benjamin Franklin and many others noted, Indian life was characterized by a level of personal autonomy unknown in Europe. Franklin’s ancestors may have emigrated from Europe to escape oppressive rules, but colonial societies were still vastly more coercive and class-ridden than indigenous villages. The Haudenosaunsee, colonial administrator Cadwallader Colden declared in 1749, had “such absolute Notions of Liberty that they allow of no Kind of Superiority of one over another, and banish all Servitude from their Territories.” Indian insistence on personal liberty was accompanied by an equal insistence on social equality. Northeastern Indians were appalled by the European propensity to divide themselves into social classes… The Baron of Lahontan, a 17th-century French adventurer, wrote that Indians could not understand why “one man should have more than another, and that the Rich should have more respect than the Poor… They brand us for Slaves and call us miserable Souls, whose Life is not worth having, alleging that we degrade ourselves in subjecting ourselves to [a king]…” Indians who visited [16th-century] France [wrote the essayist Montaigne], “noticed among us some men gorged to the full with things of every sort while their other halves were beggars at their doors, emaciated with hunger and poverty. They found it strange that these poverty-stricken halves should suffer such injustice, and that they did not take the others by the throat or set fire to their houses.” “When an Indian Child has been brought up among us,” Franklin lamented in 1753, “taught our language and habituated to our Customs, yet if he goes to see his relations and makes one Indian Ramble with them, there is no persuading him ever to return. But when white persons of either sex have been taken prisoners young by the Indians, and lived a while among them, though ransomed by their Friends, and treated with all imaginable tenderness to prevail with them to stay among the English, yet in a Short time they become disgusted with our manner of life… and take the first good Opportunity of escaping again into the Woods, when there is no reclaiming them.” In the most direct way, Indian liberty made indigenous villages into competitors for colonists’ allegiance. Colonial societies could not become too oppressive, because their members – surrounded by examples of free life – always had the option to vote with their feet. It is likely that the first British villages in North America, thousands of miles from the House of Lords, would have lost some of the brutally graded social hierarchy that characterized European life. But it is also clear that they were infused by the democratic, informal brashness of Native American culture. [Elsewhere Mann argues that the town hall meeting, that quintessential feature of New England life, was a democratic innovation borrowed from the Indians of the region.] That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike. But it is also clear that many others found it a deeply attractive vision of human possibility. A plain reading of their texts shows that Locke, Hume, Rousseau and Thomas Paine took many of their illustrations of liberty from native examples. So did the Boston colonists who held their anti-British Tea Party dressed as “Mohawks.” When others took up European intellectuals’ books and histories, images of Indian freedom exerted an impact far removed in time and space from the 16th-century Northeast. For much the same reason as their confreres in Boston, protesters in South Korea, China and Ukraine wore “Native American” makeup in the 1980s, 1990s and the first years of this century. So accepted now around the world is the idea of the implicit equality and liberty of all people that it is hard to grasp what a profound change in human society it represented. But it is only a little exaggeration to claim that everywhere that liberty is cherished – Britain to Bangladesh, Sweden to Soweto – people are children of the Haudenosaunee and their neighbors. Imagine – here let me now address non-Indian readers – somehow meeting a member of the Haudenosaunee from 1491. Is it too much to speculate that beneath the swirling tattoos, asymmetrically trimmed hair and bedizened robes, you would recognize someone much closer to yourself, at least in certain respects, than your own ancestors? I love the last bit of imagery – the tattooed, freakish-looking Indian as the soulmate of the modern lover of liberty. It calls to mind punk rockers and Occupy protesters, and makes me think that indigenous styles must have influenced us over the years as much as their philosophies. Maybe we’re only now coming to grips with how deep that influence runs.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line814
__label__cc	0.643979	0.356021	Sedalia Council Votes for Sewer, Water Rate Increase Randy Kirby The Sedalia City Council approved a rate increase for sewer and water on Monday night. For residents of Sedalia, that amounts to an average increase of 90 cents for sewer and $1.95 for water, for a total increase of $1.95. The base rate will go from $10.15 to $10.65. The current monthly volume rate per 1,000 will go up a dime, from $5.60 to $5.70. For commercial users in the city limits, the base rate will increase from $41.50 to $43.54. For industrial users inside the city limits, the base sewer rate will increase from $86.50 to $90.76. Water rates will increase from $3.31 per 1,000 gallons to $3.52 for the first 10,000 gallons used per month. Between 10,000 and 50,000, the rate will increase from $2.93 per 1,000 gallons to $3.11. Between 50,000 and 100,000, the rate will increase from $2.68 per 1,000 gallons to $2.84. Between 100,000 and 250,000, the rate will increase from $2.45 per 1,000 gallons to $2.60. Anything over 200,000 gallons used, the rate will increase from $2.18 to $2.31. It was noted that the average customer who uses 5,000 a month will see an increase of $1.05 per month, or $12.60 per year. Rates for users outside the city limits are higher, City Administrator Kelvin Shaw explained. Visit the City's website at www.cityofsedalia.com for complete, detailed figures. A public hearing was held earlier in the evening in which no comments from the public were received. The vote for both the sewer rate increase and water rate increase was five yes (Meier, Leeman, Nash, Turley and Dawson), two no (Cross and Page) and one absent (Rowe). Filed Under: City of Sedalia, Sedalia City Council Categories: Business News, LocalNews, News, Sedalia News	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line816
__label__wiki	0.74703	0.74703	Thomas W. Keith Vice President for Advancement tkeith@kwc.edu Tom Keith was named Wesleyan’s Vice President for Advancement in February of 2015, overseeing the College’s efforts in the areas of Development, Alumni Relations, and Public Relations. Since that time, the College has seen its donor base increase by nearly 30% while generating nearly $20 million in private support. The College also launched the President’s Circle initiative in 2015 