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__label__cc	0.731763	0.268237	Home » Debunking Myths About Emerging Markets Equities Debunking Myths About Emerging Markets Equities Few asset classes have garnered more attention over the past fifteen years than emerging markets. The asset class rose from relative obscurity in the 1980s and 1990s to become one of the trendiest, highest flying areas of the market in the early 2000s only to collapse back to earth in subsequent years. While emerging markets equities may well deserve a place in client portfolios, some of the most commonly cited reasons to own emerging markets do not hold up to empirical evidence. Myth One – Emerging markets are attractive due to higher than average GDP growth rates. Academics have researched the correlations between high GDP growth and equity returns in great depth, and the results are surprising. In 2002, three London Business School professors released an outstanding book entitled Triumph of the Optimists. One of the themes of the book is that there is effectively no correlation at all between a country’s high growth rate and its equity returns. In fact, the correlation is virtually zero. Furthermore, the real returns of the lowest growth countries are virtually even with the returns of the highest countries over the past 45 years. There may be excellent reasons to invest in emerging markets, but higher GDP growth is not one of them. Myth Two – Emerging market equities offer superior risk, return and diversification benefits. Source: Morningstar and Monticello Associates As the following graph illustrates, U.S. stocks and emerging markets had almost identical returns over the 30-year period since EM’s inception in 1988. However, when a measure of risk (volatility) is incorporated in the right-hand axis, the risk in EM has been almost 70% higher. Thus, to generate approximately the same return investors have had to commit to much greater volatility. Another factor investors consider when investing in developing countries is the diversification benefit. When emerging markets were launched in 1988 their correlation to U.S. stocks could often be under 50%, which is advantageous. However, over the past fifteen years the correlation between the MSCI EM and the S&P 500 has averaged 70%. In an overall portfolio, there isn’t a large diversification benefit from owning an asset class with a 70% correlation to the S&P 500, especially one with 70% higher volatility. Myth Three – Emerging markets offer investors much greater inefficiencies and, consequently, an easier road to outperformance. Many investors are attracted to emerging markets equities due to their perceived inefficiencies. The index is large and the dissemination of information among investors is not nearly as tight and pervasive as it is in the developed world. Consequently, emerging markets must provide tremendous opportunities for stock pickers or fundamental based investors. However, the data seems to suggest that the opposite may be true. As the graph above shows, the median EM manager trails the MSCI EM Index for all time periods shown from ten to twenty years. Additionally, the spread between the twenty-fifth percentile and the seventy-fifth percentile of funds is less than two percent. In the case of emerging markets, not only does the average manager tend to under-perform, but the spread between the best and the worst performers is tight. Thus, there is a lower probability of selecting individual managers that outperform, and if managers do generate outperformance, it will likely be by a small amount. Myth Four – Emerging market equities offer investors compelling opportunities to capitalize on investment fundamentals. Source: Bloomberg and Monticello Associates While the underlying fundamentals play an important role over the long term, we have observed that macroeconomic and technical factors can dominate returns in the short to medium term. As you’ll note in the graph below, there is an inverse relationship between the U.S. dollar and EM equities. Significantly, there has not been a single sustained period in history since the inception of the MSCI EM when emerging market equities have outperformed in a strong dollar environment. In addition to the U.S. dollar direction, emerging market equities seem to be greatly influenced by U.S. retail investor mutual fund cash flows. It’s important to remember that in almost all emerging markets there is a distinct lack of a domestic investing class. Consequently, that leaves developing countries enormously vulnerable to the cash flow decisions of foreign investors. Starting in 1996, every single sharp drawdown in emerging market equities has been accompanied by selling by foreign investors. The relationship between EM mutual fund cash flows and investment performance at times is so strong that it’s led us to believe that emerging market equity performance can be much more technical in nature, i.e. dependent on fund flows, than fundamental, i.e. the growth in a company’s earnings per share. Multi-nationals in emerging markets — a better alternative? While institutional investors were denied the opportunity to invest broadly in emerging markets until 1988, individual western companies have been building their businesses in the developing world for over one hundred years. Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever, all well-known multi-national companies, share an extensive history in virtually every corner of the developing world and these companies now receive more than 50% of their sales from emerging markets, effectively rendering them as de facto emerging market companies. All three companies show considerable outperformance when compared to the MSCI EM Index. Colgate’s return is almost 40x, while Nestlé and Unilever have returned close to 25x. The MSCI EM Index has had credible performance during this period, returning almost 11% and producing a cumulative return of almost 10x. Investor’s often overlook investing in something as sleepy as Colgate-Palmolive – after all finding the next hot company in Burkina Faso is much more exciting. However, it’s difficult to deny that compounding shareholder returns at 11% – 15% for almost forty years is compelling, and it’s led to substantial cumulative returns. We are certainly not writing to recommend that investors shed themselves of emerging market holdings at this point in time. That decision would be too easy. Flows out of EM funds were dramatic last year and the U.S. Dollar has displayed unprecedented strength in the past eighteen months, appreciating against virtually every currency in the EM world. As discussed, EM equities are enormously vulnerable to these two macro trends and, having suffered through a rough patch of performance, you’d have to think the dollar will eventually reverse its course and fund flows will once again become positive. While we are not certain of the timing of these dynamics, we are certain they will happen, as they’ve never not happened, and investors will once again see out-sized returns. Instead, we believe investors should focus on owning the right type of emerging market equities. The reason that Colgate, Nestlé, and Unilever have performed so well for such a long-time is that they are consumer product companies capitalizing upon opening new markets, which are dependent upon per capita income growth. It is our opinion that easily the greatest strength of the developing world is rising annual incomes. It is stunningly powerful and should continue for decades in its determined march upward. The demographic advantages present in emerging markets are massive and will provide investors with substantial opportunities over the next three decades. Utilizing an approach that combines multi-national American and European companies with emerging market managers capitalizing upon these local consumer trends makes sense. While the history of emerging markets has been modestly disappointing, it hasn’t been a failure and now, certainly, is not the right time to exit. Additionally, the performance of large multi-national companies benefiting from their presence in the developing world has been spectacular – the blueprint for success is clearly there. Passive Investing Portfolio Spending in a Low Return Environment	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24751
__label__wiki	0.654175	0.654175	Where did Neanderthals come from? The NY Times Science section explains: Q. Where did Neanderthals come from? A. Most scientists think that Neanderthals probably evolved in Europe from African ancestors. The consensus now is that modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor in Africa about 700,000 years ago. The ancestors of Neanderthals left Africa first, expanding to the Near East and then to Europe and Central Asia. DNA extracted from a 430,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton found in Spain, reported in the journal Nature in 2016, is believed to be the oldest human DNA ever studied. Modern humans emerged in Africa about 200,000 years ago and remained there until roughly 70,000 years ago, when they too began venturing into other parts of the world. Recent genetic studies have concluded that modern humans and Neanderthals met up again in Europe — and interbred. As a result, the genes of all living non-Africans are roughly 1 percent Neanderthal. Our cousins went extinct about 40,000 years ago. The facts are consistent with current thinking, but the terminology is wrong. Neanderthals are called "human", while Africans are called "modern humans". There is no good reason for calling Africans any more modern than Neanderthals. On the contrary, Neanderthal appears to have been more advanced. If your genes are 1% Neanderthal, then Neanderthals are your ancestors, not your cousins, and they did not go extinct. Billions of their descendants live today. I think that the NY Times uses this terminology because it is owned and operated by white-haters who wish to put down those of European ancestry at every opportunity. They look forward to the day when they can say that white Europeans are just cousins that went extinct. I know that sounds goofy, but you tell me why a well-edited newspaper would say that someone was an ancestor in one sentence, and then an extinct cousin in the next. It doesn't make any sense, except to try to give the impression that Europeans were irrelevant and inferior to Africans. Here is another NY Times article with a political angle on race and science: Sickle cell anemia was first described in 1910 and was quickly labeled a “black” disease. At a time when many people were preoccupied with an imagined racial hierarchy, with whites on top, the disease was cited as evidence that people of African descent were inferior. But what of white people who presented with sickle cell anemia? ... Professor Yudell belongs to a growing chorus of scholars and researchers who argue that in science at least, we need to push past the race concept and, where possible, scrap it entirely. Professor Yudell and others contend that instead of talking about race, we should talk about ancestry (which, unlike “race,” refers to one’s genetic heritage, not innate qualities); or the specific gene variants that, like the sickle cell trait, affect disease risk; or environmental factors like poverty or diet that affect some groups more than others. This reminds me of the campaign to replace the name GRIDS with AIDS, because science had proven that it was not a gay disease. Now, 30 years later, it is as much a gay disease as it ever was. The campaign was political. The article makes distinctions that don't make any sense. It distinguishes between ancestry and race by saying that ancestry refers to genetic heritage while race refers to innate qualities. No, this is just nutty. Ancestry and race are both innate, and both being just different ways of expressing the same genetic heritage. I understand that physicians could have been misled by racial generalizations in the past, but the article examples do not back that up. Consider the case of kidney disease. Scientists have found that African-Americans fare worse than whites when it comes to this illness. The assumption had long been that some environmental factor explained the difference. But in recent years, scientists have linked certain variants of a gene called APOL1 to worse kidney-related outcomes. Those variants are enriched in people of African ancestry. Girish N. Nadkarni, a kidney specialist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, explained to me that scientists think this may be because those variants protect against the sleeping sickness endemic to some parts of Africa. In other words, the scientists using race were completely correct. Anti-race propagandists tried to convince them race was not the issue, but when new DNA evidence became available, it turned out that race was the issue exactly as the earlier scientists had suspected. Not everyone agrees that it is possible or even desirable to completely scrap the race concept. ... Science seeks to categorize nature, to sort it into discrete groupings to better understand it. ... The problem is, the concept is imprecise. ... Now, at a time when we desperately need ways to come together, there are scientists — intellectual descendants of the very people who helped give us the race concept — who want to retire it. Notice the reluctance to use races in the above article on Neanderthals, even when the science requires it. It says "all living non-Africans" when it really means all those not belonging to the negro race. The South Africa whites have the Neanderthal genes. For more criticism, see Prof. Jerry Coyne. Labels: evolution, race, research White Genocide professor resigns Violence decline is just a scaling effect Allowing judges to dictate choice of school Brainwashed college girl cannot accept mom's facts... Human capability peaked before 1975 Possible backlash against MeTooism MeTooism is intolerant of distinctions Many states considering shared parenting Webster's words of the year Mueller blinded the FBI to terror threats Porn novelist complains about porn Half of all rape accusations are false Fired for being a skeptic IQ correlated with disorders Expand the travel ban The witch-hunt complaints get weirder Aesop's fable trumps the facts Inevitability of legal prostitution Charlottesville officials created the chaos Scared of medical diagnostic tests Sexual harassment is purely subjective Spinelessness and contempt for democracy Four world maps	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24754
__label__cc	0.55286	0.44714	You Can See No Reason Because There Are No Reasons: What Reason Do You Need to Be Shown? [Part 2/10] Posted by agapeeditions on July 9, 2019 July 12, 2019 This is Part II of an essay by Fox Frazier-Foley (read Part I here), which will appear in coming weeks on the Agape blog in serial format. The essay reflects on a mass shooting that took place in Frazier-Foley’s hometown in 2009, resulting in the deaths of 14 people. The event slipped quickly from collective memory and is rarely mentioned in contemporary cultural conversations about American gun violence. Frazier-Foley interrogates that rapid erasure, examining its relationship to other aspects of American cruelty, including our treatment of immigrants and of the mentally ill, rhetorical aggression and partisan apathy, and recreational consumption of violence and grief via news media portrayal. During the moments that I drove into Binghamton on the morning of April 3, all 14 people who were going to die inside the ACA building that day were already gone—but no one outside of the building knew that yet. My parents called me while I was still on the road, asking me to come straight to their house. A state of emergency had been declared; downtown and the West Side were swarming with reporters from out of town; as other people called and texted me with conflicting details, it seemed that no one really knew exactly what was going on, besides the fact that there was an active shooter in the vicinity. As I pulled into the driveway of my parents’ home, nestled in the scenic hills of the South Side, my phone buzzed with a text from my childhood best friend. Jessie was the daughter of a prominent local undertaker, and a large portion of our shared childhood had been spent playing in her father’s funeral homes. Although we were both rule-followers for the most part, we were verbally disciplined several times in elementary school for frightening the other children with stories about the conversations we’d held with ghosts. Jessie and I had recently reconnected in Manhattan, discovering that for years we’d been living only a few blocks apart. Now, her text message read, “I just saw a headline on Perez—what is going ON there??” “I don’t really know—I think a guy with a gun is holding a building hostage downtown? We saw a SWAT team on our way in. I just got to my folks’ house.” “Stay safe.” “Thanks,” I texted back, then put my phone in my bag and went inside to be with my family, whom I imagined were pretty shaken up. I was shaken up, myself, and I didn’t even live here anymore. By mid-afternoon, local news outlets began to confirm deaths to the public; a waxing gibbous moon appeared in the sky, which was still mostly overcast but not yet darkening into evening. And then, for several hours, the city seemed to fall bizarrely silent. The memory of that heavy quiet unnerves me even today. I am not alone in this aspect of memory: several people who contacted me after reading the first installment of this piece—who were also from Binghamton, or had lived there for a time—made unsolicited comments about the silence after the shooting. They used words like “strange,” “heavy,” and “heartbreaking.” I wonder if by “strange,” they mean the same sense of the surreal that I felt—as though I were moving underwater on an unfamiliar planet. Perhaps more keenly than sadness or shock, though, I felt fear. This was probably at the core of my motivation for avoiding the West Side that day, after texting Jessie back and turning off my phone. I considered taking flowers to leave outside the ACA, or lighting a candle, but I did not do those things. I didn’t avoid the West Side because I feared a gunman. Rather, I feared that this heavy quiet meant we were in the eye of some kind of metaphysical storm—that high emotions in reaction to the shooting, combined with alcohol imbibed as coping mechanism, would render further violence. I have never tried to articulate this out loud, because I am not sure I can admit it without sounding more dramatic than I would like, but the truth is that I felt that something evil had been unleashed in Binghamton and that—whatever it was—it was thick and deep and viscous, and there was no way that it would be done with us so soon. Located diagonally across a four-way intersection from the ACA, Fitzie’s was doing solid business on April 3rd. Regulars had been ducking police tape to come in all day long and get their day-drunk whiskey fix. Fitzie’s is a shell of a former strip club, converted into what is arguably the divest of dive bars inside Binghamton city limits. Over the course of at least a decade, it garnered a reputation as a locale for Binghamton’s underbelly, mingling recreational sex, drugs, and violence in a semi-public bubble fueled by all the Irish whiskey you’d like to order. This ignominious éclat has rendered the bar a more marketable establishment than you might expect. Whereas similar spaces rely on signage to advertise their brand and attract patrons, Fitzie’s has only a crudely painted Irish flag as a marker for the entrance. The man who had been my high school sweetheart—and who would, five years later, become my husband—was tending bar at Fitzie’s on the day of the shooting. I asked him, once, whether he remembered the silence of that day the same way I remember it. “People were pretty freaked out,” he said, and half-shrugged. “I remember the bar was packed. People didn’t stay home because of [the shooting], or anything. But I also don’t remember there being any fights that whole day. And I mean, that’s at Fitzie’s. So.” The implication was that a day without altercations among the regulars at Fitzie’s was a form of unusual quiet. I’ve been to Fitzie’s a few times; he’s not wrong. When I try to talk about the silence of that day, however, I don’t mean to imply that no one spoke. More particularly, I don’t mean to imply that no one said utterly heinous things while speaking from a place of fear and rage. They absolutely did—and no one ever really talks about that now. People were so traumatized in the days that immediately followed the shooting, though, that I think there’s some sort of tacit acknowledgment among Binghamtonians that many said things they didn’t mean, or wish they could take back. In some ways, it almost feels like an act of betrayal to discuss these things in a public essay. Because people said nice things, too. Of course they did. They praised the ACA and its work. They rallied around grief-stricken families and loved ones of the deceased, who were dealing with unfathomable loss. They mourned for the lives taken, in violence, before their natural time; they remembered, aloud, the special gifts and endearing qualities of those who had been taken from our community. Of course they did. But—I think especially with the way the sociocultural landscape of America looks, ten years later—it’s important to try to parse some of the more horrifying reactions that people gave in front of me, personally. It’s painful, but I think it also reveals frightening, divisive impulses that have been at work for a long time in our culture, and that have likely colored the way we respond to many things, including senseless acts of large-scale violence. Which may help explain the national reaction (or, ultimately, lack thereof). For example, a woman who had been a friend of mine for decades told me, in a conversational tone on the morning after the shooting, that the violence that had transpired at the ACA was the “fault” of “the white women” who had been gunned down during the shooting. She had never met any of the women in question, but described their whiteness as “symbolic” of the oppressive side of Binghamton’s culture. She felt, at least in the moments that we spoke of it that morning, that their presence had attracted the shooter to target the ACA. I remember pointing out that there were plenty of white women all over town, and that most of them probably better exemplified oppressive whiteness than the teacher, or the caseworker—an immigrant herself, born in a refugee camp—both of whom had dedicated their lives to service of others, via their work at the ACA. The man who was sitting with us nodded and said—in a tone that suggested he was agreeing with me—that there were surely more white people in the area who deserved the same fate. The people making these statements were both white; I can only imagine that they must have been trying to come to terms with their own feelings of guilt when they blamed murder victims for having been murdered. That evening, in a bar, I heard someone else I knew say that this was one more example of why we shouldn’t “put up” immigrants in “our town”—we bring them in, we let them stay here, he said, and then they try to kill us all. We should run them out of town, he said, before they get the chance to kill any more of us “real” Americans. I remember pointing out that many immigrants are also ‘real’ Americans. There’s a whole process for it, I said. It’s called naturalization. They have to take a citizenship exam, on American history and civics, stuff like that. My best friend in college became a naturalized citizen when we were sophomores. She moved here when she was five years old. She knows more about America than you do. I remember him rolling his eyes at me. But also, I said, the guy who shot up the place mainly shot other immigrants, in a place designed for immigrants to gather. If you mean that only you and your friends are ‘real’ Americans, then what you’re saying doesn’t really make any sense, anyway, because he wasn’t coming for you or your friends. In both of these exchanges, my words were met with long, baleful stares, and then more silence. Eventually, in both situations, the other parties responded something to the effect of, “I’ll just let you have this one,” in tones that suggested they were contemptuously indulging me—letting me get away with some sort of transgression because of our foundational friendships, respectively. I wish I could say that I’d had some sort of forceful, illuminating responses—pressing the issues, not letting things go, making people apologize for saying awful things. I’ve thought many times of the intelligent, well-developed, articulate, erudite repudiations I could offer, today, of those hateful statements. But the truth is, after I gave the responses I’ve already described, I just sat there, staring back at them silently, until they looked away and “just let me have this one.” I remember trying to hide how bewildered and shaken I felt—how at a loss, wondering what was happening inside of their brains to produce such vicious, violent language. Afterwards, I reminded myself that everyone was extremely upset, and probably afraid. That people say and do awful things sometimes when they are upset or afraid. I flashed to a childhood memory of being outside during a rainstorm, seeing ants tackle and stand on top of each other in a puddle—desperate to survive, willing to kill their kin in order to keep breathing. The sort of rhetoric I’ve just recounted was along the lines of what I had both feared and expected on the afternoon of April 3rd. When people are reminded of how cruel and violent the world is, and how little control they have over anything that happens in it, they often—we often—become deeply angry, in response to the terror that stems from our vulnerability. It is a gutting kind of loneliness. In Binghamton, however, my surprise was largely in reaction to hearing these kinds of words from these people—people I had known for much of my life, whom I liked and respected. I remember the sensation was as though I’d broken through the surface of that surreal, alien ocean I’d felt trapped under. As I looked around, expecting to recognize my surroundings, nothing quite made sense. I had feared soapboxes, megaphones, and gathering mobs; but when I heard people say these sorts of hateful things in the days that followed the shooting, it was all uttered in near-whispers. They spoke as though they were afraid of the sounds of their own voices. I remember thinking that if we knew ourselves well, our conversations might provide us comfort and familiarity as we experienced the surreal aura of shared shock. But if we had been lying to ourselves about who we really were, our voices would be rendered uncanny to us now. And perhaps that is really why I felt unnerved—so much of what I had considered familiar had been suddenly and very starkly rendered unfamiliar, and it caught me off-guard because it was all so insidiously quiet. It was disarming. You think you were raised in the sleepiest of semi-rural towns, and one day someone kills 14 people, a few minutes away from your childhood home. You think you know and love decent human beings, and then you hear them suggesting that we all go out and kill strangers, or drive them out of town, based upon their skin color or where they were born. And there’s no reason for any of it. What I’m trying to say is that I think we were, as a town, blindsided by the shooting in some less obvious ways—ways that are hard to talk about, because we want to honor and emphasize the good in ourselves, our neighbors, and our town. We want to focus on commemorating the victims, rather than on judgment and infighting amongst ourselves that would seem to only further divide a damaged community. We want desperately to heal. And I do not think that Binghamton, as a community, has been able to fully heal. The shooting and its aftermath made me realize that I did not understand Binghamton as well as I had thought I did. I’ve never felt at home here, but I thought I had a pretty thorough understanding of the town and the people in it. Hearing people speak in such ways made me realize that I did not know my friends, or this place, nearly as well as I had thought I did. And those ugly revelations combined to make me question whether I knew myself as well as I wanted to, or could bear to. While I struggled to look into the hearts of my erstwhile neighbors—and, indeed, into my own deepest selves—the world looked away. I would be reminded of this, in particular, six years later: while the Fitzie’s bartender and I were living in California as a married couple, the San Bernardino shooting transpired at the Inland Regional Center. My husband, due to unlikely circumstances, happened to be in that general vicinity on the day of that shooting. The San Bernardino shooting and the Binghamton shooting share several striking qualities: 14 people were killed at a government-funded, non-profit center intended to assist and help provide for a vulnerable and underserved demographic of people. But on December 2, 2015, I watched America respond very differently than it had on April 3, 2009. Fox Frazier-Foley created Agape Editions. She currently lives in the country, where she walks on the earth and in the water. All photo credits for this essay (unless otherwise noted): Fox Frazier-Foley Previous Post You Can See No Reason Because There Are No Reasons: What Reason Do You Need to Be Shown? [Part 1/10]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24756
__label__cc	0.685434	0.314566	Translation Across Disciplines Research Blog for Liberal Arts 6ABLLIB3 Translation Across Disciplines Visit the main King's site Communication 18-19 Communication Group A 18-19 Communication Group B 18-19 Communication Group C 18-19 Communication Group D 18-19 Conflict 18-19 Conflict Group A 18-19 Conflict Group B 18-19 Conflict Group C 18-19 Conflict Group D 18-19 Document 18-19 Document Group A 18-19 Document Group B 18-19 Document Group C 18-19 Document Group D 18-19 Fragmentation 18-19 Fragmentation Group A 18-19 Fragmentation Group B 18-19 Fragmentation Group C 18-19 Fragmentation Group D 18-19 Uncertainty 18-19 Uncertainty Group A 18-19 Uncertainty Group B 18-19 Uncertainty Group C 18-19 Uncertainty Group D 18-19 (Uncategorized) Category Archives: Fragmentation Group B 18-19 Interdisciplinary lessons and teamwork skills Posted on 25 March 2019 by Victor Chaix To have worked on our TAD project – interlacing art, sexuality, and theories on perception – has taught me quite a few lessons on interdisciplinarity. These three domains, indeed, are by essence interdisciplinary by the fact that they intertwine cultural history, theology, sociology, but also psychology and the cognitive sciences; an accurate picture of the perception of sexuality in art at a certain time and place necessarily requiring an engagement with all and in-between all of these disciplinary fields. This interdisciplinary requirement did not go without issues, to say the least: for a five minute presentation, we had to condense all of this varied material in a few disciplinarily intertwined ideas. This may be the biggest challenge of an interdisciplinary study and a Liberal Arts analysis in general – the one of juggling with this tsunami of information and having the eye to only select and keep the essential ideas or illustrations for your overall argument. This in turn, of course, pre-requires structure, focus and an understanding of what precisely is aimed to be argued. On another note, to have worked with a group on that task was also deeply enriching. To the trans-disciplinarity of our study was, in a challenging way, added the trans-subjective perspectives that we each had on art (how to analyze it), sexuality (the extent of its freedom) and spectatorial subjectivity (is it absolutely relative or moderately relative in relation to a specific culture?). This invited us to open our minds, be flexible and make concessions – to put into question what previously seemed evident to us. This is a crucial vulnerability to accept, as in the working world, conceptual and intellectual diversity and adversity will always prevail and challenge our preconceptions. The ultimate difficulty of working as a group, quite obviously, was also to coordinate, organize, and autonomously fulfill our self-made tasks and deadlines. We had to work as a team in making choices and thereafter make a plan as to how and when to get to certain goals. For instance, when we decided that we each had to find a particular case study at the beginning of the semester, before the next time we would meet. In this, the use of social media was very useful – WhatsApp, with its ability to mention specific members of the group or reply directly to messages (as well as send images, voice messages, documents) was a great tool with which we can undeniably work on a group project later on in the professional area. It was also a place in which questions could be asked and brainstormings could be made, without the necessity to meet in persons. In conclusion, by interlacing teamwork with interdisciplinarity, this final Liberal Arts module clearly taught us two vital skills to use in professional life, both within the scope of our undergraduate teaching and extra to it, within the scope of social and organizational life. Posted in Fragmentation Group B 18-19 \| Leave a Reply Final Reflection Posted on 24 March 2019 by Laura Del Alisal Today we had our last meeting before the final rehearsal and presentation tomorrow. Since our last meeting with Rosa, we finalised our shared Google Docs and had daily communication about updates/feedback/changes. We decided to meet over the weekend because we wanted to check out the room and also time ourselves to make sure we were meeting the 20 minutes time limit. We also did some final remarks on each other’s parts and worked on perfecting a coherent narrative. Tomorrow we will practice for a last time with our visuals. After being almost done, I realised that this project has given me the chance to improve on several skills. First, team work. I was very reticent about working with a group of people that I didn’t know and probably would have very different interests and personalities. However, even though this was true (we all have different interests), we managed to find a topic that we all found fascinating and motivated us to work. I found, at some times, we all wanted to take the project through a specific path that connected with us personally, but our meetings with Rosa helped us to find a common ground for our ideas. I basically learned that being flexible to feedback and other perspective can be surprisingly helpful and productive! Nevertheless, I found that there can be a dichotomy between students between those who are concerned with “deep learning” (studying for personal knowledge and development) and those who preoccupy about “surface learning” (concerned with progression through the course to get a good final certification). I would definitely consider myself a member of the deep learners, but I realised that I need to learn from the other methodology because, after all, formal academic education does care about the knowledge you acquire… but they appreciate a student following set procedures and deadlines and following the progression of the course step-by-step. This is extremely hard for me because I work in peaks of energy and can read and write for 12 hours in a day, but I find it hard to work just 1 hour in a day for 12 weeks. However, the project made me realise that I should work on this in order to be able to meet procedures if needed. Secondly, regarding interdisciplinary research: I have been very interested about critical theory (which deals with philosophical, political, social, etc. issues) and its effects on history, and this project allowed me to explore it in quite depth. Furthermore, I learned to be more nuanced and critical about assumptions and it showed me that working consistently, over time, on a project and being flexible about the paths it takes can open up opportunities that are even more interesting that the first one I conceived. When I read my first entry on the blog, I can see my progress from that one-dimensional case-study filled with assumptions, too straight-forward and basic, and not interdisciplinary enough. I really feel that the final result is nuanced, critical, and interdisciplinary. I think the presentation does justice to Ways of Seeing… and that is a big thing to say! Finally, even though the blog was a bit glitchy at times and it created some confusion, I think it’s a great idea to have a place to post your findings and where you have useful information about your research and progress so you can go back to it – and get feedback. I think I will take this idea to create a blog for myself and write summaries of the readings I do and write updates about the projects I am working on to organise it all in the same place. In conclusion, the project was quite useful to improve some skills and learn things about myself identifying things to improve further. It also was surprisingly productive to work with a group of people I didn’t know, and I learned how to be interdisciplinarily nuanced. I also wanted to leave a final thought about perception in my particular case-study of The Garden of Earthly Delights. Since I have been dealing with this paintings for weeks (I believe months even), I was curious to find the perception that my friends got of it. So, I posted a poll on Instagram asking them first, if they saw sexuality (95% said yes) and, secondly, if they got positive or negative vibes. These were the results (32 participants) : It was extremely divided almost by half and half by the people that got positive vibes and the people that saw it negatively. Interesting!! Preliminary Plan of Presentation This is the plan and backbone, for the moment, of our presentation for next Monday: Title – Ways of Seeing: fragmented perceptions of sexuality in art through the ages -> Start from Berger’s idea – what he says and what we do with it (let him introduce the work) -> Perception is inherently fragmented in both subject and context (expanding on his argument) —> Sexuality in particular: basic fact of human life, but governed by religious and moral codes -> makes it particularly apt to be artistically represented in a fragmented manner (perception) 3 Objects: representative of their particular time and context -> Contemporary Instagram as a concluding, contextualizing thought Why these? – go well with Berger’s ideas of Nudity, Mystification and Reproduction (they exemplify them) -> It’s also that they provide diversity: extra-European example of Japanese Shunga art (beyond Berger); at the end an example of contemporary representation insta of sexuality will also be provided —> Provides a fragmented approach Then – jump strait to the case study -> touch beyond history – psychology, cognition -> ideas and concepts that are beyond Berger’s Ways of Seeing —> These ideas as a side note, to be eventually discussed during questions Conclusion – present time internet -> decentralization in space – static images that travel around the word -> active engagement of the audience with works -> making money on digital reproduction —> Speaks to critical theory, gender studies Dress up? To decide at the end OUTLINE IDEA FOR THE PRESENTATION The fragmentary nature of perception: perception of sexuality in artistic representation is inherently fragmented due to the subjective reception of spectators Why sexuality Why these objects (across time and space) Possible perceptions in their time How sexuality was lived in each of the periods Can we really perceive like them? Critique os sexuality as a modern construction Monopolisation of art by the elite Imposition of “meaning” Possible perceptions now Mystification and commodity fetishism create passive audiences that don’t really engage with the material. Search for authorial intent? Doesn’t make sense to look for authorial intent or a “true” meaning when so little is known of the author or the work. “Death of the author is birth of the audience” – important to break with mystification and authority’s imposition of meaning. Opportunities thanks to current material conditions Public galleries + mechanical reproduction + the internet Usefulness of the democratic praxis Active spectatorship as antidote for alienation Fragmentation is constructive for the ways of seeing. I have combined Ways of Seeing with ideas from other critical theorists to give it more dimensions. I think we can explain our case-studies simultaneously in each point, so we can cover all the mains points of Ways of Seeing for each of the objects and show that the ideas are somewhat universal because they can be extrapolated to other examples of art through time and space. This might be too long for 20 minutes. Ways of Seeing Sexuality in The Garden of Earthly Delights (Final thoughts) Introduction: Why sexuality? Sexuality was and is experienced by all human beings in all times and spaces, but civilisations and cultures have viewed it in very different way throughout times and the artistic representation of those cultures show this. For example, ancient Greeks used sexuality as a central topic of their religion and their art; later, sexuality was taboo for medieval Europeans due to the expansion of Judeo-Christian values (and this was, again, expressed in their art); meanwhile, Japanese art of the Edo period portrayed a vision of sexuality that was erotic and harmonious. Our project explores this and, therefore, makes two main assumptions: first, that sexuality is common for all human beings and, second, that perceptions of sexuality and its representation in time is fluid and changes throughout time and space. This is an analysis based on historical materialism, or the idea that the material (structural) reality of a certain period conditions its culture, how people create and perceive. However, a couple of questions arises from this straightforward material analysis, which are: if a work of art is particular to a time period, why does it connect with people beyond its era? What is the value of the work of art beyond its example of material culture of a time period? This is where our project comes in. Parting from Ways of Seeing as a theoretical framework, we expand on the idea that sexuality in art was perceived differently through time and space, and connect it with the value it has for nowadays. In this sense, we explain that perception is subjective to the spectator as well as to the historical period, and that the practice of interacting actively with art from the past can be means for individual and social liberation. Critiques on the notion of Sexuality According to our friend Foucault, sexuality as a cohesive action separated from other social relations is a modern notion brought to us by the European elite. According to him, ‘all this garrulous attention which has us in a stew over sexuality, is it not motivated by one basic concern: to ensure population, to reproduce labor capacity, to perpetuate the form of social relations: in short, to constitute a sexuality that is economically useful and politically conservative?’ (Foucault, 37). He argues that the creation is specifically European because the European tradition of views of sex from Christianity is very different to the ones of antiquity or other parts of the globe, such as Asia. The cultures outside Christianity commonly ‘endowed themselves with an ars erotica. In the erotic art, truth is drawn from pleasure itself, understood as a practice and accumulated as experience; pleasure is not considered in relation to an absolute law of the permitted and the forbidden, nor by reference to a criterion of utility, but first and foremost in relation to itself; it is experienced as pleasure, evaluated in terms of its intensity, its specific quality, its duration, its reverberations in the body and the soul‘ (60). As we can see, sexuality for these cultures is nothing separate from their bodies and souls or social relations, but part of them and their everyday life. It had representation, because it was something people did (like eating) but it didn’t have a moral value accompanying them (if you think about it, there is not a concept such as sexuality for eating – and every human does it with different tastes and for different reasons). In Europe, since the Middle Ages, sexuality was interpreted by the act of confession and the ‘receptor valued how much sin you had made’ (67). In other words, sex becomes sexuality because it is valued under the label of “sin” and compare to virtues. For Foucault, this is problematic because it’s obviously an imposition from the elite (authority) to control the common people. He explains that ‘the cycle of prohibition: thou shalt not go near, thou shalt not touch, thou shalt not consume, thou shalt not experience pleasure, thou shalt not speak, thou shalt not show thyself; ultimately thou shalt not exist, except in darkness and secrecy. To deal with sex, power employs nothing more than a law of prohibition. Its objective: that sex renounce itself. Its instrument: the threat of a punishment that is nothing other than the suppression of sex. Renounce yourself or suffer the penalty of being suppressed; do not appear if you do not want to disappear. Your existence will be maintained only at the cost of your nullification. Power constrains sex only through a taboo that plays on the alternative between two nonexistences’ (84). Indeed, ‘power is essentially what dictates its law to sex. Which means first of all that sex is placed by power in a binary system: licit and illicit, permitted and forbidden.[..] The pure form of power resides in the function of the legislator; and its mode of action with regard to sex is of a juridicodiscursive character’ (83). After all, ‘in Western societies since the Middle Ages, the exercise of power has always been formulated in terms of law’ (87). So, maybe, to analyse something in terms of sexuality is to already be an accomplice of a discourse of power directed from the elite to the common people. Sexuality in The Garden of Earthly Delights We know little of the author of the painting, Hieronymus Bosch, and the painting itself. What we know is that the author was successful and painted for the Brussels elite (aristocrats), who were the representatives of the orthodox culture of that moment (Vergara, web). We also know that the triptych was painting in the last decade of the 15th century to be part of the personal collection of the Prince of Orange-Nassau, and decorated his palace in Brussels. This is incredibly uncommon, because triptychs had been objects reserved for churches, more specifically altars. This can probably tell us about the first steps of a secularisation process art was going through in that specific time, a time when medieval tradition and new Renaissance ideas coexisted in the higher classes of Northern European cultures. The fact that it was the aristocracy and not the church automatically gave more room for creativity and allowed Bosch to explore themes outside the sacred scripture (even though the triptych undoubtedly is based on the Bible). The left of the triptych, the presentation of Eve, has strong religious significance but it’s accompanied with dream-like symbolism and representations of non-canonical Gospels (the Parables of Jesus). Indeed, this drifts away from the Catholic orthodoxy that had dominated the higher sphere for centuries until that time. We must remember the last decades of the 15th century and first decades of the 16th century were the times when Martin Luther and Protestantism gained momentum. The panel, presents nudes as they are typically represented in European oil painting: static and passive. Yet, it is quite strange to find representations of this particular scene, and we have very few examples of it in Art History (Vergara, web). Moving on to the second panel, we find the vivid representation of sexuality in a fantastic environment. ‘From 1200s, hybrid monsters and strange creatures peer out from bestiaries and the margins of illuminated manuscripts, influencing thereafter fantasy art’ (Art Book, 136), but it was still uncommon to find this kind of representation in a triptych; ‘utterly unconventional, it deviates substantially from the mainstream Netherlandish art of the time’ (Art Book, 136). It is a confusing scene that breaks with established order or composition hierarchy, and there is no specific focus. Art historians have found this panel extremely hard to interpret in regards to the authorial intent, as we know little of the author and the meaning is not explicitly detailed. In fact, Bosch didn’t even sign the work, but there is little doubt that it could be someone’s else. In terms of sexuality as theme of the panel, ‘medievalist have argued that there was no term like “sexualitas” that corresponds to the modern one, no unified field of discourse. Medieval people, the argument goes, had sex, but they did not have sexuality, which is not just a series of sex acts but a category of human experience, a discourse about the body and what we do with it, a way of constructing meaning around behaviour. [Nevertheless] medieval people certainly had discourses of the flesh and of desire’ (Karras, 279). According to Katherine Harvey, ‘while Christian ideals indeed influenced medieval attitudes to sex, they were rather more complex than contemporary prejudices suggest. Christian beliefs interacted with medieval medical theories to help shape some surprising and sophisticated ideas about sex, and a wide variety of different sexual practices’ (Harvey, web). Furthermore, medieval approaches to sexuality were characterised by variety’ (Karras, 281), especially because the time period lasts for centuries and it covers all of Europe, so many cultures coexist under the term. What is the role of sin then? ‘Much has been made of the medieval tendency to interpret disease as a product of sexual sin. Too much. In fact, the medieval tendency to see disease as sexual sin was not solely based on moral judgments – there were also strong medical elements. According to medieval understandings of the body, based on the system of the four humours (blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile), these men’s behaviour presented problems. The humours system derived from the idea that health was based on an equilibrium of the humours, and illness the product of imbalance. Humours were balanced, and good health maintained, through the expulsion of various bodily fluids, including semen. Regular sexual intercourse was thus part of a healthy life for most men, but moderation was key.’ (Harvey, web). More importantly, however, ‘the relationship between the behavioural expectations enunciated by the norms that society imposed to govern human activities and the recalcitrant realities of human conduct’ is evident. After all, no matter if sex is consider sinful, people won’t stop having urges because of it. Nevertheless, ‘in the study of sexuality, historians have to be even more careful than in other areas not to project their own attitudes onto the period of study. Sexuality is something about which many people in the modern world care deeply. […] In particular we must beware of the modern notion that sex is ideally an act of mutual pleasure involving two active partners, a two-way street’ (Karras, 280). It can be strange for us to see an image of sexuality with multiple bodies, and we can extrapolate our own feeling of strangeness into the painting to attribute a “true meaning”. However, as we argue, true meanings don’t necessarily exist in art, so interpretation is more important. ‘The earliest surviving response to The Garden of Earthly Delights dates from 1517, when Antonio de Beatis – secretary to the Cardinal of Aragon – encountered it in the palace of the Nassau Counts in Belgium. This palace was a political hub of the Netherlands, and regularly hosted high profile diplomatic events. The painting was enthusiastically received by its distinguished audience’ (Art Book, 137). A bit more history about the property of the panel also tells us that it belonged to the aristocracy until 1939, when it was moved from the palace of El Escorial in Madrid (where it was for centuries since it was confiscated by the Spanish aristocracy in 1591) to the current location of El Museo de El Prado (Maroto, web). This means that, for centuries, this work of art was physically monopolised by the elite, so the wider audience did not actually engage with it and perceive it in any way. However, those privileged enough to have seen the work probably parted from the ideas of sex mentioned above. So, sexuality in the first panel is representative of the European nude: passive and static. Sexuality in the second panel challenges this notion and presents a multitude of bodies having pleasure (note that Eden in Hebrew means pleasure). What about the last panel of Hell? Could there be any sexuality represented in it? Well, according to historian Vern L. Bullough, masochism was a common sexual practice in the Middle Ages. ‘Quite obviously there are many elements in medieval society which emphasize both the importance of suffering and the need to give punishment. […] Although asceticism is not, in and of itself, necessarily masochistic, there is a line between the physical and mental training necessary to achieve greater self-control and sado-masochistic pleasure, between self-denial and self-punishment, but it is not always clear what that line is. Some of the early Christian ascetics seem to have crossed that line and, if one is to believe the descriptions of Palladius, that line was crossed often’. Does authorial intent matter in the interpretation of the work? Evidently, knowing about the context of a work of art nowadays influences how we interpret it. However, we have to bear in mind that the people who engaged with the work in its period were probably not worried about the authorial intent, as at that time the author was really not relevant (one of the reasons why they didn’t sign their pieces), at least not as relevant was the person that commissioned the painting. In addition, it is difficult to assume a specific meaning or authorial intent in a painting of that period, as the knowledge of it is entirely fragmented because we don’t have records and we don’t live in their historical context – so we can’t perceive as they did. Even art historians are not clear about which artistic current corresponds to Bosch’s paintings. For example, Dr Alexandra Harris argues that ‘Bosch’s pale figures belong to the international gothic‘ (Harris, web) while Encyclopedia Britannica attributes Bosch’s work to the Late Gothic Flemish movement because ‘it shows individual decisions by the painter to portray the extreme and bizarre’, and other historians argue that he is currently a Northern Renaissance painter. Susie Nash problematises the pontentially conflicting terminology of (“Norther Renaissance”, “Late Gothic”, “International Gothic”) which is often employed to ‘describe fourteenth-, fifteenth- and sixteenth-century art and architecture in the north.’ These terms suggest artificial fissures that disrupt continuities and can be easily interpreted as conflicting – while they are not. So, even by assuming that Bosch’s belongs to one of this categories, we can imply a meaning to his work which is not really true nor relevant for our particular way of seeing. It can actually be a distraction. Furthermore, the monopolisation of art by the authorities have led people to believe that they should know everything about the context of a painting in order to engage with it. And even though knowing the context is necessary for historians that are studying the material culture of a time and place, it is really not necessary for a general public. In fact, even for historians knowledge and attributions of meaning can change through time depending on the research. For example, many art historians argue that Bosch was clearly portraying the actual world in the second panel, because they assume that it is what happened in the Bible after the creation of the original sin, and makes sense with the subsequent panel of Hell. However, other historians that have studied versions of the Bible have found that there is a sequence in the Bible after the creation of Adam and Eve which imagines the world as if the original sin was never conceived. Basically, it describes a lost paradise in which humanity could have enjoyed pleasures for eternity if Adam and Eve had not become sinful. Vergara (web) believes that this is the possible authorial intent of Bosch, since he was obviously an artist with creative freedom that didn’t depend directly on the church. Obviously, what you know about the Bible can severely affect your interpretation of the work, if you are looking for a real intention. Another example of how knowledge about an art work changes, and so does authorial intent change with it is the fact that in 1951, German art historian Wilhelm Fraenger published a book titled The Millenium of Hieronymus Bosch, which was widely influential for Bosch students in the following decades. The book tried to prove that ‘Bosch’s symbols probably came from the secret, proverbial, heretical language of certain fifteenth century millennial sects, who heretically believed that, if evil could be overcome, it was possible to build a heaven on Earth’ (Berger, 36). This helped to see the triptych as an inherently positive message because, after all, it was the authorial intent. Nevertheless, Fraenger’s work is nowadays very much contested, especially because it is now known that Bosch was in fact part of a secret Christian organisation called The Brotherhood of Our Lady, which was actually very much orthodox. All the archives and information accumulated by the organisation became public in 2004 and historians currently have access to it. And so, the “real” meaning of the painting is now believed to be more moralising that utopic, due to Bosch’s religious orthodoxy. This last weekend, I had a conversation with a friend about the painting and asked her what was her way of seeing it, without caring about authorial intent. She told me that for her the painting was definitely a moral cautionary tale for people to avoid sin. Of course, she (as me) had taken a higher level of Art History in our last year of high school, and we had studied Bosch in detail. She knew (as I did) that the interpretation of the moralising tale was the one that had a wider acceptance by art historians. She also knew that in Bosch’s artistic production, the theme of sin came up over and over, somewhat obsessively. The Haywain Triptych is another of Bosch’s paintings found in El Prado museum. It is an explicit tale of the consequences of greed, one of the seven cardinal sins. The metaphor of avarice and accumulation of hay appears in the Bible, so there is really not many interpretations about this triptych. The Table of the Seven Deadly Sins is also a work found in El Prado attributed to Bosch (also not signed). As the title tells, it shows seven scenes that represent each of the capital sins. Bosch’s representation of The Last Judgement (presented in this triptych as subsequent to the acquisition of the original sin) , is undoubtedly apocalyptic and it follows the description of Luke’s and Matthew’s books of the New Testament which explains that the people corrupted by sin will suffer the consequences of their acts. This representation of suffering is very similar to the panel of Hell in The Garden of Earthly delights, so it can be extrapolated that they both share the same meaning. So, of course my friend could not separate her knowledge to her way of seeing, but she also was very much affected by the mystification and search of a “true” meaning imposed by the author. However, I think that the value of the work is both what it can tell us about the past but, more important, how we can use it in the present. For example, in his essay of Bosch, Berger uses The Garden of Earthly delights as a metaphor for greed under the capitalist system. In the panel of Hell, he sees the consequences of this greed: suffering, elimination of the landless and homeless, totalitarianism… Usefulness of the work now This brings us my last question of this post: what is the usefulness of looking at sexuality in The Garden of Earthly Delights nowadays? Our bodies it what connect us to the rest of the tangible world. Our bodies can, therefore, be the key to the ultimate utopia: a world in which everything is pleasurable. However, we still have material conditions that make this enjoyment impossible, we don’t have freedom in many ways to enjoy our bodies. Like Berger implied in his Bosch essay, the horrors of the modern world can create the opposite, our bodies can become a battleground of torture and suffering. For example, being killed by hunger or lack of refuge or wars or for protesting for better conditions, being raped or abused for our personal conditions, or even suffering for having to work every day for 9 hours and living under stress. This is why I like to see The Garden of the Earthly Delights as a dialectical conversation between pure connection with our bodies in a completely innocent way – where not even nakedness is seen as something out of the ordinary (represented by the left panel), and a situation were our bodies are literally instrument for torturing us (represented in the right panel). 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Ways of Seeing Art – through Critical Theory In the following post I will use other sources of Critical Theory (from Marx to Ranciere, among others) to construct more dimensions into our project, and it will be useful for our three case-studies. Specifically, to follow our thesis that perception of sexuality in artistic representation is inherently fragmented due to the subjective reception of spectators, I deal with the ideas of spectatorship, authorial intent, commodity fetishism, and democratic praxis. My peers can continue from this research to develop their own case-studies, although I recommend expanding this reading list. SPECTATORSHIP In his 1967 well-known treatise The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord introduced the critical theory of Spectacle, in which people living in modern consumer societies had an automatically passive approach to life. Completely alienated from our work production and turned into machines to watch and consume, ‘the more [we] contemplate, the less [we] live’ (Debord, 23). As mentioned in my previous post, Berger’s Ways of Seeing was a way to break with this passive engagement, this passive interpretation of viewing, specifically in art. In other works, Ways of Seeing is a method to avoid The Society of the Spectacle (much as Debord’s movement of the Situationist International, which were in favour of active approaches to every day living). In The Emancipated Spectator (2008), Jacques Ranciere comes back to this idea in a direct and goal-oriented way. His book seeks to be a final call for the emancipation of the spectator, to the awakening of a passive audience. He calls it emancipation, because it’s an active movement towards freedom, specifically ‘intellectual’ freedom. Ranciere points out that a passive spectatorship automatically generates a dichotomy of knowledge: the ones that create and are active are the ones that know about the work of art; and the ones that are passive are the ones that don’t know, and so they are alienated. But he emphasises that viewing can also be active, if we ‘if we interpret, compare, link what we see to other things we have seen, experienced, dreamed in other places. There are distant spectators and active interpreters (Ranciere, 13). If the audience is active, that dichotomy of knowledge mentioned before radically changes because ‘a work is not transmission of the artist’s knowledge or inspiration to the spectator. It is a third thing whose meaning is not owned by no one. […]’ (Ranciere, 15) and, therefore, interpreting spectators can apply their own knowledge into the work, just as Berger implies in Ways of Seeing. In other words, the separation between viewer and art work needs to be trascended because the idea of interpretation is more important for active engagement than authorial intent (we will go back to this idea in the next section). However, perception, as we argue, is inherently fragmented because it depends on subjective reception from each spectator. So, interpretations depend on the individual. Phenomenology is a branch of philosophy which deals with this idea of personal perception. Famous thinkers of this current are Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and others. ‘Literally, phenomenology is the study of “phenomena”: appearances of things, or things as they appear in our experience, or the ways we experience things, thus the meanings things have in our experience.’ (Stanford Education, web). Therefore, Ways of Seeing could be interpreted under this scope, as Berger undoubtedly shares this idea that art interpretation depends on the way we experience it. This is also related to the concept of qualia, defined to be individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin meaning “of what sort” or “of what kind” in a specific instance like “what it is like to taste a specific apple, this particular apple now”. Furthermore, psychology has also explored the subjectivity in perception. The subjective character of experience is a term in psychology and the philosophy of mind denoting that all subjective phenomena are associated with a single point of view (the individual). The term was coined by Thomas Nagel in his paper “What Is it Like to Be a Bat?” Subjective character of experience implies that the perception of all things, concepts, and “truths” in the universe differs between individuals: we all live in different worlds, each of which may have things in common, because of our unique perspectives on our worlds. The only thing to which one can hold oneself is something one has experienced or perceived. The paper basically explains that bats have their own way of perceiving and therefore their own way of experience that humans would have a hard time comprehending, and this is obviously due to their physical characteristics and their environments. ‘Our own experience provides the basic material for our imagination, whose range is therefore limited’ (Nagel, 439) so even though we might have all the information about a certain thing (for example, how bats perceive) we can’t experience what they do. Same even if we have all the information about something past, we can’t experience it again and so our perception of their material culture is necessarily different than theirs. There is also scientific research that supports this inherent fragmentation of perception depending on experience. In Cultural Effects on Visual Perception, Masuda summarises the scientific empirical work done in the recent decades that shows that culture and human psychological processes are considered to mutually influence one another. He argues that ‘mainstream psychology has generally assumed that psychological processes are universal and that the main role of psychology is to investigate these universal aspects of human beings. Visual perception, attention, and even visual illusion have, therefore, been understood mainly in terms of the underlying optical mechanisms and characteristics of visual information hardwired in the human brain and shared by human beings in general’ (1); however, this is proven wrong by the inter-cultural work cited by Masuda. For example, he explains the experiments on visual perception given to people of different cultures and they responded differently (despite of race and gender). As mentioned in my previous post, this is one of the main theses (if not the main) of Ways of Seeing, and my case-study is a clear example of this, especially the main panel. Depending on how we see it, we can interpret even opposite meanings. I will develop this further in a final post about my particular case-study. AUTHORIAL INTENT While thinking about the project and the argument that perception of art is inherently fragmented because it depends on the subjective interpretation of the viewer, an obvious question was, what is the role of authorial intent then? To what extent is meaning decided upon a piece of art? If only the perception of the spectator matters and it’s value for the present, worrying about the context of the piece necessarily generates a negative mystification? A theory that is in favour of disregarding the authorial intent when engaging with a work of art is the famous Death of the Author, first developed by Roland Barthes is his 1967 essay of that title. The essay focused on literary analysis and criticism, and he famously argued that the ‘text belongs to its audience, not the author’. Traditionally, criticism focused (in all the arts) in authorial intent until the critical theory of the 1960s, of which Barthes’ is representative. From Barthes on, however, critical theorists shifts the focus to the work in itself, and especially the relationship between the piece and the audience – not, as it was before, the author and the audience. According to Barthes, focusing on the author has no value because the ‘the author is a modern figure, produced no doubt by our society insofar as, at the end of the middle ages, with English empiricism, French rationalism and the personal faith of the Reformation, it discovered the prestige of the individual, or, to put it more nobly, of the “human person” […] the image of literature to be found in contemporary culture is tyrannically centered on the author, his person, his history, his tastes, his passions’ (Barthes, 2). In other words, the author was a construction and imposed by the elite to set a fixed meaning to their works of art. As he summarises, ‘once the Author is gone, the claim to “decipher” a text becomes quite useless. To give an Author to a text is to impose upon that text a stop clause, to furnish it with a final signification, to close the writing’ (Barthes, 5). In pages 28 and 29 of Ways of Seeing, Berger specifically explains how the elite has monopolised art and its meanings until the era of mechanical reproduction and concludes that ‘art, with its unique undiminished authority, justifies most other forms of authority, that art makes inequality seem noble and hierarchies seem thrilling’ (29); therefore, allowing authority to control art is dangerous not only because it causes passive spectators, but also because it creates a complacent and controlled society. Barthes also thinks that the author has been treated as a God, and the meaning it gave to his/her work was treated as final and fixed because it was surrounded of an aura of secrecy and the only active relation the audience could have with the work is to unpack this secret (even though it was implicit that they would never been able, because it was a divine creation). This is also what Berger calls “mystification” in Ways of Seeing. Furthermore, as Berger (and Debord and Ranciere), Barthes believes that a free audience that engages actively with the works of art is the audience necessary to create a better society and individuals: ‘the birth of the reader must be ransomed by the death of the Author’ (Barthes, 6). Foucault famously expanded Barthes work outside Literature to other types of production. He focuses again on the role that the work in itself has, outside of the context of its creation, ‘the work, which once had the duty of providing immortality, now possesses the right to kill, to be the author’s murderer’ (Foucault, 1). He explains that, contrary to historical believe since the Renaissance, ‘the author is not an indefinite source of significations that fill a work; the author does not precede the works; he is a certain functional principle by which, in our culture, one limits, excludes, and chooses; in short, by which one impedes the free circulation, the free manipulation, the free composition, decomposition, and recomposition of fiction’ (Foucault,14). According to him, hence, the author is an ideological figure and people assign meaning to a work for who made it instead of what is really present in that work. But, if we kill the author, should we kill the historical context of the work as well? After all, we have established that for Berger and the critical theorists of the 1960s, the most important thing of a work of art was the value it had for the public in the present moment. I think that this is important to highlight: the value of context depends entirely on the reason of approaching the piece. For example, it is very different if we aim to engage with art as audience than if we want to approach a piece of material culture to understand a specific period, and both of these are compatible. For instance, Berger obviously emphasises on the Ways of Seeing that are useful for our personal and social development in the present, but he also understands the value the pieces had in its time and why they were made like that. This is noticeable when he talks about oil paintings in the third essay of Ways of Seeing (83-112). So, if we approach a work as an starting point to talk about a period, then it’s important to know about the context and even the author but if we just want to experience art and live it now, with its value for the present then it is really not necessary. In conclusion, I think that the idea of death of the author can help us break with imposed meanings from historical authorities, and make us engaged freely with art while finding use for it in our present moment for us as individuals and as society. Furthermore, for the art historian or the person that seeks to analyse a work of art for its value as proof of material culture, understanding that meaning changes depending on the material conditions of the audience’s time period can help them understand that they also have to deal with the ways that the audience of that specific period engaged with their culture (Who had access to this art? What did they perceive? What was their value? How does it compare to the value now?). COMMODITY FETISHISM So far I have explored spectatorship and how it challenges authorial intent when engaging with art works. In addition to this, in order to understand the shift in the interpretation of art, we must address (at least briefly) commodity fetishism. After all, art works nowadays (and since, as Berger shows in Ways of Seeing, the advent of capitalism and the invention oil painting) are seen as high-level commodities rather than public objects. Before, following Berger’s ideas and the cited critical theories, I argued that art works should be analysed according to the value it has for the individual and society. I realise that the term value is quite ambivalent, especially when dealing with art, because it can be read as monetary value – even though I meant more pragmatic and intellectual value. This is exactly what commodity fetishism is: the perception that what it is involved in the production of an object are not social relationships, but economic relationships of market exchange. Karl Marx was critical of this view of objects as mere inter-exchange because each work (artistic or not) was the result of social relations and the active production of a human being. For Marx, seeing objects created by humans as mere commodities was alienating, because it was against our social nature as producers. Indeed, seeing art as mere objects that represent monetary value is completely alienating for us, because we can fail in seeing a real connection with our society. For this reason, commodity fetishism is very much connected with the wider debate of artistic perception. Art works are not commodities (the belief that they are is also why originals are mystified according to Berger), but part of humanity’s heritage and a language to connect people throughout time and space. In his essay, Revolutionary Undoing, Berger explains that ‘art historians with a social or Marxist formation have interpreted the art of the past in terms of class ideology. […] It now appears that in the later stages of capitalism this has ceased to be generally true. Art is treated as a commodity whose meaning lies only in its rarity value and in its functional value as a stimulant of sensations’. So, commodity fetishism can also occupy the functional value of stimulation. Precisely for this reason, it is important to engage actively with art and see it as a public right which’s value is that it stimulates our intellect as individuals in a society. DEMOCRATIC PRAXIS In the end, we can conclude that Berger’s thesis in Ways of Seeing and these works of critical theories is that art should be more accessible for common people. If perception of art is fragmented because it depends on subjectivity, and any imposition of a true and unique meaning is just authoritarian and aims to create a passive audience (and society), then freedom of interpretation and engagement is the productive intellectual value that can create better individuals and societies. This is what I refer to as democratic praxis. In his essay, The Author as Producer, Walter Benjamin (one of the references for Berger in Ways of Seeing) proposes that ‘when it examined a work of art, materialist criticism was accustomed to ask how that work stood in relation to the social relationships of production of its time. [But what if instead of asking] how does a literary work stand in relation to the relationships of production of a period, [we ask] how does it stand in them?’. By this, he meant to explore the technique of the work rather than the context around it, sort of a first step of what Barthes and Foucault would propose later on about the Death of the Author. However, I think that the question should be: how does the work stand today? So, we should examine how our perceptions can create value for that piece of art nowadays. This way, we will democratise art in its final stance and we will de-mystify the works and finally separate their meaning to the elites and authority. We will stop seeing art as commodities that don’t belong to us, and start seeing it as part of our personal and social heritage. Berger, along with the critical theorists mentioned, had the ultimate goal to fight against alienation and create a more active public. As Marx first stated in his Theses on Feuerbach, the most important political turn of modern time is a democratic (from below) praxis, a stop to contemplation and a start of active practice. Of course, this must come both from the individual but also from society, because ‘human nature is not inherent in its individual, in reality it is the ensemble of the social relations’. In fact, just by having social relations and engaging in this kind of activities as a group we are being active, because ‘all social life is essentially practical’. The conclusion, then, is still the same: we have for too long only interpreted the world, and the point is to change it. Engaging with our cultural heritage active is one of the first steps to do this. Barthes, Roland. Death of the Author, 1967. <http://www.tbook.constantvzw.org/wp-content/death_authorbarthes.pdf>. Benjamin, Walter. The Author as Producer, Verso, 1966. <https://yaleunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Walter_Benjamin_-_The_Author_as_Producer.pdf>. Berger, John. ‘Revolutionary Undoing’ from 1969, in Landscapes, Verso, 2016. Berger, John. Ways of Seeing, Penguin Books, 1973. Debord, Guy. The Society of the Spectacle. New York Zone Books, 1994. Foucault, Michel. What is an Author?, 1969. <http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/HarasztosAgnes/Foucault_WhatIsAnAuthor.pdf> Marx, Karl. Theses on Feuerbach, 1845. <https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm>. Masuda, Takahiko. Cultural Effects on Visual Perception, 2009. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299611215_Cultural_Effects_on_Visual_Perception>. Nagel, Thomas. ‘What Is It Like to Be a Bat?’ The Philosophical Review, vol. 83, no. 4, 1974, pp. 435-450. Ranciere, Jacques. ‘The Emancipated Spectator’, in The Emancipated Spectator, trans. by Gregory Elliott. Verso, 2009, pp. 1-23. Stanford Education. Phenomenology. <https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/>. The Value of Ways of Seeing as Our Theoretical Framework Before my next post (which seeks to develop our research through other ideas in critical theory) I would like to make a clarification about the value of Ways of Seeing as the main theoretical framework for our study. Berger affirmed in Ways of Seeing that ‘we see these paintings as nobody saw them before’, he meant our specific material conditions of our time period allow us to experience (to “see” in the widest sense) art in a unique way, as these conditions are different to all historical periods before. Nowadays, art has the most democratic diffusion in history: mechanical reproduction, free galleries and museums, public education and, of course, the internet, create this condition. Before, probably only the elite could access paintings, and even when they were accessible to a wider public (for example, it was originally set in a public space) the fact that elite commissioned and paid for this art meant it was accompanied to a meaning imposed from these elites. In Ways of Seeing, Berger argues that we now have the conditions to break with historically imposed meanings from the elite, to stop with art mystification and start seeing art as humanity’s heritage and enjoyable and useful for every single individual, and society as a whole. Furthermore, Berger encourages everyone to experience art through their own perspective and individual way of seeing. In this sense, he implies that experience of a work of art (or of art in general) is related to other experiences of life. This is why our historical material conditions are so important, but also our personal experiences and knowledge. As he points out, ‘the way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. In the Middle Ages when people believed in the physical existence of Hell, the sight of fire must have meant something very different of what it means today. Nevertheless their idea of Hell owed a lot to the sight of fire consuming and ashes remaining – as well as to their experience of the pain of burns’ (8). I can’t help to relate this sentence to my case-study. Indeed, the third panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights is a lively and disturbing representation of Hell. How different that representation could have been interpreted in a period were Hell was a physical possibility to now, when we often think of it as a philosophical idea rather than a place. Imagine believing THIS is exactly what awaits in the after-life. Experience of art according to Berger is so subjective that even ‘the meaning of a painting can be changed according to what you see beside it or what comes after it’. Again, in my case-study, interpretation of the main panel changes completely if you see it alone, or beside the Hell panel. In addition, if you use it as an illustration for a text about sex-positivity, it would have a very different meaning than if you use it as an illustration for a text about lust as sin. ‘Lust allows a soul unable to confront the reality of life with a brief escape. Indulge in lust, and all of life’s troubles and worries disappear for a moment – only to reappear again unchanged, and with one’s soul in a state of peril. Indulging in lust of any kind has a kind of hollowing-out effect on the soul – it sells the person out for all they are worth, simply in order to feel good for a little while.’ (Source: https://www.catholicgentleman.net) ‘If everything goes well and sex is natural and flowing it is a beautiful experience because you can have a glimpse of the second through it. If sex goes really very deep, so that you forget yourself completely in it, you can even have a glimpse of the third through it. And if sex becomes a total orgasmic experience, there are rare moments when you can even have a glimpse of the fourth, the turiya, the beyond, through it.’ (Source: Osho, Talking Tao) Indeed, this can be related to Berger’s claim that ‘reproduction makes works of art ambiguous’, since this separation of the panels is only possible due to modern forms of reproduction of the images, since the triptych itself always presented three consecutive and inseparable panels. Nevertheless, the most interesting idea I take from this is that ‘we never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves. Our vision is continually active’ (9), we are continually participating in art just by viewing and interpreting. And, certainly, this connects to our central argument that the perception of sexuality in art is inherently fragmented because it depend’s on the viewer subjective experience. In my following post, I will expand on spectatorship and the role of authorial intent in our ways of seeing by looking at critical theories about the topic. Furthermore, I will deal with the perception of sexuality in my particular case-study by referring to critical scholarship as well, and always inside the theoretical framework of Ways of Seeing. Posted in Fragmentation Group B 18-19, Uncategorized \| Leave a Reply A Summary of Last Discussion Posted on 7 March 2019 by Yifan Liu After our last meeting with Rosa, we decided our topic would be ‘The Ways of Seeing Sexuality in Art from Antiquity to Modernity,’ and our thesis would be that the perception of sexuality in artistic representation is inherently fragmented due to the subjective reception of spectators. Our approach is object-based, and our content is divided into three single case studies ranging from classical sculpture to medieval Spanish panel painting to renaissance Japanese art. Each case study selects the most dominant and representative genre and artwork at the time. We will incorporate John Berger’s book The Ways of Seeing as our framework to examine each individual case. We aim to analyze the motif of nudity in accordance with cultural aesthetics and spectatorship. Posted in Fragmentation Group B 18-19 \| 1 Reply A Bergerian analysis of Utamakura Posted on 5 March 2019 by Victor Chaix In Berger’s view, artworks can only truly be understood and interpreted through their socio-historical context, which implies that to analyse a work of art one has to put himself in the shoes of the spectator at the time and place. What is needed is thus primordially a historical contextualization, even if drawing more universal ideas about artistic representation is as much important. Three Bergerian ideas can be interesting in analyzing the Shunga work of Utamakura: spectatorship bias, devaluation of copy and the female nude. In John Berger’s view, ‘what we see is always influenced by a multitude of assumptions we hold about such things as beauty, form, class, taste, and gender’. In the same way, spectatorship of Kitagawa Utamaro’s Utamakura was influenced by a certain aesthetic of beauty – that of explicit nudity, sexual idealization, and, most interestingly, mutual pleasure; both man an woman enjoying their sexual intercourse as can be seen with their smiles and the fact that the woman character bits the cheek of her partner. Despite a strictly patriarchal society, this can be explained by an absence of judo-christian moral on female corruption (no equivalent shinto or buddhist myth of the original sin), but maybe also more simply, I would say, due to a stronger erotic effect of representation woman sexual pleasure – erotic arousal was at the basis of Shunga art and one of its objective. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s essay 1936 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, John Berger argues that the aura of a work of art is devalued by mechanical reproduction. This applies well to Utamakura, or “Poem of the pillow”, which was part of a 12-pages printed illustrated book. Published in 1788, this book was thus copied multiple times and became, as for the book, a rather elitist object, and as one sole drawing itself, a more popular and democratized art work. This necessarily de-sacralized the initial drawing and transformed it to mere “copies”, even if in Japan there might have not been such a fetishism for the pure, “initial”, and original object. In Berger’s view, ‘ways of looking at art have been utterly changed by the development of mechanical means of producing and reproducing images’; this is the case for post-industrial and capitalistic Europe, but also certainly the case for Edo period Japan, in which ukiyo-e and shunga woodblock painting flourished in massively copying the initial woodblock inscription, becoming ‘commercial products’. Finally, however, the idea Bergerian idea of the passive female nude is questioned and challenged by Utamakura and shunga art in general, as the woman is most often portrayed as an active agent of her sexuality – in Utamakura as in others, the woman is portrayed as independent and assertive more than as an ‘object to please their male-oriented audience’. Pleasing the audience was for sure a goal of the painting, but this was not done so by the objectification of woman and its subordination of man – in fact, it sometimes appear to be that the man itself is submitted to giving pleasure to woman, as in famous Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s shunga painting of a woman having a sexual relation and seemingly deep pleasure with an octopus. Woman and her sexual pleasure may have been seen at the centre of sexual intercourse by spectators at the time. In this way, John Berger’s analytical limit comes out through the study of Japanese Shunga art: he did not pay attention to extra-European and non-western artworks for his observations. In Japanese artworks, and eventually in various non-European ones, nakedness never seem ‘supine’ in a European way. While Berger’s achievement was to start a process of deeply questioning art works, I myself will attempt to question his spatio-temporal limitations and eventually marxist assumptions (as to mechanistic copying, which isn’t necessarily de-valutating). Perspective on sexuality is inherently fragmented, and what is important is to always keep in mind the different, sometimes contrary perceptions that a certain public and spectator may have had at the time of the work in regards to us – an outlook which ultimately transforms the piece as it is the spectator, not the author, who truly makes its meaning. Cited: Berger, John, Ways of Seeing, Penguin Books (1973). Posted in Fragmentation Group B 18-19, Uncategorized \| 7 Replies Polykleitos’s Diadoumenos The original victor monument, Diadoumenos by Polykleitos, was cast in bronze and produced around 430 B.C. Although it was melted down long ago, there are still many extant Roman copies and fragments which reveal the beautiful body of a presumably Greek athlete. Polykleitos’s Diadoumenos is ascribed as a victor monument based on its signature movement of fillet-binding, depicting the victor at a crowning ceremony. Victor monuments such as the statues erected at Olympia and elsewhere in the Greek world honoured victorious athletes at the Olympic Games, and were dedicated by admirers, either individuals or states. This statue depicts a youth leaning in a contrapposto gesture against a tree stump with his head adorned with a fillet (band) presented after a victory in an athletic contest. This copy presents a faithful rendition of the bronze original, and most of this sculpture is intact except for two missing hands. Diadoumenos, Polykleitos, ca. 100 BC, Delos, Greece. National Archaeological Museum, Athens Most victor statues at Olympia were nude to highlight their physical prowess and qualities of strength, endurance, and courage. This contrasted with other athletic pursuits like charioteering, and set the victors apart and above everyday spectators. The fully naked body of Diadoumenos fully expressed Polykleitos’s appreciation of the standard of beauty described above by accentuating the alluring musculature from every angle. The muscles are infused with the essence of life due to the posture, while the waist is slightly tilted and the left leg moved back to support the body, as he leans in contrapposto. He lifts his arms attempting to tie the fillet around his head, with his well-toned triceps and biceps glistening under the exquisite marble texture. Apollo’s belt on his waist smoothly transitions to his arched back and beneath it lies the firm buttocks desired by contemporary audiences. Forming an effective contrast to the boldly-cut and well-proportioned body are Diadoumenos “gently undulating planes of the cheeks and the dimpled chin.” The softened facial features meet the demand for the ‘youthening of victors,’ and designate him a desirable object of courtship. Additionally, Greeks also emphasised kalokagathia, being both beautiful and morally good. Despite the frontality of his naked body, his head is slightly tilted and his eyes look down as if he is avoiding the charged gaze of the spectators. This parallels Plato’s dialogue Charmides, in which Socrates engages with a handsome boy whose attractiveness is heightened not merely by his features, but by his blushing reaction to Socrates’ admiring gaze. The blush induces the same irresistible virtue of sophrosyne [temperance] while another attractive attribute aidos [natural modesty] of Charmides was later revealed in the story. In this Diadoumenos statue, Polykleitos captures a victor at the crowning ceremony, with his posture triumphant but his gaze modestly deflected, similar to the attributes listed in Charmides. Steiner argues that this gesture of aidos not only symbolises “the modesty appropriate to the moment of divinely-granted good fortune,” but also “from the perspective of the artist, sculptor or viewer of the scene, which further contributes to the adolescent charm and marks him as a potential eromenos.” Andrew Stuart concludes: “a shyness that was homosexually winning.” The material used could also influence the assessment of the statue. The original Diadoumenos was in bronze, and the Roman copy used as an example in this essay is marble, which could induce different effects on audiences’ perceptions. Andrew Stuart explained contemporary audiences viewed bronze as having connotations of strength, resilience, and flexibility due to the myth of bronze men exploited by Homer and Hesiod. Bronze was “the metal from which the race preceding that of the heroes was made, and the metal that the heroic world itself customarily employed for armor, weapons, and utensils,” thus, lending a heroic quality to statues made from this material. Moreover, the gleaming bronze could evoke the burnished, well-oiled bodies of the athletes themselves in the midst of athletic triumph. Marble, however, has a sparkling nature with smooth, symbolic properties. Bodies carved in marble would naturally appear rocklike, hard, and brilliant, making them a “wonder to see” and “dazzling to gaze upon and impressing the mind with its solidarity and strength.” Hence, either medium affects how the statue could be interpreted in terms of contemporary understandings of male beauty and prowess. The display of maleness at baths, gymnasia and athletic competitions rendered bare flesh as a mundane and unremarkable part of daily routines. Still, conventions in Greek art suggest that there were often ulterior meanings and interpretations regarding male nudity on public display. Roger de Piles, J.J. Winkelmann, and Hegel deduced the nudity in Greek art as “a device to elevate man above time, space, particularity, and decay,” as their excellence could be linked to Homeric attributes as “naked heroes retrojected it into Homer’s world; naked athletes presented it in contemporary form.” Following Winkelmann and Hegel, other scholars reject the absolute idealisation of the naked body. John Berger views nudity as “a form of dress.” They perceive nakedness as “the costume being a concrete manifestation of such desirable manly attributes as courage, strength, speed, fitness and so on, all of which ‘naturally’ created a handsome body,” with no superhuman element involved. Despite their disagreement, the desirability of a naked body could not be ignored, as many positive attributes are attached with the physique and the association of heroic nudity. “Nakedness is created by the mind of the beholder,” as Berger states. The suggestive sexual undertones prevalent in art from this period imply that spectators were encouraged to admire the victor and his image, while the visual qualities strongly urged that “one was not to glance at a work but to gaze and to act emotionally and physiologically.” Andrew Stuart distinguished the two polarities in the scopic field: “the glance, which emanates from the self, and the gaze, which issues from the Other.” Since these athletes exercised and competed naked it lured many onlookers and fostered an erotically charged “spectator sport” while the gymnasium, Palaestra, local and Panhellenic contests set the stage. Beauty contests like Euandria and Euexia were also dedicated to the presentation of the male body. Irene Winter proposed the effect that victor monuments would have upon both genders: “for women their subordination to desire and by men; for men, their fusion with authority at the same time as they are subject to it.” Deborah Steiner elaborated on Winter’s ideas and adopted it into the ancient Greek victor monument, while delivering two focal opinions for her argument: “object of desire” and “the engaged mode of spectatorship.”[ “A nude has to be seen as an object to be nude,” Berger identifies the nude as an object and hints with a passive undertone. Indeed, it serves as the object of desire, and “the engaged mode of spectatorship” works on both genders alike. Winter expounded: “for women their subordination to desire and by men.” Thus, the Greek women projected their desires upon the victors: “The women saw your many victories at the seasonal rites of Pallas, and each silently prayed that you could be her dear husband.” Such intense erotic admiration would be detected when the contemporary Greek women gazed upon Diadoumenos, and it is natural for them to assume their relationship with the object. However, the lack of direct female sources from this period means one can only assume female perspectives from mainly male descriptions. Steiner highlights a “hierarchy of desire”, which moves from adult male viewers to immature athletes, to women. However, men’s desires are more complex, “combining narcissistic identification with the body on display together with voyeuristic pleasure that arises from viewing another person as the object of sexual stimulation.”[ As mentioned earlier, the beauty standard of the statue had to fit into the Homeric ideal of heroism, and male audiences could vicariously project themselves into the victory moment, which might then precipitate homoerotic implications. During the ‘youthening of victors’ in the mid-fifth century, the statue-makers deliberately reduced the significance of a realistic representation to conform to the idealised beauty of the ephebes that the Greeks canonised. The ‘youthening of victors’ implied an ulterior method to portray these attractive physiques under an eromenos context, such as the beloved one in a pederasty relationship. Andrew Stewart noted that sculptors aimed “to create a perfect object of male desire ” for the adult male spectators. This victor monument conformed not only to the standards of youthful facial beauty, but the blushing and deflected gaze was also considered attractive, in which coincides with Berger’s “calculated charm.” To conclude, the nudity of Diadoumenos is carefully designed by the sculptor to invoke the sexuality of both genders alike. However, given consideration of the prevalence of pederasty during classical Athens, it inclines to appeal the male viewers. Berger, John. Ways of Seeing, (2008, c1972), London: Penguin Hyde, Walter Woodburn. Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Arts, (1921), Washington: Carnegie Inst. Richter, Gisela M. A. “A Statue of the Diadoumenos.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 28, no. 12 (1933): 214-16. doi:10.2307/3255121. Steiner, Deborah. “Moving Images: Fifth-Century Victory Monuments and the Athlete’s Allure.” Classical Antiquity 17, no. 1 (1998): 123-50. doi:10.2307/25011076. Stuart, Andrew F. Art, desire and the body in ancient Greece, (1996), New York : Cambridge University Press. Winter, Irene J. ‘Sex, Rhetoric, and the Public Monument,’ pp. 11-23. 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__label__wiki	0.982411	0.982411	Commission refers the travel documents conviction of Sleman Shwaish to the Crown Court The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Sleman Shwaish to the Crown Court. Mr Shwaish, who is a Syrian Kurd, arrived at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Turkey in December 2012. When he presented himself at Immigration Control he admitted that he did not have a passport and said he wished to claim asylum in the UK. Mr Shwaish was arrested. Two days later, after receiving legal advice, he pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court to failing to produce an immigration document contrary to section 2(1) and (9) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (the 2004 Act). Mr Shwaish’s asylum claim was based on the fact that he had refused to be conscripted into the Syrian army and as a result was considered a traitor and being sought by the authorities. He was granted asylum with five years’ leave to remain in the UK in April 2013 and has since been granted Indefinite Leave To Remain by the Home Office. Because he pleaded guilty in a magistrates’ court, Mr Shwaish had no right of appeal. He applied in to the CCRC for a review of his case in March 2017. The CCRC is referring Mr Shwaish’s case for appeal because it believes there is a real possibility that his conviction will now be overturned in the Crown Court. The reasons for the referral are that Mr Shwaish had a statutory defence (under section 2(4)(c) of the 2004 Act) to the charge of failing to produce an immigration document that probably would have succeeded; and that the legal advice to plead guilty provided is likely to have deprived him of that defence. Mr Shwaish was represented in his application to the CCRC by Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, 10 Tyssen Street, London, E8 2FE. This press release was issued by Justin Hawkins, Head of Communication, Criminal Cases Review Commission, on 0121 232 0906 or e-mail press@ccrc.gov.uk The Commission is an independent body set up under the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. It is responsible for independently reviewing suspected and alleged miscarriages of criminal justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is based in Birmingham and is funded by the Ministry of Justice. There are currently 12 Commissioners who bring to the Commission considerable experience from a wide variety of backgrounds. Commissioners are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister in accordance with the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments’ Code of Practice. The Commission usually receives around 1,500 applications for reviews (convictions and/or sentences) each year. Typically, around 3.5%, or one in 29, of all applications are referred to the appeal courts. The Commission considers whether, as a result of new evidence or argument, there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were a reference to be made. New evidence or argument is argument or evidence which has not been raised during the trial or on appeal. Applicants should usually have appealed first. A case can be referred in the absence of new evidence or argument or an earlier appeal only if there are “exceptional circumstances”. If a case is referred, it is then for the appeal court to decide whether the conviction is unsafe or the sentence unfair. More details about the role and work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission can be found at www.ccrc.gov.uk The Commission can be found on Twitter using @ccrcupdate and on Facebook.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24758
__label__cc	0.722136	0.277864	WASHINGTON, DC—Through the identification of a gene’s impact on a signaling pathway, scientists at Children’s National Medical Center continue to make progress in understanding the mechanics of a key brain developmental process: growth and repair of white matter, known as myelination. The study, published online in the September 2011 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience, identified Sox17 as the gene that helps regulate the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway during the transition of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, or immature brain cells, to a more mature, differentiated state where they generate myelin. “This is the first time the Sox17 gene has been identified as a regulator of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway during myelination,” said Li-Jin Chew, PhD, lead author of the study. “Our findings indicate that loss of Sox17 over-stimulates the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway and keeps oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from maturing and producing myelin, potentially causing developmental disabilities in developing babies and children.” Myelin is the protective material around the axons of neurons; in mass these types of ensheathed neurons are collectively called white matter. White matter serves as the primary messaging “network” that conducts signals rapidly between gray matter areas. Without it, the brain does not function properly. Myelination, or growth of white matter, in humans begins in utero at around 5 months of gestation and continues throughout the first two decades of life. Myelination can be impaired for a number of reasons, most commonly intrauterine infection, reduced or interrupted blood flow (which carries oxygen and nutrients) to the forming infant brain, or perinatal injury. As a result, white matter doesn’t develop the way that it should or is somehow damaged, resulting in mental retardation and developmental disabilities. “From here we plan to look more closely at the parts of the pathway that Sox17 regulates. We’ll be able to understand the crucial molecular events that occur during oligodendrocyte development and disease,” stated Vittorio Gallo, PhD, director of the Center for Neuroscience Research. “This is an incredibly exciting discovery that puts us closer to figuring out the underlying cause of white matter diseases. It also means that we may eventually understand how we could influence these pathways and possibly ease white matter damage or deficiency in our patients.” Myelination, white matter growth and repair, and the study of complex mechanisms of prenatal brain development are a key focus of the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children’s National, which also houses the White Matter Diseases Program, one of the largest clinical programs in the country for treating children with disorders that cause the brain’s white matter to degenerate. Contact: Emily Hartman or Paula Darte, Public Relations, 202-476-4500	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24763
__label__wiki	0.62742	0.62742	Worlds Collide: When Rainbow met Leigh Posted on April 23, 2017 July 10, 2017 This article was first published in issue one of Cinders magazine. Two fantastic YA worlds collided when authors Rainbow Rowell and Leigh Bardugo came together for a fantastic author event in Dublin in October. Méabh McDonnell was delighted to be in the audience for the event, where she was able to bring us the low down on everything that the two authors had to say about writing, diversity and how to write the perfect kiss. Rainbow Rowell and Leigh Bardugo are two of the biggest names in YA literature right now. If you haven’t heard of them, you need to race out to your nearest library and demand everything they’ve ever written. You won’t be sorry. I was lucky enough to attend their recent World’s Collide event in Dublin and literally fangirl all over both of them! The event was originally born out of NY Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo’s launch tour for her new novel Crooked Kingdom, the hotly anticipated sequel to Six of Crows, where she – as Dave O’Callaghan, chief children’s buyer for Easons, Dublin put it – wanted to bring a friend. And what a friend she brought – Rainbow Rowell, author of the heart-soaring (and heart breaking) Eleanor and Park and the wonderful Fangirl to name but a few of her fantastic novels. The two friends came together in a tour that went from London to Dublin, to Edinburgh to Manchester to read, meet and discuss each of their weird and wonderful approaches to writing, the story behind Rainbow’s name, how to write the best love scenes and overcoming writers block. The evening began with the two ladies swanning onto the stage, explaining how they met, and how Leigh wasn’t expecting to like Rainbow as much as she did. Leigh: We met at LeakyCon. Rainbow: She wasn’t expecting to like me. Leigh: Well I will confess I thought she had picked her nameI thought she would be like ‘hi I call myself Rainbow,’ you know really dreamy? I grew up in LA and I really hate hippies, I thought I wasn’t going to like her. But then I met her and she turned out to be so delightful Rainbow: Also, I didn’t choose that name, my mother gave it to me! I always thought I was going to change it to Sarah with an h, and my mom always said you can do it when you turn 18. But when I turned 18 I thought there’s no way I can say this to my friends, ‘um can you start calling me Sarah?’ So that’s how I got my name. Rainbow and Leigh then entertained the audience with two of the most unique, funny and bizarre readings from their respective novels that I have ever seen. They read from Rainbow’s novel Carry On to begin with. Rainbow: So, Carry On is a spin-off of my novel Fangirl where the main character Cath writes FanFiction about this series books about wizards and vampires. After I wrote Fangirl I realised that I had actually done a lot of the hard work that goes with writing a fantasy, the characters, the world, the system of magic and even the villain. And I was going to leave them there in Fangirl but it was like the characters kept on talking to me asking me to write more! They were saying, ‘hey Rainbow it’s Baz I’m still here and I’m a lot hotter than any of the other characters you’ve ever come up with!’. So I wrote this spin off of Fangirl but you don’t actually have to read Fangirl understand this book just a stand-alone fantasy novel. One of the main characters of the novel is Simon Snow. Simon Snow is like the most chosen one of chosen ones. He is like if Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker had a baby… and Frodo nursed it! Simon spends most of the book hunting Baz his secret-vampire-nemesis whom he is obviously secretly in love with! Leigh: Because everyone’s in love with Baz. After delighting the audience with the morbid genius that is Baz, the ladies moved on to a reading from Leigh’s new book, Crooked Kingdom. Rainbow: When I met Leigh Six of Crows had not been written yet wasn’t a book it wasn’t a series. It was just an idea. Leigh: I had never written a book like Six of Crows before, it has multiple narratives. Six of Crows was a heist story about six kids who get paid an incredible amount of money to breach an impregnable fortress. I really didn’t know how many books that was going to be. I told my editor I didn’t know if it was going to be one book or two books or six books. “Simon Snow is like the most chosen one of chosen ones. He is like if Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker had a baby… and Frodo nursed it! Simon spends most of the book hunting Baz his secret-vampire-nemesis whom he is obviously secretly in love with!” When I got to the end of Six of Crows I had accomplished everything I wanted to do plot wise. But emotionally the characters were not where I want to leave them. So I wrote a sequel because the characters all turned out to be a lot more damaged than I thought they would be! Like when I first told my friends I wanted to write this book I said it’s going to be a romp, it’s going to be an adventure story! Apparently I forgot what kind of books I write. By the end of the first novel the characters were only just starting to crawl out of their shells. But I really felt like they needed another book. So the result was Crooked Kingdom! The authors followed their very ‘dramatic’ readings with a Q&A with the audience where we learned some interesting facts about the way they write novels, and describe the Big Damn Kiss in their various romances! Rainbow: I try to make that scene happen way past the point of your tolerance. In my books people don’t come together until it’s just getting desperate, and all they have to do is touch each other’s hands and it’s dirty. I love a slow burn. Leigh: I love a slow burn too, I mean once they start making out its like, okay what’s next? Personally I think the worst thing you can do in a romantic scene is to rely on clichés. To rely on language and declarations that you’ve seen before. In my books characters very rarely say ‘I love you’ because I feel like there are so many other ways that people show that kind of emotion. Like actual actions of love and loyalty that will be much more specific to those characters. I will say there is a chapter in Crooked Kingdom that happens in a bathroom in hotel. That sound’s dirty, but it’s not it’s actually very chaste, but emotionally it’s an incredibly intense moment between the two characters and there were probably 30 different versions of that chapter. Rainbow: I often get asked how to write a good kiss, but for me personally I don’t think there a very many ways to write a kiss. Until it starts to just sound lame. Like when words like squelch show up, it’s not good. In the same way there aren’t that many ways to describe the word mouth, like you can’t say food hole! Leigh: Ha! He squelched me on my food hole!!! “Personally I think the worst thing you can do in a romantic scene is to rely on clichés. To rely on language and declarations that you’ve seen before. In my books characters very rarely say ‘I love you’ because I feel like there are so many other ways that people show that kind of emotion. “ Rainbow: The key to writing a good kiss is to write good characters and a compelling love story. Merging the language of the kiss with the choreography of the kiss isn’t what matters as much as the feeling you have when these two characters come together. I think that writing those things is in the character work and the thought that goes into them. I think that it works if you have a really powerful plot and build up and then the last line is ‘and then he kissed me’. It just works. Leigh:The trick is italics. Diversity and representation are a huge part of both Rainbow Rowell and Leigh Bardugo’s books. From the relationships and disabilities present in Leigh’s books to the representations of mental illness and LGBTQ relationships in Rainbow’s, both have experience in writing diverse fiction and were asked about how representing this felt. Leigh: I don’t live in a white straight world so I don’t write a white straight world. My peer group has never been white and straight, so I had to really ask myself why is Shadow and Bone so white and straight. I had to really look at it and see that I wasn’t writing the real world that I knew but instead I was echoing a lot of fantasy that I had seen before. It’s funny though how you can end up writing something very personal and not realising it. When I wrote the first draft of Six of Crows, it did not occur to me that I was writing a character who had to walk with a cane – like me – who was also a total badass. I realised later that this was the year that I was coming to terms with the fact that I had an invisible disability that was about to become visible. So I created this character who lives with his disability and lives with chronic pain and he still terrified everyone around him. And that’s my goal [laughs]. Rainbow: For me, Carry On was the first time I was able to write a story with non straight characters who were the protagonists and that was very exciting for me. I come from a very, very conservative place, Nebraska. One of the most conservative parts of the United States. Rainbow: Gay people can get married in Nebraska now. I never thought I would live to see that, I never thought that I would live to see the time in Nebraska when my gay friends could be out in public. And I can’t express how it feels to witness that and then as a writer the ability to write about characters like the real people in my life, and the people that I love, it is such a powerful thing. I don’t think it’s that powerful in the rest of the world I mean it’s not a groundbreaking book but for me it was. For me it was to be able to write freely. It was very exciting for me to be able to write about these characters and write a love story to give them a happy ending was incredibly liberating. “I think Levi from Fangirl is my favourite character just to hang out with just because he’s so sunny.” One of the last questions was who each of the author’s favourite characters were from their own books and each others. Rainbow: I would have to say Baz is my favourite character from my own book. I just find him funny in a way that I’m not funny. He’s very grand and moody and self loathing. I find him very, very, funny to write. Now I think Levi from Fangirl is my favourite character just to hang out with just because he’s so sunny. In Leigh’s books I think Nina is my favourite character I just find her so funny and inspiring and sexy. Leigh: I have a huge crush on Lincoln from Rainbow’s book Attachments, I love him. Of my own characters I really love Nina and I really love Genya. I just love writing them. Rainbow: If I’m being honest I really like all of my characters. I mean you have to, you spend so much time with them so it’s difficult to write a character that you really don’t like. After rapturous applause drew the event to a close we all lined up in neat order to meet both ladies, who were just as funny and witty as you might guess. I only wish I could have spoken to them longer! -By Méabh McDonnell Posted in Books and AuthorsTagged carry on, cinders, cinders magazine, crooked kingdom, eason, fandoms, feminism, harry potter, leigh bardugo, pop culture, rainbow rowell, six of crows, worlds collide Prev Fire up those friendships Next Drawn that Way – Our favourite comic heroines	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24767
__label__wiki	0.926342	0.926342	Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb to star in The Specials 23/08/2018 - The two actors will topline the next film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, produced by Quad and Ten Films, and sold by Gaumont Actors Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb The first clapperboard will slam in September for The Specials [+see also: film profile], the new comedy-drama by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. It is the seventh feature by the successful duo, following Let’s Be Friends (2005), Those Happy Days [+see also: film profile] (2006), So Happy Together [+see also: film profile] (2009), Untouchable [+see also: film profile] (nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-language Film in 2013; grossing more than €313 million worldwide, nine nominations for the 2012 César Awards, including Best Film, and winning the Best Actor Award into the bargain), Samba [+see also: film profile] (3.15 million admissions in France in 2014) and C’est la vie! [+see also: film profile] (unveiled as the closing film at Toronto last year and screened in competition at San Sebastián, ten nominations for the 2018 César Awards, including in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay; more than 3 million admissions in French theatres). To topline the movie, the filmmakers will be summoning a pair of high-flying actors – namely, Vincent Cassel (César Award for Best Actor in 2009 for the diptych on gangster Jacques Mesrine, nominated for the same trophy in 1996, 2002 and 2016 for La Haine, Read My Lips [+see also: film profile] and My King [+see also: film profile], and nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2017 for It’s Only the End of the World [+see also: film profile], very popular in films such as Black Swan, Eastern Promises [+see also: film profile] and, more recently, at Cannes in The World Is Yours [+see also: interview: Romain Gavras film profile]) and Reda Kateb (nominated for the César and the Lumières Awards for Best Actor in 2018 for Django [+see also: Q&A: Etienne Comar film profile], César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for Hippocrates [+see also: interview: Thomas Lilti film profile], giving a fine performance in Far from Men [+see also: film profile], and set to grace screens soon in Close Enemies and Le Chant du loup). Written by the directorial duo themselves, the story revolves around Bruno and Malik, who have spent the last 20 years living in a world apart – the world of autistic children and teenagers. Within their two respective associations, they train young people from rough neighbourhoods to supervise cases that are classed as "extremely complex". And thus these two extraordinary characters forge an unusual alliance. Produced by Quad (Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky) and Ten Films (Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s own company), The Specials will be co-produced by Gaumont and TF1 Films Production. The shoot will take place in Paris and the Paris region from September until November, with Antoine Sanier serving as DoP and Mathieu Vadepied in charge of the art direction. Gaumont will be in charge of distributing the film in France in October 2019 and will also oversee the international sales.