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(This article doesn’t spoil individual puzzle solutions, but does thoroughly spoil the ending of Infidel. Read on at your own risk!)
In the spring of 1983, having released successful games in the fantasy, science fiction, and mystery genres, the Imps of Infocom sat down to ask each other a question they would repeat quite a number of times over the coming years: what remaining literary genres might make a good basis for a game? Mike Berlyn, who had just finished up Suspended, suggested, appropriately enough for an adventure game, the genre of adventure fiction, those tales of manly men braving exotic dangers in exotic locations which has its roots in the likes of H. Rider Haggard and Arthur Conan Doyle and reached its peak, like the mystery, in the 1930s, when pulpy stories filled the dime store shelves and the cinema screens to be consumed by a public eager for escape from economic depression and the looming threat of another world war. It sounded like a great fit to the Imps. The genre was even undergoing something of a commercial revival; Raiders of the Lost Ark had prompted a new interest by Hollywood and booksellers in classic adventure fiction. Somewhat to his chagrin, Berlyn was promptly assigned to write the first game in the new Tales of Adventure line, which the Imps agreed would have the player exploring a heretofore undiscovered Egyptian pyramid found buried under the sands of the Sahara. And so Pyramid, eventually to be renamed Infidel by the ever-helpful folks at G/R Copy, became Berlyn’s second project for Infocom.
It’s not hard to understand why Infocom chose pyramid-delving as the subject of the first Tale of Adventure. The exploration of a deserted environment filled with mechanical traps, tricks, and puzzles is a natural for an adventure game. It’s actually hard to think of a scenario more able to maximize the medium’s strengths and minimize its limitations. Thus quite a few early adventure authors discovered a latent interest in Egyptian archaeology. Greg Hassett, who at just twelve years old wrote and sold King Tut’s Adventure for the TRS-80 in 1979, was likely the first, but Scott Adams (Pyramid of Doom) and an official Radio Shack game (Pyramid 2000) weren’t far behind, as were various others. Somewhat allaying any concerns about a hackneyed premise was Infocom’s commitment to doing ancient Egypt right, with their expected polished writing and technology, and with at least a strong nod in the direction of historical accuracy. To help with this latter, Berlyn, no Egyptologist himself, trekked down to nearby Harvard University and recruited one Patricia Fogleman, a graduate student studying ancient Egypt. She helped him with his Egyptian mythology and with the design of the pyramid itself, which are of course largely one and the same thing.
Still, the game they came up with is mechanically almost shockingly unambitious, a double surprise considering it came from the designer responsible for Suspended, a game which morphed and stretched the ZIL development system more than any game Infocom released before or since. You wake up at the beginning of Infidel in your deserted desert camp. The guides and workers who came out here with you have conveniently (for Berlyn, that is) drugged you and split, leaving you all alone to find the pyramid and explore it. With the exception only of a plane which flies overhead at the beginning to drop a vital piece of equipment and some crocodiles which dwell (thankfully) inaccessibly on the other side of the Nile, Infidel is absolutely devoid of any life beyond your own, the only Infocom game about which that can be said. There is also none of the dynamism that marked Infocom’s other games of the period. After the plane flies away Infidel‘s environment is as static as it is deserted — just a set of locations to map and explore and a series of mechanical puzzles to solve. The only notable technical innovation is the inclusion of a knapsack that you can use to carry far more objects than your hands alone would allow. Similar carry-alls eventually started appearing in other adventures as a way to preserve some semblance of realism in not allowing you to carry a ridiculous number of items in your hands while bypassing the tedium of strict inventory limits. Thankfully, they were mostly more painless to use than this one is; here you have to remove the knapsack and set it down, then manually insert or remove items.
The most interesting of the puzzles is a sort of ongoing code-breaking exercise. You find throughout the pyramid hieroglyphs scratched onto the walls and other places. Each symbol — drawn using various dashes, slashes, asterisks, and exclamation points — corresponds directly to an English word in a way that must have horrified Fogleman or any student of language. The feelies provide translations of a handful of these to start you off, but after that it’s up to you to piece together the meanings by collecting the full set on notepaper and trying to determine what means what using contextual clues. Disappointingly or gratifyingly, depending on your tolerance and talent for such exercises, this meta-puzzle is largely optional. The hieroglyphs do give hints as well as additional tidbits about the meanings behind the wonders you encounter, but the game is mostly straightforward enough that the hints aren’t necessary. In the one exception to this rule the translation is quite a trivial exercise. Indeed, solving Infidel is not difficult at all. Players experienced with Infocom’s adventures are likely to march through with few problems, waiting all the while for the other shoe to drop and for this thing to get hard. It never really does.
So, were that all there was to Infidel we would have a competently crafted, solidly written game, but one that stands out as oddly, painfully slight in comparison to its stablemates in the Infocom canon, and this would be quite a short article. However, Infidel turned out to be as conceptually groundbreaking as it is mechanically traditional, leaving angry players and broiling controversy in its wake.
Infidel‘s story — its real story, that is, not the mechanics of collecting water, operating navigation boxes, and opening doors — lives mostly within its feelies. In them Berlyn sought to characterize his protagonist to a degree rivaled amongst previous adventure games only by Planetfall. But while that game had you playing a harmless schlub who spent his days swabbing decks and bitching about his superior officer, Infidel casts you as someone less harmless: a frustrated American treasure hunter with an unethical streak as wide as your thirst for money and glory. Your diary tells how you were contacted by a Miss Ellingsworth, an old woman who believes her archaeologist father located something big in the Egyptian desert back in the 1920s. You choose not to report her story to your boss, a well-known, hyper-competent treasure hunter named Craige, but rather to secretly mount an expedition of your own, deceiving Miss Ellingsworth into believing that you’re working in partnership with Craige, the person she really wanted for this quest. Once in Egypt you mismanage everything about your under-capitalized expedition horribly, breaking a vital piece of equipment needed to find the pyramid and mistreating your team of guides and workers. That’s how you come to wake up alone in your tent when the game proper finally begins.
The game proper originally did little to integrate the character described in the feelies with the one you actually control in the game. It occasionally, just occasionally, adapts a scolding or hectoring tone: the opening text describes how you “stupidly” tried to make your crew work on a holy day; examining some thickets near your camp brings the response that they are “just about as yielding as you were with your helpers.” Even less frequently do you get a glimpse of your character’s personality, as when you “sneer” at the “idiots” who didn’t believe in you when you find the pyramid at last. Yet the game that Infocom’s testers received otherwise played like a greedy treasure hunt to warm the protagonist’s heart, climaxing with your penetrating to the innermost vault of the pyramid and coming out with the fame and fortune of which you had dreamed. The testers, obviously a perceptive and sensitive lot, complained about the thematic dissonance. Berlyn took their concerns to heart, and decided to revise the ending to make a major statement.
Much as I enjoy the likes of King Solomon’s Mines and The Lost World, it’s hard today to overlook the racism and cultural imperialism in classic adventure fiction. Invariably in these tales strong Christian white men end up pitted against black, brown, yellow, or red savages, winning out in the end and carrying the spoils of victory back home to a civilization that can make proper use of them. Maybe if the savages are lucky the white men then return to organize and lead their societies for them. It’s the White Man’s Burden writ large, colonialism at its ugliest: kill them and take their stuff. More trivially, the second part of this dictum is also the guiding ethic of old-school adventure games, sometimes without the killing but not always; CRPGs were generally lumped in with adventures as a variant of the same basic thing during this era. Dave Lebling and Marc Blank had already had their fun with the amorality and the absurdities of adventure games in Enchanter by inserting the stupid magpie adventurer from Zork to let us view him from a different perspective. Now Berlyn decided to treat the subject in a much more serious way, making of Infidel a sort of morality tale. He would invert expectations in a downright postmodern way, pointing out the ugly underbelly of traditional adventure stories from within a traditional adventure story, the moral vacuum of old-school adventure games from within one of the most old-school games Infocom would create post-Zork trilogy. Derrida would have been proud. Speaking to Jason Scott, Berlyn noted that Infidel was the first adventure game that “said who you were, why you were there, then slapped you across the face for it. How many times can you walk through a dungeon and steal things and take them with you and plunder for treasure and not get slapped around for it? Well, Infidel was the end of that.” No wonder lots of people got upset.
The following text, more shocking even than the death of Floyd, is what players read in disbelief after they entered the final command and sat back to savor the finishing of another adventure game:
>open sarcophagus
You lift the cover with great care, and in an instant you see all your dreams come true. The interior of the sarcophagus is lined with gold, inset with jewels, glistening in your torchlight. The riches and their dazzling beauty overwhelm you. You take a deep breath, amazed that all of this is yours. You tremble with excitement, then realize the ground beneath your feet is trembling, too.
As a knife cuts through butter, this realization cuts through your mind, makes your hands shake and cold sweat appear on your forehead. The Burial Chamber is collapsing, the walls closing in. You will never get out of this pyramid alive. You earned this treasure. But it cost you your life.
And as you sit there, gazing into the glistening wealth of the inner sarcophagus, you can't help but feel a little empty, a little foolish. If someone were on the other side of the quickly-collapsing wall, they could have dug you out. If only you'd treated the workers better. If only you'd cut Craige in on the find. If only you'd hired a reliable guide.
Well, someday, someone will discover your bones here. And then you will get your fame.
It’s an ugly, even horrifying conclusion; lest there be any doubt, understand that you have just been buried alive. It’s also breathtaking in its audacity, roughly equivalent to releasing an Indiana Jones movie in which Indy is a smirking jerk who gets everyone killed in the end. This sort of thing is not what people expect from their Tales of Adventure. Infocom rarely did anything without a great deal of deliberation, and releasing Infidel with an ending like this one was no exception. Marketing was, understandably, very concerned, but the Imps, feeling their oats more and more in the wake of all of the attention they had been receiving from the world of letters, felt strongly that it was the right “literary” decision. The game turned out to be, predictably enough, very polarizing; Berlyn says he received more love mail and more hate mail over this game than anything else he has ever done.
The most prominent of the naysayers was Computer Gaming World‘s adventure-game specialist Scorpia, who was becoming an increasingly respected voice amongst fans through her articles in the magazine, her presence on the early online service CompuServe (where she ran a discussion group dedicated to adventuring), and a hints-by-post system she ran out of a local PO Box. Scorpia was normally an unabashed lover of Infocom, dedicating a full column in CGW to most Infocom games shortly after their release. On the theory that it’s better not to say anything if you can’t say something nice, however, she never gave Infidel so much as a mention in print. But never fear, she made her displeasure known online and to Berlyn personally, to such an extent that when he was invited to an online chat with Scorpia and her group on CompuServe he sarcastically mentioned the game as her “fave rave.” Things got somewhat chippy later on:
Scorpia: Now, I did not like Infidel. I did not like the premise of the story. I did not like the main character. I did not like the ending. I felt it was a poor choice to have a character like that in an Infocom game, since after all, regardless of the main character in the story, *I* am the one who is really playing the game, really solving the puzzles. The character is merely a shell, and after going thru the game, I resent getting killed.
Berlyn: What do you want me to do? I can’t make you like something you don’t like. I can’t make you appreciate something that you don’t think is there. I will tell you this, though, you are being very narrow-minded about what you think an Infocom game is. It doesn’t HAVE to be the way you said and you don’t have to think that in *EVERY* game you play, that YOU’re the main character. A question for you: yes or no, Scorp, have you ever read a book, seen a TV program, seen a movie where the main character wasn’t someone you liked, was someone you’d rather not be?
Scorpia: Certainly.
Berlyn: Okay. Then that’s fair. If you look at these games as shells for you to occupy and nothing more, like an RPG, then you’re missing the experience, or at least part of the potential experience. If you had read the journal and the letter beforehand I would have hoped you would have understood just what was going on in the game — who you were, why you were playing that kind
of character. Adventures are so STERILE! That’s the word. And I want very much to make them an unsterile experience. It’s what I work for and it’s my goal. Otherwise, why not just read Tom Swifts and Nancy Drews and the Hardy Boys?
Oct: May I comment on the Infidel protagonist?
Scorpia: Go ahead, Oct.
Oct: As far as I know (through about 8 games that I’ve played) Infidel is the only one that creates a role (in the sense of a personality) for the protagonist-player. A worthwhile experiment, but I somewhat agree with Scorp that it wasn’t completely successful. The problem is that a game provides a simulated world for the protagonist and just as in life the player must do intelligent things to “succeed” (in the sense of surviving, making progress). If the role includes stupidity or bullheadedness, then the player will not make progress, which in the context of the game means not being able to continue playing. Further, the excellence of the Infocom games is in their world-simulation, but simulating a personality for the *player* is not really provided for in the basic design, the fundamental interaction between game and player. I feel I’ve not articulated too well, but there’s a point in there somewhere!
Berlyn: I never claimed the protagonist works in Infidel. I only claim that it had to be tried and so it was. There are a lot of personal reasons for my disgust (I hate the game, myself) over the whole Infidel project, but none of it had to do with the protagonist/ending problems the game has. Let me put it to you this way: Like anyone who produces things or provides a service — you put it out there and you take a chance. You wait for the smoke to clear and then you listen to people like yourselves talking about whether the experiment succeeded or failed and I could have told you it might have gone either way when I was writing it. There was just no way to know.
Oct: I think I can better summarize the problem with roles, now. Ok?
Berlyn: Go ahead, Oct.
Oct: If you give the player a role, as in the set-up (the journal) and he/she wants to view him/herself that way, ok. The problem is that the only way that can be effectively represented is in how the other actors in the game view/respond to the player. If you try to implement it by saying “You now do this,” you’ve violated a basic premise, namely that *I* decide what I want to do (whether in a role or otherwise). “You now do this” just isn’t part of the game!
Berlyn: I agree. Some of the problems I faced in this game are what kind of a human being would even WANT to ransack a national shrine like a pyramid? And once I asked myself that question, I was sunk and there was no turning back. It wasn’t even a game I wanted to write. I got off on it by putting in all the weirdness, the ‘glyphs, the mirages, the descriptions but I’ve learned from the experience. Marc once said to me, “This is the only business where you get to experiment and people really give you feedback.” He was right. And I appreciate it.
I find this discussion fascinating because it gets to the heart of what a narrative-oriented game is and what it can be, grappling with contradictions that still obsess us today. When you boot an adventure are you effectively still yourself, reacting as you would if transported into that world? Or is an adventure really a form of improvisatory theater, in which you put yourself into the shoes of a protagonist who is not you and try to play the role and experience that person’s story in good faith? Or consider a related question: is an adventure game a way of creating your own story or simply an unusually immersive, interactive way of experiencing a story? If you come down on the former side, you will likely see the likes of Floyd’s death in Planetfall and Infidel‘s ugly ending as little more than cheap parlor tricks intended to elicit an unearned emotional response. If you come down on the latter, you will likely reply that such “cheap parlor tricks” are exactly what literature has always done. (It’s interesting to note that these two seminal moments came in the two Infocom games released to date that were the most novel-like, with the most strongly characterized protagonists.) Yet if you’re honest you must also ask yourself whether a text adventure, with its odd, granular obsession with the details of what you are carrying and eating and wearing and where your character is standing in the world at any given moment, is a medium capable of delivering a truly theatrical — or, if you like, a literary — experience. Tellingly, all of the work of setting up the shocking ending to Infidel is done in the feelies. By the time you begin the game proper your fate is sealed; all that remains are the logistical details at which text adventures excel.
Early games had been so primitive in both their technology and their writing that there was little room for such questions, but now, with Infocom advancing the state of the art so rapidly, they loomed large, both within Infocom (where lengthy, spirited discussions on the matter went on constantly) and, as we’ve just seen, among their fans. The lesson that Berlyn claims they took from the reaction to Infidel might sound dispiriting:
People really don’t want to know who they are [in a game]. This was an interesting learning process for everyone at Infocom. We weren’t really writing interactive fiction — I don’t care what you call it, I don’t care what you market it as. It’s not fiction. They’re adventure games. You want to give the player the opportunity to put themselves in an environment as if they were really there.
Here we see again that delicate balancing act between art and commerce which always marked Infocom. When they found they had gone a step too far with their literary ambitions, as with Infidel and its antihero protagonist (it sold by far the fewest copies of any of their first ten games), they generally took a step back to more traditional models.
It’s tempting to make poor Scorpia our scapegoat in this, to use her as the personification of all the hidebound traditional players who refused to pull their heads out of the Zork mentality and make the leap to approaching Infocom’s games as the new form of interactive literature they were being advertised as in the likes of The New York Times Book Review. Before we do, however, we should remember that Scorpia and people like her were paying $30 or $40 for the privilege of playing each new Infocom game. If they expected a certain sort of experience for their money, so be it; we shouldn’t begrudge people their choice in entertainment. It’s also true that Infidel could have done a better job of selling the idea. Its premise boils down to: “Greedy, charmless, incompetent asshole gets in way of over his head through clumsy deceptions and generally treating the people around him like shit, and finally gets himself killed.” One might be tempted to call Infidel an interactive tragedy, but its nameless protagonist doesn’t have the slinky charm of Richard III, much less the tortured psyche of Hamlet. We’re left with just a petty little person doing petty little things, and hoisted from his own petty little petard in consequence. Such is not the stuff of great drama, even if it’s perhaps an accurate depiction of most real-life assholes and the fates that await them. If we set aside our admiration for Berlyn’s chutzpah to look at the story outside of its historical context, it doesn’t really have much to say to us about the proverbial human condition, other than “if you must be a jerk, at least be a competent jerk.” Indeed, there’s a certain nasty edge to Infidel that doesn’t seem to stem entirely from its theme. This was, we should remember, a game that Mike Berlyn didn’t really want to write, and we can feel some of his annoyance and impatience in the game itself. There’s little of the joy of creation about it. It’s just not a very lovable game. Scorpia’s distaste and unwillingness to grant Infidel the benefit of any doubt might be disappointing, but it’s understandable. One could easily see it as a sneering “up yours!” to Infocom’s loyal customers.
Infidel‘s sales followed an unusual pattern. Released in November of 1983 as Infocom’s tenth game and fifth and final of that year, it exploded out of the gate, selling more than 16,000 copies in the final weeks of the year. After that, however, sales dropped off quickly; it sold barely 20,000 copies in all of 1984. It was the only one of the first ten games to fail to sell more than 70,000 copies in its lifetime. In fact, it never even came close to 50,000. While not a commercial disaster, its relative under-performance is interesting. One wonders to what extent angry early buyers like Scorpia dissuaded others from buying it. Of course, the mercurial Berlyn’s declaring his dissatisfaction with his own game in an online conference likely didn’t help matters either. Marketing, who suffered long and hard at the hands of the Imps, must have been apoplectic after reading that transcript.
So, Infocom ended 1983 as they had begun it, with a thorny but fascinating Mike Berlyn game. With by far the most impressive catalog in adventure gaming and sales to match, they were riding high indeed. The next year would bring five more worthy games and the highest total sales of the company’s history, but also the first serious challengers to their position as the king of literate, sophisticated adventure gaming and the beginning in earnest of the Cornerstone project that sowed the seeds of their ultimate destruction. We’ll get to those stories down the road, but first we have some other ground to cover.
(I must once again thank Jason Scott for sharing with me additional materials from his Get Lamp project for this article.)
Posted by Jimmy Maher on April 7, 2013 in Digital Antiquaria, Interactive Fiction
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A Class Act
by Bradley Fernandes | July 31, 2015, 6:46 PM IST
Vicky Kaushal is on a winning wicket even before his film, Masaan (meaning crematorium) has released in India. The confidence comes from the five-minute long standing ovation the film received at Cannes 2015. The Phantom Films’ production was also awarded the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes 2015, presented by the Federation of International Film Critics. What’s more, the film also won director Neeraj Ghaywan the award for the Most Promising Newcomer at the festival.
Vicky grew up in an environment seeped in cinema, his father being the noted action director Sham Kaushal. “Till I was in the 10th grade, I’d read all his scripts so interested I was in his work.” So much so that after high school he too wanted to be an action director but nevertheless pursued his education. In his second year of engineering he realised he was not cut out for a 9 to 5 job. “I said to myself ‘Boss! This is not what I want to do. Films fascinated me. But I didn’t know from where to begin.”
To explore his interests he began accompanying his father to the sets. A chance visit on the set of Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi at Yash Raj Studio changed his perspective forever. There his father Sham Kaushal was choreographing an action sequence with Shah Rukh Khan. “I still can’t forget that day. I was observing the way Shah Rukh Khan was performing and his charisma had a tremendous effect on me. That night I couldn’t sleep. I wanted people to look at me with similar admiration. And that’s when I decided I want to be an actor.” Even though he completed his engineering and got a job in an IT company, he ultimately ditched the offer and chose a path, which held no guarantee for success. “I knew it was going to be difficult. While my friends would post pictures of their first purchased car, I was travelling in buses and rickshaws.” His father, who was well-conversant with the harshness of the industry, was sceptical about his son’s decision. “When I told him about my plans he made me understand that it was going to be tough. Here you have a job today, you are jobless tomorrow. He warned me of the sacrifices. The ‘glitter’ of the industry is what attracts people. But I was prepared for the hardships.”
He joined an acting academy to overcome his shyness. The first time he performed in the academy was on July 24, 2009. And uncannily that happens to be the date of his debut Masaan’s release as well. Coming back to his trajectory, after his acting course, he assisted Anurag Kashyap on Gangs Of Wasseypur (GOW). “Working with Anurag was my dream. The sets of GOW was like my school. I was hungry to learn. The film was the perfect training ground. Also Neeraj Ghaywan – director of Masaan - was an assistant on the film. We both were assisting for the first time and we bonded.” Next, he started theatre with Manav Kaul (theatre personality, also acted in CityLights) and Naseeruddin Shah. He also played a cameo in Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana.
With father Sham Kaushal
Few know that he even played Kay Kay Menon’s assistant in Bombay Velvet as well. “I had kept a moustache for a play. Anurag saw me in that play and offered me a small role. He is my mentor and I don’t mind even being a junior artiste in his film.” But despite these experiences with the camera, he could never crack any auditions, “I used to audition for commercials, short films, movies... everywhere. I’d make it to the final three but never bag a role. Desperation was getting to me.”In the meanwhile, he got a call from casting director Mukesh Chabbra to test for Neeraj’s film. “Knowing Neeraj, he didn’t call me because he didn’t want to bring friendship in between. He wanted me to bag the role on my merit. I did the auditions but for a week there was no response. Then one day I get a call from Neeraj and we started chatting about random things; he didn’t mention the auditions at all. All of a sudden he said, ‘You’re my Deepak (his character in Masaan). I couldn’t believe it. I was on board.”
Masaan is about a lower caste boy, Deepak, who does the menial job of burning dead bodies at the crematorium. He’s also an engineering student and aspires to lead a different life. He happens to fall in love with the upper caste girl. For the role, the urban Punjabi kid had to transform into a lower class boy from Benaras. “Neeraj and the DOP visited Benaras for a recee and I joined them. There I’d spend my time in the ghats, at the crematorium, talk to the locals, eat at the roadside joints... trying to imbibe the nuances of the place. I surrendered myself to Benares.” When Anurag Kashyap broke the news to him that their film was going to the Cannes, Vicky was elated. “I couldn’t ever visualise myself walking on the red carpet.” His stay at the French Riveria seems like a beautiful dream.
With Shweta Tripathi in Masaan
“When we reached for the screening of the film, we saw a long queue of people waiting to watch our film. It felt so good. Once the film got over, they gave us a standing ovation for five minutes non-stop. It was surreal. Neeraj and Richa Chadha were moved and started crying.”He was delighted to brush shoulders with talented artistes at dinner parties and film premieres, “At the premiere of Youth, Hollywood actors, Michael Caine and Paul Dano were present. These were the people who had inspired me, my heroes. Sitting in the same auditorium as them, I felt blessed.”
Vicky’s next film is also up for release. Mozez Singh’s Zubaan will see him opposite Sarah Jane Dias. Vicky had shot for this film much before Masaan. “God has given me more than what I dreamt of,” he smiles. Vicky’s brother Sunny Kaushal too is interested in acting. He acted in Vasan Bala’s (Peddlers fame) short film Bunny. The makers are trying to convert it into a feature film. “Sunny and I are taking baby steps. We keep giving auditions and meeting people. We watch movies, we do plays, we attend workshops, keeping your instincts sharp as an actor is important,” he states.
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Quentin Tarantinos Hateful Eight to open Christmas Day
Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film has locked down a festive release date, as The Weinstein Company has announced that The Hateful Eight will open on December 25th in the US. A perfect post-Christmas dinner activity for those hoping to settle their bloated bellies with Tarantino’s signature blend of chewy dialogue and kinetic action.
The Christmas Day opening kickstarts what’s being described as a ‘two-week roadshow’, where the 70MM prints of the movie will be screened around the country at various cities. Tarantino’s personal love of the film format spearheaded the decision, which means many of those lucky enough to catch the flick in that time period can see it as the director intended.
Many movie theaters nationwide are currently retrofitting their equipment - with Tarantino's help - by bringing in old school projectors to screen the mammoth 70MM prints. If you’re unable to make during that fortnight, the film will be rolled out in a digital widespread release on January 8, 2016. There’s no news as yet on a UK release date.
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Entries are now open for the 2017 awards
Headteacher / Principal of the Year
This award will recognise a learner of any age who can demonstrate a commitment to their own personal and professional development through learning. They should show that training and education has made a real difference to their life by improving their skills or qualifications. The learner may have overcome particular obstacles to succeed.
This award will go to an inspirational headteacher or principal who has shown exceptional management and teaching skills and commitment to their school, college or university.
Early Years Award
Award for Youth
This award will go to an innovative and successful child-minding provider, nursery, school or organisation which stands out from the rest for their early years support or provision. They should be able to clearly demonstrate the impact their work has had on their users or the children in their care.
This award will go to someone who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and enthusiasm while working with young people in Essex. The winner could be an individual volunteer, coach, leader or paid youth worker involved with organisations such as guiding and scouting, faith groups, sports teams, youth clubs, etc. Team entries will also be considered.
Community Involvement Award
Apprentice of the Year
The judges will be looking for an organisation or scheme which has really benefitted its community and beyond. The winner could be a parents’ association supporting their school; a school raising money for charity or an innovative scheme building bridges between communities.
This award will go to an apprentice who has completed an apprenticeship within the last academic year (2014/15) or is working towards an apprenticeship. Judges will be looking for apprentices who has made outstanding progress in both their practical work and in their studies, and who have made an exceptional contribution to their workplace.
College, University or Post-18 Education & Training Provider of the Year
This award will go to an organisation or partnership which can demonstrate how the creative and innovative use of technology has had a positive impact on learning and teaching.
An award for an employer, education establishment or training organisation which has shown exceptional commitment to education, training and learning for their students or employees. The judges will be looking for nominations which can demonstrate commitment to further and continuing education and a range of training opportunities available to learners aged 16 and above.
Teaching Assistant of the Year
Special Education Needs (SENCO) Award
The winner will be a teaching assistant who makes an outstanding contribution to the life of a nursery, school or college.
This award will go to a teacher, department or organisation providing exceptional support for those with special needs or disabilities.
Support Staff of the Year
School Personality of the Year
An award for a member of support staff, or a team of support staff, who always give exceptional service and make a real difference to their educational establishment through their work.
Awarded to the person in recognition of their outstanding personality and enthusiastic approach. A popular personality within the school. The winner could be a cook, caretaker or midday supervisor etc.
Innovation in the Arts Award
Primary School of the Year Award
This award will go to an organisation or educational establishment which can demonstrate a commitment to providing opportunities in the arts to its members or students. The winners will show they are not only raising standards in the arts but allowing students to fulfil their potential through exciting, innovative and creative projects. Appropriate areas that could include dance, drama, visual arts, music, crafts, photography or creative writing.
This award will go to an exceptional primary school which stands out from the rest. Has your school shone with outstanding achievements? Have you made improvements and seen great results? Using evidence to support your case, tell us the secrets of your success. Was it down to innovative ways of working; parental involvement; pure determination - or something else? However you did it, If you believe your school deserves this award for 2014-15, then we want to know.
Fit for Life Award
Secondary School of the Year Award
Awarded to an educational establishment which demonstrates an outstanding commitment to both encouraging students to be active on a regular basis with a wide participation in sports and other physical pursuits i.e. Youth Clubs, after school clubs and achieving success in those activities.
This award will go to an exceptional secondary school which stands out from the rest. Not only do we want to see academic achievement we also want the entries to demonstrate innovation, imagination and efforts to develop children in ways that go beyond the league tables. You should provide evidence to support your application, be it Ofsted reports, parent testimonials, data analysis or anything else you feel would be relevant.
Outstanding New Teacher
The Gazette - Lifetime Achievement Award
An award for a teacher who has been in the profession for less than two years but has already shown outstanding promise in the classroom.
This prestigious award will go to someone who, in the view of the judges, has had a significant and positive impact on education in North Essex over a period of years. There will be no shortlist published for this award and only the winner will be invited to the presentation event.
Teacher/Lecturer of the Year
PTA Award
This award will recognise a teacher or lecturer who inspires and engages students to fulfil their potential and makes an exceptional contribution to the life of their school, college or university. The judges will be looking for a PTA who has proven to make a positive change within a school through fundraising success and supporting the local school linking with the local community.
The judges will be looking at the quality of the nomination received rather than the quantity for one nominee. However, if a large number of nominations are received they will take this into account.
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Cybersecurity Engineering Aide (Internship)
Harris Corporation
We are a company of innovators, game changers, and entrepreneurs. As a prime contractor, we provide a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used on military and commercial platforms across the globe. We embrace innovative and progressive ideas to advance our products for military and commercial customers. The Electronic Systems Segment (ESS) provides a broad range of aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot training.
The L3 Interstate Electronics Corporation Division was founded in 1956 and for over 60 years IEC has played a key role in the most successful defense system of modern history. Headquartered in Anaheim, CA, IEC is a recognized industry leader in defense and security solutions, providing critical technology advancements in the areas of GPS/ Position Navigation and Timing, and Range and Test Solutions.
Cybersecurity Engineering AideInternship:
Candidate must be willing to work a flexible job schedule to include off-shift work and occasional overtime. Short term travel may be required.
Temporary position 6-9 months.
Our Values are an integral part of who we are. We seek candidates who share our values:
About Harris Corporation
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. We provide advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. We bring speed, innovation and flawless execution together with our committment to make the world safer and more secure.
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Traveling Millennial Sets Out To Inspire People To Live Meaningfully
What started as an account to reassure his Mom he was safe, turned into a platform to help promote global nonprofit work.
Jonathan is a great example of an Instagram influencer setting out to make positive change in the world and using his media exposure for the greater good.
Founder of Mom I'm Fine, Jonathan Kubben Quiñonez, with friends in Brazil
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Kubben Quiñonez
Millennials who are quitting their jobs to travel often need to explain to their parents why they’re doing what they’re doing. Moms typically worry about their kids, especially their safety when traveling abroad. Before Jonathan Kubben Quiñonez quit his job to travel the world, he came up with an idea that would assure his Mom he’s fine. The concept he came up with not only did just that, but spiraled into a mission to inspire people to live more meaningfully. I recently had an opportunity to connect with Jonathan to learn more.
Jonathan’s journey began when he was inspired by a Ted Talk from Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action. Shortly after he tuned in, Jonathan decided to quit his job and find his passion in life. He began travelling in April 2016, proclaiming “Simon Sinek literally changed my life.” Before his trip, Jonathan created an Instagram account called Mom, I’m Fine. The purpose was not only to document his trips, but also let his Mom know he was safe abroad. The account, which shows Jonathan around the world holding up a sign saying “Mom, I’m Fine,” grew over 300,000 followers in just over a year. Jonathan told me, “I thought I would make my Mom happy and hope I would have enough for a sponsor, but didn’t expect to grow this big."
Founder of Mom I'm Fine with friends in Machu Picchu, Peru
This summer, Jonathan received a message on Instagram from a guy who got a tattoo on his arm that read “Mom, I’m Fine.” It wasn’t until this point that Jonathan realized the full impact this account had. Jonathan now works on his brand full-time and focuses his collaborations “with companies that are positive and joyful,” in an effort to ensure his Instagram account remains meaningful. He said, “if there is a problem, I will never (just) show the problem, I prefer to show the solution and the bright side of it.”
Jonathan holding sign in Flores, Indonesia
Photo courtesy of Philipp Abresch
Since the account grew, Jonathan has leveraged his media outlet to reach people through humanitarian efforts. He also speaks at conferences around the world on topics such as building businesses of value that directly match a cause. He has also worked with the Belgian Agency for Development to help on a mission in Morocco. Currently, he uses his account to raise money for causes near to his heart, including earthquake relief efforts in Mexico, his Mom’s home country. What started as an account to reassure his Mom he was safe, turned into a platform to help promote global nonprofit work.
Jonathan at the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary in Phuket, Thailand
Overall, Jonathan’s priority is to make sure his account sends a deeper message to all about giving back. He hopes that by helping, he encourages others to do the same. For instance, when he first heard about Hurricane Irma, he felt emotional and wanted to help. He immediately researched what to do and used his social media to fly to Saint Martin and did everything he could to help. While there, he also heard about the earthquake in Mexico and made a video to his fans to help fundraise money and went there in person to help. Jonathan is a great example of an Instagram influencer setting out to make positive change in the world and using his media exposure for the greater good.
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Ramos homers, Rays beat Boston 12-6 for 8th straight win
AP Apr 28, 2018 at 10:05p ET
BOSTON (AP) The Tampa Bay Rays put themselves in a hole with a tough start to the season.
They are trying to slug their way out.
Wilson Ramos went deep again and scored on Denard Span’s inside-the-park homer, helping Tampa Bay beat the Boston Red Sox 12-6 on Saturday for its eighth consecutive victory.
It’s the longest win streak for Tampa Bay since taking nine in a row in July 2014. The resurgent Rays have won nine of 10 overall to move within one game of .500 at 12-13.
”These guys feel good right now,” manager Kevin Cash said. ”They’re having fun playing and as maybe as sloppy as it was early on, they found a way to tighten it up and win against a good team.”
Johnny Field and Carlos Gomez also connected for Tampa Bay, and Matt Duffy finished with four hits. Field’s three-run drive in the ninth was his first career homer.
Ryan Yarbrough (1-1) got his first career win with four innings in relief of rookie starter Yonny Chirinos, who recorded just six outs. Yarbrough allowed two runs and three hits, struck out six and walked none.
”With what we’ve been doing the last week or so, it’s just an exciting time and definitely makes a good vibe in the clubhouse,” Yarbrough said.
Boston lost for the fifth time in seven games. It also had to replace star outfielder Mookie Betts after the fourth inning due to tightness in his right hamstring.
The Red Sox left 10 runners on base and struck out 14 times, including one at the end of each inning.
”It’s still early, but when we were swinging the bats well, putting the ball in play with two strikes, staying in the middle of the field,” manager Alex Cora said. ”Right now, we’re striking out too much. We had chances. We had chances to put them away early in the game.”
Rafael Devers homered for Boston, and David Price (2-3) was charged with six runs, five earned, and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against his first major league team.
Gomez’s leadoff shot in the seventh made it 7-5, and Field extended Tampa Bay’s lead with a drive to left against Brian Johnson.
”I just had a feeling he was going to kind of groove a heater right there and that’s what happened,” Field said.
The first of the Rays’ three homers never left the park. Ramos led off the second with a double and scored when Span’s sinking line drive got past Jackie Bradley Jr. and rolled slowly to the wall in center. Span was already at third by the time Andrew Benintendi got over from left and fielded the ball.
Initially called a three-base error on Bradley, the call was changed the following inning and Price was tagged with two earned runs.
”The ball was hit towards me and I missed it,” Bradley said.
EARLY SAVE
The Red Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in the first and third but got just one run in each inning. Benintendi hit a leadoff double in the third, Hanley Ramirez singled and J.D. Martinez drew a walk to load the bases for Xander Bogaerts, who delivered an RBI single to left. That was all for Chirinos. Yarbrough prevented any further damage with a pair of strikeouts and a soft liner to shortstop.
”To come in that situation, you’re hoping just to keep it tied or down one. He shows up and gets us to where we still have the lead,” Cash said.
Rays: Ramos left after a single in the seventh. The Rays said it was a precautionary move because of tightness in his legs.
Red Sox: RHP Steven Wright (knee surgery) was reinstated from the disabled list, and then placed on the restricted list so he can serve a 15-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
Rays: RHP Matt Andriese (0-0, 5.40 ERA) gets his first start of the season.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (4-0, 1.93 ERA) struck out a season-high nine over seven innings Tuesday at Toronto, but did not factor in the decision.
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City of Fresno Dedicates New Public Art in Mariposa Plaza
The City of Fresno, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, dedicated a new public art piece this afternoon at the Mariposa Plaza located on Fulton Street. The new piece is the first to be installed on Fulton since 1964 and the first to be installed on the newly opened Fulton Street.
Money for the new artwork was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Program to commission new interactive public art, and develop a conceptual redesign of Mariposa Plaza that creates more vibrant and functional public space for festivals, social gatherings, and as amenity for surrounding residents, merchants and workers.
“Great cities have great art, and this is another world-class addition to Fresno’s public art collection, featured on Fulton Street and totally accessible to residents and visitors alike,” said Mayor Lee Brand. “I am proud that we are able to help bring Mariposa Plaza to life and I offer my thanks to the Fresno Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and our community partners in this effort.”
The City, working together with the landscape architecture firm of Wallace, Roberts, and Todd (WRT), and community partners; The Downtown Fresno Partnership, Creative Fresno, Urban Diversity Design, The Fresno Art Council, The Fresno Art Museum, Univision, Pacific Southwest Building, Central Valley Community Foundation, and Axis Consulting developed an art plan for students to design their vision for Mariposa Plaza, held public meetings, and tours to advance the design of the Plaza, and issued a national call for artists. Five public art proposals were received, and Gordon Huether was the artist selected to create the world-class work of art in May of 2017.
Huether, from Napa Valley, has created public art installations for universities, hospitals, recreation centers, civic buildings, libraries, museums, airports, transportation centers, parking garages, and private corporations throughout the world. In total, he has completed more than 250 art commissions over the course of his 30-year career, including the Salt Lake City Airport and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library. In addition, his work has been exhibited at museums and galleries and is represented in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
“Downtown Fresno belongs to everyone, and that’s why I’m proud to have been part of the public conversation we had that eventually brought this beautiful new work to the plaza,” said Fresno City Councilmember Oliver Baines, whose district includes Downtown Fresno. “It’s a terrific complement to the public art already on Fulton Street and builds on the incredible momentum for our vibrant new downtown.”
Mariposa Plaza sits at the center of the former Fulton Mall and is two blocks west of the state’s planned high-speed rail station. The new artwork will be part of a larger plan to redesign and “activate” the plaza, which is not part of the Fulton Street rebuild project. The former Fulton Mall was home to 32 pieces of art including sculptures, mosaic benches, and water features. The City spent over $5 million dollars to restore the artwork to its original condition.
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September 2013: Foundation and Philips Establish Center of Excellence at Institute of Cancer Research in London and more...
Accelerating the development
and adoption of focused ultrasound
FUSF Newsletter
Also in this issue
FOUNDATION NEWS:
Symposium President Announcement >
Epilepsy Foundation Grant >
BBB Workshop Report >
Merkin Fellowship Position >
FUS Symposium at UVA >
RESEARCH NEWS:
Next Phase Essential Tremor Study Begins >
Utah Breast Study Awarded NCI Grant >
Imaging in Medicine: State of the Technology >
FUS for osteoarthritic knee pain >
JTU Article of the Month: Predicting FUS Success in Treating Uterine Fibroids >
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Ultrasound: the go-to treatment for functional brain disorders? And more… >
October 10-11, 2013 — 2nd European Symposium on Ultrasound Therapy, Rome, Italy >
October 14-15, 2013 — BrainTech Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel >
October 19-23, 2013 — Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA >
October 24, 2013 — Michael J. Fox Foundation 7th Annual PD Therapeutics Conference, New York, NY >
November 3-5, 2013 — Partnering for Cures, New York, NY >
November 11-14, 2013 — European Association of Neurological Societies Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel >
November 15, 2013 — TEDx, Charlottesville, VA >
December 1-6, 2013 — Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL >
Foundation and Philips Establish Center of Excellence at Institute of Cancer Research in London
Prof. Gail ter Haar, DSc.,will lead the ICR Center of Excellence
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Philips' MR-Therapy business have entered into public-private collaboration with The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to create a new Center of Excellence (COE) at the ICR in London.
Opening this fall, the Center will be a state-of-the-art resource for clinicians and scientists who are using focused ultrasound therapy to treat cancer. The ICR site will develop clinical evidence in oncology, establish best practices, define treatment standards, create protocols, and train scientists and clinicians. The research conducted in this Center will be universal to the technology and span across cancer indications. The first project at the COE will be a clinical trial to study the use of focused ultrasound to treat bone metastases using Philips' Sonalleve system.
FUSF Symposium Honorary President Feng Wu, MD, PhD
"Dr. Wu has been pivotal in spreading his vision and clinical experience with the technology between the East and the West. He is the perfect role model for our symposium as the leading forum for global collaboration."
- Neal F. Kassell, MD
Pioneer in Focused Ultrasound Cancer Treatment Named Honorary President for 2014 Symposium
Feng Wu, MD, PhD, has been selected as Honorary President of the 4th International Symposium on Current and Future Applications of Focused Ultrasound to be held October 12-16, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Wu has been a steadfast champion of focused ultrasound for more than 25 years. To date, his teams in China have treated more than 50,000 tumor patients, the largest population of focused ultrasound-treated patients in the world. Now living in England, Wu is a Focused Ultrasound Consultant and Senior Clinical Scientist at Oxford University. He is a leading researcher in the field, having published more than 200 papers. In 2013, he was awarded the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound's William and Francis Fry Award for his outstanding contributions to the field.
Epilepsy Foundation Invests in FUSF Study
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation continues to expand relationships and collaborate with leading health organizations that share our mission to improve lives. The Epilepsy Foundation is funding a two-phase study to determine if focused ultrasound can be used to successfully treat one form of epilepsy.
FUSF scientist John Snell, PhD, will collaborate with neurosurgeon Ryder Gwinn, MD, and researchers at Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle to study the possibility of using focused ultrasound as a noninvasive and surgery-free treatment alternative for patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy who do not respond to medication. If the feasibility studies are positive, five patients will be treated in the second phase of the study.
"Right now open surgery is the most effective treatment for these patients, but risks include stroke, infection, and memory or speech problems. Focused ultrasound may offer a non-invasive way of achieving seizure freedom for these patients while minimizing risk to cognitive function."
- Ryder Gwinn, MD
Researchers representing 17 different institutions and organizations gathered in Bethesda, MD to discuss FUS and the blood-brain barrier.
Experts Discuss Research Direction at Blood-Brain Barrier Workshop
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the Kinetics Foundation organized a workshop in September to discuss the state of the technology, current challenges, and future research directions for using focused ultrasound to reversibly open the blood-brain barrier and allow the delivery of drugs directly to the brain for treatment of cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and other central nervous system disorders.
Richard Merkin, MD, created a fellowship to foster collaboration between the Foundation and other institutions.
Merkin Fellowship Position Open
The Foundation is now seeking applicants for the Richard Merkin Visiting Fellowship in Focused Ultrasound.
The Fellowship in Focused Ultrasound is open to any mid-career or senior scientist or clinician from industry or academia around the world to work with the technical and scientific team at the Focused Ultrasound Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia for about 12 months. The position will foster collaboration between the Foundation, the Fellow's home institution, and other institutions and will be paid through an annualized stipend of $150,000.
The Fellow will have an opportunity to conduct his or her own original research project in focused ultrasound and will participate in ongoing focused ultrasound research projects to promote collaborative, translational, and clinical research with research teams at the University of Virginia and other institutions. The Fellow will be expected to conduct publishable technical and pre-clinical projects and deliver 1-2 research lectures.
Linsey Phillips, guest speaker from the University of North Carolina, and Rich Price field questions from the audience.
UVA Symposium Spurs Collaboration
On September 4, more than 100 researchers, clinicians, and students from 14 departments attended the UVA Focused Ultrasound Center Evening Symposium.
Presentations from experts covered a wide range of topics, including developments in MRI technology for focused ultrasound (FUS) applications, FUS-mediated drug delivery, and clinical and pre-clinical brain studies. The symposium also highlighted novel applications, such as exploring the use of FUS to aid traditional immunotherapy and treat osteoarthritic pain (see related story in this issue). This work showcases not only the versatility of the technology, but the breadth of indications on the horizon in FUS research.
First Patient Treated in Essential Tremor Pivotal Trial
The first essential tremor patient in the pivotal trial for the ExAblate Neuro Focused Ultrasound System has been treated at Stanford, and the study is starting at the University of Virginia, Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle, and Yonsei University Medical Center in Seoul, Korea.
The trial is a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment using the ExAblate Neuro in medication-refractory essential tremor patients. The study builds upon promising pilot studies funded by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation that demonstrated the preliminary safety and effectiveness of FUS in treating target areas deep inside the brain. These studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet Neurology.