to recognize those who contribute $1,000 or more annually, and has seen membership increase by 73% in just three years. Previously, Tom served as Director of Development for the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University from 2012-2015, and is a 2014 graduate of both Leadership Middle Tennessee and the Dale Carnegie Immersion Course on Effective Communications and Human Relations. He served on the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Grant Review Committee for its Nashville, Tenn. chapter, and his mom, Angie, was recognized as Komen Nashville’s “Survivor of the Year” in 2013, celebrating her 30th year as a breast cancer survivor. Tom spent a decade in athletics administration at Western Kentucky University (2001-2005), the University of Louisville (2005-2009) and Saint Louis University (2009-2012), where he served as Associate Athletics Director for Development. He has been recognized by District III of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for his work with new advancement professionals as the inaugural winner of their “Mentor of the Year” award in 2014. Tom is a 2016 graduate of Leadership Owensboro, holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee, and dual master’s degrees in business and education from the University of Louisville. A sports and travel enthusiast, he and his wife, Kendra, a clinical children’s therapist, have two children – Logan (12) and Elizabeth (11). Back to Advancement Staff	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line819
__label__wiki	0.843344	0.843344	Leading Edge / June 5, 2015 Sixteen Royal Air Force & Royal Navy Harriers Marking the Aircraft’s Retirement (UK MoD Photo by Jamie Hunter, Creative Commons License) Sharing a rich history and close friendship, the French Air Force, Royal Air Force and United States Air Force signed a Tri-Lateral Strategic Initiative Charter in 2013. The Charter was intended to aggregate the world’s pre-eminent airpowers into “three air forces capable of rapid, cohesive and effective coalition operations across the full spectrum of conflict.”[1] To better integrate their capabilities, build mutual trust, and advocate for airpower, the three air forces rotate hosting an annual tri-lateral strategic steering group which draws on the brightest academic minds from each country to collaborate on shared and vexing issues. This year, the Royal Air Force and the French Air Force joined with the United States Air Force to examine an endemic challenge. Attended by the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (CSAF) General Mark Welsh III and facilitated by The Mitchell Institute,[2] retired generals (including former CSAFs Generals Fogleman and Moseley), renowned academics, historians and strategists gathered to analyze the intrinsic value of airpower. This short paper aims to provide an executive summary of that discussion. Three Enduring Themes of Airpower Following the formation of the Royal Air Force, the world’s first independent air force, nearly a century ago, the ascendancy of airpower has been characterized by three enduring themes. Firstly, that whilst there has been a remarkable technological and operational revolution across the entire spectrum of military arms, the relative tempo at which airpower has adapted and evolved has, even by the standards of the electronic revolution of the same century, been astonishing. Much like the advent of the computer and the information age, command of air and space has created impacts that few predicted.[3] Secondly, since its inception, three nations have played a predominant role in employing airpower as an arm of national security and acting as intellectual catalysts for this exponential growth: the United States, France, and Great Britain. Sharing cultural values and a core belief in the innate value that airpower can offer a nation, each conceived and adopted the principle of an air force and has deftly advanced the art of warfare in the third dimension. By doing so, the members of this trinity have each derived a successful legacy and proud reputation for pioneering this new frontier. Clément Ader’s Avion III at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris (Photo by PHGCOM, Creative Commons License) Thirdly, despite the dramatic evolution in airpower on both sides of the Atlantic and a plethora of noteworthy airpower-centric successes (not least Operation ALLIED FORCE in 1999), air forces have continually faced varying degrees of skepticism. In the 1890’s, valiant attempts from France (Clément Ader’s Avion III) and the US (Samuel Langley’s Great Aerodrome) served to reinforce what most already believed – that the sky was intended “solely for the use of butterflies and bats.”[4] Similarly, when asked to join the newly established Royal Aeronautical Society in Great Britain, the scientist Lord Kelvin crushingly replied “I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation…or of expectation of good results from any trials we hear of.”[5] The cynics have all been proved wrong. If not as omnipresent and omnipotent as some adherents would wish it, the employment of airpower has proved more effective than ever predicted. Following the first manned flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the Wright Brothers irrefutable achievements triggered a revolution in air and space, exponential growth in the fields of aerodynamics, and a bewildering array of technical innovations. Indeed, within just 35 years of the Wright Flyer, Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle of the Royal Air Force had designed and patented the turbojet engine which, when co-joined with air-to-air refueling in 1949, afforded airpower nations the ability to reach across the globe within hours. The Character of Airpower The first and most distinctive characteristic of airpower is all too often understated. Although the combination of height, speed, and reach have long been cited as critical requirements to act across air and space with relative impunity (and continue to feature in French, US and Royal Air Force conceptual documents), airpower’s central nervous system sine qua non is vantage: the ability to break from the surface of the earth and provide “a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view.”[6] Comparatively unconstrained, free of the complications of terrain, clear of obstructions and high above the world’s oceans, previously inaccessible areas are now “within instant touching distance.”[7] Capable, too, of being multi-tasked across more than one mission, emergent platforms offer the ability to constantly observe and permanently scrutinize huge swathes of the earth, while also being primed for “fleeting moments of targeted opportunity.”