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24768
__label__wiki	0.951885	0.951885	Dario Argento Slams 'Suspiria' Remake Again, Shares Praise for 'Get Out' and 'Hereditary' By Patrick Cavanaugh - April 17, 2019 10:51 pm EDT Horror movie remakes often earn a bad reputation as some genre fans see them as little more than an attempt from a studio to cash in on a familiar property. Last year, Luca Guadagnino delivered audiences a remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria, a 1977 film which is mostly only known by more devout horror fans. Many audiences appreciated that the film took the core concept and explored it in ways which drastically differed from the original, though Argento himself expressed his disappointment with the endeavor. In a new interview, Argento reiterates his disappointment with the film, though shines a light on some recent genre films that he appreciated. "To me, the remake of Suspiria doesn’t look like a well-realized project. It lacks fear, music, tension, and scenic creativity," the filmmaker shared with Interview Magazine. "Films like Get Out and Hereditary have struck me for their beautiful photography, their plot, and their production." Despite the filmmaker not appreciating the reimagining his story, it's no surprise that he expressed his admiration for Get Out and Hereditary, which were some of the biggest hits in the horror world in their respective years of release. Additionally, both of those films are drastically different from many of Argento's genre endeavors, confirming that he is a man of many tastes. In the film, young American dancer Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company, stunning the troupe’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc Tilda Swinton), with her raw talent. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, Olga, the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the company’s female directors of being witches. As rehearsals intensify for the final performance of the company’s signature piece, Susie and Madame Blanc grow strangely close, suggesting that Susie’s purpose in the company goes beyond merely dancing. Meanwhile, an inquisitive psychotherapist trying to uncover the company’s dark secrets enlists the help of another dancer, who probes the depths of the studio’s hidden underground chambers, where horrific discoveries await. These recent comments mirror the filmmaker's remarks about the film that he made earlier this year. "I saw the remake of Suspiria at the cinema. It did not excite me, it betrayed the spirit of the original film: there is little fear, there is no music," Argento shared with Radio Rai 1’s Un Giorno da Pecora. "The film has not satisfied me so much, it's like that, a refined film, like [director Luca] Guadagnino, who is a fine person." The film did indeed have music, composed by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, but Argento's comments likely reflect that he felt the score wasn't as impactful as the work done by Goblin on the original 1977 movie. Argento didn't claim the film was an entire failure, as he noted the director “makes beautiful tables, beautiful curtains, beautiful dishes, all beautiful.” Suspiria is out now on home video. What do you think about Argento's opinion? Let us know in the comments below or hit up @TheWolfman on Twitter to talk all things horror and Star Wars! In this latest episode, we look at all the reveals from Star Wars Celebration, talk Disney+, discuss the return of Game of Thrones, and so much more! Make sure to subscribe now and never miss an episode! Ghostbusters Fans Suspect New Movie Characters Are Egon Spengler’s Family Finn Wolfhard Worried He’d Miss Out on Ghostbusters 2020 Because of Stranger Things First Ghostbusters 2020 Photo Released Here's Why John Carpenter Likes the Remake of The Fog More Than the Remake of The Thing Real-Life House That Inspired The Conjuring Is Still Haunted According to Current Owners Ghostbusters 2020 Director Jason Reitman Shares New Look at the Old Ecto-1 New Candyman Set to Shoot in Chicago This August Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Featurette Brings "The Red Spot" and "The Big Toe" to Life	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24773
__label__wiki	0.907201	0.907201	Avengers: Endgame Drops out of Box Office Top Ten for First Time By Adam Barnhardt - June 15, 2019 11:25 pm EDT Avengers: Endgame is expected to drop out of the top ten highest-grossing films at the box office for the first time in its two-month-old theatrical release. Though official reports won't surface until Monday, most industry insiders suggest the film will drop from its 8th position last weekend to 11th or lower. Heading into its eighth weekend in theaters, the Marvel Studios is still being competitive with newer releases, including John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and Warner Brothers' Detective Pikachu. Through Friday night, Endgame has grossed $827.81 million domestically and a whopping $2.73 billion worldwide. Despite a valiant effort, it appears increasingly likely that the film will fail to topple James Cameron's Avatar from the top slot on the chart of highest-grossing films of all-time worldwide. As of this writing, Endgame still trails by roughly $54m, certainly an uphill battle for the film at the least. Box office insiders expected the film to eventually top Avatar during Labor Day weekend but with a very lukewarm start to the summer box office, it has yet to be seen exactly how much more of that distance the Russo Brothers-helmed film can whittle away. Regardless, the team at Walt Disney Studios is ecstatic to have a film make more than $2.5b at the box office. “Kevin Feige and the Marvel Studios team have continued to challenge notions of what is possible at the movie theatre both in terms of storytelling and at the box office,” said Alan Horn, chairman of Walt Disney Studios, in a press release when Endgame had the first $1 billion global opening in box office history. “Though Endgame is far from an end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, these first 22 films constitute a sprawling achievement, and this weekend’s monumental success is a testament to the world they’ve envisioned, the talent involved, and their collective passion, matched by the irrepressible enthusiasm of fans around the world.” What was your favorite part of Avengers: Endgame? Where would you rank the film amongst other MCU entries? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below or by tweeting me at @AdamBarnhardt to chat all things Marvel! Avengers: Endgame is now in theaters while Spider-Man: Far From Home is set for release July 2nd. Captain Marvel is now available digitally and on home media release. In this latest episode we talk about the divisive reviews of Disney’s The Lion King, the Nintendo Switch Lite, the Mortal Kombat movie, and this weekend’s loaded roster of wrestling! Make sure to subscribe now to never miss an episode! Marvel's New X-Men Writer Comments on Relationship to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Loki #1 Review: No Tricks, No Lies, Just a Practically Perfect Loki Story Marvel Writer Has Multiyear Plan for the X-Men Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Spotted With Mystery Woman Here's Where to Get Funko's SDCC 2019 Exclusive Pop Figures Starting Tonight Marvel's Shang-Chi Reportedly Hires The Matrix Director of Photography	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24774
__label__wiki	0.590479	0.590479	Over the last 80 years Curchods has grown from a single office to be the largest independent estate agent in the South of England. Over the last 80 years Curchods has grown from a single office to be the largest independent estate agent in the South of England, with a network of 21 branches throughout Surrey and south west London, plus several specialist departments. Our friendly yet professional guidance and advice will give you a smoother and more enjoyable experience of moving home. The business was founded by Peter Curchod as an independent Chartered Surveying practice in 1938, in the Grade II Listed former Dower House in Church Street, Weybridge. This fine Grade II Listed building continues to operate as Curchods Weybridge residential Sales and Lettings office today. The second office opened in the nearby Surrey village of Ottershaw in the mid 1980’s, expanding into residential sales and lettings markets. Curchods Sold To John Slatter & Andrew Dewar After many successful years Curchod & Co – which continues to this day as a totally separate and unconnected company providing Surveying and Commercial property services – sold their residential sales business to John Slatter and Andrew Dewar – two trusted, private individuals who shared similar high professional values and a passion for the property business which they still possess today. In May 1990 John and Andrew rebranded the residential sales business ‘Curchods’ and together became Joint Senior Partners of the new company. John Slatter Joint Senior Partner “When we acquired Curchods in 1990, we did so because it was a business of integrity, recognised by its clients for ‘adding value’ to their sales transaction by delivering honest and professional advice, something that still forms the basis of our company ethos.” Despite the early 1990’s being the worst housing market recession since the 1930’s, the dedication to providing excellent service by experienced estate agents proved to be a winning formula. The business took off, quickly and methodically expanding to 12 sales offices along with Land & New Homes and Financial Services divisions. Andrew Dewar “We inherited a brand of outstanding professionalism and integrity with tremendous customer loyalty. It was our mission to safeguard and develop these critical three components as we developed and modernised Curchods.” In 1998 the partners purchased Barton & Wyatt in Teddington and after keeping the respected name for a few years rebranded it as Curchods to become part of the Curchods network. Shortly afterwards, the Shepperton practice of Wyatt & Sons (no relation to the former Teddington business) was purchased, bringing the total number of offices to 13. Later the Head Office in West Horsley was added, which today is still home to our Land & New Homes Department, in-house Marketing Department and Mortgage Services. Acquiring Burns & Webber Estate Agents In 2007 Curchods expansion continued with the acquisition of the most highly respected business of Burns & Webber. With offices in Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming and Guildford, this brought us to a total of 19 branches. Burns & Webber enjoy an excellent reputation in the towns and villages in which they operate and whilst retaining their original identity, they are incorporated into the Curchods network, receiving the same training and monitoring from the Joint Senior Partners. Acquiring Lords Estate Agents In May 2014, Lords Estate Agents was purchased and the Ham and Kingston upon Thames offices were rebranded under the Curchods name, completing coverage of the geographical areas between the existing offices at New Malden, Teddington and Esher and bringing the total number of offices to 21. The purchase of Lords Estate Agents also expanded our range of services into Residential Lettings. We have never been the cheapest agent on the High Street, especially true today with the advent of almost ‘do it yourself’ online offerings, but our hope is that clients will see the true value of our service when they see the effort we put in to support, advise and guide them through every step of the way, whilst maximising the true value of what will likely be their most expensive asset. – Andrew Dewar, Joint Senior Partner Expanding Into Residential Lettings In June 2014, Curchods continued to expand the lettings side of the business by acquiring an established independent lettings portfolio based out of Weybridge. Since then we have grown the business into the market leading lettings agency in the area. Our Walton Lettings office opened in February 2014 and is the home of our dedicated Property Management team which is a central point of contact for tenants and landlords for all our lettings properties. Our Lettings Division has gone from strength to strength, opening a new branch in Guildford under the Burns & Webber brand. In December 2016 Curchods acquired another residential lettings business and took over a portfolio of properties managed by Aspire Lettings based in Weybridge. In May 2016, Curchods appointed Michael Ansell as Group Managing Director. The decision to bring in someone of Michael’s age and experience for the future operation and growth of the company was taken with the same intense and deliberate focus that Peter Curchod had when he first started the company. Michael Ansell Group Managing Director Michael has over 30 years of estate agency experience, 29 of which were spent at Countywide – where he was the youngest subsidiary Managing Director ever appointed and most successful London South Divisional Director.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24776
__label__wiki	0.503622	0.503622	← Mitropa Salzburg → Innsbruck is a small city in the mountains, built around the Inn river, which flows swiftly through the town. Although it’s beautiful, you wouldn’t want to fall in, or you would probably get swept away pretty quickly and drown… Innsbruck used to be very important because it controlled the trade routes between Germany and Italy, which ran through high Alpine passes like the Brenner, even in winter, and had to pass through the city. Because of this strategic importance, an emperor of the Habsburg family, Maximilian I, who lived around 500 years ago, moved his headquarters here. He was the Holy Roman Emperor, and was involved in the control of lands not just around here and in Italy and Germany and further east too, but even as far away as the Netherlands and Spain. He was probably the most powerful man in Europe. He built this gold roof (amongst other things) to show off how wealthy he was. It’s now the main tourist attraction in the city. Before he died, he designed a grand tomb for himself in a church called the Hofkirche. He is the black figure kneeling on top of the tomb, while all the black knights paying homage around him are supposedly his ancestors. In fact, as Maximilian died on the way to Vienna and his body was taken there instead, he isn’t buried in the tomb at all – it’s empty. As you can see, though, it’s still rather grand. Not quite as grand, however, as the Jakobsdom, or cathedral of St. James, just around the corner but built over 200 years later. When I went in, there were only a handful of people in there, at the front, kneeling and chanting prayers to their Catholic God. I found this slightly sinister; I can’t argue with their right to worhsip as they choose, but I wonder if they are making these noises in the interests of peace, or of tribalism? I can’t help it, but everywhere I go here I remember the Jews… Anyway, the people in there were old, most of them with silver hair, so I wondered whether they were a dying minority still clinging to the old ways (whereas the young have iPods instead) – or is this what you do when you get old? The church itself was decorated, especially up high, with Christian paintings of people and angels worshipping Jesus, and lots of gold, just like Maximilian’s roof, but grander; self-referential and self-reinforcing baroque splendor, with everybody in the pictures in heroic poses. It’s easy to see how promoting this kind of thing could instil a narrow conformity that says “we are the best” and would see people who didn’t share its values (oh, those Jews) as aliens. But, I asked myself, if a real alien came down and landed in this church, what would he say those values were? The obvious one he would choose would be gold, or the worship of ostentatious wealth; also, he would say that they worshipped something up there, in the sky, since that is where all the characters in the paintings are looking. Finally, judging from the looks on the faces in the paintings, he might say that the people who worshipped here had no sense of humor, or irony.. About the time that church was built, Innsbruck got important again because the Hapsburgs, who were now based in Vienna, reached a point where their family ran out of male children, and the next in line for the throne was a young woman, Maria Theresa. In those days it was assumed that you needed a man to be Emperor, but she was a pretty strong-willed woman, and had other plans. She got herself married to a guy who ruled Lorraine, on the borderlands between France and Germany, and whose grandfather had done some big military favors to the Habsburgs half a century earlier, before he married a Habsburg himself. They had 16 children; here they are with some of them: Maria Theresa’s marriage was enough to get her and her husband accepted as the rulers of the Empire (though not without a war or two) – especially because the rulers of Lorraine, for some obscure European reason, also ruled the Tyrol, the mountainous area of which Innsbruck is capital. So, whether for sentimental or political reasons, Innsbruck got itself back in the limelight again, and Maria Theresa put a lot of work into redesigning its palace, the Hofburg. I went and visited that too. The thing is that by then, the European monarchies had come a long way from the days when Maximilian I was showing off his wealth because that was what he had to do to stay as top dog in a dog-eat-dog world – they had come about half way from that, in fact, to the daft ceremonial celebrity-worshipping monarchies of today (or should I say “monarchy”, because as you’ll notice, the only one of the important monarchies of those days – the French, the German, the Austro-Hungarian, the Russian, even the Turkish – that made it through the 20th century was the British, and that mostly in the form of a state-subsidised soap opera). So when I looked at Maria Theresa’s expensively remodelled Innsbruck palace, and when I learned that her son’s two-week-long wedding party, in 1765, demanded that so much food should be given by ordinary people to the royal family – at the point of a sword, if necessary – that the ordinary people came close to starvation, then I understood why the Americans and the French threw out their royal families within the next 25 years after that. The walls and the ceilings were painted in the same kind of style as in the Jakobsdom, except that here the worship was of the royal family itself, even if there were a few idealized pictures of the people who provided them with the food and other goods which made their luxury possible. It was all terribly pompous and over-decorated and again completely without a sense of humor – these people took themselves tremendously seriously! But the thing is that the tourist industry of today is also based on taking them seriously, and at face value, just like the soap opera of celebrities today – or else (so it is said) how would they sell tickets to keep the place going? Here is a triumphal archway that was built in Innsbruck to celebrate Maria Theresa and her husband: Nine years after Maria Theresa died the French Revolution began, and then Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France, and a different kind of world began. Europe was torn apart. The rulers were fighting each other for their lives, and in some countries local people rose up against them. One such place was the Tyrol, where a man called Andreas Hofer led a local rising against Bonaparte. He was captured and killed by the French (Bonaparte is reported to have said: “give him a fair trial and then shoot him”), but this memorial was built for him in the same church as Maximilian I’s tomb: That was a time after which the rulers began to have to pay more attention to the people they ruled, which was the beginning of the world we know today. Today’s Innsbruck is calm and peaceful. The buildings are still painted in the traditional way: There are quaint little alleyways in the old town too: But no matter how nice it all is, there is somehow something that doesn’t feel quite right. Just a nagging feeling that there is something lurking underneath it all – perhaps something to do with those poor Jews…of course all that is along time ago, and in this better world of today it couldn’t happen again – could it? 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__label__wiki	0.581582	0.581582	The Archaeology of An Imaginary City Dong, Qizhang, 1967- Set in the long-lost City of Victoria (a fictional world similar to Hong Kong), Atlas is written from the unified perspective of future archaeologists struggling to rebuild a thrilling metropolis. Divided into four sections-"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"-the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and critique. Much like the quasi-fictional adventures in map-reading and remapping explored by Paul Auster, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino, Dung Kai-cheung's novel challenges the representation of place and history and the limits of technical and scientific media in reconstructing a history. It best exemplifies the author's versatility and experimentation, along with China's rapidly evolving literary culture, by blending fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a story about succeeding and failing to recapture the things we lose. Playing with a variety of styles and subjects, Dung Kai-cheung inventively engages with the fate of Hong Kong since its British "handover" in 1997, which officially marked the end of colonial rule and the beginning of an uncharted future. Publisher: New York :, Columbia University Press,, 2012 Characteristics: 1 online resource (193 pages) :,illustrations, maps Additional Contributors: Hansson, Anders 1944- McDougall, Bonnie S. 1941- Read more reviews of Atlas at iDreamBooks.com Dexter_Morgan Apr 24, 2017 I really don't know what to make of this book. Really bizarre. Hong Kong (China) — Fiction	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24793
__label__cc	0.709056	0.290944	Tag Archives: story structure The Hands of Fate While reading the book of plays, Uncanny Encounters – Live! by Paul McComas and Stephen D. Sullivan a few weeks ago, I was reminded that Sullivan had written a novelization of the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate. The movie has been declared by people such as the writers of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Elvira as the worst movie ever made. The movie fascinates me personally because it opens on El Paso’s Transmountain Highway and much of it is set in the familiar desert between El Paso and Las Cruces. It is a terrible movie and I’ve only survived my viewings by laughing along with hosts such as those I mentioned. So, I was very curious what Sullivan did with a novelization of such a movie. I put the book on my Christmas list and lo and behold it arrived and I devoured it between Christmas and New Years. The novel takes a humorous, snarky tone and could really be seen as a companion to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version. It’s very self aware and has fun with the movie’s problems. That said, the book made me aware that Sullivan had not written just one novelization, but two. The other, Manos: Talons of Fate, attempts to turn the campy film into a serious horror novel. I downloaded it to my Kindle, and I must say, Sullivan does a fine job of using the movie as a basis for a chilling, Lovecraftian tale. According to the book Huh? by Hal C.F. Astell, Manos: The Hands of Fate was the result of a bet made in a coffee shop between fertilizer salesman and insurance agent Harold P. Warren and Stirling Silliphant, a writer for the TV series Route 66. Warren apparently played a bus driver in the series and he bet Silliphant that anyone could make a movie and see it released. In fact, he started plotting the movie on the spot. No doubt that very cynicism that just anyone could make a movie is part of why people are happy to have seen it turn out so bad. However, despite that issue, Harold Warren had the tenacity to see the project through and complete it, something many would-be writers never manage. What fascinates me about Sullivan’s approach in this novel is that he doesn’t alter the plot very much at all. Instead, he delves deeper into the characters’ heads and lets us understand why they are doing what they are doing. He gives the scenes more detail and depth while letting them play out very much like they did on screen. He does add a few things that don’t happen on screen, but he keeps that to a minimum. The result is a wonderful demonstration of the thin line that exists between a story that works well and one that doesn’t work at all. Sullivan’s exercise in writing two novelizations of Manos: The Hands of Fate also interests me because it’s not unlike what I’m currently doing at my Patreon site. I’m presenting chapters of my novel The Pirates of Sufiro as they appeared in the most recent print version and giving some brief analysis of what worked and didn’t work, then within a couple of weeks, I’m releasing an edited chapter. While I certainly hope the most recent edition of The Pirates of Sufiro doesn’t descend to the level of the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate, it was my first novel and I don’t feel I did as good a job describing characters and situations as I could have. I also don’t feel like all the story’s “beats” hit where they needed to. My goal with Pirates is much the same as Stephen Sullivan’s goal with his novel. I want to improve Pirates, but I don’t want to change it so far that it become unrecognizable. If someone picks up a different edition of one of the sequels, I still want them to be able to read with confidence that the same major events transpired in all editions of the novel. You can support me in this experiment at: http://www.patreon.com/davidleesummers. Please drop by and browse the posts. While many posts are reserved for patrons, several are free so you can get a sense of the work I’m doing. I hope you like what you see. Leave a comment Posted in Books, Movies and TV, Publishing, science fiction, Writing, Writing Tips Tagged editing, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Manos: The Talons of Fate, Stephen D. Sullivan, story structure, The Pirates of Sufiro	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24796
__label__wiki	0.553054	0.553054	Evonik to build isophorone plants in Shanghai Investment volume of more than €100 million Market and technology positions to be further consolidated Start-up planned for Q1 2014 In Shanghai, China, Evonik Industries will build world-scale plants for producing isophorone and isophorone diamine. The Group is investing more than €100 million in the plants, which are scheduled to go onstream in the first quarter of 2014. Construction work on the multi-user site China (MUSC), Evonik's production site in Shanghai, will begin in early 2012. Isophorone is used in applications like paints and printing inks, while its derivative, isophorone diamine, is used as a hardener in epoxy based formulations, e.g. for composite materials, such as those used in wind turbines. "The investment shall further consolidate our strong market and technology positions in isophorone chemistry," says Dr. Thomas Haeberle, the Evonik Executive Board member responsible for the Resource Efficiency segment. Evonik expects to see strong growth in demand for raw materials used in the paint, coating, and construction industries, for automotive applications and for high performance composite materials—especially in Asia. This growth will also be driven particularly by the increasing demand for wind turbines. For the specialty chemicals company, which claims to be the world leader in isophorone chemistry, the plants in Shanghai will be the first for isophorone and isophorone diamine in Asia. "By establi¬shing the production platform in China we want to support the long-term growth ambitions of our customers in the Asia region," explains Dr. Ulrich Küsthardt, head of the Coatings & Additives Business Unit. "This strategic positioning will allow us to plan capacities even more efficiently." Evonik currently manufactures isophorone chemistry products in Herne and Marl, Germany, as well as in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The Group has more than 40 years experience and is a pioneer in isophorone chemistry. Isophorone, isophorone diamine, isophorone diisocyanate, and their derivatives are important components in the production of industrial flooring, artificial leather, paints and coatings, for example. They are also used in the growth area of high-perfor¬mance composite materials and in chemical synthesis. Evonik distributes the products worldwide under the trademarks of VESTAMIN®, VESTANAT®, VESTAGON®, and VESTASOL®.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24798
__label__cc	0.584372	0.415628	Articles Tagged with exposure Man Offered Illicit Proposal to Cure Coworker’s Boredom When a woman in the middle of her shift at 7-11 told the man working with her that she was bored he allegedly used the opportunity to propose a gratuitous and unwanted sexual encounter as a way to pass the time. Until recently, 25-year-old Mustafa Demiray was a staff member at the 7-11 in Bradenton, Florida. Last weekend, Demiray was on the clock working with a female clerk during an uneventful period at the convenience store. The woman reportedly shared with Demiray that she had a lack of interest in finishing her shift just before she went to a back office area designated for employees and sat down to fiddle with her cell phone. Posted In: Sexual Offenses Tagged: 7-11, boredom, coworker, criminal-defense, exposure, illicit, indecent, orally, penis and sexual organs Updated: April 9, 2019 10:33 pm Published on: March 10, 2019 Man Escaped From Measles Quarantine to Go to the Gym A man who was legally ordered quarantined after being exposed to the measles reportedly snuck past officers posted at his home so that he could hit the gym for a workout. Brookfield, Wisconsin, resident Jeffrey Murawski, age 57, was the guest of a hotel last April, and it was discovered that a family who was also staying there had the measles. When the health department was alerted about the incident, they ordered that Murawski, who was unable to provide proof that he had been vaccinated, to remain inside of his home for a period of 21 days so that the disease would not be spread if he had contracted it. Posted In: Arrest and Uncategorized Tagged: asymptomatic, Brookfield, communicable disease, criminal-defense, exposure, gym, isolation, measles, quarantine, snuck and vaccinated Public Masturbation Used as Natural Relief of Anxiety A man who was reportedly trying to manage his anxiety through public masturbation was taken into custody after he was allegedly caught in the act inside a coin-op laundry business. Around 2:30 am on September 11, 911 received a call from a concerned citizen reporting that a man was inside of a 24-hour laundromat that he believed had his pants down while touching his penis in public view. Police dispatched to the location and saw a man allegedly seated inside the laundromat and masturbating. The suspect was also reported as using his cell phone to view pornographic material during the incident. Tagged: anxiety, caught, exposure, indecent exposure, laundromat, masturbation, penis, pornographic, public and sexual Updated: September 14, 2018 9:16 pm Published on: June 29, 2018 Man Stuck Holding onto Car While Ex Drove Nearly 20 Miles On Sunday night a woman reportedly drove 19 miles reaching high speeds with her ex-boyfriend hanging onto the hood of the vehicle. She is facing charges for the allegations. Around 10:00 p.m. on June 24, 24-year-old Patresha Isidore, and her ex-boyfriend, Junior Francis, who share a residence and a child was in the middle of an argument when Isidore decided that she wanted to leave and pick up their 5-year-old daughter from a family member with whom the child was visiting. In an attempt to prevent Isidore from backing out of the driveway and departing in the blue Mercedes that she and Francis also co-own, he mounted the hood of the vehicle. Though Francis still had his body atop the front of the vehicle Isidore is accused of pulling out and driving off while knowing that Francis was still holding on. Tagged: crimes against persons, exposure, hanging, harm, hood, interstate, leave, mounted, negligence and vehicle Updated: June 29, 2018 9:21 pm Airplane Passenger Arrested for Urinating Openly on Flight A passenger on board a Frontier Airlines flight was allegedly highly intoxicated when he began behaving in an obscene manner causing interference of the flight crew members. When the plane landed the suspect was taken into custody and he is now facing federal charges. On the evening of Thursday, May 17, a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to South Carolina departed, and while in the air the people in the cabin were allegedly exposed to a man who reportedly began acting in a disorderly manner to the extent that he prevented the flight staff from performing their regular duties. 45-year-old Michael Allen Haag was seated between two women that were also passengers on the flight. Around two hours after departing, Haag, who was consuming double vodka and tonics and acting as if he was very drunk, began talking to one of the women about how he was physically stimulated because he was going to visit a woman he knew. The woman reported that she felt very uncomfortable with the way Haag was behaving, and she felt that he was leering at her because she was wearing shorts and a tank top. Tagged: Airplane, disorderly, drunk, exposure, Frontier Airlines, genitals, indecent, obscene, passenger, seat, stimulated, touching and urinating Published on: February 24, 2018 Officer Says Drug Charges Caused by False Positive from Exposure on Duty A police officer for the New York Police Department was fired for a positive drug test result showing methamphetamines in his system, but the cop has denied the allegations and stated the results were compromised by his apparel. Nearly 20 years ago the NYPD began implementing drug testing through collection of hair instead of the previously used urine tests. This method was chosen as the best way to ensure officers were not under the influence of narcotics due to the fact that testing the hair is reportedly more reliable, can detect substances in the system for a much longer period, and are less costly than urine sample tests. 33-year-old NYPD officer Brian Quire served on the Manhattan warrant squad and held a position with the police department for 12 years. Quire earned the nickname “Legs” by his colleagues due to his regular choice of shorts for his attire. Posted In: Drug Crimes Tagged: demoted, denied, drug test, exposure, false, fired, hair, Legs, methamphetamines, NYPD, officer, shorts and urine Updated: February 24, 2018 10:28 pm Orange County Sex Offender Gets Caught with His Pants Down According to investigators, 37 year old Stephen Garcia flashed Orange County female bus riders. Garcia, who has a lengthy record dating back a decade of indecent exposure cases, pled guilty on Tuesday to two felony counts of indecent exposure with prior convictions. He was immediately sentenced to three years in prison. An anonymous tip about a man flashing women on the northern Orange County bus lines prompted an investigation. Investigators viewed surveillance video and after a three week investigation they arrested Garcia, according to the sheriff’s department. Investigators said Garcia exposed himself at least four times on the buses. He would “flash” women while he sat in the back of the bus. Tagged: bus, exposure, flashed, flasher, indecent, orange-county, surveillance and video Updated: February 10, 2017 2:09 pm	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24804
__label__cc	0.703869	0.296131	Working with ◆crstl Sylvie Reinhard Nicola Forster Nicola Forster is a partner at◆crstl and the founding president of the Swiss grassroots think tank foraus (Forum Aussenpolitik) as well as a serial social entrepreneur in public sector innovation. As a law graduate (lic.iur./MLaw) with studies in Zurich, Montpellier and Lausanne, in 2009 he successfully led the nationwide youth campaign on free movement of persons for a coalition of Swiss youth parties. Today, he advises different foundations, international think tanks as well as foreign ministries as the German Federal Foreign Office on creative formats and strategic innovation. He has recently been appointed as Founding Curator of the Global Shapers Bern Hub by the World Economic Forum and sits on the boards of Fondation Science et Cité (as vice president), Global Diplomacy Lab as well as Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe. Nicola has been ranked among the Top 99 foreign policy leaders under 33 by The Diplomatic Courier and counts on a multidisciplinary and global network of entrepreneurs, thought leaders and decision makers. He regularly contributes to Swiss and international media and is a frequent keynote speaker, panelist and moderator. crstl gmbh - zurich	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24806
__label__wiki	0.978424	0.978424	Alan Thicke Dies: ‘Growing Pains’ Star & TV Theme Composer Was 69 By Ross A. Lincoln Ross A. Lincoln More Stories By Ross ‘Every 40 Years’ Trailer: There Are Plenty Of Second Acts In American Lives Dick Clark Productions Partners With Twitter For Red Carpet Coverage Of Billboard Awards, ACMs And AMAs Madonna Clarifies Nonviolent Intent Of Women’s March Speech For Critics Immune To Context Actor, songwriter, producer and TV show host Alan Thicke, best known as one of the defining sitcom dads as family patriarch Jason Seaver on ABC’s hit 80s sitcom Growing Pains, has died. He was 69 and reportedly suffered a heart attack late this afternoon. Though most strongly associated with his best-known role, Thicke was also an accomplished songwriter who composed iconic theme songs for several classic shows, including Diff’rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune. Born in 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, Thicke began his career in 1969 as a regular on the short-lived variety show It’s Our Stuff. In the 70s he began working regularly in front of the camera as a game show and talk show host, and behind the camera as a producer and writer. Most notably, in 1977 he was tapped by Norman Lear to produce and serve as head writer on Fernwood 2 Night, a parody talk show starring Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Frank De Vol, and Tommy Tedesco. Soon after, he became a frequent guest host on CTV’s The Alan Hamel Show and in 1980 was hired to host his own series, The Alan Thicke Show, which replaced Hamel. The Alan Thicke Show would run until 1983 when he left to create and host the syndicate night time talk show Thicke of the Night. Intended to compete with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Thicke of the Night was ultimately not a hit and was cancelled just under a year after its debut. The cancellation proved not to be a setback however, as the next year Thicke was hired to head up the cast of ABC’s family sitcom Growing Pains. Riding a wave of successful family comedies that would define the 80s and early 90s, Growing Pains also hinted at changing American families, starring Thicke as Psychiatrist Jason Seaver, who recently moved his practice into his home so his wife, played by Joanna Kerns, could return to her journalism career. The show was notable for making a teen idol of costar Kirk Cameron, who made a very public conversion to evangelical Christianity mid-way through the show’s run, for the public battle with anorexia by co-star Tracey Gold, and for casting a young Leonardo DiCaprio in the final season. A solid hit in its first five seasons, Growing Pains ended its run in 1992. Thicke continued to work regularly after the end of Growing Pains. Among his roles on television were guest spots on Married… with Children, 7th Heaven, Joey, a seven-episode stint on The Bold and the Beautiful, and a five-episode stint as himself on How I Met Your Mother among many others. He also had numerous film roles, with appearances in Raising Helen, and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Alpha Dog among others. In 2014, Thicke created and starred in the reality TV parody series Unusually Thicke for the Pop Network. The show’s second season aired in 2015. “We are deeply saddened to hear of Alan’s passing. He was a part of our Pop family and was a tremendous talent,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Pop TV in a statement. “He was also for all who knew him, an amazing father and a true gentleman. We had the privilege to work with America’s Favorite Dad and his loss is one that is deeply felt.” Most recently, he guest-starred in the role of Mike, Crystal’s grandfather, on Netflix’s Fuller House, the second season of which premiered December 9 on the streaming service. Thicke is survived by his wife of 11 years, Tanya Callau, and his sons Brennan, Carter, and singer-songwriter Robin Thicke. Donations in Thicke’s name may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: (http://www.jdrf.org/) This article was printed from https://deadline.com/2016/12/growing-pains-fuller-house-alan-thicke-dies-at-69-1201870334/	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24807
__label__cc	0.556013	0.443987	The Arms Trade Treaty June 30, 2013 DI The States Parties to this Treaty, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations which seeks to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources, Underlining the need to prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and to prevent their diversion to the illicit market, or for unauthorized end use and end users, including in the commission of terrorist acts, Recognizing the legitimate political, security, economic and commercial interests of States in the international trade in conventional arms, Reaffirming the sovereign right of any State to regulate and control conventional arms exclusively within its territory, pursuant to its own legal or constitutional system, Acknowledging that peace and security, development and human rights are pillars of the United Nations system and foundations for collective security and recognizing that development, peace and security and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing, Recalling the United Nations Disarmament Commission Guidelines for international arms transfers in the context of General Assembly resolution 46/36H of 6 December 1991, Noting the contribution made by the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, as well as the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, Recognizing the security, social, economic and humanitarian consequences of the illicit and unregulated trade in conventional arms, Bearing in mind that civilians, particularly women and children, account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict and armed violence, Recognizing also the challenges faced by victims of armed conflict and their need for adequate care, rehabilitation and social and economic inclusion, Emphasizing that nothing in this Treaty prevents States from maintaining and adopting additional effective measures to further the object and purpose of this Treaty, Mindful of the legitimate trade and lawful ownership, and use of certain conventional arms for recreational, cultural, historical, and sporting activities, where such trade, ownership and use are permitted or protected by law, Mindful also of the role regional organizations can play in assisting States Parties, upon request, in implementing this Treaty, Recognizing the voluntary and active role that civil society, including non- governmental organizations, and industry, can play in raising awareness of the object and purpose of this Treaty, and in supporting its implementation, Acknowledging that regulation of the international trade in conventional arms and preventing their diversion should not hamper international cooperation and legitimate trade in materiel, equipment and technology for peaceful purposes, Emphasizing the desirability of achieving universal adherence to this Treaty, Determined to act in accordance with the following principles; The inherent right of all States to individual or collective self-defence as recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations; The settlement of international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered in accordance with Article 2 (3) of the Charter of the United Nations; Refraining in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations in accordance with Article 2 (4) of the Charter of the United Nations; Non-intervention in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State in accordance with Article 2 (7) of the Charter of the United Nations; Respecting and ensuring respect for international humanitarian law in accordance with, inter alia, the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and respecting and ensuring respect for human rights in accordance with, inter alia, the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The responsibility of all States, in accordance with their respective international obligations, to effectively regulate the international trade in conventional arms, and to prevent their diversion, as well as the primary responsibility of all States in establishing and implementing their respective national control systems; The respect for the legitimate interests of States to acquire conventional arms to exercise their right to self-defence and for peacekeeping operations; and to produce, export, import and transfer conventional arms; Implementing this Treaty in a consistent, objective and non-discriminatory manner, Have agreed as follows: Object and Purpose The object of this Treaty is to: Establish the highest possible common international standards for regulating or improving the regulation of the international trade in conventional arms; Prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and prevent their diversion; for the purpose of: Contributing to international and regional peace, security and stability; Reducing human suffering; Promoting cooperation, transparency and responsible action by States Parties in the international trade in conventional arms, thereby building confidence among States Parties. 1. This Treaty shall apply to all conventional arms within the following categories: (a) Battle tanks; (b) Armoured combat vehicles; (c) Large-calibre artillery systems; (d) Combat aircraft; (e) Attack helicopters; (f) Warships; (g) Missiles and missile launchers; and (h) Small arms and light weapons. 2. For the purposes of this Treaty, the activities of the international trade comprise export, import, transit, trans-shipment and brokering, hereafter referred to as “transfer”. 3. This Treaty shall not apply to the international movement of conventional arms by, or on behalf of, a State Party for its use provided that the conventional arms remain under that State Party’s ownership. Ammunition/Munitions Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system to regulate the export of ammunition/munitions fired, launched or delivered by the conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1), and shall apply the provisions of Article 6 and Article 7 prior to authorizing the export of such ammunition/munitions. Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system to regulate the export of parts and components where the export is in a form that provides the capability to assemble the conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) and shall apply the provisions of Article 6 and Article 7 prior to authorizing the export of such parts and components. General Implementation 1. Each State Party shall implement this Treaty in a consistent, objective and non-discriminatory manner, bearing in mind the principles referred to in this Treaty. 2. Each State Party shall establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list, in order to implement the provisions of this Treaty. 3. Each State Party is encouraged to apply the provisions of this Treaty to the broadest range of conventional arms. National definitions of any of the categories covered under Article 2 (1) (a)-(g) shall not cover less than the descriptions used in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms at the time of entry into force of this Treaty. For the category covered under Article 2 (1) (h), national definitions shall not cover less than the descriptions used in relevant United Nations instruments at the time of entry into force of this Treaty. 4. Each State Party, pursuant to its national laws, shall provide its national control list to the Secretariat, which shall make it available to other States Parties. States Parties are encouraged to make their control lists publicly available. 5. Each State Party shall take measures necessary to implement the provisions of this Treaty and shall designate competent national authorities in order to have an effective and transparent national control system regulating the transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) and of items covered under Article 3 and Article 4. 6. Each State Party shall designate one or more national points of contact to exchange information on matters related to the implementation of this Treaty. Each State Party shall notify the Secretariat, established under Article 18, of its national point(s) of contact and keep the information updated. 1. A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4, if the transfer would violate its obligations under measures adopted by the United Nations Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular arms embargoes. 2. A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4, if the transfer would violate its relevant international obligations under international agreements to which it is a Party, in particular those relating to the transfer of, or illicit trafficking in, conventional arms. 3. A State Party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4, if it has knowledge at the time of authorization that the arms or items would be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, attacks directed against civilian objects or civilians protected as such, or other war crimes as defined by international agreements to which it is a Party. Export and Export Assessment 1. If the export is not prohibited under Article 6, each exporting State Party, prior to authorization of the export of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4, under its jurisdiction and pursuant to its national control system, shall, in an objective and non-discriminatory manner, taking into account relevant factors, including information provided by the importing State in accordance with Article 8 (1), assess the potential that the conventional arms or items: (a) would contribute to or undermine peace and security; (b) could be used to: (i) commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law; (ii) commit or facilitate a serious violation of international human rights law; (iii) commit or facilitate an act constituting an offence under international conventions or protocols relating to terrorism to which the exporting State is a Party; or (iv) commit or facilitate an act constituting an offence under international conventions or protocols relating to transnational organized crime to which the exporting State is a Party. 2. The exporting State Party shall also consider whether there are measures that could be undertaken to mitigate risks identified in (a) or (b) in paragraph 1, such as confidence-building measures or jointly developed and agreed programmes by the exporting and importing States. 3. If, after conducting this assessment and considering available mitigating measures, the exporting State Party determines that there is an overriding risk of any of the negative consequences in paragraph 1, the exporting State Party shall not authorize the export. 4. The exporting State Party, in making this assessment, shall take into account the risk of the conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of the items covered under Article 3 or Article 4 being used to commit or facilitate serious acts of gender- based violence or serious acts of violence against women and children. 5. Each exporting State Party shall take measures to ensure that all authorizations for the export of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) or of items covered under Article 3 or Article 4 are detailed and issued prior to the export. 6. Each exporting State Party shall make available appropriate information about the authorization in question, upon request, to the importing State Party and to the transit or trans-shipment States Parties, subject to its national laws, practices or policies. 7. If, after an authorization has been granted, an exporting State Party becomes aware of new relevant information, it is encouraged to reassess the authorization after consultations, if appropriate, with the importing State. 1. Each importing State Party shall take measures to ensure that appropriate and relevant information is provided, upon request, pursuant to its national laws, to the exporting State Party, to assist the exporting State Party in conducting its national export assessment under Article 7. Such measures may include end use or end user documentation. 2. Each importing State Party shall take measures that will allow it to regulate, where necessary, imports under its jurisdiction of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). Such measures may include import systems. 3. Each importing State Party may request information from the exporting State Party concerning any pending or actual export authorizations where the importing State Party is the country of final destination. Transit or trans-shipment Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to regulate, where necessary and feasible, the transit or trans-shipment under its jurisdiction of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) through its territory in accordance with relevant international law. Brokering Each State Party shall take measures, pursuant to its national laws, to regulate brokering taking place under its jurisdiction for conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). Such measures may include requiring brokers to register or obtain written authorization before engaging in brokering. 1. Each State Party involved in the transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) shall take measures to prevent their diversion. 2. The exporting State Party shall seek to prevent the diversion of the transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) through its national control system, established in accordance with Article 5 (2), by assessing the risk of diversion of the export and considering the establishment of mitigation measures such as confidence-building measures or jointly developed and agreed programmes by the exporting and importing States. Other prevention measures may include, where appropriate: examining parties involved in the export, requiring additional documentation, certificates, assurances, not authorizing the export or other appropriate measures. 3. Importing, transit, trans-shipment and exporting States Parties shall cooperate and exchange information, pursuant to their national laws, where appropriate and feasible, in order to mitigate the risk of diversion of the transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). 4. If a State Party detects a diversion of transferred conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1), the State Party shall take appropriate measures, pursuant to its national laws and in accordance with international law, to address such diversion. Such measures may include alerting potentially affected States Parties, examining diverted shipments of such conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1), and taking follow-up measures through investigation and law enforcement. 5. In order to better comprehend and prevent the diversion of transferred conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1), States Parties are encouraged to share relevant information with one another on effective measures to address diversion. Such information may include information on illicit activities including corruption, international trafficking routes, illicit brokers, sources of illicit supply, methods of concealment, common points of dispatch, or destinations used by organized groups engaged in diversion. 6. States Parties are encouraged to report to other States Parties, through the Secretariat, on measures taken in addressing the diversion of transferred conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). 1. Each State Party shall maintain national records, pursuant to its national laws and regulations, of its issuance of export authorizations or its actual exports of the conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). 2. Each State Party is encouraged to maintain records of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) that are transferred to its territory as the final destination or that are authorized to transit or trans-ship territory under its jurisdiction. 3. Each State Party is encouraged to include in those records: the quantity, value, model/type, authorized international transfers of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1), conventional arms actually transferred, details of exporting State(s), importing State(s), transit and trans-shipment State(s), and end users, as appropriate. 4. Records shall be kept for a minimum of ten years. 1. Each State Party shall, within the first year after entry into force of this Treaty for that State Party, in accordance with Article 22, provide an initial report to the Secretariat of measures undertaken in order to implement this Treaty, including national laws, national control lists and other regulations and administrative measures. Each State Party shall report to the Secretariat on any new measures undertaken in order to implement this Treaty, when appropriate. Reports shall be made available, and distributed to States Parties by the Secretariat. 2. States Parties are encouraged to report to other States Parties, through the Secretariat, information on measures taken that have been proven effective in addressing the diversion of transferred conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). 3. Each State Party shall submit annually to the Secretariat by 31 May a report for the preceding calendar year concerning authorized or actual exports and imports of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). Reports shall be made available, and distributed to States Parties by the Secretariat. The report submitted to the Secretariat may contain the same information submitted by the State Party to relevant United Nations frameworks, including the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. Reports may exclude commercially sensitive or national security information. Each State Party shall take appropriate measures to enforce national laws and regulations that implement the provisions of this Treaty. 1. States Parties shall cooperate with each other, consistent with their respective security interests and national laws, to effectively implement this Treaty. 2. States Parties are encouraged to facilitate international cooperation, including exchanging information on matters of mutual interest regarding the implementation and application of this Treaty pursuant to their respective security interests and national laws. 3. States Parties are encouraged to consult on matters of mutual interest and to share information, as appropriate, to support the implementation of this Treaty. 4. States Parties are encouraged to cooperate, pursuant to their national laws, in order to assist national implementation of the provisions of this Treaty, including through sharing information regarding illicit activities and actors and in order to prevent and eradicate diversion of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1). 5. States Parties shall, where jointly agreed and consistent with their national laws, afford one another the widest measure of assistance in investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings in relation to violations of national measures established pursuant to this Treaty. 6. States Parties are encouraged to take national measures and to cooperate with each other to prevent the transfer of conventional arms covered under Article 2 (1) becoming subject to corrupt practices. 7. States Parties are encouraged to exchange experience and information on lessons learned in relation to any aspect of this Treaty. 1. In implementing this Treaty, each State Party may seek assistance including legal or legislative assistance, institutional capacity-building, and technical, material or financial assistance. Such assistance may include stockpile management, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, model legislation, and effective practices for implementation. Each State Party in a position to do so shall provide such assistance, upon request. 2. Each State Party may request, offer or receive assistance through, inter alia, the United Nations, international, regional, subregional or national organizations, non-governmental organizations, or on a bilateral basis. 3. A voluntary trust fund shall be established by States Parties to assist requesting States Parties requiring international assistance to implement this Treaty. Each State Party is encouraged to contribute resources to the fund. Conference of States Parties 1. A Conference of States Parties shall be convened by the provisional Secretariat, established under Article 18, no later than one year following the entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter at such other times as may be decided by the Conference of States Parties. 2. The Conference of States Parties shall adopt by consensus its rules of procedure at its first session. 3. The Conference of States Parties shall adopt financial rules for itself as well as governing the funding of any subsidiary bodies it may establish as well as financial provisions governing the functioning of the Secretariat. At each ordinary session, it shall adopt a budget for the financial period until the next ordinary session. 4. The Conference of States Parties shall: (a) Review the implementation of this Treaty, including developments in the field of conventional arms; (b) Consider and adopt recommendations regarding the implementation and operation of this Treaty, in particular the promotion of its universality; (c) Consider amendments to this Treaty in accordance with Article 20; (d) Consider issues arising from the interpretation of this Treaty; (e) Consider and decide the tasks and budget of the Secretariat; (f) Consider the establishment of any subsidiary bodies as may be necessary to improve the functioning of this Treaty; and (g) Perform any other function consistent with this Treaty. 5. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of States Parties shall be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Conference of States Parties, or at the written request of any State Party provided that this request is supported by at least two-thirds of the States Parties. 1. This Treaty hereby establishes a Secretariat to assist States Parties in the effective implementation of this Treaty. Pending the first meeting of the Conference of States Parties, a provisional Secretariat will be responsible for the administrative functions covered under this Treaty. 2. The Secretariat shall be adequately staffed. Staff shall have the necessary expertise to ensure that the Secretariat can effectively undertake the responsibilities described in paragraph 3. 3. The Secretariat shall be responsible to States Parties. Within a minimized structure, the Secretariat shall undertake the following responsibilities: (a) Receive, make available and distribute the reports as mandated by this Treaty; (b) Maintain and make available to States Parties the list of national points of contact; (c) Facilitate the matching of offers of and requests for assistance for Treaty implementation and promote international cooperation as requested; (d) Facilitate the work of the Conference of States Parties, including making arrangements and providing the necessary services for meetings under this Treaty; and (e) Perform other duties as decided by the Conferences of States Parties. 1. States Parties shall consult and, by mutual consent, cooperate to pursue settlement of any dispute that may arise between them with regard to the interpretation or application of this Treaty including through negotiations, mediation, conciliation, judicial settlement or other peaceful means. 2. States Parties may pursue, by mutual consent, arbitration to settle any dispute between them, regarding issues concerning the interpretation or application of this Treaty. 1. Six years after the entry into force of this Treaty, any State Party may propose an amendment to this Treaty. Thereafter, proposed amendments may only be considered by the Conference of States Parties every three years. 2. Any proposal to amend this Treaty shall be submitted in writing to the Secretariat, which shall circulate the proposal to all States Parties, not less than 180 days before the next meeting of the Conference of States Parties at which amendments may be considered pursuant to paragraph 1. The amendment shall be considered at the next Conference of States Parties at which amendments may be considered pursuant to paragraph 1 if, no later than 120 days after its circulation by the Secretariat, a majority of States Parties notify the Secretariat that they support consideration of the proposal. 3. The States Parties shall make every effort to achieve consensus on each amendment. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the amendment shall, as a last resort, be adopted by a three-quarters majority vote of the States Parties present and voting at the meeting of the Conference of States Parties. For the purposes of this Article, States Parties present and voting means States Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote. The Depositary shall communicate any adopted amendment to all States Parties. 4. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 shall enter into force for each State Party that has deposited its instrument of acceptance for that amendment, ninety days following the date of deposit with the Depositary of the instruments of acceptance by a majority of the number of States Parties at the time of the adoption of the amendment. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for any remaining State Party ninety days following the date of deposit of its instrument of acceptance for that amendment. Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Accession 1. This Treaty shall be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York by all States from 3 June 2013 until its entry into force. 2. This Treaty is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by each signatory State. 3. Following its entry into force, this Treaty shall be open for accession by any State that has not signed the Treaty. 4. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. 1. This Treaty shall enter into force ninety days following the date of the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Depositary. 2. For any State that deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession subsequent to the entry into force of this Treaty, this Treaty shall enter into force for that State ninety days following the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Provisional Application Any State may at the time of signature or the deposit of instrument of its of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it will apply provisionally Article 6 and Article 7 pending the entry into force of this Treaty for that State. Duration and Withdrawal This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration. Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Treaty. It shall give notification of such withdrawal to the Depositary, which shall notify all other States Parties. The notification of withdrawal may include an explanation of the reasons for its withdrawal. The notice of withdrawal shall take effect ninety days after the receipt of the notification of withdrawal by the Depositary, unless the notification of withdrawal specifies a later date. 3. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations arising from this Treaty while it was a Party to this Treaty, including any financial obligations that it may have accrued. 1. At the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, each State may formulate reservations, unless the reservations are incompatible with the object and purpose of this Treaty. 2. A State Party may withdraw its reservation at any time by notification to this effect addressed to the Depositary. Relationship with other international agreements 1. The implementation of this Treaty shall not prejudice obligations undertaken by States Parties with regard to existing or future international agreements, to which they are parties, where those obligations are consistent with this Treaty. 2. This Treaty shall not be cited as grounds for voiding defence cooperation agreements concluded between States Parties to this Treaty. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of this Treaty. Authentic Texts The original text of this Treaty, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previous PostDI Marks World Refugee Day 2013Next PostDI Calls upon Mr. Morsy to Find Path towards Collaboration	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24808
__label__wiki	0.747654	0.747654	Theses and Capstones MA in Policy Studies How Does Automatic Tipping Affect Racial Discrimination in Puget Sound Area Restaurants? An evidence-based interview study of waitstaff working in Seattle Metropolitan area restaurants 2018_Meadows, Michael - Michael Meadows.pdf (272.8Kb) Meadows, Michael Gratuity, or the act of tipping, has been a part of the restaurant industry in the U.S since the mid-1800’s. In this length of time there has never been a policy to regulate the tipping of servers and bartenders, otherwise known as waitstaff, on a federal level. A few Individual states have tried to institute their own gratuity policies, but all have failed thus far. Due to this gap in policy, restaurants across the country are beginning to impose gratuity minimums of their own. Studies have shown that not having tipping policies in the restaurant complex opens the door for institutional racism by way of waitstaff, directed towards the consumer. Scholars call this phenomenon Consumer Racial Profiling, or CRP. The purpose of this study was to find out how Puget Sound area waitstaff feel about automatic gratuity policies and if they believe that these policies would affect the inherent racism engrained in the restaurant industry, whether positively or negatively. Interviews were given to two bartenders working at a restaurant located in an affluent city located in the greater Seattle Metropolitan area. Interviews were transcribed and then an in-depth analysis was conducted. The analysis produced 10 themes that were later broken down into two overall themes in regard to the study’s research questions: Racism in Restaurants and Benefits of Automatic Tipping Policy. MA in Policy Studies [112]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24813
__label__wiki	0.951846	0.951846	Maritime Directory Maritime Vessels Directory anglo-eastern ship management ltd.(x) • 51283 - 56091(x) • hamilton(x) • (1-6 of 6) clear Container Ship (6) Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd. (6) Hapag-Lloyd Ships Ltd. (3) Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (1) Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Koje Shipyard (5) BOSTON EXPRESS Container Ship \| Flag: Bermuda \| Port: HAMILTON DRESDEN EXPRESS HOECHST EXPRESS KIEL EXPRESS PORTLAND EXPRESS Trump: U.S. Ship Destroyed Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump said the USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the aircraft threatened the ship by flying to within 1,000 yards of it.He called on other countries to condemn Iran and protect their own ships.Reporting by Steve Holland Oil Recovered from WWII Shipwreck Operations to recover oil from a World War II-era shipwreck are nearing completion after commencing on May 11, 2019 off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday.The sunken vessel, Coimbra, was a supply ship owned by Great Britain that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Long Island during World War II. Initial dive operations in May 2019 confirmed the tanker was leaking small amounts of oil, the Coast Guard discovered.A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation oversaw the response supported by more than 100 government, industry and environmental specialists. Interview: Douglas Prothero, CEO, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection As privately owned, luxury yachts near the size of the average cruise ship, behold a new option, which is anything but commonplace: The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. At 624 feet and 11 decks, her exterior profile resembles a sleek superyacht design, not a cruise ship on the horizon. Launched in October 2018 at Hijos de J. Barreras Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, the flagship of the new brand is now in outfitting and interior finishing. The project was co-managed by The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Marriott and Tillberg Design of Sweden. St. Louis Regional Freightway: Prepare now for Lock Closures Lock Closures Starting on the Illinois Waterway This Summer May Result in More Freight Flowing Through St. Louis Region.Businesses that move or handle commodities on the Illinois Waterway system are being encouraged to start making alternative plans due the scheduled closure of locks on that inland waterway system. With a two-week closure planned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beginning as early as August 2019 and closures of 90 to 120 days expected in the summers of 2020 and 2023 U.S. Unsure About Details of Tanker Towed to Iran U.S. officials say they are unsure whether an oil tanker towed into Iranian waters was seized by Iran or rescued after facing mechanical faults as Tehran asserts, creating a mystery at sea at a time of high tension in the Gulf.The MT Riah disappeared from ship tracking maps when its transponder was switched off in the Strait of Hormuz on July 14. Its last position was off the coast of the Iranian island of Qeshm in the strait.Iran says it towed a vessel into its waters from the strait after the ship issued a distress call. Although Tehran did not name the vessel, the Riah is the only ship whose recorded movements appear likely to match that description.A U.S. Maritime Reporter and Engineering News (July 2019) Cruise Vessel Design & Outfit © 2019 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc • Maritime Magazine • Maritime Jobs • FPSO News	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24815
__label__wiki	0.718618	0.718618	March 10, 2015 Best Adapted Screenplay Winners / Best Cinematography Winners / Best Original Score / Classic Films / Dramas / Epic / Romance / War Movies Doctor Zhivago (1965) Directed by David Lean Based on the novel Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak Screenplay by Robert Bolt Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay Yuri (Sharif), a married physician and poet is in love with another woman (Christie). As Russia is pulled into World War I, Yuri tries to juggle his love for Lara and his devotion for his wife (Chaplin). The challenges Yuri faces multiply as the war gives way to the October Revolution. This is a classic piece of cinema directed by David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia). The film is based on Boris Pasternak’s novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Robert Bolt (The Mission). The cast includes great talents like Omar Sharif (Funny Girl), Julie Christie (Darling), and Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront). Tom Courtenay (Billy Liar), Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets) and Geraldine Chaplin (The Impossible) are also a part of the incredible cast. This film was initially conceived by producer Carlo Ponti as a vehicle for Sophia Loren, his wife. Following his success with Lawrence of Arabia, Lean was looking for a more romantic film to work on. Omar Sharif, who had worked with Lean on Lawrence of Arabia was immediately interested in working on the project. Once Lean convinced Ponti that his wife wasn’t right for the film, the rest of the cast was put together. Interestingly, actors including Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Max von Sydow, Michael Caine, and Audrey Hepburn were all considered for roles in this movie. The film would go on to be nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The story written for this film is an example of what makes an epic film work. The sweeping arc of the film covers a ton of ground without losing track of the important details of the people in the story. The story starts off strong, with an opening that asks all the right questions. The early part of the film does an excellent job introducing all of the characters in a way that keeps the story flowing. The characters themselves are all interesting, flawed, and somewhat unpredictable. The characters also evolve throughout the film, and the writing eases that evolution into the story in ways that keep it from feeling abrupt. Despite the big historical events being portrayed, the film balances the smaller aspects of the film nicely. The dialogue is also really nicely written, giving each character their own unique voice. While this movie could’ve easily become melodramatic the writing helps it to rise above that. The result is a powerful romantic drama based around the cost of war and the perils of revolution. The great writing earned Robert Bolt an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The acting in this film features a great collection of performances from all of the central cast members. Omar Sharif gives a wonderful performance in a role that almost works opposite to the tone of the film. As things around his character crumble, he brings out something strangely optimistic. His ability to find the right emotions in his role is another great aspect of the movie. He also has good chemistry with Chaplin and Christie, a necessity for this story. Julie Christie plays the complicated and intense Lara. Her adjustments really bring the evolution of her character to life in incredible ways. This evolution is one of the more important aspects of the story, and it’s nice to see it work so nicely. Geraldine Chaplin also does a great job in this movie. She finds good chemistry with Sharif despite the major differences in their characters. One of the great performances in this movie comes from Rod Steiger. He plays a man bent on self-preservation and self-serving actions. All of these less-than-noble qualities might have made him a clear villain in this one. Thankfully he understood the complex nature of his character, and he brings out a softer side that seems to cushion the movie from direct contact with the inner-bad guy. Alec Guinness also does a nice job in this movie. His role plays the part of narrator, but he’s not the central figure in the film. He finds a certain amount of distance in his interaction with the other characters that plays nicely. Finally, Tom Courtenay gives a powerful performance in this movie. His character evolves in a way that required him to almost be two separate people. His smaller role holds a key position in the film, and he doesn’t disappoint. Ultimately, he would earn an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. All of the main cast members bring this movie to life with performances worthy of the excellent story. The great story and wonderful acting are just a few of the successes of this movie. Cinematographer Freddie Young (Battle of Britain) does wonderful work putting the visuals together. Like the writing, Young manages to capture the bigger world of the film while still getting up close with the major characters in the story. The use of lighting, and frame-within-a-frame techniques are wonderful throughout the movie. He also has a consistency that works nicely in this one. For his work, Young was awarded with an Oscar for Best Cinematography. The film is also wonderfully edited. Norman Savage was nominated for Best Film Editing for his work on this epic film. Despite running for 197 minutes, there seems to be nothing in the film that isn’t necessary to the story. The film also won Oscars for Best Color Costume Design and Best Color Set Decoration. All of these aspects all came together in a movie that’s a visual masterpiece. The sound work for this film is another nice aspect of the production. Perhaps the easiest place to start is with the score, written by Maurice Jarre (No Way Out). He composed a moving score with themes that feel right at home with the story. He also found the right places to accentuate the film with his music, all the while remaining in tune with the tone. His work earned him his second Oscar win for Best Score. The film was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound. This is a classic and a great example of how to make an epic film work. Interestingly enough, the critics at the time were split on the value of this movie. Many of the questions of pro-Communism elements within the film no longer resonate in quite the same way. We also have the luxury of hindsight to see how little credence should be given to those criticisms. The combination of great elements comes together in the perfect storm, leaving a movie that has aged wonderfully despite being more than 50 years old. If you’re a fan of epic films this is one you must see. I would also suggest this to anyone who loves powerful dramas or romance. This is also a great movie that the fans of the stars should see. I give this one 5 out of 5 stars. 1965Alec GuinnessBoris PasternakDavid LeanDoctor ZhivagoGeraldine ChaplinJulie ChristieMovieOmar SharifReviewRobert BoltRod Steiger Another 48 Hours I liked this, but It’s still not my favorite movie by Lean and unlike some of his other epics, this one felt a bit too long. great review Jeff! I’ve heard people say that this one is too long before, but perhaps it’s just a preference thing. It’s not my favorite from Lean, but it’s up there. I’m glad you liked it. I actually like long movies, but only when they don’t feel like they drag too much along the way I know what you mean. Sometimes the extra material is not necessary to the story.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24822
__label__wiki	0.799845	0.799845	(-) Remove Outreach filter Outreach Arizona State University Embryo Project Photograph Collections In the 1970s Stanford University Embryologist Harold Heath sent a box of photographs to Frederick B. Churchill, who was a Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science Department at Indiana University. Heath was born in Indiana, he knew that Churchill was the leading historian of embryology, and he wanted his photographs to be used and therefore wanted them to be housed somewhere with an interest in the history of biology. Heath made it clear that he was donating the photographs for use by scholars and the public. Making Visible Embryos (2008- ), by Tatjana Buklijaz and Nick Hopwood Making Visible Embryos is a 2008 online exhibition of embryos authored and designed by Tatjana Buklijaz and Nick Hopwood who work in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Hopwood's research on the history of Ziegler wax models and the use of visual aids to promote the teaching and learning of science is well known. Subject: Organizations, Outreach "The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo" The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo website (http://embryo.soad.umich.edu/) is a publicly accessible online database of the first three-dimensional images and animations of human embryos during different stages of development. Both the images and animations were created using magnetic resonance microscopy and compiled for easy access. Subject: Outreach, Organizations Images of Embryos in Life Magazine in the 1950s Embryonic images displayed in Life magazine during the mid-twentieth century serve as a representation of technological advances and the growing public interest in the stages of embryological development. These black-and-white photographs portray skeletal structures and intact bodies of chicken embryos and human embryos and fetuses obtained from collections belonging to universities and medical institutions. Subject: Outreach, Publications, Reproduction Ameisen: Die heimliche Weltmacht (Ants: Nature’s Secret Power) (2004) Ameisen: Die heimliche Weltmacht (Ants: Nature’s Secret Power) is a nature documentary about ants. Wolfgang Thaler wrote, filmed, and directed the film, which focuses on the work of ant researcher Bert "Visualizing Human Embryos" (1999), by Bradley Richard Smith In March 1999 Bradley Richard Smith, a professor at the University of Michigan, unveiled the first digital magnetic resonance images of human embryos. In his article "Visualizing Human Embryos for Scientific American," Smith displayed three-dimensional images of embryos using combinations of Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (MRM), light microscopy, and various computer editing. He created virtual embryo models that it is possible to view as dissections, animations, or in their whole 3D form. Smith's images constitute a new way of visualizing embryos. Subject: Outreach, Publications Gunther von Hagens (1945- ) Gunther von Hagens invented a plastination technique and created Body Worlds, a traveling exhibit that has made anatomy part of the public domain. Von Hagens invented the plastination technique in 1977 while working at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. Von Hagen's plastination technique preserves real bodies and tissues by the removal of the fluid and replacement with resin. Body Worlds features three-dimensional, plastinated human bodies. Subject: People, Outreach, Reproduction Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909–1985) Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control and reproductive rights in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite and philanthropist and was married to Barry Goldwater, US Senator from Arizona. She spent much of her life working to further the women's reproductive rights movement, which sought to expand women's legal, social, and physical access to reproductive healthcare, including contraception and abortions. Subject: People, Reproduction, Outreach The Mother's Health Clinic of Phoenix (1937-1942) The Mother's Health Clinic opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1937 and provided women in central Arizona with contraception and family planning resources. A group of wealthy philanthropic Phoenix women founded the clinic under the guidance of birth control activist Margaret Sanger. The clinic was the second birth control clinic to open in Arizona and the first to serve the central and northern Arizona residents. Subject: Organizations, Outreach, Reproduction Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1950-1977) Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning resources until 1977, when it expanded to locations outside of Tucson and became Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona. The Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson was formed after the Clinica Para Madres, the first birth control clinic in Arizona, merged with the national organization Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Subject: Organizations, Reproduction, Outreach Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix (1942-1978) The Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix was established in 1942 to expand Arizona women's access to family planning resources. The Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix was formed through the merging of The Mother's Health Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, with the national Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The clinic was primarily based within the Phoenix Memorial Hospital campus but expanded to other locations in the late 1960s. Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950) The Clinica Para Madres (Mother’s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control clinic in Arizona. After moving to Tucson, birth control activist Margaret Sanger, along with a group of local philanthropic women, founded the clinic to provide Arizona women with contraception. During the early 1900s in the US, contraception was illegal under the federal Comstock Act. Additionally, many viewed contraception and sex as obscene and not to be discussed in public or outside of marriage. Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879-1966) Margaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although people used contraceptives prior to the twentieth century, in the US the 1873 Comstock Act made the distribution of information relating to the use of contraceptives illegal, and similar state-level Comstock laws also classified discussion and dissemination of contraceptives as illegal. Subject: People, Reproductive Health Arizona, Reproduction, Outreach People's Padre: An Autobiography (1954), by Emmett McLoughlin Emmett McLoughlin wrote People's Padre: An Autobiography, based on his experiences as a Roman Catholic priest advocating for the health of people in Arizona. The Beacon Press in Boston, Massachusetts, published the autobiography in 1954. McLoughlin was a Franciscan Order Roman Catholic priest who advocated for public housing and healthcare for the poor and for minority groups in Phoenix, Arizona, during the mid twentieth century. The autobiography recounts McLoughlin's efforts in founding several community initiatives throughout Phoenix, including the St. Subject: Outreach, People, Publications, Religion "Drama of Life Before Birth" (1965), by Life Magazine and Lennart Nilsson Life Magazine's 1965 cover story "Drama of Life Before Birth" featured photographs of embryos and fetuses taken by Swedish photojournalist Lennart Nilsson to document the developmental stages of a human embryo. Included in this article was the first published image of a living fetus inside its mother's womb. Prior to this, embryos and fetuses were observed, studied, and photographed outside of women's bodies as non-living specimens. Subject: Publications, Outreach, Reproduction Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act (1921) In November 1921, US Congress passed the National Maternity and Infancy Protection Act, also called the Sheppard-Towner Act. The Act provided federal funds to states to establish programs to educate people about prenatal health and infant welfare. Advocates argued that it would curb the high infant mortality rate in the US. Subject: Legal, Outreach Julia Clifford Lathrop (1858–1932) Julia Clifford Lathrop was an activist and social reformer in the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries and the first chief of the United States Children’s Bureau. In that capacity, she conducted demographic studies to identify links between socioeconomic factors and infant mortality rates. Lathrop mobilized the effort to increase birth registration and designed programs and publications to promote infant and maternal health throughout the US. Subject: People, Outreach Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, began in 1888 with one building housing researchers upstairs and students in a shared lab and lecture space downstairs. For the first two years, instruction took the form of general lectures covering a range of topics in zoology. In addition, the trustees offered some public lectures in Boston to raise funds for the lab. Prenatal Care (1913), by Mary Mills West Prenatal Care is an educational booklet written by Mary Mills West of the US Children’s Bureau and published by the US Government Printing Office in 1913. The Bureau distributed West’s booklets in response to their field studies on infant mortality, which found that lack of access to accurate health and hygiene information put women and infants at greater than normal risk of death or disease. In Prenatal Care, West offers advice on nutrition, exercise, and personal hygiene during pregnancy and describes the processes of labor and birth. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (1968) The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA or the Act) was passed in the US in 1968 and has since been revised in 1987 and in 2006. The Act sets a regulatory framework for the donation of organs, tissues, and other human body parts in the US. The UAGA helps regulate body donations to science, medicine, and education. The Act has been consulted in discussions about abortion , fetal tissue transplants , and Body Worlds , an anatomy exhibition. Subject: Legal, Outreach, Reproduction Lennart Nilsson (1922- ) Lennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career, Nilsson has received a great deal of publicity for his images documenting the human reproductive system and the morphology of viruses. His photography was the first to capture early human development and the developmental stages of embryos and fetuses. These images have helped shape the way the public visualizes development. A Child Is Born (1965), by Lennart Nilsson Dell Publishing in New York City, New York, published Lennart Nilsson's A Child Is Born in 1966. The book was a translation of the Swedish version called Ett barn blir till, published in 1965. It sold over a million copies in its first edition, and has translations in twelve languages. Nilsson, a photojournalist, documented a nine-month human pregnancy using pictures and accompanying text written by doctors Axel Ingelman-Sundberg, Claes Wirsen and translated by Britt and Claes Wirsen and Annabelle MacMillian. The Malthusian League (1877–1927) The Malthusian League, founded in London, England, in 1877 promoted the use of contraception to limit family size. Activists Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant established the Malthusian League after they were arrested and exonerated for publishing a pamphlet describing techniques to prevent pregnancy. Founders based the league on the principles of Thomas Malthus, a British nineteenth century economist, who wrote on the perils of a population growing beyond the resources available to support it. Better Babies Contests in the United States (1908–1916) Better babies contests were competitions held in state fairs throughout the US during the early twentieth century in which babies between the ages of 6 and 48 months were judged for their health. In 1908, social activist Mary de Garmo established and held the first better babies contest at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport, Louisiana. The contests, mirroring theories established in the US’s eugenics movement of the twentieth century, aimed to establish standards for judging infant health.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24824
__label__cc	0.703694	0.296306	The sensible middle in the climate change debate by Chris Ragan 2 Comments Climate and Energy Pollution Climate Change Opinion Polluter Pay This Economy Lab, Report on Business piece by Chris Ragan originally appeared in the Globe and Mail on December 30, 2014 An overwhelming scientific consensus holds that the rising atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases is changing the global climate and presenting humanity with enormous challenges. This consensus also holds that climate change is largely driven by human actions, especially the burning of fossil fuels. Yet among the majority of the population who takes this consensus seriously, there is a highly polarized debate. On one side are people who think we need to resist the lure of economic growth, abandon our relatively free markets, and return to a simpler way of life. According to these people, we need governments to help us “change everything.” On the other side are people who know that dealing with climate change will require large-scale technological changes, but simply trust these changes to appear as the need arises. In their view, governments can rest easy and “do nothing.” As is often the case in such polarized debates, there are grains of truth on both sides. More importantly, however, both sides make massive errors. The more sensible approach to dealing with climate change is somewhere in the middle. The problem with those who want to “change everything” is their failure to appreciate the tremendous power of free-market capitalism in advancing our long-run living standards, largely through the profit-driven processes of invention and innovation that create new products and also better ways of producing existing ones. But their grain of truth is that free markets are unable to deal with environmental problems without some guidance from government. The problem with those who want to “do nothing” aside from putting their faith in technology is their failure to recognize that technological change doesn’t usually just happen. Yes, there are examples of scientists beavering away in their labs, driven only by their own curiosity, and making remarkable discoveries; the invention of the laser and the breaking of the genetic code are good examples. But most technological change occurs because researchers are working to solve real-world economic problems, motivated by the idea that their success will pay off financially. The development of the personal computer, the creation of the mass-production assembly line and the invention of cellular technology are just three out of countless examples. If each of these polar views is mostly wrong, what is the sensible approach to addressing the problem of climate change? The sensible approach needs to admit the power of markets in organizing our economy and allocating scarce resources. But it also needs to recognize that when the costs associated with the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is not included in the prices of goods and services, free markets cease to work their usual magic. In these situations, the faulty price signals embodied in Adam Smith’s famous “invisible hand” can be corrected with policies that require polluters to pay a “carbon price” whenever they emit greenhouse gases. At the same time, the sensible approach needs to recognize that dealing with climate change will require enormous advances in our technologies, especially those dealing with the production and consumption of energy. This points to the importance of creating market-based incentives for the private sector, so it can continue to play its historic role in the rapid and efficient development of new and powerful technologies. Putting all of this together gets us to the essence of an “ecofiscal” approach to dealing with climate change. There are two distinct parts to ecofiscal policies. First, by requiring a carbon price to be paid whenever greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, households and businesses would have a strong economic incentive to reduce their own emissions. At the same time, since everyone would now have an incentive to use cleaner forms of energy, a powerful profit motive would drive businesses to develop cleaner technologies and energy sources. The second part of ecofiscal policies is just as important. The use of carbon pricing would raise revenues for governments, and these revenues could be used to generate further technological gains. The revenues could be used to drive general technological advances, by reducing taxes on investment or profits, or they could be used in a more directed way to support the development of clean, non-emitting technologies. The debate about how best to solve the problem of climate change has unfortunately become polarized. But the argument to “change everything” is as wrong as the argument to “do nothing.” The sensible middle way would use an ecofiscal approach. Kendelabarre I am tired of hearing “It is only the government or the private sector” There is an enormous “other” and very powerful sector comprised of NGOS, social enterprises, state owned businesses, cooperatives, and employee owned pension funds, and last but not least indigenous owned organizations that can do everything, and in many cases MORE than the private sector or even governments who too often are tied down by their out of date ideologies. Raven, like too many other experts , is missing in action on this important economic and social dynamic. Emile Rocher There seems to be an underlying attitude that we need technological advances to make lowering our carbon footprint practical or suffer significant impact to our standard of living. We already have the technology. Buildings can be retrofitted at a profit to cut energy use in half, with the savings paying for the upgrades. Good design in new buildings can achieve dramatic energy savings at no marginal cost ; we only need to change our obsolete building codes. Coal fired electricity generation , one on the single biggest greenhouse gas contributors can be economically displaced by a combination of decentralized renewable energy and gas fired co-generation. A 5.5kw grid tied photovoltaic system has over the past 18 months, generated 100% of our home electrical demand during on an annual basis with enough surplus to drive our electric car 13,000 km per year. The surplus electricity is generated during daylight hours when the grid demand is highest , peaking automatically at times of peak air conditioning demand during the summer. Alberta, which has the best renewable wind and solar resources in Canada, has adopted a solution to increasing electrical demand that involves building $13 billion in new transmission lines from the North , where coal and steam assisted gravity drainage tar sands production are located. Natural gas is extracted by fracking beneath our home, shipped by pipeline 1000 km north to be burned in co-generation plants , with the heat used to generated steam to liquify bitumen. Surplus electricity can then be fed into these new transmission lines back to our house (with 6% loss along the way). The bitumen is diluted with lighter liquid hydrocarbons ( also shipped north) to upgraders , refined into fuel which is shipped by road to local service stations. Consumers pick up 100% of the 13 billion with increased transmission charges. This is a massive subsidy to a single industry and unbelievably inefficient. Natural gas at current prices used in a residential sized co-generation unit such as the Honda freewatt can supply electricity for an electric vehicle at a fuel cost of 2 cents/ km while heating the home for free. Fuel cells , which will improve efficiency even more are already being used in larger heat and power applications and being commercialized from ever smaller applications. We seem to be stuck in the “energy superpower” vision , whatever the cost and consequences and it appears that tanking oil prices have begun to point out the fatal flaws in that vision. Investing in renewable energy and wiser use of fossil fuels in anticipation of a time when their use will be regarded as favorably as smoking in a car with small children is a much more prudent course of action and only requires removing the existing subsidies on fossil fuels and attaching an appropriate cost to their continued use.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24827
__label__wiki	0.979158	0.979158	Ziggy Marley + Michael Franti & Spearhead Michael Franti believes that there is a great battle taking place in the world today between cynicism and optimism, so he made his most recent album, Stay Human Vol. II, to remind himself and anyone else who’s listening, that there is still good in the world and that it is worth fighting for. The album has seen early critical acclaim andsoared to the top of the charts including, #1 Billboard Independent Album Sales, #1 iTunes Top Albums Singer/Songwriter (US and AUS). The songs on Stay Human Vol. II were inspired by Franti’s new self-directed documentary Stay Human, which has recently won array of awards on the film festival circuit. Stay Human features “heroic everyday people” whose stories have inspired the singer, activist and yoga practitioner during his travels around the world. Stay Human Vol. II is the 10th LP from Michael Franti & Spearhead, featuring the group’s signature sound. It follows three consecutive albums that climbed into the top 5 on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart. He’s also charted five singles in the top 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart and had eight songs reach the top 25 on the Triple-A Chart. His hit, “Say Hey” has accumulated more than 2 million downloads worldwide. Franti also had a No. 1 hit single with his 2010 song, “The Sound of Sunshine.” The album and film are both part of a multi-pronged effort to spread positivity through Franti’s music, Soulshine Bali hotel that he built as a home for yoga destination retreats, and Do It For The Love, a non-profit he and his wife, Sara Agah Franti, founded in 2013 to bring people living with life-threatening illnesses, children with severe challenges and wounded veterans to live concerts. To date, Do It For The Love has granted more than 2,000 wishes with the support of more than 100 artists. An eight-time GRAMMY winner, Emmy winner, author, philanthropist, and reggae icon, Ziggy Marley has released thirteen albums to much critical acclaim. Now with his own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide, and publishing company, Ishti Music, Marley has complete control of his master recordings and publishing. His early immersion in music came at age ten when he sat in on recording sessions with his father, Bob Marley. As front man to Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, the group released eight best-selling albums that garnered three GRAMMYs, Ziggy’s first solo album, Dragonfly (RCA Records), was released in 2003. His second solo release, Love is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide), won a GRAMMY in 2006 for “Best Reggae Album.” His third solo studio album, Family Time (Tuff Gong Worldwide), scored a 5th GRAMMY award for “Best Children’s Album. Ziggy’s fifth solo studio album, Fly Rasta was released to mass critical acclaim in 2015, and earned his 7th GRAMMY for “Best Reggae Album”. 2016 marked the release of Marley’s self-titled album, which garnered his 8th GRAMMY. His GRAMMY nominated ‘Rebellion Rises’ is out now via Tuff Gong Worldwide.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24829
__label__cc	0.709951	0.290049	Anthony M. Young English 12 Final Thematic Analysis of the Theme Madness in Hamlet In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, madness is one of the most obvious and significant themes. This theme is apparent throughout the play, primarily through the actions and thoughts of Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes. Madness is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the quality and state of serious mental illness or derangement (being insane)” (1). Madness is the center of the conflicts and problems in the play and is communicated through “Shakespeare’s elaborate use of manipulation and parallel between Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes to contribute to Hamlet’s tragic character”(2). Claudius murdering of his brother, Old Hamlet, is the first act of insanity in the play and it sets into action the theme of madness and the insanity of each character in the play. Claudius murders his brother, Old Hamlet, the King of Denmark to seize the throne and marry his sister in law, Gertrude. This is not the desire or act of a sane person (Viotto 3). And, the guilt of killing his own flesh and blood is driving him crazy. In Act l, scene 5, this insane act is revealed to Hamlet when he meets the ghost of his father who tells him “you should know, my noble son, the real snake that stung your father is now wearing his crown.” Hamlet, after hearing that his Uncle Claudius poisoned his father, determines to seek revenge against Claudius; and thereafter pretends to be mad to draw attention away from his knowing that Claudius did this treacherous and insane act. Take the actions in Act 4, scene 3 when Hamlet, keeping up the façade, gives Claudius hints in riddles as to where he has hidden Polonius’ body. “Not where he’s eating, but where he is being eaten. A certain conference of worms is chowing down on him.” The play leaves the reader with the impression that at the beginning Hamlet is pretending but, by the end he has really gone mad. Ophelia’s insanity is triggered by the death of her father, Polonius. In Act 4, scene 5, she makes an appearance in the presence of Claudius and Gertrude. Singing in riddles and dancing, “He is dead and gone, lady. He is dead and gone. At his head is a patch of green grass. And at his feet there is a tomb stone. Oh, ho!” This proves just how much her father’s death has affected her and forced her into madness. Later in the scene she brings out flowers to hand to Gertrude “Here are fennel and columbines for you—they symbolize adultery, to Claudius, “And here’s rue for you—it symbolizes repentance. We can call it the merciful Sunday flower, You should wear it for a different reason, And here’s a daisy for unhappy love, I’d give you some violets, flowers of faithfulness, but they all dried up when my father died.” implying the significant meanings the flowers have for each. Her mental instability soon drives her to commit suicide because she no longer has faith in her life and believes she has nothing else to live for. Laertes madness is also triggered by death; a madness that is controlled by revenge for the murder of his father. Thinking it was Claudius that was the cause of his father’s murder, he returns home to confront and kill him. However, Claudius explains to him that it was Hamlet that murdered his father, Polonius. In Act 4, scene 7, Laertes, when hearing this from Claudius, gets so much revenge building up inside him against Hamlet that he now wants to “cut his throat.” On the web site Field of Themes.com an essay entitled “The Madness in Shakespeare’s Hamlet states that “This behavior is caused by the sudden death of his father without a due ceremony, and the learning that his sister, Ophelia, was driven mad and committed suicide” (4). He and Hamlet face each other in a duel, orchestrated by Claudius, and he eventually kills Hamlet from the poison on his blade. All the examples of Hamlet’s, Ophelia’s, and Laertes’s madness begin and end with death. Hamlet and Laertes go mad from revenge against the death of their fathers because of the lies and exaggerations that Claudius feed them. Ophelia’s madness is through the death of her father and knowing the person she loved murdered him. “In the end the many forms of madness get the best of them and result in their own death; whether by another or by their own hands”(2). 1. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web 3 May 2018 2. “Theme of Madness Conveyed in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” 123Helpme.com 4 May 2018 http://www.123helpme.com/theme-of-madness-conveyed-in-shakespeares-ha…3. Viotto, Danika. “The Themes of Madness in Hamlet,” Prez, 16 November 2015. https://prezi.com/70olres l wqad/the-theme-of-madness-in-hamlet/4. “The Madness in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” Field of Themes.com 3 May 2018 http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/essays/Ehamlet6.htm ”A Study on Brand Awareness among Youths in Education Institutions with respect to Gone Mad Products” Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF BANGALORE UNIVERSITY By SREERAG Steven Nguyen Mrs i GRAPHICS RENDERING Introduction “It’s not what you know Indian women are imaged as traditional and cultural personalities Previous Previous post: IUBH – Berlin Summer Semester – 2018 Professor Next Next post: Videogames Introduction Whenever the issue of the benefits and harms of videogames has been brought up	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24832
__label__wiki	0.674398	0.674398	Tag Archives: Upwey Book Launch and Lecture – Genius Friend: G.B. Edwards and ‘The Book of Ebenezer Le Page’ by Professor Edward Chaney Posted on January 18, 2016 by dorsetcountymuseum This Thursday evening at 7.30pm (doors open 7.30pm) at the Dorset County Museum is pleased to be hosting a talk and book launch by Professor Edward Chaney, a friend of the author of ‘The Book of Ebenezer Le Page’, Gerald Edwards. For the talk Edward Chaney will return to the county in which he first met Gerald Edwards through his great-aunt Josephine, who lived in Upwey, near Weymouth. Gerald was living in the same village with the Snell family, where with the encouragement of Chaney, he completed his only novel, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page. Published posthumously in 1981, it became a twentieth century classic. The literary connections with Dorset continued when the publishers asked local literary hero, John Fowles, to write an introduction to the novel when it was first published. In the years since its publication, Professor Chaney has researched the life of his friend to reveal Gerald’s Guernsey origins, and his status as the ‘genius friend’ of a group of writers who contributed to Middleton Murry’s Adelphi in the 1920s. Part memoir, part biography – Genius Friend tells the story of Gerald Edwards’s life from his Guernsey origins through to the period when Chaney knew him in Dorset, illustrated by their correspondence. This talk is open to everyone and is free of charge, although a donation of £3 is encouraged to cover costs. Blue Ormer Publishing – Genius Friend: G.B. Edwards & The Book of Ebenezer Le Pageby Edward Chaney Posted in Dorset County Museum, Events, Local History, Writers \| Tagged Blue Ormer, Channel Islands, Dorchester, Dorset, Dorset County Museum, Edward Chaney, Gerald Edwards, Guernsey, John Fowles, Novel, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, Upwey, Weymouth, Writer \| Leave a reply Dorset County Museum Thanksgiving Party is Great Success The beautiful Dorchester Thanksgiving Party Cake created and kindly donated by Angel Cake Company Friday 14th November saw an enthusiastic crowd at Dorset County Museum celebrating Thanksgiving with new friends in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The fundraising event brought together people from both sides of the Atlantic in a joint venture to raise money for Dorset County Museum’s new Collections Discovery Centre. A total of just over £1400 was raised on the night which will go directly towards funding the project Staff and trustees of Dorset County Museum would like to express their thanks to the following people who made the event such a success: Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford; Peter Mann, Mayor of Dorchester; David Taylor, Museum Fundraising Team Leader; Jan Cosgrove, David Cuckson, Jane Squirrell, Volunteers of the Museum’s Fundraising team; Mark North, Andy Worth, Ian Condon, Jenny Devitt, Film and Media Technicians; John Fiori from the Horse with the Red Umbrella and Nicci Campbell of the Angel Cake Company for the food and the cake, plus Dorchester Town Crier Alistair Chisholm and members of the New Hardy Players. Crowds gather in the museum for the Dorchester Thanksgiving Party During the evening, the two Dorchesters were directly connected by a live video link. Julian Fellowes talked with the Rt Reverend Richard Kellaway and the Rev Arthur Lovoie from the First Parish Church in Dorchester Massachusetts, assisted by who had been helping to coordinate the event on the American side. A major element in the joint heritage of the two towns is the rectory of the Reverend John White. A listed building, it was here that events took place that played a key role in the founding of the United States of America. Regeneration of this site, in the centre of Dorchester’s urban conservation area, will help promote understanding of Dorset’s international story and provide a definite link for the many tens of thousands of people around the world who can trace their family heritage back to Dorset. Lord Julian Fellowes of West Stafford The Museum’s Collections Discovery Centre project has been developed to provide new galleries, learning resources, collections storage facilities and a renewed public face for the Museum. The new centre will enable the museum to showcase its collections, spanning over 185 million years. It will build a safe conservation environment and sustainable future for the heritage the collections represent. This will enable more people to learn about history and prehistory using the Museum’s collections, and create additional collecting capacity for Lord Julian Fellowes speaks to First Parish Dorchester – Rev. Arthur R. Lavoie, Phil Lindsay and Rev. Richard Kellaway Dorset’s strategically important collections such as the archaeology of the South Dorset Ridgeway and the geology of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. In addition, new galleries will encourage more people to visit and experience the collections including groups which do not currently use the Museum and visitors will be able to see, for the first time, objects in reserve collections which are not normally on display. The scheme will also help to improve the cultural tourism offer for Dorset, and support the regional economy. The Museum is in the heart of a rural county, in the centre of the county town, and in an area that attracts visitors from across the UK. In this location, with the right investment, the new centre will provide wonderful access to the region’s heritage and become an essential part of the experience of visiting Dorset. Further fundraising events are currently being planned to support the project – for more information visit www.dorsetcountymuseum.org or telephone the Museum on 01305 262735. Dorchester Thanksgiving Party The Founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts and the Rev. John White Rev. John White MA (1574/5-1648) – Patriarch of Dorchester & Founder of Massachusetts The Life of John White Dorchester Historical Society, Massachusetts, USA Posted in Dorset County Museum, Events, History, Local History, News \| Tagged Abigail, Affpuddle, Alistair Chisholm, America, Andy Worth, Angel Cake Company, Antiquarian, Arbella, Archaeology, Arthur Lovoie, Boston, Bristol, Captains Mason, Captains Southcote, Charlestown, Church, Collections Discovery Centre, Colony, David Cuckson, David Taylor, Defence, Dorchester, Dorchester Historical Society, Dorset, Dorset County Museum, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth, England, English Civil War, Fathers, First Parish Church, Genealogy, Geology, George Dyer, George Hall, George Minot, George Washington, Henry Moule, Henry Wolcott, Hercules, Heritage Lottery Fund, History, Holy Trinity, Horse with the Red Umbrella, Ian Condon, Israel Stoughton, James, Jane Squirrell, Janet Arnold, Jenny Devitt, Jerry Bird, John and Dorothy, John Endicott, John Fiori, John White, Jon Murden, Julian Fellowes, Jurassic, Jurassic Coast, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Lambeth, Lawrence, London, Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford, Lyon's Whelp, Mark North, Mary and John, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Mayflower, Mayor, Mayor of Dorchester, Mummers Play, Nathaniel Duncan, New College, New England, New Hardy Players, Nicci Campbell, Oxford, Peter Mann, Phil Lindsay, Pilgrim, Plymouth, President, Puritan, Puritanism, Ralph Sprague, Richard Collicott, Richard Kellaway, Richard Sprague, Roger Clap, Salem, Sherborn, South Dorset Ridgeway, Southampton, Sparrowhawk, Speedwell, Spragues, St. Peter's Church, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, The Rose, Thomas Ford, Town Crier, U.S.A, United States, Upwey, USA, Wareham, Washington, Weymouth, William Gaylord, William Phelps, William Rockwell, William Sprague, Winthrop, World \| Leave a reply Dorchester Thanksgiving Party 14th November 2014 Dorset County Museum is working hard to raise funds for a major redevelopment project to improve its facilities in Dorchester. An important part of the process is a series of fundraising events linked with increasing the profile of the Museum at home and abroad. Dorset, and Dorchester in particular, has a strong historical connection with early settlers in the United States, in particular with those who sailed on the ship Mary and John. This was the ship that brought the first European settlers to Dorchester Massachusetts in 1630 under the guidance of the Reverence John White. Part of the Museum’s current project is the renovation and development of John White’s Rectory located behind the Museum in Colliton Street, Dorchester. Model of the Mary and John in the Dorset County Museum © DCM Fundraising Team Leader, David Taylor said, “We are talking to people in America who are researching into how their ancestors originally came to the Massachusetts area. We hope to build on this relationship as our project moves forwards – and help them find out more about who these early settlers were, and why they left England for the New World.” There will be a small exhibition about the Mary and John on display including original passenger lists. The event will also include a live link with contacts from Dorchester and Boston Massachusetts. In addition, Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford will introduce a brand new film about Dorset’s heritage. Entertainment will include the performance of a Mummers Play by the New Hardy Players and traditional folk music by Jerry Bird. Tickets cost £15.00 and include canapés and a glass of wine. They are available now from the Museum Shop on 01305 756827 or by email on shop@dorsetcountymuseum.org Tickets can also be obtained from the Dorchester Tourist Information Centre, telephone 01305 267992. Posted in Dorset County Museum, Events, Local History, News \| Tagged Abigail, Affpuddle, America, Antiquarian, Arbella, Boston, Bristol, Captains Mason, Captains Southcote, Charlestown, Church, Colony, David Taylor, Defence, Dorchester, Dorchester Historical Society, Dorset, Dorset County Museum, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth, England, English Civil War, Fathers, Genealogy, George Dyer, George Hall, George Minot, George Washington, Henry Moule, Henry Wolcott, Hercules, History, Holy Trinity, Israel Stoughton, James, Jerry Bird, John and Dorothy, John Endicott, John White, Jon Murden, Julian Fellowes, Lambeth, Lawrence, London, Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford, Lyon's Whelp, Mary and John, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Mayflower, Mummers Play, Nathaniel Duncan, New College, New England, New Hardy Players, Oxford, Pilgrim, Plymouth, President, Puritan, Puritanism, Ralph Sprague, Richard Collicott, Richard Sprague, Roger Clap, Salem, Sherborn, Southampton, Sparrowhawk, Speedwell, Spragues, St. Peter's Church, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, The Rose, Thomas Ford, U.S.A, United States, Upwey, USA, Wareham, Washington, Weymouth, William Gaylord, William Phelps, William Rockwell, William Sprague, Winthrop \| Leave a reply Museum holds fundraising event to celebrate links with Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorset County Museum is currently working on a major refurbishment and development project to improve its galleries and collections storage facilities and to increase access to the public. Part of the project involves fundraising and increasing the profile of the Museum at home and abroad. David Taylor points to the coat of arms of the Lawrence Family at St Michael & All Angels, Steeple. An important part of Dorset’s heritage is its connection with early settlers in the United States. The Museum is keen to establish links with American organisations interested in the history of those who travelled under the guidance of the Revd. John White of Dorchester. The Museum owns John White’s Rectory in Colliton Street which will be restored as part of the project. The Museum has several American members who are keen to promote the project and become involved in establishing stronger links with places like Dorchester in Massachusetts, one of the original landing points of English settlers. Fundraising Team Leader, David Taylor said, “We have found links from Dorset families to the great-grandfather of George Washington who became the first President of the United States. There are also coats of arms from the Lawrence and Washington families going back to 1390 which show stars and stripes very similar to those used on the American flag.” The fundraising event on Friday 14th November will celebrate the Museum’s re-established contact with the United States and will include a live link with dignitaries from Dorchester and Boston Massachusetts. The thanksgiving party will start at 5.30pm with a presentation of a new film about Dorset’s heritage which will be introduced by Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford. Entertainment will include the performance of a Mummers Play by the New Hardy Players and traditional folk music by Jerry Bird. Tickets cost £15 and include canapés and a glass of wine. They are available now from the Museum Shop on 01305 756827 or by email on shop@dorsetcountymuseum.org. Tickets can also be obtained from the Dorchester Tourist Information Centre, telephone 01305 267992. Posted in Dorset County Museum, Events, History, Local History \| Tagged Abigail, Affpuddle, America, Antiquarian, Arbella, Boston, Bristol, Captains Mason, Captains Southcote, Charlestown, Church, Colony, David Taylor, Defence, Dorchester, Dorchester Historical Society, Dorset, Dorset County Museum, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth, England, English Civil War, Fathers, Genealogy, George Dyer, George Hall, George Minot, George Washington, Henry Moule, Henry Wolcott, Hercules, History, Holy Trinity, Israel Stoughton, James, Jerry Bird, John and Dorothy, John Endicott, John White, Jon Murden, Julian Fellowes, Lambeth, Lawrence, London, Lord and Lady Fellowes of West Stafford, Lyon's Whelp, Mary and John, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Mayflower, Mummers Play, Nathaniel Duncan, New College, New England, New Hardy Players, Oxford, Pilgrim, Plymouth, President, Puritan, Puritanism, Ralph Sprague, Richard Collicott, Richard Sprague, Roger Clap, Salem, Sherborn, Southampton, Sparrowhawk, Speedwell, Spragues, St. Peter's Church, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, The Rose, Thomas Ford, U.S.A, United States, Upwey, USA, Wareham, Washington, Weymouth, William Gaylord, William Phelps, William Rockwell, William Sprague, Winthrop \| Leave a reply Behind the Museum – Rev. John White’s Rectory, Colliton Street, Dorchester, Dorset © DCM Here is an article written by Captain J. E. Acland taken from the ‘Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Volume 42, 1922 concerning ‘The Founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts and the Rev. John White‘ The founding of Dorchester, Mass., dates from the year 1630, i.e., ten years later than the better known expedition of the Mayflower to Province-town and Plymouth. The movement that induced “The Pilgrims,” to leave their homes, and face the risks and hardships of the “Great Enterprise,” was in its origin of a definitely religious character, thus quaintly recorded by a chronicler of the period. He writes – “When many most godly and religious people that dissented from the way of worship then established by law in the realm of England were being denied the free exercise of religion after the manner they professed according to the light of God’s Word, and their own consciences, they did remove themselves and their families into the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, that they might Worship God without any burthensome impositions, which was the very motive and cause of their coming.” The Plaque on the Rev. John White’s Rectory, Colliton Street, Dorchester, Dorset © DCM In connection with this Puritan (or Separatist) movement, definite and combined action may be traced as early as 1607, when William Brewster, a gentleman of good social position, organized a Church of Puritans at the little village of Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, where “on the Lord’s Day he entertained the members with great love” in the Manor House. William Bradford of the near-by village, Austerfield, who became afterwards Governor of Plymouth (Mass.), was closely allied with Brewster in this movement. In the following year, 1608, being threatened with imprisonment (for the Act of 1593 made Puritanism an offence against the Statute law), they and their friends left England for Amsterdam, under the leadership of Rev. John Robinson, removing to Ley den in Holland in 1609. Not wishing to lose their English nationality, which must have been the case had they remained in Holland, they once more started on their travels, sailing to Southampton in the Speedwell, August, 1620. Here they found other Puritan Pilgrims waiting for them in the Mayflower with the object of crossing the Atlantic, and founding new Colonies in a new land, with freedom of laws and religion which they could not hope for at home. The Mayflower and Speedwell started down channel in company, but after delays at Dartmouth and Plymouth, Speedwell was finally abandoned, some of her passengers being taken on board Mayflower, which little vessel of 180 tons, with 102 passengers, left Plymouth on 6th September, and after a dangerous voyage reached Provincetown, Cape Cod Harbour, on 21st November, and New Plymouth, 21st December, (N.S.) 1620. Although, up to this time, Dorset had made no important contribution to the flow of settlers into the New Country, there can be no doubt that the movement was coming more and more under the influence of the Rev. John White, Rector of S. Peter’s and Holy Trinity, 1606 – 1648, ” Patriarch of Dorchester,” known later as “Father of the Massachusetts Colony.” Born at Stanton St. John in Oxfordshire in 1575, he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxon, being elected Fellow of the College, 1595. A man of conspicuous piety, learning, and power, a moderate but earnest Puritan, he was in touch with the struggle for religious freedom from its earliest days. Living in Dorchester at the time, he would have been specially interested in the emigrations of the “Pilgrims” from the Southern ports, Southampton, Weymouth and Plymouth, and gave both sympathy and assistance to the original emigration in the Mayflower. In 1623 he personally organized the formation of a trading post,” or station for fishing vessels, at Cape Ann, under Roger Conant. Near the spot where the first settlers landed there is now a fine bronze tablet set in a rock at State Fort Park, with the words ‘On this site in 1623 a Company of Fishermen and Farmers from Dorchester, England, under the direction of the Rev. John White, founded this Massachusets Bay Colony.’ About 20 years later, this Cape Ann settlement was given the name “Gloucester,” as at that time a large number of emigrants from the English town of that name had arrived there. White next devoted all his energies to the acquisition of a Massachusetts Bay Charter, a most important event in the history of New England; it being mainly due to his skill and perseverance that the Company was ultimately formed. He journeyed frequently to London to create and cement the great alliance between the wealthy London merchants, and the seamen of the West of England. Before the final consummation of this work, other enterprises closely connected with Dorchester and Dorset were undertaken by Parson White, which prepared the way for future developments. The founding of Charlestown, in which the Spragues of Upwey took a leading part, is recorded in a pamphlet written by Mr. Henry Sprague, published in Boston, U.S.A., in 1910. He proves by evidence from early records that the first permanent settlement in Massachusetts Bay was due to three brothers, Ralph, Richard, and William Sprague, sailing from Weymouth in the Abigail in June, 1628, reaching Naumkeag (now Salem) on 6th September. He quotes from an independent historical account of the settlement, (John Greene, appointed to transcribe the records of Charlestown, at a meeting of the Select men, 18lh April, 1664) that ” the inhabitants that first settled in this place, and brought it into the denomination of an English town, was in Anno 1628, as follows, viz.:—Ralph, Richard and William Sprague, John Meech, Simon Hoyte, Abraham Palmer, Walter Pamer, Nicholas Stowers, John Stickline, with Mr. Bright, Minister to the Company.” The father of the three brothers was Mr. Edward Sprague, a fuller, and owner of the old mill at Upwey. There seems little doubt that the Spragues went out in the Abigail with John Endecott, himself a native of Dorchester, selected as supervisor of a Company organized by J. White (more or less in the Puritan interest) for the purchase of land between the Merrimac and Charles Rivers. They would have been of great assistance in promoting this undertaking, being described as men of “character, substance and enterprise, excellent citizens, and generous public benefactors.” In the following year, 1629, his Company was re-inforced by emigrants filling three ships, one of them called the Lyon’s Whelp, consisting entirely of passengers from Weymouth and Dorchester. Endecott had full power to take charge of the plantation, and to begin the ” Wildernesse work.” As a ruler he was zealous and courageous, behaving to the Indians with marked justice. It is recorded of him that, together with his Puritan Council, he objected to the growing of tobacco, as they ” believed such a production, except for medicinal purposes, was injurious both to health and morals.” They also insisted on the abolition of the use of the Book of Common Prayer, Endecott earning the title of ” Puritan of Puritans.” He exercised the chief authority as Deputy Governor, until the arrival of John Winthrop, the lirst Governor elected under the Charter of the home authorities. The original Mass. Plantation thus became a self-governing community, by: Royal Charter, sealed 4th March, 1629, to the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, in New England. The embarkation of Winthrop and his company from Yarmouth in the Arbella, in March 1630, was the occasion of the issue of a remarkable letter entitled “The humble request of his Majesties Loyall subjects, the Governor and the Company late gone for New England, to the rest of their brethren in and of the Church of England for the obtaining of their prayers and the removal of suspitions, and misconstruction of their intentions.” It was printed in London, in all probability drawn up by John White himself, although not one of the emigrants, being in fact a formal leavetaking, and exhibits very clearly the spirit in which the enterprise was undertaken. It has been re-printed, facsimile, by the New England Society of New York, a copy being presented to our Museum Library by the John Carter-Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, from which a few extracts are now taken, of special interest with reference to the reputed author. ” Reverend Fathers and Brethren, the general rumour of this solemn Enterprise, wherein ourselves with others are ingaged, as it may spare us the labour of imparting our occasion unto you, so it gives us the more incouragement to strengthen ourselves by the procurement of the prayers and blessings of the Lord’s faithfull servants…… We beseech you therefore lo consider us as your Brethren, standing in very great need of your helpe, and earnestly imploring it.” “And howsoever your charity may have met with some occasion of discouragement through the misreport of our intentions, or through the disaffection, or indiscretion, of some of us, or rather amongst us, yet ws desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company as those who esteemc it our honour to call the Church of England from whence we rise our deare Mother, and cannot part from our native Countrie where she specially resideth without much sadness of heart and many teares in our eyes…….. Bepleased therefore Reverend Fathers and Brethren to helpe forward this worke now in hand, which if it prosper you shall bee the more glorious.” “It is an usual and laudable exercise of your charity to commend to the prayers of your congregations the necessities and straights of your private neighbours ; Doe the like for a Church springing out of your own bowels……… What goodness you shall exiend to us in this or any other Christian kindness, wee shall labour to repay in what dutie wee are or shall be able to performe, promising, so farre as God shall enable us, to give him no rest on your behalfes, wishing our heads and hearts may be as fountaines of teares for your everlasting welfare, when wee shall be in our poore Cottages in the wildernesse, overshadowed with the spirit of supplication through the manifold necessities and tribulations which may not altogether unexpectedly, nor, we hope, unprofitably befall us. Your assured Friends and Brethren From Yarmouth Jo. Winthrope, Gov. Rich. Saltonstall aboard the Arbella Charles Fines Isaac Johnson April 7, 1630 George Philips Tho. Dudley &c. William Coddington Model of the ‘Mary and John’ in the Dorchester Gallery, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset © DCM About a month in advance of the Arbella, a company met at Plymouth, where the Mary and John, a vessel of 400 tons, had been chartered for the voyage, the first ship of the fleet of 1630 to arrive in Massachusetts Bay. These are the Pilgrims that are termed the ” Founders of Dorchester.” Among them were, Roger Clap, Henry Wolcott, Thomas Ford, George Dyer, William Gaylord, William Phelps, William Rockwell, Israel Stoughton, George Minot, George Hall, Richard Collicott, Nathaniel Duncan, and Captains Mason and Southcote. The 17th June, 1630, (N.S.) may be safely named as the official birthday of our namesake in Massachusetts. It is fixed by two reliable authorities. In the First Parish Church, Dorchester, is a tablet bearing the following inscription :— “Dorchester, named from the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England. The first settlers sailed from Plymouth, England in the Mary and John, one of the Winthrop fleet, March 20, 1630, arrived at Nantasket, now Hull, May 30, and landed in Dorchester June 6, 1630.(These dates are Old Style.) “ Also, at the great gathering in Dorchester to celebrate the 250th aniversary of the planting of the Church, and foundation of the Town, the 17th June (N.S.), was the date observed. Thus as the Mayflower stands in history for the founding of the New England States at Provincetown and Plymouth, so does the Mary and John mark the commencement of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, composed for the most part of emigrants from Dorset and the Western Counties. When she was ready to leave Plymouth, John White was on the spot to speed the Pilgrims on their way. Although the commercial aspect of the emigration was not forgotten, the religious character of the movement was always kept in view. A proof of this is the fact that before leaving these shores the Pilgrims on the Mary and John selected their pastors, and organized themselves as a Christian Church. One of the passengers has left on record that ” a solemn day of fasting and prayer was held, and that Mr. John White of Dorchester was present and did preach unto us the Word of God; the people did solemnly make choice of and call those godly ministers to be their officers, so also the Rev. Mr. Warham and Mr. Maverick did accept thereof, and expressed the same.” Two hundred and fifty years after this scene was enacted, two great religious gatherings took place in The First Church and Parish, Dorchester, Mass., on 31st March, and 17th June, 1880, to commemorate the gathering of the Church at Plymouth (just mentioned), and the arrival of the Dorset Colonists in America. The celebration was an important event, the Governor of the State being present, with his staff, and also the pastors of the Dorchester and Boston Churches and many descendants of the early settlers. An address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Hale, an authority on the early history of New England, who pronounced with no uncertain voice the debt they owed to John White. He said:- “If we build statues to our heroes and founders, it would be to John White of Dorchester, the founder of Massachusetts, that we should build the first. Let him be clad in his ministerial robes and bands, as when he spoke his farewell to the colonists. Let him bear in his hand the Sacred Book he was so fond of illustrating. So let us show who conceived the idea of this free State, and who was the very hero who called this free State into existence. Do not think simply of Dorchester. Let us remember that it is the birth of Massachusetts that we are celebrating. It is the birth of the Colony of the Bay that we are celebrating. The hero of the Colony, the founder of the Colony, is John White of Dorchester, England.” It was he who made the great alliance between the London Merchants and the sea-men of the West of England. It was he who taught Old England what it was which was waiting for them in the pre-emption of New England. It was John White who blew that Gospel trumpet. (Gather yourselves together, your wives and little ones, the people of Christ oppressed and denied, and be shipped for His Service in the Western world, the united colonies of New England). Yes – John White is the hero of this day,” Grand words surely for us to remember, a testimony to his character and life work that had stood the test of two centuries and a half, uttered by one who had personal and impartial experience of the fruitfulness of his labours. St. Peters Church Dorchester, Dorset , © DCM Another glimpse into his personality is given by Thomas Fuller, a contemporary (1608—1661) and indeed Rector of the Dorset parish of Broadwindsor, who gives a characteristic sketch of White in the Worthies of England. “A grave man, yet without moroseness, as he would willingly contribute his shot of facetiousness on any just occasion. A constant preacher, so that in the course of his ministry he expounded the Scripture all over, and half over again, having an excellent faculty in the clear solid interpreting thereof. A good governor, by whose wisdom the town of Dorchester was much enriched; knowledge causing piety, piety breeding industry, industry procuring plenty unto it. He absolutely commanded his own passions and the purses of his parishioners, whom he could wind up to what height he pleased on all important occasions.” Memorial brass erected in the Porch of St. Peter’s Church, Dorchester, Dorset, to the Rev. John White, the inscription written and designed by the late Mr. Henry Moule © DCM Verily he had “a strong sway in the town” as is recorded of him in the porch of St. Peter’s Church. There is not much more to be said of Master White and his connection with the Puritan emigration. Our Dorchester declared for the Parliament party at the commencement of the Civil War, with which the Puritan Patriarch would have agreed most heartily. In 1642 a troop of Prince Rupert’s Horse attacked the town, broke into Parson White’s house, carrying off or destroying his books. Taking refuge in London he was given duty as Minister of the Savoy, and Rector of Lambeth, being appointed also one of the Westminster “Assembly of Divines.” He was able, however,, to return to his old home and Rectory, where he died 21st July, 1648, and was buried in the Porch of the Church of St. Peter. Another Memorial to the “Patriarch of Dorchester ” may be seen in Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester. An oak panel at the West end of the Church gives a list of Rectors dating from the year 1302 A.D. (The two parishes of Holy Trinity and S. Peter having been united down to 1824 A.D.). It is recorded that this panel, erected in 1902, is ” In Memory of the Rev. John White, 45 years Rector of Holy Trinity and St. Peter’s, Dorchester, by Members of Holy Trinity Church and those who revere his memory in Dorchester, Massachusetts.” Names of Ships trading from England to America, 1620, onwards. Speedwell James – from Bristol Mary and John John and Dorothy Lyon’s Whelp Sparrowhawk – wrecked Books consulted in preparing this paper. Founding of Charlestown, by H. H. Sprague, Boston, U.S.A., 1910. Proceedings at the 250th Aniversary of First Church and Parish, Dorchester, Mass., Boston, U.S.A., 1880. Towns of New England and Old England, State Street Trust Company, Boston, 1920. History of Dorchester, Antiquarian and Historical Soc., Boston, 1859. Narrative History of Good Old Dorchester, Orcutt. 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__label__cc	0.619892	0.380108	Tag Archives: Joe Vitale Countdown to Bonnaroo: 1 Day – Artist of the Day: Buffalo Springfield It’s finally here, Bonnaroo Eve! As the Countdown has reached number one, there is no band that deserves this spot more than Buffalo Springfield. I mean never in my lifetime could I have dreamed about the opportunity to see them live in concert. Wish granted as living original members Richie Furay, Stephen Stills and Neil Young bring their reunion tour to Tennessee (with Rick Rosas and Joe Vitale as well). I’ve seen Neil Young and Crazy Horse, CSN, CSNY and now this is going to be icing on the cake for a heck of a 10th anniversary celebration. Hope everyone is as excited as I am. See you on the farm! 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I know some people were hoping for bigger names but really, you couldn’t expect more headlining acts to be announced. Could it have been better, sure but either way I for one am stoked as two of my favorite artists we added, G. Love and Black Joe Lewis. Add in Galactic, Black Uhuru and Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub and Superfly definitely added some great talent. DJ line-up should be coming soon too. Artists Additions G. Love & Special Sauce Black Uhuru Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub Allen Toussaint (w Dr. John and The Original Meters) Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears Dennis Coffey Forro in the Dark The Knux Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens Hangaii Comedy Lineup! 420 Comedy Blaze hosted by Cheech Marin featuring Ralphie May, the stars of Workaholics and more Henson Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung The League (Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll, Jon Lajoie, Stephen Rannazzisi) The Gregory Brothers Kathleen Madigan Eugene Mirman Ted Alexandro Tim Minchin Craig Baldo Nate Bergatze Tags: !!!, 22-20s, 420 Comedy Blaze, Abigail Washburn, Alberta Cross, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Allen Toussaint (w Dr. John and The Original Meters), Amos Lee, Anthony B, Arcade Fire, Atmosphere, • Eminem, Band of Skulls, Bassnectar, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Beats Antique, Beirut, Ben Sollee, Best Coast, Big Boi, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Black Uhuru, Bonnaroo, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Buffalo Springfield, Cheech Marin, Chiddy Bang, Clare Maguire, Cold War Kids, Craig Baldo, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub, Dãm-Funk, Deer Tick, Deerhunter, Dennis Coffey, Devotchka, Donald Glover, Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo, Eugene Mirman, Explosions in the Sky, Florence & the Machine, Forro in the Dark, Freelance Whales, Futurebirds, G. Love & Special Sauce, Galactic, Girl Talk, Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Graveyard, Gregg Allman, Hangaii, Hannibal Buress, Hayes Carll, Henry Rollins, Henson Alternative's Stuffed & Unstrung, Iron & Wine, J.Cole, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Joe Vitale, John Waters, Jon Lajoie, Jovanotti, Junip, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, Kathleen Madigan, Kylesa, Lewis Black, Lil Wayne, Loretta Lynn, Man Man, Manchester, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Nate Bergatze, Neil Young, Neon Trees, Nick Kroll, Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, NOFX, Old Crow Medicine Show, Omar Souleyman, Opeth, Paul Scheer, Phosphorescent, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Lights, Primus, Railroad Earth, Ralphie May, Ratatat, Ray LaMontagne, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Robyn, Ryan Bingham, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Sharon Van Etten, Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Stephen Rannazzisi, Stephen Stills, String Cheese Incident, STS9, superfly, Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John, Ted Alexandro, Tennessee, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Drums, The Gregory Brothers, The Head and the Heart, The Knux, The League, The Low Anthem, The Strokes, The Sword, The Walkmen, Tig Notaro, Tim Minchin, Twin Shadow, Wanda Jackson, Warren Haynes Band, Wavves, Widespread Panic, Wiz Khalifa Say Hello to BONNAROO 2011 The Coachella lineup is pretty damn sick but after seeing the initial announcement of artists slated to perform at Bonnaroo, I am now torn and thinking I should look into heading to Tennessee this summer. I mean at Bonnaroo you have the return of Buffalo Springfield and Widespread Panic celebrating 25 years, String Cheese Incident, Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman which I can all but see some fun little guest appearances in the works, Mumford & Sons are thrust to the big time stage, Ray Lamontagne and Iron & Wine finally out of the tiny print on the line-up, just knowing Primus is going to be there leaves me wondering what Les Claypool has up his sleeve, Sleigh Bells, Portugal the Man, The Drums, Wavves, Ryan Bingham! Plus Smith Westerns, Beats Antique and STS9, Hayes Carll, Amos Lee, Deer Tick, Matt & Kim, Grace Potter and so many more great acts and that’s not even including the headliners, Eminem and Arcade Fire. Here’s the line-up as of today: Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale Robert Plant & Band of Joy Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John STS9 Gogol Bordello Scissor Sisters Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz Warren Haynes Band Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Matt & Kim Grace Potter & the Nocturnals The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Chiddy Bang Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Devotchka Wanda Jackson Dãm-Funk The Sword Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Freelance Whales The Low Anthem Alberta Cross Jessica Lea Mayfield Phosphorescent Clare MaGuire Tags: 22-20s, Abigail Washburn, Alberta Cross, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Amos Lee, Arcade Fire, Atmosphere, Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Beirut, Best Coast, Big Boi, Bonnaroo, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Loretta Lynn, Buffalo Springfield, Chiddy Bang, Clare Maguire, Coachella, Cold War Kids, Dãm-Funk, Deer Tick Band of Skulls, Deerhunter, Devotchka, Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo, Eminem, Explosions in the Sky, Florence & the Machine, Freelance Whales, Girl Talk, Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene ütz, Gogol Bordello, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Gregg Allman, Hayes Carll, Iron & Wine, J.Cole, Jessica Lea Mayfield Smith Westerns, Joe Vitale, Jovanotti, Junip, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, Lil Wayne, Man Man, Manchester, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Mumford & Sons The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Neon Trees Portugal. The Man, Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, Old Crow Medicine, Omar Souleyman, Opeth, Phosphorescent, Pretty Lights, Primus, Railroad Earth, Ratatatat, Ray LaMontagne, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Robyn, Ryan Bingham, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Stephen Stills, String Cheese Incident, STS9, Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John, Tennessee, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Drums The Black Angels, The Head and the Heart, The Low Anthem, The Sword, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow Kylesa, Wanda Jackson, Warren Haynes Band, Wavves, Widespread Panic, Wiz Khalifa Buffalo Springfield To Renuite & Tour This Year! Anyone who loves rock and roll should be thrilled and jumping for joy with the news that Buffalo Springfield are planning to reunite (well the three living members) and tour this coming fall. I guess the one-off show at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit last year lit a flame that has been burning since. Check out this Q&A from Patrick Doyle of Rolling Stone regarding the news. I know I for one will be doing everything I can to see at least one of these shows. Tags: Bridge School Benefit, Bruce Palmer, Burned, CSN, CSNY, David Crosby, Dewey Martin, For What It’s Worth, Joe Vitale, Mountain View, Mr. Soul, Neil Young, Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing, Patrick Doyle, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Rock and Roll Woman, Rolling Stone, Stephen Stills	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24834
__label__wiki	0.978498	0.978498	Prospective Student Athletes Division III History Since 1975-76 The men's basketball program at Williams College is one of the most successful programs nationally in Division III. Williams is ranked eighth nationally in both number of victories 1,453 and winning percentage (1,453-744, .661). The Ephs have played in seven NESCAC Championship games and won the title in 2003, 2004, 2007 & 2010. Curt Tong coached the first Eph NCAA Division III team in the 1975-76 season, leading the Ephs from 1974-81 and then in the 1982-83 season. Athletic Director Bob Peck filled in one season for Tong, 1981-82, and then Harry Sheehy '75 was hired as the full-time coach taking over for Tong at the beginning of the 1983-84 season. Sheehy had been an All-American playing for the Ephs and he came back to coach the Ephs after a long career with Athletes in Action, where he ended up as the all-time leader in points and rebounds for the team that represented the USA in many international tournaments. Dave Paulsen '87 who was coached by Harry Sheehy at Williams took the reins of the program in the 2000-01 season. Paulsen led the Ephs to the NCAA title in 2003 and was twice named the NABC National Coach of the Year, After the 2007-08 season Paulsen left Williams to become the head coach at Division I Bucknell University. Mike Maker followed Paulsen and he coached the Ephs from 2009-14, leading Williams to two runner-up finishes and one third place finish in the NCAA Tournament. After the 2013-14 campaign Maker left to take the head coaching position at Division I Marist College. Kevin App whose first collegiate coaching job was as an assistant under Mike Maker at Williams, returned from assisting coaching stints at Cornell and West Point to lead the Ephs in the 2014-15 season, making Williams the site of his first collegiate head coaching position. App was 15-10 in his inaugural Eph season. Eph Coaches in NCAA DIII Era Since 1975-76 Coach Year Won-Lost Pct. NCAA Won-Lost Pct. Curt Tong 1974-81 1982-83 103-92 .528 Bob Peck 1981-82 12-10 .545 Harry Sheehy '75 1984-2000 324-104 .757 6 15-6 .714 Dave Paulsen '87 2001-08 170-53 .762 4 10-3 .769 Mike Maker 2009-14 147-32 .821 4 16-4 .824 Kevin App 2015 - 15-10 .600 Totals 1994-2015 771-301 .719 14 41-13 .759 Williams was the first New England team to win 1,000 games and in 2003 became the first New England team to win the NCAA DIII championship. Video Highlights: 2003 NCAA Championship. The final word on the 2003 NCAA Championship trip to Salem, Virginia. Ephs end Holy Cross' 26-game home win streak A recent signature win for the program came on December 4, 2003 when the Ephs traveled to play Division I Holy Cross in Worcester. Williams stunned the Crusaders 78-71. Holy Cross was trying to protect a 26-game home court win streak. The senior trio of Chuck Abba, Mike Crotty, and Ben Cofffin led the Ephs by combining for 63 points.Even ESPN's famed Dick Vitale was impressed. On Dec. 4, 2004 Williams defeated UMaine-Fort Kent 106-54 for their 63rd consecutive home court win, breaking the previous NCAA Div. III best of 62 held by North Park (IL). The Ephs' NCAA Division III-best streak ended at 64. On Dec. 4, 2014 senior Hayden Rooke-Ley was the first NCAA Division III men's basketball player to be named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week for setting the DIII free throw mark of 67 straight makes. Read Mike Lopresti's profile of Hayden on NCAA.com. Although the first NCAA Division III men's basketball champion was recognized in 1976, NESCAC teams by conference agreement were not permitted to compete in the NCAA Tournament until the 1993-94 season. The Ephs have made seven trips to the Final Four in Salem, VA. Williams edged Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 67-65 to claim the 2003 NCAA crown. NCAA DIII Tourney Final Four Year Finish Record 1997 3rd 27-3 2003 Champions 31-1 2004 2nd 30-2 Eph NCAA DIII Tournament History 41-13, .759 Complete NCAA Tournament Results Ephs Named to NCAA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM at FINAL FOUR: 1997: Michael Nogelo '98 2003: Ben Coffin '04 & Michael Crotty '04 2004: Michael Crotty '04 & Tucker Kain '05 2010: Blake Schultz '10 & Troy Whittington '11 2011: Nate Robertson '13 2014: Mike Mayer '14 & Duncan Robinson '17 Michael Nogelo '98 Blake Schultz '10 Michael Nogelo '98 set an NCAA Division III Tournament Record when he tallied 178 points in six games in the 1998 tournament. Nogelo also holds the Eph record for most points scored in one NCAA Tournament game. He erupted for a career-high 38 points in his final collegiate contest a 105-93 win over Wilkes University, securing 3rd place for the Ephs. Nogelo was the first winner of the prestigious Jostens Trophy as Division III's top player in 1998 and graduated as the Ephs' all-time leading scorer with 2,002 points. Additionally, Nogelo was an NABC First Team All-American three years in a row – 1996-98 and in 1998 was named the NABC National Player of the Year. Blake Schultz '10, a First Team NABC All-American in 2010, was the second Eph player to win the coveted Jostens Trophy. Schultz tallied 1,528 points in his career. Eph All-Americans	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24835
__label__wiki	0.989433	0.989433	Price Loss Coverage - Wheat Pick a county New York State Total Albany County, New York Allegany County, New York Bronx County, New York Broome County, New York Cattaraugus County, New York Cayuga County, New York Chautauqua County, New York Chemung County, New York Chenango County, New York Clinton County, New York Columbia County, New York Cortland County, New York Delaware County, New York Dutchess County, New York Erie County, New York Essex County, New York Franklin County, New York Fulton County, New York Genesee County, New York Greene County, New York Hamilton County, New York Herkimer County, New York Jefferson County, New York Kings County, New York Lewis County, New York Livingston County, New York Madison County, New York Monroe County, New York Montgomery County, New York Nassau County, New York New York County, New York Niagara County, New York Oneida County, New York Onondaga County, New York Ontario County, New York Orange County, New York Orleans County, New York Oswego County, New York Otsego County, New York Putnam County, New York Queens County, New York Rensselaer County, New York Richmond County, New York Rockland County, New York Saint Lawrence County, New York Saratoga County, New York Schenectady County, New York Schoharie County, New York Schuyler County, New York Seneca County, New York Steuben County, New York Suffolk County, New York Sullivan County, New York Tioga County, New York Tompkins County, New York Ulster County, New York Warren County, New York Washington County, New York Wayne County, New York Westchester County, New York Wyoming County, New York Yates County, New York New York NRCS Pick a district 1st District of New York (Rep. Lee Zeldin) 2nd District of New York (Rep. Peter King) 3rd District of New York (Rep. Tom Suozzi) 4th District of New York (Rep. Kathleen Rice) 5th District of New York (Rep. Gregory Meeks) 6th District of New York (Rep. Grace Meng) 7th District of New York (Rep. Nydia Velazquez) 8th District of New York (Rep. Hakeem Jeffries) 9th District of New York (Rep. Yvette Clarke) 10th District of New York (Rep. Jerrold Nadler) 11th District of New York (Rep. Daniel Donovan) 12th District of New York (Rep. Carolyn Maloney) 13th District of New York (Rep. Adriano Espailat) 14th District of New York (Rep. Joseph Crowley) 15th District of New York (Rep. Jose Serrano) 16th District of New York (Rep. Eliot Engel) 17th District of New York (Rep. Nita Lowey) 18th District of New York (Rep. Sean Maloney) 19th District of New York (Rep. John Faso) 20th District of New York (Rep. Paul Tonko) 21st District of New York (Rep. Elise Stefanik) 22nd District of New York (Rep. Claudia Tenney) 23rd District of New York (Rep. Tom Reed) 24th District of New York (Rep. John Katko) 25th District of New York (Rep. Louise Slaughter) 26th District of New York (Rep. Brian Higgins) 27th District of New York (Rep. Chris Collins) Price Loss Coverage - Wheat payments in New York totaled $706,782 from 1995-2017.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24838
__label__wiki	0.98351	0.98351	Total USDA - Subsidies Onslow County, North Carolina Pick a county North Carolina State Total Alamance County, North Carolina Alexander County, North Carolina Alleghany County, North Carolina Anson County, North Carolina Ashe County, North Carolina Avery County, North Carolina Beaufort County, North Carolina Bertie County, North Carolina Bladen County, North Carolina Brunswick County, North Carolina Buncombe County, North Carolina Burke County, North Carolina Cabarrus County, North Carolina Caldwell County, North Carolina Camden County, North Carolina Carteret County, North Carolina Caswell County, North Carolina Catawba County, North Carolina Chatham County, North Carolina Cherokee County, North Carolina Chowan County, North Carolina Clay County, North Carolina Cleveland County, North Carolina Columbus County, North Carolina Craven County, North Carolina Cumberland County, North Carolina Currituck County, North Carolina Dare County, North Carolina Davidson County, North Carolina Davie County, North Carolina Duplin County, North Carolina Durham County, North Carolina Edgecombe County, North Carolina Forsyth County, North Carolina Franklin County, North Carolina Gaston County, North Carolina Gates County, North Carolina Graham County, North Carolina Granville County, North Carolina Greene County, North Carolina Guilford County, North Carolina Halifax County, North Carolina Harnett County, North Carolina Haywood County, North Carolina Henderson County, North Carolina Hertford County, North Carolina Hoke County, North Carolina Hyde County, North Carolina Iredell County, North Carolina Jackson County, North Carolina Johnston County, North Carolina Jones County, North Carolina Lee County, North Carolina Lenoir County, North Carolina Lincoln County, North Carolina McDowell County, North Carolina Macon County, North Carolina Madison County, North Carolina Martin County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mitchell County, North Carolina Montgomery County, North Carolina Moore County, North Carolina Nash County, North Carolina New Hanover County, North Carolina Northampton County, North Carolina Onslow County, North Carolina Orange County, North Carolina Pamlico County, North Carolina Pasquotank County, North Carolina Pender County, North Carolina Perquimans County, North Carolina Person County, North Carolina Pitt County, North Carolina Polk County, North Carolina Randolph County, North Carolina Richmond County, North Carolina Robeson County, North Carolina Rockingham County, North Carolina Rowan County, North Carolina Rutherford County, North Carolina Sampson County, North Carolina Scotland County, North Carolina Stanly County, North Carolina Stokes County, North Carolina Surry County, North Carolina Swain County, North Carolina Transylvania County, North Carolina Tyrrell County, North Carolina Union County, North Carolina Vance County, North Carolina Wake County, North Carolina Warren County, North Carolina Washington County, North Carolina Watauga County, North Carolina Wayne County, North Carolina Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilson County, North Carolina Yadkin County, North Carolina Yancey County, North Carolina North Carolina NRCS Pick a district 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. George Holding) 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter Jones) 4th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Price) 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Walker) 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. David Rouzer) 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) 9th District of North Carolina (Rep. Robert Pittenger) 10th District of North Carolina (Rep. Patrick McHenry) 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) 12th District of North Carolina (Rep. Alma Adams) 13th District of North Carolina (Rep. Ted Budd) USDA subsidies in Onslow County, North Carolina totaled $55.5 million from 1995-2017.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24839
__label__wiki	0.702542	0.702542	BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BRAIN AND MACHINE: NEW CHALLENGE FOR ART AND SCIENCE CIANT LAB researchers proposed to organize a session at Science beyond Fiction: The Euroepan Future Technologies Conference (FET09) with a title “Bridging the Gap between Brain and Machine: New Challenge for Art and Science”. The session was evaluated and accepted by the programme committee into the official conference programme. Moreover, it will also be brought to general public on April 22, 2009, at DOX, starting at 5 PM. The session will address explorations and aspirations of hard-core researchers beside the ones of artists in the field of brain-machine interfaces. Recently, neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely disabled people who cannot contract even one leg or arm muscle now can independently compose and send e-mails and operate a TV in their homes. They are using only their thoughts to execute these actions. Thanks to the rapid pace of research on the BMI, one day, individuals may be able to feed themselves with a robotic arm and hand that moves according to their mental commands. The potential of bringing practical behavioural acts to more people is growing. What is the current state-of-the-art of research and creative exploration of the BMI technology? What are the emerging and future visions of controlling machines with brains and brains with machines? We propose to deal specifically with the future of neuroprosthetics in terms of coupling brain recording and stimulation, with signal-recording methods, with multiple regions of the cortex for driving cognitive functions well beyond movement, as well as with significance of learning and creative processes in using different external brain-controlled devices. The session will bring together researchers and artists to challenge current concepts and formulate new visions for neural interface technology. The goal is to link theory and practice in science and art while enabling different disciplines to engage in an open dialogue. The session will include interactive both scientific and artistic demonstrations and will aim to stimulate further discussion. Aside a strong interdisciplinary character of the session itself the main intention is to engage visionary scientists in a dialogue with innovators from the creative and cultural industries, including computer games and interactive arts. The objective is to exemplify scientific and technological advances of the BMI technology and at the same time to deal with a more general interest in it of citizens and entrepreneurs. “The future gets closer every day…” Olga Jafarova – Head of Biofeedback Computer Systems Laboratory, Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia Janez Janša – Co-founder and director of Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia Alexander Ya. Kaplan – Head of Human Brain Research Group, Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Anders Sandberg – James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and research associate at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford, United Kingdom Reinhold Scherer – Technical manager of the Institute for Neurological Rehabilitation and Research affiliated with the rehabilitation center Judendorf-Straßengel, Austria, and former research associate at the Department of Applied Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria Pavel Smetana – Director of CIANT, former professor of virtual reality at the Arts Academy in Aix-en-Provence SCIENCE BEYOND FICTION: THE EUROPEAN FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE April 21-23, 2009, Clarion Congress Hotel ENTER festival is scheduled to run in parallel and partnership with Science beyond Fiction: The European Future Technologies Conference (FET09) that is a new European forum organized by the European Commission dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies. Leading scientists, policy-makers, industry representatives and science journalists will convene over 3 days to discuss today’s frontier science, tomorrow’s technologies and the impact of both on tomorrow’s society. Selected keynote speakers: Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Barabási is a Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University where he directs the Center for Complex Network Research. Barabási is the author of “Linked: The New Science of Networks”, the co-author of “Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth” (Cambridge, 1995), and the co-editor of “The Structure and Dynamics of Networks” (Princeton, 2005). His work leads to the discovery of scale-free networks in 1999, and proposed the Barabasi-Albert model to explain their widespread emergence in natural, technological and social systems, from the cellular telephone to the WWW or online communities. Barabási is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In 2005 he was awarded the FEBS Anniversary Prize for Systems Biology and in 2006 the John von Neumann Medal by the John von Neumann Computer Society from Hungary, for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology. H. Henrik Ehrsson, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Ehrsson is a medical doctor and neuroscientist by training (M.D., Ph.D.) He worked as a research scientist at University College London and he is now a senior lecturer and research group leader at the Department of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Ehrsson has published over 30 articles on how we perceive our own bodies and how we control our bodily movements. His current research addresses the fundamental questions of how we recognize that our limbs are part of our own body, and why we feel that one’s self is located inside the body. Erhsson’s labs’ main goal is “to identify the multisensory mechanisms whereby the central nervous system distinguishes between sensory signals from one’s body and from the environment. The long term goal is to develop a physiology-based model of the central representation of one’s body”. Henry Markram, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously working at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the NIH, UCSF, and the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg (Germany), Henry Markram is the founder of the Brain Mind Institute (BMI) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and director of the Blue Brain Project. Among other major scientific results, Markram discovered the three fundamental principles of synaptic learning in the brain: The first is called Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) where the relevance of each of the 10′ of thousands of inputs to neurons is judged with millisecond water-shed precision – and rewarded or punished accordingly. The second is called Redistribution of Synaptic Efficacy (RSE) where the content of information transfered by each synapse in the brain is tuned to allow neurons to extract the correct information from their neighbors. The third is called Long-Term Microcircuit Plasticity (LTMP) where the brain rewires itself in response to an experience so that the circuitry is better structured to absorb and store new information. Ehud Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Shapiro founded and served as the CEO of Ubique Ltd., an internet software pioneer. Building on “Concurrent Prolog”, a project aimed at developing a high-level programming language for parallel and distributed computer systems, he developed “Virtual Places,” a precursor to today’s widely-used Instant Messaging systems. Currently, Shapiro is leading research projects at the interface of computer science and molecular biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he attempts to build a computer from biological molecules; a computer that would operate inside the living body, programmed with medical knowledge to diagnose diseases and produce the requisite drugs. In other projects, he designed an effective method of synthesizing error-free DNA molecules from error-prone building blocks and developed a biological model that may explain the root cause of genetic disorders such as Huntington disease. He has also developed a method for tracing the “genealogy” of cells in the human body, an approach that is being used to investigate fundamental questions in biology and medicine, recently providing the most conclusive evidence to date that cancer originates from a single cell of a mature organism. For this work Shapiro received the 2004 World Technology Network Award in Biotechnology and was a member of the 2004 “Scientific American 50” as Research Leader in Nanotechnology. Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna, Austria. Zeilinger is internationally recognized as a scientific leader in the foundations of quantum mechanics and as one of the founders of the field of quantum information science. With entangled photons, the main focuses of Anton Zeilinger’s research since 2000 were all-optical quantum computation, the development of entanglement-based quantum cryptography systems, and experiments with entangled photon pairs over very large distances. In 2005, Zeilinger with his group again started a new field, the quantum physics of mechanical cantilevers. They were the first to demonstrate experimentally the self-cooling of a micro-mirror by radiation pressure, that is, without feedback. Anton Zeilinger’s international awards include the King Faisal Prize of Science and the Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics. Tags: BCI, brain, FET Categories : Panel discussion @ DOX NETWORKED CREATIVITY Discussion about networked artistic practices This discussion will introduce state-of-the-art experimental practices in the field of networked and/or distributed creativity. Concepts and people behind two leading European initiatives called ETP (European Tele-Plateaus) and CO-ME-DI-A (Cooperation and Mediation in Digital Art), both co-produced by CIANT, will be the main focus. How do artists think about networks and how do they make use of high-speed Internet in order to collaboratively create one single installation or performance with its co-creators being in different locations? THOMAS DUMKE (DE), GEORG HAJDU (DE), MATTHIAS HÄRTIG (DE), JACOB KORN (DE), JOHAN MELIN (SE), KLAUS NICOLAI (DE), MARLON BARRIOS SOLANO (VE/USA), ANDREA SZIGETVÁRI (HU), JAIME DEL VAL (ES), FRIEDER WEISS (DE) European Tele-Plateaus Transnational Sites of Encounter and Co-Production http://www.european-tele-plateaus.eu Tele-Plateaus is an international initiative planned to run through 2010 with an aim to create publicly accessible networked audiovisual sites. The main objective is to make possible and support real-time sensory-physical interactions of people over long distances. Therefore, we work to establish a permanent network allowing for direct audiovisual real-time interactions between similarly configured public sites and performance stages across Europe. Tele-Plateaus will be composed, controlled and structured by movements of people from different cities. Within these networked stages and sites people from Dresden, Madrid, Norrköping, and Prague (among the first connected cities) can dance and play together. They can simultaneously create pictures, sounds, and light effects by means of their own movements without operating any additional interfaces. The shared virtual hyper-site is based on the generation of data that is available for processing to all computers within a common network. Movement parameters (speed, spatial position, etc.) are captured and digitalised by camera-based motion system and exchanged between computers at distant locations with a technically similar configuration. At concrete sites the numerically coded movement parameters are creatively transformed into audiovisual outputs and processes. Tele-Plateaus will ultimately provide accessible environments for live telematic artistic performances and other collaborative activities. The project is co-financed by Culture 2007 Programme of the European Union for the period 2008-2010. Project is led by TMA \| Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau (http://www.t-m-a.de/) in co-operation with the Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, and is jointly produced with CIANT Prague (CZ, http://www.ciant.cz/), REVERSO Madrid (ES, http://www.reverso.org/), and bitnet Norrköping (SE, http://bnp.se/). Concept: Klaus Nicolai, Project Manager: Thomas Dumke (TMA). The TMA Hellerau is a »Landmark in the Land of Ideas«. It is thus part of the event series »365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas« that is jointly carried out by the initiative »Germany – Land of Ideas« and Deutsche Bank. TMA (Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau e.V.) is an institute for integrals perception and media research, founded in 2001 as a platform for artists and researchers with experiences within the area of interactive systems. One of the highlights and focal point of work is the international festival of computer-based art and inter-disciplinary media projects called CYNETart taking place annually in Dresden, Germany. The CYNETart festival presents media performances, networked virtual environments and interactive installations. In the realisation of its media art works the festival builds on dimensions of the human body as baseline for authentic perception and communication. Klaus Nicolai has background in cultural studies, 1985 conferral of a doctorate; until 1987 lecturer at the University of Leipzig and until 1992 lecturer at the Dresden Academy of Arts; from 1995 until 2005 Media Commissioner of the City of Dresden; from 1997 to 2005 director of the international festival for computer-based art CYNETart; since 2001 spokesman of the Trans-Media-Akademie Hellerau, since 2007 director of the Dresden Innovation Fund of Art and Media technology (DIF) and DIF-lab; author and lecturer at the Dresden International University. Father of three daughters. Thomas Dumke, born in 1977. Studied history, sociology & communication sciences at TU Dresden, postgraduate in culture & management. Since 1999 Thomas Dumke is part of the CYNETart festival in Dresden, in 2000 he initiated together with DS-X.org the »microscope session«, founding member of TMA Hellerau, from 2006 he has been the director of the CYNETart festival. Father of one daughter. Jacob Korn, born in1981, studying media technology at TU Ilmenau, 2002 assistent at the Fraunhofer IDMT, 2004 workshop »Live-Audio/Video-Installation« (Museumsquartier Wien), 2007 participation at the two-week workshop for music productions in Toronto at the Red Bull Music Academy. Since a six month internship at the Dresden Innovation Fund of Art and Media technology (DIF), he is writing his diploma in co-operation with the DIF and the Fraunhofer Institute IDMT. Matthias Härtig, born in 1977, studied media technology at the University Applied Sciences Mittweida and graduated in 2003. Since 1999 Matthias Härtig is part of the CYNETart festival in Dresden, in 2000 he initiated together with DS-X.org the »microscope session«, founding member of TMA Hellerau, from 2006 he has been the technical director of the DIF-lab. He lives and works in Dresden. Marlon Barrios Solano is a New York City based, social media specialist/consultant, on-line producer and lecturer/researcher focused on the intersection of new media and performance and on the use of on-line platforms for collaborative creativity and social innovation. He is the creator/producer of dance-tech.net (a social networking site), dance-techTV (a collaborative network of internet video channels) and of DANCE TECH Interviews (an on-line program that explores the intersection of dance and digital technology). Currently he an is artist/researcher in residency at Cie Gilles Jobin (Switzerland) and social media specialist for dance New Amsterdam (NYC). He holds an MFA in Dance and Technology (independent track on real-time technology, performance of improvisation and cognition) from The Ohio State University (USA). Johan Melin started his career as a radio show producer, but has been working as an event producer since 1992. The events he organises cover mainly the electronic music scene, presenting DJ:s, computer game music and musicians, cultural experiments within the field of computer sound and mixed media, workshops etc. Johan is the founder of Norrköping Electronic Music Community (Nemcom), an interest group formed in 1992, reorganized 2002, which has now grown to include more than 500 members. He also runs a commercial company, Bitnet Productions, which focuses on event production. Jaime Del Val (Madrid 1974) is a transdisciplinary and transmedia artist of old a new technologies of sound, image, space, body and text (painter and digital artist, composer and pianist, performer and choreographer, virtual architect, writer and philosopher); multidisciplinary activist (against urban speculation, environmental, post-queer/post-gay/post-transgender and other); independent researcher, organiser of events, teacher and director of REVERSO in which he promotes diverse initiatives in the crossroads of the body, arts, technology, critical theory and political action. His work in performance, dance and technology, electroacoustics, video and virtual generative architecture as well as in fields of critical theory has been extensively presented, awarded, performed and exhibited in Europe and America. REVERSO is a transdisciplinary independent initiative of research, production, education, diffusion and activism in the crossroads of arts practices, old and new technologies, critical theory and political action. It started in 2000 with the publication of the first Journal of queer studies in Spanish. Since 2001 REVERSO has developed and presented performances and installations as well as critical theory papers in festivals, conferences, exhibitions and other events in Europe and America. Since 2004 it has developed an intense activity in the fight against urban speculation having achieved, amongst other things, the paralysation of the Algarrobico Hotel in Almería and other initiatives of high political and social relevance, through several of its related associations. The Workshop of the Technologies of the Body is the education, production and diffusion initiative of the project. The first REVERSO CENTRE will open in 2010 in a village in the province of Salamanca. It is coordinated by Jaime del Val and Olinto Rubio. Tags: network	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24841
__label__wiki	0.789258	0.789258	United Airlines Cheers for Team USA 2012-07-28 by Almaz Leave a Comment United Airlines launched its 2012 Team USA television advertising campaign during the NBC broadcast of the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The campaign highlights the airline’s role as the official airline of Team USA. The campaign includes two commercials directed by Joe Pytka and narrated by Matt Damon on a new arrangement of United’s signature theme, “Rhapsody in Blue,” by the London Symphony Orchestra: “Tunnel,” a 60-second spot that shows United’s role in flying Team USA to the London 2012 Olympic Games; and “Getting Ready,” a 30-second commercial that shows United employees’ pride and coordination in flying Team USA. The campaign also includes print and outdoor advertising, a “17 Days/17 Flights to London” promotion that United conducted in the spring, social media and airport signage in United’s eight continental U.S. hubs. United customers and fans are also invited to take the Proud to Fly challenge on united.com – a multiple-choice trivia game, that celebrates United’s role for the past 32 years as the official airline for Team U.S.A. athletes traveling to and from training, competitions, trials and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Among the agencies on the ad & marketing side United works with is Dentsu Communications. Filed Under: PR News Tagged With: PR Campaign	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24843
__label__wiki	0.556139	0.556139	A true gem of Baltimore religious architecture, the handsome Gothic Revival tower of St. Luke’s Church is matched by its richly detailed sanctuary. While architect J.W. Priest oversaw the completion of the building in 1857, five other architects also played some part. Unlike many historic congregations that left the neighborhood, St. Luke’s opened its doors on July 10, 1853 and has kept them open for over 150 years. St. Luke's (c. 1900): View of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church on Carey Street by the Hughes Company. ~ Source: The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, P75-54-A178g ~ Date: c. 1900 217 N. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21223 “St. Luke's Church,” Explore Baltimore Heritage, accessed July 18, 2019, https://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/289. Carey Street Landmarks on the Red Line	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24846
__label__wiki	0.844011	0.844011	Juba II Juba II (Latin: Iuba, Juba; Ancient Greek: Ἰóβας, Ἰóβα or Ἰούβας)[1] or Juba II of Mauretania (52/50 BC – AD 23) was the son of Juba I and King of Numidia and Mauretania. His first wife was Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of the Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony. Portrait of Juba II, Louvre Museum King of Numidia 30 BC – 25 BC (5 years) Juba I Annexed to the Roman Republic/Empire King of Mauretania 25 BC – AD 23 (48 years) Ptolemy of Mauretania Princess Cleopatra Selene II Glaphyra, Princess of Cappadocia Drusilla of Mauretania Coin of Juba II. Juba II was a Berber prince from Numidia, he was born in Hippo Regius (Annaba in actual Algeria)[citation needed]. He was the only child and heir of King Juba I of Numidia; his mother's identity is unknown. In 46 BC, his father was defeated by Julius Caesar (in Thapsus, North Africa). Numidia became a Roman Province.[1] His father had been an ally of the Roman General Pompey. Juba II was brought to Rome by Julius Caesar and he took part in Caesar's triumphal procession. In Rome he learned Latin and Greek, became romanized and was granted Roman citizenship.[1] Through dedication to his studies, he is said to have become one of Rome's best educated citizens, and by age 20 he wrote one of his first works entitled Roman Archaeology.[1] He was raised by Julius Caesar and later by his great-nephew Octavian (future Emperor Caesar Augustus). While growing up, Juba II accompanied Octavian on military campaigns, gaining valuable experience as a leader. He fought alongside Octavian in the battle of Actium in 31 BC. They became long time friends. Restored to the throneEdit Illustration of a coin of the Numidian ruler Juba II, king of Mauretania, on the obverse, with Cleopatra Selene II on the reverse. In 30 BC, Augustus restored Juba II as king of Numidia.[2][3] Juba II established Numidia as an ally of Rome. Juba II would become one of the most loyal client kings that served Rome. Probably as a result of his services to Augustus in a campaign in present-day Spain, between 26 BC and 20 BC the Emperor arranged for him to marry Cleopatra Selene II, giving her a large dowry and appointing her queen.[4] In 25 BC, Numidia became a Roman province and Juba II received Mauretania as his kingdom.[2] MauretaniaEdit When Juba II and Cleopatra Selene moved to Mauretania, they renamed their new capital Caesaria (modern Cherchell, Algeria), in honor of Augustus. The construction and sculpture projects at Caesaria and another city, Volubilis, display a rich mixture of Egyptian, Greek and Roman architectural styles. Cleopatra is said to have exerted considerable influence on Juba II's policies. Juba II encouraged and supported the performing arts, research of the sciences and research of natural history. Juba II also supported Mauretanian trade. The Kingdom of Mauretania was of great importance to the Roman Empire. Mauretania traded all over the Mediterranean, particularly with Spain and Italy. Mauretania exported fish, grapes, pearls, figs, grain, wooden furniture and purple dye harvested from certain shellfish, which was used in the manufacture of purple stripes for senatorial robes. Juba II sent a contingent to Iles Purpuraires to re-establish the ancient Phoenician dye manufacturing process.[5] Tingis (modern Tangier), a town at the Pillars of Hercules (modern Strait of Gibraltar) became a major trade centre. In Gades, (modern Cádiz) and Carthago Nova (modern Cartagena) Spain, Juba II was appointed by Augustus as an honorary Duovir (a chief magistrate of a Roman colony or town), probably involving trade, and was also a Patronus Colonaie.[citation needed] The tomb of Juba II and his wife in Tipaza, Algeria The value and quality of Mauretanian coins became distinguished. The Greek historian Plutarch describes him as 'one of the most gifted rulers of his time'. Between 2 BC – AD 2, he travelled with Gaius Caesar (a grandson of Augustus), as a member of his advisory staff to the troubled Eastern Mediterranean. In 21, Juba II made his son Ptolemy co-ruler and Juba II died in 23. Juba II was buried alongside his first wife in the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania. Ptolemy then became the sole ruler of Mauretania. Marriages and childrenEdit An ancient Roman bust of Cleopatra Selene II, Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria An ancient Roman bust of Ptolemy of Mauretania, Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria First marriage to Greek Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene II (40 BC – 6 AD). Their children were: Ptolemy of Mauretania born in ca 10 BC – 5 BC[6] A daughter of Cleopatra and Juba, whose name has not been recorded, is mentioned in an inscription. It has been suggested that Drusilla of Mauretania was that daughter, but she may have been a granddaughter instead. Drusilla is described as a granddaughter of Antony and Cleopatra, or may have been a daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania.[6] Second marriage to Glaphyra, a princess of Cappadocia, and widow of Alexander, son of Herod the Great. Alexander was executed in 7 BC for conspiracy against his father. Glaphyra married Juba II in 6 AD or 7 AD. She then fell in love with Herod Archelaus, another son of Herod the Great and Ethnarch of Judea. Glaphyra divorced Juba to marry him in 7 AD. Juba had no children with Glaphyra. Juba wrote a number of books in Greek and Latin on history, natural history, geography, grammar, painting and theatre. He compiled a comparison of Greek and Roman institutions known as Όμοιότητες (Similarities).[7] His guide to Arabia became a bestseller in Rome. Only fragments of his work survived. He collected a substantial library on a wide variety of topics, which no doubt complemented his own prolific output. Pliny the Elder refers to him as an authority 65 times in the Natural History and in Athens, a monument was built in recognition of his writings. His extant writings are published and translated in Roller: Scholarly Kings (Chicago 2004). Natural historyEdit Juba II was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several expeditions and biological research. He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history. According to Pliny the Younger, Juba II sent an expedition to the Canary Islands and Madeira.[8] Juba II had given the Canary Islands that name because he found particularly ferocious dogs (canarius – from canis – meaning of the dogs in Latin) on the island. Juba's Greek physician Euphorbus wrote that a succulent spurge found in the High Atlas was a powerful laxative.[9] In 12 BC, Juba named this plant Euphorbia after Euphorbus, in response to Augustus dedicating a statue to Antonius Musa, Augustus's own personal physician and Euphorbus' brother.[9] Botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honour.[10] Euphorbia was later called Euphorbia regisjubae ("King Juba's euphorbia") to honour the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice. It is now Euphorbia regis-jubae. The palm tree genus Jubaea is also named after Juba. Flavius Philostratus recalled one of his anecdotes: "And I have read in the discourse of Juba that elephants assist one another when they are being hunted, and that they will defend one that is exhausted, and if they can remove him out of danger, they anoint his wounds with the tears of the aloe tree, standing round him like physicians."[11] In fictionEdit Juba is a lead character in Michael Livingston's 2015 historical fantasy novel The Shards of Heaven.[12][13] A main character in Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran A key character in "Cleopatra's Moon" A main character in "Cleopatra's Daughter" by Andrea Ashton A recurring character in Stephanie Dray's trilogy focusing on Cleopatra Selene II. Identified with Iopas in Virgil's Aeneid by the scholar Timothy Power.[14] ^ a b c d Roller, Duane W. (2003) The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene "Routledge (UK)". p. 1–3. ISBN 0-415-30596-9. ^ a b Pomponius Mela; Frank E. Romer (1998). Pomponius Mela's Description of the World. University of Michigan Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-472-08452-6. ^ Michael Gagarin (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-19-517072-6. ^ Roller, Duane W. (2003) The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene Routledge (UK)ISBN 0-415-30596-9 p. 74 ^ C.Michael Hogan, Mogador: Promontory Fort, The Megalithic Portal, ed Andy Burnham, November 2, 2007 [1] ^ a b Cleopatra Selene Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine by Chris Bennett ^ F Jacoby, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, 1916, s.v. ^ O'Brien, Sally and Sarah Andrews. (2004) Lonely Planet Canary Islands "Lonely Planet". p. 59. ISBN 1-74059-374-X. ^ a b Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, p 107, 1985, CNPS ^ Linnaeus (1753): p.450 ^ Flavius Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Loeb Classical Library, Book II, Chapter XVI, translated by F.C. Conybeare ^ "The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 29, 2016. ^ "Review: The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston". Kirkus Reviews. September 3, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2016. ^ Timothy Power: VERGIL’S CITHARODES: CRETHEUS AND IOPAS RECONSIDERED in Vergilius (1959-)Vol. 63 (2017), pp. 93-124.Published by: The Vergilian Society Tyldesley, Joyce (2008), Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt, Profile. p. 200. Juba II king of Mauretania – Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Juba II Encyclopædia Britannica Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juba_II&oldid=905082393"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24850
__label__wiki	0.726202	0.726202	Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania refers to the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the region's principal city, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its other metropolitan centers. As of the 2010 census, Western Pennsylvania's total population is nearly 4 million.[1] Clockwise from top left: Pittsburgh, Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown American Indian villages were located throughout Western Pennsylvania. Kittanning still uses its American Indian name, while the town of Sawcunk lies on the site of present-day Rochester, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41°03′N 79°03′W / 41.05°N 79.05°W / 41.05; -79.05Coordinates: 41°03′N 79°03′W / 41.05°N 79.05°W / 41.05; -79.05 In Region: (2010 Census) UTC-5 (ET) Although the Commonwealth does not designate Western Pennsylvania as an official region, since colonial times it has retained a distinct identity not only because of its geographical distance from Philadelphia, the beginning of Pennsylvania settlement, but especially because of its topographical separation from the east by virtue of the Appalachian Mountains, which characterize much of the western region. In the 18th century, this separateness caused some to rally for the formation of a 14th state in this region named Westsylvania.[2] The strong cultural identity of Western Pennsylvania is reinforced by the state supreme court holding sessions in Pittsburgh, in addition to Harrisburg and Philadelphia. CountiesEdit See also: List of counties in Pennsylvania Since at least the early twentieth century, scholarly books such as Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press (1938), formally define the region as the twenty-six counties west of the Appalachian divide, a meridian from the north at McKean County down and along its eastern border and ending in the south at Bedford County. In alphabetical order those counties are: DescriptionEdit Long recognized as a powerhouse of American industry, Western Pennsylvania is a large geophysical and socio-economic entity. It encompasses that portion of the state to the west of the Appalachian divide and included within the Mississippi drainage system of rivers. The largest rivers in this area are the Allegheny River, which flows southward from the New York border, and the Monongahela River, which flows northward from West Virginia. These two rivers meet in Downtown Pittsburgh and join to form the Ohio River, which from that point flows an additional 981 miles (1,579 km) southwest to the Mississippi River. The juncture of the Allegheny and Monongahela was historically regarded as strategic and the gateway to the interior of the continent from the east. At various times this juncture has been called the Forks of the Ohio, Fort Duquesne, Fort Pitt, the Golden Triangle, and today, at its apex, Point State Park. Incredibly, after several decades of border war and 150 years of high-rent city-center urbanization, the original 1764 blockhouse from Fort Pitt still stands here and is one of the oldest buildings in the region. Other notable rivers are the Youghiogheny River, flowing north from West Virginia and western Maryland to join the Monongahela just upriver of Pittsburgh, and which was the early route of penetration into Western Pennsylvania, the Kiskiminetas River, French Creek, a major passageway between Lake Erie and the Allegheny River for the Indians and early French explorers and traders, and the small Oil Creek in Crawford and Venango counties, where slicks gave an indication of petroleum reserves and in whose watershed the first oil well in the United States was drilled. The highest point in Pennsylvania, Mount Davis, reaches 3,213 feet (979 m), and is located near the southern border of the state in Somerset County, approximately 100 miles (160 km) east of the southwestern corner, where the Appalachian Mountains enter Pennsylvania from the south.[3] To the west and north of this point lies the Allegheny Plateau, a dissected plateau so eroded that it appears to be an interminable series of high hills and steep valleys. The peaks in the area are among the lowest in the East Coast highlands, but what they lack in height they make up in wide extent of land covered, which forms a vast formidable barrier for mile upon mile to overland travel from the coast. Western Pennsylvania is home to more than two dozen institutions of higher learning, including those listed below. (Seminaries are not listed) The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Community College of Allegheny County (several campuses) Community College of Beaver County Butler County Community College (several campuses) California University of Pennsylvania Clarion University of Pennsylvania Geneva College Grove City College Indiana University of Pennsylvania (several branch campuses) LaRoche College Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Mercyhurst University Mount Aloysius College Penn Highlands Community College Pennsylvania State University (several branch campuses) Point Park University Robert Morris University Seton Hill University Thiel College University of Pittsburgh (several campuses) Vincentian Academy Washington and Jefferson College Waynesburg University Westmoreland County Community College DistinctivenessEdit Western Pennsylvania is distinctive from the rest of the state due to several important and complex factors: The initial difficulty of transportation access from the east involved many miles of seemingly endless parallel ridges of the Appalachian Mountains, and then the broken hills and valleys of the Allegheny Plateau, all of which were covered in thick forests. The initial method of access from areas east of the Appalachians, was to travel southbound outside of Pennsylvania, then follow the Potomac River northwest through Maryland and Virginia, and then re-enter the state in its southwest corner. Various methods of more direct transport were later tried, including a canal system westbound over the mountains and then, later, the Pennsylvania Railroad which extended the railroad systems of the East Coast west to Pittsburgh and the Ohio Valley. Perhaps the best known transportation innovation to simplify access to this area is the famous Pennsylvania Turnpike, the first modern limited access highway in North America. The initial problem was economic marketing of a limited number of goods that could stand such high freight costs. The insensitivity of the new U.S. Federal Government to the marketing problems in the west led to the Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania, an event which seriously challenged the political viability of the new American nation. Later marketing arrangements turned to access via the Ohio River, with Pittsburgh a barge and steamboat center of the mid-continent. Today, Pittsburgh is still strongly oriented to the rivers; the port of Pittsburgh ranks No. 13 by tonnage in the USA and even surpasses the Port of Philadelphia in tonnage, due to the heavy shipping of bulk coal by barge inland on the rivers.[4] Locally, a system of agriculture arose suitable to Western Pennsylvania's rugged terrain, emphasizing animal husbandry and dairying but with few exportable vegetable crops. The search for some sort of exportable agricultural specialty perhaps also encouraged the rise of the sauce industry and its first location at Sharpsburg in what was later to become the large H.J. Heinz Company. The search for exploitable resources first resulted with the development of huge bituminous coal or "soft" coal deposits in the area for use in a growing iron foundry sector. However, it was not until the realization by Andrew Carnegie, that Western Pennsylvania possessed an optimum location for a very large scale American steel sector, that this area, especially Pittsburgh, became known for the industrial specialty that characterizes it today. The region also had large glass, pottery, brickmaking, and ceramic industries, which took advantage of the coal and the sand and clay in local soils. The local glass industry produced 45 percent of the nation's output in glass by the 1860s and more than 80 percent of the output by the 1920s.[5] The rise and subsequent decline of the American steel industry at Pittsburgh introduces a host of complex economic concepts necessary to understand why that particular activity centered in this particular place, including the notions of classical Weberian location analysis for more than one input, the Pittsburgh Plus system for maintaining advantageous freight costs to ship to the market, vertical integration and supply innovations such as the development of the Mesabi Range, the ore freighter as a transport vehicle, and the construction of the Soo Locks. Other necessary economic concepts for description could well include economies of scale, diseconomies of scale, monopoly (or cartel) price equilibrium, and "dumping". Labor relations problems historically were frequent in the earlier steel sector, and mention should be made of the United Steel Workers of America, as well as the contemporary issue of "legacy costs" arising from heavy entitlements to a large retired labor force after sharply downsizing to today's level of employment. Other exploitable resources in Western Pennsylvania were also distinct. One was the drilling of the first oil well in the world at Titusville and the rise of the US petroleum industry. Another was widespread deforestation of the outlying areas and their subsequent reforestation under Gifford Pinchot, who instituted the first large scale government sponsored timber management effort in the USA. During this time of intensive exploitation of forests a whole new sector, the wood chemistry industry, appeared and then later vanished. Finally, mention should also be made of management in the forested areas of a large animal population which supports the famous "Pennsylvania deer-hunting" cultural ethos. The first day of deer-hunting season is a de facto unofficial holiday in much of the central and northern regions of the state, when absence from work or school is generally tolerated with no explanation necessary. Since the early 1950s, a renaissance occurred in the development of cultural institutions and abatement of pollution in Pittsburgh and its surrounding area. The effects of this increase in livability are particularly apparent in the Golden Triangle district of Downtown Pittsburgh, which at one point had been plagued with so much industrial haze that drivers used their headlights in mid-day. However, this social improvement has not always been accompanied by a serious plan of regional economic development to assess what, precisely, should fill the income void after the departure of steel. In addition, the city of Pittsburgh continues to become de-populated and has recently been put under state supervision of its finances. Culturally, the distinctiveness of Western Pennsylvania is underlined by the existence of a unique local dialect called "Pittsburghese" or Pittsburgh English, sometimes affectionately termed the "yinzer" dialect, due to its use of the term "yins" (also spelled "yunz, "yinz", "youns", etc.) as the plural form of "you". This is probably a legacy of Ulster-Scots settlement in the area. Western Pennsylvanians also refer to soft drinks as "pop" while in the eastern half of the state it is referred to as "soda."[6] The Erie Triangle and the city of Erie give Pennsylvania a port along the Great Lakes. This region in unique within western Pennsylvania in that it maintains stronger geographic and cultural connections with western New York than it does with western Pennsylvania, due in large part to its identification with the eastern Great Lakes region, rather than Appalachia. This is reflected in the city and county of Erie sharing far more similarities with Buffalo and southwestern New York than it does with Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. The Erie region is also known for its distinct agriculture, centered on grapes and other fruit, due to the moderating climatic influence, in both summer and fall, of Lake Erie. (In winter, the area is often inundated with "lake-effect" snow.) There are also small commercial fresh-water fisheries and many streams and smaller lakes with a variety of fish to catch, including yellow perch and walleye. In Stonycreek Township is the memorial and crash site of United Airlines Flight 93, the "Let's Roll" flight which occurred on 9/11/2001 after passengers attempted to overpower the plane's hijackers. The site is an informal patriotic shrine with many hand-made mementos voluntarily gracing the area. There is a movement to add the site to the National Park System. It is a startling coincidence that the Stoneycreek site is comparatively close to the other centuries-earlier locations of military engagements in Western Pennsylvania, such as Fort Duquesne and the area of the Whiskey Rebellion. This can in part be explained by the fact that all these locations were on a strategic route from eastern settlements in Pennsylvania and Virginia (and, later, Washington, D.C.) to the West. SportsEdit Pittsburgh boasts three major league sports teams: the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, and the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Panthers is a NCAA Division I college team. Erie and Johnstown both have junior ice hockey teams as well. The Erie Otters play in the Ontario Hockey League and the Johnstown Tomahawks play in the North American Hockey League. Pennsylvania portal List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties#Pennsylvania Northwestern Pennsylvania Pittsburgh metropolitan area Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ^ County Population Totals Tables: 2010-2016 - Census Bureau ^ Cranmer, History of the Upper Ohio, 1:59–63. ^ "Mount Davis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-03-14. ^ US Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce by Tonnage, 2002 ^ "Chapter 7: Glass: Shattering Notions" (PDF). Senator John Heinz History Center. Senator John Heinz History Center. Retrieved 20 June 2014. ^ Generic Names for Soft Drinks, by county Smith, Helene and George Swetnam (1991). Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania, Revised and Enlarged Edition. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-3630-5. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Pennsylvania&oldid=905705196"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24852
__label__wiki	0.888875	0.888875	Rigby, Richard (DNB00) ←Rigby, Joseph Rigby, Richard by Thomas Seccombe Rigg, Ambrose→ 1904 Errata appended. Rigby, RichardThomas Seccombe1896 RIGBY, RICHARD (1722–1788), politician, only son of Richard Rigby of Mistley Hall, Essex, by his wife Anne (born Perry), who died in February 1741, was born at Mistley in the early part of 1722. His grandfather, Edward Rigby, a prosperous London linendraper, obtained the reversion of the Mistley estate from Aubrey de Vere, twentieth and last earl of Oxford [q. v.], and came into the property in 1703. Edward's son, having sold the business and amassed a fortune as a factor to the South Sea Company, built a mansion at Mistley, where he died in 1730. After making the grand tour, Richard attached himself to Frederick, prince of Wales, to whom he politely lost money at the gaming-table, and was a regular frequenter of the levees at Leicester House. The prince promised to appoint him a lord of the bedchamber as soon as a vacancy occurred, but, finding it convenient to break his word, he attempted to soothe Rigby, whose fortune was by this time greatly impaired, by a considerable present. Rigby felt himself undervalued, and transferred his allegiance to the Duke of Bedford, whom he put under a lasting obligation by rescuing from a murderous mob at the Lichfield races in 1752. Rigby had already sat in parliament for Castle Rising (1745) and Sudbury (1747) during the Pelham administration. Through his new patron's influence he was elected for Tavistock in April 1754, and represented that pocket borough without intermission down to 1784. In 1756, moreover, Bedford ‘contrived in the most delicate way to advance him a considerable loan,’ such accommodation being rendered extremely necessary by the increasing recklessness of Rigby's expenditure. Two years later, upon his appointment, under the Duke of Devonshire's government, as lord lieutenant of Ireland, Bedford nominated Rigby his secretary. Rigby's ‘polished gallantry and unaffected conviviality’ met with a hearty recognition at Dublin. For two months. Bedford set his face sternly against jobbery of every kind, but at the end of that period Rigby persuaded him without difficulty to ask an Irish pension of 800l. for his sister-in-law, Lady Waldegrave, and thus inaugurated an undeviating policy of douceurs to followers and adherents of the ‘Bloomsbury crew,’ of which Rigby was designated the brazen boatswain. Early in 1759 Bedford procured from Newcastle the appointment of Rigby to the board of trade, and on 21 Nov. in the same year he was created master of the rolls for Ireland. After the resignation of Pitt in October 1761, Rigby associated himself closely with Henry Fox, whom he advised to use his influence to ‘make a clean sweep of the whigs.’ At the same time he advised the common council of London, in a speech of boisterous vigour, to fall to their proper business of lighting lamps and flushing sewers now that Pitt's cause was lost. When the storm of unpopularity broke over Fox's head in consequence of the proscription and the peace policy of 1762, Rigby rudely severed his connection with his former ally, whose genuine affection for Rigby was one of the most curious traits in an unamiable character. ‘I thought this man's friendship had not been only political,’ Fox wrote to George Selwyn, and numerous passages in a similar strain show how the wound rankled. Rigby had himself spoken strongly against the war in January 1762. In the following year his patron, the Duke of Bedford, took office as president of the council, and Rigby identified himself more closely than ever with his interests. In November of this year a scene took place in the house between him and Grenville. Rigby attacked Temple as an incendiary, and Grenville replied with fury, calling Rigby an illiterate and a coward, who fled to Ireland to escape being hanged. Rigby answered with good humour, and readily acquiesced in an undertaking demanded by the house that the altercation should have no consequences. Shortly after this incident, however, he fought a duel in Hyde Park with Lord Cornwallis, and during 1764 he travelled in France and Belgium, writing from Brussels and Antwerp, for the amusement of his patron, Bedford, racy descriptions of certain canvases of Rubens. In 1765 he was appointed vice-treasurer of Ireland, with a salary of 3,500l., and the following two years were occupied in finessing for a more lucrative office. Besides the vice-treasurership, he already held the mastership of the rolls in Ireland, and in November 1767 he tried his utmost, though without success, to get this post confirmed for life. The tax upon the pensions of non-residents drove him to a state of despair, in which he paid assiduous court to his old opponent, Grenville, and to Grafton. His bluster proved so offensive to some of the ministers that Grafton was adjured by Conway and others to tell the Duke of Bedford he ought to send for Rigby and whip him. In the following year, however, his diplomacy was triumphant, and on 14 June 1768 Rigby was made paymaster of the forces, the avowed goal of his ambition. His tenure of office was made famous by the jovial parties at the pay office. Lords Thurlow, Gower, and Weymouth and Dundas, among other ministers, are mentioned as drowning the cares of office at Rigby's convivial board. The orgies at Mistley Hall are spoken of with less reserve. Garrick suggested that Rigby had fixed his abode in a swamp in order that he might have an excuse for using brandy as the rest of the world used small-beer. Junius, alluding to the ‘lumen purpureum’ that habitually beamed from his features, satirised in him the solitary example of the Duke of Bedford's patronage of ‘blushing merit.’ Rigby's gratitude to the court led him in 1769 to take a prominent part in opposition to Wilkes by the promotion of bogus petitions for a dissolution. He spent large sums upon the ‘loyal address from Essex,’ and a contemporary engraving, entitled ‘The Essex [Calves] Procession from Chelmsford to St. James's Market for the good of the Common-Veal,’ represents two carts drawn by donkey tandems to St. James's Palace; each cart is filled with bleating calves, and the first of them is driven by Rigby, while one of the occupants exclaims ‘This is a Rig-by Jove.’ In 1770 he frankly opposed Grenville's Bribery Act on the ground that it stopped treating at elections. In 1771 he obtained a legacy of 5,000l. and the remission of large outstanding debts from the Duke of Bedford, whose devoted henchman he had been to the last. In 1778 he opposed the motion for a public funeral to Chatham, and in May 1783 he vigorously defended Powell and Bembridge, the two pay-office officials who were accused of malversation. For some years he had been politically extinct, but he continued to hold his lucrative post of paymaster until the fall of the coalition in 1784, when he was succeeded in office by Edmund Burke, and (to his apparent surprise) called upon by the attorney-general to pay into the exchequer certain large balances of public money remaining in his hands (May 1784). According to Wraxall, Rigby only extricated himself from an impeachment by striking a bargain with the nabob, Sir Thomas Rumbold [q. v.], whose daughter Frances married his nephew Francis: Rigby engaging to procure the stoppage of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Rumbold, while the latter undertook to provide the funds necessary to save Rigby from public exposure. Although Rigby certainly spoke against the Bill of Pains and Penalties in the house, there seems to be no direct evidence for this allegation. About 1785 Rigby, who suffered greatly from gout, gave up his house in St. James's Place and retired, by Sir William Fordyce's orders, to Bath. There he died on 8 April 1788, and was buried at Mistley, leaving, it was said, ‘near half a million of public money.’ A contemporary life stated that, though Rigby never married, ‘nor indeed was ever known to have expressed any violent inclination for the bonds of wedlock, he was fond of the society of women, and, by his gallantry and attention, made a tender impression upon some of the proudest female hearts in either Great Britain or Ireland.’ By his will he left 5,000l. to a natural daughter, Sarah Lucas, 1,000l. to her mother, a native of Ipswich, and an annuity of 100l. to Jenny Pickard of Colchester. His chief heir and residuary legatee was his nephew Francis Hale-Rigby, the son of his sister Martha, who married Francis Hale (Stowe MS. 781, f. 132; Will, dated 31 Dec. 1781, proved 19 May 1788). Sir G. O. Trevelyan wrote of Rigby, that the only virtue he possessed was that he drank fair (C. J. Fox, chap. iii.). An unblushing placeman during the worst period of parliamentary corruption, his undoubted talent for addressing a popular assembly was sustained by a confidence that nothing could abash. His education was defective, but he was ready in rough retort, and Cowper relates a characteristic altercation in which Rigby undertook to teach the rudiments of English to Beckford (a notoriously incorrect speaker) who had ventured to correct his Latin. Wraxall depicts with nice discrimination Rigby's behaviour in the House of Commons. ‘When in his place he was invariably habited in a full-dressed suit of clothes, commonly of a purple or dark colour, without lace or embroidery, close buttoned, with his sword thrust through the pocket. His countenance was very expressive, but not of a genius; still less did it indicate timidity or modesty; all the comforts of the pay office seemed to be eloquently depictured in it. His manner, rough yet frank, bold but manly, admirably set off whatever sentiments he uttered in parliament. … Whatever he meant he expressed, indeed, without circumlocution or declamation. There was a happy audacity about his forehead which must have been the gift of nature; art could not obtain it by any efforts. He seemed neither to fear nor even to respect the House, whose composition he well knew, and to the members of which assembly he never appeared to give credit for any portion of virtue, patriotism, or public spirit. Far from concealing these sentiments, he insinuated, or even pronounced them without disguise, and from his lips they neither excited surprise nor even commonly awakened reprehension.’ In 1844, in the pages of ‘Coningsby,’ Disraeli bestowed the name of Rigby on his ideal type of corrupt wire-puller and political parasite. [See also under Croker, John Wilson.] A portrait was engraved by Sayer in 1782. [Morant's Essex, i. 460, 462; Wraxall's Hist. Memoirs, passim; Bedford Corresp. freq.; Grenville Papers, passim; Walpole's Memoirs of George III, ed. Barker, and Correspondence, ed. Cunningham, passim; History of White's Club, i. 145–6; Boswell's Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, iii. 76; Collins's Peerage (1779), 436; Authentick Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Richard Rigby, 1788; Town and Country Mag. 1788, pp. 209, 272; Forster's Life of Goldsmith, ii. 66; Grego's Hist. of Parliamentary Elections, p. 192; Georgian Era, i. 543; Trevelyan's Early Hist. of Charles James Fox, passim; Wheatley and Cunningham's London, ii. 253, 296; Stephens's Cat. of Satirical Prints in Brit. Mus. vol. iv. Nos. 4210, 4272, 4422; Notes and Queries, 1st ser. vii. 203, 264, 349.] T. S. Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.234 N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line Page Col. Line 304 i 14f.e. Rigby, Richard: for A contemporary of Rigby's said of him read Sir George 0. Trevelyan in his ‘Early Life of C. J. Fox’ (chap. iii.) wrote of Rigby Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Rigby,_Richard_(DNB00)&oldid=7343961"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24853
__label__wiki	0.858623	0.858623	Thom, John Hamilton (DNB00) ←Thom, James Thom, John Hamilton by Alexander Gordon Thom, William→ Thom, John HamiltonAlexander Gordon1898 THOM, JOHN HAMILTON (1808–1894), unitarian divine, younger son of John Thom (d. 1808), was born on 10 Jan. 1808 at Newry, co. Down, where his father, a native of Lanarkshire, was presbyterian minister from 1800. His mother was Martha Anne (1779–1859), daughter of Isaac Glenny. In 1823 he was admitted at the Belfast Academical Institution as a student under the care of the Armagh presbytery. He became assistant to Thomas Dix Hincks [q. v.] as a teacher of classics and Hebrew, while studying theology under Samuel Hanna [q. v.] The writings of William Ellery Channing made him a unitarian; he did not join the Irish remonstrants under Henry Montgomery [q. v.], but preached his first sermon in July 1829 at Renshaw Street Chapel, Liverpool, and shortly afterwards was chosen minister of the Ancient Chapel, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. On 10 May 1831 he was nominated as successor to John Hincks as minister of Renshaw Street Chapel, and entered on the pastoral office there on 7 Aug., having meanwhile preached (17 July) the funeral sermon of William Roscoe [q. v.], the historian; this was his first publication. The settlement (1832) of James Martineau in Liverpool gave him a congenial associate; in 1833 his interest in practical philanthropy was stimulated by the visit of Joseph Tuckerman from Boston, Massachusetts; his personal connection with Blanco White [q. v.] began in January 1835. At Christmas of that year he was a main founder of the Liverpool Domestic Mission. In July 1838 he succeeded John Relly Beard [q. v.] as editor of the ‘Christian Teacher,’ a monthly which developed (1845) into the ‘Prospective Review’ [see Tayler, John James]. From February to May 1839 he contributed four lectures, and a defensive ‘letter,’ to the Liverpool unitarian controversy, conducted in conjunction with Martineau and Henry Giles (1809–1882), in response to the challenge of thirteen Anglican divines. Thom's chief antagonist was Thomas Byrth [q. v.] On 25 June 1854 he resigned his charge, and went abroad for travel and study, his place at Renshaw Street being taken by William Henry Channing (1810–1884), nephew of the Boston divine. He returned to Renshaw Street in November 1857, and ministered there till his final retirement on 31 Dec. 1866. From 1866 to 1880 he acted as visitor to Manchester New College, London. His last public appearance was at the opening (16 Nov. 1892) of new buildings for the Liverpool Domestic Mission. Latterly his eyesight failed, and for a short time before his death he was quite blind. He died at his residence, Oakfield, Greenbank, Liverpool, on 2 Sept. 1894, and was buried on 7 Sept. in the graveyard of the Ancient Chapel, Toxteth Park. He married (2 Jan. 1838) Hannah Mary (1816–1872), second daughter of William Rathbone (1787–1868) [see under Rathbone, (1757–1809)], but had no issue. In his ‘Life of Blanco White,’ 1845, his best known work, Thom does little to suggest the quality of his own religious teaching. By his published discourses he presented himself to many minds as a master of rich and penetrating thought. In the pulpit his powers were obscured by a fastidious self-restraint. On the platform he was brilliant and convincing. The following are the most important of his publications: 1. ‘Memoir’ prefixed to ‘Sermons’ by John Hincks, 1832, 8vo. 2. ‘St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians,’ 1851, 8vo (expository sermons). 3. ‘Letters, embracing his Life, by John James Tayler,’ 1872, 2 vols. 8vo; 2nd ed. 1873, 8vo. 4. ‘Laws of Life after the Mind of Christ,’ 1883, 8vo (sermons); 2nd ser. 1886, 8vo. Posthumous were: 5. ‘A Spiritual Faith,’ 1895, 8vo (sermons; with portrait and memorial preface by Dr. Martineau). 6. ‘Special Services and Prayers,’ 1895, 8vo (unpublished). His ‘Hymns, Chants, and Anthems,’ 1854, 8vo, is perhaps the best, certainly the least sectarian, of unitarian hymn-books. He has sometimes been confused with his Liverpool contemporary, David Thom, D.D., a presbyterian, who became a universalist, published several theological treatises, and compiled a very valuable account of ‘Liverpool Churches and Chapels,’ Liverpool, 1854, 16mo. [In Memoriam, by V. D. Davis, in Liverpool Unitarian Annual, 1895, with complete list of Thom's publications; Martineau's memorial preface to Spiritual Faith, 1895; Christian Reformer, 1857, p. 757; Evans's Hist. of Renshaw Street Chapel, 1887, pp. 33 sq.; Christian Life, 8 Sept. and 15 Sept. 1894; Spectator, 8 Sept. 1894; Inquirer, 8 Sept. 1894; Liverpool Mercury, 9 Oct. 1894; Evans's Record of the Provincial Assembly of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1896; personal recollection.] A. G. Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Thom,_John_Hamilton_(DNB00)&oldid=3406651"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24854
__label__wiki	0.579005	0.579005	Argentina condemns British MEP's likening foreign fishing to Belgrano sinking “Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033” Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC Full article 38 comments Argentine retired diplomat Viñuela during his recent visit to the Falkland Islands.(Pic Los Andes) The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago. Diplomat Jorge Lidio Viñuela wrote a column in the Argentine newspaper Los Andes, proposing the opening of an Argentine House in the Falklands since he is convinced that without active participation of the Islanders, --the real problem--, there is no chance for Argentina to advance in its sovereignty claim. And to that respect Viñuela quotes Foreign office official, Susan Curtis who during an event in Port Spain at the Swiss embassy, in 2012, with at least sixteen fellow diplomats from different countries attending, she dared such brash statement. But why such brash statement, asks Viñuela and displays two main arguments. 1) In effect that has been British colonial policy; for decades the British retained the sovereignty of its colonies to then grant independence as a concession from her gracious Majesty, keeping them in the British Commonwealth of 52 states. This is a kind of commercial club of privileged friendship whose members are all Anglophone. For example, the island of Santa Lucia, among others. A small island to the north of Venezuela, with a minimum territory that can easily fit 36 times in one of Argentina's smallest provinces. It has an elected prime minister and a governor representing the Queen. Santa Lucia became a new independent nation some 38 years ago. 2) January 3rd of 2033, will be the 200th anniversary of the 'invasion and occupation by the British crown of the Malvinas Islands', a symbolic date very appropriate, according to some Falkland Islanders, to declare independence from the UK and become a new member of the international community. Since October 1965 Argentina has been trying vainly to pressure the British to negotiate through the United Nations and other international organizations such as Unasur, OAS, Mercosur. And in 1982 it lost patience and committed the blunder of trying to solve the dispute by force. All these attempts have been absolutely inefficient and negative, and the best evidence of this is that the Islands today remain as a British colony. It's absurd to expect a different result if we always apply the same procedure, Einstein use to say. Several prestigious analysts of Argentine foreign policy such as Jorge Castro, Sergio Berenstein, Carlos Perez Llana and Rosendo Fraga commit the same typical and most serious Argentine error when they assess the Malvinas issue: they never mention the most important problem, the Islanders. What a majority or Argentines ignore is that since the 1982 war the British electorate overwhelmingly supports the Islanders and their right to self determination. This impedes the British Prime Minister, be it Conservative or Labor from having the least leeway space to negotiate sovereignty with the Argentines without the consensus from the Islanders. This in fact acts like a veto power to whatever is negotiated without their participation or approval. Viñuela believes Argentina must establish some kind of amicable relation with the Islanders, which is nonexistent currently. Islanders particularly those over 50, have a deep mistrust and hostility towards anything from Argentina, he points out. This means Argentina can't follow on this track because after 52 years we are in the same or worse situation than in 1965, in what refers to Malvinas. Last 7 April, Los Andes published an article from Viñuela under the heading An overcoming proposal, which was written after having visited the Islands, spoken to Islanders, which convinced him of the need to change the strategy of Argentine aspirations. And warns that if this is not done the Malvinas Islands will be recognized as an independent state by the 52 members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, at the latest on January 2033, that is only sixteen years from now. As a concrete measure to counter this Viñuela proposes the opening of an Argentine House in Stanley, with the mission of getting closer to the Islanders, attempting a better mutual comprehension and above all confidence building. Most probably at the start the house would not have such name or exalt nationalism with Argentine symbols. That would only produce identical result to that experienced by Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, when the visited the Islands last April displaying publicly Argentine symbols: he only harvested hostility and absolute rejection. Viñuela admits he was an involuntary witness of such a situation. The Argentine House would promote tourism, trade, cultural, education, sport activities but above all would facilitate relations between both sides. Most probably the more hostile and recalcitrant Islanders will not change their attitude, but with time, and years, they will become a minority, and step by step Argentina could collect a better attitude from the Islanders and vice versa. Viñuela is convinced that in ten, fifteen years there can be conditions to find a definitive solution. The Argentine retired diplomat finalizes arguing that 52 years have gone by since the United Nations invited the UK and Argentina to advance with no delay negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the problem of the sovereignty dispute. Argentina should change the procedure and if so will modify results. Viñuela says he delivered his written proposal last 28 April to ex minister Susana Malcorra, through ambassador Maria Teresa Kralikas, head of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Under secretariat. Apparently he is still waiting for a reply. Categories: Politics, Argentina, Falkland Islands, International. Tags: Argentina, Argentine House Stanley, British High Commission Office, Falkland Islands, Foreign Office, Jorge Lidio Viñuela, Susan Curtis, United Kingdom. Haha, I do believe I predicted independence in 2033 years ago! There's no barrier to this as independence is recognised state by state and is not a result nor adjudicated by the UN. May 31st, 2017 - 03:10 am +6 The Falklands will become an independent island state. If I were them I would do it on 3 January 2033 but - since the Falklanders have better manners than I - they will do it before then so as to not rub the Argies noses in it. teaberry2 An Argentine house.........i ask myself on what planet does this man live on................. the young, old and even older folks want nothing to do with a bunch of looney buggers.............what dont they undertsand until they all drop there stupid claim and leave us to live in peace we will have nothing to do with them.....this lady is not for turning....	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24855
__label__cc	0.655664	0.344336	July 10, 2018 \| 20:26 (GMT+7) Central bank ready to take action to stabilize foreign exchange market The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s recent response to the continuous rise of USD prices has demonstrated its readiness to make an intervention in order to stabilize the foreign exchange market. Foreign exchange reserves hit 63.5 billion USD Banks increase foreign exchange rate Shortly after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates on June 14, greenback prices in Vietnam increased continually and even exceeded VND 23,000 per USD. Facing this fact, the central bank said it is ready to intervene to stabilize the market, and it has sufficient resources to do that. Evidence of this message is that the SBV Operations Centre cut down the USD selling price to VND 23,050 on July 3 afternoon, VND 244 down from its morning’s rate, and VND 264 lower than the ceiling rate of the day’s reference exchange rate. (Photo for illustration: LienVietPostBank) With this move, eligible market members who want to purchase USD could buy this currency at lower prices from the SBV. In the past, the SBV used to decrease USD selling prices at some points of time when the exchange rate became tense, which proved effective to the market back to normal shortly after that. Likewise, this latest move of the SBV has halted the USD price surge in commercial banks. SBV Governor Le Minh Hung said the aforementioned changes in the market had been predicted by the central bank from the beginning of the year. They were mainly caused by objective factors such as the USD appreciation in the global market and the return of trade deficit in Vietnam over the last couple of months. He said the foreign exchange market remained stable as of the end of June with the VND/USD exchange rate rising by almost 1 percent in the first six months. Notably, the SBV purchased more than USD 11 billion in the period, raising the foreign reserves to over USD 63.5 billion. The solutions by the Government and the SBV have consolidated the trust in the VND and the stability of the foreign currency market and exchange rates, he noted. After the Fed’s sudden interest rate hike, China and the US started the “biggest trade war in economic history” when the latter imposed new tariffs on several key Chinese imports on July 6. Later, China also announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods. The trade tension between the world’s biggest economies is forecast to linger on and strongly influence their own economic situations, as well as global trade. It will also cause high pressure on the exchange rate for the remaining months of 2018. Analysts said the record foreign reserves at present are in good condition to ensure that the SBV is able to intervene in the market when necessary. Pham Thanh Ha, Director of the SBV’s Monetary Policy Department, said the central bank will keep a close watch on changes in the domestic and foreign markets, including the Fed’s interest rate hike, the US-China trade relations, movements of the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan, and the foreign currency demand - supply balance in the domestic market, all in order to flexibly regulate the daily reference exchange rates. The SBV will continue to take concerted measures and monetary policy tools to intervene in the market, he added. Tag(s): foreign exchange marketState Bank of Vietnam	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24858
__label__wiki	0.88204	0.88204	1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team The 1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens, the team would win the Gold medal for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[1] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original Dream Team from 1992: Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, and David Robinson. 1 Roster 2 Staff 3 1996 USA results 4 1996 Olympic standings Roster[edit] United States men's national basketball team – 1996 Summer Olympics roster Pos.