Study sites are starting to recruit appropriate patients with essential tremor for this clinical trial. Click here to see whom to contact at a location near you.
"This work is important because the technical challenges that it solves will be applicable to many other treatment areas that require beam focusing and temperature measurements in fat."
- Allison Payne, PhD
University of Utah Awarded $2.5M from NCI to Develop Treatment for Breast Cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Dennis Parker, PhD, and his team of researchers at the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research (part of the University of Utah School of Medicine) funding to further their work using focused ultrasound to treat breast cancer. After completing successful initial studies funded by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, the Utah group was able to secure this prestigious R01 award to continue this promising work.
"This NCI grant would likely have not been funded had we not had support from the FUS Foundation."
- Dennis Parker, PhD
Figure from the manuscript depicting the adoption roadmap.
"Since 2006 and the founding of the FUSF, there has been a 70% increase in the number of diseases and conditions being treated or in clinical studies"
Imaging in Medicine: State of the Technology
Scientists at the Foundation have published a comprehensive review of the state of the technology for focused ultrasound in the August 2013 issue of Imaging in Medicine. The manuscript, entitled "Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound: State of the Technology and the Challenges That Lie Ahead," provides an executive summary on:
Mechanisms and Bioeffects
The Role of Imaging
Clinical Indications
Current and Future Challenges
This publication can be downloaded for free.
FUS Promising for Osteoarthritic Knee Pain
A recent study from Japan has been published in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The article, entitled "MR-guided focused ultrasound for the novel and innovative management of osteoarthritic knee pain," describes initial results showing the safety and efficacy of focused ultrasound to treat osteoarthritic knee pain.
The entire article can be downloaded for free on the journal website.
JTU Article of the Month – Clinical Predictors of Successful Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound for Uterine Leiomyoma
Will focused ultrasound work on every fibroid? In the September issue, The Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound published a manuscript that describes the Mayo Clinic's experience in successfully using focused ultrasound to treat uterine fibroids.
READ THE FULL-TEXT, OPEN-ACCESS ARTICLE ►
Do you have research news to share in our newsletter? Share research news here.
Ultrasound: The Go-to Treatment for Functional Brain Disorders? In DOTmed Daily News September 19, 2013, featuring an interview with Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD
SonaCare Medical Expands Management Team with Chief Financial Officer in The Herald Online and DigitalJournal.com September 4, 2013
Special Report: Surgery without the Scalpel in DOTmed Daily News August 30, 2013
ExAblate Receives Approval of Health Canada for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids and Pain Palliation of Bone Metastases: Third generation ExAblate system, using non-invasive MR guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) now available for Canadian patients from Reuters August 22, 2013
October 10-11, 2013 — 2nd European Symposium on Ultrasound Therapy, Rome, Italy
October 14-15, 2013 — BrainTech Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
October 19-23, 2013 — Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
October 24, 2013 — Michael J. Fox Foundation 7th Annual PD Therapeutics Conference, New York, NY
November 3-5, 2013 — Partnering for Cures, New York, NY
November 11-14, 2013 — European Association of Neurological Societies Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel
November 15, 2013 — TEDx, Charlottesville, VA
December 1-6, 2013 — Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Do you have an event to list in our newsletter? Share your event information here.
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Questions and comments about this newsletter should be sent to Susan Klees ()
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Nine More Commit to Attend and Play Football at Guilford
Guilford vs. Randolph-Macon, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College head football coach Chris Rusiewicz announced the intention of nine more incoming students to play football for the Quakers. The students have made their deposits to the college and will enroll for classes beginning in August. They raised Rusiewicz's second recruiting class at Guilford to 18.
Drew Brown (Swansboro, N.C.) was a two-sport athlete at Swansboro High School. He lettered two years with the football team under coach Tim Laspada and earned honorable mention All-Area and All-East Central 2A Conference honors. Brown helped the Pirates to their most wins since 1988 and received the team's Pirate Award for hard work, dedication and leadership. A member of the track team and the National Technical Honor Society, he participated in the Onslow County Close-Up Program that examined local government and made the honor roll every semester.
Tyler Cook (Trinity, N.C.) lettered three years under coach Eugene Everhart at Wheatmore High School. The 6-4, 295-pound offensive lineman twice earned All-Randolph County and All-Piedmont Athletic Conference 6 2A honors. He was the team's best offensive lineman two times, earned co-most valuable player and was recognized on the Courier Tribune's All-County Team. Cook was an all-league thrower on Wheatmore's track and field team, served as a mentor to elementary students and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Noel Helms (King, N.C.) played under head coach Jimmy Upchurch at West Stokes High School. The 6-1, 290-pound offensive lineman helped his team to the 2011 state 2AA football title and the Northwest 1A/2A Conference crown. He was a two-time all-conference selection. Helms also participated on the Wildcats' wrestling team and earned all-conference honors all four years. He was a Boy Scout and received the Eagle Scout Award in 2011.
Will Holmes (Monroe, N.C.) is a 5-11, 175-pound wide receiver who lettered three years for coach Scott Stein at Sun Valley High School. He was a finalist for the 2011 Bronko Nagurski Award and an All-Union County and All-Southern Carolina Conference selection. Holmes helped the Spartans to four state playoff appearances and led Union County in yards per catch in 2011. He is also a three-year baseball letter winner and received the team's Coaches Leadership Award. Holmes is a three-time Academic Achievement Award winner and two-time All-American Academic Award recipient. Holmes also served on the Union County Public Schools Strategic Planning Committee.
Wes Johnson (Wilmington, N.C.) lettered three years under coach Greg Ditz at E. A. Laney High School. The 6-1, 250-pound lineman earned Second Team All-New Hanover County Conference honors and was named the Buccaneers' Offensive Lineman of the Year. He spent four summers at the Summer Soldiers Football Camp and has a 4.0 grade point average.
Estavio Jones (Columbia, S.C.) lettered three years under coach Raymond Jennings at Ridge View High School. The 6-1, 290-pound offensive lineman captained the line and received the team's Most Dedicated Award. He also participated on the track team for two seasons.
Matt Pawlowski (Greensboro, N.C.), a 6-2, 180-pound quarterback, lettered four years under head coach Joe Woodruff at Northwest Guilford High School. He twice earned All-Piedmont Triad 4A Conference and all-area recognition. Pawlowski helped the Vikings' to consecutive conference championships for the first time in school history and joins teammate Tyler Campbell as an incoming student at Guilford. He was also a four-year letter winner as point guard on the basketball team, which won the 2011-12 league championships. A member of the National Honor Society, he earned the school's Academic Achievement and Viking awards. His older sister, Ashley, was a member of the track and field team at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Matt Turner (Kings Mountain, N.C.) earned three varsity letters at Kings Mountain High School playing for coach Greg Lloyd. The 5-9, 285-pound center helped his team reach the second round of the 2011 state playoffs. He won the team's 2011 Toughman Award and was a two-time scholar-athlete. Turner also competed with the wrestling team, which qualified for the state playoffs.
Josh Vivod (Winston-Salem, N.C.) lettered two years under head coach Chris Adams at Ledford High School. The 5-10, 245-pound defensive lineman earned All-Mid-Piedmont Conference honors and was named the team's Best Defensive Lineman as a senior. He holds the Panthers' record for most tackles by a defensive lineman. Vivod also was a conference wrestling champion and placed ninth in the state wrestling championships. He was honored with Ledford's History Award of Excellence.
Guilford opens the 2012 season Sept. 1 against Greensboro College in the Gate City Soup Bowl at 7:00 p.m.
June 25, 2012 Three More Slated to Join the Quakers' Football Team
May 22, 2012 Chris Barnette '07 Tabbed for NFL-NCAA Coaching Academy
May 9, 2012 Quakers Add Another Six to Football Class of 2016
May 5, 2012 Guilford Football Seniors Graduate
May 4, 2012 Guilford Football Team Completes Over 900 Hours of Volunteer Service
April 19, 2012 Rusiewicz Welcomes Six More Newcomers to Football Team
April 12, 2012 Seven More to Join Guilford College Football Team
April 5, 2012 Rusiewicz Welcomes Five More To Football Class of 2016
March 30, 2012 Nine More Commit to Attend and Play Football at Guilford
March 22, 2012 Guilford Announces First Group of Football Recruits
December 5, 2011 Ben King Named Third Team All-South Region
November 16, 2011 Guilford Places Six on All-ODAC Teams
November 12, 2011 Guilford Falls to Emory & Henry in Season Finale
November 6, 2011 Satiir Stevenson Named ODAC Defender of the Week
November 5, 2011 Guilford Wins at Catholic, 34-27
October 29, 2011 Hampden-Sydney Rallies Past Guilford, 63-49
October 22, 2011 Guilford Falls to Randolph-Macon, 45-7
October 15, 2011 Bridgewater Overcomes Guilford, 59-13
October 8, 2011 Guilford Falls to Southern Virginia, 55-24
October 1, 2011 Washington and Lee Downs Guilford, 63-0
September 17, 2011 Averett Turns Back Guilford, 35-21
September 10, 2011 Quakers Drop Road Game at Methodist, 40-22
September 5, 2011 Ben King Wins First Guilford Student-Athlete of the Week Award
September 3, 2011 Quakers Return the Soup Bowl to Guilford
August 25, 2011 Guilford Rounds Out 2011 Football Coaching Staff
July 29, 2011 2011 Guilford College Football Season Outlook
July 29, 2011 Guilford Picked Seventh in ODAC Coaches' Poll
July 11, 2011 Five More Commit to Play Football at Guilford
July 5, 2011 Five More Recruits Headed To Guilford
June 23, 2011 Guilford's Dempsey Named to Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame
June 20, 2011 Quakers Add Five to 2011 Football Roster
June 13, 2011 Five More Gridders Headed to Guilford
June 6, 2011 Guilford Announces First Football Recruits for 2011
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Music, J.S.Bach
Can any composer equal Bach?
Johann Sebastian Bach, born March 21st 1685, has done everything completely. He was a man through and through.
Nearly 300 years after his death, Johann Sebastian Bach is still the gold standard in classical music. Clemency Burton-Hill explores why that is.
On BBC Radio 3’s Breakfast show we have a daily feature called Bach Before 7. Every weekday morning, just before 7.00, we play a piece of music by Johann Sebastian Bach – usually something requested by our listeners, who tune in from all over the globe. It’s inconceivable that another composer could take Bach’s place in that slot. Even Mozart or Beethoven wouldn’t cut it. And as for other giants of the musical canon, Monteverdi, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Mahler, Shostakovich, Bartok: forget it. Over the course of my show, between 6.30am and 9.00am, I will of course play many of these and indeed dozens of other composers of all different periods and styles, from Adès to Zemlinsky. But it’s Bach, and Bach alone, who could warrant his own daily slot.
This is not to say that JS Bach is everybody’s favourite composer – of course not. But he is the ultimate composer. Trying to explain why is a fool’s game: it’s like the famous quote attributed to several that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”. It’s hard to think of a more refined brain than Albert Einstein’s, and yet it was he who famously uttered, “This is what I have to say about Bach – listen, play, love, revere – and keep your trap shut.”
It’s good advice. I’m only ignoring it because so many people I meet, from all walks of life who are innately and immediately moved by Bach, ask me: just what is it about him? Why does his music do that – and how? How does it invade us, change us? So here are a few reasons why I think he is the godfather of classical music. All music.
Humanity and divinity
Bach’s instinctive understanding of human nature, his rhetorical skills and his innate skill as a dramatist are second to none. Living from 1685 to 1750, he had no choice but to write music to the glory of God – and yet everything that it is to be human – to love, to lose, to laugh, to be betrayed, to betray, to be torn into little pieces or to feel so whole you could fly, is here. Conflict, friendship, despair, joy, his music encompasses what I can only describe as “the everything-ness of everything”. Even Shakespeare cannot compare.
John Eliot Gardiner, a peerless Bach conductor and author of the superb recent biography Music In The Castle of Heaven, jokes that Bach is like snorkelling. “Being in Bach’s music has that sense of otherness: it’s another world we enter, as performers or listeners,” he told me in a recent interview. “You put your mask on, and you go down to a psychedelic world of myriad colours.”
Gardiner also makes a compelling point about Bach’s music and faith. Because when you hear something that beautiful, it’s hard not to wonder how it could have been made by a mere mortal. Gardiner is an agnostic, but admits to feeling close to becoming a Christian when performing Bach. “It’s irresistible in its persuasiveness,” he admits. “I cannot deny that even if my logical mind says ‘no’ – my soul, my spirit says, ‘This can only have come from somebody who has a totally credible and believable sense of godhead and the futility of human existence; [these are] the aspirations that are necessary to make sense of our lives…’”
Bach’s music was made through faith, but it transcends faith. He humanises the Lutheran theology of his time and makes it approachable. He makes it speak to people of all beliefs, and of none. Gardiner reckons Bach’s own tussles with faith, explored through the music, make his sacred pieces less didactic, less doctrinaire than others. Consider, for example, the “peasant stomp of the B Minor Mass, as opposed to Handel’s wispy angels which disappear into the ether.” This earthy element to Bach’s epic spirituality is “a wonderful paradox. There is so much wit. It’s real.”
Bach suffered devastating personal loss and his music, while occasionally saturated in grief, is somehow always immensely consoling. This is particularly true of his two hundred-odd cantatas, an astonishing suite of works that form the centre of his musical universe.
As soprano Nancy Argenta has said, “Bach can be very reassuring. When you're feeling frazzled, you need Bach not Beethoven to relax you. He has a calmness that makes people feel that all's well with the world and that they'll be all right.”
The first rock star?
Helmuth Rilling, another outstanding Bach conductor, reckons the true extent of Bach's genius is only now becoming apparent. When asked by Gramophone magazine if ‘Bach was best’ he had this to say: “He was the great consolidator, summing up the best of what had gone before, refining the best ideas of his own time.” And it's not enough simply to look at Bach’s achievements alone. “He's the teacher par excellence,” Rilling says. “His music has influenced every later generation of composers and musicians – a heritage that continues right up to our own time. My friend Krzysztof Penderecki told me that without Bach he would never have written his own St Luke Passion.”
It goes much further than Penderecki and avant-garde classical music, though: Bach’s influence on jazz, soul, hip hop and pretty much any 20th Century musical genre you could care to name is inestimable. Sometimes this is very obvious, as in the hip-hop outfit Sweetbox’s song Everything’s Gonna Be Alright, which directly samples Bach’s Orchestral Suite No 3; sometimes it’s a little more oblique, as in the Swedish death metal band Dismember’s apparent appropriation of Bach’s Komm, Süsser Tod in their song Life, Another Shape of Sorrow.
When I asked pianist James Rhodes recently why Bach was the ultimate, he put it pretty succinctly. “Here is a man who was orphaned by the age of 10, who lost 11 of his 20 kids in infancy or childbirth, whose first wife and love of his life died suddenly,” he mused. “So there’s Bach, drenched in grief, sleeping with groupies in the organ loft; a duelling, fighting, hard-drinking rock star with a work ethic that makes Obama look like a bum and producing music that still, 300 years later, inspires, stuns and rockets us into a fourth dimension of existence.”
I’ve been trying to nail down my Bach ‘starter kit’ – the gateway pieces to the fourth dimension that would enrich and inspire everyone’s day, everyone’s life. And I was going to say, how about the Double Violin Concerto, second movement? But maybe it should be the Violin and Oboe Concerto second movement instead? Definitely listen to the St Matthew Passion – at least the opening; and from the St John – this chorus. And obviously the Sanctus from the B Minor Mass. Then you’d absolutely have to include the Chaconne from the Violin Partita in D minor; the Prelude from this one and probably the Andante from this one. Oh, but what about this Brandenburg concerto? Then we would need, of course, this prelude and fugue from the Well-Tempered Klavier. And what about the fact that there are countless wondrous interpretations from across the ages of each of these pieces?
I give up. Like Einstein, I’ll keep my trap shut, and let Bach’s music speak. It’s the ultimate gift to humankind. Go listen, play, love, revere – and be changed for always.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140917-can-any-composer-equal-bach
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/ The 2013 Omnibus HIPAA Rule: Privacy and Security May Create Financial Problems for the Healthcare Industry
The 2013 Omnibus HIPAA Rule: Privacy and Security May Create Financial Problems for the Healthcare Industry
By: David N. Crapo
The various health care statutory and regulatory reforms enacted or promulgated over the past two years have significant, potentially negative financial impacts on participants in the health industry. Below is a discussion of the recent enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-240, H.R. 8, 126 Stat. 2313) (“Fiscal Cliff Act”) on January 2, 2013, and the long-awaited promulgation of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification: Final Omnibus Rule (“Omnibus HIPAA Rule”) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) on January 17, 2013.
Fiscal Cliff Act
The Fiscal Cliff Act has the potential to negatively impact in the two following ways health care providers like hospitals and skilled nursing facilities dependent (as most are) on Medicare and/or Medicaid for revenues. First, the “doc fix” included in the Act avoided substantially reducing Medicare reimbursements for physicians, but only at the potential expense of hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. See Fiscal Cliff Act, § 601. Second, Congress increased the look-back for recovering Medicare and Medicaid overpayments from three to five years, thereby increasing providers’ overpayment liability exposure. See Fiscal Cliff Act, § 638.
Omnibus HIPAA Rule
The Omnibus HIPAA Rule revises the Breach Notification Rule (45 C.F.R. §§ 160.400 through 160.408) and amends the HIPAA Enforcement, Privacy and Security Rules to bring them into compliance with the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act (a/k/a “the HITECH Act”). Two provisions of the Omnibus HIPAA Rule have the potential to directly, and negatively, impact the financial health of participants in the health care industry. The revisions of the definition of “breach” for purposes of the Breach Notification Rule will facilitate determinations that an entity has violated that rule, increasing the entity’s exposure to civil monetary penalties. The Omnibus HIPAA Rule’s implementation of the HITECH Act’s expansion of HIPAA to impose statutory and regulatory obligations directly on business associates (“Business Associates”) retained by health care providers, health plans, and health care clearing houses (collectively, “Covered Entities”) to provide certain healthcare-related services potentially increases the cost to Business Associates of doing business.
A. The Breach Notification Rule
Under the prior interim Breach Notification Rule, Covered Entities enjoyed relatively broad discretion in determining whether the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) constituted a “breach.” That discretion was widely criticized. In response, the Omnibus HIPAA Rule creates the presumption that any unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI constitutes a breach for purposes of the Breach Notification Rule.
The presumption imposes the burden on the Covered Entity (or the Business Associate of the Covered Entity) to demonstrate that there is a low probability that PHI was compromised by unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or acquisition. In meeting that burden, the Covered Entity or Business Associate must consider: (i) the nature and extent of the PHI involved; (ii) the identity of the person who used the PHI or to whom it was disclosed; (iii) whether the PHI was actually acquired or used; and (iv) the extent to which the risk to the PHI has been mitigated. 45 C.F.R. § 164.402.
The presumption contained in the Omnibus HIPAA Act facilitates determinations by HHS that an unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI triggered the notification requirements of the Breach Notification Rule. Complying with those provisions can be expensive, as HHS pointed out in its initial guidance on the Breach Notification Rule. See 74 Fed. Reg. 42740 (Aug. 24, 2009). Nevertheless, noncompliance is even more costly. See, e.g., 45 C.F.R. § 160.404(b) (authorizing civil monetary penalties of up to $1,500,000 for violations of the Breach Notification Rule). In sum, Covered Entities, their Business Associates, and their Business Associates’ subcontractors should familiarize themselves with the Breach Notification Rule and should endeavor to avoid breaches of PHI in the first place.
B. Business Associates and their Subcontractors
With the promulgation of Omnibus HIPAA Rule, there can be no question that Business Associates and their subcontractors who create, receive, maintain, or transmit PHI on behalf of the Business Associate are now directly subject to HIPAA (as, in fact, they have been since the October 30, 2009, effective date of the interim final rule extending the application of HIPAA). See, e.g., 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.102(b), 164.105(b) (generally subjecting Business Associates to HIPAA). Business Associates and their sub-contractors are expressly and directly subject to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule (45 C.F.R. § 160.300, et. seq.), including the obligation to provide HHS with compliance reports and cooperate with HHS’ investigations of potential HIPAA violations (45 C.F.R. § 160.310). They must comply with the HIPAA Security Rule (45 C.F.R. §§ 164.300, et seq.) and put in place the administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for the protection of PHI for which the rule provides. Business Associates and their subcontractors must also comply with those provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule governing the use and disclosure of PHI (45 C.F.R. §§ 164.500(c); 164.502.
Of most relevance to their financial and economic interests, however, Business Associates and their subcontractors are subject to civil monetary penalties for their violations of HIPAA or the HIPAA Privacy and Security and Breach Notification Rules in the same way Covered Entities are. Business Associates and their contractors now have significant statutory and regulatory obligations under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and are potentially subject to substantial penalties for failing to meet those obligations. The cost of compliance, or, more importantly, of noncompliance, adds additional financial pressure to the already financially stressed health care industry.
For financial and economic reasons, Covered Entities, their Business Associates, and Business Associates’ sub-contractors cannot ignore the civil monetary penalties available under HIPAA and the HIPAA Enforcement Rule. It is no secret that HHS has been charged with the aggressive enforcement of health-related laws, including HIPAA, to assist in the funding of health care reform. Indeed, since the issuance of a prior interim rule on October 30, 2009, the HIPAA Enforcement Rule actually requires HHS to investigate complaints (45 C.F.R. § 160.306(c)(1)) and to conduct compliance reviews (45 C.F.R. § 308(a)) where a preliminary review of the facts indicates a possible HIPAA violation due to willful neglect.
After years of HIPAA functioning as a “toothless tiger,” the HHS Office of Civil Rights is now aggressively enforcing HIPAA. The $4.3 million fine imposed on Cignet Health is an example of HHS’s new approach to HIPAA. Moreover, HHS not merely focusing on egregious cases. In December 2012, HHS assessed its first penalty, against Hospice of North Idaho, on a data breach involving fewer than 500 patients. It behooves Covered Entities and their Business Associates to understand and comply with the Omnibus HIPAA Rule.
C. Effective Date
The Omnibus HIPAA Rule generally becomes effective on March 26, 2013. Covered Entities and their Business Associates must be in compliance with most provisions of the Omnibus HIPAA Rule by September 23, 2013. Compliance with the Breach Notification Rule as finalized by the Omnibus HIPAA Rule is required by September 23, 2013.
If you have any questions concerning the amendments to HIPAA, please contact David N. Crapo at dcrapo@gibbonslaw.com or (973) 596-4523.
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This Convention applies to the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong only, as a result of an extension made by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. When Hong Kong was restored to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997, China declared that the Convention will continue to apply for Hong Kong.
Date of entry into force of the Convention for Hong Kong: 23 August 1968.
Declarations / notifications:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, depositary of the Convention, gave notice that on 16 June 1997, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands received a Note dated 11 June 1997 from the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at The Hague and a Note dated 3 June 1997 from the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China at The Hague concerning Hong Kong.
The Note from the Ambassador of the United Kingdom reads as follows:
I am instructed by Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to the Convention on the Conflicts of Laws relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions done at The Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) which applies to Hong Kong at present.
I am also instructed to state that, in accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19 December 1984, the Government of the United Kingdom will restore Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997. The Government of the United Kingdom will continue to have international responsibility for Hong Kong until that date. Therefore, from that date the Government of the United Kingdom will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to Hong Kong.
I should be grateful if the contents of this Note could be placed formally on record and brought to the attention of the other Parties to the Convention.
(signed Rosemary Spencer)".
The Note from the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China reads as follows:
(Translation)
"Your Excellency,
In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19 December 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the `Joint Declaration'), the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997. Hong Kong will, with effect from that date, become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs which are the responsibilities of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China.
It is provided both in Section XI of Annex I to the Joint Declaration, `Elaboration by the Government of the People's Republic of China of its Basic Policies Regarding Hong Kong', and Article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted on 4 April 1990 by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, that international agreements to which the People's Republic of China is not a Party but which are implemented in Hong Kong may continue to be implemented in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In accordance with the above provisions, I am instructed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China to make the following notification:
The Convention on the Conflicts of Laws relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions done at The Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"), by which the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is designated as the depositary, which applies to Hong Kong at present, will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997.
In accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, the Government of the People's Republic of China reserves the right, in derogation of paragraph 3 of Article 1 of the Convention, for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator has his domicile.
As far as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is concerned, in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, the place where the testator has his domicile is determined in accordance with the lex fori.
Within the above ambit, responsibility for the international rights and obligations of a Party to the Convention will be assumed by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
It would be appreciated if the contents of this Note could be placed formally on record and brought to the attention of the other Parties to the Convention.
(signed Zhu Manli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands)".
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The Prince's Trust and TK Maxx & HomeSense Celebrate Success Awards: the three inspirational teams in the final
March 09, 2017 - 10:12 GMT Emily Nash Prince Charles will attend a star-studded awards ceremony next week, where one of three teams will win the Dell EMC Community Impact Award
Prince Charles will attend a star-studded awards ceremony next week to celebrate young people who have turned their lives around with support from his charity, The Prince’s Trust. Hosted by Ant and Dec, celebrities including Thierry Henry, Gemma Arterton, Claudia Winkleman, Phillip Schofield and Tamsin Egerton are expected to attend. The Prince’s Trust and TK Maxx and HomeSense Celebrate Success Awards, which takes place at the London Palladium on March 15, recognises the achievements of young people who have overcome issues like abuse, drug addiction, homelessness and depression to make a success of their lives. We are delighted to be backing the awards and here we take a look at the three inspirational teams in the final for the Dell EMC Community Impact Award in association with HELLO! magazine.
Leith Academy
A battalion of young soldiers who died a century ago inspired a group of young people from Leith to achieve more than they ever believed possible. Brought together by The Prince’s Trust xl (Achieve) programme, which helps motivate young people who are struggling at school, they were all underachieving and lacking in self-belief, while some also needed help with mental health problems, offending behaviour and poor school attendance. They decided to commemorate 216 young soldiers from the area who died in a 1915 rail crash en route to Gallipoli during World War One. The project involved them creating a stained-glass poppy wreath, designing glass dog tags to hang on a Tree of Life at a local arts centre and stencilling 216 personalised poppies along one of the city’s busiest streets to mark the trail for a public parade and commemoration service. The group designed posters to raise awareness of the tragedy, delivering one to every address that those lost in the disaster had departed from and helped to plant 215 trees as part of the World War I Centenary Wood in the Pentlands, with the final tree being planted by Princess Anne. The young people found a sense of purpose at school and in their community, gaining confidence, motivation and a sense of achievement as well as learning new skills. They are now taking positive steps towards their futures. Group member Maria Leslie, 17, says: “It was really scary at first but it turned out to be the best thing I’ve ever done. I feel really proud of our project.”
Bridgewater Team 42
Nine unemployed young people from Bridgewater wanted to bring a positive change to their community and decided to give a sensory makeover to a rundown garden for adults with learning disabilities. Aged 16 to 22, they transformed the space at West Huntspill Day Centre during their time on Team – a 12-week Prince’s Trust programme to build confidence and job prospects. Team member Zoe Mills, says: “Most of us hadn't been around people with learning disabilities before, so we didn't know what to expect. But they were so nice and friendly, we knew we wanted to do something special for them.” With more than half of the team suffering from anxiety and communication problems, the first hurdle they faced was fundraising for the project with a bag pack at ASDA. But by working together, they raised £224.24 in just four hours and secured donations of paint and tyres from Dulux and Somerset Auto & Tyres. By working consistently hard, carefully managing their budget, and putting themselves in the place of the centre’s users, the team brought the sensory garden to life. The end result was a work of art and the garden is now one of the most popular spaces at the Centre. Proud of their achievements, the young people enthusiastically completed the rest of the programme and are now all volunteering, in education, traineeships or in work. Team member Ricky Dean says: “Meeting the service users at the Centre was really good - it helped me and the others put our own problems into perspective.”
Ilkeston Team 175
None of the members of Ilkeston Team 175 had experienced the feeling of self-confidence before their journey with the Prince’s Trust. Aged between 16 and 25, they each faced barriers to success and had not found career paths or a direction in life. All of them needed help to develop their social skills, motivation and self-belief when they signed up for The Prince’s Trust’s Team course – a 12-week personal development programme giving young people the skills and confidence to find employment. The group chose to work at SV2, a charity supporting victims of sexual violence, and took on a project to decorate two therapy rooms and an office. Working together, they shared responsibilities to ensure everybody could try out different skills such as painting mural boards or walls. They planned carefully and collaborated closely with each other and the staff at SV2 to learn about the charity’s work and understand the need to be respectful and considerate of service users. They realised that making the environment friendly and welcoming helped them feel safe when talking about a difficult time in their lives. The team developed outstanding partnerships while working on the project and learned the importance of communicating effectively, dealing with difficulties and persevering. Team member Amber Burton, 19, says, “Since being on the course I have built up motivation for work and am determined to go for what I want to do in life.”
The Prince’s Trust helps disadvantaged young people to get their lives on track. Founded by The Prince of Wales in 1976, the charity has supported 13 to 30 year-olds who are unemployed or struggling at school and at risk of exclusion for more than 40 years. Many of them have been in care, facing issues such as homelessness or mental health problems, or in trouble with the law. The Trust’s programmes give vulnerable young people the practical and financial support needed to stabilise their lives, helping develop self-esteem and skills for work. Three in four young people supported by The Prince’s Trust move into work, education or training. For more information visit: www.princes-trust.org.uk.
Ant and Dec
Prince Charles jokes with Ant and Dec at his Trust Awards
Kimberley Walsh cleans out her closet for charity
Prince Harry teams up with inspirational basketball star Carmelo Anthony
Prince Charles mingles with Ant and Dec and Thierry Henry at awards ceremony
Cheryl brings the 'X-Factor' to Prince's Trust gala
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Girls Outscored Boys on a National Test of Technology and Engineering
By Isabel Calkins • News May 18, 2016 at 5:40pm
Remember all of those times when you were a kid and you would tell the boys you were smarter than them because you were a girl? Well, looks like you weren’t actually that wrong. According to The Washington Post, on a national test of technology and engineering literacy, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), girls outperformed boys. The results of the test that the federal government administered were made public Tuesday—And TBH, the results are pretty great for girls.
The Post reported that the test was “designed to measure students’ abilities in areas such as understanding technological principles, designing solutions and communicating and collaborating” and that the girls were especially strong in the last part. The computer-based exam included questions involving imaginative scenarios, such as creating a healthy living environment for "Iggy," the virtual classroom iguana, or coming up with a safe bike lane design.
"Overall it looks like girls have the ability and critical thinking skills to succeed in the fields of technology and engineering, and that's worth noting," Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, told U.S. News & World Report.
But in addition to girls seriously kicking guys' butts, there were some disturbing race and wealth gaps in the results. Poorer students scored more than 30 points lower in proficiency than their wealthier peers, according to U.S. News. The Post also reported that 18 percent of black students and 28 percent of Latino students scored in the proficient range, way below the average of 56 percent for their white and Asian classmates.
The test was created to test the abilities of over 21,500 eighth grade students by asking straightforward questions and more open-ended answer scenarios. Overall, a total of 43 percent of all students scored proficient—42 percent of boys on average, while 45 percent of girls scored the same way. *Mic Drop.* Girls run the world!
She Came to Play 2019
Isabel Calkins (NYU)
Isabel is a currently the Evening & Weekend Editor at Her Campus and a student at New York University in the Global Liberal Studies program with a concentration in Contemporary Culture and Creative Production. When she is not watching Gilmore Girls or playing with puppies at the local pet store, she spends her time freelancing for numerous publications about celebrities and life. You can find her work on the websites of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Elle, and Buzzfeed. Follow her on Instagram at @isabelcalkins.
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Why Jennings family missed Keaton Jennings’ maiden Test century in Mumbai
Keaton Jennings, son of former South Africa cricketer Ray Jennings, scored 112 against India in the fourth Test being played at Wankhede. Ray, who is holidaying in Mauritius, missed watching his son score his maiden century.
cricket Updated: Dec 09, 2016 19:21 IST
HT Correspondent
England's Keaton Jennings celebrates after scoring a century against India at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. (Reuters)
Keaton Jennings’ parents couldn’t watch their son complete a famous hundred on debut against India in the opening day of the fourth Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
Keaton Jennings reverse swept Jayant Yadav on Thursday to complete his maiden century, becoming the third England cricketer to score a ton on debut against India. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Keaton’s parents, father Ray Jennings (former South Africa cricketer) and mother, are holidaying in Mauritius, and a power failure at the resort meant that they couldn’t see their boy raise the bat. (LIVE ACTION)
For more than an hour they were cut off and had no information on whether Keaton brought up his ton or had failed in the nervous 90s.
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“It came back on when he was on 111, and then he scored one more run and he was out,” Ray Jennings was quoted in ESPNCricinfo.
They could watch the shot that took Keaton to 100 later after family members sent them a video clip of the reverse sweep.
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Keaton was also supposed to join the family on the vacation but was called up to the England squad after Haseeb Hameed returned home following an injury.
Ray chose not to change the holiday plan and travel to India and watch his son play.
“It’s my son’s space It’s his tour and I didn’t want to get in the way. It’s his domain. I knew once Haseeb Hameed broke his finger that there was a 98% chance he would be playing but I also knew it was going to be tough.”
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LPGAApril 27, 2017
Lydia Ko opens up about what she’s looking for in a caddie
Keely Levins
Darren Carroll IRVING, TX - APRIL 27: Lydia Ko of New Zealand lines up a putt at the third hole during the first round of the Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout at Las Colinas Country Club on April 27, 2017 in Irving, Texas. (Photo by Darren Carroll/Getty Images)
IRVING, Texas — It’s been a season of changes for Lydia Ko. She didn’t re-sign with Callaway and plays PXG clubs now, she left swing coach David Leadbetter to start working with Gary Gilchrist, and, to much fanfare this week at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, she’s playing with her 10th caddie of her professional career, Pete Godfrey.
The two had a perfectly fine first round together on Thursday. After making two good up-and-downs on 16 and 17, the No. 1 on the Rolex Rankings, finished with a one-under 70, five off the early lead at Las Colinas Country Club.
After the round, Ko was fairly forthcoming in taking about her search for the right person to carry her bag.
“Obviously the number of caddies I’ve had is not a small number,” Ko said. “With every person I felt like I’ve learned a lot.”
The rate of turnover is pretty quick considering Ko has only been on tour since 2014. Ko says she keeps trying out new caddies because she’s looking to find what works best with her game. And she admits it’s not a perfect science.
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“I don’t know exactly what I want and what I need in a caddie,” Ko admitted. “As an amateur, you’ve always got a friend or my mom caddied for me a lot in the big amateur championships. Especially my rookie year [as a pro], I was learning and figuring out what works best for me. In a day, I spend a lot of it with my caddie. I think people just think caddies give you a number, but I think it’s more than that.”
Godfrey caddied for 2016 LPGA player of the year Ariya Jutanugarn, the current World No. 3, last season. Earlier this spring, he got married to another LPGA Tour pro, Jane Park. Ko describes Park as one of her big sisters on tour and had gotten to know Godfrey through her.
“Obviously I’m trying to figure out exactly what I want and I realize how big personality is for me,” Ko said. “Especially because I’m not really loud, I never get high or low. When I don’t play well, I felt like I needed somebody who would say, ‘Hey it’s OK, we can make birdie on the next hole. We can bring it back.’ I needed somebody with a little bit more positive [attitude], more of that nice confident energy. That’s what I was looking for, and hopefully that will happen between Pete and I.”
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Christian Author Identifies Present-Day Location of Biblical ‘Mystery Babylon’
By Suzette Gutierrez-Cachila ( [email protected] ) Feb 07, 2017 10:29 AM EST Comment
The Kaaba in The Great Mosque of Mecca. New York Times bestselling author Joel Richardson identified the location of what the book of Revelation in the Bible refers to as “Mystery Babylon,” the place where the Anti-Christ would come from—and it’s not what most people believe it to be. Wikimedia Commons
New York Times bestselling author Joel Richardson identified the location of what the book of Revelation in the Bible refers to as “Mystery Babylon,” the place where the Anti-Christ would come from—and it’s not what most people believe it to be.
Richardson, an internationally recognized teacher who travels to different places to tell people about the gospel, living with biblical hope, Jesus’ return and preparing the church for the coming challenges, debunked certain long-standing beliefs about the biblical city of the Anti-Christ.
Speaking in an interview with Carl Gallups on Freedom Friday, Richardson said one of the most popular theories about the city of the Anti-Christ—that Nimrod established the mystery religion that the Anti-Christ would espouse—is false.
Calling it “The Nimrod Myth,” Richardson gave several explanations as to why the theory cannot be true. He said the stories stem from “different traditions which cannot be traced any older than about the first century.” They were all based on the Talmud, and some of them are contradictory, he explained.
Additionally, Semiramis, whom Nimrod supposedly married, historically existed about 1,200 years after Nimrod.
“And so this whole story that Christians have just latched onto believing that it’s essentially Bible truth, there’s no historical or biblical basis for it. And this is a problem because this whole story, this Nimrod myth, really forms the very foundation [of a lot of beliefs about the identity of Mystery Babylon],” he said, according to WND.
Richardson also contradicted stories saying the Anti-Christ would emerge out of the Vatican or the secret religion “illuminati.” These theories were “madness” and based on deception. He said such stories, while widely believed by Protestants, “have no historical basis.”
Scottish minister Alexander Hislop, who wrote ‘The Two Babylons’ in the 1800s, popularized the idea that the Anti-Christ would come from the Roman Catholic Church. However, Richardson believed Hislop could have been suffering from a form of mental illness, much like that of John Nash, that made him see secret codes from almost everything.
“My position is that Mystery Babylon is an end-time reality, it’s an end-time entity, it’s an end-time city,” he said. “And biblically speaking, Babylon represents, if you will, the spiritual stronghold of Satan in the Earth at any given time.”
So what is the present-day location of what the Bible calls “Mystery Babylon”?
Richardson believes it’s the city of Mecca in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“Well in the last days, the question is, what is the reigning beast empire? We’ve got seven historical, Satanic empires? What is the empire of our day, where Satan’s stronghold is over the Earth?” he said. “The answer is that it’s the Islamic empire. Islam is the last beast empire.”
“The system of the Antichrist, the religion of the Antichrist is Islam. And so if we look to the spiritual and financial capital of the Islamic world, it’s the city of Mecca and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” he explained.
He also claimed Saudi is behind the spread of radical Islam extremism in the world. Additionally, he said money from the Saudi royal family is “the greatest single financially corrupting force in Washington,” making it the spiritual and financial source of the Anti-Christ religion.
Richardson discusses the topic in detail in his latest book, ‘Mystery Babylon.’
Richardson is a recognized expert in biblical prophecy and affairs concerning Islam and the Middle East. Many years before an Islamic caliphate was reestablished in Syria and Iraq, he had warned that it would happen. A few years ago, he predicted that the Anti-Christ would be a Muslim.
“As radical Muslims continue to murder, kidnap, rape, behead, crucify and slaughter their way across the Middle East, now it the time for the Church to wake up and diligently study the Scriptures to discern if all of these events indeed provide us with a genuine harbinger of the coming Antichrist and the soon coming return of Jesus,” he said.
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November 30, 2012 4:00pm PT by Lesley Goldberg
Nick Lachey to Host NBC's Singing Competition Series 'The Winner Is' (Exclusive)
From the producers behind "The Voice," the unscripted entry will pit dueling contestants of all ages and configurations against one another to be judged by a studio audience.
Nick Lachey is returning to the musical competition series space.
The former Sing-Off host has been tapped to serve in the same capacity on NBC's upcoming singing competition series The Winner Is, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
From Talpa Media USA with creator John de Mol (The Voice) on board as an executive producer, the hybrid singing game show will see singers of all ages and configurations battling it for a studio audience. The Voice's Stijn Bakkers and Deal or No Deal's Craig Plestis also will serve as exec producers.
STORY: Nick Lachey to Host Singing Competition Show From 'Voice' Producers
For Lachey, the gig brings the multiplatinum former 98 Degrees singer back to NBC after he hosted The Sing-Off for three seasons from 2009-11.
"Nick is a versatile, seasoned host, and we are thrilled to be working him," NBC alternative late-night programming president Paul Telegdy said. "With Nick at the helm on air and an original format from Talpa that includes surprising and competitive twists, viewers are sure to be immersed and entertained."
After each singing duel on The Winner Is (working title), both performances will be judged by a panel led by a not-yet-named celebrity judge. The contestants then will have the option to cut a deal. If they have doubts about how their performance compared to that of their opponent, they can opt to leave the show in exchange for cash. If they choose to remain in the game, they await the jury results to see if they’ve made it to the next round and a step closer to the ultimate $1 million cash prize.
The hosting gig marks the latest for Lachey, who also has served in the same role on NBC's Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular and multiple episodes as a co-host on Live! With Kelly, among others. More recently, he was among the contestants on NBC's Stars Earn Stripes.
Auditions for the series will be held in Raleigh, N.C., Houston, Seattle and Philadelphia. Details: www.singinggameshow.com.
Lachey is repped by ICM Partners, Brillstein Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit
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Draft Updates: Hudson, Alkins, Porter, Palmer
March 27th, 2018 at 9:57pm CST by Dana Gauruder
University of Florida shooting guard Jalen Hudson plans to declare for the draft without hiring an agent, Jeff Goodman of ESPN tweets. A Virginia Tech transfer, the 6’6” Hudson averaged 15.5 PPG in his junior year while making 40.4% of his 3-point tries. He’s currently ranked No. 39 on ESPN’s Jonathan Givony’s Top 100 prospects list.
In other news regarding the draft:
Arizona guard Rawle Alkins confirmed he’s headed for the draft and intends to hire an agent, which will officially end his college career, he declared on his Twitter feed. Sports Illustrated reported early this month that Alkins intended to declare for the draft. The 6’5” Alkins, who averaged 13.1 PPG, 4.8 RPG and 2.5 APG in his sophomore year, is ranked No. 59 by Givony.
Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr. is close to signing with agent Mark Bartelstein and Priority Sports, league sources told international expert David Pick (Twitter link). Porter, whose lone college season was wrecked by a back injury, declared for the draft on Sunday. The 6’10” Porter is currently rated No. 7 by Givony.
The Nebraska duo of guard James Palmer Jr. and forward Isaac Copeland Jr. have declared for the draft without hiring an agent, according to a school press release. The 6’6” Palmer averaged 17.2 PPG, 4.4 RPG and 3.0 APG as a junior. The 6’9” Copeland averaged 12.9 PPG, 6.1 RPG and 1.0 BPG in his junior campaign. They are not on Givony’s Top 100 list.
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Michael Porter Jr.
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sports | golf
How can IU golf return to relevance?
By TC Malik
Published Sep 18, 2018 7:24 pm
Coach Mike Mayer talks to freshman Evan Yakubov during practice at the IU Golf Course in Jan. 2018. Mayer has been the head coach of IU men's golf for 21 seasons. IDS file photo Buy Photos
IU men's golf has gone through a bit of a rough stretch in the past few years.
The last time IU made the NCAA championships was five years ago in 2013. That was also the last time they finished inside the top-8 at the Big Ten Championship.
Since that historic finish at the Big Ten Championship, IU has finished eighth, 12th, 10th, 11th and 12th in the tournament.
Not exactly an ideal situation.
IU Coach Mike Mayer has coached every one of those years. In fact, Mayer has been the IU golf head coach for the last 21 seasons.
While Mayer has recruited and coached All-Americans, such as Jorge Campillo and Jeff Overton, the team has been declining ever since they left Bloomington.
Campillo and Overton combined for four All-America honors in their time at IU. Campillo currently plays on the PGA Tour. He qualified and competed in the British Open and PGA Championship this season.
Overton played in multiple major championships but failed to record a win on tour. However, because of his ability to make birdies, he did earn himself a spot on the 2010 Ryder Cup team.
While those two prodigies are impressive, quite a lot of time has passed since IU has had someone of that magnitude since Overton graduated in 2005 and Campillo in 2009.
Perhaps the closest thing to them has been senior Jake Brown.
As an individual, Brown qualified for the NCAA Regional Championship in 2018. The last IU golfer to be selected as an individual was Campillo in 2007. Brown ended up finishing at one under, good enough for T14 with more than 70 golfers in the field.
Talent is clearly on the roster. Sophomore Ethan Shepard went 4-0 at the Big Ten match play last spring season, sophomore Brock Ochsenreiter consistently performed the best last season and seniors Jack Sparrow and Trevor Ranton clearly have the leadership to mentor the talented youth on the roster.
In addition to that young talent on the roster, IU also has an impressive young talent on the coaching staff as well, associate head coach Corey Ziedonis.
Last month, Ziedonis was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach, a step in the right direction for IU golf.
Ziedonis is an IU man, he played under Mayer from 2009-2013 and helped the Hoosiers reach NCAA Regional Championships in all four seasons. He returned to IU in 2016 as an assistant coach after short stints at Ball State and Virginia.
This is a step in the right direction for IU. A younger, more relatable voice is what the team needs. We see this in college sports all the time: the younger, more relatable coach is brought in as the “head-coach-in-waiting” until the older coach is slowly pushed away.