[8] Successful warfare is first and foremost about – and has always been about – acquiring and exploiting information,[9] so the victor will always place a premium on information superiority. Combined with “a more complex, congested, contested, and connected environment”[10] where access will be disputed and where ground forces will have to fight for the freedom to maneuver, the opportunity for decisive action is momentary. To assist in this task, advances in sensor technology afford greater resolution, longer loiter time, and infinitely more lethality. In an increasingly demanding environment, the application of simultaneity and ubiquity have proliferated at the same rate that airpower has flourished to meet them. Two Tornado GR4 Over RAF Marham Since height also allows airpower to be less vulnerable to hostility when compared with land and maritime forces, it seems bizarre then, that airpower is criticized for being too “clinical” and ridiculed as “risk-averse.” It is an especially curious logic that to avoid becoming embroiled in physical contact demonstrates a lack of moral resolve. For airmen, the chaos of “contact” is to be avoided at almost any cost. To compromise the very advantages that airpower offers solves one problem: the adversary’s. Relinquishing the initiative to inconveniently place one’s own forces in harm’s way is a mindset that reflects a disturbing trend that seeks to not only make a necessity, but also a virtue of the punishing and bloody close fight. Against an enemy that is likely to be seeking “martyrdom,” such mindless yearning for the “Middle Ages” is not only regressive, it is immoral. Agility and flexibility (a functional relationship between time and adaptability) have also been consistent verities of airpower but for various reasons. The comparative timescale on which airpower can act is powerful: response is dictated to airmen in hours and minutes, not in days or months. This has a number of benefits; not least, that airpower can swiftly employ global lethality. However, agility also refers to the multiplicity of effects and roles that airpower can achieve, to include strategic deterrence: “holding global targets at risk through the physical projection of power, from airlift and resupply through restricted access to punishment through aggression.”[11] Airpower employment is also less vulnerable than surface forces, making it more politically acceptable to a government. Airpower allows leaders to obtain “gratification without commitment”[12] because the visual absence of airpower doesn’t make it any less discriminative or persuasive. To control conditions on the surface of the earth, airpower does not necessarily have to be a physical phenomenon – it can be a psychological one, where its pervasiveness alone can influence perceptions and in turn coerce behavior. This “rheostat effect,” one that diplomatically scales airpower effects according to socio-political context, is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for decision-makers. Finally, airpower’s agility enables strategic decision-making. By providing political and military senior leaders with a unique set of options, whether to focus influence and apply precise power, or to “directly attain desired goals of national policy,”[13] the speed at which airpower alliances can coalesce (and purposefully fragment) offers leadership “breathing space” to gather political support. But notably, the converse is also true; airpower can extract, distance itself, de-escalate and detach as quickly as it can overwhelm. This is crucial to avoid becoming politically entangled in complex indigenous populations. Simultaneity Regardless of the strength in airpower’s individual characteristics, it is their effective combination that has fundamentally changed how world powers can now think. Any air campaign that emphasizes temporally compressed and nodal power projection is likely to succeed. [14] The point is that to optimize airpower, actions should be simultaneous, not sequential, parallel, nor linear “to saturate the adversary to such an extent that structural or functional failure is the only option.” [15] USAF X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Dependent on technology to keep pace with the progressive nature of evolving threats, airpower also places significant demands on scientific and research and development sectors. Inextricably linked to both military and civilian technology, the aerospace enterprise remains a barometer of international status and prestige, technological prowess, and military capability. Global Positioning System (GPS), international communications, earth observation techniques, meteorological monitoring systems, and networking systems have all become generic airpower functions that serve humanity. So while the aerospace industry may seem expensive, time-consuming, and focused on the long-term future, investment here generates exponential value to the wider community and should only be neglected at significant national peril, as it is immensely difficult to regenerate. Finally, it would be remiss to consider Air Forces as purely platform-centric, technological organizations. Central to the pace of technological change has always been people, so air forces are people-centric, actively recruiting high-flyers but inclusive for those that can think intuitively and adopt a global view. Those serving across the air and space domains epitomize a cultural shift towards being connected, networked, and information thirsty: thus it is innovation and strategic agility that is central to the premise of airmen. Closely linked is the truism that airmen have been inculcated to think in a different way, that a common understanding exists between airmen: “Airmindedness” is this prism through which airmen perceive the world, offering them an innately strategic perspective. The proliferation of smart weapons, advanced sensors and automation are symptomatic of airpower’s ever-expanding portfolio. The modern advent of ‘fifth-generation’ aircraft, sensor-fusion, micro-satellites and swarming nanotechnology are also examples of this continuum. Dr. Peter Gray, Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies at the University of Birmingham, states that “air and space achievements have revolutionized humanity’s perspective of security and prosperity; for too long they have been considered separately, under-rated, unappreciated, and over-assumed.”