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Student performance lags on Nation’s Report Card
America's eighth graders are falling behind in math and reading, while fourth graders are doing slightly better in reading, according to the latest results from the Nation's Report Card. (Source: AP Graphics)
By JEFF AMY and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press |
Updated: Wed 12:48 AM, Oct 30, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — America's eighth graders are falling behind in math and reading, while fourth graders are doing slightly better in reading, according to the latest results from the Nation's Report Card .
But there were some exceptions to the findings, which also showed declines among fourth graders in math.
Mississippi and the District of Columbia showed gains, along with some other big-city school districts.
Nationwide, a little more than a third of eighth graders are proficient in reading and math. About a third of fourth graders are proficient in reading, while more than 40% of fourth graders are proficient in math.
"This country is in a student achievement crisis, and over the past decade it has continued to worsen, especially for our most vulnerable students," Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said.
The nationwide test is given to a random sampling of students in the fourth and eighth grades every two years.
Students made big gains in math in the 1990s and 2000s but have shown little improvement since then. Reading scores have risen a little since the tests began in 1992.
The decline in both reading and math performance among eighth grade students preparing to enter high school was especially concerning, authorities said.
"Eighth grade is a transitional point in preparing students for success in high school, so it is critical that researchers further explore the declines we are seeing here, especially the larger, more widespread declines across states we are seeing in reading," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics told reporters during a conference call.
Both low- and high-achieving eighth graders slipped in reading, but the declines were generally worse for lower-performing students.
Carr said it's up to researchers and other to figure out why scores fell. "The assessment is designed to tell you what, not why," she said.
DeVos pointed to a widening achievement gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students and used the results to push for expanded school choice, including her proposals for federal tax credits for donations made to groups offering scholarships for private schools, apprenticeships and other educational programs.
"It's the only way to bring about the change our country desperately needs," she said.
Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, said it's hard to find a coherent story across different state and local school districts, but that he hoped the results would "spur us to do something a little more vigorous."
"We've just absolutely stalled," Willingham said.
One theory is that decreased performance is a residue of trauma suffered by families and spending cuts by school districts during the Great Recession. Michael Petrilli, president of education reform group the Thomas Fordham Institute, has pointed to data showing that performance has risen and fallen on the test in the past in sync with the economy.
"What we saw is that great calamity had lingering impacts," Petrilli said. He said that could also be why "we'd be seeing particularly disappointing results at the lowest end of the spectrum."
Officials noted gains in Mississippi, where for the first time in the test's history, fourth graders scored above the national average in math and at the national average in reading. The state remained behind national averages in eighth grade but continued to improve in math and held its ground in reading despite nationwide losses.
"Our achievement is at an all-time high in Mississippi," said state Superintendent Carey Wright.
The state has been among a number with a heavy focus on improving early literacy, but Wright said the state also has devoted resources to helping teachers improve math instruction after it adopted new standards.
"When you improve kids' reading ability, it's not surprising that kids' math ability falls in line," Wright said.
The nation's large-city public schools — they educate more poor students and English language learners — also saw good news in the results. Big-city schools still performed below the nation as a whole, but further narrowed the gap.
One of those big-city districts highlighted as making gains was the District of Columbia, where Carr said gains have outpaced the nation over the past decade.
In the last 20 years, the achievement gap between big-city schools and the nation has narrowed by about 50 percent in reading and math, the Council of the Great City Schools said. The schools are now about five to eight points below national averages on NAEP's 500-point scale.
"We still have more to do, but the era of poor performance in our nation's urban public-school systems has ended, and it has been replaced by results, accountability and promise," the council's executive director, Michael Casserly, said in a news release.
Thompson reported from Buffalo, New York.
Poll: Many youths say high school diploma is enough
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Working together to end the AIDS-HIV pandemic
Image: Courtesy Roche
André Hoffmann Chairman, Massellaz
We are working to make clean air a reality for everyone
This article is part of the World Economic Forum on Africa
Many of the world’s top relief and aid organizations have united around an ambitious goal: ending the HIV-AIDS pandemic. In Africa, more than 25 million people are living with HIV—a clear sign that improving access to testing and treatment is a critical priority.
Yet in areas hit hardest by HIV—such as the vast sub-Saharan region—access to healthcare centres able to diagnose, treat and provide follow-up HIV patient care is extremely limited. Worldwide, many people living with HIV still do not know their status. Roche’s Global Access Program was established to expand access to quality, sustainable diagnostic testing and to contribute to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal. UNAIDS is targeting 2020 as the year in which 90 percent of people living with HIV will know their status, 90 percent of those diagnosed with HIV will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy and 90 percent of all being treated will have viral suppression, which means the disease is being monitored and is under control and less likely to spread—an important step towards ending the pandemic.
The importance of access to antiretroviral therapy
Image: Roche
To bring HIV testing to people living in isolated parts of the world—even in areas of intense heat and humidity—we created the cobas Plasma Separation Card for HIV plasma viral load testing. The size of a credit card, it fundamentally changes the way samples are taken, transported and processed for HIV testing, allowing more people to be tested, treated and monitored.
The cobas Plasma Separation Card illustrates our purpose of making a meaningful, positive difference in the lives of patients, their families and society at large. It also serves as an example of what I believe should be the true measure of business success: being a net contributor to society and giving back more than we take. This doesn’t mean we eliminate doing well financially—but this is only one component. Benefiting people and the planet are also part of the definition.
We are proud of the impact of the Roche Global Access Program and, based on its success, we have now expanded it to also include hepatitis, tuberculosis and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing. The Global Access Program, however, is not just about diagnostics; it's about going above and beyond to support the strengthening of healthcare systems in low- to middle-income countries. For Roche, this means offering training, partnerships and tests at reduced prices, because accessible pricing can be the difference between a patient getting a quality diagnosis or not.
Our innovative diagnostic tests are only meaningful if they reach the people who need them, when they need them—no matter where they live. Our strong global presence helps meet the increased demand for diagnostic testing and helps healthcare systems address their access challenges.
Importantly, we are not operating in isolation. We work closely with many different partners to continuously and sustainably reduce barriers that may prevent people from being diagnosed or treated. When we created the Global Access Program in 2014, we partnered with national governments, local healthcare facilities, communities and international agencies including UNAIDS, CHAI, Unitaid, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Global Fund, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2018, we launched a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the Kenya Medical Research Institute by installing our cobas 8800 system for HIV assays.
We continue to build testing capacity for infectious diseases, cancer and other serious health problems. In Africa, the 350 Roche instruments installed in 27 countries have the capacity to run nearly 20 million tests a year.
Building capacity also extends to continuing education and knowledge transfer for laboratory personnel. Through our Roche Scientific Campus located in Johannesburg, we train laboratory scientists in state-of-the-art facilities. In just one year, we trained more than 1,800 people who were then able to train staff in their clinics and hospitals, supporting healthcare system scale-up and helping to improve access to and the quality of healthcare.
I firmly believe it is our responsibility to strengthen the communities in which we operate and support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages. Major progress has been made in improving the health of millions of people, but we still have much to do. Progress has stalled with regard to addressing major diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis; we hope including testing for these diseases in our Global Access Program will help rekindle momentum.
I share the World Economic Forum’s belief progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change. The connections we make here in Cape Town can help us better understand the challenges we face and strengthen our opportunity to be not just a force for good, but a force for sustainable good. Let us carry this commitment forward, turning these ambitious goals into a reality that creates a brighter, healthier future for people and for our planet.
André Hoffmann, Chairman, Massellaz
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Westmont Magazine Board Elects a New Chairman
David Eaton, general partner of the Phoenix Suns, an NBA franchise, and the Arizona Diamondbacks, a National League baseball team, has been elected chairman of the Westmont College Board of Trustees.
Eaton began his term in October, replacing Santa Barbara Bank and Trust’s Gary Harris, who held the position for six years, the maximum term.
As chairman, Eaton will preside at all board and executive committee meetings and serve as the liaison between trustees and the president. He became a trustee in 1977 and is a former chair of the board’s Planning Committee.
Eaton graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois and received his law degree from Stanford University. He is chairman and CEO of the Stratford American Corp., a development firm in Phoenix. He and his wife, Carol, who is a Westmont alumna, have four children, all of whom graduated from Westmont.
“David Eaton surely maintains the strength of our board chairs,” says President David Winter.
“He has excellent experience and credentials for the task, and is known for his deep and gentle wisdom. This will be an exciting and challenging time in the history of the college, and I am thankful to see the continuity of wise and competent leadership within the board.”
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Saturday at the Masters means a big day for Tiger Woods
by: WJBF Staff
Posted: Apr 14, 2019 / 03:43 AM EDT / Updated: Apr 14, 2019 / 03:43 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — Saturday at the Masters means a big day for fans of Tiger Woods. One of the all-time-greats was back near the top.
The energy from Tiger’s Friday finish only grew stronger overnight.
“Oh, Tiger’s back. He’s shooting a 64 today. You heard it here first. Let’s go.”
Enthusiasm as thick as the Augusta humidity as patrons turned out to see if the legend could keep it going.
“He’s hitting the ball great. He’s in every hole. If he can make a couple of putts, I think he’s got a good chance to be in the last group on Sunday.”
Tiger hasn’t won here since 2005. His recent results prove he’s capable of doing it this year.
“There’s no question he’s playing better. And he’s putting better, which will definitely give him a chance.”
“While Tiger may be playing well now, what about that intimidation factor he used to have back in the day?”
“He’s been playing as one of the players for the last, what, 10-15 years? And time has gone and gotten to a point where he’s just one of them.
“I do agree that part of his game has gone away. He had everybody beaten when he showed up on Sunday in the old days.”
The Masters, as always, is set for an incredible finish. A finish that could be historic depending on the performance of one of the greatest players ever.
“He’s back. It’s pretty exciting to watch, right?”
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We’re more than our gender
Once upon a time, girls wore pink and played with dolls, boys wore blue and had construction toys, but not anymore. Rachel Turner considers the move towards a more gender-neutral world and what it means for our children
We cannot seem to get away from discussions about gender identity. Last year, ITV released a programme called Butterfly which followed the story of a family with a transgender child. There seems to be an increasing pressure for schools, toy companies and shops to avoid gender-specific items and language. Is this move towards a more gender-neutral world a positive thing for our children, or is it making life more confusing for them?
According to the Government Equalities Office, getting an accurate count of transgender people in the UK is difficult, but their best estimate is that somewhere between 0.3% and 0.7% of the UK population is trans. That’s around one person in 200 – a similar statistic to how many women are colour blind in the UK (www.colourblindawareness.org). It is rare, but present.
Transgender people believe that the sex they are born with (their bodies) doesn’t fit with their gender (how they think about themselves). Sometimes transgender individuals agree with the current gender roles or stereotypes (what is feminine or masculine), and sometimes they don’t, but their primary emphasis is going on a journey to reconcile how they think about themselves with how their bodies look.
As we continue to hear more about transgender people in the media, we can also see the debates about gender neutral toys and clothes, and begin to question if one has to do with the other. Is avoiding gender-specific toys and clothes creating gender identity issues for our children?
This debate centres not around sex, or gender, but around how we as a culture engage with gender roles or stereotypes. For many decades, clothing, toys, television programmes, and more have pushed us into creating different visual worlds for boys and girls. Girls tended to get pink social toys and soft, pretty clothing, and boys tended to get blue, construction, spatial and active toys.
Recently scientists have been researching whether children of different sexes enjoy these different things because of their natural brain sex difference, or whether the society has been creating these differences through the visual and social world we surround children with.
A recent BBC programme called No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender-free? explored this very well. Professor Gina Rippon, a UK specialist in brain imaging and neuroscience, shared how there is not a ‘female’ or ‘male’ brain, but that they are shapeable, ready to be moulded by childhood experiences. Therefore much of the difference we see between boys and girls has been shaped by us.
This difference appears to be detrimental to our children because once a child accepts attributes like strength, courage, creative, caring, or smart as a ‘girl’ or ‘boy’ thing, they tend to restrict themselves to that gender role box. Our children can achieve and grow in the whole range of human attributes, and yet due to too rigid enforcement of gender roles, our children can opt out of areas they may really enjoy.
We see fewer girls come into the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, maths) not because they are less capable, but because it hasn’t been a part of their culturally encouraged world since childhood. Many schools have only one or two male teachers because teaching is seen culturally as a women’s job, and our boys are often not praised or equipped for those nurturing, encouraging characteristics when they are children.
The move towards a more gender-neutral childhood isn’t about trying to deny sex or gender, or say that those don’t exist. It’s not about telling children they aren’t boys or girls. It’s about enabling those of all sex and gender to grow without the restriction of gender roles that cut off their opportunities for purpose, joy and usefulness.
Our children are so much more than their gender. By making things like character and teamwork more of a priority, we are enabling our children to integrate the fullness of their interests, personalities, and natural curiosity into who they are becoming.
In Galatians 3: 26,28, Paul says that we are more than just our gender, “So in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith…There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” People didn’t stop being those things, but to God, our identity is in being his children unified with each other, rather than whether we are men or women, or Jewish or not. The move towards a more gender-neutral childhood isn’t trying to confuse children, but rather show them that their gender is only a small part of the vast, wonderful person they have been made to be.
Rachel Turner is the Parenting for Faith Pioneer at BRF and has worked in churches for over 10 years as a family life pastor, children’s pastor and youth pastor. Connect with her at www.thejoyofthemundane.wordpress.com
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Jorge Sosa
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I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams—Boston 2019
Jorge Sosa is a Mexican-born composer currently residing in New York. His style mixes folk and traditional music from around the globe, Afro-Latin rhythms, Jazz harmonies, and the juxtaposition of noise and lyricism. Science, ecology, multiculturalism, spirituality, and social justice are recurring themes in many of his works.
Jorge has been collaborating with librettist Cerise Jacobs and White Snake Projects in developing two new operas: I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams and MONKEY with premieres scheduled for 2019, and 2021 respectively. Jorge’s first full-length opera, La Reina, commissioned by the American Lyric Theater (ALT), was performed in a concert version as part of the 2016 “PROTOTYPE” festival in NY. Jorge has been a composer in residence with the NYU New Music Ensemble since 2015, collaborating on a number of works for chamber ensemble, free improvisation, and electronics. Jorge and the NYUNME are currently preparing a new CD that includes all the pieces developed as a result of this collaboration. Jorge’s work Sunrise for orchestra was one of the winning pieces for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra “Picture at an Exhibition” composition competition. Sunrise was premiered in the Spring of 2018. Jorge is currently an Associate Professor and the Chairperson of the Music Department at Molloy College. Jorge’s CD’s Plastic Time and Enceladus are available on all the major music download sites and through his website
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Updated: Tips for Parking at Airport
Contact: Brad Christopher, Assistant Director of Airports |
Construction progresses, travelers reminded to plan ahead
As construction progresses on the parking garage and rental car center at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport, officials have opened additional parking in the Long-Term and Park & Ride lots and have added a second shuttle bus to the Park & Ride route to cut down on wait times.
“We’re on track and pleased with the first 120 days of construction,” said Brad Christopher, Assistant Director of Airports. “While much of the work so far has been site preparation and excavation preparing the site, visitors to the Airport should be able to begin to see the outline of the parking garage soon.”
In Mid-November, the airport plans to re-open the west entrance to the Long-Term lot. A third shuttle from the Park & Ride lot will be added during peak travel holiday times.
During construction, and especially during holiday travel periods, travelers are encouraged to:
arrive early (at least 2 hours)
use the PARK & RIDE lot, where a free shuttle provides curbside service to and from the terminal
use the free cell phone lot while waiting to pick up an arriving passenger
Travelers also are reminded the following parking limitations remain in effect:
Short-term parking remains strictly limited to four (4) hours.
Vehicles remaining in the short-term parking lot for more than four (4) hours will be charged the maximum rate of $50. Vehicles remaining in the lot overnight will be towed at the owner’s expense.
Parking charges apply to all customers, including those patrons with ADA accessible hang-tags and permits. ADA accessible parking is available in long-term and Park & Ride Lots throughout construction.
The airport parking garage and rental car facility is a $40 million project that coincides with a new terminal currently under construction. Both are scheduled to open in spring of 2015.
Construction progress and parking updates can be followed at www.flywichita.com and on the Airport’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/flywichita), or on Twitter (@FlyICT).
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City of Wichita, Kansas Return to wichita.gov
Construction of the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project
You are here: City of Wichita Wichita.Gov / Public Works & Utilities / Wichita - Valley Center Flood Control Project / Construction of the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project
Project Inception
The 1940's and 1950's was a period of rapid growth within and around Wichita, especially in the lower reaches of Gypsum and Dry Creeks along the City's eastern edge. Much of this development occurred in the floodways and flood plains of these streams. These areas were often unregulated since it was outside the jurisdiction of the City's zoning and subdivision regulations. From this growth sprang many of the problems which the area is still faced with today: 1) inadequate floodway easements, 2) substantial development prone to flooding.
Meanwhile development within the City progressed with little active handling of storm water runoff. Streets built on very flat grades with very minimal storm water facilities met the standards of the day, but were not designed to handle the major flooding occurring. Localized street flooding and small tributary flooding caused minor property damage and inconvenience to the public. However, concerns about these problems were secondary to the extensive property damage and threat to the public health and welfare caused by floods on the Arkansas River. (Reference Drainage Problem History)
The floods of 1939 followed closely by the 1945 floods, lead to the creation of the "Flood Control Committee" in 1945 to develop a solution to this continuous problem. They met with the Tulsa District Office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to petition them to reinstate the plan spelled out in the 1936 Pick-Sloan Plan. The City and County agreed to become the local sponsor with the USACE as the planner/developer.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers developed a plan for a floodway project that would alleviate the majority of the flooding problems caused by the two rivers converging in the center of the city. Between the years of 1948 and 1958, they cooperated with the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County officials to complete the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and made arrangements for its future maintenance. This project focused on controlling the large scale floods that caused the city the most damage. The Greenways Commission History of the Big Ditch details the sequence of events.
The USACE hired Calvin Scholfield of New York, an ex-Colonel, to serve as the first Flood Control Director in February 1949. After attempting to use local engineers and surveyors without success, he hired his wartime top enlisted officer, Robert McShane, from New Mexico, to head aid him in the surveying. He in turn hired M.S. Mitchell, from West Texas, who was leaving the Air Force to come to Wichita as the Office Engineer to get the survey started. The first offices of the Flood Control Office were at the Airport on George Washington Boulevard. Director Scholfield's work diaries from 1948 through 1952 can be viewed at this link. [no link]
Radio interviews recorded in the 1950's on vinyl records and convered to digital can be listened to at this link. [no link]
George Wilton, a native of Massachusetts, was hired as the Utility Relocation Engineer on November 10, 1949. He worked on the project until November 15, 1951. He returned to the Massachusetts Highway Department to be near Family. Calvin Scholfield obtained permission to hire George back to replace himself as the Project Director. Scholfield's last day was February 29, 1952. George Wilton began as Project Director March 17, 1952. Wilton named M.S. Mitchell as the Assistant Project Director.
In May 1957, following the major flood that month, the new City Manager Frank Backstrom reorganized the city's management structure, making George Wilton the Superintendent of the Public Works Maintenance, which included Street Maintenance and Flood Control. Mitchell became the Flood Control Superintendent. The Flood Control office was moved to the fourth floof of the City Hall Annex Building. Street Cleaning and Snow/Ice Removal were later added to the Maintenance Division under Wilton.
Work on the project was initiated on May 8, 1950, and construction of the project was completed on March 4, 1959 except for additional riprap and other minor repair work in project units previously accepted for operation and maintenance by the local sponsor.
Construction Sections
The Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project (WVCFCP) was completed in several sections:
Arkansas River Training Levees
Little Arkansas River Floodway
Chisholm Creek Diversion
Big Slough Cowskin Floodway
Riverside Levees
Drainage Structures
Lincoln Street Dam
East Branch Interceptor Channel
In 1959, the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project (dubbed the Big Ditch) was completed and placed into operation by local authorities on June 16. It consisted of 47,00 acres of residential, industrial, commerical and agricultural lands. Indexed to reflect 1981 price levels, the value of physical property was estimated at $695,680,000 and the annual value of crops was estimated at $2,040,000. The estimated damage prevented through September 1980 was $123,557,000.
This project, which diverts flood waters from the Arkansas River around the west side of the City, has prevented millions of dollars in flood damage since its completion. It also marked a turning point in the focus of drainage management in the City of Wichita. An increased awareness of development drainage considerations also evolved during this period as development proceeded rapidly in the upper reaches of major tributaries in far east and far west Wichita. New subdivisions were reviewed during this period by the Flood Control Division, Department of Public Works. A general formulation of a financial policy was also achieved in the mid-1970s to address the new drainage requirements being placed on new subdivisions. (These policies were formally adopted by the City Commission in 1980).
The Big Ditch was nominated as one of the top 12 engineering feats of 1960 in the United States by the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards at the American Society of Civil Engineers convention.
What is a...
A levee is a natural or artificial slope or wall used to regulate water levels, usually for the purpose of preventing flooding. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river or coastline. The total length of all levees in the WVCFC project is 97.35 miles. Levee sections are designated C, D, E, F, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, and T. In general, the crown width of levees is 8 feet, and the crown is sloped for drainage, as shown on the contract drawings. Embankment slopes are 1 on 2 for the first 10 feet down from the crest and 1 on 3 for the remainder of the height, except where there is surplus of fill material at which locations the riverside slopes are 1 on 3. The average height of the levees is 9.5 feet. They are seeded or turfed except in areas where erosion from stream flows is anticipated, in which areas the riverside slop is protected with riprap.
A floodwall is an artificial barrier usually vertical used to temporarily contain waters from a waterway which may be temporarily out of banks. They are usually placed in locations where space is scarce. The Wichita and Valley Center levee project includes one location where a floodwall was constructed to avoid excessive costs for right-of-way occupied by a commerical establishment. This floodwall is located on the left bank of Middle Branch Interception Canal between Stations 1129+58.62D and 1133+33.62D. It is a reinforced concrete cantilever-type floodwall resting on a 2-foot-thick concrete slab. The wall is 9 feet high, 1 foot thick at the top, 3 feet thick at the bottom, and is battered 1 on 6 on each side.
Diversion Canal and Improved Channel
Diversion Canals are channels or conduits constructed to divert water from its normal course during high water events. Diversion canals and improved channels in the project consist of Chisholm Creek Diversion (including Middle Branch of Chisholm Creek and Water Branch Chisholm Creek), Big Slough - Cowskin Floodway, Little Arkansas River Floodway, East Branch Interception and Wichita Drainage Canal, and Big Slough Diversion Channel. The canals and improved channels have a total length of 40.9 miles, side slopes of 1 on 2.5, varying bottom widths, and an average depth of 9.5 feet.
Control Structure
There are drainage structures through the levees, including the existing drainage structures that enter the East Branch Interception Canal. There are five control structures which permit low flows to continue through the natural channel, and during periods of flood flow limit inflow into the natural channel to amounts equal to or less that channel capacity. There are a total of 73 interior drainage structures through the levees, each provided with automatic flap gates. A number of the larger drainage structures and those draining important interior areas are also equipped with manually operated slide gates for emergency closure, if the automatic gates fail to function properly. One ungated drainage structure discharges runoff from an interior area through two 48-inch diameter C.M. pipes under the Middle Branch Interception Canal at about Station I114+90Q (centerline of floodway). Numerous drainage facilities, such as ditch diversion and side drainage structures adjacent to the levee, are provided for adequate interior drainage. A pumping plant is located approximately 600 feet north of Highway 54 on the left bank of the floodway, landward of Levee D. The purpose of the pumping plant is to remove storm sewer water from the land side of Levee D.
Toe Drain and Relief Well
Toe Drains were constructed at locations where pervious soils, together with the levee section, are conducive to the formation of sand boils. These are 7' by 2.5' trenches dug near the landside toe of the levee, then backfilled with 2' of pervious filter material with a 6" nearly horizontal, perforated bituminous-coated, corrugated metal pipe located in the center. Then semi-compacted fill is placed on top. The pipe is sloped to provide drainage to vertical, pressure-relief riser pipes spaced at 400 and 500 foot intervals. The vertical pipes are 6" bituminous-coated corrugated metal and are provided with vent hoods.
There are 68 relief wells in the inlet headwall aprons, of the larger gated drainage structures beneath the levees, where the top stratum of the structures inundations is too pervious to prevent possible sand boils beneath or adjacent to the structures which might cause undermining and failure of the structures. The wells penetrate into the underlying stratum, large enough to contain a 22-inch O.D. steel casing, lowering a slotted 6-inch inside diameter wood pipe inside, withdrawing the casing and backfilling around the slotted wood stove pipe with a gravel filter material to within 1 foot of the top of water table. Non-slotted wood stove pipe and compacted impervious material were placed to the top of water table. The remainder of the installation to a point 1 foot above original ground is an 8-inch diameter, bituminous-coated, corrugated metal pipe with a 1-foot 2-inch diameter, bituminous-coated, metal cap supported by four struts attached to the pipe to provide a 3-inch clearance for flow of water.
Jetties are any variety of structures used in riverine systems which extend into the water from the bank and serve to direct the current. There are 13,136 feet of main line and 6,250 feet of retard jetties at three locations on the Arkansas River Training Levee portion of the project. Also, there are 4,256 feet of main line and 2,038 feet of retard jetties at a critical location near the mouth of the Big Slough - Cowskin Floodway.
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Phenotypic features of GOSHS in this inbred family included microcephaly and mental retardation, which are both central nervous system defects, as well as Hirschsprung disease, an enteric nervous system defect [1].
Inhibitory effect of experimental colitis on fluid absorption in rat jejunum: role of the enteric nervous system, VIP, and nitric oxide [2].
CONCLUSION: Slow transit constipation is associated with abnormalities of the substance P content of the enteric nervous system of mucosa and submucosa [3].
Peritonitis induced by serosal application of 0.1 M hydrochloric acid causes net fluid secretion via the enteric nervous system [4].
Mutations in Sox10 have been identified as a cause of the Dominant megacolon mouse and Waardenburg-Shah syndrome in human, both of which include defects in the enteric nervous system and pigmentation (and in the latter, sometimes hearing) [5].
Studies of the enteric nervous system in Alzheimer disease and other dementias of the elderly: enteric neurons in Alzheimer disease [6].
The expression of Ednrb is required at a defined time period during the migration of the precursors of the enteric nervous system (ENS) into the colon [7].
Cellular prion protein is expressed in the human enteric nervous system [8].
Glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a potent survival factor for central and peripheral neurons, and is essential for the development of kidneys and the enteric nervous system [9].
Mutational analysis in humans and mice has demonstrated that the Ret, the product of the c-ret proto-oncogene, a member of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) superfamily, is essential for development of the enteric nervous system and kidney [10].
Defects in the kidney and enteric nervous system of mice lacking the tyrosine kinase receptor Ret [11].
Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR), a frequent developmental defect of the enteric nervous system is due to loss-of-function mutations of RET, a receptor tyrosine kinase essential for the mediation of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)-induced cell survival [12].
Nitric oxide synthase and VIP distribution in enteric nervous system in idiopathic chronic constipation [13].
The RET receptor tyrosine kinase has a critical role in kidney organogenesis and the development of the enteric nervous system [14].
The transgene has no effect on coat color spotting, indicating the critical time for EDNRB expression in enteric nervous system development begins after separation of the melanocyte lineage from the ENS lineage and their common precursor [15].
We propose that the selective effect of EDN3 or EDNRB gene inactivation is due to the fact that both melanocytes and enteric nervous system precursors have to colonize large embryonic areas (skin and bowel) from a relatively small population of precursors that have to expand considerably in number [16].
The activation of the RET signaling pathway during embryogenesis is a crucial prerequisite for a directional migration of enteric nervous system progenitor cells [17].
During the formation of the enteric nervous system (ENS) in the moth Manduca sexta, the migration of an identified set of neurons (the EP cells) is regulated in part by the heterotrimeric guanyl-nucleotide binding protein (G protein) Goalpha [18].
Glial cells in the enteric nervous system contain glial fibrillary acidic protein [19].
We show that mice who are deficient in the glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol (GPI) -linked protein GFRalpha1 (GDNFRalpha) display deficits in the kidneys, the enteric nervous system, and spinal motor and sensory neurons that are strikingly similar to those of the GDNF- and Ret-deficient mice [20].
BACKGROUND: The vagus nerve contains cholinergic and noncholinergic neurons that interact with peptidergic neurons of the enteric nervous system, which stain immunohistochemically for cholecystokinin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and gastrin-releasing peptide [21].
Disruptions of the genes encoding endothelin 3 (EDN3) and its receptor endothelin-B receptor (EDNRB) in the mouse result in defects of two neural crest (NC)-derived lineages, the melanocytes, and the enteric nervous system [16].
The role of the enteric nervous system of the gallbladder on mucosal water absorption was evaluated by intraluminal administration of capsaicin, a selective stimulant of afferent nerve endings [22].
Furthermore, GABA receptors have been demonstrated on elements of the enteric nervous system [23].
Also, the Cl- secretion, but not the increase in prostaglandin production, was reduced by enteric nervous system blockade with tetrodotoxin, hexamethonium, or atropine [24].
The cellular localization of substance P/neurokinin A-encoding preprotachykinin mRNAs in the rat enteric nervous system was studied by means of in situ hybridization histochemistry using 35S- or 3H-labeled single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) probes which recognize all three preprotachykinin mRNA species, alpha, beta, and gamma [25].
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nitric oxide is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the enteric nervous system [26].
Expression of substance P/neurokinin A-encoding preprotachykinin messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat enteric nervous system [25].
These results, and recent studies implicating GDNF and ET-3 in the patterning of the enteric nervous system, suggest that specific pairing of endothelins and neurotrophic factors may be used in distinct target organs to coordinate neuronal migration, differentiation, and survival [27].
Homozygous nonsense mutations in KIAA1279 are associated with malformations of the central and enteric nervous systems [1].
To clarify the role of Ret signaling components in enteric nervous system (ENS) development, we evaluated ENS anatomy and intestinal contractility in mice heterozygous for Ret, GFRalpha1 and Ret ligands [28].
However, the effects on the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS) promoted by a heterozygous mutation of the EDNRB gene are not known [29].
The defects in enteric nervous system development of mice with Sox10 and Sox8 mutations are therefore likely caused by a reduction of the pool of undifferentiated vagal neural crest cells [30].
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction coupled with cDNA cloning and sequencing demonstrated that skin calcitonin gene-related peptide isolated in the skin is identical to that present in the frog's central and enteric nervous systems [31].
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunohistochemistry, electrophysiological recording, and intraneuronal injection of the neuronal tracer biocytin were integrated in a study of the functional expression of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors in the guinea pig enteric nervous system [32].
Gene targeting studies demonstrate that GDNF may be essential for development of the enteric nervous system (ENS) and kidney organogenesis [33].
The contractile activity was effectively antagonized by vascular perfusion with either tetrodotoxin (100 ng/ml) or atropine (40 ng/ml), indicating that the primary site of action of motilin was on cholinergic neural elements of the enteric nervous system [34].
Effects of total parenteral nutrition on rat enteric nervous system, intestinal morphology, and motility [35].
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Dr. Herman J. Felton Jr. is the 17th President and CEO of Wiley College. Dr. Felton began his service to the College in the summer of 2018, and in a short period of time, he has achieved significant accomplishments, including spearheading a campaign with College alumni and supporters that has launched the work to renovate and modernize the Thomas W. Cole Library and partnering with the Marshall Economic Development Corporation to receive a $100,000 grant to renovate KBWC, the College’s radio station as well as a training space for physical education majors. President Felton has also created a Student Health, Counseling, and Wellness Unit for the College that is staffed with a full-time licensed practitioner. In addition to his accomplishments on Wiley’s campus, President Felton has immersed himself in the fabric of the Marshall Community, where he is a member of the Marshall Rotary Club, the Marshall Chamber of Commerce, and the Citizens Advisory Council.
Dr. Felton comes to Wiley College from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he served as the school’s 21st president.
Prior to his appointment to Wilberforce University, Dr. Felton served as senior vice president, chief operating officer and vice president of institutional advancement for Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He also was the director of development while serving as a lecturer in the Government, Law, and International Affairs Department at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.
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The James Bond Collection 1-24
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The Living Daylights (1987) - Timothy Dalton plays James Bond for the first time in this instalment of the 007 franchise. The action this time sees Bond running around various exotic places in pursuit of a couple of seedy dealers in arms, drugs and diamonds.
Licence to Kill (1989) - James Bond turns renegade to hunt down a master criminal in this pulse-pounding thrill ride that’s packed with awesome stunts, subtle humour and explosive confrontations. Timothy Dalton brings urgency, charm and deadly determination to his portrayal of the super-agent, who leaves the British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta after his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison) is brutally attacked by drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi).
GoldenEye (1995) - The effortlessly suave and sophisticated Pierce Brosnan makes his acclaimed debut as Agent 007 in this riproaring espionage thriller featuring the most eye-popping opening sequence yet! When an MI6 agent (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, Bond must pursue his former ally to Cuba, Monte Carlo, Switzerland and even Russia, all while dodging a sexy, deadly femme fatale (Famke Janssen) who will stop at nothing to put the "squeeze" on the intrepid spy!
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Pierce Brosnan returns as the fearless, cunning and devastatingly cool Secret Agent 007 in this thrilling adventure. When a ruthless media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) tries to destabilise the world economy by orchestrating a deadly standoff between world superpowers, in an atempt to achieve high ratings for his media conglomerate, Bond must step in to prevent World War III. Co-starring Teri Hatcher and Michelle Yeoh, this high-tech action-adventure will exhilarate Bond fans of all ages.
The World Is Not Enough (1999) - The World is Not Enough is an exhilarating but sophisticated, action-packed adventure. Pierce Brosnan returns as Bond, charged to protect a gorgeous billionaire heiress (Sophie Marceau) from the ruthless hands of the nuclear-obsessed terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle), who wants control of the world’s petroleum supply.
Die Another Day (2002) - James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) pulls out all the stops to take you on an unforgettable, adrenaline-pumping ride across the globe in this action-filled adventure. From a dark cell in a North Korean prison to the beautiful beaches of Cuba, 007 is on the trail of a diabolical genius who’s hell-bent on slicing up the Earth... literally.
Casino Royale (2006) - Daniel Craig stars as the latest incarnation of James Bond in the 21st instalment of the franchise. Based on one of the original Ian Fleming novels, the story follows a young Bond at the beginning of his career having just received his double-0 status. For his latest mission, 007 travels to Montenegro to investigate the highly exclusive Casino Royale where Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a money man for an international terrorist group, is raising funds for their misdeeds through high-stakes gambling. The rookie MI6 agent, aided by British Treasury agent Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is tasked with infiltrating the group and ultimately defeating the rogue player, both on and off the tables.
Quantum of Solace (2008) - Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the 22nd instalment of the 007 franchise. After being betrayed by Vesper in Casino Royale, Bond (Craig) turns his sights on those who controlled her. Interrogating Mr White (Jesper Christensen), Bond discovers that the shadowy organisation responsible for blackmailing Vesper is a lot more powerful and dangerous than he ever imagined. Tracing a link to Hawaii, Bond soon crosses paths with Ukranian beauty Camille (Olga Kurylenko) who leads him to megalomaniacal businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), head of the organisation known simply as Quantum. Wishing to control one of the world's natural resources, Greene's organisation has a finger in every government agency worldwide, and it falls to Bond to keep one step ahead of his friends, and enemies, to stop Greene holding the world to ransom.
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A native of Southern California, Larry Adamson is the president and CEO emeritus and a board member of The Midnight Mission, Los Angeles’ premier social service agency serving the homeless, poor and addictive population of Southern California. Prior to accepting this position in 1998, Adamson served as vice president of administration for the Automobile Club of Southern California for 23 years.
During his tenure at The Midnight Mission, he was successful in growing the total assets to over $46 million, an increase of $20 million. In 2005, he led the corporate relocation effort of The Midnight’s new 138,000 square foot facility to 6th St. & San Pedro St. in Los Angeles’ “Skid Row.” He also led the efforts to secure one of the largest AmeriCorps grants in the nation for outreach services.
Adamson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal State LA. He currently serves as vice chair on the board of the Cal State LA Foundation. For over 10 years, Larry served on the board of directors of the Cal State LA Alumni Association where he was president in 1996. In 1998, he was honored as the University Alumni of Merit. In 1996, he joined the CSU Alumni Council, where he served two terms as president from 1998 to 2000. In 1998, he was honored as the system’s Outstanding Alumni. In 2005, Adamson served as the interim alumni trustee on the CSU Board of Trustees.
His community service includes service on several boards. He is the past grand master of the Free & Accepted Masons of the State of California. He also served as president of the board of the Los Angeles Central Area Providers Collaborative, as vice chairman of the board of ACSC Federal Credit Union, and chairman of the Board of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Los Angeles. He is the past president of his Rotary Club and is past district chair of Urban Emphasis for the Boy Scouts of America, Los Angeles Area Council.
In December 2004, Adamson was appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to serve as commissioner for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), where he served for 13 years, and two terms as its chairperson.
Adamson married his wife Lynn in 1974. They live in Newhall, California and have two adult daughters (both CSU alumni), two sons-in-law and three grandchildren.
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Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek parliamentary leaders convene in tripartite summit - Daily News Egypt
Egypt Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek parliamentary leaders convene in tripartite summit
Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek parliamentary leaders convene in tripartite summit
Egypt’s Parliament Speaker, Ali Abdel Aal, headed to Cyprus on Saturday in two-day visit
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Egypt’s Parliament Speaker, Ali Abdel Aal, headed to Cyprus on Saturday in a two-day visit to participate in a tripartite summit with his Cypriot and Greek counterparts.
The meeting between parliamentary officials is the first of its kind, according to head of the parliament’s committee of foreign affairs, Tarek El-Khouly.
The summit will be held today in line with the recent meeting between President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis in October 2018, El-Khouly said.
Abdel Aal was accompanied by a high-delegation that will attend meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) at the European Parliament Office in Cyprus.
Egypt has strong ties with Greece and Cyprus. In November 2014, the three countries started tripartite cooperation mechanism and several meetings have been held so far. In April 2018, the first phase of “Nostos – The Return” was held in Alexandria, while the second phase took place in London in October 2018, where a conference for physicians from the three communities was held.
The third phase of the “Nostos programme” implemented in the framework of the trilateral cooperation among Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt on diaspora issues is expected to be held in Australia at the end of March.
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Trump predicts all IS territory will be cleared next week
The president told coalition members meeting at the State Department that while “remnants” of the group were still dangerous, he was determined to bring U.S. troops home.
Trump predicts all IS territory will be cleared next week The president told coalition members meeting at the State Department that while “remnants” of the group were still dangerous, he was determined to bring U.S. troops home. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/02/06/trump-predicts-territory-will-cleared-next-week/39018507/
Matthew Lee, The Associated Press Published 6:22 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group will have lost by next week all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria. He said the U.S. will not relent in fighting remnants of the extremist organization despite his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria over the objections of some of his most senior national security advisers.
The president told representatives of a 79-member, U.S.-led coalition fighting IS that the militants held a tiny percentage of the vast territory they claimed as their “caliphate.”
“It should be formally announced sometime, probably next week, that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate,” Trump said.
U.S. officials have said in recent weeks that IS has lost 99.5 percent of its territory and is holding on to fewer than 5 square kilometers in Syria, or less than 2 square miles, in the villages of the Middle Euphrates River Valley, where the bulk of the fighters are concentrated.
But there are fears the impending U.S. pullout will imperil those gains. Trump told coalition members meeting at the State Department that while “remnants” of the group were still dangerous, he was determined to bring U.S. troops home. He called on coalition members to step up and do their “fair share” in the fight against terrorism.
Even as Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the withdrawal decision, which shocked U.S. allies and led to the resignations of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the U.S. envoy to the anti-IS coalition, Brett McGurk, some military leaders, renewed their concerns.
While the withdrawal would fulfill a Trump goal, top military officials have pushed back for months, arguing IS remains a threat and could regroup. U.S. policy had been to keep troops in place until the extremists are completely eradicated. Fears that IS fighters are making a strategic maneuver to lay low ahead of the U.S. pullout has fueled criticism that Trump telegraphed his military plans — the same thing he accused President Barack Obama of doing in Afghanistan.
Pompeo told the coalition that the planned withdrawal “is not a change in the mission” but a change in tactics against a group that should still be considered a menace.
“In this new era, local law enforcement and information sharing will be crucial, and our fight will not necessarily always be military-led,” he said. Trump’s announcement “is not the end of America’s fight. The fight is one that we will continue to wage alongside of you.”
He added: “America will continue to lead in giving those who would destroy us no quarter.”
Yet senior military officials acknowledged to Congress on Wednesday that the pullout would complicate their efforts.
Owen West, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations, told the House Armed Services Committee that he shared Mattis’ objections. West answered, “No, sir,” when asked by a lawmaker if he thought Mattis was wrong to disagree with the withdrawal.
At the same hearing, Maj. Gen. James Hecker, vice director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the withdrawal means “it is going to be difficult to keep up the pressure” on IS. “There will be a decrease in the amount of pressure that we will be able to apply,” he said.
“The concern is if we move our forces out of Syria that that may take some pressure off of the ISIS forces in Syria,” Hecker said. “So our mission is to try to figure out how we can continue to keep the pressure on in Syria without any boots on the ground.”
Hecker said others would have to carry the burden once the U.S. left. He did not offer specifics.
Pompeo called on the coalition to increase intelligence-sharing, repatriate and prosecute captured foreign fighters and accelerate stabilization efforts so IS remnants cannot reconstitute in Iraq, Syria or elsewhere. He said the fight is entering a new stage where those allied against IS must confront a “decentralized jihad” with more than military force.
Pompeo mentioned the suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed four Americans — two service members, a Pentagon civilian and a U.S. contractor — in the northern Syrian town of Manbij last month. Manbij was liberated from IS control in 2016.
The conference started hours after Trump, in his State of the Union address, lauded what he said was the near-complete victory over IS. He also reaffirmed his determination to pull out the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria. He had said in December that the pullout would proceed quickly.
In liberated areas across Syria and Iraq, IS sleeper cells are carrying out assassinations, setting up checkpoints and distributing fliers as they lay the groundwork for an insurgency that could gain strength as U.S. forces withdraw.
Activists who closely follow the conflict in Syria point to signs of a growing insurgency. Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says IS still has 4,000 to 5,000 fighters, many likely hiding out in desert caves and mountains.
Defense officials believe many fighters have fled to ungoverned spaces and other pockets in the north and west.
A Defense Department watchdog report warned this week that even with the IS forces on the run, the group “is still able to coordinate offensives and counter-offensives, as well as operate as a decentralized insurgency.”
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"SNR." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. www.yourdictionary.com/SNR.
SNR. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SNR
Senior; a title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name.
snr - Computer Definition
The ratio of the power of the wanted signal power to the power of the unwanted noise at a given point in a given system at a given time. SNR is expressed in decibels (dB). Impulse noise generally is measured in peak-signal to peak-noise ratio, and random noise in root-mean-square (RMS) signal to root-mean-square noise. See also dB, noise, power, and signal.
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Michael A. Genovese: The Cult of Trump
Michael Genovese, History News Network
March 18, 2019 – Michael A. Genovese is President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University. The author of 50 books, he appears frequently as a political commentator on television and on radio.
I am a ferociously independent and passionately moderate voter. But in 2016 I voted a straight party ticket for the Democrats. It was the only way – however meek – to send a message to the Republican Party: You gave us Trump, shame on you, now get rid of him.
But Republican legislators, who have much to lose in the long run, cave in to the Trump base fearing they might be “primaried” and lose their seats, and give the disaster that is the Trump presidency a free pass. They are wrong morally and politically to do so. What happened to the Republican Party? Where is it hiding? Wherever you are, come back, we need you badly.
Part of the problem is that many Republicans confuse Donald Trump with a Republican. He is not a party president, and barely a party member. He is instead, the leader of a cult. This transformation was noted a few months back by then Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who openly asked if his party was “becoming a cultish thing”. Donald Trump does not represent traditional Republican values, policy positions, or core principles such as limited government, individual freedom, respect for democratic norms, freedom of expression and press, active and strong democratic alliances, a pro-democracy foreign policy, and the dignity of public service. No, this is not your daddy’s Republican Party, it is Trump’s personal cult.
As the Republicans morph from national party to cult of personality, it might be useful to reflect on the role cults have played in American politics. Ordinarily, when we think of cults we think of religious cults, but there have been political cults in America as well (see: Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth’s ON THE EDGE: POLITICAL CULTS RIGHT AND LEFT, 2000). Not surprisingly, cults have had a very short shelf-life in the United States. A largely pragmatic, non-ideological nation, Americans have been suspicious of extremism and narrow politics. Part of the reason for the failure of cults to catch on in the U.S. can be seen in Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 reminder in DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA that “the spirit of association” exerts a powerful influence in the United States, and that such associations, often cross-cutting ideologically and politically, help produce a more moderate and perhaps even a more tolerant political atmosphere.
Parties in the U.S. have succeeded by being “big tents” that are somewhat inclusive, large, and centrist (center –right for the Republicans, center-left for the Democrats). By contrast, cults are narrow, extreme, and exclusive. Traditionally, parties served as gatekeepers keeping radical extremists at the fringes and not allowing them to capture the party. In Europe, the rise of fascism in the 20th Century was seen by many as a cult movement, and in North Korea today, some see the 60 year rule of the Kim family as a three-generation “cult of personality.” But in the United States, such takeovers by cults have been largely unknown.
What are the key characteristics of a cult, and how closely does Trump fit the bill? Cults blindly and mindlessly follow a charismatic leader. Donald Trump recognizes this element in his base with such sayings as “I could stand In the middle Of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” Indeed, such is the blind loyalty to Trump that he is probably right. Cults worship their leader. Even if the leader says things like “John McCain isn’t a hero,” or trashes Gold Star families, his base applauds and follows their Pied Piper wherever he wants to take them.
The cult leader’s word is gold to his followers. And so, his base turns a blind eye in the face of thousands (yes, thousands) of lies he tells. Cults have their ritualistic chants. “Lock her Up, Lock her Up” and “build the Wall” are shouted at Trump rallies from coast to coast. Cult leaders claim to be on a “special mission” and as Trump says “Only I can do it.” Cults have insiders and the rest of the world is an outsider to be berated and hated. Cult leaders are not accountable, and thus Trump says he will not release his tax returns as previous presidents have routinely done. Cults believe the ends justify the means, and thus the President bullies, demeans, and calls others ugly names which seems to the rest of us undignified and unpresidential, but to the Trump cult is fully justified (my mother would have washed my mouth out with soap if I had said such things).
Former cult members write scathing exposes of their terrible lives within the cult. After only 2 years in office, a spate of Trump administration tell-all books are coming out describing the horrors of working for such a monstrous boss. Cults have a persecution complex. How many times does Trump tweet out messages condemning Saturday Night Live for its impersonations of the President? How many times does Trump blame the press for his failings? Cults engage in group-think. Cults kowtow to the leader’s every whim. They show disdain for non-members. Cults are paranoid. How many tweets does one have to read to see that our President thinks the media, our allies, college professors, and authors are out to get him? Cults control the information members receive. And of course, President Trump calls the media “the enemy of the people,” not to be believed, and that his base should “not believe what you see and hear, believe me.” Cults tolerate even celebrate the inappropriate and egregious behavior of their leader. And so, Trump is not to blame for the strippers, and Playboy models with whom he may have had relationships while still married. Boys will be boys, or demeaning references to women is just “locker room talk.” I could go on.
What to do? The Republicans gave us Trump, they should now clean up their mess. Someone must take him on in the primaries. Republicans need to return to their core values and principles and not be pet poodles for Donald Trump’s excesses. Our system works best when we have two strong parties that vie for power but can come together at times for the good of the nation. Caving in to the cult leader is not politics, it is party suicide. If the Republican Party is to survive into and beyond the next decade, it must wrestle from the Trump cult, control of the party. If not, it deserves to be electorally defeated and to collapse into the dust bin of history.
Donald Trump did not create the conditions that allowed for his rise. Global events, easily witnessed in the increasingly fractious politics of Europe, are challenging liberal democracies with a brand of illiberal democracy that threatens rule of law systems across the globe. Donald Trump is the American manifestations of this dangerous drift. He is riding a wave he did not create but has been masterful at exploiting. But just as the United States resisted the temptations of Communism and Fascism in the 1930s and 40s, and instead, committed to a rule of law system for our country, we need now to recommit to liberal democracy and the rule of law in our age.
Where will we be when this long national nightmare is over? Will our democracy be stronger? Our society more just and equal? Our politics more civil and our language more compassionate? Will we move towards what our better angels would have us do, or will we follow the cult of leadership towards a politics of fear and division. Come home Republicans. We need you.
Republished from the History News Network: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171507
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Zijian Mu is a documentary filmmaker based in New York. He is a Qiang and a native of Beichuan, China. His first documentary, One Child, explores the lives of the parents who lost their only child in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in China. The film is listed as One of the Top 8 Documentary Shorts of the Year(2014) and has won the 2014 Student Academy Awards and the 2013 Sidney Gross Memorial Prize for Investigative Journalism.
Mu has also contributed work for The Economist, Vice and CNN. He produced a short film that was selected as a finalist for the 2013 Hot Docs International Documentary Challenge and screened at the festival. He holds an M.A. in News and Documentary from New York University.
Currently Mu is working on his next documentary project in western China.
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Media Researcher – often anonymous but rightly so.
By Dr. Hywel Maslen
On 22 May | '2018
Media researcher
Undertaking media research often means signing a non-disclosure agreement. Being silent on research undertaken is important for many projects.
Anonymous and rightly so
It is understandable why this is the case. Many media companies spend years on specific projects. Talking about it on social media or elsewhere could jeopardise the deployment of extensive resources. For example, a competitor could copy the idea.
Sometimes non-disclosure includes that my input does not appear in production credits. Such instances are not a concern. Many clients have presented my work satisfied with the results. It is a warm feeling to know my research is enriching their intellectual property.
Social media posts often seek to illuminate what an individual or organisation has achieved. Not all those contributing to that success are credited. This is true for me despite working as an individual.
Seeking an independent researcher for media
Many seek my services because I am able to provide an unbiased viewpoint. This may simply enrich their knowledge on a topic. Essentially my duty is to provide information based on empirical research and it is a highly rewarding one.
My media research has involved projects for mainly film, television, radio and design agencies. Experience to quickly grasp the essence of subjects in historical research helps me here. Adapting to client needs in media sectors is similar.
Topics and media research
Topically, media research has mostly included music, companies, individuals and major historical events. In this work I have used archival, audio recordings, secondary printed materials and internet sources. These sources are used frequently in my independent historical research also.
Many in media have excellent research skills evident in projects I assist. Archival research tends to be where I provide help to media clients. Cataloguing methods means finding information is difficult for non-regular users of an archive. Also, familiarity with official records often means that I extrapolate critical elements more efficiently.
The archives I use most frequently are the National Archives, British Library and Imperial War Museum.
Please get in touch with me from the media
If you are working in media and think that hiring an independent researcher with archival and historical knowledge will help then please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss your project here.
Researcher at archives
An unusual job researcher…
Archive researcher is an unusual job in many ways. Many will know I am based in the United Kingdom. Many of my clients need my archive researcher services from abroad so I never meet them. We do have very detailed email communication instead. This is a very important part of my job that I enjoy. Over ten years typing away means I have learned to type quickly though!
Email is a good way to form a working relationship as an archive researcher but I also like talking to my clients. Usually this is using the old-fashioned telephone. However, I like to use video conferencing or calling software also. There are many different versions with Skype and Facebook proving to be popular. Please get in touch here if you would like to call and discuss a project.
It is common for clients to start their research then seek an archive researcher to help. This is a very good start for the relationship between my clients and I. When there is already work on a project I am adept at picking up the research. Sometimes I can help clients find new research sources. Please contact me here if you need help with an on-going research project.
More than one archive researcher?
An archive researcher works often with other researchers on projects with a client. Sometimes a project can benefit from having more than one archive researcher. In these circumstances I am happy to work with another archive researcher. Most cases this has happened has been on book projects. Communication is important and this is one of my main skills.
History and media
History is often the focus of my archive researcher but I work in many areas. Media has begun to be as popular. In the past I have worked for a number of well-known media organisations producing film and television. If you are a media company looking for an archive researcher in the United Kingdom then please contact me here.
Most of my archive researcher work is self-directed once the project outputs have been agreed. It does allow freedom to work by oneself in certain circumstances. It is crucial to ensure that communication with the client is maintained. Reporting is therefore a crucial part of my work. During the course of a project I am happy to report and demonstrate progress. If this sounds good for you then please contact me here.
Hiring an archive researcher
Many find the prospect of hiring an archive researcher a daunting prospect. This is because it is not something that is common. The project that you are considering may need a researcher or you may be able to do some of the research yourself. Please feel free to get in touch with me here if you would like to and discuss your needs. I will be happy to provide any advice or assistance.
Researching at an archive
As an archive researcher most of my work involves working at archives in the United Kingdom. Familiarity with an archive and their catalogue can help speed the research process along. At the National Archives I have been researching there for over fifteen years. My extensive experience using different sources, such as microfilms, means the research process is not impeded. This is why it can be beneficial to hire a professional archive researcher.
My professional qualifications come from historical research. It appears to me that research skills gained in this field are very valuable to clients. This is because a number of disciplines come to me when they need an archive researcher. If you need an archive researcher with these skills then please get in touch here.
Service record research
Tagged with service record
A service record from the British armed services form an immensely engaging part of my research work. Individuals, institutions and media organisations often seek my expertise in decoding a service record. Over the past ten-years I have been researching conflicts from the 1700s to the present day. This can be using military service records issued by the Ministry of Defence.
Getting a service record
For some, the army, navy or air force service record is an important task to engage with their ancestor. For those that are seeking to find a service record for an ancestor, going to the Ministry of Defence website is the best place to start. Here is a link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
If you are seeking an ancestor that served prior to the First World War then a paid website might help you also.Their service record, enlistment or discharge papers may be available online via this paid service. Once you have this record, I can help you understand it more fully. Please contact me by clicking here.
Decoding a service record
The service record itself is often made of abbreviations for different places, duties and units which contain the relevant information. Looking at the service record for the first time can be rather bewildering but decoding is my speciality so please get in touch if you require assistance by clicking here.
If one analyses the service record then one can see which unit an individual served with, where and for how long. The service record can include where an individual enlisted, where they resided, casualty status and some medical information. A service record usually includes promotions, reprimands and periods on leave. The service record can be analysed by oneself and there are websites that can help you with some of the terminology for you. For some this can be a frustrating task. Using my expertise can help you and make it an easier one. Please click here to get in touch.
Once the service record has been decoded then I use the information to explore the catalogue at the National Archives. This will yield the available files for the period of the service record. Usually the vast majority, if not all, of the period of service has a file. It is common, however, at the start or end of a service record to have little detail. When personnel are training or demobilising record keeping was not a priority. This is because of the grouping of personnel from many different units.
Undertake the research of a service record with assistance
If it is the case that you would like to undertake the research yourself then I can take you through the service record decoding and then provide you with the file references for the National Archives. Once again, the information in the files at the National Archives can be difficult to interpret so please let me know if you need assistance with this stage here.
A note on a service record for different periods
During the conflicts over the nineteenth century, including the Boer Wars, information on an individual tends to be limited to location, pay and their enlistment details which can have a signature and next-of-kin details.
Those service records for the First World War have more detailed unit activity than the nineteenth century. These files at the National Archives are often referred to as “war diaries”. However, during the bombing of London during the Second World War some military records for the First World War were destroyed but many did survive.
For the Second World War the “war diary” is usually made up of monthly reports with generally more information than World War One. Each report tends to have a section on major events of unit activity. A section on the number of people in the unit is also usually present. Sometimes there is a section with relevant documents for that month.
Finding photographs researching a service record
Photographs can be found in the war diaries from time to time when researching a service record. These come in several broad categories. Reconnaissance photos are found in planning documents in the monthly reports in the “war diaries”. For example, landscapes or buildings feature often. In units with specific tasks, such as engineering or service corps, photographs of construction or transport are present. In a recent case I researched in February 2018 there were photographs liberating North Africa during the Second World War. It was not practice for individual photographs to be taken for unit “war diaries”.
Other documents found researching a service record
Other documents are often attached to the monthly reports in the “war diaries” such as maps, movement orders or exercise or operation documents. In moments where an individual is training, one can see, for example, some of the exercises that they participated in. In those times of front-line service then one can see how the unit they were serving with formed part of larger military operations. There are sometimes excellent reports of engagement with enemy forces within the war diaries. Written after the conclusion of an operation, these provide much detail. One can also see maps and more routine aspects of military activity, such as movement orders. These sometime contain lists of the equipment and vehicles that required to be transported. This is often very illuminating as one can appreciate the scale of the tasks involved.
Before you start research on a service record…
Before starting the research on a service record it is important to recognise that the war diaries are not comprehensive sources of information. They do not record the daily activities of every person serving in the unit. Neither do they record the names of all those serving but officers do tend to be named. Despite this, the “war diaries” remain the most detailed source of information for those seeking to find out what their ancestors undertook as part of their active service.
If an individual with an army service record has served for several years then there can be a number of files to examine. With most army service records of around four years, particularly for the Second World War, there are usually around 1,000 pages. Part of my research service is to take photographs of these and send them as a digital download.
Please get in touch for help with a service record
Please get in touch here if you would like more information here on stage in the process of obtaining, decoding and researching a service record and I will be happy to help.
World War Two Researcher
Tagged with World War Two researcher
On 25 Jan | '2018
As a World War Two researcher over the past decade I have worked on a considerable number of aspects of the conflict. The main archives that I use as a World War Two researcher are the National Archives and the Imperial War Museum. Both are located in London in the United Kingdom.
Hiring a World War Two researcher for your own project can be a daunting prospect. It could be a very specific topic that you are seeking for your needs as an individual or as an organisation. Please be assured that as a World War Two researcher I have developed an extensive knowledge of the conflict. I would be delighted to assist you with your research.
A World War Two Researcher for Individuals
For most individual clients the most frequent work as a World War Two researcher is that of completing the history of a person in one of the armed services. Over the past ten years army, navy and air force cases have been explored in all the major theatres of war.
In terms of the British army, North Africa and Italy are where a fair proportion of my work as a World War Two researcher is. More recent interpretations of the conflict from the British perspective have highlighted that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill thought the Suez Canal was vital for victory. This view was shared among the Allies. Defeating the Axis forces in North Africa before moving up Italy to Germany was pursued. Many serving in the British army therefore engaged in this programme.
Histories of naval personnel have seen me research D-Day, arctic convoys and the isles of Greece as a World War Two researcher. Of all the armed services, naval personnel are often more difficult to explore. Sometimes the service record has shore bases but not vessels served on. Nonetheless, in most cases this can be resolved.
The air force played a key role in the defence of Britain during the early years of the war. Many of my cases regarding service histories as a World War Two researcher focus on this period. Many of the records for this passage of the conflict have been digitised and viewed regularly. However, training facilities for pilots and other airmen attended require my attention. This helps as a World War Two researcher to ensure that the entire course of service is represented.
A World War Two Researcher for Organisations
Many organisations have a wider set of circumstances than individuals for their need to hire a World War Two researcher. Last year as a World War Two researcher I explored the network of different radio facilities in Western Europe. These played a significant supporting role not only to aircraft but also to ships navigating in waters patrolled by Axis U-boats. It has been exceptionally engaging to learn of the varying qualities of wavelengths and transmitters. Also the sometimes quite extraordinary locations that these were deployed.
Most recently my work as a World War Two researcher has seen me examine the role of Special Operations Executive (SOE). This includes interplay with their American counterpart the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In this work many diverse locations across occupied Europe have been explored. This revealed some tension between the Allied intelligence communities existed despite there being a common foe. However, it would be wrong to suggest this dominated the relationship. But it certainly played a role in how resources and personnel were deployed in the conflict.
Another facet of my work as World War Two researcher has been to determine how British embassies and consulates functioned during the Second World War. This has been quite demanding work. This is owing to the fact that there are a great many records to examine in this regard. Most of this work has centred upon how there was a “business as usual” ethnic among Civil Servants. They had to maintain certain functions during a time of great upheaval globally. Diplomacy did not cease to function and actually, in some cases, it increased exponentially. Britain and her Allies sought to cement relationships with many countries that were not actively engaged in combat roles. These were, however, supplying resources to the Allied cause.
Use Archival Researcher as your World War Two researcher
If you are in need of a World War Two researcher and think I may be able to assist you with your project then please click here to contact me or please feel free to give me a call or for a free quote on 07734739167 or +44 7734739167 or email me: dr.maslen@archivalresearcher.co.uk
Refugee Research in 2018
On 9 Jan | '2018
Over the course of my career as a historical researcher I have focused intently on refugee research. Most recently I have been helping undertake refugee research for a book regarding a Jewish family that were separated as a consequence of the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War Two. My role in this piece of refugee research was to help the author undertake some refugee research in London at the National Archives. This aspect was exploring how refugees made their way to the United Kingdom using a variety of different vessels to make their way to a number of British ports. Jewish refugees from the Netherlands made this journey under great duress under desperate circumstances as the Nazi authorities closed in on Jews still living in the Netherlands. Some family members in the book were found through refugee research to have met their fate in the Holocaust. Furthermore, my help in this refugee research was also helpful in identifying where some of the refugees lived during their stay in the United Kingdom.
In 2016 and 2017 it was also my pleasure to work on refugee research for a number of clients that were seeking to find out where their ancestors had migrated from. My refugee research was, once again, focused at the National Archives and the British Library in London where I explored many refugee groups that had made their way to the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century. Such refugee research was rather challenging as it focused more on political refugees from many of the revolutions that occurred in mainland Europe, especially those around 1848. Despite the United Kingdom not being one of the main reception countries, my refugee research was able to identify several important movements and highlight for my clients some of the circumstances and processes that their ancestors would have undergone to enter the country.
Some of you reading may ask when my interest in refugee research began. This was back in 1996 when, under Professor Panikos Panayi at De Montfort University in Leicester in the United Kingdom, I began to take an interest in refugee research in my undergraduate studies. Our course was rather forward thinking in terms of historical topics and it was one the first courses in the United Kingdom where refugee research, race and ethnic studies and other aspects of migration formed part of the syllabus during the mid-1990s.
One of the most interesting books on refugee research I first read is by Michael Marrus and it is called ‘The Unwanted’ which initially published by Oxford University Press in 1988. This book opened up the world of refugee research for me because it highlighted some of the main movements of refugees that had occurred and defined some of the main characteristics of study. It is a book that I highly recommend on refugee research if one would like an excellent overview. One of the most engaging aspects that I found in this book was the refugees generated as a consequence of the First World War. It was evident to me very quickly that this conflict has so many aspects that up until that I was rather ignorant of, particularly the scale of human displacement in Central Europe. Indeed, as I am sure many of you might remember, the focus of historical writing presented at pre-university level tended to be on the military aspects of the First World War and particularly trench warfare. Aspects such as refugee research were not, if my memory serves me correctly, at the forefront.
Once I had completed my undergraduate degree I opted to remain at De Montfort University for my first postgraduate Masters Degree in Modern History to pursue refugee research. One of the most enticing topics that I came across during my undergraduate studies on refugee research was the European Voluntary Worker programme following the Second World War that I discuss more fully below as it would form my PhD research and first major publication. For my main thesis of refugee research I focused on the communities in the city of Leicester that had formed as a consequence of the European Voluntary Programme. My refugee research found that the Polish, Serbian and Ukrainian nationalities appeared to be the largest groups in the city with all three having religious sites and social establishments. For my refugee research I trained in oral history and conducted a number of in-depth life interviews to get a better understanding of some of the cultural practices and histories of each refugee community. For those that are seeking to embellish their refugee research then I would highly recommend this process but one must, of course, undertake the appropriate training at a recognised establishment and proceed with as much sensitivity as possible. My refugee research on each community tended to find that the 1960s and early 1970s tended to be when each community had most cultural activity being undertaken although there had been continuous activities.
Since then I have read, worked and published in the field of refugee research a great deal. It would not be until 2011 that I would publish my first work on refugee research for Lambert Academic Publishing which was centred on Britain’s European Voluntary Worker Programme following the Second World War. The book explores how a contract labour programme selected potential recruits from among a pool of over a million refugees using a number of techniques. These hoped to select not only those that were likely to be fittest for manual labour but also those among the population of refugees that were causing political difficulties for the British occupation authorities as well as the British Government. Essentially, my refugee research found that the refugees were being used by the negotiators from the Soviet Union as a stumbling block in post-war negotiations that were determining the future of Europe. It was therefore prudent for the British Government to begin to make an indent of the issue of the refugees and provide something a further example to other countries thinking of accepting more refugees. Despite their endeavour there were a number of flaws in the programme, such as misleading information given to refugees on the number of years that they would have to work in Britain before being able to remain permanently or migrate onward, some rather tawdry employment roles and, of course, accommodation that ought to have been of a higher standard. Nonetheless, it was possible through my refugee research that there were some quite extraordinary developments in the accommodation sector, propaganda to ease social integration and some efforts with civic society that were worth uncovering.
Using Archival Researcher for your Refugee Research
If you have some refugee research that would like to undertake then please give a call to discuss your project and obtain a free quotation on 07734739167 from inside the United Kingdom and +44 7734739167 from outside or email me: dr.maslen@archivalresearcher.co.uk
Historical Researcher in 2017
As a historical researcher working in London and the United Kingdom I engage with many different topics and time periods at a variety of archives and libraries. This is owing to the fact that I work as a historical researcher with private individuals, companies and organisations on a number of diverse projects.
In the last year as a historical researcher in London my topics of research included some international history such as developments in British embassies in the Ottoman Empire, trade and shipping in East Asia in the nineteenth century and construction in the West Indies during the eighteenth century.
Some engaging research was also undertaken as a historical researcher on twentieth century Britain including developments of deportation of politically undesirable individuals, the reception of refugees, the history of block printing in England and disturbances in the prison system by inmates.
Going a little further back in time, I worked on an exciting project as a historical researcher on trade from the port of London in the fifteenth century, punishment in the British army in the eighteenth century and nursing in Britain in the nineteenth century.
As always, military history featured prominently this year as a historical researcher, with both World War One and World War Two occupying most of my time. From life in the trenches during World War One, I did some historical research on the life of several soldiers that fought on the Western Front in 1916 and 1917. Given the centenary remembrance of this conflict, it has been particularly poignant as a historical researcher to undertake this duty.
Using Archival Researcher as your Historical Researcher
If you are in need of a historical researcher and think I may be able to assist you with your project then please feel free to give me a call or for a free quote on 07734739167 or +44 7734739167 or email me: dr.maslen@archivalresearcher.co.uk
Tagged with history research
Dr Hywel Maslen History Research
Undertaking history research in London in the United Kingdom it is also important to me to spend some time exploring history research abroad.
This year I decided to leave London for the summer and spend some time in Rome to explore history research in a city seen by many as one of the most historic cities in Europe. Certainly the number of fellow tourists in Rome in August seem to share that view!
Through the quite intense heat in Rome this summer, it was possible to see how history research informs many of the main attractions and their visitors. Many of the guides that can help you explore Rome use the latest history research to embellish their tours which was very pleasing to engage with. They are constantly updating their presentations to ensure that, year on year, they can deliver the most recent developments in history research to ensure even returning tourists can increase their understanding of this wonderful city.
Furthermore, history research was evident in many of the static signs and brochures that were available in the main attractions that had been updated in the Spring of 2017 for the pending summer season when many from overseas, like myself, plan their trips to Italy.
This thirst for the latest history research was evident outside Rome. I travelled through the country from Switzerland. It was possible to see the churches in the northern lakes, at the towers in the quite beautiful city of Bologna and in the well-trodden attractions in Florence, all had taken the quieter winter months to use the most current history research to keep things fresh at their attractions and sites.
Use the Archival Researcher for your History Research
If you have a need to update the history research for your current project, organisation or attraction then please do not hesitate to contact me so that I can help you ensure that you have the most current history research.
For advice on any history research or a free quote then contact me on 07734739167 if you are in the United Kingdom or +44 7734739167 from outside the United Kingdom or please email me: dr.maslen@archivalresearcher.co.uk
In a good state of repair – the Newark Heritage Barge and Waterways Heritage on the River Trent
On 8 Jul | '2015
Over the last three years it has been my pleasure to have been working at the University of Nottingham with the Newark Heritage Barge CIO as part of the Connected Communities programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on the project ‘Trade and Traffic on the River Trent c1850’. Dynamic work of the Newark Heritage Barge, and historians at the University of Nottingham, developed interest in researching the River Trent in more detail. For those that do not know much about the Newark Heritage Barge then you can visit the site by clicking this link here.
It was clear when I first visited Newark a few years ago for the project that there were already groups of people active in the community that were passionate about preserving the heritage of their local waterways.
It had not always been so. Their determination to create interest stemmed from a period of stagnation. If one visits Newark it becomes immediately clear that the River Trent largely defines more than the name the town. A number of attractive bars, restaurants and modern flats either side of the castle are converted from former vessels or premises used to store and sell the goods carried on the river.
It was therefore apt that the sun shone brightly on these lovely buildings on the 27 June 2015 when the waterways heritage day took place to showcase current research and projects. The day itself was started with a morning hosted by Wendy Freer who is an expert on the life of people living and working on Britain’s waterways during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Philip Riden, who steers the project, took to the podium first to share his expertise on the history of the waterways in the East of England before 1600. His talk delivered an excellent backdrop for the audience to appreciate the extent to which these have contributed to the historical development of the region. Rob Wheeler then took the helm to guide us around the rivers and canals surrounding Lincolnshire from the start of the early modern period.
When in the water, Newark Heritage Barge can be many things at different times: a meeting point for boat enthusiasts, a floating centre for education and waterways heritage museum. This rather intriguing characteristic was not missed by the department of design at De Montfort University you can view through this link here. Rosemarie Fitton and Nicky Harding from the department explained how they directed a project whereby students submitted designs that the barge might utilise in the future. I do not think I was alone in relishing the prospect of some of the incredible designs becoming reality.
Robin Stonebridge from the Chesterfield Canal Trust then spoke about their impressive project to build Dawn Rose a cuckoo boat. This type of craft is unique to the Chesterfield Canal and was different because of the fact it used a sail to navigate up the River Trent to Torksey. Perhaps the most striking fact was that Dawn Rose was made only using hand tools as would have been available at the time similar craft were built. You can click a link to find out more information here.
After a light lunch – and many thanks to Margaret – there followed a heritage walk on the river bank to the dry dock where the Newark Heritage Barge, named Leicester Trader, is undergoing repairs. The walk itself has been designed by the Newark Heritage Barge and takes in the stretch of the river predominantly in the centre of Newark, past the castle and town lock, up towards the old Trent Navigation Company building which has recently been converted into a licensed premises.
Leicester Trader is currently out of water having some significant repairs. For those not in-the-know, a boat has to undergo an inspection every 7 years for safety and insurance reasons. I was immediately struck at how big she looks out of the water. Skipper of the Leicester Trader, Les Reid, then took us through the process in detail.