The promotion of Ziedonis to associate head coach could be a sign that administration is preparing for him to take over for Mayer in the future, something the team needs to return to relevance.
Ziedonis's youth paves the way for more tech knowledge about the sport that Mayer might struggle with.
Specifically, the sport is moving toward a more technological style. TrackMan, a dual radar system that tracks all movements in the golf swing to help players correct their swings, is a program that has been implemented at IU.
As the game moves towards more technical aspects, Ziedonis is more fitting for the future of the game, something college coaches struggle with on a daily basis.
Promoting Ziedonis is the first step of a long process in using the youth on the roster, not only this season, but for years to come.
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Zielonko-Jung, Katarzyna and Marta Poćwierz. "The Impact of Forms of Buildings on the Air Exchange in Their Environment: Based on the Example of Urban Development in Warsaw." Design Solutions for nZEB Retrofit Buildings. IGI Global, 2018. 310-330. Web. 18 Jul. 2019. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-4105-9.ch014
Zielonko-Jung, K., & Poćwierz, M. (2018). The Impact of Forms of Buildings on the Air Exchange in Their Environment: Based on the Example of Urban Development in Warsaw. In E. Rynska, U. Kozminska, K. Zinowiec-Cieplik, J. Rucinska, & B. Szybinska-Matusiak (Eds.), Design Solutions for nZEB Retrofit Buildings (pp. 310-330). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-4105-9.ch014
Zielonko-Jung, Katarzyna and Marta Poćwierz. "The Impact of Forms of Buildings on the Air Exchange in Their Environment: Based on the Example of Urban Development in Warsaw." In Design Solutions for nZEB Retrofit Buildings, ed. Elzbieta Rynska, Urszula Kozminska, Kinga Zinowiec-Cieplik, Joanna Rucinska and Barbara Szybinska-Matusiak, 310-330 (2018), accessed July 18, 2019. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-4105-9.ch014
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The Impact of Forms of Buildings on the Air Exchange in Their Environment: Based on the Example of Urban Development in Warsaw
Katarzyna Zielonko-Jung (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland) and Marta Poćwierz (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Source Title: Design Solutions for nZEB Retrofit Buildings
Possibilities for energy-efficient, natural ventilation of buildings in an urban environment depend on the airflow around them. This chapter deals with the issue of dependence of air exchange in urban spaces on the building forms used in them and on relative position of these buildings. The authors focus on the problem of air stagnation in dense urban development. This phenomenon increases the energy demand of buildings. The purpose of the following study is to present this problem and identify it in the selected example of existing settlements in Warsaw. The existing situation was compared with the revised spatial layout. The conclusions relate to spatial features of those building arrangements that are exposed to the problem of insufficient ventilation.
Currently more than half of human population inhabits cities and this share is constantly rising. It is likely that by the year 2050 the figures describing the population dwelling in cities will have reached up to 70%. Cities tend to be the largest centers of housing, services, culture and communication, as well as being the largest sources of energy consumption and emissions of harmful substances. Urban housing development is therefore among the most important targets for the development of energy-saving strategies, including the modernization of existing buildings that were built in various historical periods.
Making the proper use of natural components of the climate is an essential element of building energy concepts for nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB). The city's natural environment is strongly transformed by anthropogenic factors and as such creates a specific meso and micro climatic environment. Studies on the nature of meteorological phenomena taking place in cities reveal the interpretation of the city structure as being a surface strongly deformed in comparison to flat surfaces or surfaces slightly deformed by such factors as terrain shaping. In the latter cases, climatic factors such as sun, wind or rain are not obstructed by complex obstacles, which is the case in cities. In addition, most of the surfaces on which climate components exert influence in urban layouts consist of paved surfaces, walls and roofs of buildings, all of which happen to be heat accumulating surfaces (Harman, 2003). Thus, physical processes related to solar radiation, temperature, airflow or water circulation differ from the ones present in non-urban areas and are frequently far more complex and varied. Moreover, those processes are closely linked to the geometric shaping of the buildings, as well as their mutual arrangement (Ratti, Di Sabatino, Britter, 2006). The subject matter to be discussed in the following chapter is the aerodynamic phenomena that take place around such urban developments in case of which the link is particularly clear, as these phenomena affect the thermal characteristics and the air exchange in the building environment, which in turn in a factor directly influencing their energy economy (Ratti, Baker, Steemers, 2005).
In the case of temperate climate, which is being discussed in the chapter, the indication for wind conditions is that there is a need to protect against cool winds and rapid wind acceleration, both of which are characteristic of particular geometrical configurations of building developments (for instance high rise building environments, narrowings in building developments, long, densely built up streets, corners and creases of the building line). At the same time, proper air exchange in urban areas must be ensured. Air stagnation not only severely impairs the urban areas microclimate, but also negatively affects the energy efficiency of buildings (Che-Ani, Shahmohanadi, Sairi, Mohd-Nor, Zain, Surat, 2009). As a result of air stagnation, natural ventilation of buildings (especially at summer nights) becomes inefficient; hence such buildings display an increased demand for cooling. What is more, the multiplication of the phenomenon of too little local air exchange over a large area leads to exacerbation of the effect of urban heat island. This results in overheating of the city space and the accumulation of air pollutants.
The following chapter focuses on the problems of air stagnation in urban layouts. The phenomenon may generally be considered as having a negative impact on buildings that display low energy demands. It decreases the possibility of employing natural and hybrid ventilation and intensifies the problem of interior overheating in the summer season.
The purpose of the following chapter is to identify the phenomenon in densely built up urban areas. In the first part of the chapter, the issue of airflow around buildings has been presented, together with research methods and the theoretical background that determines the connection between wind parameters and the heat phenomena that appear in buildings. In the second part of the chapter, an analysis of the airflow around the building complex of a selected part of Warsaw has been performed. The example represents the spatial determinants of central inner-city zones of today's large Polish cities in which quarterly buildings with high density are predominant.
For the purpose of the following chapter, the results of experimental research conducted on 1:400 scale building models in the average speed aerodynamic tunnel were used. The aim of the experiment was to investigate the correlation between the phenomenon of air stagnation and the geometry of building development.
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Left in the lurch
The Rahul factor, Kasargod murders and Sabarimala swung the polls for the UDF.
Jeemon Jacob
Kerala June 7, 2019
Shashi Tharoor celebrates his win in Thiruvananthapuram
There may be gloom elsewhere in the Congress. In Kerala, however, the party is in God's own country! The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) outplayed the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) to win 19 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. It's a resurrection from the complete ruin the party was in the state when the Lok Sabha election was declared. Veterans such as KV Thomas and PJ.
Kurien were at loggerheads, and top leaders, such as Oommen Chandy, VM Sudheeran, Mullapally Ramachandran and KC Venugopal, were in no state to fight the election for the party. Struggling to find a good batting line-up, the Congress had delayed the candidate list for a week, eventually fielding a second line of leaders to contest the election.
The strategy seems to have paid off. Congress president Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest from Wayanad changed the party's fortunes. The minorities rallied behind the Congress. "The minorities, women and youth voted the Congress. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's anti-people stand and authoritarian style helped us a great deal," the Congress's Kerala unit chief M Ramachandran told india today.
He attributes the UDF's 47.3 per cent vote share to three more reasons. "The murder of two Youth Congress workers in Kasargod exposed CPI(M) brutality. DGP Loknath Behera's 'Yes Master' attitude and mismanagement of the police, too, contributed to the LDF's fall. Finally, the government's stand on Sabarimala triggered the vote drain," he says.
Rajmohan Unnithan, the newly elected MP from Kasargod, agrees. "I got a warm welcome in Communist strongholds. Many women assured me of their vote. The reason was the twin murders of Youth Congress workers and the Sabarimala issue," says the 63-year-old, who wrested the seat for the Congress after three decades. That vote drain was evident in the CPI(M) strongholds of Kasargod, Kannur, Vadakara, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Alathur and Kollam. But the party failed to sense the trend or counter it during the campaign.
Till the end, LDF bosses were confident of winning at least eight seats. But CPI(M) poll strategies failed one after the other. LDF convenor and CPI(M) central committee member A Vijayaraghavan's sexist remark against Alathur MP Ramya Haridas backfired. Anti Pinarayi comments in the media added to the blow. "The poor performance of the Pinarayi government swung the vote in the UDF's favour. We fought without money and power. The people stood by us when we raised issues that mattered to them," says Ramesh Chennithala, leader of the opposition.
Others spy an RSS hand in the LDF rout.
According to NJ Nair of The Hindu, "the RSS directed its cadre to vote for the BJP in the five prime seats of Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur and Palakkad and vote for the Congress in the other 15". The RSS and BJP may adopt a similar strategy in the upcoming bypolls.
"Once we defeat the CPI(M) in its strongholds, we can easily take on the Congress. Our immediate agenda is to work for the fall of the CPI(M)'s last post," says a senior BJP leader.
Politics, though, is full of surprises and Kerala is no exception.
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Battle on the High Seas
By Gerald Hausman, Tad Hills (Illustrator)
Aladdin, 9781481488297, 224pp.
Publication Date: May 7, 2016
Hardcover (9/1/2000)
Gerald Hausman, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1945, grew up in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He graduated from college in New Mexico and continued to live there for two decades. During that time, he had a summer residence on the island of Jamaica where he and his wife, Loretta, founded a school for creative writing. Mr. Hausman has lived in Bokeelia, Florida since 1994. In addition to his many books about Native America, Gerald Hausman has written extensively about animal mythology. His work as a folklorist has earned him many national and international honors. Gerald's most recent award is from the Florida Magazine Association for his column "Pine Island Soundings" about life on a barrier island.
Gerald Hausman is a frequent storyteller at college writers programs and at young authors conferences. Recently, he performed at the Young Authors Conference in Kaiserslautern, Germany as a guest of Department of Defense Dependent Schools. His lively presentations, complete with a myriad of sound effects, have earned him praise from storytellers, speakers, writers, and listeners.
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FERC nominee with Texas ties faces tough questions from Senate
Business // Energy
James Osborne Nov. 14, 2018 Updated: Nov. 14, 2018 6:16 p.m.
FERC nominee with Texas ties faces tough questions from...
1of2Bernard McNamee, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, testified before the Senate in July.Photo: (Photo: Senate Photo Studio), Official Senate Photographer / U.S. Senate Photographic Studio-
2of2Bernard McNamee, a former advisor to Sen. Ted Cruz and chief of staff to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is at the center of the debate around President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up struggling coal and nuclear power plantsPhoto: JANIE OSBORNE, STR / NYT
WASHINGTON — A former adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz and chief of staff to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is at the center of the debate around President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up struggling coal and nuclear power plants.
Bernard McNamee, who leads the U.S. Department of Energy’s policy office, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday on his nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
With everyone from oil companies to environmentalists lined up against the Trump administration’s efforts to bail out coal and nuclear plants, Republicans and Democrats alike are expected to question McNamee closely on his involvement in Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s ongoing examination of whether the steady replacement of coal and nuclear power plants with gas plants and wind and solar farms poses a risk of blackouts.
“There will be a lot of questions at the hearing on Thursday from people wanting to know where McNamee stands,” said John Moore, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In January, FERC unanimously rejected Perry’s proposal to raise wholesale power rates for coal and nuclear plants, following bipartisan criticism such a move amounted to a disregard of the free-market principles the U.S. power grid has long operated on.
Since then the Department of Energy has examined other maneuvers, including the use of federal emergency powers such as those used to impose price controls when blackouts swept California in 2000 after energy traders, led by Houston-based Enron manipulated the market to drive up power prices.
Months after a memo outlining those options leaked to the media, no action has been taken. But Perry remains under pressure from President Donald Trump, who in June ordered the former Texas governor to take “immediate steps” to prevent the closure of any more coal and nuclear plants.
“I don’t think you’ve seen the last of it,” said Dipka Bhambhani, communications director at the U.S. Energy Association, a group of energy-related companies, government agencies and other public and private energy-related organizations..
McNamee’s ties to the Trump administration, along with an appearance at a Senate hearing in July, has raised speculation that if appointed to FERC he could represent a potential “yes” vote in favor of Perry’s plan.
At the July hearing, he defended the administration’s efforts as an attempt to protect coal and nuclear plants against federal policies that aid other forms of generation. Though he didn’t go into specifics, the coal companies have long criticized tax credits and other policies that they say unfairly benefit wind and solar energy, enabling renewable generators to sell electricity below cost.
“The thought is you need to remove those distortions and get some more parity,” McNamee testified.
But whether he was expressing his own beliefs or merely defending Trump remains a question in Washington. During the July hearing, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Energy Committee, suggested it was the latter.
“I get you’re just the guy here to deliver this, and you basically say [Perry] believes whatever Congress decides will basically rule,” she said.
A graduate of the University of Virginia, McNamee has split his more than a two-decade-long legal career between Austin, Washington and Richmond, Va., serving Republican administrations in between stints in the private sector representing energy companies.
For four months this year, he worked at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank in Austin, leading its Center for Tenth Amendment Action and working on the group’s campaigns to promote fossil fuels and reduce the federal government’s role in health care. The Tenth Amendment aimed to protect states’ rights.
TPPF Executive Director Kevin Roberts said McNamee was “extremely judicious” and a “policy wonk” who would likely approach the question on coal and nuclear power as a fact-finding mission. Asked about TPPF’s position on the issue, Roberts said he believed that government regulations in favor of renewable energy necessitated the system to be “rebalanced.”
“It’s reprehensible what the Obama administration did to coal, but I don’t know that’s Bernie’s view,” Roberts said. “However Bernie would vote on that issue would probably represent how most Americans feel.”
McNamee left TPPF in May to rejoin the Department of Energy, where he had worked as a deputy general counsel earlier in the Trump administration. Now, in his bid to replace Trump-appointee Robert Powelson, who left FERC in June to lead the National Association of Water Companies, McNamee is facing a skeptical crowd in the Senate.
Whether Republican or Democrat, Trump’s bid to help the coal sector represents a direct threat to many key U.S. energy industries, from natural gas fields to solar panel installations. At the same time his proposal is testing the independence of FERC itself, which is a bipartisan commission designed to be independent of the White House.
“Everyone I talked with said they respected FERC because it’s been a comparatively neutral voice on energy policy whatever the administration,” Moore, the NRDC attorney, said. “A coal and nuclear bailout would violate that neutrality. You create the grid to meet market needs, not to aid a particular resource.”
The Senate remains firmly in control of Republicans after the midterm elections. Were McNamee to win a confirmation vote, his influence would be limited as a single commissioner..
When FERC rejected Perry’s proposal in January, the vote was 5-0, with Trump’s own Republican appointees voting against him. And pressure on FERC to keep Trump at bay has only intensified over the past 10 months, as natural gas lobbyists step up their campaign and the PJM Interconnect, the nation’s largest grid operator, insists the coal and nuclear plant closures do not represent a threat.
“McNamee’s addition to FERC would be important, but it would just one commissioner among five at this point,” Scott Segal, a Washington energy attorney, said in an email.
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Tax troubles
Opinion // Editorials
Lack of leadership dooms irresponsible rush-job changes to the federal code.
Copyright 2017: Houston Chronicle April 26, 2017
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in both individual and corporate income tax rates. From left are Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs executive and chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. (Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)
Photo: STEPHEN CROWLEY, STF
How do you know that Donald Trump's tax plan is going nowhere?
Because there's no one in charge.
Trump released his proposals for the personal and corporate tax code Wednesday despite the fact that key positions in the U.S. Treasury Department remain empty. We're nearly 100 days into his term, but there's still no one serving as assistant secretary for tax policy, deputy assistant secretary for tax policy or deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis. That's like a new football coach starting the season without hiring an offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator or special teams coordinator - not exactly a serious strategy if you want to win.
If we had to guess, Trump just wanted to claim he got out a plan before his self-imposed 100-day deadline on Saturday. An all-nighter rush job is no way to treat the tax code for the world's largest economy.
Like most of the president's policies, this tax plan is big on bluster and vague on the specifics. However, we do know that it slashes taxes for millionaires and billionaires while eliminating the property tax deduction that helps Texas families afford their homes. It also would send the deficit skyrocketing, earning the ire of philanthropist John Arnold - a familiar name among Houston's fiscal responsibility circles.
"I don't understand what problem the corp tax cut is trying to solve that is worth the risks of significantly compounding the federal deficit," Arnold tweeted on Tuesday.
You might as well compare Trump's tax plan to Houston's 2001 pension reform, which gave millions to a special few while digging a ditch for taxpayers.
And who is among Trump's special few? The man in the mirror. Trump would likely see his own taxes slashed if his plan is passed. Nobody really knows because the president has refused to release his tax returns.
Reporters asked Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin three times how the tax proposal would affect Trump himself, and three times Mnuchin refused to answer.
Our corporate tax code is in need of serious reform. The United States has one of the highest corporate rates in the world, but the code is riddled with holes that allow about two-thirds of companies to pay no taxes, according to the General Accounting Office. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans failed to hash out a revenue-neutral deal to fix this system, and now it looks like Trump isn't really going to try. Even members of his own party have deemed his plan unrealistic, according to Politico's Ben White and Nancy Cook.
That's the theme in Washington these days - tax plans that go nowhere.
The Woodlands' own U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady has run into trouble with a proposed Border Adjustment Tax, or BAT. The tax would put an extra 20 percent surcharge on all imports into our country. No state has benefitted more from the rise in post-Cold War international trade than Texas, from our busy Gulf Coast ports to boomtowns on the Mexican border to factories linked on a transnational supply chain. He might as well propose a tax on Shiner Beer and Blue Bell ice cream.
Little surprise that plenty of Texas Republicans, like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have already lined up against the border proposal. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says he has "concerns." Those few Texas politicians who have backed the bill, such as Houston's own U.S. Rep. John Culberson, are facing an onslaught of attack ads from anti-tax groups.
At this point, it looks like the Woodlands Republican has spent his congressional seniority on the House Ways and Means Committing pushing a BAT that's DOA.
Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, but still can't seem to get anything done.
You've got to wonder who, exactly, is in charge up there.
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Correspondence. 'Design of Network Arches' by Per Tveit, published in The Structural Engineer, July
Mr. E.C. Edge (Engineering Analysis Section, the Marconi Company Limited) writes: 'On page 255 the first sentence in the second paragraph in the second column reads, " The logarithmic decrement of the oscillations was only 1.5 per cent." It is unusual to describe the logarithmic decrement as a percentage.'
Features in the Design and Construction of Drapers Gardens Developments
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The Design and Construction of a Precast Concrete Multi-Storey Factory Extension
This paper describes the design and construction stages of a precast concrete multi-storey factory extension to accommodate nylon-spinning plant and associated ancillary services. The unusually heavy loading conditions on the precast framework and the flexibility required for differing types of plant called for a very careful consideration under extremely tight programme requirements. The paper shows how this task was met by all concerned in the project and illustrates the speed at which non-standard building construction can proceed with objective planning and teamwork. P.B. Edwards and W.J. Prylinski
Author – Edwards, P B;Prylinski, W J
The Superstructure of the Tasman Bridge, Hobart
The paper describes the history, principles of design and construction of the superstructure of the Tasman bridge at Hobart. Reference is made to the probable mode of collapse should a pier be accidentally demolished by a large ship and describes the precautions taken to minimize the extent of damage in such an event. The precasting yards and the methods of fabrication and transport of the various concrete units are described, together with the temporary works for the erection of the river spans. A note is given of the final closure of the old shipping channel and of some experimental work on site. D.H. New, J.R. Lowe and J. Read
Author – New, D H;Lowe, J R;Read, J
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Metabolic symbiosis
Therapeutic implications
Commentary Free access | 10.1172/JCI37373
Tumor metabolism: cancer cells give and take lactate
Gregg L. Semenza
Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, and Radiation Oncology, and McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Address correspondence to: Gregg L. Semenza, 733 North Broadway, Suite 671, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Fax: (443) 287-5618; E-mail: gsemenza@jhmi.edu.
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First published November 20, 2008 - More info
Published in Volume 118, Issue 12 on December 1, 2008
J Clin Invest. 2008;118(12):3835–3837. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI37373.
© 2008 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
First published November 20, 2008 - Version history
Targeting lactate-fueled respiration selectively kills hypoxic tumor cells in mice
Pierre Sonveaux, … , Olivier Feron, Mark W. Dewhirst
Tumors contain oxygenated and hypoxic regions, so the tumor cell population is heterogeneous. Hypoxic tumor cells primarily use glucose for glycolytic energy production and release lactic acid, creating a lactate gradient that mirrors the oxygen gradient in the tumor. By contrast, oxygenated tumor cells have been thought to primarily use glucose for oxidative energy production. Although lactate is generally considered a waste product, we now show that it is a prominent substrate that fuels the oxidative metabolism of oxygenated tumor cells. There is therefore a symbiosis in which glycolytic and oxidative tumor cells mutually regulate their access to energy metabolites. We identified monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) as the prominent path for lactate uptake by a human cervix squamous carcinoma cell line that preferentially utilized lactate for oxidative metabolism. Inhibiting MCT1 with α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (CHC) or siRNA in these cells induced a switch from lactate-fueled respiration to glycolysis. A similar switch from lactate-fueled respiration to glycolysis by oxygenated tumor cells in both a mouse model of lung carcinoma and xenotransplanted human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells was observed after administration of CHC. This retarded tumor growth, as the hypoxic/glycolytic tumor cells died from glucose starvation, and rendered the remaining cells sensitive to irradiation. As MCT1 was found to be expressed by an array of primary human tumors, we suggest that MCT1 inhibition has clinical antitumor potential.
Pierre Sonveaux, Frédérique Végran, Thies Schroeder, Melanie C. Wergin, Julien Verrax, Zahid N. Rabbani, Christophe J. De Saedeleer, Kelly M. Kennedy, Caroline Diepart, Bénédicte F. Jordan, Michael J. Kelley, Bernard Gallez, Miriam L. Wahl, Olivier Feron, Mark W. Dewhirst
Tumors contain well-oxygenated (aerobic) and poorly oxygenated (hypoxic) regions, which were thought to utilize glucose for oxidative and glycolytic metabolism, respectively. In this issue of the JCI, Sonveaux et al. show that human cancer cells cultured under hypoxic conditions convert glucose to lactate and extrude it, whereas aerobic cancer cells take up lactate via monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) and utilize it for oxidative phosphorylation (see the related article beginning on page 3930). When MCT1 is inhibited, aerobic cancer cells take up glucose rather than lactate, and hypoxic cancer cells die due to glucose deprivation. Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with an inhibitor of MCT1 retarded tumor growth. MCT1 expression was detected exclusively in nonhypoxic regions of human cancer biopsy samples, and in combination, these data suggest that MCT1 inhibition holds potential as a novel cancer therapy.
The pioneering work of Peter Vaupel and his colleagues established that the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) within human cancers is frequently much lower than that of the surrounding normal tissue and that intratumoral hypoxia is associated with an increased risk of local spread, metastasis, and patient mortality (1). Rakesh Jain’s laboratory demonstrated that in mouse tumor xenografts, the mean pO2 and pH declined as distance from the nearest blood vessel increased (2), reflecting the switch from oxidative to glycolytic metabolism that occurs in response to reduced O2 availability.
This metabolic reprogramming is orchestrated by HIF-1 through the transcriptional activation of key genes encoding metabolic enzymes, including: LDHA, encoding lactate dehydrogenase A, which converts pyruvate to lactate (3); PDK1, encoding pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1, which inactivates the enzyme responsible for conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA, thereby shunting pyruvate away from the mitochondria (4, 5); and BNIP3, which encodes a member of the BCL2 family that triggers selective mitochondrial autophagy (6) (Figure 1). In addition, HIF-1 transactivates GLUT1 (7) — which encodes a glucose transporter that increases glucose uptake to compensate for the fact that, compared with oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis generates approximately 19-fold less ATP per mole of glucose — and genes encoding the glycolytic enzymes that convert glucose to pyruvate (3). The extracellular acidosis associated with hypoxic tumor cells is due to both increased H+ production and increased H+ efflux through the HIF-1–mediated transactivation of: CA9, which encodes carbonic anhydrase IX (8); MCT4, which encodes monocarboxylate transporter 4 (9); and NHE1, which encodes sodium-hydrogen exchanger 1 (10).
Intratumoral hypoxia and metabolic symbiosis. Tumors are characterized by gradients of O2 levels, based on the distance of tumor cells from a functional blood vessel. In the schematic, tumor cells surrounding the blood vessel are well oxygenated, whereas the tumor cells more distant from the vessel are poorly oxygenated and express high levels of HIF-1. HIF-1 induces the expression of proteins that increase: uptake of glucose (e.g., glucose transporter 1 [GLUT1]); conversion of glucose to pyruvate (e.g., glycolytic enzymes [Glyc. Enz.]); generation of lactate and H+ (e.g., LDHA); and efflux of these molecules out of the cell (e.g., carbonic anhydrase IX [CA9], sodium-hydrogen exchanger 1 [NHE1], MCT4). Two moles of lactate are produced for each mole of glucose consumed by the hypoxic cell. This increase in glycolytic metabolism is associated with reduced substrate delivery to the mitochondria (through the action of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 [PDK1]) and reduced mitochondrial mass (as a result of autophagy triggered by BNIP3). As described by Sonveaux et al. in their study in this issue of the JCI (11), aerobic tumor cells express proteins that allow them to take up lactate (e.g., MCT1) and use it (e.g., LDHB), in the presence of O2, as their principal substrate for mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Note that hypoxic cells generate 2 mol of ATP and 2 mol of lactate per mol of glucose consumed, whereas aerobic cells generate 36 mol of ATP per 2 mol of lactate consumed. pO2, partial pressure of oxygen.
In this issue of the JCI, the elegant article by Sonveaux, Dewhirst, et al. makes a major contribution to the field of cancer biology (11). The authors demonstrate the existence of a “metabolic symbiosis” between hypoxic and aerobic cancer cells, in which lactate produced by hypoxic cells is taken up by aerobic cells, which use it as their principal substrate for oxidative phosphorylation. As a result, the limited glucose available to the tumor is used most efficiently: hypoxic cells downregulate oxidative phosphorylation in order to maintain redox homeostasis (4, 6) and must consume large amounts of glucose to maintain energy homeostasis (12). At the molecular level, a key player in this symbiotic relationship is monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1), which differs from MCT4 in two respects: the expression of MCT1 is hypoxia repressed rather than hypoxia induced, and it transports lactate into, rather than out of, cancer cells. O2-dependent expression of MCT1 allows aerobic cancer cells to efficiently take up lactate and, in concert with the O2-dependent expression of LDHB, to utilize lactate as an energy substrate, thereby freeing these cells from the need to take up large quantities of glucose (11). Thus, while Sonveaux et al. focused their attention on MCT1, it is important to note that O2 regulates the expression of many key enzymes in these metabolic pathways (Figure 1). It will be interesting to determine whether HIF-1 also controls MCT1 and LDHB expression, perhaps by inducing expression of a transcriptional repressor, as has been described for the O2-dependent regulation of adipogenesis (13).
Was there any precedent that should have alerted us to the existence of this symbiotic relationship between aerobic and hypoxic cancer cells (11)? Of course: the well-known recycling of lactate in exercising muscle. Just as tumors co-opt physiological mechanisms regulating vascularization, which are orchestrated by HIF-1 through transactivation of genes encoding VEGF, stromal-derived factor 1, and other angiogenic factors (14), so do they modulate metabolism through a program that functions to efficiently distribute glucose and lactate to fast-twitch (glycolytic) and slow-twitch (oxidative) muscle fibers.
The ability of tumor cells to adapt to regional variation (i.e., spatial heterogeneity) of oxygenation is remarkable. In another recent publication, Cárdenas-Navia, Dewhirst, and colleagues have also contributed to a large body of literature indicating that a cancer cell that is hypoxic at one moment may be aerobic an hour later and vice versa (15). In other words, there appears to be cyclic variation (i.e., temporal heterogeneity) in oxygenation. This, in turn, implies dynamic regulation of the metabolic symbiosis, such that cells may cycle between lactate-producing and lactate-consuming states.
Hypoxic tumor cells are preferentially resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, thereby leading to treatment failure or disease relapse and, ultimately, to patient mortality (1). In this remarkable paper, Sonveaux et al. (11) demonstrate that treatment of tumor-bearing mice with an inhibitor of MCT1 provides a means to kill cancer cells. When MCT1 is inhibited, the metabolic symbiosis is disrupted: aerobic cells can no longer take up lactate, as demonstrated by the analysis of cultured human cancer cells. Instead, these cells increase their uptake of glucose and thereby deprive hypoxic cells of adequate glucose. Thus, MCT1 inhibition in aerobic cells leads to the death of hypoxic cells. Finally, the authors also show that the growth delay of mouse tumor xenografts that is induced by radiotherapy is increased when treatment is combined with MCT1 inhibition (11).
Recent studies reviewed here and elsewhere (16, 17) have advanced our understanding of the mechanisms whereby the metabolism of glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids is reprogrammed in human cancers. This metabolic reprogramming is a virtually universal characteristic of advanced metastatic disease. This is best illustrated by the observation that the most sensitive clinical test for detecting occult metastases is the uptake of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose as determined by PET (18). Can a characteristic that is so useful for diagnosis also be exploited for therapy? Research that elucidated the mechanisms by which cancer cells induce blood vessel growth led to the development of angiogenesis inhibitors as anticancer agents over the last decade (19). Inhibitors of HIF-1, LDHA, PDK1, CA9, NHE1, and now MCT1 have shown anticancer effects in tumor xenograft models (11, 17, 20). It is likely that over the next decade, clinical translation of advances in our understanding of cancer metabolism will have an impact on cancer therapy. Furthermore, a treatment strategy in which tumors are deprived of both O2 (through angiogenesis inhibition) and their ability to adapt to hypoxia (through metabolic inhibition) may represent a formidable combination therapy.
Work in the author’s laboratory is supported by the American Diabetes Association; NIH grants R01-HL55338, P20-GM78494, P01-HL65608, and N01-HV28180; and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.
Nonstandard abbreviations used: LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MCT, monocarboxylate transporter.
Conflict of interest: The author has declared that no conflict of interest exists.
Reference information: J. Clin. Invest.118:3835–3837 (2008). doi:10.1172/JCI37373.
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2.1 1st patrol
2.2 2nd patrol and loss
2.3 Wolfpacks
German submarine U-536
Name: U-536
Ordered: 10 April 1941
Builder: Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Yard number: 354
Laid down: 13 March 1942
Launched: 26 October 1942
Commissioned: 13 January 1943
Fate: Sunk, November 1943 northeast of the Azores by one British and two Canadian warships
Class and type: Type IXC/40 submarine
1,144 t (1,126 long tons) surfaced
1,257 t (1,237 long tons) submerged
76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a
58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
6.86 m (22 ft 6 in) o/a
4.44 m (14 ft 7 in) pressure hull
Height: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught: 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in)
4,400 PS (3,200 kW; 4,300 bhp) (diesels)
1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 shp) (electric)
2 shafts
2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) surfaced
7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
13,850 nmi (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
63 nmi (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)
Complement: 4 officers, 44 enlisted
6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes
1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun
1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
4th U-boat Flotilla
11 November 1942 – 31 March 1943
2nd U-boat Flotilla
1 April 1943 – 30 September 1944
33rd U-boat Flotilla
1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
Commanders:
Kptlt. Rolf Schauenburg
13 January – 20 November 1943
Operations:
1st patrol:
1 June – 9 July 1943
2nd patrol:
29 August – 20 November 1943
Victories: None
German submarine U-536 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft (yard) in Hamburg as yard number 347 on 7 January 1942, launched on 26 August and commissioned on 11 November with Kapitänleutnant Rolf Schauenburg in command.
U-536 began her service career with training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 13 January 1943. She was re-assigned to the 2nd flotilla for operations on 1 June.
She carried out two patrols, but did not sink any ships. She was a member of one wolfpack.
She was sunk by the British frigate Nene and Canadian corvette Snowberry on 19 November 1943 while she was attacking Convoy SL 139/MKS 30 northeast of the Azores.[1]
German Type IXC/40 submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXCs. U-536 had a displacement of 1,144 tonnes (1,126 long tons) when at the surface and 1,257 tonnes (1,237 long tons) while submerged.[2] The U-boat had a total length of 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in), a pressure hull length of 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in), a beam of 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.67 m (15 ft 4 in). The submarine was powered by two MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of 4,400 metric horsepower (3,240 kW; 4,340 shp) for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 1,000 shaft horsepower (1,010 PS; 750 kW) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 1.92 m (6 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 230 metres (750 ft).[2]
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph).[2] When submerged, the boat could operate for 63 nautical miles (117 km; 72 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 13,850 nautical miles (25,650 km; 15,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). U-536 was fitted with six 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one 10.5 cm (4.13 in) SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 as well as a 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of forty-eight.[2]
1st patrol
The boat departed Kiel on 1 June 1943, moved through the North Sea, negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and entered the Atlantic Ocean. She entered Lorient, on the French Atlantic coast, on 9 July.
2nd patrol and loss
Her second foray took her as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but on the return leg she was sunk on 20 November 1943 northeast of the Azores by depth charges from a British frigate, HMS Nene and two Canadian corvettes, HMCS Snowberry and HMCS Calgary.[3]
Thirty-eight men died; there were seventeen survivors.[4]
Wolfpacks
U-536 took part in one wolfpack, namely.
Schill 2 (17–20 November 1943)
Operation Kiebitz
Bowmanville POW camp (Battle of Bowmanville)
^ Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed: German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-557-50859-1.
^ a b c d Gröner 1991, p. 68.
^ Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 HMS Nene gives gunfire as the cause of the sinking after depth-charging brought the submarine to the surface.
^ Kemp 1997, p. 158.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. Arms & Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IXC/40 boat U-536". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
Hofmann, Markus. "U 536". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
German Type IXC/40 submarines
Preceded by: Type IXC
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List of U-boats of Germany
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1943
1 Nov: U-405
2 Nov: USS Borie, Hatsukaze, Sendai, Storaa, U-340, W-26
6 Nov: USS Beatty, U-226, U-842
10 Nov: U-966
11 Nov: Suzunami
13 Nov: HMS Dulverton, I-34
16 Nov: USS Corvina, U-280
17 Nov: USS McKean
18 Nov: Empire Dunstan, U-718
19 Nov: USS Sculpin, U-211
20 Nov: USS Discoverer, U-536, U-768
21 Nov: Empire Arthur, U-284, U-538
22 Nov: HMS Hebe
24 Nov: Aigle, FR 11, USS Liscome Bay, Melville E. Stone, Volta
25 Nov: I-19, Makinami, Ōnami, Toa Maru, U-600, U-849, Yūgiri
26 Nov: Rohna
27 Nov: John P. Gaines
29 Nov: I-21, USS Perkins, U-86
Unknown date: USS Capelin, HMS Simoom, U-648
15 Nov: HMS Quail
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2 people dead, 9 arrested after van rollover in New Mexico
DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead and nine others arrested after a minivan believed to be carrying immigrants rolled in southern New Mexico near the Texas border.
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Paso Sector responded to a report of a suspected smuggling incident around 5 p.m. Saturday on New Mexico's Highway 9.
Authorities say the minivan failed to yield to emergency lights and sirens, so agents deployed a tire deflation device.
The minivan swerved to avoid the device and rolled over.
Border Patrol officials say two occupants of the minivan were ejected and declared dead at the scene.
Their names are being withheld until relatives are notified.
Authorities say five other occupants were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening.
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What Scotland Can Learn From Texas Independence
By David Brown, Emily Donahue & Sarah Talaat • Sep 8, 2014
The European Union, Scottish and Union Jack flags fly in this 2009 photo. On September 18, Scottish voters will decide their fate: whether to remain part of the United Kingdom, or to move toward independence.
Flickr user Barney Moss, https://flic.kr/p/gnBD1o
On September 18, Scottish voters will decide on the future of their country – whether Scotland should be an independent country, or remain part of the United Kingdom. If a simple majority of votes is cast in favor of independence, then a process of negotiations would begin to grant full independence to Scotland.
Here in Texas, we’ve got some experience with declarations of independence from major nations – so we should have some advice to offer to our Caledonian friends.
The Texas Standard’s David Brown speaks with Dr. Stephen Hardin, a professor of Texas history at McMurray University in Abilene.
So, could the Scots take any cautionary lessons from our experience? “What I would tell them is that our experience with independence was not a happy one,” Hardin says. Here's some more interview highlights:
On Texas' issues after independence:
"After the Battle of San Jacinto, the Texans learned that the Americans simply didn't want them. 'Here we’ve declared independence, what do we do now?' For 10 years we struggled, and when in 1846 we finally did join the union, the collective sigh of relief was almost palatable."
On differences in approach to independence:
“I think the Scots, unlike the Texans, have been very deliberative. I am a big fan of the way that the Scottish media has really examined… the issues and said, 'Here are the pros and cons, now pick a side.'"
On Texans and secession:
"I would tell people to be very careful. … I think a lot of people who advocate independence for Texas look back at that 10-year period when we were a sovereign nation as somehow the 'Golden Period' of Texas – it was anything but. It was a real struggle."
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Why ISIS is Using a Texas Prisoner in a Bargaining Ploy
By David Brown & Rhonda Fanning • Sep 5, 2014
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She’s been called “Lady al-Qaeda” for her obvious connection to the terrorist organization, but why is the self-proclaimed Islamic State now demanding the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in exchange for U.S. prisoners?
Siddiqui is serving an 86-year sentence in a federal prison in Fort Worth for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Now ISIS is using her as a bargaining chip – but how did Siddiqui’s release become a negotiation tactic?
Texas Standard host David Brown spoke to religious scholar Dr. Reza Aslan, who says the group is wagering Siddiqui's release to gain influence and ideological inroads in Pakistan.
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Perro Callejero Finds His Forever Home
When Kate Axten left the U.S. for a once in a lifetime opportunity to study abroad in Chile, she had no idea that five months later she wouldn't be returning solo. She would bring someone very special back with her. And no, not a pololo (Chilean slang for boyfriend) but a best friend, with four legs and a huge heart. The overwhelming presence of perros callejeros (street dogs) is not limited to the main plazas or touristy areas of Valparaiso, Chile. Their howls can be heard throughout the entire city. In 2007, it was estimated that some 25,000 street dogs roam as strays throughout Valparaiso. For a little perspective, the population of Valparaiso is about 264,000. That means for every ten people, there is one stray dog without an owner. Today Kate celebrates one year with her best friend Clyde in the U.S. we love a story with a happy ending- especially when it involves an animal!
" Every once in a while a dog enters your life and changes everything"
I’m from a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts but I am currently a senior at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. I graduate in just a couple of weeks!
Congrats! What brought you to Valpo?
I studied abroad in Valparaíso for five months through an exchange program. I lived with a host family in nearby Viña del Mar and attended university in Valpo. It was the best five months of my life and one of the most special places on earth. I miss it every single day.
Tell us about the day you met Clyde...
On May 4th, 2015, I was coming back from a morning class in Valpo and took the micro (bus) to my usual bus stop, about 8 blocks from my house. I hopped off at my stop and all of a sudden a big black and white street dog ran up behind me. I pet him and he rubbed his head against my leg. I continued on my walk home and he stayed by my side, trotting along next to me, stopping now and then to root through trash bags for food. He continued to follow, which confused me a bit because there wasn’t much food up in the hills where I lived. When I reached my gate he lay down for me to rub his belly. He was breathing hard. It killed me to leave him out there, and as I unlocked the gate, he pushed past me and into my driveway. His panting was so labored and it was hot, so I decided at the very least I’d give him water. I sat down with a bowl and he ignored the water and instead lay down and put his head in my lap. He looked up at me with the most desperate eyes. It amazed me how much trust he had in a complete stranger and how vulnerable this poor creature was.
What kind of condition was he in? What were your first thoughts when you saw/met him?
The first thing I thought when he ran up to me was how weird looking he was for a street dog! He had this big black head and white body and oddly placed black spots down his back. Most of the perros callejeros are black or brown shepherd, terrier mixes. As we continued our walk home I saw he was a very submissive dog who had clearly been attacked by other unneutered males on the streets. On one block in particular a resident male street dog rushed up and went to bite. Clyde was cowering. I called out to him and he ran across the road to my side. It was also clear that he had the sweetest disposition, rolling over for me to give him belly rubs (still his favorite to this day) and wagging his tail constantly. I didn’t know right away that he was dying. He had all the usual street dog signs: underweight, filthy, gum stuck to his fur from sleeping in gutters and on sidewalks, fleas, and nails worn down from cement. He had broken cartilage in his ears from dog bites, and scars on his legs. But I couldn’t figure out why he was breathing so hard and too tired to even lift his head. I actually have a video of the first few moments I have him where I am holding his muzzle up and saying, “Why won’t you open your eyes? Why are you so tired, bud?”
What happened next?
The first thing I had to do was ask my Chilean family if he could live with us for the next month until he could be shipped back home to the U.S. I truly had the most amazing host family in the world, and they instantly agreed, though in Chile all pets live outside of the home, so he would spend the next month living in the yard.
That next morning I took him to the local vet as soon as it opened. They were stunned I had taken in a street dog, but I assured them he was now my pet and needed medical attention. The veterinarian told me he was dying of fever. I was shocked and devastated. He had a bacterial infection transmitted by fleas, plus a host of worms and parasites. Clyde collapsed on the examination table, and his eyes were rolling back into his head. She administered some injections to reduce the fever and gave him IV fluids. It took weeks of medications, special food, vaccinations, IVs, and lots of TLC until his true personality began to emerge and the sickness started to fade. Although, it would not be until six months later that his final worms were killed, he suffered from so many different and treatment-resistant species.
How did he improve or change, and how did your bond grow?
As he grew healthier, his personality began to emerge. Unfortunately, so did the problems. Clyde developed intense separation anxiety and had a phobia of small spaces, vomiting if he was confined. He dug and barked and jumped and nipped. He was wild! He wasn’t domesticated and he had no idea how to be a pet or have an owner. Clyde was used to being his own boss, operating under his own rules, and completely free to do as he pleased. No amount of walks could drain his energy, and he began to exhibit fear aggression with other dogs. I walked with a long stick to protect us from the other street dogs that would try to attack him as we passed through their territory. When I left for school, he would scream this terrible high-pitched shriek that I could hear from blocks away. He would become furious if I was gone too long, even biting me on one occasion. His worst fear was being abandoned again and going back to the streets, so Clyde stuck to my side like glue; he wouldn’t let me out of his site, and when I went indoors he scratched at the door and cried. It was exhausting.
There were times I was confident I had made a huge mistake bringing him in. But my cousin told me, “Kate, you essentially just adopted a wild teenage boy and are expecting him to be a normal kid after only a couple of weeks. Have some faith in him and yourself.” She was right. Clyde was just a confused, scared, anxious animal that had no reason to trust me not to dump him like everyone else had.
As difficult as the early weeks were, there was nothing more rewarding than watching his transformation. He had the goofiest personality in the world and was incredibly smart, so I had to be a step ahead of him all the time. I had never had a dog that was so devoted and loving. He was my shadow. And he was so incredibly grateful for every meal, dog bed, and treat. I’ll never forget the time I gave him his first toy. I kept trying to show him that if he bit it, it would squeak. The moment he finally figured it out, his eyebrows shot up and he gave me the cutest little face. To this day he will squeak toys endlessly. We discovered he loved water and would chase the hose around the yard for hours. He was a total goof-ball, stealing shoes and racing around the yard with them, making us chase him.
When did you know that you couldn't leave without him?
As soon as he lay down in my lap. He gave his complete faith to me, and I felt I couldn’t betray such a pure trust.
Tell us a little about the process of bringing him back? What kind of obstacles did you face?
For those who want to bring a foreign street dog home, fear not! It’s not as tough as you think. Since he was so sick it took a little bit of time to get him healthy enough for him to receive the vaccinations he needed to enter the country. The U.S. requires a certificate of health from a veterinarian that says the animal has no communicable diseases (which means the dog has also been given a general anti-parasite vaccine), and a rabies vaccine that has been administered at least one month before immigration. The CDC was actually fast to answer my calls and questions.
The biggest obstacle was the new regulations airlines have put in place to ship a dog. The crate specifications were extensive, so I hired a professional shipping company with offices in Santiago that handled everything for me. All I had to do was fax them the veterinary forms and they did the rest (booking flight tickets, buying the crate, arranging pick up from my house and delivery to the airport, etc.). They even dropped off the crate a week before his flight so we could acclimate him to it!
United Airlines has pet care stations at major airports, so Clyde got a bathroom break and was able to stretch his legs during his layover in Houston. Plus, I got a tracking number so I could see Clyde on his journey as a moving, blinking dot and watch as he moved across the world map. 32 hours and 6,456 miles later and he arrived safe and sound at the live cargo pick up at Logan Airport in Boston, his tail wagging a mile a minute.
Tell us a little about transitioning a perro callejero into a domestic pet? What were the challenges?