[16] Recognition that airpower – the air medium and in a larger sense the three-dimensional medium – has achieved such significance reflects the nature of conflict: it is evolving and adapting faster than any futurist could have predicted. Group Captain Christian Gleave is a Harrier GR9 pilot with a total of 3800 hours, a weapons instructor and served in The Red Arrows (RAF Aerobatic Team) and formerly a Battle Director in the CASOC. He is currently serving the US Chief of Staff Air Force as the Royal Air Force Exchange Officer in the USAF Strategic Studies Group, Pentagon. [1] Tri-Lateral Strategic Initiative Charter, signed by each of the FRUKUS Air Chiefs, 2013 (Lead element falls to CSAF’s Strategic Studies Group, Air Force, Pentagon). [2] The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is an independent, non-profit research, studies, and analysis organization designed to educate on, advocate for, and cultivate understanding of the virtues and value of exploiting the domains of air, space, and cyberspace (http://www.afa.org/Mitchellinstitute1). [3] Richard Hallion, Air and Space Power: Climbing and Accelerating, A History of Air Warfare, (Olsen, Potomac Books), Pages 371-393. [4] Sir Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars (London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1983), 215-217. See also John Keegan, The Face of Battle (London: Penguin Books, 1978), 20-35. [5] Kelvin to Major B.F.S. Baden-Powell, December 8, 1896, letters files, folder 13, Library and Archives of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London. (Made available through Richard P. Hallion’s paper Air and Space Power: Climbing and Accelerating, A History of Air Warfare, Olsen, Potomac Books, Pages 371-393) [6] Phillip B. Gove, ed., Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (Springfield, MA: G. and C. Merriam Company, Publishers, 1971), 981. [7] President George W. Bush, A Renewed Spirit of Discovery, The President’s Vision for U.S. Space Exploration (http://history.nasa.gov/renewedspiritofdiscovery.pdf), January 2004. [8] General T.M. Moseley, “Airpower – Council of the Wise,” Lecture, Tri-Lateral Strategic Steering Group, 26 March 2015, Washington DC. [10] Rear Admiral John Kingwell, Royal Navy, Director, Concepts and Doctrine, Global Strategic Trends Out to 2045, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Ministry of Defence. [11] General David Deptula, “Airmindedness,” (www.leadingedgeairpower.com), 1 May 2015, Washington DC. [12] Elliot A Cohen, The Mystique of U.S. Air Power, Foreign Affairs (1994). [13] See Footnote 10. [14] Richard Hallion, Air and Space Power: Climbing and Accelerating, A History of Air Warfare, (Olsen, Potomac Books), Pages 371-393. [15] Etienne de Durand, Tri-Lateral Strategic Steering Group Workshop, 25 March 2015, Washington DC. [16] Dr Peter Gray, Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies at the University of Birmingham, Delivering Weapon System Effects: The Contrast Between Piloted and Remotely-Piloted Platforms, 2 June 2015. June 5, 2015 in Airmindedness, Airpower. Tags: Airmen, Airmindedness, Airpower, French Air Force, Royal Air Force, Tri-Lateral, USAF What Kind of Airpower Does a Country like France Need? Airpower’s Dirty Words ← Who Watches the Wasp Keepers? Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in the Information Age →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line820
__label__cc	0.68381	0.31619	Avengers: The Initiative #25 Avengers: The Initiative THE INITIATIVE: DISSASEMBLED CONCLUSION The full effects of Dark Reign take hold as Norman Osborn reshapes the Initiative into a place to train the Dark Avengers of tomorrow! And wait until you see who's running things now... Christos N. Gage Colored by: Edgar Delgado Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection Avengers: The Initiative - Disassembled Avengers: The Initiative (2007- 2010) The Civil War is over and from now on, this is the new face of the Marvel Universe - The Initiative! Whose side were you on? If you were pro-registration, then there's one hell of a price to pay. You're in the army now. Every last one of you. Fall in with Yellowjacket, War Machine, She-Hulk, Justice and The Gauntlet as they train the heroes of tomorrow for the super-powered conflicts of today! Siege: Embedded SIEGE has begun! Norman Osborn's savvy use of the media fueled his rise to power -- but the very tools he's been using may turn against him. It's time to expose Norman's true face to the world and uncover the secrets behind the attack on the gods! Mighty Avengers (2007-2010) The wait is over!! The Mighty Avengers assemble!! Gathered together to be the greatest Avengers team ever, but who picked them?? And why?? And which A-list Avengers villain returns, revamped and reloaded for the ultimate revenge. Big super hero adventures every month from the multi-award winning team of Bendis and Cho. Irredeemable Ant-Man Introducing the world's WORST superhero! When a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent gets a hold of Hank Pym's new Ant-Man suit you know there's trouble. He's not concerned with saving the world. He's concerned with getting through the day and getting a leg up on life. World War Hulk: Gamma Corps The Hulk. The Abomination. The Leader. The Harpy. Doc Samson. Born of gamma radiation, they represented a new chapter of humanity. Now, spawned through their respective DNA has come the next generation...the Gamma Corps.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line823
__label__cc	0.584766	0.415234	Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › D.C. Circuit › 1964 › Schuman M. Rivers, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee Receive free daily summaries of new opinions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Schuman M. Rivers, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 330 F.2d 841 (D.C. Cir. 1964) U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 330 F.2d 841 (D.C. Cir. 1964) Decided March 5, 1964 Petition for Rehearing en Banc Denied May 7, 1964 Mr. John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant. Mr. Anthony A. Lapham, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Before FAHY, BURGER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges. Appellant was convicted of violating the federal narcotic laws, 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 174. His defense was insanity. Testimony at the trial tended to prove that appellant was a drug addict who also suffered from a mental disease related to the commission of the offenses by reason of his addiction. But there was also significant testimony that he was not suffering from a mental disease related to the offenses. Thus, the issue of insanity was for the jury to decide. Appellant's contention that his motion for acquittal on the ground of insanity should have been granted must be rejected. On the issue of insanity appellant requested an instruction on irresistible impulse; but the requested instruction was in terms which would have placed this issue before the jury as an independently controlling alternative test of mental responsibility, inconsistent with our decision in McDonald v. United States, 114 U.S.App.D.C. 120, 124-125, 312 F.2d 847, 851-852 (1962). Finding no error in the respects above discussed, or otherwise, the judgment is of D.C. Circuit opinions.