It remains to me to thank everybody that attended and, of course, cross my fingers that such interest can be maintained once Leicester Trader returns to the River Trent. I am sure any of you that are reading this blog and are interested can get in touch with me here, at the University of Nottingham or the Newark Heritage Barge directly. After several years of the project there are hopes that it can continue. I shall, of course, keep you informed of any progress here.
Earthquake Appeal for Nepal from an Archive Researcher
On 10 Jun | '2015
It is not often that I stray from talking about things other than archive research on this blog. However, over the last few months there have been a number of personal connections to the terrible effects of the earthquake in Nepal.
I thought it might be not too out of place to mention that there are numerous wonderful charities and organisations that are working to help those affected by the tragedy. One of these is the International Disaster Volunteers who are working with a number of communities in areas that have been struck hard by this quite staggering natural disaster.
Two of my personal friends are working for the organisation and I thought it would be a nice thing if I put a link on this blog so that people can see their work and, hopefully, make a contribution to it. Andy and Emma – I hope your work goes well.
http://www.idvolunteers.org/news/nepal-earthquake-response
English language instruction to immigrants in Britain. A historical viewpoint.
On 4 May | '2015
There has been little respite in discussions in recent years regarding the proficiency of the English language that immigrants should possess or attain, as well as the consequences for the United Kingdom should large numbers of immigrants fail to learn the language. Politicians have been at the forefront of the debate that has continued into the current period of General Election campaigning in 2015.
In the last few weeks, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, used an audience in Heswall to stress new immigrants must speak English. He also advocates legislating to ensure all workers in the National Health Service have a sufficient proficiency in the English language. The United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farrage, has suggested that immigrants are discouraged from learning English, in part, because official documents are printed in several languages. Owing to growing concerns, the Conservative Minister, Nicky Morgan, has recently called for an inquiry into the impact of immigration on schools where large numbers of pupils speak no English. She also reportedly told the Chief Inspector of the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), Sir Michael Wilshaw, that it was not helpful for him to warn schools regarding the ‘influx’ of immigrants.
This debate has been of great interest to me because of my research that I published into the instruction of the English language to immigrants following the Second World War. In 1947, under Clement Attlee’s post-war Labour government, a contract-labour scheme was launched to recruit workers from the inmates of Allied refugee camps in occupied Europe. The European Voluntary Worker (EVW) programme brought 100,000 people to the UK, with the majority being from countries that were being occupied by the Soviet Union, as well as Italy and Yugoslavia.
Many only tend to know that the programme imposed strict conditions on the immigrant workers which contractually tied them to government work contracts for a period of three-years. Volunteers were limited to a number of industries and prevented from changing jobs without official permission. The punishment for failing to comply with these conditions was deportation back to the challenging conditions in Allied refugee camps.
Yet the EVW programme heralded a new approach in state-sponsored immigration where a great deal was done to prevent social tension. A volunteer could only take a job if there was no British worker available. They were accommodated in state hostels to reduce tension in the local housing market. Pioneering techniques in propaganda and a favourable press campaign explained to the public why foreign workers were essential to the economy and the process of reconstruction. Social clubs were established in the government hostels, and contacts with civic society were pursued across the country to help the foreign workers settle.
Teaching English was seen by the state as an important aspect of the programme that would help the volunteer workers to integrate into society. Classes started as soon as they arrived into one of the reception camps and continued throughout the duration of the programme. The government used a number of methods of instruction recommended by experts, with local education authorities, employers and civil society all having an input.
Although I might have missed it, there does not appear to have been any media interest in using the EVW programme in a historical context when reporting about the background of the involvement of the state in English language instruction to immigrants so I thought a brief footnote on this blog might be of interest. This also comes as a surprise to me because the themes of European migration, austerity and generally rising immigration were pertinent in 1947 as they are in 2015. True, the programme had merits and flaws which I discuss in my book. The current discussion on the issue is one I continue to follow with the focus on those efforts to ensure that greater consideration is given to pursuing an enlightened and balanced course for those effected.
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Holyoke's Universal Plastics has new owners
HOLYOKE — According to the former company president Joseph Peters, the sale of Universal Plastics won't result in the company moving from the city or changes in the workforce.
"This is a good thing. It's win-win," Peters told Reminder Publications.
Founded in 1966 originally in Chicopee by James R. Peters, he ran the company with his wife, Frances, and eventually their four sons, Joseph, Michael, James and Richard and daughter Mary Frances. The company's present facility is on Whiting Farms Road.
The new owners are a father and son team, Sunil and Jay Kumar, who plan to serve as on-site owners and managers and have asked the Peters family to stay on indefinitely to help run the company.
Sunil Kumar previously worked as president and CEO of International Specialty Products, GAF Materials Corporation and as executive vice president and member of the board of Bridgestone/Firestone Tires. Jay is a graduate of Cornell University and has worked extensively in the investment arena, most recently as managing principal at PAON LLC.
The terms of the sale were not made public. Universal Plastics has gross annual sales of approximately $10 million and employs 70 people.
Universal Plastics manufactures thermoforming plastic products and has made everything from kayaks to air ducts for the space shuttle and all of the bus stop signs currently used in New York City. Peters said that much of what the company presently does falls under the classification of "advanced manufacturing" — precision components for a variety of industries.
Peters explained that his older brother Michael had expressed a desire to retire and he and his other brothers realized they needed to plan for the future. They began to "posture the company to see if there was any interest in what we did."
He explained that through business contacts, he and his brothers met the Kumars who were looking for a manufacturing concern they could buy. They had toured many companies and were impressed by what they saw at Universal Plastics.
"They thought the business had potential as something they could put their teeth in it and make it grow," Peters said.
He was surprised the sale came as quickly as it did.
Peters said the sale is really from "one family business to another family business" and added, "They are wonderful people to work with."
In a statement, Sunil Kumar said, "My son and I have been exploring acquiring a manufacturing company and found Universal to have a unique product line and great reputation within their industry. We think there is a great opportunity for us to grow the company going forward."
Peters stressed that he and his brothers would not have sold the company to a firm that would have moved it or simply acquired the customer list. He said he and his brothers have been "very upfront with the employees" through the process.
Although his brother Richard still plans to retire next year, Peters and his brother Michael will continue to work. Joseph will have the title of CEO.
"I've got a few good years left in me," he said with a laugh.
Peters is involved in a number of community activities. He is chair of the board of the Regional Employment Board and has "a love of workforce development."
"I don't plan on going anywhere," he said.
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Birthday Mischief
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Magizoologist
About Birthday Mischief
Welcome to Birthday Mischief Managed. We are Food Artists from around the world who have come together in celebration of world-renowned author, J.K. Rowling, in the sweetest way we know best.
Our second term celebrates J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut and newest movie trilogy.
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, is an A to Z “textbook” of magical creatures that have been featured in the Potter film series and publishing’s of J.K. Rowling. For this collaborative effort some of the beasts were removed from the list inside the textbook and each artist was asked to create the remaining using only their imaginations and the book’s descriptions with sweet edible mediums. Each artist has dressed for the occasion and transformed themselves into "Magizoologist". Be sure to visit their pages and read the documents kept about their beast.
Our magical community, founded in July 2014, is comprised of some of the world’s most esteemed personalities and award winning artists in the food industry. Audiences may recognize work styles and faces among the group from hit television competitions and series Cake Wars, Duff Till Dawn, Amazing Wedding Cakes, and more. In 2015, we celebrated J.K. Rowling’s birthday on July 31st, which coincidentally is Harry Potter’s birthday, our artists chose locations inspired by the books and movies. An added challenge included incorporating one to three twists, “Easter Eggs” for J.K. and fans to find. Some of the sentiments included J.K.’s birthstone and favorite flowers (the Larkspur, Lily). Artists also included an orange support ribbon in memory of her mother which remains a tradition in our second term.
“Shortly after our debut in 2015, our group reassembled to plan a celebration for the much anticipated arrival of the newest Wizarding Trilogy. Witnessing the transformation of members into their characters was only half the fun. Our biggest challenge was resisting the urge to research, (cheat) pictures of our assigned beasts. The group has made sweet magic. My only regret is not having a pet Kneazle.” - Michelle "ChefMitchie" Curran aka Michaeleas Cuuragusta, Headmistress
The dedicated group at Birthday Mischief Managed were asked to join by electronic “Owl” invitations by its founder Michelle “ChefMitchie” Curran of Mitchies Munchies in Las Vegas, NV U.S.A. This year's production crew, “Backstage Partners” include Suzanne Neri-Medal of CAKELDY in San Jose, CA, Mike Guerrero of Mad Mike’s Cakes in Round Rock, TX, Teresa Darr of Clermont FL, and Shelly Guevara of Video by the Bay in North Bend, OR. Members of Birthday Mischief Managed do not receive compensation for creating their contributions or vice versa. Expenses for product, materials, equipment, etc. are provided solely by the members.
Birthday Mischief Managed is not affiliated with Time Warner or J.K. Rowling.
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Oil Companies, Profits and BBC Bias
As some of you may know, I’ve been popping up on various radio programs talking about Oil Companines. Yesterday, a researcher BBC 3 Counties Radio called me up and asked me in the light of the recent profits from Shell, and the underlying profit of BP, why weren’t we seeing lower prices at the pumps from “the falling cost of oil”.
My reply was that the oil price hadn’t fallen, it had risen from $72 to $82 in the last 6 weeks or so. Secondly, this is priced in dollars. Some of this recent rise has been offset by a rise in Sterling from $1.42 to $1.52, which is why pump prices had remained broadly stable. Oil had, in fact been rising steadily since 2009. The last time petrol was below £1 per litre, Sterling was buying $1.65 and the oil price was $52. Indeed, the rise in Sterling since the budget probably represents a tax-cut sufficient to offset the future rise in VAT. Indeed that alone demonstrates the foolishness of “Keynsian” stimulus as followed by President Obama, and why Coalition style cuts would lead to a richer country.
Furthermore, I said, trying to blame the oil companies for the price of petrol was like blaming farmers for the price of bread. The cheapest petrol around will be sold more or less at cost. The profit being made in the shop, which is why, if you do see ‘pay at pump’ machines, they’re always disabled. Of the £1.129 per litre of the cheapest petrol 57.19p is fuel duty, 10.01p is VAT on that duty, 6.8p is the VAT on the fuel, and just 38.8p or 34% is the cost of the fuel.
That 38.8p pays for the exploration, drilling, extraction, transport, refining, delivery and storage of that fuel. There may be a penny or so profit for BP or shell, but probably not at the cheapest petrol stations. The lion’s share of the £70 from a typical tank of petrol goes to the Government, which means that more is probably spent on out-of-work benefits by the Government from your tank of petrol than goes to BP or Shell, indeed more is probably spent on national defence out of your tank of petrol than goes to their profit.
“Ohh, I hadn’t realised that”. They had clearly wanted an analyst to confirm their prejudice against business and the profit motive. The same questions are asked every time these public companies release numbers. The same answers are given: that excess profit will be competed away, and that margins are very, very low.That there is no conspiracy against the public.
This is bias. It is not a party political bias, but a cultural and econmic one, which betrays a leaning to discredited economic theories which are supported by the party membership of the Labour party: that ‘profit’ is distorting. That ‘profit’ discracts from the business of delivering service to customers, and that the Shareholder interest should be secondary to that of the customer. That ‘profit’ represents the difference between what you do, and what you should, pay.
Of course this is not the case. Look at the queues outside the cheapest petrol station in your local area: people will save a pound or two per tank and be prepared to wait for 10 minutes to do so. It pays the company to offer petrol at cost, and scalp whatever profit it can from the overpriced sweets and chocolate (and on valentine’s day, mother’s day and your wife’s birthday, flowers) you buy in the shop. There is no conspiracy against the public, there is brutal competition for business, and in the petrol business, that means cutting costs and delivering your petrol cheaper than Q8, Texaco, Esso, or the supermarket.
But the BBC didn’t want to hear that. So they ‘ran out of time’ for my slot. Oh well.
5th August 2010 /12 Comments/by Malcolm Bracken
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Markets, Media Bias and Leftish Mythologising.
Douglas Carswell and Dan Hannan have both complained of unthinking media bias in recent days, usually when BBC researchers are clearly looking for, as Mr Carswell puts it, “mr Angry Right-Winger”. They are unable to accept that a libertarian may be happy with the coalition BECAUSE of the influence of the liberal democrats. That ‘right-wing’ does not nessesarily mean lack of concern for the poor, or cheerleading for big business. Indeed it is the smug assumptions about ‘the right’ which go unchallenged by the BBC, even as the Left propose redistributionist policies which act as a boot on the face of the poor, which drives right-wing hostility to aunty Beeb.
The biggest cheer at the 2009 Tory conference was Cameron talking about “taking the poor out of income tax”. This was reported as though Tory activists hadn’t been demanding this for years. Indeed this was taken as evidence of how much the Tory party had “changed”. Whereas if you’d made this call at any point in the last 30 years, the reaction would have been the same.
The Tories may not be a party of the poor, but as Thatcher’s record of the greatest transfer of wealth and power from state to low-income individuals through council house sales, and Iain Duncan-Smith’s well thought out and consistent policies on Tax n’ Benefits show, we do try to be a party FOR the poor. Labour’s record in office is one of stagnating social mobility BECAUSE of their emphasis on redistribution and lack of concern for the incentives they build into the system. Their egalitarian education policies removed a ladder for bright kids from poor backgrounds, either Grammar schools or assisted places, because of spite and dogma rather than a view to what works. Thier opposition to the Tory Free Schools is based on ludicrous and dogmatic ideas of a one-size-fits all policy dictated to the classroom all the way from westminster. They cannot see that in order to raise standards, the tight grip of (whatever the department for education is called this week’s proxies: The) Local Education Authorities, needs to relax and parents need to be the ones setting teacher’s priorities.
On a more prosaic level, the debates I’ve had with North Briton 45, both in blog form and on Twitter demonstrate that most lefties, like the BBC assume as set of opinions and policies supported by people they deem as “right-wing”. This is a “slavish” devotion to something they call “the market” and a savage lack of concern for the poor. No matter how much you try to educate or inform them on the principles of incentives in the market, they still believe that only the state can provide “fair” services. No matter how often you point to the highly selective education systems of Germany, or the Largely privatised systems of New Zealand or Sweden, they still seem to believe that policies espoused by the right are motivated by malice. The best healthcare systems are mixed finance, and never state-run. They ignore the fact that state finance around the world, is best directed by the consumer through a market. The left are unmoved by statistics that today’s “egalitarian” NHS and education system has resulted in one of the most divided societies in the developed world, as House-prices in school catchement areas and heart-disease survival rates divide rich from poor far more effectively than a properly functioning market in education and health services, as exists in those divided, class-ridden hell-holes, New Zealand and Sweden.
This is not just prevalent when talking about politics. I have done 7 or 8 media interviews over the last few days, mainly about the results of the 2 British-listed oil multinationals, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP and mainly on the BBC. The focus is ALWAYS on director’s pay, and who’s to blame for a disaster. Never was there any amazement that BP was able to mobilise the world’s second largest navy to clean up the spill, and it would have been bigger and more effective had Obama the guts to suspend the Jones act. Surprise is always expressed when I point out that St. Barack of O’Bama therfore bears some blame for Oil reaching the Louisiana coast, and state agencies have admitted they got in the way of BP’s cleanup effort. Shell and BP gets a grilling for forecourt prices even though they make a loss that far downstream. Every 6 months, Centrica gets a grilling for having the termerity to make a profit, “at the expense of you and me”, even if retail Gas margins fall.
You see it’s another leftist myth: linked to the idea that right-wingers are selfish and evil, that profit (and indeed directors pay) represents the difference between what you do and what you should pay for a service. It is not seen as the result of delivering a service more efficiently against competing providers, nor is it seen as a reward for the work done in moving, for example, gas from a place of low value: bulk storage, to a place of high value: your boiler. The leftist myth is that profit is a result of “exploitation” by people. Trade, in this view is only of benefit to the vendor, and the profit motive distorts incentives, requiring state intervention to ensure “fairness”. This is the fallacy of mercantilism, and it was demonstrated to be idiocy by Adam Smith 234 years ago. But the left, especially in Britain sticks to the old dogmatic, aristocratic distain for “trade”.
It’s a coherent, but diseased set of opinions which sees exploitation in every free exchange. Tesco “exploits” its customers with cheap booze loss-leaders, and farmers with low prices, and despoils high streets, when it does so by offering food cheaply and conveniently to consumers, who eschew the Butcher and Baker and flock to the supermarket clutching thier hemp bags to carry their conciences. Centrica exploits people in “fuel poverty”, Vodafone “exploits” people with cross border tarriffs. It’s nonsense. Businesses have to make money, and if something’s regulated, like retail banking, then money is made where it’s not. Thus because no-one pays fees for banking services, fines are levied on those struggling. Wherever government steps in (natural monopolies like utilites aside) and regulates too closely, you get warped incentives and someone (probably not the wealthy) suffers.
On any measure of economic freedom (not the same as tax-rates), the freer you are the richer.
Trade, the free market, whatever you want to call it, is the best, most responsive and fairest way to deliver any service. Sure if you want the poor to participate, give vouchers, give state subsidies, or even better make everyone free do do what they will with a citizen’s basic income, but deliver the services through a market, and leave it well alone. Glory in the simple observation that a million people acting in their own interests will create a system fairer and less intrusive than that created by bureaucrats who only serve their own ends. Celebrate the fact that silk stockings, cars, Healthcare and TVs are within reach of everyone in society: in a planned economy only the planners have access to such luxuries.
It is not state action that created the internet for example but millions of users who took something conceived for academics, soldiers and spies and made it the most powerful force in economics and politics. Had bureaucrats been running that, it wouldn’t even be rolled out to every university. Where Labour and the British left have failed, is in their support for the bureaucratic and producer interest; at the expense of the market, which puts consumers in the driving seat. The British left has taken a dogmatic position that the man in whitehall knows best, and that profit is the great distorting evil. Argue for an activist state if you like, who funds services is open to debate. But if the left wants to be relevant, it needs to accept that Markets are better than Bureaucrats at delivering everything from Silk stockings to Healthcare. There are no exceptions to this rule. If you could tell the BBC this, that too would help.
So in short, I am open to argument that the state should FUND services. I am not open to argument that the state should have much of a role in delivery. Because states are incompetent, and bureaucrats are self-serving and needlessly obstructive.
So. NorthBriton45, and trots everywhere from Bob Piper, to Terry Kelly, if you want to tell me why free exchange in a market of competing services won’t work for education and health as they do in ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ELSE (and I will rule offside any use of the word ‘fair’ it means all things to all people). You will need to explain why our current system isn’t as disadvantageous to the poor as the statistics suggest; and why Gove’s school plans or any future breakup of the NHS into a system of competing mixed financed, but privately run providers, won’t work. And you’ll have therefore to explain why the Health and education systems of Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, France, and Germany are awful compared to ours.
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Aline Stanworth to Chair Women in Business PR/Marketing Jury
Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Sep 01, 2017 @ 11:54 AM
Aline Stanworth, Global Communications Leader - Specialties Markets with SABIC, of Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands, has been named the chair of the jury for the Communications, Marketing & Media categories of the 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.
The final entry deadline for the awards is September 20. Complete details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.
Aline Stanworth is a Gold Stevie® Award honoree for the campaign Stories of Possible from SABIC. Based in the Netherlands as Global Communications Leader Specialties Markets, she drives strategic communications to accelerate the diffusion of SABIC’s unique technologies in industries such as Mass Transportation, Healthcare, Electronics, Energy, Additive Manufacturing, and Industrial Automation. She is a Dutch and Brazilian national with a diversified International Business-to-Business experience in both private and public-listed global companies in Personal Care, Healthcare, Entertainment and Chemicals industries.
Aline holds a Master of Science in Corporate Communications from Erasmus University (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts in International Business Management from Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Aline tells us that she is honored to have been invited to Chair. “These Awards provide a magnificent platform to celebrate true talent. It is an immense honor to be invited to Chair such a high-caliber judging team. I look forward to helping promote to the world the best work of female professionals in Marketing, PR and Media.”
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Judging Committee Chairs Named in The 2017 American Business Awards
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Mar 29, 2017 @ 01:04 PM
The Stevie® Awards have announced the twelve executives who will chair the specialized judging committees for the The 2017 (15th Annual) American Business Awards, the premier business awards competition in the U.S.A.
All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2017 awards honor achievements since the beginning of 2016 Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA. The extended final entry deadline is Friday, April 7.
Here are this year's judging committee chairs.
ANNUAL REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS:
Renee Mallonee, Director, Marketing
MONI Smart Security (formerly Monitronics), Farmers Branch, Texas, USA
Renee Mallonee has been with MONI Smart Security (formerly Monitronics) for nearly 10 years, starting as a Marketing Coordinator and working her way up to Director of Marketing. During her tenure, she has helped move the company from a B2B organization that operated primarily behind the scenes to one of the largest smart home technology and residential security providers in North America. Under Mallonee, the company underwent a complete rebrand, shifting to a more direct-to-consumer focus with national TV, print and radio advertising campaigns, new strategic partnerships, and a fresh take on communicating with consumers. She was awarded a spot on the Security Systems News 20 Under 40 list, and is widely recognized throughout the industry as a leader in marketing, branding, and communications. Mallonee is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she studied marketing and advertising.
On being appointed Chair of the Annual Reports & Publications Judging Committee, Renee told us: “The Stevie Awards provide an excellent platform for companies to showcase their outstanding achievements. Each new year of submissions generates a new benchmark for creativity and innovation. As a past winner, MONI knows how steep the competition can be, and we look forward to seeing what this year’s applicants will deliver.”
George Gallate, Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President
Merkle, Columbia, Maryland, USA
George is Merkle’s CMO and is also responsible for global development. He has 30+ years' experience in building and leading high-performing networks and teams globally. He has worked across all media, including seven years leading the global advertising, digital, and marketing services of Intel.
George joined Merkle in July 2014 following Merkle’s acquisition of RKG where he was CEO. Prior to RKG, George spent 27 years at Havas/Euro RSCG. He was the Global Chairman, and before that Global CEO, of Havas Digital, a network he had formed and led since 1997. Under George’s leadership, Adweek ranked Euro RSCG 4D (now Havas Digital) as the largest digital network globally for five years in a row.
From 2005 through 2008, George was Havas’ Regional CEO for Asia Pacific, India, and the Middle East with responsibility for 28 offices and more than 1,800 staff. He was based in Shanghai.
George has worked in most categories and has deep tech and B-to-B experience. He's led and worked on Intel and IBM globally, as well as Dell across Asia Pacific. George also has experience in B2C, having worked on Hershey’s, Volvo, Jaguar, National Australia Bank, Novartis, JetBlue, Hyatt, Sheraton, and 1-800-Flowers.
George is an accomplished industry speaker, thought leader, and innovator. He keynoted on “Digital – Data – Integration” at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 2001, and spoke there again in 2010. He was the Jury President of the Cannes CyberLion Jury in 2002.
On being appointed Chair of the ABA’s Company/Organization Judging Committee, George commented: “It is a privilege to be associated with the Stevie Awards. The scope and depth of the awards make them one of the best representations of leadership and innovation in American business.”
C ORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS/IR/PR
Jennifer L. Foster, President
Catalyst Media Factory, Detroit, Michigan
Jennifer Foster is the Founder and President of Catalyst Media Factory. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in media relations and social media for small and start-up retailers, restaurants, non-profits, and professional service companies.
Catalyst Media Factory team members become an integral part of its clients' day-to-day business operations. Team members learn the businesses’ nuances and then create a plan of action that suits clients’ needs and drives results.
As someone who has been involved with the Stevie Awards for some years, Jennifer told us: “The American Business Awards truly showcase the best that American business has to offer. The awards enable organizations of any size, and in almost any category, to be recognized on the national stage for their innovative and ambitious accomplishments. It’s an honor to Chair the Corporate Communications/IR/PR Awards Judging Committee and to be a part of this process.”
CUSTOMER SERVICE & SUPPORT:
Natasha Chitre, Senior Client Partner
Novus Global Solutions LLC, North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Natasha Chitre is a Senior Client Partner at Novus Global Solutions, a 21st century professional services firm that was designed from the ground up to deliver onsite consulting services at a lower TCO than offshore, and with a speed and quality that is unmatched by other consulting models.
Natasha is responsible for managing a line of business for Novus that focuses on driving technology projects. She is a Black Belt six sigma professional and is passionate about customer success.
Stephen Childs, Vice President, Global Human Resources
Panasonic Automotive, Peachtree City, Georgia, USA
Stephen Childs serves as the Vice President of Global Human Resources & Facilities for Panasonic Automotive, which is the leader in automotive OEM infotainment systems with $2.5 billion in revenue and over 6,000 employees. Stephen has more than 20 years of human resources and leadership experience and sits on the Executive Board of Panasonic Automotive. He began his career with the company in 1998 in the Talent Acquisition area and has held progressing management positions in the years since. Before joining Panasonic, Stephen was an entrepreneur in the staffing industry.
Stephen has won numerous industry awards, including the 2013 Society for Human Resources Management Atlanta Pegasus Award for Excellence in Human Resources. His team also won three 2016 American Business Awards: two Gold Stevie Awards, for HR Department of the Year and for Team of the Year; and the Bronze Stevie Award for Human Resource Executive of the Year.
Stephen is on the Executive Board of Directors of the Fayette County Chamber. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
Greg Gomel, Founder
The Gomel Group, LLC, Plano, Texas, USA
Greg is the founder of The Gomel Group, a Veteran Owned Small Business in Plano, Texas. Greg is both a veteran with extensive leadership successes as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, and a Senior Executive expert in the design, delivery, and continuous process improvement of cost-effective, high-performance IT organizations.
LIVE EVENTS:
David Sonntag, President & CEO
Decibel Management, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
David has extensive experience creating, planning, and producing live events. David launched Decibel Management in 2007 in order to follow his passion for live events, experiential marketing, meetings, and conferences.
David manages a number of long-term clients and event properties. He has been an integral part of the National Book Festival since 2003 and for the past six years, David has served as event producer for the Festival. David was also selected as one of the producers for the 69th Annual Horatio Alger Awards Ceremony, held in Washington, DC in 2016. This included working with the Association on numerous events including the Induction Ceremony with Justice Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court; the Induction Celebration at the Mellon Auditorium; lunch meetings in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the Department of State; and the main awards dinner at DAR Constitution Hall. David was tapped again in 2017 for the 70th Annual Awards. David has also been a US multi-year producer for the National Small Business Week Awards for the US Small Business Administration.
Prior to forming Decibel Management, David oversaw events as a Vice President at the public relations firm FleishmanHillard, where he gained valuable experience on message development and delivery. David has also managed a number of mobile tours, including the DoubleTree by Hilton Cookie CAREavan and Little Things tours; the Crystal Light WaterWay Challenge; Say Boo! to the Flu tour for Clorox; and the Voices of Civil Rights Tour for AARP. Other clients have included Vice President Dick Cheney, First Lady Laura Bush, Governor Chris Christie, AARP, Texas Education Agency and the Chocolate Manufacturers Association. David’s events have won numerous awards, including six Silver Anvils and two PR Week Awards. The reporting during the Voices of Civil Rights bus tour won a Peabody Award.
Kellie Sirna, Principal & Co-Founder
Studio 11 Design, Dallas, Texas, USA
Kellie Sirna is Principal of Studio 11 Design. She has spent nearly 15 years in the hospitality design industry developing her client-focused approach, and ultimately creating a firm that is talented, nimble, and energetic. Since the founding of Studio 11 Design in 2011, Kellie’s hospitality projects can be seen around the world: from Dallas, where Studio 11 is based; to the East and West Coasts of the United States; and to international markets like Haiti and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
In 2015, Kellie helmed the business development arm of Studio 11 and strategically launched two new services to differentiate her boutique firm from competitors: Brand Society, a brand identity component; and Lou Verne by Studio 11 Design, an in-house creative team specializing in art installations. These specializations now make Studio 11 Design an unparalleled one-stop-shop for design services. Boutique Design magazine featured Kellie in their May 2016 issue for developing a successful multidisciplinary design firm.
Kellie attended the University of North Texas, earning her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Interior Design and Merchandising in 2004. From there, she joined the global hospitality design firm DESIGN Duncan Miller Ullmann, where she managed design work, business development, marketing, and PR initiatives. Kellie finds inspiration in mentorship—she is involved in NEWH, a not-for-profit organization of professional women in the hospitality industry; the Dallas Women in Business Enterprise; and Young Leaders in Hospitality. She is also a member of the Hospitality Design Magazine board and participated as a product design juror at the 2016 HD Awards. In her spare time, Kellie is involved with Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center.
Allen Jernigan, Founder & CEO
My Marketing Department, Inc., Seminole, Florida, USA
In 2007, Allen Jernigan opened the flat-fee marketing company My Marketing Department, Inc. to assist business owners who do not have the time or employees to implement their own marketing plans. In 2009, Allen opened MMDprinting, MMDtradeshow and, in 2011, MMDpromo, to complement the parent company’s clients.
After leaving college, Allen spent 8 years with professional sports teams as the Assistant General Manager of Marketing & Sales for the Mobile BayBears, Double-A Affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the Director of Promotions & Special Events for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Later, Allen became the Regional Director of Marketing for SunTrust Bank-Tampa Bay, overseeing 110 bank branches and 5 lines of business. He then moved to HomeDiscovery Real Estate Services and headed their marketing and sales for Florida. Allen is a past Chairman of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador Committee, a former Board Member of the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, and currently serves with the St Pete Mad Dogs Triathlon Club. He is a member of USA Today’s Small Business Team, the Tampa Bay Media Advisory Panel, and of USA Triathlon and USA Masters Swimming, and an IRONMAN Finisher (Austria 2016).
Allen graduated from the University of South Alabama with a degree in Communications with minors in Public Relations and English. He is married to his college sweetheart, Pepir, and they live and train for triathlon races together in and around the Tampa Bay, Florida area.
In a break from working and training, Allen told us: “As a judge for the Stevie Awards for many years, I am continually amazed by the innovative and creative ways businesses market their companies. Most people do not see or understand how much is involved in putting together a marketing campaign, live event, online promotion or an entire marketing team. The Stevie Awards bring the details and those behind the scenes out in front for all of us see, celebrate, and congratulate.”
NEW PRODUCT & SERVICE:
Alec Stern, Co-Founder
Handy Cane LLC, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Alec Stern is currently the co-founder of the recently launched Handy Cane, an award winning, patent-pending, all-in-one walking cane and reaching grabber. Concurrently, Alec is co-founder of Most Corp., which designs, manufactures, and delivers patented consumer products, precision motion products, and medical devices.
Previously, Alec was the Vice President of Strategic Innovation and Executive-in-Residence for the Small Business Innovation Program at Constant Contact. Alec is a member of Constant Contact's founding team and was one of the original three in an attic. During his tenure with the company through IPO and acquisition, he assumed a wide range of responsibilities and senior roles in strategic partnerships, channels, and business development. Alec was also responsible for the creation and development of Constant Contact’s channel partner programs and spearheaded strategic innovation, community-based entrepreneurism, and vertical industry thought leadership for the company.
Engaging with hundreds of startups and small businesses annually, Alec serves as a judge, mentor, and advisor for accelerators, schools, universities and programs such as TechStars, MassChallenge, MIT Start Smart, Lean Startup Challenge, the Stevie Awards, and the United Way Youth Venture. As an angel investor and limited partner in the G20 Venture Fund, Alec is also an investor in a number of rising companies. He has been a featured speaker for international, national, and regional small business; for startup, nonprofit, and industry conferences; and for colleges and universities. Alec is active on the Board of Directors, Board of Advisors or Executive Committees for organizations including BoardOnTrack and Nix86. He is an appointed member of the City of Boston Neighborhood Innovation District Committee, the 128 Innovation Committee, and Boston’s Small Business Advisory Council as well as a founding organizer of the CityStart Boston Civic Innovation program. Alec holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a BS from Syracuse University.
On being invited to Chair the New Product & Service Judging Committee, Alec commented: “Innovation is the lifeblood of companies of all sizes. The ability to create new and improved products and services, and finding ways to better serve customers, are key to all companies' future growth and success. Winning a Stevie Award would be the ultimate recognition for these great achievements.”
Tod Plotkin, Principal & Executive Producer
Green Buzz Agency, Alexandria, Virginia
After four years shaping one of the top video departments in the entire National Basketball Association (for the Washington Wizards), Tod Plotkin started Green Buzz Agency. As Founder and Principal, he oversees video content creation for iconic advertising campaigns including the Ad Council's #1 Campaign: Love Has No Labels. Additionally, his agency created the most viewed/shared branded video on Facebook in November 2016 for Cricket Wireless and Upworthy.
His agency's other clients include Lockheed Martin, Hilton Worldwide, Under Armour, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Marriott International, American Red Cross, Johns Hopkins University, Quaker Oats, American Diabetes Association, the World Bank, and other large institutions.
Tod Plotkin is a leading voice in digital content. He speaks monthly at national conferences on digital video strategy for organizations like PR News, Public Relations Society of America, and the American Marketing Association. Tod is a Gold Steve Award Winner (2), Emmy winner for best short format content, and Webby Honoree in the online video category.
WEBSITES/APPS:
Eric N. Shapiro, Founder & CEO
ArcTouch Mobile & Connected Experiences, San Francisco, California, USA
Eric’s vision and entrepreneurial spirit have helped him successfully launch three startups, including ArcTouch. After working as a product manager and evangelist at Apple, he founded Zero G Software (acquired by Rovi) and later Caustic Graphics (acquired by Imagination Technologies).
A deeply knowledgeable technologist, Eric and former college roommate Adam Fingerman founded ArcTouch in 2009, shortly after the introduction of the first iPhone. Since then, the two have built a team of more than 100 product strategists, designers, and engineers. The team has served more than 150 brands and businesses–including NBC, Honeywell, Yahoo, CBS, Guess, Salesforce, and Audi–creating engaging experiences for mobile and emerging IoT platforms, from phones and tablets to chatbots, voice assistants, VR, and AR.
Eric has an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management, and a BS degree from Tufts University in engineering and computer science.
On being appointed Chair of the Websites/Apps Judging Committee, Eric told us: “We at ArcTouch are proud to be involved with the Stevie Awards, and my Committee is looking forward to honoring the most innovative companies in Websites & Apps.”
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Thanks to the 2017 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Preliminary Judges
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Jan 31, 2017 @ 03:37 PM
The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of the 2017 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service from November 2016 through January. Their average scores determined the 2017 Finalists. We thank them for their time, insights and support.
The 11th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service gala is on Friday, February 24 where winners will be announced. Tickets for the Las Vegas ceremony are on sale now.
Asburche Adalan, Business and Sales Development Mgr., DHL Express US, Miami, FL USA
Amit Kumar Agarwal, Sr Manager, FarePortal India Pvt. Ltd, Gurgaon, Haryana India
Shelly Alder, Manager, Domestic Customer Service, J.R. Simplot Company, Boise, ID USA
Scott Anschuetz, CEO, Visualize-Inc, Birmingham, MI USA
David Araujo, Direct Sales Supervisor, DHL Express São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Benj Arriola, SEO Director, Myers Media Group, San Diego, NC USA
Bilal Asci, Customer Value Group Manager, n11.com, Istanbul, Turkey
Ronald Joseph, Avecilla Process Auditor, Globe Telecom, Manila, Philippines
Stuart Bankey Manager, Community Management Rackspace,San Antonio, TX USA
Mike Bare, CEO, BARE International, Washington DC USA
Nick Broadbent, VP Global Support, DataCore Software, Reading, United Kingdom
Randi Busse, President Workforce Development Group, Inc., Massapequa Park, NY USA
Pembe Candaner, Founder, President, JobzMall, Tustin, CA USA
Lucia Caron, Manager, Customer Support, Verint Systems Inc., Herndon,VA USA
Beth Castro, AVP - Commercial Enablement, AT&T, Houston, TX USA
Joe Cherian, Regional Vendor Manager, Vonage, Chennai, Tamilnadu,India
Brian Correia, Director, Sales & Client Services, Solstice Dental & Vision, Plantation, FL USA
Marc Cowan, Fellow at the Institute of Supply Chain Management, Dolphin International, United Kingdom
Emilia D'Anzica, VP, Customer Engagement, WalkMe, San Francisco, CA USA
Robyn Davis, Trade Show Strategy Specialist, When I Need Help, Columbia, SC USA
Luis Deza, General Manager, Canto Rodado Consulting, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Sheryl Dobson, Director of Customer Support, J2 Global Cloud Services, Ottawa, ON Canada
Alan Dowler, Operations Manager, Hamilton Jewelers, Princeton, NJ USA
Eve Dumovich, Publisher, Snowline Publishing, Ashford, WA USA
Caroline Edwards, Consumer Information Centers Product Manager, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN USA
Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski, Executive Chairman & CEO, SilkRoad Technology, Winston, Salem NC USA
Shannon Gregg, Director, Sales Operations, TeleTracking,Pittsburgh, PA USA
Tara Griffin, Senior Solutions Consultant, Genesys, Flagler Beach, FL USA
Heidi Guzman, MBA, Consorcio Kairos, VILLAHERMOSA, Tabasco, Mexico
Nabyl Hassain, Director of Telesales, DHL, Miami, FL USA
Mary Henson, Membership Care Coordinator, United States Equestrian Federation, Lexington, KY USA
Deepak Kumar, Hotkar Manager, Jasper Industries Private Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana,India
Lin Hui Kai, Deputy Manager, Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd Taipei, Taiwan
Adam Ihrig, Business Analyst, JPMorgan Chase, Heathrow, FL USA
Linden Ingram, EVP Sales, Imparta Inc, Austin, TX USA
Joann Kay, Customer Care Director, GraduationSource, Port Chester, NY USA
UMUT KECECIOGLU, Mobile Services Manager, Yapi Kredi Bankacilik Üssü, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tony Keesee, Director of Customer Care, VPay, Richardson, TX USA
Joshua Kelley, Supervisor, Leadership Operations Training, MTM, Inc., West St Paul, MN USA
Kathy Leckey, Vice President of Marketing, SomethingNew, New York, NY USA
Sandra Lynch, Account Manager, John Hancock, Boston, MA USA
David Madacsi, Senior Technical Customer Support Engineer, GrassValley, Lakewood, CO USA
Wessam Massoud, Programme Delivery Manager, Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Center (ADSIC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Rowena Maxwell, Senior Manager, Accenture, London, United Kingdom
Judy Mod, Founder, CEO, Chief Adoption Officer, RevenueSphere, Atlanta, GA USA
Anni Mollett, SVP, Senior Credit Products Manager, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Dallas,TX USA
Thomas Moor, Global Director, Strategy and Planning, Sartomer (a business unit of Arkema), Exton, PA USA
Ann Moreth, Sr. Customer Service Engagement Manager, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA USA
Jason Morris, Director of Operations, SRS|Acquiom LLC, Denver, CO USA
Rajendran Nair, VP, Marketing, Rootstock Software, Fremont,CA USA
Tracy Neiser, Customer Service Manager, Active Exhaust Corp., Toronto, ON Canada
Ken Overly, Vice President, Operations, EFG Companies, Dallas, TX USA
Kadir Mustafa, OZTURK Executive Vice President / ADC & Digital Banking Solution Projects, Intertech Bilgi Islem ve Pazarlama Ticaret A.S.,Istanbul, Sisli, Turkey
Leticia Padilla, Corporate Recognition and Citizenship, Concentrix, Fremont, CA USA
Lou Reinemann, Director, Customer Care, SmartBear Software, Somerville, MA USA
RJ Riemer, VP Support Operations, VIZIO, Inc., Dakota Dunes, SD USA
Toni Roberts, VP, Customer Service & Operations, Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio & Indiana, Farmington Hills, MI USA
Vicki Rollins, Sales Operations & Marketing Professiona, Glenaden Homes, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Sharon Rudd, Organisational Development & Sales Consultant, TNT, Mascot, NSW, Australia
Stu Schlackman, Owner, Competitive Excellence,Richardson, TX USA
Paula Seeger, Library Technician 2, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, OR USA
Randy Selleck, Sr. Director, Call Center Operations, Assurant Solutions, Atlanta, GA USA
Bill Shelton, Senior Vice President, USHEALTH Advisors, Grapevine, TX USA
Melda Sofuoglu, Channel Experience & Operations Development Manager, Call Center Operations & Experience & Development, Istanbul, Turkey
Andrzej Szczepaniak, Deputy Director, Central Settlement Services Bank, Zachodni WBK S.A., Poznan, PA Poland
Will Tarrant, Managing Partner, Service Metrics Group, Plano, TX USA
Asli Tas KAYABAS, Psychologist, Trainer, Founding Partner, Awards Consultant, Kuzey Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
Özge Tekalp, Director, Türk Ekonomi Bankasi A.S, Istanbul, Turkey
Julie Thomas, President & CEO, ValueSelling Associates, Rancho Santa Fe, CA USA
Kelly Thomas, Assistant Vice President, Transfer Agent, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., Centennial, CO USA
Irem Tuzunalper, Founder & CEO, EXTRA Loyalty Solutions Co., Istanbul, Turkey
Lori Van Dyke, Manager, Customer Care, Access One Inc,Chicago, IL USA
Chris Vasan, Communcations Lead, Cisco Systems, Inc., Raleigh Triangle Park, NC USA
Madalina Vilau, Managing Director, Expo Media, Bucharest, Romania
Sunil Wadhwa, VP - Customer Success, Druva, Sunnyvale, CA USA
Charles White, Principal Administrator, International relations officer (retired), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Nicolette Wuring, Managing Director, Customer Management Services, Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Chairs Named for 2017 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service Final Judging Committees
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Dec 21, 2016 @ 12:14 PM
The following seven executives have been appointed to head the final judging committees that will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in the 2017 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. (All the category groups can be viewed in more detail here.) The winners will be announced at the awards gala on Friday, February 24 at the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 2017 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service is accepting nominations through January 11.
SALES INDIVIDUAL/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Stephen Gill, President
Stephen Gill Associates, Aston on Trent, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Stephen Gill is an experienced, award-winning, international business development consultant and company director with a strong engineering background. He gained much of his experience at the senior management or board level of international organizations. With a focus on helping individuals to excel, and organizations to grow and thrive, he is a trusted advisor, mentor, and strategist to executives and businesses.
Stephen is a high profile figure in the HVACR engineering field serving as President of the Institute of Refrigeration, and as a refrigeration expert consultant working on many prestigious HCAVR projects around the globe. He is known for providing energy-efficient, sustainable cooling solutions that are practical and affordable. Stephen Gill Associates won a Gold Stevie® at the 2014 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Services Awards in Las Vegas; and went on to win two Gold Stevies® at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards in Shanghai for a refrigeration industry awareness poster campaign. These posters have since been translated into 8 languages.
Comments Stephen: “The Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service bring a focus to the diversity of energy, professionalism, creativity, and sheer passion of working in this industry for individuals, departments, and organizations. As a past Gold Stevie® winner I know just how much it means to win one of these coveted awards.”
Stephen is a regular contributor to business and technical magazines and books, as well as a conference speaker. He has an MBA from Loughborough University and an LL.M (Business Law) from De Montfort University. He divides his time equally between his businesses in the UK and Southeast Asia.
SALES ACHIEVEMENT/NEW PRODUCT & SERVICE
Chair: Kelly Waltrich, SVP, Marketing and Communications
eMoney Advisor LLC, Radnor, PA, USA
Kelly Waltrich joined eMoney Advisor in the fall of 2013. Since that time, she has established—and now leads—the team responsible for the planning, development, execution, and monitoring of eMoney’s Marketing and Communications and Lead Generation initiatives.
Prior to this position, Kelly served as Assistant Vice President, Director of Advisor Marketing and Communications at Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC, where she was responsible for creating and managing marketing strategies that increase brand awareness, positively impact revenue, and improve the client experience. Before joining Janney, Kelly provided strategic marketing support to institutional sales and client service professionals at Turner Investment Partners in Berwyn, Pa.
Kelly attended James Madison University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in marketing and communications, and holds her Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. She is a member of Women in Investing of Philadelphia, as well as the CMO Club. She also serves as Treasurer for the Bucks County Chapter Board of Associates of the Fox Chase Cancer Center and is a member of the American Marketing Association.
SALES TEAM/SALES DISTINCTION
Chair: Jeffrey C. Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director
Digital Risk, LLC, Maitland, Florida, USA
Since 2005, Jeffrey Taylor has been co-founder and managing director of Digital Risk, the nation’s largest provider of mortgage risk, compliance, and transaction management solutions. Jeff sets the strategic vision for the company’s business development and marketing. He has been on the forefront of addressing challenges faced by the mortgage industry across origination, quality control, and compliance. Under his leadership, Digital Risk has grown from a start-up venture to as many as 2,000 plus U.S.-based employees. The company has become a partner to many of the largest U.S.-based mortgage investors and banks and government-sponsored enterprises in processing mortgage transactions, as well as identifying and correcting regulatory/compliance risks.
As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff has built dynamic, innovative businesses by identifying opportunities to meet specialized needs within the financial services ecosystem. He has launched three companies: Digital Risk; Rapid Reporting Marketing Group; and American Transfer & and Trust, Inc. Jeff is a voice for the industry and is a frequent guest on financial television networks such as Fox Business News and CNBC. He is also a source for top tier news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, sharing keen insights on the US mortgage market and the economy.
Jeff is an active leader in both his industry sector and his community, serving on the boards of the following non-profit organizations: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), The Baptist Health Foundation of South Florida; Virtual Enterprises International; and the Taylor-Cata Foundation. He has a degree in political science from the University of Miami. Jeff is honored to have won several Stevie® Awards and to have had Digital Risk recognized at multiple Stevie® Awards programs over the past few years. He looks forward to acting as Chair, along with the esteemed colleagues who will make up his judging committee.
CUSTOMER SERVICE/CONTACT CENTER INDIVIDUAL & CUSTOMER SERVICE/CONTACT CENTER ACHIEVEMENT
Chair: Will O’Keeffe, Vice President, Customer Services
Acquia, Burlington, MA
Will has more than 25 years experience leading, growing, and transforming global customer support organizations. In his role at Acquia, Will is responsible for building and maintaining a world-class Global Support team that is recognized for excellence by Acquia's customers and partners.
Prior to Acquia, Will was Vice President of Customer Service and Support at ATG where he led efforts that resulted in dramatic improvements in customer satisfaction and retention. When ATG was acquired by Oracle in 2010, Will transitioned to lead the global support team for Oracle Commerce and was responsible for the integration of Endeca and Inquira into the Support portfolio. Prior to ATG/Oracle, Will led the Customer Care organization at NaviSite and was a Principal Consultant at PRTM.
Will lives in the Boston area. He has a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Boston University.
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT & CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCCESS
Chair: Chuck Browne, Sr. Manager, Customer Care
Vivint Smart Home, Provo, Utah, United States
As a Senior Manager on Vivint Smart Home’s Customer Care team, Chuck is responsible for the daily operations and strategic growth of the organization. On being appointed Chair of the Customer Service Department & Success Final Judging Committee, Chuck told us it was an honor for him to be asked to assist in the judging of the operations and success of other businesses. As he put it: “I know so many companies do so many great things. I’m looking forward to reading through best practices and being a part of recognizing some of the great work in the Customer Service industry.”
He added: “I know our team felt a big confidence boost from the recognition in the 2016 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service for all their hard work. I’m excited to be able to pay that feeling forward to another team in 2017.”
Chuck has been involved in the Customer Service industry for fifteen years. For six years of those years, he has been a major influence on the strong customer-facing approach to service at Vivint Smart Home. Chuck co-leads a team of nearly a thousand customer service agents and leaders across three sites. In 2016, Chuck’s team successfully launched a work-from-home program that has rapidly expanded to over 100 agents and 4 supervisors. Chuck has played a vital role in the consistent improvement of Vivint Smart Home’s quality of service and operational efficiency, amidst 30%-plus growth each year, an aggressive product-launch schedule, and market expansion.
Chuck received his Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University in 2012. Chuck has been married for 10 year and has two beautiful daughters. When Chuck is not in the office, he can often be found on one of Utah’s world-class rivers practicing his fly fishing or hiking trails with his family.
Chair: George Cleveland, Vice President, Customer Operations
Cricket Wireless, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
As Vice President of Consumer Operations at Cricket, George is responsible for Cricket's sales operations, customer care, training and communications, and the digital experience. Prior to his current role, George was assistant vice president of the AT&T Customer Solution Centers. George tells us he is “excited and humbled” by this opportunity to participate as Chair of this Final Judging Committee.
George began his telecom career in 1996 as a senior accountant with BellSouth Cellular in Atlanta. From there, he progressed through several sales leadership roles within AT&T Mobility before assuming the role of regional sales operations director for Company Owned Retail, supporting the South Central region. He then became executive director of AT&T University.
George is a certified CPA and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Chair: Alaa Jamaleddine, Senior Back Office Advisor
DHL Express, Beirut, Lebanon
In 2007, while still pursuing his education, Alaa Jamaleddine started his career as a part-time call center agent with DHL Express–Lebanon. When he graduated, he resumed his career as a full-time employee, assuming many roles in the Customer Service Department throughout the years. DHL is a multinational company operating in more than 220 countries and having around 325,000 employees. Alaa’s job consisted largely of following up and communicating with these overseas facilities and offices. This taught him a wide range of skills and allowed him to be flexible in handling and resolving any type of customers’ claims or complaints, while avoiding any delays and meeting deadlines. Not only was he able to satisfy the customers’ concerns, but he also helped the organization to retain key customers and gain new ones.
As a Certified International Specialist, Alaa is designated coach and trainer for newcomers to the back office team. He trains new agents on how to empathize with a customer’s problems, and how to give their best when handling a critical situation. In 2015, Alaa was selected by the regional office to attend an Operational Excellence Training (OET), as he had demonstrated throughout the years a great ability and passion to analyze trends and forecasting. Not long after his return from the training, he initiated a work plan to reduce workload and increase productivity. With his wide analytical skills, Alaa conducted a study on network profitability that grabbed the attention of the country manager who made a price revision for a specific network product code that was below profit margin. This initiative helped the company provide customers with the option of Global Quality Control monitoring. To top it off, Alaa won the 2016 Gold Stevie® Award for Back-Office Customer Service Professional of the Year in the transportation industry
Alaa is the holder of Extra Miler, Job Well Done, Hero of the Day, and Employee Of the Month certificates at DHL, and has been nominated for Employee Of the Year. Alaa graduated with a Business Administration Degree from Haigazian University in Beirut.
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The 2016 International Business Awards Announces Judging Chairs
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, May 25, 2016 @ 02:43 PM
The Stevie® Awards have announced the twelve executives who will chair the specialized judging committees for the 13th Annual International Business Awards, the premier business awards competition around the world.
All individuals and organizations worldwide -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small -- may submit nominations to The International Business Awards.
Winners in this year's International Business Awards will be announced on
August 11. Judging will take place in June and July. Winners will be celebrated at an awards banquet in Rome, Italy on October 21.
Ronald Tse, Founder
Ribose Inc., Hong Kong, China
Ronald is the founder of Ribose, an award-winning, secure, cloud-collaboration platform trusted by regulated industries and users with heightened security needs. Interested in solving real-world problems elegantly and efficiently using computation, Ronald currently serves on CSA’s International Standardization Council, technical committees at CalConnect, as well as the ISO/IEC’s JTC1/SC27.
Ronald graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI, USA, with Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science and Biology and a Master's Degree in Computer Science.
Amy Downs, Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer
Lifesize, Austin, Texas
It's not every day that you see a business leader whose professional title includes the words “customer happiness.” But for Amy Downs, Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer at Lifesize, there are simply no better words to describe her critical role at the company.
Amy joined Lifesize in 2014 to evangelize the importance of its customers throughout the organization, a core value she calls “Customer Obsession.” Amy’s role is to ensure that everyone who interacts with the company has a smile on their face. From customer success, support, service, training, community, and renewals, Amy drives the strategy and execution of programs that provide world-class experiences for Lifesize customers and partners to bring successful video collaboration to their companies. For example, introducing Net Promoter to Lifesize now propels the voices of its customers and partners into all areas of its business and is driving great organizational improvements.
Prior to joining Lifesize, Amy led Voxeo’s industry-leading customer success, support, and service organizations and oversaw all post-sales interaction with customers. She previously led professional services at Fiserv Corporation. Amy has a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, specializing in MIS, from the University of Florida.
Gerald Hüsch, CEO
Global Leadership School, Berlin, Germany
In addition to being Founder and CEO of the Global Leadership School in Berlin, Gerald Hüsch is a Founding Member and CEO of the German Society for Stress Diagnostics & Prevention GmbH, and is also a Senator in the German Senat der Wirtschaft. Gerald has been training and guiding executives from the upper and middle management of multi-national corporations for 20 years. He is regarded as a visionary expert and the pioneer of an Evidence Based Leadership & Collaboration System, a world-class collection of tools and methods that encourage ideal collaborative and leadership behaviors throughout an entire organization. His many years of work experience have enabled Gerald to establish an entirely new system that is extremely powerful while easy to use. The aim is to achieve outstanding performance–and to avoid managerial blunders such as those seen recently in the automotive industry.
In addition to his credentials as a certified coach and trainer, Gerald is also a contributing author to “Human Resource Management–The Human Face” by Dr. Parveen Prasad und Sekhar Seshan.
Thomas B. Cross, CEO
TECHtionary, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Tom has decades of experience in startups and is a consulting advisor with leading providers and venture capital companies in market planning, marketing and development, hardware/software design and development, project management, intellectual property in telecommunications, information technology, conferencing, teletraining, telecommuting, groupware, networks, call centers, internet, artificial intelligence, and more. He has managed the successful development of more than 10 software, hardware, and Internet products to market and received industry awards for this work. He has authored 13 books, and has written, produced, and directed 15 commercial videos. He has also created thousands of online e-learning tutorials on intelligent buildings, WiFi, WiMax, IPTV, telecommuting, VoIP-SIP security, artificial intelligence, and voice/data networking.
“The International Business Awards is the leading independent evaluation of companies’ business strategies, customer engagement, and benefits to a global society,” Tom told us. “I believe this competition represents the opportunity for companies to align and focus their goals for a greater purpose as it is not just the challenge of the competition, but also the ability of a company and its people to collaborate together.”
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Dr. Amanda Hamilton-Attwell, Managing Director
Business DNA, Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Amanda Hamilton-Attwell is a globally acclaimed specialist in improving employee efficiency. She has assisted organizations in the mining, manufacturing, and hospitality industries to improve their business results through enhanced communication and customer service. She is recognized for her knowledge in communicating to operational employees and training leadership to communicate effectively with their teams; and for her experience in change communication, communication with shift workers, and communication in crisis situations.
Amanda frequently participates in radio programs on women in management and has had several articles published on this topic.
She holds a Doctorate in Communication Science from the University of South Africa, is an Accredited Business Communicator with the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators), and is a Certified Public Relations Officer with the Public Relations Institute of South Africa. She is a Fellow of the IABC.
Co- Chair:
Julie Toma, General Manager–Marketing and Communications
Sonic Clinical Services, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Julie Toma is the General Manager–Marketing and Communications at Sonic Clinical Services, a fully owned subsidiary of Sonic Healthcare, which is in the ASX Top 50. Julie has a background in healthcare, marketing, and management consulting with experience on global strategic planning teams, Asia Pacific marketing strategy, and new product and service development for leading corporations including Cochlear Limited, Kimberly-Clark, and BD.
Julie is currently a non-executive Board Director for CareWest and is the Chair of the Australian Marketing Institute NSW Committee. Julie is an Australian Marketing Institute Marketing Awards for Excellence Judge and is also a member of the Cancer Australia Research Grant Advisory Committee.
Julie has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Biomedical) Degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Co-Chair:
Professor Han Sangpil, Department of Advertising and Public Relations
College of Communications and Social Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
Since 2002, Han Sangpil has been Professor at the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Hanyang University. He joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 1991, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997. In addition to being Head of Department at various times between 1993 and 2002, Professor Han was Associate Dean of the College of Communications and Social Science from1999 to 2002. Outside of his academic role, Professor Han has also been Director at the Hanyang University Broadcasting Station, and earlier was the Director of Internet Hanyang.
In addition to his impressive academic achievements, Professor Han is a member of the American Academy of Advertising, and was president of the Korean Academy of Advertising from 2010 to 2011. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Service Marketing Association, the Korean Academy of Marketing, and the Korean Academy of Customer Satisfaction. He is also an enthusiastic supporter of the MBC Children’s Football Foundation.
Professor Han received a BA (Honors) from Hanyang University in 1985, having completed his military service. In 1987, he received an MS in Advertising and Public Relations, going on to earn his Ph.D. in Communications in 1990, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
NEW PRODUCT & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Moussa Habib, Under-Secretary-General
Jordan Engineers Association, Amman, Jordan
Since 2014, Dr. Habib has held the position of Under-Secretary-General, Professional Development and Scientific Affairs, at Jordan Engineers Association. From 2010 until 2014, he was the Assistant Director General, Chief Capacity Management Officer at the Istishari Hospital in Amman, Jordan. Before that, he was Acting Dean of Engineering, Director of the Nanotechnology Program, and Associate Professor of Electronics, at Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, Jordan.
Dr. Habib has worked as a technical consultant to a number of engineering firms in the areas of Speech, Imaging, IT, and Biomedical Engineering. He has written over 100 publications and articles in peer-reviewed journals and for international conferences. From 2011 to 2013, he was the Vice President of the IEEE Jordan Chapter. Dr. Habib has been the Chair or Co-chair for a number of international conferences in the area of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is actively involved in a number of community service committees, including Rakhaa’ Noble Invest, the English Language Olympics, and JEA Consulting Committee.
Dr. Habib holds a Master’s Degree in Science and Doctorate in Medical Electronics from Dalhousie University, Canada.
PR/IR/CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Dr. Elke Neujahr, Managing Director
comm:up Kommunikation und Management GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany
Dr. Elke Neujahr has been an Acting Partner of comm:up since 2004. The agency provides consulting services for the corporate communications of globally operating companies and organizations. Its main consulting areas are change management, coaching for top executives, media training, crisis management, and communications and corporate reputation topics.
Elke is a communications expert and has completed trainer and coach-the-coach training. She has 11 years of experience at companies such as Continental AG, BEB Erdgas GmbH, and as the Head of Publicity and Public Relations at Hanover Airport. She has worked at public relations agencies since 1992 and for 10 years was an Acting Partner and the CEO of ECC Kohtes Klewes (now KetchumPLEON) and its holdings (650 employees).
On being appointed Chair of the Corporate Communications/Investor Relations/Public Relations Awards Judging Committee, Elke commented: “Communication is essential for a good reputation. With The International Business Awards we are able to honor best practice approaches that underline the leading role of communications in our increasingly global world.”
CREATIVE: LIVE EVENTS
Kristin Marcell, Vice President
SmartMark Communications, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
Focused on ensuring high-quality deliverables and results, Kristin is responsible for managing all aspects of PR and marketing for clients at SmartMark Communications. Prior to joining SmartMark, Kristin gained experience at a large, global public relations firm based in Washington D.C., where she provided communications counsel and service to a number of clients, including several high-profile energy and environment organizations, utilities, and corporations.
Previously, Kristin was the Communications Director of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and directed the agency’s communications program, as well as serving as its official spokesperson. Kristin was also the Director of External Affairs for the U.S. House Committee on Resources, General Electric’s Political Action Committee Manager in their Washington, D.C. corporate office, and she served as a legislative staffer to two former congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives.
CREATIVE: PUBLICATIONS
Tore Claesson, Director
TIO Agency, Beijing, China
Tore’s background at agencies such as Ogilvy, based in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong in Asia, and Anderson & Lembke McCann based in Amsterdam in Europe, in addition to his many years in New York, means that TIO has a leader that knows the ins and out of cross-culture communication better than just about anybody on this small planet.
“I think I’ve learned more from judging the Stevie Awards than from any book on creativity!” Tore told us recently. Tore sees judging as an opportunity to peek into other professionals’ brains. As he puts it: “To see how others have solved certain business and creative problems is invaluable. It’s like a secret peek behind the curtain.”
You can read and see more of Tore’s adventures in China on his blog.
CREATIVE: VIDEO
Begüm Susar, Consumer Engagement Services Manager
Nestlé, Istanbul, Turkey
Begüm has a diverse background in both the financial services and food-and-beverage sectors. After 6 years in the banking industry with various responsibilities, she is now Consumer Engagement Services Manager at Nestlé Turkey.
In the early years of her career, she worked at creative, media planning, and PR agencies. Then, she moved to the marketing communications department of an international bank. She gained experience in credit cards marketing, digital banking marketing, customer management, and finally in the digital marketing and design department, where she worked as an Assistant Vice President.
From 2005-2009, Begüm studied Economics at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. She also studied in the Netherlands for 6 months with the Erasmus Program.
CREATIVE: WEBSITES/APPS
Simon Hardy, VP Brand Experience
FCV Interactive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Simon Hardy leads FCV’s Design, Brand, and Content teams, creating solutions that engage customers and deliver results. An award-winning creative director, designer, and copywriter with international experience across digital, print, and TV for brands including Starbucks, Nike, lululemon athletica, and EA Sports, Simon also serves on the Digital Design Advisory Board at Vancouver Film School.
Simon previously worked at Blast Radius and TBWA\Worldwide. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Buckinghamshire New University in the United Kingdom.
Tags: International business awards, judges, International Awards
Making Life Better: A Meaningful Mantra from International Business Awards Websites/Apps Judging Committee Chair
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, May 05, 2016 @ 10:12 AM
Simon Hardy, Vice President Brand Experience at FCV Interactive in Vancouver, Canada, has been named as the Chair of the Website & Apps Judging Committee of The 2016 (13th Annual) International Business Awards. FCV won a Gold Stevie Award in the Website Categories of The 2015 International Business Awards for their redesign of the Calgary Transit website.
The 2016 International Business Awards will be accepting entries through June 15, but enter by May 11 to avoid a late entry fee. REVIEW THE ENTRY KIT HERE.
We asked Simon about being named Chair, what winning the Gold Stevie Award in 2015 had meant to FCV, and what new developments he thought would most affect how companies do business in the future.
On being named Chair of The 2016 International Business Awards Judging Committee for the Website & App Awards categories, Simon observed: “This is a great honor, not only for me, but also for FCV. As we expand across Canada and into the US, it’s really exciting to be a part of The International Business Awards, recognizing work that has genuinely made a difference to an organization or an industry, and–most importantly–resulted in a better user experience.”
A Fantastic Validation
Representatives of FCV attended the 2015 International Business Awards in Toronto last October. On winning the Stevie Award for Best Website in the Transportation category, Simon commented: “We’re very proud of the Gold Stevie Award we won for our work with Calgary Transit. It was fantastic validation for a site that has transformed the digital experience for one of Canada’s most complex public transportation networks. But as a user-focused transformation agency, it also shone a spotlight on the wider range of work we’re doing in public transportation, travel and tourism, and digital government services across North America.”
Calgary Transit provides over 100 million trips every year to riders across the Canadian city. Its website had been out of date, difficult to use, and lacking in the important features that customers expect: mobile compatibility, accessibility, real-time updates, and trip planning. Calgary Transit approached FCV to design a responsive, customer-focused, future-proof website that would serve the connected riders’ every need.
Information at the Users’ Fingertips
FCV successfully delivered a mobile-friendly, customer-centric, scalable website that streamlined user tasks and integrated all transit services into one site. Features included: WCAG 2.0 (AA) accessibility, real-time service updates, improved information architecture, and responsive design.
FCV Interactive’s award-winning website for Calgary Transit launched in 2014 and transformed how riders obtained transit information. They can now access a responsively designed website via phone, tablet, and desktop. Real-time transit information is now at the fingertips of almost 20,000 daily mobile transit users.
The Future of Web Development
As an expert in this field, we asked Simon for his thoughts on what new developments in social media and web development businesses should be looking out for.
“The last year has seen a wide adoption of tools like Sketch and InVision, helping our teams to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate.” he told us. “For private and public sector organizations, this agile approach means we can transform user and brand experiences into something more powerful and meaningful much faster.”
Looking into the future, Simon added: “As more and more clients see the power of truly serving their users’ needs in order to meet business goals, I think we’re going to see some really exciting and unexpected solutions.”
Improving Digital Services
According to Simon, his job has changed over the years, but for the better. “My job used to be all about persuading people to do things,” he explained. “But over the last 10 years, as we’ve all become more and more empowered, it’s evolved into helping people to do things. Working to constantly improve private and public sector digital services with faster access to more relevant data is incredibly exciting.”
In short, Simon told us: “At FCV, the goal that motivates us across every project is always the same: to create a user-focused experience that makes life better.”
About Simon Hardy:
Simon Hardy is Vice President Brand Experience at FCV Interactive. He leads FCV’s Design, Brand, and Content teams, creating solutions that engage customers and deliver results.
Simon is an award-winning creative director, designer, and copywriter with international experience across digital, print, and TV for brands including Starbucks, Nike, lululemon athletica, and EA Sports. He also serves on the Digital Design Advisory Board at Vancouver Film School.
About FCV Interactive:
FCV Interactive is a user-focused transformation agency. Every day, FCV redesigns organizations and creates digital services that people love. With over a decade of expertise working with public and private sector clients, FCV delivers experiences that make life better. To learn more, visit fcvinteractive.com.
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The Competition is Always Getting Tougher, according to an Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards Judge
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Apr 27, 2016 @ 02:08 PM
Richa Ramola is Vice President Human Resources at Radius Global Solutions in Mumbai, India. As one of the more active judges in the 2016 Asia Pacific Stevie Awards, she contributed to judging submissions in the Company, Management, HR, Customer Service, and Creative Awards categories.
See the full list of Asia-Pacific Stevie-winners here.
We asked Richa about the judging process, what she thought about the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, and what most interested her about her own work.
Judging the 2016 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, Richa told us, had been an enriching experience. “I have enjoyed judging each entry for the awards. There is so much learning and so much innovation that has been shared by the participants, and that gives us insight to intelligent processes and work being done across a variety of organizations in different countries.”
Apply here if you would like to be considered as a judge for the 2017 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
As someone who judged entries in multiple categories this year, we asked Richa for her overall impression of entries to the 2016 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. “I can see organizations competing amongst each other for this coveted award, and there are so many more entries this year,” she commented. “The competition is getting tougher!”
This year, the judges were divided into committees by category group and by language. The judges who participate in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have their own competition: two of them will win a pair of tickets to attend the Awards Presentations in Sydney, Australia, at the end of May. Richa is hoping she will be one of this year’s contenders. “Sydney is such a beautiful city and I would love to visit it! And being part of the Awards Ceremony would make it all the more exciting,” she told us.
Richa works in the Mumbai office of Radius Global Solutions, which has its corporate headquarters in Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA. The company is hoping to expand into the Asia Pacific region in the near future.
As Vice President Human Relations at Radius, Richa loves her work. “People are our most valued assets, and our HR department has a very important role to play in creating a strong culture where our employees enjoy coming to work each day,” she explained. “Developing our people and seeing them grow in their work makes me happy and inspires me to continue to build a culture where people love to work and want to grow.”
About Richa Ramola:
Richa is currently the Vice President HR for Radius Global Solutions' India site. Prior to this role, she had 19 years of experience across well-known organizations such as ITC Hotels, SITEL, and IBM. She has work experience across functions including Customer Service, Operations, Quality, Training, and Human Resources.
In her current role, Richa is responsible for leading HR strategy for the India site and executing it successfully. She acts as a business partner to the organization’s senior management, sharing best practices, HR support, guidance, and advice with the India leadership. She manages all HR activities across the site, developing, implementing, and communicating HR practices, policies and programs.
About Radius Global Solutions:
Radius Global Solutions, headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is a leading provider of accounts receivable, customer relations, and revenue cycle management solutions. Radius was established on the principle of innovation. The company attracts the best people, empowers them with a progressive business culture, and enables them with next-generation technology. Radius is at the forefront of compliance. Its commitment to meeting the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory environment provides tangible and measurable benefits to its clients. With more than a century of experience in the industry, the Radius team has the knowledge and expertise to provide reliable, consistent service. Radius delivers the results its clients expect and deserve. For more information go to www.radiusgs.com/
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Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2016 Judging Chairs
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Apr 18, 2016 @ 04:34 PM
The Stevie Awards are delighted to announce the eight distinguished professionals who will chair the judging committees of The 2016 (3rd annual) Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are the only business awards program to recognize achivement in innovation in the 22 nations of the Asia-Pacific region.
The eight committee chair selections are based on the categories that will be judged and the language in which nominations were submitted. Judging chairs helped to form their committees, each of which will be comprised of 5-20 other executives.
Winners in this year's Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will be announced on
April 20. Judging took place through April 17. Winners will be celebrated at an awards banquet in Sydney, Australia on May 27. Tickets are on sale now.
Here are this year's final judging committee chairs.
APPS/WEBSITES/LIVE EVENTS/ANNUAL REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
Margaret Manning, OBE, CEO and Founder
Adelphi Digital Consulting Group, Singapore
Margaret Manning is the CEO and Founder of Adelphi Digital, a U.K. digital consulting company trading mostly in Asia Pacific. It was set up through an MBI of the Singapore and Australia offices of Reading Room, one of the UK’s largest digital agencies. The company now has offices in Australia, Thailand, and Singapore and works with clients from the USA, the Middle East, and across the Asia Pacific region. Clients range from large multinationals such as Fuji Xerox and BHP Billiton to boutique brands such as Banyan Tree and Anantara.
Outside of work, Margaret Manning adores red wine, and is a self-confessed geek. Her fascination with programming and gaming started at University, and now manifests as a deep and unbreakable bond with her iPad. Margaret’s lifelong pursuit of online gaming, a degree in psychology (specializing in artificial intelligence), and a management-consultancy background with PwC, have together led Margaret to a special interest in online communications. She particularly enjoys exploring how new forms of communication are changing the way business works in fundamental ways and sees the increasing acceptance of agile business is one clear example that the old ways are changing.
In June 2015, Margaret received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her services to export to Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region. She remains committed to helping SMEs from any region to expand both nationally and internationally. In Margaret’s own words: “I was lucky enough to have great mentors over the years and it’s a favor I would like to pay back to young business leaders.”
COMPANY/MANAGEMENT/HUMAN RESOURCES
Kuldej Sinthawanarong, CEO
JARKEN, Bangkok, Thailand
Kuldej Sinthawanarong is CEO of JARKEN group of companies, a multi-disciplinary design and professional business. Over the last fifteen years, Kuldej and his team have grown JARKEN into an international, multiple award-winning consultancy through his core competency in creativity and top-notch design expertise. JARKEN is now one of Thailand’s top architectural, interior design, and branding agencies. The firm aims to become the first ever design-driven organization to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Kuldej has maintained an unwavering attitude toward the design and construction of buildings during his career in construction and architecture. While his later projects may show more refinement than his earlier projects, he clearly authored both as they are based on the same design concepts. His consistency and dedication are admirable in the ever-changing fashion trends of modern architecture. He now shares this passion with his staff as he expands his creative business into the marketing and branding professional service industry.
Kuldej loves his work, adores his family, and feels very lucky to have such a great team around him. He told us: “Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try, and once you have achieved your success, it should be seen.”
Stephen Gill, President
Stephen Gill Associates, Bang Kruai, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Stephen Gill is an experienced, award-winning international business development consultant and company director with a strong engineering background, having gained much of his experience at senior management or board level. His active involvement in Asia began more than a decade ago when he was brought in to turn around a struggling joint-venture company in Shanghai. He has experienced at first-hand the highs and lows of doing business in China and, more recently, in Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific. Stephen now spreads his time equally between Asia Pacific and Europe, with bases in Bangkok, and Nottingham, UK.