Once Clyde was in the U.S., there were different challenges than in Chile. Living indoors in a home was a foreign concept. He didn’t like slippery floors, had no idea that food sitting on counters wasn’t free for the taking, and didn’t know that he should pee outside and not on the living room carpet. One day we came downstairs and found him sitting in the kitchen sink, licking dishes! He obviously had no idea there was anything wrong with that. But at this point he’d been off the streets for over a month, and he was learning faster and more easily every day. He began learning English commands, he picked up house training in less than a week, and our other dogs helped him get the hang of being an indoor dog as he mimicked their behavior. Lots and lots of positive reinforcement! He also began taking Prozac, which helped enormously with his anxiety. Once he was out of Chile, I think he understood that he wasn’t being thrown out on the streets again. Then, his development was fast and easy.
As a foreigner what were your feelings about the "dog situation" in Valpo while living there? Have your feelings changed at all overtime?
It was the only part of my experience that I struggled with. Valpo has one of the highest stray dog populations in South America. Most of them were owned at one time and them thrown out. Like Clyde, they grew too big, grew destructive from being locked in a yard, or cost too much to feed. No one neuters or spays their animals, so over-population is a massive problem. They are all flea-infested and sick. They aren’t starving, for the most part, because shops leave out food and water, or people throw them scraps, but they’re skinny. Clyde was 23 pounds underweight. Many have been hit by cars and get around on three legs. I could not understand how such amazing people could treat animals in such a way. Most of the Chileans I met were kind and good to the street dogs, but were so accustomed to their presence that they weren’t particularly impacted or empowered to act. It’s a cultural thing. In the winter months, some people put sweaters on the dogs to keep them warm. I struggled, and still do, with the fact that so many Chileans in Valpo treat the perros callejeros fairly well, but don’t do anything to change society so that no dog ever ends up homeless on the streets again. The mentality there is very passive. Every dog I passed (anywhere from 2 to 5 a block) had Clyde’s potential, just none of his luck. It broke my heart every single day.
In comparison with the U.S., it’s the lesser of two evils. We have parts of our country that treat animals in despicable ways. There are so many shelters that are some of the most inhumane places. Listen to the stories of any rescue organizations in Miami, Houston, LA, New York City, you name it, and you’ll hear of brutal animal cruelty. While we don’t have nearly the quantity of homeless animals living on the streets, they are living in cages, behind bars, instead. However, our country does have rescue organizations and foster homes. Chile has none.
Favorite moment with Clyde?
He gets his name from Port Clyde, Maine, where my family has summered for 60 years. Port Clyde is dog heaven. We are right on the water, with lots of land, and we boat, swim, sail, and hike. Our old dog’s ashes are scattered there. When I found him and thought he may not make it, I called him Clyde because that’s where I hoped his heaven would be. Last summer we were on the boat (he loves boat rides) and he climbed into my lap. He put his head against my chest and gave this big sigh of contentment and I all of a sudden felt him communicate the words “thank you”. It was as clear as any voice. He seemed as though he finally understood that the past was over, and this was his life now. By far one of the oddest things that has ever happened to me, and the only time I’ve ever felt anything like it. From that day forward he has had no residual street dog behavioral problems.
Another favorite was my return from Chile. My parents brought him to the airport to greet me. He’d been in the States living with my family for a month, and we’d been apart for as long as we’d been together. I was worried he may not remember me, or, even worse, be angry I had shipped him off alone. When I called out to him and he walked close and recognized who I was, he jumped in my arms and was wiggling like crazy. He was a brand new dog in just a month. It was such a joyful reunion. He certainly did not forget me and I think he understood then that I had sent him to this great new life. It was like, “Wow, we really did it. He’s home.” My dad filmed it, you can click the links below to see the video.
Describe Clyde in three words
Grateful, loyal, goof-ball
Any advice to other dog-loving activists/ rescuers?
Exactly one year ago I took Clyde in. Today, he is an amazing, loyal pet—balanced and well behaved (aside from stealing the occasional shoe or food off the counter, of course). He loves other dogs now, and is friendly with men, women, strangers-- you name it. I’m not sure what his history is with children, but there is nothing he adores more than babies and little kids. His whole body wiggles and he licks their cheeks and hands and is incredibly gentle and patient with them. He loves sprinklers and wading in the ocean and coming up with silly antics to make us laugh. Clyde is a joy. My point?
Please, please, please be patient! At first, I genuinely thought that Clyde was never going to be a normal pet. Don’t give up. It just takes patience, love, and strong leadership for them to understand they won’t be hurt or abandoned again. Never doubt the resiliency of a dog. They are some of the most forgiving creatures on earth. For those attempting intense rescue and rehabilitation cases, seek outside help. I worked with a handful of dog behavioralists who specialized in extreme cases and they were incredibly helpful.
To all animal lovers: the sheer number of abused and neglected animals can get overwhelming and defeating. But I remind myself that change starts as small as a single dog. There’s a quote that goes, “Saving a dog won’t change the world. But for that dog, the world changed forever.” It’s true. And once we begin to add up all those one dogs, they become many dogs, and then we begin to see true change. Even making the decision to go to a shelter, rather than a breeder, one time means that an animal’s life is forever changed. You won’t be able to change their past, but you can rewrite their future. And that’s pretty special. If you are reading this and considering adding a dog (or any animal) to your family, please adopt. I can now say from experience there is no greater gift. If you can’t adopt, foster, if you can’t foster, volunteer, if you can’t volunteer, donate, if you can’t donate, educate!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead.
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2006 – present (13 years)
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Nona Marie Invie
Minneapolis-based chamber-folk sextet Dark Dark Dark revel in the wonder that is around us always. On their breathtaking sophomore album Wild Go, which arrives October 5, 2010 via Supply and Demand Music, the band has created a stirring reminder to seek out that magic. Their dramatic sound sets Nona Marie Invie’s soaring, haunting voice against age-old instrumentation that evokes the soundtrack to a beautiful film.
The 10-song collection is a marked evolution for the group, which began in 2006 as a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and singers Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount. These two inspired songwriters bring together disparate influences – including minimalism, New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk, and pop – creating something altogether singular and absolutely epic. This diversity is their greatest strength. They use contrast - in texture, tone, and imagery - to build their own deeply-experienced world into the songs. For example, on the single "Daydreaming," Invie's warm voice and piano are supported by spare and clean drums, a guitar with lush reverb, and cascades of dirty and distorted banjo, while an accordion wanders its way through harmonies.
For Wild Go, the group expanded the sound they captured on their 2008 debut, The Snow Magic. They've continued with the line-up that solidified on their critically-acclaimed Bright Bright Bright EP (March 2010), and pushed further with more nuanced arrangements and more personal content. The songwriting is shared by Invie and LaCount, while the band then crafts their parts and the arrangements. They credit a few years and constant touring with helping them to mature and collaborate to shape the music and its impressions on listeners. They've achieved a real kinship and communication that is evident in the way it pulls us in to their experiences.
The record's title comes from the song of the same name. 'Wild Go' is an apocalyptic story, but all is not lost. After describing 'children born, without wings,' the song continues with some relief, that 'times are different now, the bricks that rose now fall, branches push through the walls, to carry, on paths that we don't see, warm air lifts us free.' Invie had written the music, and LaCount explains that when he wrote the lyrics, he was reading Tom Spanbauer's In the City of Shy Hunters, which includes "a legend of the island of Manhattan when it was being traded between the native people and the Dutch. The Dutch were thinking they were getting a steal on this island and the native people think they’re getting rid of a cursed island to these stupid white people, so both sides were winning in their minds." We all have an idea of what New York is now, and he wanted to write a song as though the island was returning to its natural state.
Wild Go’s first single, “Daydreaming,” is a response to Elephant Micah's homesick dirge “Wild Goose Chase,” which in turn was a response to Hazel Dickens’ bluegrass classic “Ramblin’ Woman.” “’Wild
Goose Chase’ really touched me,” Invie says. “I wanted to reciprocate in a way that captured a moment in my own life. I’ve been traveling and touring for so long now – and it’s been great – but I have this internal conflict between having a nomadic lifestyle and needing a home.” The song is thematically linked to the album’s opener, “In Your Dreams.” “Both are about finding a place where you can be free,” reveals Invie. “That’s what I’m always looking for.” Invie considers Wild Go the band’s most emotionally open statement to date and points to the wistful, piano-driven lullaby “Robert” as her most honest and personal moment. “It’s about a loved one growing older, and closer to death,” she reveals.
The group goes into the studio with a vision and a complete idea of each member's parts and the arrangements. Their unique variety of instruments complement the spaces they choose to work in. This approach facilitates dynamic and expressive performances, capturing the layers and textures that bring Dark Dark Dark's great songwriting and arrangements to life. To get their expansive and emotional sound on tape, the band collaborated with producer Tom Herbers, a Minneapolis stalwart known for his credits with the Jayhawks, Low, and Soul Asylum, who also helmed this year’s Bright Bright Bright EP. They worked live to analog tape to add immediacy, intimacy, and warmth to the songs. The sextet got the basics finished in two weeks during January 2010. They used a trio of Minneapolis studios – including a renovated church and an old theater, and recorded live with very few overdubs.
The band thrives on touring, and will throughout the US and Europe in support of Wild Go. “We try to create a magical space with our performances,” Invie reveals. “I’m always blown away by the number of people that come up to me afterward and say how much the music touched them. I love it when people can dance and have fun at our shows, but it's when people are quiet and I can tell that they are feeling it on a personal level that I feel like I’m really connecting.”
Wild Go will connect with listeners and transport them into Dark Dark Dark’s mesmerizing vision of a world within this world. They don't settle for the ordinary, and they ask that we come along. The album is released October 5th, 2010 on Supply & Demand Music.
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Buena Vista Explorers Club
By LORENZA MUNOZ
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Movie theater owner Bob Laemmle recalls chatting with a friend recently about the upcoming film inspired by the album “Buena Vista Social Club.” Hopefully the “D-word"--documentary--wouldn’t scare people away, Laemmle told the friend while waiting in line for a latte in Santa Monica.
Suddenly a young woman interrupted the conversation: “Excuse me, did I hear you talking about the Buena Vista Social Club? I love them!”
Then the man behind her said, “Did I hear you say there is a movie about them? I can’t wait!” Pretty soon the entire coffee shop crowd was talking animatedly about the film’s release.
Perhaps, reflected Laemmle, he was underestimating the Social Club’s appeal. “This is more than a documentary,” he said. “The CD has achieved so much popularity. This title has the kind of recognition that usually comes with something like a Hollywood film.”
Two years after the startlingly successful album featuring a cadre of Cuban musicians playing traditional sones and boleros sold more than 1 million units worldwide and won a Grammy, the documentary will premiere Friday in Los Angeles. A new recording by one of the Social Club’s lead singers, Ibrahim Ferrer, is set for release this month as well.
Artisan Entertainment, the film’s distributor, plans to open “Buena Vista” in New York, L.A. and Miami initially, and then move it into a 25-city wider release--an unusually ambitious strategy for a music documentary, according to company president Amir Malin.
The movie was produced by guitarist Ry Cooder, the inveterate explorer who has been a one-man world music resource. He first traveled to Havana in 1996 to record an album with musicians from Cuba and Mali, a project that was scuttled by visa problems for the African musicians. Cooder then turned his attention to the old-timers who dominated the scene when the Buena Vista was a members-only social club in the East Havana hills. Directed by German-born filmmaker Wim Wenders, “Buena Vista” takes a look at each of the band members--nearly all of whom had been forgotten musicians on their native island.
Filmed in three weeks last year, the movie is a love letter to Cuba and to the musicians--whose average age is 70--none of whom ever imagined that they would find international fame in the twilight of their years.
Portrayed in the movie is 92-year-old composer and singer Compay Segundo, who exhibits a teenager’s zest for life; 71-year-old singer Ferrer, who was down on his luck until he was literally plucked off the street by other members of the band; 80-year-old pianist Ruben Gonzalez, who hadn’t played much for years because his piano had been damaged in a storm; stand-up bass player and the band’s backbone Orlando Lopez Vergara, otherwise known as “Cachaito,” nephew of famed bassist Israel “Cachao” Lopez; the only woman in the group, singer Omara Portuondo; tres player and singer Eliades Ochoa, who has also released a new album; and the others in the band who form the Buena Vista Social Club.
The documentary is filled with beautiful images of the people and landscape of Cuba. Wenders does not ignore the economic hardship apparent everywhere--even the well-known Karl Marx Theater in Havana is missing an “r” on its marquee.
But Wenders also films the historic beauty of Havana, a city that once served as one of Spain’s most important ports. Though its buildings are crumbling, their majesty endures.
“Havana is very imposing,” said Wenders, 53, whose fascination with cities has been evident in several of his films, including “Wings of Desire,” set in Berlin, and “Lisbon Story.” “It’s so incredibly colorful. All the faded colors are so strong in that light. To the movie camera something as sad as that destruction is attractive. But it is very sad to see Havana crumbling.”
Wenders’ observant eye captured cameos of Cuban life, such as an old woman smoking an enormous cigar as she sweeps her porch. He also allowed himself freedom to tape nearly everything he saw, accumulating more than 80 hours of material, which he edited down to about an hour and a half. He very consciously avoided making any political message.
“I tried to see it in the same way as the music--the music is so beautiful that the best way to show it is to step away and not make a comment about it but just let it be,” he said. “I felt that about the city itself. Politics is so obvious--nothing in Havana is that obvious.”
Chronicling the musicians’ stories and their music was a near miracle, considering so many of the Cuban greats have already died, Cooder said.
“It’s like going prospecting down there,” Cooder, 52, said last week as he talked with Wenders in the director’s Los Angeles home. “When enough people like that die they take their knowledge with them. You need to hear the masters do it. The music is a kind of story. It’s music that is coming from within.”
Wenders, who has known Cooder for 20 years, became interested in the story after hearing the “Buena Vista Social Club” album. Cooder’s enthusiasm for the music and the musicians was so passionate that Wenders offered to fly to Havana and film their stories.
“We were working on the ‘End of Violence’ soundtrack,” said Wenders, referring to his 1997 movie. “It was hard for me to get [Cooder] to pay attention to my movie because he kept talking about Havana and the incredible stories about these men. So I said, ‘OK, next time you go I’ll go with you.’ ”
Soon Wenders was on a plane to Havana, where he found his more regimented, Germanic style didn’t harmonize with the Cubans’ languid sense of time.
“As soon as we got there we realized we had to go with the flow,” he said. “We had to work as the Cubans do--not come in as the Germans.”
Wenders filmed the musicians in the studio as they recorded Ferrer’s album. During their days off, Wenders filmed each of them narrating their own stories with Havana as their backdrop.
The movie’s accidental star is Ferrer, a man who had stopped singing amid disillusionment and hard times. Cooder met Ferrer in 1996 when they recorded the album.
“After three days [of recording], I said, ‘We have a big problem here--nobody is singing,’ ” Cooder recalled. “ ‘Where is the beautiful bolero voice? That high, ethereal kind of spacious voice?’ ”
He was told there was only one guy in Havana who could do it, but it would take some digging to find him--if he was still alive. Cooder’s musician friends walked around the old Havana neighborhoods, asking for Ferrer. Eventually, he was found. Ferrer’s initial reaction was one of confusion and disbelief, Cooder said.
“What do you want?” Cooder said, imitating Ferrer. “Who wants me? What is this all about?”
Another hero in the film is the 92-year-old Segundo, who is still smoking cigars, flirting with women and touring all over Europe. As one of the elder statesmen of Cuban music, Segundo was like a walking encyclopedia for Cooder to consult.
“Compay would say, ‘That song is no good, it’s boring and I don’t like the writer--we had an argument in 1935,’ ” Cooder laughingly recalled. “He’s had some years. He would tell me [that] he’s been through two world wars, three revolutions and four dictators. I could ask him anything.”
Then there is Ruben Gonzalez, who played piano with legendary Cuban bandleader and composer Arsenio Rodriguez more than 50 years ago. Cooder knew he wanted Gonzalez on board, but nobody knew where he was.
“First they said he was dead,” Cooder said. “Then they said he wasn’t dead but that he was arthritic and couldn’t play. All this was because no one had seen him or heard from him, and in a town as small as Havana you would think somebody would know something.”
Finally, they found him.
“He just didn’t have a piano, that’s all,” Cooder said. “Now he has a little piano.”
Wenders catches a hilarious moment when Segundo asks directions for the old Social Club in the Buena Vista neighborhood. Soon, a crowd swells around him, arguing about where the old locale once stood, but also engaging in random conversation. Soon enough, Segundo is discussing the best way to nurse a hangover.
“As soon as he realized that he wouldn’t be able to find it, he relaxed and started to talk,” Wenders said.
The film’s images of Cuba are interspersed with footage from the group’s concert in Amsterdam and its historic performance at Carnegie Hall in 1998. Some of the film’s most emotional scenes come when the musicians visit New York. For them, it was like landing in paradise.
Wenders captures the tenderness of Ferrer crying at the end of the concert, and Gonzalez reminiscing about his first trip to New York in 1930. Or band members Manuel Licea and Pio Leyva walking down an avenue, looking at souvenir statues of celebrities in a shop window. Though they easily recognize Laurel and Hardy, Babe Ruth and Louis Armstrong, they are stumped when looking at John F. Kennedy. “I can’t remember [his name] but he’s one of the great leaders,” one of the two said.
In the end, it all seems somewhat surreal. Or as Ferrer himself said in his album dedication: “For the first time, I have realized a lifelong dream that I never thought possible.”
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The Department of Homeland Security has dismantled or ended multiple programs intended to counter WMD attacks, a Times investigation found.
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Lacoste: A Winning Brand Strategy
Natalie Yiassoumi Aug 16, 2017
The label is refreshing its image with a series of collaborations communicated via digital content.
Today, heritage can be considered as a form of currency for brands, yet brands cannot solely rely on it to sustain their customer’s interest. In the case of Lacoste, its long history and associations with lifestyle and sport – the label was founded in 1933 by the French tennis player René Lacoste – was eroded away as a result of an overly aggressive retail distribution strategy, with a large number of concessions in department stores across the world.
In the last year, however, the brand has been rethinking its strategy to refresh its image, regain the interest of its existing customer base and become more relevant to a new generation of consumers.
Lacoste Joins Influencer Marketing Strategies
Lacoste has collaborated with streetwear sensation, Supreme, and the niche accessories label, Yazbukey, developing a five-year partnership with Novak Djokovic (in which the popular player will act as Lacoste’s brand ambassador) and relocated to its native France to take part in Paris Fashion Week.
‘It’s important for us to do two to three collaborations a year. It’s not that people don’t know us, but these partnerships bring something different to the table that’s difficult for us to do by ourselves,’ said Joelle Grunberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lacoste North America, stating that fashion shows are also seen as part of key ‘marketing initiatives.’
From René Lacoste to Novak Djokovic – Introducing our New Crocodile. @djokernole #NewCroc2017
Una publicación compartida de Lacoste (@lacoste) el 22 de May de 2017 a la(s) 4:57 PDT
At the same time, Lacoste is staying true to its brand ethos, highlighting its heritage ties in tennis and golf through a series of initiatives supporting tennis players and key global tennis tournaments. It has recently partnered with the French Open, the Miami Open, the Presidents Cup, and it supports young athletes through its René Lacoste Foundation.
Its signature crocodile logo also remains at the heart of the brand: ‘I’m proud to be the next crocodile,’ said Djokovic in a tongue-in-cheek video, released on social media after the announcement in which he had been appointed as the brand’s new face.
Social Media: The New Branding Channel for Lacoste
Embracing all things digital has played a key role in executing this renewed brand strategy. Social media, in particular, has been a powerful tool to hone Lacoste’s message and engage the new generation of consumers.
Instead of focusing on promoting products and driving sales through social platforms such as Instagram, the label has focused its strategy on telling the stories behind its products through producing beautiful and engaging videos and artistic animations, which are published across its social media channels.
There are black and white videos sharing the story of the brand’s history and how René Lacoste produced the first polo T-shirt by cutting the sleeves of his shirt, animations of the Lacoste crocodile travelling around Parisian landmarks ahead of the brand’s Paris Fashion Week show and behind-the-scenes images from its factories, showcasing the process of making its classic piqué T-shirts. Every short clip prompts users to visit the brand’s website which is filled with longer videos and richer content narrating stories of the brand’s past, as well as recent projects.
Knitting of the 🐊.
Una publicación compartida de Lacoste (@lacoste) el 30 de Jun de 2017 a la(s) 2:37 PDT
One of the highlights was a short film released in May, titled ‘Timeless’, which featured scenes from an old train station in the 1930s. As the trains in the film physically move, the brand is also figuratively moving towards the present, showcasing the timeless style of Lacoste’s signature polo T-shirts.
Lacoste’s commitment to highly-produced, unique content demonstrates the need for fashion brands to maintain high standards when it comes to social media content strategy, in order to stand out in an overcrowded market. There is a fine line between looking to the past and staying relevant and up-to-date. It is key to find that balance, stay true to a label’s ethos and communicate its standpoint in an interactive way.
In the case of Lacoste, it has found the right formula by standing by its ties to sports and the values instilled by René Lacoste, while maintaining a fresh image through fashion-focused collaborations and a strong digital communications strategy that prompts a sense of discovery among consumers.
Natalie Yiassoumi
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G.R. No. L-16667 January 30, 1962
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner,
HON. MELQUIADES G. ILAO, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte,
PASCUAL M. PEREZ and NICASIA SARMIENTO, respondents.
Office for the Solicitor General for petitioner.
Ramon Ozaeta for respondents.
PADILLA, J.:
This is a petition for certiorari, mandamus and preliminary injunction.
On 3 November 1959 the petitioner filed in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte a verified petition dated 2 November 1959 averring that on 1 August 1958 the respondents Pascual M. Perez and Nicasia Sarmiento, husband and wife, filed in the same Court a petition for registration in their names under the provisions of the Land Registration Act, as amended, of four parcels of land situated in barrio Tuaca, municipality of Basud, province of Camarines Norte (land registration case No. 202; Exhibit D); that to this application the petitioner filed an objection on the ground that three of the parcels of land sought to be registered are of the public domain and, except Lots Nos. 6 to 19, inclusive, Psu 167487, are within the Bicol National Park established by Proclamation No. 657 of the Governor General, dated 13 February 1934 (Exhibit A), as amended by Proclamation No. 655 of the President of the Philippines, dated 23 December 1940 (Exhibit B); pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 3915 (Exhibit E); that during the pendency of the land registration case the respondent applicants filed with the Bureau of Forestry an application for registration in their names of the same parcels of land as private forest land under the provisions of section 1829 of the Revised Administrative Code (P.W.R.A. No. 2616); that the Director of Parks & Wildlife objected to the respondent applicants' request for registration as private forest land insofar as the area within the Bicol National Park is affected (Exhibit F); and before the hearing of the land registration case the respondent applicants filed a motion in the land registration court praying for the withdrawal of their petition for registration; that on 2 June 1959 the land registration court granted the respondent applicants' motion for withdrawal of their petition for registration, without prejudice to reviving it should they so desire: that on 15 June 1959 the Assistant Director of Forestry granted the respondent applicants' request for registration of the parcels of land as private forest land "on a year to year basis after compliance with all requirements ... and subject to the condition that within one year the land owner or owners hereof shall take positive steps to perfect the title thru land registration proceedings," but without conceding that the possessory information title purportedly issued in the name of the respondent applicants' predecessor is a registerable title to the land under Act No. 496, as amended (Exhibit F); that on 30 June 1959 the Assistant Director of Forestry issued to the respondent applicants Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 (Exhibit G); that the order dated 15 June 1959 and Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 dated 30 June 1959 (Exhibits F & G) were issued by the Assistant Director of Forestry without or in excess of jurisdiction and/or with grave abuse of discretion and are null and void; that the respondent applicants had never occupied or possessed and they have no right, claim, ownership or interest over the Bicol National Park or any part thereof; that the respondent applicants have started logging operations in the forest area within the Bicol National Park; the petitioner is entitled to a writ of preliminary injunction and unless the respondent applicants are restrained, the continued logging operations being conducted by them in the Bicol National Park during the pendency of this case would work injustice and inflict irreparable damage and injury to the petitioner; and that the petitioner has no other plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. The petitioner prayed that upon the filing of the petition, the Court issues ex-parte a writ of preliminary injunction without, bond enjoining the respondent applicants and/or their agents or employees from entering, cutting, deforesting and/or undertaking any logging operation of the forest, trees, timber and other forest products in the Bicol National Park or any part thereof; and after trial, render judgment declaring the order dated 15 June 1959 issued by the Assistant Director of Forestry and the Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 issued pursuant thereto (Exhibits F & G) illegal and null and void; that the respondent applicants had never occupied or possessed and they have no right, claim, ownership and/or interest of any nature or kind whatsoever over the Bicol National Park or any part thereof; that the writ of preliminary injunction to be issued be declared final; and that the respondents therein be ordered to pay the costs. The petitioner further prayed for other just and equitable relief (civil case No. 1140, Annex A).
On 6 November 1959 the Solicitor General wrote a letter to the Director of Forestry through the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources urging suspension of the force and effect of or holding in abeyance Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533, dated 30 June 1959, issued by the Assistant Director of Forestry to the respondent applicants and that they be ordered immediately to desist from cutting trees and logging timber in the area covered by the said certificate, in view of the pendency of civil case No. 1140 in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte, questioning the legality and validity of the said order and certificate issued by the Assistant Director of Forestry (Annex B). On 9 November 1959 the Undersecretary of Natural Resources referred to the Director of Forestry the Solicitor General's letter of 6 November 1959 and directed "that the force and effect of PWR No. 1533 of Pascual Perez be suspended and that Pascual Perez and Nicasia Sarmiento be immediately directed to stop cutting timber thereunder, until the case is finally decided by competent authorities" (Annex B-1). On the same date, 9 November 1959, the Assistant Director of Forestry suspended the force and effect of Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 and directed the respondent applicants to stop "all cutting operations thereunder." On 12 November 1959 the Assistant Director of Forestry wired the Forester in Camarines Norte to immediately stop the cutting operations of the respondent applicants under Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 (Annex B-2).
On 9 November 1959 the respondent applicants filed in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte a motion to dismiss the petitioner's petition for a writ of prohibition and objection to the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction on the ground that the Court "has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition the order appealed from having become final and unappealable," and that "the petition states no cause of action against the respondents" (Annex C).
On 19 November 1959 the respondent applicants filed in Court a motion dated 17 November 1959 praying that the Director of Parks and Wildlife and the respondent Assistant Director of Forestry be directed to preserve the status quo of the parties as of the filing of the petition dated 2 November 1959, pending final determination of the issues raised in the said petition; to refrain from any act or conduct amounting to contempt of court by interfering with the processes or proceedings of the Court or directly or indirectly impending, obstructing or degrading the administration of justice; and to annul the order of the Assistant Director of Forestry dated 9 November 1959 (Annex I). On 3 December 1959 the petitioner filed an objection thereto (Annex J).
On 20 November 1959 the petitioner by registered mail filed a verified amended petition dated 19 November 1959, supplementing the original petition filed on 3 November 1959, impleading as respondents Paulino Castillo and Francisca Sabando and, in addition, praying for recovery of damages in the amount of not less than P5,000,000 (Annex D). On the same date, 20 November 1959, the petitioner filed an "Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss and Opposition to the Issuance of Writ of Preliminary Injunction" stating that its prayer for a writ of preliminary injunction already had become moot because the respondent applicants must have stopped cutting timber inside the Bicol National Park, and praying that in view of the filing of an amended petition by it, the respondent applicant's motion to dismiss be denied, without prejudice to allowing them to raise the same issue against the amended petition should they so desire (Annex E).
On 24 November 1959 the Court entered an order dismissing the original petition filed by the petitioner, without costs, on the ground "that the Director of Parks an Wildlife did not take any appeal from the order (of the Director of Forestry); that he failed to exhaust all administrative remedies provided for by law on the matter and that when the petitioner filed the present petition for prohibition and injunction, the order in question or the Assistant Director of Forestry has already become final" (Annex F).
On 4 December 1959 the petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration of the order of the Court dated 24 November 1959 dismissing its petition, "it being contrary to law and the facts of the case, which will be demonstrated in the oral arguments and/or memorandum in support of this motion for reconsideration" (Annex G). On 16 December 1959 the petitioner filed a "memorandum in support of the motion for reconsideration dated December 4, 1959" (Annex G-1). On 19 December 1959 the respondents filed an objection to the petitioner's motion for reconsideration (Annex H). On 29 December 1959 the respondents filed a motion praying that they be granted a period of ten days "from receipt of the resolution on petitioner's 'Urgent Motion for Reconsideration' within which to submit their responsive pleading to the 'Amended Petition' dated November 19, 1959" (Annex H-1).
On 5 January 1960 the respondent Court entered an order denying the petitioner's motion for reconsideration, declaring the order of the Assistant Director of Forestry, dated 9 November 1959, suspending the force and effect of Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533, null and void, ordering the Director of Parks and Wildlife and the Assistant Director of Forestry to preserve the status quo of the parties pending resolution of the issues in the petition and to refrain from committing any act amounting to unlawful interference with the processes or proceedings of the Court or tending to directly or indirectly impede, obstruct or degrade the administration of justice (Annex M).
Claiming that in entering the orders of 24 November 1959 and 5 January 1960, dismissing its original petition for prohibition, and denying its motion for reconsideration, the respondent Court gravely abused its discretion and/or acted without or in excess of jurisdiction, the petitioner prays this Court for a writ of preliminary injunction enjoining the respondent Court from enforcing the orders dated 24 November 1959 kind 5 January 1960 (Annexes F and M) and the other respondents from entering into and cutting timber and forest products in the Bicol National Park, after hearing, for a writ declaring illegal, null and void the said orders (Annexes F and M );directing the respondent Court to give due course to the petitioner's amended petition dated 19 November 1959 (Annex D) and to summon the respondents named therein to file their responsive pleading; declaring the writ of preliminary injunction to be issued permanent and irrevocable; and ordering the respondents except the Court to pay the costs. The petitioner further prays for other just and equitable relief. On 4 March 1960 this Court granted the writ prayed for and on 7 March 1960, issued it.
In their answer to the petition the respondents contend that the respondent Court did not exceed jurisdiction or abuse its discretion in entering the order complained of and deny that the petitioner is entitled to the relief sought, for its remedy was an appeal from the orders complained of.
This being a special civil action for certiorari and mandamus, the only issue to determine is whether or not the respondent Court acted without or in excess of jurisdiction or with grave abuse of discretion in dismissed the petition for prohibition filed by the petitioner.
Section 1, Rule 17, of the Rules of Court, provides: .
A party may amend his pleading ones as a matter of court at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been placed upon the trial calendar, he may so amend it any time within ten (10) days after it served. (Emphasis supplied.) .
A party may amend his pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. In its order dated 5 January 1960, the respondent Court states: .
... The above-entitled petition was filed on November 3, 1959. The respondents Pascual Perez and Nicasia Sarmiento filed their motion to dismiss on November 12, 1959. The motion to dismiss was set for hearing on November 14. On November 14, the petitioner did not appear and after the attorney for the respondents finished his oral argument, the motion to dismiss was submitted for resolution. Upon request, however, of the Provincial Fiscal on behalf of the Solicitor General Office, the petitioner was given 5 days within which to file opposition to the motion to dismiss. The request was grant and on November 23, an opposition dated November 19, 1959 was received in the Office of the Clerk of Court. The opposition did not contain any notice of hearing and there was separate petition for the hearing of the motion to dismiss. When the Court, therefore, issued on November 24, 1959, the order dismissing the petition, the motion to dismiss was already submitted for resolution and could be acted upon by the Court.
It is true that on November 23, 1959, an amended petition for certiorari, prohibition and injunction with damages was filed by the petitioner. But the amended petition is, for legal intents and purposes, a mere scrap of paper. It was filed after the motion to dismiss was served upon the petitioner a submitted for resolution, and without leave of court. The motion to dismiss is a pleading under Sec. 1 of Rule 8 of the Rules of Court and a responsive pleading under Sec. 2 of Rule 17. (Annex M) .
A motion to dismiss is not a responsive pleading within the meaning of section 1, Rule 17, said this Court in Paeste vs. Jaurige, 50 Off. Gaz. 112, 114. The petitioner filed an amended petition before the respondents filed an answer to the original petition. The motion to dismiss filed by the respondent applicants not being a responsive pleading, the petitioner could amend its petition as a matter of right. The respondent Court, therefore, in treating the petitioner's amended petition for prohibition as "a mere scrap of paper" because it was not filed with previous leave of court had unlawfully excluded the petitioner from the enjoyment of a right to which it is entitled. Mandamus, therefore, will lie to compel the respondent Court to consider the petitioner's amended petition.
The most serious objection to the granting of the petitioner's prayer is that the orders complained of should have been appealed. The only dates appearing in the record are 1 December 1959, of receipt of a copy of the order of 24 November 1959 and 4 December 1959, of the filing of the motion for reconsideration. The record does not furnish the Court with the date of receipt by the Solicitor General of a copy of the order of 5 January 1960. So the only period that may be counted against the petitioner's right to appeal is three days from 2 December 1959, the day following the receipt of a copy of the order of 24 November 1959, to 4 December 1959, the date of the filing of the motion for reconsideration. And in view of the clear and serious error which the respondent Court had committed in dismissing the original petition when there was an amended petition already filed, this Court chooses to grant the remedy prayed for to prevent or forestall that an injustice be done to the petitioner.
The other point that goes into the legality and validity of the suspension by the Assistant Director of Forestry of the force and effect of Certificate of Private Woodland Registration No. 1533 need not be passed upon and determined, because the respondent Court, that has concurrent jurisdiction with this Court to issue writs of prohibition, having acquired jurisdiction of the case where the same issue had been raised, has to pass upon and determine it.
The writs prayed for are granted, with costs against the respondents except the Court.
Bengzon, C.J., Bautista Angelo, Labrador, Concepcion, Reyes, J.B.L., Barrera, Paredes, Dizon and De Leon, JJ., concur.
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20161126 Grey Cup Saturday's walk throughs
CFL 2016: Grey Cup Game, Stampeders vs Redblacks NOV 27
November 27, 2016: Ottawa Redblacks Scott MacDonell (83), Brad Sinopoli (88), Kienan Lafrance (27) and Travon Van (3) play a game of hide the ball during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Ottawa Redblacks offensive lineman Jon Gott (63) during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver Jamill Smith (4) solitary in thought during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell (19) talks with coaching staff during the walkthroughs for 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Jarrett Boykin (82) during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders wide receiver DaVaris Daniels (89) during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders Head Coach Dave Dickenson during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders linemen play a game of circle catch during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders Head Coach Dave Dickenson talks to the team during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders Maleki Harris (37), Bryson Kelly (91), Cordarro Law (41), Charleston Hughes (39), Frank Beltre (94) and Micah Johnson (93) pose for a photo op during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
November 27, 2016: Calgary Stampeders defensive back Joshua Bell (11) during the walkthroughs for the 104th edition of the Grey Cup, the championship game between Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Daniel Lea/CSM
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Discount Chain Fined £1 Million After Admitting Health and Safety Breaches
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Employers who put their staff at risk by failing to abide by health and safety rules are routinely hit hard in the pocket. Exactly that happened to a discount chain that was fined £1 million after admitting shoddy practices at three of its stores.
The chain pleaded guilty to 24 breaches of health and safety legislation after officers reported that employees were being endangered by overstocked store rooms. Shop managers were unable to cope with the pressure of stock coming into stores and felt obliged to accept deliveries although they did not have enough staff to deal with them. Shortcomings in staff training and failures to protect junior workers, provide protective clothing or perform risk assessments were also identified.
In challenging the amount of the fine as excessive before the Court of Appeal, the chain’s lawyers argued that, in common with many high street retailers, it was encountering tough trading and was in a difficult financial position. In dismissing the appeal, however, the Court noted that the chain has about 400 stores nationwide and had opened 44 new branches in the past 12 months.
The evidence amply demonstrated that the fine, payable over 18 months, would not be difficult for the chain to meet and was not disproportionate. There were breaches in three stores, reflective of systemic failings in senior management, and the chain had previous convictions for health and safety offences. The Court noted that it was not enough to have a system in place for complying with the law. What mattered was whether such a system was implemented in practice.
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Arieh Elias..(Photo by: FACEBOOK)
Beloved actor Arieh Elias dies at 94
By HANNAH BROWN
Best known for his roles in Israeli classics of the Sixties and Seventies, Elias granted 2013 lifetime achievement award from the Israeli Artists’ Association.
Beloved Israeli veteran character actor, Arieh Elias, died on Thursday at the age of 94.
Elias was best known for his roles in Israeli classics of the ’60s and ’70s, among them Kazablan (1974), The Policeman (1971), Charlie and a Half (1974) and Snooker (1974).
He specialized in playing Mizrahi characters, often with comedic overtones. In recent years, Elias appeared in the movie James’ Journey to Jerusalem (2003), portraying a stubborn older man who refuses to sell his property to Tel Aviv real-estate developers and bonds with a young African foreign worker. He won the Best Actor Award from the Israel Academy of Film for his outstanding performance in the touching role. That same year, he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the grandfather in the movie Bonjour, Monsieur Shlomi.
Born in Iraq in 1921, Elias studied theater in Baghdad.
He came to Palestine in 1947 and served in the Palmach.
Following his military service, he tried to break into the theatrical world, which at the time had little use for actors from non-Ashkenazi backgrounds.
The movie industry was more welcoming, and his breakthrough performance came in the 1966 movie The Boy from Across the Street.
He also worked in television, and from 2004-2006 played the role of Eliyahu Sa’ada on the popular series, Meorav Yerushalmi.
He won a lifetime achievement award from the Israeli Artists’ Association in 2013.
On Saturday at 7:25 p.m., Channel 1 will rebroadcast an episode of Touching the Spirit that features Elias, in which he discussed his life and work.
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The United States is beginning to withdraw its troops from Syria, Trump: Its time to take the young people home.
According to the New York Times on November 11, a U.S. military spokesman said the same day that the United States has begun to withdraw from Syria.
Just Sunday, President Trumps National Security Adviser Bolton said withdrawal was conditional and that the U.S. military might be stationed there for months or even years. Trump changed his name that day, saying that he had never considered withdrawing so quickly.
Its time to take those great young people home! On 19 January, Trump proudly ordered in front of the camera that 2,000 U.S. soldiers would be withdrawn from Syria within 30 days.
According to the New York Times, Col. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the U.S. -led coalition against Islamic States (IS), unexpectedly announced in a statement that the withdrawal had begun.
Colonel Ryan said the coalition forces had begun our deliberate process of withdrawing troops from Syria. He added that no further information would be provided on specific timelines, locations or troop movements.
Reported that just a few days after Boltons remarks, as well as Turkeys announcement to enter Syria, the statement further exacerbated the chaotic atmosphere of Washingtons policy towards Syria.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said in Moscow on November 11 that the U.S. military statement heightened the Kremlins doubts that the United States would soon withdraw from Syria, according to Russian Interfax News Agency.
Washington seems to be looking for reasons to stay, she said. I cant believe theyre going to leave there as much as you do, because weve never seen an official strategy.
The New York Times reported that after Trumps call for a rapid withdrawal, discussions within his government led to a prolonged timetable as U.S. diplomats were looking for a way to protect U.S. Kurdish allies from Turkeys attacks and allow Turkey to take over the fight against jihadis.
According to Russian Satellite Network news on January 8, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Karin said that Turkey would inform the United States if it carried out military operations in Syria, but would not seek the consent of the United States.
Earlier, as soon as Trumps withdrawal plan was announced, it was besieged by many Republicans. Allies including Britain and France also came forward to criticize it, and attracted the resignation of Defense Minister Matisse.
Source: Responsible Editor of Observer Network: Qian Mingxiao_NBJ10675
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Judicial Watch • Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton to Testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton to Testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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(Washington, DC) –Judicial Watch announced that President Tom Fitton will provide testimony on December 13 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations during a hearing titled “Oversight of Nonprofit Organizations: A Case Study on the Clinton Foundation.” The committee is chaired by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC).
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
In August 2016, a related Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit broke open the Clinton Foundation pay-to-play and has since uncovered many other instances of seeming pay-to-play and favoritism for the Clinton Foundation at the Clinton State Department. Judicial Watch’s ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation’s pay-to-play politics that involves multiple FOIA lawsuits seeking government documents from Hillary Clinton’s illicit email system, as well as records related to the intersection of the State Department and the Clinton Foundation.
Judicial Watch recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for all records of communications involving any investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) into the Clinton Foundation.
Judicial Watch FOIA litigation also uncovered a massive conflict of interest issue in Bill Clinton’s speeches and business concerns during Mrs. Clinton’s tenure on Secretary of State.
On December 6 a federal judge opened further discovery in the Judicial Watch lawsuit that led to the first public disclosure of the Clinton email scandal.
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American animated television series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 5, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. It is the only Mickey Mouse program to be aimed at preschoolers. The series was co-developed by Bobs Gannaway, who is also responsible for Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Production of the show was put on a four-month suspension in the spring of 2009, due to the death of voice artist Wayne Allwine, the longtime voice of Mickey Mouse. Production resumed when Bret Iwan has been cast as the fourth performer of Mickey's voice. On June 23, 2013, Bill Farmer, the voice actor for Goofy and Pluto, confirmed on his official Twitter account that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse would cease production after 7 years of episodes. However, reruns will still continue on the Disney Junior 24/7 service.
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Forum's topics include ways to have local mental health inpatient facility, ProMedica's plans
Dmitriy Shapiro Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweeshapiro
ADRIAN — Lenawee County residents concerned about the county’s lack of inpatient mental health care facilities appeared Thursday at a community brainstorming session, attempting to come up with innovative solutions to address the problem.
Hosted at the Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center by the Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority (LCMHA) board of director and facilitated by LCMHA consultant Mary O’Hare, the 150 or so attendees divided into groups and were led through a series of exercises to discuss and answer four questions: What barriers do we face? How do we assess the need? What do other communities do? What resources are available?
At the end of each brainstorming session, the groups reported one or two of the best ideas for each topic. Those were posted on a whiteboard at the front of the room.
Much of the early conversation focused on the costs of transportation and disruption to the life of the patients and those around them that is brought about by having inpatient facilities outside of the county.
Gretchen VanDeven, a mother who said that she had family members who suffered from mental health issues and substance abuse, spoke of the challenge accessing inpatient mental health when the nearest facility is in Ann Arbor.
“It’s a long drive when you have a teenager in crisis. It’s a very long drive,” she said.
VanDeven was encouraged by the conversation she heard at the meeting, especially the inclusion of mental health and substance abuse together.
“I’m very encouraged because this is not an individual issue and it’s not just centering on one thing like mental health issues,”
VanDeven said after the meeting. “It also includes substance abuse like opioids because those are compensators for anxiety, for depression, for issues with family.”
During the last question near the end of the meeting, O’Hare opened up the floor to comments about issues that were not part of the curated questions and the conversation turned quickly on the responsibility of ProMedica hospitals in the area.
“I attended a golf outing charity fundraiser for the ProMedica organization in June of 2016. They presented a very, very heart-tugging video of how they were going to be proactive with their new facility and mental health treatment,” Tim Mostowy of Tipton said. “I donated that night because our daughter suffers from depression and left that outing with such a good feeling.
“I believe that ProMedica is being let off the hook there. They took money that night, because people donated. They have been let off the hook. They’re nonprofit status should be challenged, they are being let off the hook here.
“Their excuse — and I will use that word, excuse — is they can’t staff this facility with psychiatrists. That’s hooey. It’s all about the money. They can’t make money.”
Mostowy’s statements were supported by retired physician Dr. Victoria Powell.
“We have allowed ProMedica to excuse themselves and take away from our community the services that worked,” Powell said. “Now we have an empty building, we have no
inpatient services. ProMedica must be confronted, because they are continuing to take further all services that we need. They’re putting in a new hospital we can’t afford. We don’t want it, we don’t need it.”
The attendees were surprised to find out that Dr. Julie Yaroch, president of ProMedica Bixby and Herrick hospitals in Adrian and Tecumseh, and other ProMedica staff members were also at the meeting.
Yaroch took the opportunity to reply to the attendees’ concerns.
Yaroch said that the funds raised at the fundraiser referred to by Mostowy were being used for mental health, specifically for bringing a state of the art transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) machine to Lenawee County, which is used to treat depression. Yaroch said that the closest TMS is in Ann Arbor and has a waiting list spanning weeks.
“We are doing what we can. There is a provider shortage. So if you look up provider availability across the nation, there’s a shortage. Less than 3 percent of your medical students go into mental health,” Yaroch said. “I’m not here to dispute what you’re here for, which is to come up with amazing solutions. I’m actually very impressed and proud to be here. … There are issues that you need to understand in the industry to be able to address and I’m happy to do that sometime, this is not the right forum though.”
Yaroch also defended the closing of two hospitals for a new facility in Adrian Township.
“My child was born in Lenawee County, this is my hospital. I want my child to have every benefit that every other child in this nation has,” she said. “And that is using technology. That is using state-of-
the-art facilities. And our two aging facilities can’t support that.”
The meeting’s organizers said that the brainstorming session was the start of a longer term effort that will require more community input.
“I love when everybody from all sectors comes together,” said Carla Freedman, who works with women battling substance abuse and has a history of mental health issues in her family and herself received treatment for anxiety and depression in the county. “We have a lot of conversations in Lenawee County but we aren’t getting the action.”