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line825
__label__wiki	0.727607	0.727607	Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › Eleventh Circuit › 1991 › Diversified Numismatics, Inc. Richard Eargle, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. City of Orlando, Fl., Bill F... Receive free daily summaries of new opinions from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Diversified Numismatics, Inc. Richard Eargle, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. City of Orlando, Fl., Bill Frederick, Mayor, Bill Frederick,individually, Dan Wilson, As Chief of Police, Danwilson, Individually, Defendants-appellees, 949 F.2d 382 (11th Cir. 1991) US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - 949 F.2d 382 (11th Cir. 1991) Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON* and CLARK *, Senior Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Appellants challenge the district court's refusal to recuse and its grant of summary judgment to the defendants/appellees. We affirm. As a preliminary matter, we note that appellees have moved to strike certain portions of appellants' brief and for sanctions, because the brief refers to newspaper articles not presented to the district court. We agree that appellants should not have referenced material not in the record, and we will not consider any non-record evidence or arguments based upon non-record evidence. However, appellees also committed serious error in their brief, by failing to cite clearly controlling circuit precedent on the issue of the appealability of judicial recusal decisions.1 We have determined not to sanction either party in light of the errors committed by each. Appellants moved pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) for the recusal of the two district court judges in the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, based on the fact that the district court judges had previously recused themselves in several cases in which appellants' attorney acted as counsel.2 Although the case was originally assigned to the Honorable Patricia C. Fawsett, Judge Fawsett transferred the case to the other Orlando district court judge, the Honorable G. Kendall Sharp, who had presided over earlier, related litigation.3 Judge Sharp denied appellants' motion for recusal.4 Appellants correctly discuss that in this circuit the district court judge's refusal to recuse may be complained of on appeal from final judgment.5 A district court judge's refusal to recuse pursuant to section 455(a) is subject to review for abuse of discretion.6 The test for recusal under section 455(a) is "whether an objective, disinterested, lay observer fully informed of the facts underlying the grounds on which recusal was sought would entertain a significant doubt about the judge's impartiality."7 Our precedents further hold that "an appellate court ... should determine the disqualification on the basis of conduct which shows bias or prejudice or lack of impartiality by focusing on a party rather than counsel."8 Other courts have remarked that " [b]ias against an attorney is not enough to require disqualification under section 455 unless petitioners can show that such a controversy would demonstrate a bias against the party itself."9 Here, appellants' counsel had asked for the recusal of Judge Sharp in previous cases, based upon counsel's allegations that Judge Sharp harbored personal biases against Blacks and Jews. Judge Sharp recused himself from three cases in which counsel was involved, stating that he was recusing himself only because of his feeling that he might be biased against counsel due to counsel's unprofessional conduct. Appellants argue that Judge Sharp is obligated by his prior recusals to disqualify himself from all further cases in which appellants' counsel is involved. We find no merit in appellants' contention. Even were we to accept (which we do not) appellants' allegations of anti-minority bias, appellants have not claimed that they are themselves members of a racial or religious minority. Thus, no bias against a party has been shown. Although it is conceivable that a judge could harbor such ill-will toward an attorney that the attorney's clients would also be prejudiced, we have not been pointed to any evidence of a continuing bias on the part of Judge Sharp. This court has already rejected an assertion similar to that made by appellants: "Lawyers, once in controversy with a judge, would have a license under which the judge would serve at their will."10 Tempers do cool, and anger does dissipate. Prior recusals, without more, do not objectively demonstrate an appearance of partiality.11 We will not disturb the district court's refusal to recuse. Appellants are a corporation engaged in coin dealing and that corporation's president. They challenged in the district court the constitutionality and enforcement of the Orlando precious metals ordinance, Orlando City Code §§ 43.54-.59. In general, the ordinance requires that dealers buying previously owned items containing gold, silver, or platinum (such as flatware or jewelry) from the public must record information about the sellers of such items and report descriptions of such items to the police. The ordinance exempted certain items from its purview, including coins with an intrinsic value less than their numismatic value. Appellants claimed that the ordinance was unconstitutional and was being enforced in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Appellants sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief. A previous version of the ordinance had been enjoined from enforcement as being unconstitutionally vague.12 Appellants alleged that the changes made in enacting the present version of the ordinance did not render it constitutional and that the ordinance was being enforced discriminatorily and arbitrarily against them. Because appellants had not been charged under the ordinance, the district court construed appellants' complaint as only alleging a pre-enforcement facial challenge to the ordinance. The district court found that the revised ordinance corrected the defects of the original ordinance and granted summary judgment in appellees' favor. Because appellants have not clearly set out the grounds on which they challenge the district court's order but instead have criticized seriatim each of the district court's determinations, we have not followed appellants' order of presentation of the issues. Appellants appear to question the district court's grant of summary judgment on the grounds that (1) the ordinance is unconstitutional; (2) the ordinance has been enforced improperly against them and will be enforced improperly against them in the future; and (3) the district court should not have dismissed appellants' pendent state law claims. Appellants appear to challenge the district court's determination that the ordinance is not overbroad. The Supreme Court has stated, "In a facial challenge to the overbreadth ... of a law, a court's first task is to determine whether the enactment reaches a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct. If it does not, then the overbreadth challenge must fail."13 Appellants contend that the ordinance interferes with their "right of association."14 However, appellants do not elaborate on this contention. We do not understand how the ordinance, which simply requires the reporting of certain secondhand goods transactions, could limit appellants from associating with others. And the ordinance clearly does not reach "a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct," because it does not restrict any activities traditionally