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Stressed by the News? Consider Your Options
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the never-ending news cycle, you're not alone. Here are some strategies to help.
Fran Kritz
A Pew Research Center poll found that close to 70 percent of Americans say they feel "worn out" by the amount of news available.Getty Images
Do you find the daily news overwhelming? You’ve got company. A poll released by the Pew Research Center in June found that close to 70 percent of Americans say they feel “worn out” by the amount of news available now, compared with 30 percent who say they like the amount of news they get. That’s changed from what the Pew poll found 100 days before the 2016 election, when 60 percent said they felt overwhelmed and 40 percent said they were satisfied with the amount of available news.
Add "stress" to the list of emotions generated by the never-ending news cycle. In the most recent of the American Psychological Association’s annual surveys Stress in America, published November 2017, many of the close to 3,500 adult respondents said they felt “conflicted between their desire to stay informed about the news and their view of the media as a source of stress.” While 95 percent said they follow the news regularly, 56 percent said doing so causes them stress, and 72 percent said they believe the media blows things out of proportion.
“Understanding that we all still need to be informed, it’s time to make it a priority to be thoughtful about how often and what type of media we consume,” said Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, the APA’s chief executive officer, in a statement issued when the association’s poll was released.
Elaine Ducharme, PhD, a public education coordinator for the APA and a psychologist in private practice in Glastonbury, Connecticut, says the solution used to be as simple as turning off the TV. “But now, that doesn’t come anywhere near shutting off the news. When you get to your social media pages, you find news as well as friends on both sides commenting and saying deplorable things about both parties. It’s invasive.”
Dr. Ducharme adds: “It’s hard to get a thoughtful report and just feel up-to-date.”
One thing to consider, Ducharme says, is not just what the constant onslaught of news and anger and noise is doing to your sense of well-being, but also to your physical health. “The constant-ness of our engagement with the news puts us into hyperarousal mode and can make us angry,” she says.
In that ongoing state, the body is releasing hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, which can affect the immune system, cause headaches, disrupt sleep, and trigger or exacerbate anxiety disorders, she says.
Ducharme advises being reasonable about your expectations for yourself. “Don’t say you won’t watch at all,” she says, “because that’s probably unrealistic. Say you’ll watch less. And if you say it to a friend, it may give them a sense of permission to cut back too.”
“Cut back,” Ducharme says, “to a point where you feel informed, not overwhelmed.”
Like Ducharme, Frank Sesno, a former CNN anchor who now heads the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, DC, advises watching in moderation. “New organizations overproduce,” Sesno says. “Don’t over consume.” In his home, he says, there is no binge watching the news before bed, “to help improve the chance of getting a good night’s sleep.”
“News consumers have to find a way to manage among the noise and decibel level,” he says.
Sesno also encourages periodic watching and reading of channels and outlets with viewpoints other than your own, even if it’s hard. “For our own civil society, we must tune people in even if they disagree with us,” Sesno says, “and right now we are not.”
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One big change, he says, is that with so many outlets to choose from — often all in the same evening — the “responsibility for peoples’ news diets has shifted from TV news producers to the consumers themselves.” That means we each are responsible for creating a news diet that is healthy not just in terms of when and how much, but also what we consume.
“Bring the skepticism of a producer to stories, and question what you read and watch,” Sesno says. “Look for bylines, datelines, an organization behind the story. Especially if a story is sensational, click on the masthead, usually listed at the top, the bottom, or on the site map, to see if the writers and editors are listed and make themselves available to be contacted, and whether they post their standards and practices.”
E. Alison Holman, PhD, an associate professor at the University of California in Irvine school of nursing whose work focuses on different types of stress, says there aren’t good data to suggest that any one medium is worse or better than others. Dr. Holman’s guess is that radio and print may be the least harmful. Holman was the lead author of a study published in January 2014 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found six or more daily hours of exposure to media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in the week afterward was linked to more acute stress than having actually been at or near the marathon.
Holman says the media you choose really can matter when it comes to your stress level. “Radio news, but not radio talk shows, tend to be more informative and less over-the-top than TV news and many of the stories you get on social media,” she says. And print (or its digital version) is one of the least harmful and sensitizing. Still images, rather than graphic video, may sometimes be less upsetting. “I’d encourage people to do more reading and listening to radio news such as NPR rather than viewing,” says Holman.
The best bet, Holman says, is to become sensitive to your emotional response and shut down the news source as soon as you begin reacting strongly.
“We have a long way to go before we truly know the least stressful way to consume the news,” Holman says, noting that her future research will include teasing apart the different aspects of the media that might be damaging, and asking whether it’s the time spent, what we see or hear or read, or how often it’s repeated. “There’s still a ton of work to do,” she says.
Have faith in yourself, say experts. In a recent essay for Recode, a technology news website, the University of Texas psychologist Mary E. McNaughton-Cassill, author of Mind the Gap: Coping With Stress in the Modern World, writes: The “paradox of the modern world is that the same technology that has made our lives so much easier physically has also created new mental challenges. I choose to believe that our brains are up to the task of figuring out how to cope.”
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Comets add mid-season exhibition against MASL2's Wichita
The Kansas City Comets have added an exhibition game against an old rival.
The Comets, of the Major Arena Soccer League, will play a mid-season exhibition game against the Wichita Wings, a former rival in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The game will be played at 3 p.m. Feb. 9 at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan.
The Wings, currently competing in the MASL2, traveled to Kansas City in November for a preseason game against the Comets at the Kansas City Soccer Dome. The Comets prevailed 10-2 in that matchup.
“The Wichita Wings are among the most storied franchises in our sport,” Comets managing partner Brian Budzinski said in a press release. “The Comets look forward to playing in front of great Wichita fans during the Wings’ 40th season.”
“Wings versus Comets is one of the best rivalries in indoor soccer history,” added Wings GM Blake Shumaker. “This is an exciting opportunity for both the players and the fans to experience it firsthand.”
The last time the Comets traveled to Wichita to play the Wings was Jan. 12, 2013, a 12-11 win for the Wings.
Steven Hamersky is currently playing goalkeeper for both the Comets in the MASL and the Wings in the MASL2.
Fans who want to make the trip to Wichita to watch the Comets and Wings can purchase them at WichitaWings.com.
The Comets have back-to-back road games at the expansion Mesquite Outlaws (7:05 p.m. Saturday) and Dallas Sidekicks (3:05 p.m. Sunday) before returning to Independence to face former Comets goalkeeper Danny Waltman and the Tacoma Stars at 6:05 p.m. Dec. 28 at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena.
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Top skating films to watch this year
Pip Ellwood-Hughes October 8, 2019
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One of the most entertaining sports that people of all ages can get involved in is skateboarding. There are even some skateboarders who have practiced on a regular basis who have become professionals in the skating industry. If you’re a fan of the sport, there are also plenty of great films that you can watch this year that also feature skateboarding.
There are many reasons why people love to see great skateboarding in the movies. It not only offers entertaining scenes in the film, but can also inspire people to pick up a board themselves.
From kickflips to ollies, films or even a beginner’s guide to skateboarding can inspire you to get into skating. For those who love both skateboarding and films, here are four films that you might enjoy watching this year:
1. Back To The Future (1985) is a popular film that has been talked about for years among film fans. The films stars Michael J.Fox as high school student Marty McFly who accidentally travels back in time with his close friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Audiences can expect many great comedic scenes as Marty tries to cope in the 1950s and with awkward encounters with his younger parents. Many professional skateboarders and skating fans have often cited Back To The Future as the film that influenced them into taking up skateboarding. If film fans loved this first installment, then the second movie, Back To The Future Part II, even introduces hoverboards that audiences will enjoy watching.
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Why the Entrepreneur Behind a Multimillion-Dollar Business Starts His Day With Comic Books
Joel Holland is the founder and chairman of subscription content platform Storyblocks. Here are his tricks for successful leadership.
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October 10, 2017 13 min read
In this series, Leader Board, we speak with CEOs, managers, founders and others who lead organizations to learn what makes them tick, what they look for in new hires and even where they eat lunch.
What’s the secret to success? For Joel Holland, the founder and executive chairman of subscription-based content provider Storyblocks, it's starting the day with comics. Most mornings, before eating breakfast, Holland likes to indulge in two espressos while reading Calvin and Hobbes.
“Something about reading it gets me into this creative mindset,” Holland tells Entrepreneur. “It makes me happy and it’s a good way to start the day on a good foot.”
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In 2009, Holland found VideoBlocks, which he says was the first-ever subscription-based provider of stock video and audio. This year, the company rebranded itself as Storyblocks, expanding its stock content to cover video, audio and graphics.
Fast forward eight years and today, the company has nearly 100 employees and has seen more than 100 million downloads and 30 percent year-over-year growth, bringing in $26 million of subscription sales last year. While Holland started off as CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based company, in 2016, he made the decision to let go of the reigns and move to the role of executive chairman, where he says he's able to focus his energy on the long-term goals of the company.
“When you're building a company, there's so much going on that it's very easy to get trapped in the details,” says Holland, who now lives in Vail, Colo.
From the challenges he’s faced to his hiring tactics -- there’s much to learn from Holland’s entrepreneurial journey.
On the most important leadership traits:
“The most important trait is knowing how to enable your team and work with team members to design and agree upon goals, coming up with a plan together, blessing that plan and then stepping back. Too many leaders get in the way. You hired the right people to begin with, now you have to let them loose.
“A good leader helps employees hit their ‘flow state.’ A flow state is [finding] the balance of employees working on things that they're good at while setting challenging but attainable goals. If your employees are working on something that's too easy, they're going to get bored. If you have employees working on something too challenging, they're going to get frustrated [and] burn out.”
On leadership style:
“While I was CEO, I was in the office every day. And as [the company] grew, my leadership style evolved into just enabling people in the organization. And I realized I had hired myself out of a job and that I didn't need to be there on a day-to-day basis. In fact, I wanted to focus on -- and what I focus on now -- the bigger picture and where [the] company is going in the next three, five, 10 years.
“It was a total experiment to move across the country and out of the day to day because when I was in the area it was just too easy to get caught up in the daily things. When I'm out here in Vail, I prioritize very differently and I only get pulled into discussions and decisions that are more five-year facing.”
On habits that help him lead:
“I like to have two espressos in the morning, usually before I have breakfast. While I'm sipping my first espresso, I will do a little light reading. I love starting my day with Calvin and Hobbes because something about reading it gets me into this creative mindset. It makes me happy and it's a good way to start the day on a good foot.
“When you're building a company, there's so much going on that it's very easy to get trapped in the details. So one of the daily habits I really believe in is: the night before you go to bed or before you leave the office, set one big goal for the next day. Make it something challenging, a little hairy [and] that you're naturally going to want to procrastinate. Write [it] down and the next day, before you open any emails, take any phone calls [or] have any meetings, start working on that task. If you take on that hairy goal first, you get into it and then you feel good, and that sets the momentum for the rest of the day.”
On challenges:
“The biggest challenge that many leaders face and I definitely faced was managing short-term and long-term goals as a company. Sometimes, these two things pull against each other.
“We just [changed] our brand and that was a big decision because [it] is not going to have a very big short-term effect. In fact, it might have a little bit of a negative short-term effect as we get customers to realize the new brand and as we change all of our marketing and advertising. So, in the short term it could be negative but in the long term it's pushing us towards [the company] we're trying to build.”
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On the toughest business decision:
“Before VideoBlocks [and Storyblocks], the company was called Footage Firm and it was a very different business -- we were selling stock video collections on DVD but there was no subscription involved. One day I realized the future is all digital downloads so we needed to get away from DVDs. Also, there [were] all of these hobbyists and enthusiasts starting to come into [the] space that needed a more affordable product like subscriptions.
“And up until that point, we tested everything. Every business decision we made with Footage Firm -- from pricing to selecting what type of product to have -- was like an A/B test. The decision to build and launch VideoBlocks was a leap of faith. There was no way to test a totally radical new business model that didn't exist and a subscription-based stock video supplier had never existed. The tough decision was trusting my gut and saying let’s do it. Luckily, it worked.”
On hiring new employees:
“One of the most important traits is self-confidence. When you have a self-confident employee, they tend to know what they're good at and they're willing to ask for help when they come across something they don't understand or are having trouble with. I've seen that with employees who, on their resume are very good, but don't have a lot of confidence [and] they're afraid to ask for help and afraid to fail. That doesn’t work out well.”
On recognizing employees:
“We use a program called YouEarnedit. It's a website where each employee has a login and every month you get a couple hundred points [to] give out to [other] employees. You can do it through Slack [or] directly through the website.
“So, I have 200 points every month that I can give out and choose carefully who to give them to. At the end of the month, you can use the points you receive as an employee to do fun things, like renaming conference rooms, getting food treats, picking lunches or getting a SWAG. It’s not just up to leadership to recognize -- I think it's really nice when your colleagues recognize you.”
On team-building:
“Once a year we do an annual retreat where we'll take the whole company usually to a resort. [It’s] a mixture of talking about the year ahead and what we're trying to accomplish, [and] also looking back on the year [and] some of the best things the company did accomplish. And then partying. It's an opportunity for all the different groups and divisions who don't normally get to play together to really have fun.
“We also give every team a budget for doing their own events, and that's a chance for them to go wherever they want, do whatever they want but hopefully grow closer as a team.”
On unique office rituals:
“Up until employee 50, we would have [a] new employee dress in a kigu outfit -- basically you dress like a stuffed animal. Then, [the employee] had to wear that outfit all day long and we would do a lunch where [they] would sit in the middle of the room, everyone would sit around [them] and we would ask a series of fun and irreverent questions, like, ‘What's your favorite curse word?’ Questions like that are interesting because it breaks the ice really quickly. If, at the end of day, wearing a unicorn costume and cursing in front of all your fellow employees doesn't make you comfortable, I don't know what will.”
On managing meetings:
“My approach at meetings is to be very intentional. I try not to have too many [meetings] because, especially if they're recurring meetings, I think people get a little apathetic. Whenever I schedule a meeting I try to make sure there's a very specific [objective] and by the end, make sure [to] have an answer or a next step.”
On scheduling:
“I start the morning with [my] hardest task -- whether it's writing an article or making some phone calls that I've been dreading. I'll do that in the morning, and that sets off a nice tone. And then my days from that point are all over the place. I don't like monotony. By the time I get to the afternoon, it's a complete mixture of phone calls, meetings [and] various projects. It's different every day.”
On office setup:
“It is open office seating so everyone sits in the middle. I think having an open office definitely sends the right message that we're all in this together, but it can also be very counterproductive because it's noisy and people are always moving around. We designed it so there are breakout rooms all around the outside perimeter [for] when you need to get out of the bullpen. One is a Rocky Mountain room; [another] is designed like an Airstream with the RV couches and everything.”
On lunch:
“When I am at the office, I always eat with employees because it's a good opportunity to get to know the team better. Typically over lunch, you're not talking about work stuff, you're talking about kids, you're talking about new relationships. It's just a good time to bond.”
On a strong company culture:
“Number one: don't force anything. A lot of companies make the mistake of thinking you can design and manufacture culture then shove it down people's throats. Our culture happened very naturally by the types of people we hired.
“Up until employee 20, one of our investors said to me, 'Next time I visit, I want to see a list of your values on [the] wall. And I don’t want you to design them -- I want you to work with [the] company to come to them collaboratively.' And we did that. We had breakout groups, team meetings and we took a couple of months debating and hashing it out, [but] ended up coming up with five very specific values.
“The point is, you need a short list of values [that] every employee can remember. They need to be very real and everyone has to believe in them because [they] are very important in the hiring process. When you're bringing new team members on, the first thing you look at is this list of values to make sure they're a fit.”
On his biggest cultural win:
“Our biggest cultural win was coming to understand ourselves through [our] list of values. For example, number three in our values list is: we hire people who deserve to have egos but don't. That was powerful because when you look around, everyone [here] came from some incredible background, some great school, some incredible other company. The list of accomplishments goes on and on. But there is a total air of humility; nobody is egotistical. And it wasn’t really until we wrote [our values] down that we fully appreciated and understood [them].”
On cultural mistakes:
“The biggest cultural mistake has been ignoring the list of values and hiring someone who looked like an absolute rock star on paper. We've done this a couple of times where we've hired a couple of people who became toxic to the organization and we allowed them in because they had such a colorful past at other companies that we wanted to emulate. They might come from a big competitor or from a company that we really want to be like, and we overlooked our own value system thinking that they'd work out and they didn't. Luckily, you realize it and try to remedy the situation, but it's still damaging.”