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Eric Boylan
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Eric Boylan is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Locke Lord LLP. Prior to joining the Firm, he was a Judicial Clerk for The Honorable Andrew S. Hanen in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Additionally, Eric served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 2008-2014, including a year-long deployment in support of Operation lraqi Freedom.
Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Andrew S. Hanen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2017-2018)
Captain, Active Duty - Field Artillery Officer, U.S. Army (2008-2014)
J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 2017
Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
B.A., English, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
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Pulitzer Prizes shed light on wounded newsrooms, both literal and metaphorical
Fitting into a broader industry pattern, in January of this year, 1000 jobs were cut in newsrooms across the country. The Pulitzer Prizes reinforce why that is a dangerous trend.
Capital Gazette's coverage of the shooting in their own newsroom.
Lars Lonnroth, Managing Editor of Breaking News and Multimedia Content
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In Annapolis, Md., June 28, five journalists at the Capital Gazette newspaper were murdered by a disillusioned man who had his questionable conduct scrutinized by the paper. They wrote a story detailing his history of harassing women and—as a result—he attempted to kill “everyone present” at the newspaper’s offices, the Baltimore Sun reported. He walked into the newspaper’s office and opened fire.
He didn’t kill everyone, but what he did do was strip the Annapolis community of five exemplary journalists. They were killed because they as an institution were doing their job, telling stories of the transgressions in their community, and in doing that they upset the wrong man.
But despite their hurt—despite the sorrow and trauma that comes from seeing five of their colleagues murdered, right in front of their eyes—early the next day, an issue of the Capital Gazette was being delivered to people’s homes, placed on local newsstands and delivered the news of the murder of five of their own to their own community.
Despite their tragedy, their presses could not be stopped.
On April 15 in New York, at the Pulitzer Prize ceremony at the Columbia University school of journalism, the staff of the Capital Gazette received a special citation for what the Pulitzers called “their courageous response to the largest killing of journalists in U.S. history.”
They noted that their work demonstrated their “unflagging commitment to covering the news and serving their community at a time of unspeakable grief.” As part of the citation, the Pulitzers provided the staff $100,000 to help continue their ability to cover their community, in a time when the state of the local press is less than ideal.
When looking through this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners, it is incredible to see the stories that are often forgotten throughout the hectic news cycle and see the exemplary work that can so easily fly under the radar during the year of news consumption.
When the Prizes come out, a necessary light is shined on the work of journalistic institutions big and small, but it also reminds us of the importance of the courageous local journalists who labour tirelessly every day to ensure our communities receive the necessary attention they deserve.
If you follow the news even a little bit, you likely know that the New York Times, The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal are all doing excellent work. That’s hard to deny.
But you may not necessarily know about the incredible local reporting by the Baton Rouge Advocate about the Louisiana laws that—unlike literally all other states—do not require that all 12 jurors in a criminal proceeding to agree on a guilty verdict, a vestige of the Jim Crow south.
You probably do not know about the University of Southern California doctor who abused innumerable college students as a gynecologist at the student health center on campus. After the LA Times published these accusations and uncovered the countless signs of misconduct that the school failed to respond to, a flood of further accusations followed.
These are local journalists covering stories that matter to their community, often in a very financially precarious position. Oftentimes, their newsrooms are emptying, with newspaper owners attempting to bolster their bottom line by cutting staff left and right. That hurts the news.
Despite those threats to the strength of community journalism, when tragedy strikes a community—like it did in Annapolis—the local news responds in force. In the Pulitzer announcements, that fact shines clear as day.
Take the Florida Sun Sentinel, for instance, who won the Public Service Pulitzer, the most prestigious Pulitzer Prize, for their coverage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the tragic school shooting that shook the very core of high school life.
The Sun Sentinel was lauded for by the award committee for “exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.”
This quality reporting is at risk of being lost as a result of the drastic cost cutting measures by newspaper owners that inhibits journalists’ ability to gather this high-value information. People have come to believe that, with so much information at their disposable, that information is free.
They ask—I even once asked—“Why should I pay for news when I can easily get it for free?” But without supporting your local journalists, we as a community are complicit in the erosion of this reporting that changes lives and changes our world.
Without money, journalists have to do more with less, which poses an existential threat to the investigative reporting that makes our government and our communities better.
Without money, news organizations will have a harder time being able to afford to do the exemplary reporting that the Pulitzer Prizes are designed to recognize.
Without money, we will be living in communities whose problems become more entrenched, we will be living in communities where corrupt politicians are able to run scotch-free, and we will be living in communities whose stories are not preserved for future generation.
I am not saying you have to subscribe to a physical print newspaper, but the news organizations who win Pulitzer Prizes tend to not just give their work away: they, after reading a certain number of stories on their websites, make you pay to continue to read their work. Without that, they can’t do this high-quality public service journalism.
If you want to subscribe to the physical newspaper, great, go ahead! But subscribe to a newspaper’s digital content, because they have to pay journalists to go out and do the hard work of gathering accurate and valuable information and turning that into an article that helps you live your life.
Don’t think that information is free. If we as a society accept this idea that information and news is free, we will need to say our good riddance to valuable, public service journalism. As a society, we can’t allow that to happen.
Support local news. Our society and our children depend on it. Every year, the Pulitzers remind us of this fact.
Newspapers are the lifeblood of democracy.
Twitter: @larslonnroth
One Response to “Pulitzer Prizes shed light on wounded newsrooms, both literal and metaphorical”
Gretchen Kulat on April 23rd, 2019 3:08 pm
What an incredible article highlighting the bravery and importance of the profession. Bravo, Lars!
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“It’s Time to Stop Talking and Start Doing, It’s Time for This Nation to Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is – It’s Time to Build”
Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2018) – In kick-off remarks for Infrastructure Week, LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan called for the use of every resource available to begin to repair the nation’s deteriorating infrastructure.
The 6th annual National Infrastructure Week includes media outreach, education and advocacy to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue impacting the U.S. economy, society, security and future.
“We support any and all sources of funding that will create good-paying, family-supporting, middle class jobs building and repairing America’s infrastructure,” O’Sullivan said at the week’s first event, a panel titled “The United State of Infrastructure: Business, Labor and Building America’s Economy.”
O’Sullivan said that bonding, user fees, public-private partnerships and direct federal investment will be required in order to have world-class transportation systems and water and energy resources.
“We support … whatever it takes, as long as it includes protections for workers and communities,” he said, noting that the American Society of Civil Engineers has for several years graded the country’s infrastructure a D+. “I don’t know about you, but when I brought home a D+, I knew there would be hell to pay because my parents knew I could do better. Well, America can do better.”
While infrastructure is about urgently needed physical structures, O’Sullivan said it is also about much more.
“It’s about building better lives for ourselves and our families, and it’s about leaving behind structures and systems that will be there for future generations, just as those who came before us left behind the highways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, power grids and other infrastructure we rely on today.”
The panel included recorded remarks from Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer of the Chamber.
“Whatever our differences in other areas, all of us here today, from labor and management, from the public and private sectors, are united in our concern about America’s crumbling infrastructure and in our demand for much greater investment,” said O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan noted that too many projects never become reality because of regulatory hurdles and abuse, and praised the Administration for working to streamline the permitting process.
O’Sullivan applauded the Infrastructure Week focus, but added, “We shouldn’t have to have an Infrastructure Week every year to remind lawmakers about the importance of this issue. Working men and women across the country and their employers know how important this issue is because they must cope with it every single day.”
LIUNA’s membership, predominantly in the construction industry, has helped build virtually every piece of the nation’s existing infrastructure and O’Sullivan said laborers and other trades workers “are ready, willing and eager” to again “do our part for this great nation.”
He concluded his remarks by saying, “It’s time to stop talking and start doing. It’s time for this nation to put its money where its mouth is. It’s time to build.”
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Investment in Scottish hotels and offices booms
Edinburgh’s office investment market is outperforming every other part of the UK outside London, accounting for just under a quarter of all activity in the past quarter, new figures show. The latest Big Nine report from property consultancy GVA reveals that, from a total of £500 million invested across regional cities in the period from April to June, the Scottish capital attracted £124m – the highest volume outside of London.
Activity in Edinburgh was bolstered by the two largest deals of the quarter outside London, which saw MAS Real Estate purchase New Uberior House for £71m and Chris Stewart Group sell The Mint Building to global property firm Hines for £53m. Pricing on The Mint, which sits off St Andrew Square, is said to have reached a record for the city and reflects the scarcity of quality stock in the market. Baillie Gifford, the investment firm, is taking over all 60,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation, extending over the ground floor entrance, seven upper floors and including fifth and sixth floor terraces. The building will be capable of accommodating up to 700 members of staff once completed in early 2019. GVA said the lack of development and supply was pressuring yields. Investment volumes in the capital are more than double the ten-year quarterly average of £59m, the firm noted.
Stuart Agnew, senior director in investment for GVA, said: “Sentiment in Edinburgh has been strong for some time and the latest figures only underline the confidence in the market. “Both domestic and international investors are interested in good quality stock with excellent liquidity and rental growth prospects and Edinburgh is well positioned to meet those needs.” Significant deals are in the pipeline in the next quarter, with 40 Torphichen Street and Blenheim House both under offer totalling about £50m in value. Meanwhile, a separate report has revealed that investment into Scottish hotels in the first half of 2018 reached £389.7m, doubling the total annual investment volumes recorded in 2017 (£195m). According to property advisor Savills, investment was spread across ten individual transactions and components of seven portfolios.
The firm noted that the ten individual sales that occurred were principally focused in the £1m-£10m price bracket, with the Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Edinburgh being the only transaction above this bracket, achieving a sale price of £85m.. UK buyers were the biggest buying group, accounting for 41 per cent of activity, followed by Middle Eastern investors (22 per cent of transactional volume), Israeli investors (16 per cent), US investors (8 per cent), Canadian investors (7 per cent), Singaporean investors (5 per cent) and German investors (1 per cent). Steven Fyfe, associate director in the hotels team at Savills in Glasgow, said: “Investment volumes continue to build on the strong level of appetite we witnessed last year as we find ourselves already surpassing last year’s total annual volume at the half year point. The spotlight is still firmly fixed on Scotland for hotel investors.”
Source: Scott Reid, The Scotsman, 10/11/18 - https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/capital-s-office-investment-market-is-star-turn-1-4781278
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How Family and Compassion Brought Singer-Actor Joel Smallbone to Priceless
Reported By Julie Harkness Arnold
Joel Smallbone and David Koechner from Priceless
Joel Smallbone of For King and Country Stars in Human-Trafficking Drama Priceless
Making “Priceless” was a family affair for Joel Smallbone, the singer from the Grammy-winning Christian-crossover duo For King & Country who showcases his acting skills in the drama about human trafficking.
His brother Ben Smallbone is the director. His other brother Luke — his partner in For King & Country — is one of the producers. So’s their father, David Smallbone.
But it’s one more member of the Smallbone family who comes to mind when Joel talks about this film about a desperate man who takes money to transport cargo across country with no questions asked, only to find that what he’s actually delivering two young women.
“It’s my wife’s birthday today,” Smallbone tells Made in Hollywood reporter Julie Harkness Arnold. “In fact, I wrote her a little card this morning. And her charisma, her character, her strength is something that I think allows me to be the man that I am in many ways.”
Joel Smallbone and David Koechner on the Serious Messages Behind Priceless
Smallbone, married to actress Moriah Peters since 2013, says that “Priceless” sends a strong message about the toll human trafficking takes on women around the world, a sentiment shared by costar David Koechner, usually a comic actor who jumped at the chance to appear in this drama.
“I have three daughters,” he says. “It’s something that’s close to my heart, to think of any young woman in peril, and it is going on right now. Right now, as we’re speaking, there’s some woman being trafficked against her will.”
Koechner says that people often mistakenly believe that the women have chosen this life. “Really, they’re looking for a way out,” he says. “If there’s anything we can get from this movie, I hope it becomes prominent in people’s minds that it’s going on right now. You can make a difference.”
For Ben Smallbone, a commercials director making his first feature film with such a serious theme posed a particular challenge.
“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done but also one of the the most meaningful things I’ve ever done,” he says. “Movies with meaning, movies with a message are definitely a passion of mine. I’ve wanted to do it for 20 years. ”
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Real Haunts in Massachusetts- Paranormal MA
Did you know Massachusetts is home to dozens of REAL Haunted Places? From haunted roadways and buildings where the dearly departed still lurk among us, to burial grounds and sacred places that are haunted by spirits who seemingly want to stay in this world, Massachusetts has some truly eerie landmarks and historical sites that are hot spots for paranormal activity. Massachusetts's Real Haunts are home to ghosts and spirits year-round - they're not your average Halloween Haunt. Find out all about Massachusetts's Haunted History, and learn all about haunted places across the state that are plagued with REAL ghosts, ghouls, apparitions, and things that go bump in the night!
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Pine Grove Cemetery Spencer, MA
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There is an entity that is said to haunt this cemetery, and he was given the name "Dark Hunter." He is said to be keeping an eye on those who visit. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Cemeteries
Penny House Inn Eastham, MA
There is an "old side" to this house, that many believe is haunted by a ghost. They call her the Goodnight Ghost because she appears mostly at night, touching guests while they sleep or whispering to them. She has also been known to move their personal items in the middle of the night. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Hotels & Lodging
Deerfield Inn Deerfield, MA
This inn dates back to 1884, and has since then been restored and renovated. Both staff members and guests have reported experiencing paranormal activity here. Lights have turned on and off on their own, strange knocking noises have been heard and furniture has moved on its own. A bossy spirit has been reported who is known as Cora, the wife of a former inn keeper. She has been seen by... Read More
Plaza Guest House Provincetown, MA
This guest house is rumored to be haunted by a number of apparitions. Witnesses have reported figures wearing period clothing wandering around the home, especially in Room #006. There are bloodstains on the floor of this room that never go away, no matter how many times the floor is polished. People have also reported objects that were thrown at them by unseen forces and being chased... Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Houses | Real Haunted Hotels & Lodging
The Lyceum - Turner's Seafood Salem, MA
This location was once the Lyceum and is now Turner's Seafood. The location is rumored to be haunted by a woman wearing a long, white period dress who appears on the staircase. She has also been seen as a reflection in mirrors. Some say that the land where this restaurant sits was once an apple orchased that belonged to accused witch Bridget Bishop. Apparitions and issues with electrial... Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Restaurants & Bars
Stone's Public House Ashland, MA
This building dates back to 1834 and is believed to be haunted by spirits and apparitions who throw glasses off the shelves. The portraits have reportedly watched employees and guests as they go about their business, and doors have opened and closed on their own. One spirit here is believed to be a “drunkard” named Burt Philips, who may have died here in the 1890s. Others, according to... Read More
Framingham State University Framingham, MA
This university is believed to be haunted. There have been reports of cold spots and orbs that appeared in photos at Horace Mann Hall. In Pierce Hall, residents said they have awoken to find all the mirrors in the rooms stacked outside in the halls, piled with the reflective sides facing the walls. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Colleges
Berklee College of Music Boston, MA
This college was established in 1945 and has been attended by many famous musicians. It is also believed to have a haunted dorm, which was once an apartment building in the 1900s before it was remodeled into the Sherry Biltmore Hotel. A boy was playing with matches here and the hotel caught fire in 1963, killing many. Some of the spirits are said to linger here in the building, which... Read More
Old Centre - Old Royalston Cemetery Royalston, MA
This small cemetery is believed to be haunted. People have reported seeing a misty woman with long blonde hair and a black shadowy figure that is said to move very quickly. Cold spots and unasy feelings of being watched or touched have also been reported here. Read More
Fort Revere Hull, MA
Fort Revere used to be known as Fort Independence but was renamed to honor patriot Paul Revere. It has been used from the American Revolution through World War II and had stopped being used in 1947. There have been a number of strange occurrences here, including whispers, unexplained sounds and shadowy figures that rush by or hangout in the doorways. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Nature & Outdoors (ie. Haunted Woods)
Knox Trail Inn Otis, MA
The restaurant at this inn is believed to be haunted by a soldier from the Revolutionary or Civil War. He is said to be in his late teens or early 20s and is nicknamed Jake. His apparition is known to appear, but for a brief amount of time. He has also been known to mess with the electrical systems and may tug on your shirt as you walk by. But if you go looking for him, it has been said... Read More
Endicott Family Cemetery Danvers, MA
This cemetery is rumored to have three ghosts that reside in it, so the locals say. Their identities are thought to be the spirits of the only three gravestones in the cemetery that haven’t toppled over: Margaret and her two sons, Jeremy and Alex. Please note: the public is not allowed on these grounds. No Trespassing signs are posted because of an arsenic and dioxin soil hazard. Read More
The Blue Door Bed and Breakfast Middleton, MA
There have been a number of ghosts who are rumored to haunt this building that was built in 1692. One of the ghosts is said to be the builder, Philip Knight and another is Rebecca Towne, who is seen wearing a blue dress while floating through the dining room. A third spirit that lingers the premises is Captain Henry Quiver, who died here in the 1850s. Read More
Old Plymouth County Hospital Hanson, MA
This hospital was once known as Hanson Tuberculosis Hospital and it is believed to be haunted by those who died here back in the day. People have reported laughter and screaming coming from inside the empty building. Others have said they felt like someone was watching them. Please note: There is no trespassing allowed here. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Hospitals & Asylums
Theodore's and Smith's Billiards Springfield, MA
This location has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters and it has been reported that there are some eerie occurrences that go on. There have been reports of balls rolling across the floors (in the same spot that there was a bowling alley many years ago), footsteps, whispers, cold spots and a ghostly young boy who appears and sits on the pool table. Read More
The Witch House - Jonathan Corwin House Salem, MA
This location was once the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and it is well known for being the only structure still standing in Salem with direct ties to the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Corwin was the one to investigate the claims of witchcraft, which resulted in sending 19 people to death. This house museum is open seasonally and has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Adventures.... Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Houses
Captain Freeman Perry House Brewster, MA
Roberta is the ghost that is believed to reside here. She dates back to the early 1900s and has been seen in the guest rooms and in the halls. Read More
Tewksbury Cemetery Tewksbury, MA
This cemetery is rumored to be haunted by a ghostly white lady who wanders around. A dark, leather-skinned creature as also been seen here, following guests through the graveyard. Read More
The Mount Lenox, MA
The Mount was built in 1902 and has been the home of renowned writer Edith Wharton. It is also said to be quite haunted, ghost tours are even offered here. In 1911, the Whartons sold the home and it was used for the Foxhollow School for Girls, and later a theater. Once it was converted into a theater is when people started reporting strange things such as odd noises, eerie sensations,... Read More
Higgins Armory Museum Worcester, MA
This museum has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters. Witnesses have reported apparitions, black shadows, unexplained footsteps, clanging and music, as well as being touched by something unseen. This location is no longer the Higgins Armory Museum. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Museums
Anna Maria College Paxton, MA
This college is rumored to be haunted. According to reports, the Zecco Performing Arts Center has two seats that are kept open for ghostly visitors at each performance. Read More
Point Breeze Club and Hotel Nantucket, MA
This location is said to be haunted by a ghostly man wearing period clothing who has been in various rooms of this hotel. Other eerie activity has been reported as well. Read More
Colonial House Inn Yarmouth, MA
Room 224 is the room at this inn that is believed to be haunted by three different ghosts: Dr. John Minot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and a Native American girl. A customer’s credit card disappeared while a waiter was trying to run it through the machine in the dining room and the card was later found in one of the cabinets. The front office is also said to be haunted by a ghostly monk, and... Read More
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA
This university is believed to be haunted by a former headmaster who likes to linger in Tillinghast (Tily) Hall. Legend says the headmaster fell off the roof after climbing up to discipline some residents who were up there making noises in the middle of the night. The campus center is also believed to be haunted by a ghost named George. He likes to play instruments, lock doors and play... Read More
St. Mary's Cemetery Salem, MA
This cemetery is rumored to be haunted by a ghostly gray figure that walks beside people. The forest down the hill has been know to create an unpleasant vibe and there have been sounds of claws on the path and a waist-high light that appeared near the top of the hill. Read More
Everett Square Theatre Boston, MA
This theatre is rumored to be haunted and people have reported blinking lights, unexplained noises and feelings of uneasiness, as if someone or something is present inside the building. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Theaters
Van Horn Park Springfield, MA
Legend says that two boys died here after drowning in the pond sometime in the 1920s. Their spirits are said to linger the area. Park visitors in the summertime have reported hearing them laughing and splashing and seeing the water move, even though there was nothing visible making it move. Read More
Holiday Inn Taunton Taunton, MA
The stairway near the 28 rooms at this inn are said to be haunted by voices that can be heard ordering guests to "Leave here now." Read More
Yarmouth Resort Yarmouth, MA
There have been some strange occurrences here at this resort, including sounds of slamming doors, items that move on their own, and a ghost that the staff believes to be a young girl. She has supposedly left behind a small hair barrette on the counter and one housekeeper claimed to see the apparition of a small dog in one of the hallways. Read More
Orleans Waterfront Inn Orleans, MA
This location is believed to be haunted and has had reports of unexplained wind gusts, footsteps, slamming doors, and a ghost the owners nicknamed Hannah. She is believed to be the spirit of a 1920s brothel worker who was murdered. Her ghost has been seen naked walking through the inn or dancing in the windows. At least two other ghosts reside here as well. Read More
Boston University - Charlesgate Hotel Boston, MA
This building dates back to 1901 and was purchased by Boston University in 1947 to use as a dorm. It was also then used as a dorm by Emerson College through the late 1990s before being converted to a condo building. Some believe the hauntings that occur here have to do with séances held by college kids or a suicide by an architect in one of the closets. Read More
Riverside Theater Works Hyde Park, MA
This location used to be French's Opera House and is believed to be haunted by Esmeralda, who died here during a fire. Also known as "Essie," she is said to haunt the children who perform in plays, and has even been seen floating above the stage. Flowers are placed in a purple chair before performances, the location where Essie died. But it is said that if the flowers aren’t in full... Read More
Old Dudley Road Billerica, MA
Old Dudley Oxford Road still exists for about a mile, even though the New Dudley Oxford Road is in use today. A spectral horseback rider wearing Colonial clothing has been seen patroling the remains of the old road. Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Bridges & Overpasses
Belchertown State School Belchertown, MA
Dating back to 1922, the original name of this school was Belchertown State School for the Feeble-Minded. At certain times in its history it had been known for the treatment of its charges. Witnesses say the location is haunted because of its dark past and have reported apparitions, running footsteps, screams, crying, temperature fluctuations, breaking windows, doors that slam and lock,... Read More
Beechwood Inn Barnstable, MA
Reports say there is a ghostly woman who haunts the Rose Room at this inn. Read More
USS Salem Quincy, MA
The USS Salem is a former Navy cruiser that is now a museum ship. The ship is open to the public for those who are interested in taking a look around. The ship once served as a hospital after the 1953 Ionian Earthquake and there are many spirits that are believed to linger. Ghost tours are offered regularly and there's even a paranormal society that has its headquarters on-board the... Read More
The Sun Tavern Duxbury, MA
This tavern is well-known for its casual fine dining inside a pre-Revolutionary War farmhouse, and for having a ghost named Lysander Walker. Walker is said to create cold spots and has even been known for tiping tables over. Lysander's story is told on the restaurant's placemats. Read More
Omni Parker House Hotel Boston, MA
This hotel is rumored to be haunted and people have claimed that doors here open and close on their own, lights turn on and off by themselves, and apparitions of people wearing old-time clothing have been seen. Voices have also been heard in the restaurants, halls and lobby of the hotel. Read More
Pine Manor College Brookline, MA
Students at this college claim that the lights along the pathway near the Main House (the administration building) turn off as they get close, then turn on again as they pass by. Mists have been seen in the nwoods nearby and people have reported a disconcerting feeling that something was watching them. Read More
Houghton Mansion North Adams, MA
Mayor A.C. Houghton and his family once lived in this mansion and it is said to be haunted by a ghost chauffeur. Reports say he killed himself after getting into a car accident that killed Mrs. Houghton and their only daughter. The home has been converted into a Masonic temple and has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Adventures. Ghost tours are also available for those... Read More
Quequechan Club Fall River, MA
This club was founded back in 1894 and was housed in an 1861 private residence. People have reported seeing the apparition of a woman wearing a Victorian dress and even captured some EVP's as well. Orbs have also appeared in photos, reflected in a mirror. Read More
New Boston Cemetery Winchendon, MA
This cemetery is located within the Otter River State Forest and it is just about all that is left of the town. People say it is haunted and that if you back up to a specific tree, you can witness an angry figure hanging from it. Read More
Blood Town Forest Lancaster, MA
Legend says that a young man and woman were camping in this forest when they were killed. There is said to be a rock near the entrance that tells the story, but this may or may not be true. Some believe the forest really got its name because the donor of the land in 1946 was named Arthur W. Blood. Another rumor states that Blood was a mentally unstable killer who hanged bodies from the... Read More
The Mount Estate Lenox, MA
The Mount Estate is where the artifacts relating to novelist Edith Wharton are held and the location is said to be haunted by Wharton herself. Along with her spirit, that of her husband Teddy Wharton has been seen, along with a servant girl and old-fashioned man believed to be Wharton's lover, who lived at the home briefly. The estate has beenf featured on an episode of TV's Ghost... Read More
Categories: Real Haunted Houses | Real Haunted Museums
Harold Parker State Forest North Andover, MA
This forest now features 35 miles of woodsy trails, swamps, ponds, roads and rocky outcroppings, but evidence of its 18th-century farming and milling operations may be seen here as well. Unmarked graves and ruins of houses can be seen on the grounds and some say that beyond the stone walls at around 3 AM, a strange green light can be seen, along with the sound of phantom foosteps. Read More
Melrose Cemetery Brockton, MA
This cemetery is believed to be haunted and has had reports of disembodied laughter and running foosteps. Witnesses say the laughter most often comes from the back corner of the cemetery on the left side. Read More
Bucksteep Manor Washington, MA
This manor is famous for being haunted by the apparition of a monk who wanders the grounds. People have reported hearing voices, feeling someone touch them, and finding objects moved during the night. The location has been explored by TV’s Ghost Hunters. Read More
Hammond Castle Gloucester, MA
This castle dates back to the 1920s and was built by John Hays Hammond Jr. The castle has different sections that were built in varying architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance French and Medieval. The property also has some strange features including raining rooms and passageways. The castle is believed to be haunted by Mr. Hammond himself, who passed away in 1965. There are other... Read More
Saint Stephens Cemetery Attleboro, MA
Witnesses say that the apparitions of Albertine and Eugene and their 2 year old daughter, Doris, have been seen here. Childlike footsteps on the paved paths have also been heard. Read More
Cutler Majestic Theatre Boston, MA
Built in 1903, the historic theater is said to be haunted by a former mayor of Boston who died during a performance, a little girl, and a married couple wearing turn-of-the-20th-century clothing. Read More
Hawthorne Hotel Salem, MA
There is an elevator at this hotel that is believed to be haunted, along with the sixth floor. Legend says that a double murder took place here, because of a lovers' quarrel. Cold spots have been felt and chandeliers are said to sway by themselves. Read More
Longfellow's Wayside Inn Sudbury, MA
This inn dates back to 1716 and it is believed to be haunted by a woman named Jerusha Howe. She is said to linger the most in Rooms 7 and 9. Rumor says she was unlucky when it came to love, and that is why she likes to touch the men that visit here. A book was written about the inn in the 1860s, titled "Tales of a Wayside Inn" by Author Henry W. Longfellow. Read More
Bainbridge’s - Aprile's European Restaurant North Chelmsford, MA
This restaurant was once known as Bainbridge's and is believed to be haunted. Reports have included pictures that move, a woman's ghost that cries, and ghostly children who play during the night. Read More
Lizzie Borden House Fall River, MA
This home is now a bed and breakfast but was once where Lizzie Borden lived, and where her parents were famously murdered by an axe. The house is believed to be haunted and witnesses have reported apparitions and unexplained sounds. Read More
Eunice Williams Covered Bridge - Pumping Station Bridge Greenfield, MA
This bridge is rumored to be haunted by Eunice Williams, the reverend's wife who lived nearby in the 1600s. Indians and French Soldiers raided the area and hacked Eunice until she died, just hours after she had given birth. The story is told on a nearby plaque set in stone. Although the bridge is currently closed to vehicles, people claim that when it was open to cars, if you stopped on... Read More
This university is believed to be haunted by a number of spirits. They include that of a student who hanged herself, a man wearing black who lingers Gramley Hall, two girls who were electrocuted at Gramley Library, a young girl who died in the elevator shadft at Clewell Hall, and a haunted photo that is located in Babcock Hall. Read More
Holiday Inn Tewksbury Tewksbury, MA
This inn is said to have an apparition that moves from the ballroom to the hall and it can only be seen out of the corner of the eye. When you turn around to look at it, it disappears. Read More
Regis College Weston, MA
This hall dates back to the late 1920s and is believed to have a number of ghosts, including a cold spot that roams around. A former piano teacher is blamed for opening and closing doors, and occasionally plays the piano. Students have also said that the fourth floor is haunted by spectral nuns. Read More
Bellingham-Cary House Chelsea, MA
This home dates back to the Civil War era and is believed to be haunted. The daughter who lived here had two lovers on opposing sides of the war, and they ended up killing one another on the staircase inside the home. Rumor says you can hear phantom sounds of laugher, voices and clinking glasses on Mr. and Mrs. Cary's wedding anniversary. Please note: this house is on private property. Read More
The Village Inn Dracut, MA
This restaurant is believed to be haunted by a young boy and a small girl. The boy has been known to hangout in the lounge area, but he supposedly runs away whenever anyone tries to approach him. The girl has been seen wandering through a tunnel that runs between the restaurant and the barn building where conventions are held. Read More
Old Yarmouth Inn Yarmouth, MA
This inn dates back to 1696 and is the oldest on Cape Cod. Many believe the property is haunted and one witnesses claimed they saw an apparition that appeared at the foot of their bed in 1999. The ghost was described as a jowly man wearing a flounced white blouse. In 2002, another witness claimed that a ghost sat on his bed and shook the bedposts. Appliances and lights have turned on by... Read More
The Wauwinet Hotel Nantucket, MA
The Wauwinet Hotel is believed to have been built on Native American burial grounds, which some say have led to its being haunted. Eerie reports here include lights that turn on by themselves, footsteps, a woman's apparition and a ghostly unexplained sound of running water in the lobby. The woman's apparition has been seen out of the corner of the eye and comes with a scent of flowers,... Read More
Hope Cemetery Worcester, MA
At this cemetery, reports of children laughing near the statue of Jesus holding an angel. The children have been seen and heard. Read More
Windward Grille Essex, MA
This restaurant is housed inside a very old building and locals say it is haunted by a couple whose apparitions have been seen floating near the walls. Other ghosts have also been seen here, along with reports of cold spots, toilets that flush on their own and lights that flicker. One of the apparitions is said to have come outside and wave her arms at drivers to try and protect a... Read More
Concord's Colonial Inn Concord, MA
Room 24 at this inn is said to be haunted by a ghost and the location has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters. Read More
Thaddeus Clapp House Pittsfield, MA
Legend says that playwright Peter Bergman had an encounter with a ghost while visiting here. Read More
Samuel Onion House Westwood, MA
This location was originally a schoolhouse, and the residents have reported seeing the apparition of a female teacher, as well as hearing children playing. Read More
Endicott College Beverly, MA
At Endicott College, there is Brindle Hall, which is believed to be the site of some mysterious occurrences. They include unexplained noises, like hissing or marbles rolling on the roof, shades that go up on their own, and trees that are seen outside that bend to form the name Julie. Most believe this is because there was a girl named Julie who disappeared from the 4th floor, never to... Read More
Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast Salem, MA
This location is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young woman wearing turn-of-the-century clothing. Ghostly children are also said to reside here. Read More
Bradford College - Northpoint Bible College Haverhill, MA
Urban Legend says that this location that stored H.P. Lovecraft's famed evil book Necronomicon, buried deep underground. Even though the Lovecraft book is said to be a work of fiction, its fans believe the book of spells actually exists at Northpoint Bible College. Locals believe the site is haunted due to this popular school legend. Read More
Smith College - Sessions House Northampton, MA
This dorm dates back to 1710 when it was built with a secret passageway inside. The owners used the passageway to hide from attacking Native Americans. This historic location is said to be haunted by original owner, Captain Jonathan Hunt's granddaughter Lucy and her lover, Johnny Burgoyne. Johnny was a British general who Lucy met when he was being held captive in the house during the... Read More
The Charlemont Inn Charlemont, MA
This inn is said to have a bunch of friendly ghosts that reside in the 1787 building. A Civil War soldier's spirit has been seen in the hall upstairs and a former innkeeper has been seen in the tavern. A ghost named Elizabeth is said to slam doors, throw things, and stomp around in the halls. She has been known to show herself to and have conversations with young children. Read More
S.K. Pierce Mansion - Haunted Victorian Mansion Gardner, MA
This mansion was once owned by Sylvester Knowlton Pierce, the wealthy founder of the SK Pierce & Son Chair Company. It dates back to 1875 and was originally located at 21 Union Street, but was moved to where it now stands shortly thereafter. The home has had several famous guests including P.T. Barnum, Norman Rockwell, Bette Davis and President Calvin Coolidge. There are several spirits... Read More
Camp Titicut Bridgewater, MA
Camp Titicut was an old summertime campsite for Native Americans, complete with a burial ground, which is why many believe it is haunted. The grounds are said to be haunted by King Phillip, whose body reportedly was drawn and quartered here. Local tales say the sound of rustling leaves are his body parts trying to get back together. The area was a boys’ camp from the 1930s to 1950s,... Read More
George C. Gardner House Nantucket, MA
Former residents of this home have reported hearing disembodied footsteps and seeing silverware move around on its own. Read More
Ventfort Hall Lenox, MA
Ventford Hall is believed to be haunted by a few ghosts, and some say they even try to touch people. One report is that of a woman's face that hovers as it descends at a staircase, a whispering voice, screams and doors that open and close on their own. People believe the spirits are those of former owners, George and Sarah Morgan. This location has been featured on an episode of TV's... Read More
Joshua Ward House Salem, MA
This historic home dates back to 1784 and is said to be haunted by the spirits of Sheriff George Corwin and Giles Cory. Both men were associated with the Salem Witch Trials. Tours are now available for those interested in checking the place out for themselves. Read More
The New Boston Inn Sandisfield, MA
This inn dates back to 1737 and is believed to be haunted, mostly in Room #4. People have reported seeing the ghost of a young girl who likes to move objects or "borrows" them and returns them later. Voices have also been heard throughout the place. The place may be haunted because of a murder that occurred in the game room back in 1805. Read More
Bramble Inn and Restaurant Brewster, MA
This inn dates back to 1861 and according to its owner, Ruth Manchester, it is quite haunted. Her family purchased the inn in April of 1985, and was renovated in 1987, which is when the ghostly activity began. Guests report seeing and feeling presences in the home. A threatening female spirit is said to bang on doors and moan and scream during the night. Read More
Village Green Inn Falmouth, MA
This building dates back to 1804 and is believed to be haunted by its original owners, the Dimmick family. Their teenage daughter Sarah died in the room in 1823 and she has been seen in some of the rooms wearing an olf-fashioned white nightgown. She has been known to hover over guests as they sleep, looking at them strangely, as if she is wondering why they are in her bed! Other female... Read More
Boston University - Shelton Hall Boston, MA
The fourth floor at this hall is believed to be haunted by playwright Eugene O'Neill, who spent his last years here. The building dates back to 1923 and was originally a Sheraton Hotel that had been renamed the Shelton. In 1954, the university purchased it. Eerie occurrences here include the elevator operating on its own, wind gusts that come out of nowhere, lights that strangely become... Read More
Dean Hill Revolutionary Cemetery - The Rev Fitchburg, MA
This cemetery is known to locals as The Rev. and it is believed to be haunted. It is unknown whether it is soldiers or more sinister entities that haunt the grounds, but there have been rumors of satanic practives and strange feelings that come over visitors. Some have also claimed to hear loud screams at night. A local story says a man was killed and burned along the road and a teenage... Read More
Oak Grove Cemetery Fall River, MA
This cemetery dates back to 1855 and is known for being the burial place of Lizzie Borden and her family. People have reportedly heard screaming from the Borden plot and have experienced feelings of uneasiness while in its vicinity. Some have also claimed to see unexplained lights. Read More
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Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris on Accusations of Satanism: "It Was Hilarious!"
Liz Tracy
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Photo by Stuart Levine
Liz Tracy | June 28, 2019 | 8:30am
Tedeschi Trucks Band. South Florida isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of blues activity, but every so often a show comes along that briefly bucks that trend. For years, Tedeschi Trucks Band has been one of the few groups to consistently visit South Florida with a classic, soulful blues-rock sound and bring together fans of the genre. Those fans will finally get their first major fix of the summer when the group returns with its Wheels of Soul Tour to Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheater Saturday, June 29. Read more about Tedeschi Trucks Band's return to Boca. 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; mizneramphitheater.com. Tickets cost $39.50 to $99.50 via ticketmaster.com.
French Montana and Diddy
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French Montana. Did you know that Karim Kharbouch, whom you might know as French Montana, was born in Casablanca, Morocco? The rapper ended up in the Bronx, where he founded Coke Boys Records and was discovered by Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group. He's made headlines for dating Miami's very own Baddest Bitch Trina, as well as Khloe Kardashian, but it's his music that has his fans tuning in for more. From 2007 when he was making mixtapes to 2013's two Grammy nominations to his appearance on NCIS: New Orleans just this year as himself, Montana is going nowhere. Catch him live at Story Nightclub for an unforgettable night out in the Magic City. 11 p.m., Saturday, June 29, at Story Nightclub, 136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 305-538-2424, storymiami.com. Admission costs $40.
Tedeschi Trucks Band Will Return to Boca Raton on Wheels of Soul Tour
Electric Pickle Celebrates Its Final Miami Music Week
The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
Upstairs at the Electric Pickle. See more photos from the past ten years at the Electric Pickle here.
The Electric Pickle Final Night: With Cassy, Will Renuart, and Tomas C. Will Renuart has had a lot of time to think about the imminent closure of the Electric Pickle since New Times last spoke to him. "I'm feeling more emotional," Renuart says. "I am ready for the break, but I'm taking in every moment and really appreciate it." Renuart says he's been trying to attend every event at the venue, taking the opportunity to not only appreciate it as an owner but also making sure to take breaks throughout the night and absorb it all as a patron. That's because this will be the last weekend for the Wynwood dance club, which will close after its final party on Sunday, June 30. Renuart says he's been overwhelmed by the response. "A lot of people are flying in that I didn't expect," he says. Read more about how the Pickle will close out a decade of partying this weekend. 10 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-456-5613, electricpicklemiami.com. Admission costs $15-$20.
Green Velvet. Alannah Myles sang about black velvet. Red velvet cake is delicious. What about Green Velvet? Well, that's yummy too. The techno artist is wrapping a busy month, one that has taken him to Barcelona, Montreal, Vegas, and a slew of other fun places. And this weekend, he'll perform a set at Space. The Chicago native and 20-plus-year vet of the music biz will be joined by Irish up-and-comer Rebuke. Check out all of "The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week" by Jesse Scott. 11 p.m. Saturday at Space, 34 NE 11th St., Miami; clubspace.com. Admission costs $20.
Jefferson Starship. It's kinda great when the spinoff of a great cultural cornerstone is as groovy as its original iteration. The world loved Jefferson Airplane, one of San Francisco's finest acts of the '60s and '70s, and then it loved the evolution of that Grace Slick-led act Jefferson Starship just as much. Created by the band's bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Starship had nine top 40 Billboard 100 singles and put out eight gold- or platinum-selling albums in ten years. Get soaked in nostalgia at the Jefferson Starship show at Faena Theater on Miami Beach — a perfect place to chill out to classic tunes on a summer night. 8 p.m., Sunday, June 30, Faena Theater, 3201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 786-655-5742, faenatheater.com. Admission costs $75.
Liz Tracy has written for publications such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, Refinery29, W, Glamour, and, of course, Miami New Times. She was New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor for three years. Now she plays one mean monster with her 2-year-old son and obsessively watches British mysteries.
Twitter: @theliz4eva
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Quick recap - Mahathir's first royal tussle
| Published: 2019-04-09 19:37:00+08:00 | Modified: 2019-04-09 19:37:00+08:00
After bitterly announcing that Malaysia would be withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) – no more than a month after inking the treaty - Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed there was a plot to pit his administration against the Malay rulers.
He also complained about one person in particular who had sown confusion over the matter because the latter wanted to be “free to beat up people and things like that.”
“If he beats up people again, I will send the police to arrest him. I don’t care who he is,” he had said.
Though he did not mention names, speculation was rife that Mahathir was referring to the Johor palace, with whom his ties had been strained since his first tenure as premier - during the reign of Sultan Iskandar Sultan Ismail (above photo, left), the father of the present ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.
Sultan Iskandar was also the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1984 to 1989, at a time when Mahathir was in power.
Describing Mahathir as a “thoroughly modern prime minister”, UK’s Independent in an article published on Jan 31, 1993 said attacks on the rulers' power had been a theme of his time in office after he took the reins from Hussein Onn in 1981.
Mahathir’s first move against the rulers came two years after he became prime minister.
“In 1983, he sought to remove the king's right to block legislation, and last year (1992) pressed the rulers to sign a code of conduct barring them from politics and most commercial activities. Sultan Mahmood (Sultan Iskandar) was among three rulers who refused to accept the ban,” it added.
The hockey coach
The Independent article reported the successive power struggles between Mahathir and the sultans, which incidentally involved an alleged beating in 1992.
In a dramatic portrayal of what transpired, the newspaper said: “Douglas Gomez, a Malaysian hockey coach, probably knew what to expect when he was summoned to the palace of the sultan of Johor, (Sultan) Iskandar (Sultan) Ismail. The 60-year-old ruler, who has a Lear jet, eight palaces and a 200-man private army, is known for his violent temper...
“As Mr Gomez went for his interview with the sultan, his mind must have gone back to last year's Malaysian Games, when the hockey final was contested between the states of Johor and Perak. The Johor team was led by the sultan's son, Prince Abdul Majid Idris (Tunku Abdul Majid Idris Sultan Iskandar). Perak won...
“Reporters were waiting for the hockey coach when he emerged an hour later. Although Mr Gomez was visibly shaken and bruised, he refused to say anything: apart from the immunity from prosecution enjoyed by Malaysian rulers, any criticism of them can be held by the sultans themselves to amount to sedition.”
The incident stemmed from Tunku Abdul Majid allegedly kicking and slapping the Perak goalkeeper until the latter fell unconscious. The prince was charged but later acquitted. He agreed to pay the goalkeeper RM1,000 in compensation.
The Malaysian Hockey Federation banned Tunku Abdul Majid for six months and this upset the palace, which purportedly ordered Johor teams to withdraw from tournaments. And when Gomez complained about this, he was summoned to the palace.
Though initially choosing to be silent over what transpired during his audience with Sultan Iskandar, Gomez, however, later took the unprecedented step to lodge a police report instead.
The Independent article said Gomez told the police that “after a lecture from palace staff on proper respect for the ruler, he was taken in to see the sultan. There he was rushed by a group of men in jeans, who joined the sultan in beating him up.”
Special court
Mahathir used the Gomez incident as leverage to once again impose the code of conduct as well as to remove the rulers' immunity from prosecution and the ability to pardon themselves and their families.
“The sultans rejected the proposals but Parliament voted to amend the constitution anyway, and a crisis looms as the legislation awaits the king's signature.
“In the meantime, the government is waging all-out war on the rulers. Civil servants have been told to seek the prime minister's permission before seeing the king, state governments are under orders to refuse business favours to their rulers.
“For the past month, page two of the government-controlled New Straits Times has been devoted to the sultans' excesses: how Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan, for example, imported 30 duty-free luxury cars rather than the seven allowed, and how he got away from customs officials in a Lamborghini Diablo on the pretext of test-driving it.
“The RM200 million cost of maintaining the rulers has been lavishly detailed, including the hospital wards kept for their exclusive use, and the RM9.3 million spent on new cutlery and bedspreads for the king, which the newspaper said could have built two hospitals, or 46 rural clinics or 46 primary schools.
“Religious teachers have been encouraged to comment on the un-Muslim behaviour of the supposed guardians of Islam,” said the Independent.
The changes in the constitution were eventually implemented in March 1993 and sultans who violated the law could be prosecuted in a special court.
A black eye
On March 23, 2016, the current Johor ruler's son and heir to the throne, crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (photo) - who locked horns with Mahathir over the Rome Statute - recalled the incidents during the constitutional crisis when he was eight.
He reminded the government not to repeat such “greed driven episodes”.
"I will never forget the constitutional crisis. I still remember how my family was treated by federal government officers.
"I remember things such as trying to disband the Johor military force, Johor exco members were told not to receive my late grandfather at the airport, how JKR (Public Works Department) was told not to fix and maintain anything at any of the Johor palaces.