regarded as protected. Appellants object to the ordinance on vagueness grounds because of the ordinance's definition of "precious metals" and "precious metals dealers." The ordinance defines "precious metal" as any item containing any gold, silver, or platinum, or any combination thereof, excluding: (a) Any chemical or any automotive, photographic, electrical, medical, or dental materials, or electronic parts. (b) Any coin with an intrinsic value less than its numismatic value. (c) Any gold bullion coin. (d) Any gold, silver, or platinum bullion that has been assayed and is properly marked as to its weight and fineness.15 The ordinance defines a "precious metals dealer" as any person who buys used precious metal for resale excluding: (a) Any person, firm or corporation the principal business of which is the retail sale of new goods and which accepts for trade-in previously owned precious metal in a transaction involving the sale of new goods, provided the traded-in precious metal was originally purchased from that person, firm or corporation.16 To state a void-for-vagueness claim, appellants must show that the ordinance does not "define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited" or that it "encourage [s] arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement."17 Furthermore, because the Orlando ordinance has yet to be applied against appellants, they must show that the ordinance "is impermissibly vague in all of its applications."18 At the outset, we note that the ordinance clearly requires that secondhand dealers report their purchases of items such as jewelry and flatware. Because at least one clear application of the ordinance exists, appellants' facial vagueness claim must fail. We nevertheless address appellants' specific vagueness claims, as best as we are able to interpret them. As to the vagueness of the definition of "precious metals," appellants seem to complain that the ordinance does not exclude coins mounted in jewelry settings, whereas the Florida statute governing precious metals excludes such items.19 However, Orlando is free to enact more stringent regulations than the state of Florida.20 And the bare fact that Florida chose to exempt coins mounted in jewelry settings does not show that any other regulation is ipso facto vague. Appellants also may be taken to complain that the ordinance does not make clear the amount of metal necessary to be considered precious, even though the district court found in its decision concerning the previous Orlando ordinance that that ordinance was vague due to the failure to define the amount of metal necessary to trigger the ordinance.21 However, the previous ordinance was vague in these respects only because it was not enforced against jewelers; the words of the ordinance at issue are clear that all items containing any precious metals are required to be registered unless they fall into certain excepted categories. As we have been pointed to no evidence that the ordinance is not being enforced against jewelers, we must assume that the law will be applied as it is written and fail to see how the plain words of the definition allow standardless enforcement. As to the vagueness of the definition of "precious metal dealers," appellants argue only that the ordinance is being discriminatorily enforced.22 However, this court has held, "Regardless of the risk of discriminatory enforcement, the [plaintiffs] may raise this claim only in a post-enforcement proceeding when the possibility of selective enforcement has 'ripen [ed] into a prosecution.' "23 Moreover, discriminatory enforcement does not necessarily mean that the ordinance that is being enforced is itself void-for-vagueness. The most clearly stated law against running red lights conceivably could be enforced discriminatorily by the police, if they so chose. To state a void-for-vagueness claim, the language of the ordinance itself must be vague, and appellants have failed to point to any specific aspects of the wording of the ordinance that are insufficiently definite.24 We conclude that appellants have not shown that the ordinance is vague in any sense. Appellants appear to argue that the ordinance is unconstitutional because it fails to provide an exception for coin dealers.25 However, the principal case cited by appellants in support of their argument that an exception should be created actually permits a very similar regulation of all secondhand dealers, including those who deal in precious metals.26 Although some courts have found that precious metal dealers have not traditionally been subject to the same degree of regulation as dealers in liquor and firearms,27 these distinctions were drawn in the context of fourth amendment challenges to laws permitting warrantless inspections of precious metal dealers' businesses.28 The Orlando ordinance does not authorize such inspections. Even were coin dealers entitled to greater freedom from regulation in conducting their businesses than others, the challenged Orlando ordinance does not in any way prevent appellants from conducting their trade in coins. Orlando City Code § 43.54(1) (b) specifically excepts coins with an intrinsic value less than their numismatic value from regulation. Orlando City Code § 43.54(1) (c) specifically excepts gold bullion coins. The ordinance thus does not require appellants to report their transactions in collectible coins. It merely requires appellants to report transactions of items such as flatware and jewelry. In other words, the ordinance only regulates appellants when appellants are not acting as coin dealers but as secondhand goods dealers generally. In an argument related to the one just discussed, appellants seem to maintain that they have a right to privacy in their business transactions greater than that traditionally afforded to other businesses and that the ordinance interferes with their fundamental right to engage in coin dealing.29 It goes almost without saying that there is no fundamental right to engage in coin dealing. Orlando's ordinance need only withstand analysis under the rational basis test, used for economic regulation. We fail to see in what way appellants could show that the ordinance is not rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest, as Orlando clearly has an interest in halting transfers of stolen goods. In summary, appellants have not shown that the Orlando ordinance (which appears fairly innocuous to us) is unconstitutional on any ground. Appellants maintain that the district court incorrectly construed their complaint as only alleging "a pre-enforcement facial challenge"30 to the precious metals ordinance enacted by the City of Orlando. Appellants argue that they have also complained of possible future attempts by Orlando to enforce the ordinance discriminatorily and arbitrarily by entrapping them into violations of the ordinance and that a prior instance of attempted entrapment by Orlando demonstrates Orlando's determination to enforce the precious metals ordinance discriminatorily and arbitrarily. Appellants