[2] Name[3] PF Barkley, Charles 33 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Phoenix Suns PG Hardaway, Anfernee 25 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Orlando Magic SF Hill, Grant 23 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Detroit Pistons PF Malone, Karl 33 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Utah Jazz SG Miller, Reggie 30 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana Pacers C Olajuwon, Hakeem 33 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Houston Rockets C O'Neal, Shaquille 24 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 301 lb (137 kg) Orlando Magic PG Payton, Gary 28 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Seattle SuperSonics SF Pippen, Scottie 30 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Chicago Bulls SG Richmond, Mitch 31 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sacramento Kings C Robinson, David 30 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Antonio Spurs PG Stockton, John 34 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Utah Jazz Bobby Cremins Clem Haskins From describes teams affiliated during the Olympics Staff[edit] Head coach: Lenny Wilkens (Atlanta Hawks) Assistant coaches: Jerry Sloan (Utah Jazz), Bobby Cremins (Georgia Tech), and Clem Haskins (University of Minnesota) Team physicians: Steve Haas (Washington Bullets), John A. Hefferon (Chicago Bulls), and Bruce Moseley (Houston Rockets) Athletic trainers: Steven Brace (Creighton University) and Ron Culp (Miami Heat) 1996 USA results[edit] USA beats Argentina, 96–68 USA beats Angola, 87–54 USA beats Lithuania, 104–82 USA beats China, 133–70 USA beats Croatia, 102–71 USA beats Brazil, 98–75 (Quarterfinals) USA beats Australia, 101–73 (Semifinals) USA beats Yugoslavia, 95–69 (Gold medal game) 1996 Olympic standings[edit] 1. United States (8–0) 2. Yugoslavia (7–1) 3. Lithuania (5–3) 4. Australia (5–3) 5. Greece (5–3) 6. Brazil (3–5) 7. Croatia (4–4) 8. China (2–6) 9. Argentina (3–4) 10. Puerto Rico (2–5) 11. Angola (1–6) 12. South Korea (0–7)[3] ^ Rhoden, William C. (July 23, 1996). "Sports of The Times;Competitors Without a Competition". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2017-02-14. ^ "Team USA Basketball: What About the 1996 Dream Team II?". Bleacher Report. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2017. ^ a b "Games of the XXVIth Olympiad -- 1996". USA Basketball. NBA Media Ventures. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2017. USA Basketball, official site United States men's national basketball team United States men's basketball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Barkley 5 Hill 6 Hardaway 7 Robinson 8 Pippen 9 Richmond 10 Miller 11 Malone 13 O'Neal 14 Payton 15 Olajuwon Coach: Wilkens Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament winners 1936: United States (USA) 1972: Soviet Union (URS) 1980: Yugoslavia (YUG) 2004: Argentina (ARG) 2020: TBD Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team&oldid=901034414" United States at the Olympic Men's Basketball Tournament Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament 1996–97 in American basketball	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24860
__label__wiki	0.967799	0.967799	Anthony Ian Berkeley Find sources: "Anthony Ian Berkeley" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Grym Reaper Long Island, New York, U.S. July 15, 2001(2001-07-15) (aged 36) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Hip hop, R&B Occupation(s) Emcee, record producer, CEO Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. (1989) Gee Street/Island/PolyGram Records (1994–1996) Gee Street/V2/BMG Records (1997–1999) Empire Musicwerks/BMG Records (2000) Brothers Grym Gravediggaz Anthony Ian Berkeley (November 15, 1964 – July 15, 2001) better known as Too Poetic, was a Trinidadian-born American rapper and producer. He was also a founding member of the hip-hop group Gravediggaz, for which he used the alias Grym Reaper. 2 Gravediggaz 4 Death 5.3 With Gravediggaz 5.4 Appearances The eldest son of a minister, Poetic was born in Trinidad and raised in the town of Wyandanch on Long Island, New York. After forming his first hip-hop group, Brothers Grym, with younger siblings Brainstorm and E Sharp in 1989, Sharp handled some of the production duties, while Poetic and Brainstorm provided vocals. The group created a buzz for itself in the underground with its first official demo, which included notable cuts such as "Circle-Circle-Dot-Dot" and "GRYMnastics." Just when the group was close to landing a record deal, Brainstorm surprisingly decided to quit hip hop altogether and forced Too Poetic to pursue a solo career and released a solo 12-inch single, Poetical Terror/God Made Me Funky, in 1989 on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records. However, his deal with Tommy Boy fell through before the release of his first album, and Too Poetic fell on hard times, which included a period of homelessness. Gravediggaz[edit] Poetic then joined Wu-Tang Clan's leader RZA, former De La Soul/Stetsasonic producer Prince Paul, and Frukwan from Stetsasonic in the hip-hop supergroup Gravediggaz. Concerning the origins of the supergroup, he said: Prince Paul was going through a period in the business where he was, number one: not getting acknowledged for his talent, and two: not getting his monetary situation... when he owned his own label, Dew-Doo Man through RAL and Def Jam, they owed him a lot of money and he really got stuck into a position as a producer where he wasn’t producing for a couple of years because he was waiting on Russell Simmons, waiting to do some things. That left him frustrated, angry and kind of vexed. He’s very creative, so naturally he wanted to translate that feeling back into his music, so during that period he was making a certain type of music and he decided that he wanted to get a crew together so he could vent against the music industry. So he called on people that he was working with: myself, Frukwan and RZA as vocalists who he felt had the same opinion of the industry and how they were being treated unfairly... he put it together for that express purpose.[1] Each member adopted a Gravedigga alias, and Poetic became known as the Grym Reaper (with Grym, an acronym for Ghetto-Repaired Young Mind, also referring back to his first group). It was stated this stylistic change was adapted from his brief period of homelessness as his former DJ Koas said in an interview "He went homeless and that really took a toll on him. He hit rock bottom and that opens your eyes to really go deep, and that’s when he got dark. I guess it makes you strong to want it that bad. Tommy Boy basically jerked a lot of people."[2] This proved to be an impressive change, as his offbeat rhyming style quickly gained attention as the group's first album, 1994's 6 Feet Deep (also known by its original title Niggamortis outside the US), garnered positive reviews and strong sales alike. After the group's second album, The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel, was released in 1997, The RZA and Prince Paul decided to leave Gravediggaz, leaving Frukwan and Poetic as the only remaining members. During this time, Anthony's rhyming style had matured more. He later showcased this new style in the 1998 single "Savior," which was produced by British-born producer Baby J, The song was more different than most of his Gravediggaz related material as he rhymed about how much he detested mainstream hip-hop music in general. In April 1999, Anthony collapsed in his home studio with stomach pains and was subsequently diagnosed with colon cancer. During this period, he collaborated with The Prodigy's Maxim Reality and Last Emperor under the name of Tony Titanium. Contrary to popular belief, this moniker was created by Poetic himself. It was Poetic who made the reference to the titanium metal being "as hard as Poetic’s will to live," and as a reference to the titanium valve in his chest through which he received chemotherapy). One of his completed solo compositions makes reference to his feeling light as aluminum, strong as steel.[citation needed] He created work under his original name as well as continuing work on the third Gravediggaz album. The subsequent release, Nightmare in A-Minor, was the group's darkest work yet. It made references to Poetic's cancer on the track "Burn, Baby, Burn" and on the Last Emperor's track "One Life". Recently,[when?] an interview was done with Poetic's former DJ Freddie "Kaos" Cox, in which the DJ discusses the early career of the rapper, and an unreleased album of Poetic's music prior to joining the gravediggaz entitled Drop Signal (which was supposed to be his debut album on Tommy Boy, before the deal with the group fell through) has surfaced on the Internet, which includes 14 tracks.[2] Eunique (2018) Berkeley's daughter has followed her father's footsteps into music. Eunique is a German rapper (born 1995 in Hamburg) and goes by the stage name "Eunique".[3] Death[edit] Poetic died of colon cancer on July 15, 2001, 1:45pm EST at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, five weeks before Nightmare in A-Minor’s scheduled release. He had survived almost two and a half years beyond the doctors' initial 3-month prognosis. Tributes came quickly from across the hip-hop world, both from fellow musicians such as Chuck D of Public Enemy, who wrote an article in tribute to him on his Welcome To The Terrordome commentary section on the group's Web site,[4] and from critics, who widely wrote of their regret at the loss of his talent. An intimate memorial service for him was held at the Riverside Church in Harlem on August 4, 2001, attended by his family and close friends including bandmates Frukwan and Prince Paul. Nightmare in A-Minor was initially released by Echo Distribution on August 23, 2001. It was re-released without the track "Better Wake Up" on Empire Musicwerks/BMG in 2002 to critical plaudits. According to Frukwan, a new album may be released using left over material from Poetic. Discography[edit] Singles[edit] 1989 "Poetical Terror / God Made Me Funky" Albums[edit] 1989 "Droppin' Signal" (unreleased) With Gravediggaz[edit] 6 Feet Deep (1994, Gee Street/Island/PolyGram Records) The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel (1997, Gee Street/V2/BMG Records) Nightmare in A-Minor (2002, Empire Musicwerks/BMG Records) Appearances[edit] Vocals only unless otherwise noted. 1998 "Savior" (from Baby J's album Baby J Presents The Birth) 2000 "Worldwide Syndicate" (from the Maxim Reality album Hell's Kitchen) 2001 Better Days (album by Liquid Ltd. (of Bran Van 3000); vocals and production) 2001 Nightmare In A-Minor (album by Gravediggaz; vocals and production) 2001 "We Run Shit (with Frukwan)" (from the DJ Honda album hIII) 2003 "One Life" (from The Last Emperor album Music, Magic, Myth) 2003 "Ghetto Apostles" (from the Shabazz the Disciple album The Book of Shabazz (Hidden Scrollz)) ^ http://www.bombhiphop.com/poetic.htm ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-11. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Wyandanch Week, Pt. 5: The Too Poetic Story + lost album ^ "Becoming Eunique". YouTube (in German). Retrieved April 2, 2018. ^ PUBLIC ENEMY \| Chuck D's Terrordome Archived November 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Press release from publicist on Poetic's death Interview with Poetic dealing with his illness Article on Poetic's death and memorial[permanent dead link] Article on Poetic's death including Lisa "Chase" Patterson's memorial speech Village Voice article considers financial aspects of terminal illness for musicians in light of Poetic's case The Grym Reaper The Rzarector 6 Feet Deep The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel Nightmare in A-Minor "Diary of a Madman" "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" "1-800 Suicide" "Dangerous Mindz" "The Night the Earth Cried" EPs and compilations The Hell E.P. 6 Feet Under Gee Street Wu Tang Clan MusicBrainz: 36c9bb0d-b2f6-47db-9458-7d813dd6eb59 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Ian_Berkeley&oldid=904841999" Rappers from New York (state) African-American rappers Tommy Boy Records artists American hip hop record producers Five percenters American rappers of Trinidad and Tobago descent Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in California Gravediggaz members BLP articles lacking sources from September 2011 Vague or ambiguous time from September 2014 Articles with dead external links from October 2016	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24861
__label__wiki	0.803723	0.803723	Chase This Light 2007 studio album by Jimmy Eat World Studio album by July 2006 – June 2007 Chris Testa Butch Vig John Fields ("Here It Goes") Jimmy Eat World chronology Stay on My Side Tonight (2005) Chase This Light (2007) Invented Singles from Chase This Light "Big Casino" "Always Be" Released: December 3, 2007 "Let It Happen" Chase This Light is the sixth studio album by American rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on October 16, 2007 by Interscope Records. The album was executive produced by Butch Vig. 1 Recording 4.1 Critical reception 4.2 Commercial performance 5 Track listing 7 Chart performance Recording[edit] Recording for Chase This Light began in July 2006 with producer Butch Vig. In June 2007, it was announced that the album was being mixed by Chris Lord-Alge.[1] Music[edit] The song "Carry You" originated as a track from Jim Adkins' side project Go Big Casino.[2][3] Jimmy Eat World has recorded other Go Big Casino songs previously like "Hear You Me", "My Sundown", and "Drugs or Me".[4] Release[edit] In July 2007, the band went on a tour of the US, before doing several shows in South Africa as well as appearing at several festival dates in Europe the following month.[5] On August 16, the album's track listing was revealed.[6] "Big Casino", the first single from the album, was released August 28 for download.[7] The album's artwork was released the following day.[8] In September and October, the group went on a North American tour.[9] Chase This Light was released on October 16 through Interscope.[8] A music video was released for "Big Casino" on October 24.[10] "Always Be" began airing on various radio channels on December 3, 2007. In January 2008, the band supported Foo Fighters on a few US shows.[11] A music video for "Always Be" was released on January 29.[12] From late January to early March, the band went on a tour of Europe and the UK.[13] They were supported by Styrofoam on the latter part of the tour.[14] In early April, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[15] "Let It Happen" was released to radio on April 8.[16] In April and May, the band went on a co-headlining US tour with Paramore.[17] In June and July, the band went on a tour of North America[18] with support from Dear and the Headlights.[19] Critical reception[edit] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Metacritic (66/100)[20] AbsolutePunk.net (88%)[21] AllMusic [22] Entertainment Weekly A[23] NME (7/10)[24] PopMatters [25] Rockfeedback [26] Rolling Stone [27] Slant Magazine [28] Spin (7/10)[29] Virgin Media [30] Chase This Light received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 25 reviews.[20] Andy Greenwald from Entertainment Weekly gave praise to the band for combining the "extroverted guitar pop" of Bleed American and the pensive bulk of Futures to encapsulate what their given genre is: "big emotions, sure, but also big hooks, big stakes. And big rewards." He concluded by calling Chase This Light "a master class in hard rocking for the soft-hearted."[23] Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe called it "a return to form for the band in terms of their ingratiating power-pop", praising the tracks "Big Casino" and "Always Be" for their instantly catchy instrumentation and melodies that make up the overall tone of the album. He added that "it isn't a stretch to say that Chase This Light is one of the year’s best power-pop records."[28] Spin journalist Andrew Beaujon praised Jim Adkins' vocal delivery for having a "youthful tang" that sells the songs about "getting older and maybe a little more cynical." He concluded that "[T]he joy of Chase This Light is hearing him convince us that it comes back again, too."[29] AllMusic editor Tim Sendra was ambivalent towards the record, commending the return to Bleed American material that's made up of "rousing anthems ("Big Casino")", "melancholy rockers with singalong choruses ("Chase This Light")" and "sweet ballads ("Dizzy")" but was critical of the dry and airless production, the vocals sounding passionless and the unimaginative lyricism, saying that its "nice to listen to and vaguely uplifting, but ultimately empty on the inside." He concluded that "Jimmy Eat World have proven they can do better than this and they may yet, but this album is a bit of a disappointment."[22] Andrew Blackie of PopMatters was also disappointed with the album coming across as "a weaker, limper version" of Futures, criticizing producer Butch Vig for making the band sound "processed and sterile" and the lyrical content for being "juvenile and sapped in self-important, happy-go-lucky sentiments." He concluded that "[M]ore disappointing than that, though, is the fact that there is hardly anything groundbreaking to be found in Chase This Light's 40 minutes, which is less than we’ve come to expect from this band."[25] Commercial performance[edit] The album debuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 62,000 copies in its first week.[31] It also sold 78,000 worldwide. As of July 2008, the album has sold approximately 320,000 copies worldwide, and, as of September 2010, the album has sold 225,000 copies in the United States (US). Track listing[edit] All songs written and composed by Jimmy Eat World. 1. "Big Casino" 3:40 2. "Let It Happen" 3:25 3. "Always Be" 3:04 4. "Carry You" 4:22 5. "Electable (Give It Up)" 2:56 6. "Gotta Be Somebody's Blues" 4:46 7. "Feeling Lucky" 2:32 8. "Here It Goes" 3:26 9. "Chase This Light" 3:29 10. "Firefight" 3:53 11. "Dizzy" 4:46 "Be Sensible" (Australia / UK / Germany / Japan / iTunes) – 5:04 "Distraction" (Japan / UK/Best Buy US Bonus Download) – 2:58 "Open Bar Reception" (Smartpunk/InSound pre-order) – 3:55 "Take 'Em as They Come" (Bruce Springsteen cover) (iTunes pre-order) – 3:55 "Dizzy" (acoustic) (iTunes) – 4:27 "Beautiful Is" (Japan / UK Big Casino single/ Big Casino part 7" vinyl) – 2:30 Personnel[edit] Adapted credits from the booklet of Chase This Light.[32] Jim Adkins – lead vocals, guitar Tom Linton - guitar, vocals Zach Lind - drums, percussion Rick Burch - bass, vocals Additional musicians Keith Armstrong – Assistant David Campbell – Conductor, String Arrangements John Fields – Bass, Keyboards Eva Lind – Vocals Stephen Lu – Keyboards Amy Ross – Vocals Davies – Cover Photo John Fields – Producer, Engineer Ross Hogarth – Engineer Ted Jensen – Mastering Jimmy Eat World – Producer, Engineer Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing Chris Testa – Producer, Engineer Butch Vig – Executive Producer Luke Wood – A&R Chart performance[edit] Chart (2007) US Billboard 200[33] 5 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[34] 2 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35] 3 ^ "Jimmy Eat World title new album, begin mixing". 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Retrieved May 15, 2015. ^ "Jimmy Eat World to join Foo Fighters' 2008 U.S. tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. December 12, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017. ^ "New Jimmy Eat World Video – "Always Be"". Stereogum. Retrieved May 15, 2015. ^ "Jimmy Eat World plan U.K./European tour for early 2008". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. November 2, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017. ^ "Jimmy Eat World frontman sings on new Styrofoam song". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. January 31, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017. [permanent dead link] ^ "Blaqk Audio, Hot Water Music, H2O added to Bamboozle Left". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. April 1, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2016. ^ "Jimmy Eat World/Paramore dates announced". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017. [permanent dead link] ^ "Jimmy Eat World schedule Canada/U.S. dates for July". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. May 13, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2017. ^ "Dear And The Headlights announce dates, complete recording". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. June 12, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2017. ^ a b "Reviews for Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 11, 2012. ^ Henderson, Steve (October 16, 2007). "Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.net. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2011. ^ a b Sendra, Tim. "Chase This Light - Jimmy Eat World". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2011. ^ a b Greenwald, Andy (October 12, 2007). "Chase This Light Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved December 9, 2011. ^ Martin, Daniel (October 19, 2007). "NME Album Reviews - Jimmy Eat World". NME. IPC Media. 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"Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 25, 2007. ^ Chase This Light (booklet). Jimmy Eat World. Interscope. 2007. B000992402. CS1 maint: others (link) ^ "Jimmy Eat World Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. ^ "Jimmy Eat World Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. ^ "Jimmy Eat World Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Chase This Light at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed) Chase This Light at Metacritic Jim Adkins Zach Lind Tom Linton Rick Burch Mitch Porter Static Prevails Integrity Blues Compilation albums "Bleed American" "The Middle" "Last Christmas" "Sweetness" "A Praise Chorus" "Pain" "Work" "Futures" "My Best Theory" "Coffee and Cigarettes" "I Will Steal You Back" "Damage" "Sure and Certain" "Chase This Light" Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chase_This_Light&oldid=903906008" Jimmy Eat World albums Albums arranged by David Campbell (composer) Albums produced by Butch Vig Interscope Records albums CS1 maint: others Use mdy dates from July 2016 Use American English from July 2016	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24862
__label__cc	0.659692	0.340308	Topological space In topology and related branches of mathematics, a topological space may be defined as a set of points, along with a set of neighbourhoods for each point, satisfying a set of axioms relating points and neighbourhoods. The definition of a topological space relies only upon set theory and is the most general notion of a mathematical space that allows for the definition of concepts such as continuity, connectedness, and convergence.[1] Other spaces, such as manifolds and metric spaces, are specializations of topological spaces with extra structures or constraints. Being so general, topological spaces are a central unifying notion and appear in virtually every branch of modern mathematics. The branch of mathematics that studies topological spaces in their own right is called point-set topology or general topology. 2.1 Definition via neighbourhoods 2.2 Definition via open sets 2.3 Definition via closed sets 2.4 Other definitions 3 Comparison of topologies 4 Continuous functions 5 Examples of topological spaces 5.1 Metric spaces 5.2 Proximity spaces 5.3 Uniform spaces 5.4 Function spaces 5.5 Cauchy spaces 5.6 Convergence spaces 5.7 Grothendieck sites 5.8 Other spaces 6 Topological constructions 7 Classification of topological spaces 8 Topological spaces with algebraic structure 9 Topological spaces with order structure Around 1735, Euler discovered the formula V − E + F = 2 {\displaystyle V-E+F=2} relating the number of vertices, edges and faces of a convex polyhedron, and hence of a planar graph. The study and generalization of this formula, specifically by Cauchy and L'Huilier, is at the origin of topology. In 1827, Carl Friedrich Gauss published General investigations of curved surfaces which in section 3 defines the curved surface in a similar manner to the modern topological understanding: "A curved surface is said to possess continuous curvature at one of its points A, if the direction of all the straight lines drawn from A to points of the surface at an infinitely small distance from A are deflected infinitely little from one and the same plane passing through A."[2] Yet, "until Riemann’s work in the early 1850s, surfaces were always dealt with from a local point of view (as parametric surfaces) and topological issues were never considered."[3] "Möbius and Jordan seem to be the first to realize that the main problem about the topology of (compact) surfaces is to find invariants (preferably numerical) to decide the equivalence of surfaces, that is, to decide whether two surfaces are homeomorphic or not."[4] The subject is clearly defined by Felix Klein in his "Erlangen Program" (1872): the geometry invariants of arbitrary continuous transformation, a kind of geometry. The term "topology" was introduced by Johann Benedict Listing in 1847, although he had used the term in correspondence some years earlier instead of previously used "Analysis situs". The foundation of this science, for a space of any dimension, was created by Poincaré. His first article on this topic appeared in 1894.[5] In the 1930s, James Waddell Alexander II and Hassler Whitney first expressed the idea that a surface is a topological space that is locally like a Euclidean plane. Main article: Characterizations of the category of topological spaces The utility of the notion of a topology is shown by the fact that there are several equivalent definitions of this structure. Thus one chooses the axiomatisation suited for the application. The most commonly used is that in terms of open sets, but perhaps more intuitive is that in terms of neighbourhoods and so this is given first. Definition via neighbourhoods[edit] This axiomatization is due to Felix Hausdorff. Let X be a set; the elements of X are usually called points, though they can be any mathematical object. We allow X to be empty. Let N be a function assigning to each x (point) in X a non-empty collection N(x) of subsets of X. The elements of N(x) will be called neighbourhoods of x with respect to N (or, simply, neighbourhoods of x). The function N is called a neighbourhood topology if the axioms below[6] are satisfied; and then X with N is called a topological space. If N is a neighbourhood of x (i.e., N ∈ N(x)), then x ∈ N. In other words, each point belongs to every one of its neighbourhoods. If N is a subset of X and includes a neighbourhood of x, then N is a neighbourhood of x. I.e., every superset of a neighbourhood of a point x in X is again a neighbourhood of x. The intersection of two neighbourhoods of x is a neighbourhood of x. Any neighbourhood N of x includes a neighbourhood M of x such that N is a neighbourhood of each point of M. The first three axioms for neighbourhoods have a clear meaning. The fourth axiom has a very important use in the structure of the theory, that of linking together the neighbourhoods of different points of X. A standard example of such a system of neighbourhoods is for the real line R, where a subset N of R is defined to be a neighbourhood of a real number x if it includes an open interval containing x. Given such a structure, a subset U of X is defined to be open if U is a neighbourhood of all points in U. The open sets then satisfy the axioms given below. Conversely, when given the open sets of a topological space, the neighbourhoods satisfying the above axioms can be recovered by defining N to be a neighbourhood of x if N includes an open set U such that x ∈ U.[7] Definition via open sets[edit] Four examples and two non-examples of topologies on the three-point set {1,2,3}. The bottom-left example is not a topology because the union of {2} and {3} [i.e. {2,3}] is missing; the bottom-right example is not a topology because the intersection of {1,2} and {2,3} [i.e. {2}], is missing. A topological space is an ordered pair (X, τ), where X is a set and τ is a collection of subsets of X, satisfying the following axioms:[8] The empty set and X itself belong to τ. Any arbitrary (finite or infinite) union of members of τ still belongs to τ. The intersection of any finite number of members of τ still belongs to τ. The elements of τ are called open sets and the collection τ is called a topology on X. Given X = {1, 2, 3, 4}, the collection τ = {{}, {1, 2, 3, 4}} of only the two subsets of X required by the axioms forms a topology of X, the trivial topology (indiscrete topology). Given X = {1, 2, 3, 4}, the collection τ = {{}, {2}, {1, 2}, {2, 3}, {1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 3, 4}} of six subsets of X forms another topology of X. Given X = {1, 2, 3, 4} and the collection τ = P(X) (the power set of X), (X, τ) is a topological space. τ is called the discrete topology. Given X = Z, the set of integers, the collection τ of all finite subsets of the integers plus Z itself is not a topology, because (for example) the union of all finite sets not containing zero is infinite but is not all of Z, and so is not in τ. Definition via closed sets[edit] Using de Morgan's laws, the above axioms defining open sets become axioms defining closed sets: The empty set and X are closed. The intersection of any collection of closed sets is also closed. The union of any finite number of closed sets is also closed. Using these axioms, another way to define a topological space is as a set X together with a collection τ of closed subsets of X. Thus the sets in the topology τ are the closed sets, and their complements in X are the open sets. Other definitions[edit] There are many other equivalent ways to define a topological space: in other words the concepts of neighbourhood, or that of open or closed sets can be reconstructed from other starting points and satisfy the correct axioms. Another way to define a topological space is by using the Kuratowski closure axioms, which define the closed sets as the fixed points of an operator on the power set of X. A net is a generalisation of the concept of sequence. A topology is completely determined if for every net in X the set of its accumulation points is specified. Comparison of topologies[edit] Main article: Comparison of topologies A variety of topologies can be placed on a set to form a topological space. When every set in a topology τ1 is also in a topology τ2 and τ1 is a subset of τ2, we say that τ2 is finer than τ1, and τ1 is coarser than τ2. A proof that relies only on the existence of certain open sets will also hold for any finer topology, and similarly a proof that relies only on certain sets not being open applies to any coarser topology. The terms larger and smaller are sometimes used in place of finer and coarser, respectively. The terms stronger and weaker are also used in the literature, but with little agreement on the meaning, so one should always be sure of an author's convention when reading. The collection of all topologies on a given fixed set X forms a complete lattice: if F = {τα \| α ∈ A} is a collection of topologies on X, then the meet of F is the intersection of F, and the join of F is the meet of the collection of all topologies on X that contain every member of F. Continuous functions[edit] A function f : X → Y between topological spaces is called continuous if for every x in X and every neighbourhood N of f(x) there is a neighbourhood M of x such that f(M) ⊆ N. This relates easily to the usual definition in analysis. Equivalently, f is continuous if the inverse image of every open set is open.[9] This is an attempt to capture the intuition that there are no "jumps" or "separations" in the function. A homeomorphism is a bijection that is continuous and whose inverse is also continuous. Two spaces are called homeomorphic if there exists a homeomorphism between them. From the standpoint of topology, homeomorphic spaces are essentially identical.[10] In category theory, Top, the category of topological spaces with topological spaces as objects and continuous functions as morphisms, is one of the fundamental categories. The attempt to classify the objects of this category (up to homeomorphism) by invariants has motivated areas of research, such as homotopy theory, homology theory, and K-theory. Examples of topological spaces[edit] A given set may have many different topologies. If a set is given a different topology, it is viewed as a different topological space. Any set can be given the discrete topology in which every subset is open. The only convergent sequences or nets in this topology are those that are eventually constant. Also, any set can be given the trivial topology (also called the indiscrete topology), in which only the empty set and the whole space are open. Every sequence and net in this topology converges to every point of the space. This example shows that in general topological spaces, limits of sequences need not be unique. However, often topological spaces must be Hausdorff spaces where limit points are unique. Metric spaces[edit] Main article: metric space Metric spaces embody a metric, a precise notion of distance between points. Every metric space can be given a metric topology, in which the basic open sets are open balls defined by the metric. This is the standard topology on any normed vector space. On a finite-dimensional vector space this topology is the same for all norms. There are many ways of defining a topology on R, the set of real numbers. The standard topology on R is generated by the open intervals. The set of all open intervals forms a base or basis for the topology, meaning that every open set is a union of some collection of sets from the base. In particular, this means that a set is open if there exists an open interval of non zero radius about every point in the set. More generally, the Euclidean spaces Rn can be given a topology. In the usual topology on Rn the basic open sets are the open balls. Similarly, C, the set of complex numbers, and Cn have a standard topology in which the basic open sets are open balls. Proximity spaces[edit] Main article: proximity space Proximity spaces provide a notion of closeness of two sets. This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2016) Uniform spaces[edit] Main article: uniform space Uniform spaces axiomatize ordering the distance between distinct points. Function spaces[edit] Main article: function space A topological space in which the points are functions is called a function space. Cauchy spaces[edit] Main article: Cauchy space Cauchy spaces axiomatize the ability to test whether a net is Cauchy. Cauchy spaces provide a general setting for studying completions. Convergence spaces[edit] Convergence spaces capture some of the features of convergence of filters. Grothendieck sites[edit] Main article: Grothendieck site Grothendieck sites are categories with additional data axiomatizing whether a family of arrows covers an object. Sites are a general setting for defining sheaves. Other spaces[edit] Many sets of linear operators in functional analysis are endowed with topologies that are defined by specifying when a particular sequence of functions converges to the zero function. Any local field has a topology native to it, and this can be extended to vector spaces over that field. Every manifold has a natural topology since it is locally Euclidean. Similarly, every simplex and every simplicial complex inherits a natural topology from Rn. The Zariski topology is defined algebraically on the spectrum of a ring or an algebraic variety. On Rn or Cn, the closed sets of the Zariski topology are the solution sets of systems of polynomial equations. A linear graph has a natural topology that generalises many of the geometric aspects of graphs with vertices and edges. The Sierpiński space is the simplest non-discrete topological space. It has important relations to the theory of computation and semantics. There exist numerous topologies on any given finite set. Such spaces are called finite topological spaces. Finite spaces are sometimes used to provide examples or counterexamples to conjectures about topological spaces in general. Any set can be given the cofinite topology in which the open sets are the empty set and the sets whose complement is finite. This is the smallest T1 topology on any infinite set. Any set can be given the cocountable topology, in which a set is defined as open if it is either empty or its complement is countable. When the set is uncountable, this topology serves as a counterexample in many situations. The real line can also be given the lower limit topology. Here, the basic open sets are the half open intervals [a, b). This topology on R is strictly finer than the Euclidean topology defined above; a sequence converges to a point in this topology if and only if it converges from above in the Euclidean topology. This example shows that a set may have many distinct topologies defined on it. If Γ is an ordinal number, then the set Γ = [0, Γ) may be endowed with the order topology generated by the intervals (a, b), [0, b) and (a, Γ) where a and b are elements of Γ. Outer space of a free group Fn consists of the so-called "marked metric graph structures" of volume 1 on Fn.[11] Topological constructions[edit] Every subset of a topological space can be given the subspace topology in which the open sets are the intersections of the open sets of the larger space with the subset. For any indexed family of topological spaces, the product can be given the product topology, which is generated by the inverse images of open sets of the factors under the projection mappings. For example, in finite products, a basis for the product topology consists of all products of open sets. For infinite products, there is the additional requirement that in a basic open set, all but finitely many of its projections are the entire space. A quotient space is defined as follows: if X is a topological space and Y is a set, and if f : X→ Y is a surjective function, then the quotient topology on Y is the collection of subsets of Y that have open inverse images under f. In other words, the quotient topology is the finest topology on Y for which f is continuous. A common example of a quotient topology is when an equivalence relation is defined on the topological space X. The map f is then the natural projection onto the set of equivalence classes. The Vietoris topology on the set of all non-empty subsets of a topological space X, named for Leopold Vietoris, is generated by the following basis: for every n-tuple U1, ..., Un of open sets in X, we construct a basis set consisting of all subsets of the union of the Ui that have non-empty intersections with each Ui. The Fell topology on the set of all non-empty closed subsets of a locally compact Polish space X is a variant of the Vietoris topology, and is named after mathematician James Fell. It is generated by the following basis: for every n-tuple U1, ..., Un of open sets in X and for every compact set K, the set of all subsets of X that are disjoint from K and have nonempty intersections with each Ui is a member of the basis. Classification of topological spaces[edit] Main article: Topological property Topological spaces can be broadly classified, up to homeomorphism, by their topological properties. A topological property is a property of spaces that is invariant under homeomorphisms. To prove that two spaces are not homeomorphic it is sufficient to find a topological property not shared by them. Examples of such properties include connectedness, compactness, and various separation axioms. For algebraic invariants see algebraic topology. Topological spaces with algebraic structure[edit] For any algebraic objects we can introduce the discrete topology, under which the algebraic operations are continuous functions. For any such structure that is not finite, we often have a natural topology compatible with the algebraic operations, in the sense that the algebraic operations are still continuous. This leads to concepts such as topological groups, topological vector spaces, topological rings and local fields. Topological spaces with order structure[edit] Spectral. A space is spectral if and only if it is the prime spectrum of a ring (Hochster theorem). Specialization preorder. In a space the specialization (or canonical) preorder is defined by x ≤ y if and only if cl{x} ⊆ cl{y}. Space (mathematics) Kolmogorov space (T0) accessible/Fréchet space (T1) Hausdorff space (T2) Completely Hausdorff space and Urysohn space (T2½) Regular space and regular Hausdorff space (T3) Tychonoff space and completely regular space (T3½) Normal Hausdorff space (T4) Completely normal Hausdorff space (T5) Perfectly normal Hausdorff space (T6) Quasitopological space Hemicontinuity Complete Heyting algebra – The system of all open sets of a given topological space ordered by inclusion is a complete Heyting algebra. Find sources: "Topological space" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) ^ Schubert 1968, p. 13 ^ Gauss, 1827 ^ Gallier & Xu, 2013 ^ J. Stillwell, Mathematics and its history ^ Brown 2006, section 2.1. ^ Armstrong 1983, definition 2.1. ^ Armstrong 1983, theorem 2.6. ^ Munkres, James R (2015). Topology. pp. 317–319. ISBN 978-93-325-4953-1. ^ Culler, Marc; Vogtmann, Karen (1986). 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__label__wiki	0.957845	0.957845	1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Middleton, Earls of < 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ←Middlesex 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18 Middleton, Earls of Middleton, Arthur→ See also John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton and Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton on Wikipedia; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer. 22052671911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18 — Middleton, Earls of MIDDLETON, EARLS OF. John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton (c. 1619–1674), belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century, In early life he served as a soldier in France; later he fought against Charles I. both in England and in Scotland, being especially prominent at the battle of Philiphaugh and in other operations against the great Montrose. He held a high command in the Scottish army which marched to rescue the king in 1648, and he was taken prisoner after the battle of Preston. He joined Charles II. when that monarch reached Scotland in 1650, but he was soon at variance with the party which at that time was dominant in church and state and was only restored to favour after doing a public penance at Dundee. He was a captive for the second time after the battle of Worcester, where he commanded the Royalist cavalry, but he escaped from the Tower of London to Paris. In 1653 Middleton was chosen by Charles II. to head the projected rising in Scotland. He reached that country in February 1654, but the insurrection was a complete failure. Its leader, who cannot be held responsible for this result, remained, in Scotland until 1655, when he rejoined Charles II., who made him an earl in 1656. He returned to England with the king in 1660 and was appointed commander-in-chief of the troops in Scotland and lord high commissioner to the Scottish parliament, which he opened in January 1661. He was an ardent advocate of the restoration of episcopacy, this being one reason which led to serious dissensions between the earl of Lauderdale and himself, and in 1663 he was deprived of his offices. He was afterwards (1667) governor of Tangier, where he died in June 1674. His eldest son Charles, 2nd Earl of Middleton (c. 1640–1719), held several offices under Charles II. and James II., being envoy extraordinary at Vienna and afterwards joint secretary for Scotland. In 1684 he became an English secretary of state, and with Richard Graham, Viscount Preston, he had the difficult task of managing the House of Commons for James II. He was loyal to James after the king fled to France, although he remained in England. where, as the leader of the moderate Jacobites, he sought to bring about a restoration by peaceful means. In 1693 the earl joined the exiled king at St Germains, where he became his secretary of state; afterwards he held the same office at the court of James Edward, the old pretender, in Flanders and in Lorraine. He was partly responsible for the unsuccessful expedition of the Jacobites to Scotland in 1707, and he resigned his office as secretary in 1713. Middleton, who had been created earl of Monmouth by the pretender, died in 1719. His titles had been declared forfeited in 1695, but they were claimed by his son John, who died unmarried about 1746. The earl was a Protestant, although a lukewarm one, until 1701, when he yielded to the dying wish of James II. and joined the Roman Catholic Church. One of Middleton's kinsmen was Sir Charles Middleton, Bart. (1726–1813). Having served in the navy Middleton was comptroller of the navy from 1778 to 1790, “standing out through that period of inept administration as the pillar of the service.” In April 1805, at a most critical time, he was, although eighty years of age, appointed first lord of the admiralty by Pitt and was created Lord Barham. It has been usual to regard Barham as a cipher at the admiralty board, but more recent research, especially an examination of the Barham Papers, has proved this to be the reverse of the truth. He enjoyed the absolute confidence of Pitt, and it was his experience, industry and energy which made possible the great campaign which ended at Trafalgar. He resigned office in January 1806 and died on the 17th of January 1813. His barony passed through his daughter Diana (1762–1823) to the Noels, earls of Gainsborough, by whom it is still held. The Barham Papers are being edited by Sir J. K. Laughton (vol. i. 1907; vol. ii. 1910). See also J. S. Corbett, The Campaign of Trafalgar (1910). See A. C. Biscoe, The Earls of Middleton (1876). Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Middleton,_Earls_of&oldid=6623141"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24865
__label__wiki	0.773149	0.773149	Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/West Virginia < Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921) ←West Tampa Collier's New Encyclopedia, Volume 10 West Virginia University→ sister projects: Wikipedia article. Edition of 1921; disclaimer. 1474674Collier's New Encyclopedia, Volume 10 — West Virginia WEST VIRGINIA, a State in the South Atlantic Division of the North American Union; bounded by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio; admitted to the Union, June 19, 1863; capital, Charleston; number of counties, 55; area, 24,170 square miles. Pop. (1890) 762,794; (1900) 958,800; (1910) 1,221,119; (1920) 1,463,701. Topography.—The State is hilly and mountainous. The Allegheny Mountains form the Virginia boundary line. A continuation of the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee crosses the State about 20 miles W. of the Alleghenies. This range embraces the Flat Top, Cotton Hill, Greenbrier, Gauley, and Rich mountains. The surface W. of these mountains gradually descends to the Ohio river, this river forming the principal water system of West Virginia. The chief rivers are the Big Sandy, Kanawha, Guyandotte, and Monongahela, all of which are navigable and enter the Ohio. The Kanawha is fed by the Greenbrier, Gauley, Elk, and Coal rivers. The Potomac river forms part of the N. boundary line. There are numerous waterfalls in these streams all of which afford excellent water power, the falls at Harper's Ferry being especially noted. Geology and Mineralogy.—The E. portion of the State is of Eozoic formation. This is bordered by Lower Silurian shales, limestone and medina sandstone, and by coal measures covering over 16,000 square miles. Agriculture.—The soil consists of disintegrated limestones, sand, clay, and loam, giving it exceeding fertility. Nearly all garden vegetables and cereals grow abundantly. The acreage, production and value of the principal crops in 1919, was as follows: corn, 735,000 acres, production 24,990,000 bushels, value $40,984,000; oats, 190,000 acres, production 4,750,000 bushels, value $4,320,000; wheat, 400,000 acres, production 5,400,000 bushels, value $11,880,000; tobacco, 15,000 acres, production 10,500,000 pounds, value $5,250,000; hay, 810,100 acres, production 1,215,000 tons, value $31,104,000; potatoes, 57,000 acres, production 5,130,000 bushels, value $8,978,000. Mineral Production.—The State is among the most important in the production of minerals. In the order of their importance, they are coal, natural gas, petroleum, and clay products. The coal production in 1919 was 75,500,000 short tons, a decrease of 14,436,000 short tons over that of 1918. The State ranks second in the quantity of coal produced, and is surpassed only by Pennsylvania. The production of natural gas in 1918 was 265,160,917 thousand cubic feet. West Virginia ranks first in the production of natural gas. The production of petroleum in 1918 was 7,886,628 barrels, valued at $31,652,108. There are important quarries of sandstone and limestone, and the mining of salt is also an important industry. Manufactures.—There were in the State, in 1914, 2,749 manufacturing establishments, employing 71,078 wage earners. The capital invested was $175,995,000; wages paid $43,784,000; value of materials used $110,033,000; and the value of the products $193,512,000. The principal articles of manufacture were iron and steel, lumber, and timber products, flour and grist, coke, railroad cars, packed meat, tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, pottery, glass, foundry and machine shop products, and clothing. Banking.—On Oct. 31, 1919, there were repoi-ted 119 National banks in operation, having $11,244,000 in capital; $9,313,000 in outstanding circulation; and $25,371,000 in United States bonds. There were also 214 State banks, with $14,741,000 capital, and $8,962,000 surplus. The exchanges at the United States clearing house at Wheeling, during the year ending Sept. 30, 1919, aggregated $226,320,000. Education.—Elementary education is free from the ages of 6 to 21 years, and school attendance is compulsory for children between the ages of 8 and 14. There are about 7,000 public elementary schools, with about 315,000 pupils, and about 11,000 teachers. There are 164 public high schools and 6 public normal schools. The annual expenditure for education is about $8,000,000. The institutions for higher education include the West Virginia University at Morgantown, Bethany College, and West Virginia Wesleyan College. Charities and Corrections.—The institutions under the control of the State Board of Control are as follows: Hospitals at Weston, Spencer, Huntington, Welch, McKendree and Fairmont; penitentiary at Moundsville; industrial home for girls at Industrial; school for the deaf and blind at Romney; tuberculosis sanatorium at Terra Alta; colored tuberculosis sanatorium at Denmar; children's home at Elkins; and colored orphans' home at Huntington. Churches.—The strongest denominations in the State are the Methodist Episcopal, North; Regular Baptist; Methodist Episcopal, South; Roman Catholic; United Brethren; Methodist Protestant; Presbyterian, South; Disciples of Christ; Presbyterian, North; Colored; and Dunkards. Railways.—The railway mileage in 1919 was 4,007.7. The roads having the longest mileage are the Baltimore and Ohio and the Norfolk and Western. Finances.—The receipts for the fiscal year 1918-1919 were $5,010,573, and the disbursements $6,693,653. There was a balance at the end of the year of $2,218,091. The assessed value of real estate in 1919 was $767,653,310, and of personal property $372,631,062. The total bonded indebtedness of the State on Jan. 1, 1920, was $13,500,000. State Government.—The governor is elected for a term of four years. Legislative sessions are held biennially in odd years beginning on the second Wednesday in January, and are limited in length to 45 days each. The Legislature has 39 members in the Senate, and 94 in the House. There are 6 Representatives in Congress under the new appointment. History.—The history of the State prior to 1861 is identified with that of Virginia proper, of which State it formed part till after the outbreak of the Civil War. The Allegheny Mountains, however, formed a natural line of demarkation between the two sections of the original State, and conditions favoring separation had long existed. These reached a climax on the passage by Virginia of an ordinance of secession, the popular vote in the section W. of the mountains being strongly opposed to it. A convention of loyalists met at Wheeling in June, 1861, and in August adopted an ordinance providing for the formation of a new State to be called Kanawha. In November a constitution was adopted and the name West Virginia chosen. This constitution was adopted by the people by a very large majority in April, 1862, and the State was formally admitted to the Union by Act of Congress and the approval of President Lincoln, June 19, 1863. Copyright, L. L. Poates Eng. Co., 1921 Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Collier%27s_New_Encyclopedia_(1921)/West_Virginia&oldid=8963404"	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24866
__label__cc	0.635443	0.364557	This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated. THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA By Professor E. W. HILGARD IN 1867 the writer was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution to determine, if possible, the geological age and mode of formation of the rock salt deposit on Petite Anse Island, Louisiana. This involved, of course, a general examination of the coast formations of Louisiana, and among them, of the Passes of the Mississippi, and of the puzzling phenomena of "mudlump" upheaval in the Passes, which, at times, seriously obstructed commerce, but the origin of which remained a matter of conjecture. It had, to some extent, been investigated by Sir Charles Lyell (1858) and is commented upon in the tenth edition of his "Elements of Geology"; it was also conjecturally discussed by General A. A. Humphreys and other engineers connected with the Mississippi River Commission. My results, so far as the salt deposit is concerned, were published as Memoir No. 248 of the Smithsonian Institution; while the full report of my investigations of the Mississippi mouths and the mudlumps was published in the American Journal of Science in 1871-72. As this work and its publication dates back so many years, and the latest publications on American geology and hydrography have wholly omitted any mention of it; and since a new phase of the subject has lately arisen confirmative of the views expressed and forecast made by me in 1872, it seems appropriate to recall that work to mind, and direct attention to the unfortunate fulfilment of a former prediction. The Lower Mississippi Delta not a Normal One The bird-foot shape of the lower Mississippi delta, with deep embayments in between, is unexampled in any other large river delta in the world. The bays between the delta-fingers ("Passes") are being very slowly shallowed, chiefly by wave and tidal action from the Gulf, carrying in the bar sands; and only subordinately by river overflow. The river in this lower delta region is for 50 miles below Fort Jackson bordered by narrow banks of unyielding gray clay, between which is carried the entire volume of the river through the narrow-banked "Neck," until it reaches a common point of divergence, the "Head of the Passes," whence similarly narrow-banked channels diverge, unbranched, in bird-foot form. (See the map accompanying this paper.)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24867
__label__wiki	0.626603	0.626603	Atlanta’s Late Score Downs Liberty-Eylau Atlanta linebacker Tristan Allen recovered a blocked punt to get the Rabbits on the board early in its 31-26 win Friday at Liberty-Eylau. (ETSN.fm) TEXARKANA—Atlanta spoiled Liberty-Eylau’s homecoming and overcame late first-half hiccups to beat the Leopards, 31-26, Friday at Harris Field. Layton Henson scored on a 7-yard run early in the fourth quarter after Nick Washington’s interception set up the Rabbits (2-1) with a short field. Nick Cooper capped a 10-play scoring drive for Atlanta in the third quarter that covered 73 yards with his 7-yard touchdown for his second score of the game. His run with 3:44 left in the game regained the lead for the Rabbits. Decorian Phillips threw a 43-yard score for the Leopards midway through the fourth quarter, but their next drive ended on downs, and Atlanta was able to run out the clock. Henson rushed for 68 yards and threw for 176 on 12-of-26 passing. Jawan King added 79 yards rushing and a score. Phillips was 11-of-28 passing for 153 yards with a touchdown and interception. He also ran for 81 yards and a score. The Leopards scored twice in the final 2:15 of the first half to erase a 17-6 deficit and took a 20-17 lead into the locker rooms. Kameron Levingston had scoring runs of three and six yards for the Leopards, the first at the end of a 12-play drive that covered 69 yards. The second came just 52 seconds later after a fumble on the ensuing kickoff was recovered by Triston Brooks at the Rabbits' 23-yard line. Atlanta jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. Zee Barfoot kicked a 24-yard field goal after his team blocked a punt at the end of Liberty-Eylau's first possession, Tristan Allen recovering the ball seven yards from the end zone. King added an 8-yard touchdown run after the Leopards fumbled on their second possession. Decorian Philips scampered eight yards for the Leopards with 10:03 left in the half, but Cooper staked Atlanta to a 17-6 lead with his 2-yard plunge with 5:32 remaining in the second quarter. Filed Under: 2016 Week 4 Games, Atlanta, Liberty-Eylau Categories: Class 4A, Football, News	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24878
__label__wiki	0.92496	0.92496	May in search of post-Brexit Chinese El Dorado May in the Forbidden City. 'There's not a great deal to put down on paper' after her three-day trip to China. (Photo: Number10/flickr) By Eric Maurice BRUSSELS, 2. Feb 2018, 09:11 UK prime minister Theresa May spent three days in China this week trying to build post-Brexit economic perspectives for her country. In a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday (1 February), she said she wanted to "take further forward the global strategic partnership" with China. She led a delegation of 50 British businessmen and said that after Brexit, the UK will be a "more outward-looking country" that was "able to operate an independent trade policy." She added that bilateral trade is worth over £59 billion (€67b), with UK exports to China up 60 percent since 2010 and concluded some a £9 billion [€10b] in new commercial deals. The two countries agreed on a Trade and Investment Review, which May described "as a first step" towards more trade agreements, and pledged to speed a plan to connect the Shanghai and London stock exchanges. China also promised to open its market to UK products, including agricultural products. But the fallout of the visit is far from being guaranteed, said Fraser Cameron, from the Brussels-based EU-Asia Center "It's an illusion to think that China will save British economy," he told EUobserver. He pointed out that Germany's exports to China were five times higher, and that when Chinese leaders "look at the size of the country, the UK is way down the list of their priorities, after the US, Japan and the EU." He also insisted that while the British economy is dependent on services, China is not willing to open its market in this area. "There's not a great deal to put down on paper" after May's three-day trip, he said. "It will take years to materialise." Three weeks after a visit by French president Emmanuel Macron, in which he boasted that France and Europe "are back", May's China trip presented a different image. "China knows that Macron is the future, that he is in a stronger position than Merkel, and than May," Cameron said. May and the Chinese leadership repeatedly used the expression "golden era of UK-China relations" – a phrase coined during Xi's visit to the UK in 2015, a year and a half before the Brexit vote. But now, Cameron noted, "the Chinese are really concerned that they are no longer able to see the UK as a bridge to the EU single market." Chinese authorities also estimate that the UK is not in a strong position to negotiate. "To mitigate the impact of a potential Brexit cliff edge, Britain is under immense pressure to consolidate bilateral trade relations beyond Europe," the state agency Xinhua noted on the onset of May's visit. By repeating the 'golden era' motto, May "is covering up her weakness and the fact that there will be no great depth in the relationship." 'Auntie May' Compared to her predecessor David Cameron, who hosted Xi in 2015, May was "much more cautious" about China, Fraser Cameron said. He noted that as former home affairs minister, "she has a better idea of what China is up to." She is also less enthusiastic than Cameron about China's giant infrastructure project, the 'One Belt and One Road'. During his visit in January, Macron praised the project but insisted on reciprocity from the Chinese side. Similarly, in Beijing, May "welcome[d] the opportunities provided by the Belt and Road initiative", but refrained from signing an official memorandum of understanding about the project. "She wants to see China live up to what Xi is talking about," Cameron said. The British PM, who also insisted on developing cultural ties and education partnerships with China, nevertheless earned signs of personal appreciation. Chinese media called her 'Auntie May'. "I'm honoured by that," she said, when a Chinese journalist told her it meant that she was "one of the members of the family." Macron's Chinese 'game of influence' US and EU face 'common' China challenge, says US official Chinese the most bullish on EU investment, report finds Post-Brexit trade roll-over not automatic, EU paper says EU draws red line on UK customs deal EU plans sanctions if UK violates Brexit transition deal 15. Jan 2018, 17:42 On his recent visit to China, the French president tried to take advantage of Beijing's 'divide and rule' EU approach and become the country's main interlocutor with Europe - while also calling for more EU coordination. Europeans and Americans can together face the lack of transparency of the Chinese economy and its move away from liberalisation, says the US Treasury undersecretary. Chinese investors are more positive and optimistic about prospects in the EU than their US and European counterparts, a new study has shown. And Brexit will not change that trend. The UK's hands would be tied on trade during the transition period, as the EU says London can negotiate but not sign deals, while it might be excluded from markets it now has access to. Britain cannot keep its EU trade perks if it quits the customs union, the European Commission has warned as Brexit talks resume. The EU wants to be able to limit market access for the UK if London breaks EU law, the European Commission's draft deal on the transition period states. An open China brings opportunities to Europe Some 60 years ago, the first major World Fair after World War II was held in Brussels. Sixty years on, China International Import Expo (CIIE), the first world expo dedicated to expanding imports, will open in Shanghai, China.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24879
__label__wiki	0.685839	0.685839	The News Today Google and The UN Team Up To Study The Effects of Climate Change July 19th 18__Kristin Houser__Filed Under: Earth & Energy WITH OUR POWERS COMBINED… The United Nations’ environmental agency has landed itself a powerful partner in the fight against climate change: Google. The tech company has agreed to partner with UN Environment to increase the world’s access to valuable environmental data. Specifically, the two plan to create a user-friendly platform that lets anyone, anywhere, access environmental data collected by Google’s vast network of satellites. The organizations announced their partnership at a UN forum focused on sustainable development on Monday. FRESHWATER FIRST. The partnership will first focus on freshwater ecosystems, such as mountains, wetlands, and rivers. These ecosystems provide homes for an estimated 10 percent of our planet’s known species, and research has shown that climate change is causing a rapid loss in biodiversity. Google will use satellite imagery to produce maps and data on these ecosystems in real-time, making that information freely available to anyone via the in-development online platform. According to a UN Environment press release, this will allow nations and other organizations to track changes and take action to prevent or reverse ecosystem loss. LOST FUNDING. Since President Trump took office, the United States has consistently decreased its contributions to global climate research funds. Collecting and analyzing satellite data is neither cheap nor easy, but Google is already doing it to power platforms such as Google Maps and Google Earth. Now, thanks to this partnership, people all over the world will have a way to access information to help combat the impacts of climate change. Seems the same data that let’s you virtually visit the Eiffel Tower could help save our planet. READ MORE: UN Environment and Google Announce Ground-Breaking Partnership to Protect Our Planet [UN Environment] More on freshwater: Climate Change Is Acidifying Our Lakes and Rivers the Same Way It Does With Oceans Up Next__The City of Oakland Votes to Ban Facial Recognition >>>	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24881
__label__cc	0.679848	0.320152	Gangsters Inc. sits down with docu makers of The Frank Matthews Story: The Rise and Disappearance of America’s Biggest Kingpin In 1973, Frank Matthews, history’s first African American drug kingpin, jumped bail in New York City with $15 to 20 million and ostensibly a beautiful girlfriend. Nearly four decades later, the fate of Frank Matthews, the money and the girlfriend, Cheryl Brown, remain a complete mystery. “It’s as if Matthews dropped off the face of… Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 29, 2012 at 3:30am — No Comments Italian-Australian Gangsters & Mafiosi By Steven Ralph (He is a beginning writer and will be writing articles on a number of Italian-Australian crimes and criminals, whether overtly mafia related or simply ethnically Italian. Stay tuned for some good stories from the land down under.) In his classic 1970 work The Criminal Brotherhoods, respected author David Leon Chandler cites information gleaned from… Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 18, 2012 at 12:07pm — No Comments Bloods Gang Leader Charged With Three Murders A leader of the Bloods street gang was charged yesterday with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Ronald Herron (30), also known as “Ra,” “Ra Diggs,” “Ra Digga” and “Raheem,” was also hit with racketeering, murder in-aid-of racketeering, murder conspiracy, robbery, illegal use and possession of firearms, and… Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 14, 2012 at 6:30am — 3 Comments Yakuza Clan Boss And Members Pose For Photographer The Japanese Yakuza has always lent itself perfectly for visually stunning movies and anime comics. The broad-shouldered gangsters wearing expensive suits and sporting intimidating looks at any outsider who dares to cross an invisible red line. Yet, it is without their suits that the Yakuza members truly become a visual menace.… Added by Gangsters Inc. on February 11, 2012 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment American Gangsters By Seth Ferranti Just like Hollywood catapulted the Italian Mafia into the mainstream with the Godfather movies, New Jack City documented the devastating crack epidemic and the drug crews that terrorized and held court in the city’s projects. Nino Brown was a fictional character, as was his crew, but you didn’t have to look far to find their real life counterparts who dominated the… Gotti & Me: A Journalist’s Close Encounters With the Mob This story is excerpted from Krajicek’s new e-book, “Gotti and Me: A Crime Reporter’s Close Encounters With the New York Mafia,” available at Amazon.com and other book websites. By David J. Krajicek The mugs of the American Mafia once had the quaint custom of keeping their mouths shut. Mobsters took pride in being tight-lipped, even when…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24883
__label__wiki	0.545127	0.545127	Leonardo DiCaprio Pays Tribute to Luke Perry After His Death From Massive Stroke by Mahammad Arsad shekh Leonardo DiCaprio is mourning over Luke Perry death! Hours after the passing news of the Beverly Hills, 90210 emerged on Monday, March 4, the Titanic star took to Twitter and shared a touching tribute in honor of him. DiCaprio, who worked with the television personality on the upcoming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, wrote, "Luke Perry was a kindhearted and incredibly talented artist." The Oscar-winning actor, 44, added, It was an honor to be able to work with him. My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his loved ones. Here's the tweet, check it out. Luke Perry was a kindhearted and incredibly talented artist. It was an honor to be able to work with him. My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his loved ones. — Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) March 4, 2019 The Quentin Tarantino-directed movie, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, which is set to release on July 26, 2019, is going to be the last movie of the late actor. Days after he suffered a massive stroke, on Monday, March 4, Perry passed away at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. He was 52. R.I.P Luke Perry pic.twitter.com/mdGxlsXeni — Giannina Martinez (@GenieBee2686) March 5, 2019 He took his last breath surrounded by mother Ann Bennett; step-father Steve Bennett; his children Sophie and Jack; fiancé Wendy Madison Bauer; ex-wife Minnie Sharp; brother Tom Perry; sister Amy Coder. Perry had a heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, February 27, after which he was transported to the hospital. Multiple stars including his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-stars, Ian Ziering and Shannen Doherty, paid respect to him on social media sites at the time. Rest In Peace Luke Perry! For more updates, stay tuned to Frostsnow.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24889
__label__wiki	0.872303	0.872303	Top Nuestra Familia bosses sentenced for racketeering, murder, robberies, drugs, and violence Posted by Gangsters Inc. on December 24, 2016 at 8:00am The Nuestra Familia prison gang was dealt a big blow on Wednesday when its top leader and three lower ranking bosses were sentenced to considerable time in prison for racketeering, murders, robberies, drug offenses, and related violence. Following a three-month trial and subsequent guilty verdict, 60-year-old Nuestra Familia leader Andrew “Mad Dog” Cervantes, of Stockton, California, was sentenced to 36 years in prison; 52-year-old Henry “Happy” Cervantes, of Lodi, California, was sentenced to 75 years in prison; 48-year-old Alberto “Bird” Larez, of Salinas, California, was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison; 33-year-old Jaime “Hennessy” Cervantes, of San Mateo, California, was sentenced to 32 years in prison. The Nuestra Familia is a prison gang that originally formed in the California state prison system in the 1960s. Its leaders control and direct the group’s criminal activities both inside and outside of the prison system. Andrew Cervantes was the top-ranking leader, or so-called ‘overseer’, of the Nuestra Familia. He led the criminal organization from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, using complex coded letters and telephone calls to communicate to his underlings. Using these methods, he orchestrated and oversaw regiment commanders who generated money through drug sales and other crimes, like robbery. The money was then sent up the chain to high ranking members in prison. According to evidence introduced at trial, Andrew Cervantes used coded letters to order his fellow gang members to kill a fellow Nuestra Familia gang member for failing to uphold the rules of the organization. A video tape was played at trial showing the man being stabbed 13 times in a cafeteria in a federal prison in Louisiana, shortly after the coded letters were written. But Cervantes’ power was not contained inside prison walls, his influence reached far and wide on the outside. Using Henry Cervantes and Alberto Larez as his two highest ranking ‘street commanders’ in charge of the Nuestra Familia’s Bay Area “Street Regiment,” Cervantes was able to order violence on the outside with relative ease. In September, 2011, Henry Cervantes stabbed two people to death in an apartment in Oakland. He then ordered two of his underlings to destroy the crime scene by pouring gasoline over the bodies and lighting them on fire. Alberto Larez orchestrated the murder of a rival in San Jose. According to the evidence at trial, Larez and two of his underlings traveled to San Jose, lured the rival to their location with phone calls, and then executed him with point-blank shots to the face and neck. Under the supervision of Henry Cervantes and Larez, members and associates of Nuestra Familia engaged in the trafficking of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin and committed robberies to raise money for themselves and the gang. Jaime Cervantes was recruited by Larez to join the gang in 2010. Promises of quick riches no doubt were made. In the span of just over one year, Jaime Cervantes participated in three armed robberies on behalf of the gang, and stabbed a rival at the direction of his “carnal” Larez. At the direction of Andrew Cervantes, Larez instructed his subordinates to send proceeds from their criminal activities to the commissary accounts of gang leaders incarcerated in several prison facilities, including the account of Andrew Cervantes. Larez communicated with Andrew Cervantes primarily through prison phone calls and correspondence using coded language. Read: Prison Gangs: The Aryan Brotherhood Wednesday’s sentencing marks the culmination of a six-year investigation and prosecution of the Nuestra Familia, which resulted in the convictions of twelve members and associates of the gang. Eight co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and other offenses and were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from eight to fifteen years. After Wednesday’s sentencing, U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch told the press that, “Four additional members of the Nuestra Familia gang were sentenced for the heinous crimes they perpetrated upon our community. […] [These] sentences have a special significance in light of the court’s findings that three of the defendants were among the highest ranked members of the organization internationally. The sentences reflect the egregious conduct of the defendants who lured and intimidated younger members of the community into being the next generation of gang members ready to accept a life of crime, drugs, and violence.” “Criminal enterprises like the Nuestra Familia may spawn in prisons, but they often spread into our communities and onto our streets, bringing violence and mayhem with them,” said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell. “We will continue to target these criminal organizations, dismantle their leadership, and return the violent offenders to prison.” Get the latest on organized crime and the Mafia first at the Gangsters Inc. news section. Follow Gangsters Inc. on Twitter and Facebook. 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__label__cc	0.618577	0.381423	The Art of Choral Techniques (ACT) Reflection-Synthesis: Is Bennett Reimer’s Philosophy of MEAE Dead? Date: February 11, 2017Author: gemmellposts 2 Comments The short answer: NO! Bennett Reimer’s Philosophy of Music Education as Aesthetic is alive and well, coexisting beautifully with the Kodály Approach at Millersville University. However, let’s explore Reimer’s MEAE philosophy to learn how balance is achieved between formalism and absolute expressionism in order to teach music in ways that get to the heart of the subject. Reimer developed a philosophy centered on teaching music, defined as “material organized to be expressive,” by encouraging students to experience the arts aesthetically. Simply stated, he advocated structuring lessons (experiences) for students to perceive music more deeply and then to respond to it more fully through performance. Improved perception increases students’ awareness of the interplay between musical elements, thereby improving their musical sensitivity, their ability to respond (perform, listen or compose) musically. Being “musical” in this context involves the potential to feel, to actively employ one’s emotions in order to express their musicianship in ways that only music (and the other arts) have the power to achieve. The main goal is to have an aesthetic experience, a “peak, feelingful experience” or, put most simply, “goose bumps,” while making music (or listening). The affect thus embodied in the music experience is ineffable; there is no other way to fully express this content except through music (and the other arts). Therefore, since no other subject in public school curricula deals so specifically with the nature of feeling through artful performance, music education is unique and essential. This primary means of dealing with human nature deserves a permanent place in public school education. The inclusion of music in every student’s course of study is paramount for them to be educated in the fullest sense of the word. Bennett Reimer (1932-2013), American music educator, began his career as a clarinetist and then oboist. After medical issues ended his performing career, he worked with Charles Leonhard and Harry Broudy at the University of Illinois, and became a specialist in the philosophy of music education, specifically Music Education as Aesthetic Education (MEAE), curriculum development, theory of research, and comprehensive arts education programs. He held the John W. Beattie Endowed Chair in Music at Northwestern University from 1978 until retirement in 1997. He is best known for his seminal book, A Philosophy of Music Education, first published in 1970, a second edition in 1989, and a third edition, A Philosophy of Music Education: Advancing the Vision, in 2003 (Prentice Hall), which has been translated into French, Japanese, and Chinese, with a Greek edition in preparation. He was the author and editor of some two dozen other books and wrote over 145 articles and chapters on a variety of topics in music and arts education. Reimer’s textbooks on music for grades one through eight, Silver Burdett Music, were the most widely used through the United States and the world for two decades. [Wikipedia, “Bennett Reimer.”] A Misguided Philosophy? In reading Chapter 1 of our textbook, an unflattering view of aesthetic education is posited by our author under the heading, “A Misguided Philosophy.” By the 1930s, many music educators, swayed by the philosophical writings of John Dewey on aesthetic education, turned against formal instruction in the classroom. Karl Gehrkens, in Music in the Grade School (1934), was among the first to advocate shifting to an approach that was centered on song. Believing that learning to sing could be fostered through the aesthetic experience of song singing, he suggested that traditional exercises for vocal instruction, which could involve a considerable amount of class time, be replaced by an approach designed to teach the child to sing through the singing of beautiful songs. The lack of information on child vocal pedagogy found in methods texts from Gehrken’s publication to the 1980s reflects the popularity of the song approach. . . As reforms in education gained momentum, more creative expression was expected from students. Music educators became more concerned about aesthetics and the need for children to experience more “real” music – more songs with charm and beauty. Thus, the pendulum swung from a systematic approach to a more creative one in which music instruction was centered on song for art’s sake. But reformers tended to ‘throw the baby out with the bath water” by eliminating child vocal instruction from music teaching; children were supposed to learn to sing by singing songs. The evidence that many adults today cannot, or will not, sing suggests that many did not learn to sing. . . . This shift in attitude toward singing instruction was perhaps the most misguided effort to ever influence the teaching of music. To expect children to learn to sing without a systematic approach to vocal instruction seems almost ludicrous today. Nevertheless, this approach prevailed for almost fifty years, and today there remain music teachers who believe that singing is some type of “gift” that a person either has or has not received. A lack of public support for music in the schools could easily be rooted in this misconception.” [Kenneth Phillips’ Teaching Kids to Sing, 2nd edition (2014, pp. 12-13)] Thoughts from an MEAE Advocate As you might expect from the underlying philosophy of this blog, I think Phillips overstates his case with only scant evidence to back it up. He misrepresents what many of us who believe in MEAE actually do. Having undertaken graduate study with Dr. Reimer at Northwestern in the late 1980s, I am a strong advocate for MEAE, and can tell you that Reimer believed vehemently in the power of performance and the skill building necessary to create excellent public school performing ensembles. He simply thought that we were already pretty good at that, having focused on those aspects of music instruction since the country’s founding. This is obvious when one peruses a typical tune book by William Billings, for example, where the opening chapters cover the rudiments of music and the nature of good singing followed by hymns, anthems, and canons for practicing those skills. In the twentieth century, inspired by the invention of the phonograph and the fact that people no longer needed to make music to experience music, Reimer and others sought to augment the public school music programs by taking advantage of modern technology that accounts for how non-performers enjoy the art form. Furthermore, Reimer believed that American music education already does a good job with teaching performance – to the 15% of the student population involved in elective ensembles – as evidenced by the fine quality of public school choirs and bands regularly heard, for example, at ACDA and MENC conferences. Instead, Reimer chose to devote his career to the other equally important musical behaviors: listening and composing/improvisation. His efforts, however, were never meant to be at the expense of performance, but rather to augment course offerings for all students. Reimer was concerned with the other 85% of students outside of elective performing ensembles. He chose to address the totality of what music education can and should be: not just the training of capable performers, but also the cultivation of excellent listeners, whom he called “consumers of music.” He emphasized the reality that performers need an audience, the seats of concert halls need to be filled, and everyone purchases (accesses free on the internet?) recordings to enjoy. Yes, this mode of entry into the musical experience requires sensitive, informed listeners. However, he did not believe that every listener has to be a performer in order to experience the benefits of musical experience. Sure, as a professional performer myself, I agree that performance is the most direct way to access the power of music, but it is not the only way! Everyone listens to music everyday without even trying (TV commercials, elevators, doctors’ offices). Witness how many people have ear buds implanted in their ears or how loud sub-woofers are in the car next to you! Listening is, without a doubt, the most popular thing that people actually do with music. Reimer strove to devise strategies that centered on listening to music (and also composing) that could be taught as yet another avenue to reach the non-performers. While this goes against (and ruffles the feathers of) those who believe that performance is the best (and only?) way to access music, the question remains: How can we teach students who prefer not to perform to have the most meaningful experience with music? (Reimer called this an aesthetic experience.) Reimer felt we could teach people to listen (and compose) as a means of accessing aesthetic experiences. Remember, ultimately, if we can’t (or don’t want to) teach music to 100% of the school population, how can we say that music deserves a place American public school meant for everyone? “Non-Performance” Options Since the rest of our course deals with choral music education, where we’ll apply this philosophy directly to group performance, let’s reflect on some “non-performance” options now. In the most unattractive and watered-down description, “non-performance” classes are often called “Music Appreciation” or some such thing. Reimer believed, however, that listening to music (as well as composing, teaching, conducting, etc.) were all actions – actually a mode of performance – that involved mind, body and soul. Passive listening, without an in-depth understanding of what is actually going on in the music, does not allow one to enjoy the art to its fullest. Reimer’s philosophy was actually revolutionary in its approach to teaching of music in the most comprehensive way. Teaching the act of listening (and composing) in effective, logical, and systematic ways had not been attempted throughout the history of American music education. The advent of recording technology (records, radio, television) allowed people to experience music without having to perform it themselves, or listen to live performers. This dramatically changed the way people interacted with music. It introduced enormous opportunities for greater (and more regular) contact with quality music than had hitherto been possible. People could now easily listen to the finest soloists and orchestras in the comfort of their living room; their expectations of what quality performances entailed were also heightened. With excellent performances so accessible, one could experience music at a much higher level than what they themselves could produce. Listening – only listening, without the responsibility of performing – became a primary musical activity. Perhaps this explains the decreased emphasis on performance found in the 1930s aesthetic movement that Kenneth Philips believes is so misguided. The Listening-Obsessed I believe the aesthetic philosophers and educators in the mid-20th century were trying to utilize these “new” ways of encountering music by acknowledging the reality of how people actually interface with the art form. Again, they weren’t anti-performance – as the performance-obsessed among us tend to believe – but that they were attempting to address how most people interact with music. Many of my friends and relatives, for example, have absolutely no interest in performing music, but share a consuming passion for listening to music that equals (or surpasses!) my own. For example, Steve Jobs (not a friend or relative, by the way), deceased and former co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer or Apple, Inc. and CEO/majority shareholder of Pixar, was admittedly obsessed with listening. In Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuyster, 2011), Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (who co-founded Apple Inc.), describe their passion for listening to music in the mid-1960s. In addition to their interest in computers, they shared a passion for music. “It was an incredible time for music,” Jobs recalled. “It was like living at a time when Beethoven and Mozart were alive. Really. People will look back on it that way. And Woz and I were deeply into it.” In particular, Wozniak turned Jobs on to the glories of Bob Dylan. “We tracked down this guy in Santa Cruz who put out this newsletter on Dylan,” Jobs said. “Dylan taped all of his concerts, and some of the people around him were not scrupulous, because soon there were tapes all around. Bootlegs of everything. And this guy had them all.” Hunting down Dylan tapes soon became a joint venture. “The two of us would go tramping through San Jose and Berkeley and ask about Dylan bootlegs and collect them, “ said Wozniak. “We’d buy brochures of Dylan lyrics and stay up late interpreting them. Dylan’s words struck chords of creative thinking.” Added Jobs, “I had more than a hundred hours, including every concert on the ’65 and ’66 tour,” the one where Dylan went electric. Both of them bought high-end TEAC reel-to-reel tape decks. “I would use mine at a low speed to record many concerts on one tape,” said Wozniak. Jobs matched his obsession: “Instead of big speakers I bought a pair of awesome headphones and would just lie in my bed and listen to that stuff for hours.” (pp. 25-26) “Steve had a TEAC reel-to-reel and massive quantities of Dylan bootlegs,” Kottke recalled. “He was both really cool and high-tech.” (p. 34) “It was great,” he recalled. “I had been listening to a lot of Bach. All of a sudden the wheat field was playing Bach. It was the most wonderful feeling of my life up to that point. I felt like a conductor of this symphony with Bach coming through the wheat.” (p. 32) Such a joy of listening is not uncommon. Was it necessary for Jobs to be a consummate performer in order to feel that deeply about listening? Not that I’ve learned, though I just started the book. It was Bennett Reimer’s desire, however, to teach students about the “non-performance” aspect of music-making, where mindful listening actually becomes performance-oriented in the action of perception and response to music. Someone like Steve Jobs would have enjoyed learning about this in order to further his own natural inclination, yet other students, especially those with no interest in performing, could also benefit greatly from such instruction. Use of Technology to Teach Listening and Composition Given the incredible potential of our current technology, intriguing courses centered on how to listen (and how to compose) can now be constructed with ease. Such courses could be especially effective as distance or computer-based learning alternatives. Listening activities (coordinated with visual and kinesthetic stimuli) are already abundantly available, with designs that increase awareness of musical elements, lend context (historical, cultural) to the composition, and allow the exploration of a wide variety of repertoire that spans time and space. Composition programs, which no longer require specific musical training to operate, or to compose, or to have musicians perform, could be presented to interested students with the intent to explore their ability to organize musical elements. What would happen if the field of music education took courses like these seriously, especially as a way to involve the other 85%? Hopefully, performance ensembles will continue to flourish, but unless we involve everyone, we shouldn’t be surprised that cuts in music education will continue. MEAE Is Very Much Alive: On the Threshold of a New Frontier Bennett Reimer’s MEAE philosophy anticipated these current trends and comprehensively addresses the authentic nature of music and the musical experience. Beyond simply a performance-only priority, Reimer sought to encapsulate within his philosophy the multiple parameters of what it is to be musical. Remember, he didn’t discount performance – he honored it – but he felt we needed to explore the potential for teaching music in other directions, to address the needs of all students and the different ways everyone can be involved with music. The initial inspiration for this approach – listening without having to perform (or be in the vicinity of a live performance) – was spurred by technological innovation. Today, with the abundance and over-emphasis of technology in our culture, we could have an exciting Renaissance of fresh approaches to music education. This would take music education in the direction that the vast majority of people follow, it would attract more students to our programs and engender greater community support, and it would celebrate music as a unique and essential part of the curriculum. Bennett Reimer’s MEAE philosophy is far from dead. It stands at the threshold of what music education could be in the future, if we are brave enough to explore this vast frontier in new and different ways. Previous Previous post: ACT: HANDOUTS Next Next post: Millersville TV Commercial Features Choral Students 2 thoughts on “Reflection-Synthesis: Is Bennett Reimer’s Philosophy of MEAE Dead?” Tom tall tom that is says: Still have my old TEAC and headphones, and one Dylan bootleg album from the late 60s! Now if I can only find where I put them… gemmellposts says: I’m sure you do, Tom. You’re definitely listening-obsessed, but also play the guitar and sing quite well. So well-rounded!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24892
__label__cc	0.509354	0.490646	—George Leon Year 3 Media Production 3 potential film pitches and proposals 1. Workers (Sci-Fi) What happens if all humans are replaced with the perfect workforce? 70 years in the future almost all working humans are replaced with robotic machines. The film focuses on a small resistance group that plans an uprising against the greedy corporations that care little about humanity and society. Unique Selling Point The film looks at the devolution of the human race in a future dystopian society if such a thing was to happen. It is based in a future dystopian world so the film would fall under the science fiction genre. The USP of this film is that it somewhat proposes answers a ‘what if’ question by proposing an alternate reality of what would happen in the next 70 or so years – which could be used to market the film by engaging potential audiences in this very question. What if people were not needed in the future – what would happen to them socially and what would happen to the society itself. The Matrix (humanity controlled and taken advantage of by machines), iRobot (the impact of high-tech robots on society), Equilibrium (the dystopian society). Sci-Fi usually appeals to teens and adults equally. Due to the serious nature of this film, it would be more suited towards the older generation but can be screened at most sci-fi and drama film festivals. 2. Concrete (Drama/Thriller) The most dangerous people are the most inconspicuous. Mike is a young and seemingly innocent young man who works a simple job and has recently started a university course. To most he is considered a timid individual, but little do they know he is a remorseless contract killer. Mike’s housemate discovers something strange about him and is eager to learn the full truth. The film looks at Mike’s dual identity and shows the seamless transition between his two occupations. The USP of this film could be directed to students by a tagline or question – what if their housemate was a killer, what if someone they studied with was someone beyond their imaginations, how much do they know about their peers. The film explores the issue of dual identities and the misjudgement of character. How can a person be able to control two completely different occupations (one completely illegal and immoral) and still live what appears to be a normal life? Leon (Ordinary man, but a hitman), History of Violence (dual identity of main character, family man and ex-gangster), Training Day (viewer is unaware of what the characters are capable of doing – the rookie being the hero, and the cop being incredibly corrupt), The Roommate (the mysterious and evil roommate). The film would be very popular with older teens and students, especially when there are two student characters as the main protagonists. It could be screened at universities and many different film festivals. 3. Narcoleptic (Horror/Thriller) For most, sleeping is a pleasure. For Marco, sleep is a fear. A narcoleptic’s struggle between reality and nightmare. Narcolepsy “a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.” – dictionary.com A narcoleptic (perhaps revealed later in the film) falls asleep on the bus and wakes up in an abandoned warehouse in chains. He keeps falling asleep (from his random sleep attacks) and waking up in different horrific situations – he just doesn’t know what is reality and what is nightmare anymore. Eventually it turns out that his sadistic ex-girlfriend is stalking and kidnapping him to make him suffer – the big plot twist at the end of the film. The film explores the medical condition of ‘narcolepsy’ (where a person suffers from sleep attacks) and a once close person taking advantage of the condition for her benefit. The film would show the main character in one scene, then after a sleep attack, waking up in chains and in a very serious situation, e.g. having to free himself and escape. This particular scene would be shot and edited in a suspenseful way giving the audience the impression that it is a horror. The next scene would then transition into his normal life and be shot and edited as a drama. The film will play with the audience’s head by transitioning between the codes and conventions of two genres. Plot twists are what make films good so having a major one at the end could mesmerise the viewer in a positive way. Narcolepsy is not really covered in film. Rat Race (Rowan Atkinson’s character suffers from narcolepsy), Disturbia (the transition into a horror genre towards the end of the film). The film could be screened at horror and drama film festivals alike, but generally appeal to all people. The fact that it brings awareness to a somewhat unknown medical condition could satisfy the curiosity of some film-goers. Pros and Cons of using DSLRs for video The pros of using DSLRs for video have led to their use by professional TV and movie studios. DSLRs make use of large and very good image sensors, record in high resolutions and give any user the ability to change and experiment with other lenses; therefore the image quality and visual look will naturally be of a very high standard, almost comparable to professional video cameras but costing much less. DSLRs such as the Canon EOS 5D Mark II offer a 35mm full frame sensor and 1080p quality video recording. Due to their narrow depth of field the user has a huge advantage in creating stylistic pieces and cinematic effects by playing with shallow focus (which is regarded as a professional look by filmmakers in some scenes) wherein the subject is in focus and the background is blurred. Scenes like these are better suited for drama films, scenes with dialogue, beautiful shots (landscapes, animals, etc) or artistic pieces giving emphasis on a particular object or person. For example, one of the episodes of the TV show House was shot entirely on a 5D Mark II and Greg Yaitanes, the director of the show, said that DSLRs like the Canon are the future. Some parts of Marvel’s The Avengers and Drive were shot on a 5D Mark II too. The 5D is also capable of producing good shots in low-light situations. It boasts 24FPS (23.976) recording – due to this frame rate fast movements may appear to stagnate, giving the impression of an ‘artistic’ movie. This also gives it the compatibility with motion picture film cameras (the 5D can also record in 29.97 and 25.00FPS). Mobility is an important factor for film crews and a DSLR can be considered portable when compared to professional cameras, especially when trying to film in tight or hard to access spaces. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II was the first DSLR to offer 1080p video recording The narrow depth of field can be a problem for shooting other scenarios, such as action or sports scenes, handheld sequences, crowded scenes or scenes with a lot of movement or fast panning. DSLRs have to work hard to continually auto focus, therefore the video quality will suffer in such instances and deteriorate greatly by not keeping the shot in focus. Manual focus would be required for such instances and even with that, the object may still go out of focus or may be lost entirely. The user has to be experienced to know when manual focus is required, for example, achieving a good shallow focus will require manual focus on the subject and a tripod. The main problem with DSLRs is the audio quality as the built-in microphone is often only capable of recording mono sound which offers minimal quality. It will pick up noise, wind and other unwanted sounds. One can argue that this problem can be overcome if an external sound microphone is attached, but functionality will be limited. Furthermore, there are sometimes limitations in recording length. For example, movie clips shot on the 5D Mark II are limited to 4GB (which is approx. 12mins of 1080p footage), so using DSLRs for concerts or documentaries with long recording times would not be practical. The battery life may wear out quickly when using the video recording function as its intended use was to take photos, and not constantly record. DSLRs also suffer from ‘rolling shutter’, when the image sensor takes time to record each frame when scanning from top to bottom, meaning that the image recorded at the bottom may be different to the one at the top. Whilst it can be reduced by adjusting the frame rate and shutter speed, it becomes less of a problem as newer DSLRs have better software and processing to minimise this (for example the 5D Mark III suffers much less than the 5D Mark II). The 5D is also known to get hot when shooting video (Page 13 of the USA users guide, dated January 2010, states the 5D Mark II can cause “slight skin burns.”) so it is advised to cool the camera between takes, making it impractical for long use. Overall DSLRs offer superb video quality with professional looking effects (shallow depth of field) but have their limitations and cannot be used for all situations. Promises – Sticky Icky – Featured on BBC Radio BAMF Records Ltd – Working in the record label industry Film Editor Showreel End of Nights Closing thoughts & overall conclusion 361MC (FMP) 361MC Post-production 361MC Pre-production 361MC Production 364MC (PPP) Evaluation and Reflection Process and Development Research & Sources of inspiration	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24893
__label__wiki	0.682292	0.682292	Home » Buzz That » How Has Hip Hop Influenced American Culture? Posted in Buzz That How Has Hip Hop Influenced American Culture? User Submitted Post Jan 14, 2019 You can ask just about anyone that grew up around hip-hop, and they will all probably tell you that hip-hop is more than just music… It’s a way of life… A culture… Its got a language and power of its own. Which is true… It’s plainly obvious that hip hop has long since drenched all the way through American culture, because you can literally see hip-hop’s influence almost everywhere you look. So that much is obvious… But what about how has hip hop influenced American culture? What events and other key influences have helped make hip hop such a strong force in the world? If you don’t know the answer these questions, you’re in luck! The purpose of this post is to share what we know about hip-hop culture, for anyone who may be wondering exactly what the most essential roots of hip-hop are. The Elements of Hip Hop Culture If you’re anything like us, you have probably been listening to hip-hop for a long time, and never noticed the changes until they were behind us. And to be honest, we were there when “Rock Box” by Run-DMC came on the radio for the first time. We were there when Beastie Boys released License to Ill, and when Mobb Deep first became “The Infamous Mobb Deep.” Like many others in our generation, we had a front-row seat when all of this was changing. But, like the majority of hip hop fans, we didn’t really notice the impact that each era was having on hip hop until the whole thing was said and done. In this next section, what we’ve done to make things easy to navigate, is organize each one of the main eras of hip hop into its own section, where we give a brief summary of the main points of each. Let’s start from the beginning: 1968 – 1979 “The Coming of Hip-Hop in America” Hip hop first started to form in the late 1960s with artists like Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool. Campbell was known for being the inventor of the “break” in hip hop, and more or less single-handedly bringing hip hop into the Bronx in 1970. It didn’t take too long after that for hip hop to start spreading like wildfire though. Hip hop started catching on picking up momentum in huge block parties in the Bronx and Queens threw by the members of the Black Spades, an African-American group that followed the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Around the same time that all of this was taking place, time, hip hop was starting to become more and more pronounced, spreading out into other parts of the US, and finding it was down into myriad of styles and art forms. The late 1970s was when hip hop started making its first appearances in hip hop theater and film, and in hip hop fashion. It became apparent that hip hop was going to be permanent when the Sugarhill Gang released “Rapper’s Delight,” and it climbed straight into the charts. “Rappers Delight” was the first ever hip hop single to break into the top 40 charts. While a ton of other things happened during this time period, these few people were the ones that really set the whole thing off… Something else that you may find interesting that happened in the 1970s and 1980s is KC, also known as the Prince of Soul, who at the time was a rapper-lyricist with Pete DJ Jones, started to call himself an “MC. So, KC was the source of the term, “MC,” that has stuck with us still to this day. After that, and faster than you could blink an eye, DJs started releasing 12-inch records that people started rapping to, and the rest was history.. By the late 1970s, hip hop culture crept into the media and was becoming more widely accepted and loved by America. Billboard magazine put out an article entitled “B Beats Bombarding Bronx”, which made reference to the local uprise of hip hop and mentioned Kool Herc, another influential “father of hip hop.” In short, these are all of the people that started hip hop, and began the next phase of hip hop history that we know as “old school hip hop” 1979 – 1984 – Old School Is Born When people refer to old school hip-hop, they’re referring to a time period of hip hop between 1976 and 1984, where we picked up a ton of new rappers and rap groups, and things were rapidly changing. Hip hop was still just a baby, but it was starting to really take its true form. The sound of hip hop music during the old school era can mainly be attributed to prominent figures in hip-hop such as; Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow, The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Caz, Doug E. Fresh, Jazzy Jay, and Fab Five Freddy, among others. The old school era is also often classified by shorter, easy going rapping styles, however, every song that was released in this time period, for many, seems to have done its part to make hip hop what it is today. Political hip hop was next, with some rappers were getting a little more into the more explored socially relevant ideas… Like Brother D’s release of “How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise”, and Kurtis Blow’s release of “Hard Times” both of which made a huge impact because they were very moving. The political and social side of communicating through hip hop is what helped hip hop and black people become more understood and the whole culture become more ingrained in us. The release of The Message in 1982 by Melle Mel and Duke Bootee, which was actually released under the name Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five came out, and we picked up some of our favorite rappers from the old school during this time as well like; Public Enemy and N.W.A who both were known to be socially active and both who are accredited for shaping the oncoming movement of hip hop culture into more of a stylistic forms of free speech. More favorite rappers from this time period were, N.W.A., Eazy-E, Run-DMC, Dr. Dre, and Wu-Tang Clan, and I’m sure that’s leaving a ton of artists out… Also during this time period, Grandmaster Flash formed one of the most influential rap groups ever, the Furious Five, and scratching was introduced officially into hip hop by Grand Wizard Theodore and was almost instantaneously picked up and developed further. Some other notable hip hop artists that influenced the progression of hip hop culture are; The Furious 5: Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy (Keith Wiggins), and let’s not leave out The Cold Crush Four… ( Tony Tone, Grandmaster Caz, Charlie Chase, Easy Ad, and Almighty KG, JDL. The Golden Age of Hip Hop and the Birth of New School – Mid-Late 1980s – Early 1990s The Golden Age of hip hop refers to a time period between mid/late 1980s and early 1990s when hip hop was starting to blend in with all of the other-other genres of music and vice versa. By the early 1980s. It seemed like everything that was published during that time seemed to bring something unique to the table. The first rap record to actually come out by a non-rap group was “King Tim III,” recorded by the Fatback Band, but the introduction of Electronica and rock and roll started flooding in around the same time, so there is one word for that.. That is inevitable. Right around the same time, Beastie Boys came out with License to Ill album, and the 808 drums were introduced to the production side of things. Run DMC was the first to do almost everything. They were the first to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, and first hip hop album to ever have a platinum album, and the first rap group to ever be on MTV. Then you have LL Cool J… Who came in and effortlessly took over the Hip Hop scene ever solo artist in hip hop. We were at a time in history when the majority of the listening earth was just opening up to Hip Hop, and every hip hop fan was eagerly awaiting the next hit song or EP… During this time period, every EP that got released had something different to offer, hip hop, and that’s the way things seemed to stay until the end of the Golden Age era was over. The Golden Age brought us new favorites like Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Eric B. & Rakim, and De La Soul. It also handed us Kid ‘n Play, and The Fat Boys… DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and MC Hammer. The Golden Age also was responsible for giving us gangster rap, and new favorites of that subgenre like 2 Live Crew and Too Short…It handed us the coming subgenre of new school hip hop as well, and whatever they are going to call the time period we are standing in now after it’s over… During the Golden Era, there was a notable prominence black nationalism and hip hop was being used as a form of social protest in a way, with topics from Afrocentric living to drug use, and from crime and violence to religion and culture. People were sharing their hearts and minds with the world, and no one that liked hip hop (and there were millions by now) wanted them to stop. Run DMC broke through the commercial barriers that had been set in place when hip hop was missing, causing an outpouring of gangsta rap, with artists like the NWA, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. West Coast rap began to blow up during this time, and the East Coast, who is said to have been the main contributors to the Golden Age kept up with everyone else stride for stride. De La Soul released Three Feet High and Rising,” and the time period between 1986 to 1993 in general seemed to bring out more hip hop records than any other time period to this day. Maybe we will have another wave of fresh artists like this again soon. It seems like something you could almost predict when you think about the fact that a lot of the high quality rap instrumentals that you hear nowadays sound like they could be songs all by themselves. It seems like there were bans and lawsuits at every other turn for a while, like the time Gilbert O’Sullivan’s song publisher sued Warner Brothers Records because he used the original Biz Markie’s song “Alone Again.” Or the time the Turtles tried suing De La Soul for sampling their music without asking in their 1968 track “You Showed Me.” Nevertheless, we made it through the Golden Age and to say the very least, we did so *BLESSED*! How Has Hip Hop Influenced American Culture? Final Thoughts As it ends up, we’re probably in one of the eras of hip hop right now and can’t tell it, and most likely won’t see it until they point out another one that we’re standing in. We have a habit of getting so caught up with life that we miss things like this happening, or maybe no one really takes the time to analyze the facts at a granular level until it’s in the past. opinion, But one thing remains perfectly clear to any die hard hip hop fane… We gettin’ paid out here, so bring it on! 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__label__cc	0.64527	0.35473	Posted on May 31, 2012 October 31, 2012 Hate 2.0 In the News To read more about Hate 2.0 in the news, see below. Hate 2.0 is currently featured in the Summer 2012 edition of the Carleton University Magazine. Read the interview with Jennifer Evans and see the photoshoot with project leaders and students. http://cualumni.carleton.ca/magazine/summer-2012/find-out-how-social-media-challenges-the-hate-merchants/ Erica Fagen’s post “Flickr, Protest, and ”Vernacular Creativity: A Report on Hate 2.0 Research” was featured as an Editors’ Choice on Digital Humanities Now on July 5th, 2012. To see the link to that post, click here. Men, Murder, and …. Metrosexuality? Masculinity in a Mediatized Age Post by Jennifer Evans All alliterations aside, it is indeed curious to see how the media has seized upon Anders Breivik”s masculinity. Almost from the very beginning, when word first surfaced of the attacks on Utoye, Breivik’s image, whether in a wet-suit or sporting a preppy pink collar, circulated widely in the digital arena, putting a face, literally, to the man behind these heinous crimes. It didn’t take much digging to turn up a treasure trove of information about his own self-perception. Alongside his vitriol against the supposed Islamification of Europe was proof positive that this was a man deeply invested in performing the role of ascetic, mastermind, and — if need be — martyr. At the center of this, as SUNY-Stoneybrook sociologist Michael Kimmel noted in a widely-circulating blog entry comparing Breivik”s self-portrayal to that of homegrown terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, was a particular vision of masculinity under siege and a prescription for the kind of man needed to make things right. The Breivik case may be many things: a clarion call for the continued promotion of multiculturalism in a changing Europe, an example of the fine line between mental illness and criminal consent, and a social media spectacle. But it is also, fundamentally, a case study in 21st century masculinity in a heavily mediatized age. There is already good work circulating online on the hows and whys of radicalization like the Demos think tank’s report on radical movements in the UK and Canada. Doctoral students like Ov Cristian Norocel are hard at work interrogating the construction of radical right populist masculinities in east and northern Europe. And even Kimmel’s next book will explore the links between masculinity, self-perception, and extreme group behaviour in Scandinavia and the US. But as feminist blogger Amanda Marcotte observed almost from the very beginning, very little attention has been paid to what appeared most obvious of all, at least in Breivik’s manifesto: the link between misogyny and the racial politics of populist hate. As she commented in a post on Pandragan: “misogyny and violence go hand in hand so often because misogynists really buy deeply into the idea that women are weak and men are “strong”, by which they mean aggressive.” Gender-aka-masculinity has certainly entered media discourse surrounding the Breivik case but what about femininity — not just in Marcotte’s meaning, as in the lack of engagement with misogyny and the far right — but in relation to Breivik himself? On this question, yesterday”s testimony of Breivik’s four friends, and media reaction to it, proves most telling. Writing for the Telegraph (and tweeting from court) Richard Orange quoted that Breivik”s friends were concerned he was becoming depressed and reclusive in 2006 as a result of personal struggles surrounding his suppressed homosexuality. A failed internet date, withdrawing to his mother”s house, the use of powder and make-up — all proof, apparently, that Breivik was struggling with his sexuality, and dredging up in the process the time-honored link between homosexuality and right-wing violence. This link between repressed desire and extreme violence has been made before. Every decade or so a book comes on the market with spurious claims about Hitler’s homosexuality. For some, the notion of sexual dissonance provides critical insight into the orchestration of genocide in a way that race thinking, rightist ideology, imperial designs, and total power does not. Even the debate over the US Don”t Ask Don’t Tell policy saw Defend the Family President Stephen Lively claim that gays should not serve in the military since “open homosexuals are distinct from everyone else, men and women, in being exceptionally brutal and savage” (leading Jon Stewart and his merry gang of mischief makers to send up this thought in a video intervention). Going back a bit further still, many of the so-called 1968ers — the name given to the generation of student activists that challenged authority and governance instead of just “tuning in, turning on, and dropping out” — took seriously Wilhelm Reich’s thesis that fascism was caused, at least in part, by bourgeois gender norms and repressed bodily desire. Historian Dagmar Herzog has shown quite convincingly that this involved a degree of mental gymnastics and a misremembering of the recent past, at least insofar as German student activists were concerned. Casting the Nazis as sexually repressed may have emboldened students to make links between their own sexual practices and the morality of the movement, but it also traded on earlier suggestions that there was something downright nefarious about the sexual politics and practices of the right. History shows that the Breivik case was not the first time that soft masculinity was maligned alongside homosexuality, whose repression could bring national shame and scorn. It also wasn’t the first time that homosexuality was used to attack certain political perspectives and goals. As far back as 1908, imperial Germany found itself in the throes of the Eulenberg Scandal, which ended the carriers of several high-ranking aristocratic members of Kaiser Wilhelm”s inner circle, including the military commander of Berlin Lieutenant General Kuno Graf von Moltke and the Kaiser’s personal adviser in matters of state Phillip Prince zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld. Like the mediatized Breivik case, which provides a timely window into “end of multiculturalism” policies and integration debates in today”s Europe, professor emeritus James Steakley noted some time ago that the iconography of the Eulenberg scandal in Europe”s daily broadsheets was a good barometer of social cleavages in the years leading up to World War I. And now for the cautionary tale. If the Breivik spectacle’s reach and impact is yet to be determined, it can be said with some certainty that the Eulenberg affair had wide-reaching effects on European society. Among other things, it generated national interest into the question of the origins of homosexuality and saw the rise to prominence of sexologist and gay rights campaigner Magnus Hirschfeld. It also led to the the rise of a more militant masculinist wing of the homosexual rights movement, one bent on exonerating hardened masculinity, male bonding, and militarism as the foundation of government. Many future Nazis did in fact spring out of these circles, and while they certainly didn’t make up the entirety of the movement, they did underscore a connection, at least in the minds of adherents, between the emasculating impact of industrial modernity and the pressing need for a rhetoric and practice of militant manliness in the face of these challenges. Breivik’s flawed logic — that multiculturalism threatens to destroy the cohesiveness of European values and thus requires desperate actions by militant martyrs — has a place in the historical register as an example of the links between gender, violence, and rightist ideology. But in our struggle for answers, especially in inferring a connection between soft masculinity and repressed homosexuality with the propensity for extreme violence, we allow fiction to stand as fact, doing violence in our own right to all those whose lives — and lifestyles — serve as a testament to democratic values, progressive politics, and respect for human diversity and pluralism. And we neglect this history at our own peril. Humour as a Means to Challenge Hate Post by Erica Fagen So far this month, I’ve gone through hundreds of photographs of neo-Nazi marches, as well as marches against neo-Nazis. Neo-Nazis spread their vitriol through slogans and banners, and people oppose them with signs like these. A question I was asking myself was whether people have more creative ways of challenging the far-right. I found something, but it was not what I expected. People are using humour and pop culture images to counter right-wing extremism. Some of these humorous images I found were caricatures of Hitler with “Nazis sind doof” (Nazis are stupid) written under the drawing. However, with more research and time, I found that people demonstrate a certain wit when ridiculing neo-Nazis. Characters none other than Sonic the Hedgehog and “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski are brought in to challenge hate. (The Dude exclaims that he can stop the Nazis.) Demonstrators go beyond the simple use of pop culture references to challenge neo-Nazis; they also use witty toilet humour to prove their point. Whether it’s hanging banners from apartments or placing clever signs on top of a Port-o-Potty, individuals show their resistance through humour. Countering the far-right can be funny. The question that arises from these photographs is the ethical issue of laughing at neo-Nazis. Can we laugh at a group of people with such deep-seated xenophobic beliefs? Scholars have grappled with this question, with the 1998 film Life is Beautiful used a case study. However, the bigger question these photographs pose is whether humour can be seen as a way to challenge “the hate merchants.” Looking at funny images make us rethink of how people respond to hateful acts in their midst. These humorous images show us that opposing neo-Nazis is not limited to holding signs, but includes using one”s imagination and wit. For these reasons alone, it is key to consider toilets, caricatures, as well as “The Dude” when pursuing academic studies of the far-right. I am curious to see if I find any other pop culture icons fighting neo-Nazism. Perhaps finding SpongeBob SquarePants in an anti-Nazi demonstration is only a matter of time. The Need for Safe Space in Cyberspace Today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. What better reminder of the need for vigilance and action than a hate crime on a university campus in a major Canadian city? The interesting twist? The crime was committed not on the street, in a dorm room, or in a back alley. It was a personal attack in one of the most public of spaces: online. A student was targeted for no other reason than the fact that he is queer and out. Alerted to a series of hurtful and harassing memes on the internet site Quickmeme.com, he did what any concerned and offended person would do — contact the university”s Equity Services and the police to have the matter documented, the offending memes removed, putting the perpetrators on notice. To their credit, the Ottawa Police were swift to take up the call to action. Beyond the irony of a targeted attack being committed so close to the day trumpeted on Twitter and Facebook for raising awareness about the struggles of sexual minorities, this incident provides yet another example of the need to devise new ways to think about cyberspace as a place to combat hate, raise awareness, and reduce harm. The internet is a place where we socialize, shop, trade photos, and gossip. It is also a place where bullying happens, where harassment is unleashed, and where anonymity reigns. Aside from the trouble of tracking down IP addresses and identifying offenders, there is the matter of jurisdiction. How do we enforce existing laws (like university codes of conduct or anti-bullying legislation) while devising new and relevant strategies of education and enforcement to ensure the harassment doesn’t happen again? Because that is what this is, harassment, and it is not just offensive but it is exclusionary and sometimes downright violent, if not in an obvious way, than in ways that make it difficult for students to learn, professors to teach, and the university to function. Why is this kind of thing so damaging? We no longer need to be told that in the internet age, information travels quickly and opinion counts as fact. Ideas posted in Web 2.0 carry the illusion of legitimacy and erudition, even if most of the time it is more idle chatter than information. And we would be wrong to think that images presented to us online are somehow benign or without impact. 