With a focus on helping individuals to excel, and organizations to grow and thrive, Stephen is a trusted advisor, mentor and strategist to executives and businesses. Stephen is a high-profile figure in the refrigeration engineering field, serving as President of the Institute of Refrigeration. As a refrigeration expert consultant, Stephen has worked on many prestigious projects around the globe. He is known for providing energy-efficient, sustainable cooling solutions that are practical and affordable. Stephen won two Gold Stevies at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in Shanghai for a refrigeration industry awareness poster campaign. These posters have since been translated into 8 languages.
Stephen is a regular contributor to business and technical magazines and books, as well as a conference speaker. He has an MBA from Loughborough University and an LLM (Business Law) from De Montfort University.
Stephen is honored to have been appointed Chair of the Customer Service Judging Committee. As he told us: “The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards bring focus to the sheer passion, energy, professionalism, and fun of doing business in the region.”
MARKETING/CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Jimmy Lam, Group Chief Creative Officer
LEO Digital Network, Shanghai, China
In January 2016, Jimmy joined the LEO Digital Network as Group Chief Creative Officer. He also started Jimmy+Amber Communications, a hot shop creating media-neutral ideas integrated with technology to provide creative business solutions to brands and products, as a member company of the group.
From 2012 to 2015, Jimmy was Vice Chairman and Chief Creative Officer for DDB China Group, where he took the group's acclaimed creative achievements to an even higher level. In the same year, Jimmy was honored at the China Communications Leadership Forum as one of the 20 most influential marketing communications leaders, for his contribution in setting high creative standard as well as nurturing young talent for the industry. In 2014, Jimmy was honored by the China 4As as Ad Person of the Year. In 2015, Jimmy was a Direct Lions jury member at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, and was Jury President of Brand Content & Entertainment and Sports Marketing for the 2015 Cristal International Awards.
Since 2005, Jimmy has been appointed as President of the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, and is one of the four founders of the LongXi International Chinese Creative Awards, and Chief Editor of the Longyin Review Magazine. Between 1995-1999, Jimmy took a sabbatical to get his fix as a TV commercial film director. As one of the most awarded creative directors from Hong Kong, Jimmy was the first Hong Kong creative invited to judge at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Jimmy started his career as a Chinese-language copywriter, rising through the ranks in seven international advertising agencies in Hong Kong and China to become Asia Pacific Executive Creative Director, Greater China Chairman, and Creative Advisor to Dentsu Inc. in Tokyo. Author of three Chinese language books on advertising, Jimmy is frequently invited to speak at industry forums and universities in China and Hong Kong, and to be their curriculum advisor.
Jimmy graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University in 1976 and has been named one of 40 most distinguished alumni by the School of Communication. Jimmy was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in Shanghai.
NEW PRODUCT & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Danny Maher, CEO
Opmantek, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Danny Maher is the CEO of Opmantek, a multi award-winning Australian Software Company operating in the field of Infrastructure Management and IT Audit. Danny is an industry-recognized, professional commercializer of innovation with over 25 years experience in the IT industry in technical, sales and marketing, management, and executive roles.
Opmantek products are used by over 90,000 organizations across 130 countries worldwide. With a new software implementation occurring every 6 minutes, Opmantek is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in the world. Opmantek was named Australian ICT Exporter of the year in 2014 and has been the Queensland ICT exporter of the year for the past 2 years. Danny won the Gold Stevie for Australian Executive of the Year in the 2015 Asia Pacific Stevie awards.
Danny is a passionate supporter of the IT industry, serves on a number of Boards, and is an Angel Investor. He was the only executive investor in the NetStar Group - alongside VC’s Allen and Buckeridge and Baring Private Equity Partners - where he founded the managed service business in Sydney, growing it to service customers in 42 countries across the globe. During this time Danny traveled extensively through Asia, designing and establishing new businesses and partnerships. NetStar was acquired by Logicalis in January 2011. Danny has held executive management and senior engineering roles for companies including IKON in Washington, DC, U.S.A., UBS Warburg in London, U.K., ICL in the U.K., and The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Australia.
Danny enjoys the beach, restaurants, and is an owner of a number of successful racehorses with the Gai Waterhouse stable.
KOREAN JUDGING COMMITTEE
Beom-Seok Seo, Ph.D., Professor of Advertising & PR
Se-Myung University, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
Beom-Seok Seo has been Professor of Advertising & PR at Se-Myung University since 1995, and began his academic career as a Lecturer in Advertising & PR at Chung-Ang and Kyung-Hee Universities in 1985.
In addition to being Chair of the Korean Judging Committee in the 2016 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, Seo has also been Chief Judge for the Best Product of the Year Awards for the Kyungin Daily for the past 9 years; and for the Maeil Advertising Awards, run by the Maeil Economic Daily, for the past 12 years. He has been a member of several academic and professional boards and committees, and has published numerous books on advertising, including most recently “The History of Korea Advertising” in 2015
Between 1997 and 2010, Seo was a consultant to a range of companies including Welcomm Publicis Advertising Agency, Seoul City Marketing, Media Bank Co. Ltd., Daehan Pulp Co. Ltd., and Dawoo Cables. From 1981 to 1990, Seo was Deputy Manager, Advertising and Director of Marketing at LG Chemical Ltd. He has a Ph.D. in Advertising from Kyung-Hee University and an M.A. in Advertising & PR from Chung-Ang University.
JAPANESE JUDGING COMMITTEE
Hideki Saito, Director
Contemporary-Tech, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Hideki Saito is a director at Contemporary-Tech Inc. Working exclusively in temporary staffing since 1970, he has become one of the most experienced individuals in the industry in Japan. His approach to matching both skills and personality in order to improve staff retention and work enjoyment has been a welcome contribution to society.
齋藤秀樹は、株）コンテンポラリーテック社長で、1970年代から人材派遣一筋に歩んできた業界の生き字引的存在。人と会社を単にスキルから結び付けるのではなく、相性（あいしょう）面からもマッチングを提案し、気持ちよく働ける場所を提供することで社会に貢献している。
CHINESE JUDGING COMMITTEE
Dr. Richard Huzhaoyang, Senior Editor
China Advertising, Shanghai, China
Dr. Richard Huzhaoyang is a Senior Editor at China Advertising. With more than 18 years experience working in telecom engineering, media, and marketing, Richard has run projects for Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, and Dutch Satellite TV, and has more than 2,000 apps published on the CMAC platform. During the Beijing Olympics, Richard contributed to programming for CCTV and Dutch National TV. He continues to work for Korea KBS and MOT, and carries out research for the video industry through the Global Communication Research Institute. Richard has a Ph.D. from Jiaotong University in Shanghai.
胡朝阳:
通信、媒体、营销专家；
上海交通大学博士；
全球传播研究院研究员；
中国广告高级编审；
博士师从全球顶级传播营销大师美国南卡罗莱纳大学广告与公共关系系主任R.W.教授，业始于跨国公司WPP，强于项目运作，有全球资源和运作视野，曾完成“上海大众代理评估”、“华中车展策划执行”、“荷兰国家电视台奥运节目策划”、“台湾南宝品牌策划”、“可口可乐世博宣传推广策划”、“家在苏州整体策划”、“法制公园”、”江苏园艺博览会”、影视节目策划等一系列重大项目，富有责任心和开拓精神，精通英语，有很强的策划、管理和组织能力，曾访问过二十多个国家，有开阔的国际视野，熟悉本土化操作，有极强市场开拓能力和沟通能力，在业界有超强的人脉关系，参与国家重大项目多项，成果丰硕。
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Identifying Challenges in the Asian Century: Profile of a Stevie Awards Judge
Jim Wagstaff is the Managing Director of Jam Factory Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based consulting and education technology firm. He is also an active judge for the 2016 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. In 2015, he participated in judging for the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
The 2016 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards is currently accepting entries. Find out how to enter here.
We asked Jim about the Stevie Awards judging process, what it is like running a business in Singapore, and for his insight into the contrasts between working in Asia-Pacific and the West.
A Strong Endorsement
Jim would most definitely recommend being a Stevie Awards judge to others. As he told us: “I was initially invited to be a judge by someone who is a friend and colleague. The judging process really gives you a sense of the variety and creativity in how companies are approaching business challenges and opportunities in various parts of the world.”
Jim Wagstaff has called Singapore home since 2007. He had been living and working in Shanghai for a number of years when an opportunity to relocate to Singapore with Hewlett-Packard came up. Since 2010, he has been the Managing Director of Jam Factory in Singapore. We asked him about his decision to relocate to Singapore.
“There were a number of professional reasons I chose to move to Singapore,” Jim explained. “The job, the breadth of the role, and a promotion … but also, from a personal perspective, I really enjoy the quality of life in Singapore: the year-round warm weather, the food, the location, and the concentration of so many businesses’ regional headquarters in one city.”
Jim is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in business administration with a research emphasis on cross-cultural leadership and organizational development. We asked him if he could provide us with some insight into differences between the ways companies operate in the Asia-Pacific region that Western businesses should be aware of (and vice versa).
Commented Jim: “As an American who has spent half my career in various cities in Asia, the need for cultural intelligence and cross-cultural leadership skills has been close to my heart for quite some time.”
“As a source of research, study, and practice during my doctoral studies, there are a few important points for anyone looking to do business internationally … but especially in Asia, or moving out from Asia,” continued Jim. “The twenty-first century has often been characterized as the ‘Asian Century.’ Rapid economic growth in East Asia has created opportunities and challenges for multinational corporations, particularly Western multinationals. Western businesses have largely been predisposed to using a “one-size-fits-all” approach to management in their international locations. This strategy can pose a number of particular cultural contradictions for team members in East Asia.”
Working Outside the Cultural Comfort Zone
“My research has uncovered a number of specific areas that can be used as a model for leadership development by local, regional, and global managers,” Jim explained. “The model centers on the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to align, relate, and communicate more effectively by anyone who needs to work within and outside their own cultural ‘comfort zone’ in a multinational environment–particularly as a local subsidiary of a Western multinational company.”
Solving the Tough Issues
With the start of a new year, we asked Jim what he most looked forward to in the year ahead. “I love working with my clients,” he told us. “Since moving out of HP, I have become an entrepreneur and an active board member in a number of companies. The variety of work and its challenges really keeps me motivated. I am constantly looking for opportunities to help my clients solve their toughest issues … cost, complexity, process, organization, leadership … and to put them in a better position to be successful in their markets.”
About Jim Wagstaff:
Jim Wagstaff is the Co-Founder, Managing Director, and Content Guru of The Jam Factory in Singapore. Jim leads the consulting part of the business, and has a wealth of experience in executive roles in various companies. He loves working with clients to help them identify their learning needs and map their plans so as to positively impact their business. He also leads content development, and has designed many training programs for different customers and industries.
Jim also serves as Managing Director of Renewtrak Asia, a fully managed, white-label renewals platform-as-a-service where the business model is 100% focused on helping clients increase their service contract renewals at no additional operational cost to the client. In addition, Jim is an active board member at Up 2 Speed Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based organization focused on crafting customized learning and development approaches for multinational and global companies.
Jim was previously Vice-President and General Manager of the StorageWorks Division for Hewlett Packard in Asia Pacific and Japan. His responsibilities while leading this business unit encompassed all aspects of the organization including sales, marketing, finance, operations, public relations and analyst relations, delivering around $800 million in revenue annually.
Prior to HP, Jim was at Dell in Shanghai, where he was General Manager of the server and storage business for China and Hong Kong. Jim was also responsible for Dell's alliance with EMC across Asia Pacific and Japan.
Jim has a BSc, an MBA, and is currently a doctoral researcher in the management school at the University of Liverpool with emphasis on the practical application of cross-cultural leadership approaches in multinational corporations. He is a runner and loves to travel.
About Jam Factory:
The Jam Factory enables businesses to enhance their workforce through training and development. Jam Factory provides learning and enablement solutions to businesses and professionals. The company believes in an integrated learning approach that is interactive and engages learners. It enables businesses to leverage technology to enable employees to learn, experience and engage. For more information, go to: www.jamfactory.net
Tags: best customer service, customer service awards, technology awards, sales awards, judges, Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards
Thanks to the 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Preliminary Judges
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Oct 07, 2015 @ 05:15 PM
The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of the 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business in September and October. Their average scores determined the 2015 Finalists. We thank them for their time, insights and support.
Husam Mahmoud Abdallah, Sr. Specialist Strategy & Business Excellence, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lisa Abeyta, Founder/CEO, APPCityLife, Inc., Albuquerque, NM USA
Lara Abrams, Managing Partner, Lara Abrams Communications, LLC, San Ramon, CA USA
Nicole Y. Adams, Marketing, PR and Corporate Communications Translator, NYA Communications, Bellbird Park, QLD Australia
Megan Alarid, Chief Digital Officer, Cenergy, Houston, TX USA
Maryam Al Hashmi, Deputy Representative of Quality, Fujairah Police G.H.Q, Fujairah, AlFujairah, United Arab Emirates
Huda Al-Husaini, Associate Engineer, Jordan Engineers Association, Shmisani, Amman, Jordan
Karen Appleton, Founder, Box, Inc, Los Altos, CA USA
Elycia Arendt, Digital Strategist, Horizontal Integration, Minnetonka, MN USA
Ani Atanasova, CEO, Pixelhunters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Victoria Barnett, Senior Marketing Director, Royal College of Nursing, Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
Janet Beale, Managing Director, Sytor Enterprises Pty Ltd, East Lindfield, NSW Australia
Dea Benson, Chief Accounting Officer, Realogy, Parsippany, NJ USA
Denise Blasevick, CEO, The S3 Agency, Boonton, NJ USA
Tya Bolton, CEO / Business and Event Strategist, Exceptional Business Solutions, LLC, Columbia, MD USA
Jane Bryant, Director, Spire Communications, Potomac Falls, VA USA
Carolin Buchardt, CEO and founder, CB Praxisberatung, Germany
Cheryl Budd, Chief Communications Officer, National Council on Compensation Insurance, Boca Raton, FL USA
Roman Bukary, VP Account Management, NetSuite, Denver, CO USA
Beverly Butler, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo, Treasury Management, San Francisco, CA USA
Mj Callaway, Author, Coach, Speaker, Rock More Sales, Delmont, USA United States
Etta Cohen, Founder, Forward Ladies, Leeds, United Kingdom
Lebin Ebru, Cokisler, Head of Corporate Communication, Anadolu Group, Istanbul, Umraniye, Turkey
Dr. Kate Darcy Hohenthal, Founder, The Birthday Club, Manchester, CT USA
Adriena Daunt, Public Relations, The Americas Tourism New Zealand | Manaakitanga Aotearoa, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Robyn Davis, Owner, When I Need Help, Columbia, SC USA
Danielle Di-Masi, Business Etiquette Expert, The Interactions Lab, Australia
Teresa Dos Santos, Director, Business Interiors, Pensacola, FL, USA
Eve Dumovich, Editor, Boeing/Snowline Publishing, USA
Denette Dunn, S.W. Area Municipal Services Manager, Republic Services, Phoenix, AZ USA
Tereson Dupuy, CEO, Fuzzibunz, LLC, Lafayette, LA USA
Lori Ericson, Product Planning and Development, Epicor Software, Littleton, CO USA
Kharma Finley-Wallace, Principal, Hoverfly Media, Public Relations, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Hüsniye Firat, The Ministry of Customs and Trade, Turkey
Patricia Garcia, User Experience Professional, Vixlet, Culver City, CA USA
Lorretta Gasper , Owner/Principal, Wind Rose Communications, Atlanta, GA USA
Linda Ginac, CEO, TalentGuard, Austin, TX USA
Barb Girson, President, My Sales Tactics, LLC, New Albany, OH USA
Marilyn Glazier, Social Media Director, Helen Doron Educational Group, Misgav, Israel
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Cider Yeast For Cider Fermentation
Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% ABV to 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be called “apple wine”.
In current usage of the term in the United States and Canada, “hard cider” usually refers to the alcoholic beverage discussed in this article, while “cider” usually refers to non-alcoholic apple juice. When sugar or extra fruit has been added and a secondary fermentation increases the alcoholic strength, a cider is classified as “apple wine” in the United States.
Cider may be made from any variety of apple, but certain cultivars grown solely for use in cider are known as cider apples.[4] Cider is popular in the United Kingdom, especially in South West England and East Anglia. The United Kingdom has the highest per capita consumption of cider, as well as the largest cider-producing companies in the world, including H. P. Bulmer, the largest. As of 2006, the UK produces 600 million litres of cider each year (130 million imperial gallons).
The beverage is also popular and traditional in Ireland; in Brittany (chistr) and Normandy (cidre) in France; in the Basque Country (sagardo), in the Principality of Asturias (sidra) and Galicia (sidra) in Spain; and in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen (Frankfurt am Main) and other regions of Germany (Most, Viez or Apfelwein). Argentina is also a cider-producing and drinking country, especially the provinces of Río Negro and Mendoza. Australia also produces cider, particularly on the island of Tasmania, which has a strong apple-growing tradition.
Pear cider is used as an alternative name for perry by some producers.
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Legislation #: 120382 Introduction Date: 4/26/2012
Type: Special Action Effective Date: none
Sponsor: COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON
Title: Honoring Veda Lee on her retirement after 15 years and 2 months of dedicated service to the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
4/23/2012 Filed by the Clerk's office
4/26/2012 Adopted
120382.pdf Authenticated 695K Authenticated
Honoring Veda Lee on her retirement after 15 years and 2 months of dedicated service to the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
WHEREAS, Veda started her career with the City as an Accounting Clerk I in Water Services on February 18, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Veda held that position until February 1999 when she took a position as Information Processor in the Health Department; and
WHEREAS, Veda has worked as a Customer Service Representative in the Consumer Services Division of Water Services since February, 2004; and
WHEREAS, Veda is recognized as a hard worker and a giver; and
WHEREAS, Veda is known for her cooking (especially pies) and loves to decorate; and
WHEREAS, Veda has 5 grandchildren ranging in age from 3 to 13 years old; and
WHEREAS, Veda looks forward to her retirement in order to move to Texas and to return to school to study medical coding; and
WHEREAS, April 30, 2012, will mark the last day of Veda’s career with the City of Kansas City, Missouri; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY;
That the Mayor and Council hereby extend to Ms. Veda Lee, on the occasion of her retirement from City service, the heartiest best wishes for her future, together with appreciation for her 15 years and 2 months of dedicated service to the citizens of Kansas City; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Ms. Veda Lee in token of their respect and high regard and their best wishes for the long and happy retirement which she so richly deserves.
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Remembering the SS Laurentic | 25th January 1917
TOPICS:buncranagold barsSS Laurentictreasure
Posted By: Ann Robinson 4th January 2020
While the career of the SS Laurentic was short-lived, it was marked by some remarkable events.
Long after her tragic demise, when she sank beneath the waves at Lough Swilly in 1917 taking with her 354 souls, the SS Laurentic‘s story continues to hold our fascination, not least in the rumours of treasure and bars of gold.
SS Laurentic Launched 1908, 565 ft long & 14,892 tonnes
The SS Laurentic was built in the famous Belfast shipyards of Harland and Wolff and owned by the equally famous White Star Line. First launched in 1908, she made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City on 29th April 1909.
While the Laurentic‘s transatlantic career was brief it was marked by many interesting events including a supporting role in the capture of the infamous murderer Dr Hawley Crippen in 1910.
The Capture of Crippen It was front page news
Crippen had fled Belgium on the SS Montrose after killing his wife. He and his mistress planned to travel to Canada and then cross over the border to the US. On the journey the captain of the Montrose, an amateur detective of sorts, noticed a man acting particularly suspicious and was quick to notify authorities.
The chief inspector on the murder case, Walter Dew, needed the fastest ship available to make up for the 3-day head start and so boarded the SS Laurentic which crossed the Atlantic with recording-breaking speed. In the end, Inspector Dew managed to arrive three days before the Montrose and was waiting to apprehended Crippen upon arrival in Canada.
In 1914 the Laurentic was commandeered by the Admiralty for the war effort and served as a merchant cruiser for 3 years. On the 25th January 1917, the ship was heading from Liverpool to Canada with a cargo full of gold to pay for arms. She made an unscheduled stop in Buncrana in northwest Ireland to allow passengers sick with yellow fever to disembark. However, less than an hour after setting off again, the ship would strike two mines that had been left by a German submarine at the entrance to Lough Swilly.
Irish Independent 31st January 1917
The Laurentic quickly sank taking with her 354 souls and around 3,200 gold bars. The rest of the passengers, 121 in total, managed to survive the freezing water and made it safely to shore on lifeboats. After the sinking, the Royal Navy organised several dives to retrieve the lost gold. But rumours went, and persist, that 22 bars still remain unaccounted for and could still be found within the wreck.
SS Laurentic Diver examines the wreck
Today the wreck is privately owned by Derry-based diver Ray Cossum who bought the rights in 1969.
Best Irish Seafood Festivals 2020 | Coast Monkey’s Essential Guide posted on January 21, 2020
Best Irish Seafood Festivals 2020 | Coast Monkey’s Essential Guide
All over Ireland, villages and coastal communities are beginning to plan their seafood festivals this year, to share the very best of…
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Browsing items in: Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
100 local poems
Newfoundland and Labrador--Literary collections; Newfoundland and Labrador--Poems; Newfoundland and Labrador--Songs and music--Texts
Compiled by Richard Bugden, this collection of poems and song lyrics have all been written by Newfoundlanders, including James Murphy, Reverend Canon Noel, and Bugden himself. Compiled in 1918, the First World War and the soldiers who fought in it...
5000 facts about Newfoundland
A collection of facts about all aspects of Newfoundland. Includes historical, political, and religious facts, as well as information about agriculture, geography, culture on the island. Amounts in government expeditures and revenues, along with...
A collection of facts about all aspects of life in Newfoundland. Includes historical, political, and religious facts among many others. Census details provided are from 1921, and information on government revenues and expenditures, as well as...
A collection of facts about all aspects of Newfoundland. Includes historical, political, and religious facts, as well as information about agriculture, geography, culture on the island. A collection of facts about all aspects of life in...
75th Anniversary, 1876-1951 [in Newfoundland : a commemorative issue]
Education--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--History; Education--Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Congregation of Christian Brothers
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Christian Brothers of Ireland in Newfoundland, this souvenir booklet contains short histories of founder Edmund Rice, the Christian Brothers, and their schools in Newfoundland. Details of the...
[Letters from the Right Rev. Dr. Fleming, Catholic Bishop of Newfoundland to the Very Rev. John Spratt, S.T.M., of Aungier-Street, Dublin, on the state of religion in that country]
Catholic Church--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--19th century; Fleming, Michael Anthony, 1792-1850; Catholic schools--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--19th century; Visitations, Ecclesiastical--Newfoundland and Labrador;...
Taken from Andrews' Weekly Orthodox Journal of entertaining Christian Knowledge, most of the clippings are letters from Catholic Bishop of Newfoundland Michael Fleming (bishop 1830-50) to Rev. Spratt in Dublin. All together, the clippings include...
"Our empire" souvenir : containing an unique record of principal events of the War and valuable information regarding the Dominions, Crown Colonies and Protectorates of the British Empire
World War, 1914-1918--Calendars; Great Britain--Colonies
Published on occasion of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, this book contains a calendar of events from the Great War as well as information about Commonwealth nations and British colonies, including Newfoundland. The book was written with the...
A book of Newfoundland stories
Newfoundland and Labrador--Fiction
P. J. Wakeham's fifth book, this work contains a selection of short stories, all with a Newfoundland background.
A century of events in Newfoundland : 1824-1924
Newfoundland and Labrador--History--Chronology; Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government
This document provides a chronological account of major religious, political, economic, and social events in Newfoundland during the time period of 1824 to 1924
A century of Methodism in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1815-1915
Methodist Church--Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Methodists--Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography; Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography; St. John's (N.L.)--History
Written to commemorate the centenary celebrations of the Methodist church in Newfoundland, this book contains biographies and portraits of important Methodist figures in Newfoundland, images of Methodist churches in St. John's, as well as a brief...
A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of Newfoundland by the Bishop, at his second visitation, on the Feast of St. Matthew, 1847
United Church of England and Ireland. Diocese of Newfoundland--Pastoral letters and charges; Clergy--Newfoundland and Labrador; Feild, Edward, 1801-1876
An address by Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland Edward Feild (bishop 1844-76) to his clergy. Having been in Newfoundland for three years, during which time he extensively toured the Diocese, Feild addresses specific issues of uniformity of doctrine...
A choice collection of views for the home
Canada--Description and travel; Canada--Pictorial works
This is a collection of black and white photographs depicting scenes from across Canada, and includes several pictures from different areas of Newfoundland.
A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of 1896
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920; Hoppin, B. (Benjamin),1851-1923--Diaries; Arctic regions; Peary Arctic Expedition (1896)
Hoppkins was a mineralogist who accompanied Peary on his 1896 Arctic expedition, the aim of which was to search for minerals, fossils, a previously seen meteorite, and to visit Greenland. The ship used on the voyage was the Hope, sailing out of St....
A discourse and discovery of New-found-land: with many reasons to prooue how worthy and beneficiall a plantation may there be made, after a far better manner than now it is
Newfoundland and Labrador--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--To 1763; Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization; Great Britain--Colonies--America
"Together with the laying open of certaine enormities and abuses committed by some that trade to that Countrey, and the meanes laide downe for reformation thereof" (title page). Whitbourne's Discourse was aimed at promoting Newfoundland as a...
A few observations upon the value and importance of our North American colonies
Great Britain--Colonies--Canada--Commerce; Newfoundland and Labrador--History--1763-1855
By extolling their economic virtues, Oldfield challenges the opinion that Britain's North American colonies are nothing but a burden.
A handbook for boards of education
School boards--Newfoundland and Labrador--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Each of the Newfoundland districts's board of education is the the legal educational authority; as such, it is quite important that members are familiar with the educational policies, acts and regulations. The Newfoundland Department of Education...
A historical sketch of the discovery and development of the coal areas of Newfoundland up to date
Coal mines and mining--Newfoundland and Labrador; Coal--Newfoundland and Labrador
Written with the hope that Newfoundland's coal mining industry would become quite prosperous, this booklet contains details about Cape Breton's successful coal mining industry, the history of coal and coal mining in Newfoundland, and Howley's...
A history of Newfoundland 1874-1901
Newfoundland and Labrador--Economic conditions; Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government
Hiller's Ph.D. thesis focuses on the period of Newfoundland's political history from 1874, when C. F. Bennett's anti-confederate party was defeated by Frederic Carter's Conservatives, to the election of Robert Bond's Liberals in 1900. Hiller found...
A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records
Newfoundland and Labrador--History; Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization; Great Britain--Colonies--America; Newfoundland and Labrador--Church history
1st edition. Prowse's History of Newfoundland (1895) remains to this day the most famous account of the colony's history. Mixing detailed primary source research with his own extensive collection of anecdotes, Prowse presents the story of...
2nd edition, revised and corrected. Prowse's History of Newfoundland (1895) remains to this day the most famous account of the colony's history. Mixing detailed primary source research with his own extensive collection of anecdotes, Prowse presents...
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Ship Ahoy
Title: Ship Ahoy
Subject: Gladys Blake, Virginia O'Brien, Eleanor Powell, Edward Buzzell, Hawaiian War Chant
Collection: 1940S Musical Comedy Films, 1940S Romantic Comedy Films, 1942 Films, American Films, American Musical Comedy Films, American Romantic Comedy Films, American Romantic Musical Films, Black-and-White Films, English-Language Films, Films Directed by Edward Buzzell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films, Screenplays by Harry Kurnitz, Screenplays by Irving Brecher
Edward Buzzell
Jack Cummings
Harry Clork
Irving Brecher (uncredited)
Harry Kurnitz (uncredited)
Matt Brooks
Bradford Ropes
Bert Kalmar
Bert Lahr
Virginia O'Brien
George Bassman
George Stoll
Robert H. Planck
Leonard Smith
Clyde De Vinna
Blanche Sewell
May 1942 (1942-05)
Ship Ahoy is the title of a 1942 musical-comedy film produced by MGM, starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton.
This was the first of two films in which Powell and Skelton co-starred. It is considered a lesser effort on both actors' behalf, however the film is chiefly remembered today for including Frank Sinatra, who appears in an uncredited performance as a singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The movie also is credited with one of the most unusual displays of dance on screen for a sequence in which Powell's character, needing to communicate a message to a (real) US agent in the audience of one of her shows, manages to tap out the message in morse code. (Reportedly, Powell taps genuine code during the performance.)
Skelton and Powell next paired up in 1943's I Dood It. In that film, they appeared with Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy's brother.
Tallulah Winters is a dancing star who is hired to perform on an ocean liner. Before she leaves, she is recruited by what she believes is a branch of the American government and asked to smuggle a prototype explosive mine out of the country. In fact, she is unknowingly working for Nazi agents who have stolen the mine. Meanwhile, Merton Kibble (Red Skelton), a writer of pulp fiction adventure stories but suffering from severe writer's block, is on the same ship and soon he finds himself embroiled in Tallulah's real-life adventure. Also appearing in the film were Bert Lahr, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, and Virginia O'Brien.
Eleanor Powell as Tallulah Winters
Red Skelton as Merton K. Kibble
Bert Lahr as "Skip" Owens
Virginia O'Brien as Fran Evans
William Post Jr. as H. U. Bennett
James Cross as "Stump"
Eddie Hartman as "Stumpy"
Stuart Crawford as Art Higgins
John Emery as Dr. Farno
Bernard Nedell as Pietro Polesi
Tommy Dorsey as Himself
Frank Sinatra as Himself
Buddy Rich as Himself
Ziggy Elman as Himself
Moroni Olsen as Inspector Davis
George Watts as Hotel detective
Ralph Dunn as Flammer
William Tannen as Grimes
According to MGM records the film earned $1,831,000 at the US and Canadian box office and $676,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $1,037,000.[1]
Ship Ahoy at the Internet Movie Database
Ship Ahoy at AllMovie
Ship Ahoy at the TCM Movie Database
Ship Ahoy at Red Skelton info
Films directed by Edward Buzzell
The Big Timer (1932)
Virtue (1932)
Child of Manhattan (1933)
Ann Carver's Profession (1933)
Three Married Men (1936)
The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
Paradise for Three (1938)
Fast Company (1938)
At the Circus (1939)
Go West (1940)
The Getaway (1941)
Married Bachelor (1941)
Ship Ahoy (1942)
The Omaha Trail (1942)
The Youngest Profession (1943)
The Best Foot Forward (1943)
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
Easy to Wed (1946)
Three Wise Fools (1946)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Emergency Wedding (1950)
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
Mary Had a Little... (1961)
1940s musical comedy films
1940s romantic comedy films
American musical comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American romantic musical films
Black-and-white films
Screenplays by Irving Brecher
Screenplays by Harry Kurnitz
Bob Hope, Rat Pack, Columbia Records, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland
Frasier, Modern Family, Cheers, Frank Sinatra, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Warner Bros., YouTube, 20th Century Fox, Beverly Hills, California, Time Warner
Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Greenwich, Connecticut, Jimmy Dorsey, I'll Never Smile Again
Gladys Blake
Virginia, Frank Sinatra, California, Katharine Hepburn, Vaudeville
Glendale, California, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Show Boat, Marx Brothers, California
Springfield, Massachusetts, Broadway Melody of 1940, Dvd, Cancer, Beverly Hills, California
Hawaiian War Chant
Bill Haley & His Comets, Tommy Dorsey, Hawaii, United States, Melody
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Cardiomatics
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Why Daniel Ortega Will Go On Ruling Nicaragua
By Tim Rogers / Managua Wednesday, Feb. 09, 2011
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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attends the 30th anniversary celebration of the Nicaraguan Army Medical Corps on August 19, 2009 in Managua, Nicaragua.
When Daniel Ortega was Nicaragua's President in the 1980s, he and his quasi-communist Sandinista regime turned the Central American nation into an economic basket case. Hyperinflation, massive business and property expropriations, abusive state controls — exacerbated by the contra rebel war and a grinding U.S. economic embargo — left the country lying face down in the street by the time Ortega was voted out of power in 1990. Little wonder, then, that when he won the presidency again in 2006, many figured Nicaragua faced another round of ruin.
The red scare seems to be over. Nicaragua is suddenly the fastest-growing economy among the five traditional countries of Central America. It's leading the region with double-digit investment and export growth and setting national records for tourism revenue. Last year's inflation rate, 7%, was Central America's highest — but a miniscule fraction of the 33,000% Ortega presided over in 1988. COSEP, Nicaragua's main business chamber, says government-private sector relations are better than ever. And so is Ortega's approval rating, about 45%.
(See how Nicaraguans are uniting against Ortega.)
But is Nicaragua's advancing economy coming at the expensive of its democracy? And should Nicaraguans have to choose one over the other? Ortega looks set to announce that he'll run in next fall's presidential race — a re-election bid that critics and legal scholars call a clear violation of the Constitution. If Ortega is on the ballot — he's already printing "Daniel 2011" hats and shirts after the Sandinista-packed Supreme Court recently lifted the constitutional ban on consecutive presidential terms — polls say he's likely to win. And that would irk his long-time nemesis, the U.S., as much as it would demoralize his feckless political opposition. "In all previous elections, the discourse of the political parties on the right was, 'Careful, here come the Sandinistas, the Nicaraguan economy will be ruined,'" says Javier Chamorro, executive director of ProNicaragua, the state investment promotion agency. "But who is going to believe them now?"
It's getting harder for many Nicaraguan leftists to believe that their erstwhile Marxist comandante is still with them. Most of the ideologues who helped shape his revolutionary government a generation ago have bolted the Sandinista Party, accusing Ortega of cozying up to right-wing "neoliberal" economic policies for political gain. "The Sandinistas' economic model is based on an open economy that operates according to the rules of a free market," says Mario Arana, Finance Minister and Central Bank President under Ortega's more conservative predecessor, Enrique Bolanos.
At the same time, however, Ortega has created a "redistributive" parallel economy with a $1.4 billion slush fund handed him by left-wing, oil-rich Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "The resources from Venezuelan cooperation, which are administered [by Ortega] mostly as a private fund, are channeled in good part to small producers and the most vulnerable sectors of society," says economist Francisco Mayorga, who had the daunting task of kick-starting Nicaragua's post-Sandinista economy in the 1990s. "This is the 'socialist' component of [Ortega's] model."
(See the rebirth of Ortega.)
Between free enterprise and free money from Hugo, Ortega has the luxury of having it both ways. So does that make him part of Latin America's new centrist wave, exemplified by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and its identifiable hybrid of capitalism and socialism? Not really, say Nicaragua watchers. "I wouldn't call [Ortega] a capitalist," says Mayorga, "but I would have a hard time knowing what to call him." Even Ortega's chief propagandist, First Lady Rosario Murillo, has a hard time describing her husband's philosophy. She recently cobbled together the slogan "Christian, Socialist and In Solidarity" (the mantra really doesn't specify with what). But it's hardly catching fire.
Critics contend that's because what looks like Lula-style pragmatism is Ortega-style cynicism. All Ortega really advocates, they say, is staying in power, and concentrating it, as long as possible. If so, it hearkens back to the 1980s, when he seemed intent on ruling as indefinitely and autocratically as his communist mentor, then Cuban President Fidel Castro. Lula promoted the fruits of capitalism as an engine of social development. But Ortega, says opposition leader Edmundo Jarquin, a former policy analyst at the Inter-American Development Bank, only seems interested in them as a trough of political patronage, "rather than focusing on job creation [that] allows people to live with dignity. And that's shameful."
More worrisome is Ortega's democratic record. Since returning to power in 2007, Ortega has been accused at home and abroad of dismantling constitutional checks and balances and of engineering election fraud. In his less than veiled push for a one-party system, he's made access to many government programs and state jobs restricted to card-carrying Sandinistas. The Supreme Court and electoral authority have largely degenerated into "Orteguista" institutions whose primary mission is to legitimize Ortega's counter-constitutional re-election effort. Most leaders, even Chavez, bow to a referendum process to change their constitutions. Ortega simply had his high court in late 2009 overturn Nicaragua's charter, and the federal election board looks ready to go along.
(See the Nicaraguan government's plans to keep festivities safe.)
But for the moment, so do most Nicaraguans. While Central America's economy (excluding Panama's) grew a tepid 2.4% last year, Nicaragua had 4% growth. Foreign reserves are stable and bank deposits are up. Nicaragua certainly has a long way to go — according to the International Monetary Fund, its economy is still 65 years behind — but for the country's 6 million people, almost half of whom live in poverty, any economic progress is welcome. Even, it seems, at the expense of democratic process.
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Meeting Report: Castles of Dumfries and Galloway in Danger
Dr Janet Brennan
The Castles of Dumfries and Galloway in Danger was the subject on which Dr Janet Brennan, chairwoman of the Scottish Castles Association, addressed a huge audience at the first February meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Her qualifications for undertaking the subject are of consequence, as she and her husband undertook a daunting restoration project of their own in the region.
The company was captivated from the very outset by her engaging personality. She injected humour into her delivery, despite the gravity of her message.
In Dumfries and Galloway there are 30 castles at risk and mostly in private hands. There was no intention of declaring a witch hunt on the owners, many of whom have these buildings on their land by chance, but they lack the resources to undertake very costly restoration.
Janet set herself the task of following up 58 castles/towers in the region inspected by McGibbon and Ross in the 1890s. More than a quarter have deteriorated in the last century. In the case of Cally Castle, as a mere lump in the ground, it is unrecognisable as a castle.
Her wide-ranging talk covered castles from east to west and from A to W, as it happened. The audience was invited to participate in a recognition game of the scenes in her PowerPoint presentation, which was accompanied by a brief history of each one visited. Auchenskeoch near Dalbeattie, the only Z-plan castle in Dumfries and Galloway, was first on the list, which ended with Wreaths Tower near Southerness, featured on Pont's map and associated with the Regent Morton, who might have taken the young James VI to stay there.
The list of buildings covered is too long to mention each individually. The varied fates, that have befallen these former strongholds provided sustained interest. Vandalism and plundering caused deterioration of the pink and grey granite of Barclosh, Kirkgunzeon. Castle Stewart in Wigtownshire with its now missing marriage stone and lovely doorway met a similar fate.
In contrast, Cassencarie near Creetown was lived in until the 1960s and is now at the heart of a caravan park supplied by a children's playground and a restaurant and pub in the soundest part of the building. Hoddom, with several additions over the centuries, including one by William Burn, and open to the elements, is also associated with a caravan park and served by a Take Away outlet. Such incongruous trading provides a form of protection.
Baldoon Castle, a Dunbar property in Wigtownshire, dates to the sixteenth century or earlier. It has several claims to fame: it sports a very fine pair of seventeenth-century Renaissance gates; the enforced marriage of Janet Dalrymple and her death on her wedding night were the inspiration for Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor and Donizetti's opera, Lucia di Lammermuir.
Dunskey at Portpatrick was bought in 1998 by a Romanian prince, but competing business interests in Europe, he claimed, thwarted his plans. It sits on a cliff top on a public right-of-way. Any restorer, despite spending the millions it requires, would not have privacy. Listed on the Castle Conservation Register, it requires urgent consolidation.
Janet's most stinging criticism was levelled at Historic Scotland for the disgraceful state of Lochmaben Castle, which ought to be better presented by this public body because of the significance of its connection with Robert the Bruce.
All is not doom and gloom, however. Janet listed a number of buildings which might have a promising future. For example, Machermore near Newton Stewart, fairly recently a care home, abandoned and with ceilings collapsing, has possibly been rescued at the eleventh hour by a couple of young pilots. These old buildings unfortunately can harbour hidden problems, as in this case where dry rot that will add to their costs, has been found. Myrton has been purchased by a German banker and Hills Tower is approaching completion of the restoration process by the Gibbs family. At Castle Haven, 'the Coo Palace', on the Borgue coast, was built as a milking parlour for cows and has been bought by the Holiday Bond Company for conversion into holiday lets.
Although the theme of the talk was 'buildings in danger' it was uplifting to end with a photograph of the Brennan's magnificent transformation at Barholm in the vicinity of Gatehouse of Fleet. It was a stronghold of the McCullochs and fell into disuse in the mid-eightenth century. The work, begun in 2003, was completed in 2006. Vision, courage, perseverance and deep pockets are required for what Janet described as "the very expensive business of restoration".
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Article – “Heinlein’s Friday: a Trans Novel?” by Cheryl Morgan
Late period Heinlein is something few of us like to admit to enjoying. Mostly it is an embarrassment: the once great man turns to long, flabby novels full of drugs, group sex and nipples going Spung! The books exhibit a devotion to a vision of the gender binary as two islands of behavior and attitudes, separated by a vast gulf. That idea doesn’t go down well in these more Feminist times. But while Heinlein might have advocated extremes of gendered behavior, he did not believe that the divide couldn’t be crossed. I Will Fear No Evil bears many of the hallmarks of classic transvestite fiction. An older man is required, against his will, to live as a woman. A beautiful younger woman is on hand to teach him how to behave, and soon he begins to enjoy his new life. It is the sort of thing that has psychologists salivating about psychosexual dysfunction. But it isn’t the only book in which Heinlein plays with gender issues.
A while back I wrote a column about trans themes in science fiction for The Bilerico Project. Somewhat to my surprise, some of the commenters mentioned Friday as a book that had meant a lot to them as youngsters. I remembered Friday mainly for the hideous rape/torture scene at the beginning, that Heinlein treats almost as trivial (Friday herself describes it as “silly” at one point), and of course for the iconic Michael Whelan cover showing Marjorie Baldwin flashing cleavage in her blue jump suit . But I take note of what commenters say, and I re-read the book. I was rather surprised by what I found.
One of the main science-fictional ideas in the book is that Marjorie Baldwin, code-named “Friday”, is an Artificial Person. By this Heinlein does not mean some sort of android. That idea had been covered long before. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was published in 1968, and Blade Runner came out in 1982, the same year as Friday. Heinlein had no need to explore the same territory. Instead he was making a point about public attitudes to medical advances. Louise Brown, the first so-called “Test-Tube Baby”, was born in 1978 and artificial insemination was still a matter of pubic concern. Religious conservatives railed against it (and the Catholic Church still opposes it). In the world of the book, anyone born in a laboratory is deemed an Artificial Person, and not human. For Friday, and others like her, this leads to all sorts of social discrimination.
“The courts say I can’t be a citizen; the churches say I don’t have a soul. I’m not ‘man born of woman,’ at least not in the eyes of the law.”
The idea that some despised minority group is not “really” human, or not “really” what they claim to be, is a common put-down used in just about every area of discrimination. All the way from the Old Testament, where Adam is made in the image of God and Eve is not, people have been designating other people as somehow less than them because of some failing in the despised group’s biology or ancestry. But Friday is a very particular sort of “non-human” human, because she looks just like one of “us”. She can “pass”.
Of course, as anyone could guess from this account, I had passed years earlier. I no longer carried an ID with a big “LA” (or even “AP”) printed across it. I could walk into a washroom and not be told to use the end stall.
“Passing” is, of course, a primary goal for many transsexuals. Being able to use a public restroom without being challenged about your right to be there is a key element in trans people’s lives. But physical appearance alone is not always enough. History is another issue. Transsexuals often suffer embarrassment if asked about their childhood because their memories are of growing up in the wrong gender. They don’t have the right stories to tell, unless they make up a personal history. For Friday it is her ancestry that is at issue.
“You saved me. I was about to lose my nerve. Georges – Dear Georges! – I know that you have told me that I must not be uneasy about what I am – and I’m trying, I truly am! – but to be faced with a form that demands to know all about my parents and grandparents – it’s dismaying!”
Because of her job as a covert operative for a mysterious organization, Friday has all the fake ID she could want. Spies work with fake ID all of the time. But in her case she can never forget just what that fakery is covering.
… a phony ID and a fake family tree do not keep you warm; they just keep you from being hassled and discriminated against. You are still aware that there isn’t any nation anywhere that considers your sort fit for citizenship and there are lots of places that would deport or even kill you – or sell you – if your cover-up ever slipped.
Trans rights have come a long way since 1982, but there are still many places in the world where trans people are considered second class citizens and can be murdered with impunity if they are found out. Even in supposedly enlightened Western countries trans people are routinely mocked, insulted and pilloried in the media. The irony is that, like Friday, many trans people live normal lives in their local communities, despite the fact that their prejudiced neighbors swear blind that they’d “know one if they saw one.”
I’ve heard humans boast that they can spot an artificial person every time. Nonsense.
Friday, then, contains many passages that closely reflect the experience of trans people in society. The problems that Marjorie has, and the types of discrimination she faces, closely match the issues that trans people face. But is there any evidence that Heinlein was thinking about trans issues when he was writing the book?
Much of Friday is a classic Heinlein rant against the evils of Big Government. Particular venom is reserved for the State of California, which Heinlein portrays as full of the most bizarre nut jobs on the planet. They have all sorts of strange political ideas. California is the only place in the world of the book where Friday has difficulty using the restroom.
There was a person of indeterminate sex selling tickets to the rest room. I asked her(him) where the powder room was. She (I decided on “she” when closer observation showed that her T-shirt covered either falsies or small milk glands) – she answered scornfully, “You some kind of nut? Trying to discriminate, huh? I ought to send for a cop.”
Given his devotion to the gender binary, it is not surprising that Heinlein (through Friday) takes poorly to the idea of blurring gender boundaries, but this passage clearly illustrates that he was aware of the existence of people who were of indeterminate gender, and liked being that way.
A running theme through the book is a system something like Craigslist that Friday scans for clues because she thinks that the bad guys are using coded ads to pass messages to their operatives. One such ad is for sex changes. Like the California restroom scene, there was no particular plot-related reason for Heinlein to include this. The fact that he did so at least shows that he was aware of such things, and that he probably thought about them.
None of this, of course, proves that Heinlein was writing about trans people when he wrote Friday. Indeed, it is entirely likely that he had a whole range of different types of discrimination that he wanted to pillory when he came up with the idea of a world in which children whose DNA is indistinguishable from that of humans are regarded as non-human because of the circumstances of their birth. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, Heinlein is saying, then is must be a duck. It could be that he simply thought through all of the issues that Friday would face, and wrote the book accordingly. On the other hand, he could simply have known a transsexual or two and had talked to those people about their lives. We will, I suspect, never know.
What is true, however, is that once a book is published it is no longer simply the creation of its author. Each person who reads that book creates it anew by reading it through the filter of their own personal experience. Regardless of what Heinlein may or may not have intended Friday is a book that speaks very clearly to transsexuals about their personal experience. Other types of trans people may be less happy with it, but it is still relevant in several ways.
Cheryl Morgan is the co-editor of Science Fiction Awards Watch, non-fiction editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, and former editor of Emerald City. She blogs regularly on a variety of topics at Cheryl’s Mewsings.
When not tied to her computer she likes to travel the world, watch sport, buy clothes, listen to music, eat chocolate and cook. She has won two Hugo Awards.
Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » Crossed Genres #12 November 1st, 2009 2:28 am
[…] latest issue of Crossed Genres went live this evening. It is an LGBTQ special. It includes an article by me and an interview with Kate […]
Grace November 4th, 2009 8:19 am
This is an interesting article. I had not thought of Friday’s experience being analogous to trans experience, but clearly there are parallels.
That execrable rape scene, though. Feh.
I loved Heinlein’s writing when I was growing up, but I have a hard time with him now. There’s no doubt that he’s in the vanguard of the genetic essentialists among SF authors, which strikes me as odd considering some of his other opinions, such as the words he put in Lazarus Long’s mouth, if I recall correctly: “Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense.”
But here are some other words he put in Lazarus’ mouth, from _Time Enough for Love_:
[Minerva is suggesting novel life experiences for Lazarus.] “Lazarus, you could become female.”
[Lazarus replies.] “Minerva, I’m not sure what you mean. Surgeons have been turning inadequate males into fake females for more than two thousand years-and females into fake males almost as long. I’m not attracted by such stunts. For good-or bad-I am male. I suppose that every human has wondered how it would feel to be the other sex. But all the plastic surgery and hormone treatments possible won’t do it-those monsters don’t reproduce.”
So, for Heinlein, “real” femaleness (and presumably maleness) lay in the ability to reproduce. Anyone who has examined trans issues more than superficially knows that that road leads to problems very quickly.
Lest anyone accuse me of confusing Heinlein’s opinion with one of Heinlein’s character’s opinions, here’s how Minerva responds;
“I am not speaking of monsters, Lazarus. A true change in sex.”
In Heinlein’s writing, his characters quibble over small issues so routinely that it’s distracting. But Minerva, a super-intelligent super-computer, is quite willing to adopt the “monster” terminology without challenge or qualification, and then contrast surgical transition with “true change of sex”, which sets up the dichotomy that surgical transition is a false change of sex.
The similarity of Friday’s experience and a generalized trans experience are striking, but they certainly weren’t intentional. Heinlein clearly drew the line at chromosomes or reproduction, and thus left out in the cold every trans person living in a setting where chromosomal intervention is impossible — which includes every trans person living in Heinlein’s day, and every trans person living now.
Denying trans people their humanity ( “monsters”) because they live in an era where medical practice doesn’t meet Heinlein’s requirements would certainly qualify as “hurting others unnecessarily”. Heinlein often decried racism and some other forms of discrimination in his writing, but he never did work out his issues with gender.
fairportfan December 4th, 2009 5:43 pm
Forget the cleavage in Whelan’s cover.
Have you considered the zipper tabs?
My biggest gripe with “Friday” is that it’s not really a novel – it’s a number of incidents that could, mostly be reshuffled into a different order without making it materially better or worse…
Don’t know when I’ll be back again | Crossed Genres March 12th, 2010 10:25 pm
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Betty_W May 28th, 2012 12:22 pm
We are so on the same page here. This would be an excellent movie.
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Joan Joyce | Referee | Inducted 1994
Joan Joyce has to be one of the most incredible female athletes of all time. She has left an indelible mark on women’s athletics -- creating a legacy that has been instrumental in bringing women’s athletics into the public spotlight.
In basketball, Joyce was a four time Women’s Basketball Association (WBA) All-American and a three time AAU All-American. In 1964, she set a national tournament single-game scoring record (67 points) and played on the 1965 U.S. National Team. Joyce was a highly regarded basketball official from 1958-1972. She officiated several CIAC State Tournament games and three AIAAW national championship games.
Joyce is perhaps best known for her talents on the softball field. Currently Head Coach at Florida Atlantic University, she played for the Raybestos Brakettes for 19 seasons. Among other accomplishments, Joyce was an 8-time National Tournament MVP and was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame in 1983.
Joyce was also a 19-year member of the LPGA Tour from 1977-1995. She was the player/coach for the U.S. Volleyball Association Connecticut Clippers and competed in four National Tournaments. She finished third in the balloting for Athletes of the Millennium in Connecticut.
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Testing Arctic climate models: how much detail can we capture?
Many of us have heard that as a consequence of climate change, Arctic sea ice is rapidly decreasing and that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. It’s a complicated system that we don’t understand very well: few people live in the Arctic, and the data from limited study sites may not be representative of the region as a whole. How will Arctic climates change at different timescales in the coming years? What could this mean for coastal Arctic communities that rely on sea ice for preventing erosion or fishing in deep waters? How will navigation and shipping routes change? And in addition, how does a changing Arctic affect climates at lower latitudes?
Visualization of winter sea ice in the Arctic by Cindy Starr, courtesy the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio.
Daniel Watkins is a fourth-year PhD student of Atmospheric Science in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science (CEOAS). Working with Dr. Jennifer Hutchings, he is analyzing climate model experiments in order to find answers to these questions. An important step in this is to evaluate the quality of climate simulations, which he does by matching up model output with real-life observations of temperature, sea ice, and cloud cover. Climate scientists have many models that predict how these factors will change in the Arctic over the next several decades. No model can take every detail into account, so how accurate can its predictions be? For example, the frigid Arctic temperatures can cause water molecules in low-lying clouds to trap heat in a very different way than they do here in the Pacific Northwest. Is it necessary to take a detail like this into account?
In cold regions like the Arctic where surface ocean temperatures are much warmer than the overlying atmosphere, the ocean transfers a lot of heat into the air. Sea ice insulates the ocean and prevents heat transfer to the atmosphere, so when there is less ice, a cycle of increasing warming can perpetuate. Because water has a higher heat capacity than air, the ocean doesn’t cool off as much as the atmosphere warms. This is particularly bad news for the Arctic, where layers of cold, dense air often sit beneath warmer air in a phenomenon called a temperature inversion. Effectively, this prevents heat from moving on to higher layers of the atmosphere, so it stays low where it could melt more sea ice. This contributes to a phenomenon called Arctic Amplification, where for every degree of warming seen in the global average, the Arctic surface temperature warms by about four degrees. While it may be tempting to build a model containing every cloud in the atmosphere or chunk of ice in the Arctic Ocean, these could make it too computationally difficult to solve. Daniel has to simplify, because his goal is not to provide a weather forecast, but to evaluate how well models match observed measurements of Arctic temperatures.
Daniel by the Skogafoss in Iceland in June 2018. If you’re lucky (and he was), you can see sea ice, turbulent boundary layer cloud layers, and the Greenland ice sheet when you fly between Portland and Iceland.
To accomplish this, Daniel uses model output data, re-analyzed data that fits models to observations, and temperature measurements from weather balloons. These sources contain terabytes of data, so he has written code and contributed to open-source software that subsets and analyzes these datasets in a meaningful way. Daniel then uses the re-analyzed and weather balloon data to test whether the model reproduces various features of the Arctic climate, such as widespread temperature inversions. Working with this vast amount of information requires some mathematical prowess. While studying as an undergraduate at BYU Idaho, Daniel decided to major in math when he heard a professor describe mathematics as “a toolbox to solve science problems with”. An internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory later suggested geophysical modeling as a worthy task to tackle.
When he’s not modeling the future of the Arctic, Daniel spends time with his children, Milo and Owen, and plays in a rock band he formed with his wife, Suzanne, called Mons La Hire. Daniel is also a DJ on KBVR and is excited to become the newest host of Inspiration Dissemination. To hear more, tune in on Sunday, December 2nd at 7 PM on KBVR 88.7 FM, live stream the show, or catch our podcast!
This entry was posted in Atmospheric Science, Uncategorized and tagged Arctic, climate change on 2018-11-29 by klaseks.
Can soil bacteria clean up our toxic messes?
Thousands of sites across the US are contaminated with chemical solvents that have been used for decades in industrial processes. These solvents can leach into groundwater and create plumes up to several miles long. 1,4-dioxane, a probable human carcinogen, is often present in groundwater contaminant plumes because of its historical use in degreasing heavy machinery, but it’s also present in trace amounts in products as varied as laundry detergents, deicing agents, cosmetics, and even in food.
There’s good news and bad news here: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, enacted in 1980, established laws for the management and disposal of hazardous wastes, meaning new releases to the environment have diminished considerably. Decontamination of chlorinated solvents often involves pumping groundwater to the surface and removing the contamination through volatilization or adsorption. However, this process is expensive, time- and energy-consuming, and ineffective at removing some chemicals, like water-soluble 1,4-dioxane.
Some jobs require the help of friends. In this case, for Hannah Rolston, a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of Environmental Engineering working with Dr. Lewis Semprini, these friends are soil bacteria that are able to naturally degrade this carcinogen. Bioremediation, or the practice of putting these bacteria to work to degrade contaminants, offers some hope in cases like these. Sometimes they can degrade certain pollutants all by themselves (called natural attenuation), but when you’re dealing with carcinogens in areas with people nearby, you want to use an engineered approach to make sure this process goes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Hannah explained to us that not all compounds are easily degraded by bacteria, and even though some will consume 1,4-dioxane as food, environmental concentrations are not enough to sustain their growth (though remain harmful to humans). To work around this, she has been using a strategy called cometabolism. This involves adding a different carbon source into the groundwater plume for the microbes to eat–ideally, one that will cause the bacteria to produce enzymes that not only degrade the food source, but the 1,4-dioxane as well. This can be tricky, and not only in an engineering sense: you need to know enough microbial metabolism to be sure they’re not converting the hazardous compound into something even worse.
Hannah collecting groundwater samples from test wells at the OSU motor pool.
Using soil samples from two contaminated sites in Colorado and California, Hannah and the Semprini group are using isobutane (yes, the same gas you use for your camp stove) to nourish the native microbial communities so that they produce a type of enzyme called a monooxygenase. She has observed the 1,4-dioxane levels decrease in these enrichments. Preliminary work shows the bacteria convert 1,4-dioxane all the way to carbon dioxide–completely benign compared to what we started with.
Hannah began her undergraduate at Seattle University as an international studies major interested in a career in diplomacy. Feeling her first year of humanities classes provided her a wide breadth of knowledge but didn’t give her applicable skills, she transferred to environmental engineering, where she became interested in groundwater and hazardous waste remediation. After graduation, she worked for the US Army Environmental Command, working with army installations across the country to comply with environmental regulations.. When the spreadsheets and desk work didn’t quite live up to its expectations, she knew it was time to seek out graduate programs where she could put her engineering background and interest in hazardous waste remediation to work.
When she’s not tricking microbes into consuming carcinogenic contaminants, Hannah can be found road biking and doing ceramics at the OSU craft center. She is also involved in the OSU Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association and the OMSI Science Communication Fellowship program. To hear more about her research and journey to graduate school, tune in to Inspiration Dissemination Sunday August 26th at 7pm on 88.7 FM, or stream the show live.
This entry was posted in Environmental Engineering and tagged bioremediation, engineering, groundwater on 2018-08-24 by klaseks.
The Mold That Keeps On Giving
All around us, plants, fungi, and bacteria are waging chemical warfare against one another to deter grazing, prevent against infection, or reduce the viability of competitor species. Us humans benefit from this. We use many of these compounds, called secondary metabolites, as antibiotics, medicines, painkillers, toxins, pigments, food additives, and more. We are nowhere close to finding all of these potentially useful compounds, particularly in marine environments where organisms can make very different types of chemicals. Could something as ordinary as a fungus from the sea provide us with the next big cancer breakthrough?
Paige Mandelare with one of the many marine bacteria she works with
Paige Mandelare thinks so. As a fourth-year PhD student working for Dr. Sandra Loesgen in OSU’s Chemistry department, she has extracted and characterized a class of secondary metabolites from a marine fungus, Aspergillus alliaceus, isolated from the tissues of an algae in the Mediterranean Sea. After growing the fungus in the laboratory and preparing an extract from it, she tested the extract on colon cancer and melanoma cell lines. It turned out to be cytotoxic to these cancer cells. Further purification of this mixture revealed three very similar forms of these new compounds they called allianthrones. Once Paige and her research group narrowed down their structures, they published their findings in the Journal of Natural Products.
Next, she grew the fungus on a different salt media, replacing bromine for chlorine. This forced the fungus to produce brominated allianthrones, which have a slightly different activity than the original chlorinated ones. Her lab then sent two of these compounds to the National Cancer Institute, where they were tested on 60 cell lines and found to work most effectively on breast cancers.
The recent publication of Paige in her story of the allianthrones from this marine-derived fungus, Aspergillus alliaceus.Like many organisms that produce them, this wonder mold only makes secondary metabolites when it has to. By stressing it with several different types of media in the lab, Paige is using a technique called metabolomics to see what other useful compounds it could produce. This will also give insight into how the fungus can be engineered to produce particular compounds of interest.
A native Rhode Islander who moved to Florida at the age of ten, Paige has always been fascinated with the ocean and as a child dreamed of becoming a marine biologist and working with marine mammals. She studied biology with a pre-med track as an undergraduate at the University of North Florida before becoming fascinated with chemistry. Not only did this allow her to better appreciate her father’s chemistry PhD better, she joined a natural products research lab where she first learned to conduct fungal chemical assays. Instead of placing her on a pre-med career path, her mentors in the UNF Chemistry department fostered her interest in natural products and quickly put her in touch with Dr. Loesgen here at OSU.
Paige enjoying her time at the Oregon Coast, when she is not in the research lab
After finishing her PhD, Paige hopes to move back east to pursue a career in industry at a pharmaceutical company or startup. In the meantime, when she’s not discovering anticancer agents from marine fungi, she participates in a master swimming class for OSU faculty, trains for triathlons, and is an avid baker.
To hear more about Paige and her research, tune in to KBVR Corvallis 88.7 FM this Sunday July 15th at 7 pm. You can also stream the live interview at kbvr.com/listen, or find it on our podcast next week on Apple Podcasts.
This entry was posted in Chemistry, College of Science and tagged biology, Chemistry, ocean on 2018-07-11 by klaseks.
Agroforestry: any takers?
Agroforestry, the practice of growing crops or tending livestock while purposefully managing trees on the same parcel of land, can provide security of fuel wood and food in rural areas of the developing world. Increased access to healthcare in many African countries has spurred population growth over the past couple of decades. Malnourishment remains a problem, and as the number of people per acre of farmland increases, maintaining food security may require changes in agricultural practices.
As a second-year PhD student in the Forest Ecosystems and Society department in the College of Forestry, Sonia Bruck knows this isn’t a simple task. Communities around the world who are exposed to agroforestry practices tend to adopt them at low rates, which often depend on residents’ wealth and education. Working with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), a non-governmental organization in Kenya, Sonia will travel to the town of Mbola in the Uyui district of eastern Tanzania in September. She will be living there for seven months, examining how and why these and other factors might play a role in how people decide to adopt agroforestry practices. A Tanzanian regional office of ICRAF has already promoted the intercropping of pigeon pea and cassava with Gliricidia sepium (a nitrogen fixing tree), but despite this being a biologically sound strategy, it hasn’t caught on among everyone in Mbola. So if there are cultural or socioeconomic barriers to adopting these techniques, she wants to know about them.
An agroforestry system in North Carolina – Longleaf pine alley cropping, where corn and soybeans were alternated near an open agricultural field.
Knowing that wealthier villagers are able to place more risk into implementing a new agroforestry technique might be only one facet. Health, household division of labor, number of children per household, and access to food may also factor into whether people decide to adopt this strategy. Sonia is developing a quantitative survey to gather data like these, and plans to administer it to 600 residents once she arrives in Mbola. She will then analyze the survey data and schedule focus groups to allow residents to provide more context, especially if there are relationships between variables that don’t seem to make sense. According to rational choice theory, we’re all rational actors – so Westerners like us might be missing important cultural preferences that could guide farmers’ agricultural decisions in rural Tanzania. Sonia hopes that her findings will help ICRAF target households that could benefit from implementing agroforestry.
(From left to right) Jeremais Mowo (Regional Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa), Sonia Bruck, and Badege Bishaw (her adviser) at ICRAF.
When Sonia departs for Tanzania, she certainly will not be a stranger to international travel. Her father, a professor of plant pathology, taught a field course in the Peruvian Amazon, and she first got to tag along as a fourteen-year-old. The heat, humidity, and occasional threat of vampire bats didn’t seem to deter her when she studied abroad for a summer in Brazil, as an undergraduate at Appalachian State University majoring in Sustainable Development and Environmental Studies. She has also traveled extensively across Central and South America, and recently to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal to catch up with friends stationed in the Peace Corps and learn more about local cultures.
Sonia near Silver Falls, Oregon
To hear more about Sonia’s research and experiences traveling and living abroad, be sure to tune in to KBVR Corvallis 88.7 FM this Sunday May, 27 at 7 pm, stream the live interview at kbvr.com/listen, or find it in podcast form next week on Apple Podcasts.
If you’re interested in participating in agroforestry in the Pacific Northwest please visit: http://pnwagro.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
This entry was posted in College of Forestry and tagged Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Forestry on 2018-05-25 by klaseks.
Beyond doom and gloom: highlighting solutions to ocean acidification
When we hear news coverage of global environmental changes, it can easily overwhelm us. We mentally curl up into the fetal position and conclude there is nothing we can do to stave off the changes that Earth is projected to experience. One of these changes is ocean acidification–a phenomenon where carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean. As carbon dioxide levels increase in our atmosphere, more of it is able to dissolve into the ocean and lower its pH, making it more acidic. A decrease of 0.1 pH unit in the global ocean since the beginning of the 1900s may not seem like a lot, but because pH is represented on a logarithmic scale, it actually represents about a 30% increase in hydrogen ions. This makes it harder for organisms like oysters, clams, and corals to build hard shells and skeletons. It is uncertain how this phenomenon could affect the long-term fate of these organisms, as well as the fish that depend on them.
Brian flying in a hot air balloon north of Mt. Rainer, WA.
This is where Brian Erickson comes in. Brian, a masters student in Marine Resource Management in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, observed that most curricula designed to teach high school students about ocean acidification do not discuss actionable solutions that most people can take in their everyday lives to mitigate their carbon footprints. Do student attitudes change when presented with solutions like insulating homes to save on heat, swapping incandescent bulbs with LEDs, or consolidating trips to the store to minimize gas consumption?
Brian at work during his first field biology job, studying the sexual reproduction of tropical seaweeds in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and San Blas, Panama. It’s easy to fall in love with the ocean when you snorkel on coral reefs for two summers!
A former high school science teacher himself, Brian grew up in St. Louis and received his undergraduate degree in biology from Lewis and Clark College. As an undergraduate, he first became acquainted with environmental research as a field technician in St. Croix in the Caribbean. After participating in Teach For America in New York City, he took many environmental research and education jobs before deciding to return to the ocean to bridge his interests of outdoor education and social science. As his masters draws to a close, Brian will be staying at OSU to begin a PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife working to bring multiple perspectives to marine conservation efforts in East Africa.
Helping students dissect a shark at Bronx Career & College Preparatory High School (Bronx, NY).
Taking students on their first canoe trip with Parks in Focus near Pictured Rocks, MI.
To hear more about Brian’s research and experiences in education, tune in to KBVR Corvallis 88.7 FM at 7 pm on April 15th, or stream it online here. If you’re busy at that time, the show will appear on our podcast later this week.
This entry was posted in College of Earth Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Marine Resource Management on 2018-04-13 by klaseks.
How can humans help oysters adapt to stresses from ocean acidification?
The Pacific Northwest supports a 270 million dollar per year shellfish industry. Human-induced climate change has increased global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. More carbon dioxide then enters ocean water, making it more corrosive. As a consequence, oysters and other shellfish that rely on alkaline seawater conditions to precipitate calcium carbonate and build their shells find it harder to grow. The Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Tillamook, which supplies Netarts Bay with oysters and also sells larvae to farmers across the Northwest, experienced larval die-offs of nearly 75% in 2007.
This catastrophe spawned increased research efforts to prevent future die-offs. Sophie Wensman, a second-year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Alyssa Shiel in
OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, is working on an unusual new way of growing oysters in Netarts Bay. She is placing large bags of dead oyster shells in the bay and then growing oysters on top of them. Similar to antacids, dead oyster shells neutralize corrosivity in the water by dissolving into carbonate, which the live oysters can then incorporate into their shells. Think of it as a short-circuited version of the circle of life.
Sophie attaching predator bags to shell plantings in Netarts Bay. Photo credit Tiffany Woods, Oregon Sea Grant.
Spat on shell, or baby oysters that have attached to old dead oyster shells. These are what the oysters looked like at the start of the project in August 2015. Now each of those little brown spots are around 9 cm (~3.5 in). Photo Credit Sophie Wensman.
Besides investigating how these oysters will grow, Sophie plans on using her background in chemistry to develop a technique to examine how ocean chemistry is recorded in the oysters shells, layer by layer. Like all of us, oysters are not perfect. Besides calcium carbonate, they incorporate some impurities into their shells, like certain forms of uranium carbonates. Based on what we know about forams, sea-dwelling zooplankton that also mineralize calcium carbonate shells, Sophie expects the amount of uranium the oysters mineralize will increase under more corrosive conditions, where less carbonate is available. To accomplish this, she will use a technique called laser ablation mass spectrometry, where she will shoot lasers onto samples of oyster shells. The shell bits will vaporize, and the machine will record the amounts of uranium and calcium present. Looking at this uranium-to-calcium ratio and how it relates to the measured seawater chemistry in Netarts Bay could be helpful for other oyster growers to see whether their animals are also experiencing stress from ocean acidification.
Adult oyster shell that has been cut in half to expose the hinge of the shell (left). This hinge is what we are using to trace water chemistry in Netarts Bay. Photo credit Tiffany Woods, Oregon Sea Grant.
Sophie’s mother, who home-schooled her until the age of twelve, instilled in her a curiosity about science and the natural world from a young age. At the age of eight, Sophie became the youngest Marine Docent through the University of New Hampshire’s Sea Grant program. She also worked as a rocky shore naturalist and camp counselor at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH, teaching people of all ages about the rocky shore ecosystem. Sophie attended the University of Michigan studying secondary science education, but interning with Dow Corning and stumbling across an interview with a chemical oceanographer on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week program provided her another career idea. This led her to an NSF-sponsored Research Experience as an Undergrad (REU) program at the University of Washington, a 36-day research cruise between Hawaii and Alaska, and a job as a technician in Joel Blum’s lab at the University of Michigan studying mercury isotope geochemistry. Sophie intends to continue her passions of education and chemical oceanography by pursuing an academic position at a research university.
Tune in to 88.7 FM at 7:00 pm Sunday evening to hear more about Sophie and her research on oyster health and chemistry, or stream the program live right here.
You can download her iTunes Podcast Episode!
This entry was posted in Fisheries and Wildlife on 2018-02-04 by klaseks.
Ocean basins are like trumpets– no, really.
We’re all familiar with waves when we go to the coast and see them wash onto the beach. But since ocean waters are usually stratified by density, with warmer fresher waters on top of colder, saltier ones, waves can occur between water layers of different densities at depths up to hundreds of meters. These are called internal waves. They often have frequencies that are synched with the tides and can be pretty big–up to 200 meters in amplitude! Because of their immense size, these waves help transfer heat and nutrients from deep waters, meaning they have an impact on ocean current circulation and the growth of phytoplankton.
The line of foam on the surface of the ocean indicates the presence of an internal wave.
We still don’t understand a lot about how these waves work. Jenny Thomas is a PhD student working with Jim Lerczak in Physical Oceanography in CEOAS (OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences). Jenny studies the behavior of internal waves whose frequencies correspond with the tides (called internal tides) in ocean basins. This requires a bit of mathematical theory about how waves work, and some modeling of the dimensions of the basin and how it could affect the height of tides onshore.
Picture a bathtub with water in it. Say you push it back and forth at a certain rate until all the water sloshes up on one side while the water is low on the other side. In physics terms, you have pushed the water in the bathtub at one of its resonant frequencies to make all of it behave as a single wave. This is called being in a normal mode of motion. Jenny’s work on the normal modes of ocean basins suggests that the length-to-width ratio and the bathymetry of an ocean basin influence the structure of internal tides along the coast. Basically, if the tidal forcing and the shape of the basin coincide just right, they can excite a normal mode. The internal wave can then act like water in a bathtub sloshing up the side, pushing up on the lower-density water above it.
It turns out that water isn’t the only thing that can have normal modes. The air column in a wind instrument is another example. Jenny grew up a child of two musicians and earned a degree in trumpet performance from the University of Iowa, and she occasionally uses her trumpet to demonstrate the concept of normal modes. She can change pitches by buzzing her lips at different resonant frequencies of the trumpet–the pitch is not just controlled by the valves.