maintain that this allegation creates a genuine issue of material fact that makes summary judgment inappropriate.31 The district court found that appellants "have shown some actual injury as a result of an alleged investigation of them by defendants."32 The district court determined that appellants had rejected certain precious metals transactions out of fear of being arrested for violation of the ordinance. The district court also noted that appellants had submitted affidavits showing that they were threatened with enforcement of the ordinance. The district court ruled that these facts gave appellants standing to challenge the ordinance. We note that it was not necessary for appellants to have been harmed in order for them to make a pre-enforcement challenge to the constitutionality of the ordinance.33 However, allegation of injury is a necessary component of appellants' section 1983 discriminatory and arbitrary enforcement claims. The district court did not err in considering appellants' complaint as only alleging a pre-enforcement challenge to the ordinance. Appellants' claims that the ordinance has been and will be enforced discriminatorily and arbitrarily against them are premature, because they have yet to suffer any injury. No "genuine issue" therefore exists for resolution by a factfinder. As to the alleged past efforts at enforcement or entrapment: appellants have not been charged with any violations of the ordinance, and they have suffered no discernible injury from the alleged discriminatory and arbitrary enforcement.34 Moreover, we have examined the depositions and briefs carefully and can find no support for appellants' assertion that the ordinance has been enforced discriminatorily and arbitrarily. Appellants specifically argue that two depositions support their claims of discriminatory and arbitrary enforcement.35 Appellants point to the deposition of a police officer assigned to enforce the ordinance as evincing improper enforcement of the ordinance. However, the officer deposed that over forty businesses provided the information required by the ordinance voluntarily, that at one time he requested that appellants provide the same information but that appellants refused, and that he had taken no action whatsoever against appellants for their refusal to comply with the ordinance.36 From the officer's deposition, it appears that other secondhand goods dealers might have a claim of discriminatory enforcement, but not appellants. Appellants also point to the deposition of the police chief as evidencing discriminatory and arbitrary enforcement, but we could not discern any relevant information therein. The record thus shows that the ordinance at issue has been used to obtain information from numerous businesses in the Orlando area. Appellants have not pointed to any evidence that there are other businesses who refuse to comply with the ordinance and who have not been subject to attempts to enforce the ordinance. If appellants' business is the only business that refuses to comply with the ordinance, the police would certainly be justified in singling out appellants' business for compliance checking. That appellants may have been subject to an enforcement attempt does not show in any way that such enforcement was discriminatory or arbitrary. As to possible future attempts at enforcement: Appellants simply have not shown that the threatened injury they complain of is sufficiently ripe for judicial resolution.37 Because appellants have not been formally charged with violations of the ordinance, appellants have not shown any evidence that they are "immediately in danger of sustaining some direct injury as the result of the challenged official conduct" or that the threat of injury is both "real and immediate, not conjectural or hypothetical."38 It is entirely hypothetical that appellants will violate the precious metals ordinance in the future. We assume that appellants "will conduct their activities within the law and so avoid prosecution and conviction as well as exposure to the challenged course of conduct said to be followed"39 by the City of Orlando. In fact, the president of appellant Diversified Numismatics, appellant Richard Eargle, deposed that Diversified is in compliance with the ordinance because it does not at present purchase from the public any of the items regulated by the ordinance.40 According to Eargle's statement, appellants are not in any danger of being caught in or entrapped into a violation of the ordinance by any efforts of the Orlando police. Appellants therefore have not presented a controversy that is sufficiently ripe for a court to adjudicate. Speculation is not sufficient to support an injunction against a contingency as remote as possible future attempts to enforce a valid ordinance. We conclude that summary judgment was appropriate as to all of appellants' claims. Because the district court properly granted summary judgment as to appellants' federal claims, the district court's dismissal of appellants' pendent state law claims was also correct. The heart of appellants' complaint seems to be that they feel they should be exempt from reporting requirements designed to intercept the flow of stolen goods simply because they are coin dealers. But appellants fail to acknowledge that, to the extent that they are coin dealers, they are exempt from the operation of the challenged ordinance. We do not understand in what way appellants' status as numismatists should elevate them over other citizens engaged in the secondhand goods trade. See Rule 34-2(b), Rules of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Eleventh Circuit See red brief, at 8-11. But see text accompanying note 5 R1-4 (" [The recusal] motion is made to assure the appearance of justice, since each judge in 1988 recused himself or herself from all of the cases in which Gabe Kaimowitz then was involved in federal court. He is Plaintiffs' attorney. As in the instant matter, in two of those cases, a defendant is the City of Orlando. In each of those cases, Judge Sharp has recused himself, because he stated he might be biased against Kaimowitz.") See In re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litig., 614 F.2d 958, 960-61 (5th Cir.) ("Disqualification questions are fully reviewable on appeal from final judgment." (citations omitted)), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888, 101 S. Ct. 244, 66 L. Ed. 2d 114 (1980) Giles v. Garwood, 853 F.2d 876, 878 (11th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1030, 109 S. Ct. 1164, 103 L. Ed. 2d 222 (1989) Parker v. Connors Steel Co., 855 F.2d 1510, 1524 (11th Cir. 1988) (citation and footnote omitted), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1066, 109 S. Ct. 2066, 104 L. Ed. 2d 631 (1989) Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs, 517 F.2d 1044, 1052 (5th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 944, 96 S. Ct. 1685, 48 L. Ed. 2d 188 (1976) In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 830 (4th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted); see