21st century Mad Men remain convinced that even the most annoying ads in the sidebar of our Facebook account might surreptitiously motivate us to consume and buy. But this is not the danger posed by memes, those quirky colourful mini posters we send to friends, colleagues, and acquaintances or post on Facebook. They may be transitory expressions of emotion and critique. But they are also social texts in the classical sense. They are documents of popular sentiment, and if they were found 20 years from now by historians, they would be taken as evidence of how our society viewed both the mundane and pressing issues of the day — with humour, irony, wit, and, in this case, outright malice. Universities are places of learning and thinking. And they are also places of work. In response to anti-bullying legislation like Bill-168 and student-driven initiatives to have the needs of diversity met, universities across Canada are developing safe space training to better educate students, professors, and staff about ways we might all ensure that university space — online as well as in the classroom — remains free from the stain of prejudice and hate. Another way that this is happening is by re-occupying (to borrow a phrase from another movement) the space of anonymity and aggression in order to re-cast it as a place of tolerance and opposition. Whether through “It Gets Better” videos or by simply tweeting our outrage at acts such as these, we leave our own mark online in opposition to the actions of the bullies. While it might not stop the next malcontent from clicking a mouse and uploading invective, or do away with the pain of being targeted, it still might be an important step towards making cyberspace a safe space. And that certainly is a step worth taking. Summer Research Begins! For the next three months, I will be a graduate researcher for Hate 2.0. My research background fits in nicely with this project; I recently completed my Master”s Research Essay which discussed how the public uses YouTube for Holocaust remembrance in the 21st century. Social media, I believe, is increasingly becoming more pertinent to study because of all the information it exposes, whether it be through Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, or other platforms. To see how neo-Nazi and far-right activity is exhibited on Web 2.0 will ask new questions on how hate is discussed in the public sphere. My research for this project, however, will not be to look at neo-Nazis themselves, but how everyday people oppose their activities, marches, and demonstrations. This will be done by seeing how they use social media outlets like Flickr and Twitter, as well as examining how their acts are reported on the Web. My research thus far has looked at reports by the Bundesverfassungsschutz or BfV (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution), a news series by Die Zeit about right-wing extremism in Germany, as well as citizen-run social media campaigns like no-nazi.net. I have also benefited from David’s research, which can be seen in blog posts below. His work on Flickr users Boesealtermann (or angry old man) and PM Cheung will no doubt be useful for further research on how people use Flickr to take a stand against neo-Nazi and far-right activity. In the coming weeks I will blog regularly about my findings as well as photographs and websites I find intriguing. I hope you follow along as I discuss my research on Hate 2.0 in more detail. And please don”t be shy to comment on my posts!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24900
__label__wiki	0.764076	0.764076	Managing uncertainty CEO activism, the growing trend of top executives speaking out on sensitive social and political issues, has been labeled the “new normal.” But when should CEOs speak out on a social issue? In some cases, taking a stand can be just as detrimental to the company’s bottom line as saying nothing — and vice versa. The author’s company, nonprofit sustainability consultancy, studied how different stakeholder groups perceive its clients. What it learned: Companies must consider values, not just shared value. Employees have become a company’s most powerful interest group. The polarization of an issue heightens the risk of speaking out. A CEO’s rhetoric must be aligned with the company’s dollars. And, whatever a CEO may say in public, the opportunities for a company to take direct action can be limited. fotog/Getty Images CEO activism, the growing trend of top executives speaking out on sensitive social and political issues, has been labeled the “new normal.” But behind the scenes, executives do not feel in control. They are struggling to anticipate and respond to intensifying pressure from the public, investors, and — above all — their employees. There are conflicting views of how CEOs should proceed. One survey suggests the public wants chief executives to lead on social change without waiting for the government to act. A separate survey shows public support for corporate engagement on such issues as sexual harassment and equal pay — though not on gun control or abortion. A third survey indicates that brands may be punished for even mentioning President Donald Trump, regardless of whether they are being critical or complimentary. Companies we work with at BSR, a nonprofit sustainability business network and consultancy, feel trapped: Although every conceivable action carries considerable risk, inaction may not be much of an option, either. What to do, now that the neutral middle ground has become a quicksand? We have been working with businesses to develop a strategic framework for when to take a stand on social issues. It draws on the work of R. Edward Freeman and others regarding stakeholder theory, which offers a way of examining the interests of all groups affected by an organization — not just shareholders but also customers, employees, governments, suppliers, and communities. We started by studying how distinct stakeholder groups view our corporate clients’ positions on social issues. Here is what we learned. Companies must consider values, not just shared value. Most companies prefer to prioritize their business interests in line with both fiduciary duty and the shared value approach to corporate responsibility, which connects business success with social good. This would suggest that companies should act only when there is a clear business case and an opportunity for direct action. For example, most would assume that it’s easier and more effective for the CEO to cut a company’s climate emissions than to take a stand on immigration. A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. But a company’s exposure to a political issue is also determined by its values. Values are determined by the company’s culture, mission, and voluntary commitments, along with the opinions and beliefs of a range of actors — not just customers but also employees, business partners, and civil society organizations. We were surprised to find that when business interests and values conflict, values are the dominant variable. That’s why, although focusing on core interests may seem sensible, reality shows it to be untenable. Tech companies, for example, had little to gain strategically by opposing the Trump administration’s family separation policy. But Microsoft and Google found it impossible to remain silent in the face of employee demands for a response to what staff regarded as an assault on company values. The same dynamic may now complicate Google’s plans to re-enter China’s search market. Employee pressure can even drive significant turnover in senior leadership ranks, as happened recently at Nike, which earlier this year was sued for sexual discrimination by several former employees. Employees are now a company’s most powerful interest group. In many ways, corporate power seems to be high: Companies prioritize shareholder value; union membership rates are at an all-time low; employment contracts for some jobs include nondisclosure clauses as standard features; certain sectors of the workforce are moving toward gig economy jobs with diminishing hourly rates and no health care; other sectors are facing unemployment as jobs are automated. So why are leaders responding so readily when employees pressure them to demonstrate integrity? Workers are freely using the tools of this hyper-transparent era — including petitions and email leaks — to land punishing blows against corporate reputations and finances, in the process emerging as companies’ most powerful interest group. At a time when the U.S. economy seems to be approaching full employment, employees have more influence over whether and how their leaders speak out. Polarization heightens risk. Companies seem to face the greatest peril when an issue is politically polarizing to customers and has more to do with values than with long-term financial consequences. On Jan. 28, 2017, Uber cut congestion pricing to John F. Kennedy International Airport while New York taxi drivers were protesting President Trump’s new immigration policy; although the move was a financial one on Uber’s part, it was perceived as aligning the company with the “Muslim ban,” leading to the #deleteUber hashtag and to hundreds of thousands of riders deleting their accounts. Keurig faced complaints when it pulled advertising from Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. Delta drew outrage and lost tax breaks when it decided to end a travel discount for the National Rifle Association. Still, Target, after undergoing boycotts and petition drives for implementing a transgender bathroom policy in its stores, said it had suffered no material financial impact. Companies certainly have tools to parse the views of their customers, but fretting over who is yelling the loudest on Twitter does not offer a firm ground for action. Basing decisions on corporate principles and employee values is a better approach than trying to navigate what is likely to be a broad spectrum of customer sentiment. Your rhetoric has to be aligned with your dollars. Companies face heightened scrutiny over influence-peddling and corruption, which makes it much harder to decouple public rhetoric and private lobbying efforts. The Center for Political Accountability has called out companies on a range of issues, including contraceptive makers that indirectly fund political officials who aim to limit women’s reproductive rights. C-suite hypocrisy is now a media focus, with funding for business associations a particularly vulnerable flank. Climate activists have long highlighted the gap between the oil and gas sector’s softening rhetoric on climate change and the corporate funding for its trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, which has opposed numerous climate change policies. Opportunities for direct action may be constrained. Companies are not governments, and their customers are not the electorate. So even when they want to take action, there are concrete limits on what businesses can achieve. Companies can accept or decline business, and they can tackle such issues as diversity and climate change in their own operations, but on pure policy matters like trade or immigration, there’s only so much they can do. Companies know this well, but they struggle to communicate the limits of their ability to drive systemic social change, which leaves them at risk of raising expectations they cannot fulfill. For example, an incident of discrimination by staff at a Starbucks in Philadelphia led to public outcry against the company, which soon stood accused of helping foster gentrification and systemic racism in the U.S. This was a discouraging development, given that the organization has long mounted efforts to drive collaborative action on race and immigration issues, including a pledge to hire 10,000 refugees. So the paradoxes multiply. While pressure to enhance shareholder value has not relented, companies are listening intently as they try to balance the needs and demands of a broad range of stakeholders. At the same time, powerful sections of the investment community are amplifying demands that companies move beyond empty posturing to better manage their social, political, and environmental efforts. Amid all the fuss, key shareholders seem to be concluding that prioritizing only profits may be neither smart nor sustainable. Behind the roiling divisions on specific issues, a consensus is emerging among markets, employees, and the public: Companies must fundamentally rethink their interactions with society. Alison Taylor is a Managing Director at BSR and an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School and the Gabelli School of Business. She focuses on approaches to sustainability through risk management, strategy, stakeholder engagement, transparency, ethics, and organizational change. This article is about MANAGING UNCERTAINTY	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24901
__label__cc	0.647063	0.352937	Vaping is a common problem across many high schools. (Illustration by Junanna Chen) Clearing up the issue of on-campus vaping Lauren Nguyen February 1, 2019 More and more students have been caught using e-cigarettes or vaping devices at Fountain Valley High School (FVHS) within the last few years, but the number of students vaping on campus does not stand out when viewed against the national trends. The increase in numbers concern health and school officials because vaping exposes them to major dangers. “It’s not unusual to catch students that smoke,” said Assistant Principal of Supervision and Athletics Elliot Skolnick. “We catch students vaping every week.” According to CNN, the number of high schoolers vaping this year is 80 percent higher than the numbers of high schoolers who vaped last year, while the number of middle schoolers vaping is about 50 percent higher than last year. “It feels like there is [an increase in smoking or vaping at school]. I don’t have the data to say absolutely because sometimes in the past people were better at not being caught, but it feels like there is. But, I also know the federal government is now calling e-cigs, or vaping, an epidemic,” Skolnick said. Often, e-cigarette usage is coined as “juuling” because of the popular e-cigarette brand JUUL or “vaping” because of the aerosol gas that users inhale and exhale. The vape juice, or e-liquid, put into the e-cigarette often contains high levels of metals like zinc, iron and lead. When the liquid is heated up by the device to produce the vapor, the levels of metal in the aerosol increase, causing it to be even more toxic. Health officials and researchers strongly believe there to be serious consequences as a result of the exposure to dangerous chemicals from the e-cigarettes, like permanent brain damage, long-lasting addiction to nicotine and lung damage. However, solid research on the dangers of vaping has not yet been published, as vaping has only been gaining prominence in the last few years. Because there have not been any definite conclusions made upon the risks, users may underestimate the potential harm e-cigarettes carry. Some may be aware of the dangers posed by vaping, but do not believe it will cause much harm. “I’m pretty sure that there are negative side effects, and I feel pressured to do it during social events,” said a student who has vaped “a couple of times out of curiosity.” The student asked to remain anonymous. The reason for teenage vaping is a highly debated topic. There is no obvious trend among the FVHS students who have been caught vaping at school, nor is there one definite reason why students have turned to vaping. There are a myriad of reasons students might cite for their smoking, from peer pressure to curiosity. “In my opinion, people vape to seem ‘cool’ and ‘trendy.’ Teenagers aren’t legally allowed to vape, so they feel as if they are older and more mature when vaping, and they get a thrill of exhilaration,” said the student. At FVHS, the most common places for smokers are in the bathrooms, especially where there’s little light. When students witness others vaping on campus, they should use the Titan HST app to report the issue so that school officials can promptly arrive to confront the student who will be consulted and adequately helped. FVHS supervision will discuss the issue with the student’s parent and provide help according to the number of times the student has been caught, what they were in possession of and what they need to recover. “At school we try to get them to understand that it’s not good for them and that it’s not conducive to a learning environment or working environment and so I think sometimes people forget that they are infringing on other students’ right, which is to go to a smoke-free restroom and not be intimidated by vapers in the restroom,” said Skolnick. A bigger obstacle for school officials and parents in restricting e-cigarette use on and off campus is device detection. The devices are often compact and easy to hide, as they look similar to writing utensils. “It’s easy, it’s convenient, it’s easy to hide it from parents and teachers. A lot of the devices don’t necessarily look like they’re a smoking device so a lot of times parents may see it and not even know what it is,” said Skolnick. Smoke from the vaping devices is also harder to detect. While it creates cloudy, fairly thick smoke, the vapors don’t linger for long and the smell of the aerosol soon dissipates with it. Unlike the easily identifiable smell of normal cigarettes, vapes don’t have distinctive smells that would be familiar to someone who didn’t smoke or wasn’t around vapers. Vaping came about as a way to help smokers wean off of cigarettes, and there have been instances where they’ve helped, but no research studies have shown any definite conclusion that e-cigarettes are able to help smokers stop smoking. It has also been questioned whether students use it to help them cope with certain issues. However, students who vape have high chances of being exposed to other drugs like marijuana, which contradicts any “benefits” they may have. “When I talk to my colleagues at the other high schools, [they say] it has just become kind of a cool thing to do, and then I think what happens again is people become addicted. It’s overwhelming for me to think that a 14 or 15-year-old student might start vaping at that age and they create a lifelong habit that is going to be with them for the next 40 or 50 years,” Skolnick said. Skolnick advised students engaged in these habits to think about their actions. “The sooner that you can stop, the easier it’ll be to quit.” danger Drugs e-cigarette trends vaping Opinion: Enjoy nature and let your troubles slip away at Theodore Payne Nursery By Stephanie Kiang Aimée Bonar discovers herself through poetry, art and writing By Kara Smith Claire Jones discovered her love for writing through music By Shehreen Karim Teenage band LAUNDRY DAY isn’t afraid of experimentation and intimacy By Riona Sheik Early 2000s boy band B2K announce reunion tour Carson students form anti-vaping club Reply Clearing up the issue of on-campus vaping – Los Angeles Times – Vaping News February 2, 2019 at 12:04 am […] Clearing up the issue of on-campus vaping Los Angeles Times […] Reply Mandatory things to follow when you are Vaping – New Speedy Biz February 11, 2019 at 4:09 am […] but not the least remember that you have just gotten into Vaping and you must not overdo it because you like the taste as that can become extremely harmful. 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__label__wiki	0.701351	0.701351	AMISOM, Somali commanders to enhance coordination in operations Wednesday July 10, 2019 - 02:26:32 in Latest News by Super Admin (Rating 0.0/5 Stars) Total Votes: 0 MOGADISHU(Horn Observer) – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) contingent commanders have resolved to further enhance coordination with the Somali security forces to implement the Somali Transition Plan. Senior military officers of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Somali National Army (SNA), and international partners attend the closing session of AMISOM sector commanders' conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 7 July 2019. AMISOM Photo The commanders, along with their Somali counterparts, met for three days in Mogadishu to evaluate the progress made in implementing the mission’s concept of operations (CONOPS). During the meeting, the commanders also discussed the operational readiness of the Somali security forces, which is crucial to the successful implementation of the Somali Transition Plan. Under the transition plan, AMISOM will transfer security responsibility to Somali security forces ahead of AMISOM’s anticipated exit in 2021. Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, commended the Somali security forces for carrying out recent offensives to liberate areas in the Lower Shabelle region. Also, the recent commencement of integrating Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a forces into the national army, police, intelligence and custodial corps, is a significant step towards creating unified Somali forces. "This commitment shows that Somalia wants to move forward despite existing challenges. The work of their national forces deserves increased support,” Ambassador Madeira noted. He also commended the federal government and international partners for supporting AMISOM to fulfil its mandate. "I recognise the role our partners are playing in training and creating the conditions necessary for operations to take place. We are implementing the Somali Transition Plan and the AMISOM exit strategy. The progress made so far indicates that we are on track in executing our mandate,” he remarked. Source: SONNA	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24906
__label__wiki	0.521572	0.521572	Apple Festival 2016 WRITING & TEACHING News from Somewhere Hay and Haylage THE RURAL FUTURE Teaching & Lecturing Roger is called upon to lecture at many places around the world, and spends two months of each year at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC, where he is active in teaching young people from across the United States. You can visit his website for full details of his appearances thorough the year. He is often invited to give lectures to universities and colleges and also features on the radio or television. This year, in conjunction with Buckingham University Roger is running a Masters degree in Philosophy. The course will be held in London and will include many great philosophers’ of today. If you are interested in applying for the course, please do visit the Buckingham website or contact Claire Prendergast 01280 820204 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. In the future, Roger and Sophie would like to continue to work with the friends made during the, Town and Country Forum* Project on an educational venture, and are currently discussing with two universities in America the possibility of running a summer school for their students in environmental management, so as to give them the opportunity to understand the special problems posed by a rural landscape that has been settled for over a thousand years, and which is maintained by small and bounded farms, rather than by agribusiness. * In 1999 we established the Town and Country Forum, with the intention of bringing influential people together in order to discuss the future of the countryside and the ways of reconnecting it to the life of our cities. Our investigations issued in a book, Town and Country, edited by RS and Anthony Barnett. Thinking the Sacred with Roger Scruton. McGill University - Listen to Roger Scruton's full lecture Gifford Lectures Sunday Hill Farm Brinkworth SN15 5AS Copyright © 2019. Horsell's Farm EnterprisesWebsite by: Mindvision Media Ltd	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24907
__label__cc	0.747472	0.252528	Grass Stain MVP’s for the Environment Custom Photography Eco Threads My Generation: Wes Rides the London Tube Where did you study abroad? What was the most exciting thing about this place? The London Tube (subway system) was the best public metro I’ve ever used in the world. While cars are still relatively prevelant on the London streets, the bulk of the populace uses the Tube to get to work, home and wherever they need to go. And most importantly includes going to my favorite pub, “The Old School Yard” and grabbing a hearty meat pie and a tall pint of English ale. Was there anything related to environmental awareness or sustainability worth sharing? For being one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world, London has some of the best parks and gardens. Having nice and natural areas for recreation and preserving some sense of biodiversity in a major urban center is something expanding cities all around to world can use an example. Is there one thing that you do in your daily life that can be attributed to sustainability? I don’t litter (too much) Why do you think Sustainability or environmental awareness is so important to our generation? While the consequences of macro environmental issues seem too far off for us to care about (global warming, rising seas, etc) there are many natural wonders that we can preserve right now through increased education and more effective government actions. Taking extra steps to save endangered species and preserving untouched natural areas may seem small and unimportant in the overall scheme of global sustainability, but these small steps will lead to larger leaps towards a more globally sustainable society. What degree, have you received or are currently seeking? I have achieved a BA in Business Administration with a focus in Finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. If you could travel to one place in the world where would it be, and why? Singapore. It is a melting pot of different cultures from all over Asia and is a very interesting city. Also since it is unique in the sense that is essentially a modern city-state, it has taken great measures to be one of the most sustainable cities in the world. 2012 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Community Sustainability, Environment, GRASS STAiN, Grass Stain blog, Hyde Park, London, London Tube, Sustainability \| Leave a comment My Generation: Marissa gets Greek What do you think was the most exciting thing about this Ioannina, Greece? The most exciting thing for me was probably the cultural differences between the people who lived in Ioannina and the people I’m used to in America. Part of my school work there was to do interviews with the locals and interact with the interviewees and my Greek teachers on a daily basis which was a very different and exciting experience. The travelling I did in Greece was also very exciting. I was able to see so much history and learned a lot about the Greek culture. It was very cool. It was just interesting to see what kinds of things are most important to people in other cultures. At the time I was in Greece there was a lot of controversy regarding the countries financial situation which was a huge concern for many people living in Greece. Situations like this take precedent over many less pressing daily problems such as environmental awareness, which most people were not interested in whatsoever in Greece. I talked to one of my teachers about environmental awareness in Greece and he explained to me that people feel they have more important things to think about, like providing food for their families, especially in a time of a financial crisis in the country. I ride the bus often, recycle/compost, am aware of my energy consumption inside the home, and am pursuing sustainable building/design as my career. I think that our generation is responsible for getting the ball rolling on environmental awareness because with the technology and knowledge available to us today we have no excuse to ignore the impacts we are making on the environment and we should try to do as much as we can to make a positive change for future generations. I graduated from the University of Washington with a major in Community, Environment and Planning and focuses on Urban Planning and Environmental Studies. I want to work in sustainable building and design doing home interiors, hopefully starting my own company someday. My dream would be to have a show on HGTV. Ireland, my family is Irish and I’ve always wanted to go. If you could be one animal in the world what would it be? I would be a loon because they can swim and fly. 2011 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Culture of Greece, Greece, Ioannina, Sustainability, Transportation, University of Washington, Urban Planning \| Leave a comment My Generation: Ty says “Bonjour” to Montpellier “Montpellier, France in the southern French region, Languedoc-Roussillon” What do you think is the coolest, most stimulating, most exciting thing about Montpellier France? “I was there during the summer, and the Mediterranean Coast of France is beautiful, the weather, the people, the culture, the food and the history. The region has such a rich history and culture to learn about and enjoy.” As for sustainability, anything worth sharing? “There are bicycles to rent as a sort of alternative transport sharing system. They’re cheap and have racks of bicycles all around the city where you can drop a few Euros and rent it for a few hours or the day. There is also an electric tram system with two lines in service and two being constructed.” What do you do to live a more sustainable way of life? “I try to recycle as much as possible and use as many reusable products as possible to eliminate needless waste such as cloth grocery bags and water filters instead of bottled water. I also compost organic waste products.” Why do you think Sustainability is so important to our generation? “With a global community constantly growing and the even steeper increase of resource consumption and waste production, it is important that we become as mindful and responsible as possible with every resource we have for future generations and the global environment.” What degree are currently seeking? “I have received my bachelors in Psychology and will be attending law school in the fall.” Where else would you be interested in visiting? “Mali, because it’s a French speaking country and the home to the music group Amadoe et Mariam.” 2011 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: France, GRASS STAiN, Montpellier, My Generation \| Leave a comment My Generation: Interview with Maxim Home Town Hottie Aja Dang “So Aja, what school did you attend and what field of work would you ultimately like to end up in?” “I received my BA in marketing from University of San Francisco and am currently working towards my MA in broadcast journalism at the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC. My ultimate goal is to have my own travel show, which will explore the various cultural, dating and religious aspects of each city or country. Traveling is a passion of mine and I hope to give people a more in-depth look at different cultures other than our own. I also think that when people see the natural beauty the world has to offer, they will want to stop destroying it by making a conscious effort to save our environment and natural resources.” What is it like running around conducting interviews for Neon Tommy covering stories from, Celebrity filled events to Sustainability planned initiatives? What was it like to be in Campus Girls and Maxim? “Working for Neon Tommy has been a very eye opening experience. I have covered topics ranging from California politics, sustainability initiatives, red carpet events and the LAUSD. I recently started a weekly column called Blacklisted, which explores the most bizarre stories in popular culture. Conducting interviews continues to be a nerve wracking experience, especially with topics I am not too familiar with, but doing research before hand and preparing questions ahead of time always makes the interviews go as smoothly as possible. Covering red carpet events is not as glamorous as one might think! There is a lot of down time and normally you only have a couple of minutes with celebrities and have to try to hold their interest. The most fascinating topics, to me, are always the ones dealing with sustainability and the environment. People are very passionate about the issue, which makes for a more engaging story.” “Being in Campus Girls was a great experience. As I previously said, I love to travel, and being able to shoot a swimsuit calendar in the Virgin Islands was quite the treat. The locals are so kind, it reminded me of being back home in Hawaii. Being a semi-finalist in Maxim’s Hometown Hotties has been a great experience so far. It’s never fun having to compete for votes against 99 other beautiful women, but I feel that I have unique characteristics, which will take me all the way to the top 10!” You have covered a few stories related to Sustainability in the Los Angeles area, why do you think sustainability is so important to our generation? “Sustainability is very important for our generation because we simply don’t have any other choices. We are using non-renewable resources at an alarming rate and although people are aware of this I don’t think they fully grasp the gravity of the situation. Although there are initiatives in place to help decrease global warming and increase awareness of sustainable options, the government can only do so much. The responsibility is on the community.” Los Angeles is known to have some of the worst air pollution in the country, what is the city doing to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly? “The city is doing quite a bit to help alleviate the air pollution in LA. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) is the first major transit authority to run its entire fleet completely off of natural gas. This reduces carbon emissions by 300,000 pounds a day and cuts smog forming chemicals by 90 percent. The city also passed a new master bike plan, which boasts 1,680 miles of interconnected bike ways all over the city. Along with increased driver awareness and safer cycling roads, the plan pledges to add 200 miles to the path every five years. Both of these initiatives are helping to reduce gas emissions from cars and trucks by giving the community healthier and greener transportation options. The LA County Board of Supervisors also passed the plastic bag ban last year but I haven’t really seen that being enacted or reinforced.” Would you say that the attitude to being more environmentally conscious is picking up in LA? “I can’t really tell whether or not LA is becoming more environmentally conscious. I know that there are various environmental groups trying to set the stage for a greener city, but I don’t think most of the people can be bothered with worrying about the issue. Although air pollution is a major issue in the city, I think that LA is too much of a driving city for people to want to get out of their cars and use different means of transportation. It is just more convenient for everyone to drive. There are cities, like San Francisco, that are extremely conscious about the environment, and while I hope LA will get there one day, the city is definitely not there yet.” “There are many things I do in my daily life to help this situation. Only using natural sunlight during the day and turning off lights in rooms I am not in at night is a simple way to not only save energy, but to decrease your electricity bill. I try to walk every where, which unfortunately is hard to do in LA, but I am going to buy a bike soon so I can go to the grocery store or gym without having to jump into my car. And instead of buying Tupperware, I keep the containers I get from ordering out or grocery shopping so I don’t have to dirty the landfills with more plastic. Everything from using reusable tote bags, to carrying around a stainless steel water bottle helps.” “I would love to go to Greece or Croatia. Culture, food and ocean-what more could a girl want on a vacation?” “I would be a dolphin because they are super smart and really graceful.” Make sure to vote for Aja in Maxim’s Hometown Hottie contest! You can see more of Aja here and the awesome stories she covers for Neon Tommy! 2011 \| Categories: My Generation, Uncategorized \| Tags: Aja D, Los Angeles, My Generation, Neon Tommy, Sustainability \| Leave a comment My Generation: Vasilies and Athens Where did you study abroad, live, or have lived? The Metro was great, underground subway, fast, reliable, cheap along with the above ground tram which was, informative and interactive. I took part in a research project that measured the UV rays, among other things during peak sun hours of the day, as an awareness to the public. I would ride my bike, take the public transportation, and go to the local food markets. Sustainability is important for our generation because we need to work hard at restoring what our elders have successfully destroyed. What degree, have you received or are currently seeking, or what field of work are you looking to jump into? I am receiving a bachelors in arts with the University of Washington’s College of the Built Environments, under their urban planning department, titled “Community Environment Planning”. I would travel to Ios, an Cyclades island in the Mediterranean, Greece. Why? I was born in Athens, but the real greece, lifestyle, climate, topography, food, etc. lies in IOS. There is a cliff overlooking the bay and the endless blue Mediterranean waters, a hammock, and a gentle breeze. here, I could die. I would be the Great White Shark. 2011 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Athens, GRASS STAiN, Greece, My Generation, Transportation \| 1 Comment My Generation: Nicole Masters Mastatal, Costa Rica Where did you travel to Nicole?! I spent two months in 2010 living and working on an organic cacao farm in Mastatal, Costa Rica as a WWOOF volunteer (Willing Workers on Organic Farms). What do you think was the most exciting thing about this location? Mastatal is a small community of only 150 people hidden away in the steep mountains and pristine rainforest of Costa Rica. There is no running hot water, no pavement, no garbage take-out, and one road, which while I was there during the rainy season was washed out. What surprised me most about Mastatal is that the people there own very little; yet despite their isolating, rural environment, they manage to make a steady income and live healthily and, above all, happily. Mastatal welcomes travelers to come and volunteer on one of four WWOOF farms in the area, all meant to teach and promote sustainable, organic agriculture. I chose to stay on the organic cacao farm because after having worked at an organic chocolate factory in Seattle for three years (Theo Chocolate), I wanted to truly understand and experience the effort required to cultivate and harvest cacao organically. I eat local. There is no daily habit more delicious than to enjoy the fruits of the harvest. Sustainability and environmental awareness have been important values for many people and cultures throughout time; unfortunately, our Western culture is only just beginning to appreciate their significance. The problem is, it’s too late. Many damages done to the environment are irreparable at this point. It is the requirement of our generation to realize and live as a part of the environment we have been exploiting. In 2010 I graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Environmental Studies. Just before I graduated college I asked myself that question. Then I took out a world map and marked all the places. Now I am in my 7th month of my round-the-world trip. I have been to Costa Rica, Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina. I hope to also spend time in Brazil, France, Spain, Italy and England. I just can’t choose one place! A sea turtle, to experience and better understand the mysteries of the ocean. Checkout more on Nicole and her adventures! She has her very own blog called “Our World in Food”. From organic farming to Cows and c-sections, it’s an awesome site! 2011 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Costa Rica, My Generation, Organics, Sustainability \| Leave a comment My Generation: Interview with Rap/ R&B artist Scribes, as he talks about “Green” controversy and equity ~ Shout out to an old friend. Scribes is musically talented and unequivocally one of Seattle’s next best up and coming R&B artists. All the best. (Go to Scribesmusic.com to hear more! and download his work) When did you begin your music career? “I started writing raps when I was 15 or so. I had been a fan of hip hop since I was probably in the 3rd or 4th grade. I had always been kinda hesitant to start rappin cuz I was white haha and I didn’t wanna look like a fool. But during high school I remember seeing a bunch of different freestyle battles and I couldn’t help but get involved in it. It started with free styling just goofin off, then developed into writing raps, then to recording songs, and then to cutting entire albums. I’ve kept progressing ever since. I dropped my first album in August of 04 before going into my junior year of high school. By the time I was finished with the album my mind was set on pursuing rap/music as a career.” When is the next release?! “I’m hoping to release my full length album sometime between Nov. 2010 and Feb. 2011.” What is your take on sustainability? Is it just a buzz word, or is it important? “I would say that the word sustainability is kinda beyond me. I understand what it means and its significance but I don’t feel like I’d ever personally use it in a casual conversation or even in an intellectual conversation. Haha I would probably just say “doing shit that’s good for the environment”. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for it and I do think it’s a very important issue if not the most important but it’s a really complicated one.” “It’s obviously important to help preserve the environment and echo system for this generation and generations to come just for the simple fact that we as humans won’t survive without it. But, actually successfully going green and reversing some of the negative things we as humans have done to the environment is a complicated and difficult task.” Click Photo to view link ~ Photo Credit: Powell Images Is there any talk about the music industry trying to become more “green”? “People talk about going green in the music world but to be completely honest it is not really in my genre of music. In general rock artists (haha and just about everything not rap) are more willing to talk about the environment. And I definitely feel em. I’m all about it too. It’s just that i see the issue as being a little bit more complicated than just going green. I personally don’t live a green lifestyle at all. I mean don’t get me wrong I don’t own a car but that’s ‘cuz’ I’m too broke. Before I got rid of my car I was ‘whippin’ a 92 gas guzzling ford explorer. I recycle or whatever but that’s about it. Really to be completely honest I don’t pay attention to news on the environment or going green cuz frankly I don’t have the luxury to. I’m morally all about improving the environment in a black and white sense but I feel like because of the economic level I’m at I don’t really have very good access to the necessary resources. The problem is that there are too many people who gotta go work entry level positions for big business who exploit the environment.” “Here in America we talk shit about big companies while much of our economy is held up by those businesses. But there are few people here who are willing to make the necessary sacrifices to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. If we are going to successfully improve the environment we have to make “going green” more accessible to normal folks. A lot of companies have made tremendous strides. For example, one of my jobs is being an assistant manager at an apartment building. The company has replaced all of the toxic cleaning supplies that are bad for the environment with cleaning supplies that are less harmful. That’s a step in the right direction. But it’s too often that folks like me have to work for business that don’t care about the benefit of the environment. Then with the little bit of money we are paid we put the money back into businesses similar to the ones we work for by buying the cheapest products available on the market, anything from food, to clothes, gas, cars, whatever else. If u are struggling financially are u gonna support an organic company that costs bank or are u gonna buy some cheap food?!?” “So when it comes to rap music specifically u gotta remember that although it’s become one of the dominating genres of the world it still comes from the hood. Cats in the hood have too many struggles in their day to day life to rap about shoppin at whole foods or whippin a prius (Not to mention to few of the people in the hood gain access to higher education. Education is very important when it comes to informing people about the environment.) Hopefully it will change but it won’t change until environmentally friendly products become more accessible to blue collar people (which certain companies have done, I believe the Prius is surprisingly cheap). And yeah it’s arguable that some of those rap artist who have been successful should be rapping about the issue but a lot of those artists are still carrying the scars and pressures of the street. A lot of cats overcame huge obstacles and struggles. Just about anybody in their shoes would have came out the same (some worse). The rap game isn’t all about being politically correct it’s about surviving. Few people are strong enough to maintain their morality and survive. The rap game is honestly an animalistic game. That’s largely the reason that it for a long time hasn’t been understood by middle and upper class white America. But at the same time, it’s starting to change. Things are becoming less gangster. Folks are beginning to expand and have a little more room to be themselves as artists in hip hop. People from all different ethnic and economic backgrounds are involved in the music. I think because of it more rappers will be promoting going green. I think it’s tight. It’s kind of exciting to see but at the same time it’s a trade off. People have to pay fewer dues to the street to gain success in hip hop so therefore more artists come out lacking a real understanding of the struggle that hip hop came out of. But whatever the case is something has to change. The world as we know it won’t survive without change. And the world is a big thing to throw away. I think change starts with improving the lives of working folks. Like I said improving the environment might very well be the most important issue we face but there are so many other issues tied to it.” photo by Canh Nguyen “I don’t know specifically where I’d travel to if I had the option to go anywhere but in all honesty it would probably be a place where I could relax and get my mind off of the day to day work of my life. Some place where I could have fun.” If you could be any type of animal in the world what would it be? “haha, I have no idea what animal I’d be. Maybe a bird? Flying seems like it’d be fun. I like being a human.” 2011 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Equity, Grass Stain blog, My Generation, R&B, Rap, Scribes, Seattle, Sustainability \| Leave a comment My Generation: Jordan Digs around in Denmark! (above center) Where did you study abroad, live, or have lived that you would like to share for the Sustainability Project? I am currently studying in Aalborg, Denmark. It’s on the northern side of Jutland. It’s a small industrial/university city of ~120,000. What do you think is the most exciting thing about this location? Overall, Denmark has a heavy beer culture and it is used to promote socialization. The school allows the student organizations to host ‘bars’ in the canteen and classrooms. They really stress the concept of bonding and enjoying life outside of school/work and see alcohol as a means. That said, it’s easier to casually meet other students than in the States where you have to find friends on your own or join a club. There is a street called Jomfru Ane Gade, which has a long street of bars and cafes. Between midnight and 6 it’s all bars and night clubs. The younger people in Denmark (16 for drinking, 18 for bars) pack out that street every weekend. There is a bar for every vibe along that street. Is there anything related to environmental awareness or sustainability worth sharing? Denmark has many great sustainable aspects about it. The government is more socialist (universal health care, students PAID while they attend universities, money for retirees, free state-run kindergartens, etc) and has a huge influence. Taxes are heavy on income (make more…taxed more) and purchasing goods. 25% tax is a starting Value-added-tax on all goods you buy. I don’t recognize big ‘class issues’ since taxes really level everybody out. Gas will cost you over 7 dollars (~rough calculation) and with heavy taxing, buying a car will cost you almost twice as much than in the states. The surprising thing is there is no outrage. The culture here is to not drive. People bike everywhere. There are bike paths (separate from sidewalks) that span throughout the city. There are bike paths that parallel every major street, and some highways. This allow a bicyclists access to anywhere a car can go. The country is VERY flat. The countries highest point is a man-made hill 170m above sea-level. This allows easy biking without challenging hills. Most people in the city center bike the 4.5 kilometers (~3 miles) each way to the University everyday. During the day, it is very common to strap your baby into a bike seat, bike to the kindergarten, and then bike yourself to work/university. In the evening people like me bike into the city center to party, then bike home drunk. (still illegal, but not as big a deal as drunk driving). Danes are heavy into renewable energy. They have about 20% wind energy (US is around 1.5%) generation for all electricity created. They also use bio-gas. They have a lot of pigs here – maybe 5 pigs/person here. Pigs make waste. They are collecting waste from cooperatives of multiple big farms, processing that shit, and making bio-gas and sending it to a CHP (Combined Heat-Power-Plant) to generate heat and electricity for their homes. This is similar to using natural gas, but it utilizes a renewable ‘waste’ product. The heating here is ‘district heating’. Rather than have a heater in individual homes, there are pipelines for the whole municipality that provide heat for the people. Individual users can turn on the steam into their heaters at will. This limits waste from individuals. In Aalborg the district heating steam is captured from the local cement factory. If you can’t understand that here’s the main point: Rather than having each house have a furnace/heater…they route all the excess heat created from a local cement factory into individual homes around the city. Lastly, all the energy utilities are state owned. It is worth noting that although we can borrow a few points…this energy policy would absolutely NEVER function in a capitalistic society such as the US. Finally, they are similar programs to us in recycling plastics. Cans and bottles are charged deposits of 1, 2 or 3 DKK (depending on size of bottle/can). This is significant …5.5 Dkk/1USD. They have high recycling rates. Also, when you go to a grocery store, people bring their gym bags and backpacks for groceries. To get a plastic bag costs you 1 DKK/bag. I bought a bike at a police auction and bike a few kilometers everyday to get to school, buy groceries, go out, etc. I never biked in Seattle. If we do not curb the irresponsible consumption of natural resources, there will be a resource war within our generation. Economically extractable oil (Peak oil) will decline within 50 years by most scientific agreement. Those with oil reserves will be in a position of power, and those without may become desperate. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. We need to become more sustainable and aware of our consumption because we need to buy time for our scientists and engineers to figure out better solutions. I see us at a point where we are going to prolong this ‘war’ and hopefully avoid it all together with the use technology. I have a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with an Energy and Environment concentration. I am pursuing my MS in ME. I am studying a semester abroad at Aalborg University in their Sustainable Energy Management and Planning program. I would like to work as an Energy Engineer and work to retrofit commercial buildings to improve their energy efficiencies. Hawaii. Never been there and I have never eaten Hawaiian food I didn’t like. Curious George. He gets away with anything. 2010 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Clean Power, Denmark, GRASS STAiN, My Generation, Renewable Energy, Wind Power \| Leave a comment My Generation: Interview with Music Producer Ryan Lewis! When did you begin your music career?: “It’s tough to distinguish when a “career” actually begins, cause’ really that’s the moment you decide you’re going to become a professional. Or try, haha. I started making music when I was just a little kid on the guitar. That quickly developed into me forming my first band at age 12 and going through a heavy rock phase up until my mid-teens. Around the time I was 16 is when my musical interests broadened widely and I wanted to start producing records as opposed to just playing an instrument. This was really the beginning of working on a craft that lead up to this point now. I’m a firm believer in Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hours theory. It takes 10,000 hours to truly become a master of something. I’d like to think it was when I bought my first belt-driven turn table to sample some records that my 10,000 hours began. Not sure I’m a master yet, haha.” – What is it like to work with some pretty successful artists, right now Mackelmore, Blue scholars, …etc?: “It’s awesome. I’m grateful for who my family is, i.e. who I’m working closely beside and who have become significant comrades in this little Northwest bubble. Over the past year the Scholars have been nothing but supportive and undoubtedly helped “Mack” and I reach the point that we’re at now. To have the biggest hip-hop duo in Seattle co-sign the art your making, inviting you on the road and providing opportunities across the board is really amazing. We are infinitely grateful. From the moment the Scholars emerged in Seattle out of Beacon Hill they’ve always had a genuine loyalty and support for this regional music scene. Helping Mack and I grow is only a reflection of the leaders they choose to be in this city, advocating the music in the region even as Seattle remains lesser known in the greater international spotlight.” “Working with Macklemore is like working with my best friend. I met him back in early 2006, when we were both in very different places of life. Our real collaboration began in mid 2008 around the time he got sober. There isn’t a person I know better in life than him right now. To collaborate musically and make something of impact is a common and powerful thing. To collaborate with someone you respect as a person and are growing with on a day to day basis outside of the music, is a whole different dynamic that few get to experience. In a current music industry of constant mixtapes, leaks, quickly made collaborations and collapse of LP’s, I feel blessed to be in a duo that is trying to make full-length records where every song is good. And not be selling beats for some quick cash.” When is the next EP/CD/Concert gonna be?!: “The VS. Re-Release (which dropped at the Paramount) was a more significant release than we were anticipating. The lead single “Otherside Ft. Fences [Ryan Lewis REMIX]” was leaked on Monday, followed by Jake One’s REMIX of Crew Cuts. The whole REDUX project is now available on iTunes. It was basically just an idea we had to re-release our old EP from last year, touching up some of the mistakes I originally made, re-doing the album art and passing acapella’s over to some of our favorite local producers to remix. The flagship of the project was re-doing Otherside. Something special happened working with Fences, Zach Fleury (guitar, bass, drums, vocals) and Andrew Joslyn (violin)… and in my opinion it does justice to an acapella performance I never felt the original beat was living up to.” We’re from Seattle, I think it is safe to say we are pretty progressive. What is your take on sustainability? Is it just a buzz word, or is it important?: “Sustainability is absolutely important.” “You have had the opportunity to travel around a bit, is there one place that you think, personally, is more environmentally conscious?” “What’s kind of sad, is that I can think of 3-5 places right off the bat that are LESS environmentally conscious than Seattle, more easily than I can think of one that is more. I’m not sure that means Seattle is killing the game when it comes to the environment or if cities in America have a lot of room to grow. Definitely feels good to get back home off a plane and smell that Northwest air, after getting used the smell of garbage in New York.” Is there any talk about being sustainable or going “Green” in your line of work? When I think of music I don’t think of it being synonymous with the environment, but just curious? “I think the biggest opportunity for a musician to support “going green” is in beneficiary shows for primarily non-profit organizations working toward the environment. What’s difficult is that benefit shows are one of the most frequent requests artists get, and you can’t always take them. A show is one of the only sources of income we have, and this is our job. Organizations think you’re cold hearted if you turn down a benefit show, but what people don’t realize is that artists are asked to play these shows ALL the time. 3-5 times a month. That being said, it is a great way for the artist to give back and I know in Seattle hip-hop, we try to take as many of these type of benefits as we can.” Why do you think it is so important in today’s generation to try and live a sustainable lifestyle? Is there one thing that you do in your daily life to be more sustainable? “Well, it’s clear in all things that our generation is the future. We have redefined how just about everything works as technology has advanced so drastically in the past 10 years. From how we get our music in nontraditional ways, how we watch TV on our lap tops, how we have 5 different disposal cans depending on what you’re throwing out, how we read our books on LCD screens, where our cars get energy, the list is endless. The question is how well we’re using these new technologies to better the world, and whether we’re willing to take advantage of new techniques that better the environment even when they’re less convenient. If I’m being honest with myself, I think that just like a lot of people I have room to grow in being environmentally conscious. I’m a cigarette smoker, and it’s hard to want to find a trash can every time I finish a smoke. It’s truly deciding what things your going to choose to value in life and whether helping to keep the environment clean is one of them.” Want to hear more of Ryan Lewis check out his website: Ryanlewisproductions.com 2010 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: GRASS STAiN, My Generation, Ryan Lewis, Sustainability \| 1 Comment My Generation: Where in the World is Ally? Where did you study abroad, live, or have lived that you would like to share for the Sustainability Project? I studied abroad in Rio de Janeiro, have traveled extensively all throughout Europe, traveled to South Africa, a small island off Honduras, wandered through a few countries in the Middle East and Egypt, and recently returned home from a three week adventure in East Africa. As could be expected, all of these countries’ programs and attitudes towards sustainability varied as much as their respective landscapes and cultures. For the purpose of this blog entry I will speak mostly to my experience in Rio de Janeiro, a stunningly beautiful city (think mountain-like hillside meeting tropical beach with a city fit snuggly in-between) located in a country blessed with abundant natural resources. What do you think was/is the most exciting thing about this location? The music! The fruits! The dancing! The colors!! Of the water, of the people, of the flowers and the trees…The hustle and bustle of metropolitan people mixed with the flavor of Brazil. Every day we would hop on the subway which would take us to the other side of the city for class. It was a breeze even though the tube would get stifling hot and crowed during the height of work-day commute. There were plenty of busses as well; though we called them “death coaches” because the roads are incredibly dangerous due to lack of traffic law enforcement. Unfortunately the quality of air in Rio is often poor and I developed temporary asthma while training for a marathon while I was down there. I would run every day along the water, which unfortunately ran alongside a frequently used highway. The cars spewed exhaust and I rarely saw a vehicle which would pass an emissions test in the USA. On the flip side, every day I would walk to a fresh juice stand (they could be found on every corner) which would have every Amazonian fruit imaginable which they received daily. The grocery store only carried what was in season. This aspect of sustainability is very important though not often thought about or discussed. The toll importing mangos or pineapples to Seattle takes on the environment is enormous. In Rio, people ate what was grown, raised and cured locally. This seems to be the norm in most developing nations. Perhaps this is due to local palates, though I am more inclined to assume it is because imported foods are much more expensive than local products. Local produce stands and grocery corner shops only carry what is sourced from nearby. (Of course exceptions of this always exist…I was just in Ethiopia and found myself frantically searching for chocolate bars. While they had been abundant in Kenya (presumably thanks to colonization) they were nowhere to be found in Ethiopia. I was finally able to locate at the “import grocery store” where the shelves were stocked full of Italian balsamic vinegar, Russian Vodka and Cadbury chocolate bars) My little sister does a much better job paying attention to her carbon footprint and living a sustainable lifestyle than I do. I do my best, though often times will drive to my evening restaurant job in order to avoid taking the bus late at night for safety reasons. I try to bike to closer destinations or if I don’t mind getting a little sweaty. Composting and trash sorting is the easiest thing I have programmed myself to do automatically. All it took was training myself to think about where to place my old Starbuck’s cup or banana peel. I know pick my roommates shampoo bottles out of the trash, remove the caps and place them in the recycling, autopilot style. It is important because the livelihood of future generations depends on it. In my opinion, at the most basic level we all must acknowledge that the Earth is only so large, and only contains so many natural resources which we cannot renew at the rate our world population is growing, if at all. If we deplete them at the rate which we are now, I fear for what kind of environment our grandchildren will be living in. It’s easy to forget this though; we live in a bubble in the PNW surrounded by abundant wildlife and stunning natural resources. Its only once we see how the rest of the world lives (both for the better and the worst) will we understand how much we actually consume, where it comes from, and how much less we really need to live happy and productive lives. What degree, have you received or are currently seeking, or what field of work are you looking to jump into? I am currently finishing up my degree in International Studies at the Jackson School at University of Washington, Seattle. I am DYING to go to Cuba, The music, the dancing, the food (if you have not been to Paseo in Fremont…stop reading this and go immediately!!!) the culture and most of all the history. It is so different from most places in the world. And it’s sunny, I love to snorkel and swim in warm water. A dolphin! Snorkeling and swimming all day in crystal clear waters!? Yes please! 2010 \| Categories: My Generation \| Tags: Brazil, GRASS STAiN, Grass Stain blog, My Generation, Rio de Janiero, Sustainability \| Leave a comment Get Stained. Grass Stained! "Sadly, not buying organic food is a mistake that you—as a man—can no longer afford to make." Starbucks' Reclamation Drive-Thru As a kid, I used to love playing outdoors, romping around, digging in the mud, rolling in the grass, and building log cabins out of sticks. You name it and I played it: capture the flag, kickball, soccer, baseball, and basketball. My clothes inevitably became stained with the color of green. They were grass stains, evidence of my playful experiences. The environment has stained our childhoods with fond memories of play, but we have rudely reciprocated by soaking it with pollutants, chemicals, and toxins. These contaminants have proven to be nasty and difficult to remove. They can be found in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and amongst the landscape we live, work, and play. It is time to get back to our roots and give back to our environment. Norwegian Philosopher and Deep Ecologist Arne Naess once claimed that, “like humanity, the environment as a whole has the right to live and flourish.” In the Road Trip Nation Manifesto, they state, “As a generation, we need to get back to focusing on individuality…Listen to yourself…Your road is the Open Road.” In Kevin Caroll’s book “Rules of the Red Rubber Ball,” he writes about several life rules. His rule number four is “Prepare to Shine.” Now more than ever we understand that we live in a global economy and that environmentally we must take care of our Global Commons. What we do with our lives can not only influence our own community but can also have a profound impact on our world. These philosophies, these understandings, are the kinds of insights that help you inspire to imagine that you can be something bigger than you are. Sustainability, ecological comprehension, becoming aware of Environmental Justice, and green tactics are just some of the ways we can reciprocate. Prepare to flourish, prepare your individuality, and prepare to shine because just as the grass stained my clothes green as a young boy, cities can also be stained ”Green.” Welcome to GRASS STAIN. Feel free to romp and dig around! About “My Generation” More than 60 percent of college students today, participate in study abroad programs. We are a generation that has traveled the world. We stay interconnected through a variety of social and technological means. A collection of experiences and impressions of how the international community is dealing with issues of the environment can be seen through the eyes of “My Generation.” Feel free to go global in this featured section above! Hollywood Correspondents Rally Around Climate Change in New Documentary Series XDmodo Solar Charger – Sunny Days KUYICHI – Your Source for Organic Denim PANDA: Eco-friendly Handmade Bamboo Sunglasses Mr. Guac Truck // Filipino – Mexican The Amazing Metropol Parasol // Arup Group Starbucks’ Reclamation Drive-Thru EVO gets it Local // Casual Industrees SEA WOODZEE // Wood Looks Good Blue Peace Daily Danny David James: Guardian Ecopreneurist Green Guide National Geographic New York Times (Coral Bleaching) Planet Green Tree Hugger Change.org\|Start Petition "As the human population grows and our demand for natural resources increases, more and more habitats are devastated. Today, we may be losing 30,000 species a year -- a rate much faster than at any time since the last great extinction 65 million years ago that wiped out most of the dinosaurs. If we continue on this course, we will destroy even ourselves." - American Museum of Natural History A vision without a plan is just a dream, A plan without a vision is just drudgery, But a vision with a plan can change the world. - DRCC 100 places 350.org 2010 Algae fuel Audi Australia Blog Brazil charity china climate change commodity chains Community Copenhagen Costa Rica DARPA Dial faucet Donald Trump DRCC Duwamish River Cleanup Eats Eco Threads Environment environmentalists Facebook Fan page GRASS STAiN Grass Stain blog Greece Green Art Green Business Green Car Green Conference Green Design Green Fashion Green Photography Green Roof Green Technology Hawaii Honeycreeper Italy Jab Jill Anholt Kauai local food lower duwamish river Maldives Metropol Parasol My Generation New York Oil spill Organic Organics Perugia Philips Photos by: Conner K ppm record temperatures Rotary phones Seattle snow fall Social Impacts social networking Social Vibe Story of stuff Superbowl 2010 Sustainability Sustainable sustainable building Transportation Truth Vancouver Convention Center Venice Winter Olympics world	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24911
__label__wiki	0.756306	0.756306	Sunday, August 4 @ 6:30PM — Wednesday, October 16 @ 6:30PM Sun, Aug 4 @ 6:30PM — Wed, Oct 16 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Monday, August 5 @ 6:30PM — Thursday, October 17 @ 6:30PM Mon, Aug 5 @ 6:30PM — Thu, Oct 17 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Tuesday, August 6 @ 6:30PM — Friday, October 18 @ 6:30PM Tue, Aug 6 @ 6:30PM — Fri, Oct 18 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Wednesday, August 7 @ 6:30PM — Saturday, October 19 @ 6:30PM Wed, Aug 7 @ 6:30PM — Sat, Oct 19 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Saturday, August 10 @ 6:30PM — Tuesday, October 22 @ 6:30PM Sat, Aug 10 @ 6:30PM — Tue, Oct 22 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Sunday, August 11 @ 6:30PM — Wednesday, October 23 @ 6:30PM Sun, Aug 11 @ 6:30PM — Wed, Oct 23 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Monday, August 12 @ 6:30PM — Thursday, October 24 @ 6:30PM Mon, Aug 12 @ 6:30PM — Thu, Oct 24 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Tuesday, August 13 @ 6:30PM — Friday, October 25 @ 6:30PM Tue, Aug 13 @ 6:30PM — Fri, Oct 25 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Wednesday, August 14 @ 6:30PM — Saturday, October 26 @ 6:30PM Wed, Aug 14 @ 6:30PM — Sat, Oct 26 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Thursday, August 15 @ 6:30PM — Sunday, October 27 @ 6:30PM Thu, Aug 15 @ 6:30PM — Sun, Oct 27 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Friday, August 16 @ 6:30PM — Monday, October 28 @ 6:30PM Fri, Aug 16 @ 6:30PM — Mon, Oct 28 @ 6:30PM Greta Gardiner The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Ashland, Oregon Thursday, August 22 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Thu, Aug 22 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Greta Gardiner Bridge 99, Bend, OR Bridge 99, Bend, OR Friday, September 13 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Fri, Sep 13 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Greta Gardiner Strings Italian Restaurant, Yreka, California Strings Italian Restaurant, Yreka, California	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24912
__label__wiki	0.775444	0.775444	Binge Watching The Baudelaire children are coming back — Netflix has renewed "A Series of Unfortunate Events" for Season 2 Heather Mason Joe Lederer / Netflix The Netflix series based on a book series A Series of Unfortunate Events has fortunately been renewed for Season 2! The series premiered on Netflix in January and apparently drew enough praise from audiences and critics to warrant another season. Netflix announced the decision in an unusual way: They released a video on YouTube that creates a secret message that once decoded, leads to another website. Can you figure it out? Here’s the video: The video directs you to a URL where you can find news on from Lemony Snicket himself. In case you missed it, check out “VastlyFrighteningDecision.com” to see all of the details but here’s an excerpt from the letter: "Dear Viewer, It has come to my attention that, despite my repeated warnings, you have viewed the Netflix adaptation of my distressing work, known collectively as A Series of Unfortunate Events. Some of you have even binged, a word which here means, "Watched several episodes right in a row, despite having much better things to do with your time." The letter continues on to announce the second season and ends with: "I hope you're happy. Because you won't be, ever again. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket" On the other hand, the star of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Neil Patrick Harris, was happy actually! A Series of @Unfortunate Events has been renewed for season two. Exciting! Unless, of course, you're a Baudelaire... https://t.co/aqXwxJdZwt — Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) March 13, 2017 Does anyone else get totally creeped out when he’s dressed like Count Olaf?! I guess that’s kinda the point. No news on when Season 2 will be available but at least now we can celebrate! Unless you’re one of the Baudelaire children, of course. By Heather Mason	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24915
__label__wiki	0.7458	0.7458	Tag Archives: Hoffmann-La Roche BZ Bombs Away 19 Friday Jul 2013 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate, Chemical Corps, Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Hoffmann-La Roche, Johns Hopkins University, Sim, United States English: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate structure, animation 15x15px\|Hydrogen\| 15x15px\|Carbon\| 15x15px\|Oxygen\| 15x15px\|Nitrogen\| (Photo credit: Wikipedia) During the early 1960s Edgewood Arsenal, headquarters of the US Army Chemical Corps, received an average of four hundred chemical “rejects” every month from the maior American pharmaceutical firms. Rejects were drugs found to be commercially useless because of their undesirable side effects. Of course, undesirable side effects were precisely what the army was looking for. It was from Hoffmann-La Roche in Nutley, New Jersey, that Edgewood Arsenal obtained its first sample of a drug called quinuclidinyl benzilate, or BZ for short. The army learned that BZ inhibits the production of a chemical substance that facilitates the transfer of messages along the nerve endings, thereby disrupting normal perceptual pattems. The effects generally lasted about three days, although symptoms–headaches, giddiness, disorientation, auditory and visual hallucinations, and maniacal behavior–could persist for as long as six weeks. “During the period of acute effects,” noted an army doctor, “the person is completely out of touch with his environment.” Dr. Van Sim, who served as chief of the Clinical Research Division at Edgewood, made it a practice to try all new chemicals himself before testing them on volunteers. Sim said he sampled LSD “on several occasions.” Did he enjoy getting high, or were his acid trips simply a patriotic duty? “It’s not a matter of compulsiveness or wanting to be the first to try a material,” Sim stated. “With my experience I am often able to change the design of future experiments…. This allows more comprehensive tests to be conducted later, with maximum effective usefulness of inexperienced volunteers. I’m trying to defeat the compound, and if I can, we don’t have to drag out the tests at the expense of a lot of time and money.” With BZ, Dr. Sim seems to have met his match. “It zonked me for three days. I kept falling down and the people at the lab assigned someone to follow me around with a mattress. I woke up from it after three days without a bruise.” For his efforts Sim received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service and was cited for exposing himself to dangerous drugs “at the risk of grave personal injury.” According to Dr. Solomon Snyder, a leading psychopharmacologist at Johns Hopkins University, which conducted drug research for the Chemical Corps, “The army’s testing of LSD was just a sideshow compared to its use of BZ.” Clinical studies with EA-2277 (the code number for BZ) were initiated at Edgewood Arsenal in 1959 and continued until 1975.During this period an estimated twenty-eight hundred soldiers were exposed to the superhallucinogen. A number of military personnel have since come forward claiming that they were never the same after their encounter with BZ. Robert Bowen, a former air force enlisted man, felt disoriented for several weeks after his exposure. Bowen said the drug produced a temporary feeling of insanity but that he reacted less severely than other test subjects. One paratrooper lost all muscle control for a time and later seemed totally divorced from reality “The last time I saw him,” said Bowen, “he was taking a shower in his uniform and smoking a cigar.” During the early 1960s the CIA and the military began to phase out their in-house acid tests in favor of more powerful chemicals such as BZ, which became the army’s standard incapacitating agent. By this time the superhallucinogen was ready for deployment in a grenade, a 750-pound cluster bomb, and at least one other large-scale bomb. In addition the army tested a number of other advanced BZ munitions, including mortar, artillery, and missile warheads. The superhallucinogen was later employed by American troops as a counterinsurgency weapon in Vietnam, and according to CIA documents there may be contingency plans to use the drug in the event of a major civilian insurrection. As Major General William Creasy warned shortly after he retired from the Army Chemical Corps, “We will use these things as we very well see fit, when we think it is in the best interest of the US and their allies.” 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB, BZ, EA-2277), IUPAC name 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl 2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenylacetate, is an odorless military incapacitating agent.[1] ItsNATO code is BZ. BZ is a glycolate anticholinergic compound related to atropine, scopolamine,hyoscyamine, and other deliriants. Dispersal would be as an aerosolized solid (primarily for inhalation) or as agent dissolved in one or more solvents for ingestion or percutaneousabsorption. Acting as a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholine at postsynaptic and postjunctionalmuscarinic receptor sites in smooth muscle, exocrine glands, autonomic ganglia, and the brain, BZ decreases the effective concentration of acetylcholine seen by receptors at these sites. Thus, BZ causes PNS effects that in general are the opposite of those seen in nerve agent poisoning. CNS effects include stupor, confusion, and confabulation with concrete and panoramic illusions and hallucinations, and with regression to primitive, involuntary behaviors such as floccillation and disrobing. Physostigmine, which increases the concentration of acetylcholine in synapses and inneuromuscular and neuroglandular junctions, is a specific antidote. Production of BZ is controlled under schedule 2 of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Following World War II, the United States military investigated a wide range of possible nonlethal, psychoactive incapacitating agents including psychedelic drugs such as LSD and THC, dissociative drugs such as ketamine and phencyclidine, potent opioids such asfentanyl, as well as several glycolate anticholinergics.[2][3] One of the anticholinergic compounds, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, was assigned the NATO code BZ and was weaponized at the beginning of the 1960s for possible battlefield use. BZ was invented by Hoffman-LaRoche in 1951.[4] The company was investigating anti-spasmodic agents, similar to tropine, for treating gastrointestinal issues when the chemical was discovered.[4] In 1959 the United States Army began to show interest in using the chemical as a chemical warfare agent.[4] The agent was originally designated TK but when it was standardized by the U.S. Army in 1961 it was designated BZ.[4] The agent commonly became known as “Buzz” because of this abbreviation and the effects it had on the mental state of its casualties.[4] Military use[edit] The United States had weaponized BZ for delivery in the M44 generator cluster and the M43 cluster bomb until stocks were destroyed in 1989.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24924
__label__wiki	0.53573	0.53573	Henning Larsen Architects’ dramatically pointed skyscraper will transform Manila skyline Henning Larsen Architects just won an international competition for a new landmark building in the heart of Manila, Philippines. Designed in collaboration with landscape architects SLA and BuroHappold Engineering, the dramatically tapered high-rise for Bonifacio Global City is a sculptural beauty that combines Filipino traditional design with contemporary influences. The mixed-use building will be filled with natural daylight and prioritize access to nature. Rising to a height of 308 meters, the landmark tower is designed to redefine the skyline of Bonifacio Global City, a centrally located financial district in Manila. The high-rise will comprise state-of-the-art workspaces, restaurants, a civic center with exhibition spaces, and a public observatory at the top of the structure. The large public plaza that surrounds the building will be densely planted with tall trees and mimic the shade and ambiance of a Filipino tropical forest. The plaza serves as a protected public space for large gatherings and celebrations, a tradition emphasized in Filipino culture. Related: Incredible museum by Kengo Kuma will be set inside a lush nature-infused cave in Manila “We aimed to create a design that will be the benchmark of how a high-rise can give back to a city and its people. The project is characterized by a high degree of responsibility, in relation to not only materials and production but also regarding positive, social spaces encouraging intimacy and community,” says Claude Bøjer Godefroy, Partner and Design Director in Henning Larsen’s Hong Kong office. “This building represents a milestone for Manila and the Philippines. We aimed to make it a truly Filipino building by understanding and integrating elements of Filipino nature, culture and climate.” Trees grow inside the building and will be visible through the glazed facade. At night, the tower is illuminated and doubles as a kind of lighthouse for the city. + Henning Larsen Architects 4 thoughts on “Henning Larsen Architects’ dramatically pointed skyscraper will transform Manila skyline” Karl Guk-ong September 10, 2017 at 7:12 pm how could it be a filipino architecture if the architect is not even a local based architect? TheFort BonifacioCity September 8, 2017 at 9:13 pm @riko mambo. Watch the video by Henning Larsen in another site to see the cultural link of the design to the Philippines. It is inspired by Mount Mayon and bahay kubo. Can't wait to see the building completed! this will further make Fort Bonifacio the place to see pioneering architectural designs! Riko Mambo September 6, 2017 at 8:24 pm THE BUILDING DOESN'T LOOK FILIPINO. Whats unique about it?? Bonifacio Global City skyscraper by Henning Larsen Architects Rising to a height of 308 meters, the landmark tower is designed to redefine the skyline of Bonifacio Global City, a centrally located financial district in Manila. The high-rise will comprise state-of-the-art workspaces, restaurants, a civic center with exhibition spaces, and a public observatory at the top of the structure. The large public plaza that surrounds the building will be densely planted with tall trees and mimic the shade and ambiance of a Filipino tropical forest. At night, the tower is illuminated and doubles as a kind of lighthouse for the city. The plaza serves as a protected public space for large gatherings and celebrations, a tradition emphasized in Filipino culture.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24925
__label__cc	0.718254	0.281746	Category: Addiction Weekly Neuroscience Update A new study reports babies’ brains are sensitive to different emotional tones they hear in voices. Researchers suggest maternal interactions may help to shape the same brain region adults use for emotional processing. Researchers report brain alterations associated with heightened feelings of negative emotion and alienation in people who have a dependence on cannabis. Further evidence that the brain undergoes a continuous phase transition when we awaken from sleep has been discovered. A new deep learning algorithm can predict those at risk of psychosis with 93% accuracy by examining the latent semantic content of an individual’s speech. Scientists in Sweden have found that some viruses can increase the buildup of protein ‘plaques’ linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that could lead to new vaccines treating the condition. Individual differences in the striatum of habitual cannabis users distinguish between who is at increased risk of addiction and cannabis use disorder. A new study reports areas of the brain housing alertness and determination may be on the right side for left dominant people. The new theory suggests the location of a person’s neural system for emotion depends on their handedness. Finally this week, new research shows that 2 hours a week is a key dose of nature for health and wellbeing. Music and mindful music listening may help people who have suffered strokes recover their impaired cognitive abilities more effectively, new research suggests. The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the result of a sugar that is released into the bloodstream and enters the brain during the life-threatening condition. This finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, explains the premature mental aging that follows septic shock and may shed light on memory loss in other diseases. Researchers have identified a new autoimmune disease that causes muscle pain and weakness. Scientists used brain signals recorded from epilepsy patients to program a computer to mimic natural speech–an advancement that could one day have a profound effect on the ability of certain patients to communicate. Scientists have created a “neural decoder” that translates brain activity into speech. Autism diagnosis becomes stable starting at 14 months of age, researchers report. The accurate diagnosis of ASD, four months earlier than previously believed, leads to more opportunities for early interventions. A new two-tier diagnostic blood test which evaluates both amyloid beta and tau, can help detect Alzheimer’s disease in presymptomatic patients. Researchers are officially defining a new brain disorder that mimics Alzheimer’s disease. The disorder will be known as LATE, which stands for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy. Finally this week, a new deep learning algorithm can reliably determine what visual stimuli neurons in the visual cortex respond best to. How quickly do we experience the benefits of exercise? A new study of healthy older adults shows that just one session of exercise increased activation in the brain circuits associated with memory – including the hippocampus – which shrinks with age and is the brain region attacked first in Alzheimer’s disease. Using a unique computational framework they developed, a team of scientist cyber-sleuths has identified 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia. Reduced connectivity between the amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex has been identified in children on the autism spectrum who exhibit disruptive behaviors, compared to those on the spectrum who do not. Findings suggest this distinct brain network could be independent of core autism symptoms. A specially designed computer program can help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans by analyzing their voices. Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, researchers identified actionable pathways responsible for the growth of glioblastoma stem cells. By reverse engineering brain cancer cells, multiple potential new targets for cancer treatments have been uncovered. Obesity is associated with alterations in brain structure, including lower grey matter volume and smaller globus pallidus volume according to new research. Researchers have found certain clues in the brain waves that show the reason why angry dreams occur when a person sleeps. The results of the study titled, “EEG Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Dream Affect: Alpha Oscillations Over the Right Frontal Cortex During REM Sleep and Pre-Sleep Wakefulness Predict Anger in REM Sleep Dreams,” were published in the Journal of Neuroscience. People with the specific genotype of the Cannabinoid receptor 1 gene may be more prone to cannabis use disorder. A rapid memory system transition from the hippocampus to the posterior parietal cortex is stabilized as we sleep. Sleep and repeated rehearsal of memory jointly contribute to long-term memory consolidation. A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain. Finally, this week, using a combination of movie clips and neuroimaging, researchers find people have positive biases to those they feel are more like them, even if they are unable to see the person’s face. Much like opaque filters we apply to pictures on social media, the vibrancy of our memories dims and fades over time. The image reflects 12 levels of visual salience, or vibrancy, used to rate how memories fade. The image is credited to Psychological Science. Low-level visual information fades in memory over time. However, negative emotion increases subjective memory vividness. Musical training produces lasting improvements to a cognitive mechanism that helps individuals be more attentive and less likely to be distracted by irrelevant stimuli while performing demanding tasks. Neurobiologists have studied the formation of inhibitory synapses, a complex process that occurs when the brain adapts. The synesthesia effect of being able to ‘hear’ silent movements may depend upon disinhibition of signaling between the visual and auditory brain regions. A new study found musicians are more likely to experience the ‘visual ear’ phenomena than those with no musical training. Using OCT angiography to quantify capillary changes in the back of the eye can help in the detection, and monitor the progression, of Alzheimer’s disease. Polygenetic risk scores calculated from adults can be used to identify children and adolescents who may be at greater risk of developing depression, even before clinical symptoms have emerged. An uncommon variant of the PDE11A gene impacts both quality and duration of sleep. Scientists have discovered the key brain region for navigating well-known places, helping explain why brain damage seen in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease can cause such severe disorientation. Finally this week, a team of researchers has found what they describe as a link between the “locus of control” in adolescents and their use of tobacco and alcohol. Activity in the brain’s somatosensory cortex, which receives pain signals, increased 126 percent following a sleepless night vs. a full night of sleep. Researchers report sleep deprivation intensifies and prolongs pain. A new study reports a causal link between dopamine, musical pleasure and motivation. Phamacologically manipulating dopamine levels, researchers found increasing dopamine increased the hedonic experience and motivational response to listening to a piece of music. Scientists have developed a protein sensor which allows for the observation of nicotine’s movement in cells. Patients with psychosis have accelerated aging of two brain networks important for general cognition–the frontoparietal network (FPN) and cingulo-opercular network (CON)–according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry. A new international study has identified 269 new genes linked to depression. Researchers have identified the 3D structure of a brain receptor that causes nausea as a result of chemotherapy treatments for cancer. The same receptor also plays a critical role in pain perception, migraines and chronic itching. There is growing evidence that at least in some patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the disease may begin in the gut. New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) – the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease – appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. Researchers have identified a genetic link between impulsivity and a predisposition to engage in risky behaviors. Differences in cognitive development between hearing and deaf children start in infancy, according to new research by The Ohio State University College of Medicine published today in the journal PLOS ONE. A new study reveals blood cell DNA remains steady, even after transplant. The findings shed new light on human aging. Finally this week, researchers have shed new light on why some people may not respond to antidepressants for major depressive disorder. The study reports neurons in the brains of some with MDD may become hyperactive in the presence of SSRIs. Image credited to Dr. Vadim Axelrod Researchers have identified neurons in the visual cortex that respond to different faces. Leading a unique, collaborative research study with scientists across the globe, investigators have pinpointed a set of molecules that wire the body weight center of the brain. A large-scale international study has discovered new genetic risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease, and researchers published their work in Nature Genetics. A new study reports experiencing vital exhaustion, a symptom of psychological distress, during mid life may be associated with a higher risk of developing dementia later in life. Researchers have identified over 500 genetic variants which affect the use of, and addiction to, alcohol and tobacco. A new neuroimaging study has helped researchers capture the processes by which the brain stores information related to when events happen. The findings could help further the understanding of age-related dementia. Researchers report using rhythmic movements while speaking helps to improve speech skills in children. A new study uses an epigenetic approach to correct synaptic dysfunction in the brain associated with memory loss. The findings could help to restore memory function in those with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists say they can predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than average, by looking at their DNA. Yale researchers have discovered several genetic variants that signal the risk of serious suicide attempts and noted some variants have also been linked to major depressive disorder. Scientists report signs of memory problems in old age may be a result of hearing loss and not a neurodegenerative disease. Using sophisticated computational tools, researchers have discovered biomarkers that may explain why symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be so severe for some people and not for others. Researchers have discovered how the body is able to initiate repair mechanisms which can limit the extent of damage to the myelin sheath. The findings could help with the development of new therapies for multiple sclerosis. A new EEG study reveals how the brain utilizes more cognitive resources to hold memory and process previous information. Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system according to a recent discovery made by researchers. The discovery may prove to be of great significance for avoiding serious diseases such as cancer and diabetes. A new neuroimaging study reveals brain activity is reduced when we experience self touch, as opposed to the touch of another person. The findings shed light on how the brain is able to distinguish between tactile sensations generated by the touch of another and personal touch. A new study shows an association between excessive social media use and impaired risky decision making, a common deficient in substance addiction. Researchers report children who experience deprivation early in life have impaired memory and executive function between the ages of 8 and 16 compared to peers who were placed in quality foster homes. New research reveals frequency plays a key role in neural activation from electrical stimulation. A new study reports amyloid precursor proteins modulate neural signal transmission by binding to a specific receptor. Researchers say modulating the receptor could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers report a genetic mutation that causes structural abnormalities in the adolescent brain may predict an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life. A new neuroimaging study reveals tasks that require audiovisual processing are extremely difficult for children with dyslexia. The findings could lead to new tests that help identify the disorder before children fall behind their peers. Finally this week, a new study reveals differences in genes in four areas of the brain that contribute to psychiatric disorders. How do neural networks in different brain areas communicate with each other? The Bernstein Center Freiburg proposes a new model. Researchers propose a new model to help explain how the level of activity in neural networks influences the flow of information. A neurofeedback system enables Parkinson’s disease patients to voluntarily control brainwaves associated with symptoms of the disorder, according to new research published in eNeuro. One night of sleep loss can increase the desirability of junk foods, finds a study of healthy weight young men published in Journal of Neuroscience. When two events occur within a brief window of time they become linked in memory, such that calling forth the memory of one helps retrieve memory for the other event, according to research published in Psychological Science. This happens even when temporal proximity is the only feature that the two events share. Researchers have identified specific diffusible molecules that are essential for boundary formation in the brain. Scientists report that neuron loss in Alzheimer’s disease may not be such a bad thing. The study reveals the loss of neurons may be the result of a cell quality control mechanism attempting to protect the brain from the accumulation of malfunctioning neurons. A new study reveals passive exposure to foreign speech sounds over the course of several consecutive days helps enhance language learning. People with Huntington’s disease who participated in intellectually stimulating activities had less brain atrophy than those with the disease who did not take up such activities. Finally this week, boys with good motor skills are better problem-solvers than their less skillful peers, a new study from Finland shows. Image Credit: Guillaume Sandoz, CNRS Researchers at CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur and Inserm have demonstrated a new mechanism related to the onset of migraine. In fact, they found how a mutation, causes dysfunction in a protein which inhibits neuronal electrical activity, induces migraines. These results, published in Neuron on Dec. 17, 2018, open a new path for the development of anti-migraine medicines. Scientists using eye tracking software, report what we look at helps guide our decisions when faced with two visible choices. A new study reports children and teens who face chronic bullying have altered brain structure, as well as problems with anxiety and depression. Researchers found those who were bullies had structural changes to the putamen and caudate, contributing to the development of anxiety related behaviors and emotional processing. Researchers have identified specific neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex, called self-monitoring error neurons, that fire immediately after people make a mistake. New findings show how alcohol influences dopaminergic and inhibitory neurons in the ventral tegmental area. The findings could help develop new treatments for alcohol dependence. A diet of fast food, cakes and processed meat increases your risk of depression, according to a new study. Scientists who recently identified the molecular start of Alzheimer’s disease have used that finding to determine that it should be possible to forecast which type of dementia will develop over time – a form of personalized medicine for neurodegenerative diseases. A new study reports lightly stroking an infant, at a speed of 3 centimeters per second, can help to provide pain relief prior to medical procedures. Researchers have identified cognitive subgroups related to genetic differences in Alzheimer’s patients. The findings could open the door for more personalized treatments of the neurodegenerative disease. A previously unknown brain mechanism that regulates anxiety has come to light. It allows a gene-altering protein to enter the nucleus of brain cells. Finally this week, researchers discovered activity in brain regions involved in reward response from dopamine was higher in subjects injected with the hormone ghrelin, but only when responding to images associated with food smells. The study reports ghrelin controls the extent to which the brain associates reward with food odors. Where objects appear in a person’s visual field can affect the ability to determine what the object is, researchers say. Scientists have identified the brain networks that allow you to think of an object name and then verbalize that thought. The study appeared in the July issue of BRAIN. It represents a significant advance in the understanding of how the brain connects meaning to words and will help with the planning of brain surgeries. New research suggests that shifts in the bacteria within a child’s mouth could provide objective biomarkers for identifying autism spectrum disorder. Researchers studying the functional connections among parts of the brain are finding that the “fingerprint” of these patterns can be used to identify individuals over many years and to distinguish their relatives from strangers. Breaking with the long-held idea that working memory has fixed limits, a new study suggests that these limits adapt themselves to the task that one is performing. Young children who are regularly engaged in conversation by adults may have stronger connections between two developing brain regions critical for language, according to a study of healthy young children that confirms a hypothesis registered with the Open Science Framework. A new study reports estrogen and other sex hormones may be responsible for the higher prevalence of migraines in women. New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by an international team of researchers studying how proteins interact to control the firing of brain cells. Researchers report the interaction between two regions of the prefrontal cortex may underlie our motivation to cling to a desirable notion about the future. A new study sheds light on the role the caudate nucleus plays in pessimism. The study reports stimulating this area of the brain generates a negative outlook that clouds decision making. Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research. A new study reveals a short time meditating can help to boost cognitive performance. Researchers report students exposed to a ten-minute meditation tape were able to complete simple cognitive tasks more quickly and accurately than their peers. Researchers report transcranial alternating current stimulation applied during sleep can help accelerate learning, memory and skill acquisition. Heavy alcohol drinkers attempt to acquire alcohol despite the threat of a negative consequence more so than light drinkers, a study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging has found, and this behavior is associated with unique activation of brain circuitry in heavy drinkers. Finally this week, new neuroimaging study reveals the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex plays a vital role in suppressing the act of revenge. Image credited to Ruth Litovsky (via NeuroscienceNews.com) A new technique synchronizes cochlear signals in those with implants, stimulating the brain in a way that is similar to hearing people. This can allow those with cochlear implants to hear in stereo. According to a new study, melatonin works by suppressing neurons that keep you awake and alert. The findings could pave the way for new treatments for insomnia. When viewing OCD related images, those with the disorder had increased distress and higher levels of activity in emotion-related brain regions than their siblings who did not suffer from OCD, researchers report. Magnetic resonance imaging can be used to detect the development of psychosis in the brains of high-risk patients at an early stage, according to a new study. Researchers have identified the mechanisms behind how noise-induced hearing loss occurs and have shown a simple injection to the middle ear may help to preserve hearing following exposure to loud blast noises. A new article looks at theories of consciousness and novel research aimed at providing a better understanding of the roots of consciousness. Sleep is known to be important for creative thinking, but exactly how it helps and what role each sleep stage–REM and non-REM–plays remains unclear. A team of researchers has now developed a hypothesis to explain how the interleaving of REM and non-REM sleep might facilitate creative problem-solving in different but complementary ways. A study of Parkinson’s patients reveals neural activity alternates between the right and left sides of the brain as we walk. A new study has linked the APOE4 gene to mental health issues some people face following TBI. Researchers report people with the APOE4 gene had significantly higher scores for depression, PTSD and anxiety following TBI than those without the genetic variant. Finally this week, a group of researchers has uncovered a new way of telling how well people are learning English: tracking their eyes. A new study reports people who have a family history of alcohol use disorder release more dopamine in the ventral striatum as a response to the expectation of receiving an alcoholic drink than those without a family history of alcoholism A new study reveals children who are either overweight or obese during the first two years of life may have problems with memory and learning at the age of 5. Researchers say IQ scored may be lower for higher weight children. A new study reveals older adults with greater symptoms of depression have a smaller brain volume and a 55% greater chance of vascular lesions in the brain than those who do not have depression. Researchers report the critical period of language learning may be longer than previously believed. A new study reveals children remain skilled at learning new languages until age 18. Research has shown that a developing child’s brain structure and function can be adversely affected when the child is raised in an environment lacking adequate education, nutrition and access to health care. Scientists have uncovered dozens of genes that increase the risk of depression — a major finding that underscores the complexity of the disease and reveals why antidepressant therapies work well for some people but are utterly ineffective for others. A new study reports Alzheimer’s disease does not appear to affect the salience network. Researchers found, when listening to music, the salience network along with other networks, show higher functional connectivity in Alzheimer’s patients. Neuroscientists at the University of California-Berkeley are developing a technique that could give us the ability to fool our brain into thinking that we’d experienced something that never happened by manipulating electrical activity in the brain.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24926
__label__cc	0.676046	0.323954	Breaking up over dinner By Michael Bauer on April 6, 2007 at 6:16 AM Craig Lee/Chronicle Unhappy meals: When couples break up in restaurants. One thing I never want to do in a restaurant: End a relationship. Yet it’s surprising how often it happens. At our weekly staff lunch, our conversation about cell phone usage in public places morphed into a discussion on breaking off a relationship in a restaurant. What should you do? Try to ignore it? What’s the proper etiquette when private moments are on display in public places? I’ve witnessed the end perhaps a dozen times over the years. As much as I try to ignore what’s happening at a nearby table, my ears tune in. It’s kind of like rubbernecking at the scene of an accident. You know you shouldn’t, but you just have to look. My most unforgettable experience was about five years ago, when I was writing an update of Moose’s in North Beach. I was sitting at a table near the front window, near a couple whose conversation quickly turned sour. I couldn’t hear the issues involved, but the exchange culminated with the woman standing and throwing water on her date. She then promptly left the restaurant and grabbed a cab out front. Meawhile, he sat there stunned, trying to appear as if everything was normal. The waiters came quickly with napkins to blot his brow and clothing, and mops to clean the floor. It was handled with such a deft touch, it seemed like an everyday occurence. The sodden gentleman resumed his meal as if nothing had happened. In our departmental discussion, I discovered others who have seen or been a party to romantic breakups. One person split with his girlfriend over lunch; another admitted, “I’ve shed a few tears into my salad.” It’s amazing how often private moments turned public, whether they’re planned or spur of the moment.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24928
__label__wiki	0.605599	0.605599	Career Timeline Culture and Cowboys Watch Full Show Driehaus Prize Architect David M. Schwarz Schwarz Biography Biography: David M. Schwarz Architect David M. Schwarz was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. Schwarz received his undergraduate degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis and studied architecture at Yale University. His firm, David M. Schwarz Architects, is known for its commitment to creating pedestrian-friendly buildings and urban plans in the style of traditional American small towns and cities. He became an architect who has devoted his life to healing the harms of sprawl and rapid growth that have challenged American cities for decades. Schwarz is the 2015 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame. The prize jury wrote that Schwarz “approaches design with a belief in humanism that emphasizes pedestrian-friendly and socially active architecture with the goal of enabling civility and productivity in urban environments. He believes in building spaces for people, paying careful attention to issues of scale and material. His historically informed designs create lively public environments that meet the needs of diverse audiences.” Trace David M. Schwarz’s life through an interactive timeline. Explore the works of schwarz in images, video, and text. Check out the web exclusives. View the documentary online, whenever you want. Culture & Cowboys From Cowtown to Cultural hub, learn more about Fort Worth, Texas. The Driehaus Prize Learn about the prize that honors the principles of classical and traditional architecture.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24929
__label__wiki	0.735887	0.735887	Mississippi Sideboard A Southern Gallimaufry Posted on September 30, 2017 October 20, 2018 by Jesse Yancy An Interview with Jack Myers Jack Myers stood at the forefront of gay rights in Mississippi for over fifty years, running a series of gay bars and clubs in the capital city of Jackson. In this interview Myers talks about the many places he ran and shares his memories of others. This all started back when I was in high school, we’re talking 1962-63. I finished radiology school, lived in Memphis for a while, lived in Eupora for a while, worked at the state hospital and at the VA. While I was at the VA they sent me to Duke for a year for in-service training, and was hoping for a position in Jackson, but they never got the position open, and I gave them 30 days to decide if they were going to give me more money, but they just kept putting it off, so I left after 30 days. The first gay bar I can recall going to was called the Sportsman’s Lounge. You go down here and you turn on Mayes Street, Cowboy Malone’s used to be right there by the tracks, and there’s a little bitty building on the other side of the track and it was called the Sportsman’s Lounge. As a matter of fact, I had my 21st birthday there. I worked there when I was… it was in ’60-something. I was in X-ray school at UMC at the time. There have always been clubs in Jackson that weren’t openly gay but where gay people were welcome. I remember T.C. Schilling, one of the first people I met when I came out here, he used to own Jackson Commercial College, and he talks of some places that he used to go and one was down there on West Capitol Street, and there was a place off Robinson Road, you know where East Ford used to be? Where Robinson Road crosses Hwy. 80? If you leave here and go out Robinson Road you’ll cross Ellis Avenue, and right before you get to Hwy. 80 on the left facing Hwy. 80 used to be East Ford. You get behind the Ford place and you turn right, there’s a long road that goes through there, and he said he used to go to a place, there was a woman that had a bar out there. He said she’d take up for the gays in a minute, wouldn’t let anybody bother anybody. And there’s a lot of (gay) people I know used to go to the Walthall Hotel downtown. That was in the ‘60s. I worked at the Sportsman’s Lounge, then he closed that bar and opened a place on McDowell Road where the police shooting range is now. That was all wooded then, it had a drive that went up to this big old house; it was called the Mansion. The guy lived upstairs, and one side of the downstairs was the bar. And if the sheriff’s department or the police came by and two guys and two girls were dancing, they’d just switch partners. I know when I first came out, on Woodrow Wilson, where you take a left and get on Bailey Avenue, they took several old houses and made them into businesses and there was a place called Chez Pierre’s that was gay-friendly. The Glass Kitchen on Five Points was a popular restaurant. When I was in school at UMC from ’64-66 all of us who were in school would go to Delta Drive because they’d taken a lot of old houses up there and turned them into bars and they had bands, you took your own bottle, they only sold beer. There was the Pepper Mint Twist Lounge, the Hilltop A-Go-Go, the Sirloin Room; the Sirloin Room always had this great band called the Poppas. I can’t remember the exact year I opened my first bar, but it was in the early ‘70s. It was on Delta Drive, now Martin Luther King Drive. And I moved from there downtown to the old Wagon Wheel which was on Capitol and Farish Streets upstairs. The entrance was on Farish. Then we bought the old Amite Theatre. It was behind Jack’s Saloon, it was on the corner of Amite and Roach; they were back-to-back. There was a Dr. Wade Windham who opened a bar there, a straight bar called the City Dump, I think it was. They took old cars and made benches and booths out of them. We sold them all for scraps. We completely remodeled it. Bill’s Disco (black bar) was on the corner of Amite and Mill Streets there by the train station. It was called the Interchange when we had it. I’m thinking that when the old theatre burned we moved there and called it the Interchange and Bill Rimes ran it for us… well, the old theatre was called Bill’s Disco and it burned in 80-something. And then we moved on the corner across the street to that small building, opened it was the Interchange on Amite. They tore the old Amite Street Theatre down and built that monstrosity in the back; I can’t remember what it’s called (This is the catty-corner building on the corner of Roach and Amite.) The dance bar on Capitol was Jack and Jill’s. It wasn’t the first bar; it was the first big dance bar. I don’t know if it was this article (in a local paper), but there was also one in the Washington Post that quoted me as saying that I had the first (gay) bar in Jackson, and no, I didn’t. There were bars years before I had one here. There was a girl bar where Amite Street gets to Capitol and crosses Capitol and turns into Robinson Road. I’m thinking that’s where it was. The road that goes by the train station, Amite, comes in (at an angle) there and crosses Capitol. There’s a little bar that sits there, there’s a parking lot out front. There’s been a bar there for years, but there was a girl that had it for a while. Her name was Polly Wilmer. In fact, I hadn’t seen her in years and Harry and I went by the Waffle House to get something to eat and this girl came by and said, “Are you Jack Myers?” I said, “Yeah.” “Well, this is Polly Wilmer,” she said. Oh, my God, I hadn’t seen her in years, and she’d gotten big, huge and she used to be a little tiny thing. We talked for a while; she used to have that bar, it was on Robinson Road, I think, used to be a Waffle House or something that sat right in here. It wasn’t Mississippi Street. When I first opened Mae’s Cabaret on Delta Drive, now Martin Luther King, we got some hassle from the police. I was working at the Raincheck on Northside Drive; going west on Northside drive, you cross over the train tracks and as soon as you crossed over the tracks you took a left and there used to be a brickyard there. The only thing left there was an office; it was very small. It had a nice-sized room in the front, and a nice-sized room in the back, but to get to the back, you had to go through a hallway where the bathrooms were. And then you had the back room, where people could dance. When the police came in, the lady who ran the door would push a button under the desk and a light would flash and everybody would know to sit down. Because in order to have a dance license, you had to have an emergency exit off the dance floor, and there wasn’t a door back there. But one of the policemen said something to Doris about, “We know you have that light,” and she said, “I’m not worried about having a door back there, you know, trying to hem in a queen… (laughter).” Doris wanted me and her to go into business, I worked with her for a long time, she wanted to open up a bigger place. I think I got a mortgage on my house; I had it paid for. So we opened up the place (Capitol and Farish?), and the police chief said, “The only thing I ask, you know, it’s fine having the show, but I want someone from vice and narcotics to come see the show.” And he did. It was Officer Fitzgerald. After that was over, he said, “Man, I don’t see anything wrong with these shows.” And I said, “Well, I did the right thing, paid the first people off when you told me not to have a show, and sent them back to Atlanta, but it’s not a strip show.” He said, “Well, I see that now, but somebody told us you were going to have a strip show.” That’s when we saw the chief and he said if the church could have their womanless wedding, then we could have a drag show. When we had the old Amite Theatre downtown, we had a bunch in a pickup came by, they did not get out, just came by yelling stuff out to us. That’s the only incident we ever had like that. We always had off-duty city policemen working for us. Just a uniform; they could wear their uniforms. 