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Jenny uses her trumpet to explain normal modes.
Near the end of her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa, Jenny discovered that she had a condition called fibrous dysplasia that could potentially cause her mouth to become paralyzed. Deciding a career as a musician would be too risky, and realizing her aptitude for math and physics, she went back to school and earned a second undergraduate degree in physical oceanography at Old Dominion University. After a summer internship at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution conducting fieldwork for the US Geological Survey, she decided to pursue a graduate degree at OSU to further examine the behavior of internal waves.
Tune in to 88.7 KBVR Corvallis to hear more about Jenny’s research and background (with a trumpet demo!) or stream the show live right here.
You can also download Jenny’s iTunes Podcast Episode!
Jenny helps prepare an instrument that will be lowered into the water to determine the density of ocean layers.
Jenny isn’t fishing. The instrument she is deploying is called a CTD for Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth–the three things it measures when in the water.
This entry was posted in College of Earth Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Physical Oceanography, Uncategorized and tagged Oceanography, Physics, Waves on 2017-11-18 by klaseks.
The Breathing Seafloor
In the cold, dark depths of the seafloor across the world, microbes living in sediments and on rocks are quietly breaking down organic material and sucking dissolved oxygen out of the seawater. The continental shelf off of Oregon’s coasts, home to a fishing industry that brings in over a hundred million dollars of revenue per year, is no exception. Does oxygen consumption, and therefore carbon cycling, vary by location, or across seasons? Setting a baseline to investigate these patterns of oxygen drawdown is crucial to understanding habitats and distributions of fish stocks, but will also establish what “normal” oxygen consumption looks like off our shores. Measurements like these are also used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to estimate global patterns of carbon burial. If any forces were to shift these patterns in the future, we’d at least have a baseline to allow us to diagnose any “abnormal” conditions.
Peter Chace is a third-year PhD student of Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). Peter’s research focuses on developing a technique of measuring fluxes of oxygen across the seafloor called Eddy covariance. This technique takes high-resolution time measurements of three-dimensional velocities of water moving in turbulent whorls, or random circular patterns, within the boundary layer of a fluid like air or water. Eddy covariance has been employed to measure fluxes across air layers on land for decades, but has only recently been applied in marine systems. A point-source oxygen measurement within this turbulent layer is measured with a microelectrode and combined with the velocity data to develop a flux. Why go through all this trouble? Other ways to measure oxygen fluxes, like putting chambers over an area of seafloor and waiting to measure an oxygen drawdown, require a lot of work and give little temporal resolution.
Workers on the RV Oceanus, Oregon State’s largest research vessel, deploy a benthic (seafloor) oxygen sensor.
Peter can calibrate his microelectrodes to measure other chemicals and obtain their fluxes across the seabed, but he is mainly focused on oxygen. To measure fluxes off the Oregon coast, Pete and his advisor, Dr. Clare Reimers, will head to sea on the RV Oceanus several times this fall and winter to deploy their sensor on the seafloor for days at a time. The desk-sized seafloor lander and the microelectrode attached to it are fragile, and the rough seas offshore Oregon in fall and winter will make it a challenging endeavor. We hope they pack enough seasickness medication and barf bags!
You get right up close and personal with the ocean when you send down these instruments… and this is on a clear day with calm seas!
Since growing up as a child in New Jersey, Peter has always wanted to learn about the ocean. While studying chemistry and marine biology at Monmouth University (in New Jersey) as an undergraduate, he completed a summer REU (Research Experience as an Undergraduate) with his current advisor, Clare Reimers, here at Oregon State University. He also interned for NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association), analyzing the chemistry of hydrothermal vent fluids with Dr. David Butterfield. Pete revisited a hydrothermal system on a cruise to the East Pacific Rise off of Central America where he got a remarkable opportunity to dive in Alvin, the submersible that discovered the wreckage of the Titanic.
Here’s Pete in the submersible Alvin just before the dive, checking his microelectrodes.
To hear more about Peter’s research on sensor development and his seafaring expeditions, tune in to Inspiration Dissemination on Sunday, October 15th at 7pm on 88.7 KBVR Corvallis. Or stream it online here!
This entry was posted in College of Earth Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Uncategorized on 2017-10-14 by klaseks.
Characterizing off-channel habitats in the Willamette River: Fish need to cool off too!
During the summer, when the mercury clears triple digits on the Fahrenheit scale, people seek out cooler spaces. Shaded parks, air conditioned ice cream parlors, and community pools are often top places to beat the heat. If you’re a resident of Corvallis, Oregon, you may head downtown to dip your toes in the Willamette River. Yet while the river offers a break from the hot temperatures for us, it is much too warm for the cold water fishes that call it home.
Where do fish go to cool off?
As a master’s student in the Water Resources Graduate Program at Oregon State University, Carolyn Gombert is working to understand where cold water habitat is located along the Willamette River. More importantly, she is seeking to understand the riverine and geomorphic processes responsible for creating the fishes’ version of our air conditioned ice cream parlors. By placing waterproof temperature loggers along sites in the upper Willamette, she hopes to shed light both on the temporal and spatial distribution of cold water patches, as well as the creation mechanisms behind such habitats.
The cart before the horse: seeking to reconcile science and policy
Because the Willamette Basin is home to Cutthroat trout and Chinook salmon, the river is subject to the temperature standard adopted by the state of Oregon in 2003. Between May through October, Cutthroat and Chinook require water cooler than 18 degrees Celsius (64.4 degrees Fahrenheit). Currently, the main channel of the Willamette regularly exceeds this threshold. The coolest water during this time is found in side channels or alcoves off the main stem. While Oregon law recognizes the benefits these “cold water refuges” can provide, our scientific understanding of how these features change over time is still in its early stages.
Emerging stories
Data collection for Carolyn’s project is slated to wrap up during September of 2017. However, preliminary results from temperature monitoring efforts suggest the subsurface flow of river water through gravel and sediment plays a critical role in determining water temperature. By pairing results from summer field work with historical data such as air photos and laser-based mapping techniques (LiDAR) like in the image below, it will be possible to link geomorphic change on the Willamette to its current temperature distributions.
Between 1994 and 2000, the Willamette River near Harrisburg, Oregon shifted from a path along the left bank to one along the right bank. This avulsion would have happened during a high flow event, likely the 1996 flood.
No stranger to narratives
Prior to beginning her work in hydrology at OSU, Carolyn earned a bachelor’s in English and taught reading at the middle school level. Her undergraduate work in creative writing neither taught her how to convert temperature units from Fahrenheit to Celsius nor how to maneuver in a canoe. But the time she spent crafting stories did show her that characters are not to be forced into a plot, much like data is not to be forced into a pre-meditated conclusion. Being fortunate enough to work with Stephen Lancaster as a primary advisor, Carolyn looks forward to exploring the subtleties that surface from the summer’s data.
If you’d like to hear more about the results from Carolyn’s work, she will be at the OSU Hydrophiles’ Pacific Northwest Water Research Symposium, April 23-24, 2018. Feel free to check out past Symposiums here. Additionally, to hear more about Carolyn’s journey through graduate school, you can listen to her interview on the Happie Heads podcast.
Carolyn conducting field work on the Willamette.
Carolyn Gombert wrote the bulk of this post, with a few edits contributed by ID hosts.
This entry was posted in College of Earth Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Fisheries and Wildlife, Water Resources Management, Water Resources Policy and Management and tagged fisheries, Geomorphology, Willamette River on 2017-08-19 by klaseks.
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Journalists Jump to Conclusions Re: Tom Schweich’s Death
Unlike so many who work as journalists, I refuse to label two recent and much-publicized deaths in the Show-Me State as suicides until those in charge of investigating those deaths make such declarations public.
During the past four days, I’ve written and published three articles related to the tragic deaths of Tom Schweich, 54, a second-term Missouri state auditor and declared Republican candidate for governor Feb. 26, and his official spokesperson, Robert “Spence” Jackson, 44, only 30 days later. In the most recent article, I revealed two facts other media outlets have, thusfar, failed to share with their audiences.
First, I shared a statement received via email Monday from Dr. Mary E. Case, St. Louis County’s chief medical examiner. Among other things, she explained that the autopsy, including complete toxicology testing, is complete. She did not, however, say that the death had been ruled a suicide.
Second, I shared a statement received from Clayton (Mo.) Police Chief Kevin Murphy. In an email message about the investigation into Schweich’s death Monday, he wrote, “Currently, the investigation is not closed.” As was the case with Dr. Case, Chief Murphy did not say that the death had been ruled a suicide.
Many in the local, state and national news media, however, have been quick to gloss over the fact no one in any official capacity to make such a statement has said definitively that Schweich committed suicide. [FYI: I have yet to look into the matter of whether any such official statement has been issued regarding Jackson’s death.]
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The most recent in-state example appeared in the Sedalia Democrat April 3. One didn’t have to read beyond the headline of a column by Bob Satnan to see that the editors at the central Missouri newspaper were comfortable publishing a statement not backed up by anyone authorized to confirm it: Lessons to be learned from 2 suicides.
Virginia Young of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch waited until the seventh paragraph of her April 1 Political Fix column, but she still used the “S” word without its use substantiated by anyone in an official capacity.
Media outlets outside of the state have done the same thing.
The “S” word appeared in the headline and first paragraph of an April Fools Day piece, Two Suicides Rock Missouri Politics, in The Daily Beast. Notably, the piece was written by Missouri’s own Eli Yokely. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, he should have known better than to use the term without official confirmation.
The “S” word also appeared in the subhead of Luke Brinker‘s March 30 piece in Salon and in the first paragraph of Stacy Hatton‘s March 24 piece in The Huffington Post.
Perhaps things have changed inside journalism school classrooms during the 30-plus years since I received my degree in the subject. I do know, however, that I would have received a failing grade had I used the word, suicide, without verifying it by way of an official report and attributing that verification to the individual or agency that provided it. Until such verification is provided by someone authorized to offer it, I will use terms such as alleged, apparent, possible and suspect in front of the the word, suicide.
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Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin
Stuck in a scientific experiment against his will, Andy gets teleported to a faraway planet Ilanta that is inhabited both by humans and supernatural beings. Andy gets no warm welcome… fatally wounded, he decides to proceed with an ancient ritual and be reborn as a dragon, a.k.a. a Master of Heaven.
In his new form, he will have to take part in all kinds of exciting adventures and gloomy challenges, mastering new magic skills, befriending orcs, elves and dragons, fighting a good fight, and, eventually, continuing on his quest for justice while reincarnated as a dragon.
He has a long way to go before getting used to his body and mastering his newly obtained powers. To defend the weak and to restore justice, he will go through fire and water, suffer from intrigues, conspiracy, betrayal, and even an interplanetary war started by the royals — after all, sudden appearance of a representative of the extinct dragon race was decided not a part their plans.
Little does he know that he is destined to play an integral part in an epic conflict that is to break out soon, when the future of the two planets will be decided…
The Dragon Inside by Alex Sapegin is a bestselling heroic fantasy series. At last, the books written by the winner of Russian fantasy contests and one of the top modern writers in this genre are ready to face a worldwide audience and share their story. The book is filled with dynamic action, swordfighting, and magic. It is an epic fantasy saga of portal traveling, bodily transformations, regeneration, reincarnation, and epic combat, but first and foremost, a story of discovering and reclaiming one’s true self.
From now on, he’s got two hearts beating in his scale-clad chest and mighty wings behind his back. In the faraway planet of two moons he was born again as a dragon…
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NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas for a review of the death sentence handed down to four men in the rape and murder of a young woman on a New Delhi bus, leaving an appeal to the president as their only possible recourse. The 2012 attack on the 23-year old physiotherapy student on the moving bus shocked India and led to tough new laws against sexual violence, including the death penalty for rape in some cases. The victim died from her injuries two weeks later in hospital in Singapore. The court said that there were no grounds to review its decision upholding the death sentence for the four men, all from working class neighborhood in the Indian capital. “We have gone through the curative petitions and relevant documents. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this court,” the court said its order. – Agencies
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Covering Business at Dartmouth and Beyond
Administrative Bloat: What is Your Tuition Money Paying for?
By Emma Ractliffe '17 August 18, 2014 November 28, 2015
Every Dartmouth student knows that his or her college education is expensive. Families make sacrifices to pay tuition: students and parents take on debt, alumni are constantly solicited for donations, and tax-exempt money flows to colleges rather than to other non-profits. Therefore, it is important to ask if the administration uses the money efficiently. Dartmouth claims to spend $117,000 per student each year to educate us. Less than half of this is covered by tuition. Consider also that full tuition at $60,201 costs about three times more in inflation-adjusted dollars than it did in 1980. If tuition had risen only with inflation, a Dartmouth education would today cost about $25,000 for full tuition plus room and board. One can certainly question if the education and overall experience is three times better today than it was in 1980.
High expenses are not a problem unique to Dartmouth. College tuition nationwide has increased at an average rate of 7.45 percent per year since 1978, and with it the amount of debt with which students are being saddled. The Department of Labor demonstrated that college tuition has experienced the greatest cost increase over the last 30 years, increasing two to three times the overall rate of inflation, significantly outpacing the consumer price index and even medical care.
In “Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much”, Ronald Ehrenberg, Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University argues that top institutions, with long lines of high quality applicants flocking to their doors, have chosen to spend more money every year. “The objective of selective academic institutions” he contends, “is to be the best in every aspect of their activities.” As a result, they seek out all possible resources and “wind up in an arms race of spending to improve facilities, faculty, students, research, and instructional technology.” In “Over Invested and Over Priced,” Richard Vedder, director for the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor of Economics at Ohio University, points out that this is due to the simple fact that colleges, as non-profits, have no bottom line. Under no pressure to be efficient, colleges often incur costs to buy things that improve magazine rankings, not knowing if this truly improves teaching or research. A report from the Goldwater Institute found that in 2007 it took 13.1 percent more employees to educate the same number of students than it did in 1993. Furthermore, the rate of increase of total university employees per students as greatest among private universities, which in 2007, had an average of 53.6 employees for ever 100 students, equivalent to fewer than two students per employee, an increase of 20 percent from 1993.
If the increased spending is going to enhance the quality of learning, one could argue that increased spending is well worth it. However, universities are not using their greater size and increased revenue to hire more teaching staff. In “Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All Administrative University and Why it Matters,” Benjamin Ginsberg, Professor Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, points out that the rise in college spending can be attributed almost entirely to the growth of administrations. He laments what he terms an “administrative blight” which is personified by what an army of “deanlets” and “deanlings”. Between 1975 and 2005, the growth in the ranks of administrators has far outstripped in the ranks of administrators has far outstripped the increase in faculty. The larger result of this, he contends, is that resources have been shifted to feed primarily the ever-increasing number of administrators who do little to advance the main instructional aims of a university. Indeed, between 1993 and 2007, inflation-adjusted spending on administration per student increased 61 percent while instructional spending per student rose only 39 percent during that same period.
Dartmouth has become the poster child for administrative bloat. In fact, Dartmouth spends more solely on administration per student that the average American university spends on everything per student. Information at The Center for COllege Affordability and Productivity shows that the large spending categories at Dartmouth are $37,000 per student for academic support, and $24,000 per student on research. Dartmouth is spending a staggering $88,000 per student before instructional costs are even considered.
Dartmouth currently has the highest tuition among the Ivies, and also has the dubious distinction of being a leader in splurging on administrative costs. Comparing Dartmouth’s 2013 Financial Report to Brown’s (the Ivy that is closest to us in size) is thought provoking. Brown and Dartmouth appear to have around the same number of total employees, despite the fact the Brown 36 percent more students! Brown pays its professors approximately 10 percent more per year than Dartmouth does, yet Brown’s total annual spending was somehow still a staggering $105,491,000 less than Dartmouth’s in 2013.
Digging into Dartmouth’s financial statements, one can discover that the university spent $326,856,000 on salaries and $112,937,000 on benefits in 2013, while Brown spent $294,674,000 on salaries and $94,185,000 on benefits. Overall Dartmouth spent a total of $86,715,000 more on compensation, or a difference of about 22 percent, despite the fact that they have about the same number of employees and that Dartmouth pays 10 percent less to Professors.
Furthermore, data from the Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), reveals a disturbing trend for salaries of Dartmouth instructional employees (professors) versus non-instructional employees (administrative staff). The data indicate that from 2006 to 2007, salaries of Dartmouth professors actually dropped almost $40,000, while salaries for academic support employees (which includes Deans and other non-instructional functions), and salaries for institutional support (which includes employees not directly related to academics such as legal and fiscal managers) both have been increasing.
I was puzzled by this anomalous trend showing that salaries of professors had dramatically declined starting in 2007, while salaries of administrators dramatically increased at the same time. I contacted Dartmouth CFO, RIchard Mills, but he was not able to provide an explanation.
Dartmouth also appears to be more profligate with its endowment than Brown. Dartmouth’s 2013 Financial Report indicates that Dartmouth drew $183,816,000 from its endowment, giving it, on a per student basis, a little over $44,000 to work with, while Brown had about $23,000 per student. Dartmouth has been using vastly more of its endowment that Brown has. However, as these graphs indicate, Dartmouth’s spending does not seem to be going to increase the quality of the Dartmouth education, but rather seems to be mainly squandered on increased administrative salaries. In fact, further data from IPEDS indicates that Dartmouth spends a much smaller percentile of its budget on instruction than Brown does, and vastly more on academic support (a difference it shares with the rest of the Ivies as well).
While Dartmouth offers more generous financial aid than many colleges, it nonetheless still has the highest tuition cost of all the Ivies, and 50 percent of its students graduate with some amount of student debt. Nationwide, experts fear that a student debt bubble could endanger the economy. Many students have crushing levels of debt. There is a larger, more general question about how America as a society is allocating its resources. Perhaps the Ivy League colleges in particular need to take the lead in stopping the “arms race”, committing to not only containing, but actually reducing costs and tuition for the good of society as a whole.
This article is intended to be the first in a series exploring different aspects of financial management of Dartmouth and colleges in general. At an institute of higher learning where lucid and rigorous thinking is celebrated, it seems vitally important that the entire school community is concerned about how Dartmouth is managed.
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Emma Ractliffe is from St Aubin le Monial, France, and is studying Economics and Middle Eastern Studies. At Dartmouth she is President of the International Business Council, Chief Research Officer for Smart Women Securities, an Impact Analyst for Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering, and an Editor for the Dartmouth Business Journal. During her free time, Emma enjoys playing tennis or squash and going hiking in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains.
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What’s Wrong With The Ax-Man?
By J.P. Breen on July 5, 2012
Just four months ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were finishing up their Cactus League season in Arizona and rumors swirled about the possibility of a contract extension between the Brewers and star closer John Axford.
Axford burst onto the scene in 2010, taking over the closer’s role from a struggling Trevor Hoffman and locking down 24 saves with a 2.48 ERA. A year later, he established himself as one of the elite bullpen arms in all of baseball, compiling a stunning 1.95 ERA with 46 saves — including 43-consecutive saves to end the season.
A contract extension made some sense. Axford desired the financial certainty that accompanies a contract extension. On the other side, the Brewers hoped to avoid arbitration and lock down a contract that would be below market-value. Of course, there is the camp that believes handing out long-term deals to relief pitchers is largely unnecessary — and, with some exceptions, I find myself firmly in this camp — but the desire for financial stability for Axford and the cost-certainty for the Brewers made a deal somewhat inevitable.
Fast forward three months.
No deal was completed, and John Axford now owns a 4.86 ERA with a 4.00 FIP. He is not in danger of losing his role as the team’s closer. When discussing the league’s top closers, however, the 29-year-old is no longer automatically in the discussion.
The answer lies in two key areas: (1) his walk rate, and (2) his home run rate. His 5.13 BB/9 walk rate is more than two batters per nine innings more than his ’11 walk rate. That is reflected by the fact that Axford is only throwing 42.8% of his pitches in the strike zone — the lowest of his big-league career. Walking more batters and getting behind in more counts becomes even more dangerous when understanding that his home run rate has jumped to 1.35 HR/9 — the highest of his major (or minor) league career. It’s so far outside his normal statistical pattern that one wonders if it’s simply statistical variance, or if he has altered his approach to become more home run prone.
In many ways, John Axford has only improved from last year. His fastball velocity has increased by almost a mile per hour, and his ability to generate swinging strikes has increased from last year. Heck, despite his command troubles, he is still striking out 12.69 batters per nine innings, which is amongst the top ten for relief pitchers in the league. The stuff is still there.
From what I have seen from Axford this season, the issue could be more sequencing and an over-reliance on his fastball, which tends to be rather straight at higher velocities. Take last night’s at-bat in the ninth inning against Gaby Sanchez. Axford quickly gets up 0-2 on Sanchez with two 98 MPH fastballs. He then wastes one up in the zone, trying to get him to chase, which proves unsuccessful.
At this point, either his curveball or his slider seemed to be the logical call. Bill Schroeder, the Brewers’ television broadcaster, even called for a curveball in the dirt to end the at-bat. Instead of spinning a curveball — which FanGraphs rates as his only above-average pitch this season — Axford decided to stick with a fastball on the outside corner. Seeing the pitch three-consecutive times, Sanchez jumped on the pitch and blasted one over the right field wall to tie the game.
A 97-98 MPH fastball is extremely hittable when opposing hitters can sit on it, especially fastballs that are rather straight. Axford needs an offspeed pitch to keep guys off his fastball and to change their eye-level. He has lowered his offspeed pitch selection from last year, though, and his fastball usage has jumped to 73.9%.
Simply throwing more offspeed pitches will not guarantee more success. When it comes to sequencing and what Axford brings to the mound, however, he cannot become overly reliant on his fastball. Big league hitters can square up that pitch, especially since he prefers to work his fastball up in the zone. It should help him lower his career-high 24.4% line drive rate and generate weaker contact. That’s one of the big reasons his HR/FB rate has jumped to 21.7%.
It’s important to recognize that poor seasons, such as the one Axford is currently mired within, happen for relievers. It’s naturally a volatile position. Heath Bell has been one of the best closers in all of baseball in recent years, yet he currently has a 6.19 ERA for the Miami Marlins. Left-hander Jonny Venters was perhaps the most dominating lefty reliever last year, yet he currently owns a 4.45 ERA for the Atlanta Braves. The Phillies’ 50-million-dollar man, Jonathan Papelbon, is just two years removed from a 3.90 ERA season that almost cost him his closer’s role in Boston.
Struggles happen as a reliever. The key for John Axford will be adjusting and not allowing his struggles to affect his mentality on the mound. The latter does not seem to be an issue. Thus, Axford will have to sharpen his command and limit the long balls if he wants to regain his dominance on the mound. One way he can help facilitate that improvement, in my opinion, is trust his offspeed stuff a bit more often and sequence his pitches more like he did in his phenomenal 2011 season.
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Matt Tracy
I don’t want to keep harping on this point, because I feel like I make it every time we talk about Brewer pitching struggles, but: would Lucroy have let him get away with a dead-red FB after that sequence? You guys talked about inefficeincy, but was/is Maldonado comfortable taking one of Ax’s or even K-Rod’s spiked curves? He seems like he has the footwork for it.
I guess my point is: there are 2 guys in a battery, and bad pitch selection isn’t just one guy’s fault.
J.P. Breen replied:
It’s a great point — and I almost mentioned it in the article — but I simply couldn’t bring myself to believe that Maldonado (a rookie) has full control of calling pitches at this point in his career.
Matt Tracy replied:
And I almost didn’t mention it, because I didn’t want to “blame” MM; so to your point, if ANYONE besides a rookie had been in there, we may have seen a different result (or at least a confab on the mound).
Two key’s: lack of movement on the fastball and lack of control. It’s all tied together. He is reaching high velocities because he has no confidence in throwing off speed stuff for strikes, so instead, he is overcompensating with his fastball, which he is trying to throw too hard. And that is why his command isn’t as good. It’s all tied together. It was very good that the Brewers didn’t give him a big multi-year contract. Closers can be one year wonders and can be found a lot easier than quality starters.
Kevin replied:
I tend to disagree. He throws the curveball for strikes quite a bit when he actually throws it. and even if you can’t throw curveball for a strike you don’t need to when your 0-2 and 1-2. So I believe his problem rests solely on his pitch selection. Two few off speed pitches makes it easy to drive a 96+ fastball. And with Axford’s stuff I don’t believe this is just a one hit wonder, with that velocity and a plus curveball he can find it again and will.
He needs to mix his pitches, batters are now waiting on his fastball because he relies on it too much, last year batters didn’t figure him out, but there is now plenty of video and charting on Axe for batters to prepare for him.
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Ghost Theory is back on Kickstarter
Ghost Theory – coming back to Kickstarter in April 2016
Prague, Czech Republic—04/05/2016
Dreadlocks Ltd, indie game development studio, author of the last year’s cyberpunk RPG Dex, are going to re-launch a Kickstarter campaign for their brand new title Ghost Theory, early in April 2016. It is being developed for PC, Mac, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One.
Ghost Theory is a first-person adventure horror game, designed to be a serious take on ghost hunting and paranormal research.
In Ghost Theory, you will be equipped with authentic ghost hunting tools and you will travel around the world to investigate the real most haunted places on Earth.
Using stealth and your wits to survive you will collect data and evidence, allowing your team of scientists to upgrade your equipment and ultimately to solve the eternal mystery of the afterlife.
Ghost Theory have been already greenlit on Steam Greenlight. In just a few days it climbed up to be #3 out of 1945 games. The amount of positive feedback is astounding!
Unique setting: The rich world of paranormal phenomena has never seriously been used in a videogame before, and offers strong narrative themes, a genuine horror atmosphere, and endless gameplay opportunities.
Real-world locations and cases: We have secured the rights to use several real haunted places, as well as their associated history, such as 30 East Drive, Pontefract, home to the most violent poltergeist in Europe. By drawing inspiration from the very best horror movies and stories, we hope to captivate players curious about the unknown.
RPG gameplay is a main stretch goal – Base Management: When you’re not on a mission, you’re at your base making choices of the course of the research and tool production. As you progress in the game you can expand the base of new premises. You need to watch your budget though because if you fail to deliver results, the university will cut the funding. You also manage a club of ghost hunters that help you to investigate more locations through non-playable missions. If they succeed in their mission they will bring back some resources. To raise their chances you need to spot their individual qualities and send them on the right missions with the right equipment
Engaging mission gameplay: Use your Clairvoyance gift to see ghosts and experience visions of past events. Use a variety of ghost hunting tools, such as a UV lamp to reveal hidden traces of ectoplasm, a pendulum to locate buried objects, a camera to record ghostly apparitions, and many more.
Open-ended objectives: In non-linear levels, head straight for your target or explore hidden paths and uncover the mystery behind each haunting. Collect evidence in the form of recordings, samples, lesser specters, to fund your research and develop better equipment.
Innovative visual presentation: Using actors filmed in stereoscopic 3D and seamlessly integrated into the game’s environments, the game offers unparalleled realism and horrifying shock moments.
Advanced VR support: Owners of VR headsets will greatly benefit from the game’s design. The game is developed from the start with VR in mind and every aspect of the game is engineered towards providing the most immersive experience. The user interface, inventory, and overall visual feedback all emerge from the game world itself, ensuring that nothing ever reminds you’re in a videogame.
Screenshots and videos are available at the game website: http://ghost-theory.com/press/
ABOUT Dreadlocks Ltd
Founded in 2011, Dreadlocks Ltd recently released the award-winning 2D cyberpunk RPG Dex on PC, Mac and Linux, and following this success, their are almost done porting it to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U and PlayStation Vita.
Website: http://ghost-theory.com/
Presskit: http://ghost-theory.com/press/
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Original Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreadlocks/ghost-theory
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Sue Tierney is an expert on energy economics, regulation and policy. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. DOE, and held various senior positions in Massachusetts government (Secretary for Environmental Affairs; public utility commissioner; executive director of the Energy Facilities Siting Council). She co-chaired the DOE Agency Review Team for the Obama/Biden Presidential Transition Team. She chairs the Board of Directors of the Energy Foundation and NREL’s Advisory Council; serves on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (and its Shale Gas Subcommittee); chairs the Policy Subgroup of the National Petroleum Council’s study of the North American natural gas resources; and is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's energy project. She is a director of the World Resources Institute; Clean Air Task Force; Clean Air -Cool Planet; and EnerNOC. She previously co-chaired the National Commission on Energy Policy, and taught at the University of California at Irvine and at MIT. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in regional planning at Cornell University.
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by Kevin Emerson – Katherine Tegen Books (April 28, 2015)
Kevin Emerson's Exile trilogy combines the swoon-worthy romance of a Susane Colasanti novel with the rock 'n' roll of Eleanor & Park. Filled with infectious music, mystery, and romance, the electrifying Encore...
Between Us Girls : Everything You Need To Know Before You Drop Your Panties
by Alessandra Cifali Basher – Alessandra Basher (August 01, 2014)
A play that sheds a fun but informative light on the serious topics of teenage sex and sexually-transmitted infections. Five 16-year-old girls discuss virginity, the differences between boys and girls, masturbation,...
Girl Defective
by Simmone Howell & Henry Beer – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (September 02, 2014)
In the tradition of High Fidelity and Empire Records, this is the literary soundtrack to Skylark Martin’s strange, mysterious, and extraordinary summer.
This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl; a...
by Marie Hammontree & Frank Irvin – Aladdin (August 12, 2014)
Walt Disney’s imagination made him an all-star in American history, and his childhood is where it all began!
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney had a huge impact on the entertainment industry as an animator, film...
Ballet School Confidential: The Complete 3-Book Bundle: Love You, Hate You / I Forgot to Tell You / You're So Sweet
by Charis Marsh – Dundurn (February 12, 2014)
This special three-book bundle follows four ballet prodigies as they face several gruelling semesters at a prestigious dance academy. Will they triumph with their self-esteem, friendships, and will to dance...
by Todd Strasser – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 25, 2011)
A teenage paparazzo makes a dangerous discovery in this timely look at celebrity “that is likely to be snapped up and make a lasting impression” (School Library Journal).
All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to...
by Ziggy Marley & Ag Jatkowska – Akashic Books (April 15, 2014)
Bob Marley's first and most famous son, Ziggy, extends his devotion to youth with his debut childrens book.
The Art of the Story-Teller
by Marie L. Shedlock – Dover Publications (June 14, 2012)
Everything you need to know to tell stories successfully to children: choosing material, creating and maintaining effect, using gestures, capturing straying attentions, and more. 18 ready-for-telling stories...
by Tim Federle – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 21, 2014)
“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton
Winner of the Lambda...
The Acting Bug
by Kathryn Ellis – Dundurn (September 01, 1995)
It's the chance of a lifetime for Kate Merriman when she lands a small role in a new TV series called Backbeat. But it's less fun when Kate's best friend Maria turns down the part she's been offered in the show....
This Is the Sound
by Randi Reisfeld – Simon Pulse (June 30, 2008)
From Nirvana and R.E.M. to Green Day and Belly, alternative bands are dominating the airways. This book looks at the hottest bands on the alternative music scene--their history, influences, concert personas,...
by Ed Decter & Laura J. Burns – Simon Pulse (December 22, 2009)
Chloe Gamble is the hottest thing in Hollywood. But it's only pretty from the outside.
Travis was supposed to have Chloe's back. But the spotlight of fame is very seductive.
Nika's the secret behind Chloe's...
Love on Cue
by Catherine Hapka – Simon Pulse (March 10, 2009)
When you have to sing your heart out, it's best to know how....
Maggie Tannery is a true theater girl and a total shoo-in for the lead in this year's school production of Romeo and Juliet. She's seriously...
by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (November 10, 2009)
I have to tell you my secret. I can't go on...without revealing it. I had a pretty good run, hiding from everyone for five years. For five years I was safe. But now...
It was a talent that came out of nowhere....
Corbin Bleu: Up Close
by Dee Scott – Pocket Books (December 05, 2006)
Takes you behind the scenes and tells you everything you want to know about your favorite acting, singing, and dancing hottie!
A fascinating must-read biography with never-before-seen photos for all true-blue...
Here's How I See It--Here's How It Is
by Heather Henson – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (April 28, 2009)
here's how i see it
Rave reviews, an endless request for autographs, my name in lights on Broadway.
here's how it is
The audience is half empty, I spend zero time onstage, my dad's midlife crisis is about...
Royally Lost
by Angie Stanton – HarperTeen (May 06, 2014)
Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Susane Colasanti, and Jenny Han, Angie Stanton's brand-new romance asks the question, What would it be like to fall in love with a prince?
Dragged on a family trip to Europe,...
Mackenzie Blue #5: Double Trouble
by Tina Wells & Michael Segawa – HarperCollins (June 24, 2014)
Mackenzie Blue is a star! Or she will be . . . as soon as she gets the part of an aspiring singer on a new TV pilot! But juggling auditions and the rest of her life turns out to be harder than Zee thought. Zee's...
Kevin Emerson's Exile, book one of the Exile series, combines the swoon-worthy romance of a Susane Colasanti novel with the rock 'n' roll of Eleanor & Park.
Summer Carlson knows how to manage bands like a professional—minus...
by Angie Stanton – HarperTeen (September 24, 2013)
One kiss will change Marti's summer . . . forever.
Marti just wants a normal life. After dealing with her irresponsible rock-legend father and absentee mother, she only wants some peace . . . and fun. And...
Rock and a Hard Place
When you fall in love with a rock star, anything can happen. . . .
Libby In an instant, Libby's life went from picture-perfect to a nightmare. After surviving a terrible car accident, Libby is abandoned by her...
The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic
by Uma Krishnaswami & Abigail Halpin – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (August 13, 2013)
Dini is back from India—with Bollywood star Dolly in tow! But life in the States isn’t all rose petal milk shakes…
Dini and Maddie, very best friends, are back in the same country at the same time! Better...
Wise Young Fool
by Sean Beaudoin – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (August 06, 2013)
You want ninety? Fine, I'll give you ninety. I'll give them to you coming and going.
Teen rocker Ritchie Sudden is pretty sure his life has just jumped the shark. Except he hates being called a teen, his band...
Mackenzie Blue #4: Mixed Messages
by Tina Wells – HarperCollins (November 23, 2010)
As a fashionista and future rock star, California girl Mackenzie “Zee” Blue’s life is busy. Zee keeps in touch with all her friends with texts, IMs, and emails—and now, Bluetopia, the coolest social...
Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale
by Jeff Baron – Greenwillow Books (March 18, 2014)
Get ready for the sequel to I Represent Sean Rosen, the original and very funny debut novel that has the New York Times–bestselling creator of Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce, proclaiming, "Sean Rosen is my hero!"...
Ballerina Weather Girl
by Shawn K. Stout – Aladdin (May 21, 2013)
Fiona Finkelstein was born to be a ballerina—if she can get over her stage fright, that is. The first in the feisty and endearing Not-So-Ordinary Girl trilogy.
More than catching fireflies, more than eating...
The Lucy Variations
by Sara Zarr – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 07, 2013)
Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.
That was all before she turned...
by Paul Fleischman – HarperCollins (September 24, 2013)
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book
In this brilliant fictional tour de force, which the New York Times called "a deft, poignant...
by Sharon M. Draper – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (March 12, 2013)
This gripping, chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, “by turns pulse-pounding and inspiring” (Kirkus Reviews), shows that all it takes is one bad decision for a...
On Pointe
by Lorie Ann Grover – Margaret K. McElderry Books (February 26, 2013)
For as long as she can remember, Clare and her family have had a dream: Someday Clare will be a dancer in City Ballet Company. For ten long years Clare has been taking ballet lessons, watching what she eats,...
Orfe
by Cynthia Voigt – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (February 26, 2013)
Love stories aren’t about how they end.
A chance meeting on a street corner with her childhood friend Orfe plunges Enny into the tough world of popular music. As Orfe’s business manager, Enny sees Orfe and...
Legends, Myths, ...
by Tim Federle – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (February 05, 2013)
A New York Times Notable...
I Forgot to Tell You: Ballet School Confidential
by Charis Marsh – Dundurn (December 17, 2012)
The students of the Vancouver International Ballet Academy are back for their third semester. Will they be able to handle the new ballet Coppelia and its lead role, summer school acceptances and rejections,...
No Ballet Shoes In Syria
by Catherine Bruton – Nosy Crow (April 25, 2019)
Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots her...
Nova in New York
by Katherine Richards – Orca Book Publishers (January 29, 2019)
Seventeen-year-old Nova Abbott grew up dancing barefoot in the backyard with her aunt Ivy, whose dreams of becoming a professional ballerina were cut short by cystic fibrosis. Nova is invited to attend a prestigious...
Harper and the Fire Star
by Cerrie Burnell & Laura Ellen Anderson – Sky Pony (October 09, 2018)
Harper and her friends want to help the Wild Conductor win back his place in the magical Circus of Dreams. They put on a wondrous show, but their plan goes horribly wrong. Instead of the Wild Conductor, the...
Frankie Sparks and the Talent Show Trick
by Megan Frazer Blakemore & Nadja Sarell – Aladdin (June 18, 2019)
Frankie Sparks uses her inventing skills to help her friend overcome stage fright in this second chapter book in the STEM inspired Frankie Sparks, Third-Grade Inventor series.
It’s time for the annual school...
Travels with Louis
by Mick Carlon – Leapfrog Press (September 04, 2012)
The warm-hearted story of Louis Armstrong and 12-year-old Fred, who learns about jazzand lifefrom the great musician himself.
by Jocelyn Shipley – Orca Book Publishers (August 28, 2018)
Fourteen-year-old Paisley loves to sing. She dreams of being a pop star just like her idol, Denzi, who also grew up in the small town of Stonehill. The problem is, Paisley suffers from severe stage fright. She...
by Ted Staunton – Orca Book Publishers (October 10, 2017)
When first-year film student Spencer O'Toole is asked to make a music video for a band, he leaps at the chance. But Jerry, Spencer's dad, shows up, and somehow the band assumes he's in charge, despite the fact...
by Megan Clendenan – Orca Book Publishers (August 28, 2018)
Fourteen-year-old Rose is sure she's going to become a folk-music sensation, with her best friend, Shilo, at her side. But first she needs to convince her mom to keep paying for her expensive violin lessons....
Casting Lily
by Holly Bennett – Orca Book Publishers (March 13, 2018)
Fourteen-year-old Ava is thrilled when she lands a part in a play based on the true story of orphans sent to Canada in the 1800s to work on farms. But is she good enough to hold her own in a professional production?...
Getting the Brush Off
by Mere Joyce – Orca Book Publishers (November 14, 2017)
Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Sydney Hart was kicked out of the prestigious Burke Academy when her mother could no longer afford the tuition. She lost a promising future in the arts, as well as her best friend,...
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What can emerging markets expect next?
By Jim O'Neill | China Daily | Updated: 2019-12-09 07:15
When it comes to the outlook for emerging markets in 2020, the bottom line is maddeningly simple: "It's complicated." There are a number of reasons for this.
For starters, we are living in extraordinary times, owing to the unpredictable personality of the US President Donald Trump. One can only begin to imagine what steps he will take to improve his re-election chances next year. Will he engage in even more saber rattling, threatening, say, additional tariffs against China or military action against Iran? Or will he focus on keeping financial conditions accommodative in order to ward off a slowdown or recession just before the election?
There are no obvious answers to such questions. Indeed, a friend recently told me that he is closing down his macro hedge fund because the ratio of noise to signal in the Trump era is just too high. Even if one adjusts for the frequency of Trump's outbursts and repeated contradictions, it is impossible to predict where he will land on any given day.
Consider what happened during the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, in August. The US leader claimed he had received calls from China seeking a new round of negotiations to resolve the trade war. But, according to unnamed sources quoted in the US media, it was untrue, and merely an attempt by Trump to prevent stock markets from falling. Which tells us a lot about where his priorities lie. Meanwhile, the United States seems closer to striking a partial trade deal with China at the ongoing trade talks (whether it will is anyone's guess).
A second complication for the 2020 outlook is monetary policy. What path is the US Federal Reserve likely to take, and what will it mean for the US dollar? These two related issues tend to have a disproportionate influence on developing and emerging markets, particularly those with a lot of dollar-denominated debt.
If the Fed continues easing its monetary policy as expected, and if the dollar stops rising, emerging markets will have less to worry about. But if the Fed suddenly starts tightening－for example, if inflation finally picks up－developing and emerging markets would fare poorly, as would the rest of the global economy, given the cyclical weakness that has prevailed for most of 2019.
Against this backdrop, one also must consider the underlying structural use of the dollar. Traditionally, the dollar's role in the global economy has been conflated with its price performance against other currencies. But these are now becoming two separate issues, owing to the US leaser's profligate use of the dollar as a weapon in his various foreign-policy battles. Other countries have taken note of the threat posed by Washington's "exorbitant privilege", and are now looking for ways to address it.
Russia, for example, has dramatically reduced its US Treasury holdings, and the Europeans have created a payment mechanism for bypassing US sanctions on Iran. Unlike many others, I have long attributed the dollar's dominance to the reluctance of Europe (specifically Germany before the introduction of the euro) and China to allow their own currencies to play a bigger role in the global economy. But I would not be surprised if 2019 becomes the year when these players' attitudes change.
A third issue, of course, is China. The Chinese economy faces a big complication. In 2020, China's real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth will likely dip below 6 percent. This will be a major disappointment to all who have grown dependent on a growth rate closer to 7 percent, and it will be a marginal net drag for many others.
But that is the glass-half-empty view. For those of us who remain focused on China's longer-term growth path, 2020 will likely be the start of a decade during which the country achieves average annual growth of about 5.5 percent. Indeed, Chinese policymakers cannot expect much more than that, given China's aging labor force. More to the point, as long as Chinese consumers continue to contribute a growing share of overall GDP, pessimism about China's prospects will be unwarranted.
A final issue for so-called emerging markets will be their equity market valuations. As matters stand, emerging-market equities are generally inexpensive－and, by some measures, quite attractive-relative to equity and bond markets globally. If Trump decides to play nice, the Fed remains a benign influence, and China stabilizes its annual growth rate just below 6 percent, emerging-market equities could do rather well in 2020.
To be sure, those are major contingencies to consider, and emerging-market countries have plenty of specific challenges of their own. But I would not be too surprised if investors' on-and-off love affair with Sub-Saharan Africa heats up again. Several of those countries are showing signs of positive structural improvement. Investors would do well to keep an eye on them in the coming year.
The author, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK Treasury Minister, is chair of Chatham House.
The views don't necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
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Greek Peak Mountain Resort, central New York’s largest ski resort, was founded in 1958 and has remained at the leading edge of the ski industry with thirty-three trails, six aerial lifts, two surface lifts, beginners’ slope, and terrain parks. The four season resort is located in New York’s scenic Finger Lakes Region, conveniently just minutes from Interstate I-81. Under new ownership, the mountain has received some additions for the 2013-14 season including: a new quad chairlift, Trax Pub and Grill restaurant in the main lodge, new PB 600 groomer with Zaag attachment, new ski and board equipment in the rental shop and state of the art ski & board tuning facility. www.greekpeak.net
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Amenities at the resort include three restaurants, a world-class customized spa, fitness center, and a 41,000 square foot indoor water park. The Resort is positioned within 7,000 acres of State protected land that is accessible by all residents and guests for cross country skiing, hiking, snowshoeing, and horseback riding. Additionally, Greek Peak Mountain Resort operates an Adventure Center with a Mountain Coaster and 4 tandem zip lines operating year round and a ten lane winter snow-tubing center.
In 1958, New York’s Governor, Averell Harriman, conducted the Opening Day Ceremonies for a new ski area called Greek Peak. The Governor called it a “first class development” and predicted that it would “make a real contribution to skiing in New York State.”
By 1960, two T-Bars had been built and construction began on the A-Frame Lodge. A young Al Kryger (the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Peak Resorts, Inc.) was commissioned to build Central New York’s first chairlift in 1962. Greek Peak recognized the potential for skiing and led the industry in developing the concept of packaging and selling to local schools and colleges. This philosophy, combined with early pioneering in snowmaking and night skiing, brought Greek Peak to the forefront of ski areas in the East.
In the early 1970s, Al Kryger had the foresight to begin planning for the next phase of Greek Peak’s growth. He was instrumental in acquiring land adjacent to the ski area, and a Master Plan for a new recreational community was drawn. Over the years, the development of slope-side condominiums and townhouses has transformed Greek Peak from a ski area into a full-fledged regional destination ski resort.
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Trust and adultery are the central themes of We Don't Live Here Anymore, director John Curran's (Praise, Down Rusty Down), which plays more like a theatrical play than a movie. It is based on two short stories by the late Andre Dubus (who also wrote the story that was adapted into In the Bedroom, and whose son, Andre Dubus III wrote House of Sand and Fog), We Don't Live Here Anymore and Adultery. The four central characters seem to live in their own little universe, apart from the rest of the world, which is the reason why events seem to boil over the way they do. It's not entirely convincing, but the cast is excellent and delivers strong performances, enough to overlook some of the deficient aspects of Larry Gross' (True Crime, Gunshy) screenplay.
The Lindens and the Evans' live in the bucolic Pacific Northwest, where Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo, Collateral, 13 Going on 30) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause, The Truman Show, It's a Shame About Ray) teach literature at the local college. Their wives, Terry Linden (Laura Dern, I Am Sam, Focus) and Edith Evans (Naomi Watts, 21 Grams, Le Divorce) are stay at home mothers for their young children. All four are friends, and enjoy spending time together. Both sets of marriages are rocky. Jack and Terry are no longer intimate, and there is an emotional distance between them. Edith is recovering from an affair Hank had a while back. Worse, Jack and Edith are having an affair. They sneak off for trysts during the day, and when all four are together, grab quick kisses on impromptu errands.
Terry is beginning to notice, which puts even more strain on the marriage. Jack avoids the entire situation, yet part of him is regretful. And it's only a matter of time before Hank and Terry find out. Oddly enough, Hank confides to Jack that a fling every once in a while is fine, and that he lives by those principles. Terry feels uncomfortable around Hank, because she suspects he is trying to seduce her. And so it goes. The absence of pretty much any other character is a little distracting, as is the fact that both women are housewives. The original story was written a while back, so it may seem normal then, but seems a little outdated, almost quaint by today's standards. There are other people that appear, but they seem like background noise.
The most unappealing aspect of We Don't Live Here Anymore is that all four characters eventually sound like they're whining. It's one big complaint-fest, full of yelling and screaming and very little meaningful discussion. It's great for Ruffalo, Dern, Krause, and Watts, who get some terrific emotional outbursts and quieter introspective moments in, but in terms of story there isn't much there. Dern stands out amongst the four. As Terry, she is trying to cope with her crumbling marriage, the fact that her husband may be cheating on her, and the unwanted advances of a male friend. Terry is reeling emotionally, and has nothing to fall back on. On an interesting note, none of these four people are very sympathetic towards the audience. Each one has some personality flaw that makes it hard to "root" for a particular character. So while all this add up to a decent character study and a good acting exercise, it doesn't always make for the most interesting of movies.
Mongooe Rates It: Okay.
1 hour, 41 minutes, Rated R for sexual content and language.
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A-Fib Can Raise Dementia Risk, Even in Absence of Stroke
TUESDAY, June 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Many aging Americans have the common heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, or "a-fib." Now comes the sobering news that it might raise their odds for dementia.
The Korean study couldn't prove cause and effect, but researchers noted that the link between a-fib and dementia was found even among people who hadn't suffered a stroke. A-fib is a known and potent risk factor for a stroke.
"We found that the people who developed atrial fibrillation had a 50% increased risk of developing dementia compared to those who did not develop the condition; this increased risk remained even after we removed those who suffered a stroke from our calculations," said study leader Boyoung Joung. He's professor of cardiology and internal medicine at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea.
"This means that, among the general population, an extra 1.4 people per 100 of the population would develop dementia if they were diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. The risk occurred in people aged younger and older than 70 years," Joung explained in a news release from the European Heart Journal. The journal published the new findings June 18.
Finally, Joung said, "we also found that atrial fibrillation increased the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 30% and more than doubled the risk of vascular dementia."
There was one bit of good news from the study, however: People with a-fib who took blood thinners to help prevent a stroke also appeared to reduce their risk for dementia, compared to those who didn't.
One U.S. physician who often treats patients with a-fib wasn't surprised by the new findings.
"We know that as people age, the chance of developing atrial fibrillation increases, as does the chance of developing dementia," said Dr. Marcin Kowalski. He directs cardiac electrophysiology at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City.
"Atrial fibrillation impacts brain function through many different pathways," Kowalski said. First, because it can directly trigger a stroke; and second, because the drugs used to treat a-fib can sometimes cause brain "bleeds."
The new study included nearly 263,000 South Koreans, aged 60 and older, who were all free of a-fib and dementia when the study began in 2004. During follow-up lasting until the end of 2013, a-fib was diagnosed in more than 10,400 of the participants.
During the same time-frame, dementia was also diagnosed in about 24% of those with a-fib, compared with 14% of those without a-fib, Joung's group found.
"However, among people who developed atrial fibrillation and who took [blood thinners] -- such as warfarin [Coumadin] or non-vitamin K anticoagulants, such as dabigatran [Pradaxa], rivaroxaban [Xarelto], apixaban [Eliquis] or edoxaban [Savaysa] -- the risk of subsequently developing dementia was reduced by 40%, compared to patients who did not take [blood thinners]," Joung said.
Due to the size and length of the study, "we can be sure of our findings," co-author Gregory Lip, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Liverpool in England, added in the news release.
"We also believe that our results can apply to other populations, too, as they confirm similar findings of a link between atrial fibrillation and dementia in studies of people in Western and European countries," said Lip, who is also an adjunct professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine.
Dr. Laurence Epstein is system director of electrophysiology at Northwell Health in Manhasset, N.Y. He agreed that a-fib is a likely contributor to dementia, but its effects can be minimized.
Besides major stroke, "multiple 'mini,' asymptomatic strokes have been known to cause dementia," Epstein noted. However, the use of blood thinners to counter the threat "has become much simpler and safer with the new agents, such as Eliquis and Xarelto."
Epstein believes that the new findings highlight the importance of that type of treatment, and will help "drive better compliance by patients and physicians alike."
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more on a-fib.
SOURCES: Laurence Epstein, M.D., system director, electrophysiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset, N.Y.; Marcin Kowalski, M.D., director of cardiac electrophysiology, and associate director of the cardiology fellowship program, Staten Island University Hospital, New York City; European Heart Journal, news release, June 18, 2019
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged men who partake in extreme exercise are not putting their heart health at risk, a new study contends.
Aging athletes who do eight or more hours a week of vigorous exercise have no greater risk of early death than people who work out less often, researchers found.
Extreme exercise included activities such as fast running or biking, as well as competitive sports such as basketball or tennis.
In fact, middle-aged men who didn't already have hardening of the arteries saw their odds for early death fall by half if they regularly engaged in vigorous activity, noted senior researcher Dr. Benjamin Levine. He's director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, a collaboration of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
"Being a high-level athlete was clearly protective and not injurious" for those with lower levels of arterial plaques, Levine said.
Previous studies had questioned whether extreme exercise could be harmful, because some very active athletes tended to have higher levels of coronary artery calcification (CAC), researchers said in background notes.
Heart doctors use imaging tests to check for CAC as a means of assessing risk for heart attack, stroke or heart disease. Coronary calcium is a footprint of atherosclerosis, in which plaques accumulate in the blood vessels that supply the heart.
"Particularly the male athletes tended to have more coronary plaques, and the plaques they did have were virtually all calcified," Levine said.
But no study had ever taken the next logical step, he added.
"No one actually ever determined whether that made them at higher risk of death or not, and that's really the whole question," Levine said. "Who cares if they have more calcium if they don't die [prematurely]?"
To examine this more closely, Levine and his colleagues studied data gathered on nearly 22,000 generally healthy men, aged 40 to 80, during the years from 1998 through 2013.
The men reported their activity levels and underwent coronary calcium scanning. Most were runners, but some were cyclists, swimmers, rowers or triathletes.
Extreme exercise was defined as eight or more hours a week of activity at an average of 10 metabolic equivalents, or METS, Levine said. METS are a measure of the energy spent in activity.
Vigorous exercise at 6 METS or higher can include jogging at 6 mph or faster, bicycling at 14 mph or faster, carrying heavy loads, or playing competitive basketball, soccer or tennis, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
"People don't typically do that for recreational fitness," Levine said of these exercise levels. "They're more likely to do that for competitive fitness."
The athletes were split into two groups based on their CAC scores, and researchers compared them based on their levels of physical activity. The investigators tracked participants' rate of death for any cause and specifically for heart disease.
During the study period, extremely active athletes with low CAC scores died half as often as the least-active men with similar CAC scores, the findings showed. They also were 61 percent less likely to die of heart disease.
Those with high CAC scores also appeared to do well. Extreme athletes with high arterial calcium were about 23 percent less likely to die compared with less active men, but there were so few deaths that the result was not statistically significant, Levine said.
"Rather than saying they have a lower risk of death, we say they had no greater risk of death," Levine said of extreme athletes with high CAC scores.
The study did not include women because their lower rates of death in middle age made a valid statistical comparison impossible. "The trend seems to be similar in men and women, but we can't say anything convincingly because the death rates were so low" in women, Levine said.
Cardiologist Dr. Nieca Goldberg said these findings support the advice she regularly provides.
"A really important message that I try to get across to my patients is you can have plaque present but if you lead a healthy lifestyle, it helps prevent dying of a heart attack," said Goldberg. She is medical director of the Center for Women's Health and Women's Heart Program at NYU Langone Health in New York City.
However, Goldberg hesitated to say these results would apply to women the same as men.
"I would have to see a study done to see what the results are," Goldberg said.
Levine pointed out that there are several potential reasons why extreme exercise might aid heart health rather than harm it.
"Exercise, particularly over a long time, causes increased flexibility and youthfulness of the heart and blood vessels," he said. "Blood vessels are better able to flex and send blood where it needs to go."
It also appears that plaques in arteries of extreme athletes tend to be more calcified and harder, making them less prone to rupture and cause a blood vessel blockage, Levine said.
So how old might be too old to engage in extreme exercise?
"I don't think there's an upper age limit beyond which the benefit diminishes," Levine said. "The trick is to sustain a meaningful amount of exercise across your lifespan."
While extreme amounts of exercise don't appear to harm your heart, you don't need to do that much working out to keep yourself healthy, he noted.
"The biggest bang for your buck comes with the conversion from a sedentary to an active lifestyle," Levine said. "Most of the benefit for cardiovascular mortality tends to plateau at about the three- to five-hour-a-week mark."
The study was published online Jan. 30 in JAMA Cardiology.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has more about measuring physical activity.
SOURCES: Benjamin Levine, M.D., director, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Dallas; Nieca Goldberg, M.D., medical director, Center for Women's Health and Women's Heart Program, NYU Langone Health, New York City; Jan. 30, 2019, JAMA Cardiology, online
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Obese Teen Boys More Prone to Heart Attacks in Middle Age
TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Teen boys who are overweight or obese may be more likely to have a heart attack before they're old enough to retire, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 1.7 million men in Sweden born between 1950 and 1987 who had extensive physical exams when they entered mandatory military service at age 18.
They were tracked for up to 46 years, or to age 64.
During that time, more than 22,000 fatal and non-fatal heart attacks were reported in this group, which occurred at an average age of 50. A higher body mass index (BMI) at age 18 was associated with an increased risk of heart attack before age 65, even after the researchers adjusted for other factors.
BMI is an estimate of body fat based on height and weight. A BMI of 30 or more is considered obese (for example, someone who's 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 209 pounds has a BMI of 30).
The increased heart attack risk started at BMI 20, which is considered normal, then rose gradually. Men who had been severely obese at age 18 (BMI 35 or higher) had more than triple the risk of heart attack later in life, according to the study presented Tuesday at the European Society of Cardiology's annual meeting, in Paris.
"We show that BMI in the young is a remarkably strong risk marker that persists during life. Our study supports close monitoring of BMI during puberty and preventing obesity with healthy eating and physical activity," study author Dr. Maria Aberg said in a meeting news release.
Aberg is a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
She noted that the findings dovetail with previous research that linked adolescent BMI to heart failure in adulthood.
"As the prevalence of overweight and obesity in young adults continues to escalate, we may start to see correspondingly higher rates of heart attacks and strokes in the future," Aberg said. "Urgent action is needed by parents, schools, and policymakers to halt the obesity epidemic in children and young people."
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers health tips for teens.
A Chubby Baby Is Not a Sign of Future Obesity
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New Filings
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY - FORM 10-Q - August 11, 2017
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY a2017630ex322.htm
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY
One Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, CT
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¨ No x*
The registrant is a voluntary filer of reports required to be filed by certain companies under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and has filed all reports that would have been required during the preceding 12 months had it been subject to such filing requirements.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o
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INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
PART I.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 (unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Three Months and Nine Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Capital for the Three Months and Nine Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
PART II.
Signatures.
Restricted cash
Receivables, net
Due from Mohegan Tribe
Non-current assets:
Other intangible assets, net
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Current portion of long-term debt - Mohegan Tribe
Current portion of capital leases
Construction payables
Accrued interest payable
Due to Mohegan Tribe
Long-term debt, net of current portion
Long-term debt, net of current portion - Mohegan Tribe
Capital leases, net of current portion
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority total capital
Non-controlling interests
Total liabilities and capital
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Retail, entertainment and other*
Gross revenues
Less-Promotional allowances
Gaming*
Hotel*
Retail, entertainment and other
Advertising, general and administrative*
Corporate*
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets
Loss on modification and early extinguishment of debt
Loss from unconsolidated affiliates
Other income (expense), net
(Income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
Net income attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Other comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
Comprehensive income attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
* These financial statement line items include revenues and costs and expenses associated with related party transactions (refer to Note 4).
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL
Non-controlling
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Distributions to Mohegan Tribe
Redemption of membership interest
Share-based compensation
Contributions from members
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
Loss on modification and early extinguishment of debt, net
Amortization of debt issuance costs, premiums and discounts
Provision (recovery) for losses on receivables
Increase in receivables
Increase in inventories
Increase in prepaid and other assets
Decrease in trade payables
Increase in accrued interest
Increase in other liabilities
Net cash flows provided by operating activities
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment, including increase (decrease) in construction payables of $1,925 and $(10,031), respectively
Issuance of third-party loans and advances
Payments received on third-party loans and advances
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash, net
Proceeds from asset sales
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
Payment of franchise fee
Net cash flows used in investing activities
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility borrowings - Revolving
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Revolving
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan A
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan B
Senior Secured Credit Facility borrowings - Revolving
Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Revolving
Senior Secured Credit Facility borrowings - Term Loan A, net of discount
Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan A
Senior Secured Credit Facility borrowings - Term Loan B, net of discount
Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan B
Prior Line of Credit borrowings
Prior Line of Credit repayments
Line of Credit borrowings
Line of Credit repayments
Proceeds from issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, net of discount
Mohegan Expo Credit Facility borrowings - Term Loan
Prior Downs Lodging Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan
Downs Lodging Credit Facility borrowings - Term Loan
Downs Lodging Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan
Borrowings from Mohegan Tribe
Repayments to Mohegan Tribe
Repayments of other long-term debt
Payments of tender offer and repurchase costs
Payments of financing fees
Payments to acquire non-controlling interests
Non-controlling interest contributions
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
Supplemental disclosures:
Cash paid during the period for interest
Non-cash Senior Secured Credit Facility repayments - Term Loan A and Term Loan B
Non-cash payments received - Cowlitz Tribal Gaming Authority
Non-cash repayments - Mohegan Tribe
NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION:
The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (the “Mohegan Tribe” or the “Tribe”) established the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the “Authority”) in July 1995 with the exclusive authority to conduct and regulate gaming activities for the Tribe on Tribal lands and the non-exclusive authority to conduct such activities elsewhere. On June 15, 2017, the Authority announced a corporate effort to align its brand image with its expanding business, and accordingly rebranded, and is now doing business as Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (“MGE”).
The Tribe is a federally-recognized Indian tribe with an approximately 595-acre reservation situated in Southeastern Connecticut, adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, federally-recognized Indian tribes are permitted to conduct full-scale casino gaming operations on tribal lands, subject to, among other things, the negotiation of a compact with the affected state. The Tribe and the State of Connecticut entered into a compact (the “Mohegan Compact”), which was approved by the United States Secretary of the Interior. MGE is primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and development of gaming facilities. In October 1996, MGE opened Mohegan Sun, a gaming and entertainment complex situated on an approximately 196-acre site on the Tribe's reservation. MGE is governed by a nine-member Management Board, whose members also comprise the Mohegan Tribal Council, the governing body of the Tribe. Any change in the composition of the Mohegan Tribal Council results in a corresponding change in MGE's Management Board.
As of June 30, 2017, the following subsidiaries were wholly-owned by MGE: Mohegan Basketball Club, LLC (“MBC”), Mohegan Golf, LLC (“Mohegan Golf”), Mohegan Lacrosse, LLC (“Mohegan Lacrosse”), Mohegan Expo Center, LLC (“Mohegan Expo”), Mohegan Commercial Ventures-PA, LLC (“MCV-PA”), Mohegan Ventures-Northwest, LLC (“Mohegan Ventures-NW”) and Mohegan Gaming Advisors, LLC ("Mohegan Gaming Advisors").
MBC owns and operates the Connecticut Sun, a professional basketball team in the Women's National Basketball Association (the “WNBA”). MBC currently owns a 4.2% membership interest in WNBA, LLC.
Mohegan Golf owns and operates the Mohegan Sun Golf Club in Southeastern Connecticut.
Mohegan Lacrosse holds a 50% membership interest in New England Black Wolves, LLC (“NEBW”). NEBW owns and operates the New England Black Wolves, a professional indoor lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League.
Mohegan Expo was formed to finance, build and operate an exposition and convention center to be located adjacent to Mohegan Sun.
MCV-PA holds a 0.01% general partnership interest in each of Downs Racing, L.P. (“Downs Racing”), Backside, L.P., Mill Creek Land, L.P. and Northeast Concessions, L.P. (collectively, along with MCV-PA, the “Pocono Subsidiaries”), while MGE holds the remaining 99.99% limited partnership interest in each entity. Downs Racing owns and operates Mohegan Sun Pocono, a gaming and entertainment facility situated on an approximately 400-acre site in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, and several off-track wagering facilities located elsewhere in Pennsylvania (collectively, the “Pennsylvania Facilities”).
MGE views the operations of Mohegan Sun, MBC, Mohegan Golf and Mohegan Lacrosse (collectively, the “Connecticut Facilities”) and the Pennsylvania Facilities as two separate operating segments.
Mohegan Ventures-NW and a subsidiary of the Tribe hold 81.92% and 18.08% membership interests in Salishan-Mohegan, LLC (“Salishan-Mohegan”), respectively. Salishan-Mohegan was formed to participate in the development and management of ilani Casino Resort, a gaming and entertainment facility owned by the federally-recognized Cowlitz Indian Tribe (the “Cowlitz Tribe”) and the Cowlitz Tribal Gaming Authority (the “CTGA”), which opened in April 2017 on the Cowlitz reservation in Clark County, Washington (the “Cowlitz Project”).
Mohegan Gaming Advisors was formed to pursue gaming opportunities outside the State of Connecticut, including management contracts and consulting agreements for casino and entertainment properties. The subsidiary and investment interests held by Mohegan Gaming Advisors include the following:
a 100% membership interest in MGA Holding NJ, LLC (“MGA Holding NJ”) and MGA Gaming NJ, LLC (collectively, the “Mohegan NJ Entities”). The Mohegan NJ Entities were formed to pursue management contracts and consulting agreements in the State of New Jersey. MGA Holding NJ holds a 10% ownership interest in Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and its associated gaming activities, including on-line gaming in the State of New Jersey.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
a 100% membership interest in MGA Holding MA, LLC (“MGA Holding MA”) and MGA Gaming MA, LLC (“MGA Gaming MA”). MGA Holding MA holds a 100% membership interest in MGA Palmer Partners, LLC (“MGA Palmer Partners”). MGA Palmer Partners holds a 100% membership interest in Mohegan Sun Massachusetts, LLC (“Mohegan Sun Massachusetts” and, together with MGA Holding MA, MGA Gaming MA and MGA Palmer Partners, collectively referred to herein as the “Mohegan MA Entities”). The Mohegan MA Entities were formed to pursue gaming opportunities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
a 50.19% membership interest in Inspire Integrated Resort Co., Ltd. (“Inspire Integrated Resort”). Inspire Integrated Resort was formed to pursue gaming opportunities in South Korea ("Project Inspire").
a 100% membership interest in MGA Korea, LLC (“MGA Korea”). MGA Korea was formed to support certain activities related to Project Inspire.
a 100% membership interest in MGNV, LLC (“MGNV”). MGNV was formed to pursue gaming, hospitality and entertainment opportunities in the State of Nevada.
a 100% membership interest in MGLA, LLC (“MGLA”). MGLA was formed to pursue gaming, hospitality and entertainment opportunities in the State of Louisiana.
a 100% membership interest in MGBR, LLC (“MGBR”). MGBR was formed to pursue gaming, hospitality and entertainment opportunities in South America. MGBR holds a 7.4% membership interest in an unaffiliated third-party limited liability company.
MGE holds a 50% membership interest in MMCT Venture, LLC (“MMCT”). MMCT was formed with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (the “MPT”) to pursue additional gaming opportunities in the State of Connecticut.
NOTE 2—BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In accordance with Rule 10-01, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete consolidated financial statements. The accompanying year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In management's opinion, all adjustments, including normal recurring accruals and adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of MGE's operating results for the interim period, have been included. In addition, certain amounts in the accompanying 2016 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation.
The gaming market in the Northeastern United States is seasonal in nature, with peak gaming activities often occurring at Mohegan Sun and Mohegan Sun Pocono during the months of May through August. Accordingly, MGE's operating results for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of operating results for other interim periods or an entire fiscal year.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in MGE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of MGE and its majority and wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities. In accordance with authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) pertaining to consolidation of variable interest entities ("VIE"), the accounts of Salishan-Mohegan are consolidated into the accounts of Mohegan Ventures-NW, the accounts of Inspire Integrated Resort are consolidated into the accounts of Mohegan Gaming Advisors and the accounts of NEBW are consolidated into the accounts of Mohegan Lacrosse as Mohegan Ventures-NW, Mohegan Gaming Advisors and Mohegan Lacrosse are deemed to be the primary beneficiaries. A primary beneficiary is defined as the party that has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. To determine whether MGE's interest in a VIE could potentially be significant to the VIE, MGE considers both qualitative and quantitative factors regarding the nature, size and form of its involvement in the VIE. MGE assesses whether it is the primary
beneficiary of a VIE or the holder of a significant variable interest in a VIE on an on-going basis. In consolidation, all inter-company balances and transactions were eliminated.
Long-Term Receivables
Long-term receivables consist primarily of receivables from affiliates and others.
Receivables from affiliates, which are included in receivables, net, and other assets, net, in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, consist of reimbursable costs and expenses advanced by Salishan-Mohegan on behalf of the Cowlitz Tribe for the Cowlitz Project (refer to Note 6). The Salishan-Mohegan receivables were payable upon: (1) the related property being taken into trust by the United States Department of the Interior and (2) the receipt of necessary financing for the development of the Cowlitz Project. In March 2015, the Cowlitz Project site was taken into trust by the United States Department of the Interior for the benefit of the Cowlitz Tribe. In addition, in December 2015, the CTGA obtained financing for the Cowlitz Project. The financing provided funding for construction of the Cowlitz Project and a partial repayment of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables. MGE maintains a reserve for doubtful collection of the remaining Salishan-Mohegan receivables, which is based on MGE's estimate of the probability that the receivables will be collected. MGE assesses the reserve for doubtful collection of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables for adequacy on a quarterly basis. In fiscal 2016, following the financing of the Cowlitz Project, MGE reduced the reserve for doubtful collection of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables. Future developments in the Cowlitz Project, including cash flows generated by the casino resort, CTGA's debt covenant restrictions and other matters affecting the project, could affect the collectability of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables and the related reserve.
Receivables from others, which are primarily included in other assets, net, in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, consist of funds loaned to a third-party in connection with the Cowlitz Project and a loan to a tenant of Mohegan Sun. MGE considered maintaining a reserve for doubtful collection of receivables from others based on MGE's estimate of the probability that these receivables will be collected considering historical experience, creditworthiness of the related third-party and tenant and all other available information; however, no such reserve was deemed necessary as of June 30, 2017. A receivable is charged off against the reserve when MGE believes it is probable the receivable will not be recovered. MGE believes that there is no concentration of credit risk for which a reserve has not been established.
The following table presents a reconciliation of long-term receivables, including current portions, and the related reserves for doubtful collection of these long-term receivables (in thousands):
Balance, March 31, 2017 (1)
Advances and other loans, including interest receivable
Development fees, including interest receivable
Management and service fees
Deductions:
Balance, June 30, 2017 (1)
Balance, September 30, 2016 (1)
Includes current portions of $10.9 million, $1.6 million and $4.9 million as of June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively. Also, includes interest receivable of $58.6 million, $56.1 million and $51.0 million as of June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively.
Payments of receivables from affiliates represent payments of development fees earned.
Reserves for Doubtful Collection of Long-Term Receivables
Charges to bad debt expense
The fair value amounts presented below are reported to satisfy disclosure requirements pursuant to authoritative guidance issued by the FASB pertaining to disclosures about fair values of financial instruments and are not necessarily indicative of amounts that MGE could realize in a current market transaction.
MGE applies the following fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs utilized to measure fair value into three levels:
Level 1 - Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;
Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets or valuations based on models where the significant inputs are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and
Level 3 - Valuations based on models where the significant inputs are unobservable. The unobservable inputs reflect MGE's estimates or assumptions that market participants would utilize in pricing such assets or liabilities.
MGE's assessment of the significance of a particular input requires judgment and may affect the valuation of financial assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy.
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, receivables, trade payables and promissory notes and certain credit facilities approximates fair value. The estimated fair value of MGE's financing facilities and notes were as follows (in thousands):
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Revolving
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan A
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan B
2016 7 7/8% Senior Unsecured Notes
Mohegan Expo Credit Facility - Term Loan
The estimated fair values of MGE's financing facilities and notes were based on Level 2 inputs (quoted market prices or prices of similar instruments) on or about June 30, 2017.
MGE accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with authoritative guidance pertaining to share-based payments, which establishes accounting for equity instruments. Share-based compensation is measured at the measurement date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized over the requisite service period. Share-based compensation is recognized as an operating expense and totaled $7.6 million and $6.1 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. MGE did not incur any share-based compensation expense for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. These expenses were recorded within Corporate operating costs and expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
Additional Cash Flow Information
On June 30, 2017 and 2016, the bank that administers MGE’s debt service payments for its senior secured credit facilities made required principal payments on behalf of MGE totaling $18.6 million and $5.2 million, respectively, but did not accordingly debit MGE’s bank account for these payments. As of June 30, 2017 and 2016, MGE reflected these transactions as reductions to current portion of long-term debt and corresponding increases to other current liabilities. On the respective following banking days, the bank withdrew the payments from MGE’s bank account, resulting in reductions to MGE’s cash and cash equivalents and other current liabilities. Accordingly, MGE classified the payments made by the bank as non-cash financing outflows and the related amounts owed to the bank as non-cash financing inflows in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.