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On his role models:
“I tend to look at different leaders for different reasons. I look up to Warren Buffett because I think he's proof that you can do what you love and make a lot of money as a byproduct of success. But [when] you read about him, you realize he's not doing what he does for money -- he truly loves building great businesses.
“And then, someone like Bill Gates, who built an incredible organization and then switched over to help humanity. He's proof that you can do really great things in business and then make sure you're giving back to the world.”
On his favorite leadership books:
“One of the best books to understand company culture [and] hiring is Drive by Daniel Pink. The biggest point he makes is that the best employees are not just looking for the most money. Having a good company culture is so more than paying people the most amount of money.”
On where most leaders go wrong:
“I think most leaders go wrong [when] they have an inflated sense of self-worth. And the way that manifests is they become micro-managers. The analogy I like to use is: Some leaders mess up because they buy an incredible race car and then try to push it around the track, and that's silly. You get a great car then you let that car do what it was meant to do, which is soar. The best leaders seem to be more humble and realize they're hiring people that are better than themselves.”
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Back to New environmental laws and the community
Under new laws, you’ll be able to take legal action if a person or company breaks environmental laws and this adversely affects you.
The new Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 (the Act) introduces third party rights.
If a person or company not complying with the law adversely affects you, EPA may be able to act on your behalf.
If the courts believe EPA has not acted where it should have, in a reasonable time after getting written notice, the new Act gives you greater rights to defend your interests. These are called third-party rights. It means that the court may allow you to make an application to the court yourself. If you’re successful, the court can order EPA to act within the scope of its powers.
Third-party rights, or civil remedies, are an important addition to the new Act and will bring Victoria into line with the rest of Australia. They’ll give broader access to justice to the general community.
How third-party rights work
The court can allow a person to make a third-party application at its discretion, if it believes that EPA hasn’t acted, within a reasonable timeframe, after being asked to do so in writing. The court can also allow people who haven’t been adversely affected personally, to make an application. This only applies if the court believes this to be in the public interest.
This part of the Act starts on 1 July 2021, one year after the rest of the Act. This is to allow the justice system time to adapt and expand its capacity to meet the needs of the community.
Read more about new laws and the community
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/ Philippines History: Biographies
/ Aguinaldo, Emilio
Aguinaldo, Emilio
Aguinaldo, Emilio āmē´lyō ägēnäl´ dō [key], 1869–1964, Philippine leader. In the insurrection against Spain in 1896 he took command, and by terms of the peace that ended it he went into exile at Hong Kong (1897). After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War , Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines and led a Philippine insurrection in concert with U.S. attacking forces. He established a republic with its capital at Malolos and himself as president.
Dissatisfied with the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, he headed a rebellion against U.S. occupying forces from 1899 until he was captured by in 1901. Aguinaldo took an oath of allegiance to the United States, was briefly imprisoned, and retired to private life. In 1935 he ran for president but was defeated by Manuel Quezon . Aguinaldo was charged with cooperating with the Japanese occupying the Philippines in World War II, but was not tried. With V. A. Pacis he wrote A Second Look at America (1957).
See biography by C. Quirino (1969).
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Florida Court Required to Address Arbitration Motion Before Awarding Summary Judgment in Construction Contract Dispute
In many commercial contracts, the parties will agree to arbitrate their disputes in certain circumstances. In one recent case, the courts were required to resolve a dispute in which a subcontractor sought summary judgment in its breach of contract claim, while the contractor demanded that the case first go to arbitration. The Fifth District Court of Appeal concluded that the trial court was required to resolve the motion to compel arbitration before addressing the motion for summary judgment.
The dispute in this case related to a construction project. That project was owned by a company named Kellogg, Brown & Root. Kellogg contracted with American Eagle Veteran Contracting, LLC to be the contractor on the project. American Eagle, in turn, signed a deal with Architectural Drywall Systems, Inc. to serve as a subcontractor on the same Kellogg project.
Eventually, though, the relationship between American and the subcontractor broke down. Architectural accused American of failing to make payments that American was obligated to make under the terms of their contract. Based upon this failure, Architectural sued American for breach of contract. American, in turn, asked the trial court to bring a halt to the proceedings until the parties could arbitrate the dispute. According to American, the two sides’ contract stated that American had the option of demanding that any dispute over an alleged breach of the contract be resolved through arbitration.
Architectural decided to ask the trial court to issue a summary judgment in its favor and end the dispute right away. The trial court, without addressing American’s effort to compel arbitration, simply granted Architectural’s request and awarded summary judgment in favor of the subcontractor. American appealed, and it was successful. American argued that there was at least one issue of material fact in dispute, which made summary judgment inappropriate in this case: namely, whether or not the contractor and the subcontractor were contractually obligated to arbitrate this breach of contract dispute.
When one party to a contract invokes a right to arbitrate, there are three things the court must analyze: whether the parties had a valid agreement to arbitrate certain disputes, whether the issue that is the subject of the lawsuit was a dispute covered by the arbitration agreement, and whether the party seeking to compel arbitration has already waived that right.
In American’s case, it consistently insisted upon its right to compel arbitration in this dispute, so there was no evidence supporting an argument that American had somehow waived its right to arbitration. Additionally, the parties clearly had an arbitration clause in their agreement, and it expressly stated that any “controversy arising out of this Agreement or a breach of it may be settled by arbitration.” Since the basis for Architectural’s lawsuit was a claim that American had breached the agreement, that factor also favored American’s position.
When you are facing a commercial contract dispute, talk to the skilled Florida commercial litigation attorneys at Stok Kon + Braverman. Our attorneys have helped businesses, in the roles of both plaintiffs and defendants, achieve successful outcomes in their commercial litigation cases.
Contact us online or by calling (954) 237-1777 to schedule your consultation.
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What to Do When Your Florida Business is Not Paid for Services Rendered, Florida Business Lawyers Blog, Aug. 21, 2015
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Crop dusters remain vital to Arizona farming
Troy Hayden's Reports
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - They fly low, and they fly fast, skimming over farmland like they've been doing it for over 100 years now. Crop dusters now known as aerial applicators, are still doing a brisk but risky business.
"We're doing 140-145 across the field, you have to keep your eyes out in front of you the whole time," said Matt Carranza.
Matt and his father Chris own and run Crop First Aviation using aircraft built just for crop dusting. They own two planes and even have their own airstrip.
"Everything we do can be seen and realized by the grower, and eventually at the store," said Chris Carranza.
"Some people have referred to us as flying farmers, and that really is what it's like," said Matt.
There is a lot of high-tech farm equipment out there, but aerial applicators are still in high demand. Why is that? It turns out when farmers need something done in a hurry to save their crop; the planes can get the job done in just hours. They drop seed, pesticides, and fertilizers. The pair even uses GPS in the planes to make sure they cover the entire field.
It is dangerous flying at up to 140 miles per hour just 15 feet above the ground. If something goes wrong, there is not a lot of time to recover. But sometimes a makeshift runway isn't enough. Less than two years ago in Yuma, a pilot crashed and died.
Matt and Chris say they've never had a major incident, they maintain their own planes and keep everything in top condition, just the way they like to leave their crops.
"Even though I've been doing it a long time, I still enjoy the work. It feels like it is accomplishing something by providing food for people and taking care of people's crops," he said.
Online: Crop First Aviation - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crop-First-Aviation/111601715569139
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Police: Mother of infant who froze in 1988 won’t be charged
In this Jan. 2, 2001 photo, a rose is rests on the gravestone of David Paul at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Meriden, Conn. DNA testing has helped police identify the mother of David Paul, an infant who was abandoned and found frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988. Meriden Police Chief Jeffry Cossette announced Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, that the mother was Karen Kuzmak Roche, who was 25 when the baby’s body was found. She is not expected to face criminal charges. (Chris Angileri/Record-Journal via AP)
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — DNA testing has helped police identify the mother of an infant who was found frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988, but she is not expected to face charges because of how long ago the crime was, authorities announced Tuesday.
Meriden Police Chief Jeffry Cossette said the mother was Karen Kuzmak Roche, who was 25 when the baby’s body was found wrapped in blankets on Jan. 2, 1988. Cossette said investigators believe the infant was left in the parking lot five days before he was found.
Roche is not expected to face criminal charges, Cossette said. He called the case one of manslaughter, which has a 20-year statute of limitations.
A message seeking comment was left at a phone listing for Roche on Tuesday.
Cossette said new DNA testing on samples from the blankets identified distant relatives of Roche and eventually led detectives to question her at her home on Jan. 2, the 32nd anniversary of the infant being found. Officials said she acknowledged she was the baby’s mother and was remorseful.
“Miss Roche indicated that she had been waiting 32 years for the day in which police would be knocking on her door,” Cossette said.
The case was cracked using a relatively new technique, which has been credited with helping solve cold cases across the country. It involves entering crime-scene DNA profiles into public genealogy databases, finding relatives of the person who left the DNA and building family trees that lead detectives to a suspect.
The same method led to the 2018 arrest of the so-called Golden State Killer, who authorities believe killed at least a dozen people and raped 50 women.
Roche told authorities that she called a fire department on Dec. 28, 1987, to report that they needed to search the parking lot for “something” but didn’t say it was a baby. Cossette said first responders did go to the parking lot but did not find anything.
She also told police that she was the only one who knew about her pregnancy, and she hid it with loose clothing.
The father was not identified, but officials believe he did not know anything about the pregnancy or the baby being abandoned.
Local clergy named the infant David Paul after his death, and community members donated money and services for his burial.
Meriden police worked with Identifinders International, which helps police and others identify people through DNA testing.
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It's Time for Kevin Jennings to Resign
By Sean Hannity, | Fox News
A quick trip around Hannity's America...
Time to Resign
Despite growing concern over President Obama's safe school "czar" Kevin Jennings, the White House is refusing to directly comment on the controversy. Instead, Robert Gibbs has decided to criticize media outlets like FOX News for bringing the scandal to light:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: I think it's a shame to watch what they do. I think it's a shame — I hope as people watch they'll match up some of the actual truths to what is being said on some of these occasions.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
The truth, Robert, is that Jennings admitted he was aware of a sexual relationship between a high school sophomore — who now claims he was 16 at the time — and an older man. It was Jennings who originally said the boy was 15, and Jennings who admits that he did nothing wrong.
Last weekend a Washington Times editorial slammed the White House for turning a blind eye to the Jennings saga. They also uncovered a 1997 speech that Jennings gave in which he said, "One of the people that's always inspired me is Harry Hay." Hay was a longtime gay rights advocate and big supporter of the North American Man-Boy Love Association or the group NAMBLA.
In fact, in a 1983 speech Hay said, "If the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what 13, 14, and 15-year-old kids need more than anything in the world."
I said it last week and I'll say it again: It is time for Kevin Jennings to resign.
Funding ACORN
That's not the only issue the administration is ignoring. Apparently they haven't heard about the ACORN controversy either.
According to Louisiana Senator David Vitter, the Department of Homeland Security recently granted ACORN a $97,000 grant. And guess what? It was all for fire safety and prevention!
News of this grant was broken by Vitter on biggovernment.com where he wrote the following: "When you take into account the fact that DHS awarded ACORN — an organization with no clear expertise in fire safety and prevention — a fire prevention and safety grant, it's just plain offensive."
Senator Vitter has called on DHS to rescind the grant, but surprise, surprise, he has yet to hear back from anybody at the department.
Verdict: Clunker
The Obama administration did a lot of boasting about the success of its "cash for clunkers" program. That program allowed Americans to trade in their used cars for more fuel efficient vehicles. The goal was to boost car sales in the U.S. and to help the environment by increasing fuel efficiency.
Well, let's just say the program hasn't done too much for car sales. According to The Wall Street Journal, GM sales sadly are down 45 percent, Chrysler down 42 percent from a year ago and Ford is down 5 percent from last year. Not to mention that new car sales dropped a whopping 25 percent in September — that's the first month since the expiration of the "cash for clunkers" program.
Oh, in case you're wondering, The Journal also notes that the cost of the program doesn't quite outweigh all those environmental benefits: It will end up costing us $1.4 billion.
Obama's Cheerleaders
Media Mash is brought to you by — you guessed it — The New York Obama Times. The paper's coverage of the president's unsuccessful trip to Copenhagen clearly exposed their pro-Obama bias. The Times posted an initial report online Friday but reversed it later that day.
So how is the revised version different? Well, it was scrubbed of any material that might reflect poorly on the president. The following sentences were actually removed: "Rarely has the president put his credibility on the line on the world stage in such a personal way and been slapped down so sharply in real time... The defeat will be used as a political metaphor and raise painful questions. What does it say about a leader who may be far more popular abroad than his predecessor yet has trouble converting that esteem into tangible benefits for the U.S.?"
Could The New York Times be any more transparent?
Comedians have shied away from making fun of the president, but it looks like "Saturday Night Live" has declared the commander in chief fair game.
ACTOR FRED ARMISEN AS PRESIDENT OBAMA: There are those on the right who are angry. They think that I'm turning this great country into something that resembles the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, but that's just not the case. Because when you look at my record, it's very clear what I've done so far, and that is nothing.
— Watch "Hannity" weekdays at 9 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel
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© 2017 Frank Wilczek, All Rights Reserved
Biography of Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek
The most deeply formative events of my scientific career long preceded my first contact with the research community; indeed, some of them preceded my birth.
My grandparents emigrated from Europe in the aftermath of World War I, as young teenagers; on my father's side they came from Poland and on my mother's side from Italy, near Naples. My grandparents arrived with nothing, and no knowledge of English. My grandfathers were a blacksmith and a mason, respectively. Both my parents were born on Long Island, in 1926, and they have lived there ever since. I was born in 1951, and grew up in a place called Glen Oaks, which is in the northeast corner of Queens, barely within the city limits of New York City.
I've always loved all kinds of puzzles, games, and mysteries. Some of my earliest memories are about the questions I "worked on" even before I went to school. When I was learning about money, I spent a lot of time trying out various schemes of exchanging different kinds of money (e.g., pennies, nickels, and dimes) in complicated ways back and forth, hoping to discover a way to come out ahead. Another project was to find ways of getting very big numbers in a few steps. I discovered simple forms of repeated exponentiation and recursion for myself. Generating large numbers made me feel powerful.
With these inclinations, I suspect I was destined for some kind of intellectual work. A few special circumstances led me to science, and eventually to theoretical physics.
My parents were children during the time of the Great Depression, and their families struggled to get by. This experience shaped many of their attitudes, and especially their aspirations for me. They put very great stock in education, and in the security that technical skill could bring. When I did well in school they were very pleased, and I was encouraged to think about becoming a doctor or an engineer. As I was growing up my father, who worked in electronics, was taking night classes. Our little apartment was full of old radios and early-model televisions, and with the books he was studying. It was the time of the Cold War. Space exploration was a new and exciting prospect, nuclear war a frightening one; both were ever-present in newspapers, TV, and movies. At school, we had regular air raid drills. All this made a big impression on me. I got the idea that there was secret knowledge that, when mastered, would allow Mind to control Matter in seemingly magical ways.
Another thing that shaped my thinking was religious training. I was brought up as a Roman Catholic. I loved the idea that there was a great drama and a grand plan behind existence. Later, under the influence of Bertrand Russell's writings and my increasing awareness of scientific knowledge, I lost faith in conventional religion. A big part of my later quest has been trying to regain some of the sense of purpose and meaning that was lost. I'm still trying.
I went to public schools in Queens, and was fortunate to have excellent teachers. Because the schools were big, they could support specialized and advanced classes. At Martin van Buren High School there was a group of thirty or so of us who went to many such classes together, and both supported and competed with one another. More than half of us went on to successful scientific or medical careers.
I arrived at the University of Chicago with large but amorphous ambitions. I flirted with brain science, but soon decided that the central questions were not ready for mathematical treatment, and that I lacked the patience for laboratory work. I read voraciously in many subjects, but I wound up majoring in mathematics, largely because doing that gave me the most freedom. During my last term at Chicago, I took a course about the use of symmetry and group theory in physics from Peter Freund. He was an extremely enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, and I felt an instinctive resonance with the material. I went to Princeton University as a graduate student in the math department, but kept a close eye on what was going on in physics. I became aware that deep ideas involving mathematical symmetry were turning up at the frontiers of physics; specifically, the gauge theory of electroweak interactions, and the scaling symmetry in Wilson's theory of phase transitions.
I started to talk with a young professor named David Gross, and my proper career as a physicist began.
The great event of my early career was to help discover the basic theory of the strong force, QCD. That is the subject of the following lecture. The equations of QCD are based on gauge symmetry principles, and we make progress with them using (approximate) scaling symmetry. It was very gratifying to find that the ideas I admired as a student could be used to get a powerful and accurate theory for an important part of fundamental physics. I continue to apply these ideas in new ways, and I am certain that they have a great future.