95% of our protection was just them being at the bar. If you had an off-duty policeman working for you, you had to carry liability insurance and name the Jackson police department on that policy. That’s how you got to hire them. If you’re going to use a policeman, they want their ass covered. It wasn’t that expensive. It either paid a half a million or a million. (In Jack’s bars) Momma and Daddy ran the door. And if Momma didn’t recognize you, the first thing she’d say was, “This is a gay bar, you’re welcome, and if you don’t like it or whatever, you can leave. If you cause trouble, we have a policeman here.” If it was someone (like a public figure) who might be looking around to see what was going on, she’d tell them not to be nervous, to come on in. Well-known people who were on the make’d go to New Orleans or somewhere like that where nobody could see them. People would come to me all the time and say, “I saw So-and-so (in this gay bar) in New Orleans.” They couldn’t come out here but could there. CategoriesMississippi, People TagsJack Myers, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi gay history, notable Mississippians, Southern gay history 4 Replies to “An Interview with Jack Myers” Liaa Barnhill says: I’m glad someone is writing about this sweet man. He always ran a safe place for us all to dance and hangout. I came out in the 80’s and and I met mama and papa Jack before I met Jack. Jack and Jills was the first gay bar I had ever been too. Back then I thought gay people were only gay because they just couldn’t find people of the opposite sex. Boy was I wrong. lol I remember being so nervous and afraid. Mama Jack told me not to worry that I could just stay with her and papa jack at the door. I couldn’t believe jacks parents were so accepting about his homosexuality and not only that but helped him run a Gay bar. I guess I spent the first 6 months at the door with them. So loving and comforting. We all got the same treatment from Jack and his wonderful parents. It was right before aids became such an epidemic and life was so fun. I’m glad my first experience in a gay bar or with a gay community was here in Jackson. Ms. Thank u Jack Myers. Norman Jones says: Great. More. ….. Felder says: Jack is an unsung quiet hero. Love how accepting and supportive he has always been of EVERYONE who feels somewhat out of synch – gay, straight, or just shy. Rocky Nixon says: Jack has dedicated most of his time to make sure that we (gays and Straight) could find a place to go and socialize. He worked hard so that gays could have equal rights! WE need more Jack Myers in the world today! Best wishes ! 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__label__cc	0.686227	0.313773	Tumeric good for keeping away Alzheimer ’s disease? From Alzheimer's Notes: Did you know that Alzheimer's Disease is less common in India than any other part of the world? Some researchers think that this is because of the everyday use of the spice Turmeric. Tumeric is a powerful antioxident which also has anti-inflammatory powers. Practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine have been using it for centuries to treat inflammatory disorders. But it is only in recent years that scientists have been studying it's effects on the brain. - Tumeric Shows Promise in Treatment of Alzheimer's - Popular Curry Spice is a Brain Booster - Out of the Spice Box, into the Lab - Chemical found in Curry may help immune system clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's Disease Posted by Jay Gohil on Apr 09, 2007 in Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (2) The Next Fashion - Bollywood themed restaurants Planet Hollywood plans to introduce Bollywood theme restaurants, slated for next year. A Bollywood theme restaurant was started by director Satish Kaushik, here recently, a ship stands atop a shopping mall in Gurgaon, providing all the luxuries of a cruise liner while another one has created the ambience of a solar system. "Eating out is fast catching up here and to break the monotony of an eating joint, people are going in for various concepts... themes are important, they also create the whole impact about a place," says Rahul Makkar, who runs Mercuries, which has solar system as its theme. … "This combination of food, drink and entertainment has become known as eatertainment and Planet Hollywood offers the very best of each element," says Robert Earl, Founder of Planet Hollywood. Imitation or no imitation, theme restaurants are making good business, owners say. Some have even gone to the extent of changing themes every month or every season. Posted by Jay Gohil on Jul 19, 2005 in Bollywood, Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (0) Eat your curry... From Worldchanging blog: University of Texas cancer researchers have determined that curcumin, the yellow spice found in tumeric and curry powders, can block the development of a variety of cancers. The study [...] demonstrates how curcumin stops laboratory strains of melanoma from proliferating and pushes the cancer cells to commit suicide. It does this, researchers say, by shutting down nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB), a powerful protein known to promote an abnormal inflammatory response that leads to a variety of disorders, including arthritis and cancer. Posted by Jay Gohil on Jul 13, 2005 in Food and Drink, Science \| Permalink \| Comments (0) Upper Crust : India 's food, wine and style magazine. Interesting read. Some recent articles: : Bombay Meri Hai - "Welcome to Bombay, to its melting pot of cuisines, to its several hundred thousand restaurants, each catering to a different taste and a different budget.” : Utterly Captivating On The Palate! - "Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s 200 Masters of Wine, who was featured in UpperCrust, gave her opinion on Indian wines to The Financial Times of London. Here are excerpts from what she said." : Scientisits are now studying the effects of cinnamon, curry and savory herbs have on modern medicine. : Tarladalal.com - Finding authentic, exotic Indian recipes : Rahul Jacob of the Financial Times has an interesting interview with Madhur Jaffrey, well known for her Indian cooking recipes. Spicy desi food is the answer... Scientisits are now studying the effects of cinnamon, curry and savory herbs have on modern medicine. Read the whole thing. Here are a few snippets: Not only does cinnamon reduce glucose levels in the blood, a source of damage to the body, it also sends triglycerides and cholesterol levels plummeting. A compound in the aromatic spice seems to boost the effects of insulin, a finding ranked among the top nutritional discoveries of the last 25 years. "This is an enormous story," says Don Graves, a researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara, noting diabetes kills close to 100 million people each year. "If insulin is not working and you can amplify its action, that's pretty nice." Encouraged by such findings, scientists are peering at the spice rack, looking for other blockbuster drugs in the kitchen. In study released today, scientists from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Yale University found a compound in the spice turmeric may heal cystic fibrosis (CF). A fatal disease, CF arises from a genetic flaw that causes thick mucous to cling to the lungs and pancreas. Mutations in a gene cause a protein called CFTR to be trapped inside the cell. Starved of oxygen and beset with infection, patients usually die of massive organ damage by age 31. The use of herb and spices in medicine is an ancient art. Not only do common spices like cinnamon taste good, they can hinder or kill bacteria that cause food poisoning. Scientists have found spices can kill E. coli, staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria when added to food. Indeed, sage, garlic and cloves can keep cooked meat from spoiling. Earlier this year, researchers from the U.S. and Italy reported circumin -- found in turmeric -- causes the body to produce an enzyme called hemeoxygenase, which defends against oxidation. Rats fed high concentrations of circumin were less affected by the kind of brain cell damage prevalent in such diseases as Alzheimer's. It seems notable that Indians, who consume a great deal of circumin in their spicy cuisine, have one of the world's lowest rates of Alzheimer's disease. Coriander is also a well-known anti-oxidant. Here is another related story from Sanjay Gupta: an aromatic herb native to India that tastes like black licorice, has long been used to treat indigestion. Cumin, which is used to spice up chili con carne and hot tamales, may help ward off prostate cancer. Capsaicin, the main chemical in chili pepper, is used in topical creams to provide relief from arthritis. And allicin, the main ingredient in crushed garlic, can, when consumed in large quantities, reduce cholesterol and blood pressure. Some studies have shown it may even help prevent certain cancers. Need authentic, exotic recipes? Very easy to find that out from the comfort of your home. Most sites are free, but some charge a fee for maximum access. Tarladalal.com offers a fair number of the author's recipes and a huge database of those contributed by readers, but if you want more of the real deal it will cost you $25 for six months or $40 for a year. As a convert to curries, I thought it was worth the price. Dalal's "Rajasthani Cookbook," from one of the more seductive regions of India, costs about $5, but that's in a bookstore in Bombay. You won't find it on http://www.amazon.com at any price. (The few titles by Dalal that are available are not, shall we say, her masterworks.) The only risk of traveling virtually and cooking locally is that you may not stop with authentic recipes and no-substitutions ingredients. Soon you'll want the real equipment. I'm the new owner of a kadai, the Indian wok, which is the best tool for deep frying in nominal oil. I saw it in action in Bangalore and then online and had to have it. Posted by Jay Gohil on Apr 03, 2004 in Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Growth of contemporary Indian restaurants A new crop of contemporary Indian and Indian-fusion restaurants is flowering in many major cities, aimed at attracting a more sophisticated and diverse clientele that may have tired of the sameness of older Indian restaurants. From coast to coast, the wave is attracting diners from all ethnic backgrounds to trendy locations in mainstream urban and suburban neighborhoods. Proprietors of all the newcomer establishments say they are shying away from stereotypes associated with Indian restaurants in America. The fusion of Indian and Asian cuisines with French techniques is the concept of Monsoon, which three partners opened last year on Chicago's Near North Side. Fusion also is on the menu in New York at the brand-new Kalustyan's Masala Cafe, affiliated with the city's noted Kalustyan's global market, founded in 1944. The goal of the cafe, described by its owners as "Indian-inspired cuisine with a French accent," is to acquaint more people with global ingredients and cuisines, partner Aziz Osmani said. Dinner checks average about $30. - From Nation's Restaurant News. Posted by Jay Gohil on Mar 17, 2004 in Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) How long can you last without eating? 1 day? 2 day? 3 days? How about 68 years? An Indian man who claims divine inspiration says he has survived 68 years without eating, drinking or relieving himself, baffling doctors who are unable to prove him an imposter. Prahlad Jani, a 76-year-old whose extraordinary tale has won him a small band of devotees, took a dare and underwent round-the-clock surveillance at a hospital in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of the western state of Gujarat. Clad in his trademark red sari, bangles and earrings meant to fashion Hindu goddesses, Jani managed to puzzle the Sterling Hospital's 400 doctors. Neurologist Sudhir Shah said Jani was under watch for 10 days, with a closed-circuit camera running, and that doctors were convinced he did not break any of his vows, although there was no way of verifying whether Jani has pulled it off for 68 years. "He has evidence of the formation of urine, which was reabsorbed on his bladder wall. The medical committee does not have any scientific explanation," Shah said. Jani offered an explanation. He said he has been blessed and heard his calling when he was eight years old. "I get the elixir of life from the hole in my palate, which enables me to go without food and water," Jani explained to AFP. Posted by Jay Gohil on Jan 07, 2004 in Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (6) \| TrackBack (0) Indian cooking with Madhur Jaffrey Rahul Jacob of the Financial Times has an interesting interview with Madhur Jaffrey, well known for her Indian cooking recipes. Here is an excerpt: Jaffrey has spent the past five years taking plenty of notes as she criss-crossed the world to put together her latest book, retracing the journeys of the far-flung Indian diaspora to places such as South Africa, Trinidad and Malaysia. Curry is by now a globe-girdling phenomenon. Even Japan has a variety of it, she reports. Every Japanese supermarket has curry roux that comes in the form of something like a chocolate slab, which you melt into a curry sauce." Indian food is increasingly part of the mainstream in New York and London these days, yet three decades after the publication of her first book, An Invitation to Indian Cooking, Madhur Jaffrey remains its most recognisable face. The New York Times has dubbed her the Julia Child of Indian cooking, the British media call her "the original Spice Girl". Jaffrey has written more than 15 cookbooks, with one of them – Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking – selling more than a million copies. (As it happens, that was the book I learned to cook from when I moved to New York from Calcutta in the late 1980s. Scarcely able to fry an egg when I started using it, I was soon emboldened to cook regularly for dinner parties.) ...In Britain and the US, Indian food has ended up with strange permutations and combinations. Chicken tikka masala, one of the bestselling dishes in supermarkets and restaurants in the UK, is unknown in India. Jaffrey recalls that tandoori chicken, the marinaded precursor of chicken tikka masala, was itself brought to Delhi, where she grew up, by new immigrants who moved there from what is now Pakistan after India was partitioned in 1947. "When tandoori chicken first came to Delhi, it was the most exotic of foods," she remembers. It's also worth taking a look at ther book - From Curries to Kebabs Posted by Jay Gohil on Nov 17, 2003 in Food and Drink \| Permalink \| Comments (1) \| TrackBack (0)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24933
__label__cc	0.571526	0.428474	Indian Cricket Team - Top Sports Brand? From Guardian: Sponsorship of the India shirt brings in $27.12million a year - outstripping even the Brazil football deal with Nike ($16million a year) and top clubs Juventus ($22.2m), Chelsea ($17.5m) and Manchester United ($16.8m). The BCCI have completed several major deals in recent weeks, with bidders clambering to be associated with their brand. The biggest is with Air Sahara for $70m over four years. It is estimated Indian cricket generates £90m a year overall. Posted by Jay Gohil on Jan 01, 2006 in Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (1) New cricket magazine for UK market A cricket magazine is launched in the UK, with a primary focus on news from the sub-continent and targets the British Asians. The price of the magazine is set at £1.50 "Spin is not just about English cricket, it’s about world cricket. It is a completely new voice in the game and a genuinely independent one. Spin is a fresh, modern magazine of the kind that followers of other sports – football, golf, tennis – have long taken for granted. We believe it is just what cricket fans have been waiting for," Steer adds. Wisden Cricketer has a monthly circulation of 34,000 according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Spin's bosses claim the magazine, which is being supported by a marketing campaign, will "do for cricket magazines what Channel 4 and Sky have done for cricket on television." What's next for the magazine? A mobile related content for it's subsribers. Posted by Jay Gohil on Feb 19, 2005 in Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (1) BBC - Pakistan fan's expensive dinner From the BBC: A cricket fan has been forced to remortgage his house after losing a £50,000 bet with his mate on the outcome of the Pakistan-India series. The man, a Pakistan supporter, is keeping his identity secret, but the winner of the wager - who knows nothing about cricket - has been only too keen to revel in his good fortune .... Caratella suggested the bet after getting fed up with his pal's boasts about how both competitions were going to finish. Posted by Jay Gohil on Jun 01, 2004 in Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (0) History of Cricket BBC looks at the history of cricket in India. The first match in India was recorded in 1721 when a group of sailors gathered to play in Western India. Within nearly three centuries cricket is India's most popular sport and celebrity cricketers are amongst the wealthiest members of Indian society! Cricket is one of the few aspects of Indian life that unites the whole country. India became the sixth member of the “elite club” alongside England, Australia, South Africa, the West Indies and New Zealand in June 1932. India’s inaugural match with England at Lords, attracted 24,000 strong crowd which included the King of England, who was also then the Emperor of India. Many believe it encouraged the concept of nationhood for the Indians and proved to be a turning point in India’s struggle for independence. Click here to listen to "Story of Cricket" presented by Ravi Shashri, well known Indian cricketer and now a sports commentator. Other related material: : Priya Lal on the brief history of cricket in India, and political implications between India-Pakistan matches : Mihir Bose was written a book about The History of Indian Cricket. Click here for the review of the book. : Cricket on the subcontinent an essay by Richard Cashman, University of NSW. Posted by Jay Gohil on Apr 03, 2004 in History, Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Cricket, gun terrets and Osama Haroon Siddiqui on the current situation in Pakistan - cricket, hunting for Osama Bin Ladin, Indo-Pak relations: Two extraordinary events — one involving the great game of cricket, the other dealing with the remnants of Rudyard Kipling's The Great Game — are taking place in Pakistan. The outcome will have varying degrees of impact on America, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan — more specifically, George W. Bush's hope of catching Osama bin Laden and associates; the long-range prospects of President Hamid Karzai in Kabul; the future of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf; the immediate fate of India's ruling party in next month's election; and the thawing of Indo-Pakistani relations. Yes, cricket belongs in the same geopolitical pantheon as the current U.S.-Pakistan military offensive along the Afghan border to flush out Al Qaeda and other militants. More than soccer in Latin America, cricket is the new religion of the subcontinent. More than passion, it generates big money — nearly two-thirds of all cricket revenues in the world, thanks mainly to India's booming economy. Cricket players are national icons, in whose reflected glory politicians want to bask. The legendary Indo-Pakistani cricket rivalry, however, has been on hold due to politics. ...Musharraf is hurting at home on two fronts: (1) The Pashtuns, getting caught in the crossfire, wonder why they were hailed as heroes yesterday but are hunted as terrorist helpers today. (2) Pakistanis decry him for doing the unpopular Bush's bidding. It is important that he succeed. Cricket couldn't have come at a better time. A win by his team would have been even better. Posted by Jay Gohil on Mar 25, 2004 in Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (1) \| TrackBack (0) Money in Cricket... Malini Goyal (India Today) takes a look at how the India-Pakistan cricket series is turning out to be a gold mine due to mega telecast deals, fully booked flights and huge adspends: Even before the India-Pakistan cricket series has begun, records are being broken. The title sponsorship-Samsung Cup-has been sold for $4 million (Rs 18 crore). That is about twice as much as the cost of title sponsorship for other cricket series in which India plays. A 10-second advertisement spot on television during the series' telecast will cost Rs 4-5 lakh, far higher than the Rs 3 lakh it cost during the World Cup 2003. Air tickets to Pakistan for the next four weeks have been sold out. "It is a frenzy unprecedented in cricket history. We have not had an event like this ever since satellite television happened to India," claims Sharmista Rijhwani, managing director of Taj Television India, the holding company for Ten Sports that has the exclusive telecast rights for the India-Pakistan cricket series. Continue reading "Money in Cricket..." » Trade + Cricket = Peace Andy Mukherjee of Bloomberg writes about the improving relations between India and Pakistan, and the potential benefits of trade. "Cricket is just a symbol of the backlog of goodwill that's only now starting to get cleared,'' says Jafri of Avari Lahore." There's huge demand for visiting Pakistan on the other side of the border. Normalization of relations is good for business. : On Cricket & Politics : Cricket, socialism and market-based economics On Cricket & Politics Priya Lal has written yet another eloquent piece about brief history of cricket in India, religion and political implications between India-Pakistan matches: It's true: every day that the Indian national team competes is like a large-scale Super Bowl Sunday of its own. On such occasions, life on the streets of the smallest towns and largest cities visibly slows while everyone from trash sweepers to IT execs crowds around television sets to track the game's progress. The increasing sophistication and wide reach of live television has determined the way cricket is consumed in India. "Consumed", some say, is an apt word for a sport that is becoming a commercial industry, a sinister spectacle fueled by advertisements and product endorsements. To others, though, the infiltration of capitalism into the game of cricket is merely the latest twist in the sport's subcontinental evolution. It's only natural, they return, that as India has begun to move into a new type of consumer capitalist economic reality, so has its national sport. The cricketing landscape of the past 50 years has been rocky, at best, with respect to India-Pakistan relations. The two countries played each other in a series of edgy Test matches following their first encounter in 1952, but between 1961 and 1978 the countries didn't meet at all in a normal match on the cricket ground. Why? This 17-year period saw a translation of restrained diplomatic tensions into a full-blown war over disputed territory in 1965, and over the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. India the next Asian soccer powerhouse? Yes, according to Peter Velappan, Asian Football Confederation General Secretary, who branded India as the sleeping giant amongst soccer playing nations. India is part of the Vision Asia project which aims to increase the standard of soccer and develop at its grass roots level. Despite the national team’s disappointing performance in recent times, the clubs are doing pretty good with the two-time league champions East Bengal making history last July by defeating the AFC Champions league runners-up BEC Tero Sasana 3-1 in the final of the inaugural ASEAN club championship. The success of the league will definitely boost the player development for the national team and help to expand its player base. It’s certainly a long way to go before Indian soccer can compete with the traditional Asian soccer powerhouses like South Korea, Japan and most recently China. Here is an interesting article that highlights the current state of soccer in India. Current FIFA Ranking: 127 Posted by Jay Gohil on Jan 05, 2004 in Sports \| Permalink \| Comments (1) \| TrackBack (0) Hyderabad - From IT to Formula 1 Source: Times of India A Formula 1 grand prix race will be held in Hyderabad in 2007, though: However, an anti-tobacco legislation being planned by the Centre is likely to create a glitch in the project as tobacco companies are major sponsors of some of the F1 teams. Mr Ecclestone reportedly told the state delegation that any restriction that India might clamp on tobacco advertisements would have a critical bearing on the F1 event. He suggested that a three-day exemption be given to such ads during the Indian Grand Prix The venue will bring lots of economic benefits to the state: McKinsey and Company has projected manifold economic benefits from the F1 project, including creation of one lakh jobs and a tax accrual of Rs 41 crore to the state per annum. However, investment on the project will be of a similar order. Here is another interesting look at Hyderabad, in it's quest to become the new destination for Indian sport.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24934
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__label__wiki	0.637449	0.637449	James Attebury in Evolution April 21, 2015 September 1, 2017 776 Words Evidences for a Young Earth The ultimate reason for my belief that the universe is relatively young and not billions of years old is the consistent exegesis of the text of Scripture. But in addition to that, I believe there are observable and scientific reasons for holding to a young earth form of creationism. While many possible evidences could be brought up, the four examples I would like to mention here are: “Old” DNA and the presence of soft tissue in dinosaur bones, living bacteria in the stomachs of insects trapped in resin, the presence of Carbon-14 in fossils and diamonds, and the existence of comets. Fragments of DNA have been found in the remains of insects, plants, fish, and dinosaurs dated from 25 to 120 million years old. One example of this phenomenon is the work of Mary Schweitzer on the discovery of blood vessels and blood cells in dinosaur bones. Walt Brown quotes from some of the published articles on the subject: “‘I got goose bumps,’ recalls [Mary] Schweitzer. ‘It was exactly like looking at a slice of modern bone. But, of course, I couldn’t believe it. I said to the lab technician: The bones, after all, are 65 million years old. How could blood cells survive that long?’” (Virginia Morell, “Dino DNA: The Hunt and the Hype,” Science, Vol. 261, 9 July 1993, p. 160). “Soft tissues are preserved within hindlimb elements of Tyrannosaurus rex (Museum of the Rockies specimen 1125). Removal of the mineral phase reveals transparent, flexible, hollow blood vessels …” (Mary H. Schweitzer et al., “Soft-Tissue Vessels and Cellular Preservation in Tyrannosaurus Rex,” Science, Vol. 307, 25 March 2005, p. 1952). “‘I am quite aware that according to conventional wisdom and models of fossilization, these structures aren’t supposed to be there, but there they are,’ said Schweitzer, lead author of the paper. ‘I was pretty shocked.’” (Evelyn Boswell, “Montana T. Rex Yields Next Big Discovery in Dinosaur Paleontology,” Montana State University News Service, 24 March 2005, p. 1). Schweitzer made these discoveries while completing her doctor’s degree under John “Jack” R. Horner, one of the world’s leading dinosaur researchers. Horner is the Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, and was a technical advisor for the film Jurassic Park. When Schweitzer reported her discovery to Horner, he replied, “Mary, the freaking creationists are just going to love you.” Schweitzer replied, “Jack, it’s your dinosaur.” See Jack Horner and James Gorman, How to Build a Dinosaur (New York: Penguin Group, 2009), pp. 80–81. The discovery of insects in resin that are dated up to 230 million years old look the same as the insects of today. Brown relates some of the research that has been done on them: “In a clean-room laboratory, 30-40 dormant, but living, bacteria species were removed from intestines of bees encased in amber from the Dominican Republic. When cultured, the bacteria grew! This amber is claimed to be 25-40 million years old, but I suspect it formed at the beginning of the flood, only thousands of years ago. Is it more likely that bacteria can be kept alive thousands of years or many millions of years? Metabolism rates, even in dormant bacteria, are not zero.” Carbon dating is the process of determining how old any organism that was once alive or deposit of carbon is. The amount of Carbon-14, an isotope of carbon, decays over time rapidly with a half-life of only 5,730 years which means that it is impossible for there to be any detectable C-14 left in an organism that is older than 200,000 years. But C-14 has been found in the fossils of organisms, rocks, and petrified wood that are dated millions of years old by evolutionary standards. C-14 has also been found in diamonds dated to the Precambrian era but based on the presence of C-14 in them, they could be no older than 80,000 years. Contamination in diamonds is next to impossible because of the strength of the bonds of carbon in diamonds. If the universe is billions of years old, why are there still comets around? Each time a comet circles the sun, a portion of it melts away because of the intense heat of the sun vaporizing the ice molecules. Some comets also crash into planets in addition to the sun. After billions of years, comets would have ceased to orbit the sun. Where do comets come from in the first place? Can we really believe that the water on earth came from comets crashing into it? These are just a few of the arguments I would bring up in a debate over the age of the earth. For more information on this topic, I recommend the book Refuting Compromise by Jonathan Sarfati and In the Beginning by Walt Brown. Sunday Meditation – God Will Judge You How Long Are the Days of Genesis 1? One thought on “Evidences for a Young Earth” Pingback: A Response to Old Earth Arguments – James Attebury	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24937
__label__cc	0.671169	0.328831	Tag Archives: Closure Beast or Man: The Wolfman (2010) There is no sin in killing a beast, only in killing a man. But where does one begin and the other end? So this year I decided to do something very, very different. Now the in the past, all Horrorfests have ended on a film that takes place on Halloween. This wasn’t a credence that I set out to make, it just kind of happened along the way. With Horrorfest I had always planned on ending on Halloween (1978). I knew it was the best way to end the first year with a big bang. Besides, that year I had done the other slasher films that spanned numerous sequels and remakes (Friday the 13th & Nightmare on Elm Street). Horrorfest II I was trying to also end on a really great film that would produce the same kind of bang, and decided on Children of the Corn as that film was creepy. It also happened to take place on Halloween. This year I was trying to decide what would be the best opener and closer. I was originally going to open with Metropolis as I had done a post in July referencing it. But after I wrote that post, it just didn’t speak to me as an opener. I started going through my drafts and that’s when I spotted The Wolf Man (1941). The Wolf Man has to be my favorite of the classic horror film monsters (along with The Phantom of the Opera). I hadn’t had a chance to review it yet, and since it was the last of the classics I decided it should be the opener. Once I wrote that post, I was so excited. You see, I felt I really couldn’t to a post on any werewolf films until I had covered the first one. I thought it was only right to start with the original. With that done, I could move onto any other werewolf film I desired. The possibilities were endless. With the beginning finished, I then set my sights on the end. What could I do that would really pop? As I started thinking and looking, I saw my draft for The Wolfman (2010). And that’s when it hit me. I could end Horrorfest III with The Wolfman (2010). It could be like bookends!!!! In the beginning the original that started it all and the end the newest rendition. !!! Yes!! It could work and it will. So here we are The Wolfman (2010). So a little backstory before we begin the review. As you would have read in an older post, I love The Wolf Man (1941). It is one of my all-time favorite horror films. One day in my photography class, we were watching trailers of different films as we were looking at the cinematography and technique. My teacher was on a Mac which has Front Row, and shows you trailers of the past, present, and future films. One trailer I remember looking at was Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). I wasn’t planning on seeing it, as I hadn’t seen the original. But as we reached the end, I saw The Wolfman. I screamed ay my teacher, stop!! I want to see that. So we watched the trailer. AWESOME!!! RIGHT!!! So I knew there were going to be changes, I knew it was going to be nowhere near as good as the original, but I was soooo pumped!! So I watched the trailer in February 2009, and saw the film was slated for that October. I couldn’t wait!!! I ticked off the months, but then in October I discovered it wasn’t out in theaters. Yep, there had been some production problems, so they pushed it back to February. FEBRUARY!!! V-Day weekend. I was upset, but what could I do? I just had to wait it out. But then February came and I decided that it would be my V-day present to myself. You see I have never had a boyfriend or date for V-day, so I always just buy myself whatever I want. It’s actually pretty nice as you don’t have to fight with anyone over where to go or what to see; and you are never, ever, ever, disappointed. I asked a couple of friends who were also single and we bought tickets for opening night. I knew that I wouldn’t be 100% pleased, but I was looking forward to those improved transformation scenes. So moving on to the review. So let’s go back in time. The year is 1891 and we are in England. Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) is the second son of Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins). He and his dad had a lot of issues and problems so he left as soon as he could. Since then he has been a renowned Shakespearean actor, famous throughout all England for his Hamlet and Macbeth. He recieves a letter from a Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt). She was engaged to his older brother Ben, but he has been murdered. Not only was he murdered, but horribly mangled by something. When Lawrence gets the news, he immediately returns home for the funeral. When he gets there he sees his father and the two have a harsh welcome. Unlike The Wolf Man (1941), where father and son were trying to work on repairing their relationship, Sir John doesn’t care. He still has huge issues with his son not being what he wants him to be. The way that Sir John treats him, causes Lawrence to want to leave, and go far away…but he can’t. He has to properly say good-bye to his brother. Lawerence does try to get away from his father as he knows staying near him will just cause more fights. He also really wants to see his brother. So he heads down to the local slaughterhouse where the body is kept before burial. I know but you have to remember this is a small village in 19th century England. They didn’t have a mortuary to hold the body until burial. They also didn’t understand how diseases spread and that it is not a good idea to have a dead body near your food. There at the slaughterhouse, the butcher gives Laurence his brother’s items, that is everything found on him at the time of his death. Later that night he heads over to the local pub for a drink and overhears the gossip on the murder. Most of the villagers blame a band of gypsies. Not long after they moved into the area, Ben was murdered. In fact, someone remembers a case occuring years earlier of gypsies moving into the area and dead bodies surfacing. As they discuss this, Laurence remembers that Ben had had a gypsy medallion on him. This is the first time that Laurence has ever met his brother’s fiance Gwen. Now for you Wolf Man fans, you should recognize that it is the same name given to Laurence’s love interest in the original film. Except in that film she was to marry the hunter/groundsman of the Talbot estates. Anyways, Laurence meets her and can instantly see why his brother fell for her, as he himself is attracted to her. Of course Lawrence is the most amazing, gentleman/good guy that he would never ever think of putting the moves on her. He does thank her for trying to be there for his father and for everything. He also let’s her know that if she ever needs him, he’ll be there for him. Gwen is also attracted to him, and you really can’t blame her. If Benecio is in his early 40s, that means her husband to-be was hecka old. Also Benecio/Lawrence has this adorable hurt puppy dog look that makes you just want to show him he is special, and that you care for him. He looks so sad that it makes you just want to take him, and take care of him. Making sure is life is bright and never unhappy again. That look is killer on any girl as it flies through their best defenses. Major chink in the armor. Sorry, digressing….So with Lawrence back, and the funeral over, Gwen decides to return to London. Laurence would like to leave too, but wth his brother’s death, he now is sole heir to the estate and the first son. When his father dies he will become Sir Lawrence and be expected to uphold all those duties (House of Lords most likely). This isn’t the life that Laurence wants, but at this moment he is too loaded with grief and confusion over his brother’s death that he doesn’t question or try to rebel. So with Gwen gone, and his father an emotionless robot who only cares about himself; Lawrence takes it upon himself to try and figure out what happened to his loving brother. Now Lawrence is putting on the black cowl and trying to become a vigilante or anything, he just wants some closure about his brother’s death. He heads down to the gypsy camp to try to get some answers. Where were you the night in question? That night is a full moon Which as you’ve guessed it means trouble is going to be roaming about. Lawrence meets up with the gypsy woman Maleva, who tells him that something truly evil has attacked his brother. But before he can get anything more, the townspeople attack the village. They try to drive the gypsies from the area, and kill a dancing bear they believe to be the beast that killed Ben Talbot. Grab your torches and sharpen your pitchforks! As they are attacking, a superhuman, wolfish creature descends upon the area and starts slaughtering people. And I’m not talking about just a few people, this is like a Scream sequel. The body count by the end of this film is in the double digits. Hey, my generation is the Millennials. They aren’t as classy, they need lots more blood and guts. Anyways, the werewolf is attacking everyone, and Lawrence spots a young boy running into the woods. At the same time the werewolf spots the boy, causing Lawrence to put himself in the way in order to protect the child. As he does so, the wolf attacks him. And he gets bitten. Malvea find him and cares for him, despite the community telling her that it is better for all if they let him die. But Malvea can’t, she says he still is a man and deserves to be treated as such. She also states that only a loved one can kill him. Malvea honey, I don’t think so. Anyone can kill a werewolf as long as they have some kind of silver object. Nowhere is that in the original film, as if you read my post you would know that film revolutionized werewolf mythology. Click here to check it out now. And besides that, is there nothing you can do for him? You are a cinematic gypsy in a horror film! You’re supposed to have a potion or herb or special thing that can protect you from turning. Now if you have read my Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, or Scream 2 posts, you know I make fun of the films when the guy is given a special charm to protect him but then stupidly turns it over to the girl he loves, EVEN THOUGH IT WILL NOT WORK FOR HER. Every time! But I really enjoy that part of the film, as it humanizes the character and makes you adore them. I mean its sweet how much they love the girl in their life that if there is anything that can do to ward of the monster, they prefer them to have it. Even though by doing so they make things worse, hey it’s the thought that counts. I also hate how gypsies have been giving “B” standing in modern horror films. I mean without their supreme wisdom and knowledge in the supernatural, they are just nomadic people. In real life they are still awesome, in a horror film? That’s just boring. But I guess that’s just they way it is these days. So where was I? Oh yeah, Lawrence has been bitten by the werewolf. He is moved back to Talbot Manor, and Gwen returns from London to nurse him back to health. While recovering he has really strange dreams. Lots of blood, murder, and even his mother appears. You see his mother died when he was very, very young and her death severely traumatized her as he discovered her dead body. But why would that death be haunting him now? Is it because of Ben? The slaughtered people seen in the gypsy camp? Or is it something else? Lawrence actually heals pretty quickly, which he finds kind of odd. And that’s not the only thing that’s odd in the Talbot homestead. One day his father’s manservant, Singh (Art Malik), shows him a case of silver bullets and hints that something monstrous is walking through the woods. He’s not the only one concerned. Inspector Abberline (Hugo Weaving) comes to town. Yes, yes I’m going to admit it. Any film with Hugo Weaving gets an 10x increase in awesome. I mean this guy is truly one of the most talented actors alive. When he ecomes a role you totally forget that he is Hugo Weaving and just think of him as that character. For me I’m always going, Hugo Weaving was in that film? Oh that’s who was that amazing character. I totally forgot that character was being played by an actor. I mean he is that good. You have Agent Smith in The Matrix, Elrond in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, V in V for Vendetta, the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, and that’s just to name a few. Anyways, Inspector Abberline comes to town to investigate. He already believes he knows who the killer is…Lawrence. Seriously? Lawrence? A Murderer? Come on, this guy wouldn’t hurt a fly. I mean look at him, really look at him. There isn’t a murderous bone in his body! Besides, he just arrived in town so there is no way he could have murdered his brother. Dude, you’re dumb. But it isn’t completely ungrounded. You see, Lawrence has a history of “mental problems.” You see, I didn’t want to give you the full story so early, but Lawrence’s mother’s death really did a number on him. Now today, we would really try to help the child as we understand such events as those are highly traumatic and can cause serious issues. Then not so much. Lawrence discovered the body and was very upset. He was afraid and kept mentioning a monster had hurt her. Instead of trying to help his kid, Sir John sent him to an insane asylum, where he was tortured. And I mean torture. Many methods to improve these patients were electrotherapy, iron cuffs/collars, bloodletting, dipping the patient in hot or ice-cold water, and a gyrating chair “to shake up the blood and tissues of the body to restore equilibrium”. By the 1900s, many hospitals had added lobotomies to their lists of “cures”. AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah not fun. So Aberline thinks he is the perfect suspect. Laurence though, is having none of that. Lawrence Talbot: I get your implication, and resent it. You’re clearly aware of my personal history, as I believe I’m aware of yours. Weren’t you in charge of the ripper case a couple of years back? Det. Aberline: You’re a direct man. So I’ll be equally direct with you. I am not your enemy, Mr. Talbot. You’ve been seen as Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, all with that same face. A prudent man would ask who else might be living inside that head of yours? Laurence doesn’t quite know what is going on and asks Gwen to leave as he’s worried something might happen to her. That night he follows his father, and watches him go down to the family crypt, to the area where his dead mother resides. There he finds a chair with restranints. His father locks the door and stays in the crypt, leaving a confused Laurence. As Laurence turns to go inside, he becomes…The Wolfman! Now this was worth the price of admission. These transformation scenes are awesome!!! Freakin’ sweet! So now that he is a wolfman, he does what they all do. Ravage the countryside. The next day the Inspector comes for him and has him arrested to be sent back to the “mental hospital” Noooooooooo!!!!!!! How horrible is that. I mean this has to be Laurence’s biggest fear, to be sent back to that horrible place. Poor guy. And I was doing some research last night, not only were insane asylums awful, but the one he has to go to, Bedlam, was one of the worst. Dr. Hoennegar, the leading physician, takes Laurence under his wing and subjects him to ice treatments, that is to be consistently dunked into ice water and left there for long periods of time. And oh joy, he also gets electroshock therapy. While he is incarcerated, Sir John comes to visit and tells him a story. You see Sir John is the cause of all this. Back in the day when he was younger and hunting in India, he heard this rumor about an unusual predator. He travels to the remote cave that the predator calls his home and while there was bit by a feral boy and became a victim of lycanthropy. Except, it was more than “imagining” he actually became a werewolf and began attacking things. That’s when Laurence realizes everything about his mother’s death makes total sense. He did see a beast kill her, but it was his father! His father killed his mother and then sent him to a mental institution!!! What a truly, truly evil man to allow his son to be tortured. And now for a second time!!! Now this was my biggest issue with the film. Every other part of the movie was actually pretty great. It was an amazing homage to the orginal film. Benecio del Toro was actually a huge fan of the original and tried to bring a lot of Lon Chaney Jr. into his acting. But the thing I absolutely hate was the changed relationship with his father. It just didn’t work in my opinion. I mean that is what truly made the original fantastic, was that everything in his life was going great, he was a great man; and this tragedy strikes that ruins everything. He and his father were finally, finally becoming close and working out all their issues. He had met a nice girl, even though she was engaged, and had hope for that relationship. He loved England and was getting back into the groove of it. But then this horrible thing happens and he has to say good-bye to it all. He knows he is going to die, but what does he do? He goes to his dad and makes sure that he has something to protect him. Because even though he has spent years hating and being angry at his father, he truly loves him. It’s just so wonderful and sad all at the same time But having the dad the evil guy, I don’t know…it just makes the film feel as if it is missing a huge part of it. It doesn’t hit in the heart like the orginal. But moving on, so his father murdered his mother and then sent the only witness to a torture chamber (mental hospital) to ensure that those memoris would never come to light as they are only crazy “child fantasies”. Since then, Sir John has had his manservant Singh has been locking him up so he doesn’t wreck havoc anymore. However, Ben was planning to leave with Gwen once they were married and this enraged Sir John. He wasn’t locked up that night and killed him to keep him from going away. He became so incensed with the power that he ran wild later, killing all in the gypsies camp and biting Laurence purposely. Omg what a– He did it on purpose because he wanted a fall guy. He wants to roam free as a werewolf and he allows his son to be caught and tortured. Argh!!! Urhg! this man! I;m so angry I can’t spell right. He needs a good sock in the face. After he finishes his story he leaves, intent on never returning. He deserves another punch. That night Laurence is taken to the observation room, where the good doctor presents him as a curio to his collegues. Unbeknowest to him, moonlight is coming through the window and landing on Laurence. This causes him to turn into….the Wolfman! This is one of the coolest scenes, but unfortunately I could only find it in Italian. Sorry! But you don’t really need to understand what they are saying to enjoy the effects/makeup. Dr. Hoenneger: Ah, Mr. Talbot. We are here tonight to illustrate conclusively that Mr. Talbot’s fears are quite irrational. So, we will remain in this room together, and once Mr. Talbot has witnessed that the full moon holds no sway over him, that he remains a perfectly ordinary human being, he will have taken his first small step down the long road to mental recovery. We are all aware that Mr. Talbot has suffered quite traumatic personal experiences. He witnessed his mother’s self mutilations. His young mind, unable to accept it, created a fantastical truth, that his father is to blame. That is father is literally a monster. But, your father is not a werewolf. You were not bitten by a werewolf. You will not become a werewolf, any more than I will sprout wings and fly out of that window. Freakin’ AWESOME Totally fangirl over that. Laurence runs away, being chased by the Inspector, and also wreaking havoc. There are some truly amazing shots of him by the bridge, on statues. Just plain awesome! The next day he visits Gwen in her antique shop. They realize they have fallen in love, but Laurence knows nothing can come of it. He has to kill his father and himself in order to protect others. Inspector Abberline comes to see if Lawrence is there, but he is too late. Lawrence has already left for Talbot estate. Gwen refuses to believe that they can’t be together. She starts studying lycanthropy and tracks down Maleva the gypsy for more advice. Maleva cannot help her, as there is no cure for werewolf. Noo! Meanwhile, the Inspector has also headed back to the village and this time armed with silver bullets. That show in the Observation room must have finally convinced him that werewolves are real. Gwen also heads toward Talbot Hall. Lawrence is the first to arrive and discovers a murdered Singh. He takes his gun loaded with the silver bullets and starts hunting his father. Sir John Talbot: You have me at a disadvantage. It makes me happy. Lawrence Talbot: What does? Sir John Talbot: Well, seeing you here like this. My son returned. It is glorious, isn’t it? Lawrence Talbot: No, it’s hell. Sir John is a freak. He needs help. Serious help. Anyways, it turns out there are no bullets in Singh’s gun, but blanks. Sir John did that on purpose as he will not be destroyed. Sir John attacks his son and the two begin fighting. The full moon comes up and transfroms them into werewolves. And yes, yes we have a werewolf fight. I personally thought it was a little cheesy (and dumb) but this is the millenal generation. And it is something the people want. So after Laurence burns and decapiitates his father, Gwen walks into the house. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GWEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The wolfman, Lawrence, attacks her. Luckily, the inspector had also just arrived on the scene. He tries to use his gun, but misses allowing him to be bit by the werewolf. Gwen steals the gun and takes off, being pursued by the wolfman. He chases her to a waterfall. With nowhere left to go, Gwen starts begging and pleading with the wolfman, hoping to get to Lawrence. Lawrence reason faintly returns to the beast, who hesitates. He then hears the sound of a posse coming to attack him. While he is concentrated on them, Gwen shoots him through the heart. Laurence changes back to his human form, and before he dies thanks Gwen for saving him. Lawrence Talbot: [his eyes open after being shot by a silver bullet and transforming back into a human] Gwen? Gwen Conliffe: [crying] I’m sorry… Lawrence Talbot: It had to be this way. Gwen Conliffe: I’m sorry. Lawrence Talbot: [he holds her hand] Thank you. [Dies] The posse and an injured inspector arrive just as Laurence dies. So that is The Wolfman. Now do I think it is as good as the original? HECK NO! But that does not mean it isn’t an awesome film. Besides that one thing that majorly irks me, I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a pretty awesome film. The cinematography is beautiful, the acting incredible, and those transformation scenes? Freakin’ awesome! And I did like how they moved the story to show how harshly “mental disabled” people were treated. And you know what? Most of the people who were in those didn’tr even have serious problems. They would throw in the homeless, those with learning disabilities, women of large fortune who had husands that wanted the money but not the girl, etc. It was horrible. Horrible. But back to the film, I think it is a worthwile view. It may not be exactly how I imagined it, but you do have some great werewolves in this, and no Jacob ones. Real werewolves. And so ends another Horrorfest. I am so pleased with this years as I was able to redeem myself from last year’s only half the month’s posts. 31 days of terror and woe once again. I hope you all enjoyed it. I wish you all a very happy, and safe, Halloween. May it be everything you wish it to be. For the previous post, go to The Perfect Murder For more on werewolves, go to Werewolves Roam Among Us For more monster movies, go to There’s Nothing Out There. Nothing in the Mist For more on 19th century England, go to The Past of a Man For more on insane asylum, go to I Bid You Welcome For more remakes, go to Don’t F*** With the Original Posted in Horrorfest III Tagged 19th Century, 19th Century England, Actor, Adore, Agent Smith, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, Angry Mob, Anthony Hopkins, Antique Shop, Art Malik, Autumn Moon, Backstory, Batman, Bear, Beast, Bedlam, Ben Talbot, Benicio del Toro, Beware the Moon, Bitten by a Werewolf, Black Cowl, Blood, Bloodletting, Blunder, Body Count, Bones, Bookends, Boyfriend, Brother's Fiancé, Burial, Butcher, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chair with Restraints, Children of the Corn, Cinematography, Classic Blunder, Classic Cinema, Classic Horror Film, Closure, Confused, Crypt., Cures, Daddy Issues, Dancing Bear, Date, Dead Brother, Dead Fiancé, Dead Mother, Dean Winchester, Dipping the Patient in Ice-Cold Water, Discovered the Dead Body, Disease, Diseases, Dr. Hoennegar, Dracula (1931), Dreams, Electrotherapy, Elrond, Emily Blunt, Emotionless, England, Equilibrium, Estate, Family Crypt, Father Murdered Mother, February, Film Review, First Son, Friday the 13th (1980), Front Row, Full Moon, Funeral, Gentleman, Good-bye, Gossip, Grief, Grizzly Bear, Groundsman, Guts, Gwen Conliffe, Gypsies, Gypsy, Gypsy Camp, Gypsy Charm, Gypsy Woman, Gyrating Chair, Halloween, Halloween (1978), Halloween Night, Hamlet, Happy Halloween, Homage, Horrorfest, Horrorfest II, Horrorfest III, House of Lords, Hugo Weaving, Humanizes the Character, Hunted Now the Hunter, Hunter, Hurt Puppy Dog Look. 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With: 20) Over You by Daughtry Daughtry is named after the lead singer, Chris Daughtry, one of the winners of American Idol (one of the few people who have gone on to do something.) In 2006, he and Brian Howe, music producer, wrote this song Over You. The whole concept of the song is that someone has been dumped and they are broken and feel that they will never love again. But then, after you spend some time grieving that relationship you get over the person and move on. “You’re with somebody for a really long time, and you pretty much think that this is the person you’re gonna spend the rest of your life with, and then they drop the ball on you. Then you think it’s over, your life is done, and then somebody better walks in.” -Chris Daughtry So the music video is about a girl who struggles with alcoholism and ends up causing the death of her boyfriend. Afterwards, she goes to Alcohol Anonymous and gets over her addiction. I actually didn’t really like the music video, I thought it didn’t really evoke the song. But that’s just my personal opinion of course. I really like this song after Move Along as it states how hard it is to move on. Up and Up and Red Rubber Ball are still moving on completely being 100% over that person, but aren’t quite there yet. Over You, however, is. It’s done and the person is over you. Now that it’s all said and done, I can’t believe you were the one To build me up and tear me down, Like an old abandoned house. What you said when you left Just left me cold and out of breath. I fell too far, was in way too deep. Guess I let you get the best of me. Well, I never saw it coming. I should’ve started running A long, long time ago. And I never thought I’d doubt you, I’m better off without you More than you, more than you know. I’m slowly getting closure. I guess it’s really over. I’m finally getting better. And now I’m picking up the pieces. I’m spending all of these years Putting my heart back together. ‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through, I got over you. You took a hammer to these walls, Dragged the memories down the hall, Packed your bags and walked away. There was nothing I could say. And when you slammed the front door shut, A lot of others opened up, So did my eyes so I could see That you never were the best for me. Well I’m putting my heart back together, ‘Cause I got over you. Well I got over you. After all: Eventually you’ll realize: And that you’re through: And Over YOu To start the “Getting Over a Heartbreak Series” from the beginning, go to If It Means A Lot to You To go to the previous post, go to Red Rubber Ball For more of my favorite songs, go to Na-Na-Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) For my favorite quotes, go to Up and Up For more on American Idol winners, go to Since U Been Gone For more on Forever the Sickest Kids You Know, go to Chin Up Kid For more on Margaret Mitchell, go to Move Along Posted in Musical Stylings of Me, Quotable Quotes Tagged Alcohol, Alcoholic, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, All-American Rejects, American Idol, Best Thing I Never Had, Beyonce, Boyfriend Dies, Brian Howe, Broken, Broken Heart, Broken Trust, Causes Death, Change of Heart, Chin Up Kid, Chris Daughtry, Closure, Coco Chanel, Daughtry, Death, Destination, Dumped, Every Ending is a Beginning, Forever the Sickest Kids You Know, Get Over It, Grieve, Heartbreak, I Don't Care, I Don't Love You, I Don't Miss You, I Don't Need You, I Don't Think About You, I Survived, I Will Survive, Life Goes On, Margaret Mitchell, Move, Move Along, Move Forward, Move On, Moved On, Music Video, Never Love Again, Never Saw it Coming, Never Were the Best For Me, Not a Stop, One in a Lifetime, One in a Million, Over Ex, Over YOu, Past Relationship, Put Heart Back Together, Red Rubber Ball, Relient K, Survived, The Cyrkle, The Ending, Through With You, Up and Up, When Everything is Wrong Move Along, Wrong Relationships Teach You Right, You Will Survive	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24938
__label__wiki	0.603353	0.603353	From 2012-2013, KP hosted various programs on CJSF Radio (90.1 FM) in Burnaby, British Columbia including regular contributions to “Smitten by the Written,” a show where he interviewed lesser-known songwriters and authors. After a nine-month hiatus, KP returned to the airwaves in January 2014 and began doing a program called “This Week in BC Minor League Sports,” where he recaps local sports action on CJSF Radio. Here is a sample of KP’s radio shows from 2012-2013: 6/6/2012: Interview with Toronto jazz composer/songwriter Roger Chong 5/16/2012: One episode of the six-part series with author Adrian Brijbassi where he and KP discuss writing (broken into three segments here) 3/12/2012: Interview with Camy Tang, author of the “Sushi Series” 3/12/2012: Interview with Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Chris Ronald 2/22/2012: Interview with Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Katie Rox 2/15/2012: Interview with Toronto-based singer/songwriter Cheryl Thibideau 1/25/2012: Interview with Langley-based songwriter James Hill Here is a sample of “This Week in BC Minor League Sports,” a program which began in 2014: 1/10/2015: Recap of the Vancouver NW Giants (BCMML) and Cariboo Cougars’ (BCMML) runs during the 2014 Mac’s Midget AAA Hockey Tournament 10/18/2014: Recap of the first four weeks of the 2014-15 BC Major Midget Hockey League 5/3/2014: Recap of the 2014 Telus Cup in Moose Jaw 4/12/2014: Recap of the week in local amateur sports, including action from BC Female Midget AAA Hockey 1/25/2014: Debut show for “This Week in BC Minor League Sports” More of KP’s work can be found at YouTube.com/KPWeeRadio and KP’s Radio Blog.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24944
__label__cc	0.627659	0.372341	Select PageHome Monthly Messages – Pastor Mayer – Pastor Nelson – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – 2000 – 1999 – 1998 Briefings – Prophetic Intelligence – Nature Knows Best – Prophetically Speaking Events Videos – KTF News – Interviews – Sermons – Promo Video Store Make a Gift Timely and Inspiring Prophetic Analysis so you can Prepare. Monthly Messages Pastor Mayer Pastor Nelson Prophetic Intelligence Nature Knows Best Prophetically Speaking KTF News The Clandestine Plot Against Greece Wednesday September 1st, 2010 Welcome to Keep The Faith Ministry. I’m so glad that you are listening today. Prophecy is being fulfilled in our time. If you think that the final movements will be in some later generation, you may well be caught by the overwhelming surprise. I’m thankful that the angels have held back the winds of strife and are working for your salvation and mine. But we must take heed for the time is coming when there will be no more opportunity to repent and be cleansed of our sins. In Luke 21:34-36, Jesus said; “And take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” Notice how carefully we are to live so that we are not asleep or otherwise incapable of seeing the signs of the times, and that the day of God, and the close of probation take you by surprise. Verse 35 says, “For as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.” The only ones who will escape the snare are the ones who follow the counsel to take heed to yourselves and live godly lives now. This is not talking about some future time, my friends. This is about you and me, right now. Verse 36 says: “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Notice that it is by watching and praying always that we prepare our characters to stand before the Son of man and also escape the snare. This is very practical counsel for us. It means that our hearts must be surrendered to Jesus, praying always for His presence. It also means that we are to be consciously aware of the way in which we live so that we can be purified by the power of Jesus Christ. You don’t have time to lose. We are coming up close to our finest moment in all of history. God’s church will be on magnificent display. It will be challenged, but because of faithful men and women, it will be victorious. This month I want to show you again how prophecy is being fulfilled in our time. The Greek financial crisis and its impact on Europe has great significance to students of prophecy. Today, we are going to explore this crisis and try to understand its close connection to prophecy. Great movements are going on in Europe. I never realized when I was young that Europe would have such an important place in prophecy. I knew that the United States was central to fulfilling prophecy, but I did not understand that without a resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire, it would be impossible for there to be a global religion dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. Now it is becoming clearer and clearer how Rome’s one world religion will be established. Revelation 13:8 says that “all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,” meaning the beast, or Rome. A global religion deeply involves the economy and politics, for the kings of the earth and the merchants of the earth are collaborating with Rome to accomplish their respective goals. Dramatic movements are in play and it is an incredible time to be alive! But before we begin, let us pray. Our Father in heaven, thank You for Your holy Word that guides our lives and shows us what is coming upon the world as an overwhelming surprise and as a snare. I pray that Your Holy Spirit will speak to us today so that we will learn much about what You want us to see. Our eyes need to be wide open so that we can understand the things that are going on in the world. Thank You for Your love. Help us today, to be Your people in the fullest sense. In Jesus name I pray, amen. Let us begin by reading Revelation 13:3. The apostle John was speaking about the Roman Catholic System described as a beast in vs. 1-3. He says; “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.” The deadly wound was given to the papacy in 1798 by Napoleon and his general Berthier, who entered Rome, took the pope captive and exiled him to southern France. Rome lost most of her temporal power at that time. But gradually, stealthily and steadily, the Vatican has been rebuilding its strength for more than 200 years. Now Western nations, especially the United States, which was founded on Protestant principles, are welcoming the papacy within their borders to influence their policies and politics. But the deadly wound, given by Napoleon, was intended to unite Europe under his atheistic leadership instead of under the Vatican. But this was not to be. The time had not yet come for a restored European unity, particularly without the Roman Catholic Church. Napoleon could not heal the deadly wound, only inflict it. He was defeated in Britain and in Russia, and was forced to abdicate his throne and sent into exile in 1814. The Vatican had been the dictator of Europe since the 9th century when Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, had united Europe under the Roman Catholic religion. Though Rome’s power was cut down in 1798, just as prophecy predicted, it was not the end of Papal power. The deadly wound is presently being healed, and the Greek economic tornado is dramatically shaping the way the new Europe will appear. Today, I want to show you how that is happening. If you can understand the mechanism of how Rome is rising to power again in Europe, you will also understand the principles she will use elsewhere. Revelation 17 and 18 tells us that the kings of the earth commit fornication with the papacy. Notice chapter 17:1-2. “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” This means that the Roman church, described here as the whore, and the nation states described as the kings of the earth, are working together to accomplish their respective purposes. Nation states want political advantage for themselves in their regional and global political struggles, and they work with Rome to gain it. Little do they realize that they are entering a trap from which eventually there will be no escape. The Papacy will dominate them politically and force them to impose her religion on their citizens once the old Holy Roman Empire goes global. Revelation 18:15 tells us that “the merchants of the earth,” which are the economic managers and manipulators, such as the central bankers, super-rich cabals, secret societies, major corporations and banks, are working together with Rome to solve economic crises that appear to be popping up everywhere, but particularly now in Europe, Rome’s back yard. They are men like Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, Jean-Claude Trichet, the head of the European Central Bank, Timothy Geithner of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and others. They are “made rich by her,” or by their cooperation with Rome. But all this great global wealth that they are amassing is going to collapse and come to nothing eventually. Verse 17 tells us that “in one hour so great riches is come to nought.” This amazing prophecy is yet to be fulfilled, but it is as certain as the sun comes up each morning. Rome will rise to great power, and will engineer the consolidation of global wealth and power in the hands of a few people that she can control. Rome is not just interested in dominating the economy and the politics of the world for its own sake. Her greatest interest is to impose her religion as the only solution to solve nagging world problems, some of which she helped to create. She is maneuvering herself to become the ethical (or moral) guide of the nations. Right now, Europe is at the center of the struggle for control. But to most people what is happening in Europe is a great mystery. And since it doesn’t seem, or feel like it is affecting them, they ignore what is going on in Greece and other nations of the European Union. So, while there is panic in the bond markets, and volatile stock markets rattle investment portfolios around the world, Keep The Faith listeners are kept informed and are aware of the final outcome. Because of prophecy we can know how to interpret what is happening with substantial accuracy. Greece was on the verge of economic and political collapse in the spring of 2010. It could not pay its debts without colossal infusions of capital, and enormous structural changes. But though Greece is at the center of the economic crisis for the time being, she is not alone. Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and even Britain are in deep economic trouble and are struggling to avoid the problem that Greece is facing. If even one of them fails to make a debt payment or meet financial targets, it could cause a severe world-wide economic Tsunami. Everyone is watching Europe. In 2007, Bernard Connolly of the UK Telegraph commented that “the resulting carnage in the financial system of the whole euro area will make the present global financial crisis, serious though it is, seem almost insignificant.” Indeed the Greek crisis actually threatens the whole world with a double-dip recession. Telegraph Article on the Sub-prime Crisis But behind-the-scenes, the secret story of the Greek financial crisis is stunning, and rivets our attention on Europe, and in particular, Germany and the Vatican. There is a sinister mastermind that planned and orchestrated the economic chaos in Greece, for a little understood purpose. Is Greece about to collapse in one big heap? Is the euro going to fall apart? Will the European Union come to an end in the near future? These are the burning questions of the day in Europe. They are also galvanizing the attention of the kings and merchants of the earth in Europe and America especially. But men and women who are paying attention to world affairs are deeply worried, hoping against hope, that the dramatic movements in Europe will not plunge the earth into a global depression. Listen to this statement from the book Education, page 179. “The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element, and they recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.” You, my friends, have the “more sure word of prophecy” to tell you what is certain to happen. You know where all this is headed. But what do they have? They only have their instincts, which are very unreliable. God has placed you in a position to help them understand what is going on. Just under a year ago there was great enthusiasm among European leaders over the fact that the Irish people had voted in favor of the European Union. They were the last holdouts in a 60-year conspiracy by the Roman Catholic Church and European leaders, to create a central government, a superstate over all of Europe, an empire that could eventually be dominated by the Vatican once again. Their project was undergirded by the euro, a common currency that was intended to give Europeans a sense of unity. Just as soon as the European Union became a superstate at the end of last year, the euro is suddenly at the center of a whopping crisis that has been engineered by the very ones who want to take full control of Europe. Two leaders of Europe met together in 1978 to plan how the European Monetary System would work. Helmut Schmidt, and Valery Giscard d’Estaing met in the German city of Aachen, the main seat of Charlemagne’s authority in the middle ages. Remember Charlemagne is a Vatican hero. Aachen is also the Catholic city that awards the Karlspries, or the Charlemagne award, to those who are especially helpful in building the European superstate and resurrecting the Holy Roman Empire. d’Estaing received the prize in 2003 for his work. The prize was even given to the euro itself in 2002. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s Biography Helmut Schmidt’s Biography Charlemagne Prize Article In his book “The Rotten Heart of Europe,” Bernard Connolly wrote, “The symbolism was heavily underlined in both France and Germany; the two leaders paid a special visit to the throne of Charlemagne and a special service was held in the cathedral; at the end of the summit, “Giscard remarked that “Perhaps when we discussed monetary problems, the spirit of Charlemagne brooded over us.’” The symbolism was significant because these leaders were going to repeat what Charlemagne had done. Charlemagne was famous for minting a common currency that he used to unify the nations of Europe under one military power, and more significantly, under one religion. These men were planning to create another single currency to unite Europe again and resurrect Charlemagne’s glory in the new Holy Roman Empire, again under the Catholic Church. Note that there was a special service at the Roman Catholic cathedral to commemorate the event, symbolizing the Catholic ambitions behind the monetary union. Article by Bernard Connolly Charlemagne’s Biography Those who know even a tiny bit about Europe’s recent history know that this is exactly how Europe’s superstate has been restored. The euro is being used to unify and control a disunited set of nations under one authority both secular and religious. The deadly wound is being healed. But the euro has plunged at least one nation into economic chaos. How can it be that the euro can unite the nations of Europe under the present uncertainty and distress? Behind-the-scenes, my friends, there is a hand that has created this crisis for the “greater good,” they claim, of the whole European community. With all the demonstrations and violence, Greece looked like it might disintegrate. The protests almost brought down the Greek government. But while this crisis is real, it was planned out a long time ago and is implemented on schedule. Many journalists, pundits and commentators think that the European Union, or at least the euro, is about to implode and collapse in one great heap. But the media is looking in the wrong direction. Who is behind the problem in Greece, and who is behind the plight of the euro? But most importantly, what is the reason for the chaos and how will it all end? Greece has a history of reckless spending, but this is not the main reason for the crisis. Consider an illustration. A drug addict is addicted to his drug. Even though he cannot handle it, and though it destroys him from the inside, he demands it anyway because he craves it severely. Like the drug addict, Greece, along with a number of other Mediterranean countries, was heavily addicted to cheap credit and demanded more and more of it, even before joining the EU. Let’s be specific. Greece is a weaker member of the Eurozone, which is the term used to describe the group of nations within the European Union that use the Euro. Like many European countries, Greece was living well above its means. It was giving its public workers expensive benefits and early retirement, funding large social programs and politically popular, but expensive projects, and it featured rampant corruption, fiscal irresponsibility and budgetary impiety. The largess was slowly strangling the Greek economy. Financing that debt was expensive, but not impossible. All Greece had to do was devalue the Drachma by printing more and more of them, easing the pressure inside the economic bubble. Joining the euro in 2001 was quite attractive to Greece and other economically weaker countries because the European Central Bank (ECB) was keeping interest rates low – on purpose. Greece wanted to take advantage of the inexpensive loans and racked up a staggering debt in the last nine years. In fact, Greece misrepresented its finances to cover up the excess so that it could get approval to join the eurozone. So Greece is no innocent bystander in this European economic catastrophe. On New Year’s day 2001, the Prime Minister gave a speech in which he said, “We all know that our inclusion in the EMU (European Monetary Union) ensures for us greater stability and opens up new horizons.” Either he was deliberately misleading his people, or he was deceived himself, because the facts do not bear out the truth of his statement. I suspect that no one back then, except an inner core of insiders who were planning it, would have realized how unstable things would become, and how those new horizons would fade, leaving Greece as the pariah of the eurozone. BBC News Article Reuters News Article You see, there is a backside to joining the euro. By joining the euro, the government of Greece lost control of its own economy. The economists at the European Central Bank are the ones who decide how much money supply there is going to be in the eurozone. Greece cannot determine that for itself any more. Now Greece is caught in a vice grip. It is trapped. Those central bankers could have limited Greek debt exposure, but they didn’t, and for a very strategic reason. They needed a “crisis,” so they let it happen. The real culprits are the European central bankers. In 2007, Bernard Connolly wrote that Allan Greenspan “did not set up this Greek tragedy. In contrast, the EU quite deliberately created the most dangerous credit bubble of all: the EMU [Economic Monetary Union].” He is talking about the European Central Bank and the Euro. “And whereas the mission of the Fed is to avoid a financial crisis,” he said, “the mission of the ECB is to provoke one. The purpose of the crisis will be, as [Romano] Prodi, then Commission President, said in 2002, to allow the EU to take more power for itself. The sacrificial victims will be, in the first instance, families and firms (and banks and investors) in countries such as Ireland and Club Med [meaning Mediterranean nations of Europe]. Subsequently,” he continued, “German savers (or British taxpayers) will bear the burden of bailouts that a newly empowered ‘EU economic government’ will ordain…” Telegraph News Article Notice what Connolly said. He pinpointed the purpose of the Greek economic crisis. It is so that the EU can get more power. The way to do it is to create a crisis so that the people will demand it. This is classic! Crises are an opportunity, whether they are engineered by human agencies or not, for central governments to grab more control with the consent, and even with the begging of the people. The leaders of the European Central Bank knew that given access to cheap credit, Greece would soon become so addicted that it could not survive without it. And so would other countries in similar situations. They also knew that once Greece and other nations were in the Eurozone, they could not escape. Here is why. Imagine Greece trying to re-establish financial credibility on the open bond markets in order to borrow money to survive on its own. Greece knows that would be virtually impossible because investor’s confidence in Greece is already badly shaken. One word from a well-placed economist could easily turn the bond markets against Greece. Leaving the Eurozone would be utterly impossible. European power brokers and bankers knew, that given time, Greece and certain other nations would become so deeply involved in euro debt that they would never be able to establish bond credibility on their own. Going back to their own currencies would unwind their economies and destroy them. Greece is trapped in the proverbial checkmate, and is at the mercy of the European Central Bank and the most powerful political players in Europe. European leaders knew all this to begin with. The crisis could have been avoided a long time ago if European bankers would have wanted to stop it. The reckless spending was used to create the crisis so that the euro-federalists could take the control of Europe to a new level. While it appears that the Greek crisis threatens the very viability of the European Union, it should be understood that the breakup of the euro is not likely in the plans for Europe. Now Greece is cornered. Its economy is in shambles. The people are upset and the government is in chaos. But it has nowhere to turn except to the very bankers who caused the crisis, and whose priorities are not in the best interest of Greece. When there is a monetary bailout in Europe, each country pays its share. This means that Germany, which is the largest economy in Europe, bears the largest share of any bailout. But German citizens don’t want to pay for Greek excess through taxes, deflation, or any other method. However, they have no choice. This too was planned and well understood by the hidden manipulators of Europe. And Germany understands her opportunity. Agency French-Presse published an article in November of 2009 which said, “Observers believe Germany could be saving itself to push for the top job at the ECB (European Central Bank) – arguably the most influential EU post, as the president governs monetary policy for all the countries that share the euro.” Germany Summit Article U.S. President James A Garfield said, “Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.” Notable Quotes Source Germany knows that whoever controls the money controls the power. Marco Annunziata, chief economist at Italian bank UniCredit said, “The ECB president is and will remain one of the most powerful European voices in global policymaking.” Let’s put that in specific terms. Whoever controls the euro controls Europe. This is the law that underpins European politics. And it is the law by which Germany intends to dominate Europe. Germany is essential to any bailout deal within Europe, because if Germany doesn’t support it, there is no way that the rest of the eurozone nations will pitch in either. That means that Germany already controls the terms of any financial rescue package for Greece, and therefore, by extension, Germany controls the euro itself. Germany is now the undisputed economic and political leader of Europe. This is very important prophetically as you will see. Germany can insist that the European Central Bank which itself is located in Frankfurt, do what she wants. With Germany essentially at the helm of the ECB by default, she is then in the position to control the process of solving the Greek crisis. Greece is really going to have a painful time dealing with Germany. In order to receive the bailout it needs from the European Central Bank, Greece has to implement some very tough austerity measures demanded by Germany, which are very unpopular with the people. That is the reason for the riots. And Germany will use the crisis as a lesson to all other weak economies around the Eurozone. In exchange for a huge infusion of German controlled Euros, Germany is going to demand more power over those nation’s finances. Speaking of the rescue package for Greece, the Washington Post said, “this is no ordinary piece of Euro-bureaucracy. This is the kind of thing a surrendering field marshal signs in a railway car in the forest at the end of a bloody war.” In other words, Greece has essentially become a vassal state. And so will other weaker nations in Europe. The demanding austerity measures include tax rates, public sector retirement ages, health care service policy, civil service pay and even laws about small businesses. The Post wrote that “the council’s ‘decision’ does represent something new.” And something new, it certainly is. The European Central Bank (understand that this means Germany mainly) is dictating terms of survival for Greece. This is not lost on other nations of Europe, particularly Portugal, Italy and Ireland and Spain. They are nearly in as much trouble as Greece. Though Britain is not far behind them, it is not a Eurozone nation and can still decide its own economic policy by controlling its own money supply. But the deeper lesson is that Greece is virtually surrendering its entire sovereignty to Brussels in order to get the bailout money. And the Post picked that up. “Though the European Union has already required a partial surrender of sovereignty from its member states, Greece no longer has much sovereignty at all,” the author said, “I don’t believe anybody, least of all the Greeks, knew that the European Union had so much power over its member states.” And Greece has no choice, except to leave the Eurozone altogether. But that could be even more painful, since decoupling from the Euro would mean that Greece would have to establish its own credit in the bond markets, something that is nearly impossible. There is really no turning back. Not for Greece, and not for any of the other countries of the Eurozone, or indeed of the entire EU. It is too late. The same set of criteria could also be used on other struggling countries, and they are, no doubt, running scared. There should be no surprise that there is a sudden fit of budgetary piety sweeping across Europe. The new fiscal housekeeping involves belt-tightening and harsh austerity measures with considerable budgetary restraint. Perhaps they are all beginning to realize that they have lost virtually all of their national sovereignty and are being integrated into an ever-expanding regional power that will dictate everything they do. Like the fish caught by an octopus, the more he struggles to free himself, the more he is drawn in by the octopus’ tentacles. The plan of the Euro-federalists is working exactly as conceived. The media doesn’t get it, mostly. They focus on the day-to-day details of the problems and conflicts that arise, but they do not see the larger picture and how this is being used to further increase the power of the bureaucrats in Brussels and the hidden hand behind them. The European project has always been about control. A single currency has been the tool to accomplish it. The Romans had a single currency that propelled its power everywhere. Medieval Europe had a common currency under Charlemagne which politically, militarily and religiously united Europe under the Roman Catholic Church. And now Europe has its own common currency again, and is using it to unite Europe again, under Germany. Will this also lead to unity under the Roman Catholic religion again? The euro was born in 1999. But the single currency notes and coins did not enter circulation until 2002. By joining the Eurozone, nations were required to give up their individual national sovereign currencies. This would lead them to eventually lay all their national sovereignty at the feet of someone they know, but do not understand. German and other European leaders developed a stealth plan based on the idea that by controlling the money supply, individual nations can then be controlled by a central authority. Germany, through the European Central Bank is making sure that a preferred core of European nations (meaning those with whom Germany must cooperate politically) receive special economic favor, while the rest are essentially reduced to vassal status, similar to the way Europe was structured during the middle ages. Adrian Hilton described the intentions of the EU founders in his book The Principality and Power of Europe. “Europe’s nations should be guided towards a superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps each disguised as having an economic purpose, but which will eventually and irreversibly lead to federation.” In 1952 one of those founders, Jean Monnet, a Roman Catholic with a Catholic vision for Europe said, “the fusion [of economic functions] would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European state.” EU Real List Source Marie Charlotte Article In 1957 Peter Thorneycroft, former chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom remarked in a booklet called Design for Europe, that because of national patriotism and dependency on a democratic vote, “the people must be led slowly and unconsciously into the abandonment of their traditional economic defenses, not asked in advance…” Merkel’s Madness Article John Browne, of Euro Pacific Capital, and former member of the British parliament, wrote in February that “the European experiment with a trans-sovereign currency is facing its first acid test. In essence, the euro was created as a lever to encourage a complete European political union, rather than as a currency representing… an already unified economy.” European Union Source In October of 2008 the UK Telegraph wrote that the leaders of Europe “welcomed the idea of a ‘beneficial crisis.’” Imagine a beneficial crisis, engineered in stealth, just so that the euro-federalists could lock in their power. Romano Prodi, the ex-Commission chief remarked that “it would allow Brussels to… accelerate the move to a full-fledged EU economic government.” Financial Crisis Article In other words, these authors are telling us that there was, and still is, a stealth plan to take over Europe using finance, economy and a single currency to manipulate the nations of Europe into one huge mega-state. The idea was that economic interdependence would drive political integration, which is exactly what has happened. The Greek financial crisis is the point at which economic integration and political unity finally meet. Note that the purpose was to do this without the people knowing about it. And sure enough, once the superstate was official, the crisis erupted. And as if on cue, the Wall Street Journal crowed that it is “Time for the Eurozone to Grow Up.” The way out of this crisis it said “would require a European federal government with substantial taxing and spending power, with the ability to redistribute resources and impose fiscal discipline across the continent. In short, solving the crisis would require a far greater degree of political union… Yet the choice is now clear and inescapable.” And do you know what, my friends, there is no choice at all. Europe is now locked together permanently. WSJ Online Article “The crisis has revealed our weaknesses,” said European Union President Herman Van Rompuy in February. “Recent developments in the euro area highlight the urgent need to strengthen our economic governance,” he said. Summit Economy Article Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign affairs chief went even further. At a security conference in Munich in February, she said, “We must mobilize all our levers of influence – political, economic, plus civil and military crisis management tools – in support of a single political strategy.” Security Conference Source The events in Europe clearly show that a major prophetic development is underway. The European Union is not going to break up. In fact, Estonia is preparing to join the Eurozone, even at this time of great euro-uncertainty. Instead there is going to be a tighter and more controlling union. This is exactly what the eurocrats wanted, and that is exactly what they have engineered. They are forcing the nations to accept a federal government, which will strip the individual nations of any self-determination and sovereignty. It may well look similar to a United States of Europe when it is all completed. The Greek economic crisis was and is largely a predetermined, orchestrated step in that direction. NY Times Business Article Euro: Currency Article But perhaps the more significant remark was that of the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. “We need tighter rules,” he said in March. “That means in an extreme case, the possibility that a country that does not get its finances in order at all leaves the euro group.” Schäuble’s threat was significant. Greece knows that it cannot leave the Eurozone. It would not likely survive, and that would cause further global instability. Germany may have enough power to kick Greece out of the Eurozone, but Schäuble was obviously trying to cause enough fear so that Greece would cooperate with the terms of the bailout. In fact, subsequent events made it clear that Greece was going to stay in the Eurozone. But her status as one nation among equals is going to change. Germany and the rest of the Eurozone bailed her out, or at least bought her time with a huge infusion of Euros. It also bailed her out at an enormous political price. But Schäuble’s remarks revealed something else. He was calling for more rules, which should be understood as more control. Since Germany controls the European Central Bank, Schäuble was saying that Germany was going to take more control of the European Union by force. Plan to finance Ministers FT Article Stratfor Article Germany is rising to become the civil dictator of Europe. Historically, Germany was the power that ruled Europe under the popes. The original idea of the European Union included a restrained Germany, harnessed and contained by the superstate. But instead, Germany has arisen and is now becoming the controlling voice of the Union. The rest of the European nations did not want this, nor did they agree to it. But now they have no choice. Peter Zeihan of Stratfor, a strategic forecasting group, wrote that Schäuble’s statement is not the “sort of statement made by just any EU member, but rather by the decisive member. Germany now appears prepared not just to contemplate, but to publically contemplate, the reengineering of Europe for its own interests. It may not do it, or it may not do it now, but it has now been said, and that will change Germany’s relationship to Europe.” Students of prophecy should not miss the implications of Schäuble’s comment. The very nation that was responsible for two devastating world wars, and quite a number of other conflicts throughout the region is now going to be the manager of Europe again. The euro, instead of restricting Germany has become the platform for its rise to power. Germany’s ambition is clear. Zeihan said, “Germany is achieving by stealth what it failed to achieve in the past thousand years of intra-European struggles.” Now let me ask another compelling prophetic question. If Germany is becoming the ruler of Europe, who is going to be the ruler of Germany? Otto Von Habsburg, a member of the European parliament said once, “The [European] Community is living largely by the heritage of the Holy Roman Empire, though the great majority of the people who live by it don’t know by what heritage they live.” ICAAP Article The fall of the Berlin wall, engineered by Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan paved the way for Germany to be reunited and eventually become the ruler of Europe. Without the help of Rome and the United States, it would have been impossible. Germany owes Rome her allegiance. Consequently, the Vatican now controls Germany behind the scenes, the very land of the Reformation. As the shadow ruler of Germany, Rome by extension is also the shadow ruler of all of Europe. Europeans have no idea what is really going on behind the scenes. But there is something else. The United States is also helping Rome restore the Holy Roman Empire. Right at the height of the crisis, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank worked with other central banks around the world to provide a U.S. dollar guarantee of liquidity to the European Union to support its bailout of Greece and keep the financial markets stable. The agreement “sparked by Greece’s runaway debt problems, had begun to spread to other financially troubled eurozone countries such as Portugal and Spain. “The EU’s monetary affairs commissioner, Olli Rehn, said the [American led] agreement ‘proves that we shall defend the euro whatever it takes.’” Let me remind you of a very important statement from Great Controversy, page 588. “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this three-fold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The United States has a vested interest in helping to solve the Greek crisis. They have to help in order to protect the U.S. economy from the ripple effect of the Greek crisis. But while doing this, they are also helping Rome resurrect the Holy Roman Empire by consolidating the economy of Europe under Vatican-controlled Germany. The Bible says that the United States and the Holy See unite together to bring about the worship of the beast or his image. That’s found in Revelation 13. When the United States offered to help the European Central Bank with liquidity, it was no surprise. The crisis draws the U.S. to reach across the Atlantic Ocean and grasp the hands of the Vatican and Europe to help them through their difficulty. And it is a measure in self-defense. Do you see how the economic crisis is amazingly being used to fulfill this prophecy? USA Today Article. Let’s see if we can summarize what we have learned today and try to see who is actually behind it all. The European Union and its Euro is a Roman Catholic Project to resurrect the old Holy Roman Empire. It was engineered by Rome in cooperation with the United States to collapse eastern European communism, reunite Germany, expand Europe’s territory, and place the whole EU under the control of Rome. Because Germany is the largest economy and strongest political power in Europe, she has positioned herself to control the European Central Bank. The Greek debt crisis was engineered by Germany through the ECB to give the European Union, and Germany in particular, more control over EU affairs. The pope and the Roman Catholic Church have helped Germany to achieve this position of power and influence, so Germany owes its allegiance to the Vatican. That means that the Vatican can manipulate Germany as her agent to guide Europe in her own interests. Rome is also angling to control, or at least manipulate global economy. European and American leaders are working with the Vatican to re-organize global finance so that the global economy is controlled by a few people close to the Vatican. Note that four nations of the G7 are European (Germany, France, Italy, and Britain) plus two from North America (U.S. and Canada) plus Japan. This cooperation between the merchants of the earth, the kings of the earth and the Vatican continued on at the same time as the Greek crisis dominated world attention. Don’t forget that Gordon Brown, while Prime Minister of Great Britain, U.S. President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, the Australian Prime Minister at the time, Kevin Rudd, and many other world leaders all made visits to Rome in 2009 for audiences with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the economic crisis as they made preparations to consolidate the global economy. Rome stands to gain the most by Germany’s rise to power in the EU, especially through the European Central Bank. The Bible says that Germany, along with many other nations, will give her power and strength to the beast, or to Rome. That’s found in Revelation 17:13. And Rome will help Germany manipulate the EU in exchange. It is Rome that is really behind the European Union, the Greek debt crisis, and Germany’s rise to controlling power in the EU. This isn’t just a conspiracy against the citizens of Europe. It is a conspiracy against God’s people who keep God’s Ten Commandments. Rome is seeking to create a global religion that will appoint Sunday as the day of rest instead of God’s sacred holy Sabbath day. They will work together with the kings and merchants of the earth to accomplish this. You have seen some of how this is working behind the scenes today. They must first consolidate the powers of the world starting with Europe, so that Rome can eventually impose her worship day on you. Eurozone coup d’Etat Friends, because of Bible prophecy we can see these things clearly. Now is your opportunity to make your life right with Jesus Christ. You can watch these powerful and amazing global movements develop just as the scripture said they would. Don’t you think you should get ready for Jesus to come? Don’t you think you should order your life according to His revealed will? I’m sure you do. Please make your calling and election sure. Don’t forget our opening scripture from Luke 21. God’s will is for you to “take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” Jesus wants to mature us, so that He can trust us with His Holy Spirit in Latter Rain power. “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24947
__label__wiki	0.52065	0.52065	Queen Mary's School Thirsk, North Yorkshire Marketing, Other Better Placed are proud to be working exclusively with Queen Mary's School in North Yorkshire, a leading all girls' independent boarding and day school situated in beautiful countryside close to Thirsk and the Hambleton Hills. The school is looking for an accomplished Head of Marketing to join their team. Reporting to the Head, you will take the lead on all aspects of marketing across the school, including its co-ed nursery and pre-prep department. The School has a strong boarding tradition (approx. 80 boarders at present); however the School also attracts an increasing number of of day girls and those who board one or two nights per week. Queen Mary's School is part the Woodard Corporation, an Anglican foundation which encompasses several school types, all sharing the Founder's vision of high quality academic and pastoral standards in an actively Christian environment. The Head of Marketing will be responsible for the management and implementation of all marketing and communication activities throughout the School, as well as the oversight of the admissions function. He/she will be responsible for developing the School's Strategic Marketing Plan and translating its aims and objectives into a series of targeted campaigns, activities and initiatives that will drive the recruitment and retention of pupils, and promote Queen Mary's School to all relevant audiences. The Head of Marketing will attend Senior Leadership Team meetings as required and play a crucial role in the future success of the School. This is a full time position and the successful applicant must be willing to work some weekends and evenings. The school operates in a highly competitive environment and the newly appointed Head of Marketing will be responsible for the following important areas: Create, develop and implement a coherent marketing strategy for the school, together with clear action plans for the recruitment and retention of both boarding and day pupils at all points of entry. Articulate the image the School seeks to promote in accordance with its mission and vision, and ensure that image is adopted and maintained consistently across all publications and media, and to both internal and external audiences, including former pupils, past, present and prospective parents, present and former staff. Effective management of the Registrar to ensure excellent communication with prospective parents and pupils at all stages of the recruitment journey and the development and implementation of strategies for the recruitment and retention of both day and boarding pupils. Develop and oversee a programme of events, including open days, reunions, speech days, social events and special occasions, to engage all stakeholders, including current, former and prospective pupils, and past, present and prospective parents. The ideal candidate will be a capable, emotionally intelligent and pro-active self-starter, with a track record of success in communications, marketing, and/or customer care, preferably in an educational or comparable setting and with an affinity for independent schools, their pupils and parents. He/she will be able to build excellent relationships with a wide range of people and to take the lead in promoting the School and all it has to offer with enthusiasm and tact. The successful candidate will have the ability to apply sound marketing principles in an educational context, taking into consideration the perspective of target audiences and the dynamics of the highly competitive marketplace in which the School operates. A salary of up to £40,000 per annum will be available depending on the successful candidate's skills and experience, paid in monthly instalments in arrears at the end of each month and inclusive of holiday pay; no over-time is paid. Additional benefits will include a significant fee discount for children to be educated at Queen Mary's School (subject to places being available and all relevant admissions criteria being met). Meals will be provided free of charge during term time hours of work. The School operates an employer stakeholder contributory pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly innovative educational establishment that pride themselves on their attention to detail and passion for being the best at what they do. Our client is keen to move quickly on this opportunity so please apply today with an up to date CV. Queen Mary's School is conveniently situated just off the A168, between the A1 and A19 making the school easily accessible from all directions and commutable from York, Leeds, Harrogate, Thirsk, Northallerton, Middlesborough and Durham. Better Placed is undoubtedly one of the UK's leading Marketing Recruitment specialists. Over the last 15 years, we have been placing talented people into businesses across multiple sectors including FMCG, Retail, Financial Services and Agency. With offices in Leeds, London and Manchester, we are "better placed" to recruit marketing and digital talent for some of the UK's, and even world's biggest. Please direct any enquires to our retained recruitment partner, Alec Wann at Better Placed Recruitment - alecwann@betterplaced.com // 0113 236 4040 Any direct or 3rd party applications will be sent to Better Placed for consideration. Vendor Marketing Manager England,North Yorkshire,York £35000 - £40000 per annum + plus benefits England,West Yorkshire,Leeds	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24948
__label__wiki	0.727756	0.727756	Department: Theatre Web Announcement: George Mason University School of Theater is seeking a qualified Production Manager for the 2019-2020 academic year and theater production season. Preferred start date is on or about August 19, 2019. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among it's faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment. About the Department: The School of Theater at George Mason University is a strong, growing academic program, offering both B.A. and B.F.A. degrees in Theater, with Concentrations in Performance, Design & Technical Theater, Musical Theater, Theater Education, and Theater Studies, including Playwriting. Through the Mason Players student organization, the School of Theater produces 6 productions per year: a Mainstage musical in the Concert Hall, a mainstage play in either TheaterSpace or Harris Theatre, two Studio Series student-directed productions, the Mason Fringe (two plays in rep with shared, simple production values), and The Mason Players Originals!, a series of brief plays presented as one event, these last two presented in TheaterSpace. In addition, the School presents several special events including an annual Mason Cabaret concert performed in multiple venues, a Musical Theater Ensemble staged concert presentation in the Concert Hall, and a variety of staged readings, workshops and other student opportunities. The School of Theater is seeking a qualified Production Manager to oversee and participate in the production process for most of these events. Experience in Stage Management or Production Management is required. A degree in Theater or equivalent experience is preferred Serving as Liaison among Production team (Director, Designers, Stage Managers) and Director of the School of Theater; Assisting in the development and administration of the Production Budget; Participating in planning and logistics of the audition process; Interfacing with scene shop and costume shop supervisors and Faculty Design/Tech mentors regarding progress of production needs; Mentoring student stage managers; Scheduling and maintaining the online Production Calendar including production meetings, photo calls, rehearsal and performance schedules, technical schedules, strikes, post-mortems, etc; Staffing production positions (student stage managers and designers, run crew, wardrobe crew, board ops, etc.) in collaboration with the Design/Tech faculty, and tracking student academic credit for assigned production tasks (required one-credit or zero-credit Practicums); Participating in production purchasing process in accordance with budget limitations; Attending all production meetings, technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals, load-ins and strikes; Archiving production photo collections in Flikr account and showcasing and updating same on lobby video monitors; Overseeing playbill process, including collecting bios and cast/production lists (tech crews, special thanks, etc.), listing updated recurring information (donor lists, faculty, scholarship awards, etc.), arranging for simplified head shot sessions, formatting playbill, arranging for duplication and delivery in a timely manner. Salary: Commensurate with education and experience. Mason Ad Statement: Great Careers Begin at Mason! George Mason University is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in both academics and research. Mason holds a top U.S. News and World Report “Up and Coming” spot for national universities and is recognized for its global appeal and excellence in higher education. Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason’s diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create. If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/! George Mason University, Where Innovation is Tradition. For full consideration, applicants must apply at https://jobs.gmu.edu/; complete and submit the online application; and upload a cover letter, resume, and a list of three professional references with contact information. Equity Statement: George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. About George Mason University George Mason University is Virginia's largest public university located in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. With strong undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering, information technology, public policy, economics, visual and performing arts, life sciences and biotechnology, Mason prepares its alumni to succeed in the workforce and meet the needs of the region and the world. Theatre Arts Educator: Program Director/ Acting Teacher California Jewish Community High School of the Bay 1 Week Ago Executive Operations Director Arlington Heights, Illinois Metropolis Performing Arts Center 1 Week Ago Master (Stage) Carpenter Basking Ridge, New Jersey The Pingry School 2 Weeks Ago	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24949
__label__wiki	0.85394	0.85394	About Us Awards Benefits Diversity Dual Career News Video Vision Open Jobs Company Information View All 2 Jobs Set up a Job Alert to be notified when University of California, Los Angeles posts new jobs. For nearly 100 years, UCLA has been a pioneer, persevering through impossibility, turning the futile into the attainable. We doubt the critics, reject the status quo and see opportunity in dissatisfaction. Our campus, faculty and students are driven by optimism. It is not naïve; it is essential. And it has fueled every accomplishment, allowing us to redefine what's possible, time after time. This can-do perspective has brought us 12 Nobel Prizes, 12 Rhodes Scholarships, more NCAA titles than any university and more Olympic medals than most nations. Our faculty and alumni helped create the Internet and pioneered reverse osmosis. And more than 100 companies have been created based on technology developed at UCLA. This is UCLA. These are the grounds of optimism. Awards & Honors: 13 Nobel Laureates 12 MacArthur Fellows 10 National Medal of Science Winnters 3 Pulitzer Prize Winners A Fields Medal And hundreds of recipients of Guggenheim, Sloan and Fulbright-Hays fellowships and other leading grants and awards. Among UCLA's students, faculty and alumni are some of the most recognized and decorated individuals in just about every field and arena. UCLA is the alma mater of winners of Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Golden Globes like Francis Ford Coppola, Alexander Payne, John Williams, Tim Robbins and more than 20 others. The relentless UCLA appetite for success has become a tradition and legacy. And it sets an example for future generations of Bruins. 113 NCAA Championships 120+ Professional Athletes No. 1 overall pick in almost every major league’s draft 261 Olympic Medals 133 Gold Medals, 66 silver, 62 bonze And the only university with Heisman Trophy, Wooden Award and Golden Spike Award winners Information found at: http://www.ucla.edu/about/awards-and-honors/ INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS UCLA ranks 12th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, based on faculty publications and citations and the number of alumni and faculty who have won Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals. The Times of London ranks UCLA 14th in its THE World University Rankings (2016-17). The world ranking relies on performance indicators in the areas of teaching, research citations, industry income and international outlook. U.S. News & World Report introduced a Global Ranking in 2014. UCLA is number 10 in that ranking (2017). 