In addition, in connection with the financing for the Cowlitz Project, the Cowlitz Tribe repaid $6.0 million of principal outstanding under the 2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor's Trust Promissory Note on behalf of Salishan-Mohegan. Accordingly, MGE classified this payment as a non-cash financing outflow and the related reduction to the Salishan-Mohegan receivables as a non-cash investing inflow in the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2016.
New Accounting Standards
The following accounting standards were adopted during the current fiscal year:
In August 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which provides guidance on determining when and how to disclose going concern uncertainties in financial statements. The update requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date financial statements are issued. It also requires management to provide certain disclosures if conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. This guidance is required for annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early application permitted. MGE adopted this guidance in its first quarter of fiscal 2017 and its adoption did not impact MGE's financial statements.
In February 2015, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which amends existing requirements applicable to reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether certain legal entities should be consolidated. This guidance is required to be applied either on a retrospective or modified retrospective basis and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early application permitted. MGE adopted this guidance in its first quarter of fiscal 2017 and its adoption did not impact MGE's financial statements.
In August 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which clarifies the classification and presentation of several categories in the statement of cash flows in an attempt to reduce the current diversity in practice. The update also specifies that whenever cash receipts and cash payments have aspects of more than one class of cash flows and cannot be separated, classification and presentation will depend on the predominant source or use. This guidance is required to be applied on a retrospective basis and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early application permitted. MGE adopted this guidance in its first quarter of fiscal 2017 and, as a result, payments of tender offer and repurchase costs totaling $50.3 million and payments of discounts totaling $15.5 million were classified and presented within cash flows provided by financing activities rather than cash flows provided by operating activities in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2017. The adoption of this guidance did not materially impact the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2016.
The following accounting standards will be adopted in future reporting periods:
In May 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standards update on revenue recognition pertaining to all contracts with customers. The update requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. It also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. This guidance is required to be applied on a retrospective basis, using one of two methodologies, and was to be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early application not being permitted. However, in July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date by one year. This guidance is now effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Entities are permitted to adopt the guidance as of the original effective date. The FASB has since issued several accounting standards updates to further clarify this guidance including: (1) principal versus agent considerations, (2) identifying performance obligations and licensing, (3) narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients and (4) technical corrections and improvements. MGE is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance pertaining to leases based on the principle that entities should recognize assets and liabilities arising from leases. This guidance does not significantly change lessees’ recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows from previous accounting standards. Leases are classified as operating or financing. The primary change in the guidance is the requirement for entities to recognize right-of-use assets representing the right to use leased assets and lease liabilities for payments during the term of operating lease arrangements. Lessees are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize assets and liabilities for leases with terms of twelve months or less. Lessors' treatment of leases under this guidance is largely unchanged from previous accounting standards. In addition, the guidance expands disclosure requirements for lease arrangements. This guidance is required to be applied on a modified retrospective basis, which includes a number of practical expedients, and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early application permitted. MGE is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its financial statements.
In October 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which modifies existing guidance with respect to the method utilized by a decision maker, which holds an indirect interest in a VIE through a common control party, to determine whether it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. This guidance is required for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim reporting periods thereafter. MGE is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its financial statements.
In November 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which clarifies the classification and presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The update requires that a statement of cash flows explain the total change during the period in cash, cash equivalents and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This guidance is required to be applied on a retrospective basis and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early application permitted. MGE is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its statement of cash flows.
In January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which eliminates the second step in the goodwill impairment test that requires an entity to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill. Instead, an entity would recognize an impairment loss if the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, with the impairment loss not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. This guidance is required to be applied to goodwill impairment tests conducted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim reporting periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted. MGE is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its financial statements.
NOTE 3—LONG-TERM DEBT:
Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands, including current maturities):
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility - Revolving, due June 2018
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan A, due June 2018, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $1,464 as of September 30, 2016
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan B, due June 2018, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $11,119 as of September 30, 2016
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Revolving, due October 2021
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan A, due October 2021, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $8,037 as of June 30, 2017
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term Loan B, due October 2023, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $18,721 as of June 30, 2017
2013 9 3/4% Senior Unsecured Notes, due September 2021, net of premium and debt issuance costs of $6,475 as of September 30, 2016
2016 7 7/8% Senior Unsecured Notes, due October 2024, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $12,704 as of June 30, 2017
2015 Senior Unsecured Notes, due December 2017, net of debt issuance costs of $1,679 as of September 30, 2016
2012 11% Senior Subordinated Notes, due September 2018, net of discount and debt issuance costs of $875 as of September 30, 2016
Mohegan Expo Credit Facility, due April 2022, net of debt issuance costs of $1,406 as of June 30, 2017
Downs Lodging Credit Facility, due November 2019, net of debt issuance costs of $1,260 as of September 30, 2016
2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor's Trust Promissory Note, due March 2017
2013 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note, due December 2018
Long-term debt, excluding capital leases
Less: current portion of long-term debt
Maturities of long-term debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts, are as follows (in thousands, including current maturities):
More than 5 years
In October 2016, MGE completed a comprehensive refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness, including the repayment, repurchase and redemption of its Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities, 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes, 2015 Senior Unsecured Notes and 2012 Senior Subordinated Notes, with proceeds from new senior secured credit facilities and new senior notes (all further discussed below).
MGE incurred approximately $95.6 million in costs in connection with these refinancing transactions. Previously deferred debt issuance costs and debt discounts totaling $14.9 million, as well as $58.9 million in new transaction costs were expensed and recorded as a loss on modification and early extinguishment of debt. New debt issuance costs totaling $2.5 million were capitalized as an asset and will be amortized over the term of the related debt. The remaining $34.2 million in new debt issuance costs was reflected as debt discount and will be amortized over the term of the related debt.
Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities
In November 2013, MGE entered into a loan agreement providing for $855.0 million of term loans and a revolving loan with a letter of credit and borrowing capacity of up to $100.0 million from certain lenders and financial institutions, with RBS Citizens, N.A., serving as Administrative and Collateral Agent (the “Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities”). In October 2016,
MGE repaid and terminated the Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities with proceeds from new Senior Secured Credit Facilities (further discussed below). As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest, including commitment fees, on the Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities was $179,000.
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
In October 2016, MGE entered into a Credit Agreement among MGE, the Tribe, Citizens Bank, N.A., as Administrative and Collateral Agent, and the other lenders and financial institutions party thereto, providing for $1.4 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities (the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”), comprised of a $170.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), a $445.0 million senior secured term loan A facility (the “Term Loan A Facility”) and a $785.0 million senior secured term loan B facility (the “Term Loan B Facility). The Senior Secured Credit Facilities mature on October 13, 2021 (in the case of the Revolving Facility and the Term Loan A Facility) and October 13, 2023 (in the case of the Term Loan B Facility).
On April 14, 2017, MGE entered into a first amendment to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The amendment reduces the interest rate margins applicable to the Revolving Facility, Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility by 0.50%.
The Term Loan A Facility amortizes in equal quarterly installments in an aggregate annual amount equal to 15.0% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility for the first two years after the closing date, 10.0% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility for the third year after the closing date and 7.5% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility in each year thereafter, with the balance payable on the maturity date of the Term Loan A Facility. The Term Loan B Facility amortizes in equal quarterly installments in an aggregate annual amount equal to 1.0% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan B Facility. Amortization of the Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility began with the first full fiscal quarter after the closing date.
The proceeds from the Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility, together with a drawing under the Revolving Facility and proceeds from the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes (as defined below), were used to: (i) satisfy in full all amounts outstanding under MGE’s Prior Senior Secured Credit Facilities, (ii) repurchase MGE’s 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes and 2012 Senior Subordinated Notes, (iii) prepay all amounts outstanding under MGE’s 2015 Senior Unsecured Notes and (iv) satisfy certain other obligations and pay related fees and expenses. The Revolving Facility is otherwise available for general corporate purposes.
As of June 30, 2017, amounts outstanding under the Revolving Facility, Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility totaled $13.0 million, $411.6 million and $781.1 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2017, letters of credit issued under the Revolving Facility totaled $48.4 million, of which no amounts were drawn. Inclusive of letters of credit, which reduce borrowing availability under the Revolving Facility, MGE had approximately $108.6 million of borrowing capacity under its Revolving Facility and Line of Credit as of June 30, 2017.
As amended, borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities accrue interest as follows: (i) for base rate loans under the Revolving Facility and Term Loan A Facility, at a base rate equal to the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 50 basis points and (c) the one-month LIBOR rate plus 100 basis points (the highest of (a), (b) and (c), the “base rate”), plus a total leverage-based margin of 100 to 275 basis points; (ii) for Eurodollar rate loans under the Revolving Facility and Term Loan A Facility, at the applicable LIBOR rate (subject to a 0.0% LIBOR floor) plus a total leverage-based margin of 200 to 375 basis points; (iii) for base rate loans under the Term Loan B Facility, at the base rate plus 300 basis points; and (iv) for Eurodollar rate loans under the Term Loan B Facility, at the applicable LIBOR rate (subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor) plus 400 basis points. MGE is also required to pay a total leverage-based undrawn commitment fee of between 37.5 and 50 basis points under the Revolving Facility. Interest on base rate loans is payable quarterly in arrears. Interest on Eurodollar rate loans is payable at the end of each applicable interest period in arrears, but not less frequently than quarterly.
As of June 30, 2017, interest on the $13.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Facility was based on a base rate of 4.25% plus 275 basis points. The commitment fee was 0.50% as of June 30, 2017. As of June 30, 2017, interest on the $411.6 million outstanding under the Term Loan A Facility was based on a Eurodollar rate of 1.23% plus 375 basis points. As of June 30, 2017, interest on the $781.1 million outstanding under the Term Loan B Facility was based on the Eurodollar rate floor of 1.23% plus 400 basis points. As of June 30, 2017, accrued interest, including commitment fees, on the Senior Secured Credit Facilities was $378,000.
MGE's obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Pocono Subsidiaries, MBC, Mohegan Golf and Mohegan Ventures-NW (collectively, the “Guarantors”; and the Guarantors other than MBC, collectively, the “Grantors”). The collateral securing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities constitutes substantially all of MGE’s and the Grantors’ property and assets. In the future, certain other subsidiaries of MGE may be required to become Guarantors and/or Grantors in accordance with the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
The Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain customary covenants applicable to MGE and its restricted subsidiaries, including covenants governing: incurrence of indebtedness, incurrence of liens, payment of dividends and other distributions, investments, asset sales, affiliate transactions and mergers or consolidations. The Senior Secured Credit Facilities also include financial maintenance covenants pertaining to total leverage, senior secured leverage and minimum fixed charge coverage. In addition, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain customary events of default relating to, among other things, failure to make required payments, breach of covenants and breach of representations.
As of June 30, 2017, MGE and the Tribe were in compliance with all respective covenant requirements under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
Senior Unsecured Notes
In August 2013, MGE issued $500.0 million senior unsecured notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 9.75% per annum (the “Initial 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes”). In August 2015, MGE issued an additional $85.0 million of senior unsecured notes under the Initial 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes indenture (together with the Initial 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes, the “2013 Senior Unsecured Notes”). In October 2016, MGE called for redemption of all of its outstanding 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes. The 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes were redeemed on November 14, 2016. As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes was $4.8 million.
In October 2016, MGE issued $500.0 million senior unsecured notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 7.875% per annum (the “2016 Senior Unsecured Notes”). The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes mature on October 15, 2024. Interest on the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, with the first interest payment payable on April 15, 2017. As of June 30, 2017, accrued interest on the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes was $8.3 million.
At any time prior to October 15, 2019, MGE may redeem the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption and a make-whole premium. The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are redeemable at MGE’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after October 15, 2019, at specified redemption prices, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. If MGE experiences specific kinds of change-of-control triggering events, it is required to make an offer to repurchase the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Additionally, if MGE undertakes specific kinds of asset sales and does not use the related sale proceeds for specified purposes, MGE may be required to offer to repurchase the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In certain circumstances, if any gaming regulatory authority requires a holder or beneficial owner of the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable gaming laws, and such holder or beneficial owner does not obtain such license, qualification or finding of suitability within a specified time, MGE can require such holder or beneficial owner to dispose of its 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes or call for redemption of the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes held by such holder or beneficial owner at a price equal to accrued and unpaid interest, if any, plus the lesser of 100% of the principal amount thereof or the price paid for such notes by such holder or beneficial owner.
The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of MGE. The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantors and will be guaranteed by any restricted subsidiary of MGE that becomes a guarantor in accordance with the terms of the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes indenture.
The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes indenture contains certain covenants that, subject to certain significant exceptions, limit, among other things, MGE’s and the Guarantors’ ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends or distributions, make certain investments, create liens on assets, enter into transactions with affiliates, merge or consolidate with another company or transfer and sell assets. The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes indenture also includes customary events of default, including, but not limited to, failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants, failure to pay certain other indebtedness the occurrence of which is caused by a failure to pay principal, premium or interest or results in the acceleration of such indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency and certain judgment defaults.
As of June 30, 2017, MGE and the Tribe were in compliance with all respective covenant requirements under the 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes indenture.
The 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes and guarantees have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
MGE or its affiliates may, from time to time, seek to purchase or otherwise retire outstanding indebtedness for cash in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Any such transaction will depend on prevailing market conditions and MGE's liquidity and covenant requirement restrictions, among other factors.
Facility Agreement for Senior Unsecured Notes
In November 2015, MGE entered into an agreement (the “Facility Agreement”) by and among MGE, the Tribe and UBS AG, London Branch (“UBS”). Pursuant to the Facility Agreement, MGE may issue, from time to time, to UBS or its designee, senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million (after taking into account borrowings described below), in varying amounts and with varying borrowing dates, maturities and interest rates, as agreed with UBS or its designee.
In November 2015, MGE entered into a note purchase agreement pursuant to which it issued floating rate senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million (the “2015 Senior Unsecured Notes”). In October 2016, MGE repaid and terminated the 2015 Senior Unsecured Notes. As of September 30, 2016, prepaid interest on the 2015 Senior Unsecured Notes was $1.1 million.
Senior Subordinated Notes
2012 11% Senior Subordinated Notes
In March 2012, MGE issued $344.2 million Senior Subordinated Toggle Notes with fixed interest payable at a rate of 11% per annum (the “2012 Senior Subordinated Notes”). In October 2016, MGE called for redemption of all of its outstanding 2012 Senior Subordinated Notes. The 2012 Senior Subordinated Notes were redeemed on November 14, 2016. As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the 2012 Senior Subordinated Notes was $490,000.
In October 2016, in connection with the new Senior Secured Credit Facilities, MGE entered into a $25.0 million revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. (the “Line of Credit”). The Line of Credit is coterminous with the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. Pursuant to provisions of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, under certain circumstances, the Line of Credit may be converted into loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. Under the Line of Credit, each advance accrues interest on the basis of a one-month LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin based on MGE's total leverage ratio, as each term is defined under the Line of Credit, as amended. As of June 30, 2017, no amount was drawn on the Line of Credit. Borrowings under the Line of Credit are uncollateralized general obligations of MGE. The Line of Credit contains negative covenants and financial maintenance covenants that are substantially the same as those contained in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. As of June 30, 2017, MGE was in compliance with all covenant requirements under the Line of Credit. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the Line of Credit was $31,000 and $14,000, respectively.
Mohegan Expo Credit Facility
On April 19, 2017, MGE, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mohegan Expo, entered into a loan agreement with certain third-party lenders providing for a $25.0 million tax-exempt senior secured multi-draw term loan with an approximately $8.3 million increase option (the “Mohegan Expo Credit Facility”). The proceeds from the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility will be used to partially finance the construction of an approximately $80.0 million, 240,000-square-foot exposition and convention center to be located adjacent to Mohegan Sun on land leased to Mohegan Expo by MGE (the “Mohegan Sun Exposition and Convention Center”). The remainder of the Mohegan Sun Exposition and Convention Center will be funded through investments by MGE. Construction on the Mohegan Sun Exposition and Convention Center commenced in March 2017 and it is expected to open in the summer of 2018.
The Mohegan Expo Credit Facility matures on April 22, 2022. Principal outstanding under the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility amortizes at a rate of 7.5% per annum, payable quarterly, commencing October 1, 2018. Borrowings under the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility accrue interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the following: the product of (a) the sum of (i) LIBOR plus (ii) 4.79% and (b) 70 basis points. There is also a fee of 0.50% per annum charged on undrawn amounts, payable quarterly in arrears. Interest is payable monthly through July 1, 2018 and quarterly in arrears thereafter through the maturity date. Mohegan Expo is required to maintain a six-month debt service reserve in a designated account under the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2017, $6.5 million was outstanding under the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility.
The Mohegan Expo Credit Facility is a senior secured obligation of Mohegan Expo, collateralized by: (1) all existing and future assets of Mohegan Expo and (2) a contribution agreement pursuant to which MGE has agreed to make certain contingent cash contributions to Mohegan Expo to the extent required to: (a) complete the Mohegan Sun Exposition and Convention Center or (b) fund any shortfalls in the repayment of debt service under the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility. The Mohegan Expo Credit Facility subjects Mohegan Expo to certain covenant requirements customarily found in loan agreements for similar transactions. As of June 30, 2017, accrued interest on the Mohegan Expo Credit Facility was $42,000.
Downs Lodging Credit Facility
In July 2012, Downs Lodging, LLC (“Downs Lodging”), a single purpose entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of MGE, entered into a credit agreement providing for a $45.0 million term loan from a third-party lender (the “Prior Downs Lodging Credit Facility”). The proceeds from the Prior Downs Lodging Credit Facility were used by Downs Lodging to fund Project Sunlight, a hotel and convention center expansion project at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
In November 2015, the Prior Downs Lodging Credit facility was refinanced with proceeds from a new credit agreement, providing for a $25.0 million term loan from a third-party lender (the “Downs Lodging Credit Facility”), and a cash payment of the remaining amount. In October 2016, MGE repaid and terminated the Downs Lodging Credit Facility and, simultaneously, merged Downs Lodging into Downs Racing, with Downs Racing being the surviving entity. As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the Downs Lodging Credit Facility was $73,000.
2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor's Trust Promissory Note
In March 2012, Comerica Bank & Trust, N.A., Trustee f/b/o The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut Minor's Trust, made a $20.0 million loan to Salishan-Mohegan (the “2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor's Trust Promissory Note”). In October 2016, MGE repaid the remaining outstanding principal amount of the 2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor’s Trust Promissory Note. As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the 2012 Mohegan Tribe Minor's Trust Promissory Note was $2,000.
2013 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note
In March 2013, Mohegan Gaming & Hospitality, LLC (“MG&H”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MGE, purchased and acquired all of the Tribe's membership interest in MG&H in exchange for a $7.4 million promissory note (the “2013 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note”). In October 2016, MGE repaid the 2013 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note and, simultaneously, dissolved MG&H. As of September 30, 2016, accrued interest on the 2013 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note was $1,000.
In November 2015, the Tribe made a $22.5 million loan to Mohegan Gaming Advisors (the “2015 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note”). The remaining outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Mohegan Tribe Promissory Note was repaid at maturity in April 2016.
NOTE 4—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
Distributions to the Tribe totaled $15.0 million and $13.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $39.0 million and $34.5 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
The Tribe provides certain governmental and administrative services in connection with the operation of Mohegan Sun. Expenses incurred for such services were recorded within operating costs and expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income as follows (in millions):
Advertising, general and administrative
MGE purchases most of its utilities, including electricity, gas, water and waste water services, from an instrumentality of the Tribe, the Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority. MGE incurred costs for such utilities totaling $3.8 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $12.7 million and $12.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Interest Expense on Promissory Notes
MGE incurred interest expense associated with borrowings from the Tribe totaling $364,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and $32,000 and $1.5 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. MGE did not incur any interest expense associated with borrowings from the Tribe for the three months ended June 30, 2017.
MGE leases the land on which Mohegan Sun is located from the Tribe under a long-term lease agreement. In July 2008, MGE entered into an additional land lease agreement with the Tribe relating to property located adjacent to the Tribe's reservation that is utilized by Mohegan Sun for employee parking. This agreement required MGE to make monthly payments equaling $75,000 until maturity on June 30, 2018. MGE classified this lease as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes due to the existence of a bargain purchase option at the expiration of the lease. This land lease was paid off and terminated on October 14, 2016 and the property was merged into the land under the long-term lease agreement.
In March 2015, MGE entered into a sublease agreement with the Mohegan Tribal Finance Authority, a subsidiary of the Tribe, to sublease the Earth Hotel Tower and related improvements for the purpose of operating the hotel on a triple net basis for a term of 28 years and 4 months. MGE also entered into a similar sublease agreement with the Tribe to sublease a related connector which connects the Earth Hotel Tower to the Sky Hotel lobby. Rental payments under these subleases commenced with the opening of the Earth Hotel Tower, which occurred in November 2016. MGE classified these subleases as operating leases for financial reporting purposes in accordance with authoritative guidance issued by the FASB pertaining to the accounting for leases. MGE incurred lease expenses associated with these subleases totaling $2.4 million and $6.4 million for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. These expenses were recorded within hotel operating costs and expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, due from Mohegan Tribe consisted primarily of a long-term loan receivable due from the Tribe. MGE, together with the Tribe, offer a benefit plan for certain eligible employees (the “Mohegan Benefit Plan”). The Mohegan Benefit Plan is sponsored by the Tribe for the benefit of participants who authorize the purchase of life insurance policies as a means of providing certain life insurance benefits to the participants and their spouses as joint insured. The life insurance policies are established on the life of each participant, and each premium contribution provided by MGE to the Tribe on behalf of the participant is treated as a loan from MGE to the Tribe and, in turn, as a loan from the Tribe to the participant, for legal, tax and financial reporting purposes. The loans from MGE to the Tribe are recorded as a long-term loan receivable. This loan receivable is required to be repaid by the Tribe. Accordingly, the Tribe retains an interest in each participant’s death benefit from the life insurance policies that will provide MGE with full repayment of the accumulated loan receivable at the death of the applicable participants insured under the life insurance policies.
As of June 30, 2017, due to Mohegan Tribe consisted primarily of outstanding lease payments related to the aforementioned Earth Hotel Tower and connector. As of September 30, 2016, due to Mohegan Tribe consisted primarily of outstanding payments related to governmental and administrative services.
As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, funds loaned, including accrued interest, to Salishan Company, LLC and its owner in connection with the Cowlitz Project totaled $4.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
NOTE 5—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
Slot Win and Free Promotional Slot Play Contributions
In May 1994, the Tribe and the State of Connecticut entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), which sets forth certain matters regarding implementation of the Mohegan Compact. The MOU stipulates that a portion of revenues from slot machines must be paid to the State of Connecticut (“Slot Win Contribution”). Slot Win Contribution payments are not required if the State of Connecticut legalizes any other gaming operation with slot machines, video facsimiles of games of chance or other
commercial casino games within the State of Connecticut, except those consented to by the Tribe and the MPT. For each 12-month period commencing July 1, 1995, Slot Win Contribution payments shall be the lesser of: (1) 30% of gross revenues from slot machines or (2) the greater of (a) 25% of gross revenues from slot machines or (b) $80.0 million.
In September 2009, MGE entered into a settlement agreement with the State of Connecticut regarding contribution payments on MGE's free promotional slot play program. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, effective July 1, 2009, the State of Connecticut agreed that no value shall be attributed to free promotional slot plays utilized by patrons at Mohegan Sun for purposes of calculating monthly contribution payments, provided that the aggregate amount of free promotional slot plays during any month does not exceed a certain threshold of gross revenues from slot machines for such month. In the event free promotional slot plays granted by MGE exceed such threshold, contribution payments are required on such excess face amount of free promotional slot plays at the same rate as Slot Win Contribution payments, or 25%. The threshold before contribution payments on free promotional slot plays are required is currently 11% of gross revenues from slot machines.
MGE reflected expenses associated with the combined Slot Win Contribution and free promotional slot play contribution totaling $38.2 million and $37.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $112.1 million and $109.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the combined outstanding Slot Win Contribution and free promotional slot play contribution totaled $12.3 million.
Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax
Downs Racing holds a Category One slot machine license issued by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (the “PGCB”) for the operation of slot machines at Mohegan Sun Pocono. This license permits Downs Racing to install and operate up to 3,000 slot machines at Mohegan Sun Pocono, expandable to up to a total of 5,000 slot machines upon request and approval of the PGCB.
The Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act stipulates that holders of Category One slot machine licenses must pay a portion of revenues from slot machines to the PGCB on a daily basis (“Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax”), which includes local share assessments to be paid to the cities and municipalities hosting Mohegan Sun Pocono and amounts to be paid to the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission (the “PSHRC”). The Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax is currently 55% of gross revenues from slot machines. By statute, 2% of the Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax is subject to a $10.0 million minimum annual threshold to ensure that the host cities and municipalities receive an annual minimum of $10.0 million in local share assessments. On September 28, 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared this provision to be unconstitutional and imposed a deadline of 120 days before its ruling will take effect. This deadline was subsequently extended to and expired on May 26, 2017. However, Downs Racing has continued to pay local share assessments to Plains Township under a memorandum of understanding which expires on December 31, 2017. Downs Racing maintains a $1.5 million escrow deposit in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Luzerne County portion of Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax payments, which was included in other assets, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
MGE reflected expenses associated with the Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax totaling $28.3 million and $31.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $84.2 million and $91.8 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, outstanding Pennsylvania Slot Machine Tax payments totaled $3.5 million and $4.8 million, respectively.
Pennsylvania Table Game Tax
In January 2010, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amended the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act to allow slot machine operators in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to obtain a table game operation certificate and operate certain table games, including poker. Under the amended law, holders of table game operation certificates must pay a portion of revenues from table games to the PGCB on a weekly basis (“Pennsylvania Table Game Tax”). The Pennsylvania Table Game Tax was 12%, plus 2% in local share assessments. Effective August 1, 2016, the Pennsylvania Table Game Tax was increased to 14%, plus the 2% local share assessments.
MGE reflected expenses associated with the Pennsylvania Table Game Tax totaling $1.4 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $4.9 million and $4.7 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, outstanding Pennsylvania Table Game Tax payments totaled $49,000 and $93,000, respectively.
Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee
Slot machine licensees in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are required to reimburse state gaming regulatory agencies for various administrative and operating expenses (“Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee”). The Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee was 1.5% of gross revenues from slot machines and table games. Effective August 1, 2016, the Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee was increased to 1.7% of gross revenues from slot machines and table games.
MGE reflected expenses associated with the Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee totaling $1.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and $3.7 million and $3.5 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, outstanding Pennsylvania Regulatory Fee payments to the PGCB totaled $110,000 and $112,000, respectively.
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Loans
The PGCB was initially granted $36.1 million in loans to fund start-up costs for gaming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which are to be repaid by slot machine licensees (the "Initial Loans"). The PGCB was subsequently granted an additional $63.8 million in loans to fund ongoing gaming oversight costs, which are also to be repaid by slot machine licensees (the "Subsequent Loans"). Repayment of the Initial Loans will commence when all 14 authorized gaming facilities are opened in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Currently, 12 of the 14 authorized gaming facilities have commenced operations. As of June 30, 2017, MGE has concluded that a repayment contingency for the Initial Loans is probable but not reasonably estimable since the PGCB has not yet established a method of assessment of repayment for the Initial Loans and, as such, MGE has not recorded a related accrual for such repayment. In June 2011, the PGCB adopted a method of assessment of repayment for the Subsequent Loans pursuant to which repayment commenced on January 1, 2012 and will continue over a 10-year period in accordance with a formula based on a combination of a single fiscal year and cumulative gross revenues from slot machines for each operating slot machine licensee.
MGE reflected expenses associated with this repayment schedule totaling $150,000 and $156,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $453,000 and $469,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Horsemen’s Agreement
Downs Racing and the PSHRC are parties to an agreement that governs all live harness racing and simulcasting and account wagering at the Pennsylvania Facilities through December 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, outstanding payments to the PSHRC for purses earned by horsemen, but not yet paid, totaled $5.0 million.
Priority Distribution Agreement
In August 2001, MGE and the Tribe entered into an agreement (the “Priority Distribution Agreement”), which stipulates that MGE must make monthly payments to the Tribe to the extent of MGE's Net Cash Flow as defined under the Priority Distribution Agreement. The Priority Distribution Agreement was amended as of December 31, 2014. As amended, the Priority Distribution Agreement, which has a perpetual term, limits the minimum aggregate priority distribution payments in each calendar year to $40.0 million. Payments under the Priority Distribution Agreement: (1) do not reduce MGE's obligations to reimburse the Tribe for governmental and administrative services provided by the Tribe or to make payments under any other agreements with the Tribe, (2) are limited obligations of MGE and are payable only to the extent of MGE's Net Cash Flow as defined under the Priority Distribution Agreement and (3) are not secured by a lien or encumbrance on any of MGE's assets or properties.
MGE reflected payments associated with the Priority Distribution Agreement totaling $10.0 million and $30.0 million for each of the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Litigation and Legal Proceedings
On February 2, 2017, MGE was informed by a representative of the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) that OEC is nearing completion of a review of possible operational control deficiencies at Mohegan Sun Pocono and, based on OEC’s preliminary findings, OEC anticipates that Mohegan Sun Pocono will be subject to disciplinary action, including a fine and undertakings to remediate the issues identified by OEC. The operational control deficiencies, which MGE is presently in the process of remediating, relate to, among other things, its system of tracking and reporting the issuance of certain patron incentives such as free promotional slot play.
On February 14, 2017, MGE informed OEC that, in connection with MGE’s ongoing review of Mohegan Sun Pocono’s operations, MGE terminated in January 2017 Mohegan Sun Pocono’s business relationship with ReferLocal, a marketing and advertising company with which Mohegan Sun Pocono did business since 2011 and in which MGE’s former President and Chief Executive Officer has a 5% equity interest, which equity interest had not previously been disclosed to MGE’s Management Board. On February 3, 2017, MGE received a letter from counsel to ReferLocal asserting, among other things, that ReferLocal had suffered damages in connection with the termination of this business relationship and may seek recovery of such damages from MGE and its former President and Chief Executive Officer. ReferLocal is not registered with the PGCB as a gaming service provider, and MGE cannot predict whether OEC will conclude that such registration was required or that one or more other aspects of Mohegan Sun Pocono’s prior business relationship with ReferLocal was not in compliance with applicable gaming regulations.
On May 2, 2017, MGE received a Demand for Documents and Investigatory Subpoena from OEC seeking information relating to the matters described above, and MGE is cooperating with OEC to fully comply with this request.
The outcome of the foregoing matters is uncertain and MGE cannot estimate the extent of materiality or the amount or range of reasonably possible loss that may result from them, if any.
MGE is also a defendant in various claims and legal actions resulting from its normal course of business. Some of these matters relate to personal injuries to patrons and damages to patrons' personal assets. MGE estimates guest claims expense and accrues for such liabilities based upon historical experience. In management's opinion, the aggregate liability, if any, arising from such litigations will not have a material impact on MGE's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE 6—MOHEGAN VENTURES-NORTHWEST, LLC (COWLITZ PROJECT):
Mohegan Ventures-NW, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MGE, is a member of Salishan-Mohegan. Salishan-Mohegan was formed to participate in the development and management of ilani Casino Resort, a gaming and entertainment facility owned by the federally-recognized Cowlitz Tribe and the CTGA, which opened in April 2017 on the Cowlitz reservation in Clark County, Washington. Mohegan Ventures-NW, Salishan Company, LLC (“Salishan Company”), an unrelated entity, and a subsidiary of the Tribe previously held membership interests in Salishan-Mohegan of 49.15%, 40% and 10.85%, respectively.
In April 2017, Salishan Company and Salishan-Mohegan entered into a membership interest redemption and withdrawal agreement (the “Redemption and Withdrawal Agreement”), pursuant to which Salishan-Mohegan agreed to redeem all of Salishan Company’s right, title and interest in and to its membership interests of Salishan-Mohegan, and Salishan Company agreed to resign and irrevocably withdraw as a member of Salishan-Mohegan. As a result of this withdrawal, Mohegan Ventures-NW and a subsidiary of the Tribe now hold membership interests in Salishan-Mohegan of 81.92% and 18.08%, respectively. As consideration for the redemption, Salishan-Mohegan agreed to pay Salishan Company a redemption price, the amount of which will be determined by future binding arbitration, which is expected to begin by the end of the calendar year. As of June 30, 2017, MGE has concluded that a payment contingency for the redemption is probable but not reasonably estimable given the ongoing arbitration process and, as such, MGE has not recorded a related accrual for such payment. In connection with the Redemption and Withdrawal Agreement, the parties also formed a new joint venture development entity, Salishan-Mohegan Development Company, LLC (“SMDC”), to which Salishan-Mohegan has assigned a right of first refusal for certain subsequent material expansion or future development as provided in the development agreement for the Cowlitz Project. Mohegan Ventures-NW, Salishan Company and a subsidiary of the Tribe hold membership interests in SMDC of 49.15%, 40% and 10.85%, respectively.
Salishan-Mohegan and SMDC are not restricted entities of MGE, and therefore, are not guarantors of MGE’s debt obligations.
In September 2004, Salishan-Mohegan entered into development and management agreements with the Cowlitz Tribe in connection with the Cowlitz Project, which agreements have been amended from time to time.
Under the terms of the development agreement, Salishan-Mohegan assisted in securing financing, as well as administration and oversight of the planning, design, development, construction and furnishing of the Cowlitz Project. The development agreement provides for development fees of 3% of total project costs, as defined under the development agreement. Under the terms of Salishan-Mohegan's operating agreement, development fees earned by Salishan-Mohegan are distributed to Mohegan Ventures-NW. In 2006, pursuant to the development agreement, Salishan-Mohegan purchased an approximately 156-acre site for the casino resort.
In addition, certain receivables contributed to Salishan-Mohegan and amounts advanced by Salishan-Mohegan on behalf of the Cowlitz Tribe are reimbursable to Salishan-Mohegan by the Cowlitz Tribe, subject to appropriate approvals defined under the development agreement.
Under the terms of the management agreement, Salishan-Mohegan will manage, operate and maintain the casino resort for a period of seven years following federal approval of the management agreement by the National Indian Gaming Commission (the “NIGC”). The management agreement became effective on May 21, 2017 following the NIGC's approval. The management agreement provides for management fees of 24% of net revenues, as defined under the management agreement, which approximates net income earned from the Cowlitz Project. Under the terms of Salishan-Mohegan’s operating agreement, management fees will be allocated to the current members of Salishan-Mohegan based on their respective membership interests.
The Cowlitz Tribe’s Class III Tribal-State gaming compact with the State of Washington became effective in August 2014 and was amended in April 2015. As amended, the compact authorizes the operation of up to 3,000 total gaming machines and 75 table games in a single facility, through the Cowlitz Tribe’s direct allocation of 1,075 gaming machines and 60 table games and the ability to lease additional units from other tribes. The compact is in effect until terminated by written agreement of both parties.
In March 2013, litigation commenced challenging the decision of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior to take the Cowlitz Project site into trust. In December 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of the federal government and Cowlitz Tribe, upholding the Record of Decision to take the site into trust. The plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In July 2016, the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court in its entirety. In November 2016, certain of the plaintiffs filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to overturn the Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. In April 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition, thereby ending that challenge to the decision to take the Cowlitz Project site into trust.
In connection with the United States Department of the Interior’s action to take the Cowlitz Project site into trust in March 2015, the Cowlitz Tribe leased a substantial portion of the Cowlitz Project site back to Salishan-Mohegan for a nominal rental fee. The carrying value of the land totaling approximately $20.0 million was transferred to the Cowlitz Tribe at the time the site was taken into trust. This transfer resulted in additional receivables due from the Cowlitz Tribe. In April 2016, the remaining land totaling approximately $686,000 was transferred to CTGA. In connection with this transfer, Salishan-Mohegan assigned the outstanding balance of the promissory note that funded the acquisition of this portion of the land totaling approximately $342,000 to CTGA. The remaining $344,000 was recorded as an additional receivable due from the Cowlitz Tribe.
In December 2015, the CTGA obtained financing for the Cowlitz Project. The financing provided funding for construction of the Cowlitz Project and a partial repayment of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables. In connection with this transaction, Salishan-Mohegan was repaid $19.4 million of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables, a portion of which was used to repay certain outstanding debt of Salishan-Mohegan. Under the terms of the development agreement, the remaining outstanding Salishan-Mohegan receivables are to be repaid in equal monthly installments over a seven-year period commencing the first month following the opening of the Cowlitz Project, which occurred on April 24, 2017, subject to conditions of the Cowlitz financing. The remaining outstanding Salishan-Mohegan receivables accrue interest at an annual rate equal to 1.0% above the Cowlitz Project financing rate, or 12.5%. Pursuant to the development agreement, repayment of the remaining outstanding Salishan-Mohegan receivables may accelerate depending on the level of available cash at the end of each fiscal year, subject to certain conditions as set forth in the development agreement, including conditions of the Cowlitz financing. Also in connection with the Cowlitz financing, Salishan-Mohegan assigned the lease for the Cowlitz Project site to CTGA.
MGE maintains a reserve for doubtful collection of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables, which is based on MGE's estimate of the probability that the receivables will be collected. MGE assesses the reserve for doubtful collection of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables for adequacy on a quarterly basis. In fiscal 2016, following the financing of the Cowlitz Project, MGE reduced the reserve for doubtful collection of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables. Future developments in the Cowlitz Project, including cash flows generated by the casino and other matters affecting the project, could affect the collectability of the Salishan-Mohegan receivables and the related reserve. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Salishan-Mohegan receivables, including accrued interest, totaled $89.0 million and $81.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, related reserves for doubtful collection totaled $17.8 million and $16.4 million, respectively. The Salishan-Mohegan receivables were included in other assets, net, in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
MGE earned development fees, including accrued interest, totaling $2.9 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $6.9 million and $7.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. MGE earned management and service fees totaling $2.6 million for each of the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2017. These revenues were recorded within retail, entertainment and other revenues in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
NOTE 7—MOHEGAN GAMING ADVISORS, LLC (PROJECT INSPIRE):
Mohegan Gaming Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MGE, currently holds a 50.19% membership interest in Inspire Integrated Resort, which was formed to pursue gaming opportunities in South Korea. The remaining 49.81% membership interest in Inspire Integrated Resort is held by an unrelated third-party and its affiliates. Inspire Integrated Resort is not a restricted entity of MGE, and therefore, is not a guarantor of MGE’s debt obligations.
In February 2016, Inspire Integrated Resort was awarded pre-approval for a gaming license to be issued upon the completion of construction of Project Inspire, a proposed integrated resort and casino to be located at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. In August 2016, Inspire Integrated Resort entered into an implementation agreement with the Incheon International Airport Authority for the long-term lease and development of land at the project site adjacent to the airport.
Mohegan Gaming Advisors and its partner have each contributed approximately $100.0 million in cash into Project Inspire. As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, unused contributions, after factoring in the effect of the exchange rate, totaled approximately $171.2 million and $205.8 million, respectively, and were included in non-current assets - restricted cash in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
As of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, Inspire Integrated Resort had total assets of $198.7 million and $207.6 million, respectively, and total liabilities of $645,000 and $1.3 million, respectively.
NOTE 8—SEGMENT REPORTING:
As of June 30, 2017, MGE owns and operates, either directly or through subsidiaries, the Connecticut Facilities and the Pennsylvania Facilities. Substantially all of MGE's revenues are derived from these operations. The Connecticut Sun franchise, the Mohegan Sun Golf Club and the New England Black Wolves franchise are aggregated with the Mohegan Sun operating segment because these operations all share similar economic characteristics, which is to generate gaming and entertainment revenues by attracting patrons to Mohegan Sun. MGE's executive officers review and assess the performance and operating results and determine the proper allocation of resources to the Connecticut Facilities and the Pennsylvania Facilities on a separate basis. Accordingly, MGE has two separate reportable segments: (1) Mohegan Sun, which includes the operations of the Connecticut Facilities and (2) Mohegan Sun Pocono, which includes the operations of the Pennsylvania Facilities. MGE's operations related to investments in unconsolidated affiliates and certain other Corporate development and management operations have not been identified as separate reportable segments; therefore, these operations are included in Corporate and other in the following segment disclosures to reconcile to consolidated results.
Net revenues:
Mohegan Sun Pocono
Corporate and other
Inter-segment revenues
Income (loss) from operations:
Capital expenditures incurred:
Total assets:
Some information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other materials filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. Such statements include information relating to business development activities, as well as capital spending, financing sources and the effects of regulation, including gaming and tax regulation, and increased competition. These statements can sometimes be identified by our use of forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect” or “intend” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated future results, and accordingly, such results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to the following:
the financial performance of Mohegan Sun and Mohegan Sun Pocono and our Pennsylvania off-track wagering facilities;
the local, regional, national or global economic climate;
increased competition, including the expansion of gaming in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or outside of the United States;
our leverage and ability to meet our debt service obligations and maintain compliance with financial debt covenants;
the continued availability of financing;
our dependence on existing management;
the fact that our former President and Chief Executive Officer resigned from those positions on February 14, 2017 and we are currently under the leadership of an interim Chief Executive Officer pending retention of an executive in that capacity on a permanent basis;
our ability to integrate new amenities from expansions to our facilities into our current operations and manage the expanded facilities;
changes in federal or state tax laws or the administration of such laws;
changes in gaming laws or regulations, including the limitation, denial or suspension of licenses required under gaming laws and regulations;
changes in applicable laws pertaining to the service of alcohol, smoking or other amenities offered at our facilities;
our ability to successfully implement our diversification strategy;
an act of terrorism on the United States;
our customers' access to inexpensive transportation to our facilities and changes in oil, fuel or other transportation-related expenses;
unfavorable weather conditions;
risks associated with operations in foreign territories;
failure by our employees, agents, affiliates, vendors or businesses to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including state gaming laws and regulations and anti-bribery laws such as the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions; and
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
Additional information concerning potential factors that could affect our financial results is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, as well as our other reports and filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. We cannot assure you that projected results or events will be achieved or will occur.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes beginning on page 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The Tribe and Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment
The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or the Mohegan Tribe or the Tribe, is a federally-recognized Indian tribe with an approximately 595-acre reservation situated in Southeastern Connecticut, adjacent to Uncasville, Connecticut. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, federally-recognized Indian tribes are permitted to conduct full-scale casino gaming operations on tribal lands, subject to, among other things, the negotiation of a compact with the affected state. The Tribe and the State of Connecticut entered into a compact, the Mohegan Compact, which was approved by the United States Secretary of the Interior. We were established as an instrumentality of the Tribe, with the exclusive authority to conduct and regulate gaming activities for the Tribe on Tribal lands and the non-exclusive authority to conduct such activities elsewhere. On June 15, 2017, we announced a corporate effort to align our brand image with our expanding business, and accordingly rebranded, and are now doing business as Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, or MGE.
Our gaming operation at Mohegan Sun is one of only two legally authorized gaming operations in southern New England offering traditional slot machines and table games. Through our subsidiary, Downs Racing, L.P., or Downs Racing, we also own and operate Mohegan Sun Pocono, a gaming and entertainment facility located in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, and several off-track wagering facilities, or OTW facilities, located elsewhere in Pennsylvania, collectively the Pennsylvania facilities. We are governed by a nine-member Management Board, whose members also comprise the Mohegan Tribal Council, the governing body of the Tribe. Any change in the composition of the Mohegan Tribal Council results in a corresponding change in our Management Board.
In October 1996, we opened a gaming and entertainment complex known as Mohegan Sun. Mohegan Sun is located on an approximately 196-acre site on the Tribe's reservation overlooking the Thames River with direct access from Interstate 395 and Connecticut Route 2A. Mohegan Sun is approximately 125 miles from New York City, New York, and approximately 100 miles from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2002, we completed a major expansion of Mohegan Sun known as Project Sunburst, which included increased gaming, restaurant and retail space, an entertainment arena, an approximately 1,200-room luxury Sky Hotel Tower and approximately 100,000 square feet of convention space. In 2007, we opened Sunrise Square, and, in 2008, we opened Casino of the Wind, both components of Mohegan Sun's Project Horizon expansion.
Mohegan Sun currently operates in an approximately 5.0 million square-foot facility, which includes the following:
Casino of the Earth
As of June 30, 2017, Casino of the Earth offered:
approximately 185,000 square feet of gaming space;
approximately 2,485 slot machines and 145 traditional and electronic table games;
Sunrise Square, a 9,800-square-foot Asian-themed gaming area;
an approximately 9,000-square-foot simulcasting Racebook facility;
food and beverage amenities, including: Seasons Buffet, a 784-seat multi-station buffet with live cooking stations, Bobby Flay's Bobby's Burger Palace, Bean and Vine Café & Wine Bar, Bow & Arrow Sports Bar and multiple service bars, all operated by us, as well as Ballo Italian Restaurant & Social Club, Jumbo Oriental, a full-service Asian restaurant and food court, Chick-Fil-A, Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, Hash House a Go Go, Fidelia's Market, an approximately 290-seat multi-station food court, and Carlo's Bakery operated by third-parties, for a total restaurant seating of approximately 2,240;
five Mohegan Sun-owned retail shops, offering products ranging from Mohegan Sun logo souvenirs to cigars;
an approximately 400-room Earth Hotel Tower;
COMIX, an approximately 415-seat comedy club and craft beer bar operated by a third-party; and
the Wolf Den, an approximately 10,000-square-foot, 275-seat lounge featuring live entertainment seven days a week.
Casino of the Sky
As of June 30, 2017, Casino of the Sky offered:
food and beverage amenities, including: Todd English's Tuscany, Bobby Flay's Bar Americain, Starbucks, a 24-hour coffee shop and three lounges and bars, all operated by us, as well as five additional full-service restaurants, two quick-service restaurants and a multi-station food court operated by third-parties, for a total restaurant seating of approximately 2,160;
The Shops at Mohegan Sun containing 31 retail shops, five of which we own;
the Mohegan Sun Arena with seating for up to 10,000;
a 350-seat Cabaret theatre;
an approximately 1,200-room luxury Sky Hotel Tower, including a private high-limit table games suite;
Lansdowne Irish Pub and Music House with restaurant seating of approximately 205, Avalon Nightclub and Vista Lounge, all operated by a third-party;
an approximately 20,000-square-foot spa operated by a third-party;
approximately 100,000 square feet of convention space; and
a child care facility and an arcade-style entertainment area operated by a third-party.
Casino of the Wind
As of June 30, 2017, Casino of the Wind offered:
approximately 40,000 square feet of gaming space;
approximately 520 slot machines, 25 traditional table games and a 42-table themed poker room;
a 400-seat, 16,000-square-foot Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Restaurant operated by a third-party; and
Mist, a nightlife entertainment venue operated by us.
Mohegan Sun offers parking for approximately 13,000 patrons and 3,600 employees. We also operate an approximately 3,600-square-foot, 20-pump gasoline and convenience center for patrons, as well as a 10-pump gasoline center for employees, both located adjacent to Mohegan Sun.
Through Mohegan Basketball Club, LLC, or MBC, we own and operate the Connecticut Sun franchise, a professional basketball team in the Women's National Basketball Association. The team plays its home games in the Mohegan Sun Arena.
New England Black Wolves
Through Mohegan Lacrosse, LLC, we have partnered with an unrelated third-party to own and operate the New England Black Wolves franchise, a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team plays its home games in the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Mohegan Sun Golf Club
Through Mohegan Golf, LLC, or Mohegan Golf, we own and operate the Mohegan Sun Golf Club, a private 18-hole championship golf course, restaurant and bar located in Sprague and Franklin, Connecticut.
Through Downs Racing, we own and operate a gaming and entertainment facility known as Mohegan Sun Pocono located on an approximately 400-acre site in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, and OTW facilities located in Carbondale, East Stroudsburg and Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. In November 2006, Mohegan Sun Pocono became the first location to offer slot machine gaming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when Phase I of its gaming and entertainment facility opened. In July 2008, we completed a major expansion of Mohegan Sun Pocono known as Project Sunrise, which included increased gaming, restaurant and retail space, and, in July 2010, we opened our table game and poker operations, including additional non-smoking sections and a high-limit gaming area. In November 2013, we completed Project Sunlight, a hotel and convention center expansion located adjacent to the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino.
Mohegan Sun Pocono currently operates in an approximately 400,000-square-foot facility, which includes the following as of June 30, 2017:
approximately 2,330 slot machines, 75 table games, including blackjack, roulette and craps, and an 18-table poker room;
live harness racing and simulcast and off-track wagering;
a 238-room hotel, including a spa and fitness center;
approximately 20,000 square feet of convention space;
food and beverage amenities, including: Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Rustic Kitchen Bistro and Bar, which features dining and a live cooking show, Bar Louie, a casual bar and restaurant, Elixir Bistro Bar, Timbers Buffet, a 300-seat Mohegan Indian cultural heritage themed multi-station buffet, and a food court, including: Johnny Rockets, Wok 8, Puck Express by Wolfgang Puck and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, for a total seating of approximately 2,100;
five retail shops, one of which we own, offering products ranging from Mohegan Sun Pocono logo souvenirs to fine apparel; and
three bars/lounges: Sunburst Bar, featured in the center of the gaming floor, Breakers Night Club and Pearl Sushi Bar.
Market and Competition from Other Gaming Operations
Our gaming operation at Mohegan Sun is one of only two current gaming operations in southern New England offering traditional slot machines and table games, with the other operation being our sole gaming competitor in the State of Connecticut, Foxwoods Resort Casino, or Foxwoods, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and located approximately 10 miles from Mohegan Sun. We also face competition from gaming facilities in the states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. In addition, we face competition in and from the Northeastern Pennsylvania gaming market. Please refer to “Part I. Item 1. Business—Market and Competition from Other Gaming Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 and our other reports and filings with the SEC for further details regarding current and potential competition from other gaming operations.
Explanation of Key Financial Statement Captions
There has been no material change from the explanation of key financial statement captions previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016.
Summary Operating Results
As of June 30, 2017, we own and operate, either directly or through subsidiaries: (1) Mohegan Sun, the Connecticut Sun franchise, the Mohegan Sun Golf Club and the New England Black Wolves franchise, or collectively, the Connecticut facilities, and (2) Mohegan Sun Pocono and its off-track wagering facilities, or collectively, the Pennsylvania facilities. Substantially all of our revenues are derived from these operations. The Connecticut Sun franchise, the Mohegan Sun Golf Club and the New England Black Wolves franchise are aggregated with the Mohegan Sun operating segment because these operations all share similar economic characteristics, which is to generate gaming and entertainment revenues by attracting patrons to Mohegan Sun. Our executive officers review and assess the performance and operating results and determine the proper allocation of resources to the Connecticut facilities and the Pennsylvania facilities on a separate basis. Accordingly, we have two separate reportable segments: (1) Mohegan Sun, which includes the operations of the Connecticut facilities and (2) Mohegan Sun Pocono, which includes the operations of the Pennsylvania facilities. Our operations related to investments in unconsolidated affiliates and certain other Corporate development and management operations have not been identified as separate reportable segments; therefore, these operations are included in Corporate and other in the following segment disclosures to reconcile to consolidated results.
The following table summarizes our results on a property basis (in thousands, except where noted):
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
)%
Operating margin:
The most significant factors and trends that we believe impacted our operating and financial performance were as follows:
strong overall business volumes at Mohegan Sun;
additional hotel room capacity added by our new 400-room Earth Hotel Tower at Mohegan Sun;
a strong entertainment calendar at Mohegan Sun;
improved table game hold percentage at Mohegan Sun in the three months ended June 30, 2017;
soft overall business volumes at Mohegan Sun Pocono;
higher revenues and increased development costs associated with our various Corporate diversification initiatives;
competitive gaming markets;
lower interest expense; and
a $73.8 million non-operating loss on modification and early extinguishment of debt in the nine months ended June 30, 2017 related to our October 2016 refinancing transactions.
The growth in net revenues for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily driven by strong gaming and non-gaming results at Mohegan Sun.
Income from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily due to the growth in net revenues. The decline in income from operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to higher overall operating costs and expenses.
Net income attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority for the three months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period in the prior year increased primarily as a result of the growth in income from operations, combined with lower interest expense. The decline in net income attributable to Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority for the nine months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily driven by the loss on modification and early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by lower interest expense.
Revenues consisted of the following (in thousands):
The new 400-room Earth Hotel Tower opened on November 10, 2016.
The following table summarizes the percentage of gross revenues from each of the four revenue sources:
Promotional Allowances
The retail value of providing promotional allowances was included in gross revenues as follows (in thousands):
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The Liars’ Gospel by Naomi Alderman
23rd Aug 2012
I’ll begin by admitting I feel a little under-qualified to comment on this text, given that I know little about Judaism or the history of Jerusalem and Roman occupation.
I snapped up the review copy in haste because Alderman’s second novel, The Lessons, is one of my favourite books of recent years.
However, The Liars’ Gospel is far from a scandalous tale of extravagant Oxford students.
Told in four parts, this novel boldly attempts to retell the story of “civilsation’s most famous execution”, and follows Yehoshuah (Jesus) as he wanders Roman-occupied Judea giving sermons and healing the sick, with an ever-growing band of loyal followers.
The first part, narrated my Miryam (Mary), finishes shortly after she has learned of her son’s death. She takes in a young boy, Gidon of Yaffo, who professes to be one of Yehoshuah’s most devoted followers, and tries to convince Miryam that her son has risen.
Gidon begs Miryam for stories of Yehoshuah’s childhood, and her anecdotes depict an abnormal, awkward child and a somewhat selfish and difficult teenager.
As someone far removed from religious restraints I can’t be certain, but I’m pretty sure a lot of people would find this book all kinds of blasphemous.
Part two is narrated by Iehuda of Qeriot (Judas), as he is drawn in by Yehoshuah’s influence, and becomes one of his closet confidantes. Iehuda can only watch as Yehoshuah’s mind is warped by the worship of his followers.
Their idyllic quest begins to crumble and Alderman’s inspired characterisation ensure that the reader has nothing but sympathy when the times comes for the infamous betrayal.
Yehoshuah plays a much lesser role in part three, narrated by the High Priest, Caiaphas. This chapter, alongside a subplot of Caiaphas suspecting his wife’s infidelity, begins to expand on the conflict between the people of Jerusalem and the Roman occupation.
Caiaphas is imprisoned in a constant battle to keep the peace between the ignorant and arrogant Prefect, Pilate, and the rebellious Jewish population.
This conflict reaches its peak in the fourth part, narrated by charismatic rebel leader Bar-Avo, during his lifelong quest to collapse the Roman occupation. The climax is tense and, like any good novel, has some unexpected twists and reveals.
Although the four parts do make up a strong story arc of the rise and fall of Jesus, for me the success of this novel is in looking at the four parts as short stories. Each character has their own subplots, love stories and sex scandals, and their own relationship with God and with Roman rule.
Alderman has been criticised for sometimes appearing to talk over the heads of characters, but for me in this book it works wonderfully.
At times this nod and wink to the reader is reminiscent of a play, and there is particular comedic value at the end when two characters argue over the future of religion (“Tell me again… when there are as many temples to Yehoshuah as there are to Mithras or Isis”).
Anyone that would consider this book purely historical or mythological is, in my eyes, severely underestimating it. Threads of this novel are extremely relevant at this time, not least because of the discomfort of reading about a Jewish population rebelling against a tyrannical regime in occupied Jerusalem.
The concepts of peace and rebellion are mulled over by most of the characters, with some choosing to obey the establishment for an easy life, while others remain adamant that freedom is the only answer, and that bloodshed is inevitable.
Although the circumstances are different, the waves of apathy, fear and anger are absolutely comparable with the contemporary situation of many who today find themselves in an increasingly volatile society.
I have no doubt that those who witnessed last summer’s riots will feel a sense of recognition confronted with the burning nightscapes described in this book.
Alderman’s writing is as immaculate as ever, with the sights and smells and tastes of Jerusalem crafted in vivid detail. There is an edge to this novel, a modernity that comes through in crude sex and swearing and complex female characters that ensures that The Liars’ Gospel does not read like generic historical fiction.
Having said that, the subject matter is what it is, and given that it’s a fairly long novel I wouldn’t recommend this book if it is period of history you have no interest in. I frequently referenced the list of Jewish and Angelicized names at the beginning, and it wasn’t the quickest read due to the steep learning curve.
But with Atwood’s backing, it looks like Alderman is staking her claim as one of the heavyweights, and if she keeps knocking out daring and well-crafted books like this, it’s going to become pretty obvious why.
The Liars’ Gospel is published on 23rd August by Penguin, and is available for £7.53 in paperback and for £7.99 for Kindle.
Recommended for: People who are extremely familiar with the story of Jesus, but perhaps don’t take it too seriously…
Other recommended reading: Alderman’s first novel, Disobedience.
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Am reading it now. It’s all that you say it is. Have just finished Miryam and Iehuda’s stories – heart wrenching and visceral.. Will embark on Caiaphas when I’ve recovered.
CariadMartin says:
I’m glad you’re enjoying it. It’s quite a different story after the first two parts, more political and less personal.
Izzy Reads says:
Just finished this last week and enjoyed your review. It is one of the most interesting books I’ve read this year — very vivid and absorbing. Alderman has something of Mantel’s ability to create a very richly imagined historical setting but as you point out, she is more about the politics than the personal. I have not read any of her earlier work but your review has piqued my interest.
That’s great to hear. I recommend ‘The Lessons’, it’s brilliant.
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Need For Speed: World, formerly known as Need For Speed: World Online (until February 5th, 2010), is the 15th instalment in the long-running Need For Speed series of racing games, co-developed by EA Black Box and EA Singapore, and published by Electronic Arts.
World is a free-to-play MMORG (Massive Multiplayer Online Racing Game), the first MMORG in the Need for Speed series (EA has stated that Motor City Online is not the predecessor of World). The game mixes the cities of Rockport (Need For Speed: Most Wanted) and Palmont (Need For Speed: Carbon) to create a single map where players can race or enter in pursuits with the cops. The gameplay is also very similar to the one found on these two games. World focuses on illegal racing, tuning and police chases, and adds classic MMO elements to the mixture such as special abilities (which are listed below). However, unlike Most Wanted and Carbon, World does not have any storyline or characters. The game engine used is the same, albeit with many modifications, including new lightning effects and textures. The cities were also slightly changed to match the new graphics, and new roads were created to connect both Rockport and Palmont. There is a rumour that Tri-City, the place where Need For Speed: Undercover takes place will also become part of World in the future, along with the Canyons found in Need For Speed: Carbon.
A beta test was held in Taiwan in 2009. On February 5th, 2010 the first closed beta was released for a limited number of players, and there have been five more betas since, with the number of players being increased each time. A stress test was also conducted to test the servers' capability to handle a lot of traffic. The game was finally released worldwide on July 27th 2010 via digital download. However, those who ordered the World Starter Pack had a head-start a week earlier. The game ultimately received mixed reception, with a MetaCritic average of 61/100. Since its release, Need For Speed: World has seen a continuous development, with EA Black Box and EA Singapore providing more content to the game and a wide variety of fixes and improvements, as is normal with massive multiplayer online games. By September 9th 2010, World has reached 1 million players.
5.1 Power-Ups
Developer: EA Black Box, EA Singapore
Release date: July 27th 2010 (Worldwide)
Available on: PC
Screenshot.
The map of NFSW.
The game has actually been in development for more than four years, prior to Carbon (2006), but intense devotion to finishing the product didn't begin until sometime late 2008.
In an interview with World producer, Scott Henshaw, he mentioned that the European and North American versions of the game will have differences from the Asian one. It was also confirmed that the game will feature the cities of Palmont and Rockport, which were featured in Need for Speed Carbon and Need for Speed Most Wanted respectively. The cops were confirmed to return as well, together with a co-op and team based cop play.
It is unknown if the game will have more cities and/or dynamic day/night cycle, but current screenshots show both daytime and nighttime. A map was recently released, showing Palmont and Rockport connected. The game will also feature a chat option and autopilot. The December 2009 NFSUnlimited.net podcast also confirmed that this installment will feature the largest selection of cars and parts in series history (so far 250 cars have been planned from Most Wanted, Carbon, ProStreet and Undercover).
As mentioned before, the gameplay style is based on that of Most Wanted and Carbon featuring high speed street racing, tuning, customization and police chases with various MMO elements. The setting is Rockport and Palmont merged together. This time both cities are available in day and nighttime. Racing crews can be started (originally seen in Carbon). A key gameplay element is the power-ups, which has drawn comparison to Bizarre Creations' cult arcade racer Blur.
Power-Ups
Powerups are an important strategic element in Need for Speed World, so it is worth spending some time to understand each Powerup and how they can benefit your racing.
There are two ways to get Powerups in the game. The first is to win them in the Lucky Draw cards at the end of Races and Pursuits but there is now a new option to use SpeedBoost to buy the specific Powerups you want. If you go to the Powerup Console and look at the bottom of the screen you will see a visual list of all the Powerups. To add more Powerups to your collection highlight the one you want to add and click the SpeedBoost button. You will find this option after each Race (in the bottom right of the Results pop-up) and via the Safehouse.
Nitrous: this powerup gives you a quick burst of nitrous, increasing acceleration and briefly optimizing the car's handling. This power-up is upgradeable through four racing skills: Extended Nitrous (the duration of the powerup mid-event), Rapid Fire (reduction of the duration of Cooldown of the powerup), Perfect Start (the duration of the powerup in Perfect Start form), and Super Shot (the velocity of the powerup).
Traffic Magnet: Can be used to trap racers into traffic. Has been often criticized for its seemingly unfair power, but you can easily countermeasure it with a shield or juggernaut. This power-up is upgradeable through the Traffic Cop race skill (the duration of the powerup's Cooldown).
One More Lap: this powerup adds one more lap to the race. When it is used once by anyone in the game, it cannot be used again by any player. This powerup is upgradeable through the Strong Finisher race skill (the performance boost gained when the powerup is activated).
Shield: this powerup gives you immunity from other power-ups, such as Traffic Magnet. This powerup is upgradeable through the Rolling Fortress race skill (the duration of the powerup).
Ready: this powerup eliminates the remaining cooldown period for Power-Ups making them ready to use again. This powerup is upgradeable through the Lightning Reflex free roam skill (reduction the duration of the powerup's cooldown time).
Juggernaut: this powerup increases your car's speed and weight, however, car handling is impacted negatively. This powerup is upgradeable through the Rampage pursuit skill (the duration of the powerup).
Slingshot: this powerup increases significantly the performance of your car when you are trailing the pack. The further from the lead, the greater the boost.
Emergency Evade: this powerup knocks cops back if they are too close to your car in a pursuit. This powerup is upgradeable through the Evasion pursuit skill (the knockback power contained in the powerup when used).
Run Flats: this powerup restores your tires after running over Spike Strips dropped in a police pursuit.
Instant Cooldown: this powerup ends a cop pursuit immediately once you are in cooldown mode.
Before September 8, 2010, after reaching level 10 and access to only tier 1 and certain tier 2 cars, the player would not be able to progress further in the game and would cease to earn any more experience points or cash. To continue the game, the player had to purchase the Need for Speed World Starter Pack. Without it, the player was allowed to play the game for as long as he or she wants, but he or she would cease to earn experience and cash. This initially disappointed many fans, however, on September 8th, 2010 World had passed 1 million registrations and to celebrate that, the game was made free-to-play and the level cap was removed. Currently any player can reach the maximum level (50) without paying anything. However, certain cars and parts are only available by using Speedboost, a currency in World that can be bought with real world money.
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She added: “This will not affect those who are in the UK legally but we must be firm with those who break the rules, as illegal immigration impacts the whole of society. Competing political views in recent years to address the illegal aliens has proven to be a core hindrance to the enactment of comprehensive reform legislation regarding immigration. But a little-known part of the state-federal health insurance program for the poor has long paid about $2 billion a. Illegal entry is the act of foreign nationals arriving in or crossing the borders into a country in violation of its immigration law. But a little-known part of the state-federal health insurance program for the poor has long paid about $2 billion a. John Kelly proposed separating children from their parents to deter illegal immigration last year, and now the Trump administration can't get its story straight. Click the video below to watch it now. 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Immigration: British Children and Non British Parents - Keeping the Family together in the UK Wednesday, August 12, 2015 In this blog post, Jacqueline Moore examines recent legal developments in Immigration Law, and trends in Home Office practice and how these impact on families where one parent is not British. Keep up-to-date with the Latest Immigration policies in the UK. The United States must adopt an immigration system that serves the national interest. But once the U. Expedited removal is a process by which low-level immigration officers can quickly deport certain noncitizens who are undocumented or have committed fraud or misrepresentation. “ Refugee center worker stabbed to death by young migrant in Sweden ,” Jan. Expert analysis, comment and updates. Nearly 1 in 10 New Mexico residents is an immigrant, while one in nine residents is a native-born U. Enforcement would focus on "criminal aliens" rather than mass deportations, the White House said. Commentary By. "Mass" was the most commonly used word to describe "immigration" by the British media from 2006-2015. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that up to 2,000 illegal immigrants, mainly Africans and Asians, had arrived in Calais - migrants who it said "will be able to claim benefits if they fail to find jobs" in the UK. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has called for illegal immigrants to be granted amnesty in the UK in the run up to Brexit. Ministers are scrabbling to defend their underlying approach to immigration policy in the face of the appalling treatment of Commonwealth citizens now exposed as the Windrush scandal. So far, he's done a good job: border crossings are down (way down), and deportations are. Contact us for more information about how you can use your job offer in Canada to qualify for Canadian immigration, or explore the general Canadian immigration categories listed below. Explore your way to immigration with Immigration Ways-the official advisor of RCI Canada and Official Representatives of Government of Antigua & Barbuda. Online magazine Recruiter contacted Migrate UK for their comments. The most significant change in this estimate is however the inclusion of children born in the UK to illegal immigrants. and beyond. Use these resources to find important information about immigration policy, immigration reform, and learn more about the American Visa and Green Card process. According to the House of Commons Library, migrants outside of the European Economic. Latest news and breaking stories on immigration. A new UK immigration policy to work for all There are some terrific new ideas coming out of the Brexit camp on immigration. View the latest US immigration news and coverage on refugees and international travel. Border apprehension data is generally used as a metric to measure illegal immigration. Thanks to the EU’s relocation programme and a team of European heroes, he found a new, safe home in the Netherlands. All Bill documents Latest news on the Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill 2017-19. The new rule change is all about legal immigration: The new regulation could dramatically cut the number of focused on illegal immigration Ken Cuccinelli will hold a news briefing at 10 a. The latest legal news and information from America’s prominent legal professionals - Law Firm, Lawyer and Legal Professional news in the Media. If they don’t secure the correct status, most EU nationals living in the UK post-Brexit will be classified as illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration has been linked to organised crime. Trudeau Wins Canada Poll, but Loses Majority. Immigration officers have raided six businesses in Wales and found a number of illegal immigrants working at the premises. As Congress debates a bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy, much of the public has yet to form an opinion about the legislation. The Belgian government has announced an agreement over new rules for dealing with illegal immigrants. However, due to the ever-changing needs of the country’s economy, New Zealand’s immigration rules also change frequently in line with the needs of the economy. Mexico still dominates, but totals from Asian countries are growing. Obama leaves behind a mixed legacy on immigration — hope for young immigrants tinged by political impasse and the shadow of deportations. Or don't go home - I don't care where you go. China's Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong said the case shows that illegal immigration is a global issue. Until 2012, illegal immigrants who had lived in the UK for 14 years could apply for indefinite leave to remain in the country; now the threshold, only applicable in “exceptional circumstances”, has been extended to 20 years. By Steve Valdez-Symonds, Programme Director for Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty UK Politicians need to stop associating illegality with immigration. No wonder the CBP chart showed a drop during the Obama years. Green Cards and Permanent Residence in the U. Expert analysis, comment and updates. On the first night of the Democratic debates, Julian Castro made a big issue of his call to repeal Section 1325 of Title 8 of the United States Code, which says it's a federal crime to enter the country without. If your child was born outside the UK. What Happens after an Illegal Immigrant is Caught by ICE By US Immigration Bond Expert | November 27, 2015 The Department of Homeland Security estimates that there are 8 million to 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States, and that 700,000 new immigrants enter the states and stay each year. 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The issue of illegal immigration from Haiti to the Bahamas has spanned decades. Voters need to make their voices heard if they want to repeal sanctuary city policies, former acting U. Banks and building societies across the UK are to carry out immigration checks on 70 million current accounts from January 2018 to identify visa overstayers, failed asylum seekers and foreign nationals facing deportation, in a major extension of then-Homes Secretary Theresa May's 2012 plans to create a "hostile environment" for illegal immigrants in Britain. An average of 10,000 illegal aliens cross the border every day - over 3 million per year. What's being proposed. gangs are continuing to exploit a 5,000 mile people smuggling route from China to the UK. You just can't stay here in America. Breaking Legal News for You to Reach Famous Attorneys and America's Best Legal Professionals. to get the latest news about all. 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The issue of illegal immigration from Haiti to the Bahamas has spanned decades. There didn't seem much room for Democrats to move left on immigration, but they've found it. It's always been easier and more profitable politically to demonize undocumented immigrants as a group because most of the time they lack the resources to fight back. The Latest. How Immigration Became So Controversial. Spain has now offered to. The issue of illegal immigration from Haiti to the Bahamas has spanned decades. Whether a business or an individual, call our consultants on 0208 461 6660. The predicament for small oil services business owners in New Mexico is aggravated by the surge in worksite audits, investigations, and arrests as part of US President Donald Trump's tougher stance on illegal immigration. Easier - Immigration is the voluntary movement of people from one country to live permanently in another. Latest news and breaking stories on immigration. 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Voters need to make their voices heard if they want to repeal sanctuary city policies, former acting U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director and Fox News contributor Tom Homan said. Ministers must get better at deporting people who should not be living and working in the UK, they added. Read more about the latest news stories from Parliament about Immigration for a time limit to immigration detention. The Home Office crackdown on illegal immigrants working in the UK is controversial. Main Office 10301 NE Glisan St. David Cameron outlines how he will end Britain's "something for nothing" immigration culture, with curbs on unemployment and housing benefits. UK illegal immigration news with EU migrant crisis updates, Syrian refugee pictures and updates, plus stories from Germany and on Trump's immigration ban. -Mexico border and help migrants seeking asylum. 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Competing political views in recent years to address the illegal aliens has proven to be a core hindrance to the enactment of comprehensive reform legislation regarding immigration. 10 Critical Pros and Cons of Illegal Immigration Aug 26, 2015 Aug 31, 2015 by Editor in Chief The issue on illegal immigration has been facing America for so many years and currently, there are about more than 12 million illegal aliens in the United States, with a million entering the country as legal immigrants on a yearly basis. ghana immigration service the review of fees and charges for 2016(li 2228). An immigration lawyer, he is the twenty-second community. The international action plan underlines the need to take the fight against human traffickers, forgers, foreign criminals to the source. Main Office 10301 NE Glisan St. Illegal immigration is a continuing problem in the UK, and is exacerbated by the lack of exit controls that make verifying whether individuals have overstayed their permitted time extremely difficult. The political agenda is often dominated by illegal immigration news stories. The immigration crisis has been laid bare after it was revealed at least 27,000 migrants have been arrested in four years sneaking into the UK. Add Immigration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Immigration news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Do you want to move to Quebec in 2019? Are you looking to settle in Quebec with your family? know latest news, rules & requirements of Quebec immigration in 2019. ↳ Newly Arrived in UK - General How To queries (NO immigration/visa/ILR queries) Referendum-News and Developments; United Kingdom - Points-Based Tiers ↳ NOW LOCKED - UK Tier 1 (General) Dependent Visas - Pls Post in Immigration for Family Members sub forum ↳ UK Tier 1 (Investor) visas ↳ UK Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visas ↳ UK Tier 1 (Post. You’ve cast your vote. Palma's Son Sant Joan Airport has become one of the main points of entry to the UK used by illegal immigration networks. But, turning to the UK, what do we understand 570,000 illegal immigrants to mean? 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The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal. The death of Kathryn (Kate) Steinle—who was killed by an illegal immigrant who had previously been convicted for seven felonies and had been previously deported five times—shows when local officials ignore federal immigration law and shield illegal immigrants from deportation, Americans are put at risk. Illegal immigrants and the labour market Georges Tapinos, Professor at Institut d'études politiques, Paris There is a frequent tendency to see illegal immigration and the underground economy as being one and the same.