"My mother was even stopped by the Malaysian customs upon entering Johor from Singapore. She was told to step out of the car because they wanted to inspect everything in the car. I still remember everything and I still remember the individuals responsible for it," he said in a Facebook posting.
The next day, Gomez's son Brian responded, also on Facebook, saying that he too remembered the incidents which took place.
"I still remember, in the midst of the struggle between two giants, the common rakyat was the one who stood up and brightened the way,” he added.
Brian also recalled how his father had returned home from the palace with a black eye.
"I still remember his story about what happened in the palace and to whom the hand which caused the black eye belonged to," he said.
Mahathir has suffered a setback in his latest tussle with the rulers, having been forced to nix his Rome Statute plan - an issue which is close to his heart. He had time and again spoken strongly against war crimes when he was in the Perdana Foundation.
But this is not likely to be the end of the clash. Expect Mahathir to mount a counter-attack. Watch this space.
Action will be taken if prince makes seditious remarks, says PM
Rome Statute: Johor sultan thanks Putrajaya for listening to people's voice
PM withdrew from Rome Statute to avoid clash with royals - Anwar
'Because of a person who wants to be free to beat up people' - read Mahathir's transcript
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BMW and Honda strike out at hydrogen fuel criticism
By Marketing Week 6 Dec 2007 1:17 pm
BMW and Honda have reiterated their commitment to hydrogen-powered cars after they were dismissed as “not the way to go” by an expert on alternative fuels.
James Woolsey, chairman of the US advisory board of the Clean Fuels Foundation, told the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders last week that the cost of establishing an infrastructure of refuelling stations was too expensive to make hydrogen a viable option.
He also slammed plans by California governor Arnold Sch≠warzenegger to build a string of hydrogen filling stations – dubbed “hydrogen highway” – along the Pacific Coast of the US.
He added: “Hydrogen and fuel cells are not the way to go. The decision by the Bush administration and the State of California to follow the hydrogen highway is the single worst decision of the past few years.”
Woolsey predicts it will cost $1 trillion to establish a hydrogen infrastructure in the US alone. But Honda UK environment manager John Kingston calls hydrogen the “Holy Grail from an environmental perspective”.
Kingston says: “We feel that hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology is the ultimate environmental solution because it delivers zero harmful emission driving.”
Honda has unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell-powered concept car called the FCX Clarity, while BMW has built 100 hydrogen-powered 7 Series cars to “kick start the process”.
A BMW spokesman says of Woolsey’s remarks: “We are surprised and we don’t agree with them. We have made it clear that we see this as a very long-term goal. He is right that it will take a lot of time and money to put in place, but nobody has come up with an alternative. One thing that is certain is that fossil fuels are running
out and we do need something that enables us to power not only our cars but also
our homes.”
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The U.S. And Mexico Have Teamed Up To Cheat Canada
We now have a monumental task in front of us.
American president Donald Trump has long targeted Canada.
Once the closest of allies, the U.S. and Canada have adopted divergent paths in recent years. Indeed, progressive policy in Canada is a foil to the increasingly autocratic tendencies of the American president. That makes Canada a threat.
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Trump has also used Canada as a simplistic political device. Blaming Canada for the declining state of the U.S. manufacturing sector, he has launched a rhetorical attack against the country to the north in order to gain favour among white working class constituents.
Trump has even called Canada a "national security threat" for what he views as a harmful trade policy that takes advantage of the United States.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has drawn most of Trump's criticism. The pact between Canada, the United States, and Mexico commits the three countries to open trade policies.
Trump has promised to dismantle (or at least overhaul) the historic agreement for years. His strategy: to split negotiations between Mexico and Canada. If the U.S. is able to reach a deal with Mexico first, the Trump administration could strong-arm Canada into a disadvantageous deal.
Canadian officials have feared such a scenario and have worked to maintain Canada's position at the negotiating table.
Unfotunately, bad news arrived today.
In a pointed Tweet, Trump announced that a finalized deal between the United States and Mexico is forthcoming.
A big deal looking good with Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018
The Tweet basically exhibits the exclusion of Canada.
Now the Canadian government is in a tough position. Officials will have to decide whether to succumb to pressure from a joint agreement between the U.S. and Mexico or risk economic insecurity.
Moreover, Canada only has a few months to agree to the new terms. Federal elections in Mexico and the United States are leading officials in both countries to rush a new trade deal.
What this will mean for the Canadian economy and workers and whether Canada will surrender to Trump's demands only time will tell.
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Cred Trumps Cash In Florida Senate Primary
Andy Kroll
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In Florida’s bruising Democratic senatorial primary, party credentials ultimately trumped big money. On Tuesday night, Rep. Kendrick Meek claimed the Democratic Party’s nomination to the Senate, handily defeating his opponent, billionaire real estate developer and political dark horse Jeff Greene.
With nearly 40 percent of precincts reporting, Meek led Greene by 23 points. Despite being outspent by a five-to-one margin, Meek’s support from party luminaries like President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton helped pave the way to victory. Meek was also helped by what state officials predict will be a dismal voter turnout, likely no more than 20 percent, the St. Petersburg Times reports. With rain and thunderstorms keeping all but the most avid voters at home, that means moderates who would’ve picked Greene didn’t hit the polls, while committed and active Democrats, who mostly backed Meek, did.
Meek now faces Florida governor Charlie Crist, a Republican turned independent, and conservative darling Marco Rubio in November’s general election. It’s a race Meek begins at a disadvantage: A hypothetical poll by Public Policy Polling for the three-way race shows Rubio leading with 40 percent, Crist with 32 percent, and Meek in third with 17 percent.
Greene’s defeat tosses cold water on the 2010 election season’s anti-incumbent theme, as well as the rise and success of wealthy, self-funded candidates. (See: Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina in California and Ron Johnson in Wisconsin.) In Greene’s case, his lavish spending on his campaign boosted his name recognition from practically zero to relatively well known. But that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. For instance, when on Monday I asked Hugo Vasquez, a parking lot attendant in Fort Lauderdale, about the primaries, Greene’s was the only name he knew, from the commercials and the Internet and the newspaper stories. But Vasquez added, “He’s the guy with the yacht, who went to Cuba, yes? He said he went to visit the Jewish community, but c’mon—who believes that?”
In a way, the Meek-Greene race featured two campaigns with opposite trajectories. While Greene’s campaign quickly gained steam, with ads for the candidate appearing both in Florida and outside the state and the national media latching onto his colorful past, recurring controversies ultimately sunk his run for office. In the past week or so, his chances at winning had all but disappeared. Meek, on the other hand, was criticized for his campaign’s slow start. But he built momentum through the primary campaign, secured crucial endorsements, and cruised to an easy victory on Tuesday.
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The Last Castle (2001)
A three-star general (Robert Redford) is court-martialed and sentenced to a military maximum security prison, The Castle. Inside, he finds corruption and murder -- and he rallies the 1,200 inmates to revolt against the corrupt warden (James Gandolfini) and his guards.
Release Date: October 19th, 2001
DVD Release Date: March 5th, 2002
Cast: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo, Clifton Collins Jr., Steve Burton, Brian Goodman, Paul Calderone
Director: Rod Lurie
Genres: Thriller , Drama
Production Co: DreamWorks SKG, Robert Lawrence Productions
Distributors: DreamWorks SKG
Keywords: Temptation, 2000s, Prison, Tense, Murder, Fall, Rivalry
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Purchase (SD) $9.99, Rental (HD+) $3.99, Rental (SD) $3.99, Purchase (HD+) $13.99
Delroy Lindo
It could have been more, could have been a triumph and a classic, instead of simply an effective entertainment. show more
Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal
This is an odd and ultimately dispiriting film, despite some intriguing ideas about brute force vs. moral authority, the elaborately staged uprising -- and impressive actors in the cast. That is to say, they've been impressive elsewhere.
Jonathan ForemanNew York Post
It's an even rarer pleasure to see a film that combines exciting action with a smart, well-informed script and vivid yet restrained performances. show more
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Jepson Colloquium: Moral Conflicts and Dark Resolutions
Daniel N. Jones, University of Texas at El Paso, presents "Moral Conflicts and Dark Resolutions" at the Jepson Colloquium. Invited distinguished scholars from multiple disciplines explored the themes of conflict and conflict resolution at a program tied to the 2014-15 Jepson Leadership Forum. October 11, 2014
Syrian army attacked on multiple fronts, IS claims air base
Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Two competing rebel groups, including Islamic State, have been attacking Syrian forces, with IS reportedly seizing control of the Golan Heights crossing and a military base. Deborah Gembara reports. More from Syria: http://smarturl.it/SyriaAttack Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and a
Breakthrough hopes dented as Ukraine accuses Russia of new incursion
Ukraine accuses Russia of launching a new military incursion across its eastern border, as hopes quickly fade that talks between their two presidents might mark a turning point in a five-month-old crisis. Mana Rabiee reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics inclu
"Birdman" opens Venice, Fox brings "Turtles" to Seoul
The day's top showbiz news and headlines including "Birdman" opens the Venice Film Festival, Megan Fox promotes "Turtles" in Seoul, and Neil Young reportedly files for divorce. Bob Mezan reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics including business, fin
Medical group: Ebola spreading at rapid pace across Liberia
Doctors without Borders says the deadly Ebola virus has overwhelmed Liberia's healthcare system. Deborah Gembara reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics including business, financial, national, and international news. For over 160 years, Reuters ha
Hamas fighters claim Gaza victory as Netanyahu faces criticism at home
Hamas fighters cheer and proclaim victory over the latest fighting with Israel, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes under fire over his leadership during the seven-week long conflict. Mana Rabiee reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics
Walking fish replays evolution from land to sea
Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26109 Unusual fish with lungs have developed walking techniques and bodies like those of the ancestors of four-legged animals after being raised on land
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Franz Kafka; Breon Mitchell (Translator)
Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka’s nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it.
In his brilliant translation, Breon Mitchell masterfully reproduces the distinctive poetics of Kafka’s prose, revealing a novel that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written.
Publisher: Schocken
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There is a big fuss over a little carpark. Photo: Supplied
MAY 25, 2017 Updated May 27, 2017
Tim Murphy is co-editor of Newsroom. He writes about politics, Auckland, and media. Twitter: @tmurphynz
Super City ambitions stuck in a carpark
If anyone ever wondered if the Super City reform of Auckland local government has delivered clear decision-making, look no further than the little piece of land that is the carpark at 19 Anzac Rd, Browns Bay.
It has 58 carparks, mostly used by customers and staff of the New World supermarket. It is, in the context of the North Shore, let alone the whole Auckland region, a limited little car park of no particular consequence.
But it has consumed the governance of the Super City, the amalgamated city formed from eight local authorities in 2010 to deal with the big picture and the demands of a world city.
It is a symbol, perhaps of the 'governance' issues which Auckland's mayor and 20 councillors, and its many local boards are struggling with, seven years on.
The Browns Bay patch of land is one identified by Auckland Transport, a Super City subsidiary company, as surplus to its, and the council's, ownership. The Council had asked the transport company and other entities to come up with land valued at $60 million region wide that it could sell to help fund other pressing council spending priorities.
But the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board has opposed the disposal. Auckland Transport did not consult it properly. And it has bounced back and forth around the Auckland Council's committees as they try to work out who can do what, when, with the land.
At this week's Finance and Performance Committee, the 19 Anzac Rd carpark stymied Auckland councillors for the second time. Should they consult again before agreeing to dispose of this piece of land? Was it the responsibility of the committee of the Council, or the local board, to decide such thoroughly mundane matters? If they sold a carpark how did that play into the city strategy of promoting public transport, park-and-rides, environmentally sustainable transport for the future? But, on the other hand, what would happen on popular days at the Browns Bay beach when carparking was at a premium? And if this carpark was mainly used by New World supermarket customers, shouldn't that company have to buy it to support its private use?
The debate went on and on. The Mayor, Phil Goff, was at this committee. So were 15 councillors of the 20. They all seem listed on this committee, as on others. It is a situation so unlike Parliamentary select committees, where a small and supposedly representative numbers of MPs do the leg work before reporting back to the whole House. Here, everyone seems to want to keep control over every little decision. So everyone is a member of everything, almost, and presumably they all get paid for their time taking time, lots of time, over menial issues of local government.
One of Auckland's local body luminaries, councillor Mike Lee, couldn't bear the indecisive parody of local governing. "In their worst dreams, the honourable architects of the Super City did not envisage the Governing Body and the senior executives of the Council would be sitting around and discussing the disposal of one carpark in Browns Bay. That is properly the business of a local board. This is not leadership and it is not acting as a Super City."
The former deputy mayor, Penny Hulse, found herself "in total agreement with Councillor Lee". Her concern was the main body of the council was going to send the issue back to a local board and then have to deal with it a THIRD time, when in truth it was not going to accept whatever feedback that local board provided. "Why are we going around the loop again?"
Former National Party MP Tau Henare, who is a representative of the Independent Māori Statutory Board tweeted from the council meeting room: "Spending an inordinate amount of time on the #sale of a #carpark. FFS. Get over yaselves.@IMSB11."
Another councillor, Chris Darby, said the issue was before councillors at the finance committee because it involved a disposal of assets.
Mike, Penny and Tau weren't the only ones unable to see Super in this discussion.
It was excruciating. But it was a microcosm of what seems to have befallen Auckland.
The 2010 change merged all the local bodies into one council and set up local boards, but simultaneously allowed the council to hold all the real decision-making and left the local boards with a few piecemeal funds to allocate - and to be advocates for how the other spending should be done.
The Council has recognised how dysfunctional the split between grand strategy for the Governing Body and specific actions at the Local Board level has become. It has formed a "Governance Framework Review" - a joint group of councillors and local board types - to report to the top body by August 24.
That review has already ditched the idea of cutting the number of local boards (now 21) but is trying to work out the "appropriate level" of decision making, role clarity between the "two arms of governance", "provision for increased empowerment of local boards especially in their place-shaping role" and so on.
At the moment just $350 million worth of rates are allocated to local boards, but even then they have the full discretion over less than 10 percent of that figure. The Governing Body does the real thinking.
An option for the review is whether local boards should have full decision-making for funding of local services and assets, with them setting a local rate and with full ratepayer accountability. Another is to allow local financial decision-making "within regional policy and financial parameters".
And a third is to keep the status quo - piecemeal funding decisions but the ward councillors and their colleagues in the Governing Body doing the heavy lifting.
What became clear at the finance commitee was the local boards have different approaches. In Browns Bay, the board opposes the little car park being sold off. But in Henderson the local board has lined up buildings and carparks valued at $26 million for the big brother council to sell off.
In the meantime, the 19 Anzac Rd carpark will be consulted on again. The finance committee's decision was that it "requested consultation take place with the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board regarding disposal of the carpark at 19 Anzac Road, Browns Bay".
And real local decision-making will wait for the day Auckland councillors are willing to give up the specifics, the detail and the committee memberships and devolve the minor, local governing of the city to those who are closest to it.
It appears that while local boards are eager to thrash out issues of the council’s complicated structure, councillors need a hurry-up to come to the table.
An update on progress on the review was released at this morning’s Governing Body committee meeting. A political working party of seven of the city’s local board chairs and seven members of the Governing Body committee, set up in February, has been meeting to look at the issue. But enthusiasm for the task is clearly in favour of local board members.
Councillor Richard Hills said while the debate had been “pretty balanced”, it would be good to see more of the appointed councillors turning up, especially when “the chairs are coming from all over to meet us”.
Mayor Phil Goff reminded members the meetings were important; “If you are a member of the working group, please make the effort to get there.”
Today's meeting was delayed for five minutes while waiting for enough councillors to make a quorum.
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PM Modi to mark 4 years in power in Odisha
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PM Modi's visit is being seen as the preliminary steps to woo the public of Odisha as the state will hold Assembly elections in May, 2019. With an anti-incumbency of 18 years weighing heavy against the Biju Janata Dal, the BJP hopes the people of the state will give it a chance to take it further on the road to prosperity and development.
19 May 2018,
PM Modi will visit Odisha on May 26
Bharatiya Janata Party’s in-charge for Odisha Arun Singh on Saturday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on May 26 to mark 4 years of BJP government in the Centre. Singh stressed that PM Modi pays special attention to the state and regards Odisha above all the states. He also revealed the huge celebrations that are being planned ahead of the PM’s visit and the itinerary has been sent to all the BJP leaders in the state.
While speaking to media, Arun Singh asserted that massive gathering has been called to attend PM Modi’s address in the state on May 26. He also mentioned Narendra Modi will visit Jagannath temple and pay homage to other significant places in the state.
Narendra Modi became the 15th Prime Minister of India on May 26, 2014 after the BJP registered a resounding victory in Lok Sabha elections. Ever since he has been the chief spearhead of the party, leading the mantle ahead of every state Assembly election which have happened since 2014. After a series of victories in major states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Tripura; BJP recently suffered a setback in Karnataka despite emerging as the single largest party in the state.
PM Modi’s visit to Odisha is being seen as the preliminary steps to woo the public of the state as it will hold Assembly elections in May 2019. With an anti-incumbency of 18 years weighing heavy against the Biju Janata Dal, the BJP hopes the people of the state will give it a chance to take it further on the road to prosperity and development.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who hails from Odisha has been trying to break the BJD’s political pincer grip on the state.
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Netflix, A Love Story
By Ben Jurney
At first, I was just looking for a good time with “Friday Night Lights.” I didn’t know that I was about to embark on something that would change my life forever.
Image by Bill Records / NBC / Getty
We met online. The dating Web site I’d signed up for thought we would be a great match—“Friday Night Lights” was a “top pick,” and we had a compatibility rating of five red stars. At first, I was just looking for a good time. I didn’t know that I was about to embark on something that would change my life forever.
Our first weeks together were full of late-night rendezvous. Each session was intense—we could go for three or four hours without stopping. Our favorite spots were in bed, on the couch, and sometimes in the kitchen. One night, my friend Carly even got in on the action. I had never tried anything like that before. Maybe it sounds weird, but when I saw the way she looked at “Friday Night Lights,” I could just swear they had a history.
Up to that point, I had been in only two relationships. My first ended in 2007. There was no closure, and I was absolutely devastated. To this day, I can’t listen to “Don’t Stop Believin’ “ without thinking “Oof, marone.” My second relationship began in 2012, when a friend set me up with “Mad Men.” Our relationship was brief. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t really that into it. My friends thought I was crazy—it was like they needed me to love “Mad Men.” I mean, sure, “Mad Men” was beautiful and smart, but when push came to shove was “Mad Men” really that interesting? Sometimes it felt like I was dating a super hot statue.
As the days went on, my relationship with “Friday Night Lights” evolved into something more serious. We began to connect on a deeper emotional level. “Friday Night Lights” was inspiring and had really strong values— although it could be a bit much sometimes, the righteousness or whatever. (Now that I think about it, I remember my friend Hannah having a similar experience dating “The Wire.”)
Then our second month as a couple began with a big, unexpected drop-off. Suddenly, everything felt predictable. So I met up with my friend Thomas to get some advice.
“It’ll get good again,” he promised.
I told him I wasn’t sure. He gave me a coy wink and downed the rest of his drink. “Trust me,” he said.
I began to wonder whether “Friday Night Lights” had slept with all of my friends, or just most of them.
By our sixth week together, things did return to normal. In fact, everything was more relaxed; “Friday Night Lights” demanded a lot less of my attention, and we were spending a healthier amount of time together. That’s when something awful happened—I got bored.
Feeling restless, my eye started to wander. It was a drunken Saturday night when I got into bed with “Cheers.” We had hooked up years ago, and there was just something about “Cheers” that drew me back. Maybe it was the profile—the bio had a small-town attitude, and the photo just screamed “I’m retro!”
But it took a only few hangouts to remind me that I hated “Cheers.” What was I thinking? We had a dismal compatibility rating (two yellow stars) and some glaring, insurmountable differences: age, the fact that I’m an outdoors person, and the “Boston factor.” The next morning, I swore off “Cheers” and returned to “Friday Night Lights.”
We picked up where we’d left off and had a few solid weeks before things cooled down for good. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye, but I knew that there was no other option. We spent our last night together lying on my couch. “Friday Night Lights” recounted my favorite tales of strong mothers, nurturing coaches, and young men coming into their own. I recalled the stories “Mad Men” used to tell me, which were kind of emotionally fucked up. It was bittersweet.
By 3 A.M., it was all over. It felt like I had been crying for hours. I headed downstairs and stepped outside. It was a warm, muggy night; somehow I hadn’t been out of my house all day. I wandered into Washington Square Park and found a spot on the fountain steps. In truth, I was grateful for the way it ended. “Friday Night Lights” had handled things with a lot of class.
But I still think about our time together. There were ups and there were downs, but I know it wasn’t just a fling—I think it was true love.
To the N.S.A.: Some Explanations
By Cora Frazier
Film Reviews by Cotton Mather
By Tom O’Donnell
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Visit the popular 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. With prebooked tickets you'll get an exact time you can enter the museum, so you can avoid the hour-long lines!
- Skip the general admission line
- Admire two reflecting pools formed in the footprints of the original Twin Towers
- See artifacts associated with the events of 9/11
- Explore the web-based interactive timelines
The Story of Loss and Recovery
The 9/11 Memorial Museum serves to explore the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11's continuing significance.
The memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.
The museum displays monumental artifacts linked to the events of 9/11, while presenting intimate stories of loss, compassion and recovery that are central to telling the story of the 2001 and 1993 attacks and the aftermath. It also explores the global impact of 9/11 and its continuing significance.
The museum also has web-based interactive timelines chronicling the events of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, September 11, 2001 and the nine-month recovery effort at ground zero. The timelines use images, audio and video as well as first-person accounts that are part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent collection.
When you book your tickets, choose a time that suits you, you can book every half hour on the hour. Please arrive at the museum 30 minutes before your time.
Since the tickets are personal and need to be issued with name, booking number and time it might take up to 48 hours before you receive your e-ticket per email. Just print out your ticket and bring it with you to the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
Where is the memorial and the museum located?
The memorial and the museum are located at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Visitors can currently access the Memorial at the intersection of Liberty Street and Greenwich Street, at the intersection of Liberty Street and West Street, at the intersection of West Street and Fulton Street.
How much time should I expect to spend at the memorial and museum?
An average visit takes approximately two hours.
Is the museum appropriate for young children?
The museum's historical exhibition may not be appropriate for visitors younger than 10 years of age.
Please remember that the museum is a place for remembering the people who lost their lives, and visitors should act respectfully.
Are there children's tickets?
Yes, children's tickets are available for children between age 7-12. Children under age 7 are free, when accompanied by a paying adult.
- Please note that everyone has to go through the security line in order to enter into the museum.
9/11 Memorial & Museum: Skip the line 情報
Greenwich St & Liberty St
Sun-Thurs, 9 AM- 8 PM. Last entry at 6 PM
Fri & Sat, 9 AM - 9 PM. Last entry at 7 PM
When you book your tickets, choose a time slot that suits you. You'll get your exact time on your e-ticket.
Take the subway A, C, 1, 2, 3 to Chambers Street.
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Midweek chart update: Eric Clapton competing with Ed Sheeran for Number One spot
David Renshaw Jul 30, 2014 2:46 pm BST
JJ Cale tribute album 'The Breeze' trails 'X' at midweek point
Eric Clapton is competing with Ed Sheeran in the race for this week’s Number One on the Official UK Albums Chart.
Sheeran is currently ahead of ‘The Breeze’ by Eric Clapton & Friends at today’s midweek stage and is on course to spend his sixth straight week at the top with his second album ‘X.’ The final chart placings will be revealed on BBC Radio 1 on Sunday (August 3).
‘The Breeze’ was organised by Clapton and is a tribute to late songwriter JJ Cale, who passed away in 2013. The album features collaborations with musicians including Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, and John Mayer.
Elsewhere in the Official Album Chart, Neon Jungle are new at Number Six today with their debut album ‘Welcome To The Jungle’. Cher Lloyd is at Number 12 with her latest solo album ‘Sorry I’m Late’. Other new entries are due from Theory Of A Deadman (19) and The Struts (34).
Meanwhile, the Number One spot on the Official Singles Chart looks set to go to Magic!, whose debut single ‘Rude!’ is set to climb to the top of the chart, knocking Cheryl Cole’s ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ off in the process.
Further new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart at the midweek stage come from Bars & Melody (2), Zhu (3), Melissa Steel (5), Bakermat (12), Vic Mensa (22), Naughty Boy (32) and Leah McFall (37).
Norwich band asked to headline festival after Lykke Li pulls out last minute
Diego Luna Credit: Getty Images
Diego Luna was “so disappointed” with ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ ending
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Labrinth Jealous Paramore Still Into You Demi Lovato Cool for the Summe... Luther Vandross Dance With My Fath... Delain See Me In Shadow
Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit Piano Tutorial
"Jumpsuit" was released in July 2018 as the first single (together with "Nico and the Niners") from Twenty One Pilots fifth studio album "Trench" (about two years after the release of their fourth studio album "Blurryface", which topped the Billboard 200)!
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Les contes d’Hoffmann
CARLO RIZZI
CARLO RIZZI (conductor) made his debut as a conductor with Donizetti’s L’ajo nell’imbarazzo in 1982, and was appointed Conductor Laureate with WNO, where he has conducted Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Salome, Don Carlo and Der fliegende Holländer.
CARLO RIZZI (musical director) is a sought-after conductor, both for opera and the symphonic repertoire. His repertoire extends from the canonical works to rarities by Bellini, Donizetti and Cimarosa. Since the start of his conducting career in 1982, he has conducted over a hundred operas, including many Italian works, as well as works by Wagner, Strauss, Martinů and Janáček. Rizzi is a regular guest conductor at Teatro alla Scala Milan and The Metropolitan Opera New York. From 1992 to 2001, and from 2004 to 2008, he was the musical director of Welsh National Opera, where he was named Conductor Laureate in 2015. Recently, he has conducted Cavalleria rusticana / Sancta Susanna (Opéra national de Paris), Tosca (Teatro alla Scala), Nabucco (Chicago Lyric Opera) and the world premiere of Iain Bell’s In Parenthesis (Welsh National Opera and ROH Covent Garden), and he opened the season at The Met with a new production of Norma.
DNO productions: Don Pasquale, Luisa Miller, Otello, Macbeth, Mefistofele, Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci, Un ballo in maschera, La juive, La fanciulla del West, Il turco in Italia, Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto.
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Brexit and the future of European and Norwegian Security
Time: 13:00 Location: NUPI Language: English Available seats: 9
Add to calendar 18-03-16 13:00 18-03-16 15:00 38 Brexit and the future of European and Norwegian Security Steven Blockmans, Garvan Walshe and Øystein Bø are visiting NUPI to share their insights and perspectives on Brexit, the possible implications for Norway, and how it may impact the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). NUPI NUPI seminar@nupi.no http://www.facebook.com/events/160427380695693 false DD/MM/YYYY
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Steven Blockmans, Garvan Walshe and Øystein Bø are visiting NUPI to share their insights and perspectives on Brexit, the possible implications for Norway, and how it may impact the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP).
Defence The EU NATO Utenrikspolitikk Security policy Conflict resolution Europe
Steven Blockmans
Professor of EU External Relations and Governance at the University of Amsterdamand co-founder of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER)
Garvan Walshe
CEO, Brexit Analytics
Øystein Bø
Appointed Norwegian Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
Senior Research Fellow | Head of Research Group on Global Order and Diplomacy
The United Kingdom is in the midst of tough negotiations with the European Commission. Harboring roughly one fifth of the EU’s military capabilities and as one of the few NATO-members spending above the two-percent threshold, the UK’s impending departure raises concerns over the future of European security and defense integration. On top of a souring Transatlantic relationship and a deteriorating security environment, European leaders are faced with the fact that eighty percent of NATO’s capabilities are soon to be found outside of the EU.
While Theresa May has reassured her European counterparts of Britain’s unwavering commitment to continued security cooperation, she also noted - perhaps as a thinly veiled threat - the importance of British intelligence in securing Europe. As the EU move towards deeper defense and security integration, the UK’s role in the post-Brexit security landscape hangs in the balance. Will the Brits use their military leverage to force concessions in the ongoing negotiations?
What are the main challenges to continued cross-channel cooperation? How will Brexit affect the foreign and security policy of non-EU member states such as Norway?
Dr. Steven Blockmans is a Professor of EU External Relations Law and Governance at the University of Amsterdam (part-time) and one of the founding members of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER). Blockmans is also a senior research fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies.
Dr. Garvan Walshe is the CEO of Brexit Analytics and a former National and International Security Policy Adviser to the British Conservative Party.
Mr. Øystein Bø is appointed Norwegian Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council.
Chair is Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, Dr. Kristin Haugevik.
The event starts at 13:00 and lasts approx. two hours. It will be streamed at NUPI's YouTube channel:
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Breakfast seminar: The EU in the Sahel – from good intentions to Europe first?
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI
Researchers from some of the world's leading institutes have in a three-year project looked into which local impacts the EU crisis response has had in the areas where they have taken place, and how the EU can improve its response mechanisms.
Thu 5 Sep 2019
NUPI's Russia Conference 2019: The Return of Russia – Identity and Foreign Policy
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EMPLOYEE REGARDED AS DISABLED UNLAWFULLY FIRED
EEOC Sues IDEC Corporation for Disability Discrimination
Illinois Manufacturer Fired Employee Because It Regarded Him as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges
CHICAGO - IDEC Corporation, a worldwide industrial device manufacturer, unlawfully fired an employee at its East Dundee, Ill., location whom it regarded as disabled, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed.
The EEOC alleges that IDEC committed unlawful disability discrimination when it fired Steven Massie because of a perceived impairment. According to Julianne Bowman, the EEOC's district director in Chicago, the EEOC's pre-suit administrative investigation revealed that IDEC fired Massie because of the perceived disabilities of sleep apnea and a heart condition.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action No. 18-cv-4168) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The case, EEOC v. IDEC Corp., was assigned to U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman. The EEOC's lawsuit seeks both monetary and injunctive relief. The government's litigation effort will be led by Trial Attorney Bradley Fiorito and EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Diane Smason.
"Terminating people who may or may not have a disability because you fear that they do is unlawful for good reasons," said Bowman. "Our investigation revealed that Mr. Massie was fully capable of working, but that IDEC took his job from him simply based on unfounded fears and stereotypes regarding his supposed impairment."
Gregory Gochanour, the EEOC's regional attorney in Chicago, added, "The EEOC takes discrimination based on an assumption of disability just as seriously as discrimination based on an actual impairment. This is common and harmful but an often overlooked form of discrimination that cannot be ignored."
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC advances opportunity in the workplace by enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. More information is available at www.eeoc.gov. Stay connected with the latest EEOC news by subscribing to our email updates.
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Witnessing Together in Solidarity and Respect for the Human Dignity
This year, WCC addresses racism as the thematic focus of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP)- this is expressed in the design of pilgrim team visits, the WCC commitment to human rights; work on migration, racial discrimination and statelessness; work with Indigenous Peoples; and cooperation with the United Nations.
Greeting to the Middle East Council of Churches Annual Partners Meeting
Greeting to the Middle East Council of Churches Annual Partners Meeting by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, 7 May 2019
JWG Executive, 6-8 May 2019, Warsaw, Poland; Communique
The Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church met in Warsaw, Poland, from 6 to 8 May 2019 under the leadership of His Eminence Archbishop and Metropolitan Nifon of Târgoviște (Romanian Orthodox Church) and His Excellency Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Meeting at the Retreat Center of the Disciples of the Divine Master, the group had an excellent opportunity to learn about the ecclesial and ecumenical situation in Poland. Time was given to sharing about recent activities and ongoing cooperation between the Catholic Church and the WCC.
WCC, ACT Alliance and MECC statement on Gaza
WCC, ACT Alliance and MECC statement on Gaza With deep concern over the latest hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) and ACT Alliance express their belief that the present situation in the Gaza Strip is morally and ethically untenable. We offer our heartfelt sympathies to all the victims, killed and injured and their families, of the recent intense spate of violence.
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit’s address to the Seminar on Food and Water for Life (Hong Kong, 4 May 2019)
Food is central to life and our faith. It is a blessing and a gift of God, in the form of the abundant creation which we depend on for our sustenance. Food is also a reflection of the quality of our relationships with each other- our caring for the other and the sharing of resources and the hospitality we show each other. Food is central to our worship life, our liturgy and the Eucharist, which helps us to be one with God and with each other.
“A gap to be bridged, An Investment to be made.”
The World Council of Churches (WCC) was represented at a panel discussion at the 5th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku, Azerbaijan on 2-3 May.Rev Dr Peniel Rufus Rajkumar, WCC programme coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, was part of a panel entitled “A gap to be bridged, An Investment to be made.”
Anglican contributions to unity, particularly to the work of the World Council of Churches
Message of Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary at the Anglican Consultative Council in Hong Kong on the theme: “Anglican contributions to unity, particularly to the work of the World Council of Churches”
Tribute to Reverend Norman Tendis at the memorial service
Message of Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC Deputy General Secretary at the Reverend Norman Tendis memorial service in St. Ruprecht Church, Landskron, Carinthia, Austria on Saturday, 27th April.
Message to the DMZ Peace Human Chain Movement from the WCC general secretary
Message to the DMZ Peace Human Chain Movement from Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches general secretary
Roadmap for Congregations, Communities and Churches for an Economy of Life and Ecological Justice (PDF for home printing)
This is a version for printing the publication at home. The Roadmap is an invitation to congregations, communities and churches to discuss a 5-step programme to change the way we deal with the economy and our ecological surroundings.
Roadmap for Congregations, Communities and Churches for an Economy of Life and Ecological Justice (PDF for professional printing)
This file is for professional printing of the publication. The Roadmap is an invitation to congregations, communities and churches to discuss a 5-step programme to change the way we deal with the economy and our ecological surroundings.
WCC Annual Review 2018
This annual review of the activity of the WCC records many of the activities undertaken by the council during 2018 and continuing into 2019.
WCC Financial Report 2018
WCC condemns the massacre of farmers in the Philippines
The World Council of Churches condemns the massacre earlier this month of 14 farmers by police officers in Canlaon City and Manjuyod and Santa Catalina towns in Negros Oriental in the Philippines.
Communiqué by the WCC Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration
Issued April 2019
Message of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Meeting of the Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration in the WCC, April 2019.
Message to the Festival Visions du Réel celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019.
Under the motto "50 years of freedom, 50 years of openness, 50 years of film", the Festival Visions du Réel celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. From 5.-13. April.
What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Ecumenical Future of the Churches
"What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Ecumenical Future of the Churches", Inaugural Michael Huffington Lecture by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit World Council of Churches general secretary on 3 April, 2019
The Two Brothers: A Sermon Hollywood United Methodist Church 31 March 2019 Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary
The Two Brothers: A Sermon Hollywood United Methodist Church 31 March 2019 Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary World Council of Churches
Freedom of religion or belief - A guide to biblical insights
The World Council of Churches has published “Freedom of Religion or Belief: A guide to biblical insights or Belief,” as part of online training offered through the Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform. The guide offers reflections and focus questions on how the Bible speaks of human rights, human dignity, universalism and other subjects. It also explores the Bible and the concept of justice, as well as the importance of the freedom to have, choose, change, or leave a religion.
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The latest news on President Donald Trump's presidency
Judge Allows Democrats' Lawsuit Against Trump to Proceed
Tuesday's ruling came as Trump was heading to a roundtable event and fundraiser with supporters at his namesake hotel in Washington
By Tami Abdollah
Published Jun 25, 2019 at 6:07 PM | Updated at 6:19 PM PDT on Jun 25, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on June 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit that accuses President Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause can move forward.
U.S. District Judge Emmett G. Sullivan of the District of Columbia ruled against Justice Department lawyers who sought a mid-case appeal to a higher court and a stay on proceedings in the meantime.
The case brought by nearly 200 congressional Democrats argues that Trump has been accepting gifts from foreign and state governments without congressional approval. Trump, unlike modern presidents before him, has declined to fully divest from his businesses.
The lawmakers say Trump's unwillingness to ask permission is akin to denying lawmakers the right to do their jobs.
The judge's decision clears the way for the lawmakers to begin subpoenas for information.
Tuesday's ruling came as Trump was heading to a roundtable event and fundraiser with supporters at his namesake hotel in Washington, just steps from the White House.
"This case should have been dismissed," said Justice Department spokeswoman Kelly Laco. "It presents important questions that warrant immediate appellate review and is another impractical attempt to disrupt and distract the President from his official duties. The Department of Justice will appeal the court's decision."
Trump Claims He Was 'Not Happy' With 'Send Her Back' Chant at Rally
The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomed the ruling. As the Trump administration largely stonewalls congressional investigations, House Democrats have increasingly turned to the courts for relief. It's the latest of several recent court rulings in their favor.
"No one is above the law - not even the president," Pelosi said in a statement. "Once again, the courts have resoundingly reaffirmed our efforts to hold the President accountable for corruption, and ensure that the President acts in the public interest, not his own interest."
One of the lead lawmakers in the suit, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., tweeted, "This tremendous victory assures that President Trump will be held accountable to the Constitution & the American people — a historic triumph for legally mandated transparency."
The case argues that the president has received foreign government favors, such as Chinese government trademarks for his companies, payments for hotel room stays and event-space rentals by representatives of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and proceeds from Chinese or Emirati-linked government purchases of office space in Trump Tower.
Ethics experts say the Revolutionary War-era Emolument Clause was written into the U.S. Constitution to ensure that government officials act with the interests of the American public in mind instead of their own pocketbooks.
Unlike prior presidents, Trump chose not to divest from his assets and he remains the owner of the Trump Organization, a sprawling business empire with 550 entities in more than 20 countries that include branded hotels, golf courses, licensing deals and other interests. His Washington, D.C., hotel is near the White House and has become a magnet for foreign governments, previously hosting groups tied to Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Rural communities see big returns with broadband access, but roadblocks persist
“For rural America there’s a major struggle to keep people and ideas in these small communities,” said a small town mayor.
June 11, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC / Updated June 11, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC
A contractor building high-end houses in Minneapolis swung by Greg Hull’s sawmill on Friday, a timber operation located in deeply rural Lake County, Minnesota. The builder had seen Hull’s website and driven nearly 250 miles to the mill to inspect Hull’s high-end lumber as potential building material for his homes.
These days that’s not unusual. In the past year-and-a-half, Hull has seen orders balloon and interest grow, and a significant factor is his recent ability to gain access to high-speed internet. That's made a huge difference for the saw mill, located at the end of a power line in an area that knows only gravel roads and limited cellphone coverage.
“Before, if you wanted to download or do anything on the internet, back when it was a phone line system, you couldn’t do anything,” said Hull, who lives and works on 100 acres of Minnesota woodland. “I had to go to the library or hire someone to do stuff, but now we can do it all. We have an improved website. It’s made the whole internet presence a lot more viable, which has in turn opened the exposure.”
Greg HullCourtesy Greg Hull
That’s something largely new to Lake County, an area that covers 3,000 square miles and stretches from the shores of Lake Superior to the Canadian border. About 10,000 people call this area home. But local leaders there decided they needed high-speed internet, and after nearly eight years and the investment of more than $80 million — much of it coming from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (also known as former President Barack Obama's stimulus bill) — access to the internet is beginning to boost the local economy.
That could mean a long-term impact of tens of millions of dollars in household economic benefit and residential real estate value, a report by the Blandin Foundation claimed.
The economic upside of internet access is being pushed by rural broadband advocates across the country who say that there isn’t enough being done to connect rural communities. Building out the necessary infrastructure, they argue, could function as an economic and informational driver for some of the country’s most cash-strapped regions.
Spotty coverage
There's reason to think that this could also be an economic boon for the nation. According to an April 2016 study by Hudson Institute, the rural broadband industry supported nearly 70,000 jobs and provided states in which they operated with more than $24 billion in 2015.
But one of the largest challenges, advocates say, is that there isn’t enough data to know where to invest effectively.
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., recently got into a scrape with the Federal Communications Commission after he discovered the FCC put out a map that claimed 98 percent of Mississippi had access to a reliable 4G LTE wireless internet connection. Wicker said he found the conclusion “absurd” and “troublesome.”
The FCC planned to use the map to decide where to place more than $4.5 billion in rural broadband subsidies, which has major implications for communities nationwide.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) talks with reporters as he heads for his party's weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol May 16, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file
Wicker led a group of senators in demanding that the FCC reconsider its map, pushing for a 90-day extension to listen to challenges of its accuracy. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced late last month that he would grant the senator’s request.
In Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the country, which is also struggling to retain its millennial population and hoping to attract job-providing companies, the FCC map is crucial.
“In places like Mississippi, this means our state’s talented students miss out on opportunities to learn and to grow,” Wicker told NBC News in a statement. “Elderly and disabled residents in the Delta can’t access lifesaving telehealth services that connect doctors to patients. And, our farmers aren’t able to deploy the latest precision agriculture technologies that can help boost yields and increase productivity in an increasingly competitive global market.”
“We’re having to reinvent ourselves and we’re having to do it quickly. The quality of technology is a huge part of that. That’s driving what’s going on in our community to allow people to live here, stay here and work remotely.”
That’s a problem that Lake County saw on the horizon, which is why local leaders agreed to pour so much money into the project. To them, many said, it was an investment into basic infrastructure.
“For rural America, there’s a major struggle to keep people and ideas in these small communities,” said Chris Swanson, the mayor of Two Harbors, the largest town in Lake County, with around 4,000 people. “We’re having to reinvent ourselves and we’re having to do it quickly. The quality of technology is a huge part of that. That’s driving what’s going on in our community to allow people to live here, stay here and work remotely.”
Lake Connections crew laying fiber underground in Blueberry Hill, Minnesota.Lake Connections
The unknown grid
It’s not just the map of 4G LTE coverage that has sparked controversy.
The American Reinvestment Act provided funding for all 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia to extend broadband availability to rural areas, allowing policymakers and others to make informed decisions when allocating resources. But the funding for that project expired in 2015 and each year the data it produced becomes increasingly inaccurate and irrelevant.
To make matters even more difficult for rural communities, major telecom companies don’t see many dollar signs in their own future by providing rural areas with access to the expensive infrastructure.
The FCC and state commissions now depend on internet service providers to self-report their coverage areas based on census blocks, and that creates numerous issues, according to Johnathan Hladik, the policy director for the Center for Rural Affairs.
Hladik explained that service providers can mark a census block as “served” if one household within it has access to broadband, no matter how many others have the ability to gain access. In some cases, a provider can also mark a block as “served” when no household has access if the block could be served without an “extraordinary commitment of resources.”
Hladik is now working to convince the Nebraska legislature to invest in greater coverage for the state, an issue that he was able to bring to the floor during the last legislative session but without success.
Lake Connections crew burying fiber underground in Blueberry Hill, Minnesota.Lake Connections
“We think that the state should require that data collection and mapping be done at the address level and it should include the speed, type of technology, service area location and any limitations for service,” Hladik said. “We think service providers should provide this information to the FCC or state commission and standardize the data.”
The tech gap
Without investment, communities without internet access are in danger of falling behind the growing digital economy that has an increasingly large stake in the U.S. Workers are now expected to have a large amount of digital know-how when entering the workplace.
“What we know off the bat is that if you don’t have broadband you will be left out,” said Roberto Gallardo, the assistant director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development. “If you do have it, it really is analogous to the installation of a railroad 100 years ago or a highway 50 years ago. Broadband has that same potential to connect communities.”
But it remains to be seen if or when major investment into rural broadband will be pursued.
Shirley Bloomfield, the CEO of the Rural Broadband Association, warns that leaders should be careful with how they pursue rural broadband. Accountability has to be a huge part of any infrastructure investment, especially because these dollars are so precious.
“One of the things that is concerning any time you say that government resources are coming here is you get fly by night operations, you get folks who don’t know how to build broadband but they see federal dollars,” Bloomfield said. “It’s important there’s accountability here because resources are very scarce.”
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The Hon. J. M. Gazzola brought up the Twenty-Eighth Report, 2008-2009, of the Legislative Review Committee.
Legislative Review
Twenty-Eighth
The Hon. R. I. Lucas brought up the Report on the Operations of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, 2008-2009, together with Minutes of Evidence from 16 March 2009 to 12 October 2009.
Ordered - That the Report be printed. (Paper No. 268)
Report, 2008-2009.
By the Minister for Mineral Resources Development (The Hon. P. Holloway) -
Director of Public Prosecutions - Report, 2008-2009.
The Minister for State/Local Government Relations (The Hon. G. E. Gago), by leave, tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Environment and Conservation (The Hon. J. W. Weatherill, M.P.) concerning Restoring South East Water to the Coorong.
In accordance with Standing Orders, the President called on Members to make Statements on Matters of Interest.
The Hon. R. P. Wortley, pursuant to notice, moved - That the Report of the Natural Resources Committee, 2008-2009, be noted.
On motion of the Hon. C. V. Schaefer, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Committee - Report,
2008-2009, be noted -
The Hon. R. P. Wortley, pursuant to notice, moved - That the Report of the Natural Resources Committee on South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board Levy Proposal, 2009-2010: “Ask not what your Board can do for you…”, be noted.
on South Australian
Arid Lands Natural
Levy Proposal,
Ordered - That Notices of Motion (Private Business) No. 3 and No. 4 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
The Hon. M. C. Parnell, pursuant to notice, moved - That he have leave to introduce a Bill for an Act to amend the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1990.