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These values underlie our three institutional responsibilities. Learning and teaching at UCLA are guided by the belief that undergraduate, graduate and professional school students and their teachers belong to a community of scholars. This community is dedicated to providing students with a foundational understanding of a broad range of disciplines followed by the opportunity for in-depth study in a chosen discipline. All members of the community are engaged together in discovering and advancing knowledge and practice. Learning occurs not only in the classroom, but also through engagement in campus life and in communities and organizations beyond the university. Discovery, creativity and innovation are hallmarks of UCLA. As one of the world's great research universities, we are committed to ensuring excellence across a wide range of disciplines, professions and arts while also encouraging investigation across disciplinary boundaries. In so doing, UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish. Civic engagement is fundamental to our mission as a public university. Located on the Pacific Rim in one of the world's most diverse and vibrant cities, UCLA reaches beyond campus boundaries to establish partnerships locally and globally. We seek to serve society through both teaching and scholarship, to educate successive generations of leaders, and to pass on to students a renewable set of skills and commitment to social engagement. UCLA endeavors to integrate education, research and service so that each enriches and extends the others. This integration promotes academic excellence and nurtures innovation and scholarly development. Information found at: http://www.ucla.edu/about/mission-and-values	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24950
__label__wiki	0.587131	0.587131	Milo Green: A Man of Many Talents Makes His Mark in Iowa and Nebraska Someone once told me that everyone is born with a gift. It is up to us what to do with that gift, but if you have it, why not use it? As I’ve grown older, I’ve found that some people are born with several gifts, and they use each and every one to the fullest extent of their ability. One of these people was Milo Green. Milo Leonard Green was born in Taylor County, Iowa in 1908. When Milo was a little older, he and his family moved north to Corning, in Adams County. He grew up there, attending one-room school houses and discovering a real interest in public performance and art. As he grew older and entered into high school, Milo continued to develop these talents. He and his classmate Warren Lee founded the Greenlee Players, a group of locals who wrote, directed, and starred in plays. At first, they put on performances on the stage of the Corning Opera House, but they would later play in other towns, as well. Many of these plays were very well received, and Milo loved to perform. An advertisement for a play starring Milo L. Green at the Corning Opera House. Courtesy of the Corning Opera House. Milo entered his artwork in the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, and was voted class president. He was popular and well-liked by many. A landscape painting by Milo Green. Please note his signature in the corner in the lower left. Courtesy of Corning Opera House. After he graduated high school in 1927, Milo started attending classes at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. It was here that he discovered a talent for yet another performance medium – radio. Teaming up with a few friends, including Warren Lee, Milo put on performances over a local radio station in Iowa City. He would go on to do extensive radio work while living there. In 1941, Milo entered the United States Army. By the end of the year, the United States had entered World War II. Milo did not hesitate to join the fight in Europe, and in 1942 he shipped out overseas. While he was there, he put his writing talents to good use. Milo wrote a column called “Brickbats” for the Corning-based newspaper the Adams County Free Press, talking about what was going on with Co. F of the National Guard, based out of nearby Villisca, Iowa. Several men from Corning were also enlisted in that unit. “Brickbats” was, like any other kind of correspondence in WWII, censured by the United States military. This didn’t bother Milo, however, and he was able to paint an accurate picture of what it was like fighting in Europe and North Africa, as well as how daily life went for the soldiers from Southwest Iowa. In the days before satellites and cell phones, it must have been a comfort to the families back in Corning to know how things were going for their loved ones. U.S. soldiers in Africa during World War II. Milo was honorably discharged in 1945, and returned to the United States. He settled in Council Bluffs, and found work as a radio announcer for an AM radio station out of Omaha, Nebraska called KOIL. He also continued to act and perform in the local Omaha theatre scene, winning awards for his efforts. This included the locally prestigious Henry Fonda – Dorothy McGuire ‘Oscar’ award for best seasonal acting at the Omaha Community Playhouse in 1948. Milo was proud of his work, and people were proud of Milo. But for him, there was still something lacking. He rejoined the Air Force in 1950, becoming a public relations specialist. With his background, Milo was almost overqualified. In 1951, Milo challenged his painting skills once again. He had kept up with it since submitting his art to the Iowa State Fair in high school. He had even started painting the Stations of the Cross at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Corning at one time, but was unable to complete the project. During his second enlistment in the military, Milo would challenge his skills even more. Using oil paints, he painted what was, at that time, one of the biggest murals in Nebraska. On a permanent wall in the armory of the Organized Reserve Corps at Fort Omaha, Milo painted a seventy-five foot long, twelve foot high landscape mural that served as a backdrop for their indoor shooting range. He also gave talks about military life and subject matter in Corning, as well as other places. In about 1957, Milo made his last public appearance in Corning when he served as the PA announcer for a large local event. But, all good things must come to an end. In 1959, Milo Green was found dead in his Omaha hotel room. He was only 51 years old. Some have said that the lights that burn brightest also burn out fastest. Milo Green was a bright light in the world he lived in, and was blessed with several gifts. Milo used those gifts to their fullest extent, giving back to the people and the communities of both Iowa, the state of his birth, and Nebraska, where he lived for so many years. Adams County, Southwest Iowa, Uncategorized Brickbats, Corning, Corning Opera House, Iowa, KOIL, Milo Green, Mural, Omaha, University of Iowa, Warren Lee, World War II Small Town Iowa Museum Artifact Bears Witness to Violent Events in U.S. History Does the Spirit of Fanny Ficke Still Reside at her Former Davenport Home?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24952
__label__wiki	0.551154	0.551154	Definition of Theft. In Illinois, a person commits theft when he or she knowingly: (1) Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner; or (2) Obtains by deception control over property of the owner; or (3) Obtains by threat control over property of the owner; or (4) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce him or her to believe that the property was stolen; or (5) Obtains or exerts control over property in the custody of any law enforcement agency which any law enforcement officer or any individual acting in behalf of a law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the person as being stolen or represents to the person such circumstances as would reasonably induce the person to believe that the property was stolen, and (A) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property; or (B) Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the property in such manner as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit; or (C) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing such use, concealment or abandonment probably will deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit. Sentence. (1) Theft of property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in value is a Class A misdemeanor. (1.1) Theft of property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in value is a Class 4 felony if the theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if the theft was of governmental property. (2) A person who has been convicted of theft of property not from the person and not exceeding $500 in value who has been previously convicted of any type of theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, residential burglary, possession of burglary tools, home invasion, forgery, a violation of Section 4-103, 4-103.1, 4-103.2, or 4-103.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code relating to the possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, or a violation of Section 17-36 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 8 of the Illinois Credit Card and Debit Card Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony. (3) Theft of property from the person not exceeding $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 3 felony. (3.1) Theft of property from the person not exceeding $500 in value, or theft of property exceeding $500 and not exceeding $10,000 in value, is a Class 2 felony if the theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if the theft was of governmental property. (4) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 2 felony. (4.1) Theft of property exceeding $10,000 and not exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class 1 felony if the theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if the theft was of governmental property. (5) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 and not exceeding $500,000 in value is a Class 1 felony. (5.1) Theft of property exceeding $100,000 in value is a Class X felony if the theft was committed in a school or place of worship or if the theft was of governmental property. (5.2) Theft of property exceeding $500,000 and not exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class 1 non-probationable felony. (5.3) Theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class X felony. (6) Theft by deception, as described by section (2) above, in which the offender obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a victim 60 years of age or older is a Class 2 felony. (7) Theft by deception, as described by section (2) above, in which the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a tenant is a Class 3 felony if the rent payment or security deposit obtained does not exceed $500. (8) Theft by deception, as described by section (2) above, in which the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a tenant is a Class 2 felony if the rent payment or security deposit obtained exceeds $500 and does not exceed $10,000. (9) Theft by deception, as described by section (2) above, in which the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a tenant is a Class 1 felony if the rent payment or security deposit obtained exceeds $10,000 and does not exceed $100,000. (10) Theft by deception, as described by section (2) above, in which the offender falsely poses as a landlord or agent or employee of the landlord and obtains a rent payment or a security deposit from a tenant is a Class X felony if the rent payment or security deposit obtained exceeds $100,000. In September 2017, the charge was dismissed. State of Illinois v. KM KM was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. In October 2016, the DUI charge was dismissed. State of Illinois v. SB SB was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. In June 2017, the DUI charge was dismissed and a petition to rescind statutory summary suspension was granted, allowing SB to keep his driver's license. State of Illinois v. AH Aggravated Battery of a Police Officer AH was charged with aggravated battery of a police officer and with obstructing justice. All charges were dismissed in June 2017. State of Illinois v. RM RM was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. In February 2017, the charge against RM was dismissed and a petition to rescind statutory summary suspension was granted, allowing RM to keep his driver's license. State of Illinois v. AM Criminal Damage to Property Case In April 2005, AM was charged with criminal damage to property in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a jury trial. The jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY. State of Illinois v. HT DUI Case In 2005, HT was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a jury trial. State of Illinois v. RR In August 2006 in McLean County, RR was charged with: aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony; indecent solicitation of a child, a Class 2 felony; and endangering the life or health of a child, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion to dismiss the case was filed. The motion was granted and the case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. MC Resisting/Obstruction a Peace Officer and Obstruction of Justice Case In August 2007, MC was charged with resisting/obstructing a peace officer and with obstruction of justice in McLean County, both of which are Class 4 felonies. A motion was filed to vacate both of the convictions and to dismiss the criminal proceedings. The motion was granted and the judgment of the convictions were vacated. The case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. AV In September 2007, AV was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. A verdict of NOT GUILTY was returned. State of Illinois v. TH Manufacture/Delivery of Narcotic Case In November 2007, TH was charged with manufacture/delivery of a narcotic in McLean County, a Class 2 felony. A motion was filed to vacate the conviction and to dismiss the criminal proceeding. The motion was granted and the conviction was vacated. The case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. SP In March 2008, SP was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. JG Manufacture/Delivery of Cannabis Case In July 2008, JG was charged with manufacture/delivery of cannabis in McLean County, a Class 3 felony. A motion was filed to vacate the conviction and to dismiss the case. Illinois Secretary of State Petition After receiving a DUI, CL lost his driving privileges. A petition was filed with the Illinois Secretary of State to give CL full reinstatement of his driving privileges. CL was granted full reinstatement of his driving privileges in March 2010. State of Illinois v. CR Manufacture/Delivery of a Narcotic Case In October 2008, CR was charged with manufacture/delivery of a narcotic in McLean County, a Class 2 felony. A motion to vacate the conviction and to dismiss the criminal proceeding was filed. The motion was granted and the judgment of conviction was vacated. The case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. NR In November 2008, NR was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony, and with resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor, in McLean County. The charges resulted in a bench trial. The possession of a controlled substance charge was dismissed. A verdict of NOT GUILTY was returned for the charge of resisting a peace officer. State of Illinois v. AR In November 2008, AR was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion to rescind the statutory summary suspension of AR's driver's license was filed. The motion was granted. After receiving a DUI, CL lost his driving privileges. A petition was filed with the Illinois Secretary of State to issue CL a restricted driving permit in February 2009. The petition was granted and CL was able to receive a restricted driving permit. State of Illinois v. KH In April 2009, KH was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion to rescind the statutory summary suspension of KH's driver's license was filed. State of Illinois v. SF Possession of Cannabis Case In 2009, SF was charged with possession of cannabis in McLean County, a Class C misdemeanor. In August 2009 the case was dismissed. Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Case In January 2010, SB was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse in DeWitt County, a Class 2 felony. The prosecution filed a petition to revoke SB's probation. The petition was dismissed. State of Illinois v. JL In June 2010, JL was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. A verdict of NOT GUILTY was rendered. State of Illinois v. DA In July 2010, DA was charged with possession of a controlled substance in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. The case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. RO Arson and Fraud Case In July 2010, RO was charged with arson/defrauding an insurance company, a Class 2 felony, and with defrauding a governmental entity, a Class 3 felony, in DeWitt County. Both charges were dismissed. State of Illinois v. SD In September 2010, SD was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of SD's driver's license. State of Illinois v. NB In September 2010, NB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. LH Credit Card Fraud Case In September 2010, LH was charged with credit card fraud in McLean County, a Class 3 felony. A motion to vacate the conviction was filed. In November 2010, JG was charged with possession of a controlled substance in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. State of Illinois v. CB Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance Case In January 2011, CB was charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a church in DeWitt County, a Class 1 felony. The charge resulted in a bench trial. The felony case was dismissed. CB pled guilty to disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. MD Improper Left Turn Case In January 2011, MD was charged with an improper left turn in McLean County, a petty offense. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. AG In March 2011, AG was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of AG's driver's license. The motion was granted State of Illinois v. JJ In June 2011, JJ was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A Motion to Quash Arrest an Suppress Evidence based on the officer having no reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop JJ was filed. The motion was granted and the case was dismissed State of Illinois v. PS In August 2011, PS was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. BB In August 2011, BB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. A verdict of NOT GUILTY was rendered State of Illinois v. RF In December 2011, RF was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial and a motion to rescind the statutory summary suspension of RF's driver's license. In December 2011, NR was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of NR's driver's license. Violation of Sex Offender Registration Act Case In February 2012, SB was charged with violation of the sex offender registration act in McLean County, a Class 3 felony. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. JD Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon Case In March 2012, JD was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. The felony case was dismissed. JD pled guilty to a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. MM In May 2012, MM was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charges resulted in a bench trial. In June 2012, JL was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. After receiving a DUI, BR lost his driving privileges. A petition was filed with the Illinois Secretary of State to reinstate BR's driving privileges in June 2012. Reinstated The petition was granted and BR's driving privileges were reinstated. State of Illinois v. SC In July 2012, SC was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. In December 2012, SC was charged in McLean County with aggravated battery of a police officer, a Class 2 felony, and was also charged with resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. The charges resulted in a bench trial. A verdict of NOT GUILTY on both counts was rendered. State of Illinois v. KC RESISTING A PEACE OFFICER In December 2012, KC was charged with resisting a peace officer in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. A motion for directed verdict was granted and a verdict of NOT GUILTY was rendered. State of Illinois v. JN Unlawful Possession of Cannabis Sativa Plants Case In December 2012, JN was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis sativa plants in McLean County, a Class 3 felony. A motion was filed to vacate the judgment of conviction and to dismiss the case. State of Illinois v. BS Driving While Revoked/Suspended Case In February 2013, BS was charged with driving while driver's license was revoked/suspended in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. State of Illinois v. CK In February 2013, CK was charged with domestic battery in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. Transport Cigarettes to Evade Tax and Possession of Contraband Cigarettes Cas In February 2013 in McLean County, MM was charged with transporting cigarettes to evade tax, a Class 3 felony. MM was also charged with possession of contraband cigarettes, a Class 3 felony. Both Class 3 felony charges were dismissed. MM pled guilty to a Class A misdemeanor. Domestic Battery Case In March 2013, SB was charged with three counts of domestic battery in McLean County, all Class A misdemeanors. The case and all three charges were dismissed. State of Illinois v. JH In March 2013, JH was charged with two counts of driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charges resulted in a jury trial. The jury rendered a verdict of NOT GUILTY on both counts. State of Illinois v. SR In April 2013, SR was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial. State of Illinois v. JW In April 2013, JW was charged with a Class 4 felony for unlawful possession of a controlled substance in McLean County. A Motion to Vacate Judgment of Conviction was filed. State of Illinois v. KB In April 2013, KB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. VG Retail Theft Case In July 2013, VG was charged with retail theft in McLean County, a Class 3 felony. The retail theft case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. MW Aggravated DUI Case In August 2013, MW was charged with aggravated DUI for not having a valid driver's license in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. In August 2013, MM was charged with resisting a peace officer in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. JF In September 2013, JF was charged with two counts of driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. MR In September 2013, MR was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of MR's driver's license. State of Illinois v. RB In October 2013, RB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. In May 2014, a bench trial was held. In October 2013, NB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. AB In November 2013, AB was charged with aggravated DUI in McLean County, a Class 4 felony. State of Illinois v. JT In March 2014, JT was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion to dismiss the case and a petition to rescind the statutory summary suspension of JT's driver's license were filed. The case was dismissed and the petition was granted. State of Illinois v. HS In May 2014, HS was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. TM In May 2014, TM was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. In July 2014, JT was charged with aggravated driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class 2 felony. State of Illinois v. JB In November 2014, JB was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. State of Illinois v. DW In December 2014, DW was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of DW's driver's license. State of Illinois v. TV In January 2015, TV was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A motion was filed to rescind the statutory summary suspension of TV's driver's license. In February 2015, CB was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in McLean County, a Class 2 felony. The two charges against CB resulted in a jury trial in October 2015. The jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY on both counts. Criminal Sexual Assault Case In February 2015, JG was charged with criminal sexual assault in McLean County, a Class 1 felony. Case was dismissed. State of Illinois v. TD In April 2015, TD was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. The charge resulted in a bench trial, which occurred in November 2015. In June 2015, RM was charged with driving under the influence in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. A Motion To Quash Arrest and Suppress Evidence based on the inadvertent destruction of an in-car video in the care of the police was filed. DUI case was dismissed. After receiving a DUI, TJ lost his driving privileges. A petition was filed with the Illinois Secretary of State to reinstate TJ's driving privileges in July 2015. The petition was granted and TJ's driving privileges were reinstated. State of Illinois v. II In January 2016, II was charged with battery in McLean County, a Class A misdemeanor. Traffic Case In April 2016, JH was charged with violating the right-way and crosswalk statute. The charge was dismissed. After receiving a DUI, BQ lost his driving privileges. A petition was filed with the Illinois Secretary of State to reinstate BQ's driving privileges and a hearing on that petition was held in May 2016. State of Illinois v. JR Possession of a Controlled Substance & Possession of Cannabis In July 2016, JR was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony, and with possession of cannabis, a Class C misdemeanor. Both charges against JR were dismissed. State of Illinois v. YS Unlawful Visitation Interference In June 2016, YS was charged with unlawful visitation interference. The charge against YS was dismissed. State of Illinois v. EG In September 2016, EG was charged with DUI. The DUI charge was dismissed. Hit & Run Case In October of 2016, RP was charged with failing to notify damage to an unattended vehicle, a Class A Misdemeanor, and with failing to give notice of an accident, a petty offense. State of Illinois vs. D.J. In February 2016, DJ was charged with resisting a peace officer. A motion was filed to quash the arrest and suppress the evidence. A hearing on the motion was held in June 2016. The motion was granted and the charge was dismissed. State of Illinois vs. J.G. State of Illinois vs. J.H. POSSESSION OF CANNABIS & DRUG PARAPHERNILIA In April 2016, JH was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. A motion to quash the arrest and suppress the evidence was filed and a hearing on the motion was held. The motion was granted and both charges were dismissed. Petition To Seal Felony Convictions J.A. & L.A. In 1999, JA and LA were both convicted of forgery, a Class 3 felony. In June 2016, a petition to seal both felony convictions was filed. In August 2016, a hearing was held on both petitions. Both petitions were granted and the felony convictions were sealed. After receiving two DUIs, AN lost his driving privileges. A hearing with the Illinois Secretary of State to reinstate AN’s driving privileges was held in November of 2016. In January 2017, AN was granted a restricted driving permit. State of Illinois vs. B.S. In October of 2016, BS was charged with unlawful consumption of liquor by a minor, a Class A Misdemeanor. In January 2017, the charge was dismissed. State of Illinois vs. R.M. In January 2017, RM was charged with driving under the influence of a drug, a Class A Misdemeanor. In February 2017, the charge was dismissed. A petition to rescind RM’s statutory summary suspension was filed and was granted, allowing RM to keep his driver’s license. John was a wonderful asset when it came to my defense for my DUI. Not only was he very knowledgeable and very responsive, we truly felt he had my best interest at heart. He made a very difficult time for me run very smoothly. He answered all of my questions no matter how trivial. 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__label__wiki	0.980848	0.980848	(Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Harvard, Asian-Americans Group Spar Over Data In Bias Case BOSTON (AP) — Even though they bring stronger academic records than any other racial group, Asian-Americans who apply to Harvard University face the lowest acceptance rates, according to a study of admissions records filed Friday by a group that's suing the school over alleged discrimination. The group, Students for Fair Admissions, says Harvard routinely assigns lower scores to Asian-American students in subjective rating categories meant to measure attributes such as likeability, courage and kindness, putting them at a major disadvantage compared to white students. Edward Blum, a legal strategist who founded Students for Fair Admissions, issued a statement saying his group's filing "exposes the startling magnitude of Harvard's discrimination." Harvard blasted the study in an opposing court filing and submitted a countering study that found no evidence of bias. In a statement, the school called the lawsuit an attack on its ability to consider race in admissions, which it says is necessary to gather a racially diverse mix of students. "Harvard will continue to vigorously defend our right, and that of other colleges and universities nationwide, to seek the educational benefits that come from a class that is diverse on multiple dimensions," the school said. The studies were filed in Boston's federal court as both sides attempted to persuade a judge to end the suit before it reaches trial, which has been scheduled to start in October. It marked a step forward in a lawsuit that has lasted nearly four years and has drawn the attention of the U.S. Education Department, which is also looking into Harvard's use of race in admissions. Both sides built their cases on six years of admissions decisions at Harvard. The records, for students who applied from 2010 through 2015, are barred from the public, but the dueling analyses offered a rare glimpse into the secretive inner workings of the Ivy League school's admission office. According to the filings, each applicant is assigned a numerical value in four categories — academic, extracurricular, athletic and personal — along with an overall score that's meant to be comprehensive but isn't based on any particular formula. Ultimately the decision comes down to a committee of 40 people who review each applicant. For students who choose to submit their race, Harvard says it's considered as one factor among many that may "inform an applicant's life experience" and the contributions they will offer. But the study shared by Students for Fair Admissions, which was conducted by Duke University economist Peter Arcidiacono, says race plays a major role and works against Asian-Americans. The study found that if Harvard relied only on the academic scores it assigns to each applicant, more than half of admitted students would have been Asian-American over the six years. Instead, they made up 22 percent. Arcidiacono largely puts the blame on subjective categories that disfavor Asian-Americans. They received lower scores than any other racial group in the category for "personal qualities," for example, and they fared worse than whites in the overall rating assigned by Harvard. Yet he notes that Harvard alumni who interview applicants and provide separate ratings scored Asian-Americans higher than whites overall, a contrast that Arcidiacono says suggests bias. The university says the analysis is flawed because it excludes applicants believed to have an advantage regardless of race, including relatives of alumni and athletes recruited by the school. Instead, Harvard sought its own study from David Card, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, who found no evidence of discrimination. Looking at a wider pool of applicants and admissions factors, Card found that the effect of being Asian-American was "statistically indistinguishable from zero." Harvard also objected to the group's use of a 2013 internal study that was uncovered during discovery. The inquiry, which was conducted amid earlier allegations of bias, explores the racial makeup of the school's admitted class. A chart from the report indicates that, even considering factors like legacy status and extracurricular activities, Asian-Americans would be expected to make up about 26 percent of the admitted class. In reality, they made up 19 percent. Students for Fair Admissions said the report is proof of intentional discrimination and that Harvard "killed the study and quietly buried the reports." Harvard countered that the study was never intended to evaluate possible discrimination and that it was "incomplete, preliminary and based on limited inputs." The lawsuit raises implications for many other universities that, like Harvard, say they consider race among many factors. In 2016, the Supreme Court examined the topic and upheld race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, but the justices warned that other colleges still must be able to prove affirmative action is the only way to meet diversity goals. Blum also was a driving force behind that case, helping Texas student Abigail Fisher sue the university. Fisher is also an executive in Students for Fair Admissions, according to the group's tax filings. Friday's court filings followed a battle over a trove of Harvard data reviewed by lawyers earlier in the lawsuit. Harvard argued that its records should be filed confidentially to protect students and the admissions process. Blum's group said the public should have access to the records, and the U.S. Education Department weighed in to agree. The judge ultimately sided with Harvard, but Blum said Friday that he believes the rest of the records will be released "in the next few weeks." Students for Fair Admissions Lowest Acceptance Rates	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24956
__label__wiki	0.512329	0.512329	Looking at Filey REDUX adventures in the kin trade Sleigh Ride to Mount Pleasant I have been led astray the last three days – on a long and circuitous journey taking in Middle England, Scotland, Holland, and India, with a fanciful spin round Amen Corner on the way. There are countless places in the English speaking world that have areas called Mount Pleasant – see how many there are in and around Swansea – but I fetched up just 20 miles north of Filey, in Robin Hood’s Bay. Intrigued by the rather quick remarriage of Thomas Matthew EDWARDS, following the too early death of Elizabeth Alice STORY, I went in search of Ann NICHOL. She was 36 years old when she married Thomas in 1882 and I found soon enough that her maiden surname was possibly SLEIGH. I fired up the LDS 1881 British Census – I have my family’s heartland counties in a FileMaker database – and searched for Ann. Imagine my surprise… Well Road doesn’t exist anymore in Bridlington unless it is masquerading as Well Lane, but I was really pleased to see the widow Nicoll next door to her parents. Young Ann had also had a son with George NICOLL, given name Linwood, his grandmother’s maiden surname. I haven’t found a record of his death but he would have been ten years old in 1881. All four Nicoll children were born in Forfarshire/Angus, Scotland. George NICOLL, a Scotsman, had married Ann SLEIGH in Kings Norton, Worcestershire in 1866. He took his young bride home and died aged 49 in Forfar, in 1878. Ann returned to England with the three girls, met widower Thomas EDWARDS and his young son Walter William, joined forces and moved from Bridlington with her parents to her mother’s hometown, Pocklington. Young Ann’s marriage lasted no time at all. Thomas died in 1884. I don’t know what happened to the boy EDWARDS over the next twenty years but in 1891 Ann and two of the girls were living in The Balk, Pocklington, and her parents not far away in Percy Road. Lily had gone up to Scotland on a visit. As chance had it, Pocklington’s GP was Dr. Alexander Ferrier Angus FAIRWEATHER, born in Holland to the Reverend Robert of that ilk who, for four years, led the Scottish Church in Rotterdam. Dr. Alexander’s eldest son Robert, also a medical man, born in Balfron (Stirling), married Lily NICOLL in Pocklington in 1893. Death cut that marriage short too. I haven’t established when or where the younger Robert FAIRWEATHER died – best fit is Tynemouth in 1897, aged 32 – but at the 1901 Census widow Lily was working as a school matron in London. Lily’s grandmother, Ann née LINWOOD, died in Pocklington shortly after the 1891 census was taken, and John SLEIGH followed her to the next world five years later. In 1901 Ann EDWARDS was settling into Mount Pleasant, Robin Hood’s Bay, with unmarried daughters Annie and Bessie, (now going by “Nita” and “Bettie”). This section of the village today has three stretches of road designated Mount Pleasant North, South and East and there is little chance of identifying the Edwards house. But this image from the Francis Frith Company will give an idea of what it was like then. Not so distinguished now. (Photo: Google Street View.) At the 1911 Census, Ann and daughters Lily and Bessie (once again) are together at Mount Pleasant. I don’t know what happened to Annie but I did catch up with William Walter EDWARDS, now a cashier at a paper mill in Tamworth, married to Mary Frances née RANFORD, with a daughter Alicia Clare, 7, and son Raymund Walter, 5. Both children were born in the area from which their step-grandmother had hailed. North of the border, the FAIRWEATHERs had celebrated their triumphs and endured some tragedies. Dr. Alexander’s older brother, John Bisset, born in Rotterdam, died aged 60 after a swift and sad decline, his health possibly affected by 13 years spent on a coffee plantation in India. His sister, Isabella Guthrie married a soldier and gave birth to her third child on the sub-continent – and died aged 27 when the wee lad was just two years old. And what of Amen Corner? The mother in law of the first Alexander Ferrier Angus was Margaret LOW of Stonehaven and he agreed to his second child being christened Margaret Eliza Low FAIRWEATHER. If you are of a certain age (and British) you will understand why I was triggered. Most of the folk mentioned in this post can be found on FamilySearch. December 31, 2017 Ian Elsom ArmstrongBridlingtonEdwardsFairweatherfamily historyFetteressoLowNicollPocklingtonRobin Hood’s BayScotlandSleighStonehaven A couple of posts earlier this month, Balaclava and The Missing Parson, featured some STORYs. I revisited them yesterday to tie up some of their loose ends on FamilySearch. The stone remembering Elizabeth Alice STORY is in a sorry state. The Crimlisks in their 1977 survey noted it was broken… The carved lettering is very distinctive, appearing on only one other headstone in St Oswald’s churchyard, as far as I’m aware – that of Elizabeth Alice’s parents and brothers Henry Errington and William. This one reads:- In affectionate remembrance of ELIZABETH ALICE, the beloved wife of THOMAS MATTHEW EDWARDS, daughter of WILLIAM STORY, who died at Bridlington, October 26th 1880, aged 29. She was buried in Bridlington and to give her such a substantial memorial in the town of her birth is quite a statement. Her only child, Walter William, was four months shy of his seventh birthday when she died. He would acquire a step-mother around the time he turned eight. After adding a source or two to Elizabeth Alice’s record on FamilySearch I checked to see if she had any duplicates. There was just one and it was quite startling – of Elizabeth Alice STOREY, with the same birth and death years and a husband with the surname EDWARDS, the marriage taking place, it appears, about the same time. Very clearly, they were “not a match”. This other Elizabeth had entered the world in Hants Harbour, Newfoundland, and departed from the same place. The location rang a bell, though, so I looked again at the biography of Filey Elizabeth’s brother, George Philliskirk STORY. …Following three probationary years as an assistant in the two St John’s [Newfoundland] circuits, Story was ordained in 1880. That summer he married the daughter of John Steer, a leading merchant in the city. The next eight years were spent in hard and onerous labour as a circuit preacher around the island: at Channel (Channel-Port aux Basques), Hant’s Harbour and Catalina on Trinity Bay, and Freshwater on Conception Bay. Spooky, huh? 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__label__cc	0.543764	0.456236	Pat Metheny plays Bordeaux Posted on March 6, 2010 by ledocs About three weeks ago, we went to hear our friend Gregg play his American neo-country music with his band in a small bar in the town where he lives. Dinner was being served to a group of about thirty diners who had come from surrounding towns. I struck up a conversation with a local denizen at the bar, who turned out to be a chef, and he told me that Pat Metheny had just played in Bordeaux, which is about 1.5 hours from where we live but which we had visited for only one day about ten years ago. We keep hearing nice things about Bordeaux, which has been greatly spruced up in the mayoralty of Alain Juppé, who fell from grace in a housing scandal when he was Premier Ministre under Chirac. The day after Gregg’s concert, a Sunday, the man I had met called me on the telephone to say that Metheny had not yet played in Bordeaux, that he would be playing on Tuesday. So I began research to see if we could get tickets and if we wanted to take the time and spend the money to do so. Pat Metheny is probably my favorite guitarist of all time. The ticket offices were not open on Sunday, one could not buy tickets online. I read a number of online reviews of the concert. Metheny was doing a one-man show tour with something he calls the orchestrion, a very elaborate one-man band using standard instruments controlled mechanically or electro-mechanically in various ways that I do not fully understand. Essentially, Metheny plays amplified guitar(s) while accompanied by a large band of instruments, various drums, electric bass, two marimbas, and grand piano. The band is preprogrammed, although Metheny is able to control what it plays to some extent by using controllers on one of his electric guitars and by using foot switches. The precise method and degree of control were not explained during the concert, nor are they explained on Metheny’s web site. He did say during the concert that solenoids play an important role in the control function. The next day, Monday, I ordered two tickets by telephone, at a total cost of 102 euros, about $141 American at current rates. To this would be added the cost of getting to and from Bordeaux, autoroute tolls and parking, and the cost of a snack and a dinner in Bordeaux., which would all add up to an additional 96 euros, so it would turn out to be a very expensive concert. On our drive along the autoroute to Bordeaux, Georgiana played a podcast of “Fresh Air.” Terry Gross was interviewing Mike Judge, creator of the animated television series “King of the Hill” and its predecessor on MTV, “Beavis and Butthead.” We had seen many episodes of “King of the Hill” before moving to France. “Beavis and Butthead” was never much to my taste. In the course of the interview, a scene from Judge’s most recent movie, “Extract,” is played and discussed. In this scene, a young woman con artistenters a guitar store and pretends to be interested in buying a guitar for her father, who is having a birthday. The salesmen in the store ask the attractive young lady what kind of music her father plays or likes, to which she replies that she does not know. “Does he like Pat Metheny and fusion music?” Again, she does not know. It seemed an odd coincidence that the subject of Pat Metheny should arise in the course of an interview of Mike Judge on this particular podcast, which had been chosen more or less randomly. Our day in Bordeaux was wonderful, however. We took one of two walks recommended in the Michelin guide around the historic center, which is quite beautiful, if one likes 18th century French architecture. We stopped along the way at an alternative tea house called the Samovar that could have been in San Francisco. Bordeaux is not known for being a hip town, as one of the other customers, a long-time resident who does painting restoration in historic buildings, told me. Its general reputation is that of being stuffy and of being dominated by the bourgeois families in the wine industry. But under the mayoralty of Juppé, Bordeaux has become more “dynamic,” more hospitable to youth culture. The weather was crisp and overcast, but we were compensated by an almost complete absence of tourists of any description. Most of the restaurants were deserted at lunchtime. We contented ourselves with a lunch of kebab sandwiches and frites, by far the least expensive dining option in France. We noticed a restaurant that was offering a very reasonably priced prix fixe lunch and which was full and made a tentative plan to return to eat dinner there before the concert. During our walk, we passed through a small covered shopping mall which happened to house the office of the ticket agency from which I had purchased our Metheny tickets by telephone. We were able to pick up our tickets there, rather than at the theater, and could therefore avoid the worry of having to deal with will-call at the theater that evening. I was familiar with the ticket office, because I had spent a day in Bordeaux on my own once, after having dropped Georgiana off at the airport. On that occasion, I went to a very odd and disappointing exhibition about the history of the Jews in France. The exhibition took place in a rehabilitated naval facility that looked like it had been used to dock submarines. During the Middle Ages, Bordeaux had a fairly large Jewish community, mostly exiled from Spain. I also tried to visit the main synagogue in Bordeaux on that occasion, but it was under renovation. After our full day of pedestrian tourism, we did ultimately return to the restaurant that had attracted our attention during the lunch hour. We were the first to arrive for dinner, a little before 7PM. Waitpeople were on their way out with trays of food. My wife told the waiter that we are a bit pressed for time, due to a concert. “Pat Metheny?” “Yes.” “Ah, they just went out with food for the band.” There are hundreds of restaurants in Bordeaux, many of them closer to the Femina Theater than this one. When we arrived at the hall, after our very reasonably priced and tasty meal, people were being searched for cameras. As it happened, I had a very small camera in the vest pocket of my windbreaker, since we had spent the whole day as tourists. The young fellow of North African descent in red livery who was doing the searching asked if I had a camera, so I replied in the affirmative. “You can’t come in with a camera. It is written on the back of your ticket.” “You’ll have to call the police, because I’m going in.” “You should have left the camera in your car, it’s written on the back of your ticket.” “The car is too far away, I’m going in.” And back and forth we went, until finally he said, “Well, you had better not take any pictures,” to which I replied, “I have no intention of taking any pictures.” Once inside, we read the very fine print on the back of the ticket, and it said that the taking of photos was prohibited, it did not say that cameras were prohibited. The agency where we picked up the tickets could have told us about such a prohibition, but they had not. So after the concert I confronted the young man who had been told to search for cameras and to keep them out of the hall, and we again went back and forth. He was unconvinced by any of my arguments, legal or prudential. Our seats were in the very rear of the second balcony of a fairly large hall, and there was no leg room whatever. I would have been miserable if I had had to sit with my legs jammed up into the seat in front of me for close to three hours. Fortunately, there was a fold-in aisle seat that extended into the aisle when opened, so I actually had ample leg-room during the concert. The hall was full, and the audience was attentive and appreciative, as French audiences always seem to be. The music was very good. The orchestrion played with only one minor technical glitch during the entire evening, and Metheny himself was in very good form. The music was very typical Pat Metheny music. The first half of the concert featured many tunes that he had been playing with Bred Mehldau in a traditional quartet setting, while the second half featured music from his “Orchestrion” album and a familiar oldie played as an encore. There was some Steve Reich influence in evidence, due to the rhythmic presence of the marimbas. It was very much like a Pat Metheny Group concert, without the group. As a sheer technical achievement, it was very impressive indeed. Musically, it was very good. For a guitar player, an amateur one with professional aspirations, an experience like this can be either exhilirating and lend encouragement or it can be discouraging. For whatever reason, I tend to be encouraged by displays of virtuosity. It was a very memorable concert, and I did not regret at all the money spent to get to Bordeaux and back. There is little gossip pertaining to Pat Metheny that is available on the Internet. At one point during the concert, he did vouchsafe that he has a French wife. But he does not speak French. It turns out that his wife is French-Moroccan. Metheny said that he had visited Bordeaux several times as a tourist. Metheny’s own web site is fairly interesting, although I find his musical recommendations to be somewhat unreliable. I do not at all understand his principle of selection for pop music, other than that it represents music he likes. On the other hand, Metheny is quite articulate when discussing music. www.patmetheny.com The experience raised the question for me of whether there is something like destiny at play in life. I only found out about this concert by a chance meeting, and it is quite unusual for a French person to take the initiative of calling up a near stranger the day after meeting. Then it was odd to hear Pat Metheny come up in the podcast on the way to Bordeaux. It was mildly odd that we walked by chance past the office of the ticket agency, and so were able to get our tickets in advance without any waiting or rushing. It was certainly odd that, among all the places where one might have eaten dinner before the concert, we chose the one that happened to be catering for the crew of the concert. A possible after-effect of the concert is that I am spending more time trying to learn the ins and outs of my Boss GT-10 multieffects guitar pedal. 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__label__wiki	0.609351	0.609351	Posted on September 4, 2016 by Clyde Mandelin ‧ 41 Comments A Legends of Localization reader named Bretto sent in a question about Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete for the original PlayStation: I’m playing it for the first time and I came across a pop culture joke in the game (all the way back from ’96!) about the famous Tootsie Pop short with Mr. Owl. Attached is the snippet. I was curious what was used here in Japanese – possibly some other type of famous CM or pop reference of the time? Additionally, subsequent dialogue has him asking about M&Ms and the “stuck-up” character makes a comment something like how “even plebians know that they melt in your mouth”. There are actually many versions of this game, some in Japanese and some in English. There’s the original Sega CD version, a Sega Saturn version, the well-known PlayStation version, a Game Boy Advance version, a Windows version, a mobile version, and possibly more. Because there are so many versions, information about specific text is spotty and tough to find online. Luckily, the English PlayStation version of this scene is well-known and documented on several sites and videos. The Japanese version isn’t, though – I only managed to find it in a video of the Sega Saturn release. So, assuming that the script didn’t drastically change between the Saturn and PlayStation releases, here’s the Japanese and English text side-by-side for both dialogue exchanges: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Sega Saturn) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PlayStation) Japanese Version (basic translation) English Version Random Guy: Man, the Magic City of Vane… How the heck can something so huge float in the air? Random Guy: Just how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Whenever I think that it could come crashing down I get so worried that I can’t even nap! I really wanna know! Nall: Then don’t think about it. Nall: That’s not me, you idiot! It’s a dumb owl that does that! Geez! Random Guy: If Vane does come crashing down, maybe I’ll head there and grab me some pieces of its Silver Tower. Random Guy: All right…why do M&Ms melt in your mouth, but not in your hand? Nash: Don’t joke about such horrible things! You couldn’t be any more rude! Nash: The thick candy shell, of course! Don’t they teach you peasants ANYTHING? So to answer Bretto’s question, the original Japanese lines (at least in the Saturn script) don’t contain any pop culture references – they’re just standard lines about the floating city of Vane. The localization team at Working Designs was well-known for adding pop culture referencs like this, so it’s pretty normal for this game. I’ve never played the original Sega CD version, but I’ve heard good things about it, so it’s something I want to play in the near future. From what little I’ve seen, its localization is equally pop culture-filled: Anyway, hopefully this clears up fans’ questions about these two particular candy-themed lines in Lunar! If you enjoyed this post and know any other fans of Lunar, let 'em know about this article. It'd be a great help! Passport to MOTHER 2 [Learn Japanese!] Learn two Japanese writing systems, basic grammar, and enough vocab to experience the original Japanese version of EarthBound! What the Mario & Luigi Sock Creature Is Named in Japanese This sock creature has a Japanese name in English, so what is its name in Japanese? Does Japanese Final Fantasy X Feature the Macarena Too? Does the world of Final Fantasy X really know about 1990s Earth music? Was it mentioned in the original Japanese script? Esper September 4, 2016 at 2:26 pm Not a huge fan of these sort of changes, but I will admit that the guy’s response about the M&Ms is pretty hilarious. On another note, not too familiar with these games but I recall there being a kid in Lunar Silver Star where a kid says he has to eat his Wheaties to get strong or something. Darien September 4, 2016 at 10:01 pm I liked it better back in the day than I do now, which is probably in no small part because it was novel then. I never played Silver Star Story on the PSX; I played the GBA port, which is an entirely fresh translation without the Working Designs pop culture stuff. Afterward, though, I picked up Eternal Blue on the PSX and was floored by the wild localization — though even moreso by Ghaleon’s voice work. That is the best video game acting of all time. YellowyOshi398 September 7, 2016 at 10:13 am I feel like this kind of translation wouldn’t go over so well today, not only because fans would make (not unjustified) complaints about straying from the original script for the sake of jokes, but also because it must’ve been a legal nightmare to name-drop all these brand names! Icebutt September 4, 2016 at 6:46 pm Fun fact! The “tootsie roll” line IS in the original English Sega-CD version (but the second m&m line isn’t, I believe) but the Japanese line IS different in the original. According to Lunar-net (http://lunar-net.com/tss/tss_diff.php) he says “The town that floats in the sky… Hmm… I have memories of it from some adventures here and there from long ago… But it’s no good… I don’t remember it. Who in the world am I?” In the original version, his sprite kind of looks like Adol. I think, originally, this was an Ys reference! That’s just a theory, though. In any case, if it is an Ys reference, the English version didn’t catch onto it, and the joke was removed in the remake. Clyde Mandelin September 4, 2016 at 6:58 pm Ooh, very interesting stuff, thanks! I did some quick searching on Japanese sites but so far I haven’t found anything (or even any theories) about the possible Ys connection. I’ll check around some more though, it seems pretty plausible to me. Joseph Valencia September 23, 2016 at 2:21 pm The original Sega CD Lunar games were developed by Studio Alex, which was apparently founded by former Falcom staff members. Much like the Ys franchise, both Lunar games have blue-haired female characters who are significant to the plot. Darien September 4, 2016 at 7:04 pm And, of course, Adol begins at least the current Ys 4 having lost his memory. I’m not sure if either Ys 4 that existed at the time used that plot point, though. The Japanese version of “Lunar: The Silver Star” was released in 1992, which was one year before both versions of Ys IV came out. Oh, and here’s some screenshots that give you a better look at that NPC in the original version: http://lparchive.org/Lunar-The-Silver-Star/Update%2008/19-update615.png http://lparchive.org/Lunar-The-Silver-Star/Update%2008/20-update616.png (it’s in the wrong aspect ration but I think you can see what I mean) Jistuce September 4, 2016 at 11:26 pm Ah, Working Designs… they danced with wild abandon along that line between “fantastically enjoyable localizations” and “kicking the fourth wall in the nuts” Ishntknew September 6, 2016 at 1:41 pm Honestly, I haven’t played any Working Designs translations yet, but everything I see about them makes me hate them more and more. They remind me of really bad fan translations, not an actual professional localization group. If you had told me “I think William Shatner is more convincing than you!” had come from a Working Designs game, I would have believed it. You have to realize that at the time, Working Designs was one of the best in the business when it came to localization, if not the best. Sure, they injected a lot of humor that didn’t exist in the original Japanese text, but they were also one of the only companies at the time that actually tried to make translations that read naturally. They also raised the bar for English dubs in games at a time when quality dubs were few and far between. Draco September 25, 2016 at 10:15 am They earned the Wrecking Designs nickname. I really wish Sega Europe finished their own translation of Lunar for the Saturn – as you can see, most of the localized dialogue from the remakes is just re-purposed from the original versions with not much regard for context. They made most of their releases hard mods of the original versions, cut offensive stuff whenever they wanted (like Silhouette Mirage’s entire story, oh and its gameplay is now sado-masochism), and whenever they wanted added offensive stuff with little regard to the scene’s context (say what you want about DeJap’s “I bet she f*cks like a tiger” line in ToP’s fan-translation, at least there was some loose story relevance for that line being there -said girl has an actual sexual dream even in the original script-, but WD’s incestuous town and Clinton jokes in Lunar, and the girls in Rayearth being fool-mouthed in what should have been a light-hearted game…) Other companies have tried imitating them. I’m so glad that Atlus quickly realized that toying with the game balance (Thousand Arms) and reworking stories as Americanized abridged dubs regardless ofthe mood (Persona) wasn’t that popular and quickly adopted saner localization methods. What you don’t mention is that most of Working Design’s gameplay modifications were so well received that Japanese players would actually import the American version of those games to play them. I’ve also never heard of anyone calling them “Wrecking Designs”. Another case of myopic internet hyperbole, I’m sure. Uh… that’s been a really, really old nickname for them for ages. I found articles criticizing their localizations using that name “Wrecking Designs” from back in 2005, too. And this isn’t even delving into the really scummy business practices of Gaijinworks (the current version of Working Designs)! John Friscia September 6, 2016 at 3:46 pm As a little kid, I worshipped Working Designs for giving me the Lunar games. I still even vaguely remember the layout of their old website. But as an adult, I realize they really put too much of themselves into the localization instead of just staying true to what the games were supposed to be. That being said, Working Designs was the best possible group to have published Lunar. It was WD that had the idea to make use of the Harp at the end of the game, a brilliant notion that was absent in the original Japanese version. And the voice acting was so full of life. No other game ever captured my imagination like Lunar: The Silver Star and its PS1 remake. Lupus753 September 6, 2016 at 6:32 pm I hear ya, but I’ve never really forgiven them for adding an actual cost to saving your game in Lunar 2. In the Japanese version, it was free! Jistuce September 9, 2016 at 12:54 am The save cost thing is a common complaint, and one that always struck me as odd due to how little impact it actually HAS. The cost never rises high enough to actually be a concern, and tends to sit at one random encounter’s worth of MXP. Which does, admittedly, makes me wonder why they even bothered. I think people only care about the save cost because WD explicitly called the change out in the manual, so they have something concrete to latch on to and wave around as “proof” that WD are hacks. And for some reason, paying to save really grinds people’s gears. But if it hadn’t been in the manual, no one would even KNOW. You would be better off citing Silhouette Mirage, which both bungles the translation mightily(it misses that the bosses are named after the seven deadly sins), and has gameplay changes that completely unbalance the game. It is a rare example of Working Designs ACTUALLY ruining the game instead of just being accused of doing so. Lupus753 September 10, 2016 at 5:26 pm At the point I’m at in the game, you get maybe 6 MP from a fight while saving the game costs around 75 MP. Maybe it gets better later on, but it’s really frustrating right now. Victor Ireland said that they did it because all the other RPGs forced you to go to an inn or the world map to save. Which to me sounds like he hated things that were different from the norm, even if they were more convenient. Are you on the world map? One mob in a dungeon will typically drop enough MXP to make one save. Even on the world map, unless you save every few steps, you should still earn a decent amount of MXP. Don’t worry about not having enough to level up magic, either. Levelling up magic too quickly can actually be a problem, because your magic levels can outpace your character’s MP. You’d be surprised at how far you can get into the game with just the basic set of spells. Rare? Even in the first game they cut items for no reason. And most of their RPGs have messed-up stats and progressions, to the point of one (TG16) being potentially impossible to finish due to one of their “rebalancing” changes. And one of the biggest problems of WD’s localizations is that their fluff isn’t flavor they add to the game, they’re gutting plot-relevant text and replacing it with their fluff. At a lot of parts, they’re no longer proper translations. More hyperbole. I doubt that you can name more than one RPG that Working Designs broke due to rebalancing. “And for some reason, paying to save really grinds people’s gears. But if it hadn’t been in the manual, no one would even KNOW.” Everyone. This is what we call a shill. Joseph Valencia October 6, 2016 at 9:54 pm He’s right, though. Working Designs was one of the only companies back then that was transparent about the localization process. Back in the day, people played a ton of Japanese games that had gameplay altered during localization, and they didn’t even know it. Had it not been mentioned in the translation notes in the manual, most people wouldn’t have been the wiser. DJ September 7, 2016 at 7:55 am I’m not personally a fan of translations like these. Sometimes, the translators might actually improve the dialog compared to the Japanese version (the translation of FFXIV, in particular, is apparently considered pretty dry and forgettable in Japanese and the English version made it a more enjoyable read, but I wouldn’t know for sure myself since I’m hearing this second hand). However, the vast majority of the time they end up practicing some lame jokes that kinda ruin the experience. This isn’t really a good example, but I’m not a particular fan of the “spoony bard” line from FFIV. Yes, it’s “classic” bad translation, but I really don’t like how Squeenix, and the fans for that matter, have all decided that because it’s a “classic”, all modern retranslations MUST keep the line. The problem is the moment when the line is spoken is supposed to be a serious one, and there hasn’t been a single time I’ve played the game where I can actually take that moment as seriously as intended because they keep shoving that line in there in the name of some misguided sense of honoring the past, even the past’s mistakes. So, Working Designs. I enjoyed this game the first time I played it. It plays like a Disney fairy tale, though the costume designs on the female villains get pretty ridiculous (if Disney ever actually did adopt this story into a movie, that’d be the first thing to change). People tell me Adventure Time’s “deep dark true story” is basically the background setting of Lunar as well, but I’ve never really been able to “get” that show (every time I tried to watch an episode, it was just a kid and dog saying weird made up words and making fart jokes, which isn’t really my kind of humor), so I’ll just have to take their word for it. Some of Working Design’s additions work pretty well. I still consider the “dragon diamonds are literally dragon dung” thing to be more or less cannon, because it works both as a good joke and as a “take that” to humanity’s obsession with shiny rocks AND as a nice little bit of world building (what exactly ARE dragon diamonds if that’s not what they are?). Still, in terms of a story I can actually get invested in, Working Designs kinda broke that forth wall way too often for my taste. The forth wall humor got old really quick anyway, so it stopped being funny pretty early on, and any time the story started to get serious, bam, they take the time to remind you it’s a video game and none of it is real. On average, I’d say I prefer they didn’t take so many liberties with that translation. The PSP remake did a better job I think. The problem with spoony bard is with the audience. Spoony is, in fact, a real insult. Check your dictionary. On top of that, it is applicable to the circumstance, and the dated nature of the slur is appropriate to the line’s speaker. The humor, if we can call it that, only arises because people don’t know the word and assume it is a random word substitution(because censorship omg!). The Final Fantasy 2 had a lot of problems, but that line is not among them. The only sin it commits is trusting the audience to be literate. There is a huge difference between being literate and knowing a word that literally no one has used in centuries. Besides, many, MANY people know (or managed to guess) that “spoony” is a real word, but it’s extremely strange to see such an obscure, archaic word from a character who never used such outdated modes of speech before or afterwards. tech_hutch October 29, 2016 at 12:17 pm I’ve never played a Final Fantasy game, but I’ve heard people reference the line plenty of times. Before looking it up, I assumed it had something to do with spooning (laying on someone, front-to-back). astrange July 19, 2018 at 12:26 am I played FFXIV for a while with Japanese language/English text and can confirm, the Japanese version is never an improvement and is usually underwritten. The pirate city in particular felt lifeless, no one sounds like a pirate and they just sound vaguely military. Some of the actors phoned in their lines too, Miyuki Sawashiro for one. On the other hand FFXV has lots of personality, they really sound like bros. DoubleXXCross September 7, 2016 at 11:41 pm The only way I can imagine tangents this big being a good idea in a translation, is if the original set of questions are supposed to just as weird, and the translators needed to make a change heavy enough to clarify that none of these questions were originally meant to be going anywhere serious with the lore. So, like, I guess my question is, do the original Vane City questions have anything to do with foreshadowing? Let September 8, 2016 at 3:16 pm “Don’t they teach you peasants ANYTHING?” Always one of my favorite lines. I also loved the comment about how “it’s surprising these hicks know how to nail down something other than what’s related to them” when you enter Meryod for the first time. That line did survive for the PSP port, but Kyle says it instead of Nash. I will never forget how Working Designs made me laugh with their quirky localizations and fantastic dubs. It reminds me of the first Sailor Moon dub; it may have went off the rails from time to time but it sure was far more amusing than a straight up translation (the Japanese lines are a touch on the dorky side of things with that anime). Silver Star Story Harmony is a more accurate translation, true, but it’s not really that funny. A few of the original lines from WD’s script are in there, but there is no mention of product brands, so purists can calm down. At least WD lives on as Gaijinworks, who are taking the time to bring us the numbered Summon Night titles starting with 5. KarjamP September 12, 2016 at 8:20 am Funny or not, straying away from the work’s original feel is highly dangerous since you’re essentially creating experiences not originally intended by its developers. Each and every single change effects a game’s feel no matter how great, how small and what’s being changed. Even playing an otherwise perfect port on an entirely different console may change the experience due to the difference in technology. Let September 18, 2016 at 11:46 pm That may be true, but sometimes those intended experiences are often duller than some would be led to believe. I’m not saying that everything should be translated all wacky and loopy, but sometimes it adds a little charm here and there. Sky Render September 19, 2016 at 11:22 am There is a fine line between embellishment and taking the piss. Quite frankly, the new Dragon Quest translations have it about right for as far as you should take the localization process. There’s plenty of offbeat humor and punny references, but that’s because that was the case in the original text as well. Replacing otherwise uninteresting dialogue with something that has no relevance to anything at all is not good localization practice. Making it more interesting while retaining the spirit of the original dialogue is good localization practice. Let October 5, 2016 at 10:18 pm Well it was a product of its time. They don’t really do this kind of thing much anymore. First time I’ve ever heard that considering how unethical the company is now. How are they unethical exactly? Let January 3, 2018 at 11:39 pm I love how it’s over a year later and you still haven’t explained what you meant by unethical, random Anon. lauri September 16, 2016 at 1:12 am Now, here’s something that you should take a look at. In FFX, as you’re visiting Kilika Temple for the first time, in one of the side rooms there’s two monk kids apparently playing tag with each other. One of them mentions that one of his parents went to ‘far plain’ when spoken to. In the context of the game, the ‘far plain’ is obviously Farplane, the place for the dead in FFX’s world. In the japanese version, that place is known as 異界 (ikai). roughly meaning Otherworld. The question is, what does the kid say in the Japanese version? It’s likely that 異界 is spelled in kana there, highlighting the fact that he’s still just a child and thus likely doesn’t know many kanji yet, but i’m not really sure… Well. Suddenly the song Otherworld makes a whole heck of a lot more sense. And is much, much darker. Lauri September 21, 2016 at 10:08 am Well, that’s certainly an interesting way to think about it. 🙂 Leave a Reply to Lupus753 Cancel reply Compared to things like literature and film, video games are an incredibly new form of expression, and the concepts behind game translation are even newer. So let's explore how translators have coped with new challenges while blazing a new linguistic frontier!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24967
__label__wiki	0.752406	0.752406	A women's asylum rots on an abandoned New York island Lauren Davis Filed to: Modern ruinsFiled to: Modern ruins Modern ruins Potter's field Hart Island, which sits at the western end of New York's Long Island Sound, boasts more than 850,000 residents - all of them dead. The island is now used primarily as a potter's field, but in its past it has housed a POW camp, a rehab facility, and a women's insane asylum. New York City purchased Hart Island in 1869, and immediately began using the island as a cemetery. Today, it's the largest publicly run cemetery in the world, although records of most of its burials were lost in 1977 in a fire set by vandals. The potter's field takes up the northern half of the island, but the southern area has had a host of uses. During the American Civil War, it served as an internment camp for Confederate prisoners of war, and in WWII it was again used as a POW camp. The rehab facility Phoenix House once had a facility there, as did a women's asylum called the Pavilion. The island has housed a boy's workhouse, a quarantine center, and, at various times, a prison. Today, there are still remnants of Hart's human activities, including hospital beds, Department of Corrections records, and shoes made by residents of Phoenix House. Visitors can still stumble upon the places where land is being excavated for future grave sites and the occasional unburied coffin. All of these photos were taken by urban explorer Richard Nickel Jr. in conjunction with Marie Lorenz. Visit Nickel's blog for many, many more photos of Hart Island, including a crumbling Catholic chapel and mass grave sites. [via Spike Trotman] Edit: For even more information and photos of Hart Island, be sure to check out Melinda Hunt's Hart Island Project. Hunt is working to increase the accessibility and visibility, as well as open up the records of the people buried there so their families can find their final resting places. She's also the author of Hart Island, the book from which the Nickel blog post was republished. Also, Richard Nickel Jr. is apparently a pseudonym for Ian Ference. You can see his amazing urban archaeology photos at his blog, The Kingston Lounge. Top image is of a ward building that was originally part of the women's hospital and was later repurposed to be part of Phoenix House. Photo by Ian Ference. The southern entrance to the Pavilion building. Photo by Ian Ference. The second floor of the Pavilion. Photo by Ian Ference. Department of Corrections record storage building. Photo by Ian Ference. Patient beds from the ward building. Photo by Ian Ference. Unburied coffins found in the ward building. Photo by Ian Ference. Recent from Lauren Davis First Second Is Publishing the Hilarious and Stunning Webcomic Epic Cucumber Quest We Should Take the Other Road A Haunting Short Film Set in a World Where Evolution Happens Rapidly—And Is Often Deadly	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24968
__label__wiki	0.800779	0.800779	All Fashion Books Conversation T-Shirt Portrait All Fashion House Arrest Go-See Conversation T-Shirt Portrait All Music Film House Arrest Go-See Shoot Yourself Conversation T-Shirt Portrait Apparel Printed Matter books Magazines CART ({{shop.cart.items}}) {{shop.cart.total}} ISSUE, INC. © {{copyright}} {{year}} GOOK: Justin Chon x David So Images & Video by Sophie Caby “There’s always capitalism trying to find a way to corporatize media or art, but I’m excited for the future and how people can create really innovative stuff without relying on corporatization.” — Justin Chon From first time director Justin Chon, Gook tells the story of two Korean American brothers who befriend a young African American girl around the time of the 1992 Rodney King riots. The film stars Chon, David So and Simone Baker and premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Justin Chon is an actor and director from Irvine, CA. Chon has appeared in films such as Twilight (2008) and 21 & Over (2013) and will be in the upcoming ABC crime series Deception (2017). He co-starred and directed his most recent film, Gook (2017). David So Born in South Korea and raised in Sacramento, CA, David So is a YouTube comedian and actor who starred in his first film, Gook, this year. So owns and operates his own soft serve joint, Drips & Swirls, in Koreatown, Los Angeles. It’s been a several years since actor Justin Chon first approached his friend and YouTube comedian David So about co-starring in Gook. At the time, Gook was no more than an idea simmering in Chon’s imagination, but the film came to fruition this year as his impressive directorial debut. Starring Justin Chon, David So and fellow newcomer Simone Baker, Gook follows the unlikely friendship between two Korean American brothers and a young African American girl during the 1992 Rodney King riots. The two friends discuss the road to Gook, YouTube and what they hope to accomplish next. Justin Chon: Alright, David. We already know each other, but tell me about how you came up in the game. David So: Where can we begin? Sacramento, I was terrible in school. My GPA average was 2.7, which mind you was pretty good considering the quality of my work. And then I went to college begrudgingly, didn’t want to be there. JC: You went to UC Riverside, right? DS: Yeah. UCR at that time was a shithole. JC: But now it’s really good. “I took this sociology class that had to do with new age media, and I saw this like YouTuber do something and was like ‘That guy’s famous?! He sucks!’ So I was like, ‘Cool, I’ll do my own!’” — David So DS: Yeah they took my tuition money and built all this shit. I went to UCR for a little bit, and during that time I was trying to do music and stand up comedy—acting wasn’t something I’d ever wanted to do. After UCR, I went to a community college for a couple of years, then I was at Sac State. I took this sociology class that had to do with new age media, and I saw this like YouTuber do something and was like “That guy’s famous?! He sucks!” So I was like, “Cool, I’ll do my own!” Created content, video blew up, moved to LA. I actually met you during the first year and a half that I was in LA, and the rest is history. What about you? JC: Caused a lot of trouble when I was young. I went to USC with a 3.2 or 3.1 GPA, which was good enough to get into USC at the time. Now, it’s like you need… DS: Like a 4.8. JC: I majored in business, but after an internship in Silicon Valley I realized I didn’t want anything to do with finance or tech. So I started acting at 19. I enrolled in school, fell in love with it and just climbed the ladder. Then through being in other people’s projects, I realized I didn’t want to always be someone’s bitch. DS: What’s the first thing you ever booked? “When I would sing, I was so nervous that I would just talk and be doing stand up anyways. I remember people saying, ‘Oh, you’re that stand up comedian that sings, right?’ ‘No, I’m a musician!’” JC: In the beginning, I booked a bunch of commercials. I did a commercial for Toyota. It was right here in Little Tokyo, at the Japanese Center with all the glass. Basically there’s different spots: “You’re going to represent Tacoma as the rugged guy. You’re going to represent Camry…” And I was like, “Oh, so what’s mine?” They’re like, “You’re going to represent Corolla.” “Damn it!” But yeah, I did a bunch of commercials and got my SAG card from doing extra work, so I have a lot of sympathy for extras because I know what it feels like. Then directing just came naturally from being on set so much. Tell me about your dreams of wanting to make music. DS: First of all, my dad is a pastor. Every Korean kid that has a pastor for a father knows how to play the guitar because we had to do it in church. Then I used the guitar to talk to women. From there, I tried to make it into career, but it wasn’t something that I really wanted to do in the long haul or try to make it in the market. Comedy was more natural to me anyways. When I would sing, I was so nervous that I would just talk and be doing stand up anyways. I remember people saying, “Oh, you’re that stand up comedian that sings, right?” “No, I’m a musician!” So I had more of an inclination toward comedy. “That’s what cool about acting. Whatever skills you acquire during your life, it’s all useful because you end up using everything at one point or another.” JC: That’s what cool about acting. Whatever skills you acquire during your life, it’s all useful because you end up using everything at one point or another. Nothing goes to waste. DS: It’s weird, I see a lot of my friends who are actors who didn’t do a lot of things when they were younger, and they kind of make up for it now. They’re trying to do boxing classes so they can diversify their portfolio. Learn how to do stuff they never did before. It’s like watching a child learn how to walk. Like, “How do you shoot a basketball?” “What? You’re 30 years old!” But it’s like, “The role is for me to shoot a basketball. I want to make sure it looks good.” When I was younger I did Brazilian Jiu-jitsu because I wanted to try different things. All this stuff I never thought I would be able to use ended up actually useful when I became an actor. JC: I was the same way. I was really mediocre at a lot of stuff, but ‘ve done a film where I’m a golfer. I’ve done a film where I’m a tennis player. I’ve done a film with martial arts. I’ve done a film playing music. Because I’d already done it a little bit, I was halfway there. It’s cool because whenever you get a part like that, you get to hyper-focus on that thing and actually get good at it. As far as Gook, what did you think about the script? And what did you think about the project when I approached you about it? “Hanging with YouTubers, I realized, ‘All these guys are just making stuff and getting sponsors to pay for their video content.’ And it inspired me that it was never about the skill or preparation.” DS: It was years before we started. You’d probably conceptualized it at that point, but we were talking back and forth about it. We talked about making it into a shoe story, which is already accessible, which is why we went that route. It was interesting for me being part of a film in general as it was just not something I thought at that point in my life I wanted to do. I was just doing stand up comedy, so film wasn’t a natural job for me. Natural for me would be to maybe chill off of YouTube, chill off of stand up, start taking acting classes and move forward from there. It was a bigger jump than I expected, but when you first brought it up to me a while back I was like, “Yo, this is something that’s within my realm anyways.” It has to do with growing up as an Asian-American in the early 90’s, so it was emotions that I already felt. The character was already catered towards me, so at that point it was very doable but still a challenge. JC: I think that’s sort of the magic of the YouTube world. You get the sense anything is possible. Hanging with YouTubers, I realized, “All these guys are just making stuff and getting sponsors to pay for their video content.” And it inspired me that it was never about the skill or preparation. I had been on enough sets to know how to direct like at a basic level, but it was always like, “Where am I going to get the business aspect? Where am I going to get the money and stuff?” Watching you and all our YouTube friends showed me that, “Yeah, we can find a way to get the money somehow.” The difference when you’re a YouTuber is you brand yourself, and when you’re a filmmaker you have to sell the actual product rather than yourself. DS: There’s a difference in caliber between YouTube filmmakers and traditional filmmaking. Three to four minute content is very short-sighted. You just need a few “ba dum-dum tss” and you’re done. For a lot of content creators on YouTube it’s impossible to push it to 15 minutes because they don’t know how to fill in A, B and C. All they see is A and a little bit of C, and the meat inside is just done. You don’t need character development or to emotionally invest in the characters. Scene work and all this other stuff doesn’t matter as long as they get a laugh, a chuckle or a frown. JC: It’s instant. In film, you’re asking the watcher to be much more patient. But storytelling is storytelling, and I think whether it’s YouTube or short films or documentaries or features or television series, I think there’s rudimentary caveman principles of how to tell a story. The essence is still the same, so it becomes a matter of taste. Most YouTubers couldn’t care less about the film that won the Oscar. They’re more about “I’ve noticed a lot of social media people would rather see a blockbuster.” DS: They’re more focused on that one space, and it’s just their taste. But you can’t crossover into film expecting that you know everything, and vice versa. Doing this film was a foreign thing to me, and I wanted to get rid of the notion that “because I’ve done this, I should be able to figure this out.” When we were on set, I couldn’t wrap my head around what you were doing. You were doing specific shots, and when i saw it I was like, “It looks good!” Then you’re like “Nah, I hate it.” Filmmakers need to have a more extended vision. JC: Well, it’s just different. DS: It’s very specific. I’ve been on YouTube for so long, and there’s a lot of things that you can get away with in a five minute segment. If a word wasn’t said right, if the lighting goes a little bit off or you didn’t get a shot, you’re not going to scrap your whole project. You’re like, “Well, I’m on a schedule. I’m going to put it out.” But film is such a craft. It’s like, “If my vision isn’t met in this shot, then what’s the whole point?” Because you have to be invested from beginning to end. JC: Absolutely. We’re in a really cool time because look at music, there’s the traditional recording artists like Drake, but now you have people like Chance. There’s all these SoundCloud artists, and it’s like YouTube in that the people get to vote. When you see somebody has millions and millions of plays, it’s undeniable that people like it, yet they’re operating independently of the industry. They have their fan base and make such a great living, but it’s dictated by the audience. There’s always capitalism trying to find a way to corporatize media or art, but I’m excited for the future and how people can create really innovative stuff without relying on corporatization. “There’s always capitalism trying to find a way to corporatize media or art, but I’m excited for the future and how people can create really innovative stuff without relying on corporatization.” DS: I mean, YouTube started as a platform without a monetary incentive. There wasn’t a working model because there wasn’t money involved. When money isn’t involved, you literally just create just to create. The creativity level on YouTube was the same because everybody’s channel was a little bit different. On a platform that becomes corporatized, like YouTube—Google owns it now, and there is a lot of money involved—everybody’s channels start looking exactly the same. Which was a little disheartening for me because not only was I a creator, I was also an avid watcher of YouTube. JC: Watch Vimeo. Vimeo will help pay to get your short made, but most people are there because they love the huge artistic community supporting each other. But YouTube is great in its own way, which I guess is the argument. When you do a film through a studio, or you make an album through a label, they’ll put up they have resources for a real PNA budget and things that help you reach a wider audience. Those SoundCloud artists are still finding their audience. YouTube was once like that, but there will always be something else. DS: There’s always creators and innovators. JC: You just went to Paris, and I was in Amsterdam. I went to the Van Gogh Museum, and I was reading about him like, “This motherfucker’s just like me.” He had his art he wanted to do and all his homies that thought the same way. But he was trying to do portraits because that’s how people made money. How is now any different than a hundred years? I’ll do something that’s commercial because I need to make a living, and then I’ll do indie films because I love the art of it. I think it’ll be like this forever. “When money isn’t involved, you literally just create just to create.” DS: Mona Lisa, I just saw that shit. That shit was wack… As an actor and now as a director, what is your next project? What inspires you? JC: This film had a lot of social issues, and I don’t just want to make social issues films. But this was a huge eye-opener that if you make a compelling piece of art, it affects people and has reach. So I created this platform where people might listen to me if I make something else. I’m thinking about how to utilize that to bring awareness to something I care about and can also be passionate about. Those are the type of projects I’m looking for. I’m inspired by people who just get it done and are artistic and have no boundaries, like those SoundCloud artist. They stay true to themselves, and that’s what I hope not to lose as I continue my career. How about you? DS: I don’t know, man. The whole Sundance experience—it’s like one of those bucket list things. You don’t think the first film you create with your friend is going to go to Sundance, let alone win an award. For me it was like, “Okay this is my first thing. I don’t know where it’s going to go, but let’s see where it will take me.” And then Sundance happened, and that box got checked faster than I expected. I used to think that when I wanted something, there would be a progression. I wanted to be a great stand-up comedian, so I started when I was 16 and worked on it over and over, and I’m like, “Well, for the next 20-30 years maybe I can get to the point where I’m happy with it.” But with Sundance, things happened a lot quicker than I expected which caught me off guard. 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__label__wiki	0.566906	0.566906	NATALIE SCOTT – PRISON LIVES AND VICTORIAN VOICES 1st May 2017 Leslie Tate 3 Comments Natalie Scott I interviewed poet Natalie Scott about her prison writing uncovering forgotten histories, her use of dramatic monologue and poetry as therapy. Natalie has a PhD in Creative Writing, has two pamphlets and a full collection in print, and her poems have appeared in journals including Ambit, Agenda, English in Education, Aesthetica, Live Canon, Pennine Platform, Poetry Scotland and South Magazine. Leslie: From what seeds did your poetry first grow? How did it develop? Natalie: I always enjoyed reading and responding to poetry throughout school but my first proper ‘try’ at writing poetry was during my undergraduate English studies as part of an elective module in Creative Writing. I remember my tutor at the time – Carole Coates – being very encouraging of my work. I enjoyed having a go at using specific forms: triolet, haiku, villanelle etc. initially and then, as my confidence grew, I began to develop my own style and voice. She also recommended me to start submitting to poetry journals which I did. My first poem was published in Pennine Platform and it was a villanelle, so I was rather pleased with this! I decided that I not only liked writing poetry but I also liked studying the process, so I pursued a Masters in Creative Writing at Leeds University which I also enjoyed. Nature poet Terry Gifford was one of my tutors for this course – he encouraged me to experiment with forms on the page, finding a form that supports the subject matter. I remember how chuffed I was when he created an acetate (yes it was that long ago!) of one of my poems to show to the group. It was called ‘Dredging the River Chain’ and was shaped like a river decreasing in size. Leslie: Your first collection of poems Berth: Voices of the Titanic, used monologues to recreate the stories of the people involved in the event. Which dramatic monologues by other writers/performers have inspired you, and why them? Natalie: There have been many writers of dramatic monologues who have inspired me but the most prominent poet is Edwin Morgan. I find his poetry both poignant and accessible. His voices are convincing, even for inanimate objects and animals. His poem ‘The Loch Ness Monster’s Song’ changed the way I viewed poetry as an art form when I first read it (and heard him perform it). To me it is a work of genius because of the way he uses patterns of language to create meaning. Many would dismiss it as nonsense verse but it makes so much sense to me. It sounds just like I imagine the monster to sound if s/he had been disturbed from slumber by an irritating tourist with a camera! I was also inspired by Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology which creates a narrative using the dramatic monologues of speakers who all represent people living in the same village. I love the way parts of a story can be slotted together with the fragments of different voices and perspectives. I’ve also been inspired by Carol Ann Duffy’s dramatic monologues. As shown by her poems like ‘Stealing’ or ‘Psychopath’ the dramatic monologue form is perfect for delving into the inner psyche of a character. Other inspirations are Robert Browning, Ai, Augusta Webster and Alan Bennett, but the list could go on. Leslie: What have you learned from the process of writing dramatic monologues yourself? Natalie: I’ve learned about it being a ‘double-form’ with both the voice of the character and that of the poet being present. I’ve also explored polyphony – many voices – and how to use them in longer works. I personally find it quite a liberating experience to write from the perspective of a character as it enables me to step outside of myself for a moment and experience the world from someone else’s point of view –a bit like an actor playing a role. It is also a great form for encouraging empathy with other human beings. You have to pour yourself into their life to imagine what they see, hear, feel, taste and smell. In my first pamphlet Brushed (Mudfog, 2009) I created dramatic monologues from the point of view of figures in famous works of art. My poem ‘Victorine or Naked Woman in Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur L’herbe’ allows the ‘object’ of the painting, the muse, to show the scene as she experiences it: naked while the male figures are fully clothed. As you might imagine, she has a lot to say! Leslie: How do you search for a character’s ‘voice’? Natalie: Most of the time I like to choose a character that may not have had much of a chance to speak yet, as a real or imagined speaker. I do this to allow someone who might be considered to be on the margins to have a voice. However I am also conscious when making a selection that I can connect with a potential reader/audience, so I try and choose characters/objects that are identifiable with most people on some level. I particularly like voicing inanimate objects – I did this for the ‘Anchor’ and ‘Second Class Plate’ in my collection Berth Voices of the Titanic (Bradshaw Books, 2012) as it enabled a familiar story to be narrated from an unusual angle. I also voiced ‘Felix Baumgartner’s Spacesuit’ to explore a well-known news story (of the man who did a sky dive from space) from the point of view of the less celebrated but wholly essential ‘object’: his spacesuit. Influenced by Edwin Morgan’s Stobhill, a series of dramatic monologues which tell the story of a woman who had an abortion from multiple points of view, I like to present different versions of stories. This worked well for Berth as I was able to juxtapose the voices of two female passengers boarding the ship, one first class and one third class, to show the varied but also similar experiences of both women. Natalie writes: Just about to catch the train back to Teesside after a successful day at the London Metropolitan Archives, the first of my Arts Council funded trips. I’ve touched and turned the pages of the actual ledger used to record prisoners arriving at Holloway in 1852. The convicts were classified by criteria as disturbingly discriminating as skin complexion: ‘fair, dark, sallow, ruddy’ … the list of adjectives goes on! Entries that particularly caught my eye were some of the youngest and oldest prisoners: an 89 year old woman sentenced for begging and two 13 year old sisters sentenced for ‘intent to steal.’ Not actual stealing but intent! Amongst the other documents I handled with care were some letters written on the official blue paper with a Holloway Prison stamp on the envelope. One was written from a convict to his father and signed ‘your unfortunate son’. It’s been a very satisfying, if overwhelming, day. Leslie: Can you describe the aims of your next collection, and the preparation that will go into it? How do you carry out your historical research? Natalie: My next collection Rare Birds – Voices of Holloway Prison aims to retell the story of Holloway Prison’s beginnings and development between 1852 and 1955 in a distinctive and engaging way. My poems will adopt a range of interesting first-person perspectives, including the voices of actual prisoners, staff and other influential people involved in the prison’s history to create a polyphonic retelling. In addition to the dramatic monologue form, I will be using a wide variety of other poetic forms in the collection such as found and list poems which will use actual documented material sourced from the prison archives to shed light on the topic from a new angle. Thus the collection will be a creative retelling rather than an historical report thus intends to make an original contribution to existing works on Holloway Prison. I was awarded Arts Council funding to research and write the collection, and have completed the preliminary research and reading required. I also have an outline for the collection in terms of the individuals I would like to voice – these include some of the Suffragette prisoners who spent time in Holloway during the early 1900s. I have a vision of how it will tie in with women’s history but also want to include the period in which Holloway was a mixed prison to tell its story faithfully. Once complete I will aim to publish in book form and collaborate with other artists to create a theatrical production. Leslie: If you use or adapt other texts into your poems, how do you make sure the end result uses ‘the best words in the best order’? Natalie: I have to think carefully about how the form and structure will support the subject matter. For example, I’ve been working on a found poem made from a list of the items some of the first prisoners would have had at their disposal in Holloway. A book called The Criminal Prisons of London by Mayhew and Binny (1862) has been helpful for this as it clearly outlines the specifics of each cell. I let the triadic pattern of the shelves inform the structure of the poem itself, using a three-stanza list form to convey the items kept on the three-tiered shelf. Some of these items might be considered ‘everyday’ but become unusual in their juxtaposition: Bible, gruel-pot… but others are more unexpectedly luxurious: salt-cellar, two combs. I thought it important to represent the items accurately but wanted them to say more than the literal, so with a bit of careful placement within the lines of the poem they hopefully take on a new, and perhaps more symbolic, meaning: An image from Lincoln Victorian Women’s Prison, which Natalie says helped her to get a feel for what the cells at Holloway might have been like – both prisons were opened at a similar time. blankets: pair, pillow, rug, sheets: pair, hammock, mattress: horse-hair spoon: wooden, plate, gruel tin, salt-cellar: wooden combs: two, hymn-book, prayer-book, brush, floor-scrubber, Bible Leslie: You’re involved in recreating characters and their stories. Why do you use poetry rather than prose to do that? Natalie: After years of practice in many genres, I feel that poetry (especially dramatic poetry) is my main art form now. I find that it is the best form for me to most effectively articulate what I want to say. For me, poetry is as much a science as it is an art: I’m in love with form and structure as much as I am the subject-matter. They have to share the same breath. I love it when my own voice melds with that of a character I have created. The way that poetry can focus a reader’s attention on a pinprick moment in time always astonishes me in poems I have read and admired. There is both a conciseness and intensity about poetry which suits me as a writer and a human being. It is an outfit that seems to fit me best. Leslie: You seem to want to break down the barriers between the arts and, in particular, between text and performance. What or who has led you in that direction? is the art of ‘pure’ poetry on the page an anachronism today? This image of a prisoner from Ripon Liberty Prison helped Natalie to see how records of each inmate were taken. Natalie:I don’t think that there is necessarily a ‘pure form’ – poetry from any era will have qualities that are informed by earlier forms, styles and subject-matter. I also think that any poem has the potential to be ‘performed’ through dramatic reading or presentation if the voice has something interesting to say. However, I believe that the way a poem is written on the page is important. I spend ages drafting my poems to get them right on the page, but the way they are on the page informs the way they should be read aloud. I believe that poetry should be as much listened to as it is read on the page. The way we write a poem helps a reader to voice it and thus enables others to hear it too. Using a mixed mode of presentation excites me as a poet because I have an interest in many art forms. I like painting, photography, sculpture, dance and film almost as much as poetry, so find it an exciting prospect to bring these media together as a way to complement each other. I think that it’s also a way of introducing new audiences to poetry – the audiences that, having emerged from a traditional education system, think poetry is all about sitting in a classroom analysing a poem to death. Leslie: Could you tell us a little about your use of poetry as therapy, please? Natalie: A couple of years ago I was inspired by an article in MsLexia magazine which was about poetry therapy. At the time I had no idea such a practice existed but it sounded interesting, so I did some investigation into the field. I found out that poetry therapy has been a recognised practice in the US for at least the last forty years, and involves a three-way process of reading a poem, responding to it verbally and then creating a written piece. The poem is selected by its emotionally engaging qualities and universality, so that people can have a ‘feeling response’ to it and might be encouraged to engage personally with the subject-matter. I am now in the process of completing a practice-based qualification offered by the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy and am being supervised by Victoria Field, one of the only registered poetry therapists in Europe. Last year I established my own initiative Pen Power which offers a range of group sessions for people who wish to maintain their levels of mental fitness through expressive writing. I facilitate these sessions in the Teesside area but am hoping to widen the reach over the coming months. Natalie Scott reading from ‘Frayed‘. Leslie: Finally, how has living in Middlesbrough affected your poetry? Natalie: So far it has helped me to get my poetry out there much more than anywhere else I have lived (I’ve also lived in Lancaster, Hexham and Wakefield but am originally from Durham!) This may be due to the stage I am at with my poetry right now – I generally feel more confident with what I am writing and enough people have said positive things about my work to keep me moving forward with it. Contrary to what many people might believe, there is a thriving poetry scene in the Tees Valley. There are some pioneers I must personally thank for this: poets such as pa morbid who organises the Black Light Engine Room – a monthly poetry gathering which includes four guest speakers and an open mic. Although many of the people attending are northerners, the guest speakers come from further afield, so there’s a real variety in the poetry each month. I’ve always felt valued and welcome at this event. I was also warmly encouraged by Kirsten Luckins (Apples and Snakes) to join the Tees Women Poets, a collective which has attracted some of the best female poets in the region to participate in poetry events organised by the group. Next week, in THE ROMANY SPIRIT AND THE GIFT OF ILLNESS, Raine Geoghegan talks about her Romany heritage, and how her writing and stage work have been affected by M.E. and Fibromyalgia. ABOUT LESLIE TATE’S BOOKS: Heaven’s Rage is a memoir and a collection of lyrical essays. In brief: ‘Heaven’s Rage is an imaginative autobiography. Reporting on feelings people don’t usually own up to, Leslie Tate explores addiction, cross-dressing and the hidden sides of families. Writing lyrically, he brings together stories of bullying, childhood dreams, thwarted creativity and late-life illness, discovering at their core the transformative power of words to rewire the brain and reconnect with life. “A Robin Red breast in a Cage / Puts all Heaven in a Rage” – William Blake. You can read more about/buy Heaven’s Rage here. Purple is a coming-of-age novel, a portrait of modern love and a family saga. Set in the North of England, it follows the story of shy ingénue Matthew Lavender living through the wildness of the 60s and his grandmother Mary, born into a traditional working-class family. Both are innocents who have to learn more about long-term love and commitment, earning their independence through a series of revealing and closely-observed relationships. Purple is the first part of the Lavender Blues trilogy. You can read more about/buy Purple here. Blue tells the story of Richard and Vanessa Lavender, who join a 90s feminist collective sharing childcare, political activism and open relationships. Boosted by their ‘wider network’ they take secondary partners, throw parties and observe the dance of relationships amongst their friends. But finding a balance between power and restraint, and handling shared love, proves difficult… Blue is the second part of the Lavender Blues trilogy. You can read more about/buy Blue here. Previous PostILLUSTRATING THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHILDREN’S BOOKSNext PostVISIT 3 thoughts on “NATALIE SCOTT – PRISON LIVES AND VICTORIAN VOICES” Robbie Cheadle says: 3rd May 2017 at 7:41 am This is a fascinating post, Leslie. I am very interested in Natalie’s book of poetry about the Titanic. The use of poetry as a therapy is something quite new to me. Leslie Tate says: Yes, there are many uses of poetry. Thanks, Robbie. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Natalie Scott says: 3rd May 2017 at 12:06 pm Thanks for your interest in my work, Robbie. I’m glad you liked the post! If you wish to discuss anything further please feel free to contact me via either of my websites.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24975
__label__wiki	0.924559	0.924559	Tag Archives: riots Kenya’s ‘gay panic’ infection rides false gay marriage rumors from religious supremacists, to politician bigots, to the media, to police joining public mobs to beat ‘suspected gays’ and arrest them Photo Source and Subjects Unknown (Not Kenya) False Gay Marriage Rumor Enough To Spark Riots By Hets In Kenya Thu Feb 18 2010 By Doug Ireland (Edited, emphasis added) In the coastal town of Mtwapa in Kenya’s Kilifi district, media hysteria and outrage by clerics over a non-existent gay wedding whipped up mob violence that began on February 12, 2010, unleashing a house-to-house witch hunt by anti-gay vigilantes and police, street attacks targeting gay men, the sacking of an AIDS-fighting medical center, and a widening wave of ultra-homophobic national media coverage. Many gay men have gone into hiding or fled the area. From Nairobi, the nation’s capital, Denis Nzioka, a prominent 24-year-old gay activist, told Gay City News, “Ever since the outburst of violence in Mtwapa, gay people have had to fear for their lives. Vigilante groups are hunting down gay men, going door to door, and anyone who is overly flamboyant is attacked in the street.” According to an internal report jointly prepared by on-scene representatives of both the leading Kenyan Queer group, the two-year-old Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), a non-governmental organization formed two decades ago, the wave of anti-gay violence had Kafkaesque origins in a false rumor about a gay wedding supposedly planned for February 12. “There is even a suggestion that it was a planted story,” said the GALCK-KHRC report, adding, “In any case, the most repeated version is that about two weeks ago a well-known and popular gay man in the Mtwapa area went to a barbershop for a haircut. When one of the barbers commented that his hair looked really nice and asked him where he was going, he responded jokingly that he was going to get married. However, the barber took it seriously and went to his local mosque and reported that there was a planned gay wedding set for Friday, February 12 in Mtwapa.” That mosque’s imam then announced the so-called “wedding” to his congregation and instructed his flock to begin monitoring any community gatherings to insure that no gay weddings could take place. After this, “a local radio station, Kaya FM, picked up the story and started a series of programs on gays,” according to the GALCK-KHRC report, which Nzioka told this reporter included phone-in talk shows filled with homophobic discourse and incitements to violence. “Kaya FM presents in Swahili and many of the Minikenda languages, and therefore has a real grassroots reach,” the report said, adding, “The main focus of the discussions was the impending ‘wedding’ of two men in Mtwapa. Other local radio stations also picked up the story, including Baraka FM, Rahma FM, and ultimately national radio stations including Kiss and Classic FM.” Sunday, February 7th, five days before the date of the alleged wedding, “many of the muftis and imams discussed the impending wedding during Friday prayers and asked the community to be vigilant against homosexuals. They told their congregants to demonstrate and to flush out homosexuals from the midst of Mtwapa and to ensure that no gay wedding took place,” the GALCK-KHRC report declared. Nzioka told this reporter, “Mtwapa is predominantly Muslim, and the imams have a lot of power and influence there.” Kenya is roughly 10 percent Muslim. Some 60 percent of Kenya’s minority Muslim population lives in the coastal area where Mtwapa is located. According to the country’s entry in the CIA World Factbook, Kenya is 33 percent Roman Catholic, and 45 percent Protestant. That’s at least 78% Christian and 10% Muslim. And this is allowed to happen. As a harbinger of things to come, on the evening of Sunday, February 7th, following anti-gay preachings in Muslim mosques, a group of young men invaded Kalifornia, the main gay club in Mtwapa, and while dancing warned in the form of a song, “Gays have no joy and this time round they will have no joy or happiness for them.” In the days that followed, calls were heard from rioters to burn down Kalifornia. On Monday, February 11th, a homophobic press conference condemning the next day’s purported wedding was held by Ali Hussein, regional coordinator of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), together with Lawrence Chai, regional representative of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK). According to a story in the Daily Nation about the press conference, “The clerics claimed that a large number of youths were being recruited into gay clubs and warned that ‘God is about to punish the fastest growing town in the Coast region. Come night, come day, we shall not allow that marriage to be conducted in this town tomorrow. We shall stand firm to flush out gays who throng this town every weekend from all corners of this country,’ the religious leaders said.” The two clerics “said they had given the government seven days to close down night clubs they accused of fuelling homosexuality in the town,” the Daily Nation reported, adding that the two “asked the government to ‘save the country from the shame of being used to conduct a marriage between people of the same sex.’ They also warned the owner of a building in the town, who was allegedly renting rooms only to homosexuals, to evict them or face their wrath. They gave him a seven-day ultimatum to throw out tenants.” The two clerics also denounced the Mtwapa clinic run by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), a large national organization with 750 staff members nationwide that runs a research program co-sponsored by Britain’s Oxford University. The clinic has an AIDS program for counseling and treating men who have sex with men. Sheikh Hussein and Bishop Chai demanded that the government investigate the KEMRI clinic for providing services to homosexuals. “How can a state institution be involved on the pretext of providing counseling to these criminals?,” the two clerics said, according to the Daily Nation, and they added, “We ask that the government shut it down with immediate effect or we will descend on its officials.” The day after this inflammatory press conference, a well-organized mob of some 200 to 300 people armed with sticks, stones, and other weapons, and led by a vigilante leader named Faridi surrounded the KEMRI clinic, which was alleged to be the site of the non-existent wedding, and demanded that all the “shogas” come out of the building. “Shoga” is a Swahili word used as a pejorative against homosexuals — the equivalent of “faggot” — but also used by women when referring to their close female friends. Faridi, the vigilante leader, entered the clinic accompanied by police officers and confronted a staff member wearing a World AIDS Day T-shirt with a pink triangle that read “Condoms prevent AIDS” in Swahili. The vigilante is reported to have said, “This man is a shoga,” and at his demand, the police arrested him. Another KEMRI staffer was arrested later, also at Faridi’s insistence. Nzioka told Gay City News that the KEMRI clinic was subsequently sacked, with material including computers destroyed, and was forced to shut down. This disruption of the clinic’s work means that many HIV-positive people who access care and treatment there have not been able to get their medications for days, which has serious health consequences for them. Later that same day, “after Friday prayers” in Mtwapa’s mosques, “mobs of individuals went to the homes of suspected homosexuals looking for them,” said the GALCK-KHRC report, which also recounted speeches to a large mob that had gathered outside the local police station. Sheikh Hussein addressed the crowd in a manner “that was inciting, and he kept talking about Sodom and Gomorrah and the need to root out all homosexuals from the Mtwapa area,” the report said. A former member of Kenya’s parliament, Omar Masumbuko, was one of several politicians who also addressed the mob. “He said that homosexuality must be stopped and every means used to make that happen,” according to the GALCK-KHRC report. “He told the crowd they should not even bother to bring the homosexuals they find to the police station but should take care of the issue themselves.” Sodomy and sex “against the order of nature” are crimes in Kenya, punishable by ten years in prison, under a law inherited from the period of British colonial rule, which ended in 1963. February 12 was punctuated by numerous attacks on gay people. At 8:00 a.m. that morning, before leading the mob attack on the KEMRI clinic, Faridi was joined by police in storming and ransacking the home of a gay man, who was arrested along with a friend who was visiting from abroad. While searching the guest’s luggage, they found jewelry that included some rings. Faridi immediately said that these were the rings for the intended wedding.In a separate incident, a 23-year-old security guard was descending from a bus heading toward the center of Mtwapa when he was set upon by a mob that threatened him with death and beat him senseless. A female sex worker tried to protect him with her body and yelled at the crowd that they can’t kill people like that and that the man had not done anything, but the mob doused the man with kerosene, preparing to burn him alive. At this point the police arrived, but instead of arresting anyone in the mob, they arrested the man it had attacked. The bloodied, dazed man was incarcerated and denied medical attention. The following day, a volunteer at the KEMRI clinic was attacked by a mob, which chanted that it was actually his wedding they had disrupted. The man was severely beaten and burnt with cigarette butts. As the mob prepared to douse the man with kerosene, he too was arrested. After his arrest, a mob attempted to attack the Mtwapa police station but was repulsed with tear gas. In total, six men presumed to be gay were arrested, some of them forced to undergo medical examinations for evidence of sodomy, and all were scheduled for a court appearance on February 15. But Nzioka told this reporter that, after intervention by an attorney provided by KHRC, all six were released from custody, and have now fled the area. Nzioka also said that the wave of anti-gay violence and protests in Mtwapa had received “huge” publicity in all the national media, particularly radio and television, but that “all of it was, sadly, very, very homophobic,” and that the media had utterly failed to reach out to representatives of the gay community. Instead, he said, gay-baiting commentaries and reactions from imams and other religious and anti-gay leaders were featured. Asked by Gay City News if the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was sending a staff member to Kenya from its branch office in Johannesburg, South Africa, the organization’s executive director, Cary Alan Johnson, replied in an e-mail, “We are not sending a staff member to Kenya at this point, as we have full confidence in the local LGBT movement, which is grouped together under the banner of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) to respond to the situation. Also, a number of national and local mainstream human rights partners, particularly the Kenya Human Rights Coalition, are engaging with the clear recognition that an attack on the rights of individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is an attack on the freedoms of all Kenyan citizens.” GALCK is not a membership organization but an alliance of five other groups — Ishtar, a health group for men who have sex with men; Gaykenya.com, a web site; Minority Women in Action, a lesbian group; the Gender Education and Advocacy Project (GEAP), a group for transgendered and intersex people; and The Other Man in Kenya (TOMIKI), a social network of gay professionals in the medical, legal, and other fields, most of whom, Nzioka said, are “very discreet.” The consciousness informing at least some in GALCK’s leadership has raised concerns. In a statement demanding government protection for gays published on the group’s website, its general manager, David Kuria, wrote, “We also call upon the religious leaders in Kenya to appreciate that compulsory heterosexuality is not the way to enforce their religion. GALCK members are willing to enter into dialogue with them, and if they truly have a cure for homosexuality, then we are most happy to take it, BUT NOT UNDER CONDITIONS OF DURESS.” Since the American Psychiatric Association and most of its Western peer groups have not only completely discredited the notion that there can be a “cure” for homosexuality, but also affirmed that attempting to inflict such a “cure” on those with a same-sex orientation can be extremely harmful psychologically, it is quite disturbing to see the leader of a gay group like GALCK say that his members would be “happy to take” such a so-called cure if available. Kuria could not be reached for comment by press time. GALCK has five paid staff members and, Nzioka told this reporter, receives the bulk of its funding from LLH, the Norwegian LGBT Association. There is no immediate prospect of repeal of the anti-gay sodomy statute in Kenya. Nzioka told Gay City News that Kenya’s gay community has “copiously” inundated the experts drafting a new national constitution with documents supporting the repeal of anti-gay laws and the extension of human rights to LGBT people, but that the committee has turned a deaf ear, and “has even buckled under to homophobia by removing a section which said that ‘every person has a right to start a family,’ which was interpreted as giving gays the right to have or adopt children.” Moreover, said Nzioka, while there are a handful of friendly elected public officials and politicians with whom Queer groups are in contact, “all are secretive, very discreet” about their support for gay rights and there is no organized evidence of that support in the national parliament. Meanwhile, the Mtawapa witch-hunt shows no signs of letting up: at the beginning of this week, Sheikh Hussein launched radio appeals for a mass anti-gay demonstration in Mtawapa on February 19. The web site of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) is at http://galck.org/index.php. Gaykenya is at http://www.gaykenya.com. The Kenya Human Rights Commission is at http://www.khrc.or.ke. Doug Ireland can be reached through his blog, DIRELAND, at http://direland.typepad.com. 