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Francesc Cardellach López is a professor and the current Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona. He is also a senior consultant of Internal Medicine at the Clinic Hospital and director of the Laboratory of Mitochondrial Functionalism of the Institute of Biomedical Research Agustí Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Dr. Cardellach is linked to the UB Faculty of Medicine for more than 40 years, since he completed undergraduate studies at this University and also his PhD under the direction of Professor Ciril Rozman.
Deputy Director of the Farreras Rozman’s Internal Medicine, his area of research is the mitochondrial pathology, especially in muscle diseases. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator on twelve funded projects and has directed several doctoral theses. He has published over 200 papers in scientific journals and he received the Award for Professional Excellence granted by the Council of the Medical Association of Catalonia in 2004. He is also a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia, among others.
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International Journal of Secondary Education
Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017, Page: 56-69
Assessing the Influence of Attitude Towards Mathematics on Achievement of Grade 10 and 12 Female Students in Comparison with Their Male Counterparts: Wolkite, Ethiopia
Engida Melese Simegn, Yaberus Wolkite General Secondary and Preparatory School, Wolkite, Ethiopia
Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Received: Nov. 21, 2017; Accepted: Dec. 6, 2017; Published: Jan. 10, 2018
DOI: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20170505.11 View 1644 Downloads 205
Exploring why more males achieve more than females in mathematics at secondary school level when there appear to be no gender differences in the achievement at earlier years is worthy of investigation. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of attitude towards mathematics on the achievement of female students in comparison with their male counterparts and also to examine the relationship between attitudes and mathematics achievement. The participants of the study were 240 grade ten and 127 grade twelve students of General Secondary and Preparatory School in Wolkite Town. These students were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Attitude towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) was used to measure students’ attitude, whereas their achievement was measured by the score obtained from Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT). Descriptive Statistics, Multiple Linear Regression Models, Independent – samples t – test, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient were employed to analyze the collected data by using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The results, in both grade levels, unveiled that students had positive attitude towards mathematics but at medium level, however, the level of female students was less than males. The regression models were fit in predicting the contribution of components of attitude towards mathematics scales on students’ achievement. In this regard, 42.8% (Grade 10) and 55.4% (Grade 12) of the variation in the achievement of students were jointly accounted for by the three variables – the enjoyment, the motivation, and the confidence attitude scales. In both grade levels, no significant gender differences were shown in attitudes towards mathematics but females showed greater decline in attitudes in terms of grade level. However, significant gender differences were specified on achievement. Attitude towards mathematics and students’ achievement were significantly correlated (r =.660; p <.001 (Grade 10) and r =.735; p <.001 (Grade 12)). Therefore, this study suggests that, the school, the teachers, parents, and concerned bodies have to intervene and design ways in order to enhance students’ attitude and performance in mathematics, in particular female students.
Attitude, Achievement, Component, Scale, Mathematics
Engida Melese Simegn, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw, Assessing the Influence of Attitude Towards Mathematics on Achievement of Grade 10 and 12 Female Students in Comparison with Their Male Counterparts: Wolkite, Ethiopia, International Journal of Secondary Education. Vol. 5, No. 5, 2017, pp. 56-69. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsedu.20170505.11
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Israel Palestine Peace
Note: Former President Jimmy Carter writes: “For more than three decades, Israel’s occupation of Arab land has been the key unresolved issue….. There has never been any question regarding the occupied territory in international law as expressed through United Nations resolutions, the official policies of the United States, nor those of the International Quartet (the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia).” Peace, Roy.
The Unchanged Path to Mideast Peace
It was not a new U.S. policy concerning the borders of Israel, nor should it have been surprising to Israeli leaders, when President Obama stated: “The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.”
U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 of Nov. 22, 1967, concluded the war of that year and has been widely acknowledged by all parties to be the basis for a peace agreement. Its key phrases are, “Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war,” and “Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict.” These included the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, plus lands belonging to Lebanon, Egypt and Syria.
At Camp David in 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat accepted the following words: “The agreed basis for a peaceful settlement of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors is United Nations Security Council resolution 242, in all its parts.”
Specifically concerning the West Bank and Gaza, the Israelis and Egyptians mutually agreed: “In order to provide full autonomy to the inhabitants under these arrangements the Israeli military government and its civilian administration will be withdrawn as soon as a self-governing authority has been freely elected by the inhabitants of these areas. …” As a result of the Oslo Accords of 1993, a self-governing authority was freely elected in January 1996, with Yasir Arafat as president and 88 Parliament members.
The International Quartet’s Roadmap for Peace in April 2003, supported by President George W. Bush, began with these words: “A settlement, negotiated between the parties, will result in the emergence of an independent, democratic, and viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbors. The settlement will resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and end the occupation that began in 1967. …”
In addition, all 23 Arab nations and all 56 Islamic nations have offered peace and normal relations with Israel, but called upon Israel to affirm: “Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967. …”
All these statements assume, of course, that Israel may live in peace within its internationally recognized borders — but not including territories it occupied during the 1967 war. Israel withdrew from Egypt’s Sinai as a result of the 1979 peace treaty, but still occupies and is colonizing with settlers the Golan Heights of Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank. (When I was negotiating during the 1970s, it was clear that neither Israel nor Egypt wanted to retain control of Gaza, from which Israel withdrew in August 2005, but continues to hold under siege.)
For more than three decades, Israel’s occupation of Arab land has been the key unresolved issue. Stated simply, Israel must give up the occupied land in exchange for peace. There has never been any question regarding the occupied territory in international law as expressed through United Nations resolutions, the official policies of the United States, nor those of the International Quartet (the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia).
A number of peace proposals have included the caveat found in President Obama’s recent speech: that the pre-1967 border can be modified as a result of mutually agreeable land swaps to permit Israeli settlers in areas close to Jerusalem to remain in what is now occupied Palestinian territory, with an equivalent amount of Israeli land to be transferred to the Palestinians.
One interesting proposal that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made to me in 2005 was that this exchanged land might comprise a corridor between Gaza and the West Bank (about 35 miles), on which a railroad and highway could be built. It would be provided security by Israelis but owned and operated by Palestinians. This is just one possibility.
Two recent developments add urgency to the peace process: moves to unite the major Palestinian factions so they can negotiate with a single voice, and the potential vote in the U.N. General Assembly in September to recognize Palestine as a state. It is likely that about 150 U.N. members are prepared to take this action.
The only viable peace alternative is good faith negotiations, with the key issue remaining the same: Israel’s willingness to withdraw from the occupied territories, with the exception of small land swaps as mutually agreed with the Palestinians.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, is the founder of the Carter Center. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
Click here: The Unchanged Path to Mideast Peace – NYTimes.com…
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Aboobacker @ 6:55 pm
Israel-Palestine Peace
Israelites and Palestinians are brothers. Abraham had two sons Issac and Ishmael. Israel is the name of Jacob (Yaqub) son of Issac. Jacob had twelve children and their children formed the twelve tribes of Israel. Ishmael lived in Mecca (Makkah)and his children were Arabs.
This is history. Many things had happened in history. We can not change what has already happened. But we can change the future. This is a call to all divine people of the world, who are broad-minded, who can tolerate all views, who respect all religions, who love all humanity, who can forgive and forget the wrongs done to them by others and who feel that God is working through them towards peace and prosperity on earth. Let us come together and unite our efforts to make peace between the two parties and re-establish the brotherhood. Everything is possible for God. Everything is masterplanned by Him.
Father Dave @ 7:41 pm
@Aboobacker: Amen brother!
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Posted on May 19, 2010 by Master Jack
The hype surrounding the release of Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley’s joint album ‘Distant Relatives,’ dated back to last summer when the two toured together in the ‘Rock The Bells’ festival. After the long wait, the album has finally arrived and has fulfilled its expectations providing what every musician, or music group should do by prioritizing good music, with a meaningful message over everything else.
Last time we heard from Nas was the ‘untitled’ album, a thoughtful depiction of American oppression done well enough that it should be regarded as a historical artifact just as much as any piece of well constructed literature, or famous speech that are considered in that respect.
‘Distant Relatives,’ takes on the thesis of ‘untitled’ and applies it to the Africans in Diaspora across the world that share a relationship regardless whether they’re from Kingston Jamaica, or Queens New York. A philosophy that has came from the likes of Marcus Garvey (who they quote on the inseam of the album), now being introduced to hip-hop which is in dire need of thought provoking music that only comes from very few artists in the game now.
The lyrics on this album are nothing less than what you would expect from the greatest lyricist of all time, and are strongly complimented by Damian Marley’s equally potent, non-relenting deposition he harmonizes. Marley shows his best in the song ‘Patience’ with the lines ‘Paying no mind to the youths-Cause It’s not like the future depends on it,’ and in the same verse ‘Evangelists making a living on the videos of ribs of the little kids.’ Nas epitomizes his best in the song ‘Dispear’ with his contrast of the ‘masters and the masses’ in which he pits the heads of Wall St. and other ‘financial forecasters’ against all of those who are not as fortunate, who make up the masses.
In anything, you really can’t determine its value after one week. This album is comprised of very good songs throughout which is why it is a very good CD. However, it’s one or two epic songs short to be considered an instant classic. There seems to be a lack of versatility amongst the songs as far as production goes, but the genius in lyrics and content prevail over the redundancy to make it a quality CD.
Whether it develops into a timeless classic where two of the greats came together to create a new sound in hip-hop and a valuable reference for social commentary? Give it a couple years.
Rating- 8.8/10
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Editorial | In honour of Bishop Reid
Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2019 | 12:11 AM
But for an acknowledgement of his death two days earlier, Alfred Reid, at least in name, hardly figured at last week’s instillation, at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in St Andrew, of Antiguan Oral Thomas as the new president of the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI). But his theology did.
The essential theme of a slew of speakers was about the need for the revitalisation of a theology, and a church, that is connected to real-life experiences of the people of Jamaica and the Caribbean rather than taking the gospel into “an anti-intellectual retreat” from reason, or that things, ultimately, will sort themselves out. Or, as Dr Thomas noted in accepting his charge, “worship with a prophetic voice is only noise, which makes it part of the mandate of the UTCWI not only to assess the Bible’s truthfulness, but make the Bible truthful”.
That, from this newspaper’s perspective, was, principally, what Rev Reid, who served for a decade as the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica, attempted during nearly 60 years of ministry. He died on December 2, age 82.
Bishop Reid, who, theologically, came of age during Jamaica’s political ferment of the 1970s, was in the tradition of his immediate predecessor as bishop, Neville de Souza, and the Presbyterian pastor, the Rev Ashley Smith, who explored new contexts and interpretations of gospel in the Caribbean. No one, however, could, credibly, have claimed Bishop Reid to have been an ideologue, though he was, profoundly, a Jamaican and Caribbean nationalist, the manifestations of which were evident in some of the physical aspects of the church that he inspired.
For instance, as the priest of the St Jude’s Anglican Church in Stony Hill, the finalisation of whose reconstruction he oversaw, Bishop Reid commissioned the Jamaica avant-garde artist Christopher Gonzalez to produce a bronze crucifix and gave the artist free rein to conceptualise the piece. Gonzalez’s, now iconic, Afrocentric interpretation of Jesus Christ, which still hangs over the church’s limestone altar, ignited deep controversy for its challenge to existing ideals of religious symbols.
Bishop Reid also spearheaded new investments at St Jude’s, using materials such as calico and the brightly coloured bandana that is often associated with the Caribbean working people and peasantry. Later, too, he was chairman of a committee that published a new hymnal for Anglicans in the region that included the song Jah is My Keeper by the Rastafarian reggae singer Peter Tosh among its hymns.
GREATER ECONOMIC EQUITY
These actions at reshaping the liturgy were part of a rebalancing of attitudes that were part of the church he joined, which, like the rest of society, was on the periphery of empire and power.
“When I was ordained 40 years ago,” he said in a 2011 interview, “40 per cent of the clergy were British, 60 per cent were Jamaican, but the 40 per cent were more dominant than the 60 per cent.”
“He took a lot of risks in the early days in order to help the Church to embrace the culture that we are living in,” said Suffragan Bishop of Kingston Robert Thompson, following Bishop Reid’s death.
Bishop Reid’s courage didn’t end at a willingness to shake the structures of his own church. He was ready, too, to challenge power and perceived in the gospel the right of advocacy for greater economic equity.
“We have not since the days of slavery seen such a wide gap between the richest and the poorest in the society,” he said in his address to the Anglican synod in 2011. “It is, indeed, a sad irony that fundamentalist Christians, who reject Darwinism, as it applies to my origin, are the ones who fully embrace Darwinism as a social theory, that is to say, that the powerful are those who deserve to be powerful and the weak are weak by their own fault.”
Bishop Reid’s interpretation of Jamaica’s, and the Caribbean’s, social and economic reality ought to be part of a broad debate. Insofar that there is such a discourse, it is dominated by the religious fundamentalist and economic orthodoxy.
It is perhaps a coincidence of time, or maybe divine intervention, that the UTCWI, and Dr Thomas, are being called to lead a re-engagement.
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BE PROACTIVE AND GET THINGS DONE!
It is often said that there is some “good” in all of us, even the worst among us. At least there is some good that can come from the worst of us. A good case in point is the Nike slogan “Just Do It” that was inspired by Gary Gilmore, a murderer who demanded that his execution be carried out instead of the endless delays that are usually a part of the legal process. But to back up a minute, “Just Do It” is the trademark of the shoe company Nike, and one of the core components of Nike’s brand.
The slogan was coined in 1988 at an advertising agency meeting. The founder of Wieden-Kennedy Agency, Dan Wieden, credits the inspiration for his “Just Do It” Nike slogan to Gary Gilmore’s last words. The “Just Do It” campaign allowed Nike to further increase its share of the North American domestic sport-shoe business from 18 percent to 43 percent (from $877 million to $9.2 billion in worldwide sales) from 1988 to 1998. And who says that words are not powerful -- not me!
This slogan is what I thought of when I got an e-mail recently from my good friend Dennis Schick, former executive director of the Arkansas Press Association for 25 years. Dennis and his wife Jan attended our recent Bookcase Fundraising Banquet, where we announced that this coming year we are going to have a book drive to provide at least one book for every child who attends our annual Awards Ceremony, in addition to the 50 Head Start children who will receive personalized bookcases and a starter set of books.
In typical fashion for Dennis, he sent me a list of ideas for collecting books in our community for this occasion. What really caught my attention was something he said, “Let’s be PROACTIVE rather than just waiting around for someone else to act.” In other words, “Just Do It.” Thanks, Dennis, we will and we are asking everyone to help us because it is for a very worthy cause -- helping these children learn to read, and even develop a passion for reading. Before I share his thoughts, let me say, if you live here, HELP US. If you don’t, get involved in starting a Bookcase for Every Child project in your community. Visit our website: www.bookcaseforeverychild.com for more information. Here are some ideas to “Just Do It”:
* Why not have a TEAM in each neighborhood GO DOOR TO DOOR ASKING for books. The ideal team would be a man and woman with one or more children with them. How about the KIDS asking for books? (We’re collecting books to give to children who can’t afford them). How about them pulling a WAGON with decorated boxes with some books in them (priming the pump -- Kids helping kids.)
* Further, have a FLYER to leave if no one is there, with information on it, including “Sorry we missed you, but please bring your gently used children’s books to XXXXX.”
* How about asking FIRE STATIONS to agree to be a drop-off place for books? THEY would get a GOOD NEIGHBOR pat on the back, and everyone knows where the fire station is. People would be REMINDED about books every time they passed a fire station, heard a siren, etc.
* Would ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (and their PTAs) be allowed to have a volunteer stand where cars drop off kids every school morning with a box and sign which says, “BOOKS FOR KIDS!” A note could be sent home with kids telling their parents to drop off books WITH their kids.
(Editor’s Note: THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY – Begin your day on a positive note – 365 days for $12. This will benefit the Bookcase for Every Child project. Go to www.apositivemomentwithjim.com to subscribe.)
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‘What The Hell Are You Staring At??’ First Clip From Bad Robot’s Hulu Adaptation Of Stephen King's 11/22/63!!
Published at: Feb. 5, 2016, 11:13 p.m. CST by hercules
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Writer-producer Bridget Carpenter (“Dead Like Me,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood”) scripted the 9-hour “11-22-63” Hulu miniseries, based on Stephen King’s popular 2011 novel about a fellow who discovers a portal to September 9, 1958, then works to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy. (No one ever goes back in time to save James Garfield or William McKinley.) I directed two of the nine hours.
James Franco (“127 Hours,” “The Interview”) plays Jake Epping, the time-travelling teach. The cast also includes Brooklyn Sudano as Christy Epping, Chris Cooper as Al Templeton, Josh Duhamel as Frank Dunning, Leon Rippy as Harry Dunning, Nick Searcy as Deke Simmons, Sarah Gadon as Sadie Dunhill, Mike Camp as Lyndon Johnson, Lucy Fry as Marina Oswald, Michael Izquierdo as Bobby Oswald, Amy Marie Wallace as Vada Oswald, Cherry Jones as Marquerite Oswald, and Daniel Webber as Lee Harvey Oswald.
It has not yet been determined whether or not the series will eventually continue beyond its first nine episodes.
A very loose adaptation of King's “Under The Dome” was summer’s top scripted show a few years ago, but its viewership declined sharply after its first season.
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production concern, which is behind “11/22/63,” also produced (or is producing) “Alias,” “Lost,” “What About Brian?” “Six Degrees,” “Fringe,” “Undercovers,” “Person of Interest,” “Alcatraz,” “Revolution,” “Almost Human,” “Believe,” “Cloverfield,” “Morning Glory,” “Super 8,” six “Mission: Impossible” movies, three “Star Trek” movies, and a “Star Wars” sequel.
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Elizabeth Siddal and the Pre-Raphaelites, william michael rossetti
William Micheal Rossetti on Elizabeth Siddal
Cordium;
1862, St. George and the Princess Sabra ;
1863, Beata Beatrix.
Then, Lizzie’s art:
As to Miss Siddal’s own designs, I may mention, besides those already specified, Jephthah’s Daughter, The Deposition from the Cross, The Maries at the Sepulchre, The Madonna and Child with an Angel, Macbeth taking the Dagger from his Wife who meditates Suicide, The Lady of Shalott, St. Cecilia, The Woful Victory. The St. Cecilia was evidently intended to illustrate Tennyson’s poem The Palace of Art. It is a different
composition from the same subject as treated by Dante Rossetti, but, like that, it certainly indicates the death of the saint (a point which does not appertain to the poem), and I have no doubt it preceded Rossetti’s design, and therefore this detail of invention properly belongs to Miss Siddal. The Woful Victory is an incident which was to be introduced into Rossetti’s poem The Bride’s Prelude ; that work, however, was
not brought to completion, and the incident was never put into verse, but it appears in the published prose argument of the poem. I must not beguile the reader into supposing that these designs by Miss Siddal are works of any developed execution: some of them are extremely, and all comparatively, slight. But there is right thought in all of them, and a right intention as to how the thought should be conveyed in the structure of the composition.
Specimens of Elizabeth Siddal’s art are to be found in four books known to me—perhaps not in any others. These are “Tennyson and his Preraphaelite Illustra-
tors,” by G. Somes Layard, 1894; “Dante Rossetti’s Letters to William Allingham,” edited by Dr. Birkbeck Hill, 1897; “The English Preraphaelite Painters,” by Percy H. Bate, 1899; and Marillier’s book previously named, “ Dante Gabriel Rossetti,” 1899. There is likewise her portrait of herself in my Memoir of Dante Rossetti published along with his Family letters, 1895.
And his concluding comment:
I will conclude this brief account of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal by saying that, without overrating her actual performances in either painting or poetry, one must fairly pronounce her to have been a woman of unusual capacities, and worthy of being espoused to a painter and poet.
On the whole, a favorable article. I do wonder why he mistakes her age and the death of her father, but perhaps these were not intentional changes on his part. I will continue to add more writings of WMR here, in effort to create a better account of Lizzie’s life, as written by those who knew her.
Lizzie & GabrielWilliam Michael Rossetti
By Stephanie Graham Pina 1 Comment
Fascinating article,thanks for bringing it to our attention.Anything that adds to my knowledge of this wonderful woman is so gratefully received.
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Happy Birthday Jane Austen: December 16, 1775
"Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it." Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"[Miss Austen] had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-Wow strain I can do myself like any now going; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me. Walter Scott, Journal entry, 14 March 1826
Some works of Jane Austen:
Jane Austen's first major novel was written in 1798-99, when she was in her early twenties. It is a comic love story set in Bath about a young reader who must learn how to separate fantasy from reality. Miss Austen sold the novel (then entitled Susan) to a publisher in 1803, and the work was advertised but never published. She bought it back many years later, and her brother Henry Austen published the novel as Northanger Abbey after her death in 1817.
Sense and Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be published. She began to write it sometime around 1797, and she worked on it for many years before its publication in 1811. The title page said that it was written "By a Lady", and only her immediate family knew that Jane Austen was the author. Impetuous Marianne Dashwood tumbles into a fairytale romance that goes sour, and her practical older sister Elinor copes with the family's financial problems while hiding her own frustrated romantic hopes. The book was a success, and it even earned a profit!
Pride and Prejudice was first written in the late 1700's, then rewritten in 1811-1812 and finally published in early 1813. It is probably the most-read of all of Jane Austen's novels and is a popular favorite among many. Originally entitled First Impressions, the novel deals with the misjudgments that often occur at the beginning of an acquaintance and how those misjudgments can change as individuals learn more about each other.
Mansfield Park was written between February, 1811 and the summer of 1813. It was the third novel Jane Austen had published and it first appeared on May 4, 1814. During her lifetime, it was attributed only to "The author of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice", and the author's identity was unknown beyond her family and friends. It is Jane Austen's most complex novel and deals with many different themes, from the education of children, to the differences between appearances and reality. The version of the novel housed here at Austen.com is slightly annotated.
Lovers' Vows: This is the play that the Bertrams wish to enact in the first volume of Mansfield Park. In addition to the text of the play, a synopsis is provided here, as well as a short analysis explaining some of the objections to the play within the novel and a cast list.
Emma was written in 1814-1815, and while Jane Austen was writing it, it was suggested to her by a member of the Prince Regents' household that she dedicate it to His Royal Highness. Austen took the suggestion as it was intended--as a command--and Emma was thus dedicated, but the dedication itself is rather slyly worded. Emma deals with a young woman's maturation into adulthood and the trouble she gets herself into along the way. The version of the novel housed here at Austen.com is slightly annotated.
Persuasion was written in 1815-1816, while Jane Austen was suffering from her fatal illness. She was still working on some revisions at the time of her death in 1817. The novel was published posthumously by her brother, Henry Austen. Persuasion is a novel of second chances, expectations of society, and the constancy of love. You can also read the preface which Henry wrote telling the world of his sister's authorship, life, and untimely death: A Biographical Notice of the Author.
via Austen.com
Find more of Jane Austen on Jane Austen-complete page (Amazon)
Jane Austen Biography
Though the domain of Jane Austen's novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family's entertainment. As a clergyman's daughter from a well-connected family, she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At twenty-one, she began a novel called "The First Impressions" an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, on her father's retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear was Sense and Sensibility, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby, Her last work, Sandition, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen's identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.
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The pages below are initially ordered according to the dates on which they were added to the site (most recent first). The order can be changed by clicking on the symbol beside a column heading: click on the symbol beside "Page and summary" for alphabetical order; click beside "Categories" for the order in which the cases were reported. Click on the arrow symbol again to reverse the order. Click on a page name to view the relevant page. Asterisks mark those cases which have been added to the new database structure.
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* Prison Rules and solicitor-client letters R v SSHD, ex p Leech (No 2) [1993] EWCA Civ 12 — "Section 47 (1) of the Prison Act 1952 empowers the Secretary of State to make rules for the regulation and management of prisons. Rule 33 (3) of the Prison Rules 1964 provides as follows: "(3) Except as provided by these Rules, every letter or communication to or from a prisoner may be read or examined by the governor or an officer deputed by him, and the governor may, at his discretion, stop any letter or communication on the ground that its contents are objectionable or that it is of inordinate length." The principal question arising on this appeal is whether Rule 33 (3) is ultra vires section 47 (1) of the Act on the ground that it permits the reading and stopping of confidential letters between a prisoner and a solicitor on wider grounds than merely to ascertain whether they are in truth bona fide communications between a solicitor and client." 2019‑05‑03 13:13:45 1993 cases, Cases, Judgment available on Bailii, Prison law cases
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My Family Matters
George James and Annie Dee
(1858 - 1924) (1859 - 1949)
‘The funeral of Councillor Dee took place yesterday in bright sunshine which was appropriate to the deceased’s disposition’. So reported the Hackney Recorder.
At a pivotal moment in her life, George Dee’s widow wrote, ‘I thank God for giving me such a good husband’.
What had George Dee accomplished during his life to receive such plaudits?
Nine Elms, Surrey, may well conjure a picture of a leafy, suburban idyll near the city of London. In fact, in the middle of the nineteenth century, it was a triangle surrounded by a sprawling railway goods depot, the Gas Works and, to the north, the open sewer of the River Thames. This was home to the Dee family who, like many of their relatives, the Carvers and the Smarts, left their homes in the impoverished Hampshire countryside of Upper Clatford and moved to London to seek ‘a better life’.
A new life in London for the Dees
William Dee, George’s father, had been an agricultural labourer. The career move in his late twenties, sometime between 1848 and 1851, saw him settled as a brewer’s servant at the Nine Elms Brewery and living at Frances Stahl Yard with his wife, Lucy, and first son, William.
The Yard was demolished during the next decade and in 1854 the Dees moved to nearby 4 Nine Elms Lane. William and Lucy’s three younger sons, Robert, Thomas and George were all born into this environment. George James Dee was born on 27 March 1858 - although his arrival does not feature in either the parish records or index of births. Three years later, in 1861, the family was ensconced at 14 William Street, Lambeth: an area classified as ‘poor’ forty years later by Charles Booth. William was a brewer’s potman.
More upheaval followed when the family moved north of the Thames to St John’s Wood. William worked on the railway as a policeman and a railway inspector. By 1871, William had died (in his forties) and Lucy and George were living at 40 Gee Street (the ‘Dees of Gee Street’) cheek to jowl with three other families. Lucy was a charwoman and also received an annuity, probably as a result of the death of her husband. George was just twelve years old. Possibly, these experiences helped strengthen George and gave him a determination to improve his lot in life.
Over the next ten years matters had improved somewhat. Mother and son were living at 85 Glenarm Road, Stoke Newington - a middle-class area. Lucy was not working and George was supporting his mother by working as an ostrich feather dyer. (The finished products were fashion accessories for bridal parties and costumes.) Perhaps it is worth noting that of the four sons, it was George who stayed with his mother.
When George met Annie
The next road to the north and running parallel to Glenarm Road was Powerscroft Road. Here, Annie Dear was living. She was the first surviving child of silversmith William Dear and his wife, Ann. She was born on 30 September 1859 at Lea Bridge Road, Upper Clapton, Middlesex and spent her childhood in this area.
We don’t know how they met - did she buy an ostrich feather, perhaps, or did they meet in the neighbourhood? - but the couple married on 29 July 1882 at St Matthews Church, Upper Clapton.
George was slowly moving upwards socially. His occupation was given as a ‘warehouseman’ when he married and a witness at the wedding was Lucy Dewar, a professor of music. George described his father (formerly an agricultural labourer) as a ‘farmer’.
The Dees were living at 30 Glenthorne Road in 1882 and at 121 Almark Street, Lower Clapton in 1883. Between 1884 and 1887, two daughters were born - Edith Annie (Ead or Eadie) and Gertrude Florence (Gertie). But, Lucy Dee, George’s mother, died on 7 October 1889 and was buried at Abney Park Cemetery. Between 1892 and 1898, George and Annie had two more daughters, Dora Elsie and Marjorie.
Dee brothers - businessmen
By 1891 George had opened at least one shop at 119 Church Road, Stoke Newington (which is just across the road from Abney Park) and the family, like many Victorian business people, was living above the shop. George was described as an oil and colourman selling what we would call today DIY and hardware materials such as paints and paraffin.
We might now reflect on what we can infer about his family. According to records from 1871 to 1891 George’s older brother, William, was an oilman dealing in paint, as was Robert (1872-1891) and Thomas (1877-1881). The conclusion is inescapable that the brothers enjoyed a close relationship - they had a common trade. Also, in 1891, Thomas was living where William had resided in 1871. (See: Addendum)
George’s little empire flourished. He was described as having, ‘sound common sense and business ability’. He owned at least three shops in Stoke Newington (including 90 and 119 Church Street and 38 Victoria Road), each of which was run by a store manager.
George James Dee
bn 27 Mar 1858 Nine Elms
d 10 Mar 1924
Annie Dear
bn 30 Sept 1859, Upper Clapton
d 1 July 1949, Southsea
Edith Annie Dee
bn 17 June 1884, Clapton
Gertrude Florence Dee
bn 5 April 1887, Clapton
Dora Elsie Dee
bn 22 July 1892,
Marjorie Dee
bn 30 Jan 1898 Stoke Newington
Councillor Dee
In 1919 there was a whiff of controversy in George’s political life. He had lost a local election but a few months later he fought back and regained his seat with a sizeable majority. The losing candidate said, ‘I am sorry to have to introduce a jarring note but I want to say, with all seriousness, that I do complain most seriously of certain things that have been introduced into the Lordship Ward election.
I have it on evidence that certain canvassers on behalf of the candidate who led the poll went about taking advantage of the fact that I worship my God differently to others in the room...I do protest seriously against the fact that an Englishman born and bred in the neighbourhood cannot stand for election without this being used against him - as I can prove’.
What are we to make of this? Does it show a steely resolve on the part of George to retake his lost seat? Did he instigate the campaign to discredit his opponent because of his religion? It has been suggested that there was an anti-Semitic bias.
Whatever the truth of the matter, George was in high spirits when he was returned as councillor. He proposed that, ‘in his opinion they could not find a better (returning officer) if they searched all London over!’.
George was a man of energy and ambition. Not content with having two children and managing shops, like his brother, Thomas Dee, he embarked on a career in local politics which lasted almost thirty years until his death.
In 1894, he was elected as a councillor in the Stoke Newington Vestry as a representative of Church Ward. At a time when the major political parties were Labour, Liberal and Conservative, George successfully stood as an independent municipal reformer.
He was to continue as a councillor (later representing Lordship Ward, Stoke Newington Borough) until his death. He sat on a number of committees being particularly interested in the work of the Highways and General Purposes Committee and was chairman of many at different times. He was reportedly offered the office of mayor on several occasions, but refused this honour due to family and business commitments (as well as, it is rumoured, the financial outlay required).
A pillar of the community
As well as his municipal duties, George had an interest in education being a school manager as well as vice-chairman of the group comprising four local schools. He was also a church worker being a sidesman all his life at the Parish church of St Mary, Stoke Newington and took a prominent part in the work carried on at the Mission Church.
A picture emerges of a man who was a respectable and respected pillar of the community.
Business was booming. By 1892, the Dees had moved from the rooms above the shop to 34 Hawkesley Road and then bought a newly-built, eight-roomed Victorian house (christened ‘Brooklyn’) at 95 Fairholt Road, Stoke Newington (shown left) in 1887/8 - a far cry from the squalor of Nine Elms slums!
It was a home with a garden large enough for a wedding party of more than sixty guests and for a tennis court! It was this that helped his daughters meet suitors.
A father’s pride in his daughters
Like many middle-class families of this time, George and Annie’s daughters attended teacher’s training college. When Marjorie was at Avery Hill College in London, she found the rules a little harsh and restrictive. This prompted a fatherly letter from George which provides an insight into his outlook. He wrote, ‘there is one thing very certain, the girls must obey the rules until they are altered’ and added ‘it may be that some of the Rules are not right but try to get them altered without making any bother, for you see you have to please everyone including the Head. I am sure you will be tactful’.
As we have seen, George was proud of his family and put them before his civic duties. Family photographs show them enjoying the seaside airs together and a grandson recalls that the family would gather at ‘Brooklyn’ over Christmas when George would be ‘the patriarch’. His feelings for his daughters can be assessed when in a letter to Marjorie he looks forward to celebrating her twentieth birthday, refers to her as ‘my little sunshine’ and describes her as a ‘thorough English girl…there is nothing better in this world (believe me)’.
George Dee’s death
George died on 10 March 1924. He contracted influenza during a virulent epidemic. This developed into bronchitis which affected his heart and he passed away at four o’clock on Monday morning.
His funeral, on Thursday 18 March, was held at St Mary’s Church at 2.15 pm and was attended by a large congregation which included local dignatories such as the mayor, the town clerk and several councillors. George was then buried at Abney Park Cemetery which was near two of his shops.
The announcement of his death and reports in the local newspapers impressively occupied several column inches which included many eulogies such as: He was ‘a valued and highly respected resident’. George had ‘a genial and kindly disposition’ which ‘gained him the affection and esteem of his colleagues’. He ‘rendered yeoman service to the public’ and at his funeral there were, ‘many signs of respect and affection which he modestly gained’.
His will of 1919 indicates that he had amassed, ‘plate, linen, china, glass, books, prints and furniture’. At his death, his gross estate was £6,110 (net £4,037). Apart from bequests of £25 to his daughters, the residue was left to his wife. It included four freehold and seven leasehold properties around Stoke Newington:
What overall view do we form of George Dee? Like many of this period, he rose rapidly from a humble background to middle class, a status of which he was keenly aware. He was an able businessman who believed in the wise investment in bricks and mortar. George was a hard working and astute local councilor who cared about his community and was also a leader of men.
Perhaps, the only jarring notes are sounded by the possible ruthlessness of which a political opponent accused him (This may be simply sour grapes. However, his brother, Thomas, is remembered as ‘ruling with a rod of steel’ and this might be partly true of George.) and his likely class-conscious treatment of his future son-in-law, Charlie Mills.
Charlie would cycle from Portsmouth to Stoke Newington to see Edith Dee, a round trip of one hundred and fifty miles, only to be turned away on more than one occasion. Charlie’s son suggests that his manner of speech was ‘rough and ready’ and that he used the occasional expl**tive. George as a cyclist would have known the rigours of traveling such a distance but his dismissal of Charlie gives an indication of the strength of his inclinations although his reaction may have been influenced by his wife who was said to be, ‘imperious, brusque and ruled the household’.
He clearly believed in the traditional Victorian virtues of the established church, the need to observe protocol and the importance of a close family life. His business and political life was well balanced by his interest in sport. He was a keen cyclist (see later) and a member of Brownswood Bowling Club.
But also, the impression is given, from talking to people who remember him, that there was an appealingly human side to George. His sense of play is recalled. When serving as a sidesman in church and the plate was being passed around, he would jingle coins in his pocket.
Once, he and his family were dining out at ‘Bobbies’ at Eastbourne. The table was set under a glass dome which had sprung a leak. In the middle of the restaurant, George opened his umbrella!
George Dee - Captain of Clapton Wanderers Cycling Club
An insight into George’s character is provided by his involvement in cycling as captain of his club. He was voted an ‘admirable skipper’.
Cycling was popular in the twenty years from 1870. In 1874, there were seven cycling clubs in the Greater London area. By 1882, the number had mushroomed to one hundred and eighty-four.
It was mainly a pastime enjoyed by the middle classes because of the prohibitive cost of the machines. At the weekend the massed ranks of the clubs would pedal forth into the countryside leaving behind the grind and grime of life in the city. They relished the pleasures of nature while enjoying the benefits of exercise. It was seen as a way of recovering health and expanding the mind after being cooped up in town and of preparing for the stress of the week ahead.
H. G. Wells drew upon the pleasures of cycling in his book, ‘The Wheels of Chance’ (1896). It features a shop assistant who finds freedom and adventure by using his annual holidays to travel on empty, unspoiled, country roads.
Cycling clubs were social organisations. Members would meet regularly at their headquarters to talk, reminisce, argue, eat and drink. A sense of belonging was provided by the comfortable club uniform which was a symbol of order. As can be seen from the photograph, the members wore a pill box cap, tight knickerbocker trousers, high boots and a jacket without frills and flaps. The crowning touch was the club’s unique badge (left) which was usually pinned to the cap.
The fellowship of other riders was important when the team was assaulted, when someone crashed or the unreliable bicycles broke down, found out by the rigours of rough roads. The captain of the club would lead the rides and set the pace as the group glided through lanes and villages.The clubs offered a ‘freemasonry of the wheel’ but for all that, there was a dash of the bohemian as it was an activity considered vulgar by the upper classes and attacked (sometimes literally) by others.
George evidently was sociable, an organiser and a lover of exercise and nature.
George with his brother-in-law, Charlie Mills 1919c
A sample of George’s handwriting
Seated: George and Annie with Gertrude Dee. Back row l to r Dora: Joyce Saunders and Marjorie. The boy is John Saunders
Annie Dee with her daughters, l to r Edith and Gertrude (kneeling), Marjorie and Dora (seated).
An informal scene of George and Annie with their daughters, Marjorie and Dora
Annie Dee’s widowhood
Freehold houses:
65 Spencer Grove
71 Sandbrook Road
4 Yoakley Road
Leasehold houses:
6;34;46;116 Hawksley Road
95 Fairholt Road
13 Ayrsome Road
After the death of her husband in 1924, Annie had a number of companions including my mother who stayed with her for some years at Stoke Newington (shown left).
The late thirties heralded some dramatic changes for Annie. She fell down a short flight of stairs and broke her femur. To help her seventy-eight year old bones to knit, she was confined to her bed with her leg securely sandwiched between two sandbags. But the limb didn’t set properly and she became an invalid. Miss Payne became her paid companion.
Annie walked with the aid of two silver capped sticks one of which had children’s teethmarks in the soft metal. Although her injury was most galling for her, there was one unintentional benefit - one can date when photographs of her were taken by the presence (or not) of a stick.
A second adjustment that Annie had to make was one of scenery. Perhaps as a result of her fall, she sold her family home. About the time of this significant move, on 21 May 1937, she wrote these words to her daughters which give a remarkable insight into her feelings:
“My dear girls,
I feel this afternoon that I would like to write this short note to you all to tell you just what I am thinking about things.
I thank God for giving me such a good husband and children and for all his other mercies to me - my recovery, really good health and a life filled with blessings. Also, an old age with every comfort.
You dear girls have been very good to me and never caused me any anxiety. I have brought you up as well as I could and you are all doing the same with your families. Don’t let them get lax but set them an example of a Christian life and sincerity in all things.
I also thank God for giving you such good husbands. I love them all and they are indeed like sons to me and have always shown me help and kindness.
There is very little in the home that will be useful to you but divide it, take what you want and sell the rest.
There is much that I would like to say but don’t know how to begin or end.
I am quite ready to go to rest when my time comes and shall welcome it and trust that God will be lenient to all my shortcomings and mistakes. I believe he will.
The best advice and best words I would leave with you are these - and if you and yours remember them, all will be right with you. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths. Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it”. I have found these words so helpful to me.
Your ever loving mother, Annie Dee.”
Share and care
Annie was cared for in turn by her daughters. At the outbreak of war in 1939, she moved to Bexhill with her daughter, Marjorie Ryan. She briefly moved back to Stoke Newington, but in 1942, when the blitz intensified, she and Miss Payne moved to Bath. Her exodus from London was quite an performance as she was conveyed the sixty miles and more by a St John’s ambulance. Initially they stayed with her daughter Dora Pillow and then moved (sedately by a taxi, whose driver was commanded not to exceed three mph) to separate accommodation at 16 Forrester Road.
Here Annie and Miss Payne shared a bed sitting room which came to reek with the oily smell of the sea boot stockings she knitted. She would dress, hobble to her armchair and then read, write letters or listen to the ‘Little Maestro’ wireless which was bought for her by her son-in-law, Sidney Pillow.
At the end of the war, our homeless nomad moved to her daughter, Eadie Mills’, home at 86 Northern Parade, Portsmouth. Again, the resources of St John’s were mobilised at a cost of around £30.
The household capacity would have been stretched by the arrival of her grand-daughter, Grace and her newly-born grandson, me. Sixty years later it is eerie to read what she thought of the latest addition to her family. She wrote, ‘...Philip John is very good at night especially but he will have a big temper and, although only five weeks old, kicks and screams if he is hungry’.
It must have been harrowing for Annie to see the lingering decline and death of her eldest daughter, Eadie Mills, in 1948. By now she was being cared for in a nursing home at 20 Clarence Road, Southsea. Her eyesight and handwriting deteriorated, yet she continued to write to her family.
Annie Dee’s demise
Annie died at the nursing home in Southsea on 1 July 1949 and was buried near her husband at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington eleven days later. I am sure she would have been gratified by the six column inches which were devoted to her in the local newspaper.
Her will (made on 20 January 1938) was even-handed and indicated no favourites. Her estate of £2,328 was to be divided among her four daughters. Each of her seven grandchildren received a legacy of £20. The will was witnessed by Miss Laura Augusta Mary Payne and Mrs Jessie Kate Colyer (who lived in a flat at the top of 95 Fairholt Road). Her executors were her sons-in-law, Harold Saunders and Sidney Pillow.
There is a decrease in the value of her estate compared with the assets of her husband who had died twenty-four years earlier. No doubt this was due to the cost of rent, her paid companion and the nursing home fees.
Annie’s life and character
She is remembered as being a large lady who was ‘brusque and short tempered - everyone quailed before her’! Another remarked that she was ‘a martinet: someone who demanded strict obedience’ and added that she was ‘imperious and ruled the Dee household which had a frequent turnover of servants’. But she also was a ‘good grandmother who was proud of her husband’s achievements and was an interesting person’. After her fall, she enjoyed a glass of stout every day. In later years, she developed a dislike of speed.
Annie was a religious person and was associateded with St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington for fifty years. She was renowned for her work in raising funds to assist the ‘Society for the Propagation of the Gospel’ which sponsored missionary work for the Anglican Church. At one time she had a black servant boy called ‘Toto’. One wonders if his presence was connected to her Missionary interests.
She kept and valued her Daily Prayer Book and Bible and preserved a record of her family in its fly-leaf in addition to the family Bible in which she meticulously noted family details.
Her speech and letters were sprinkled with a middle class vocabulary: ‘Good old England’; ’She didn’t care a button’; ‘Thanks awfully for that ripping card’. She had a strict sense of propriety. Once, her daughter Dora displeased her at the table. In front of others, Annie instructed the maid to ‘bring Miss Dora two tea plates for her elbows’.
Great grandmother Annie and I were in the same household when I was a small child. I have a strong impression of walking with a small group which included her along Elm Grove, Southsea. Another memory to be awakened by psycho-hypnosis perhaps?
Below: Extracts from the Dee family bible, kept by Annie Dee
Thomas Dee
Wm/Rbrt Dee
The Dees of
The Dees at play
The two photographs shown below show Annie Dee with three of her daughters and their husbands together with three of her grandchildren enjoying the seaside circa 1936.
From left to right: Eadie, Annie Dee, Dora and Marjorie with Arthur Ryan.
From left to right: Arthur Ryan, Eadie, Annie, Charlie Mills, Dora and Sidney Pillow.
The children are Gerald Pillow with Margaret and Ann Ryan (who is sitting on Eadie’s lap).
Earlier it was noted concerning the four Dee brothers who traded as oilmen: ‘According to records from 1871 to 1891 George’s older brother, William, was an oilman dealing in paint, as was Robert (1872-1891) and Thomas (1877-1881). The conclusion is inescapable that the brothers enjoyed a close relationship - they had a common trade.’
It was gratifying to discover the following transaction which confirms that the Dee brothers did indeed work together.
In April 1895, Davies and Evans Ltd announced the issue of 90,000 shares at £1 each. The company had traded in London for almost fifty years as oil and colour merchants. As part of the expansion of their empire, they had bought the businesses owned by W J Dee (on 30 March 1895), G J Dee (30 March 1895) and Thomas Dee
(25 January 1895).
William Dee held what was apparently a warehouse at 6, 10 and 11 Nisbet Place, Homerton (a turning off Homerton High Street in an area described by Charles Booth as ‘very poor, chronic want’) and eleven stores. As part of the purchase deal, he joined the board of Davies and Evans as a Director.
Most of the purchased shops were leased for twenty-one years or more. The Dees were paid for the leaseholds, fittings, fixtures and good will.
An insight into the oilman trade is provided by the Company Prospectus of Davies and Evans. The shops were mostly sited in busy thoroughfares in densely populated parts of London and were thus well placed to supply the public with ‘the staple articles of the oil and colour trade’. The trade was a profitable business as it ‘provides the the great mass...at lowest cash prices in small quantities and in the immediate vicinity of their homes, the indispensable articles of their daily household requirements...in the same way that co-operative stores purvey for those of a wealthier class’.
Many of the oilmen’s families lived above their shops which were crammed with flammable materials. There were many fires and resulting loss of life reported on these premises.
Remarkably, the sign on the brickwork above George’s shop at 119 Church Street, Stoke Newington still exists - more than a century later! Perhaps a testimony to the enduring quality of the paint he sold! The photos below were kindly sent by Sam Roberts who together with Jane Parker is collecting fading ‘ghost signs in the area He also conducts local walking tours. Links: www.ghostsigns.co.uk; http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/about; http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/tours; www.janeslondon.com.
The sign includes the words, ‘OILS SOLD AT DEES STORES’ - but some squinting may be necessary....
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Park City Announces Sunday, Oct. 11 is Last Day to Lock in Current Price on Epic Local Pass and to Register Kids for Epic SchoolKids
Oct. 11 is the last day to get the Epic Local Pass for as little as $599, featuring the new Park City which is now connected to Canyons to form the largest ski resort in the U.S.
The deadline to enroll Utah kindergarteners through fifth graders into Epic SchoolKids Utah Pack is Oct. 11
PARK CITY, Utah — Oct. 5, 2015 — When summer gives way to cool autumn evenings and morning temperatures dip below freezing, it can only mean one thing: Ski season is right around the corner. With just 47 days until debuting the $50 million in resort improvements connecting Park City to Canyons to create the largest ski resort in the U.S., now is the time for skiers and snowboarders to secure everything they need for an epic winter. The best deals in skiing are available at Park City starting with the Epic Local Pass which provides season-long access to Park City as well as to premier mountains in Colorado and Lake Tahoe for just $599.
“This is going to be a special season at Park City and to make sure you’re a part of it, October is the perfect time to get your season pass and get your kids five free days of skiing and snowboarding by enrolling them in Epic SchoolKids,” said Bill Rock, chief operating officer of Park City. “With Park City already having received its first dusting of snow, there’s no time to waste!”
To assist guests in booking their ultimate winter vacations, Vail Resorts has compiled this handy “Back to Ski” checklist:
Get a season pass. The Epic Local Pass provides access to Park City as well as to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood. Sunday, Oct. 11 is the last day to purchase it for as little as $599. The Epic Local Pass pays for itself in just under four days with limited restrictions at Park City and unlimited, unrestricted days at Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin – plus 10 total days at Vail and Beaver Creek.
Enroll kids in Epic SchoolKids. Epic SchoolKids is open to Utah kindergarteners through fifth graders, providing five days of free skiing and riding at Park City. For Utah residents with school-aged children, utilizing the Epic Local Pass in conjunction with the new Epic SchoolKids Utah Pack provides families unprecedented value and the perfect opportunity to enjoy Park City together. The deadline to enroll is Oct. 11.
The Park City 4-Pack is the perfect pass for Utah residents who don’t plan to ski more than four days this winter and is now available for as little as $289.
Secure equipment for the kids. Vail Resorts Retail’s new Junior Trade In Program allows families to save on gear as their kids grow. Families can purchase new ($199) equipment for their kids, then turn the gear in when the kids outgrow it and the annual price drops to $99 per year with the trade-in. For details and information, call the Breeze retail store at the Park City base area at (435) 649-1902 or Canyon Mountain Sports at (435) 615-3440.
Book a lesson. Park City’s Ski and Ride Schools deliver instruction that provides inspiration, adventure and self discovery. The Mountain Team (ages seven to 14) and the Mini Mountain Team (ages five and six) offer local kids a 10-week program with the same coach and class, taking a child’s interest and ability to the next level. Both classes meet at Canyons Village.
“Park City is making history this year and we want you to be part of it. There is no better time to get everything any skier or rider needs to enjoy the upcoming season at the largest resort in the United States,” said Rock.
Vail Resorts 2015-16 Season Pass Options for Utah Skiers and Snowboarders
The Epic Pass™: Ski as much as you want, whenever you want for $789. The Epic Pass pays for itself in less than five days of skiing or riding. With more than 32,000 acres of skiing and snowboarding terrain, this pass can’t be beat. Unlimited, unrestricted access to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood at Lake Tahoe; Perisher in Australia for the 2016 season there; Afton Alps in Minnesota; Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and up to five free consecutive days when staying at in-resort accommodations at Verbier, Switzerland. No restricted dates. A child pass is $409.
Epic Local Pass™: Perfect for people who can navigate a pass with restrictions. For $599, get unlimited, unrestricted skiing or riding at Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin with limited restrictions at Park City, Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood. Also includes a total of 10 days at Vail and Beaver Creek with holiday restrictions. The Epic Local Pass pays for itself in less than four days. A child pass (ages five to 12) is $309.
Season Pass Insurance:
Vail Resorts encourages guests to purchase pass insurance. All of the Company’s season pass products are non-refundable and non-transferable; however, pass insurance covers pass holders in the event of unexpected circumstances including sickness, injury and job loss. Pass insurance starts at $10 for adults and $5 for children (ages five to 12).
Epic Local Passes are currently available for purchase online at www.epicpass.com. For more information about Epic SchoolKids, visit www.epicschoolkids.com/utah or call (800) 842-8062.
Park City Newsroom: http://news.vailresorts.com/
Additional images and b-roll may be viewed and downloaded here
Margo Van Ness, (435) 615-3308, mkvanness@vailresorts.com
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading global mountain resort operator. The Company’s subsidiaries operate nine world-class mountain resorts and two urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Perisher, Australia; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. The Company owns and/or manages a collection of casually elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning and development subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
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Halloween isn’t over: Black cat makes its way onto field during Giants/Cowboys game
Monday, November 4, 2019 10:12 PM EST
Game play during the Giants and Cowboys Monday Night Football game was briefly interrupted when a spooky black cat made its way onto the MetLife Stadium field.
The cat scampered on the field during a Giants drive in the second quarter and forced referee Clay Martin to delay the game for few minutes while workers at MetLife Stadium and a couple of New Jersey State Troopers herded the feline toward the end zone away from the players.
“We’ve gone from seeing ghosts to black cats now on Monday Night Football,” said one of the game’s announcers – a reference to Jets quarterback Sam Darnold who said he was “seeing ghosts” after a bad loss to the Patriots earlier this season.
“If the Cowboys’ season doesn’t go the way it was expected to, blame [the cat],” another announcer said.
Black cats are known superstitiously to cause bad luck if one crosses a black cat’s path.
The cat did not depart right away. There was a point where the animal was directed into the corner of the end zone and then sprinted across the end line to a camera platform.
For a second, the cat jumped on the platform and then sprang out. It finished its run along the end line before running up the tunnel to the cheers of the big crowd.
Gameplay resumed soon after the cat ran off the field.
The Associated Press wire services contributed to this report.
Ocean Gate Fire Department honors boy struggling with medical conditions
The Ocean Gate Fire Department honored a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy who has had to battle for his health.
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China Facts » Literature
China overview
Chinese Languages
No other country can claim a history of literature in the same language stretching back as far as China can. Over a period of more than 3,000 years the written Chinese language has morphed, shifted and developed as society has changed, yet ultimately remains the same language. As the country which gave the world papermaking and printing, it is no surprise that there is such depth to China’s literary history. Due to scale of the subject we’ve selected just a few of the more famous titles from the annals of Chinese literature to help provide an illustration of developments as a whole.
Classical Chinese Texts
The early literature was of a more practical focus. Yes there was poetry, but there was also a great focus on philosophy, history, military strategy, and agriculture. The origins of this literature tradition can be traced to the Hundred Schools of Thought period. This is a grouping of the different philosophies and schools of thought which peppered China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (769-269 BCE). Confucianism and Taoism are perhaps the two most famous. A selection of key works from this period include:
- The Analects (Lùn Yǔ; 论语). Confucius was hugely influential on Chinese thought. His work focused on morality (both personal and governmental), social relationships, justice and sincerity. Analects is a collection of his sayings and aphorisms compiled after his death in 479BC.
- The I Ching (or Book of Changes) (Yì Jīng; 易经). A divination text which assumed cosmological importance. It’s considered one of the first efforts of humanity to attempt to locate itself within the universe.
- The Tao Te Ching (Dào Dé Jīng; 道德经). The Dao, or ‘the way’. The classic Taoist text by Laozi. Still inspiring people today, it is a goldmine of philosophical reflections and aphorisms, including such nuggets as ‘a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià; 千里之行，始于足下).’
Chinese calligraphy of a “journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (千里之行，始于足下)”
- The Art of War (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ; 孙子兵法). Attributed to the general Sun Tzu, it is considered the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. Sun believed war was to be avoided but if there was no choice it should be fought swiftly to minimize economic loss. There was an emphasis on positioning, deception, and responding quickly to changes in circumstance which was highly insightful at the time.
- Records of the Grand Historian (Shǐ Jì; 史记). Sima Qian’s monumental history of ancient China stretching back to 2,500 years BC. Finished in 109 BC, it was fundamental in furnishing China with its sense of pride, national identity and historical importance that it still has to this day.
Chinese Poetry
The tradition of Chinese poetry begins with the Classic of Poetry (Shī Jīng; 诗经). Supposedly edited by Confucius, the bulk of the anthology's compilation dates to about 7th century BC, with the poems collected over the previous four or five centuries. There are over 300 poems in a variety of styles many with a suggestion of ceremonial folk music.
Perhaps the greatest development in Chinese poetry came during the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD). The period boasts perhaps China’s most famous poet, Li Bai (李白, 701 –762). Sometimes known as Li Po, his life has retrospectively taken on some of the fantastic imagery of his work, culminating in the fable that he drowned when reaching from his boat to grasp the moon’s reflection in the river. Classical poets were often associated with drinking wine and Li Bai embraced the tradition, writing countless odes on the subject (and drinking lots of wine as he did so). One of his reflections on homesickness, A Quiet Night Thought (Jìng Yè Sī; 静夜思) is learned by primary school children in China today:
Moonlight before my bed (床前明月光)
Perhaps frost on the ground. (疑是地上霜)
Lift my head and see the moon (举头望明月)
Lower my head and pine for home. (低头思故乡)
In a similar vein to the Tang dynasty, the Song dynasty (960-1279) was another period of reunification for the country which led to cultural advancement. This time it ushered in a freer and more expressive style of verse. Scholars today still argue over which period produced the superior poetry.
Classic Chinese Fiction
Most classical novels evolved from the folklore of the peasantry, taking mythologies and putting them into the overly-fancy language of Classical Chinese, until a semi-vernacular language was employed during the Ming Dynasty. If you’re looking for a doorway to enter the world of Chinese fiction then one of the Four Great Classical Novels (Sìdà Míngzhù; 四大名著) might be a good place to start. Dating from between 14th-18th centuries, they are widely considered to be the greatest and most influential novels of pre-modern Chinese fiction.
Dream of the Red Chamber (Hóng Lóu Mèng; 红楼梦) by Cáo Xuěqín (曹雪芹)
Styled as a memorial to the women the author knew in his youth, the Dream of the Red Chamber is acclaimed for its detailed observations of life in the 18th century aristocracy. It follows the lives of two wealthy clans who live in adjacent compounds in Beijing.
Water Margin (or Outlaws of the Marsh) (Shuǐ Hǔ Zhuàn; 水浒传) by Shī Nài'ān (施耐庵)
Based on the exploits of the outlaw Song Jiang during the Song dynasty, the story follows a group of outlaws who form a small but effective army. After being granted amnesty by the government they are enlisted in campaigns to suppress rebellion and resist foreign invasion.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sānguó Yǎnyì; 三国演义), by Luó Guànzhōng (罗贯中)
A historical novel which combines history, legend and myth, it is a dramatization of the lives of the feudal lords and their retainers during the transition from the Han dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, culminating in the Jin dynasty. The book covers the turbulent hundred or so year period from 169 to 280. It’s a hefty tome comprising of over 800,000 words and a cast of nearly a 1000 characters.
Journey to the West (or Monkey) (Xī Yóu Jì; 西游记), by Wú Chéng'ēn (吴承恩)
With its roots in Taoist and Buddhist philosophy, folk religion and mythology, Journey to the West is a comic adventure and extended allegory featuring a Buddhist monk and his companions on a spiritual voyage to India. Introducing the famous Monkey King character (Sun Wukong), their journey towards enlightenment is only achievable with the help and support of each other. This wildly popular story has been made into countless movie versions in China, as well as a hit children’s television show. It’s also depicted in endless murals and artwork around the Middle Kingdom.
The Plum in the Golden Vase (Jīn Píng Méi; 金瓶梅) by Lánlíng Xiàoxiàoshēng (兰陵笑笑生)
Although not one of the Four Great Classical Novels, this is a highly-regarded classic which has been banned for the majority of its existence due to the frank and graphic nature of its sex scenes. One critic claimed that the “with the possible exception of The Tale of Genji or Don Quixote there is no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature.”
The 20th century was a turbulent one for China and in a sense the works produced during the period mirrored this. A sense of national crisis at the end of the Qing Dynasty led to China looking outwards. Western writings were translated and available for the first time, opening up a new world of ideas and culture.
Lǔ Xùn (鲁迅, 1881–1936) was perhaps China’s first truly modern writer, and the publication of his short story A Madman’s Diary (Kuángrén Rìjì; 狂人日记) in 1918 heralded a new literary movement. Presented as a series of diary entries by a supposed madman, it was read as a withering attack on traditional Chinese culture and became a cornerstone of the New Culture Movement.
Lu Xun
During the Mao years many writers and intellectuals were imprisoned or sent to labor camps. The only writing style which received government approval was socialist realism. Following Mao’s death in 1976, “scar literature” emerged as an unprecedented outpouring of rage and frustration at the waste of time and talent of the Cultural Revolution years.
Contemporary Chinese Literature
Unless you can read Mandarin, your options for reading contemporary Chinese authors are very limited. It’s too bad as well, since many of them have put together some brilliant social and political commentaries on modern China. English translations are becoming more common though, so keep your eyes peeled.
One sure-fire option is the short story writer Zhu Wen, whose 2007 collection I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China has been published into English and is a fantastically humorous criticism of the get-rich movement in China and its many absurdities. If you like Zhu’s short stories you can consider picking up a copy of Short Stories in Chinese: New Penguin Parallel Text.
Mò Yán (莫言) won the Nobel Prize in 2012 for his fascinating and at times heart-wrenching novel Life and Death are Wearing Me Out, about a kind and wealthy land-owner who is reincarnated as various farm animals upon his death and experiences the development of China since the ‘50s through their eyes.
A precious photo demonstrating the youth friendship between Mo Yan (left) and Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) who is the director of Mo Yan’s namesake movie Red Sorghum (红高粱), and also director of 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony
Front Cover of Red Sorghum Book
Front Cover of Red Sorghum Movie Disc
With the largest online population in the world, bloggers make a staggering mark in China’s contemporary writing market as well, often under highly-censored and downright dangerous circumstances. One particular standout is Hán Hán (韩寒), who burst onto the literary scene with his novel Triple Door (Sān Chóng Mén; 三重门), which gave a scathing critique of China’s educational system.
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good shops. There was Maxfield and Fred Segal, and that was it. There was nothing cool and young and emerging. I had been so surrounded by that in New York, and I traveled a lot to Dover Street Market in London, Corso Como in Milan, and Colette in Paris. I was so disappointed by the retail scene that I decided to move out of styling and design and into retail. It was a way to support the people I knew who were young designers and young artists and put it all under one roof. It was the first concept store — no one was doing anything like that in L.A. Now, there's so much great retail there. That is one of the many reasons I knew it was time to leave. When you opened Tenoversix in Dallas, did you ever imagine you would end up running Forty Five Ten as well? No! That's the interesting and surprising and lovely thing about life. It always surprises you. Even when we were building our home in Austin, we were like, 'We think we'll be here for a while.' But we know enough to know — and we know ourselves enough to know — that who knows. We'll see where life brings us. Definitely, this was unexpected. If I told my 21-year-old self that I'd be moving to Texas, I'd be like, 'What?!' But it's surprising, and I'm legitimately very excited. Tell us about the 21-year-old self. What formative moments shaped your career? At NYU, I majored in international business and economics and minored in women's studies. I thought I wanted to do something with women and something philanthropic. But I was around the fashion scene. Sex and the City was on. Pat Fields was in my neighborhood. I was really into editorial shoots and magazines, and I got into styling. I wanted to be part of that visual world and took a sharp turn. I got an internship at a fashion blog. I started going to Parsons. And it quickly turned into a fashion career. I designed for Theory. I designed shoes for all sorts of different designers. I did a lot of runway collaborations and a lot of celebrity styling, editorial styling, and commercial styling. I fully delved into that world. And then came another pivot: from styling and design into retail. Starting Tenoversix was a nice moment for me to synthesize all my interests in design, fashion, editorial, and creative direction. When you curate a store, you have an opportunity to create a story — I hate to use the word curate — and manifest all these synergies between different disciplines. I like creating a little world for people to come into, get out of the real world, and get inspired. Creating a fantasy world is very much what we do at the magazine. And it's a service — especially in these times. You talked about women's issues. That's very topical right now. I hire talented women. I buy a lot of collections that are designed by women and women-led companies. I'm co- chairing something in Austin for Planned Parenthood. My husband and I support women artists As a total feminist, it has always been top of mind for me. I think it's good in fashion to have that consciousness. I work in a fun — I don't want to say frivolous — field. You know, it's not essential. It's the fun and the fluff of life. It's important and inspiring and good for our souls. But at the same time, I want to make sure I'm always supporting good people. When you brought Tenoversix to Dallas it was — and still is — very much a one- of-a-kind concept; a lot of Dallasites had a tricky time understanding the brand. It was a great moment to learn to stick to my guns and not adapt to location. I had that moment of: 'Do we buy this selection for Dallas, from what everyone has told me about how Dallas women dress and what Dallas women want? Or, do we just do our thing and see what happens?' We just did our thing and put in the most progressive, cool independent design we could find — and women were interested. When you look at the history of Forty Five Ten and when Brian Bolke first opened the store on McKinney Avenue, it's that same subversive driving force that made it a success. The same ethos! That's one of the really nice things about coming on board with Forty Five Ten: There are a lot of conceptual synergies. I love the work that Brian did. I think it was really ahead of its time, and I'm happy to continue that conversation and move it into more of the national, international marketplace. Forty Five Ten set a powerful foundation for fashion in Dallas. With technology and accessibility, the world is smaller. We all know what's going on and we're all very aware. So, we can bring the best of the best here and it's not like people aren't going to understand what's going on at Balenciaga or Céline or Molly Goddard. People understand. We're all connected. Does the influencer culture play a role in what you do? I don't take influencers into consideration at all. I don't follow influencers. I'm not interested. They're doing interesting stuff — but it's not for me. It's more for the designers. I don't think it affects retail in a direct way. What does influence you? I don't look to competition. I don't care what other retailers are doing. I've always just wanted to do my thing — follow a very pure aesthetic, a very pure point of view, and just do it. I follow artists. I follow designers. I read a lot. With big risk, comes big reward. How do you plan on manifesting your (and Headington Companies') retail mission? "I LIKE CREATING A LITTLE WORLD FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO, GET OUT OF THE REAL WORLD, AND GET INSPIRED." — Kristen Cole 104
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They Create Worlds
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Love of the worlds created by video game designers and personalities drives Alex Smith & Jeffrey Daum (history, law, CS degrees) to provide a scholarly yet light-hearted discussion of how arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 122+ hours!
The Complete Tetris Story
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Loco Cocoa (968)
Escape the cocoa so your marshmallowy goodness isn't swallowed up and melted!
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Use the mouse to click and drag the balloons to stop them reaching the ceiling. When they burst the water level rises and you get a few foot closer to drowning. Yes, the balloons are filled with both helium and water. Don't ask.
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A bombing game which you have to clear all the buildings before your plane reaches the ground. 4 Bonus levels are also included and appear every 5 levels. *HighScore API Included*
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Posted on March 22, 2017 by SomPatriots
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher Rich Mascheri has been re-signed for the 2017 season.
“I am just really excited to get back to the field for the Patriots,” said Mascheri. “Now that I am finally healthy – and have spent the entire off-season working out and training – I am ready to come in and compete.”
Mascheri enters his second season with the Somerset Patriots and second in the Atlantic League. The southpaw appeared in three games with the Patriots last year after he was acquired in a trade with the Southern Illinois Miners (Frontier League) in September. Mascheri earned one win and yielded just one run over his three innings of work in Somerset.
The Wauconda, Illinois native held a 1.88 ERA over 14.1 innings pitched (three earned runs) in his 13 relief appearances with Southern Illinois to begin the 2016 season. Additionally, he struck out 17 batters against just three walks in his time with the Miners.
“Rich joined our club late last season after putting up really good numbers in the Frontier League,” said Somerset Patriots manager Brett Jodie. “We were able to see him in a few outings and are anxious to get him back for our camp to evaluate him further. Rich has good fastball velocity and good speed differential between his pitches. We love the way he competes on the hill and think he will be a good left-handed option out of our bullpen.”
Mascheri began his professional career with the Normal CornBelters in 2012, where he recorded 10 saves with a 2.29 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 35.1 innings pitched. He later signed with the New York Yankees organization that season and recorded a win and a save spread across six appearances with both the GCL Yankees and High-A Tampa. Mascheri’s success with the Yankees carried over to 2013, where he combined to post a 3-1 record with a 1.16 ERA and one save over 12 appearances between GCL Yankees 2 and High-A Tampa.
The Western Illinois University alumnus owns a 5-2 record with a 2.45 ERA over his four-year professional career, including 12 saves and an 11.9 strikeout/nine innings ratio (116 strikeouts over 88 innings pitched).
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reggiesharpe 66 ( +1 | -1 )
"My System," the Ultra-Modern Defense For years, I've been studying and practicing an opening I'd like to call the Ultra-Modern Defense. 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6?!! with the idea(s) 3.Nc3 d5!; 3.Bd3 d5! or 3.e5 Ng8!? there is also 3...Nd5 and 3...Nh5. I was wondering what anyone thought of the 3.e5 Ng8 lines and/or the 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Ng8!? (there is also 4...Ne4!! and 4...Nh5) lines, i.e., the variations where the Knight Retreats. There is some information on it in some Alekhine Defense Books 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8?!, but without ...g6. Most masters shun such extravaganzas' in the opening; but I believe I can prove that by methodical development, black can equalize in either case. Anyone wishing to analyse this system with me can email me a private message with their return address and/or phone number. Thank you kindly.
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anaxagoras 15 ( +1 | -1 )
Well it's good to know that, regardless of White's third move, Black always has a response that merits an exclamation point ;-)
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bucklehead 299 ( +1 | -1 )
Those crazy Norwegians... As it seems to always turn out in these things, this opening system has been around for a while and is known (at least with the line 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. g4 Ng7) as the Norwegian Defense. I feel for you, especially as I just recently thought that I'd made an innovation in the From Gambit, only to find that an IM had been making hay with it for years.
My gut opinion is that, from a fundamental standpoint, the system is leaves something to be desired. I put together a hasty database of 152 master-level games with 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6, and the record is 80 white wins, 36 draws, 36 black wins. But this is neither here nor there.
After 3. e5 and your suggested Ng8, black is a move behind--so although white's 3. e5 is not developmental, he can quickly compensate for this. It also leaves him in sole possession of the center, though a line such as 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 would make for a fairly dynamic position. I doubt, though, that white would be eager to make this pawn exchange. Finally, the 3. e5 line leaves black's KB hampered in its otherwise best post at g7. This is not, of course, permanent; but it will take some time to get it properly activated. And while Bh6 is possible, this move also takes away the KN's developmental route. Given these factors, I would jump on 3. e5 as the most promising white response. It is interesting that you should mention the Brooklyn Defense (1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8) in the Alekhine. I'd ask this question: If white played 3. d4 at *this* point, would you even consider 3. ... g6?
Should white forgo 3. e5 and choose 3. Nc3, there is an interesting line after 3. ... d5 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Bf3 where black is faced with some tactical threats but maintains a solid position. White's 3. Bd3 also presents black with few direct challenges, but the solid central position and the sidelined black KN should give white the edge. But I think that the fundamental strategic point here is that the choice of 3. ... d5 takes away black's ability to challenge white's advanced kingpawn via ... d6. It is as if you are ceding the center to white, opting instead to maneuver around it. A risky strategy which might work, but it seems as if you are giving white a good deal of latitude. But as you said, black plans involving methodical development can be tough to crack...then again, white's mobility here could be dangerous.
All that being said, my advice to you is this: if you are comfortable with the system, then play it and enjoy it. There is much to be said for playing a setup that you know inside and out, but against which your opponent may have difficulty finding the line of best play. This is why the Grob works for its practitioners: they feel at home in such positions; and while the opponent is puzzling about what to do, they've developed a strong attack. I'd wager your Ultra-Modern Defense does fairly well for you in OTB play, but correspondence chess is the acid test. Perhaps you should start a mini-tournament and keep the forums apprised.
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bogg 67 ( +1 | -1 )
reggiesharpe In a master level correspondence game played many years ago my opponent, I assume accidentally, found himself in a similar position after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7?? 4. e5 Ng8. I don't remember the game and no longer have the game score but I do remember that it took less than 20 moves to destroy Black in the game.
Extravagances like the above will not work against a competent opponent in correspondence play. I would expect someone to score a nearly perfectly round zero playing lines of that nature against expert or better opponents unless they themselves are good enough to beat said expert at pawn and move odds!
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baseline 27 ( +1 | -1 )
bogg I was wondering if we would see you again! Come around more often!
I feel the same way you do about this opening, but I think we all go through a phase where we champion a hopeless opening like this, and learn alot in the process. Good luck reggie!!
reggiesharpe 369 ( +1 | -1 )
To Bogg and Bucklehead (any one else interested). O.k., the bags out. When I discovered this opening back in the 80's, I was very tactically inclined and near expert strenght; It happened almost by accident when I was playing a match against a well versed opponent. I use to play the Sicilian Dragon and switched to playing the Pirc before the match. I then tried transposing the moves and found that after 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 instead of 3.Nc3 d6 that 3...d5 was possible. The problem was that while I was strong tactically, my positional play suffered; I had to study hard to learn those rules (reading things like Nimzovich "My System," "Die Blockade," and "Chess Praxis," and a few newer books like "Reasses Your Chess," which is excellent and clarified my positional understanding. Unfortunately, because of that my style changed. My tactical ability dropped like a cocoon.