The Hon. M. C. Parnell then moved - That the Bill be now read a second time.
On motion of the Hon. D. W. Ridgway, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
(Basic Salary
Determinations)
Ordered - That Notice of Motion (Private Business) No. 6 be postponed and taken into consideration after Notice of Motion (Private Business) No. 10.
The Hon. M. C. Parnell, pursuant to notice, moved - That this Council notes with concern the influence of corporate sponsorship on public education.
On motion of the Hon. J. M. Gazzola, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Influence of
Sponsorship on
Public Education. -
The Hon. D.G.E. Hood, pursuant to notice, moved - That he have leave to introduce a Bill for an Act to amend the Evidence Act 1929.
The Hon. D.G.E. Hood then moved - That the Bill be now read a second time.
(Propensity
Evidence)
The Hon. R. L. Brokenshire, pursuant to notice, moved - That this Council -
I. Calls upon the Government to behave as a model litigant in public interest litigation, in particular, on the question of costs; and
II. Calls upon all litigants to bear in mind the public interest when a question of costs arises.
On motion of the Hon. M. C. Parnell, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Litigation -
The Hon. R. D. Lawson, pursuant to notice, moved - That he have leave to introduce a Bill for an Act to amend the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978.
The Hon. R. D. Lawson then moved - That the Bill be now read a second time.
The Hon. C. Zollo, according to order, moved - That the Report of the Statutory Authorities Review Committee, 2008-2009, be noted.
On motion of the Hon. T. J. Stephens, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Statutory Authorities
Review Committee -
Report, 2008-2009,
be noted -
Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Private Business) No. 1 to No. 9 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the motion of the Hon. T. J Stephens - That the Report of the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee, 2007-2008, be noted:
Aboriginal Lands
Report - 2007-2008,
Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Private Business) No. 11 to No. 16 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the motion of the Hon. R. D. Lawson - That the Regulations under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 concerning Claims and Registration - Discontinuance Fee, made on 26 March 2009 and laid on the Table of this Council on 7 April 2009, be disallowed:
Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act -
Regulations -
Claims and
Registration -
Discontinuance Fee -
Motion for
Disallowance of.
On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the motion of the Hon. M. C. Parnell - That the Regulations under the Development Act 1993 concerning Common-wealth Nation Building Program, made on 26 February 2009 and laid on the Table of this Council on 3 March 2009, be disallowed:
Question put and negatived.
Development Act -
Program -
Ordered - That Order of the Day (Private Business) No. 30 be postponed and taken into consideration on motion.
Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Private Business) No. 31 and No. 32 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Ordered - That Order of the Day (Private Business) No. 33 be discharged.
Business Discharged.
On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Willunga Basin Protection Bill be now read a second time:
Willunga Basin
Protection Bill.
The following Message from the House of Assembly was received and read:
MR. PRESIDENT - The House of Assembly has passed the Bill transmitted herewith, entitled an Act to amend the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000, to which it desires the concurrence of the Legislative Council.
House of Assembly, 14 October 2009. J. J. SNELLING, Speaker.
First Home Owner
Grant (Special
Eligible
Transactions)
At five minutes to six o’clock the sitting was suspended until the ringing of the bells.
The Council, according to order, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Bill.
Clause No. 10 amended and agreed to.
Clause No. 51 struck out.
Clauses No. 89 to No. 104 agreed to.
The President resumed the Chair, and reported that the Committee had considered the Bill and had agreed to the same with amendments; whereupon the Council adopted such report.
The Minister for Mineral Resources Development, pursuant to contingent notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable the Bill to pass through its remaining stages without delay.
Commission Against
Corruption Bill.
Ordered - That the adjourned debate on the question - That the Willunga Basin Protection Bill be now read a second time - be now resumed.
On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Voluntary Euthanasia) Amendment Bill be now read a second time:
On motion of the Hon. I. K. Hunter, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Consent to Medical
Treatment and
(Voluntary
Euthanasia)
The Council, according to order, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the Coroners (Recommendations) Amendment Bill.
(Recommendations)
Ordered - That all remaining Orders of the Day (Private Business) be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 28 October 2009.
Ordered - That all Orders of the Day (Government Business) be Orders of the Day for next day of sitting.
Ordered - That the Council, at its rising, do adjourn until tomorrow at eleven o’clock a.m.
Next Day of Sitting.
Council adjourned at nineteen minutes to eleven o’clock until tomorrow at eleven o’clock a.m.
The Hon. R. L. Brokenshire
The Hon. J. A. Darley
The Hon. D. N. Winderlich
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May 4, 1993, Optimism Place celebrates 10 years. From left, community resources co-ordinator Karen Hancock and founding Board Member Lorraine Greenberg.†Photo on the right shows Optimism Place’s current location today.
Back in the 1980s a small group of concerned men and women met in Stratford to discuss the idea of creating a shelter for abused women and their children. There were already shelters in England and the United States, and one of the first in Canada was in neighboring Woodstock, Ontario.
The group was convinced we needed one too.
In 1982, when NDP Member of Parliament Margaret Mitchell raised the issue of violence against women in the House of Commons, the response was laughter. The subsequent public outcry brought national attention to the issue.
The Stratford steering committee commissioned a needs assessment, got the confirmation it expected, then began canvassing local churches and service clubs for financial support.
Then came the best possible Christmas present in 1982.
Just before the holidays, the Optimist Club of Stratford announced it would buy a house that could be used as a women’s shelter, then lease it back to the committee for $1 a year. To both honor the club’s generosity and express the feeling the shelter hoped to impart to the women who’d be staying there, the name Optimism Place was chosen.
Different groups came together that winter and spring to work on the house, raise money and donate furnishings. Optimism Place officially opened in May 1983. Soon after, funding came forward from both the Province of Ontario and the City of Stratford. Ever since, Optimism Place has had a steady stream of residents, serving more than 100 women and children a year.
By the end of the 1980s it became obvious that six weeks at Optimism Place wasn’t always enough time for women to put their lives back together. When provincial funding became available for second-stage housing, Optimism Place answered the call and opened a new unit with 20 apartments. Originally called Optimism Place Phase Two, it was later renamed the Emily Murphy Centre. Today the two facilities are separate organizations.
The original Optimism Place, in an old house near the city’s centre, was homey, but it was cramped and upkeep was expensive. It was also inaccessible to disabled and senior women. Thanks to $1 million in provincial funding, in 1994 Optimism Place was able to build a new, larger, bright, and fully accessible shelter on the city limits.
Optimism Place operates a North Perth Outreach and Resource Centre located at 145 Argyle Ave. North where women from North Perth can access services locally.
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Home . Ottawa Insider . What do visiting FIFA Women’s World Cup Americans think of Ottawa?
What do visiting FIFA Women’s World Cup Americans think of Ottawa?
By Chris Kallan | June 29, 2015
“Ottawa is so clean you can eat off the sidewalks,” said 12-year-old Kaitlyn Haughey, a center midfielder with Philadelphia Soccer Club. “It’s clean, clean, clean.”
Haughey and members of her under-13 girls youth soccer team were recently in the nation’s capital to watch some FIFA Women’s World Cup matches. Team USA’s arrival at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier drew an emotional reaction from 13-year-old midfielder Mia Gallagher. “I saw Abby Wambach walk off the team bus and she was only a foot away from me,” said Gallagher, her eyes welled with tears. “Ottawa is where I saw that happen. I’ll never forget this trip for as long as I live. Ottawa’s a nicer version of Philadelphia.”
Twenty-three players from Avon Grove High School in southeastern Pennsylvania spent a week at the University of Ottawa residences and trained with the West Ottawa Soccer Club. The school group watched Germany-Sweden, England-Norway and the United States-China matches at TD Place Stadium within Lansdowne Park. “The stadium is so beautiful and new-looking,” said 17-year-old Jessica Simkins, a Grade 12 student. “All the people were so nice. It’s like everybody is your best friend.”
Approximately 50 players, parents and coaches with the South Jersey Barons youth program made the trip to Ottawa from Thetford, New Jersey. “We went to the Clock Tower on Bank Street and they accommodated us at the last minute,” said Matt Evans, a part-time coach. “The chowder soup there was simply outstanding. Then, we had to get to the game and the public transportation system was right on time, so that was perfect.”
Jessi Paul and her travel partner, Brian Rockas, both hail from Cleveland, Ohio. They formed a strong impression despite only being in the city for a few days. “We were talking earlier about maybe moving here one day,” said Paul. “The people are all extremely nice, the food is amazing and it’s so clean. We’ll come here again, again and again. We absolutely love it.”
Said Rockas: “We’ve been walking around everywhere because it’s so easy to navigate. East, West, North, South. Everything’s laid out perfectly. There’s always something to do here. If you got bored here it’s because you’re not trying.”
Even members of two-time World Cup champion Team USA praised Ottawa’s appeal.
“The people in Ottawa have made us feel like royalty,” said U.S. midfielder Carli Lloyd, whose 51st minute header was the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over China in Friday night’s quarterfinal. “We’ve enjoyed the cool vibe of the downtown markets and we’ve really felt the love from the people.”
There were a total of nine World Cup matches at TD Place Stadium throughout June, but none were louder than the crowd of 24,141 on Friday evening. “An incredible atmosphere,” said U.S. defender Becky Sauerbrunn. “It was like a home game for us. American flags and jerseys everywhere. Earlier, my family was here and we watched the boats go up and down the locks. There’s a lot to see in a small area.”
U.S. defender Ali Krieger has been to dozens of countries while representing the United States over her soccer career. She rates Ottawa tops on the ‘clean’ scale.
“I thought Munich was one of the cleanest cities I had ever been to, but Ottawa has clearly taken the lead,” smiled Krieger. “I respect that so much. To be able to go out and walk around Ottawa and see how the people care about their city is extremely refreshing.”
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About Chris Kallan
Chris Kallan is a writer and FIFA soccer media and communication volunteer with the FIFA Women’s World Cup at Ottawa in 2015.
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Medicinal Chemistry ›
PhD Graduate Program ›
Stephen Hecht
Stephen Hecht, PhD
Wallin Land Grant Professor of Cancer Prevention, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
hecht002@umn.edu
CCRB 2-148
Masonic Cancer Research Ctr.
1st Floor Mailroom CCRB
2231 6th St. SE
Professor, Masonic Cancer Center (MCC)
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Graduate Faculty, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Organic Chemistry), 1968
BS, Duke University (Chemistry) 1964
Dr. Hecht’s laboratory is focused on understanding the ways tobacco smoke constituents cause cancer. To do this he and his colleagues study the mechanisms by which these compounds enter the human body, are metabolized, and ultimately bind to DNA, causing mutations that result in cancer. Cigarette smoke contains more than 70 carcinogens. Hecht focuses on several including tobacco-specific nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and certain volatiles such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein that are formed during the combustion process.
Hecht’s research team has developed methods to analyze human urine for these compounds and their metabolites. These methods, which employ mass spectrometry as a key analytic technology, enable his laboratory to take part in studies of thousands of smokers. Hecht’s group also uses mass spectrometry methods to analyze the DNA damage caused by the carcinogens at the level of stereochemistry, which shows the relative spatial arrangement of atoms and molecules.
The goal of Hecht’s research is two-fold: First, to provide evidence in support of ongoing regulation of tobacco products due to their harm to human health, and second, to find ways to identify the susceptible smoker. That smoking causes lung cancer is well established, but it is not yet possible to identify which smokers are most likely to contract lung cancer, which would allow for early intervention. Collaboration between research groups in the fields of genetics, biochemistry, psychology and other fields will be needed to turn promising leads of an individual smoker’s susceptibility to lung cancer into a preventive strategy.
Hecht has a long-standing collaboration with a University colleague in psychiatry who is studying the mechanisms of addiction. Given that more than a billion people of the world’s population of seven billion people are smokers, including an estimated 45 million in the U.S. and 300 million in China, the impact of learning the biological and psychological mechanisms involved in tobacco smoke addiction is a major public health challenge and opportunity. Understanding these mechanisms also can lead to the identification of smoking prevention strategies and potential chemopreventive agents.
Tobacco, cancer, carcinogens, DNA adducts
Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2014
Joseph Cullen Award, American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2012
Selected as Editor-in-Chief, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2012
Elected American Chemical Society Fellow, 2009
Founders Award, Division of Chemical Toxicology, American Chemical Society, 2009
Academy for Excellence in Health Research, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, 2006
AACR Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research, 2006
Merit Award, National Cancer Institute, 2004
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor Award, 2002
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health, 2001
American Cancer Society Research Professor, 2000-2009
Outstanding Investigator Grant, National Cancer Institute, 1987-2001
1.Ma, B.; Stepanov, I.; Hecht, S. S. Recent studies on DNA adducts resulting from human exposure to tobacco smoke. Toxics 2019, 7.
2.Ma, B.; Villalta, P. W.; Hochalter, J. B.; Stepanov, I.; Hecht, S. S. Methyl DNA phosphate adduct formation in lung tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissue of lung cancer patients. Carcinogenesis 2019.
3.Li, Y.; Ma, B.; Cao, Q.; Balbo, S.; Zhao, L.; Upadhyaya, P.; Hecht, S. S. Mass Spectrometric quantitation of pyridyloxobutyl DNA phosphate adducts in rats chronically treated with N'-nitrosonornicotine. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2019, 32, 773-783.
4.Stram, D. O.; Park, S. L.; Haiman, C. A.; Murphy, S. E.; Patel, Y.; Hecht, S. S.; Le Marchand, L. Racial/ethnic differences in lung cancer incidence in the multiethnic cohort study: an update. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2019.
5.Goniewicz, M. L.; Smith, D. M.; Edwards, K. C.; Blount, B. C.; Caldwell, K. L.; Feng, J.; Wang, L.; Christensen, C.; Ambrose, B.; Borek, N.; van Bemmel, D.; Konkel, K.; Erives, G.; Stanton, C. A.; Lambert, E.; Kimmel, H. L.; Hatsukami, D.; Hecht, S. S.; Niaura, R. S.; Travers, M.; Lawrence, C.; Hyland, A. J. Comparison of nicotine and toxicant exposure in users of electronic cigarettes and combustible cigarettes. JAMA Netw. Open 2018, 1, e185937.
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She loved her park: a tribute to Dolores Bowers
October 29, 2018 Moria Miller Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
By Barbara McCabe, retired Parks & Rec Director of Strategic Engagement. Edited by Amy Hopf.
It’s 8 a.m. on a Monday morning in April, and the park shed door swings open. The little yellow cart comes tumbling out to begin the daily rounds of a new park season. For seventeen seasons, Dolores Bowers was the person pushing that cart in Port Richmond’s Campbell Square. She was the Seasonal Maintenance Attendant (SMA) for the park from 2000 through 2017.
On September 13, 2018, Dolores passed away quietly, surrounded by the family that she adored. Philly lost a true park friend that day. I’ll miss visiting her at Campbell Square where she became a neighborhood fixture, and I will miss her spunk and her good heart.
“Aunt Dee” started working at a time when many of our city parks and squares were in declining condition. They were in need of basic maintenance services and some good old-fashioned “TLC” (tender loving care). The Park SMA Program started in 1999 as part of the [former] Recreation Department’s reinvestment in its parks and squares. Dolores joined in the second year of the program and became one of a few long-timers who came back year after year. Then recently retired from decades as a waitress, she said to me, “I’ll give it a try.”
Dolores brought that much-needed TLC to a pretty run-down Campbell Square. She was a natural who didn’t need much training or guidance—just the tools and supplies to get the job done. Slowly but surely, park conditions improved greatly and the neighborhood began to take notice. This encouraged the Friends Group’s efforts to attract neighbors back to the park for special events.
Dolores’s work was a key component to the overall success of the park’s rebirth. Among her tasks, Dolores:
emptied all ten trash cans daily
swept walkways
raked leaves
helped to tend the gardens
watered new trees.
She wiped tables and chairs like they were in her own kitchen and kept an ongoing supply of dog treats for all the “good dogs” who came to visit. Graffiti had no chance with Dee. She also volunteered her time in the evenings to help during the special events, scooping water ice and other fun tasks. The list of Dee’s efforts goes on and on.
In 2018, declining health forced Dolores to retire, and she was not a happy camper. Not being able to take care of her park really affected her; I have come to realize that not only did she take care of the park, but the park also took care of her. It kept her going physically, socially, and spiritually. It meant that much to her.
I can’t think of a better way to honor and thank Dolores for her outstanding service than to participate in the upcoming Love Your Park Fall Service Day on Saturday, November 10. Her family will be there, including her two great-grandchildren who called her “Grammy Bird” because she always had parakeets at home. Along with the Friends of Campbell Square, we will sweep and rake leaves as she would have. We will plant a tree for her in the place she loved and decorate it with “little birds,” and we will tell Aunt Dee stories and laugh.
She would have loved it… because she loved her park.
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Join us to plant trees, collect leaves for compost, and prepare our parks for the winter season
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5 & Diner Expanding to New Jersey
Laura Hahnefeld | April 2, 2012 | 2:00pm
Looks like the state of New Jersey, birthplace of Bon Jovi, the light bulb, and home of the world's largest spoon collection, is in need of some (more) burgers and shakes -- stat.
And who better to continue to fill the densest system of highways in the United States with guests in search of chrome lights, juke boxes, sock hops and car shows, classic American diner fare, and zero alcohol than Arizona's own 5 & Diner.
Founded in Phoenix in 1989 (and purchased in 2008 by Bob and Laurie Watson of LPM Holding Co. Inc. in Maynard, Massachusetts), 5 & Diner, the '50s-style diner restaurant franchise with twelve locations across five states, plans to build at least 30 new locations throughout New Jersey over the next five years, capitalizing on the state's reputation as the diner capital of the world.
Wanna buy one?
The cost of having your very own 5 & Diner ranges from $450,000 - $750,000, with an average unit sales volume of more than $1.1 million.
5 & Diner is currently seeking franchisees for the following areas in New Jersey: Philadelphia Tri-State Area (5-10 new locations); Trenton/Princeton/Brunswick (3-5 new locations); Edison/New Brunswick/Piscataway/Somerville (3-5 new locations); Northern New Jersey (5-10 new locations); Toms River (1-2 new locations); and Freehold (1-2 new locations).
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Episodes and Videos
Robert Costa
Friday Nights on PBS
Biden Weighs White House Run, Trump Spars With Media and Obama’s Post-Vacation Agenda
Democrats,
Obama Administration,
Republicans,
The declared Democratic presidential candidates spoke to party leaders in Minneapolis this week. As frontrunner Hillary Clinton takes on the Republican field, Bernie Sanders pushes his populist appeal, and Martin O'Malley pushes back at the DNC's debate plan. But speculation in Democratic circles continues to surround Vice President Joe Biden who is openly considering jumping into the race for the White House. On the Republican side, businessman Donald Trump still leads polls months after jumping into the 2016 race, and he continues his high-profile feuds with the media. Just this week Univision anchor Jorge Ramos was escorted out of a Trump press conference. Michael Scherer interviewed Trump for Time magazine and discusses his continued surge. In Washington, President Obama returned from his summer vacation where he met a growing to-do list before the end of his second term. This week the focus was the Iran deal and climate change. Real Clear Politics Alexis Simendinger reports on Obama's priorities.
GWEN IFILL: The August politics puzzle, what’s real? Is Joe Biden about to jump in? Is Hillary Clinton in trouble? And can Donald Trump get any more outrageous? Both parties are trying to figure it out and so are we, tonight on Washington Week.
Democrats make their case.
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: (From video.) Their flamboyant front-runner has grabbed a lot of attention lately, but if you look at everyone else’s policies, they’re pretty much the same. They’re Trump, without the pizzazz or the hair.
FORMER MARYLAND GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY (D): (From video.) I, for one, will not remain silent in the face of the lies, the distortions and the racist hate being pumped out over the airwaves from the debate podiums of the once proud Republican Party.
MS. IFILL: But could Joe Biden turn everything upside down, the way Donald Trump has for the Republicans?
DONALD TRUMP: (From video.) You know what’s nice part about me? I don’t need anybody’s money.
FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH (R): (From video.) This guy doesn’t have a plan. He’s appealing to people’s angst and their anger.
MS. IFILL: At the White House, as the post-vacation president eyes the exits, he gears up for fresh fights with Congress.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: (From video.) Nobody gets to hold the American economy hostage over their own ideological demands. You, the people who send us to Washington, expect better. Am I correct?
MS. IFILL: Covering the week, Dan Balz, chief correspondent for The Washington Post; Carol Lee, White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal; Michael Scherer, Washington Bureau Chief for TIME Magazine; and Alexis Simendinger, White House correspondent for RealClearPolitics.
ANNOUNCER: Award-winning reporting and analysis. Covering history as it happens. Live from our nation’s capital, this is Washington Week with Gwen Ifill. Once again, live from Washington, moderator Gwen Ifill.
MS. IFILL: If Hillary Clinton ever once thought that the march to the Democratic presidential nomination would be a triumphal, unimpeded one, the month of August has proved that emphatically not so. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is attracting crowds coast to coast, questions about her email handling dog her every day, Vice President Joe Biden is openly considering the option of challenging her himself, and every one of the Republicans competing for the GOP nomination have her in their sights. For that, at least, she has a response.
MRS. CLINTON: (From video.) Who watched the Republican debates a few weeks ago? Seventeen candidates, all trying to outdo each other in their ideological purity, all either oblivious to how their ideas would hurt people or just not interested.
MS. IFILL: Clinton was in Minneapolis today, along with other candidates, wooing Democrats at their party’s summer meeting.
MRS. CLINTON: (From video.) In 2008, I got a lot of votes, but I didn’t – I didn’t get enough delegates. And so I think it’s understandable that my focus is going to be on delegates, as well as votes, this time.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): (From video.) The same-old, same-old will not work. The people of our country understand that given the collapse of the American middle class we do not need more establishment politics or establishment economics.
MS. IFILL: Dan Balz is there tonight in Minneapolis. So, Dan, is Clinton simply working kind of to box the other candidates out?
DAN BALZ: Well, this is obviously a time of real uncertainty within the Democratic Party. The email issue continues, as you said, to dog her. There are Democrats who are nervous about that. They don’t think she had handled it particularly well. She was trying today to do two things, I think, at this summer meeting of the DNC. One was to show that she can rally the party, and to really take the fight to the Republicans. And she delivered a very strong speech that got, not surprisingly, a very strong response from this audience.
The other thing she was doing, as she alluded to in the thing we just showed, was she is trying to, in essence, flex her muscles, to show that this campaign has got its eye on winning the nomination, as a signal to Bernie Sanders or to Vice President Biden or to anybody else, that she is going to be a very tough competitor, no matter who the challenger is.
MS. IFILL: Assuming that her walk into that room today was a little kind of triumphal in its way, is she assembling behind the scenes kind of the organizational support you need to box – as I said, box people out, or to put people’s concerns to rest?
MR. BALZ: Well, it’s a – it’s a combination of both. Now, frankly, this is – this is an ideal audience for her. This is the Democratic National Committee. This is party insiders. She knows a lot of them personally. A lot of them are partial to her. Bloomberg reported today that she’s already signed up about 400 of the superdelegates. These are the people who automatically get a seat the convention, elected officials and members of the DNC. But they – yesterday, before the – everybody really arrived, the campaign put out memos about all the work that they have done in the four early states to show that they’re – you know, they’re focused on what they need to do to win the primary, not to take anything for granted, as she said today. And so that’s part of what she’s doing.
But they’re clearly cognizant of the fact that there’s all this stuff swirling around, whether it is the concern about the emails, the talk about Vice President Biden possibly getting into it, and truthfully the energy that Senator Sanders is generating out on the campaign trail. All of that is the background to making her campaign as focused as they are on doing the mechanical things, and also her showing that she’s got the spirit, the spunk, the fight to really do what she needs to do to win the nomination.
MS. IFILL: Let me turn to Carol Lee here at the table in Washington. Welcome to Washington Week, by the way.
CAROL LEE: Thank you.
MS. IFILL: So the long shadow that Dan just alluded to – one of the long shadows – but the one this week is Joe Biden. Where does that stand tonight?
MS. LEE: That’s right. Well, he’s seriously considering it. There’s a lot of deliberations going on, a lot of phone calls from people around Biden, even the vice president himself to Democratic donors and potential supporters. But he’s not expected to make a decision for several more weeks. And there’s a number of factors that he’s considering as he does that. It’s not just, you know, can he raise the money – that’s a huge question. Does he have the staff? Will he be able to pull the talent? Hillary Clinton has brought most of the big Democratic talent onto her team.
And there’s the family issue. The vice president and his family are going through a really difficult time right now. And I think it would be a mistake to overestimate how significant that is for him. He spoke on a conference call with DNC members this week. He was doing an Iran call – a call about the Iran deal. And he spoke at length about this difficult decision and was very emotional.
MS. IFILL: He was asked about it.
MS. LEE: That was the first question on that call. And he was emotional about it.
MS. IFILL: But here at the two – here are the two things that make me think. At first I thought, this isn’t going to happen. Here’s the one – the two things that made me think “maybe.” And that’s the fact that we knew of the existence of this meeting with Elizabeth Warren, something which someone in that room was interested in getting out. And that we knew about the contents of this phone call, which someone on that call was interested in getting out. And that we knew about his private lunch with the president, where they left the impression that the president didn’t object. OK, that’s three things, but that makes me think that maybe there’s something to this.
MS. LEE: Well, there is something to the fact that the people around Biden – they’re doing nothing, let’s be honest, about trying to quell the – all the discussion about him as a potential candidate. And so, you know, they’re feeling it. And at the very least, they’re not trying to put an end to it, which they could very easily do with one single phone call to a reporter saying that this is not a genuine thing.
MICHAEL SCHERER: If Vice President Biden does run, how does he distinguish himself from Hillary Clinton? What would be his message to say, choose me over her?
MS. LEE: Well, one of the things – I was talking with some folks who’ve been talking to him. And part of their message would be, you know, your problems – the American people’s problems and their hopes and dreams and their anxieties are mine, that I’ve lived this and I’m still living this. I mean, the difference between Joe Biden and Secretary Clinton is that he has really, by Washington standards – Washington standards – but has maintained – he’s relatively – he does not have a lot of money, he has not gone out to make a lot of money. And that’s part of his big case, that he is one of – one of those voters.
ALEXIS SIMENDINGER: Dan, can I ask you, there in Minneapolis, what was the reception to the man who wasn’t there, Joe Biden? How did that audience react or in any way indicate their interest in Joe Biden in absentia?
MR. BALZ: We’ve talked to a lot of people over the past few days about this. There is talk about the vice president possibly running, but I did not get a sense that there is a groundswell of enthusiasm saying: Run, Joe, run. People very much like him, as we all know. He’s well-respected in the party. People love him in a personal way. They’re very sympathetic to him right now because of what he’s going through after the death of his son, Beau Biden. But I did not come away with the feeling that this audience in particular was hungering to have him in the race.
I think everybody realizes that if he were to get into the race it would shake it up. I mean, he is the sitting vice president. He is a substantial figure. And, as Carol said, he has a message that I think he feels he could deliver. But in terms of people being ready to peel away from Secretary Clinton, you didn’t get that feeling in the – in the conversations with people here. Nor did I get a sense – these are party leaders – get a sense that he’s done a lot yet, personally, to make calls to people in key states to really sound them out. Obviously some of his people are doing that, but it’s not clear how much of that he’s done.
MS. IFILL: Dan, let me ask you about two other candidates who were there in Minneapolis today – Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, who both came basically to poke a stick in the eye of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders going to the establishment to rage against the establishment and Martin O’Malley saying there should be more debates and it’s your fault that there aren’t. Let us debate. How did that go over?
MR. BALZ: Well, you know, it turned out to be a much more interesting dynamic here today than we had thought. Normally this is an event in which the candidates come, they give their speeches, they all pretty much get a good reception and everybody does a kind of a little applause meter assessment of who did the best. But what happened was Secretary Clinton and former Governor Chafee spoke in the morning, and then came O’Malley and then came Sanders.
And both really, I think, surprised people, particularly O’Malley, with the chair of the Democratic National Committee sitting a few feet away, really taking on the decision they made to limit the number of debates – six sanctioned debates, and four of them – only four of them before the early states start to vote. And he really went as hard as I would – I mean, I think we were all surprised at how hard he went after that decision. Now, obviously, he has a reason. He’s trailing behind everybody. He’s languishing in the polls. He needs more visibility. But it was a real shot at the party establishment.
And then came Senator Sanders, who has an anti-establishment message. And in both cases, it was clear what they and who they were talking about. I mean, Martin O’Malley basically said – did say: The system has been rigged – the debate system – in favor of Clinton. And Sanders basically said he thinks he can generate the kind of enthusiasm that the party will need to bring out a bigger turnout in November of 2016. And he clearly has doubts that Secretary Clinton can do that. So it was – without direct attacks, there were direct attacks going on here today.
MS. IFILL: Carol?
MS. LEE: Well, I wanted to ask Dan if – the Hillary Clinton’s flexing of her well-oiled campaign – you know, noting the superdelegates and all of the memos that were out this week – does that have any chance of potentially backfiring in the sense that the – one of the knocks against her is what you were just talking about, in terms of her being accused of rigging the debates or that they’re all centered around her, but also the inevitability factor. I mean, you could understand why she might be doing that this week with the vice president considering jumping in, but can that backfire with some voters?
MR. BALZ: Well, it certainly is possible. I think that from their vantage point, what it is is an effort to reassure the party that they’re doing this campaign in a smarter way than they did the last time. As we know, in the last campaign that she ran against President Obama, she did a very bad job of figuring out a delegate strategy. And as a result, Barack Obama is now president. And I think she wants people to realize, and her campaign team definitely wants people to realize, that they are not trying to take it for granted, that they are doing the spade work in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina and Nevada, that they are working the superdelegates, that they’re being diligent about all those things that they hadn’t done before.
MS. IFILL: And a final question for you, Carol, about Joe Biden. Do we have any idea of timing on when we’re going to hear?
MS. LEE: Well, he said by the end of summer.
MS. IFILL: That would be now. (Laughter.)
MS. LEE: So now everyone knows that the end of summer of September 23rd, which I’m sure no other political reporter knew that before Joe Biden set that deadline. (Laughter.) So we’re expecting by the end of September. There’s some talk that it could slip, but that doesn’t seem entirely likely.
MS. IFILL: Here we thought it was Labor Day, but no. (Laughter.) OK. Well, listen, Dan Balz, out there, stay warm or hot or cold or whatever it is in Minnesota and we’ll see you when you get back to Washington.
MR. BALZ: Thanks, Gwen.
MS. IFILL: And then there was, is, perhaps will ever be, Donald Trump. He picked new fights, called into more talk shows, insulted other candidates and continued to lead every late-summer poll. Here is part of his exchange with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, who was first ejected then invited back into a Trump press conference. The topic was immigration policy.
JORGE RAMOS: (From video.) How are you going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants? By train, by bus?
MR. TRUMP: (From video.) Here’s what we’re going to do. Ready?
MR. RAMOS: (From video.) Are you going to bring – are you going to bring – are you going to bring the Army?
MR. TRUMP: (From video.) No, no. Let me tell you – let me tell you, we’re going to do it in a very humane fashion, believe me. I have a bigger heart than you do.
I want them to come back. And I want them to get documentation and get the – so they become legal.
MS. IFILL: (That was ?), of course, Jorge Ramos challenging him on his deportation policy. Michael Scherer sat down with Trump for this TIME cover and has spent considerable time pondering the secret of his success. And the answer, Michael, is?
MR. SCHERER: He’s just better right now at being a candidate that Republicans want to be hearing from than anybody else on the stage. He’s come across as more authentic to more voters, he’s more angry than the other candidates. He’s bolder, he’s sticking it to the elites who many in the Republican Party are really upset about. What we found out this summer is that that old tea party energy that we’ve been watching for the last couple years can really be non-ideological. Trump is not an ideologue in any way. He’s not really a conservative in most ways.
MS. IFILL: As other candidates keep pointing out.
MR. SCHERER: Keep pointing out. And yet, he’s attracting these same people. There was a poll this week that said: Donald Trump and Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon, both with no political experience, have 40 percent of the vote in the Republican Party, which is more than Scott Walker, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
MS. IFILL: So if you were a Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio or 10 others, how do you begin to break through this?
MR. SCHERER: You know, you talk to those campaigns, they will honestly – if you get them to be honest off the record – they will say something along the lines of, we just have to ride it out, because they’re powerless right now. They can’t take him on directly, because Donald Trump has more free airtime than they do. He’s sort of monopolizing cable news every day. And he’s better at insulting people than they are. I mean, they’re just not going to get away with the kind of stuff he can get away with.
MS. IFILL: Did he insult you, by the way?
MR. SCHERER: He did not insult me.
MS. IFILL: He was nice to you?
MR. SCHERER: He was nice to me. I think there’s always – whenever a reporter talks to Trump, there’s always the threat – he makes clear the threat, right, like if you don’t write a good article about me, you know, the tweet is coming. But, no, I think he was happy enough just to be on the cover of TIME Magazine, that I got a pass.
MS. SIMENDINGER: Michael, you were talking about the tea party. And Donald Trump this week is partnering up – announced that he’s going to partner up with another insurgent presidential candidate, Senator Cruz, to host or, I guess, participate in an anti-Iran deal rally in Washington, D.C. What’s in his mind about partnering up with another presidential candidate?
MS. IFILL: And what’s in Cruz’s mind?
MS. SIMENDINGER: And what’s in Cruz’s mind to invite him?
MS. IFILL: My mother used to call it – my mother used to call it holding your enemies closer.
MS. SIMENDINGER: Yes.
MR. SCHERER: Well, so, for Ted Cruz – Ted Cruz, his whole campaign plan, before Donald Trump even came on the scene, was to, in a very different style, capture the same sort of anti-establishment anger that Trump is capturing. So from the very beginning, Cruz has not said anything negative about Trump. Even his most outrageous statements, when he’s asked about them, Cruz will say, I think it’s great, you know, Donald Trump’s in this race and he’s saying the right things.
So Cruz wants to get close to Trump on the bet that as we get closer to an election voters will actually start thinking about who they want in the Oval Office and not just who they want to tell pollsters they’re happy about right now and that some of that support will go to Cruz. For Trump, what he gets out of it is that he’s trying really hard to show something he’s never shown before, which is he can actually handle the statesman job. He’s not a statesman. He’s a celebrity. He’s a real estate magnate. He’s a great performer on TV. He’s sort of a reality television character. But he’s been putting out white papers, even though they’re sort of threadbare and don’t actually detail what his plans would do, and he’s been trying to moderate some of his corners. And I think he’s very happy to be standing next to a senator in the U.S. Capitol. It’ll be great, great footage for him.
MS. LEE: Well, you’re talking about the other candidates thinking they have to wait this out. How long do they anticipate that they’re going to have to do that?
MR. SCHERER: I don’t think anybody knows at this point. I mean, the betting money was that this was the summer of Trump – and actually he made this joke when I was with him; he said I hope it’s not the fall of Trump, I hope it’s the autumn of Trump – that when we got to September 23rd or wherever this would start to peter out. I think there are a lot of candidates who would love for that to happen. I think the reality is right now we’re in a free media stage in this campaign. Trump dominates the free media.
MS. IFILL: And it’s the reality, also, that people don’t – people who support him, so far, don’t much care if what he’s actually proposing is doable or meets conservative tests. Building a wall? That might raise your taxes. Raising taxes on hedge fund managers, as he suggested today. That’s not exactly Republican orthodoxy, but he’s – but they’re OK with that?
MR. SCHERER: I think – no one’s really analyzing his – the details of his plan much. I don’t think his supporters – when you talk to them, they say he tells it like it is. They don’t really get into what IT is. I mean, in that clip you played with Jorge Ramos he says I’m more humane than you. He’s talking in that clip about taking 11 million people living here and forcing them out of the country. That would be a movement of people that the world has never seen before, and he’s calling it humane. I mean, it – and he has yet to actually detail how he does that, whether it’s buses or planes or trains or, you know, everybody gets in their own car to drive across the border. But you know, at this point really Trump is really on the surface. I mean, he’s a pose, and he’s winning the pose, and his pose is matching the fury of a lot of Republican voters.
MS. IFILL: It’s a pose many other candidates wish they could kind of figure out. But they haven’t yet, and we’ll see whether they all do.
While the candidates compete to succeed him, President Obama is back from vacation – presumably tanned, rested and ready to complete the rest of his agenda. Top of the list, rounding up the remaining votes he needs to beat back a challenge to the Iran nuclear agreement. Today he made the pitch again in a webcast sent to American Jewish leaders.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (From video.) I would suggest that, in terms of the tone of this debate, everybody keep in mind that we’re all pro-Israel. We’re all pro-U.S.-Israel. And we have to make sure that we don’t impugn people’s motives. And at no point have I ever suggested, for example, that somebody is a warmonger, meaning they want war.
MS. IFILL: Now, what’s different from what he has said before is that he suggested that maybe people wanted war. (Laughter.) But now he’s saying, you know what, we’re all family here.
MS. SIMENDINGER: It was really an interesting indication of how much more confident the White House and the president, together they are going into this post-Labor Day expectation of Congress coming back. They know that we now have 30 senators who have stepped forward and said that they are supporting the Iran deal. That means that they’re four away from being able to support the president’s veto, if it comes to that. We have the Senate Republican leader talking about, you know – and other Republicans talking about maybe this is not going to go – Senator Corker from Tennessee, who’s been leading the charge to try to stop this deal – that maybe they don’t have enough votes to do this. And there’s even talk about maybe there’s enough tricks up Senator Reid’s sleeve that the Republicans might not even be able to get cloture to take it the next step.
So the president came across in that webcast as a very confident person who had shifted his talk from this apoplexy about how can you not see this deal and you must be for war to we’re a family and we’re going to mend our rifts and we’re going to move on. And he said – he predicted it would happen very quickly, meaning rifts with the friends in Israel.
MR. SCHERER: Does that confidence extend into other policy areas? I get the sense this is – as his term is coming up, he’s becoming a little more confident and bold and more comfortable with the role he’s playing.
MS. SIMENDINGER: One of the things that I think has been noticeable to those who are working at the White House and those of us who cover the White House is that the president has put some lessons to use. He did that with the trade deal, where he had to make alliances with Republicans. He has done that kind of inside-outside game more artfully. He certainly has applied that to the Iran deal in trying to promote it. The White House was joking about how the webcast was the last possible option to communicate that they had not employed yet and they were going to do it – in other words, they have been everywhere and tried to sell this deal or educate in every possible way. So I think to observers it’s been pulling things together and understanding a little bit more about the dynamics of Congress.
The president, though, is about to shift gears to focus on climate change, another legacy item, for the remainder of the fall and into the end of the year. That is much more of an executive authority initiative, and legacy he’s using through regulatory means and executive power – less turning to Congress because he knows that Congress would block that and the courts will, too.
MS. LEE: Do you get the sense in covering the White House that they’re – the president is trying to pack in all of his final legacy things in these last few months before he knows that the spotlight is just completely going away from the White House? You have climate change. You have the Iran deal. He’s going to have some budget fights. They’re going to put forward a Guantanamo – new proposal to close Guantanamo Bay. Do you feel that this is, like, the last kind of –
MS. SIMENDINGER: Well, and the president has made no bones about it. He calls it his bucket list, in some ways. The idea of going to Alaska, which is where he will be going this coming week, that is – they’re celebrating that as the first sitting president to go to visit the Arctic. The president is doing a lot of things, as you point out. This is his list, and he is saying I want to fulfill the promises I made to the electorate in 2008.
MS. IFILL: Is there any state he hasn’t hit yet? I think this may be the last one, no?
MR. SCHERER: South Dakota?
MS. SIMENDINGER: Yeah, I think – no, I think he’s hit them all, yeah.
MS. IFILL: He’s hit them all. I think he – I think he made South Dakota, maybe at a tarmac stop.
MS. SIMENDINGER: No, he did.
MS. LEE: No, he did that.
MS. IFILL: Thank you, everybody.
We have to go for now, but as always the conversation will continue online on our Washington Week Webcast Extra, where we will discuss the politics of hair, the Hillary-Trump edition. No, really.
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BABCOCK UNIVERSITY (BU)—as it is now known—actually began on September 17, 1959 as Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA). Established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a senior college for training church workers from the West African sub-region, ACWA opened its doors with only seven ministerial students. By 1966, when it graduated the first set of Bachelor of Arts degree holders in its own name, enrolment included students taking Business Administration as potential accountants within and outside the Church; and two-year Pre-Nursing students in preparation to pursue a nursing career at the Church’s School of Nursing at Ile-Ife, Osun State. History was made in 1975 when ACWA became the first institution in Nigeria to sign and operate an affiliation agreement with Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA. This relationship enabled it to award Bachelor of Arts degrees from Andrews University in Biology, Business Administration, History, Religion and Secretarial Studies. 1975 was also the year ACWA was renamed Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA) in response to the dynamics of its socio-political environment. In 1983, restricting local factors again necessitated the phasing out of the Bachelors programmes in Biology and Business Administration. In 1988, ASWA reached another academic milestone through an affiliation agreement with the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University, which authorized it to offer Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry. Master of Arts in Religion was added in 1990 and both programmes were operated during summer sessions from 1997 to 2007. In order to attain national recognition for its status and programmes, an attempt to obtain a local affiliation with University of Ibadan, under the name “Babcock College” was initiated.
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Our School > Job Vacancies at Perins > Applicant Information
Established more than 300 years ago, Perins School is very proud of its history and its role in the local community. Today, thanks to the dedication of its staff, the school’s reputation for academic excellence continues to grow and it has developed specialisms in Creative Arts, E-Learning and Sport.
Perins is committed to recruiting the highest quality staff in both teaching and support functions. To sustain this initiative we offer a flexible pay policy linked to a robust performance management process that supports training and development at all levels. We believe that our Ethos and Vision are an essential part of who we are and how each individual, staff and students, contributes to the school.
We are interested in hearing from high calibre candidates with a passion for education who feel they can make a positive difference to the Perins School of the future.
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Maryland Unveils A New Secure Driver’s License Leveraging Gemalto’s Polycarbonate Technology
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Posted on July 13, 2016 By: Pocket News
AMSTERDAM, Jul 13 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) has begun rolling out its new secure and redesigned driver’s license and identification (ID) card across the state.
The polycarbonate-based driver’s license gives Maryland residents a tamper-resistant credential that reduces document forgery and protects against identity fraud. Maryland selected Gemalto’s line of Sealys Secure Documents for the new polycarbonate driver’s license that includes laser-engraving, hidden security elements and tactile features specifically designed to improve document security.
The material’s durability also increases the longevity of the driver’s license, fulfilling a state requirement to extend the document’s validity period to eight years. Maryland also chose Gemalto’s Coesys Issuance Solution to personalize and produce resident’s driver’s licenses and ID cards on-site within MVA’s secure, state-of-the-art issuance center. Gemalto’s central issuance solution fully aligns with Maryland’s goal of maintaining REAL ID compliance while offering additional security benefits.
The central issuance of driver’s licenses and ID cards further enhances security by limiting access to card materials, equipment and personal information. According to the Bureau of Justice in 2014, 17.6 million U.S. residents were impacted by identity fraud. One of the key components of reducing identity fraud is creating a stronger and more secure form of identification.
“With Gemalto’s expertise, we were able to provide Maryland residents with the most secure card in the nation,” said MVA Administrator Christine Nizer. “Gemalto has been a true partner throughout the rollout of the secure cards, even helping us brief law enforcement on the cutting-edge security features that will safeguard the personal information of our customers.”
“With the new driver’s license, Maryland is demonstrating its commitment to bringing residents the best-in-class security and identity protection,” said Steve Purdy, VP of State Identity Programs at Gemalto. “Many states like Maryland are facing new challenges of securing and issuing driver’s licenses and we are dedicated to delivering an end-to-end solution that provides a complete technology roadmap, simplifies current operations and improves security.”
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For Some Reason Apple Doesn't Want iPhone Users Keeping Tabs on the Drone Wars
An app that alerts users to drone strikes around the world keeps getting denied by the Apple's App Store reviewers, and no one can explain why
By Clay Dillow
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We've covered the technology aspects of the ongoing drone wars thoroughly here at PopSci. The geopolitical and legal ramifications have been fodder for an endlessly cycling debate in the blogosphere. Esquire's Tom Junod recently termed it the "Lethal Presidency" while examining the moral ramifications. The bottom line is, the U.S. is engaged in several shadow wars around the globe in which unmanned aircraft are lethally striking at a list of individuals in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. And Apple's App Store, for its part, seems to want nothing to do with it.
Drones+ is a smartphone app developed by NYU student Josh Begley. The app itself is pretty basic: when a drone strike occurs, the U.K.'s Bureau of Investigative Journalism compiles media reports and logs the strike in its database. Drones+ then displays that strike on a map within the app and links users to a few news stories about it. If the user chooses, he or she will get a push notification, a quick realtime alert that a drone strike just happened somewhere in the world.