An aspect of my later work that is not much reflected in the lecture, has been to use insights and methods from "fundamental'' physics to address "applied'' questions, and vice versa. I'm not sure that fractional quantum numbers, transmuted quantum statistics, exotic superfluidities, or the gauge theory of swimming at low Reynolds number have really arrived as applied physics (yet?), but I've derived a lot of joy from my discoveries in these areas.
To me, the unity of knowledge is a living ideal and goal. I continue, as in my student days, to read voraciously in many subjects, and to think about them. I hope to further expand the horizons of my writing and work in the future.
I've been blessed with a wife, Betsy Devine, and two daughters, Amity and Mira, who've been an inexhaustible source of joy and entertainment.
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Flossmoor is a village in south suburban Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,301 at the 2000 census.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The village is renowned for the quality and architectural variety of its housing stock, as well as its proximity to numerous country clubs.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.2 km©÷), all of it land.
Flossmoor has a station on the Metra Electric Main Line, which provides easy access to the Chicago Loop and the University of Chicago.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 9,301 people, 3,331 households, and 2,648 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,617.6 people per square mile (1,011.6/km©÷). There were 3,433 housing units at an average density of 966.1/sq mi (373.4/km©÷). The racial makeup of the village was 66.30% White, 27.12% African American, 0.09% Native American, 4.23% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.40% of the population.
There were 3,331 households out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.4% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.19.
59.7% of the adult population has at least a bachelor's degree, and 30.5% hold a graduate or professional degree as well.
In the village the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males.
The median income (2000 census) for a household in the village was $94,222, and the median income for a family was $103,539. Males had a median income of $71,839 versus $40,773 for females. The per capita income for the village was $42,820. About 2.5% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
Flossmoor is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district. It has an elected mayor, Paul Braun, and elected Village trustees, as well as a professional Village Manager, Bridget Wachtel.
Children in grades K-8, attend schools under the jurisdiction of public school district 161. School District 161 has four elementary schools, Western Avenue, Serena Hills, Flossmoor Hills, and Heather Hill, all of which serve students in grades K-5. After attending elementary school, students go to Mardell M. Parker Junior High School, which serves children in grades 6-8.
Flossmoor is also home to Infant Jesus of Prague School, a private, Roman Catholic K-8 school operated by the Infant Jesus of Prague Parish. [1] IJP, as the school is known, is a two-time winner of the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award for excellence.
The majority of students in the area then go on to attend the local public high school, Homewood-Flossmoor High School (School District #233), which is a three time recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award.
Notable residents
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Economic Data for Zip Code 60422
Household Income Graph
Estimated Values (2014)
Median Income:$94,540
Average Income:$112,199
Per Capita Income:$41,495
Projected Values (2019)
Own / Rent
Total Home Owners: 3,643
Total Renters: 204
Renters: 5%Owners: 95%
Renters: 4% Owners: 96%
Average Household Size:2.7
One Person Households:846
Total Families:2,914
Total Housing Units:4,437
Vacant Housing Units:590
Note: Household Income figures are based on total household income.
* All numbers in this section are 2016 projections provided by Geolytics Inc
Demographics Data for Zip Code 60422
Number of people in this zip code by age.
Total9,403
Age 0-142,014
Age 15-241,568
Age 80+515
Population Data for Zip Code 60422
Estimated Change 2014 10.62%
Projected Change 2019 5.35%
2014 Estimated
2019 Projected
(People per square mile)
Estimated (Current):2,465
Projected (2019):2,347
Total (2010 Census):3,977
Estimated (Present):3,847
Household Change (2010-Present) -3.27%
Household Change (2010-2017) -8.05%
Figures in the Population Change graph represent total population for the zip code.
Estimated Change 2014 shows the percentage of population change between the 2012 Census and 2014.
Projected Change 2019 shows the projected percentage of population change between the 2012 Census and 2019.
Public Schools in Zip Code 60422
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHSD 233
999 KEDZIE AVE
PARKER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FLOSSMOOR SD 161
2810 SCHOOL ST
FLOSSMOOR HILLS ELEM SCHOOL
K-5th
3721 BEECH ST
HEATHER HILL ELEM SCHOOL
1439 LAWRENCE CRESC
WESTERN AVENUE ELEM SCHOOL
Private Schools in Zip Code 60422
FLOSSMOOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL
INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE SCHOOL
PreK-8th
THE MARTSCI SCHOOL
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Schools listed are those in the Zip Code of the listing, but may not serve this address.
School Data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. All properties are subject to prior sale or withdrawal. Data may not be reproduced or redistributed and may not be used for any purpose other than individual consumer's use.
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The third installment of the series of fighting games Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm that is based on the popular manga created by Masashi Kishimoto. The game was developed by Japanese development studio CyberConnect2 in cooperation with Namco Bandai.
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publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Game mode: single / multiplayer
Multiplayer mode: common screen / common screen
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst for PC, PS4 and etc. is enriched with numerous additions as compared to the third installment of a fighting game series Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, which tells the story of a blond ninja named Naruto. The game was created by the team of CyberConnect2 studio - the developers responsible for previous games based on the manga and anime by Masashi Kishimoto.
The gameplay in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst is based on two main modes. The first is a typical fighting game, which allows players to take on the most popular characters created by Masashi Kishimoto and fight on 3D arenas. The selection of characters has been expanded in the director's edition with another fighter - Kabuto, the right hand of Orochimaru, who is one of the greatest enemies of Naruto. He is a playable character in Versus mode. All of the ninja warriors present in the game have different fighting styles and their own range of spectacular special attacks.
In addition to free fights between any two characters, the game also features a story mode. This is where players can explore the universe of Naruto and take part in the most famous battles known from the manga. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst tells the story before the invasion of the Nine-Tails on Leaf Village, which is presented in the manga and anime as a retrospect. This way you can play as the Third Hokage who fights Kyuubi or the Fourth Hokage who stands against Toby. The Full Burst storyline has been extended by the story of Kabuto and Uchiha brothers. The elder brother, Itachi, gets free from the control of Kabuto and unites with Sasuke to defeat the enemy. Some of the events presented in the game do not coincide with those of the series or the original comic.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst for PC, PS4 and etc. expands the gameplay by one hundred completely new missions, many of which are completely unique. For the clothes lovers the developers have prepared 38 characters costumes, previously available only as part of a DLC for console releases. Extras in the director's cut are also available in a separate package for owners of a standard edition of the game on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Developers have again used a proven graphic style. The anime-styled cel shading technique perfectly imitates the charm of Japanese animation. As a result, players have an impression of watching another episode of their favorite TV series. In Full Burst edition the developers put the bar even higher, by refreshing and improving the cut scenes with new special effects.
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Pushing Back the Clock
Category: Newsletter Library, Senior Health
Many people experience lapses in memory as they get older. Every so often, it may become frustratingly difficult or even temporarily impossible to recall a particular word or a specific person's name. A person might commit a phone number to memory and then immediately forget it. Of course, everyone is
Just like the well-known, best-selling American truck, your body is built to last. But if it's built to last, why do so many people have serious problems with their bodies? If a human body is built to last, why does it seem to break down so easily? The pharmaceutical industry earns billions of dollars
Getting Fit at Fifty and Beyond
What if you used to be really fit and now you're not? What if, as the years have gone by, you've added a couple of pounds here and there, and you suddenly notice you're 30 pounds heavier than you were at your 10th high school reunion? Or, what if you've never enjoyed the idea of exercising, exercise
Bob Barker, beloved host of The Price Is Right, recently made headlines by announcing his retirement after 35 years. "Barker irreplaceable!" blared the entertainment tabloids. And yet, Mr. Barker celebrated his 82nd birthday a few months ago.Eighty-two! Who really are the "seniors" among us? And what
When Parents Get Older
The average age of Americans is increasing year-by-year. Approximately 77 million babies were born in the United States during the boom years of 1946 to 1964. In 2011, the oldest will turn 65, and on average can expect to live to 83. Many will continue well into their 90s. Most people continue to retain
Key to Senior Fitness: Chiropractic Care, Healthy Lifestyle
Over the hill at age 65? Ready for the rocker at 70? Not these days. Americans are living longer and making more of their later years. One key is exercise. "Perhaps the most debilitating influence in people's health as they age is a sedentary life," said Dr. Jerome McAndrews, national spokesperson
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Home Insights The Limited Scope of the New Derivation Proceedings
The Limited Scope of the New Derivation Proceedings
16 October 2012 PharmaPatents Blog
Under the first-to-file provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), the USPTO no longer will institute interference proceedings in order to determine who was the first person to invent a claimed invention. While an applicant will be able to petition the USPTO to institute a derivation proceeding, the statute and implementing regulations provide for such proceedings under only very limited circumstances.
The Statutory Requirements for Derivation Proceedings
The AIA provides for two types of derivation proceedings: application-patent derivation proceedings to be conducted by the USPTO under a revised version of 35 USC § 135, and patent-patent derivation proceedings to be conducted by a district court under a revised version of 35 USC § 291.
USPTO Derivation Proceedings
Some of the key provisions of revised 35 USC § 135 include:
only “[a]n applicant for patent” can file a petition to institute a derivation proceeding
a petition must be filed within one year “of the first publication of a claim to an invention that is the same or substantially the same as the earlier application’s claim to the invention”
according to the USPTO, the “first publication” may be as a U.S. application or a PCT applications
the petition must “set forth with particularity the basis for finding that an inventor named in an earlier application derived the claimed invention from an inventor named in the petitioner’s application and, without authorization, the earlier application claiming such invention was filed”
the petition must be “supported by substantial evidence”
the USPTO advises applicants to “set forth their entire case and supporting evidence in their petitions”
Institution of USPTO Derivation Proceedings
Even if an applicant can satisfy all of these requirements, the USPTO may or may not institute a derivation proceeding. The statute provides:
Whenever the Director determines that a petition filed under this subsection demonstrates that the standards for instituting a derivation proceeding are met, the Director may institute a derivation proceeding.
If the USPTO decides not to institute a derivation proceeding, the applicant may have no recourse. This is because the statute also provides:
The determination by the Director whether to institute a derivation proceeding shall be final and nonappealable.
The statute sets forth two time periods during which the USPTO may “defer action on a petition:”
“until the expiration of the 3-month period beginning on the date on which the Director issues a patent that includes the claimed invention that is the subject of the petition” (e.g., until three months after the earlier application is granted)
until the termination of an ex parte reexamination, inter partes review or post grant review “involving the patent of the earlier applicant”
Further, the USPTO commentary in the Federal Register Notice setting forth the final derivation rules state
[A] derivation is unlikely to be instituted if the petitioner’s claim is not otherwise in condition for allowance.
This means that an applicant may not be able to use a derivation proceeding to step into the shoes of the earlier application in order to avoid intervening prior art, because any intervening prior art would prevent the petitioner’s application from being allowable.
District Court Derivation Proceedings
The language of revised 35 USC § 291 may make it even more difficult to bring a derivation proceedings in a district court:
(a) IN GENERAL.—The owner of a patent may have relief by civil action against the owner of another patent that claims the same invention and has an earlier effective filing date, if the invention claimed in such other patent was derived from the inventor of the invention claimed in the patent owned by the person seeking relief under this section.
(b) FILING LIMITATION.—An action under this section may be filed only before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the issuance of the first patent containing a claim to the allegedly derived invention and naming an individual alleged to have derived such invention as the inventor or joint inventor.
Two requirements in particular may be difficult to satisfy:
First, in order to bring a derivation proceeding in a district court, the plaintiff must have a granted patent that claims the same invention as another patent with an earlier effective filing date. This will occur only when the USPTO failed to cite the earlier patent against the plaintiff’s application during examination of the plaintiff’s application.
Second, in order to bring a derivation proceeding in a district court, the plaintiff’s patent must be granted within one year of the earlier patent, and the plaintiff will have to file his complaint within that same one year period. If the would-be plaintiff’s patent is granted more than one year after the earlier patent, the statute does not appear to offer any recourse.
Substantive Restrictions?
While this article highlights some of the procedural obstacles to bringing a derivation proceedings, others have suggested that the substantive scope of the statute also is very narrow. In particular, as discussed by Professor Dennis Crouch in this Patently-O article, Professor Sarnoff and Chico Gholz “have a soon-to-be-published article in IP Today” explaining that derivation proceedings are limited to situations where the earlier patent/application claims “the same invention” as the later application, and do not reach situations where the claimed inventions are merely “substantially the same” or “patently indistinct.” As the USPTO’s final rules do not interpret the statute this narrowly, this issue is one that the Federal Circuit will have to decide.
Availability of Derivation Proceedings
Derivation proceedings are available only for applications that only claim (and only ever claimed) subject matter with an effective filing date of March 16, 2013 or later, and that only claim (and only ever claimed) priority to such applications. This is because the presence of a claim with an effective filing date prior to March 16, 2013 (or a priority claim to an application with such a claim) makes an application subject to the current “interference” versions of 35 USC §§ 102(g), 135 and 291. For these and other reasons it could be quite some time before we see a derivation test case that explores the scope of derivation proceedings.
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Why Devon Energy Stock Is Surging Today
The oil company gave its investors a pleasant surprise.
Updated: Apr 26, 2019 at 11:46AM
Published: Feb 20, 2019 at 10:59AM
Shares of Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) were in rally mode on Wednesday, surging more than 10% by 10:00 a.m. EST. Fueling the gains in the oil producer's stock were its fourth-quarter results.
On the one hand, Devon Energy's fourth-quarter report was a bit underwhelming. For starters, the oil company's core earnings of $46 million, or $0.10 per share, came in $0.21 per share below the consensus estimate. That miss was due in large part to the company's U.S. operations, where oil production came in below the low end of Devon's guidance range due to timing delays, which pushed high-margin wells into 2019.
Investors, however, were able to overlook those lackluster results, because the company also unveiled plans to complete its transformation into a U.S.-focused oil growth company. Devon intends to do so by pursuing the separation of its Canadian oil sands properties and its gas-focused Barnett Shale assets through either a spinoff or sale of these businesses. By shedding these operations, Devon will transform into a low-cost, high-growth oil producer focused on four top-tier, oil-rich shale plays.
The company also said that it plans to invest less capital this year in drilling new wells. That budget will enable the company to keep spending to within the cash flow it can produce on $46 oil, which is still enough money to grow its U.S. oil output 13% to 18% from 2017's average. Further, Devon added $1 billion to its share-buyback program, boosting it up to $5 billion, which is enough money to retire 30% of its outstanding shares. Finally, the company increased its dividend by 13%.
Check out the latest Devon earnings call transcript.
Devon Energy's decision to streamline its operations and focus on four core regions thrilled investors. The new Devon will be able to deliver healthy growth at much lower oil prices, which will enable it to generate even more free cash that it intends to return to shareholders. The company believes that this balance of growth and shareholder returns will create significant value for investors.
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CCC Founder Bill Bright Died; 'Four Spiritual Laws' among legacies
By Young S. Lee ( [email protected] ) Jul 20, 2003 11:14 PM EDT Comment
W. R. "Bill" Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ died July 19 from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis, BPnews reported. He was 81. He died at his home in Orlando surrounded by family members, AP reported.
Bright spent most of his life leading CCC. He was full of passion and love to proclaim Jesus Christ as the only savior of this world.
CCC celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2001, which has become the world's largest Christian ministry. It began its campus ministry at UCLA, California but now about 26,000 fulltime staff and more than 225,000 trained voluteers in 191 countries are serving in CCC. The projects have been expanded from military ministry to inner-city outreach.
His renown booklet titled "The Four Spiritual Laws" has been printed in more than 200 languages and distributed to more than 2.5 billion people which means that it is the most widely disseminated religious booklet in history.
Also Bright commissioned the "Jesus" film, which is about the life of Jesus. It has been distributed to 234 countries, seen by more than 5.1 billion people. The film is viewed in more than 800 languages.
In 1996, Bright received the prestigious Templeton Prizefor Progress in Religion. Bright donated all of his prize money to causes promoting the spiritual benefits of fasting and prayer.
Billy Graham, a longtime friend of Bright said "he has carried a burden on his heart, a burden for the evangelization of the world."
"He is a man of sincerity and integrity. He devoted himself to our Lord who has been an inspiration and a blessing to me ever since the early days of my ministry." he added.
Bright's work through CCC will continue under the leadership of Steve Douglass, a longtime associate whom Bright tapped in 2001 as his successor. Douglass said "Not only have I lost a dear and lifelong friend in Bill Bright, but the world has lost one of its greatest visionaries and faithful servants of Jesus Christ."
"A Christian can't lose," Bright said in a 2001 interview. "If we live, we go on serving him. That's an adventure. If we die, we're in heaven with him, and that's incredible."