I have a friend whom I study with from time to time who's rated USCF 2130 and he's helped me get a lot of kinks out of it. My rating is about 1830 from the 1967 drop I experience without any real participation on the chess scene. I know it's sound, that's why I give the exclaims!! I'm hoping to face opponents with it as white and black on gameknot to prove it's validity.
The Norwegians, well they haven't really systematized the system into any kind of book for that matter (not even an e-book). And I haven't seen much of it in MCO or BCO if any (mostly by some other type of transposition occuring 5-12 moves down from French Defense's and Caro-Kann's the Modern Defense). Besides, the e5 thrust is only one option that white has at his disposal after 3.Nc3 d5 white can choose 4.Bd3 or 4.f3. It is true however, that the e5 thrust is the most testing in either case and that's why I put the question out, but the reply after 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Ne4 is my fallback in case 4...Ng8 finally proves fatal. If anyone want to give it a shot as white the best 5th move is 5.h4 when after the forced 5...h5 6.Bd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nh3! there are a lot of tactical possibilities for white, but beware of the Black weapon (Equalization!).
As for being poor or hopeless, the government did it, not me. In chess as in life, nearly all hypermodern and classical defenses leave the player moving first with a slight initiative in the opening, however, if it is sound --particularly like the busted up variations they use to talk about in the Caro-Kann where white gets the superior ending, but black draws or that old Pannov-Botvinnik Attack--then I see a richness of possibilities, because white will be aggressive and seek variations where black can have dynamic equality instead of sterile equality. After all white wants to win as much as black does, but the first move presents him with that difficult theorectical problem. If anyone has Chess Praxis, read it, Nimzovich was right! I have learned a lot in the process.
I'm really interested in the games that you find for my compulation; I will be, if not the first to make a book on it, the prime authority of it's true nature.
Oh, where you find the many games won by white, I'm sure that nearly always black had an equalizing line or was already equal and just blundered either tactically or positionally. What we really learn is that Practice and Theory go hand and hand, practice is perfect, but it is often flawed. Analysis is heaven.
Brooklyn's Defense, usually, because the Master writing the book isn't really dedicated often enough to provide you with a detailed analysis of a considered inferior line of play, often overlooks hidden resources. I would play either ...d5 or ...d6 if I was on the black side and eventually, after white gets his superiority, black will often squeeze white. Find the game Honfi-Gurgenidze to see what I mean.
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reggiesharpe 8 ( +1 | -1 )
Oh, by the way Any one interested in co-authorization please do as I asked above (Send A Private E-mail).
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Have We Lost the Cultural War?
Paul Kengor’s new book, Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage, provides a detailed explanation of why, according to a new Gallup poll, “Americans are more likely now than in the early 2000s to find a variety of behaviors morally acceptable, including gay and lesbian relations, having a baby outside of marriage and sex between an unmarried man and woman.” Gallup notes, “Moral acceptability of many of these issues is now at a record-high level.”
What we are witnessing is a “shift to the left” that has been carefully orchestrated and planned over the course of decades. It is a phenomenon known as “cultural Marxism,” the application of Marxism to culture rather than the economic sphere. Kengor’s book, published by an arm of WorldNetDaily, outlines how this movement has operated, naming the names of the individuals and organizations that have been part of it, and how they have reached their zenith under the presidency of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
Significantly, he writes, Obama’s “most enduring legacy may be on American culture,” not in economics or foreign policy.
This seems mystifying, since as a candidate Obama had presented himself as a strong family man and a Christian, with two young daughters and a wife devoted to them. And yet, Kengor, author of The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis: the Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor, has documented how Frank Marshall Davis, a communist atheist and pedophile, had an enormous influence on Obama. Kengor documents this yet again in the chapter of his new book, “The Gay-Marriage President and His Mentor.”
A professor who has written several books on politics, religion, and anti-communism, Kengor focuses on the role of the universities, especially Columbia University, in this cultural transformation. He calls them “indoctrination centers.” The products, he writes, “now pervade other cultural institutions critical to changing society’s opinions: media, television, films, education, and, the greatest influencer of all…the Internet, where they commandeer engines like Google and Yahoo! and Facebook and Mozilla…”
The evil genius behind the “fundamental transformation” of America lies in making it appear that this descent into immorality and paganism is somehow “progressive,” and a move to a higher level of consciousness. The book documents how the Judeo-Christian foundations of this country are being dismantled right before our eyes. It is not an accident. It is the planned destruction of America and the religious values that gave birth to our political and economic freedoms.
As recently as the 1990s, Kengor points out, there was a bipartisan consensus that children needed to have a dad and a mom. Now, that consensus has been rejected, as fatherless or motherless families are being embraced. Things have happened so quickly, he notes, that “everyday Americans” have even been conditioned to embrace major aspects of this revolutionary change.
As a student of the Marxist notion of dialectical change, I found Kengor’s treatment of the Marxist call for the “abolition of the family” to be fascinating. He devotes several pages to a discussion of what Marx meant by that phrase, and whether abolition means termination or gradual transcendence. What cannot be disputed is that the destruction of the traditional family results in more power for the government to control our lives and interfere with families. “As long as the traditional family is reversed,” he notes, “Marxism is advanced.”
The Marxist viewpoint was openly expressed by Professor Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC, who advocated a “collective notion” of control of children in advertisements for the cable channel. “We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families…” she said.
As the family unit withers away, the government would take control of the children.
The next step is for “progress” or “evolution” to a new level, with such concepts and arrangements as multiple wives, group marriages, sibling marriages, fathers and stepfathers marrying daughters and stepdaughters, and uncles marrying nieces.
If you think this is somehow impossible, Kengor quotes directly from a group called “Beyond Marriage,” which has issued a statement, “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision.” Prominent among this group is Chai Feldblum, a Georgetown University law professor and a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under President Obama.
The author of the paper, “Gay Is Good: The Moral Case for Marriage Equality and More,” Feldblum argues, “the moral case for supporting the range of other creative ways in which we currently construct our intimate relations outside of marriage.”
What is particularly disturbing about this progression is that Georgetown advertises itself as the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. It seems difficult to square its Catholic reputation with having someone like Feldblum on the payroll “teaching” students. Then, again, this is clearly part of the transformation that has been going on for decades and which is meticulously documented in the Kengor book.
Kengor is astounded by this turn of events, about how “everyday mainstream Americans” have come to accept ideas and concepts that are destroying their very own country. “We are breaking new ground in the long, long sweep of human history,” he writes, “and the groundbreakers act as if it is no big deal whatsoever…”
What’s worse, as we have repeatedly noted, the so-called “conservative media” have abandoned the struggle as well, as Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld and the once-conservative National Review have endorsed same-sex marriage. (Gutfeld has been rewarded with his own show on the Fox News Channel).
So what is the way out of this cultural collapse?
Kengor, a Roman Catholic, devotes a whole chapter, “The Voice of Sheen,” to the wisdom of Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who had popular radio and television shows and wrote two important books, Communism and the Conscience of the West, and Peace of Soul. Sheen understood how Marxism was designed to destroy the traditional family.
“The Universal Roman Catholic Church was far and away the dominant international voice of opposition to the communist movement and its tumultuous machinations,” Kengor notes.
Fulton Sheen died in 1979, but DVDs of his talks and programs are still extremely popular among traditional Catholics.
Strangely, Kengor’s book begins with a quotation from Pope Francis about the threat to the family, as if the current pope will somehow emerge as a Fulton Sheen-type of Catholic or world leader. Instead, however, Francis has embraced pro-homosexual priests, the United Nations agenda, liberation theologians, Barack Obama, Raul Castro and Mahmoud Abbas.
By contrast, Sheen supported traditional Catholic teaching on homosexuality and had described how “false compassion” was “gradually growing in this country” to the point where “pity…is shown not to the mugged, but to the mugger…to the dope fiends, to the beatniks, to the prostitutes, to the homosexuals, to the punks…” He spoke up for the “decent man,” who, he said, “is practically off the reservation.”
It seems like he was describing cultural Marxism.
Today, the decent man is not only “off the reservation,” but is in danger of extinction himself.
Ironically, the liberals tried to demonize the late Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) by asking, “Have you no sense of decency?,” when he investigated communists in the federal government. Yet, as the Kengor book makes clear, McCarthy didn’t go far enough; the Marxist manipulation of culture was never examined in the detail that was required.
Now that we can see the damage and destruction all around us, the decent men and women of the United States can see they are in danger of losing their families and their country. The book Takedown is must-reading so we can understand the terrible predicament we are in.
But whether we will get the moral leadership we need from the churches remains to be seen. Some religious leaders will try to make peace with the “change,” while others will resist it on the basis of sound principles based on natural law. Kengor notes that another objective of the cultural Marxists is the complete “takedown of religious institutions,” so more confrontations are on the way. The plan is to “rob” Americans of their First Amendment religious freedoms.
He quotes the aforementioned Feldblum of “Catholic” Georgetown University as saying, “I’m having a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.”
Will the Republican presidential candidates come to the defense of the “decent man” and the traditional family? Or will they pander to the progressive constituencies demanding special rights for an increasing number of sexual minorities?
This is an “especially exciting time for extreme leftists,” Kengor writes, for they are “genuinely transforming human nature” and America itself, with “the unwitting support of a huge swatch of oblivious citizens and voters.”
But the American revolutionaries of 1776 faced overwhelming odds and their descendants may not go away quietly.
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The Truth And Reconciliation Commission released its report on Tuesday. If all of its 94 recommendations are implemented, the way Canada is governed will radically change. Tom Walkom writes that some changes will be easy:
Many recommendations involve education. Aboriginal history should be taught to all children. Lawyers should learn about traditional aboriginal law. Journalism students should be taught aboriginal history in order to help them avoid tired stereotypes.
Such recommendations are politically easy. Provincial governments may be reluctant to spend money teaching aboriginal history. But they won’t oppose the idea outright.
Nor will any sensible politician oppose recommendations calling on government to improve the health of aboriginal people (although, again, some may balk at spending money).
Other changes, however, could result in pitched battles. For instance, the commission recommends that larger first nations be able to make "laws within their own communities." That's a very tall order. The recommendation suggests that
the whole nature of law should be rethought, first to integrate traditional aboriginal legal rules into Canadian practice and second to allow indigenous people “to become the law’s architects and interpreters where it applies to their collective rights and interests.”
That sounds a lot like a separate level of government and courts.
Justin Trudeau says he wants to establish a new relationship with Canada's First Nations. It's easy to talk about a new relationship. It's much harder to bring it to fruition.
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thwap said...
The First Nations should have their own parliament. And access to their own money.
The most "radical" of FN thinkers insist that they never surrendered all their autonomy to the British Crown. They have a pre-existing sovereignty that Canada needs to respect.
On the other hand, I remember a young FN woman who insisted that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply everywhere within Canada, saying she did not want to place herself at the mercy of some of the men in her community when it came to individual rights.
But pursuing a just relationship with the First Nations is going to require actions that some of us, many of us, will initially be uncomfortable with.
It's going to be a difficult road to travel, thwap. And Trudeau is going to have to do a lot of spade work to prepare the ground.
Actually, I think a two- or multiple-teared justice system is contrary to the Charter and not beneficial for anyone. It also opens the road to sharia-style courts because everyone will want their own tailored "justice" system.
On the contrary, the road to take would be to integrate First Nations principles into the existing justice system, making it better for everyone. This, of course, means consulting the First Nations to learn more about their approach (or approaches, as the case may be), overhauling a whole bunch of laws and creating new precedents. But it's doable if the political will exists.
The Supreme Court has been doing just that in some of its rulings over the last thirty years, Anon. Perhaps they will lead the way.
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Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction
Vaughan, A.P.M.; Leat, P.T.; Pankhurst, R.J.. 2005 Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction. In: Vaughan, A.P.M.; Leat, P.T.; Pankhurst, R.J., (eds.) Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana. London, Geological Society of London, 1-22. (Geological Society Special Publication, 246).
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The process of terrane accretion is vital to the understanding of the formation of continental crust. Accretionary orogens affect over half of the globe and have a distinctively different evolution to Wilson-type orogens. It is increasingly evident that accretionary orogenesis has played a significant role in the formation of the continents. The Pacific-margin of Gondwana preserves a major orogenic belt, termed here the 'Australides', which was an active site of terrane accretion from Neoproterozoic to Late Mesozoic times, and comparable in scale to the Rockies from Mexico to Alaska, or the Variscan-Appalachian orogeny. The New Zealand sector of this orogenic belt was one of the birthplaces of terrane theory and the Australide orogeny overall continues to be an important testing ground for terrane studies. This volume summarizes the history and principles of terrane theory and presents 16 new works that review and synthesize the current state of knowledge for the Gondwana margin, from Australia through New Zealand and Antarctica to South America, examining the evolution of the whole Gondwana margin through time.
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Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
Constance Bennett Jacob
Joel McCrea Sola
Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor
“You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?”
McCrea wants to start an affair with Bennett even though he’s married.
She at one point jokes about wanting ‘a colored baby’.
“Children don’t keep man and wife together anymore! That’s old fashioned!”
Rockabye: Don’t Go to Sleep
“You know, I’ve never had enough pancakes.”
‘What the fuck is happening in this movie.’ That was my second note on the film as I was watching it, so I suppose it requires some modicum of explanation where I was coming from. Constance Bennett, one of the most popular actresses of the early 1930s (and certainly possessor of one of the highest salaries) was coming off of What Price Hollywood?, which is a good, fun movie directed by George Cukor that to this day has a pretty faithful audience.
Rockabye, in contrast, is a disaster. Its plot is a mishmash of woman’s movies cliches stringed together with a noticable amount of re-recorded dialogue to smooth over some extremely rough transitions. There’s a lot of problems in the film and it’s easy to lay the blame at any one of them, but that can’t possibly encapsulate what a failure this movie is in practically any regard.
Enjoy this unholy ACTING… TALENT!
But, let me also make it clear up front, this movie is a mitigated disaster. From TCMDB on the film’s production:
According to Hollywood Reporter news items, George Fitzmaurice, whom RKO borrowed from M-G-M, was the original director of the film, resigned on September 16, 1932 because of a disagreement with the producers. After George Cukor was brought in to direct, Jobyna Howland replaced Laura Hope Crews in the role of “Snooks Carroll,” and Joel McCrea replaced Phillips Holmes, whom RKO had borrowed from Paramount, in the role of “Jake.” Modern sources add the following information about the production: RKO rushed the script into production with Fitzmaurice at the helm in order to meet the exhibitors’ deadline for a new “Bennett” film. The studio broke speed records for shooting and editing, but when the film was shown to executives, it was declared unreleasable. To save the production, RKO brought in Cukor. After two or three weeks of reshooting and editing with the new actors, the film was ready for release.
I feel for the makers of this film. It’s hard when you pump hundred of thousands of dollars into something with good ingredients only to find out it’s not only inedible, but it may kill someone if consumed improperly. But the real question that haunts this story is the big one: if the final movie is this bad, how awful must Fitzmaurice’s version have been? It’s mind boggling.
“Paul Lukas, I think this movie needs a special edition.” “Uh, wrong guy.”
The problems with Rockabye begin at the script level and balloon from there; it’s hard to see where there was ever a good point to begin here. Jody (Bennett) is a stage singing star who came from a rough neighborhood. A while ago, she dated Hal (Walter Pidgeon), a nascent crony but who looks like Walter Pigeon. They break up, Jody becomes a big success, and she decides to adopt little Elizabeth AKA Lilybet (June Filmer). There are some hints that Lilybet may secretly be Jody’s daughter by Hal whom she’s adopted to throw off suspicions that the kid was born out of wedlock, a not-wholly-ridiculous turn since Loretta Young was about to perform the same magic trick in real life in a few years time. However, the movie is desperately non-committal to the point of maddening, in turns making Jody look hysterical or like a sociopath since her reaction to Lilybet’s welfare is never consistent.
Anyway, this is where the movie begins. (I’m really laying the italics thick on this one, but trust me, it’s worth it.) Hal is on trial for corruption, and Jody is called in to testify. She does no one any good, giving an angry outburst when it’s implied that Lilybet is Hal’s daughter. Bennett, who is a very sophisticated, capable actress and would later make a number of great screwball comedies, was never funnier anywhere but here; her ‘violently angry’ is most people’s ‘stubbed my toe’. It’s awful, awful, awful.
“Whaddya mean ‘father’? I’ll kill you, you dirty rat!”
After she’s released from the stand, Jody heads home to find that the adoption agency wants to take Lilybet back after her headline grabbing appearance at the trial, but only after a long discussion between Jody and her confidant Sola (Lukas) about her small child’s future sex life. Bennett’s reaction is cringeworthy, crying and yelling good things at the sobbing child, trying to get her to play piggyback and waving her goodbye while not even leaving the apartment. Bennett just looks embarrassed… or maybe I’m projecting.
Anyway, that’s enough of that, since the rest of the movie has practically nothing to do with it. Sure, thematically, it ties together, but Lilybet gets shipped off magically to a nice home with good parents who love it when Jody swings by. That helps.
I miss newspapers running Constance Bennett glamor shots all the time.
Jody goes to Europe for a few months to get over things, taking along her alcoholic mother, Snooks (Jobyna Howland). (Also please keep in mind that her alcoholic mother was Lilybet’s primary babysitter, which is probably more important than the movie lets on.) While on the continent, she’d come across a play called Rockabye whose plot closely mimics what she’d been through with Lilybet, and Jody has decided that she’ll make her dramatic debut in it. She invites the playwright to her bungalow and discovers that his name is Jake and he’s played by Joel McCrea.
McCrea is fucking lost here, as Bennett’s performance, no doubt hampered by the sloppy Frankensteinian editing, is all over the map. All he can do is smile past her as the movie bounces about. Also messing with things is how dumb his Jake character is, just a nice guy who slips into petty jealousy and whining at the drop of the hat. Actually, Lukas’ Sola is also infatuated with Jody and similarly wears his wounded male ego around his neck. The only man in this movie with a sense of decency is Hal, and he’s killed off in the first ten minutes of the film.
“What are we doing here? I don’t know! When does the screaming start?”
Jody and Jake go out on the old town so she can show off her street cred, which is a long, limp sequence. They head back to Jody’s place for some food, and there’s one scene that lasts for a few minutes where McCrea keeps pushing Bennett into a cabinet and bumping her butt. She then walks up to him and slaps him. Then repeat. This happens four or five times before she throws a pie in his face. Because this was a Three Stooges short and I had no idea before or after this point.
The next morning Jody wakes up in a room filled by balloons. Jake has decided to tell her that he loves her, the only complication being that he’s technically still married, though filing for divorce. There’s a twist here, which means that Jody has to make a noble sacrifice (mind you, this is all set up in the last ten minutes of the film) and give up someone she’s loved after a full week of courtship. What a tragedy.
So just what is the thrust of the plot? If it’s Jody’s love for Lilybet, she never seriously pursues it beyond just having a cute kid. If it’s professional disillusionment, that’s wallpapered over as soon as possible. If it’s her love for a married man, he doesn’t show up for the film’s first half hour. Who’s bright idea was that?
“Aw, hold me closer, you whiny man baby.”
There are some awkward line reads and awkward cuts. Once the movie fades out in the middle of a conversation that’s obviously been ADRed in. The comedy coming from Jobyna Howland is painful, and many of the jokes are followed by an awkward silence presumably for laughter. It just makes the movie last longer– and what a sin that is.
There’s just a stunning amount of bad ideas meshed into this film. Rockabye may be one of the least professional looking films of Old Hollywood, an emotion-free, unequivocal disaster. And it will always be haunted by the fact that this, somehow, is the improved version.
RKO bought Pathe a few years earlier to capitalize on its stable of stars, including Constance Bennett. This is the last film released under the joint RKO-Pathe banner, which certainly rings true in regards to what it did to Bennett’s career.
Andre Sennwald is trying to give this one the benefit of the doubt, but even he can’t take it seriously:
The mother instinct must be preserved at any cost. Three cheers for the mother instinct, and a zissboom-bah for “Rockabye.”
“Time out! Hey, audience, all of this is cool, but you know what isn’t cool? Doing drugs.”
There’s some good stills over at the Constance Bennett fanpage.
Theresa Brown at Cinemaven is much more up on this one than me:
The film contains a splendid performance and is quite absorbing and well acted, but in spite of Ms. Bennett’s charms and talent, towards the end it turns quite melodramatic. The ending is perhaps not satisfactory, but considering the time when it was filmed it is perhaps plausible.
This film is a rare one– it does pop up on TCM every so often, but I think they really do try their best to keep this stinker in the vault.
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Caroline wozniacki bikini. Caroline Wozniacki 2019-07-21
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US Open 2014: Caroline Wozniacki beats Maria Sharapova
In the semifinals, she beat Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to advance to the final for the first time since , where she finished runner-up. As the four-time defending champion at the , Wozniacki retired against in the semifinals due to a right knee injury, which she had suffered in her quarterfinal win over Dominika Cibulková. She was runner-up at the and the to , and at the to. Wozniacki played at the sliding past and Agnieszka Radwanska in the first two rounds in straight sets. View our online Press Pack. But for me, my sister was never a crippled person. She had then earned her very first Grand Slam title in the year, 2018 for the Australian Open and she had then come back to the No.
Wozniacki reached the quarterfinals with wins over Monica Niculescu and Sloane Stephens, but lost to the world No. These cookies track usage of the site for security, analytics and targeted advertising purposes. By February 2017 Wozniacki had revealed that she was in a relationship with David Lee and they were engaged in November 2017. Wozniacki won two of her three round robin matches in singles, defeating and , then lost to world No. Videoen viser, hvordan hun og veninderne leger med drone-optagelser, og Wozniacki hentyder til en episode der går helt galt. Wozniacki began the clay-court season by reaching the quarterfinals of the where she lost to.
Caroline Wozniacki displays her athletic figure in an array of bikinis for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue
She is a former in singles, the 20th in the , and the first woman from a Scandinavian country to hold the top ranking position. These sexy Caroline Wozniacki photos will make you wonder how someone so beautiful could exist. She should wear this for post-game interviews just because of how gorgeous it makes her look — surely Gurung could be a sponsor just like Nike or Under Armour? She then beat Roberta Vinci in three sets, saving three match points in the third-set tiebreak, to advance to the quarterfinals. In the event that we become aware of any data security breach, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure of any personal data, we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your data and will notify you as required by all applicable laws. In the fourth round, Wozniacki came up against former world No. Wozniacki was up a set when her opponent was forced to retire due to a severe heat-related illness, allowing Wozniacki to advance to her second Grand Slam final, and her first since the. Wozniacki's next tournament was the.
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Wozniacki received a call from her best friend Williams then in time of need. She recovered by reaching the quarterfinals of the , recording wins over , Sloane Stephens and Varvara Lepchenko before losing to Li Na. Her next tournament was the , which she entered in the second round. Wozniacki was the top seed at the. In the second round, she faced Petra Cetkovská. Three of their four meetings went to three sets with Williams coming from a set down in each to win.
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. Wozniacki then beat and to reach the semifinals where she lost to in straight sets. Wozniacki then played at the as the fifth seed. By virtue of this, she also won the. Wozniacki began her grass season at the with straight-set wins over Naomi Osaka and Elena Vesnina. She lost to eventual champion Jeļena Ostapenko for the third time in three sets. This break saw Wozniacki fall through the rankings from 22 down to 34, the lowest since May 2008.
Shortly after, she revealed she had been diagnosed with before the. She lost to Dominika Cibulková in the second round in straight sets. The Chicago Cubs infielder and recent World Series champ showing he has no problem taking it all off, and then enjoying some batting practice. Wozniacki eventually made her sixth final of 2017 yet again falling at this stage, this time to Elina Svitolina. Throughout the years, she was coached by through the Adidas Player Development Program.
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At the Wozniacki led by a set and a break before Williams came back to win it. With her semifinal appearance, Wozniacki became one of only two women the other being Venus Williams to have reached at least the fourth round of all four Grand Slam events in 2010. She also became the first Danish player, man or woman, to reach the top ranking. She lost to Angelique Kerber in the final in three sets, despite serving for the match in the third set. Wozniacki began her clay court swing at the Istanbul Cup where she made the quarterfinals defeating and Sara Errani before retiring against. After defeating in the round of 16 in three sets, she lost to eventual champion in the quarterfinals. She finished the year ranked at No.
Caroline Wozniaki Planning a Pretty Small Wedding
She faced Magdaléna Rybáriková in her opening match, progressing when her opponent was forced to retire early in the third set. In the semifinals, she lost to Belinda Bencic for the fourth straight time in straight sets. Sure, there are some mesh panels across the body of the suit — but the cut itself is fairly conservative. Despite the loss, Wozniacki climbed back up to No. She lost to Angelique Kerber in straight sets. Wozniacki then played at the as the 11th seed. Wozniacki then took part in the first two tournaments of the year.
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“Just Incredible Chutzpah”—Eric Lichtblau on the Real-Life Hero at the Heart of His New Book
by Brendan Dowling on November 13, 2019
In Return to the Reich, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau tells the incredible story of Freddy Mayer, a Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager only to venture into Nazi-occupied Austria years later as an OSS agent. Mayer’s mission was to go undercover as a Nazi officer in Innsbrook, Austria, where he was able to gather intelligence that proved invaluable to the Allies in the waning days of World War II. Mayer’s exploits read like scenes from an Ian Fleming novel—from secretly skiing down an ice-covered mountain in the middle of the night to brazenly posing as a Nazi officer in an officer’s club—made all the more thrilling because it actually happened. Critics have widely praised Return to the Reich, with Kirkus Reviews calling it “an enthralling page turner” and Publishers Weekly noting that “readers will devour Lichtblau’s fresh and masterfully told WWII story.” Brendan Dowling spoke to Lichtblau on October 17th, 2019. Author Photo courtesy of Daniel Jarosch.
How did you first hear about Freddy Mayer?
I had never heard of Freddy before a couple of years ago. I was having coffee with a source for my last book, Eli Rosenbaum, who has been at the Justice Department for many years investigating Nazi war criminals. I had seen an obituary on a person I had never heard of who had just died in Europe who had saved many, many Jews. I was embarrassed not to have known of this person who had done such heroic things and frustrated with myself that these people could live and die in anonymity. I asked Eli, “Who am I going to wish I met before they die who’s still alive today,” because so many of their generation dying every day. He said, “Well, there’s a guy you should meet named Fred Mayer.” He told me a little about his story, what he had done in the war with the OSS, and that there was a movement in a survivor’s group to get him the Medal of Honor. I went out to see him in West Virginia.
He was in remarkable shape, both physically and mentally. We spent hours talking about the war, his espionage mission, his upbringing in Germany, and made plans to meet again soon. Sadly, two months later he passed away. I had the chance to write his obituary for The New York Times, where I was a reporter for the Washington Bureau. I decided fairly soon that it was such a compelling and little known story to most people that it had the makings of an important book, so I decided to write it.
What about Freddy’s personality and background made him the perfect candidate for this mission with the OSS?
I talked afterwards to one of the surviving members of the mission who put it very well: “He was born without the fear gene in his DNA.” He just took incalculable risks. He was obviously driven by this deep-seeded hatred of the Nazis, because he and his family were forced to flee Germany when he was just sixteen-years-old. He saw the anguish that caused his father, in particular, who really resisted leaving Nazi Germany for years after Hitler took over. His father believed—somewhat naively in hindsight—that because he was a decorated World War I officer that the Nazis would never come after him. Even as the Nuremburg laws were having a direct impact on him and Jews around him—they were losing their rights and freedoms by the day—he still hung on to the belief that he would be okay. Freddy saw the toll this took on his father even after they fled to Brooklyn. His father would say he was never the same.
Freddy seemed to have a genius for problem solving in the moment and adapting to any situation thrown his way.
He really did. First of all, he was mechanical. That helped him in Basic Training when it came to problem solving and occasionally bending the military rules—jumpstarting a Jeep, even stealing a Jeep when he needed to. He faced this whole series of obstacles on the mission itself in Austria, beginning with having to get down from a height of 13,000 feet on a glacier that they had parachuted onto and missing some of their equipment, including a set of skis that was supposed to help them ski down.
He overcame one obstacle after another and managed to talk his way into and out of any number of situations. He got hold of a Nazi officer’s uniform and snuck into this Nazi officer’s club. He managed to get vital intelligence from a drunken engineer who had just been at Berlin working on the fortification of Hitler’s bunker. He talked up the train engineers at a yard outside Innsbrook to find out intelligence on the train lines and munitions that were headed to Italy; that led to the bombing of one very important train line with artillery that was supposed to replenish the Italian front. He switched disguises midway through his mission and became a French electrical engineer. He was able to provide cables back to the Allies in Italy revealing that one of the factories was basically at a standstill in producing these jet planes that were seen as really vital to the Luftwaffe. That was critical to knowing what Germany couldn’t do, as well as what they could do. It was one scene after another where he would get intelligence and pass messages back to a second member of the mission who would cable them back through Morse code to Italy. It proved vital for the OSS.
Can you talk about this other member of the mission, Hans? What was he like?
He came to idolize Freddy, even though he technically outranked him in OSS. He really followed Freddy’s lead, first from the United States where they were in training together outside Washington D.C., then on to Africa where they were sent waiting for assignment. He came to trust Freddy with his life. Long after the mission he would say he wasn’t doing anything daring or courageous, it was Freddy who was taking all the risks. It was true to some extent that Freddy was even more in harm’s way, but Hans was in quite a bit of danger himself. He was hiding out in an attic outside Innsbrook surrounded by Gestapo for more than two months. Had he been found out, he certainly would have been killed on the spot. He took enormous risks himself. He did that without knowing what had become of the rest of his family in the Netherlands, where he had fled. His father was a businessman in the Netherlands, and like many people surrounding him had come to fear Hitler’s rise from a very early point, years before the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in ’39. He sent his twin sons, Hans and his brother Luke, to America months earlier. He had to stay behind with his wife and their younger son for financial reasons and difficulties getting visas, with the hope that they would be able to get out soon. He would write them these heartfelt letters to America asking about their lives, school, and telling them about what had become of them after the Nazis invaded.
Hans’ role in this mission is pretty incredible, considering he was able to get a working radio to function from his hiding place in an attic.
It took them so long to get a working wireless radio. That was his main job, as the radio man, but it malfunctioned for days on end. [It took] so long that the OSS based in Italy had basically given up on them as dead, because they were ordered to cable back immediately after landing in Austria. The OSS had not heard from them for nearly a week. At that point there was some manpower issue to man the line by which the cable was supposed to come over and they had given up on them. There’s a scene in the book where the commanders are pulled out of the movie they were watching on rec time and told that they had got a cable from Freddy saying, “Don’t worry, we’re okay.” Shouts of jubilation erupted in the movie theater.
You also talk about the people who made up the cutout system that assisted the mission. Who were these people and what did they do?
There were about a dozen or so anti-Nazi resistors who were really integral to the success of the mission. A lot of the credit for that goes to the third member of the OSS team, a Nazi defector by the name of Franz Weber. He was born and raised in a small town about two miles outside of Innsbrook called Oberperfuss. The model for some of these parachute missions was to develop small teams and find a Nazi defector who knew the area, act as almost a tour guide, and connect them with locals. Unlike in parts of France, where you had a fairly strong contingent of resistors on the ground, in Austria and Germany it was believed—correctly, for the most part—that you were dropping into overwhelmingly hostile territory. There was not going to be a greeting party saying, “Lets help them fight the Nazis and collect intelligence.” Franz was vital to that. Freddy went undercover into the POW prison and identified Franz as someone who would come to truly turn against the Nazis. This was a crapshoot by admission of many of the OSS officers. In a number of the other missions it was disastrous, where Nazi defectors who were working with the US would either simply flee once they got on the ground, never to be heard from again, or sometimes actively turn against the Americans violently. It was an incredible risk to put any trust at all in a Nazi defector.
In this case, it worked almost exactly the way they had envisioned. Franz had known some people in this town who he believed were opposed to the Nazis, although there were very few in the countryside. These were farmers for the most part whose livelihoods had been decimated by the Nazi rule in Austria. He immediately connected with one of them; that set in motion connections with a whole series of people, many of them women, including Franz’ own fiancée, who were under somewhat less suspicion by the Gestapo and could take more evasive maneuvers without coming under scrutiny. They were critical in passing messages back and forth; acting as lookouts; and putting Freddy, Hans, Franz up in hiding places in attics around town.
One of Franz’ sisters worked in a hospital and was able to get the Nazi uniform that Freddy used to make himself into an officer. A soldier in the hospital had died and she was able to sneak out the uniform. These were individual acts of bravery driven, I think, by a mix of true anti-Nazi sentiment, family loyalty, and personal interest. It was this hodgepodge of motivations. There were also a few people who were driven strictly by money. They could get paid off.
In the end, the further out that the network became and the more people they roped in, there were greater risks of being exposed. With every successful step, Freddy became a bit more brazen. By the end, he was cabling back to Italy that they should send a trunk of guns and explosives because he was prepared to take Innsbrook. He got a bit too big, and that led to his eventual capture and torture. The Nazis beat the crap out of him, waterboarded him for a number of days at Innsbrook.
That whole section was horrifying to read, but it’s also amazing his ingenuity negotiating the peaceful transfer of Innsbrook.
“Just incredible chutzpah,” as he said at one point of his own instincts. Even as a captive of the Nazis he thought he could leverage the situation: making promises, offering deals that he had no authority to make. Somehow in the end it worked. It turned into the bloodless surrender of Tyrol, in what Americans had feared was going to be the last bloodbath of the war.
In your opinion, why does Freddy and Hans’ story resonate after all these years?
I think first of all their plight as immigrants certainly echoes in some of the policy divides we have today over refugees. For me it resonated with the plight of people trying to escape the genocide and almost not doing it. There’s a quote that I used to end the book from Freddy, where he’s asked about coming to America, going back to fight the Nazis, and what he wanted people to remember. He said that he hoped that people would realize that they did their best to repay their debt to America. I think that’s still true of many of those coming here today to escape persecution and violence. For me, that is the biggest takeaway that we’ve often forgotten: the heroism and the obstacles that people from the war and the Holocaust faced and somehow overcame.
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the lyrics of the debut song of Indian rock musician Rabbi Shergill were written by the 18th century Punjabi poet Bulleh Shah?
the Carolina Liar single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was described as "rock music for anyone who finds Snow Patrol a bit too giddy sometimes"?
the 1983 rock and roll comedy film Get Crazy was a tribute to the famed Fillmore East theater, where director Allan Arkush once worked as an usher?
American rock band Disturbed has released three consecutive number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 chart since 2002?
the rock band Matchbox Twenty received two Grammy Award nominations in 2004?
the rock band Goes Cube obtained its name from a poor back-translation of the phrase "Go Die" between English and German?
the website of the rock magazine Rock Street Journal has a database of over a thousand South Asian rock bands?
the Soviet ideologue and foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov denounced jazz and rock music as "wild cave-men orgies" and the "explosion of basic instincts and sexual urges"?
the soundtracks to FlatOut and FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage include five songs by English rock music group No Connection?
Alter the Ending was released by American rock band Dashboard Confessional in a deluxe edition, which includes a full CD of acoustic versions of the album's songs?
Son Goku, a German rock band, is named after the protagonist of the anime series Dragon Ball Z?
Melbourne rock band The Strangers appeared on weekly television for nine years straight?
Jimi Hendrix described the lead guitarist of The Ace of Cups, an all-female rock band, as "really great"?
German record producer and journalist Uwe Nettelbeck changed the face of German rock music in the early 1970s?
drummer Kevin Kelley was the first non-original member to join the Los Angeles rock band The Byrds?
Australian pop/rock band 1927, whose debut album ...ish sold multi-platinum, tried for a year to get a recording contract?
rock band Guns N' Roses has been nominated for the Best Hard Rock Performance award from the Grammy Awards three times but has never won it?
The Rolling Stones and The Who were among the many leading rock bands who emerged from the British rhythm and blues scene of the early 1960s?
rock band Stoneground featured seven lead singers on their 1971 debut album?
rock band Cave In released an album through RCA Records, but was subsequently dropped from the record label, which refused to fund the recording of an album with a heavier style?
Australian rock band Small Mercies first encountered their producer, Matt Wallace, when he left a message on their MySpace?
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Question 1: The term "retro-metal" has been applied to such bands as England's The Darkness[258] and Australia's ________.
Wolfmother (album) Andrew Stockdale Cosmic Egg Wolfmother
Question 2: In the 2000s, as computer technology became more accessible and music software advanced, it became possible to create high quality music using little more than a single ________.
Laptop Tablet PC Personal computer Netbook
Which of the following titles did Heavy metal music have?
Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria
"Country Doctor"
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
Question 4: There is much debate as to what should be considered the ________.
Rhythm and blues First rock and roll record Blues Rockabilly
Question 5: [121] The genre has been particularly popular in the ________.
United States Philippines Canada Alaska
Question 6: [77] From 1966 the UK underground scene based in North London, supported new acts including ________, Traffic and Soft Machine.
Blackhill Enterprises Pink Floyd David Gilmour Pink Floyd live performances
Question 7: In 1968 ________ recorded Safe at Home with the International Submarine Band, arguably the first true country-rock album.
Gene Clark Chris Hillman Gram Parsons The Byrds
Question 8: When it was blended with folk music it created folk rock, with blues to create ________ and with jazz, to create jazz-rock fusion.
Blues-rock Rock music Electric blues Acid blues
Which of the following genres does Guitar Hero produce?
Music video game#Generative music games
Question 10:
Which of the following titles did Rock music have?
Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You've Got Problems
2008 Khurcha incident
"Owner of a lonely heart"
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U.S. Defense Secretary Blames Iraqi Forces for ISIS Victory in Ramadi
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Sunday that Iraqi forces had demonstrated “no will to fight” against the Islamic State, blaming them for a retreat that led to the terrorist group’s victory in capturing the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
While that critical assessment of Iraqi security forces has been voiced in Congress and by policy research institutes, Mr. Carter’s remarks on CNN’s “State of the Union” were some of the administration’s strongest language to date about Iraq’s repeated inability to hold and take back territory from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
“They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight and withdrew from the site,” he said. “That says to me and, I think, to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight ISIL and defend themselves.”
Mr. Carter said American and allied airstrikes had been “effective,” and reiterated the Obama administration’s opposition to sending American ground troops to work alongside Iraqis on the front lines to offer more accurate guidance for bombing.
Some members of Congress, including Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, have called on President Obama to authorize American troops to accompany Iraqi forces on the battlefield to call in specific locations for bombing.
The administration is focused on continuing to bolster the Iraqi forces, who will ultimately win or lose the fight, Mr. Carter said.
“If there comes a time when we have to change the kinds of support we give, we will make that recommendation,” Mr. Carter said. “But what happened in Ramadi was a failure of the Iraqi forces to fight, and so our efforts now are devoted to providing their ground forces with the equipment, the training, and encouraging their will to fight so that our campaign enabling them can be successful — both in defeating ISIL and keeping ISIL defeated in a sustained way.”
The comments come as the Islamic State appears to be surging, tightening its grip on Anbar Province in Iraq and parts of Syria after American and Iraqi officials last month highlighted the group’s setbacks.
Mr. McCain, who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Sunday repeated his call to send American ground troops, including Special Operations forces, into Iraq.
“We need to have a strategy,” he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “There is no strategy. And anybody that says that there is I’d like to hear what it is. Because it certainly isn’t apparent now.”
Representative Mac Thornberry, the Texas Republican who heads the House Armed Services Committee, spoke on the ABC program “This Week” and emphasized the need for more and better intelligence.
“The other thing we’ve got to do is improve our intelligence capability,” he said. “We, I think, know less today than we knew five or six years ago about what terrorists around the world are doing for a variety of reasons, but the key way to know what they’re doing, to prevent them from getting a nuclear, chemical, biological weapon, is to augment our intelligence capability and then you’ve got to act.”
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Latest results of BVSC’s cuts survey out!
This is the latest in an ongoing series of bi-annual surveys with Birmingham based voluntary and community organisations. In view of the data published by Birmingham City Council on Voluntary and Community Sector Funding in September 2011, BVSC (Birmingham’s centre for voluntary action) have sought to identify the real impacts of funding cuts on Birmingham’s voluntary and community sector and its citizens.
Over 25% of organisations responding to the survey deliver Health and Social Care services that are at risk due to funding uncertainty or cuts.
Download the survey report [245kB, PDF].
New Commissioning Guidance for CCGs
The latest documents to support the development of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have been produced by the NHS Commissioning Board Authority.
Towards establishment: Creating responsive and accountable clinical commissioning groups [782kb, PDF]. This guidance intends to support GP practices, and all those they work with, to work through the arrangements they need to put in place in order to apply to the NHS Commissioning Board to be established as a clinical commissioning group.
Developing commissioning support: Towards service excellence [843kB, PDF]. This guidance is designed to assist the set-up of locally sensitive, customer-focused support services for CCGs and describes the assurance processes required to establish commissioning support organisations.
Healthwatch England membership consultation
Healthwatch England will be a national consumer champion that enables the collective views of the people who use health and social care services to influence national policy, advice and guidance. Stakeholders and the public are being asked to contribute to the development of the Healthwatch England membership regulations.
The Consultation on the regulations for Healthwatch England Membership will help ensure that the public have a strong national presence to represent their views and help drive up improvements across the NHS.
The deadline for comments is Friday 2 March.
Helping people live healthier lives: the future for public health
On 23 January 2012, the Government made further announcements on its ambitions for a new public health system. For the first time, public health will be measured against a framework, which sets out 66 health measures so councils and the Government are able to see real improvements being made and take any action needed.
In 2012/13 around £5.2bn will be spent on public health services.
From April 2013, councils get a ring-fenced budget and can choose how they spend it according to the needs of their population. A new health premium will reward areas that make progress.
Find out more on the Department of Health website.
Campaign Resource Centre provides easy access to latest public health campaigns
Providing a one-stop shop for all Department of Health public health campaign information and resources for anyone who works directly with the public, the online Campaign Resource Centre was launched this week.
http://campaigns.dh.gov.uk
Independent experts to help improve health results for children
An independent group of experts has been established to help develop the ‘Children’s and Young People’s outcomes strategy’ which will focus the health service on improving health results for children, including those needing primary, hospital and urgent care, and children with long-term conditions.
To inform the strategy, a group of independent experts from local government, the NHS and charities will hear views from children, parents, carers and wider families as well as health professionals.
The Children’s and Young People’s Forum will be jointly chaired by Professor Ian Lewis, Medical Director at the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and Christine Lenehan, Director at the Council for Disabled Children, which is part of the National Children's Bureau (NCB). Barbara Hearn OBE, deputy chief executive of NCB has also been appointed to the forum.
Public consultation launched to help develop Mental Health Act statistics
The NHS Information Centre (NHS IC) has launched a public consultation on how one of its major mental health statistical reports should be further developed.
Views are welcome from groups and individuals - from health professionals to the general public - about shaping the future content of the well established annual report; ‘Inpatients Detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, and Patients subject to Supervised Community treatment'.
Take part in the online consultation.
View the latest report for 2010/11 online.
CQC publishes 12 reports from its review of services for people with learning disabilities
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a further 12 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.
The programme is looking at whether people experience safe and appropriate care, treatment and support and whether they are protected from abuse. A national report into the findings of the programme will be published in the Spring.
The 12 inspections covered locations that provided a range of services including assessment and treatment, rehabilitation and longer term care.
The reports can be downloaded from www.cqc.org.uk/LDReports2.
Review of National Self Care Week 2011
Self Care Week 2011 (14 – 20 November 2011) was an opportunity for NHS, social care and voluntary sector organisations to raise awareness of the services they provide to help people take care of themselves. The review captures some of the national and locally-led activity that took place.
Read more on the Self Care Forum.
World Cancer Day - 4 February 2012
World Cancer Day is an annual event organised by The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), designed to bring all nations together in the shared fight against cancer, supporting prevention and control of this devastating illness.
This year’s theme is ‘Together it is possible’ to help encourage every person, organisation and government to work together and reduce premature cancer deaths by 25% by 2025.
For more information and to download resources to help you plan your World Cancer Day activities visit www.worldcancerday.org/wcd-home.
University of Westminster reports on ‘experience led commissioning’ of end of life care
The University of Westminster has carried out an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of “experience led commissioning” (ELC) in improving end-of-life care. ELC is a commissioning methodology based on patient experience and involvement.
Download the evaluation report [1.07mB, PDF].
National Heart Forum Information Services
The National Heart Forum (NHF) provides a range of specialised information tools and resources. Resources are all free to use, and include current awareness updates, the Chronic Disease eLibrary which is a fully searchable database of public health information, and the Obesity Learning Centre and Panacea websites. All services are available from and linked to by the National Heart Forum website.
Age UK uncovers unfair care funding postcode lottery
New research from Age UK shows that the Personal Budget system in England, which is meant to enable adults to have greater choice in choosing and paying for domiciliary and day care, is highlighting huge regional differences in the amount of care older people receive.
Read more on the Age UK website.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGB&T): A Summary for Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
The Lesbian & Gay Foundation is seeking to address the significant concern that existing Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) do not often address lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGB&T) people’s issues, needs and experiences of healthcare in any meaningful way.
The Lesbian & Gay Foundation has produced a document which makes the case for the importance of LGB&T evidence, and introduces strategic level health professionals to some of the key health issues facing the LGB&T communities.
Download the summary document [528kB, PDF].
Parent carer involvement in shaping health
Contact a Family (a member of National Voices) have launched a report highlighting the work carried out by parent carer forums in shaping health services and the challenges forums have experienced in raising children’s issues through LINks.
The report explores the complexity of delivering public and patient involvement in the NHS and suggests ways that HealthWatch could coordinate local patient and community groups to ensure that the voices of parents of disabled children and other patient groups are not lost in the system. The work was funded through a DH innovation grant.
Download the report from the Contact a Family website.
Review of Central Government’s implementation of the Compact
The Compact is an agreement that sets out shared principles and guidelines for effective partnership working between central government and civil society organisations in England.
The National Audit Office has completed a review that examined the Government’s implementation of the Compact, focusing on issues of accountability and transparency.
The report summaries the findings based on work at nine departments (including the Department of Health), representing 98 per cent of central government’s expenditure with the civil society. NAO also consulted the civil society sector. It highlights variations in practice and makes recommendations for improvements in departments and in the Office for Civil Society.
Read the report online.
CCG case studies: patient and public engagement (PPE)
In 2011, 25 emerging CCGs were awarded funding by the Department of Health to run a range of PPE projects using best practice techniques.
The aim was for each emerging CCG and primary care trust to widen community participation. In a new series of PPE case studies, four of these CCGs are now sharing their experiences and lessons learned. Two focus on social media and technology, and two look at running a citizens’ jury.
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Robb Lee Hoover
Aug 5, 1935 - Oct 29, 2012
Robb Lee Hoover was born in Logansport, IN. He spent his high
school days in Green Bay, Wisconsin and attended the
University of Wisconsin - during that time he became an avid
Packer fan. He enlisted in the Army for four years, then moved
to Milwaukee where he met a young nurse, Shirley Howard. He
realized his true ambition was the military, so this time he
decided to try the Air Force as an Aviation Cadet. He later
graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, KS. He became
an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO). His first operational
assignment was Forbes AFB, KS as an EWO in the 55th Strategic
Reconnaissance Wing. Next, he went to Yokota AFB Japan followed by Kadena AFB Okinawa as
a RC-135 EWO. Then back to HQ SAC Reconnaissance Center at Offutt. After a tour in RAF
Mildenhall UK, he returned to Offutt as a HQ SAC Intelligence officer until his retirement in
1981. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked as a senior military analyst for Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for 20 years. Robb was involved with
the 55th Wing Association, Omaha World Affairs Council, Offutt Book Club, Strategic Roost of
the Association of Old Crows, CASH Investments and Romeo breakfast group. Robb received
many awards in his life, including: "Hoover Auditorium" at Maxwell AFB AL and "Hoover
Lounge" at the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron at Offutt. In 2006, he was Grand Marshall at
Bellevue, NE Veteran's Day Parade. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Shirley, son Grant and
his wife Kara Schweiss, daughter Lisa Curtis and her husband Les; three grand children Amelia
Lambert and Brock and Quinn Hoover; and brother-in-law Bill and Linda Howard,
Beloit Wisconsin; plus several nieces and nephews. Robb's stories, wit and love will be greatly
missed by his family, friends and Air Force buddies. He was truly a wonderful man.
VISITATION Thursday, November 1, 2012, 6-8pm at Anderson Grove Presbyterian Church at
12005 S. 36th St. Bellevue.
MEMORIAL SERVICE Friday, November 2, 2012, 3pm at Capehart Chapel at 25th & Capehart,
Bellevue. Robb's ashes will later be interned in the Veteran's cemetery that is soon to be built.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to:
55th Wing Association, Inc.
Offutt AFB, NE 68113.
Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann Dworak-Cutler - 2202 Hancock St Bellevue - 02-291-5000
Robb Hoover Airman, historian was avid listener
He was a warrior but also kind, intellectual and soft-spoken. That's how friends and family described retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robb Hoover of Bellevue, who died Monday from heart failure at 77.“To meet Robb, he'd almost give you the idea that he was a rumpled professor,” said longtime friend and fellow Air Force retiree Max R. Moore of Bellevue. “He was a listener. He was interested in what other people thought.”
As a Cold War electronic warfare officer, Hoover flew reconnaissance missions in the Soviet Arctic and on the periphery of North Korea and China. He also flew sorties during the Vietnam War.
A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and numerous other awards, he served in Japan, Okinawa and England and at bases in the U.S. As a senior intelligence analyst at Strategic Air Command headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, he designed and flew as an observer on recon missions that enhanced the U.S. understanding of Soviet air defenses.
Hoover retired at Offutt Air Force Base in 1981 and then worked 20 years as an analyst for a defense contractor.
He served as historian for the Air Force's 55th Wing Association and organized many symposiums and events, including “Tales of the 55th.” He was interviewed by the History Channel and on C-SPAN and was a source for author William E. Burrows for his book about the men who flew secret reconnaissance missions, “By Any Means Necessary.”
Hoover was inducted last year into the 55th Wing Hall of Fame.Hoover Auditorium at Maxwell AFB is named for him, as is the Hoover Lounge at Offutt.
He loved the legacy of the Strategic Air Command and attended its post-Cold War stand-down ceremony at Offutt in 1992. He lamented SAC's coming to an end. “That was such an emotional event,” he told me in July. “SAC was this magnificent military instrument that had done so much and was so strong, revered and powerful — and to think that it was being abolished.”
Robb Hoover got to know lots of reporters over the years. I called him last week because of a column I was writing about the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was helpful, as always. But I later learned from his family that when I reached him at home, he was preparing to leave for the hospital, having not felt well the past couple of weeks. Still, he took my call. “Robb was always out to help other people,” said his wife of 50 years, Shirley. “He was always doing things with the Air Force. He loved his family first, then the Air Force and the Green Bay Packers.”
He grew up in Green Bay and met fellow Wisconsin resident Shirley, a nurse. They have two adult children in the Omaha area, Grant Hoover, a former Marine helicopter pilot, and Lisa Curtis, an occupational therapist. Also, three grandchildren.
Robb underwent heart bypass surgeries in 1986 and 1995 and lived with a pacemaker and defibrillator. After a 50th anniversary trip to Cancun this summer, Shirley said, he began not feeling well. He stayed active in the months since then, but his heart gave out at a hospital at 4:30 a.m. Monday.
A visitation is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Anderson Grove Presbyterian Church, 12005 S. 36th St., with a funeral service 3 p.m. Friday at the Capehart Chapel at Offutt.
Thomas Gouttierre, director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, knew Hoover for decades through the Omaha World Affairs Council.
“Robb was so positive, his face full of enthusiasm,” Gouttierre said. “He was a generous, spirited guy with a penetrating interest in ideas that related to global affairs.”
My last image of Robb was from a few weeks ago. When I mentioned the SAC legacy to an audience of retired military officers and spouses, he smiled and tapped his heart.
His heart finally gave out, but his love for the Air Force, the 55th Wing and SAC will be remembered.
......... Michael Kelly, World Herald staff writer
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Home > News>Hall Of Famer’s Julie Krone And Jack Van Berg On Hand at Lone Star Park Friday Night
Hall Of Famer’s Julie Krone And Jack Van Berg On Hand at Lone Star Park Friday Night
Julie Krone will be on hand for the a free autography session from 5 to 6 p.m. for the inaugural Remember Me Rescue fundraiser Friday night at Lone Star Park.
Courtesy Lone Star Park
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX—APRIL 24, 2013—Legendary Hall of Fame Jockey, Julie Krone and Hall of Fame Trainer, Jack Van Berg will be appearing at Lone Star Park this Friday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. for the Inaugural Remember Me Rescue Celebrity Dinner and Fundraiser to support the aftercare of Thoroughbred race horses. The pair will also appear at a free autograph session from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
All-time winningest female jockey, Julie Krone retired from racing for the first time at Lone Star Park on April 18, 1999 after winning three races here that day. With $81 million in career winnings, Krone was inducted into the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 2000. She was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, the 1993 Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.
Jack Van Berg will be on hand for the a free autography session from 5 to 6 p.m Friday night at Lone Star Park. Photo Courtesy Lone Star Park
Julie Krone will host the event with keynote speaker, Maggi Moss.
Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1985, Jack Van Berg was leading trainer by wins nine times and won the Eclipse Award in 1984. Among his best horses were Alysheba, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 1987 and the Breeders’ Cup Classic the following year, and Gate Dancer, who won the Preakness Stakes in 1984.
Jack Van Berg will be Auctioneer for live auction items.
Autograph Session with Julie Krone and Jack Van Berg will be held beforehand from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. the inside East Grandstand entrance lobby. Van Berg will also sign copies of the book “Jack, from Grit to Glory” by Chris Kotulak, which will be available for purchase.
For more information on Remember Me Rescue or to purchase tickets to this event CLICK HERE.
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St. Joseph's Kingswood
Catholic Parish of St. Joseph, Kingswood, NSW, Australia
Catholic Women’s League
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Catholic Women’s League Australia is part of a world wide organisation founded in England in 1905 and established in Australia in 1913. It is now an incorporated organisation with branches in every state, promoting the spiritual, cultural, intellectual and social development of women under the protection of our Patroness, Mary Help of Christians.
At a local level, we meet monthly from February to December, and also attend Diocesan functions at Parramatta and seven other branches in our Diocese for spiritual and social occasions. Our branch also entertains the residents of Our Lady of Consolation Home, Rooty Hill, twice a year.
If you would like to be part of the Catholic Women’s League at St. Joseph’s or receive more information, please contact the President, Shirley Corcoran on 02 4731 6324 or send us an online message on our contact page.
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To the north, the territory is bordered by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Despite its large area—over 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third largest Australian federal division—it is sparsely populated. With a population of 233,300 it is the least populous of Australia's eight major states and territories.
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The coast of the territory was first seen by Europeans in the 17th century. The British were the first Europeans to attempt to settle the coastal regions in the 19th century; however no attempt was successful until the establishment of a settlement at Port Darwin in 1869. Today the economy is based on tourism, especially Kakadu National Park in the Top End and the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock) in central Australia, and mining.
The capital city is Darwin. The population is not concentrated in coastal regions but rather along the Stuart Highway. The other major settlements are (in order of size) Alice Springs, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, and Tennant Creek.
Long before European colonialists extended their influence into these waters, the Makasar, the Bajau, and the Bugis built elegant, ocean-going schooners in which they plied the trade routes. Intrepid and doughty, they travelled as far east as the Aru Islands, off New Guinea, where they traded in the skins of birds of paradise and medicinal masoya bark, and to northern Australia, where they exchanged shells, birds'-nests and mother-of-pearl for knives and salt with Aboriginal tribes. The products of the forest and sea that they brought back were avidly sought after in the markets and entrepots of Asia, where the Bugis bartered for opium, silk, cotton, firearms and gunpowder.
The Bugis sailors left their mark and culture on an area of the northern Australian coast which stretches over two thousand kilometres from the Kimberley to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Throughout these parts of northern Australia, there is much evidence of a significant Bugis presence. There are the remains of Bugis buildings on islands, Bugis words have become part of the Aboriginal languages and Bugis men and their craft feature in the indigenous art of the people of Arnhem Land.[citation needed] Each year, the Bugis sailors would sail down on the northwestern monsoon in their wooden pinisi. They would stay in Australian waters for several months to trade and take trepang (or dried sea cucumber) before returning to Makassar on the dry season off shore winds. These trading voyages continued until 1907.
As Thomas Forrest wrote in A Voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui Archipelago, "The Bugis are a high-spirited people: they will not bear ill-usage...They are fond of adventures, emigration, and capable of undertaking the most dangerous enterprises."
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Planet of the future
Sustainable everyday life
Researchers aim to map China’s new smog
Carina Eliasson
Håkan Pleijel&Malin Arnesson
The air quality in China’s urban regions is a major health problem. Here, a new type of smog has emerged that has never been seen before. Now, researchers from Gothenburg and their Chinese colleagues will be studying air pollution in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Young and old Chinese people make their way through the city crowds wearing masks to protect them against exhaust fumes and emissions. The images are familiar from our TV screens.
“It’s an accurate picture,” says Professor Mattias Hallquist from the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. “According to our researchers, people in the cities keep their children indoors to keep them away from the polluted air.”
It has long been known that air pollution is a health hazard, leading to respiratory and vascular diseases and shortening life expectancy. Many of the better quality hotels in China’s cities have air filtration technology, and the authorities have now started to realise that something needs to be done. The air quality is even affecting business start-ups in China. The poor quality acts as a deterrent, making it harder to find qualified workers who are prepared to live in the big cities.
“But the conditions in Beijing differ to those in Hong Kong,” continues Professor Hallquist. “The cities are governed differently, and the climate is not the same. Beijing has various natural particles in the air that blow in from the desert areas. The climate is colder, and – just like in Gothenburg – they’ve also experienced problems with inversion, whereby the air pollutants stay at ground level. Hong Kong gets clean air from the sea, but at the smog also blows in from inland areas. Here, emissions from shipping are another significant source of pollution. The climate is subtropical, with heat and high levels of light emissions.”
Professor Hallquist has received a framework grant of just over SEK 24 million from the Swedish Research Council for a five-year project to study ways of combating smog in China’s urban regions. The project is an initiative from the Gothenburg Atmospheric Science Centre, which Professor Hallquist leads.
“We’re experts in photochemical conversion, the formation of particles and ozone in the atmosphere, and within the project we’re working with world-leading Chinese researchers.”
Around fifty researchers and doctoral students are taking part in the studies in China. Three types of pollutants will be studied: organic particles, soot and ozone. These pollutants interact in a complex manner, and they have an impact on the greenhouse effect and cloud formation, which in turn affect the climate.
The new project involves initiating brand new research into smog. Two types of smog were already known about. Los Angeles suffered from smog in the 1970s due to a combination of increased car traffic and strong sunlight that caused the haze containing organic substances, nitric oxides and ozone. The London smog was a consequence of coal being burnt in the city in the 1950s and 1960s, and the hazy smoke consisted of sulphur dioxide and soot.
“In China, however, we have everything mixed together, making it more complex to understand the effects. Here we have a new kind of smog that we haven’t seen before, and this is certainly part of the reason why the Swedish Research Council wants to support this research.”
The main aim of the project is to investigate this new type of harmful smog that affects the health of the Chinese people as well as the global climate. The ambition is also to identify measures that the Chinese authorities can take. The project in China is being run by the University of Gothenburg together with Chalmers University of Technology and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.
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Home » Governor of Bank of Jamaica confident economy will grow
Governor of Bank of Jamaica confident economy will grow
“Stable financial markets will reassure investors about the safety of their investments”
Repeated successes in meeting the quantitative targets under the Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have resulted in increased confidence in the growth prospects of the economy.
This is reflected in the increased preference for Jamaica Dollar assets during the fiscal year, strong net international reserves (NIR) of US$2.17 billion and healthy gross international reserves of US$2.98 billion, representing 23.7 weeks of projected goods and services imports.
This was stated by Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Bryan Wynter, during his address to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Forum, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on March 25.
The Governor observed that in the context of the relatively stable market conditions during the year, the Bank lowered the interest rate on its 30-day certificate of deposit by 375 basis points to 6.75 per cent by the end of February 2011.
A basis point is a unit of measure used in finance to describe the percentage change in the value or rate of a financial instrument. One basis point is equivalent to 0.01 percent.
Mr. Wynter said that in addition, the Bank increased the pool of loan-able funds in the system by reducing the cash reserve requirement for both Jamaica dollar and foreign currency deposits. In addition, during the year, market-determined interest rates were also trending downwards at a faster pace than the Central Bank’s policy rate.
Speaking on the theme, ‘The Year Ahead – the View from the Central Bank’, Mr. Wynter said that with the policies that were undertaken in 2010, Jamaica is being positioned firmly on a path for sustainable growth and development. “The on-going reforms in the financial sector will further increase its stability and soundness. Stable financial markets will reassure investors about the safety of their investments,” he said.
For fiscal year 2011/12, the Central Bank expects continued fiscal consolidation. “The Government has shown its commitment to this process by continuing to adjust expenditure where the revenues fall below budget. Additionally, the Government has demonstrated its commitment to fiscal transformation with the commencement of the phased implementation of the Central Treasury Management System, which will result in more efficient management of public sector finances,” he explained.
He also cited the Government’s divestment of public bodies that has been a drag on the budget. “With these developments, there is going to be a continuing decline in the fiscal deficit and the debt ratios. Lower demand for financing from the domestic market by the Government will continue to result in more and more resources being available for private sector credit,” the Governor said.
With respect to concerns about threats to the cost of living, Mr. Wynter pointed out that despite emerging challenges arising from international commodity prices, headline inflation continued its progress towards the achievement of the target for the fiscal year (2010/11) of 7.5 to 9.5 per cent.
“Headline inflation for the month of February was minus 0.4 per cent. With January’s decline of 0.2 per cent, inflation for the 11 months of the fiscal year-to-date is 6.7 per cent. It is now quite clear that the target for fiscal year 2010/11 is likely to be comfortably achieved,” he said.
The Governor attributed the weaker than projected performance of the economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth last year to the adverse local and international weather conditions and the temporary fall-out that the economy experienced, particularly of the tourism sector, from the disturbance in West Kingston in May last year.
Looking forward to the next 12 months, the Central Bank expects that with lower interest rates and an abundance of credit resources, there will be an increase in investments in the productive sectors of the economy.
“In this regard, the Central Bank is projecting gradual recovery in the coming fiscal year with GDP growth expected to be in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 per cent,” the Governor said.
The initiatives being spearheaded by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) to identify and synchronise high impact projects that enhance inner city communities, improve the economic infrastructure and protect the environment, should result in a further acceleration of growth as they come on stream.
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Shakespearian stars 2: Paul Scofield as King Lear
Posted on June 7, 2011 by Sylvia Morris
Alec McCowen as the Fool, Paul Scofield as King Lear, RST 1962. Photo from the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive
In 2004 The Daily Telegraph published a survey in which RSC actors voted for the greatest Shakespeare performance in history. It wasn’t exactly a scientific poll, but the result was clear, and not unexpected.
The winner was Paul Scofield in King Lear. The result undoubtedly depended on the fact that this performance had first been seen on stage between 1962 and 1964, then repeated in a film version released in 1971, and that the director of both stage and screen versions was the legendary Peter Brook.
Paul Scofield became a professional actor young: he was spotted working at the Birmingham Repertory Company by the even younger Peter Brook and they, with Barry Jackson, came to Stratford in 1946. Scofield established himself as a star playing Pericles and Henry V and soon moved on to a series of major roles in Stratford including Hamlet, Bassanio, Macbeth and Mercutio.
A close contemporary of Richard Burton, who shot to fame with his performance as Henry V in 1951 (number 1 in this series), Scofield was a completely different character, and had a very different career. Although he had film successes, notably in A Man for All Seasons (also based on a stage play), he never pursued a major Hollywood career and kept out of the public eye. In later years he added weight to two Shakespeare films playing the King of France in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and the Ghost of Hamlet’s father in the Mel Gibson film of Hamlet.
Like Burton, he had a distinctive voice. Just as Burton’s lyrical and heroic delivery was perfect for Henry V’s rousing speeches, Scofield’s gravelly voice found its perfect setting in the harshness of Brook’s King Lear. The Daily Telegraph review of the stage production commented on his “unsentimental, awesome, rasping delivery” and the depiction of a “society only one degree removed from savagery”. The Times commented on his “grating low tones, the powerful air of authority”.
It was quickly recognised that Brook’s production had uncovered new depths in the play, and Scofield’s acting had a universal quality. Milton Shulman wrote “His England is Anywhere and his Lear is Everyman”.
The production’s success, with hundreds of performances over three years including a tour taking in Berlin, Moscow and New York, gave Scofield the chance to refine his performance. Between this tour and making the film of King Lear he played the saintly Thomas More on stage and screen, but there’s no sign of More’s human warmth in his portrayal of Lear.
Maybe the film should be seen as an alternative interpretation of Shakespeare’s play rather than a straightforward version of it. It’s certainly eccentric. Scofield’s performance is often extremely subdued and the film takes every opportunity for close-ups of his craggy features. However the original reviews of the onstage performance seem to indicate that this was still in essence the performance we can see on film. There are lots of clips from it on YouTube, and I’ve chosen the scene where Lear’s two eldest daughters humiliate their father by refusing to accommodate his entourage of attendant knights.
Scofield died in 2008 at the age of 86, leaving behind him many recordings of his screen and radio work. It’s the film of King Lear, though, with its echo of the stage production, that enabled this performance to be voted the greatest in history.
This entry was posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage and tagged King Lear, Paul Scofield, Peter Brook, Richard Burton, Shakespeare. Bookmark the permalink.
4 Responses to Shakespearian stars 2: Paul Scofield as King Lear
Andrew Cowie says:
What a fascinating film clip! I never saw Schofield on stage so I’ll have to take other people’s word for it that he was good but I think the film shows how film-makers have struggled, and still struggle, to find a screen vocabulary for the highly theatrical world of Shakespeare. As you say, it’s halfway between a film of the stage production and a new film in its own right; you can do tight close-ups on screen, which most of this clip is, but in close-up you only need two words and a glance to convey the action, not 10 minutes of text.
I still think Kurosawa’s Ran is the best version of Lear I’ve ever seen, on film or stage, so I’d recommend it if you missed it in the cinema.
Sylvia Morris says:
Thanks for your comment Andrew. I like your summary of why Shakespeare never quite works on screen! I’ve never seen Ran but have heard many people say it’s the best screen version of Lear – must check it out.
Liz Milner says:
Paul Scofield did many wonderful audio recordings and BBC radio dramas. I’d recommend Henry IV, part I, where he plays Hotspur, Naxos’s recording of King Lear with Kevin Brannaugh as The Fool and the Caedmon recording of Hamlet. These recordings are still available. There are many more wonderful performances that are locked away in archives.
Thanks for your comment. I don’t know the recordings you mention – I must try to find them!
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Why Aren’t American’s Peaking at Big Meets?
A very good question that was put on the table by Track and Field News. I asked the very same question as I watched both Beijing and Berlin. Because as Mr. Hill observed (no relation to my knowledge), we have looked like gang busters at our selection meets, only to falter poorly at the actual global championship event!
Let’s review what happened in Beijing – the biggest and brightest stage that the sport is presented on. In the women’s 800 meters not one of our women made it out of the first round. In the shot put, arguably one of our strongest events, not one man could manage to throw over 70 feet as only Cantwell threw over 69 feet and it took until his final throw to do so.
In the women’s 400 Mary Wineberg and Dee Dee Trotter failed to make the final after posting very subpar times in their semifinals. Then their hurdle counterparts Sheena Tosta and Queen Harrison were only able to make it out of the first round as the fastest losers. Darvis Patton never seemed to get untracked in the men’s 100. Our 1500 meter men were lackluster as all three bowed out in the semis; and our female sprinters seemed to be a couple steps off from round one through the final as all performed well below form while finishing off the medal stand.
Then there were the injuries. Everyone knows what happened to Tyson Gay and the injury he suffered at the Trials. Slowed him in Beijing and he was unable to get out of the semis of the men’s 100 meters. But do you remember that Nicole Teter was also unable to finish her first round of the 800 meters? Or that both Diana Pickler and Jackie Johnson were unable to finish the Heptathlon and Deena Kastor and Magdalena Levy-Boulet could not finish the marathon? And this was just during the first three days of the Games! Are you getting the picture? Because that’s not a very good list of non achievement for a team that at the end of the Trials in Eugene appeared to be as strong, if not stronger, than any we’ve ever sent to an Olympics.
So I concur completely with the folk at Track and Field News that something is wrong with what happens between our selection meets and the actual global championship. I disagree slightly however, with what the reason for that might be. See I don’t think the time between meets is too long, I think it might not be long enough! Now, before you say, “that doesn’t make sense” let me explain.
We have long touted the US Olympic Trials as the biggest meet outside of the Olympics themselves – that our Trials are the deepest and toughest in the World, and that the competition is on par with the Olympic Games. Anyone that watched the 2008 version would be hard pressed to argue with that position, because the competition in Eugene was fierce and cutthroat. Many events saw a hundredth of a second as the difference in qualifying from one round to another. And in some cases it was the difference between making the team and staying home.
For most this WAS their Olympics, as they left it all out on the track and the field in the attempt to make the US team and get that golden ticket to Beijing. And it is there that I believe the problem resides. You see, typically after the close of the Olympic Games, many athletes either end their seasons completely or compete sparingly as they still need to earn their money on the Circuit. But those that do continue to compete usually do so at a level a few steps below what they achieved at the Games.
Competing at that level for a week is as tough as it gets. The athletes have to ask their bodies to give it everything they have over and over again. And at the end they are physically taxed. Then there are the emotional highs and lows that the athletes go through mentally, and at the end of the day they are also emotionally and mentally spent. No wonder many decide that it is time to simply go home and rest.
But for the athletes that compete at the Trials and make the team, there is no option for rest as the Games themselves lie ahead. After going through the equivalent of the Olympics, we then ask them to pack their bags, board a plane, and prepare to do it all over again. And though there is some time between the Trials and the Games it appears that perhaps it may not be enough. Perhaps the athletes need more than six weeks to recover from the physical and emotional stress that the Trials put upon them. Maybe asking them to battle each other in early July then turn around and battle the world in mid August has been a bit much.
Just a thought but, maybe the athletes would have been a bit fresher if the Trials had been held in early June or even late May. An extra month certainly would have aided the recovery of Tyson Gay and Nicole Teter. I’m sure Heptathletes Pickler and Johnson could have used some additional time to recover from their seven event wars at the Trials too.
I can already hear the retorts, but the NCAA Championships are run in early June, we can’t possibly move the Trials! Well perhaps the NCAA Championships need to be moved as well. It’s not like they have a true dual meet season any more. The only difference between being a collegiate athlete and a professional today is the Conference, Regional, and Championships cycle. So ask them to adjust – it’s for the benefit of all, the athletes in particular.