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__label__wiki	0.596051	0.596051	Posts Tagged Radio City Music Hall The Jonas Brothers Announce South American Tour Dates Posted by Cindy Robinson, Life on the Scene in Concert, Music, Photography on December 15, 2012 I feel remiss in the fact that I never completed my review of the Jonas Brothers concerts that took place at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre just after Thanksgiving. However, anytime seems like a good time to discuss the former Disney darlings doesn’t it? Before I pontificate on the merits and possibly demerits of the Jonas Brothers, let me disclose that one of the many, many hats I wear in life is that of a parent to a nearly twelve-year-old daughter who adores the Jonas Brothers. So while I have covered their events in the past as a member of the media, I am pretty much always looking at them from a dual perspective – photographing and/or reviewing their live performances or latest CD while simultaneously watching the experience through the eyes of my daughter. Let’s get down to business then, the Jonas Brothers are back! It’s been more than three years since their last studio album, 2009’s Lines, Vines and Trying Times. The Brothers have been hard at work in the studio on their as yet untitled fifth studio album scheduled for release in early 2013. Individually the brothers have been busy during the past 3 years with Nick releasing his solo effort, Who I Am as Nick Jonas and the Administration, testing out the waters in the theater world with performances in Les Misérables, Hairspray and Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Joe Jonas released his solo effort, Fastlife. Both brothers did some touring with their solo releases while older brother Kevin got married to longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa and enjoyed life with his new bride. Eventually they brought their newlywed adventures to a TV screen near you in E!’s reality show Married to Jonas which has just been picked up for a 2nd season. The boys that ruled the Disney airwaves grew into young men, and parted ways with Disney during their hiatus from being a band while Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and One Direction took over the world of teen angst in their place. 2012 saw the Jonas Brothers return to the touring world, offering fans just a smattering of tour dates around the globe including places like Moscow, Russia, New York City, the Philippines and finally a stretch of sold out shows at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA along with an appearance at KIIS FM‘s annual Jingle Ball. The question that comes to mind – do the Jonas Brothers still have what it takes? Fickle teen hearts moved on to worship Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber and One Direction. Would they return to the fold to see what Kevin, Joe and Nick have to offer now? Will they still dance to those “old” songs? Will they embrace the news songs debuted at these live shows – “Wedding Bells”, an ode to ex-flame Miley Cyrus penned by the younger Jonas, Nick. A track called “First Time” which Joe joked was about “the first time, you, uh, eat food” at the Pantages show. The answer so far is yes, for the most part, the fans have flocked back to the trio of brothers and the shrieks still threaten to break the sound barrier as the screen goes up to start their show. The thought that has bounced around in my head though is the age-old game teenagers play with their peers. Why is it that teenagers must “hate” on each others musical tastes? Does it stem from the lack of confidence, struggle to fit in, the need to be popular or some sort of jealousy? I have friends who grew up in the 1960’s and described to me how it was either the Beatles or the Stones, you were an oddball if you liked both. I experienced it as a teenager in the 1980’s when the kids at school teased you for loving Duran Duran or Depeche Mode because those bands sucked in their opinion. How long does it take for one to mature enough to simply respect their friend’s choice in music? Personally, I’m happy that so far my daughter doesn’t change her mind on which bands she likes to listen to with the day of the week. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this teenage phenomenon in the comments below. In conclusion, for those that do enjoy seeing the Jonas Brothers live in concert (which we certainly do), they have just announced the first of their 2013 tour dates – a trek through Latin America that kicks off in February. Fan club tickets and VIP packages are available now via the Jonas Brothers website with public on sales to follow through Ticketmaster. Here are the dates: February 24, 2013: Simon Bolivar University USB, Caracas, VE February 26, 2013: Vina Del Mar Festival, Vina Del Mar, CL February 28, 2013: Movistar Arena, Santiago, CL March 2, 2013: Carlos Paz Summer Event, Cordoba, AR (free concert!) March 3, 2013: Estadio Ferrocarri Oeste/Atlanta, Buenos Aires, AR March 5, 2013: Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO March 10, 2013: Credicard Hall, Sao Paulo, BR March 12, 2013: Citibank Hall, Rio De Janeiro, BR March 14, 2013: Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre, BR March 17, 2013: Yacht Club Del Paraguay, Asuncion, PY March 19, 2013: Velodrome, Montevideo, UY March 21, 2013: Paseo Cayala, Guatemala City, GT cindy robinson, concert, disney, hollywood, Joe Jonas, Jonas, Jonas Brother, Jonas Brothers, justin bieber, Kevin Jonas, KIIS FM, life on the scene, Lines Vines and Trying Times, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nick, Nick Jonas, Pantages Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, Taylor Swift, Thanksgiving	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24981
__label__wiki	0.91617	0.91617	473 F. 2d 692 - United States v. Mendoza 473 F2d 692 United States v. Mendoza UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Jesus Reyes MENDOZA et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 71-3146. Fifth Circuit. Nov. 20, 1972. Rehearing Denied Jan. 12, 1973. Ruben R. Montemayor, San Antonio, Tex., Clyde W. Woody, Houston, Tex., for Oscar Reyes Mendoza. Marian S. Rosen, Houston, Tex., for Manuel Mendoza and Ruben Mendoza. Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Mary L. Sinderson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee. Clyde W. Woody, Houston, Tex. (Court appointed), for Jesus Reyes Mendoza, Gregorio Reyes Mendoza, Jr., Arturo Reyes Mendoza and Blas Tamaz Martinez. Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges. CLARK, Circuit Judge: Jesus Reyes Mendoza, Gregorio Reyes Mendoza, Jr., Blas Tamaz Martinez, Arturo Reyes Mendoza, and Oscar Reyes Mendoza appeal from three convictions for violating 21 U.S.C. Sec. 176a, which deals with the importation, receipt, concealment, and sale of marijuana and from one conviction for conspiring to violate the same statute. All appellants except Oscar Reyes Mendoza (Oscar) are proceeding in forma pauperis with court-appointed counsel. Retained counsel for Oscar has filed a separate brief and was permitted separate oral argument. Although separate counsel proceed on somewhat different theories, all appellants contend they were twice placed in jeopardy. The facts claimed to support this argument are as follows: First, after the first four appellants were indicted on these charges, that indictment was dismissed and a new indictment was drawn naming three additional defendants (including Oscar). This new indictment was identical to the first except that additional overt acts were alleged under the conspiracy count. This dismissal and reindictment does not constitute double jeopardy since at that time no jury had been sworn. Penn v. United States, 401 F.2d 336 (5th Cir. 1968). Second, it is urged that the government at the time of the trial had elected to punish the defendants by forfeiting their automobiles. Arguably this forfeiture constituted a criminal punishment. If that were accepted, then it would follow that appellants were twice punished for their crime. The cases cited in support of this argument, however, including United States v. United States Coin and Currency, 401 U.S. 715, 91 S.Ct. 1041, 28 L.Ed.2d 434 (1971), are inapposite. They merely stand for the principle that the safeguards secured by the Constitution, such as protection against self-incrimination, are available to one whose property is forfeited. In no reasonable sense can it be said that these cases undertake to make forfeiture proceedings the equivalent of criminal prosecutions for double jeopardy purposes. Third, Oscar alone contends that the defendants were twice placed in jeopardy because they were twice arraigned after the jury was sworn. The record shows that during the reading of the indictment the names of two of the seven defendants indicted, whose trials had been severed, were omitted. After objection was made, the indictment was read in its original tenor including the names of all seven originally indicted defendants. At most there was a momentary interruption of the trial due to this technical error. None of the appellants suffered any prejudice or delay as a result of its correction. See United States v. Bringhurst, 468 F.2d 604 (5th Cir. 1972). Indeed, Oscar concedes in his brief "that a trial judge could conceivably have the authority to stop a trial and permit the Government to amend an indictment and to rearraign a defendant; such termination of the trial, of course, would require the impaneling of a new jury, and if such new impanelment occurred then the exception would exist without dilutement of a defendant's rights under the Fifth Amendment." Oscar's contention is that the incorrect first reading of the indictment was such an event that the trial should have been terminated and the process begun ab initio. The Supreme Court in Lovato v. New Mexico, 242 U.S. 199, 202, 37 S.Ct. 107, 108, 61 L.Ed. 244 (1916), where almost precisely the opposite contention was raised, used the following language: [W]e think the contention that the accused was twice put in jeopardy is wholly without merit. Under the circumstances there was, in the best possible view for the accused, a mere irregularity of procedure which deprived him of no right. Indeed, when it is borne in mind that the situation upon which the court acted resulted from entertaining a demurrer to the indictment after a plea of not guilty had been entered and not withdrawn, it is apparent that the confusion was brought about by an overcautious purpose on the part of the court to protect the rights of the accused. Whether or not, under the circumstances, it was a necessary formality to dismiss the jury in order to enable the accused to be again arraigned and plead, the action taken was clearly within the bounds of sound judicial discretion. Here, the mere omission of two names from the indictment would not justify the unnecessary formality which Oscar urges this court to require. The Indictment We reject the contention that the reading of the indictment in its original and correct form, after the first improper reading, constituted an amendment to the indictment as returned by the grand jury. Nor is there any merit in the argument that the first count of the indictment was invalid since it didn't allege the infractions of the law were committed "with intent to defraud." It is well established that it is not necessary in a conspiracy count that the object of the conspiracy be described in the detail required in an indictment for the substantive offense itself. See, e. g., United States v. Bullock, 451 F.2d 884, 888 (5th Cir. 1971); United States v. Fischetti, 450 F.2d 34, 40 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1016, 92 S.Ct. 1290, 31 L.Ed.2d 478 (1972); Walker v. United States, 342 F.2d 22, 27 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 859, 86 S.Ct. 117, 15 L.Ed.2d 97 (1965). We think that the indictment charging that the defendants "did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly conspire with each other . . ." to commit certain violations of Section 176a is a sufficient allegation of intent and served as fair notice to the defendants. Jury Instructions Appellants assert error in that the trial court refused to instruct the jury that the acts and statement of the conspirators must have been in furtherance of the conspiracy to be admissible against all co-conspirators. Counsel, however, have not been able to point out in their briefs or in response to questioning on oral argument any acts or statements admitted into evidence which were not in furtherance of the conspiracy. Thus, even if there were any error in the trial court's instruction, it was harmless to the defendants in this case. Nor is there any error in the court's refusal to exclude from the jury's consideration as to the substantive counts the evidence admitted under the co-conspirator exception to the hearsay rule. This exception is generally applicable to criminal prosecutions and not limited to prosecutions for conspiracy. United States v. Johnson, 466 F.2d 508 (5th Cir. 1972); United States v. Cox, 449 F.2d 679 (10th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 934, 92 S.Ct. 1783, 32 L.Ed.2d 136 (1972); United States v. Jones, 438 F.2d 461 (7th Cir. 1971); United States v. Williams, 435 F.2d 642 (9th Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 995, 91 S.Ct. 1241, 28 L.Ed.2d 533 (1971); McGregor v. United States, 422 F.2d 925 (5th Cir. 1970); see United States v. Fischetti, supra, 450 F.2d 34, at 40-41. The appellants other than Oscar also complain of the warrantless search of an automobile belonging to Oscar which was delivered to one Koons, a government informer, for the purpose of building a secret compartment in the trunk. These appellants have no standing to complain of the search of Oscar's car since they had no property interest in the car and were not in possession at the time of the search. See Alderman v. United States, 394 U.S. 165, 89 S.Ct. 961, 22 L.Ed.2d 176 (1969); Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257, 80 S.Ct. 725, 4 L.Ed.2d 697 (1960); United States v. Banks, 465 F.2d 1235 (5th Cir. 1972). Although Oscar did not specifically raise the question of the legality of this same search in this appeal, we deem the ends of justice as well as sound judicial administration require that we determine whether he may be entitled to relief on this issue which is now before the court. The record in this case shows that Koons was given possession for more than a mere custodial purpose; he was believed to be a member of the conspiracy and was given possession for the purpose of constructing a secret compartment in the trunk to further the object of the conspiracy-the smuggling of a contraband drug. While the members of the conspiracy no doubt misplaced their confidence when they entrusted their secrets to Koons, the risk of being betrayed by an informer is one of those risks that conspirators necessarily assume. United States v. White, 401 U.S. 745, 748-758, 91 S.Ct. 1122, 1124-1127, 28 L.Ed.2d 453 (1971); Alderman v. United States, supra, 394 U.S. 165, at 179 n. 11, 89 S.Ct. 961, at 970 n. 11; Hoffa v. United States, 385 U.S. 293, 302-303, 87 S.Ct. 408, 413-414, 17 L.Ed.2d 374 (1966). No meaningful distinction can be drawn between betrayal by relating the substance of a conversation and betrayal by consent to a search of an automobile; and as a matter of fact, on any scale of expectation of privacy, we find it likely that most people would place a greater premium on the sanctity of their conversations with their supposed friends. Koons' breach of his trust is no violation of any right protected by the Fourth Amendment. The facts of this case convincingly demonstrate that Koons was given such complete and unrestricted freedom over the property that Oscar abandoned any expectation of privacy as to any action Koons might take. See Lewis v. United States, 385 U.S. 206, 87 S.Ct. 424, 17 L.Ed.2d 312 (1966); Brown v. Brierley, 438 F.2d 954 (3rd Cir.), cert. denied, 402 U.S. 997, 91 S.Ct. 2182, 29 L.Ed.2d 163 (1971); United States v. Haden, 397 F.2d 460 (7th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1027, 90 S.Ct. 574, 24 L.Ed.2d 523 (1970). Appellants also complain of another search, alleging that the affidavit supporting the warrant, which we include in the margin,1 did not comport with the requirements of United States v. Harris, 403 U.S. 573, 91 S.Ct. 2075, 29 L.Ed. 723 (1971); Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637 (1969); and Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723 (1964). It is urged that the affidavit is not sufficient to allow a magistrate to make an independent finding as to the credibility of Koons, since there is merely a statement that he is "known to be reliable." The affidavit itself shows, however, that Koons' information concerning the proposed journey to and from Mexico was confirmed by constant surveillance by the U. S. Customs Service. This independent confirmation of Koons' information provided a sufficient factual basis for the magistrate's decision as to the reliability and veracity of Koons. Davis v. Smith, 430 F.2d 1256 (5th Cir. 1970); Gonzales v. Beto, 425 F.2d 963 (5th Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 1001, 91 S.Ct. 476, 27 L.Ed.2d 452 (1971). We also reject the contention that the description of either the objects of the search or of the place to be searched was impermissibly broad. Though in executing the warrant the officers may have seized items which were not within the scope of the warrant, that does not affect the legal seizure of the items which were within the scope of the warrant. Brooks v. United States, 416 F.2d 1044 (5th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 840, 91 S.Ct. 81, 27 L.Ed.2d 75 (1970). With the sole exception of a firearm found in plain view on a bench at the searched premises, appellants have failed to suggest that the government introduced into evidence any of the seized articles which were not within the scope of the warrant; thus, the seizure of those articles, even if invalid, provides no ground for complaint in this proceeding. While the record is not such as would enable us to determine whether the gun was properly seized, either as contraband, as evidence having a nexus with the crime under investigation,2 as evidence revealed by a proper search incident to an arrest, or under some other theory, its introduction into evidence in this case with other evidence seized during the search was so perfunctory and low key that no possible prejudice to the appellants could have resulted. If error it was, it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See Schneble v. Florida, 405 U.S. 427, 92 S.Ct. 1056, 31 L.Ed.2d 340 (1972); Harrington v. California, 395 U.S. 250, 89 S.Ct. 1726, 23 L.Ed.2d 284 (1969); Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967). Other Asserted Errors We reject as without merit Oscar's claim that there was insufficient evidence to support a verdict against him. The record reveals more than ample evidence to support the verdict. Nor is there any merit in the claim that the government failed to properly establish a chain of custody for some of the evidence admitted. The objection merely goes to the weight to be given the evidence by the jury, and not to its admissibility. United States v. Wilson, 451 F.2d 209, 213 (5th Cir. 1971). The convictions of all appellants are in all respects ON PETITION FOR REHEARING PER CURIAM: On petition for rehearing it is contended that the recent decision of the Supreme Court in One Lot Emerald Cut Stones v. United States, 409 U.S. 232, 93 S.Ct. 489, 34 L.Ed. 438 (1972) provides support for the position that the automobile forfeiture action placed the appellants in jeopardy of criminal punishment and thus, this criminal proceeding was barred by the double jeopardy provision of the fifth amendment. We find no support in Emerald Stones for that contention; rather, the case is strong authority that such a forfeiture constitutes a civil remedy rather than a criminal penalty. We adhere to our original opinion. The petition for rehearing is denied. Affiant, Earl W. Simmons, Senior Resident Agent, U. S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, Corpus Christi, Texas was informed by Glenn H. Koons, a person known to him to be reliable, on November 14, 1970 that on November 15, 1970, he (Koons) and one Blas Martinez would proceed to Mexico in a 1965 Pontiac, grey, bearing 1970 Texas license JCN 363, and acquire and purchase a quantity of marijuana, which would subsequently be smuggled into the United States at a port of entry between Brownsville, Texas and Laredo, Texas, to be brought to 1822 Yale Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. Further, that on November 17, 1970, the above-described Pontiac vehicle was observed by special agents, U. S. Customs Service, entering the United States from Mexico at Hidalgo, Texas. Further, that agents of the U. S. Customs Service maintained constant surveillance of the above-described Pontiac vehicle from the time of its entry into the United States at Hidalgo, Texas to its arrival at the premises at 1822 Yale Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. Further, that at approximately 7:15 P.M. on November 17, 1970 said Koons informed said Simmons that the previously described Pontiac vehicle contained approximately 80 bricks of marijuana which was loaded in said vehicle in Mexico, and which marijuana was in the previously described Pontiac vehicle at the time it entered at Hidalgo, Texas and at the time it arrived at 1822 Yale Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. And further that your affiant Simmons was informed by said Koons that he (Koons) traveled in said Pontiac vehicle from Mexico, into the United States at Hidalgo, Texas and then to 1822 Yale Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, described hereinabove See United States v. Kane, 450 F.2d 77, 85 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 934, 92 S.Ct. 954, 30 L.Ed.2d 810 (1972)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24983
__label__wiki	0.628173	0.628173	Learn More About Intellectual Property Law in Argyle, Florida Homeintellectual property lawfloridaargyle Intellectual Property Law Lawyers In Argyle Florida What is intellectual property law? Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets. Intellectual property law involves advising and assisting individuals and businesses on the development, use, and protection of intellectual property -- which includes ideas, artistic creations, engineering processes, scientific inventions, and more. Answers to intellectual property law issues in Florida What is a patent and what can be patented? A patent is a document issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that grants a monopoly for a limited... What types of inventions cannot be patented? Some types of inventions will not qualify for a patent, no matter how interesting or important they are. For example... What makes and invention novel, non-obvious and useful? In the context of a patent application, an invention is considered novel when it is different from all... What is involved in enforcing a patent? Once a patent is issued, it is up to the owner to enforce it. If friendly negotiations fail, enforcement involves... When does patent protection end? Patent protection usually ends when the patent expires. For all utility patents filed before June 8, 1995,... Can inventors who are employed by a company benefit from their inventions? Typically, inventor-employees who invent in the course of their employment are bound by employment agreements that... How can an inventor make money with a patent? On its own, a patent has no value. A patent becomes valuable only when a patent owner takes action to profit from... What is a copyright and what does it protect? Copyright protects works such as poetry, movies, video games, videos, DVDs, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded... How long does a copyright last? For works published after 1977, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. However, if the work... What is a trademark and what can be trademarked? The term "trademark" is commonly used to describe many different types of devices that label, identify, and... Federal court opinions concerning intellectual property law in Florida 353 US 346 Kremen v. United States 374 US 203 School District of Abington Township Pennsylvania v. Schempp J Murray III 241 F2d 387 Crawford Company v. Dun & Bradstreet 558 F2d 1090 Novelty Textile Mills Inc v. Joan Fabrics Corporation 704 F2d 315 United States v. Williams 761 F2d 426 United States v. Marin 446 F3d 483 Couden v. Duffy	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24984
__label__wiki	0.54495	0.54495	jfitzmaurice James Fitzmaurice 5. Men Visiting Women: Margaret Cavendish, John Evelyn, and Garden Architecture September 12, 2015 jfitzmaurice Leave a comment John Evelyn, diarist and writer on various topics including garden design In April and May of 1667, the diarist John Evelyn visited Margaret Cavendish at the newly repurchased and freshly refurbished Newcastle townhouse in the fashionable village of Clerkenwell, located a little north of London. Mary Evelyn, who accompanied her husband John on two of these visits, was not at all impressed with Margaret, whom she found “obscene,” but John “was much pleased with [Margaret’s] extraordinary fanciful habit, garb, and discourse.” John was a courtier and perhaps something of a ladies’ man in a Platonic sort of way, and Mary was not especially happy with John’s desire to cosy up to those in power or who had about them an aura of celebrity. Margaret certainly was a celebrity in the spring of 1667, making a grand visit with full entourage to the Royal Society. Another diarist, Samuel Pepys, commented on her “comeliness.” In the afternoon of the 11th of May, John went to dinner at Newcastle House and afterwards “sat discoursing with” Margaret in her bedchamber until the Marquess of Dorchester joined them, at which point John left the room. Such bedroom visits were common enough and it may be that Evelyn was simply being received in a polite way, with the expectation that he would leave as soon as someone else (especially of higher social rank) came along. Still, one wonders what Margaret and John talked about while he was there. She and he exchanged gift books, and she once spoke of John’s wife as being a sort of daughter. There may have been a bit of a joke in Margaret’s remark, since John had long before married an eleven-year-old Mary Browne. The couple did not cohabitate until later. For his part, John seems to have written a witty poem on Margaret’s visit to the Royal Society, a poem sometimes interpreted these days to show how much she was ridiculed by the Society’s members but which I think was intended as friendly teasing directed at Margaret’s husband, William. William had written a poem in a similar vein about John marrying a girl who he could keep, as it were, in storage for a later day. Clearly the two couples (Margaret and William, Mary and John) had an interesting relationship in which good-natured teasing may have brought about a bit of irritation. St Germain en Laye, etching by Claude Châtillon (1547-1616) I would like to suggest that Margaret and John both had an interest in garden architecture and that they shared overlapping experience with noted gardens of the time. In addition, John designed a garden that still exists in Surrey. The etching above probably gives a good sense of the appearance of the gardens of St-Germain-en-Laye, the palace where Margaret lived as a maid of honor to Queen Henrietta Maria for a time during the middle years of the 1640s. St Germain, the town next to which the palace was set, was the location of the residence of the English Ambassador, Sir Richard Browne. Browne, of course, became John’s father-in-law, so John, as a courtier, quite naturally could have met Margaret at the palace gardens during visits to see Mary. So what did Margaret and John discuss in her bedroom in the Palladian Clerkenwell house one afternoon in May of 1667 or on other, unrecorded, visits to where she lived? Quite possibly garden architecture. John was interested in terraces and writes admiringly about finding them at Isola Bella in Italy. St-Germain-en-Laye, as is easily seen in the print above, was characterized by a series of terraces and stairways. Cavendish in The Unnatural Tragedy (published 1662) gives the social-climbing Madam Malateste a speech in which house and garden design figure prominently. If one is to impress society, it is a good idea to have carefully laid out terraces, which is what, I believe, is described in the following quotation from Malateste: One should make “Walks of green Turf, and those to be hanging and shelving, as if they hung by Geometry.” Rather than simply say “terraces,” Madam Malateste describes their impression on the viewer’s eye. Her garden, like that at St-Germain-en-Laye, will look like a series of shelves of grassy lawn on which people can stroll or sit. Part of the impression will be of “geometry,” or lines and spaces. In June of 2015, Brandie Siegfried read a paper at the Cavendish Conference in Cyprus, a paper on Cavendish and geometry. Cavendish, it appears, found beauty in practical geometrical application. John Evelyn, when creating the garden at Wotton House in Surrey for his older brother shows a similar interest. 4. Women Visiting Women and Margaret Cavendish’s Sociable Letters September 4, 2015 jfitzmaurice Leave a comment It is often said that Margaret Cavendish was a recluse, a woman who hid away from the world and lost herself in her writing. She, of course, gives ample evidence to support this understanding of her life. In her autobiographical excursus “A True Relation” (published with Nature’s Pictures in 1657), she characterizes herself as a shy melancholic who loves to spend her time with pen ink. Indeed, the picture to the left plays on this view of self. There she is in her writing closet with all the necessary tools. The only oddity is a bell, which she says she used to summon a servant to jot down her thoughts in the middle of the night. The picture is taken from a frontispiece that was one of three that she sometimes added to printed copies of her books. Although it was not her only frontispiece, is the one that emphasizes the notion of the solitary writer. Sociable Letters, printed in 1664, gives a good amount of detail about visits that Cavendish’s main character, the letter writer, receives, mostly from other women. Often the letters start with a phrase like “the Lady P. R. was to visit the Lady S. I.” and then continue with a recounting of what was discussed by the women. But what is the solitary Margaret Cavendish doing writing in the first person about a character who is forever spending her time entertaining women of the gentry? The answer is complicated but I will begin by suggesting, as I often do, that Cavendish is playing games with her readers. She aims to tease and does not expect to be taken literally. Is her letter writer just a cover for the actual Margaret Cavendish, is there no connection, or what? When women visit women, there are a number of conflicting, or maybe not-so-conflicting, circumstances involved. Visiting, says Cavendish, often entails entertaining guests even when one is not quite in the mood. Guests can be loud and fail to let others talk. Guests can be censorious of people not present and can gossip. The other side of the coin is that entertaining guests can be intellectually entertaining for the hostess. Some guests seem to come primarily for the food, and so, as I mentioned in a previous post, visiting and “junketing” (eating various delicacies as snacks) go together. In the image to the right taken from a contemporary print, a group of women meet to chat and eat in a woman’s bedroom. Certainly one bedroom in Bolsover Castle, a room that Cavendish may have used, is of the size and shape as that found in the print. Observation undertaken while visiting others and receiving guests, gave Cavendish the raw material for creating characters found in Social Letters and also for her plays and short stories. There are “trencher-guests” who clearly enjoy the food on offer, and there are the ladies who don’t do much else beyond paying and receiving visits. These are mostly caricatures, drawn with wit and economy. Joseph Hall and Sir Thomas Overbury would recognize the literary form — the character. Cavendish goes beyond mere caricature, however, and gets into in-depth analysis of personality — her own — in Letter 147. I Endeavouring to Entertain [my guests] Kindly and Friendly, Talk’d so much, as they might easily believe, my Tongue was in a Perpetual Motion, especially being Strangers to me, not knowing my Solitary, Silent Humour. What is going on here, I think, is that Cavendish presents us with an experience that we have all had. She suddenly finds herself talking more than one should. She says to herself in effect, “Hey, how did that happen? That’s not really me.” She then riffs to the notion that women are by nature given to too much talking and from there to the thought that if she, Cavendish (or is it Cavendish’s letter writer character?) doesn’t talk enough she will be a monster (i.e., unnatural). In a wonderful bit of comedy, she cuts the letter short: Wherefore, lest I should Commit a Double Fault, in overmuch Writing of my overmuch Talking, I take my leave of you, and rest, Madam, Your faithful Fr. and S. [i.e., friend and servant] All is not comedy in the visits in Sociable Letters and one of its most serious letters, number 54, deals with a debate between two women visitors who disagree about the rape of Lucretia, a subject popular in art and literature of the time. Shakespeare wrote an epillion (a long narrative poem) on the topic and Bess of Hardwick prominently displayed a painted cloth in which Lucretia is shown stabbing herself with a knife. The first of the female guests in Letter 54 praises Lucretia , saying that Lucretia’s suicide proved the classical lady to be a virtuous woman because she sacrificed her life for her husband’s honor. The second female guest replies that Lucrecia killed herself through “prudence and wisdom,” since the husband was going to kill her anyway. Cavendish (or her letter writer) does not take sides and only intervenes to stop what is becoming a heated argument. If the apparent point of the letter is that we don’t really know what Lucretia’s motives were, the actual suggestion put forward obliquely might well be, “Do we really need, as wives, to make absurd sacrifices (theatrical or otherwise) for our husbands?” It is a question that Aphra Behn, a dozen or so years later, takes up in passing at the beginning of her short novel, The Nun or the Fair Vow Breaker: Should a wife wife “leap alive into the grave” of her deceased husband to be buried “quick” with him? I expect that for Behn . . . and Cavendish . . . the answer is a resounding “no.” Next week we look at the diarist John Evelyn’s visit to Cavendish’s writing closet in Newcastle House in London in spring of 1667. 3. Men and Women Paying Visits to Country Houses, Town Houses, and Palaces August 29, 2015 jfitzmaurice Leave a comment Alas, I do not quite know all of the ins and outs of WordPress, for I find that an early draft of this post was published and my last draft before calling it quits on Saturday night is lost. Hum. I thought I had saved that last draft. So, I will be working on this post today to try to get it as I would like it to be. Here we go. This past week I spend a good deal of time using email to ask scholars and archivists about 17th-century guest books and visitors’ registers. I had been hoping to learn about the actual visiting habits of Margaret Cavendish and to compare those habits to the way in which she treats the topic of visiting in her fiction, drama, and published letters. I was disappointed to learn that guestbooks mostly seem to be kept beginning in the early 19th century, though the stress here should be on “seem.” I will continue my inquiries but now am in the process of shifting my online search terms to “household + accounts” and “steward’s + books.” Using a tip from a scholar friend, I found a household account book in the 1853 volume of the Chetham Society publications. The account book (from the 1580s) does list dinner guests and even goes so far as to say that a play was performed. Alas, the actors (part of the household or travelling players?) are not specified nor is the play. While I was busy asking for help from those who know the printed sources and archives, it occurred to me that I might do a quick read-through of Margaret’s letters sent to her future husband when both were in France. These letters were never intended to be published and are mostly a record of the efforts by the two of them to marry without affronting Queen Henrietta Maria. Pictured above is the Palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where the then Margaret Lucas lived with the Court of Henrietta Maria for a time during the Interregnum. Margaret’s letters to William Cavendish (the future husband, pictured below) often propose meetings with him, which will take place during visits to Paris (about 12 miles away) that she makes as a part of the entourage of the Queen. William had asked her to “send” for him to come to St-Germain Palace, but she in Letter 2 refused, invoking her need to protect her reputation. She does suggest that he approach Henrietta Maria, but it is not clear whether he did or did not. Margaret knows that they are being discussed as a couple, but she is not interested in secrecy. Rather she hopes to conduct their visits according to generally accepted social rules so that there will be no “grounds” for condemnation (Letter 3). In one of her later letters (Letter 16), she she says that she plans to visit Paris for her own “occasions,” presumably independently of the Queen. Indeed, she is increasingly dismissive of other people’s opinions as her letters progress. Pictured below is the Hotel de Carnavalet, the town house of Madame de Sevigne, as it would have appeared perhaps 30 years after Margaret lived at St Germain. Margaret and William might have met at such a venue. In a short story called “The Loving Cuckold” found in Nature’s Pictures (1657), Margaret tells the tale of a wife who is, to use Margaret’s word, “corrupted” by a man who pays visits to her at her home. This is not a moral tale that adumbrates the novels of Samuel Richardson. Rather it is an examination of the realities, some of them ironic, of city and country house visiting. The man who becomes involved with the wife had come to her house on several occasions to find her husband, and it is the husband’s absence that creates the opportunity for the affair to develop. Margaret does not condemn either the wife or her lover, but rather finds irony in the fact that the husband begins to take notice of his wife once she has a lover. The husband does not become angry or enraged. He simply begins to desire her because someone else does. It is a bit like wanting an ice cream cone because you see someone else with one. Let’s return to the problem of real life versus fiction. Both Margaret’s letters (real life) and her short story (fiction) indicate that visiting by men and women, contrary to what I suggested in my last post, could be arranged quite informally. Margaret seems to have been able to meet with William in Paris at short notice and when not in an entourage, but she no doubt risked her reputation. The two married, so no harm done. The letters from Margaret to William can be found in The Phansies of William Cavendish (ed., Douglas Grant), and in Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind (Anna Battagelli). 2. Literary Biography and Guestbooks Margaret Cavendish has a great deal to say in her plays, fiction, and published letters about ladies paying visits to other ladies’ houses. Sometimes she she trivializes and mocks what she sees as a world of social gadabouts and suggests that visits are no more than an excuse for sessions of gossiping. She, Margaret, is a solitary and contemplative woman by contrast. No merry making at little neighborly feasts, no chit chat with pals for her. She disdains these “junkets.” Those who have read Cavendish know better than to take such trivializing and self-representations at face value. While Margaret was never a social butterfly, there is plenty of evidence to show that she paid calls on other women and other women came to her. In letter 202 of Sociable Letters (1664), she writes to Lady Eleanora Duarte to describe a visit of Elanora’s two sisters, Katherine and Frances, to the Cavendish residence on Wapper Street in Antwerp, a building that is now the Rubens House Museum and that is pictured above in a view from the back garden. Margaret goes on in the letter to say that the “good company” of the two women put her into a “Frolick humour” and that she sang some old ballads. Although the letter is couched in a large amount of playful self-deprecation typical of the time, it is fascinating for what it says about amateur musical performance. It goes into detail about which sorts of voices work best for which sorts of music. But why write a letter? Why not just drop in on Eleanora, who lived around the corner on what is now Meir Street, and mention the visit of the two sisters? The answer, I would guess, is that members of the social elite in Antwerp did not just drop in on friends and that visits were pre-arranged. Visits were often formal, and one went to dinner at the Cavendish residence on Wapper Street by invitation. The room where such a dinner would be held is probably the one now a part of the Rubens Museum and pictured above and to the right. All of this said, it seems to me that letters were not just for communication when a visit had not been arranged. Rather letters made for a very effective way to create set pieces designed to evoke thought and a considered response. Lady Eleanora might write back or might bring up the topic on a visit to Wapper Street. A second letter from Margaret points up another characteristic of epistolary communication. You don’t have to read letters all the way through if you find them tedious and you may be free to choose not to respond. My sense is that Lady Eleanora would have been less likely to respond to a second letter from Margaret (letter 206), a letter that goes on at length about the chemistry of gold. Music was more Eleanora’s interest than chemistry. And now to literary biography and guest books. Much of what I have to say about Margaret Cavendish’s writing relies on literary biography — what sort of person was she as a writer. My sense from reading her plays, fiction, and published letters is that she was not much of a “junketer,” but there is a way to for me to check on myself by using fact (if I can find it). Many large houses of the seventeenth century had guest books or visitors registers. I heard a couple of papers last year at a conference at the University of Northampton in which European scholars used guest books to trace visits made by Europeans to English country houses. So . . . I have been using online tools like National Archives Discovery to look for sets of key words like “guest + book” and “visitor + register.” I have not had much success so far. I have written to some scholars, museums, and country houses. Again no luck. If you are an archivist, watch out. I soon may be asking you about guest books. Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, not so very far from Bolsover Castle where Margaret sometimes lived. I wonder if she visited Haddon. Next week: More on visiting (by both men and women). More on guest books. 1. Research in the Literature of Renaissance Houses and Gardens August 15, 2015 jfitzmaurice 1 Comment I am much involved in a long-term research project on the literature of Renaissance houses and gardens in which I envisage several outcomes. First, I hope to make connections between houses and gardens that Margaret Cavendish (1623 – 1673) might have seen and her published poems, plays, fiction, letters, scientific essays, biography, and autobiography. She was a prolific writer and is today remembered along with Aphra Behn as one of the two great English women writers of the seventeenth century. Second, I will try to connect house and garden to poems by such writers as Thomas Carew. I especially like his verse letter “To G N from Wrest” (ca 1639), which plays with the meanings that gather around or emanate from a set of garden statues at Wrest Park in England. Ceres and Bacchus are paired, and I am looking for other groupings of classical figures in garden sculpture. I like to go off on tangents in research, so my third objective is less a tangible goal and more a matter of keeping myself and like minded readers entertained with the oddities of literature and its historical backgrounds. To return to Cavendish, one of the one places that she lived with her husband while he was in exile during the Interregnum was at the Rubens house in Antwerp. The building was let to the Cavendishes by the widow of the painter Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens added the three-storey wing that is shown slightly left of center in the picture above. He also added the gate which is at the center of that image and the one below. Margaret Cavendish had an interest in gates for large houses like this one and writes about people being “put out at the gates” in one of her plays, ‘The Unnatural Tragedy.’ Gates also can be important in actual English country houses. A gate at Wentworth Woodhouse was singled out for special attention by the guide on the tour that I took in summer of 2014. It was from the Wentworth Woodhouse gate that Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford, began his journey to be put to death in London in 1641. His family considered him to be a martyr. See the Wentworth Woodhouse gate below. In any event, I plan to explore how various elements of architecture would have influenced the thinking of Cavendish and her readers. The gate at the Rubens House does not separate the house from the outside world, for it lies between the house and the garden. The Rubens House gate is, rather, mostly an edifice that evokes ancient Rome in the midst of bourgeois Antwerp. It claims a venerable past, a past that is in a sense timeless and immutable. If Cavendish has a gate like this one in mind, then we might understand that the scheming lady’s maid, Nan, who is ejected from the gate in the play is dismissed from ancient civility and not only from a prosperous household. Nan’s mistress, the heartless social-climer Madame Maleteste, eventually leaves this gate behind as well. Comments welcome. The next blog in this series will be on literary biography and guest books in English and Dutch country houses. 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__label__wiki	0.521119	0.521119	Organs and Inducements at Duke I was talked into going to what turned out to be a wonderful conference. The modal participant was a law professor, but here's a photo of economists and a surgeon: Judd Kessler, Jay Lavee, Al Roth, Avi Stoler Kim Krawiec posts about the conference at the Faculty Lounge: I reproduce her post below... "Organs & Inducements I, of course, meant to post this in advance of the symposium, but underestimated the amount of time and attention last minute details would consume (what’s that phrase about older but not wiser?). So I’m just getting to it now. Anyway, I think that the event was a big success and I will have more to say about it in the coming days. For now, I’ll just post the symposium abstract, along with a thanks to all the many wonderful participants who made this event a success. More to follow . . . Symposium Abstract: The need for human organs for transplantation far outstrips supply. As a result, a large literature has developed debating possible means to address the gap. Suggestions range from procurement system improvements and changes in the consent regime, in the case of cadaveric organ donation, to inventive exchange systems (such as swaps and NEAD chains) and financial incentives of various sorts, in the case of live organ donation. In Organs and Inducements, contributors build on existing debates on mechanisms designed to bridge the gap between organ demand and supply, to address deeper questions regarding inducements to donate. Among the varied possible mechanisms of persuasion and incentives at society’s disposal, what are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each? What are the larger ethical, economic, sociological, and psychological issues raised by these different types of inducements, including non-financial inducements? Why are some accepted by the law and society at large, while others are not? Do the lines we’ve drawn among permissible and impermissible inducements make sense, given the concerns those rules are meant to address?" Update: here's a further post today by Kim K., on the origins of the conference (and why they chose the word "inducements" rather than "incentives": More Organs & Inducements Labels: conference, organ donation Video of my recent talk at the SIEPR economic summit Here I was: speaking on Friday March 15, 2013. Labels: public lectures, video "Horse meat is the Tatar's Viagra" While horse meat may be repugnant in some places, the controversy over horse meat in Russia is over how to prepare it: Appreciation of the Horse, Well-Cooked "In parts of Russia and throughout Central Asia, horse is a central feature in traditional cuisine and is considered almost mandatory on special occasions. "Mr. Nasyrov buys much of his horse meat from trusted local producers in Tatarstan, the heavily Muslim region east of Moscow where, he said, residents ascribe even greater attributes to eating horse. “Horse meat,” he said, “is the Tatar’s Viagra.” You can buy canned horse meat here. Labels: horse, repugnance, Russia Furniture in Foshan When I spoke in Foshan China, I got an opportunity to see one of the big furniture markets in that city, this one run by the Louvre Group: Posted by Al Roth at 3:34 AM 12 comments Links to this post Labels: China Beijing East Linden Co. While in Beijing I visited the East Linden Company, which is making a market for intellectual property by producing a high-tech searchable database of traditional medicines. Visiting them felt a lot like visiting a Silicon Valley start up (e.g. they run their own automatic translation server, and you can search their database by starting with a molecule...) The chairwoman, Madame Yanhuai Liu graciously agreed to let me take this photo of her, next to two pictures in her office of her mother and father, a general who went on the Long March. My names in Chinese transliteration Irwin Rose, Irvine Ross, and Elvin Ross all appear in the Google Translate version of this story (2012诺奖得主：中国经济需要市场设计 2012 Nobel laureate: Chinese economy needs a market design) about a talk I gave in Beijing. Here's one version of my name in Chinese, which I gather lends itself to the "Ross" pronunciation: Stanford's student senate rejects an anti-Israel divestment resolution The Stanford Daily has the story of the contentious and lengthy debate: Undergraduate Senate votes against divestmentbill The resolution failed handily: the newspaper account also gives in passing a picture of Stanford's diverse student Senate: "[the divestment] bill did not pass, with seven senators in opposition, five abstaining and one in support of the bill. "Senator Janhavi Vartak ’15 voted in favor. Senators Anna Brezhneva ’15, Brandon Hightower ’15, Garima Sharma ’15, Bindra, Miller, Olivos and Pham voted against. Senators Fadavi, Bacon, Crouch, Haveles and Menjivar abstained." A number of faculty members and well known personalities from the wider world sent messages both for and against divestment. The SD has that story too: two market designers were mentioned as being against the proposal. The full statements of many of those who went on record as opposing divestment can be found on the page of the Stanford Israel Alliance Mine is here, and Yoav Shoham's is a short scroll down.. Labels: Israel Matching and Market Design: Bob Wilson and Mary Kline Matching is important, and I returned from a trip to China just in time to attend the wedding of the Dean of Design, my advisor Bob Wilson, and Mary Kline. Mazel tov, Bob and Mary! Labels: market designers, marriage, Wilson Call for papers: May 4 Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop Saturday May 4, 2013, University of San Francisco The Bay Area Behavioral Economics and Experimental Workshop (BABEEW) will be hosted this year by the University of San Francisco on Saturday, May 4th 2012, in Fromm Hall (http://www.usfca.edu/campusmap/). The objective of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for Bay Area researchers in behavioral economics and related fields to share their latest research. All interested researchers are invited to submit an abstract for presentation. We would also appreciate it if you could advertise this call for papers in your department and inform interested faculty members and students. There will be breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, and dinner paid for by the sponsors. We reserved the Koret Rec Center parking lot free all day (!) (http://tinyurl.com/ParkingBABEEW2013). Participants will need to cover any other travel or accommodation expenses. Hotel at a walkable distance: Stanyan Park Hotel (let’s say it is full of old times charm). The deadline for submitting an abstract (250 words or less) is Friday, April 5th 2013. Acceptance decisions will be e-mailed to registered participants by Friday, April 19th. The workshop program will be e-mailed to registered participant by April 25th. To submit and register: http://tinyurl.com/BABEEW2013 BABEEW Scientific Committee Alessandra Cassar Univ. of San Francisco Dan Friedman UC, Santa Cruz John Ifcher Santa Clara University Linda Kamas Santa Clara University John Morgan UC, Berkeley Charles Sprenger Stanford University We gratefully acknowledge funding from the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP), the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), and the International Confederation for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics and Economic Psychology (ICABEEP). Labels: conference, experiments Exchanges for digital goods The NY Times has the story: Imagining a Swap Meet for E-Books and Music "In late January, Amazon received a patent to set up an exchange for all sorts of digital material. The retailer would presumably earn a commission on each transaction, and consumers would surely see lower prices. "But a shudder went through publishers and media companies. Those who produce content might see their work devalued, just as they did when Amazon began selling secondhand books 13 years ago. The price on the Internet for many used books these days is a penny. "On Thursday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published Apple’s application for its own patent for a digital marketplace. Apple’s application outlines a system for allowing users to sell or give e-books, music, movies and software to each other by transferring files rather than reproducing them. Such a system would permit only one user to have a copy at any one time. "Meanwhile, a New York court is poised to rule on whether a start-up that created a way for people to buy and sell iTunes songs is breaking copyright law. A victory for the company would mean that consumers would not need either Apple’s or Amazon’s exchange to resell their digital items. Electronic bazaars would spring up instantly. “The technology to allow the resale of digital goods is now in place, and it will cause a dramatic upheaval,” said Bill Rosenblatt, president of GiantSteps, a technology consulting firm. “In the short term, it’s great for consumers. Over the long term, however, it could seriously reduce creators’ incentive to create.” Posted by Al Roth at 12:28 AM 1 comments Links to this post Labels: digital goods Not for everyone, but I enjoy mine when I'm in my office at Stanford: Sun Yat-Sen Business School in Foshan, China Nobel Economics Laureate Alvin Roth Visiting Foshan, China Source：External Liaison Office Hits：26 Time： 2013-03-06 08:45 Sun Yat-sen Business School, Time WeeklyForum Market Design, China Opportunity – Transformation, Promotion and Market Design 14:00 – 17:00, March 20, 2013Venue Louvre International Furniture Exhibition Center, Foshan, China 1. Market Design in Chinese Style 2. Market Design, Matching Theory and Enterprise OperationKeynote Speakers 1. Alvin Roth, Professor of Harvard Business School, 2012 Nobel Economics Laureate 2. Yadong LUO, Emery Findlay Distinguished Chair and Professor of Management, University of Miami, International Dean of SYSBS 13: 30 – 14: 30 Reception 14: 30 – 14: 40 Conference Welcome 14: 40 – 15: 40 Keynote Speech 15: 40 – 16: 00 Coffee Break 16: 00 – 17: 00 Round Table Forum Alvin Roth Alvin Elliot Roth is an American economist and George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, market design and experimental economics, and is known for his emphasis on applying his economic theory to solutions for "real-world" problems. In 2012, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design". Yadong LUO Dr. Yadong LUO is International Dean and Distinguished Honorary Professor of SYSBS. He is the Emery M. Findley Distinguished Chair of Graduate Business Studies and Professor of Management at University of Miami. He is also an elected Fellow of Academy of International Business. LUO has emerged as the world's top research scholar in international management since the mid-90s. He has published over 150 articles in major refereed journals in international business and management, including AMJ, ASQ, AMR, SMJ, JIBS, JAP, Org. Science, among others. He also authored more than a dozen books and about a hundred other publications. His research interests include global corporate strategy, global corporate governance, international joint ventures, and management in emerging economies, among others. LUO's research record includes seminal pieces on important and timely topics, such as co-opetition in international business, business-government relationships, cross-cultural cooperative strategies, multinational enterprises in emerging markets, and international expansion of emerging market enterprises. He currently is a consulting editor of JIBS, editor of JWB, and senior editor of MOR. He is the recipient of a dozen research and teaching awards at U. of Miami and U. of Hawaii where he taught before joining UM. Labels: China, public lectures Organ donation and Islam: Saudi scholar registers as organ donor In Iran there's a monetary market for kidneys, but elsewhere in the Islamic world (and elsewhere) some have questions about organ transplantation of any sort. In Saudi Arabia, a top religious scholar has signed up as an organ donor, to make his position clear. EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Last Update 9 March 2013 11:55 pm Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mutlaq, member of the Board of Senior Ulema and Royal Court Adviser, has signed up as an organ donor in a move to end the debate over organ donation permissibility in Islam. Al-Mutlaq attended a symposium on organ donation organized by the Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. Currently, three to four organ transplant operations are conducted daily. Kidney donations from non-relatives increased by 10 percent, which resulted in 73 more donation cases last year, while liver transplants increased by the same percentage, roughly equivalent to 30 more operations, said Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, supervisor general of the Prince Fahad bin Salman Charity Association for Renal Failure Patients Care (Kellana) who attended the event. Prince Abdulaziz said that in the last 30 years, more than 7,000 people had kidney transplants and more than 1,000 had liver transplants. There were 94 reported lung transplants, 228 heart transplants, 663 cornea transplants and 19 pancreas transplant operations in the same period. Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, member of the Board of Senior Ulemas and imam of the Grand Mosque, said that organ donation permissibility is decided in terms of Shariah, although it is crucial to be sure that the prospective donor is pronounced brain dead, which is an issue that still needs more research. Labels: organ donation, Saudi Arabia Fewer Israelis seeking transplants abroad: more live donations at home New laws have limited transplants overseas, and have provided some payments to living donors in Israel. Haaretz has the story (may be gated): "Law meant to prevent organ trafficking passed in 2008 also means the number of transplants within the country, as well as the percentage of Haredi men seeking to donate for altruistic reasons, is on the upswing; more women serve as live donors than men." "The number of Israelis seeking kidney transplants abroad is plummeting, in the wake of a 2008 law meant to prevent organ trafficking. "In 2007, 143 Israelis received kidney transplants abroad, but according to Health Ministry statistics, that number took a nosedive to 35 in 2011. "The sharp decline comes as a result of more stringent guidelines for transplants; since the law was passed, HMOs have approved funding for kidney transplants abroad only from cadavers in the United States, Russia and Latvia. "While transplants abroad have dropped, the new Organ Transplant Law has also led to a 50-percent increase in kidney transplants from live donors in Israel. A new study conducted at Beilinson Hospital and at Tel Aviv University found that the law, which both prohibits the sale of organs but also – in a first-time ruling – allows live donors to receive monetary compensation, has led to a significant change in the mix of such donors. Haredi men are now seeking, via the law, to donate kidneys for altruistic reasons. In these cases, the donors are not related to the patients. "The payment of donors under the new law, amounting to thousands of shekels, began in August 2010, covering all live organ donors in Israel from May 2008. At the same time, statistics provided by the National Transplant Center showed a steep increase of 64 percent in the number of live kidney donors in 2011 (117 transplants) as compared with 2010 (71). The number of transplants in 2012 (108) was at a similar level. Labels: compensation for donors, Israel, organ donation, transplantation Pictures with President Obama Before the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm, the five 2012 American Nobel laureates were invited to meet with President Obama in the Oval Office. These pictures arrived in the mail not long ago. Handshake: Lloyd Shapley and his son Peter are right behind me. 6 American Nobel laureates and a President The United States does very well in Nobel prizes. It's probably good for us that the prizes are given by Swedish institutions and not American ones. An American president spends a lot of time with the White House photographer. (You wonder when a newly elected president learns just how much of his time will be spent having his picture taken.) The pictures each came with a sticker on the back saying that they were not to be disseminated without permission. I asked for and immediately received permission from the White House Photo Office to post these on my blog (in an email from Rick McKay, 2/21/13). Labels: Nobel Yesterday was match day for NYC high school students too New doctors weren't the only ones matched yesterday, so were members of the freshman class for New York City high schools. Here's a story about New York City high school students: Most Eighth Graders Matched to a High School of Their Choice, and here's another: DOE: Most students admitted to their top NYC high school choices And here's the NRMP's account of yesterday's residency match, and a story from NPR. Labels: matching, residents and fellows, school choice Match Day today for new doctors Good luck to all those matching today! Here's the Wall Street Journal's anticipatory story: New Doctors Eagerly Await 'Match Day' "The National Resident Matching Program, the nonprofit group that pairs applicants with openings, expects this year's match to be the largest ever, surpassing last year when 31,355 U.S. and foreign applicants vied for 24,035 first-year residency openings." Here's the NRMP's press release: The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) will announce the 2013 medical residency Match results for more than 17,000 United States allopathic medical school seniors and more than 16,000 other applicants on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Match Day, an annual rite of passage, is when medical school students learn where they will live and train for the next three to seven years at their medical residency programs. “It’s a wonderful and exciting day,” said Mona M. Signer, executive director of the NRMP. She added, “We are honored to play a small role each year in moving forward the careers of young physicians.” U. S. senior medical students typically begin the residency application process at the beginning of their final year in medical school. After they apply to programs, programs review applications and invite selected candidates for interviews, which are held in the fall and early winter. Once the interview period is over, both parties create rank-order lists. Programs rank applicants in order of preference, and applicants compile their lists based on their preferred medical specialty and the location of the training programs. The NRMP matching algorithm pairs the preferences of applicants with the preferences of residency programs, producing a “best result” in order to fill the available training positions at U.S. teaching hospitals. Research about the NRMP algorithm was a basis of Dr. Alvin Roth’s receipt of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. Students and graduates of international medical schools, osteopathic (D.O. degree) schools, and Canadian candidates also participate in the Match. Last year more than 38, 377 applicants vied for positions, and the NRMP reported a 95% successful NRMP Match result for U. S. seniors. For more information on this year’s Match results, please visit http://www.nrmp.org after 1:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 15, or contact your local medical school for details on their Match Day ceremonies. Here's the schedule: Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) concludes at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. Hospitals begin sending letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date. Labels: matching, NRMP, residents and fellows, scramble SIEPR Economic Summit 2013 at Stanford Tomorrow , March 15 is the SIEPR Economic Summit 2013 at Stanford. Moderator: Steve Kohlhagen, Member, SIEPR Advisory Board 7:30 – 8:00 Breakfast 8:00 – 9:00 Opening Remarks: Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO 9:00 – 10:20 SESSION I: Comprehensive Tax Reform Moderator: Jim Poterba, President, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Mitsui Professor of Economics, MIT; Member, SIEPR Advisory Board Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Columbia Business School; former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) Leonard Burman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University 10:40 – 12:00 SESSION II: Health Policy After Obamacare Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, Diane V.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor; Professor of Health Care Management; and Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Wharton; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 1:30 Lunch Remarks David Wessel, Author, Red Ink (Random House 2012); Economics Editor, The Wall Street Journal; and Pulitzer Prize Winner 1:50 – 3:10 SESSION III: The Future of Europe John Lipsky, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; Member, SIEPR Advisory Board Janice Eberly, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Department of the Treasury 3:10 – 4:10 SESSION IV: Who Gets What: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design Alvin Roth, Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics, Stanford University; 2012 Nobel Laureate, Economics; Senior Fellow, SIEPR 4:30 – 5:45 Critical Issue Sessions - Panels will address four important topics of the year: Can India Keep Pace?, The Online Learning Revolution, Designing California's New Health Care Exchange, Environment and the Economy THE EVENING 6:00 – 6:45 Reception 6:45 – 9:00 Dinner and Keynote Speaker Axel Weber, Chairman of the Board, UBS AG; former President, Deutsche Bundesbank Stanford University Economics Department Stanford Center for Intern Boston School Committee votes for "personalized" school districts Late breaking news, tonight: Boston School Committee approves new student-assignment system (see this mornings post): "The Boston School Committee tonight scrapped a school assignment plan developed under court-ordered desegregation almost a quarter century ago and approved a system that seeks to allow more students to attend schools closer to home. Starting in fall 2014, the School Department will do away with three massive student-assignment zones, which it has operated since 1989. Instead, a complex algorithm will generate a list of schools from which parents could choose based on a variety of factors, such as distance from school, school capacity, and MCAS performance. Parents will receive at least six school choices, including a minimum of four of medium or high-quality. The committee also voted to do away with the so-called walk preference for schools." As far as I can tell from a distance, I believe that preferences will still be processed according to the deferred acceptance algorithm my colleagues and I helped a previous school committee to adopt... Update: here's the story in Boston Magazine: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/03/14/a-chinese-mit-grad-student-designed-the-new-school-choice-system/ Posted by Al Roth at 8:53 PM 1 comments Links to this post Labels: boston, school choice Boston reconsiders districts for its school choice system Boston Public Schools divides schools into districts, and families can rank schools in their district. They have been debating changing the districts by redrawing the map. But drawing maps is hard. They are now considering a proposal for essentially defining a different district for each child, based on the idea of giving each child potential access to schools of different quality. The NY Times has the story today: No Division Required in This School Problem. The article focuses on contributions by market designers Peng Shi, Parag Pathak, and Tayfun Sonmez. The School Committee is scheduled to vote on this tonight. Labels: boston, market designers, school choice Horse meat in Europe, continuing... The European scandal over mis-labeled horse meat also reveals something about the cultural variation concerning horses as food, which plays into discussions about the common market...: Recipe for Divided Europe: Add Horse, Then Stir "the horse meat scandal has brought into the open the deep divisions, cultural and otherwise, that bedevil the European Union. A meat that nearly all Britons consider revolting, for example, is cherished as a protein-rich delight by a small but loyal minority in places like Belgium, the home of the European Union’s Brussels bureaucracy and Europe’s biggest per capita consumer of horse meat. (Italy, with its larger population, eats the most horse over all.) "For a surging camp of so-called Euroskeptics in Britain, the fact that horse meat has entered the food chain through a host of middlemen and factories scattered across the Continent stands as proof of unbridgeable cultural chasms that, in their view, make the European Union unworkable." "It has also led a growing number of European food producers and stores to seek shelter in patriotism by assuring consumers that their meat comes entirely from within their own country’s borders. ... "Growing calls for mandatory “country of origin” labeling on all processed meats sold in Europe have stirred concern in Brussels about a surge in what Mr. Borg, the health and consumer affairs commissioner, has called “veiled protectionism.” Until now, only unprocessed meat had to identify its place of origin. “The Germans are saying we are only going to eat German products. The French are saying the same for French products. What happened to the common market? This is really serious,” said Françoise Grossetête, a French member of the European Parliament." Labels: horse, repugnance Marriage markets in China Brook Larmer writes in the NY Times about the changing marriage market: The Price of Marriage in China (I like the URL better than the headline: it refers to business/in-a-changing-china-new-matchmaking-markets.) Her story (well worth reading in its entirety) follows two marriage markets, one an expensive matchmaking service for wealthy men, one an open air market in a park where mothers seek spouses for their children. "Ms. Yang, 28, is one of China’s premier love hunters, a new breed of matchmaker that has proliferated in the country’s economic boom. The company she works for, Diamond Love and Marriage, caters to China’s nouveaux riches: men, and occasionally women, willing to pay tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars to outsource the search for their ideal spouse. "When the woman walked into H & M, Ms. Yang intercepted her in the sweater aisle. “I’m so sorry to bother you,” she said with a honeyed smile. “I’m a love hunter. Are you looking for love?” Three miles away, in a Beijing park near the Temple of Heaven, a woman named Yu Jia jostled for space under a grove of elms. A widowed 67-year-old pensioner, she was clearing a spot on the ground for a sign she had scrawled for her son. “Seeking Marriage,” read the wrinkled sheet of paper, which Ms. Yu held in place with a few fragments of brick and stone. “Male. Single. Born 1972. Height 172 cm. High school education. Job in Beijing.” Ms. Yu is another kind of love hunter: a parent seeking a spouse for an adult child in the so-called marriage markets that have popped up in parks across the city. Long rows of graying men and women sat in front of signs listing their children’s qualifications. Hundreds of others trudged by, stopping occasionally to make an inquiry. Ms. Yu’s crude sign had no flourishes: no photograph, no blood type, no zodiac sign, no line about income or assets. Unlike the millionaire’s wish list, the sign didn’t even specify what sort of wife her son wanted. “We don’t have much choice,” she explained. “At this point, we can’t rule anybody out.” In the four years she has been seeking a wife for her son, Zhao Yong, there have been only a handful of prospects. Even so, when a woman in a green plastic visor paused to scan her sign that day, Ms. Yu put on a bright smile and told of her son’s fine character and good looks. The woman asked: “Does he own an apartment in Beijing?” Ms. Yu’s smile wilted, and the woman moved on. "As many as 300 million rural Chinese have moved to cities in the last three decades. Uprooted and without nearby relatives to help arrange meetings with potential partners, these migrants are often lost in the swell of the big city. "Demographic changes, too, are creating complications. Not only are many more Chinese women postponing marriage to pursue careers, but China’s gender gap — 118 boys are born for every 100 girls — has become one of the world’s widest, fueled in large part by the government’s restrictive one-child policy. By the end of this decade, Chinese researchers estimate, the country will have a surplus of 24 million unmarried men. "Without traditional family or social networks, many men and women have taken their searches online, where thousands of dating and marriage Web sites have sprung up in an industry that analysts predict will soon surpass $300 million annually. These sites cater mainly to China’s millions of white-collar workers. But intense competition, along with mistrust of potential mates’ online claims, has spurred a growing number of singles — rich and poor — to turn to more hands-on matchmaking services. "Dozens of high-end matchmaking services have sprung up in China in the last five years, charging big fees to find and to vet prospective spouses for wealthy clients. Their methods can turn into gaudy spectacle. One firm transported 200 would-be trophy wives to a resort town in southwestern China for the perusal of one powerful magnate. Another organized a caravan of BMWs for rich businessmen to find young wives in Sichuan Province. Diamond Love, among the largest love-hunting services, sponsored a matchmaking event in 2009 where 21 men each paid a $15,000 entrance fee. "The company’s wealthiest, highest-paying clients — 90 percent of whom are men — show little interest in lectures or databases. They want exclusive access to what Ms. Fei coolly refers to as “fresh resources”: young women who haven’t yet been exposed to other suitors online. It’s the love hunters’ job to find them. "Besides giving clients a vastly expanded pool of marriage prospects, these campaigns offer a sense of security. Rigorous background checks screen out what Ms. Fei calls “gold diggers, liars and people of loose morals.” Depending on a campaign’s size, Diamond Love charges from $50,000 to more than $1 million. Ms. Fei makes no apologies for the high fees. “Why shouldn’t they pay more to find the perfect wife?” she asked me. “This is the most important investment in their lives.” "One afternoon when we met, the normally animated Ms. Yang slumped onto the sofa, exhausted. She had just spent an hour with a rich Chinese businesswoman in her late 30s. The woman proposed spending $100,000 on a campaign to find a husband who matched her status. “I had to tell her we couldn’t take her case,” Ms. Yang said. “No wealthy Chinese man would ever marry her. They always want somebody younger, with less power.” "We sat in silence a minute before Ms. Yang spoke again. “It’s depressing to think about these ‘leftover women,’ ” she said. “Do you have them in America, too?” "The marriage candidates on offer in the parks, she discovered, were often a mismatch of shengnu (“leftover women”) and shengnan (“leftover men”), two groups from opposite ends of the social scale. Shengnan, like her son, are mostly poor rural men left behind as female counterparts marry up in age and social status. The phenomenon is exacerbated by China’s warped demographics, as the bubble of excess men starts to reach marrying age. Finding a Chinese spouse can be even more challenging for so-called leftover women, even if they often have precisely what the shengnan lack: money, education and social and professional standing. One day in the Temple of Heaven park, I met a 70-year-old pensioner from Anhui Province who was seeking a husband for his eldest daughter, a 36-year-old economics professor in Beijing. “My daughter is an outstanding girl,” he said, pulling from his satchel an academic book she had published. “She’s been introduced to about 15 men over the past two years, but they all rejected her because her degree is too high.” "Even in the countryside, where men’s families pay bride prices, inflation is rampant. Ms. Yu’s family paid about $3,500 when Mr. Zhao’s older brother married 10 years ago in rural Heilongjiang. Today, she said, brides’ families ask for $30,000, even $50,000. An apartment, the urban equivalent of the bride price, is even further out of reach. At Mr. Zhao’s current income, it would take a decade or two before he could afford a small Beijing apartment, which he said would start at about $100,000. “I’ll be an old man by then,” he said with a rueful smile. "Not long after our conversation in McDonald’s, Mr. Zhao met the woman at a coffee shop. It was, he told me later, even more awkward than most first dates. A rural migrant and door-to-door salesman, he struggled to find a shared topic of interest with the woman, a 35-year-old entrepreneur and Beijing native who had arrived driving a BMW sedan. The lack of chemistry didn’t seem to bother the woman, who told him about her profitable photo business and the three Beijing apartments she owned. Mr. Zhao didn’t find her unattractive, but how was he supposed to respond? Then, even before broaching the possibility of a second date, he said, the woman made a proposition: if they married, he wouldn’t have to work again. "in the end, he couldn’t imagine being subordinate to a woman. “If I accepted that situation,” he asked me, “what kind of man would I be?” "The news frustrated Ms. Yu. “Kids these days are way too picky,” she said. Labels: China, marriage, matchmaking B-School Matchmaking: Job matching one at a time The WSJ has the story of how Business schools are helping their students find jobs even in firms that may just be trying to fill one or two positions: In Job Hunt, B-Schools Play Matchmaker "Business schools are exploring a new service: matchmaking. "After relying for years on assembly line-like interview schedules, career-services offices at some top schools are taking a personalized approach to the student job hunt. Some are beefing up one-on-one advising sessions to help students define career goals, while others are making individual introductions to alumni or sending job postings to student clubs. "The new tack comes as M.B.A.s consider careers in industries like technology and clean energy, where companies tend to hire one or two students at a time, rather than in large numbers like at finance and consulting firms, traditional B-school employers. "There's been a complete upending of the model," says Pulin Sanghvi, assistant dean and director of the Career Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He reorganized the 16-person office last year to strengthen individual advising, alumni relations and connections with new employers, particularly private-equity firms, hedge funds and technology startups. "Around 80% of the companies that hired Stanford M.B.A.s last year took just one student; only 16 hired four or more." Labels: job market, matching Cooper and Kagel on other regarding preferences John Kagel writes: Colleagues, Here is the url to the revised version of our survey paper on other regarding preferences intended for the Handbook of Experimental Economics, vol 2 – http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/kagel/Other%20Regarding_All_2_12_13.pdf We very much appreciate the input we got from the experimental community regarding work we overlooked, faulty interpretations, etc. Unfortunately we could not, or would not, deal with all of the suggestions/issues raised, otherwise we would never be done. At this point we would be grateful for any corrections of typos, updated citations, missing citations, etc. DJC JHK Labels: experiments Cadavers for anatomy classes You may not have thought much recently about cadaver supply, but there's a shortage, at least at current prices. "By law, bodies cannot be sold, although groups like the association can be paid for processing. Member med schools pay about $1,300 per cadaver; nonmembers pay $2,300. "Nationwide, there's a shortage of cadavers, in part because of the rise in organ donation. Cadavers without their organs are not suitable for medical education, Mr. Dudek notes. The association needs about 425 bodies a year for its members but missed that mark in 2009 and has barely met it in three of the last six years. "“All our donations are done through referral,” says Donald Greene II, who co-owns the Rosemont-based company, with annual revenue of $680,000. ... Mr. Dudek hopes to develop new products, such as skeletons, which sell for up to $7,000. A lab to convert cadavers to plastic would cost about $45,000, money that isn't in the association's budget. "The retail price for a plastinated cadaver is as much as $200,000, says Niles Mayrand, administrator of the plastination laboratory at the University of Michigan, one of the oldest in the country. Well-known thanks to the “Body Worlds” exhibit, which has been hosted by the Museum of Science and Industry three times since 2005, plastinated bodies increasingly are being used in education. They are unlikely to replace cadavers completely in med schools because they can't be dissected. Nonetheless, Mr. Dudek says he has to prepare for the future. “Whether or not we're a nonprofit, we're still a business,” he says. “And like any business, you grow and adapt and evolve, or you disappear.” The market for air space in Manhattan The real estate market in Manhattan doesn't just scrape the sky, it hovers over shorter buildings too: The Great Air Race "Air rights are, in actuality, not fluffy chunks of available or orphaned air. They are unused or excess development rights gauged, like building density or lot size, by the square foot and transferable, when zoning permits it, from one buildable lot to another. They have become the reigning currency of the redevelopment realm, major components in the radical vertical transformation of the city’s skyline. "These days developers don’t just tailor their blueprints to the lot they own: they often annex, for fees that can run into the multimillions, the airspace above and around their property. The process, essentially an invisible merger of building lots that tranlates into taller, heftier towers with increased profitability, is emerging from a minislump dictated by the economy. “The trading of air rights is more prevalent than it’s ever been before,” said Robert Von Ancken, an air-rights expert and appraiser who is the chairman of Landauer Valuation and Advisory Services, “and it’s why you’re seeing these monster buildings springing up all over town. All of these new supertowers that are changing the look of the city’s horizon, they couldn’t happen without air-rights transfers.” "Mr. Von Ancken estimates that air rights trade for 50 to 60 percent of what the earth beneath them would sell for. " Labels: new york, real estate Differential Privacy and Economics and the Social Sciences SIMONS FOUNDATION Thursday, March 7, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 9:30 PM (EST) A day devoted to Economics and Social Sciences and the Science of Privacy will take place onThursday, March 7th in New York City. This event is funded by the Simons Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Tutorial on Differential Privacy 9:30 - 11:30 AM LOCATION: Simons Foundation Speaker: Aaron Roth (Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania). Privacy and Issues in Mechanism Design 1:15 - 3:45 PM Presentation by Alvin Roth (Economics, Stanford) on privacy issues in market design, a discussion, co-organized by Mallesh Pai (Economics, University of Pennsylvania) and Eric Budish (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago), on the issues raised by Roth. Talks by by Scott Kominers (Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago) and Tim Mulcahy (NORC, University of Chicago Topic-Specific Talks 4:45 - 5:50 PM Talks by Julia Lane (American Institutes for Research), Ben Handel (Economics, Berkeley), and Hal Salzman (Public Policy, Rutgers) on privacy aspects of their research. Evening Session 8:00 - 9:30 PM An evening plenary session featuring a presentation by NYU Professor Steven Koonin, Director of the nascent Center for Urban Science and Progress, "a unique public-private research center that uses New York City as its laboratory and classroom to help cities around the world become more productive, liveable, equitable and resilient." Remarks by Micah Altman (MIT and Brookings Institution) and Felix Wu (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law) Registration is free and open to the public, on a first-come first-served basis. By registering you will confirm your attendance. Labels: conference, market design, privacy Nobel medal and diploma of Francis Crick: available at auction Francis Crick (1916-2004) won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His Nobel medal and diploma are for sale at auction. Francis H. C. Crick Nobel Prize Medal and Nobel Diploma. It is lot 50001 at the 2013 April 10 - 11 Historical Manuscripts Signature Auction - New York #6093 Here's a news story st in the Christian Science Monitor that includes this estimate: "The auction house handling the sale, Heritage Auctions, has valued the medal and diploma at $500,000, which is "an educated guestimate," said Sandra Palomino, Heritage Auctions' director of historical manuscripts. Estimates by Heritage's in-house coin experts went as high as $5 million, Palomino said. [See Photos of Crick's Medal & Other Auction Items]" HT: Muriel Niederle Estimated Price USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 Actual Price USD 2,270,500.00 Kinky sex becoming a less repugnant transaction? The NY Times has the story: A Hush-Hush Topic No More. (The url writer was more explicit than the headline writer: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/fashion/bondage-domination-and-kink-sex-communities-step-into-view.html?hp&_r=0 ) "some real-life kinksters — a few of whom are appropriating the epithet “pervert,” much as gay activists seized control of “queer” — are wondering if they are approaching a time when they, like the L.G.B.T. community before them, can come out and begin living more open, integrated lives. "But that time, it seems, has not yet arrived. Though the Harvard Munch Club, a social group of around 30 students focusing on kinky interests, was officially recognized by the university in December, its 21-year-old founding president asked that he not be identified. (“I’m interested in politics,” he offered as one reason.) He said that he had “encountered zero negative responses on campus,” and received messages from alumni expressing solidarity and wishing there had been a similar group when they were undergraduates. "A 20-year-old college student and self-described submissive on Long Island who asked to be referred to only by her middle name, Marie, said that she was disowned by her parents when a partner’s lover outed her as kinky. “They were just beside themselves,” Marie said. “I think they were worried I would get hurt.” "She saw how telling people could be complicated. “It’s like being gay in that it’s a sexual preference, but it’s not like being gay in the sense that it’s not who you love, it’s how you love,” she said, adding, “The coming out is a little bit different.” Still, she said, “among people my own age, I haven’t found anyone who thinks I’m weird or doesn’t want to be friends.” Labels: repugnance, sex Counting people as a repugnant transaction This week's Torah portion, Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) has some well known parts (the Golden Calf and the civil war that followed when Moses returned; you shouldn't boil a kid in its mother's milk...), but it starts with a census. And the census is described as follows (JTS translation) "When you take a census of the Israelite people according to their enrollment, each shall pay the Lord a ransom for himself on being enrolled, that no plague may come upon them through their being enrolled." The "ransom" is described as a half shekel. You could read this as a tax. But the Rabbinical commentaries expand on this in a number of ways, and one of them says that while it's ok to count coins, it isn't ok to count people, since a person can't/shouldn't be reduced to a number. This makes census taking a very unusual repugnant transaction. Many non-repugnant transactions are rendered repugnant by adding money (think of kidney donation, which is almost universally applauded, versus kidney sales, which are widely illegal). Census taking is one of the rare examples of a repugnant transaction rendered non-repugnant by adding money, and counting the coins. Labels: money, repugnance Federal budgets and immunosuppressive drugs for transplant patients One of the funny things about Medicare is that it pays for dialysis, and for kidney transplants so that patients won't need dialysis, but it only pays for three years of immunosuppressive drugs post-transplant. That's foolish on a number of dimensions. Here's a proposal for new legislation to fix that: SENATORS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO HELP ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS "U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the quality of life for people with kidney disease. The Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act would assist thousands of Americans under the age of 65 who are being cut off from Medicare after 36 months by extending coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients" "The effects of the disparity in coverage are evidenced in the hypothetical case of a young woman. For example, a 26 year old woman living with ESRD would have lifelong dialysis covered by Medicare at $77,500/year. Medicare would cover the cost of a transplant at $110,000/transplant. The immunosuppressive drugs she would need to ensure the organ is not rejected by her body are only covered for 36 months and the drugs are far less costly than dialysis at $10,000 to $20,000/year. Without immunosuppressive drugs to keep kidney transplants from being rejected, many patients find themselves right back where they started: in need of a kidney. This circular cycle of care is costing taxpayers a lot of money and putting thousands of lives at risk." Labels: kidneys, Medicare Child rearing by queuing In New York City, many of the good things in life for children are rationed by queue: Born to Wait: For City Parents, a Waiting List for Nearly Everything "The first parent lined up at 4 a.m. on a Sunday.. "Twenty minutes later, other parents showed up and a line began to form down Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. One father kept a list so that anyone searching for a thawing hot coffee could do so without losing a place in the line. He abandoned that project as more and more people trickled in and the end of the line was no longer visible from the front... "If waiting in line in the predawn of a January morning for science camp registration sounds crazy, you do not have a New York City child born after 2004. For those children and their parents, especially in the neighborhoods of brownstone Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan and the Upper West Side, not getting into activities, classes, sports teams — and even local schools — has become a way of life. "Havona Madama’s fear of waiting lists led her to start a database to track her 5-year-old daughter’s favorite classes and their registration deadlines. Two years ago, she decided to leave her law practice to turn her research intoKidKlass.com, a hub of information for brownstone Brooklyn about classes, camps and all-important registration dates. The site is still being developed, but she counts 50 to 100 visitors a day who peruse the listings. Still to come, she said, is an “alert” system to let parents know what deadlines they are about to miss. "Technology has fueled the phenomenon. In 2012, the city moved to online registration for its free summer swim classes at its outdoor pools. The number of applicants jumped to 34,134, from 20,393 in 2011, when officials began to introduce the online application. (That year, four pools still required on-site, in-person registration. Most people got in.) Last summer, only 24,532 applications got spots. "Often, the activities that fill up fastest are the ones that are most affordable and most accessible, like the swim classes. At the Brooklyn Public Library in Bay Ridge, 25 children can be accommodated at the free story-time sessions. Parents and other caregivers routinely show up when the library opens at 10 a.m. to get a ticket for the 10:30 a.m. story times on Mondays and Wednesdays. On a recent Wednesday, tickets were snatched up within five minutes. "For children, waiting on a list for soccer or missing story time might not be a tragedy, but for parents, winding up on a list can mean having to put life on pause. In the Brooklyn line for science camp, the parents talked about how getting a spot could determine whether they could go to work on particular days, or whether they would have to spend extra money on a baby sitter. '“It’s just a fact of living in the city,” Ms. Flattery said. She has learned not to discuss classes with her children until it is certain they will get in. She also follows a strategy that may add to the waiting lists. “You fill up every class you can, and you drop if you don’t need it. Everyone overschedules — it’s the only route to choice,” she said. Labels: queuing, unraveling, waiting Video of my recent talk at the SIEPR economic summ... Stanford's student senate rejects an anti-Israel d... Matching and Market Design: Bob Wilson and Mary Kl... Call for papers: May 4 Bay Area Behavioral and Exp... Organ donation and Islam: Saudi scholar registers ... Fewer Israelis seeking transplants abroad: more li... Yesterday was match day for NYC high school studen... 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__label__cc	0.747129	0.252871	Marketing Discussions Marketing Discussions From Students at the Girard School of Business, Merrimack College YouTube: Corporate Marketing and YouTube “Celebrities” March 14, 2016 andrewnsmith By: Megan Carignan & Marisa Harrington YouTube is one of the largest and most active social media platforms, and it is the second largest search engine in the world. It was started in 2005, and was sold to Google just months later in 2006 for $1.65 billion. The connection to Google strengthens the site, as the videos appear in Google Search results. Marketers need to take advantage of the platform, especially as YouTube and other video sites are replacing standard cable television. The young adult audience is better reached on YouTube, and the site provides a global social media platform for companies. The gender divide on YouTube is about equal, although the types of videos that people watch varies with gender. Males concentrate more on the gaming and action channels, and the top YouTube earner is PewDiePie, who runs a gaming channel and rakes in around $12 million. Comedy and music are other popular topics on YouTube, and companies should be aware of those three areas and how to get them to help their marketing campaigns. Female viewers tend to watch videos based on fashion and health. Interacting on YouTube appears in many forms and features, such as uploading videos, commenting on videos/comments, and liking/disliking videos and comments. People can also share videos with friends or to different types of social media, as well as subscribe to creators. People can create their own YouTube community by interacting with people who have the same interests, and those people can lead to more knowledge about a topic as they suggest videos. There are many ways a business or brand can market on YouTube. To start with, companies can create their own YouTube channels. On these channels, they can interact with customers by posting content and responding to comments on their videos. Customers can interact as well by sharing, liking/disliking, commenting on, subscribing, and adding videos to playlists. YouTube allows companies to interact with customers, although it may be difficult for marketers to optimize the function. It can be difficult to upload videos consistently and react to followers, but this is necessary in order to maintain a good YouTube channel. Companies can use YouTube for increasing brand awareness, showing ads for products, promoting their retail stores, demonstrating the product, providing customer support, and training. There are four standard ways to pay to market on YouTube: In-Search, In-Slate, In-Display, and In-Stream. The In-Search function means that videos appear above the search results. For example, when “comedy” is typed in the search box, above the results involving comedy are current ads for Android, Nike and Pedigree. These videos have nothing to do with the searches, but they attract viewers at the top of the results. In-Slate ads appear after you watch a video, and they suggest another video to watch. They only appear after the video has ended, so the viewer would have to watch the entire video in order to see the ad. The brand would also have to attract the viewer to watch the full video with just a still image, meaning that the title and video thumbnail need to quickly grab the viewer’s attention and reinforce the brand. This concept is the same as with the In-Display types of ads, which appear next to the video you are watching. Marketers still need to quickly grab attention, but they do not require that views watch until the end of their current videos. As eyes wander during videos, they could interest the viewer and get the person to click on their video. The last of the four standard ways to market on YouTube is the In-Stream method. This is the most effective method, and also the one that annoys viewers the most. When watching a video, this ad appears before the start of the videos as the viewers are attempting to watch. Often viewers can skip this ad after a certain number of seconds, so it is crucial to attract viewers in the first few seconds of the ad. Viewers may be annoyed at the delay between them and watching their preferred video, but it is still the most effective technique. Another problem companies may face is ad blockers, which removes ads from YouTube so people no longer have to see them. This is a problem, as video creators get money with ads, and marketers no longer have as large as an audience to target. As YouTube celebrities are emerging, companies are beginning to market by paying a YouTuber to promote their products. YouTubers are gaining sponsorships, since companies are aware that their subscribers will purchase the products promoted on the channel. There are many well-known YouTubers who have sponsorships, and they are becoming more popular as companies are realizing the popularity of YouTube. The extreme sports YouTuber DevinSupertramp is sponsored by Mountain Dew and Reebok, among others. The channel WhatsUpMoms is appropriately sponsored by Tide, Capital One, and Keurig Coffee. This demonstrates the importance of finding a channel that aligns with the company image and target. Kurt Hugo Schneider is popular for producing music videos for artists, and he has been featured on the Ellen Show. His videos are often viral successes, and Coca-Cola attempted to capitalize on that with commercials and products in videos. He sang the song “Pass it On” (see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzuRvzsNpTU) which featured coke bottles. Sprint was also affiliated with him when they provided phones for his video “Holiday Medley” with Victoria Justice and Max Schneider (see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHpaCq7xIQM). There are risks for the companies and the YouTubers themselves, since the YouTubers are often accused of being sellouts to corporations. The news channel host Philip DeFranco started off with sxephil, and then he created the news channel Sourcefed with funding from Google. His affiliation with Google and many sponsors has caused many people to accuse him of selling out. For example, his promotion on Facebook of his sponsor Domain.com in July 2013 sparked anger in fans. One comment accused him of shameless advertising, while another comment stated “Google sent out recommendations on how to make easily sellable content. Phil is basically the face of corporate Google. The definition of a sellout” (Facebook). Phil is not the first YouTuber to be accused of selling out for money, and he will certainly not be the last. The companies that sponsor these YouTubers may also receive anger from customers for interceding into the videos. This may hurt their image, so they should be careful on how aggressively they have their products promoted. As YouTube “celebrities” emerge, individual YouTubers are becoming a brand in and of themselves. The highest paid YouTuber is PewDiePie, but there are other popular YouTubers such as TheFineBros, who create reaction videos, and Jenna Marbles, a popular comedy creator. Many YouTubers are essentially running their own businesses, and they need to market to consumers and protect their image. Product lines, especially from beauty channels, are being developed by Youtubers. Zoe Sugg, a popular English beauty and fashion blogger, known as Zoella, has her own product line called Zoella Beauty. She has also published a couple books, and many other YouTubers have also released books. It is important to note that the YouTubers themselves have to market on YouTube, it is not just the large corporations. Calendars and shirts are other popular merchandise that are being distributed by YouTubers. YouTubers are becoming so popular that marketing has evolved into personal interaction with fans as well, not just video interactions. There are award shows and conferences that YouTubers attend, such as VidCon and VidSummit in California. Legal issues and other problems may arise on YouTube, and marketers need to be aware of any potential situations and things to avoid. When marketers utilize YouTube as a platform, they need to maintain regular content. Although this has gotten easier with the development of cameras, editing tools, and other technology, it still may be difficult to think of creative content in order to be constantly updating videos. The Turkish Airlines channel has been uploading frequently, and they have included humanitarian content. The channel contains positive videos of customers being upgraded, and inspirational stories from around the world. YouTube is a great platform for marketers, as long as they utilize its potential. YouTube allows marketers to tell a story, to implement music, imagery, colors, and sound. This means that consumers will have a longer and more in-depth understanding of the company or product. In that case, YouTube might be best used to increase brand loyalty and to send a longer message to customers. Marketers should use the four standard ways to market on YouTube, especially the In-Stream method. Corporations should also consider using YouTube “celebrities” to sell their products and increase brand loyalty, as many of them have a strong following. PewDiePie has 32 million subscribers, and many people have watched his videos. Targeting individual channels with a large subscriber base also means that marketers can target their message to the content most related to their product. While some companies are well versed in the marketing power of YouTube, there are other companies that are struggling to define its role in their company. The majority of companies can find a use of YouTube, and YouTube will continue to be a powerful marketing platform. “10 YouTube Stars Your Brand Should Partner With.” The Contently. Contently.com, 19 Feb. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “The 14 Best Conferences For Meeting Influencers.” NeoReach Influencer Marketing Platform. N.p., 10 Nov. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “5 Businesses With Brilliant YouTube Channels \| Sprout Social.” Sprout Social. N.p., 30 Dec. 2011. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “The Demographics of YouTube, in 5 Charts – Digiday.” Digiday. N.p., 23 Apr. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “Everything You Need to Know about YouTube’s Competitors.” The Daily Dot. N.p., 06 Aug. 2014. 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Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “YouTube Competitors – Rivalfox.” YouTube Competitors – Rivalfox. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “YouTube Statistics.” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. “Zoella.” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2016. Previous Article Nike: Facilitating Customer Experience to Co-Create Value Next Article How to Successfully use Tumblr for Social Media Marketing 19 thoughts on “YouTube: Corporate Marketing and YouTube “Celebrities”” Olivia Sullivan March 15, 2016 / 5:41 pm This is a very good post. I agree that marketers should use YouTube more often because a lot of people of different ages are watching YouTube videos. It is also videos so it catches peoples attentions more because no one likes reading long posts anymore. If marketing were to use YouTube they should make short videos because nowadays people do not have long attention spans. Although I agree that marketers should use YouTube I also think that it has died down a lot so they need to take that into consideration. Aishwarya March 15, 2016 / 7:00 pm I do agree that YouTube is replacing the traditional cable television. But one of the main reasons for this transition is the absence of advertisements. People who can watch the same movie on TV prefer to watch on YouTube because of lack of advertisements which keep on disrupting the flow. I would recommend YouTube to be vigilant on the inflow of ads as it make this site to be neglected as of traditional forms of entertainment. Julie Wusenich April 17, 2016 / 1:49 am I agree, YouTube is replacing cable due to the lack of ads. You can watch without any interruptions, thus saving time. Justin Flory March 22, 2016 / 7:02 pm YouTube is definitely a great opportunity for marketers. There are a lot of YouTubers with large followings that can help market products for a company. Also video is better in today’s digital world than print. People would much rather watch a 30 second ad than read a block of print. Aishwarya Gunti March 23, 2016 / 1:56 pm I completely agree with Justin Flory on advantage of video on print though both of them are pictorial presentations. Sharon Masucci March 26, 2016 / 4:12 am I definitely think youtube is great place for advertising. I think alot more people watch youtube than watch regular tv. Also you can often times skip ads you are not interested which makes it more personal to you. reganka March 28, 2016 / 6:28 pm I agree with all of these comments. I think that YouTube is a platform that a wide variety of people use for varying reasons therefore it is a great place to advertise. Especially with short video clips, it is an effective way to visually persuade a consumer into buying your product if the ad is created strategically. Jing Wang March 28, 2016 / 9:25 pm I think Youtube is a good way to promote, but it is also a big challenge for the marketer to take off and lead the advertise. there are so many video clips posted every day, How to be remarkable and attractive? New media like Facebook. it is distinguishing with the traditional media, like newpaper. People have to read the newpaper advertisement even thought they don’t intereted in it. New media provide more choice and information to people. So Youtube provide a good platform to marketers but also made them face a big challenge. Samantha April 1, 2016 / 6:00 pm Youtube is a great way to get brand awareness. Youtube reaches everybody, many different markets. It also does not discriminate against certain ads. All ads pretty much fit within the YouTube world. It works out nicely too when the user is trying to watch a video and can’t right away because it has to watch a few seconds of an Ad first. So the marketers know that people are seeing their products and hopefully making some connections and inspiring them to buy or learn more. latikakarnani April 2, 2016 / 10:59 pm I believe marketing via youtubers videos create more impact than the standard ways to market on YouTube (In-Search, In-Slate, In-Display, and In-Stream )because it gives more targeted marketing plus people trust the you tubers….Many youtubers are part of their fans lives. They are trusted and looked upon as role models. But this has to be done in moderation otherwise people will stop trusting youtubers if they market products blatantly. I used to follow a youtuber who showed beauty and health videos. Lately she does nothing but promotes brands. And I have stopped seeing her videos. So I believe this has to be done in moderation. Meghan Gulbrandsen April 3, 2016 / 8:49 pm I agree that YouTube could be a good place for marketers to advertise because of all of the different age groups that use the site for various different reasons to view different videos. With this being said however, I feel as though people go on YouTube to just watch the video that they had intended and that is it. It is a very quick way to access a video, within seconds, buy the advertisements that pop up before the video comes on are irritating and I believe are more often than not skipped over when allowed to so the viewer can just watch the video that they intended and nothing else. Ronald Zampanti April 14, 2016 / 6:53 pm YouTube is a great platform for businesses to gain attention. YouTube celebrities can be used to promote products/brands. The large target audience of celebrities can have a large impact on companies ability to gain awareness/sales. People who are fans or followers these celebrities will have awareness of the brand/product and may purchase the product(s) from the brand because the YouTube celebrity promoted it. I believe the best ad placement to use on YouTube is the ad before the video begins. That is when consumers are paying most attention; they are waiting to watch their video. Many people do skip the ad but if it is something someone is interested in, they will let the ad finish. A large number of people will be aware of the ad if played before watching a video. Derek Lawton April 14, 2016 / 7:07 pm Youtube is a great platform for companies to market there products. I think there is definitely better options for marketers to advertise since people only go on it and watch videos. As far as Youtube celebrities I would not recommend relying on them to market my company. Many people love the Youtube celebrities but the demographic is mostly young kids. Andie-Jane Phinney April 15, 2016 / 5:00 pm Agreeing with what has been stated, I believe Youtube is a great platform for companies to market and promote their businesses/products. There are many people who use Youtube and so the content is possible to get millions of views. The content of the videos must be unique to gain others to see the video and want to recommend others to watch it. The comments and likes allow for others to communicate on the posts of the companies, as well as the companies can see the comments and help change or add to their businesses, by reading the comments. It does take time and perseverance to get your company promoted on Youtube, as it is not always successful, but it is a great way to market because of the popularity of digital marketing. The marketers must be careful to not make them too repetitive because they do not want to see something that looks like an ad on their youtube pages. They want something that is interesting to them, to allow for them to click on them. I think the how to’s that people themselves do, help promote companies without even working for them. I think if you can connect the how to’s and helpful videos of certain products, it will help gain sales for companies. Alicia April 22, 2016 / 6:05 pm I 100% agree that Youtube is an excellent way to market to people. Youtube typically attracts a younger crowd, but it appeals to people of all ages. Many people have become famous because of Youtube, so if a company can partner with a popular Youtube before they become a celebrity then it would benefit their business greatly. Marketing on Youtube is especially a good idea for retailers because they can send users their products to try and feature them on their personal channels, in a review or beauty haul. I personally turn to Youtube a lot when I want to learn more about a product before I decide to purchase it because I can always fine honest reviews. Colleen Flynn April 24, 2016 / 8:55 pm I agree with the blog post that Youtube has unbelievable potential for marketers. I did not realize that Google had bought Youtube just months later after it was created. This makes sense to me however, since the blog mentioned how you always seee Youtube videos pop up when you search for something on Google as well. I think Youtube is a great platform that can serve many different issues that companies want to address. This is what makes it so popular. Also, I like the idea that anyone can access Youtube and it is truly a platform of the people. Many people become famous and are “Youtube celebrities” based off this social media platform alone and make a living off it. It is amazing. The fact that Youtube can market and meet the needs of so many companies as well is definitely something to look into. Like anything, there are things to look out for and pros and cons of the platform, but it is one of the most well known websites and if I were a marketer, I would definitely look into for my company. Joseph Sanfilippo May 5, 2016 / 8:17 pm I personally think that Youtube celebrities will become some of the most famous people in the world. You see Youtubers such as Pewdiepie with close to 44 million subscribers, which is ridiculous to think about. The amount of people he can reach by making a video is crazy, and I have seen more companies taking advantage of his popularity. Recently Pewdiepie has made featured videos, meaning a company paid him to advertise one of their products. I think this is very smart of companies, as they can easily get their product out to millions of people. Hechuan Lou May 12, 2016 / 8:10 pm Youtube is a very good way for companies to do products promotion. It low cost and can easily target the customers. This blog introduced four ways: In-Search, In-Slate, In-Display, and In-Stream. I agree with them. But I think there is another point that also very important, that is content. The most attractive content they have the most influence they get. For example, there is a very interesting blender advertisement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko, it attracted more than 18,000,000 people to watch, and it got a very low cost but a successful advertisement. Xinran Zuo May 13, 2016 / 5:45 pm Youtube is one of the best ways in marketing in my opinions, It works really good and helpful for business. There are many youtubers that I know and have contact with are really appreciate this tool, it is very easy to plant your product or brand into any video, and the 5s ads before very video gives the big chance for marketing. Leave a Reply to Aishwarya Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line24998
__label__wiki	0.938636	0.938636	New Audi R8 e-tron is the self-driving electric supercar of your dreams Audi R8 e-tron piloted driving concept car. Image: Audi By Stan Schroeder 2015-05-26 09:23:06 UTC Audi has unveiled a new version of its R8 e-tron electric supercar concept at CES Asia Monday — it's still an extremely powerful, high-tech electric vehicle, but now it can also drive itself. The Audi R8 e-tron piloted driving concept, as it's called, has two electric motors, each with a 170kW power output delivering a total of 456 horsepower and jolting the car from 0 - 100 km/h (0 - 62.1 mph) in 3.9 seconds. The car's top speed is capped at 210 km/h (120.5 mph) or 250 km/h (155.3 mph) depending on the tires. Its range is 450 kilometers (279.6 miles), and the charging time is less than two hours thanks to Audi's Combined Charging System (CCS), which allows charging with both direct and alternating current. See also: Evidence of Apple building an electric car continues at steady flow As far as chassis goes, it includes all kinds of exotic materials, including carbon fiber reinforced polymer, all of which keep the car light but very secure in case of crash. Most of these specs aren't new (the car debuted at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show in March), but the latest concept includes Audi's Piloted Driving technology. It acquires data from a multitude of sensors, including radar, ultrasonic and laser sensors as well as several video cameras, which is then handed over to Audi's zFAS central driver assistance control unit. In short, if you bought this car, you'd get a performance beast which you don't have to drive yourself — an odd proposition for most enthusiasts but hey, if that's the future, we won't complain (much). Of course, you can't buy it, as it's not on sale yet; as Audi puts it, the car is currently merely a "high-tech mobile laboratory." Topics: audi, e-tron, Gadgets, Tech	cc/2019-30/en_head_0021.json.gz/line25001

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