Bright and his wife have requested that friends honor his memory through the William R. Bright Legacy Trust to further the work to which he gave his life.
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Grace Community School is honored to be recognized for demonstrating high levels of student performance and parent satisfaction with the education their students are receiving through the accreditation process and achievement.
Since 1978, Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) has advanced excellence in Christian schools by enhancing the professional and personal development of Christian educators and providing support functions for Christian schools. ACSI member schools seek accreditation to validate their quality and verify that they are striving for excellence based on a solid Christian philosophy of education foundation. ACSI accreditation affirms that the school meets standards of quality established by the international school community, provides validation of the credibility of the school through a peer review process, and promotes ongoing instructional improvement through a continuous process of self-assessment and systematic school development. Grace Community School is proud to have the distinct honor as one of only two schools in the nation that were awarded exemplary accreditation in its inaugural year.
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The Council on Educational Standards and Accountability (CESA) serves Christian schools and Christian organizations through leadership services, academic enrichment, programmatic development, professional development, and by providing fellowship and fraternity to those who serve within Christian institutions. CESA seeks to enable Christian schools with rigorous, objective standards to guide their development, providing schools with the tools necessary to reach such standards and the networks necessary to propel Christian schools with excellence and accountability as their hallmarks. Members of CESA are those schools that are fully accredited by an organization with either national standing as a member of a nationally recognized association or with state standing as a member of an association with state-wide recognition and have completed and passed the CESA School Certification Audit. Grace Community School is a proud member of CESA.
The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) states as its mission the building of leadership, fellowship, fair play, and sportsmanship of students enrolled in the organization’s member schools in the areas of academics, athletics, and fine arts by providing wholesome competition for young men and women. It creates rules for, and sometimes administers, almost all athletic and academic contests for non-public high schools in Texas. TAPPS firmly believes that competition among its diverse member schools and students promotes among the competitors and their schools understanding, fellowship and excellence. Since 1978, TAPPS has grown to a membership of 230 schools with a combined enrollment of over 40,000 students. Grace Community School is proud to be a top competitor among TAPPS associated schools.
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Gold Coins Help Identify Lost Battle of Teutoburg Forest Site
September 8, 2016 Posted by Kathy Mullen in Ancient Coins
We’ve talked numerous times about how coins have historical consequence. Most are designed or minted as a commemoration of an important event or person or are the result of politicking or maneuvering by various people in power interested in maintaining their power. Another way coins have historical importance is that they can be used to date or identify people, places, or things.
Recently archeologists in Kalkriese unearthed eight Roman coins that historians believe may be the key to identifying the site of Rome’s greatest defeat: the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. You may wonder how the site of Rome’s greatest defeat could have gone missing, given the importance of Rome in the ancient world and the fact that this battle was hardly obscure and went on to have far-reaching effects for Rome and greater Europe. It’s an interesting story.
In fact, about 18,000 men died in that battle. Rome lost three full legions, and it was all because a local man, the son of a Cheruskan chief in Germania, managed to trick a Roman general into diverting three full legions of soldiers and leading them straight into an ambush. That military commander, Arminius, had been taken hostage in childhood, raised in Rome, and given a military education and citizenship. Despite all of that, he did not forget his homeland or the suffering Roman soldiers had brought to it.
In 6 A.D. Publius Quinctilius Varus was given the task of consolidating the new province of Germania. At that time Rome had solidified its hold on the territories just east of the Rhine river and was seeking to gain a stronger hold eastward to the Weser and Elbe rivers. Since the initial Roman conquest of the area, relations among the Germanic tribes had deteriorated and there was much hostility. However, when in 7 or 8 A.D. Arminius returned, he succeeded in making alliances among a handful of Germanic tribes. He then bided his time until he could lead them in an attack on their mutual enemy. Meanwhile he became Varus’ trusted advisor.
In 9 A.D. rumors of a rebellion, fabricated by Arminius, reached Varus who decided it must be instantly quelched. Varus had a reputation of cruelty and tyrannical ruthlessness. In order to squash the rebellion, Varus’ three legions would have to march into unknown territory in the forest. Many of these soldiers were untrained, and Varus neglected to send soldiers in advance to scout the territory. Arminius, under the pretense of drumming up support among the Germanic tribes, led attacks on Roman garrisons in the areas while his alliance of tribes surrounded the Romans and slaughtered them. A violent storm contributed further to the Roman’s confusion and made many of their weapons ineffective. Utterly defeated and humiliated, General Varus fell on his sword, as did many of the other Roman leaders who survived.
How do coins feature in this tale? The gold coins, called aurei (the plural of aureus) and minted between 2 B.C. and 5 A.D., were excavated only a few meters from each other. Historians believe they belonged to an officer or high-ranking Roman soldier. They feature Emperor Augustus on its obverse and the imperial princes Gaius and Lucius on the reverse, and each one would have been valuable enough in 9 A.D. to feed an entire family for a month in Rome.
For almost two thousand years the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest was a mystery. Romans authored the history of it, and they were unfamiliar with the geography of the area. Then an amateur archeologist, Major Tony Clunn, took a metal detector out looking for Roman coins and found some. This find resulted in excavations and eventually the locating of the eight gold aurei this year. Historians now believe these coins confirm Kalkriese as the site of the battle. In addition to these coins, a number of remnants of Roman military equipment were found as well as some bronze coins.
Because these aurei have established dates and value, they have helped solve a mystery several thousand years old, and as relics of a historic battle they are extremely valuable in and of themselves. This is another wonderful example of the overlapping value coins have to people and civilization.
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Days Out in Teesside
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Teesside Karting
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Map of Teesside
Teesside Karting, South Bank Road, Middlesbrough, UK
Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, UK
Preston Park Museum & Grounds, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
National Trust - Ormesby Hall, Ladgate Lane, Ormesby, Middlesbrough, UK
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Grange Road, Middlesbrough, UK
Teesside is the name given to the conurbation in the north east of England around the urban centre of Middlesbrough that is also made up of the towns of Billingham, Redcar, Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby and surrounding settlements near the River Tees.
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يَا أَيُّهَآ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ءَامِنُواْ بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهاً فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهَآ أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّبْتِ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفْعُولاً
-An-Nisâ’ ( النساء )
O you who have been given the Scripture, believe in what We have revealed, of the Qur’ān, confirming what is with you, of the Torah, before We obliterate faces, erasing the eyes, noses and eyebrows in them, and turn them inside out, and make them like the napes of the neck, a flat plate, or curse them, by transforming them into apes, as We cursed, [as] We transformed, those of the Sabbath, among them, and God’s command, His decree, is done: after this was revealed, ‘Abd Allāh b. Salām converted to Islam, and so it was said that this had been a conditional threat of punishment, so that when some of them converted to Islam, it [the threat] was lifted. It is also said that obliteration and transformation will take place before the rising of the Hour.
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Charles R. Walgreen III
Walgreen Company
Charles Walgreen, III continued the tradition of success begun by his father and grandfather. Under his leadership, Walgreens stores continued to expand its existing operations and also entered the restaurant business. By 1979, the company operated some 600 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, owned nearly 300 restaurants, most of which were adjacent to the drugstores, and manufactured over 400 Walgreens branded products. Walgreen’s became the first drug-store chain to earn revenues of a billion dollars.
Born-Died: 1935
Birthplace: Illinois
Father: Head, Same Company
Education / Military
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
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Sivan Ya’ari on Bringing Israeli Innovation to Rural Africa
By Uriel Heilman September 2019
Sivan Ya’ari
Born in France, raised in Israel and educated in the United States, Sivan Ya’ari, 41, is best known for her work in rural Africa, where she has been instrumental in using Israeli technology to bring clean water, solar power and electricity to an estimated one million people living in 300 villages across the continent.
The vehicle for that work is Innovation: Africa, the nonprofit organization Ya’ari founded in 2008. Using solar-powered devices, her group installs electric water pumps to draw clean groundwater in places where residents previously had to walk miles to reach water. In addition, the program generates electricity for schools and clinics.
Ya’ari, who also owns a chain of beauty salons in Israel and was named one of the 50 most influential women in Israel by Forbes Israel in 2016, lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and three children. We caught up with her during a recent trip to Ethiopia, one of 10 African countries where the New York-based enterprise operates. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Why is Innovation: Africa so focused on solar energy?
Because energy means water. There are still 400 million people in Africa who don’t have access to clean water, or any water at all. By providing this basic thing that every human needs through solar-powered water pumps, everything else improves. People are healthier, children can get the nourishment they need to go to school, businesses are created by entrepreneurs for growing food, selling food, making bricks.
In our newest client country, Zambia, some villagers in the south have been eating leaves because there’s so little rain. Like in the other countries, we’re going to start by using contractors to drill and reach underground aquifers. We’ll install a solar pump. We’ll build a nearly 33-foot-high tower with a 2,600-gallon tank. Through gravity, water will flow to the 10 to 15 taps that we’re going to install. Our contribution is quite modest: We’re capturing energy from the sun up above to pump water from down below.
How do African communities react when they learn about the role Israel plays in your projects?
We’re very proud to say we’re from Israel. In many villages, they only know about Israel from the Bible. On the government level, we’re quite welcome because they understand that we’re in Africa to share technological knowledge and build infrastructure. Knowing the incredible success Israel has had in the last 70 years, most government politicians we meet look up to Israel.
Your organization used to be called Jewish Heart for Africa. Why did you change it?
Because villagers thought we were there to convert them. That wasn’t the case, and I wanted to emphasize the Israel part, so we renamed it Innovation: Africa with the tagline, “Israeli innovations saving lives in Africa.”
How do Jewish values guide your work?
There are verses from Genesis 12:2-3 that keep me going. God promised Abraham: “I will make you a great nation. You will be a blessing. And through your descendants all the families on Earth will be blessed.” I think that if you take a step back and look at Israel, such a small country with so much innovation, God has something to do with it. I believe it is all part of the greater plan. Only now, by sharing Israeli innovation, can we truly fulfill our destiny of being a blessing, by helping all the families on Earth.
We’ve just launched a new technology we call the energy box. We’ve assembled in one box everything needed to bring energy to a school or a medical center. It’s all Israeli: LED light bulbs from Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalem, batteries and an HMI [Human-Machine Interface, a kind of dashboard that connects a person to a device]. Inside the box, we have our remote management system, so at any point any donor—including a bar or bat mitzvah who has “adopted” one of our villages—can see in real time how much water we are pumping in their village.
Uriel Heilman is a journalist based in New York working for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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In order to minimize the risk to Navy-owned items and ensure their availability to future generations, Borrower/Recipients must agree to meet these conditions and requirements:
1. Ownership: The Department of the Navy, through the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, retains title and ownership of Navy-owned historical property at all times.
a. The Borrower/Recipient shall obtain no legal interest in the Navy-owned historical property by reason of a loan agreement.
b. The Borrower/Recipient will not to use the Navy-owned historical property as security for any loan, and will not sell, lease, rent, lend, license or exchange the property for monetary gain or otherwise under any circumstances.
2. Custody: The Borrower/Recipient will retain physical custody of the Navy-owned historical property for the specified loan period.
a. The Borrower/Recipient agrees to accept the Navy-owned historical property on an "as is, where is" basis, and to sign the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command loan agreement. b. The Borrower/Recipient will retain the Navy-owned historical property at the Borrower/Recipient's facility for the loan period, specified on the loan agreement, and at no time should Navy-owned historical property be transferred to a third party without prior consent from the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command..
3. Use: The Borrower/Recipient will display the Navy-owned historical property in careful, prudent, dignified and respectful manner.
a. The Borrower/Recipient will display and exhibit Navy-owned historical property to accurately reflect the history, heritage and traditions of the naval service, as defined and interpreted by the Department of the Navy.
b. The Borrower/Recipient will use the Navy-owned historical property for static display purposes only.
c. The Borrower/Recipient will not use the Navy-owned historical property consumptively or functionally. For example, boats, aircraft, and other vehicles must not be reactivated for the purpose of navigation or movement under their own power; weapons will not be reactivated for saluting use or replication/recreation of historical events; uniforms will not be worn as costumes; bells will not be rung.
4. Physical protection: The Borrower/Recipient will provide reasonable and adequate care for the Navy-owned historical property in their possession.
a. The Borrower/Recipient will protect Navy-owned historical property from fire, smoke, and flood damage.
b. The Borrower/Recipient will provide 24-hour physical and/or electronic security, as specified by the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.
c. The Borrower/Recipient will protect Navy-owned historical property from excessive or inappropriate light, temperature, humidity, insects, and vermin; and other direct or potential environmental hazards.
d. The Borrower/Recipient will not modify Navy-owned historical property in any way which would alter the original form, design, or the historical significance of the property.
e. The Borrower/Recipient will not alter, mark, or in any way deface or willfully damage the Navy-owned property while in their possession.
f. The Borrower/Recipient will perform routine inspections on the Navy-owned property on a regular schedule. The Borrower/Recipient will propose any planned restoration and conservation on the Navy-owned property and can proceed with the proposed treatment only with the written permission of the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, and abide by the treatment plan approved by the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.
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b. The Borrower/Recipient will insure Navy-owned historical property against theft, damage, loss, or destruction while in their custody, unless otherwise noted. Insurance should be for the fair market value of the Navy-owned historical property under an all-risk, wall-to-wall policy subject to the following standard exclusions: Wear and tear, gradual deterioration, insects, vermin, or inherent vice, repairing, restoration, warlike action, insurrection, rebellion, nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation, or radioactive contamination. Should the insurance be waived, or there occurs a lapse of insurance, the Borrower/Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Department of the Navy for any and all loss or damage to the objects occurring during the course of the loan, except for loss or damage resulting from wear and tear, gradual deterioration, inherent vice, war, and nuclear risk.
c. Civilian, non-government Borrower/Recipients will indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the Lender from and against all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, judgments, costs, and attorney’s fees arising out of claims on account of, or in any manner predicated upon personal injury, death, or property damage caused by or resulting from possession and/or use of the loaned artifact(s).
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a. Timely and complete Borrower/Recipient annual reports to the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command
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(2) Determination by the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command of the physical condition of the Navy-owned historical property.
(3) Determination by the Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command of the efficacy and value of retaining the Navy-owned historical property at the Borrower/Recipient’s location.
(4) Other Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command requirements.
b. The Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command positive decision will be communicated in writing.
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Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is published on June 4, 2013.
By Antonia Kelleher
HistoryLink.org Essay 11145
On June 4, 2013, Viking Penguin publishes The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (b. 1951). With Spokane native Joe Rantz (1914-2007) at the center of the story, Brown's nonfiction narrative brings to life the triumph of the University of Washington eight-oar rowing team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. The hardcover release is the book's first publication. Penguin will publish a paperback edition in 2014 and will release a Young Readers Adaptation the following year.
A San Francisco Bay area native, Daniel James Brown attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. After completing his formal education, Brown taught writing at San Jose University and Stanford University. Eventually he moved to Washington with his wife and worked as a technical editor and writer for Microsoft. After around 12 years at Microsoft, Brown left and began a fulltime career writing narrative nonfiction books. Prior to The Boys in the Boat, Brown published two other award-winning titles, Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 in May 2006 and The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride in April 2009.
Introduced to Joe Rantz
Brown was first introduced to the momentous yet under-documented history of "the boys in the boat" as result of a brief discussion with a neighbor, who at the time he knew simply as Judy. Nearly six years before Brown's history of the 1936 UW rowing team was published, Judy Willman (b. 1943) asked Brown if he was interested in meeting her father, Joe Rantz, who was nearing the end of his life and living with her under hospice care.
This meeting with Rantz -- a meeting that Brown thought would be a normal introduction -- soon became a source of inspiration. Prior to their meeting, Brown knew that Rantz had won an Olympic medal. However, it was not until after Rantz relayed accounts of his upbringing and his experiences winning a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics that Brown knew he needed to capture this story. Brown, who has described his "primary interest" in writing as "bringing compelling historical events to life as vividly and accurately as I can" ("About"), understood that by telling Joe Rantz's life story he could produce a compelling narrative that would couple captivating personal accounts with a rich local history. However, when Brown asked if he could write a story about Joe, Joe responded that Brown could write a book about the boat. Brown soon knew that this response meant:
"the physical boat, plus all those boys who had been in it, and what they had done ... what they all had become that summer 75 years before in Berlin. The almost perfect thing that they had become, that unified, breathing, single thing that a great crew is" ("Whatcom Reads").