The world has changed. Basketball showed that it realized that in ’92 when they opened up the team to the NBA. We had to maximize our best athletes as the world had caught up to us. While we still have the best track and field athletes in the world, we need to make sure that we are maximizing their talents – and asking them to compete in the equivalent of two Olympics within six weeks is not looking like it has been the smartest thing we’ve ever done.
Now, I know that some people are thinking that having that extra time could also mean that the athletes may have too much time and end up being not as sharp – and I have considered that as well. It could mean that we have to add some sort of “fitness test” to the team selection process. As in, before the final entries are sent in to the IOC or IAAF that those athletes that have made the team should have “X” number of competitions under their belts as well as be within a certain percentage of their PR in order to keep their spots on the team. Yes, blasphemy to those who have grown attached to our “first three across the line” method of selecting our teams. But it wasn’t that long ago that we had TWO Trials meets (ended in the mid 80’s) – National championships and a Final Olympic Trials – where in essence that is exactly what we did to a degree for quite some time.
I’m not advocating a second Trials meet by any means. But I am saying that it would be fairly simple to set up some sort of rubric to ensure that the athletes we send to the Olympics or Worlds are fit enough to maintain their spots and represent the team adequately. As I said earlier, the world has changed – it’s tougher out there! And we have to make sure that we move in a direction that will help us reach that goal of 30 medals in a major. It’s not going to happen by accident. There will have to be some planning involved. And the first thing we will have to plan, or redesign, is a method to make sure our people are at their best when they step foot in the stadium of championship meets! We can’t keep moving backwards or standing in place while the rest of the world moves ahead.
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One Response to “Why Aren’t American’s Peaking at Big Meets?”
Jon Kalnas says:
I will tell you why they haven't peaked! To make a living in the USA T&F athletes have to compete at a high level to make a $buck$. By the time they make it to Worlds, Olympics etc they are burnt the hell out! USA doesn't glorify the Olympic or World Championship Medal. Every other country does though. So they get a great support system so the athletes are able to train, eat sleep and peak at the world competition meets. When they win the medal they are praised!
It's sad to say Baseball, basketball and football here in the United States brings in the most out of shape, lazy, beer gut having fans. Just turn on the tv and look. Now as for track… look at their fans. 90+ percent of them are still in great shape.
We have become a lazy zombie like country that is controlled by media and marketed everything under the sun (and we buy). No one wants to pay for a track meet.
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Oz News
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1 November 27, 2019: The Baum Bugle Autumn 2019
2 November 17, 2019: Oziana 2019
3 September 20, 2019: The Baum Bugle Spring 2019
4 August 11, 2019: Charles Santore 1935-2019
5 July 27, 2019: The 2019 Winkie Award
6 June 23, 2019: William F. Brown, 1928-2019
7 June 22, 2019: The 2019 L. Frank Baum Memorial Award
8 June 9, 2019: The 73rd Tony Awards
9 April 12, 2019: The Baum Bugle Winter 2018
10 Rumor Control
November 27, 2019: The Baum Bugle Autumn 2019
The latest issue of The Baum Bugle, the journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club, is now in the mail and finding its way to members. This issue celebrates the legacy of L. Frank Baum and his creation in the centennial year of his crossing the shifting sands.
The wraparound cover by Mark Manley shows L. Frank Baum meeting with many of the characters he created in the Emerald City. The inside covers show some of Manley's preliminary sketches and the development of the final artwork.
"Letters" sees Oz Club President Jane Albright outlining how Ozzy her summer was, while Baum Bugle editor in chief Sarah K. Crotzer looks at the process of putting this issue together.
"Awards and Honors" tells the world that Bill Beem won the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award for 2019, written up by Peter E. Hanff and Bill Thompson.
In "The Bugle Bulletin":
The original set parts for "Over the Rainbow" were found in the collection of Angela White, the daughter of Dave Rose, Judy Garland's first husband (not her third husband, as the Bugle reports). It was performed in public for the first time on September 14, 2019.
A black-and-white dress, worn onscreen by Bobby Koshay as she doubled for Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, two Munchkin jackets, an Emerald City townsfolk jacket, and an Emerald City soldier's musket all went up for auction at Profiles in History. Meanwhile, Ray Bolger's Tony Award for Charley's Aunt was auctioned off in August.
The successful Kickstarter campaign to issue a new edition of The Royal Book of Oz, plus Sea Wolf Press's "100th Anniversary Collection" of all fourteen Oz novels by L. Frank Baum.
The forthcoming Wizard of Oz escape room at St. Louis Escape Rooms in St. Louis, Missouri.
A correction to last issue's review of Oz Behind the Iron Curtain, giving the correct date for an early edition of Волшебник Изумрудного Города.
To celebrate The Movie's eightieth anniversary, Google added some interactivity to its search results for The Wizard of Oz (click on the Ruby Slippers in the upper right hand corner to see for yourself).
The National Endowment for the Arts gives a grant to The George Eastman Museum to help preserve its movie holdings, which include the only known copy of the 1910 film version of The Wizard of Oz, as well as the original negative of the famous 1939 movie version.
The Dublin Zoo in Ireland has a classic children's literature theme to their annual "Wild Lights" holiday attraction. Among the stories profiled is The Wizard of Oz.
This year's New York State Fair had a sand sculpture celebrating the eightieth anniversary of The Movie. Not to be outdone, the Kansas State Fair this year featured butter sculptures of Dorothy and other Oz characters.
"Beyond the Shifting Sands" notes the passing of artist Charles Santore.
"Through the Tube" features the following YouTube videos:
Peter Harrington Rare Books looks at the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
"The Traveller and the Pie" from the 1903 stage version of The Wizard of Oz, as presented by the Canton Comic Opera Company.
A History of the Hotel del Coronado in California, where L. Frank Baum wrote several of his books in the earliest years of the twentieth century.
As a tribute to the late Fred M. Meyer, the Club's longtime Secretary, the Bugle published a previously unpublished item found in Meyer's files, "What Might L. Frank Baum Have Written Next?"
What may be a fragment of an unfinished Oz story by L. Frank Baum, previously published in the Bugle in 1965, is reprinted as "An Oz Story", with a new illustration by Mark Manley.
Gita Dorothy Morena, L. Frank Baum's great-granddaughter, and daughter of Ozma Baum Mentele, writes about her experiences with Oz and her family in "Living Inside the Oz Legacy".
Mark Manley writes about his artistic journey in "Drawn to Oz".
"The First Oz Fan Fiction" presents just that—at least the first published one—written by ten-year-old Henry Kutz and nine-year-old Max Stolz, from the June 5, 1909 edition of the Syracuse Post-Standard.
"'Written Solely to Please Children': Is Oz Still a Story for Kids?" by Dina Schiff Massachi looks at the audience(s) of the many different interpretations of Oz in mass media over the decades.
Jane Albright takes a visit to "The Oz Museum: A World of Its Own in Wamego, Kansas", and catalogs other Oz and Oz-related museums around the United States.
Albright also initiates a new column, "Guaranteed for a Thousand Years" with "The Empty Case for Oz", looking at how Oz fans can show off some of their collection in a local museum or library exhibit space. (Further contributions come from David C. Diket and Sarah K. Crotzer.)
In "The Great Book of Records", Scott Cummings looks at contemporary accounts of the passing of the Royal Historian of Oz in "'The Maker of Fairies Is Dead': America Responds to the Death of L. Frank Baum".
Presented in "Oz in the Arts":
The recent movie Judy, reviewed by Garrett Kilgore.
The Wiz, put on in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and reviewed by Sarah K. Crotzer.
Books written up in "The Bugle Review":
The French art album Oz, illustrated by Stéphane Levallois, reviewed by David Maxine.
Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow by Holly van Leuven, reviewed by Sarah K. Crotzer.
[https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0359223508/thewonderwizardo/ The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later by Rhys Thomas, reviewed by Bill Campbell.
Sea Sirens: A Trot and Cap'n Bill Adventure by Amy Chu, illustrated by Janet K. Lee, reviewed by Eric Shanower.
How the Wizard Came to Oz, Volume 1 by Donald Abbott, reviewed by Atticus Gannaway.
The 100 Anniversary Oz Collection, reprints of the first editions of L. Frank Baum's fourteen Oz books, reviewed by Sarah K. Crotzer.
The Women's Suffrage Movement, edited by Sally Roesch Wagner and reviewed by Angelica Shirley Carpenter.
The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert, reviewed by Dee Michel.
In "Adventures in Oz", Raymond Francis Wohl recounts his discovery of Oz and how he turned it into a one man show about L. Frank Baum in "The Stories Behind the Stories".
Also included with this issue are:
Autumn Issue #5 of The Oz Gazette, the newsletter for younger Oz fans. In this issue:
News of a missing Munchkin named Kiki Aru.
An editorial by editor Dorothy Gale.
The second part of the story of "How L. Frank Baum Became the Royal Historian of Oz".
The Scarecrow writes about how important illustrations can be to a story.
The "Ask Glinda" column covers a little bit of the history of the Nome King.
And the Glass Cat produces her first society column (even typed by herself).
Plus, the second part of the Emerald City toy theatre, showing the background (and a little bit of what's happening behind the scenes).
November 17, 2019: Oziana 2019
The 2019 issue of Oziana, the annual literary journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club, is now available for anyone to buy, whether they are Club members or not. It is available at this link to Lulu.com.
The front cover by David Valentin is entitled "Friends and Family".
In "An Odd Transformation" by Sara Philips, with illustrations by Lyan Tjally, some of Oz's more unusual but noteworthy citizens are transformed in an unexpected way. (Tjally also provides a full-color illustration for this story on the back cover.)
"Bitsy, the Patchwork Cat of Oz" by Jane Albright, with illustrations by Steve Smith, relates the adventures of Oz's newest animal citizen, accidentally created from some of Scraps' patches.
"The Epiphany of Miss Gulch" by Paul Dana, with illustrations by Mela Pagayonan, looks at what happened to Miss Gulch after Toto escaped from her basket.
"The End of the Road" is a poem by E. J. Hagadorn.
"The Giant Weasel of Oz" by Nathan M. DeHoff, with illustrations by Darrell Spradlyn, sees the title character decide to collect a roc egg, with several Emerald City celebrities getting involved.
September 20, 2019: The Baum Bugle Spring 2019
The Spring 2019 issue of The Baum Bugle, the journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club, has finally been published and is making its way to Club members. This issue was delayed due to editor in chief Sarah K. Crotzer having to deal with a series of unforeseen hospital visits, but a new Bugle is always welcome whatever the season.
The front cover features the pair of Ruby Slippers purchased by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, soon to be on display at their museum.
The inside front cover features "And Yer Lil' Dog Too!" by Derek Yaniger, which has been on display at the Animazing Gallery in Las Vegas as part of a Wizard of Oz exhibit.
"Letters" presents notes from Oz Club President Jane Albright and Bugle Editor-in-Chief Sarah K. Krotzer about the latest developments (including Krotzer's hospital visits that delayed this issue for so long).
Brittney Johnson becomes Broadway's first African-American Glinda in Wicked.
The postponement of the Wicked movie until December 22, 2021.
The Road to Oz, William Stillman and Jay Scarfone's latest book about the famous movie version of The Wizard of Oz, won the Movies and TV award at the 13th annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards.
The first biography of one of The Movie's most popular actors, Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow by Holly van Leuven, is published.
To honor their appearance in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, LEGO has finally issued minifigs of Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion.
Designer Virgil Abloh's Wizard of Oz-inspired men's fashions for the spring/summer 2019 Louis Vitton collection.
William F. Brown, who wrote the book for the original Broadway musical version of The Wiz, is remembered upon his passing in "Beyond the Shifting Sands…"
A new one-woman show, My Witch, the Stories of Margaret Hamilton, starring Jean Tafler.
The MeTV show Collector's Call features the Oz collection of Walter Krueger.
The recent auction of previously unknown photos taken on the set of The Movie during production at MGM.
A new Oz television series in development at Legendary Entertainment.
The new card game Home from Oz.
Recently unearthed home movie footage of the Land of Oz park in North Carolina from the 1970s.
A tour of the Land of Oz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (from the 1990s).
The Wizard of Oz section of the Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studio (alas, no longer a ride there).
Wizard of Oz art exhibits at The Animazing Gallery in Las Vegas; the El Segundo Museum of Art in California; and an exhibit devoted to the late Barry Moser, including some of his illustrations for The Wizard of Oz at The Bromer Gallery in Boston.
Jonathan Shirshekan looks at the history of Hollywood's most famous pair of shoes in part 1 of "Keep Them Ruby: Following the Steps of the Ruby Slippers".
Jay Scarfone and William Stillman look back at the caravan used to publicize The Wizard of Oz on its release in ""Oz on Tour: 1939".
The new "Great Book of Records" column sees Scott Cummings reporting on a 1933 event to publicize the new Oz book for 1933, Ojo in Oz, and the new Wizard of Oz radio show, in "A Tea Party for Oz".
"Collector's Corner" sees Bill Thompson writing about a curious item, Reilly and Britton's Children's Stories That Never Grow Old, illustrated by John R. Neill.
At long last, Jane Albright wraps up her examination of Oz puppetry in part 2 of "Pulling Strings".
In "Oz in the Arts":
Friday Night Is Music Night: The Wizard of Oz 80th Anniversary, hosted by Warwick Davis in London, reviewed by Dave Ward.
The Wizard of Oz Unplugged at the Waukesha Civic Theatre in Waukesha, Wisconsin, reviewed by Laura DeNooyer.
Books featured in "The Bugle Review":
Oz Behind the Iron Curtain: Aleksandr Volkov and His Magic Land Series by Erika Haber, reviewed by Michael Patrick Hearn.
Finding Dorothy: A Novel by Elizabeth Letts, reviewed by Dee Michel.
The Lost Tales of Oz, edited by Joe Bongiorno and reviewed by Atticus Gannaway
In "Advetures in Oz", Christopher Rhoton relays his experience designing for a stage production of The Wizard of Oz in Chicago, with color photos from the show reproduced on the back cover.
The inside back cover reproduces a Reilly and Britton advertisement for Children's Stories That Never Grow Old from a 1908 edition of Publishers' Weekly.
Also included with this issue:
Issue number four of the revived version of The Oz Gazette, dedicated to younger (or young at heart) Oz fans. Among the items are a contest to draw a new map of Oz; how L. Frank Baum met W. W. Denslow; the Scarecrow reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl; Glinda explaining why animals in Oz can talk (and why some can't); and an interview with the Cowardly Lion.
The craft project is part one of an Emerald City toy theater, with the proscenium arch, box seats, and four Oz characters. (More parts and characters are promised in the remaining two parts, coming in the Autumn and Winter issues.)
August 11, 2019: Charles Santore 1935-2019
Acclaimed illustraton Charles Santore, best known for his reimaginations of classic children's stories, died today from undisclosed causes. He was 84. His teachers in Philadelphia recognized his artistic talents at an early age and encouraged him to pursue a life in art. He started off in commercial art, his works appearing in many advertisements and magazines, including a number of celebrity portraits on the cover of TV Guide in the 1970s. In 1985, a publisher approached Santore about creating new illustrations for Peter Rabbit, and a new stage of his career opened up. As well as Peter Rabbit, he created new illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, Aesop's Fables, The Night Before Christmas, The Velveteen Rabbit, and an acclaimed edition of The Wizard of Oz, first published in 1991. His original works are now in many museums, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Brandywine Rivers Museum in Pennsylvania. In 1972, he was awarded the Hamilton King award from the New York Society of Illustrators. He also received a gold medal from the New York Society of Publication Designers, and an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America.
(Information courtesy of WHYY and Wikipedia.)
July 27, 2019: The 2019 Winkie Award
Tonight, OzCon International presented its highest honor, the Winkie Award, to John L. Bell. Bell has helped the convention a lot in recent years by coordinating daytime programming and lining up speakers and events. He is also a tireless Oz researcher and writer who has contributed to both The Baum Bugle and Oziana. Heartfelt congratulations to a well-deserving recipient!
June 23, 2019: William F. Brown, 1928-2019
William F. Brown, a longtime show business writer, died today in Westport, Connecticut. He was 91. Cutting his writing teeth in Look magazine and advertising in the 1950s, he later amassed a number of television writing credits on shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Johnny Carson Show, and Love American Style. He also wrote some books and the comic strip Boomer. He attempted to write Broadway plays, but The Girl in the Freudian Slip, How to Steal an Election, and A Broadway Musical never had successful runs. His only success on the stage was The Wiz, which ran for many years and earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical.
Brown is survived by his wife, Tina Tippit.
(Information courtesy Theatermania.)
June 22, 2019: The 2019 L. Frank Baum Memorial Award
Bill Beem (right) receives the 2019 L. Frank Baum Memorial Award from last year's winner, Bill Thompson. (Photo courtesy of Bill Thompson.)
The International Wizard of Oz Club presented its highest honor, the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award, to Bill Beem tonight during the Club's National Convention in Thibodeaux, Louisiana. A long-time Club member, Bill has been a quiet presence behind-the-scenes at Club meetings and conventions for decades now. He exhibited many items from his collection at the 2000 Centennial Convention and the 2012 National Convention, and chaired the 2006 Ozmapolitan Convention. He has also helped with programming at many Oz events, and served the Club on the Board of Directors and recording secretary. This is a richly deserved award which couldn't go to a better recipient.
June 9, 2019: The 73rd Tony Awards
Two actors with longtime associations with Oz received their first Tony Awards tonight, presented by the American Theater Wing for excellence in Broadway productions. Andre De Shields, who originated the title role in The Wiz in 1975, won the award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Hermes in Hadestown.
Later, winning the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical was Stephanie J. Block. Back in 2000, she was the first actress to play Elphaba in Wicked, at the earliest readings. She went on to understudy Idina Menzel in the San Francisco tryouts and earliest Broadway performances before taking the lead on the first national tour, and eventually taking the lead on Broadway. She won her award for playing the title role in The Cher Show. Here's her acceptance speech:
Wicked also had a shoutout during the presentation for The Prom (introduced by Broadway's original Wicked Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth, no less), with "Elphy and Glinda" getting a mention, as seen here:
April 12, 2019: The Baum Bugle Winter 2018
The latest issue of The Baum Bugle, the journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club is now being sent out to members, who should see it appearing in mailboxes all over the world in the coming weeks. This is the final issue of 2018 membership, so those who get this and wish to keep receiving the Bugle will want to send in their renewal form and dues soon.
All four covers celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of The Tin Woodman of Oz:
The front cover features a Tin Woodman puppet designed by Matzilla Duron, stepping out of a pristine first edition of the book.
The inside front cover reproduces John R. Neill's color plate from the novel, depicting the Tin Woodman's introduction to the Tin Soldier.
The inside back cover displays an impressive number of Tin Woodman dolls and other memorabilia from the collection of Oz Club President Jane Albright.
The back cover shows Michael Herring's original painting for the 1981 Del Rey edition of The Tin Woodman of Oz.
The Table of Contents shows a version of the Tin Woodman drawn by Michael Ploog as a design for Return to Oz (1985).
"Letters" has notices from Jane Albright about the state of the Club, encouraging members to renew; and Bugle editor Sarah K. Crotzer writes about the issue and her personal connection to The Tin Woodman of Oz.
The cancellation of the Cartoon Network/Boomerang series Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, and the inclusion of Sir Hokus of Pokes, the first television of a character created by Ruth Plumly Thompson, in the final episode.
The imminent opening of the Academy Museum, which will include an initial exhibit on The Wizard of Oz, including the Academy's pair of Ruby Slippers.
Judy Garland's blonde wig from the first few weeks of filming (that were eventually abandoned and reshot), a production archive for The Movie, and one of Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch hats all sold at auction in 2018.
The Cowardly Lion of Oz entering public domain at last, after Congress did not extend copyrights again following passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.
Centennial Park in Holland, Michigan has plans to install an Oz-themed area, in commemoration of L. Frank Baum's time in the area at the start of his writing career.
The Oz theme at this year's San Diego County Fair in California, in commemoration of L. Frank Baum's time in the area not long after establishing himself as a writer.
The unveiling of a mural of Judy Garland by artist Levi Ponce at Theatre West in Los Angeles, California.
The Oxford English Dictionary adding the phrase "not in Kansas anymore".
Researchers at the University of Turin concluded that The Wizard of Oz is the most influential movie of all time, in a study published in the journal Applied Network Science.
New translations of The Wizard of Oz have now come out in Cornish, Hawaiian, Irish, and North-East Scots, all from Evertype Publishing. (Word is that an Esperanto version is forthcoming.)
"Through the Tube!" presents the following Oz videos found on YouTube:
Komische Oper Berlin's new operatic adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
A 2011 version of The Wizard of Oz by the Berlin State Ballet.
Hello Kitty. In Oz. On stage in Japan.
After a year and a half of restoration and conservation, the Ruby Slippers are back on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The January and February 2019 Fathom Events showings of The Wizard of Oz grossed $2 million at the box office, setting a new box office record for event cinema.
The West Philadelphia home of Royal Historian Ruth Plumly Thompson received a historical marker.
Those who have been involved with Oz who have recently passed away:
Stan Lee, the famed Marvel Comics editor and creator, who was a driving force behind Marvel's Treasury edition comic adaptations of The Wizard of Oz and The Land of Oz in the 1970s.
Susan Morse, the singing voice of Dorothy in the 1964 TV special Return to Oz.
Fred Patten, an early member of the International Wizard of Club and participant in the earliest Winkie Conventions, chairing the convention in 1968.
"Awards and Honors" acknowledges those Club members who have contributed above and beyond their regular memberships in 2018, and lists the prior recipients of the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award.
Jane Albright writes an appreciation of Bill Thompson, the 2018 recipient of the L. Frank Baum Memorial Award.
Sarah K. Crotzer writes about her favorite Oz book in "The Rescue of the Tin Woodman: An Appreciation".
"Men of Heart: A Song for Five Voices" interviews the creators of four different adaptations of the story of Nick Chopper:
Ray Tintori, Death to the Tinman (2007).
Brandon McCormick, Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man (2010).
James Ortiz, The Woodsman (2012).
Matzilla Duron and Nick Boxwell, the still-in-production The Tin Woods.
"The Beginner's Guide to Oz Book Collecting" lists some important editions of The Tin Woodman of Oz that collectors may want to look for.
J. L. Bell examines the themes of The Tin Woodman of Oz in "Meat Glue".
A call for the whereabouts of original art from the Oz books, to be catalogued at https://www.lostartofoz.com/.
"Oz Under Scrutiny" takes an extensive look at contemporary reviews and other articles about The Tin Woodman of Oz.
Dina Schiff Massachi looks at Todrick Hall's visual album Straight Outta Oz, particularly how Hall interprets the Tin Woodman, in "Metal Malleable Male".
A link to a gallery of depictions of the Tin Woodman, "100 Years, 100 in Men".
The Wizard of Oz ballet in Kansas City, Missouri, back in October, reviewed by Paul Miles Schneider.
A children's theater production of Ozma of Oz in Arlington, Virginia in December, reviewed by Michael Gessel.
Scraps, a new play, in Chicago in September, reviewed by Carrie Hedges.
The Wizard of Oz on stage in Aurora, Illinois, over the holiday season, reviewed by Steve Smith.
A performance art adaptation of The Wizard of Oz in a London cemetery last July, reviewed by Nick Campbell.
The Chronicles of Oz podcast, so far having adapted the first two Oz books, reviewed by Jared Davis.
A call for Club members to share photos of any events they may go to this year to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the famous MGM film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
Books presented in "The Bugle Review":
Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist by former Club President Angelica Shirley Carpenter, a biography of L. Frank Baum's highly influential mother-in-law, reviewed by Judy Bieber.
The Road to Oz: Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece by Jay Scarfone and William Stillman, their latest book about the famous film version, reviewed by Mark Griffin.
The Magic Belt, the third volume in Paul Miles Schneider's Oz series, reviewed by Jane Albright.
Patty Tobias and daughter Kate Koelle remember former Club President, Bugle editor, and L. Frank Baum Memorial Award winner Barbara Koelle, who passed away in 2018.
A call to fill the job of designer for the Bugle.
And finally, the preview for the next issue promises to reveal how the Smithsonian Institution has been taking care of its pair of Ruby Slippers, information on collecting Reilly and Britton's "Children's Stories That Never Grow Old" series, and the conclusion (at last!) on an earlier story about Oz puppetry.
There is a lot more in the envelope than the Bugle! Inserts include:
The latest issue of the revived Oz Gazette, with all the latest news and gossip straight from the Emerald City.
Summaries of many Oz events around the country in the summer of 2018.
A call for submissions to the Oz Club's annual contests for fiction, non-fiction, and art, with cash prizes.
Registration forms for this year's Oz: The National Convention in Thibodeaux, Louisiana; and OzCon International in Pomona, California.
Since this is the final issue of the 2018 membership year, a renewal form is enclosed.
A flyer for the Club's latest publication, Bibliographia Baumiana.
A charming Polychrome paper doll.
Rumor Control
(Because of the many questions I am asked about possible forthcoming Oz projects or other bits of pseudo-news, I have added this section to answer some of these inquiries.)
The previously announced release date for the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical version of Wicked turns out to have been premature. Universal recently changed their planned release for December 19, 2019, from Wicked to Cats. So the Wicked movie is on hold again, but it is still in development, and aiming for a December 22, 2021 release.
The latest Oz project to be announced in Hollywood: Cheshire Crossing, the graphic novel by Andy Weir and Sarah Anderson, optioned by Amblin Partners. (See this report.)
Okay, yes, word has leaked out that Warner Bros. tried to talk Robert Zemeckis into directing a remake of The Wizard of Oz, using the same screenplay as the famous 1939 Judy Garland version. Zemeckis already rejected the idea. This probably puts the idea on the back burner for a while, and based on the extreme negative reaction the idea got, I suspect it will stay there. Rumors of this have surfaced again, but appear to be the result of someone finding the old story and running it again.
It's getting harder and harder to keep up with all of the currently planned Oz movie and television projects. Bear in mind that at this stage, most of it is speculation and/or not even in pre-production, or possibly even a game of "Telephone". But here are some of the current Oz movies that could be coming to your local theater in the next few years:
The Road to Oz, a movie biopic about the life of L. Frank Baum and how he created Oz, starring Eddie Redmayne as Frank. (See reports here and here.)
Dark Oz 3-D, based on the old Caliber comic book.
A non-musical, faithful adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from New Line and Temple Hill.
The Oz Wars, which would have the witches fighting for control of the Emerald City while the Wizard leads the resistance.
John Boorman's animated adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz seems to be on track for release — in France. Once it's released, an English-language release will likely come out soon afterwards. (However, in a recent interview, Boorman admitted that the project has stalled due to lack of funding.)
Oz: Return to the Emerald City was one of two possible competing projects at Warner Bros. This original sequel may now be shopped around to other studios, or turned into a novel.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a low-budget independent production from Barnyard Studios and Used Productions. This is very much a shoestring production, which is looking for money and actors. But its Kickstarter campaign to raise the last money it needed was a success, so it may be finished soon.
Legend of Oz, a modern retelling of The Wizard of Oz from Valley Wind Productions in Ottawa.
Oz, a new telling of The Wizard of Oz.
A still unnamed horror movie set in the 1920s with Dorothy meeting Alice in Bedlam Asylum.
Young Santa., based on L. Frank Baum's book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and directed by Sean McNamara.
How the Wizard Came to Oz, based on two books by Donald Abbott.
Not entirely Oz, strictly speaking, but the Judy Garland biography Get Happy may be made into a movie, featuring Anne Hathaway as Garland.
And it's not limited to movies any more. In development for television:
Red Brick Road, a television series continuation of The Wizard of Oz in the style of Game of Thrones. The latest word is that this is being developed for the Lifetime channel.
Dorothy, an Oz-themed medical drama in development at CBS
Dorothy Must Die, in which Dorothy has returned to Oz and become a dictator, in development at the CW. This would be based on the book series of the same name.
Warriors of Oz, a post-apocalyptic version in development at Syfy.
A Wicked television miniseries, based on the original book (not the stage musical). Salma Hayak was attached to this as a producer. When last heard of, it was under development at ABC.
No, Peter Jackson is not producing or directing a billion-dollar all-CGI remake of The Wizard of Oz for Warner Bros. How do stories like this get started? Oh, maybe in stories like this...
In recent years, there have been proposals for other Oz or related projects, none of which now appear that they will get off the ground. Among them:
Lost in Oz, a series that was to feature Melissa George as a Kansas university student who is whisked to Oz sixty years after the events of The Wizard of Oz (The Movie) and helping to spearhead a rebellion against the new Wicked Witch of the West. Although developed for the WB and a pilot film produced, it was never picked up, nor the pilot shown. (But keep an eye out on auction sites, as a bootleg DVD sometimes shows up…)
A telelvision miniseries based on Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked, with Demi Moore in the title role. (There are stories that the people developing this version later pushed their involvement into the musical version now playing on Broadway and elsewhere.)
The O. Z., a hip-hop flavored re-telling of The Wizard of Oz for Fox. Among the rumored Dorothy's at one point were Brandy, Mya, and the late Aaliyah. Justin Timberlake, John Leuizamo, and Little Richard were mentioned for other parts.
Surrender Dorothy. Drew Barrymore as Dorothy's great-granddaughter coming to Oz, and battling the Wicked Witch of the West's granddaughter. (Rumors of this recently resurfaced, but were quickly squelched. This project is dead.)
Somewhere starring Elizabeth Taylor as Dorothy, now a grandmother, returning to Oz. The deaths of both Taylor and developer Rod Steiger means this is unlikely to ever happen.
Pamela West, where the Wicked Witch is the innocent victim and Dorothy (with Toto as a pit bull) is the evil interloper.
The Land of Oz (not based on the book of the same name), produced by Hallmark for NBC. This eventually became the basis for the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus from Circa Pictures. It's no longer listed on their website.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus from Hyde Park Entertainment and Toonz Entertainment.
A Bollywood adaptation of The Wizard of Oz in India.
A movie version of American McGee's (later cancelled) Oz video game.
Geoff Ryman's Was.
If progress is made on any of these projects, such as actually going into production or a release date announced, the news will be posted as quickly as possible on this page. But at this stage, any of these going into production is very unlikely. (However, Tin Man was part of this list for some time before its eventual completion and broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel.)
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Published in the Wilson County News on Feburary 20,2013
Celebrate TexasIndependence -Visit the birthplace of Lone Star liberty in Washington-on-the-Brazos
When we think of Texas’s struggle for independence from Mexico in the 1830s, most will automatically think of the Alamo or the Battle of San Jacinto. But, Washington-on-the-Brazos is considered by historians to be the most significant place in Texas at that time. On March 2, 1836, Washington-on-the-Brazos made history as the birthplace of the Republic of Texas.
On this day, delegates elected from each municipality in Texas met in a small, unfinished building, now referred to as Independence Hall, to establish an interim government and to write a constitution for the new Republic of Texas. At the same time, General Santa Anna was lying siege to the Alamo and many delegates desperately wanted to rush to the aid of those trapped inside - men like Bowie, Travis and Crockett. But those delegates were convinced by others that it was much more important to finish the job they were there for - to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico. Working day and night for over two weeks, they forged a constitution and a government that lasted ten years, until the Republic of Texas became part of the United States, as its 28th state.
The town of Washington had sprung up around a ferry landing on the Brazos River, and by 1835, it had become a supply crossroad for tradesmen and merchants because of the river and the nearby major roads. It continued to flourish and gain prominence until the mid 1850s; the decline of the town began when it was by-passed by the railroad. Today the population of Washington-on-the Brazos is only nine. One of those nine proud residents was our guide who led us on the journey to experience exactly what happened during March of 1836.
Bringing the past to life
As we sat inside Independence Hall at a long table similar to the one used by the delegates in 1836, listening to his vivid descriptions of the events, he sometimes spoke as if he was there at that time. He drew us into the history and made us feel a part of this wonderful place. Tours are available daily.
Washington-on-the Brazos State Historical Site covers 293 acres and includes the Independence Hall, the Star of the Republic Museum and the Barrington Living History Farm.
The Star of the Republic Museum, a two-level, 22,000 square-foot facility build in the shape of the Texas star, opened in 1970 and contains many artifacts from that period of time. One of the most interesting aspects of the museum is the timeline along the wall of the stairs that takes you to the second floor. It displays events that occurred in the region from the founding of the Alamo in 1718 to Texas becoming part of the United States. The 80-seat Jesse H. Jones Theatre features a 20-minute video entitled “Once a Nation” providing an overview of life between 1836 and 1846. It is well worth your time so see this excellent presentation.
The Barrington Living History Farm represents the lifestyle of Dr. Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, and his family. It includes a structure built in 1844 and moved to this historical site in 1936; other structures were recreated based on historical information. Visitors are encouraged to participate in the work of the farm guided by interpreters, dressed in period clothing, to better understand and experience the daily lives of those early Texas settlers.
Admission to all three venues: Independence Hall, the Star of the Republic Museum and the Barrington Living History Farm Museum, is $9 per adult, $6 per child (7 and up)
or $27 per family (2 adults and up to 5 children). All facilities in the park and the museum are accessible for the physically challenged. This is a wonderful experience for anyone who loves history.
Nearby Brenham
A great bonus of visiting Washington-on-the-Brazos is the nearby city of Brenham, with the Blue Bell Creameries, museums, wineries, restaurants, and great boutique hotels and B&Bs. You can go to www.visitbrenhamtexas.com for more information about this area.
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Title: Total war
Subject: William Tecumseh Sherman, Military history, Kabinettskriege, War economy, Military strategy
Collection: Economic Warfare, Military Doctrines, Military Economics, Military Science, Warfare by Type, Wars by Type
Fourth-generation warfare
Counter-insurgency
Foxhole
Tactical objective
Trench warfare
Deep battle
Maneuver warfare
Operational manoeuvre group
Counter-offensive
Economic warfare
Limited war
Philosophy of war
Strategic studies
Technology and equipment
Military campaign
Military operation
Network-centric warfare
Religious war
Total war is a war in which a belligerent mobilizes its population for war production. The word total refers solely to the extent of mobilization, not to the extent of destruction. English Dictionary, American version defines "total war" as "A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded."
In the mid-19th century, scholars identified "total war" as a separate class of warfare. In a total war, to an extent inapplicable to less total conflicts, the differentiation between combatants and non-combatants diminishes and even sometimes vanishes entirely as opposing sides can consider nearly every human resource, even that of non-combatants, as nevertheless part of the war effort.[1]
Certain actions regardless of legitimacy or illegitimacy can characterize total war, such as:
giving no quarter (i.e., take no prisoners), as with Hitler's Commando Order during World War II
strategic bombing, as with the strategic bombing of enemy targets during World War I and World War II
blockade, as with the Allied blockade of Germany during World War I
scorched earth policy, as with Union General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War
suppressing resistance movement, destroying entire human settlement localities, and/or deliberately killing or executing civilian inhabitants in collective punishment and reprisal for any suspected or actual resistance activity, as with The Rape of Belgium during World War I
commerce raiding or unrestricted submarine warfare, as with the German U-Boat campaign during World War I against enemy and neutral merchant ships
the use of civilians and prisoners of war as forced labor for military operations, as with Japan and Germany's massive use of forced laborers of other nations during World War II (see Slavery in Japan and Forced labor under German rule during World War II)[2]
Early history 2
18th and 19th centuries 3
Intertribal warfare 3.1
French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars 3.2
Taiping Rebellion 3.3
American Civil War 3.4
World War I 4.1
World War II 4.2
Shōwa Japan 4.2.1
United Kingdom 4.2.2
Germany 4.2.3
Soviet Union 4.2.4
United States 4.2.5
Unconditional surrender 4.2.6
Postwar era 4.3
Further reading 8
One can trace back the phrase to the publication in 1935 of World War I memoir of German Genral Erich Ludendorff, Der Totale Krieg ("The Total War"). Some authors extend the concept back as far as classic work of Carl von Clausewitz, On War, as "absoluter Krieg"; however, different authors interpret the relevant passages in diverging ways.[3] Total war also describes the French "guerre à outrance" during the Franco-Prussian War.[4][5][6]
During the
Accuracy disputes from October 2014
All accuracy disputes
Wars by type
Military doctrines
Warfare by type
Military economics
Bell, David A. (2007), The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
Markusen, Eric; Kopf, David (1995), The Holocaust and Strategic Bombing: Genocide and Total War in the Twentieth Century
Neely Jr., Mark E., "Was the Civil War a Total War?", Civil War History, 50: 2004
Sutherland, Daniel E.; McWhiney, Grady (1998), The Emergence of Total War, US Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series
Baylis, John; Wirtz, James J.; Gray, Colin S., eds. (2012), Strategy in the Contemporary World (4, illustrated ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 55,
^ Edward Gunn. "The Moral Dilemma of Atomic Warfare", Aegis: The Otterbein College Humanities Journal, Spring 2006, p. 67. NB Gunn cites this WorldHeritage article as it was on 27 September 2005, but on only for the text of the song "The Thing-Ummy Bob".
^ On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861-1871 (Publications of the German Historical Institute).
^ Hew Strachan; Andreas Herberg-Rothe (2007). Clausewitz in the twenty-first century. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–66.
^ Roger Chickering; Stig Förster (2003). The shadows of total war: Europe, East Asia, and the United States, 1919-1939. Cambridge University Press. p. 8.
^ Bertrand Taithe (1999). Defeated flesh: welfare, warfare and the making of modern France. Manchester University Press. p. 35 and 73.
^ Stig Förster (2002). On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861-1871. Cambridge University Press. p. 550.
^ The Hard Hand of War
^ William T. Sherman to Henry W. Halleck
^ DeGroot, Gerard J. (2004). The bomb : a life (1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard. p. 153.
^ Janice J. Terry, James P. Holoka, Jim Holoka, George H. Cassar, Richard D. Goff (2011). "World History: Since 1500: The Age of Global Integration". Cengage Learning. p.717. ISBN 1111345139
^ Mark van de Logt (2012). "War Party in Blue: Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army". University of Oklahoma Press. pp.35-36. ISBN 0806184396
^ Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Nineteenth Century. Retrieved on 2010-05-23.
^ Sherman's March to the Sea
^ Trudeau, Noah Andre. "Southern Storm." Harper, 2008. p. 534
^ Pauer, Japan's War Economy, 1999 pp.13
^ Unidas, Naciones. World Economic And Social Survey 2004: International Migration, pg. 23
^ Zhifen Ju, "Japan's atrocities of conscripting and abusing north China draftees after the outbreak of the Pacific war", 2002, Library of Congress, 1992, "Indonesia: World War II and the Struggle For Independence, 1942–50; The Japanese Occupation, 1942–45" Access date: February 9, 2007.
^ Winston Churchill The Few The Churchill Centre
^ A. S. Milward. The End of the Blitzkrieg. The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1964), pp. 499-518.
^ Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead
^ German losses according to: Rüdiger Overmans, Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Oldenbourg 2000. ISBN 3-486-56531-1, pp. 265, 272
^ John Bush Jones, The songs that fought the war: popular music and the home front, 1939-1945, UPNE, 2006, ISBN 1-58465-443-0, ISBN 978-1-58465-443-8 p. 196stonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=420 The Few] The Churchill Centre'
^ Longmate, Norman; The Bombers, Hutchins & Co, (1983), ISBN 0-09-151580-7 Page 346
^ Ruth Wedgwood Judicial Overreach at the Wayback Machine (archived March 8, 2008) Wall Street Journal November 16, 2004
^ Baylis, Wirtz & Gray 2012, p. 55.
^ Attributed to Nikita Khrushchev, speaking of nuclear war www.bartleby.com
Conventional warfare
Industrial warfare
Levée en masse
Mutual Assured Destruction
Roerich Pact
The bomber will always get through
War economy
War effort
In the case of proxy wars, each superpower supported its respective allies in conflicts with forces aligned with the other superpower, such as in the Vietnam War and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
During the Cold War, the two superpowers sought to avoid open conflict between their respective forces, as both sides recognized that such a clash could very easily escalate, and quickly involve nuclear weapons. Instead, the superpowers fought each other through their involvement in proxy wars, military buildups, and diplomatic standoffs.
By the end of the 1950s, the ideological stand-off of the Cold War between the Western World and the Soviet Union had resulted in thousands of nuclear weapons being aimed by each side at the other. Strategically, the equal balance of destructive power possessed by each side situation came to be known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), considering that a nuclear attack by one superpower would result in nuclear counter-strike by the other. This would result in hundreds of millions of deaths in a world where, in words widely attributed to Nikita Khrushchev, "The living will envy the dead".[26]
Since the end of World War II, no industrial nations have fought such a large, decisive war. This is likely due to the availability of nuclear weapons, whose destructive power and quick deployment render a full mobilization of a country's resources such as in World War II unnecessary.[25] Such weapons are developed and maintained with relatively modest peacetime defense budgets.
Postwar era
The unconditional surrender of the major Axis powers caused a legal problem at the post-war Nuremberg Trials, because the trials appeared to be in conflict with Articles 63 and 64 of the Geneva Convention of 1929. Usually if such trials are held, they would be held under the auspices of the defeated power's own legal system as happened with some of the minor Axis powers, for example in the post World War II Romanian People's Tribunals. To circumvent this, the Allies argued that the major war criminals were captured after the end of the war, so they were not prisoners of war and the Geneva Conventions did not cover them. Further, the collapse of the Axis regimes created a legal condition of total defeat (debellatio) so the provisions of the 1907 Hague Convention over military occupation were not applicable.[24]
After the United States entered World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared at Casablanca conference to the other Allies and the press that unconditional surrender was the objective of the war against the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Prior to this declaration, the individual regimes of the Axis Powers could have negotiated an armistice similar to that at the end of World War I and then a conditional surrender when they perceived that the war was lost.
"Actually Dresden was a mass of munitions works, an intact government centre, and a key transportation point to the East. It is now none of these things."
Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris, in a memo to the Air Ministry on 29 March 1945:[23]
Unconditional surrender
In the war, the United States lost 407,316 military personnel, but had managed to avoid the extensive level of damage to civilian and industrial infrastructure that other participants suffered. The U.S. emerged as one of the two superpowers after the war.
By the war's end a multitude of advances had been made in medicine, physics, engineering, and the other sciences. Even the theoretical physicists, whose theories were not believed to have military applications (at the time), were sent far into the Western deserts to work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on the Manhattan Project that culminated in the Trinity nuclear test and changed the course of history.
Previously untouched sections of the nation mobilized for the war effort. Academics became technocrats; home-makers became bomb-makers (massive numbers of women worked in heavy industry during the war); union leaders and businessmen became commanders in the massive armies of production. The great scientific communities of the United States were mobilized as never before, and mathematicians, doctors, engineers, and chemists turned their minds to the problems ahead of them.
As the United States began to gear up for a major war, information and propaganda efforts were set in motion. Civilians (including children) were encouraged to take part in fat, grease, and scrap metal collection drives. Many factories making non-essential goods retooled for war production. Levels of industrial productivity previously unheard of were attained during the war; multi-thousand-ton convoy ships were routinely built in a month-and-a-half, and tanks poured out of the former automobile factories. Within a few years of the U.S. entry into the Second World War, nearly every man fit for service, between 18 and 30, had been conscripted into the military "for the duration" of the conflict. Strict systems of rationing of consumer staples were introduced to redirect productive capacity to war needs.
"It's a ticklish sort of job making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing that drills the hole
that holds the spring that works the thing-ummy-bob
that makes the engines roar.
And it's the girl that makes the thing that holds the oil
that oils the ring that works the thing-ummy-bob
that's going to win the war."
"The Thing-Ummy Bob", A British song made popular in the US by Gracie Fields[22]
In late 1941, Japan's Army-dominated government decided to seize by military force the strategic resources of South-East Asia and Indonesia since the Western powers would not give Japan these goods by trade. Planning for this action included surprise attacks on American and British forces in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaya, and the U.S. naval base and warships at Pearl Harbor. In response to these attacks, the U.K. and U.S. declared war on the Empire of Japan the next day. Nazi Germany declared war on the U.S. a few days later, along with Fascist Italy; the U.S. found itself fully involved in a second world war.
American public opinion was still opposed to involvement in the problems of Europe and Asia, however. In 1941, the Soviet Union became the latest nation to be invaded, and the U.S. gave her aid as well. American ships began defending aid convoys to the Allied nations against submarine attacks, and a total trade embargo against the Empire of Japan was instituted to deny its military the raw materials its factories and military forces required to continue its offensive actions in China.
The strategists of the U.S. military looked abroad at the storms brewing on the horizon in Europe and Asia, and began quietly making contingency plans as early as the mid-1930s; new weapons and weapons platforms were designed, and made ready. Following the outbreak of war in Europe, and the metastasis of the ongoing aggression in Asia, efforts were stepped up significantly. The collapse of France and the airborne aggression directed at Great Britain unsettled the Americans, who had close relations with both nations, and a peacetime draft was instituted, along with Lend-Lease programs to aid the British, and covert aid was passed to the Chinese as well.
The United States underwent an unprecedented mobilization of national resources for the Second World War. Conditions on the home front were not as strained as they were in the United Kingdom or as desperate as they were in the Soviet Union, but the United States greatly curtailed nearly all non-essential activities in its prosecution of the Second World War and redirected nearly all available national resources to the conflict, including reaching the point of diminishing returns by late 1944, where the U.S. military was unable to find any more males of the correct military age to draft into service.
To encourage the Soviet people to work harder, the communist government, controlled by Stalin, encouraged the people's love of the Motherland and even allowed the reopening of Russian Orthodox Churches as it was thought this would help the war effort.
During the Battle of Stalingrad, newly built T-34 tanks were driven—unpainted because of a paint shortage—from the factory floor straight to the front. This came to symbolise the USSR's commitment to the Great Patriotic War and demonstrated the government's total war policy.
The Eastern Front of the European Theatre of World War II encompassed the conflict in central and eastern Europe from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was the largest theatre of war in history in terms of numbers of soldiers, equipment and casualties and was notorious for its unprecedented ferocity, destruction, and immense loss of life. The fighting involved millions of German and Soviet troops along a broad front hundreds of kilometres long. It was by far the deadliest single theatre of World War II. Scholars now believe that at most 27 million Soviet citizens died during the war, including some 8.7 million soldiers who fell in battle against Hitler's armies or died in POW camps. Millions of civilians died from starvation, exposure, atrocities, and massacres.[20] The Axis lost over 5 million soldiers in the east as well as many thousands of civilians.[21]
The Soviet Union (USSR) was a command economy which already had an economic and legal system allowing the economy and society to be redirected into fighting a total war. The transportation of factories and whole labour forces east of the Urals as the Germans advanced across the USSR in 1941 was an impressive feat of planning. Only those factories which were useful for war production were moved because of the total war commitment of the Soviet government.
Three men burying victims of Leningrad's siege, in which about 1 million civilians died.
Plant and machinery were plentiful and incompletely used, thus it was comparatively easy to substitute unused or partly used machinery for that which was destroyed. Foreign labour, both slave labour and labour from neighbouring countries who joined the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany, was used to augment German industrial labour which was under pressure by conscription into the Wehrmacht (Armed Forces).
Under Speer's direction a threefold increase in armament production occurred and did not reach its peak until late 1944. To do this during the damage caused by the growing strategic Allied bomber offensive, is an indication of the degree of industrial under-mobilization in the earlier years. It was because the German economy through most of the war was substantially under-mobilized that it was resilient under air attack. Civilian consumption was high during the early years of the war and inventories both in industry and in consumers' possession were high. These helped cushion the economy from the effects of bombing.
The commitment to the doctrine of the short war was a continuing handicap for the Germans; neither plans nor state of mind were adjusted to the idea of a long war until the failure of the Operation Barbarossa. A major strategical defeat in the Battle of Moscow forced Albert Speer, who was appointed as Germany's armament minister in early 1942, to nationalize German war production and eliminate the worst inefficiencies.[19]
"I ask you: Do you want total war? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything that we can even imagine today?"
Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, 18 February 1943, in his Sportpalast speech
In contrast, Germany started the war under the concept of Blitzkrieg. Officially, it did not accept that it was in a total war until Joseph Goebbels' Sportpalast speech of 18 February 1943.
The use of statistical analysis, by a branch of science which has become known as Operational Research to influence military tactics was a departure from anything previously attempted. It was a very powerful tool but it further dehumanised war particularly when it suggested strategies which were counter intuitive. Examples where statistical analysis directly influenced tactics include the work done by Patrick Blackett's team on the optimum size and speed of convoys and the introduction of bomber streams by the Royal Air Force to counter the night fighter defences of the Kammhuber Line.
Enormous casualties were expected in bombing raids, so children were evacuated from London and other cities en masse to the countryside for compulsory billeting in households. In the long term this was one of the most profound and longer-lasting social consequences of the whole war for Britain. This is because it mixed up children with the adults of other classes. Not only did the middle and upper classes become familiar with the urban squalor suffered by working class children from the slums, but the children got a chance to see animals and the countryside, often for the first time, and experience rural life.
Not only were men conscripted into the armed forces from the beginning of the war (something which had not happened until the middle of World War I), but women were also conscripted as Land Girls to aid farmers and the Bevin Boys were conscripted to work down the coal mines.
"..There is another more obvious difference from 1914. The whole of the warring nations are engaged, not only soldiers, but the entire population, men, women and children. The fronts are everywhere to be seen. The trenches are dug in the towns and streets. Every village is fortified. Every road is barred. The front line runs through the factories. The workmen are soldiers with different weapons but the same courage."
Winston Churchill on the radio, June 18 ; and House of Commons 20 August 1940:[18]
Rationing of most goods and services was introduced, not only for consumers but also for manufacturers. This meant that factories manufacturing products that were irrelevant to the war effort had more appropriate tasks imposed. All artificial light was subject to legal blackouts.
Before the onset of the Second World War, the United Kingdom drew on its First World War experience to prepare legislation that would allow immediate mobilization of the economy for war, should future hostilities break out.
To improve its production, Shōwa Japan used millions of slave labourers [16] and pressed more than 18 million people in East Asia into forced labor.[17]
The labor unions), nationalization of strategic industries, price controls and rationing, and nationalized the news media.[15] The laws gave the government the authority to use unlimited budgets to subsidize war production, and to compensate manufacturers for losses caused by war-time mobilization. Eighteen of the fifty articles outlined penalties for violators.
During the first part of the Shōwa era, the governments of Imperial Japan launched a string of policies to promote total war effort against China or occidental powers and increase industrial production. Among these were the National Spiritual Mobilization Movement, the Imperial Rule Assistance Association.
Shōwa Japan
The Second World War can be considered the quintessential total war of modernity. The level of national mobilization of resources on all sides of the conflict, the battlespace being contested, the scale of the armies, navies, and air forces raised through conscription, the active targeting of non-combatants (and non-combatant property), the general disregard for collateral damage, and the unrestricted aims of the belligerents marked total war on an unprecedented and unsurpassed, multicontinental scale.
Founding Ceremony of the Hakkō ichiu Monument, promoting the unification of "the 8 corners of the world under one roof."
As young men left the farms for the front, domestic food production in Britain and Germany fell. In Britain the response was to import more food, which was done despite the German introduction of unrestricted submarine warfare, and to introduce rationing. The Royal Navy's blockade of German ports prevented Germany from importing food and hastened German capitulation by creating a food crisis in Germany.
After the failure of the Minister of Munitions. It was a recognition that the whole economy would have to be geared for war if the Allies were to prevail on the Western Front.
Almost the whole of Europe mobilized to wage World War I. Young men were removed from production jobs to serve in military roles, and were replaced on the production line by women. Rationing occurred on the home fronts. Bulgaria went so far as to mobilize a quarter of its population or 800,000 people, a greater share of its population than any other country during the war. One of the features of Total War in Britain was the use of government propaganda posters to divert all attention to the war on the home front. Posters were used to influence public opinion about what to eat and what occupations to take, and to change the attitude of support towards the war effort. Even the Music Hall was used as propaganda, with propaganda songs aimed at recruitment.
Damage and destruction of civilian buildings in Belgium, 1914
Scholars taking issue with the notion that Sherman was employing "total war" include Noah Andre Trudeau. Trudeau believes that Sherman's goals and methods do not meet the definition of total war and to suggest as much is to "misread Sherman's intentions and to misunderstand the results of what happened."[14]
Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman's 'March to the Sea' in November and December 1864 destroyed the resources required for the South to make war. General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln initially opposed the plan until Sherman convinced them of its necessity.[13] It was the first instance of a major industrialized power engaging in an explicit strategy of total war, and would foreshadow the strategies used in conflicts of the 20th century.
During the American Civil War, Union Army General Philip Sheridan's stripping of the Shenandoah Valley, beginning on September 21, 1864 and continuing for two weeks, was considered "total war". Its purpose was to eliminate food and supplies vital to the South's military operations, as well as to strike a blow at Southern civilian morale. Sheridan took the opportunity when he realized opposing forces had become too weak to resist his army.
The Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) was one of the deadliest wars in history, and the first total war in modern China. About 20 million people died, many due to disease and famine.[12] It followed the secession of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from the Qing Empire. Almost every citizen of the Heavenly Kingdom was given military training and conscripted into the army to fight against the Imperial forces.
A scene of the Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion
In the Russian campaign of 1812 the Russians resorted to destroying infrastructure and agriculture in their retreat in order to hamper the French and strip them of adequate supplies. In the campaign of 1813, Allied forces in the German theater alone amounted to nearly one million whilst two years later in the Hundred Days a French decree called for the total mobilization of some 2.5 million men (though at most a fifth of this was managed by the time of the French defeat at Waterloo). During the prolonged Peninsular War from 1808–1814 some 300,000 French troops were kept permanently occupied by, in addition to several hundred thousand Spanish, Portuguese and British regulars an enormous and sustained guerrilla insurgency—ultimately French deaths would amount to 300,000 in the Peninsular War alone.
The wars merged into the Napoleonic Wars of the First French Empire from c1803. Over the coming two decades of almost constant warfare it is estimated that somewhere in the vicinity of five million died—probably about half of them civilians—and France alone counted nearly a million (by some sources in excess of a million) deaths.
From this moment until such time as its enemies shall have been driven from the soil of the Republic all Frenchmen are in permanent requisition for the services of the armies. The young men shall fight; the married men shall forge arms and transport provisions; the women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals; the children shall turn old lint into linen; the old men shall betake themselves to the public squares in order to arouse the courage of the warriors and preach hatred of kings and the unity of the Republic.
The French Revolutionary Wars introduced some of the first concepts of total war, such as mass conscription. The fledgling republic found itself threatened by a powerful coalition of European nations. The only solution, in the eyes of the Jacobin government, was to pour the entire nation's resources into an unprecedented war effort—this was the advent of the levée en masse. The following decree of the National Convention on August 23, 1793 demonstrates the immensity of the French war effort, when the French front line forces grew to some 800,000 with a total of 1.5 million in all services—the first time an army in excess of a million had been mobilized in Western history:
Napoleon's retreat from Russia in 1812. Napoleon's Grande Armée had lost about half a million men.
The drownings at Savenay during the War in the Vendée, 1793
French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
Author and historian Mark van de Logt wrote: "Although military historians tend to reserve the concept of “total war” for conflicts between modern industrial nations, the term nevertheless most closely approaches the state of affairs between the Pawnees and the Sioux and Cheyennes. Both sides directed their actions not solely against warrior-combatants but against the people as a whole. Noncombatants were legitimate targets. Indeed, the taking of a scalp of a woman or child was considered honorable because it signified that the scalp taker had dared to enter the very heart of the enemy's territory."[11]
Intertribal warfare
18th and 19th centuries
As an aggressor nation, the ancient Mongols, no less than the modern military personnel, noncombatant workers, intelligence, transport, money, and provisions.[10]
During the Middle Ages, destruction under the Mongol Empire in the 13th century effectively exemplified total war. The military forces of Genghis Khan slaughtered whole populations and destroyed any city that resisted:
The Late Bronze Age collapse saw methodical invasion and destruction of cities, populations, wealth and means of production by competing tribal groups, states and empires in the eastern Mediterranean. Although cities had been sacked before, the systematic nature and scale of these campaigns stand out.
Utilizing every means available to destroy one's enemy and any of their interests is an obvious strategy and even the most primitive forms of warfare give evidence of it. See the section Inter-tribal Warfare.
United States Air Force General Curtis LeMay updated the concept for the nuclear age. In 1949, he first proposed that a total war in the nuclear age would consist of delivering the entire nuclear arsenal in a single overwhelming blow, going as far as "killing a nation".[9]
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China Foundation for Human Rights Development condemns US House passage of Xinjiang-related bill
2019-12-06 source:Xinhua
People dance at a square during a culture and tourism festival themed on Dolan and Qiuci culture in Awat county of Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Oct 25, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
The China Foundation for Human Rights Development Thursday strongly condemned and protested against the passage of a Xinjiang-related bill by the US House of Representatives.
Disregarding the fact that basic human rights of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are well-protected, the so-called "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019" distorted and smeared Xinjiang's counter-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts, the foundation said in a statement. "It is a gross interference in China's internal affairs and the 1.4 billion Chinese people will never accept it."
"Only people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang know the best and have the best say in the situation of human rights in the region. The past few years have marked a significant milestone in the development of human rights in Xinjiang," said the statement.
Given that in a certain period of time, violent terrorist incidents had frequently occurred and brought about great suffering to local people of all ethnic groups, Xinjiang has taken a series of counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures and local security situation has greatly improved, it said.
Currently, the situation in Xinjiang features economic development, social stability, ethnic unity and people living and working in peace and contentment, the statement said. "The human rights situation in Xinjiang is getting better and better and has won positive comments from the international community."
Some US politicians turn a deaf ear to the heavy innocent casualties in terrorist attacks in Xinjiang and turn a blind eye to the progress Xinjiang has made in counter-terrorism and de-radicalization, as well as in the protection of human rights, according to the statement.
They are not really concerned about human rights in China, but have ulterior motives, said the statement. "Their purpose is to tarnish China's image, disrupt China's stability and contain China's development."
The United States is known for its notorious human rights violations, such as racial and gender discrimination, and a flood of guns. It waged overseas wars that caused severe human rights disasters to relevant countries and regions.
However, US politicians always cast a veil over those facts, highlighting the US double standard on counter-terrorism and human rights issues, and fully exposing its hypocrisy and extreme self-interest, the statement said.
The foundation warned the United States to stop this ridiculous political farce which confuses right and wrong, and stop threatening and interfering with China's sovereignty and human rights.
It also called on the international community to fully recognize the hypocrisy of the United States on the human rights issue and enhance their understanding of the real situation in China.
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Three Books, Two Authors, Two Englands: A Comparison of the Inter-War Travelogues of J. B. Priestley and H. V. Morton
What follows is a comparison of the accounts of two different journeys around England, namely J. B. Priestley's 1934 English Journey and H. V. Morton's two "England" books, In Search of England (1927) and The Call of England (1928).
H. V. Morton compiled his books from a series of articles that he had written for the Daily Express newspaper between 1926 and 1928, detailing his impressions as he travelled around England in a small motor car. Each book is presented, by and large, as if it were one continuous journey. Morton's declared intent was to encourage "an understanding love for the villages and country towns of England" in order to better preserve them for the future (iSoE p. viii). The books are light-hearted travelogues, and generally politically neutral. Although suggestions of Morton's personal views are apparent in the introductions, at no point do they intrude on the relaxed, amiable style of his narrator in the main text.
Priestley's book was commissioned by his publisher Gollancz, and was an account of a journey which he conducted around England in late 1933, initially by motor coach but later by car and the occasional tram. Describing his mission, Priestley states "I am here, in a time of stress, to look at the face of England, however blank or bleak that face may chance to appear and to report truthfully what I see there" (EJ p. 61-62). As such, much of the book is overtly political and, in contrast to the reserved tones of Morton's narrator, Priestley expresses strong views on his travel experiences, as he declares that he is "here to tell the truth and not make up a Merrie England" (EJ p. 119). As journalist and author Andrew Marr puts it, "Priestley wanted to rub the noses of Southern middle-class Britain in the reality of the other nation" (Marr, 2007, p. xxii).
As might be imagined, despite sharing a few intriguing similarities the two works are very different, portraying two distinct Englands. The world of Morton's 'England' books lacks things which would have been familiar to Priestley only eight years later, from Heinz Beans to penicillin, from the Times crossword to equal suffrage, but what separated their two worlds so utterly—and means that comparing them can never be entirely fair—was the devastation of the great depression of 1929. The Wall Street crash knocked the economic heart out of Britain's industrial centres almost at a stroke, decimating production, ruining export markets, and laying off men in their hundreds of thousands.
Morton's essays were written in the twenties, before the crash, at a time when war-time restrictions were being lifted and Britain was beginning to look forward to a prosperous future. They betray an airy optimism which is absent from Priestley's account, written as it was at the height of the depression, by which time the world of Morton's gently-spoken narrator, with its bosky dells and winding village lanes, had changed irrevocably. The statistics which Priestley employs in English Journey speak for themselves about the state of the economy. In 1920 Britain was producing nearly 2 million tons of shipping, but by the time Priestley came to write his travelogue that had been reduced by a brutal 90% to less than 2 hundred thousand tons (EJ p. 343). This led to massive hardship, not just in the ship building industry but also in related fields, such as steel and coal production. Consequently the industrial towns and cities that Priestley visited were in an appalling state, with unemployment reaching 70% in places. This inevitably caused profound social changes, and Priestley's account of a Bristol Blackshirt rally, with its communist hecklers, is symbolic of the polarisation of Britain and the rest of Europe along extremist political lines (EJ p. 29).
Morton, of course, would have been blissfully unaware of this impending disaster as he steered his slow and careful way around the highways and byways of England, and this must be borne in mind when making a comparison. To be fair, following the depression Morton was fully aware of how the country had changed; when asked, in 1933, to reissue a book originally written in 1926 (A London Year), he was reluctant, pointing out that the first edition was "written during that brief waltz of wealth after the War" and expressing concern that a reissue might appear "quite out of touch with our times" (Morton, 2004).
Different Men
Not every difference between the two works can be attributed simply to their contrasting eras, however. The difference between the authors themselves, and how each deals with the subjects of industry, wealth and social conditions, is still an important factor. While life at the time of English Journey offered plenty of grist to the mill for the social commentator, Morton's 1920's England wasn't entirely without its share of industrial unrest. One has to look closely, though, to decipher his oblique reference to arguably the most significant industrial relations event of the decade, the national strike of 1926. According to biographer Michael Bartholomew (2004, p. 95), the only mention it receives in Morton's work is a reference to the miners of Lancashire squatting on their haunches. There is no hint that these disconsolate men are on strike, and within a few lines Morton has breezed on, sharing a joke with the reader about Wigan pier. It is hard to imagine Priestley being so cavalier on the same topic.
Apart from the two authors' different agendas, their general tone and literary style are poles apart. Priestley is determined to reject any hint of sentimentality: he even accuses Dickens of being a "sentimental caricaturist" (EJ p. 274), and despises the creators of 'Merrie England,' "who brood and dream over... almost heartbreaking pieces of natural or architectural loveliness at the expense of a lot of poor devils toiling in the mud" (EJ pp. 398 and 119). Priestley's views are opinionated, thought-provoking and challenging. He is the stern moralist who knows what is best for the people and is not afraid to proclaim it, the reformer, the social engineer, the 'man with a plan.'
When it comes to describing the prevailing social conditions—the brutality of a Newcastle boxing ring, the deplorable slums of Stockton-on-Tees or the unremitting, bleak despair of Tyneside— Priestley is at his finest. He pulls no punches as he ruthlessly exposes the full horror of mines, mills and shipyards within just a few hours of the capital. At a stroke he vaporises any convenient illusions about the working man which the wealthy classes of London and elsewhere might choose to maintain for their own peace of mind. Priestley is in search of the truth; he has no truck with peace of mind.
Morton, on the other hand, has a relaxed, languid style. He is lyrical, almost poetic. He will seek out individuals and allow his story to be told through them and their experiences. His prose is intimate and personal: the reader is taken into Morton's confidence as his narrative unfolds. As early as page one of The Call of England he is excitedly whispering his joy at the new adventure which lies ahead. Morton's is the voice of the little person, the everyman—not the reformer, but the one who will be reformed. He is not blind to the hardships of the industrial cities (at one point comparing the recruitment of casual labour in the docks of Liverpool to a slave market) but by and large his aim is to entertain and tantalise, not to dwell on uncomfortable topics. Morton is as anxious to please as Priestley is to confront.
This is not, however, simply a case of one author nobly championing the working classes, while the other flits, magpie-like (iSoE p. vii), from one glittering Arcadian jewel to another. Morton always attempts to be fair to his subjects and, by and large, if he can find nothing good to say he will say nothing. While this means that we sometimes find him glossing over unpalatable truths, it does make Morton's style more generous while Priestley accounts less well for himself, on occasion coming across as somewhat carping. He seems to find it difficult to give credit where credit is due, even when the subject is undeserving of his wrath. Consider, for instance, the two authors' accounts of England's second city, Birmingham.
Priestley described himself as a "grumbler" with a "Saurian eye" (Gray, 2000, p. 42), and perhaps this accounts for some of his remarks as he alternates between patronising and criticising Birmingham. Having initially hoped that the entire city (which he describes as "a dirty muddle") had been "pulled down and carted away" (EJ p. 78), he takes a tour of the Corporation Art Gallery and Museum, courtesy of its director who is keen to show him the work of local craftsmen. In a few short paragraphs Priestley damns the efforts of aspiring young talents with extremely faint praise, describing them as "surprisingly good," and condemns locally designed silverware out of hand as "tasteless" although "admirably executed," following which he turns his back on the natives and proceeds to sing the praises of foreign painters for nearly two pages.
Morton, in contrast, anxious perhaps to make amends for having ignored Birmingham in his first book, redresses the balance in the second by initially taking issue with a gloomy assessment of it (a "rotten hole") from an inebriated commercial traveller on a train (both authors liberally invoke the unfortunate commercial traveller as a foil). He then announces his arrival at New Street station with a light- hearted paragraph on Birmingham's many achievements ("the city whose buttons hold up the trousers of the world"), praising its smartly turned-out policemen and the classical columns of its town hall. Morton isn't unaware of the city's less inspiring aspects --its "drab uniformity" and "outer crust of ugliness"-- but this is countered by reference to great camps of industry, praise for Birmingham's successful commerce, and the vigour and drive of its hard working people (CoE p. 175-179). Morton has an eye for the colour and vibrancy of the city which, even given the different times, seems to have escaped Priestley.
Both authors contrive to visit chocolate factories on their travels, but while Morton (in York) marvels at the manufacturing process, expressing an interest in the colourful hats and coats in the cloakroom and patronising his guide by complimenting her "pretty head full of statistics," Priestley agonises over whether the Cadbury plant at Bournville, providing its workers with some of the best conditions in the world, might be too paternalistic. He even suggests that, by offering its employees generous benefits both in and out of work, it could be ushering in the decline of democracy. Priestley ultimately finds himself apologising to Cadbury's for his gloomy introspections at their expense.
Neither appears entirely at ease in a crowd of strangers, although here too they deal very differently with the subject. In Morton's case, in the crowded Manchester Royal Exchange (CoE p. 131), he positions himself in the strangers' gallery high above the crowd (which he describes briefly as 'the monster'). From it he picks out and follows a single individual as he weaves through the throng: a cheerful little man who rubs his chin and makes a joke, and who (the narrator hopes) is kind to his wife. Priestley, by contrast, has no time for such whimsical niceties. When visiting Nottingham's Goose Fair he appears striding raptor-like through the multitude, his keen eye glittering with disapproval. As he describes the scene of Wellsian horror around him, the unfortunate citizens of Nottingham are reduced to "human geese," the boys consigned to a "sub-human race," and the girls condemned as "slavering maenads." Paradoxically, one of Priestley's rare moments of happiness in the book is a regimental reunion with his peers, which he describes as a mass of "roaring masculinity."
In other sections, there are a few fascinating similarities to be found. Sweeping statements are perhaps inevitable when exploring an entire country, but Morton's description of Birmingham in his first book as "that monster" and Priestley's dismissal of Swindon as a "town for dingy dolls" built by social insects (EJ p. 38) probably did little to endear either author to their respective local readerships. Both seasoned writers, they could turn their pens to a pithy, evocative phrase. The day of Priestley's arrival at Southampton is as "crisp as a good biscuit" (EJ pp. 12-13), and he wonderfully portrays a budgerigar "flashing" about a room "like a handful of June sky" (EJ p. 127). Morton dreamily captures the distant ridges of the Yorkshire moors, "blue as hot house grapes" (CoE p. 88), while the ruined Abbey of Fountains is "like an old saint kneeling in a meadow" (CoE p. 68) and the road to Manchester is "as hard as the heart of a rich relation" (CoE p. 68). By contrast, as men of their times, both authors were also capable of remarks which now seem jaw-droppingly inappropriate: to Morton, London has "as many moods as a woman" (iSoE p. 51), and Priestley at one point opines to the horrified reader that he dislikes hearing the blues sung in Blackpool, because they concern the "woes of distant Negroes" (EJ p. 268).
In the final analysis, the difference between the works is that between poetry and prose, documentary and drama. Priestley is Britten's Peter Grimes while Morton is Eric Coates's Fresh Morning. Priestley's work is powerful and intended to shock, Morton's is gentle and intended to entertain; both are meant to inform. Each vividly captures the mood of their time, one looking back from a period of prosperity to a peaceful, halcyon pre-war England before the carnage of the Great War, the other struggling to come to terms with the grim realities of the modern world in a time of great hardship. Priestley certainly gave the people what they needed to hear, but Morton perhaps gave them what they wanted to hear.
Both men had a deep love for their country, despite having different stories to tell, and both would probably have been happy to be called 'Little Englanders,' as Priestley describes himself in his closing chapter. Both provide a rounded view of England, despite their declared prejudices. Though Priestley claims to despise Merrie England and its creators, he finds his own version of Arcadia while walking with friends on his beloved Yorkshire moors (but manages to stay in character by sniping at unsuspecting cyclists). Morton too— despite initially devoting a mere seven paragraphs of In Search of England to what he describes as the "monster" towns and cities of the North, redeemed only by the greenery that surrounds them—has come to respect the power and productivity, vigour and vitality of England's industrial heartland by the time he compiles The Call of England a year later.
Finally, Priestley's English Journey is credited with influencing George Orwell's definitive 1937 work The Road to Wigan Pier, itself a no-holds-barred account of despair in the industrial towns of England. It is interesting to speculate on Priestley's influences. Almost certainly he would have known of, and probably read, Morton's 'England' books, since they were among the most popular books of their genre at the time. This may well account for some of his antipathy to Merrie England: Morton certainly does his fair share of the brooding and dreaming over "architectural and natural loveliness" which Priestley so detests.
There was also another, less well-known work, however, published by the Labour Party the year before English Journey, to which Priestley might well have had access while preparing his work, and which could conceivably have had some influence. It too is a frank and disturbing account of life in six English industrial cities at the height of the great depression. Its author also expresses outrage at the condition of the slums, and castigates landlords for their role in creating such horrors. He argues passionately for state intervention to alleviate the suffering which he so vividly depicts. In tone and spirit the book is not that far removed from English Journey. Its title is What I Saw in the Slums, the author is H. V. Morton, and Merrie England is nowhere to be seen.--Niall Taylor
Copyright © Niall Taylor 2011.
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