The idea is to connect people a little more with the actions being carried out in their name and bring awareness, for good or ill, to the ongoing drone war that is now the longest continuous aerial bombardment the United States military has ever engaged in. But the Apple App Store reviewers have rejected the app on three separate occasions for reasons ranging from "this app isn't entertaining enough" to "the content is objectionable and crude."
Apple routinely turns down apps for reasons that are less-than clear, and it is under no obligation to accept any app. But these are strange charges to level against an app that simply aggregates news reports. It does not display any images of the carnage wrought at the scene of a strike. It's simply meant to connect the drone wars with the citizens who are, willingly or not, supporting them and to make them aware of the frequency with which the U.S. Military and CIA are acting with deadly force on foreign soil. That has Begley wondering exactly what to do next. And the rest of us wondering what exactly it is that Apple really has a problem with: the app or the drone wars?
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The U.S. Navy’s Newest Destroyers Are Getting a New Job
Once destined to bombard land targets, the stealth destroyers will now hunt enemy warships.
By Kyle Mizokami
The U.S. Navy’s newest warships, the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers, are undergoing a major mission change. Once meant to support land forces by bombarding targets dozens of miles inland, the destroyers will now hunt enemy warships for a living. The change reflects a shift in strategic realities as the Russian and Chinese navies grow larger and more powerful.
Way back in the 2000s, the U.S. Navy decided it wanted a new class of destroyer that could support the land wars of the post 9/11 era. The end of the Cold War had ended the Soviet Navy, and many of those ships that survived to become part of the Russian Navy were scrapped or laid up due to lack of funds for maintenance. The U.S. Navy was the undisputed master of the seas with no peer competitor on the horizon, and the sea service turned its attention inland.
The result was the USS Zumwalt class stealth destroyers, designed to creep near enemy shorelines and bombard enemy targets far inland with a pair of 155-millimeter advanced gun systems (AGS). The Navy wanted 32 of the destroyers. Unfortunately, cost overruns and budgetary issues cut the number of ships to just three, and the Navy is not buying the special, long range shells for the advanced gun system because they’re too expensive. The ships were in danger of becoming floating white elephants.
An there is an even more pressing problem. While the U.S. Navy has spent the last sixteen years supporting wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, the Russian and Chinese navies have quietly grown in strength. China in particular, with its aircraft carrier construction programs and Type 055 and 052D guided missile destroyers, is now a major naval power.
U.S. Naval Institute News reports that the navy has decided to refocus the Zumwalt-class destroyers on the so-called “surface strike” mission—that is, sinking enemy ships. The Navy hasn’t worked out yet exactly what the mission change will entail, and what weapons will be added to subtracted to the ship.
One option is to remove the AGS guns and replace them with a hundred or more Mk. 41 vertical launch silos. Each VLS can carry one Lockheed Martin/BAE Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) or Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile (JSM), making the ship a formidable hunter-killer. Zumwalt’s advanced communications and networking capabilities would allow the ship to receive data on enemy forces from other U.S. Navy assets such as satellites, MQ-4 Triton high altitude, long endurance drones, P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft, carrier-based aircraft, surface ships, submarines, and air, surface, and subsurface drones.
While sending a ship that was just commissioned back for modifications doesn’t sound that great, in the long term the change in mission will pay dividends. The U.S. has ignored the surface strike mission for nearly twenty years—many U.S. Navy destroyers have no anti-ship missiles at all—and the service needs to show it is serious about the sea strike mission. Turning its latest warship into a ship-killer will send a message that the U.S. Navy is back in the business of sinking ships.
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Microphones 101: A Beginner's Guide
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This article is compiled from excerpts in Pyramind Training Series - Audio Fundamentals from Alfred Publishing. The book can be purchased on our site here or from Amazon.
Anyone in the production business, at some point, makes recordings, and at the head of every recording is the microphone. This is the single most important element of any signal chain that records audio—whether it's a recording studio, production studio, or voice-over studio. The microphone is likened to a camera lens—change lenses and you can change the quality or perspective of the picture. In this way, microphones are the “eyes” of the studio. How you hear your recording is a direct result of how the microphone hears the performance. This single point of transition from free sound to captured sound is the essence or recording.
A microphone is the first (and arguably the most important) transducer in the studio as it is closest to the free sound being emitted from the source.
A Transducer is a device that converts one form of energy to another.
Microphone Type
Mesa Boogie Rectoverb 25 guitar amp with a dual-mic set up: Sennheiser 421 dynamic cardioid microphone with a Cascade DR-2 ribbon figure-8 microphone
In today’s audio world, there are four main types of microphones, three of which are used in studios every day.
Condenser (aka Capacitor)
PZM (Pressure Zone Microphone)
Each of these mics work differently, and as a result, yield a different sound. Each has a purpose and a situation where it gives great results, and very rarely is there one type of mic (or one mic of any type) that’s perfect for every situation. Often, it’s the old favorites that we go to every day that get the most use for common situations. But what do you grab when the common situation becomes an uncommon one? Let’s explore the types of mics, how they work, and what we think we can expect from them.
The dynamic mic is one of the most common types of microphones and is very versatile. Most clubs and live sound venues have a solid collection of them and for a good reason—dynamic mics can take a beating. The basic principle of the dynamic mic is an electrical principle called inductance. It’s the same principle that electrical generators use in river dams and turbines, which is that when a powerful magnet is wrapped in wire, an electrical current is created or induced as the magnetic field around it moves. In turbines, the change is created by its spin.
Inductance is the difference (potential for energy, or voltage) between the power of a magnetic field and the current through an electrical circuit.
Inductance has been applied to dynamic microphones as well. Within the capsule, a set of wires are wrapped and suspended in a magnetic field, called the voice coil. Attached to the top of the wires is a thin piece of material (often Mylar plastic) called the diaphragm.
As sound enters the capsule, it hits against the diaphragm and moves the voice coil in and out of the magnetic field, creating an electrical current by inductance.
It is ironic that the dynamic mic is actually not as dynamic as its condenser mic counterpart. The reason for this difference is due to the technology that drives the functionality of the mics. In condenser mics, the electrical principle being utilized is called capacitance. Capacitance works differently than inductance, although both rely on voltage being created by a moving diaphragm. In dynamic mics, the diaphragm moves the voice coil through a magnetic field, creating a voltage out of the electromagnetic field already there. In condenser mics, a voltage already exists within the capsule and the diaphragm movement causes another voltage to be created.
Capacitance is the measure of a device’s ability to store electrical charge, or the measure of an electrical charge that is already stored in a device. A batter, for example, is a capacitor, and a 9V battery’s capacitance is 9 volts.
Unlike dynamic mics, the diaphragm in condenser models is usually thin, and a thinner diaphragm moves more sensitively to higher frequencies and to quieter sounds. Therefore, condenser mics are much more sensitive to both high frequencies and quieter sounds than dynamics. For this reason, condensers are used more liberally in the studio for delicate instruments, performances, and instruments with wider dynamics and more high frequencies (or; high-frequency nuances). Acoustic guitars, pianos, strings, chimes, cymbals, and voices are among the common instruments miked with condenser mics.
Power is required for condenser mics, whether from an external supply in a tube mic, phantom powering on most pro condensers, or an internal battery in some models. The mic simply won’t work without the charge to the backplate that creates the capacitance needed.
Prior to phantom power, condenser mics had separate power conductors to bring power to the backplate. As such, mics didn’t connect to standard 3-pin XLR cables-a proprietary cable was needed to connect power to the mic and to bring the signal down from the mic back to the supply box. The supply box then sent the final audio signal off to the preamp via standard XLR cables. Phantom power has the distinct advantage of traveling along the XLR cable directly to the mic as well as the ability to bring the audio down from the mic. This makes studio operation much easier, as now, there is a method of standardizing the cables between dynamic mics and most condenser mics.
Ribbon mics are a type of dynamic microphone in that they consist of an extremely thin (and quite fragile) aluminum or other metal strip suspended between two poles of a strong magnetic field. The suspended ribbon reacts to the velocity of air particles rather than to the pressure, as in the case of dynamic mics. Many ribbon mics are fragile, like condensers, and are easily damaged by bumps, drops, bangs, and even extreme wind or breath blasts.
Ribbon mics have become en vogue recently, as they tend to have a warmer and darker sound than other mics. Ribbon mics lend warmth to the source, which can help smooth out some of the harsh and edgy quality of digital audio. While today’s digital signals are much smoother than some of the early CD quality recordings, some people still claim that digital imparts a “coldness” to the audio quality.
Pressure Zone Microphones
The “oddball” of the microphone bunch is likely to be the PZM, or pressure zone microphone. Originally mass-marketed (and trademarked) by Crown International, the PZM is effectively a boundary mic with a diaphragm that is not only parallel to an attached wall or floor surface, but also super close to that surface. The PZM typically lies on the floor or on the wall and captures sound that bounces off of the floor or wall. It is very useful in situations where a visible microphone would be a problem, such as a lectern, pulpit, or theater stage. The audience does not desire to see the mic—only the person requiring amplification.
Polar Patterns
The polar pattern is a graph representing how a mic will behave at different frequencies. It’s not so much a graph that says, “this mic captures high frequencies well,” or “this one is great for mid-range tones,” but, rather, a graph that says, “this one picks up high frequencies well from the front, but not from the sides or back.” In other words, this graph tells the story of a mic’s directionality.
Microphones come in a few different flavors when it comes to polar pattern and some allow you to adjust the polar pattern at the mic. The four main patterns are cardioid, omni, figure-8, and supercardioid.
Cardioid (Unidirectional) Pattern
Named after its similarity to a heart shape, the cardioid pattern basically describes that a microphone performs best when sound approaches it from the front and performs worst when sound enters from the rear.
Omni (Omnidirectional) Pattern
A mic that exhibits an omni pattern performs equally well no matter where the sound comes from. Whether sound enters from the front, rear, or from the sides, the omni exhibits the same sound response.
Figure-8 (Bidirectional) Pattern
A mic that exhibits a figure-8 pattern performs best when sound enters from either the front or the rear and performs the worst when sound enters from the sides. If this mic is angled to the source, the sound quality will worsen as the front of the mic is moved away, but as the rear of the mic begins to approach the source, the sound quality begins to improve again.
Supercardioid (Bidirectional) Pattern
A supercardioid mic is somewhere between the cardioid and the figure-8 in that the mic performs well from the front but also performs well from the rear. However, in this case, the rear performance is not nearly as good as the figure-8. There is some increase in sensitivity from sound that approaches from the rear over the cardioid pattern, but not as good as the figure-8. The supercardioid has a cousin called the hypercardioid, which has better rear performance that the supercardioid but still less than the figure-8.
For most mics, the behavioral pattern changes with frequency. For example, most cardioid mics exhibit omni-like behavior in the low-frequency range. Bass has a tendency to enter the mic from all angles and gets much the same response due to the size of the wave. Mid- and high-frequency sound waves are much smaller and more prone to rejection at certain directions. As a result, mics perform differently at different frequencies.
There is one rule above all others in microphone usage and technique: In the end, it just has to sound good. This is, of course, a completely subjective experience—what sounds good to one person doesn’t sound good to another. People hear things differently and as a result, it’s a good idea to work with people that hear music the way you do.
The ability to identify the sound leads directly to the ability to fix the sound—not all sounds are bad as a result of the microphone! Again, experiment, observe, and adjust.
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Praxair Tops Safety Categories
DANBURY, CT, April 15, 2008 — Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has received two prestigious awards from the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) for its outstanding safety performance in 2007.
Praxair’s North American bulk gas business unit received the CGA’s Fleet Safety Excellence Award for having the lowest total vehicle accident frequency rate in the most-miles-driven category (over 20 million miles).
“Our success reflects our rigorous driver training and application of advanced systems in our vehicles, such as roll stability control,” said Praxair’s North American Industrial Gases Safety and Environmental Services Director Jacques Perras. “We’ve used Six Sigma methodology to identify the important contributing factors to accidents and have developed comprehensive programs to continuously improve performance.”
Achieving its best-ever worldwide personnel safety record in 2007, Praxair also received the Association’s Leonard Parker Pool Award in the most-hours-worked category (over five million employee exposure hours). The award goes to member companies which showed the greatest improvement in safety performance during the previous two years, based upon the total recordable case incidence rates as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
“This recognition confirms the success of our safety initiatives, such as our safety discovery program, safety leadership training and safety commitment day programs. These and other efforts implemented by our employees have further strengthened our focus on safety and helped ensure our vigorous operational discipline is applied to it,” noted Chris Wilson, director, Safety and Environmental Services.
Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2007 sales of $9.4 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information on Praxair is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com.
Elizabeth Hirsch
Email: liz_hirsch@praxair.com
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Owners of Portland wharf plan 3 buildings with offices, retail
It's the first project sought under new zoning that allows development while setting aside funds to maintain piers.
By Randy BillingsStaff Writer
Proprietors of Union Wharf wants to build 45,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space on 5 acres of land at 230 Commercial St. in Portland. Photo courtesy of Proprietors of Union Wharf
The owners of a 223-year-old commercial fishing wharf on Portland’s waterfront are looking to build three office and retail buildings along Commercial Street in the coming years.
The company, Proprietors of Union Wharf, wants permission from the city to build 45,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space on 5 acres of land at 230 Commercial St., which sits at the head of both Union Wharf and neighboring Widgery Wharf. It is seeking a site plan approval that will last for three years, so the project can be built out in phases, beginning with a three-story office building on the eastern end of the parcel along Widgery Way.
Charlie Poole, president of Proprietors of Union Wharf, says the wharf has always been devoted to marine uses "and we want to keep it that way" when the wharf is developed. Joel Page/Staff Photographer
Additional office, retail, market and restaurant spaces may be built on the site currently occupied by the Sapporo sushi restaurant and the adjoining parking lot, which has about 40 parking spaces. Full build-out of the site would depend on a variety of factors, said Charlie Poole, president of the Proprietors of Union Wharf.
“We’ve gotta see what the economy does and the marketplace,” said Poole, noting that he would need to have agreements with tenants for at least half of the building before it could be built.
The proposal was discussed last week by the city’s Planning Board, although no vote has been scheduled.
It comes at a time when demand for upscale office space is as high as its been since the Great Recession. The Maine Real Estate Development Association’s annual conference in January was told that the vacancy rate for commercial properties in Greater Portland’s industrial zones was only 3.4 percent at the end of 2015. That compares with an 8.8 percent vacancy rate the previous year. Nate Stevens, a broker with CBRE | The Boulos Co., which prepares the annual report, said that trend has continued.
“It’s the lowest vacancy rate since 2007,” Stevens said. “I see the vacancy rate continuing to drop for when we will run our annual market analysis this coming December. I believe vacancy rates will be below 3 percent for the first time since 2004.”
New developments on the water side of Commercial Street have been controversial in the past, as some fear office and restaurant users would eventually replace the working waterfront. Union Wharf lies in the heart of the industrial waterfront, but no opposition has so far been generated by the plan, said Elizabeth Boepple, chairwoman of the Portland Planning Board, which conducted a preliminary review of the project.
The proposed project is located in the Waterfront Central Zone, an area between the Maine State Pier and the International Marine Terminal established to protect marine-dependent businesses, such as commercial fishermen, from being priced off the waterfront. It is the first project to be evaluated under a new zoning regime, enacted in 2010 by the City Council, that loosened restrictions to allow new buildings for non-marine uses within 75 feet of Commercial Street.
Projects that exceed $250,000 in the so-called Non-Marine Use Overlay Zone must invest at least 5 percent of project’s costs into maintaining the commercial piers. The goal is to ensure that retail or office development at the head of the piers helps protect water access for fishing and maritime businesses.
City planners said in a memo to the Planning Board that the Union Wharf proposal meets all of the required rules.
“This is an exciting first project to see how that’s going to work,” Boepple said. “The real purpose of this is to not diminish marine activity and marine use, but to enhance it. It’s hard to finance the kind of repairs needed to maintain marine uses.”
The zoning rules enacted in 2010 also allow wharf owners to lease up to 45 percent of ground-floor space on the piers to non-marine uses as long as the owners make a good-faith effort to find a marine tenant and fail. That provision has been used on several occasions, including for the King’s Head Pub at Merrill’s Wharf, 254 Commercial St., and the Portland Science Center and Scales restaurant on Maine Wharf at 68 Commercial St.
The proposed 6,100-square-foot office building that would be the first built between Union and Widgery is estimated to cost $1.5 million and would have three stories and a mezzanine. It would replace an old warehouse that used to house Poole’s other business, Custom Float Services, which has relocated to South Portland.
Poole said the existing building has little value to marine businesses because it lacks direct access to the waterfront. He said it’s also not attractive as a stand-alone warehouse because of Commercial Street, which gets choked with traffic during the busy summer months.
The second building would be built on a parking lot at Commercial Street and Widgery Lane, next to Sapporo Restaurant. That 4,855-square-foot building is envisioned as an open market and restaurant on the ground floor and a restaurant on the second floor.
The third building would replace Sapporo, totaling 5,175 square feet. It is envisioned to have a first-floor restaurant, a second-floor food court/market and third-floor office space.
Poole stressed that the proposed development would generate much-needed revenue to maintain the pier, so it can continue to be used by commercial fishermen.
Since being built in 1793, Union Wharf has always been “slated toward the marine world,” Poole said, “and we want to keep it that way.”
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Catholic diocese parts ways with the Maine Council of Churches
Bishop Robert Deeley says the council's decision to take public stands based on majority votes by its members, rather than unanimous agreement, could leave the diocese supporting positions not grounded in the teachings of the church.
By Gillian GrahamStaff Writer
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has withdrawn as a member of the Maine Council of Churches over a recent change in how the council decides to take public stands on issues, including those affecting the LGBTQ community.
The council voted in February to end an unwritten policy that the council would not take public stands on issues unless all eight member denominations agreed. The council will now take positions based on a majority vote, said Rev. Jane Field, executive director of the council.
The Maine Council of Churches, founded in 1938, is active on social justice issues and advocates for legislation in Augusta. The Diocese of Portland has been a member since 1982.
Field characterized the decision by Bishop Robert Deeley as “fairly significant” because the Catholic church is a large denomination in Maine and also because it’s extremely uncommon to have a Roman Catholic diocese participate in a council of churches. The Catholic church is involved in councils in only four states and is not a member of the National Council of Churches, she said.
“This is the sad day for the council,” Field said.
In a letter to the president of the Maine Council of Churches Board, Deeley said he did not take the decision to leave the council “lightly or happily,” but could not continue as a member once the board decided positions on issues would be decided by a majority vote.
“As the Bishop of the Diocese I find this unfortunate, but I see no alternative. Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Deeley wrote to Bonny Rodden. “What I advocate for cannot be simply determined by a majority vote. It is expected that my advocacy is grounded in the teachings of the Church. Any other position would be contrary to my responsibility as the bishop of Portland.”
The diocese will officially end its membership with the council on June 30.
Deacon Dan Sheriden, the diocese’s representative to the council, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
The decision to adopt Robert’s Rules of Order followed a 20-month process of examining how decisions are made. Field said that during the marriage equality battle several years ago, a decision was made that the council would stay silent on the issue “in order to keep everyone at the table” when there wasn’t unanimity among members. Over time, that practice did not sit well with members who felt it was unacceptable not to take a stand on important issues.
“There were lots of times there wasn’t a majority vote, but nobody fussed. When it came to certain areas, in particular issues affecting the LGBTQ community, they would invoke this practice (of staying silent),” Field said. “The tension there became so difficult.”
Field said the council tried to involve Deeley in the process leading up to the change, but he instead sent representatives to talk to the council. Field and the council board sent a letter to Deeley in an effort to “leave the door open” and avoid a complete rupture of the relationship between the council and diocese.
“There’s a deep sadness, but at the same time, I feel the council still has a vital role to play in the state,” she said. “I believe we will find ourselves side by side with the diocese on certain issues like hunger and human trafficking.”
Deeley, in his letter to the council of churches, said the diocese will continue to advocate for the concerns which are the mandate of the gospel.
“As we do with the many activities of our parish communities and, of course, the tremendous good done by Catholic Charities, we will be working to serve the needs of the poor, the disadvantaged and the migrants among us, and keep before the people of our state the need to serve the common good through our care for one another,” he wrote.
Field said it is unusual, but not unheard of, for a denomination to leave the Maine Council of Churches. Years ago, the Baptists left the council when Unitarian Universalists were accepted as members, she said.
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My home may be on The Hill, but Inglewood is…
My home may be on The Hill, but Inglewood is where the heart is
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PUBLISHED: August 7, 2008 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 1, 2017 at 8:22 am
In 1948, when I was 14 years old, I found my first true love: a used Cushman motor scooter.
Three or four of us guys would take rides around the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the same as motorcyclists do today. It was a neat place to ride, especially for a kid from Inglewood. We would ride all over The Hill and buy gas at the general store just outside the main gatehouse at Rolling Hills.
We were kids with wings, but they didn’t go “flap flap,” they went “putt putt.” We just had so much fun.
During that same time, my dad was busy making a whole bunch of money. He had a machine shop business that he started in our little extra garage we had in the backyard.
By 1950, the business was doing really well and we were able to build our home in Rolling Hills. We did it ourselves with the help of my grandfather, who had spent a lifetime in building, and a helper or two.
We had the largest swimming pool in the neighborhood. It was, and still is, 42 feet by 18 feet. We moved into the house before the inside walls and plumbing were in place; we were still using an outhouse.
We had a service post that gave us some electricity, but the house was just outside walls. No heat, no nothing, just an ongoing war with snakes and tarantulas.
They would go to the pool to get a drink and fall in and could not get out. I also saw quite a few foxes.
Later on, my little brother got a horse and I would take it for a ride once in awhile. I would go along Crest Road out the Westfield gate and to what was called Peacock Grove, now Peninsula Center. That was it, nothing else.
It was hard for me to move away from all my dear friends. I had spent a lifetime in Inglewood, now this. Big spiders with names that some people still can’t spell.
Then school started. Redondo was a lot smaller than Inglewood and there were some other kids also in their first year.
Once I made some friends, it was fine. I was 16 and had my driver’s license and could go back to Inglewood whenever I wanted.
When I would go to Inglewood it was like traveling through the country. It was all farmland and dairy.
I still miss Inglewood, but I think I’m starting to feel a little better now. I guess I’ll be OK.
Tom Rockwell is a 58-year Palos Verdes Peninsula resident who is retired from the vending business.
Columnist John Bogert is on vacation.
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Paris/Normandy (Le Havre), France
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Perhaps no other place in France holds more associations for English-speaking visitors than Normandy. The historic Allied landings on D-Day - 6 June, 1944 - live on in the memories of British and Americans alike. Nor has Le Havre forgotten the dark days of the war. The port was nearly completely destroyed during the Normandy campaign. Today, Le Havre is France's second largest port and the gateway to Paris, "City of Light," the Norman countryside, and the historic landing beaches.
Travelers usually head for the historic landing sites or to Paris. Yet Le Havre was designated a World Heritage Site in 2005. The Musee des Beaux Arts Andre Malraux boasts one of the finest collections of Impressionist painting in the world.
The Eiffel Tower is one of the tallest structures in Paris, located on the Champ de Mars. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.
Champs-Élysées & Arc de Triomphe
Known as "La plus belle avenue du monde" ("The most beautiful avenue in the world"), the Champs-Élysées boasts luxury specialty shops, cafés and the Arc de Triomphe, the world's largest triumphal arch.
Musée d'Orsay/Louvre
The Musée d'Orsay houses the most comprehensive collection of Impressionists in the world. Across the Seine is the Louvre with such works as the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris") was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe.
D-Day Beaches/American Cemetery
The Normandy American Cemetery honors the soldiers who lost their lives in WWII, most of whom died in the D-Day landings on five beaches on the coast of Normandy.
Rouen & Cathedral
The capital of Upper Normandy is home to the highest spire in France, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral immortalized by Claude Monet in his paintings.
The small town of Honfleur surrounds a little 17th-century harbor in Normandy, and is known for its old, picturesque port, houses with slate-covered frontages, historic buildings and churches.
Versailles Palace & Gardens
Versailles was designed as a palatial center of government for Louis XIV. Its garden is the most famous in the world featuring huge parterres, an orangery, and grand fountains.
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Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center Partners with Montclair Film to Showcase Survivor Stories
June 9th Event to Feature Curated StorySlam to Honor National Cancer Survivors Day
Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center
May 17, 2018, 11:40 ET
BERKELEY HEIGHTS N.J. and MONTCLAIR, N.J., May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In a unique community outreach partnership, Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center and Montclair Film today announced a call for storytellers to take part in a special event featuring inspiring stories of resilience. Building on Montclair Film's popular StorySlam, the partners will present a special edition of curated stories entitled Don't Fight Fair: An Evening of Storytelling on Saturday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Cinema505 in Montclair.
(PRNewsfoto/Summit Medical Group MD Anderso)
Presented in support of National Cancer Survivors Day®, Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center and Montclair Film are seeking stories about courage, perseverance and all types of survival, including, but not exclusive to cancer survivorship. Individuals interested in telling a story for this curated edition of the StorySlam should submit an application by June 1st by visiting montclairfilm.org or smgstoryslam.com.
Selected storytellers will be invited to share their story at a special event on June 9 at Cinema505 and may be included in a special podcast and video. The public is invited to support cancer survivors and to celebrate the power of the human spirit by purchasing tickets to attend. The event, emceed by Risa Barash, will feature inspirational stories, as well as musical interludes.
The storytelling event is one of several events leading up to the grand opening of the Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center in Florham Park this fall. The new facility is a major stride in our quest to provide cancer patients in northern New Jersey access to the most advanced treatments and to the finest level of coordinated care close to home.
Patients will receive seamless care under one roof from diagnosis to treatment and throughout survivorship. At Summit Medical Group MD Anderson, patients can not only stay close to home, but have the benefit of all the primary care and specialist doctors who remain involved in all aspects of patient care. Our philosophy is to not just take care of cancer, but to take care of the entire patient.
About Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center
Summit Medical Group is the first independent multispecialty physician group in the country and the only healthcare provider in Northern New Jersey to offer patients access to the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Network®. The partnership, an extension of MD Anderson's relationship with South Jersey's Cooper University Health Care, guarantees Summit Medical Group patients access to advanced treatment options and emerging treatment alternatives. Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center, a new state-of-the-art, 130,000 square foot outpatient facility is currently under construction in Florham Park and will open in 2018 implementing an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to cancer care, ensuring a high-quality patient experience, close to home.
ABOUT MONTCLAIR FILM
Montclair Film, a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, nurtures, and showcases the talents of filmmakers from around the region and world. Montclair Film unites, empowers, educates, and celebrates our region's diverse cultural heritage and robust artistic community by presenting engaging programs and events all year long. The seventh annual Montclair Film Festival will take place from April 26 through May 6, 2018. Montclair Film's year-round and festival programming is made possible through generous support from Investors Bank; Audible; Hackensack Meridian Health; the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey; Ashenfelter, Slous, Trembulak, McDonough, Golia & Trevenen, LLP; Chubb; Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; William H. Connolly & Co.; The Nature Conservancy, and others. Our programs are made possible by funds from the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism, as well as the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. For information about Montclair Film, visit www.montclairfilm.org
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December 9, 2010 / 9:35 AM / 9 years ago
Baby illness can be scanned in mother's blood: study
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Parents may soon be able to find out if their unborn child is prone to any inherited diseases, researchers said on Thursday, after developing a non-invasive technique to draw the entire gene map of the human fetus.
A nurse takes care of a newly born baby inside a nursery station at a government Fabella hospital in Manila October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
By analyzing a sample of the mother’s blood, which contains DNA from the fetus, scientists in Hong Kong and the United States were able to identify all the DNA strands that belong to the child and piece them together.
“Before this work, people only could look for one disease at one time but now you can construct a screen for a number of diseases which are prevalent in any particular population,” said lead author Dennis Lo, professor of medicine from the Chinese University in Hong Kong.
The research team’s breakthrough was discovering that the mother’s plasma holds the entire foetal genome. Previously, only part of the baby’s DNA was thought to be in the mother’s blood.
“Now that we know (the) entire foetal genome is in there, you can look for any disease that is genetically inherited.”
The study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on Thursday, recruited a couple undergoing prenatal diagnosis for a hereditary blood disorder, beta-thalassemia.
“In the mother’s blood, 90 percent of the DNA is her own ... and 10 percent is the baby’s. Half of the foetal genome is from father and half from mother,” Lo said.
The team found the fetus inherited a beta-thalassemia mutant gene from the father, meaning the baby was a carrier of the disease. Lo described the process as akin to putting together a jigsaw puzzle with millions of pieces — only in this case, 10 times as many pieces from a much larger jigsaw were mixed in with it too. “The whole genome is fragmented into millions of pieces and by this exercise, we assemble it back,” Lo said. “It’s like assembling a jigsaw puzzle with millions of pieces. But to make it more challenging, you mix in 10 times (the number of pieces) from another jigsaw puzzle, that’s the mother’s own DNA. And you are trying to assemble the child’s.”
Experts who were not involved in the study called for caution. “It is too early to apply the technology widely as we are not yet able to interpret many of the results that can be generated accurately,” said Christine Patch, chair of the British Society for Human Genetics.
“We do not randomly test pregnancies for a long list of ... conditions that may only manifest in adult life on the basis that individuals may not want to know that information when they are older.”
Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn; Editing by Daniel Magnowski
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January 20, 2015 / 2:51 AM / 4 years ago
Fukushima worker dies after falling into water storage tank
Antoni Slodkowski
TOKYO (Reuters) - A worker at Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Tuesday after falling inside a water storage tank, the latest in a spate of industrial accidents at the site of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, the world’s worst since Chernobyl.
The death is the second in Fukushima in less than a year. Last week, labor inspectors warned the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., about the rise in accidents and ordered it to take measures to deal with the problem.
An unnamed laborer in his 50s working for construction company Hazama Ando Corp. on Monday fell into a 10-metre-high (33 feet) water storage tank he had been inspecting. The tank was empty at the time and the worker died on Tuesday after being taken to a local hospital, said Tokyo Electric.
“We are deeply sorry for the death of the worker and express our deepest condolences to the family. We promise to implement measures to ensure that such tragedy does not occur again,” Akira Ono, the head manager of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, said in a statement. Hazama Ando had no immediate comment.
The number of accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, including heatstrokes, has almost doubled this fiscal year to 55. The increase came as Tokyo Electric ramped up cleanup efforts and doubled the number of workers at the site to nearly 7,000.
In March, a worker at the plant died after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch.
In a separate accident on Tuesday morning, a worker at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, a sister plant of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi station, was injured and lost consciousness while inspecting equipment at a facility sorting radioactive waste, Tokyo Electric said.
The worker was taken to a nearby hospital by helicopter this morning, the plant operator said, adding he was not exposed to radiation.
Fukushima Daini is located some 15 kms (9.32 miles) to the south of the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi plant. The complex has served as a hub for companies and workers involved in the cleanup of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Tokyo Electric has been widely criticized for its handling of the cleanup of the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant. Until last year it struggled to contain leaks of radioactive water from hastily built tanks at the site, and it has repeatedly promised to improve working conditions.
Most workers inside the plant are contract laborers hired by multiple layers of construction companies. A Reuters investigation in 2013 found widespread labor abuses, including workers who said their pay was skimmed and that there was little scrutiny of working conditions at the plant.
“It’s not just the number of accidents that has been on the rise. It’s the serious cases, including deaths and serious injuries that have risen so we asked Tokyo Electric to improve the situation,” said Katsuyoshi Ito, a local labor inspector overlooking the Fukushima power plant.
Ito said inspectors were investigating the recent death.
(This story was refiled to add missing word “to” in paragraph 2)
Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski; Editing by Michael Perry
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January 5, 2012 / 7:31 PM / 8 years ago
Congress presses rating agencies on MF Global
(Reuters) - Congressional investigators have launched an inquiry into the work of credit rating firms that examined MF Global Holdings Ltd’s risky bets on European government bonds and whether they overlooked crucial information in their evaluations.
A woman leaves the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Congressman Randy Neugebauer, who chairs an investigative panel of the House Financial Services Committee, sent letters to Moody’s Corp Chief Executive Raymond McDaniel and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services President Douglas Peterson asking for detailed information about their procedures for determining MF Global’s credit-worthiness.
In letters dated December 27, Neugebauer asked each of the rating agencies to respond to his inquiries into the matter by January 15 and to turn over a lengthy list of documents concerning bankrupt futures brokerage MF Global.
The subcommittee is also seeking to hold a hearing in the coming weeks on the role of the ratings firms in the MF Global mess, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal first reported about the congressional inquiry.
MF Global filed for bankruptcy on October 31 after it was forced to reveal that it had made a $6.3 billion bet on European sovereign debt, spooking investors and customers.
Downgrades of MF Global’s debt rating by Moody’s to near-junk status on October 24 helped trigger the panic among investors. Moody’s and Fimalac SA’s Fitch Ratings later both downgraded MF Global to junk on October 27.
McGraw-Hill Cos Inc’s S&P, meanwhile, warned of a possible downgrade on October 26, but did not take any rating action until after MF Global filed for bankruptcy.
A few months prior to Moody’s first downgrade of MF Global, the company revealed it had made repurchase-to-maturity trades collateralized with European sovereign debt in the footnote of a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Those transactions allowed MF Global to move its exposure off its balance sheet, even though it faced enormous risk in the event of a default.
That disclosure caught the eye of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which began looking into the matter and along with the SEC ultimately forced MF Global to put up more capital. MF Global disclosed the capital charge on September 1.
Ex-MF Global CFO tapped for Fidelity unit board
In his letters to S&P and Moody’s, Neugebauer asked the rating agencies when they became aware of the repo-to-maturity transactions and whether or not they had any reason to question whether such trades put MF Global at risk.
Spokesmen for S&P and Moody’s both declined to comment on the letters.
It was not immediately clear on Thursday whether or not congressional investigators would also be asking Fitch questions about MF Global. Spokesmen for Fitch did not respond to requests for comment.
Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; additional reporting by Alexandra Alper in Washington and Rachana Khanzode in Bangalore; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick
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Elizabeth Smart kidnapper could face life in prison
James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The homeless street preacher convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart faces a possible life prison term when he is sentenced on Wednesday, during a hearing in which Smart was expected to address him directly.
Elizabeth Smart talks to the media after Brian David Mitchell, a homeless street preacher, was found guilty of kidnapping then teenager Smart in June 2002, outside federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, in this December 10, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Michael Brandy/Files
Ed Smart has told Reuters his daughter, now 23, considers it important to confront Brian David Mitchell in open court before he is sent to prison for her June 5, 2002 kidnapping and nine-month ordeal, a sensational crime that gripped much of America.
Mitchell, 57, was found guilty by a federal court jury in December of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
“We are hoping that he does receive a life sentence because the last thing we want to do is hear about another girl that he has hurt like he did Elizabeth,” Ed Smart said.
Mitchell’s estranged wife, Wanda Barzee, was sentenced in May 2010 to a 15-year prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping.
Smart, 14 when Mitchell took her at knifepoint from her upscale Salt Lake City home, testified during the self-styled prophet’s six-week trial in federal court but did not directly address him.
Mitchell was ejected from the courtroom daily, including during Smart’s testimony, for disrupting the proceedings with loud singing.
Smart returned to Utah two weeks ago after completing a mission in Paris for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons.
Smart’s terrifying abduction in the middle of the night from the bed she shared with her sister made international headlines, and a nine-month search for the missing teen was covered exhaustively on U.S. news programs.
In dramatic testimony, Smart told the court Mitchell woke her up with a knife to her throat and marched her into the foothills above Salt Lake City, where he pronounced her his wife, then raped her in a make-shift encampment.
She described her time as Mitchell’s captive as “nine months of hell” in which she was at first kept chained by the ankle to a tree and raped nearly every day, often repeatedly, and forced to look at pornography and drink alcohol.
Smart was rescued on March 12, 2003, after passersby spotted her walking with Mitchell and Barzee, on a street in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy.
Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Jerry Norton
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My friend Rich Napier was just 66 when he died last week.
The Richmond native fought a short, but courageous battle against gastric cancer. Diagnosed in April 2017, Rich ultimately made the difficult decision to wind down his business at Napier Signature Homes, an award-winning custom home and remodeling company, to focus on his health and spend more time with his wife.
Over the past 12 years, Rhudy & Co. Strategic Communications had the opportunity to work with Rich on his marketing and public relations campaigns. I met Rich through a fellow communications consultant who said, “This guy is awesome, and he needs PR help.” She was so right.
A fast friendship
In the spring of 2006, Rich and I met, talked and immediately laughed like we would later do many times over the coming years. He always had a smile. We quickly realized that he actually built our house for another family just five years earlier. Months earlier before Rich even knew us, he delivered a set of floor plans to our Realtor as my wife and I contemplated buying his brick Georgian.
Rich initially worked with Rhudy & Co. on a PR campaign for the 2006 Richmond Symphony Designer House that he built as the first-ever brand-new house for the longtime fundraiser. The 7,600-square-feet showplace in Midlothian was arguably Rich’s greatest construction. He was a master builder.
Living the golden rule
When I met Rich in 2006, Rhudy & Co. was working with Ukrop’s Super Markets as its public relations firm. As I learned about Rich’s family business and how his father, Oscar, opened a real estate firm in 1958, I couldn’t help but think about the similarities between the two family-run businesses that also included two brothers. Oscar even owned two grocery stores before getting into real estate.
Both the Ukrop and the Napier families treated others how they’d personally like to be treated. As a family business, we’ve strived to do the same at Rhudy & Co.
In Rich’s own words
In a 2001 news article, Rich said, “I’ve sold some homes that didn’t make money but made people happy. It’s part of the business. It goes back to the work ethic ingrained in us by our father. There’s a lot personal satisfaction in building a home, watching it come out of the ground and serving customers. We’re helping people all the time … changing families and lives.”
Rich demonstrated the golden rule throughout his life: He was honest. He was straightforward. He thought of others first. He always did the right thing. He gave back. He delivered more than promised.
I saw this time and again as I interviewed dozens of Rich’s clients. His customers raved about his integrity and his attention to even the smallest of details. Rich took the time to do things right.
He sweated about where to put electrical outlets to highlight beautiful millwork and why drywall corners should be rounded. As a result, Rich’s home building legacy lives on in some 130 Richmond-area homes, identified with a small marker our firm made for the coat closet. Thanks to Rich's younger brother Jim and Jim's daughter Megan, the family real estate firm continues through Napier Realtors ERA.
As passionate as Rich was about his custom homes and remodels, he was equally as committed to giving back to his industry via volunteer leadership roles and to the Richmond community.
In his late 50s and early 60s, when many people typically dial back in their careers and community, Rich ramped it up. In recent years, he served as president of the Powhatan Rotary Club, where he supported dozens of charities, and helped found Backpacks of Love, a community feeding program for kids in Powhatan, Cumberland and Buckingham Counties. His legacy will live on.
Back in 2001 Rich said, “There are a lot of people that want to take shortcuts. I don’t do it that way. All you can take with you from this world is your reputation.”
And Rich did just that.
Jonathan Rhudy loves to study floor plans, and if he wasn’t running a PR firm he just might be selling real estate or operating a grocery store.
Read more about Rich's amazing life in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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>Heading Off European Arms to China
(The Hill)
Heading Off European Arms to China
by Evan S. Medeiros and Seth G. Jones
On a trip to mend fences with Europe, President Bush highlighted U.S.-European friction when he said at a news conference Feb. 22 in Brussels that there was “deep concern” in the United States about the European Union's plans to lift its arms embargo against China. While the EU's plans have not attracted widespread attention in the United States, the issue has enormous consequences for the future of transatlantic relations.
Although EU officials have stated their willingness to address Washington's long-standing concern that ending the arms embargo would accelerate Chinese military modernization, little progress has been made on resolving the issue in way that is satisfactory to both Americans and Europeans.
One way to move the United States and Europe closer together would be for both sides to now use the arms embargo debate to transform the EU's 1998 code of conduct governing the arms trade into a robust, comprehensive, and legally relevant document. Such a transformation, if fully embraced by the EU, would help address Washington's legitimate concerns about weapons and related technology transfers to the Chinese military. Renovating the code of conduct also provides a mechanism for managing future tensions.
U.S. diplomacy has intensely focused during the past year on persuading EU nations to maintain the current embargo. American diplomats argue that lifting the embargo would send the wrong signal to China about its human-rights record and would help China's defense industry and uniformed military at precisely the time that both are poised to make major advances in their capabilities. Some European military-equipment and dual-use technologies could uniquely assist Chinese military modernization, offering qualitatively better niche capabilities than Russian or Israeli arms.
But the current U.S. strategy overlooks the embargo's major limitation — it is too weak to stem military trade with China even today. Since 1989, only a handful of the EU's 25 member states have stated their interpretation of the arms ban, and even then they have been vague. Under most interpretations, the embargo covers only “major weapons platforms” such as aircraft or naval vessels and “lethal items” such as machine guns and missiles. It does not cover weapons subsystems or militarily relevant dual-use items such as advanced machine tools.
As a result, EU nations have sold militarily significant goods to the Chinese military under the embargo. The engines for China's new Song-class diesel submarine and its newest 054-class frigates are reportedly German and French, respectively. In the late 1990s, the United Kingdom sold China sets of naval aviation radars and France sold Crotale ship-to-air missiles and launchers. European nations have also supplied China's defense industry with advanced production equipment.
The EU's 1998 current code of conduct has not functioned as an effective backup mechanism to the embargo because it is not legally binding, comprehensive in scope or transparent. In addition, its reporting requirements are weak and inconsistent.
Given the EU's emerging strategic partnership with China, such militarily relevant trade is likely to grow in scope and value, regardless of the existence of the embargo. According to EU data, under both the embargo and the code of conduct the value of licenses for weapons exports actually increased from 54 million euros in 2001 to more than 400 million euros in 2003.
American policymakers need to broaden their negotiating efforts with the EU. Such efforts should include at least three steps to improve the code of conduct.
The first is to improve the code's legal standing and enforcement mechanism, as advocated in a recent European Parliament report by Raul Romeva Rueda. This should include transforming the code of conduct into an EU common position and then enforcing it with corresponding export-control legislation in member states. Absent the existing embargo, these steps would help to reestablish a norm against military-related exports to China.
The second step is to expand the code's scope to include specific military equipment and technologies. If the arms embargo is lifted, European governments and defense firms are not likely to sell weapons or platforms directly to China. Rather, the most serious U.S. concern should be the export of subsystems and related equipment and technologies for missiles, stealth systems, satellites, command and control capabilities, naval platforms and military aircraft. The United States and Europe should agree on a list of prohibited weapons and technologies in these areas.
A third step is to standardize the code of conduct's reporting requirements and increase transparency of arms sales to China. EU countries should provide data for each recipient country on the number of licenses issued, the value of licenses issued, the value of arms exports and the number of license refusals. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute notes that France and Germany do not provide data on the value of arms exports and the Netherlands and Portugal do not submit data on the value of licenses issued.
The costs of failing to manage the arms-embargo issue are significant and rising. Lifting the embargo without a viable code of conduct will likely provoke a backlash in the U.S. Congress, as noted in a Republican Policy Committee report headed by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl. European firms that sell sensitive military-use technology or weapons systems to China may be prohibited from participating in defense-related programs with the United States.
More important, failing to manage the arms embargo will hurt political efforts to rebuild the transatlantic relationship. In the aftermath of the Iraq war, transatlantic relations are at one of their lowest points in 60 years. As Bush noted in his recent inaugural address: “All that we seek to achieve in the world requires that America and Europe remain close partners.” Resolving the emerging crisis over the EU arms embargo is critical to sustaining that vision.
Medeiros and Jones are political scientists at the Rand Corporation.
This commentary originally appeared in The Hill on March 2, 2005. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.
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House measure would overturn right for witnesses to bar cameras
House measure would overturn right for witnesses to bar cameras 11/17/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee in…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee in early November voted to repeal the House’s rule that allows subpoenaed witnesses to request that cameras and microphones be removed from public hearings.
The committee voted 7-2 to sent the resolution to the full House, which could vote on the issue in mid-November.
Barbara Cochran, president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, called the committee’s vote “a tremendous victory for radio and television journalists” as well as “a public victory since most Americans rely on the broadcast media as their primary source of information.”
The rule’s origin can be traced back to 1957, when William Sherwood, a cancer researcher, committed suicide two days before he was to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. According to The Washington Post, Sherwood wrote in his suicide note that “he had a ‘fierce resentment of being televised’ and was about to be ‘assassinated by publicity.'”
After the House was sued by Sherwood’s widow, then-speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) granted subpoenaed witnesses the right to exclude cameras. The rule was formalized in 1970.
Although it is rarely invoked, the rule was used in October by relatives and friends of Charlie Trie in the investigation of possible 1996 campaign finance abuses.
Several House Democrats say repealing the privilege would be “dangerous.”
In a statement before the Rules Committee, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) said “If passed, the changes of the rules of the House of Representatives would trample on the rights of individuals and, in an extreme instance, potentially lead to someone’s death.” (H.R. 301)
House votes to rescind rule giving witnesses camera veto
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Privacy bill would criminalize cellular phone eavesdropping
Bill would create pilot program for federal trial camera coverage
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