Researching the History of the Boys in the Boat
Brown spent the next four years doing research on the medal-winning University of Washington rowers -- Roger Morris (bow seat), Charles Day (No. 2 seat), Gordon Adam (No. 3), John White (No. 4), Jim "Stub" McMillin (No. 5 seat), George "Shorty" Hunt (No. 6 seat), Joe Rantz (No. 7), Don Hume (stroke), and Bob Moch (coxswain) -- a group he described as the "sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers from the American West ... who defeated successive echelons of privilege and power" ("The Boys in the Boat," Daniel James Brown website).
In order to fully capture the historical event, Brown made certain that his research was extensive and far reaching. While the story entails much more than rowing, Brown needed to have a working knowledge of the sport. He researched the history of rowing in general and at UW in particular, and visited the site of the 1936 victory to become familiar with the rowing facilities at Grunau.
Composing a narrative with the Great Depression as a backdrop, Brown delved into sources that portrayed the condition of Seattle and the United States during the 1930s. He said in an interview:
"I think this story of these nine young men who climbed in a boat and learned to pull together so beautifully and so powerfully is an almost perfect metaphor for what that whole generation of Americans did. They were the generation that was humbled by the Great Depression and they learned to pull together and build great teams and get great things done" (Baker, "Bestselling ...").
In addition, Brown researched Nazi Germany and its propaganda machine, most notably the visible presence of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) at the Olympic Games.
Most importantly, however, Brown delved into the personal lives of the nine rowers. To do so, he read diaries of the rowers, listened to the recollections and reminiscences of family members, and relied on those early personal accounts he heard from Joe Rantz. Along with the nine young men, Brown's story involved Alvin M. "Al" Ulbrickson (1903-1980), the varsity coach of the UW rowing team, a position he held for 32 years, as well as George Yeoman Pocock (1891-1976), the world-renowned boat builder who was recruited in 1912 to build shells for the UW rowing team. Pocock built the Husky Clipper that would skim across the water in Germany to gain victory for the United States, and the University of Washington, at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Award-winning Account
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics was published on June 4, 2013, by Viking Penguin, part of the Penguin Random House publishing conglomerate. Penguin published a paperback edition on May 27, 2014, and released a Young Readers Adaptation (The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics) on September 8, 2015.
The book received many awards, including a 2014 Washington State Book Award for placing first in the "General Nonfiction" category; was listed among the ABA's 2014 "Indie's Choice" nonfiction books of the year; and spent more than a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. In 2015 Brown was among five recipients of Seattle Mayor's Arts Awards, receiving the award in the Creative Industries category.
Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Daniel James Brown (b. 1951)
Courtesy Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Olympic champion UW crew (from left) Don Hume, Joe Rantz, George Hunt, Jim McMillin, John White, Gordon Adam, George Day, Roger Morris, and coxswain Bob Moch (front), 1936
Photo by John A. Moore, Courtesy MOHAI (2000.107.224.18.01)
University of Washington crew, Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936
Courtesy MOHAI (2000.107.224.18.03)
Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat (New York: Viking, 2013)
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The earliest recorded history of the Clayton area is found in the journal of English surveyor John Lawson, who made a reconnaissance survey of Carolina in 1701 to explore development possibilities for the eight Lords Proprietors. As Lawson crossed the fall line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, he encountered the Iroquoian-speaking Tuscarora, who controlled the Neuse Pamlico region and held a monopoly on trade between Piedmont tribes and Europeans along the coast. Conflicts between colonists and the Tuscarora led to a brutal war between 1711 and 1714, and the defeated natives were banished from the colony. The British crown purchased seven of the proprietors’ interests in 1729, and European settlers soon began taking up lands there, some bringing African and Native American slaves.
In 1746, the colonial assembly created Johnston County from Craven to more effectively govern new settlers. The creation of Dobbs County from Johnston County in 1758 placed the Clayton area in the center of Johnston, and a new courthouse was built on William Hinton’s plantation. It was there at Hinton’s Quarter that a tax revolt took place in the summer of 1768, as backwoodsmen known as Regulators attempted to take over the county court by force. A mob armed with clubs repulsed the Regulators that same day and reclaimed power for the local ruling elite.
When Wake County was carved out of Johnston County in 1771, the seat of government moved farther east to John Smith’s plantation, chartered as Smithfield in 1777. Etheldred Gregory eventually acquired the Hinton property and operated a tavern, Gregory’s Ordinary, for travelers between Hillsboro and Tarboro until the building burned in 1809. The federal government established short-lived post offices nearby at Whitley’s (1829-1834) and Pineville (1832-1836) in present Wilders Township and at Gulley’s Store (1845-1856) near the old courthouse site.
By the 19th century, the planter families of William and John Hinton, John and Reuben Sanders, John and Samuel Smith, Aaron and Drury Vinson, John McCullers and others settled along the upper Neuse River to raise livestock, corn, and other products to turn into cash in Fayetteville, Petersburg, Norfolk, and other market towns. Cotton became an important cash crop following the advent of Eli Whitney’s gin in the early 1800s. The area’s abundant pine forests also afforded some landowners opportunities to capitalize on the naval stores industry for which eastern North Carolina was so well known. Most families, however, were of sturdy yeoman stock, and their farming was primarily for subsistence.
The North Carolina Railroad Company’s decision to build a rail line from Goldsboro to Charlotte in the 1850s would forever change the local landscape. The route through Johnston County ran along the Raleigh-New Bern Stage Road, where Isaac and Sarah Stallings operated an inn and way station. About 1853, the first leg opened between Goldsboro and Raleigh, and the company located a wood-fueling stop on the Stallings property near present O’Neil and Front Streets. The widow Sarah Stallings sold lots around the station to William Sanders, who built a hotel; to Jule Nichols and W. W. Cox, who built stores; to Troy Bunn, who established a turpentine distillery; and to Wesley Hicks, who opened a bar room. Manufactured goods from the north became increasingly plentiful with the railroad’s advent, and within a generation, items such as the spinning wheel and hand loom became relics of the past. Occupations such as tanner and cooper also became obsolete. In 1856, the federal government closed the Gulley’s Store post office and opened a new facility near Stallings Station, naming it Clayton. A bill was introduced in the state legislature, although it did not receive a second reading, to incorporate the Town of Clayton in 1859. Ten years later, on April 12, 1869, Clayton finally received a charter.
Some sources attribute the town’s name to U.S. senator John Middleton Clayton of Delaware. Others say antebellum school teacher William B. Jones named the town. Oral tradition handed down by descendants of a pioneer bright leaf tobacco producer in Person County suggests a humbler inspiration. John Draper Clayton, according to family tradition, frequently set up camp nearby while traveling through eastern North Carolina selling his tobacco in the antebellum years. He achieved notoriety when 100 pound s of his leaf tobacco sold for an astounding $40 on the Danville market. As a great-granddaughter wrote, he also enjoyed the distinction of having a town in Johnston County named in his honor. Lending the story credence is the nearby unincorporated 1840s village of Roxboro, the name of “Forty Dollar John” Clayton’s hometown.
The Civil War of 1861-1865 brought sweeping changes. Clayton’s young men answered the Confederacy’s call to arms and formed a company of volunteers, the Clayton Yellow Jackets, in the spring of 1861. On April 12, 1865, local residents heard cannons and gunfire from a skirmish at the eastern edge of town between the remnants of Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston’s army and advancing Union troops under Gen. William T. Sherman. Later that night, near the Clayton depot, the surrender of Raleigh was negotiated between Sherman and commissioners sent by Gov. Zebulon B. Vance.
Following the war, a scarcity of food and money resulted in a vicious crop lien system that transformed the Clayton area’s long-standing subsistence-based farming economy to one dependent on cash crops-primarily cotton. Some prospered, but many struggled under the new order. Resourceful men such as Ashley Home, William H. McCullers, and John G. Barbour were able to accumulate fortunes dealing in agricultural implements and supplies, and serving as bankers for those who needed cash or credit. These men also acquired extensive farming interests and, by 1900, banking institutions and lucrative manufacturing plants producing cotton textiles and cottonseed oil. J. Arch Vinson capitalized on virgin timber supplies and made a fortune in lumber. Efforts to make Clayton a bright leaf tobacco market in the first decade of the 20th century were not so successful, as competition from established markets proved too great. Tobacco still became the economic salvation of many struggling local farmers after cotton prices fell sharply.
By the dawn of the 20th century, it had become obvious that Clayton was no ordinary small town. A local news correspondent proclaimed in the August 9, 1890, edition of the Smithfield Herald, “Clayton is a blessed little place and boasts of being the wealthiest town of its size in the United States.” This bold claim was reiterated in a Raleigh Evening Times feature on April 22, 1907. The headline read, “Clayton, North Carolina. The Wealthiest City for its Size in the World.” The writer cited “United States statistics” (presumably based on Dun and Bradstreet reports). “This thriving little city” he added, “stands fourth, financially, of all the cities in the United States.” Ashley Horne led the way, with business interests stretching across North Carolina.
Clayton was also recognized, in the words of the 1890 writer, as a “high bred little town.” Laura Elizabeth Lee Battle’s memoir, Forget-Me-Nots of the Civil War (1909), describes a racetrack on the outskirts of Clayton, complete with grandstand, erected for a state horseracing tournament in 1869. Competitors in regal costumes and throngs of visitors came from near and far. The columns of the Smithfield Herald and the short-lived Clayton Bud (1883-1887) abound with accounts of musical performances, speeches, debates, and social events “of a high order” in the late 19th century. Clayton’s private academy, known variously as the Clayton Institute, the Clayton Academy, the Utopian Institute, and, in the 20th century, the Clayton High School, was perhaps the greatest source of local pride. The Utopian Institute produced several high achievers from the Horne and Ellington families, including Dartmouth College professor Dr. Herman H. Home, University of Chicago professor and U.S. ambassador William E. Dodd, Southern Baptist Convention leader and college president Dr. John E. White, internationally renowned architect Douglas Ellington, and pioneer aviator Lt. Eric Ellington.
Clayton joined other progressive communities across North Carolina in 1899 in opening a liquor dispensary to control the alcoholic beverage trade. Further evidence of the town’s forward-thinking “New South” spirit could be seen in the following developments during the beginning of the 20th century: Ashley Horne’s Bank of Clayton (1899) and Clayton Cotton Mills (1900); A. J. Barbour’s Clayton Cotton Oil Mill (1903) and Liberty Cotton Mill (1907); a municipal sewage system (1903); the Clayton Telephone Company (1907); the Clayton Building and Loan Association (1908); two newspapers, the short-lived Clayton Enterprise (1909) and the Clayton News (1911); a movie theater (1910); a waterworks (1912); and electric lights (1913). In 1910, the town’s population was counted at 1,441, making it the largest municipality in Johnston County.
Clayton’s success in business and agriculture peaked following World War I. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town’s population actually declined slightly between 1910 and 1920 to 1,423. By 1925, there were two cotton mills, a cottonseed oil mill, two lumber mills, two fertilizer plants, and two ice plants, all together employing about 1,000 people. An agricultural depression that began in the early 1920s wiped out most of the Ashley Home family’s fortune in 1927. Other families saw their holdings depleted or gone altogether as crop prices plummeted, and both of the town’s banks closed during the Great Depression. It was not until after World War 11 that the area’s economy rebounded.
As in any community, Clayton’s uniqueness was embodied in its people and in their schools, churches, social clubs, service organizations, and local government. A northern educator named Henry Winton opened an academy in Roxboro prior to 1853, followed by Prof. William B. Jones, who established the Clayton Institute in 1856. This school and its successors-the Clayton Academy, the Clayton Utopian Institute, and the Clayton High School-served white students until state funding for public high schools caused most private academies to close by around 1910. Quinton Mials and his wife, Lillie, opened a school for local African Americans about 1889. This public school, known as the Clayton Negro School, was named the William Mason Cooper High School in 1940.
Baptists of both races worshipped at the Johnston Liberty Meeting House on John McCullers’s plantation beginning in 1811. In 1859, Methodists organized inside the town limits, followed in 1870 by former slaves from Johnston Liberty, who established a separate Baptist congregation in town. Johnston Liberty’s remaining members relocated to town in the 1880s, changing their name to the Clayton Baptist Church. Subsequent churches included Clayton Primitive Baptist (founded in 1900), Everett’s Chapel Free Will Baptist (1903), Mount Vernon Christian (1910), St. Augustine African Methodist Episcopal (1910), St. Joseph’s Catholic (1910), Clayton (later North Clayton) Christian (1920), Clayton Church of God (1930), and Clayton Pentecostal Holiness (1931).
Clayton was the only town in Johnston County with a lodge for the prohibitionist Good Templars in the 1870s as well as for the Knights of Pythias, organized in 1903. Other clubs and service organizations dating before 1946 include the Granite Masonic Lodge (1865), the African American Odd Fellows Lodge (pre-1883), the white Odd Fellows Lodge (1897), the Star of Bethlehem Masonic Lodge, the Halcyon Book Club (1912), the Junior Order of United American Mechanics (1916), the Woodmen of the World (1917), the 20th Century Mother’s Club (later known as the Woman’s Club of Clayton) (1918), the American Legion (1919), the Clayton Rotary Club (1925), the Music Club (1927), the Junior Woman’s Club (1928), the Felecia Book Club (1928), the Parmi-Nous Club (1944), and the Community Club (1945); the latter two clubs were African American.
Following World War II, efforts were made to rebuild the town’s industrial base, but it was quickly becoming a bedroom community from the burgeoning state capital, where government and service industry jobs were more plentiful. Local promoters continued to push for industrial development and, by the 1970s, were successful in recruiting several major players such as Champion Products, Oneida Molded Plastics, Miles-Cutter Laboratories, Data General, and Natvar. The completion of Interstate 40 through the Clayton and Cleveland areas in the late 1980s opened a floodgate of residential and commercial development, assisted greatly by Johnston County’s comparatively low property taxes. The town of Clayton alone has seen a population of 4,000 in 1980 grow to an estimated 17,000 in 2007. The number of residents within a 6-mile radius reportedly grew from 17,000 in 1990 to 40,000 in 2006.
Permission to use the above text was granted by Pamela Lipscomb Baumgartner and K. Todd Johnson
Baumgartner, Pamela Lipscomb, and K. Todd Johnson. “Introduction.” Images of America: Clayton. Charleston SC: Arcadia, 2008. . Print.
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Holland & Knight Named Law Firm of the Year by Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (May 22, 2014) — Broward Lawyers Care, the pro bono project of Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA), has selected Holland & Knight to receive their 2014 Law Firm of the Year award. The Law Firm of the Year award honors firms that have used their resources to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable members of the community.
During the past few years, Holland & Knight has been at the forefront of two different pro bono projects in Broward County. The firm’s Mickey Rooney Elder Financial Abuse Pro Bono Project team, led by associate Joshua Levenson, works in conjunction with the CCLA Senior Law Unit to protect senior citizens from becoming victims of financial abuse and to help them reclaim money they have lost.
Holland & Knight, through the efforts of partner Stephen Moss and associate Amber Goethel, also has been integral to the launch and implementation of the Mission United Veterans Pro Bono Legal Project. Working closely with the LAS Mission United Legal Team, they have led the way for volunteer attorneys to assist veterans in our community with civil legal issues. More than 700 veterans have been served since the project launched in January 2013.
“Holland & Knight is proud of its longtime partnerships with Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida and is honored to be chosen as Law Firm of the Year,” said Anthony Alfonso, Public & Charitable Service chair of Holland & Knight’s Fort Lauderdale office. “Our lawyers share a strong sense of community purpose and our recent projects to help local veterans and protect the elderly are just some of the ways we try to give back. Legal Aid and Coast to Coast have been essential to our efforts and we look forward to many more successes together.”
The award will be presented at the 13th Annual For the Public Good gala, held on October 17, 2014 at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. For the Public Good is an annual fundraiser for Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida. Proceeds benefit families and individuals in gaining access to equal justice.
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Starting Out in the Evening
By: Brian Morton
Leonard Schiller is a novelist in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller’s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life. When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master’s thesis about Schiller’s work and sets out to meet him—convinced she can bring Schiller back into the literary world’s spotlight—the unexpected consequences of their meeting alter everything in Schiller’s ordered life. What follows is a quasi-romantic friendship and intellectual engagement that investigates the meaning of art, fame, and personal connection. "Nothing less than a triumph" (The New York Times Book Review), Starting Out in the Evening is Brian Morton’s most widely acclaimed novel to date.
BRIAN MORTON is the author of four previous novels, including Starting Out in the Evening, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and was made into an acclaimed feature film, and A Window Across the River, which was a Book Club selection of the Today show. He teaches at New York University, the Bennington Writing Seminars, and Sarah Lawrence College, where he also directs the writing program. He lives in New York.