also Davis, 517 F.2d at 1051 (" [T]here could be a case where the cause of the controversy with the lawyer would demonstrate bias of such a nature as to amount to a bias against a group of which the party was a member--e.g., all Negroes, Jews, Germans, or Baptists. This then would be bias of a continuing and 'personal' nature over and above mere bias against a lawyer because of his conduct.") Davis, 517 F.2d at 1050 Cf. Gilbert v. City of Little Rock, 722 F.2d 1390, 1398-99 (8th Cir. 1983) (upholding district court's refusal to recuse where district court judge had previously recused in cases involving appellants' counsel), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 972, 104 S. Ct. 2347, 80 L. Ed. 2d 820 (1984) Diversified Numismatics, Inc. v. City of Orlando, 615 F. Supp. 141 (M.D. Fla .1985) Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489, 494, 102 S. Ct. 1186, 1191, 71 L. Ed. 2d 362 (1982) (footnotes omitted) Blue brief, at 24 Orlando City Code § 43.54(1) Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352, 357, 103 S. Ct. 1855, 1858, 75 L. Ed. 2d 903 (1983) Village of Hoffman Estates, 455 U.S. at 497, 102 S. Ct. at 1193. Although appellants claim that the ordinance has been applied against them because they have allegedly been subject to entrapment efforts by the police, appellants cannot predict which aspects of the ordinance they may be entrapped into violating prior to the bringing of formal charges against them. Therefore, appellants must show that all possible applications of the ordinance are void-for-vagueness Fla.Stat. § 538.03(1) (i) (5) (Supp.1990) See Fla.Stat. § 538.17 ("Nothing in this chapter shall preclude political subdivisions of the state and municipalities from enacting laws more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.") (1989) See Diversified Numismatics, Inc., 615 F. Supp. at 147; blue brief, at 28 See blue brief, at 26-28 Florida Businessmen for Free Enterprise v. City of Hollywood, 673 F.2d 1213, 1220 (11th Cir. 1982) (citation omitted and emphasis added) Cf. Mid-Fla Coin Exchange, Inc. v. Griffin, 529 F. Supp. 1006, 1028-30 (M.D. Fla .1981) (discussing specific aspects of vagueness in language of state statute regulating secondhand dealing in precious metals). We also note that the narrowly tailored language of the Orlando ordinance appears specifically designed to meet the objections raised by the district court in Mid-Fla Coin Exchange, Inc See Peterman v. Coleman, 764 F.2d 1416, 1421 (11th Cir. 1985) See, e.g., Mid-Fla Coin Exchange, Inc., 529 F. Supp. at 1026 See id. at 1420-21 See id. at 27 (" [F]undamental rights in fact may be involved....") R2-67-2 n. 1 Blue brief, at 22-23; Grey brief, at 2-9 R2-67-5 Cf. Village of Hoffman Estates, 455 U.S. at 491, 102 S. Ct. at 1189 Appellants claim that they have been injured because they have stopped conducting transactions with certain customers selling dental gold as a result of Orlando's alleged undercover attempts to monitor appellants' compliance with the ordinance. See R2-58-27-29. But it is difficult to understand why this injury should be attributed to Orlando (as opposed to appellants), because the ordinance specifically exempts dental gold from its reporting requirements. Orlando City Code § 43.54(1) (a) See grey brief, at 4 See R2-48-16, 27, 33-35, 42 (deposition of Officer Johnny Redgrave) See generally L. Tribe, American Constitutional Law, § 3-10, at 79-80 (2d ed. 1988) ("Constitutional concerns of ripeness must be applied to every aspect of a lawsuit.... Ripeness requirements ... constrain a court's power over remedies: even plaintiffs previously injured by a challenged exercise of governmental power may be foreclosed from relief sought to prevent speculative future harm." (emphasis in original; footnote omitted)) City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 102, 103 S. Ct. 1660, 1665, 75 L. Ed. 2d 675 (1983) (internal quotations and citations omitted) O'Shea v. Littleton, 414 U.S. 488, 497, 94 S. Ct. 669, 676, 38 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1974) See R2-58-35 of Eleventh Circuit opinions.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line826
__label__wiki	0.679283	0.679283	Home Massachusetts Middlesex County Lexington Miriam G. Altman Miriam G. Altman Divorce, Family Law, Domestic Violence Miriam G. Altman concentrates her legal practice in divorce and family law matters. Following her admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 1985, she represented individuals in matrimonial law cases and civil litigation at the Boston law firm of Sherburne, Powers & Needham, PC, now known as Holland & Knight, LLP. As a partner, she served as chair of the firm’s family law department. In 2002, she established the predecessor firm to Law Offices of Miriam G. Altman, PC, in Lexington, MA. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ms. Altman received a BA from Barnard College, magna cum laude, and a JD degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984, where she was an editor of the American Criminal Law Review. She clerked for the Honorable Justice Joseph P. Warner of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She is admitted to the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and has argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, United States District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Family Law Section. Ms. Altman’s publications include, “Litigating Domestic Abuse Cases,” which appeared in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She lectures in the field of family law for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. Ms. Altman is the co-author of “Department of Children and Families Reports in Divorce, Modification, and Paternity Custody Case Trials,” Massachusetts Family Law Journal, Volume 27, Issue No. 5, September, 2009. Attorney Altman has appeared as a featured speaker on divorce on “Money Matters Radio,” WBNW AM 1120. Attorney Miriam G. Altman has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell for meeting the highest standards of legal ability and ethics. Ms. Altman has also been listed in Boston.com’s Top Rated Lawyers, 2012 edition. Honors: cum laude B.A. (1979) Department of Children and Families Reports in Divorce, Modification, and Paternity Custody Case Trials Massachusetts Family Law Journal Litigating Domestic Abuse Cases Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Featured Speaker on Divorce “Money Matters Radio,” WBNW AM 1120 Top Rated Lawyers 2012 Edition AV Preeminent Rating Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Experience State Bar of Massachusetts # 543853 1st Circuit Law Offices of Miriam G. Altman, PC Website Google Buisness Listing Law Offices of Miriam G. Altman, PC 57 Bedford Street, Suite 106 Email Miriam G. Altman John Scheft Michael DelSignore Marlborough, MA Christopher W. Spring Esq. Richard J. Floor Daniel J. Cappetta	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line829

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