PRAISE FOR STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
"Wonderful . . . This is what a novel is supposed to be." --Newsday
"Morton's perceptions of the conflicts within the human heart are keen." --Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
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Facebook Commits to Invest $1 Billion to Promote Affordable Housing
By Happy Jasta
Facebook on Tuesday announced that they will be contributing about $1 billion to help address the affordable housing crisis in California, and other communities. The social media giant has partnered with California Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California to help accelerate progress on the issue.
There are plans to create up to 20,000 new housing units to help essential workers such as teachers, nurses and first responders live closer to their working places. In the same way, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have also announced initiatives to encourage affordable housing earlier this year.
David Wehner, Chief Financial Officer Facebook said,
Access to more affordable housing for all families is key to addressing economic inequality and restoring social mobility in California and beyond. State government cannot solve housing affordability alone, we need others to join Facebook in stepping up – progress requires partnership with the private sector and philanthropy to change the status quo and address the cost crisis our state is facing. Public-private partnerships around excess land is an important component in moving us forward.
Facebook will be spending $1 billion as follows:
$250 million to a partnership with the State of California for mixed-income housing on excess state-owned land in communities where housing is scarce
$150 million for production of affordable housing, including housing for the homeless, in the San Francisco Bay Area
$225 million in land in Menlo Park will be used for affordable housing initiative
$25 million to build teacher and essential worker housing on public land for school districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
$350 million in funds for additional commitments based on the rollout and effectiveness of the initiatives described above
Also Read: Kanye West is Building Star Wars Inspired Affordable Prefab Homes for Homeless
This move by Facebook is appreciable, but we cannot guess just yet how the entire plan will pan out over time. The greater tech companies are trying to make some commitments toward affordable housing, which is definitely the need of the hour, we hope this will make the needed difference.
Via: TechCrunch/FB
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Transfer talk: West Brom's move for Liverpool striker could end interest in Troy Deeney
The Baggies made a £16m offer Deeney, but appear to have turned their attentions to Sturridge
Daniel Sturridge could be on the move to West Brom, ending their interest in Troy Deeney (Getty Images)
West Brom are reportedly on the verge of securing a loan move for Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge - which is likely end their interest in Watford's Troy Deeney.
The Baggies made a £16m offer for the Hornets' captain last night and were keen to bring the Midlands-born midfielder to the Hawthorns.
But it appears that they have managed to swoop in and steal Sturridge from under the noses of Newcastle United, who had been expecting the England international on Tyneside this lunchtime.
Watford were not keen to sell skipper Deeney unless a large bid was received, despite a difficult season so far for the 29-year-old. Should Sturridge's deal go through, he looks likely to stay at Vicarage Road.
West Brom's wage bill is large and due to Financial Fair Play rules there is confusion as to how they will be able to bring in a striker without shifting a player off their books first - although Sky Sports News suggest they have found a way around that. - and Sturridge's wages are believed to be £120k per week.
What that does mean, however, is that it is almost certainly a case of one or the other when it comes to strikers, and Deeney and Sturridge will not both move to the Hawthorns.
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NoC Regional Conference Germany 2013
Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers Events Series
This event was part of the meeting on Chances and Risks of Social Participation
Download the NoC Working Sessions Summary: PDF
Session 1: Publication in the Field of Internet and Society
Session 2: Online Intermediaries
Session 3: Internet Governance
This first working session of the day focused on garnering innovative ideas and laying the foundation for future co-operation around joint publication activities within the NoC. Specifically, this session targeted the following questions: Is there a need for a new publication on Internet & society? If yes: Which distinguishing factors should such a publication have? Might new and emerging forms of publication, for instance those involving collaborative drafting processes, provide a way forward? Already-existing publication outlets such as blogs worked on by the NoC community were taken into account, leading the way towards further collaboration within the NoC in the future.
The discussion was first led by Juan Carlos de Martin of NEXA Center di Torino, who referred to the potentially changing role of journals in the Internet age. Journals have traditionally been a forum for intellectual discovery and scrutiny. They are also crucial to discipline building, as they allow for evaluation by the academic community itself, and are being evaluated by the outside, at the same time as showcasing disciplines and sub-disciplines. However, most journals are not accessible beyond the academic sphere. A question to ask is therefore how to make journals more accessible to the general public. There is also an issue of time lag. Do we therefore need a new Journal around Internet & society, or is what we are looking for already out there?
Participants agreed that in furthering Internet & society research in general, collaboration between disciplines is key. While participants remain undecided on the need to establish a new Internet & society discipline, participants agreed that the landscape of Internet & society journals remains limited. One successful example of a high-level multi-disciplinary journal focusing on Internet & society issues is the Policy & Internet Journal, which focuses on the relationship between policy and the Internet. Another Journal mentioned was New Media & Society. The perceived lack in Internet & society publication outlets might furthermore be at least partially closed by establishing a blog aggregator and cross-posting to interesting Internet & society research. Discussion showed, however, that further exploration of already-existing and potentially new publication outlets within the field of Internet & society might be necessary. It was mentioned that Internet studies are currently very phenomenon-driven, whereas it would be desirable to promote substantive research involving a commitment of time and effort. A tool or platform that stimulated such rigorous research on Internet & society would be seen a valuable addition to the publication landscape. Furthermore, participants criticized the lack of a forum that addresses methodological issues, for instance. A low threshold for understanding multidisciplinary research in the field is missing.
A highly relevant question with regard to a possible involvement in Internet & society debates is that of the targeted community. Meeting participants voiced the desire to target both academic and wider audiences. Others raised the concern that bridging the divide of being a public intellectual and an academic scholar may easily fail a publication. Perhaps the NoC might therefore focus more on providing a public-facing publication outlet. This might provide an opportunity to explore more innovative formats aimed specifically at an online audience, involving collaborative writing, for instance. A blog aggregator might also be feasible. Key questions would be what would make a new publication format unique and different? What could an innovative business model for an open access journal look like? Perhaps the goal would be not to form a new journal, but to form strategic synergies and plan to publicize purposefully in already-existing publications.
As a practical contribution to the discussions around publication in the field of Internet & society, editor Frédéric Dubois introduced the Internet Policy Review, an open-access journal about Internet regulation in Europe that has been initiated by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society (HIIG). The Internet Policy Review tracks public regulatory changes as well as private policy developments which are expected to have long lasting impacts on European societies. The journal’s online platform (policyreview.info) offers peer-reviewed short-form papers and essays, as well as news and commentary on Internet governance aimed at academics, civil society advocates, entrepreneurs, the media and public policy makers alike. The presentation sought to give a brief introduction and outline of activities for 2014 before highlighting existing collaborations with researchers of the NoC and outlining opportunities to come.
As a publication outlet, the Internet Policy Review faces many of the questions addressed above. Hybridity is its defining aspect, it being both academic and public-facing, with scholarly and popular accessibility presented side-by-side. As such, it has a blog-aspect and is trying to match the speed of Internet-related developments with a review process. Going into an opinion and commentary direction, it is not an established journal but rather a place where preliminary research can be showcased with appreciated peer review. Its thematic focus is currently European policy-oriented, with contributions also from other NoC centers. The Internet Policy Review team is currently exploring collaborations with journalists on news, and has found the combination of journalistic news and academic approach successful. Going forward, the IPR team is reflecting on where it may land within the Internet & society landscape, thus not only looking for collaborating with NoC participants interested in contributing to the IPR, but also eager to contribute to the discussion around NoC publication activity in the future.
In conclusion, meeting participants agreed to follow up on the idea of a blog aggregator, and to establish a working group strategically working on the idea of a novel publication forward. It was therefore decided to set up a mailing list (publications@networkofcenters.org) for operators of publication outlets at an operational level. All interested NoC participants are welcome to propose people who should be on this mailing list, via which we hope that the conversation around publications within the NoC context may evolve over the coming months.
NoC Joint Research Project on Online Intermediaries – Current Status and Possibilities for Collaboration
Urs Gasser and Wolfgang Schulz
Building on previous conversations at NoC regional events, Urs Gasser of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Wolfgang Schulz of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) gave an update on the current status of the first NoC joint research project on online intermediaries: Intermediaries in various forms – meta media such as search engines as well as user generated platforms, app stores and microblogs – play an essential role in opening up the potential of the Internet and capitalizing on its generativity. At the same time, intermediaries are increasingly powerful institutions that shape the public networked sphere and sometimes develop significant market power. Pursuing a variety of objectives, governments around the world have developed legal regimes aimed at governing online intermediaries, often using liability mechanisms as the means of regulation.
Previous conversations amongst NoC participants showed steady progress of the intermediaries discussion, resulting in (1) a concerted research effort around the question of how different liability regimes might best be mapped, what practices can be used going forward, and which methodology might be applicable to case studies; (2) a plan to explore liability and responsibility of online intermediaries from a regional perspective, focusing on Brazil, India, Vietnam and Turkey, for instance; (3) an effort of looking into the regulation of online intermediaries.
Issues addressed in outlining this joint research project included determining the appropriate level of detail of the underlying methodological questions. In order to make results comparable to an appropriate extent, Urs Gasser and Wolfgang Schulz outlined a set of guiding questions. In addition to country studies – i.e. for Brazil and India – a selection of case studies, focusing e.g. on eBay in Turkey and social media providers in Vietnam, will deliver deep dives. The latter promise to deliver highly interesting results with regard to the impact of responsibility and liability regimes on business models. It is hoped that overall and moving forward, this research project will be a truly collaborative effort leading to a repository on intermediary-related issues. An ambitious white paper of policy recommendations and use case examples will ideally form the result of this collaborative effort. Next conversation will happen in April 2014, where case study authors will discuss their work in a NoC working meeting.
The Internet & Jurisdiction Project Database, introduced by Paul Fehlinger, could potentially contribute to an overview over existing jurisdictions by collecting case studies using a social sciences approach. Within the Internet & Jurisdiction project database, over 800 cases, many of which focus on intermediary liability, have been collected since 2012. A crowd-based filter is being used to identify the top 20 cases of the previous month, for instance. Thus, the project aims to provide a global overview on Internet & Jurisdiction. In order to further explore possibilities for collaboration with the NoC, a learning call will be scheduled likely for January 2014.
Yasin Beceni and Nilay Erdem of BTS Partners, a leading ICT law firm in Turkey, further elaborated on the deep dive case study approach of the joint research project by outlining their case study on eBay and Turkey. Within the last 10 years, the ICT sector has become one of the flagship industries in Turkey. However, the Turkish legal system – which has been mostly transposed from Germany and Switzerland – sees highly excessive demands from the Turkish government to get user information from intermediaries on all kinds of interaction. eBay has entered the Turkish market 2,5 years ago. Given that Turkey has no clear regulation for online intermediaries, the Turkish government has been demanding user information also from eBay. Online intermediaries are deemed hosting providers not liable for the content on the platform, but if they are notified about questionable content, they must remove it. The case study on Turkey and ebay promises highly interesting results with regard to the effect of unclear liability regimes on business innovation.
Presentation: Intermediary Liability and Privacy Protection
Jef Ausloos and Aleksandra Kuczerawy
The discussion around online intermediaries was further elaborated by a presentation by Jef Ausloos and Aleksandra Kuczerawy of KU Leuven. The slides to this presentation may be found here. Current research on intermediary liability covers a variety of issues. The growing role of intermediaries has led European policy makers to take a horizontal approach, exonerating intermediaries (under certain conditions), regardless of the nature of potential accusations. It might therefore seem surprising to see that the eCommerce Directive specifically states that its liability exemptions do not apply in a data protection context (art. 1(5)(b)). Unlike other issues (such as copyright or freedom of expression), the interaction between privacy/data protection and intermediary liability has not been thoroughly investigated yet. Many factors have contributed to the growing relevance of Internet intermediaries as ‘Information Gatekeepers’ and shortcuts to the protection of privacy and personal data. It has been demonstrated that – in practice – it is often very hard for an individual to identify the original uploader/publisher that is responsible for a privacy/data protection harm (whether related to defamatory, sensitive or other personal information). Trends in copyright enforcement over the past decade have demonstrated the appeal of intermediaries as large, centralized points of control through which redress can be sought (e.g. takedown or access restriction). Little research has been done, however, on the role of these intermediaries in a privacy and data protection context. Many important questions, such as under what circumstances they can(not) be held liable for taking actions with regard to personal data, still remain unanswered. The inherent cross-border nature of these issues, as well as the presence of – often widely diverging – approaches to privacy and data protection in different jurisdictions, also highlights the importance for more globally coordinated/oriented research.
Citing a concrete example, the Google vs. Spain case (a paper by Jef and Aleksandra is available here) set the stage, and was used to demonstrate the interaction between data protection, freedom of expression, and intermediary liability. Intermediaries do not need to monitor content, but they do exert a certain level of care, for instance in the case of child pornography. This again raises definitional issues in a transnational context: what is qualified as child pornography in one country may be considered harmless in other jurisdictions. Key questions within the Google vs. Spain case concern online reputation management through intermediaries; the distinction between the activities of intermediaries and those of original publishers; and the relationship, in a European context, between the eCommerce and Data Protection Directives. Is there a right to erasure, and if yes, where are the boundaries to the protection of freedom of expression? Where are the intermediary liability exemptions? The regulatory framework in the EU is complicated as the eCommerce Directive pursues a horizontal approach at the same time as exempting anything that is dealt with in the Data Protection Directive. Anything not under such an exemption is implementable by the particular country. As policy-makers are not always on the same line, this creates confusion with regard to the relationship between these two directives. The implementation of notice and take-down safeguards is not the same across Europe, for instance. Intermediaries tend to have no incentives to keep content up. Should the law provide for such incentive?
NoC participants pointed to the functions-based role of regulation that only becomes content based when the intermediary itself provides content. These are the cases where regulations overlap, and where conflicts arise. This argument was mentioned to underline concern about the future of function-based regulation. Subsequently, the question was raised where intermediaries become so involved with their content that they have responsibilities. On the other hand, intermediaries should not only be considered at the applications level, but also from an infrastructure perspective. What, for instance, about prioritizing certain data? Which role does software-defined decision-making play in this debate? Citing the system of torts in Latin America as an example, participants referred to an evolvement in legal debate. One key argument exempting ISP’s from liability is referring to the content in question having been uploaded by a third party. Judges have now started arguing that the third-party liability argument does not hold because other intermediaries have removed similar content in the past.
The lack of any empirical foundation for making policy recommendations was mentioned as a key challenge to be addressed by the NoC. The hope was expressed that the first joint research project on online intermediaries might contribute to a foundational layer, helping to make informed decisions. This was said to be all the more relevant because data protection cases often-times do not go to court. Going forward, attention should address not only problems regarding intermediaries, but also the ecosystem being created around them. If Google implements an algorithm to automatically take down child pornography content, for instance, why should this approach not be taken by other intermediaries?
Project Idea and Proposal: Multistakeholder Models for Internet Governance
Urs Gasser & Dana Walters
This third discussion of the day focused on Internet governance. Urs Gasser and Dana Walters of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University proposed a project idea on multistakeholder models for Internet governance, based on the recognition in the Internet community that more needs to be done to address Internet governance, and the creation of a multistakeholder body, which would not replace ICANN or the Americans, but give voice to and address the concerns of the developing world. NoC participants discussed what could be a meaningful contribution of the NoC to the current debate about multistakeholder models for Internet governance. Should the NoC be involved in Internet governance discussions or not? What could be different modes of engagement?
In exploring the need for an involvement of the NoC in Internet governance debates, participants criticized a lack of substantial debate around Internet governance in currently established forums. Whereas some participants stressed the wish to be involved in academic debates, they would prefer to do so in an academic, not a political space. Here, the NoC might potentially close a significant gap.
A concrete opportunity to get involved is posed by the multistakeholder governance forum that will take place in Sao Paolo in April 2014. It might be possible for the NoC to utilize different low-level channels to provide analysis without over-exerting ourselves. The time might be right not to come up with analysis or a set of suggestions, but to condense reports. A possible contribution could be i.e. a document of etiquette that sets criteria for Internet policy. Take stock and work to measure. It might also be possible to lay out different scenarios for the future that could be used by governments and other actors as a basis for discussion. The Red Cross was cited as an interesting potential model for ICANN. Participants suggested looking at the Red Cross model as well as other models in order to evaluate different forms of governance. Indeed, participants agreed that efforts towards identifying benchmarks should be undertaken.
In exploring different models, participants suggested building up on previous discussions, e.g. undertaken in the context of the World Summit on Information Society in 2004-2005. The 2005 report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) provided, a definition (the first) of Internet governance, proposed to establish the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and, under the header “global public policy and oversight” (starting on p. 23), spelled out and listed different models for more legitimate Internet governance.
In conclusion, participants agreed that the NoC should get involved in the exploration of new multistakeholder Internet governance models. As a concrete next step, the NoC will consider organizing a side-event to the upcoming Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in Sao Paolo, Brazil, in April 2014.
Presentation: Governance Applied to the Digital Environment
– Elements of Direction, Control, and Power over Collective Processes Online
Mayo Fuster Morell
A presentation by Mayo Fuster Morell, Director of the Commons Research Program (igopnet.cc) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, on “what is meant by governance when applied to the digital environment?” formed the conclusion of the day: Previous analysis and research of the governance of collective action in the digital environment has been based on analyzing specific governance aspects. However, the literature on the subject is lacking a comprehensive and holistic view of what governance means when applied to collective action online. The presentation provided a set of dimensions that define the governance of collective action online. The analysis used builds upon the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework for the study of the governance of natural commons developed by Elinor Ostrom school, by providing an adaptation of the IAD framework to the study of digital commons. The empirical analysis to illustrate the presentation referred to the specific case of common-based peer production of collaborative communities online (communities of individuals that mainly interact via a platform of online participation, with the goal of building and sharing a common-pool resource). The empirical data was drawn from a statistical analysis of 50 cases and a four case study-comparison of governance models (Wikipedia, Flickr, Wikihow, and Openesf).
The presentation, which is accessible online, entailed a call to NoC participants to engage in a collaborative effort to develop a common holistic framework of analysis of the governance of collective action in the digital environment. The effort, which will be supported by an FP7 European Research Grant, will involve the statistical analysis of 300 case studies, as well as a case study comparison. More information about the project may be found on www.p2pvalue.eu. Interested parties are invited to contact Mayo Fuster Morell directly (mayo.fuster@eui.eu).
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Room E25
Unter den Linden 9, 10117 Berlin
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Room E25, Unter den Linden 9 , 10117 Berlin
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Former Project Manager: Network of Internet & Society Research Centers
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Genève Aéroport takes delivery of a prototype 'Swiss made' vehicle
In partnership with the Catecar group, Genève Aéroport is participating in the development of a light, low-pollution and inexpensive vehicle incorporating a variety of technologies developed by universities and research centres.
Geneva International Airport rejects SSP/VPOD union assertions
The Geneva public services union (SSP/VPOD) issued a press release today containing a number of assertions about GVA. In response to those assertions we wish to state the following...
Vaud and Geneva emergency services exercise on the Coast
In the context of the objectives set by the Vaud State Council for the Protection of the Population, the management of the EMCC, in cooperation with the Security Service of GVA, is preparing a full-scale exercise simulating the crash of a passenger plane in the Nyon area...
Geneva International Airport’s latest take-off is official!
Mr. François Longchamp, Chairman of the Board, and Mr. Robert Deillon, Managing Director of GVA, officially inaugurated the new facilities of the main terminal on Monday, 26 October 2009.
GVA winner of the prestigious Eagle Award
Robert Deillon, General Manager of GVA, received the IATA 2009 Eagle Award prize in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) today.
GVA rewarded for its efforts to promote sustainable mobility
GVA has just been named as the winner of the European prize for corporate mobility. GVA was chosen from among nearly 50 participants in three different categories...
In 2008, GVA made a record net profit of 61 mio francs
The 2008 financial report of GVA) shows record net profits of CHF 61 million (18% higher than in 2007) for a turnover of more than CHF 300 million (+7%)...
The airport is changing down to save more energy!
GVA set itself the goal of reducing energy consumption by 1 GWh within 1 year. A working group was set up to implement the project...
New absolute record for passenger traffic in 2008
After breaking through the ceiling of 11 million passengers for the first time in its history, in early December, GVA quite naturally recorded a new absolute record number of visits in 2008...
Eleven million passengers at GVA!
On Tuesday 16 December 2008, Geneva International Airport had the pleasure of checking in its eleven millionth passenger for the year - a new absolute record.
Inauguration of GVA's new satellite 10
GVA has inaugurated its satellite 10, which complements its existing boarding lounges and will enable it to address the constraints arising from the upcoming implementation of the Schengen agreements...
Mrs. Aline Yazgi responsible for GVA's external relations
In order to strengthen its links with economic and political circles, and with the media, GVA announces the appointment of Mrs. Aline Yazgi...
GVA commits to climate protection
The Airport now offers its passengers a way to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced by their flights on www.gva.ch/co2.
Six months, six million passengers!
GVA is happy to announce that, for the first time in its history, it welcomed more than six million passengers in six months...
Europe's airports announce bold ambitions towards carbon neutrality
European airports have committed to a landmark environmental resolution as a further indication of how they wish to play their part in lowering aviation's impact on climate change...
2008 Environmental Report: results and objectives
For the past ten years, GVA has been taking measures in the context of an Environmental Management System that includes provision for an assessment at regular intervals of...
2007 was a record year
In their presentation to the press of the GVA Annual Report for 2007 on 27 May 2008, François Longchamp and Robert Deillon noted that the business year had been an exceptional one...
GVA signs up to global commitment on climate change
Today, Geneva International Airport joined the global aviation industry in a Declaration on climate change that was signed by industry leaders at the Aviation & Environment Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 300 of the world's airports have also signed up to the Declaration.
Swiss airports in 2007
Switzerland’s seven main airports welcomed 36.07 million passengers last year, 8% more than in the previous year. Zurich and Geneva alone accounted for almost 31.5 million of them.
Passenger traffic in 2007 - a new absolute record
Press release. GVA set a new absolute record of 10'845'545 passengers in 2007, - an increase of...
Ten million passengers at GVA!
Press release. On Friday 7 December 2007, GVA had the pleasure of welcoming its ten millionth passenger for the current year, which is a new absolute record in its history...
Creation of a new boarding satellite
Press release. The GVA Management Board has approved the construction of a "satellite 10" with variable-size lounges...
Robert Deillon, Chairman of the Swiss International Airports Association
The Swiss International Airports Association has found a new chairman in the person of GVA’s Director Robert Deillon.
T1+: the "First stone"
Press release. On Monday 3 September 2007, the "first stone" was laid for terminal T1+, the lateral extension of the terminal and the first stage of the 2007-2015 master plan...
A record year in 2006
Press release. Presentation to the press of the Annual Report of Geneva International Airport for 2006.
Changes to the old terminal: TAF decision
Press release. The Federal Administrative Tribunal has rejected the appeal lodged by Air France...
Press release. After passing the nine million passengers mark in 2005, GVA almost hit the ten million mark in 2006...
Une étude met en évidence l'importance de l'aviation pour l'économie suisse
L'aviation civile en Suisse a dégagé en 2004 de la valeur ajoutée à hauteur de 24,2 milliards de francs et fournit des emplois...
2005 balance sheet: an airport in excellent health
Press release. Year 2005: more than nine million passengers and a net profits up.
Genève, Palexpo et l'Aéroport primés par l'aviation d'affaires
Les organisateurs d'EBACE ont attribué le Prix de l'aviation d'affaires européenne aux autorités genevoises, à Geneva Palexpo et à l'AIG.
2003 : growth continues
Press releases: 2003 : growth continues.
An innovation in airport strategy
Press releases: An innovation in airport strategy.
An innovative airport strategy for Geneva International Airport
Following the meeting of its Management Board on Thursday, 22 April 2004, Geneva International Airport decided to present its new innovative airport strategy. The principle of a new strategy had been decided on at an earlier meeting of the Board on 12 December 2003, which had given the green light for a study by the Airport Management of the new strategic orientation, which has several aims...
Another green light for terminal T2
Press releases: Another green light for terminal T2.
Convention of 25 April 1956 between France and Switzerland
Press releases: Convention of 25 April 1956 between France and Switzerland.
Future General Manager of Geneva International Airport
Press releases: Future General Manager of Geneva International Airport.
Green light for the T2 terminal from ComCo
At its meeting on 22nd October last, the board of directors of Geneva International Airport (AIG) took note with satisfaction of the favourable recommendation expressed on 27th September 2004 by the Competition Commission (ComCo) regarding "the compatibility of the project for reopening the old T2 terminal at Geneva International Airport with Article 13 of the Agreement with the European Union on Air Transport".
Inauguration of a solar power station at Geneva International Airport
Press releases: Inauguration of a solar power station at Geneva International Airport.
Inauguration of the new frontal departure lounges
Press releases: Inauguration of the new frontal departure lounges.
Press releases: New absolute record for passenger traffic in 2005.
New record for passenger traffic in 2004
Press releases: New record for passenger traffic in 2004.
Nine million passengers at Geneva International Airport!
Press release: Nine million passengers at Geneva International Airport!
Record passenger traffic in 2003
Press releases: Record passenger traffic in 2003.
Switzerland's air traffic policy: no to a Zurich-centric policy!
Following the opening up for consultation, by the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications on 26 July 2004, of the report on Switzerland’s air traffic policy, the Canton of Geneva and Geneva International Airport are of the opinion that the draft is overwhelmingly a reflection of the crisis affecting Swiss, and also Zurich and Basle airports, and gives precedence to Kloten airport in particular, where the installations are overly large, while those of Geneva are perfectly suited to a steady increase in its passenger traffic.
Taking stock of 2004: an “encouraging” year for Geneva International Airport
Press releases: Taking stock of 2004: an “encouraging” year for Geneva International Airport.
The 8,000,000th passenger of 2003 at Geneva International Airport
Press releases: The 8,000,000th passenger of 2003 at Geneva International Airport.
1997, a good year!
Press releases: 1997, a good year!
1998 – A Record Year!
1998 was a record year for Geneva International Airport if the provisional traffic figures are anything to go by: no fewer than 6,490,901 passengers passed through its doors.
1998, the year of recovery
Press releases: 1998, the year of recovery
2002, a good year
Press releases: 2002, a good year.
AIG welcomes 7 million passengers in 1999!
Last Thursday, 30 December 1999, Geneva International Airport welcomed its seven millionth passenger for 1999 - an all-time record for the Airport.
AIG in 2000 : a record end of century
Presse releases: AIG in 2000 : a record end of century.
Environmental report 2002
Press releases: Environmental report 2002.
Exceptionally good results for 1999
In presenting the Annual Report for 1999 of Geneva International Airport (AIG) to the press on Thursday 18 May 2000, Mr. Carlo Lamprecht, Geneva State Councillor and Chairman of the AIG Board of Directors, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Jobin, AIG Director-General, underlined the fact that 1999 had been an exceptional year for the Airport in several ways.
Geneva International Airport and the G8 Summit
"The Airport of Summits", Geneva International Airport will once again be true to its slogan by being the aerial front door for all those attending the G8 Summit that will be taking place in Evian from 1 to 3 June 2003.
The arrival, and subsequently the departure, of the delegations attending the G8 Summit in Evian will give rise to considerable activity in the air at Geneva International Airport from Saturday 31 May 2003 to Tuesday 3 June 2003.
For four days, Geneva International Airport was host - on arrival and subsequently on departure - to those attending the expanded G8 Summit. The operations ran absolutely smoothly and, it should be noted, without causing any major disruption of commercial air traffic movements.
Geneva International Airport in 2001: strength in the face of turbulence
Press releases: Geneva International Airport in 2001: strength in the face of turbulence.
New environmental protectionm measures
Press releases: New environmental protectionm measures
Record number of passengers for the year 2000
Geneva's International Airport (AIG) completed the second millennium with a new air traffic record: In fact, 7,822,117 passengers travelled through AIG in the year 2000, i.e. a 11.4% increase as compared with 1999, the year when, for the first time ever, the 7 million passenger mark was exceeded for the airport's passenger traffic (7,019,852).
Rise in passenger traffic in 2002
Press release: Rise in passenger traffic in 2002.
The first environmental report
Press releases: The first environmental report.
The airport on local television
For the second year running, the production company Aftermedia, working closely with Geneva International Airport, has produced a series of travel programs, transmission of which will be starting on the main regional television networks of French-speaking Switzerland and neighbouring areas of France.
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This Nonprofit Design Studio Hopes to Give Refugees a Future
The Oculus could return some dignity to those displaced by disaster.
Architects For Society, Refugees, Architecture
The Oculus/Home is designed to be quickly delivered to disaster-stricken regions and then assembled by unskilled builders (Architects for Society)
Architects For Society has a dream - to provide refugees worldwide with a dignified, comfortable space that feels like anything but just a temporary home. Founded by architects and designers from the US, Spain, Canada, Jordan and The Netherlands, the nonprofit design studio became aware of the plight of refugees during a project with Chalmers University in Gutenberg, Sweden.
Together with students of the Material and Detail studio of the University's Master’s Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Architects for Society developed Oculus, a rapidly deployable shelter prototype for Syrian refugees living in Jordan's Alzaatari Camp.
The camp, which opened in 2012 as a temporary housing solution, has evolved into a permanent settlement with more than 80,000 inhabitants. The project born from the collaboration between AFS and Chalmers University, challenges the barracks and tents presently used in most refugee camps and seeks to develop a solution that would fit the needs of refugees anywhere, while at the same time offering a more pleasant and optimistic sight.
“As a group of allied professionals from the US, Europe and the Middle East, AFS is a non-profit design practice with a mission to enhance the built environment of disadvantaged communities through innovative architecture and design,” says AFS.
The rapidly deployable structure, which was designed to be quickly delivered to disaster-stricken regions and then assembled by unskilled builders, was "based on a material-efficient construction with multiple layers that also brings to mind the extension of a telescope." The interior system and internal connection details have strongly influenced the exterior shape which aims for the sky and stand out from its surroundings.
The unique design even allows several units to be placed next to one another or even to be joined to form larger units with an inner courtyard for big families.
What really sets the student’s concept apart from the many other emergency shelters, is that it addresses not only the practical issue of refugee housing, but also attempts to make the living arrangements as pleasant and homely as possible.
The Oculus is still only a concept, but could truly transform the life of hundreds of thousands of refugees around the world, should it become reality.
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Reuniting separated families in Western Tanzania
Article 12 November 2018 Tanzania Kenya
By Mike Mina & Ene Abah
We take a lot of things for granted. Sometimes, it's the people we love. But that is not the case for the people who were separated from their families when they left Burundi for Tanzania.
There might have been a time that they did not fully appreciate what they had until they were forced to flee from their homes, separating their families in the process.
The Tanzania Red Cross office, at Mtendeli refugee camp in western Tanzania, is a buzz of activity. The teams responsible for finding and reuniting families are busy with logistical arrangements, making calls, doing paperwork, packing belongings, firing up engines, and even more paperwork. Everyone is busy.
After months of searching, the day has finally come for three Burundian families to be reunited with their loved ones after about three years apart. Having come at different times, they ended up in different camps and were unaware of each other's whereabouts. Western Tanzania hosts approximately 300,000 refugees, mostly Burundian and Congolese, in three camps – Mtendeli, Nduta and Nyarugusu.
One of the families is a group of five: an elderly mother, her daughter, and three grandchildren. The daughter was separated from her children and mother. She was living in Nduta, while the rest were in Mtendeli, along with another elderly woman who lived with them.
The other two families are young children who were separated from their respective parents. Both were living in Mtendeli while the parents were in Nduta. After months of searching, we have finally found their parents and are on a mission to reunify them.
We go to pick up the seven of them from their houses in Mtendeli. Houses there are made of bricks, and the soil is thick and red and can get extremely muddy when it rains. The air is fresh and crisp. Birds are chirping in the surrounding trees and the environment has an energetic aura, albeit with tales of despair and hope.
The awkward journey
Inside the car, there's an awkward silence. Everyone is staring at the green hills surrounding Mtendeli as the car speeds off on the dusty road for the 40 minute ride to Nduta. Our heads bob in different directions every time we hit a pothole, occasionally forcing us to make eye contact.
During the trip, I ask myself how they must be feeling knowing that they will finally see their loved ones again. I am excited, but I'm unsure of how to express it.
I make eye contact with one of the elderly women who has not said a word since we left their house. I had said, "Hi" to her before but she walked past me, without responding. I wonder why. In the car, I notice she keeps glancing at me and I try to figure out how I can start a conversation after she ignored me from the very beginning. I'm about to say "Hello" to her again but hesitate.
I quickly look away and smile at two young children and think of how anxious their parents must be. The silence in the car continues, the only sound being that of the engine as the driver changes gears.
Coming from an expressive African culture, especially when it comes to 'events', I was expecting some laughter, smiles, or even singing as we headed to Nduta. I am mistaken. After another glance at everyone, I realize that the emptiness and uncertainty of living as refugees is still visible on their faces.
I think of my grandmother for a while and finally, gather up the courage to speak to the elderly lady. ''How do you feel now that you are going to see your daughter again after three years of not knowing where she was?'' I ask.
She looks right past me and says nothing. I feel bruised. Maybe she does not like me for some reason.
Another lady notices the awkward moment and tells me that the lady I'm talking to is deaf and unable to speak. My heart sinks. How did this elderly woman cope with not being able to hear or speak in a refugee camp? What did she do to deserve all that?
The reunification
Forty minutes later, we arrive at Nduta and converged at the Tanzania Red Cross office to plan on how to take them to their respective families.
We start by reuniting the family of five.
We then follow Keve, a four-year-old boy, who is reunited with his mother. Keve does not know that he has a younger brother. His younger brother starts to cry when he sees his mother run and embrace another child. I silently wonder how the relationship between Keve and the younger brother will be. How they will have to adjust to each other's presence, both wanting their mother's attention.
About 400 babies are born in the refugee camps every month. The children living in the area crowd around us with curiosity in their eyes. They are probably wondering who the child we brought is.
After Keve is reunited with his mother, we go to reunify Prencia, a four-year-old girl, with her mother.
According to Ene Abah, the ICRC Restoring Family Links delegate in our office in Kibondo town which is near the camps, the most rewarding part of her job is when a family is reunited.
''The emotions and the reactions are always priceless," she says. "It is impossible not to share in their joy. This might be work but seeing the work you've done yield fruit is a great feeling. Hearing stories of family separation is something difficult that I could never get used to. Working with refugees and displaced people who have experienced this makes me more conscious of how this could happen to anyone. I learn daily from them. Their dedication to working is incredible.''
Working to reunite families has helped Ene appreciate how one's action like memorizing a phone number or teaching children their parents' full names, phone numbers, and house addresses could make a huge difference.
How do we find separated loved ones?
The ICRC provides financial and technical support to the Tanzania Red Cross to make this happen. Together, we hold sessions and print posters that share information about the work that we do.
People looking for their loved ones visit the Tanzania Red Cross offices in the camps to find out how we can help. We register them by taking all the information we can. Details of where the missing person was last seen, where they lived, and any friends that might have been contacted – anything at all that could help with the search. We then use our Red Cross network to search for them. If we find them, we then work to reunify them, like in the case of these three families in western Tanzania.
I had mixed emotions as I got to bed that evening. I remembered the golden sparkle in Cecilia's eyes when she touched her daughter's face one more time. I remembered the elderly woman who could not hear or speak while the rest of the family were deep in chatter and laughter out of the joy of being together again. I heard Keve's one-year-old brother crying for attention when he saw his mother embracing another child.
Despite all this, I felt a great sense of satisfaction, a wonderful feeling which binds our colleagues around the world who work tirelessly each day to reunite loved ones who have been separated by conflict.
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Ideagen announces new appointment to its Board
Former AVEVA Group plc CEO, Richard Longdon, joins Ideagen’s Board – replacing non-executive director, Jonathan Wearing, who steps down after 16 years
Ideagen has announced a new Board appointment following the retirement of one of its non-executive directors.
Jonathan Wearing will step down at the end of November after 16 years, with former AVEVA Group Plc chief executive officer, Richard Longdon, replacing him – moving into his position officially from November 1st.
Mr. Longdon, 63, (pictured below) joins Ideagen having enjoyed a highly successful career in the technology sector, including a 33-year tenure with AVEVA, 17 as chief executive, until December 2016.
During his time with AVEVA, the company grew from a £7m management-buyout to a £42 million public listing and was valued at £1.4bn at the time of his retirement from the Board.
AVEVA is widely regarded as a pioneer in the subscription-based sales model, with its profitable and consistent growth being achieved both organically and through acquisitions across an extensive operation across the EMEA, USA, and Asia regions.
As well as AVEVA, Mr. Longdon has also previously held senior independent non-executive director positions at a host of other companies, including listed Fidessa Plc until it was taken private in 2018, and Alfa Financial plc.
He has also worked successfully with private equity-backed businesses serving as a non-executive director at Prometheus Inc and non-executive chairman at Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.
“I am delighted to join Ideagen at this exciting stage of the company’s evolution,” said Mr. Longdon. “Ideagen has some great people and a Board that is determined to advance the business for the benefit of all stakeholders.
“I look forward to working with David Hornsby, the company’s executive chairman, and its Chief Executive, Ben Dorks, as well as the wider Board and extended Executive and Senior Management teams.”
Jonathan Wearing (pictured above), a former Director in the London corporate finance department of Citicorp Investment Bank, and who previously worked in the corporate banking group of Citibank in London, was non-executive chairman of Ideagen for fifteen years until 2018 when he moved to his recent position of non-executive director.
At Ideagen, Mr. Wearing was a prominent part of a Board of Directors which saw the company record continued revenue and EBITDA growth for a decade. In that time Ideagen grew from a UK company to a global leader in the multi-billion Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) industry.
David Hornsby, executive chairman of Ideagen, said: “Firstly, I thank Jonathan for his many years of commitment and service to Ideagen. His input and support over the years have been invaluable and it has been a great pleasure to work alongside him, we wish him well for the future.”
He continued: “The Board of Ideagen is pleased to welcome Richard Longdon, who brings a deep understanding of the technology sector and the public markets. We will benefit hugely from his guidance and insight as Ideagen continues to execute its global growth strategy.”
As part of his role at Ideagen, Mr. Longdon will chair the nomination committee which will be formed on his appointment.
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Conference of IFJ Mediterranean Affiliates Adopts Action Plan on Economic and Political Crisis
Journalists' leaders from the Mediterranean region gathered in Tangiers, Morocco on 15-17 February to discuss the deepening economic crisis, particularly in Greece and Spain, as well as the future of journalism in countries like Tunisia and Egypt which are in the grip of political upheaval.
"This was a tremendous opportunity for our colleagues to exchange their experiences on the impact of the global economic crisis and the region's political developments are having on journalism," said Jim Boumelha, President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), who helped open the conference. "We believe the implementation of the recommendations will steer our profession through these troubled times."
Participants at the opening ceremony were addressed by Youssef Amrani, Minister-delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco, IFJ Senior Vice-President Younes M'Jahed, and Franco Siddi, General Secretary of the Federazione Nazionale della Stampa Italiana.
The conference held under the theme "Changing Media in a Changing Society" and hosted by the Tangiers branch of the IFJ syndicate in Morocco, the Syndicat national de la presse marocaine (SNPM), opened with presentations by experts, academics and trade unionists on the challenges confronting public service broadcasting and the battles waged by IFJ unions to save and strengthen public values.
The debates went on to unravel the never-ending media crisis and its impact on issues including funding of journalism, the protection of jobs, the security of journalists, the promotion of professional journalism as well as solidarity and trust among journalists in the region.
The participants adopted a Declaration containing journalists' proposals to overcome challenges facing media. It called for solidarity with unions in countries hard hit by the crisis such as Croatia, Spain, Italy and Greece, where journalists' unions have been at the forefront of the battles to oppose job cuts and defend decent working conditions. The Declaration singled out the importance of unions to protect journalists against unscrupulous editors and to coordinate the campaign for quality journalism and working conditions across the region.
The Declaration further underscored the need to promote the security of journalists and called on the IFJ to reinforce its work in this area, and on governments to implement international law which provides for protection of journalists covering armed conflicts.
The Declaration also commits journalists and their unions to defending professional journalism, its ethics and the democratic values which underpin it.
The conference agreed to promote dialogue and solidarity among journalists' organisations in the region to prevent divisions based on political rivalries which undermine joint efforts to defend unions' rights. In this regard, the Declaration endorses the appeal from the SNPM branch in Tangiers for the establishment of a Mediterranean research centre to promote dialogue between media professionals in the region.
For more information, please contact IFJ on + 32 2 235 22 07
The IFJ represents more than 600.000 journalists in 134 countries
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Daily News Roundup: Hackers Are Using IoT Devices to Break into Enterprise Networks
Justin Duino @jaduino
August 6, 2019, 10:14am EDT
Back in April, Microsoft researchers noticed that some of its enterprise customer’s internet-of-things (IoT) devices were communicating with servers in Russia. Further investigation found that several VOIP phones, printers, and video decoders were passing data to a hacking group called “Strontium.”
Better known as Fancy Bear or APT28, the group has been identified by the FBI to work for the Russian government. Last year, the hackers were found to have infected more than 500,000 routers with malware. Now, the group was using the IoT devices to gain access to enterprise networks.
Microsoft has already alerted the companies that manufacture the targeted devices. It also published the IP addresses and scripts used by the hackers so that other organizations can monitor for bad actors attempting to hijack its devices. [Ars Technica]
Apple Card Is Now Available for Some U.S. Customers: Apple announced back in March that it was partnering with Goldman Sachs to release a credit card. What made the Apple Card standout was the company’s mobile-first focus. Applicants would still receive a physical credit card made out of titanium, but the company focused on making the mobile payment and app experience better than anything else on the market. The initial rollout is limited to those who applied to be first in line, but all iPhone customers in the U.S. should have access by the end of August. [The Verge]
Samsung’s New SSDs Are 10 Percent Faster and Consume 15 Percent Less Power: Just 13 months after the release of Samsung’s previous generation of SSD technology, the South Korean company is the first to mass-produce drives with 100 layers of NAND cells. The leap from 90 layers allows Samsung’s sixth-gen 256GB three-bit vertical NAND memory to reach a writing speed of 450 microseconds and a reading response time of 45 microseconds. [Samsung]
Some Google Pixel 3 Cameras Are on the Fritz: The Google Pixel 3 features one of the best smartphone cameras on the market, but a growing number of customers are reporting shaky and vibrating sensors. As seen in this video, the built-in OIS appears to be violently moving the camera around, making it impossible to take a clear picture. Unfortunately, Google has yet to address the growing issue. For now, camera hardware replacement appears to be the only solution for fixing the problem. [Android Police]
Seven years ago today, on August 6, 2012, Nasa landed the Curiosity rover on Mars. Although the rover was only meant to be in service for two years, its mission was extended indefinitely.
During its life on the Martian planet, Curiosity has collected photos, soil samples, and other pieces of data while traveling over 13 miles across the Gale Crater. To date, the rover has taught us that there might be liquid water on Mars, sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon can be identified in the soil, pointing to the possibility of the planet sustaining life, and much more. [Science Alert]
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Justin Duino
Justin Duino is the Managing Editor at How-To Geek. He has spent the last decade writing about Android, smartphones, and other mobile technology. In addition to his written work, he has also been a regular guest commentator on BBC World News and Radio to discuss current events in the technology industry.
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5G: Moving closer to reality
Mar 23, 2018 By Justin Springham, Mobile World Live, Xu Boxin
MBBF 2017 was rich in insights, providing a rich array of opinions from those at the forefront of the industry. And 5G, of course, was one of the central topics. Carriers from around the globe share their views on 5G, its challenges and opportunities.
Huawei’s Deputy Chairman and Rotating CEO, Ken Hu, kicked off MBBF by noting that while the evolution of the industry means “opportunities are everywhere,” networks need to be ready to support this. “Future networks should be application-centric, data-driven, and eventually, they should be intelligent systems,” he said in the opening keynote address. Hu warned that networks will be expected to support a range of use cases, but in terms of operations and maintenance (O&M), there has been little in the way of change.
Huawei has found on average that network O&M costs are roughly three- to four-times the cost of equipment itself, and that 70 percent of major network faults are the result of human error. Hu believes the use of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) will enable operators to build networks which can be controlled and managed more intelligently. “We think ‘intelligent network’ points to an important direction for the telecoms industry, and it’s a solution to the paradox in the industry.” This paradox, said Hu, “is the need for networks to support more diverse and complex applications, but at the same time network technology is becoming more complicated as well as advanced.”
Gary Coombe, President of Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Europe, is also optimistic about the opportunities, despite the disruption caused by new technologies. He explained in his keynote presentation how the company’s business model, honed over 180 years, is being turned upside down by mobile and digital technologies, which are also impacting the advertising industry and retailers. “The technology being developed could be judged as a threat, but we don’t see it that way. We see it as a huge opportunity to transform our business,” Coombe stated.
5G focus
5G was the main focus of the keynotes during day one at MBBF. Indeed, improved efficiency is major selling point for 5G, claimed Vodafone Group CTO Johan Wibergh. “The increased efficiency you’re getting means that 5G is significantly more efficient than 4G. And if you look at cost, you almost have ten-times the cost efficiency with 5G. I don’t understand why we as an industry are not talking more about this, because at the beginning of 5G there is going to be much more mobile broadband usage, and cost is a challenge for us.” Wibergh argued the mobile industry also needs to focus on what 5G can deliver in the near future, rather than looking at far-off use cases. “We know that at the end of the day we need to make a business case to make this work,” he continued, noting improved efficiency could play a part in this.
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO at Deutsche Telekom, lamented on day two that right now the business cases for 5G aren’t there. “That’s the sad story. But we will have a business case, for sure,” he asserted. He pointed out for the first time ever the customer is the focal point – in the 2G and 3G eras, technology was the focus (and even to some extent too in the 4G world). To that end, Deutsche Telekom is running a 5G New Radio trial in a real-world setting on its network in central Berlin in an attempt to gain consumer-led learnings from early 5G developments.
Highlighting the speed with which the industry will move to 5G, GSMA CTO Alex Sinclair said in his keynote that the organization predicts that, by 2025, 5G connections will reach 1.2 billion – a figure which will be more than the total 2G connections at that time.
NTT DOCOMO CTO Hiroshi Nakamura also emphasised that co-creation will be fundamental to accelerating future 5G services. The executive said innovations such as autonomous driving, VR, and smart homes and smart cities can be developed but require collaboration with partners. “I believe 5G supported by AI is a core technology for realizing a new world and new lifestyles. DOCOMO’s vision requires co-creation – we cannot launch these new services alone.”
It was also claimed that 5G networks will require increased use of microsites to complement an operator’s existing macro sites. Eros Spadotto, EVP at Canadian operator Telus, told the audience that its traffic increases by about 30 percent in areas where it deploys microcells. In many cases, he said microcells have payback periods of less than a year (and on average only around two years). “That’s a tremendous opportunity as we look to make more money,” he declared.
BT CEO Gavin Patterson also made headlines in the keynotes on day two by agreeing that there’s a need to have a clearer business model on which to build 5G network investment plans. “Clearly the innovation is there, it’s coming to market quickly. But, ultimately, as carriers we’ve got to make a significant investment and lower CAPEX, and the business case still needs to be I think learned, in many ways,” he said.
Start now with 4.5G
Although 5G deployment is still a couple of years off, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group, used his address at the opening of day two’s keynotes to urge operators to “act now” in building capabilities to support future 5G services. “Our industry cannot just sit and wait for 5G,” he warned during the ‘4.5G Innovation and Growth’ session. “We must act now, incubating new services and building new capabilities in 4.5G networks. I believe that WTTX [fixed-wireless access] and NB-IoT will be a good start,” he said. “These two services will not only create some new revenue, new services, but they will prepare operators to build 5G capabilities in operations, in organization, and most importantly, in ecosystem,” Ding continued.
In Europe, Telefonica isn’t waiting for 5G standards to be ready, noted CTIO Enrique Blanco, who said the operator is focused on using the full power of 4G LTE and being prepared for 5G when it becomes possible. Meanwhile, Arnaud Vamparys, Senior VP for Radio Networks at Orange, revealed plans in the 4.5G keynote session to start end-to-end 5G trials next year, with national coverage targeted in 2021 or 2022.
Quality jump
Beyond the operator and vendor keynote presentations, Joni Rautavuori, a group VP at ABB Robotics, grabbed attention in his address by stating that future networks need to be more robust and faster in order for industrial applications to truly go mobile. “While there are many IoT applications where the quality and speed of today’s networks are good enough, there are many opportunities which require better quality communications, and 5G will play a clear role here,” he explained.
David Lynn, President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, expressed confidence in mobile becoming a mainstream pay-TV platform, rivaling fiber in quality, but also noted that milestone may have to wait for 5G networks.
“I’m certain mobile will become a mainstream platform for pay-TV, but perhaps mobile streaming will not fully come of age until 5G networks are widely established,” he said. “Mobile may then match fiber or Direct To Home (DTH) for choice, reliability and quality, allowing it to differentiate itself by offering new content experiences, including AR and VR.”
Closing the keynote programme, Edward Deng, Huawei’s President of Wireless Solutions, conceded that network architecture will face new challenges as new services will have increased in diversity, but must be supported on a single network. The network therefore needs to be flexible and agile to support this and to shorten the TTM to help operators take advantage of these opportunities.
Deng pointed out another challenge will come from network management efficiency. More cell sites will be needed and more spectrum will be released in the future, which will result in increased network complexity and growing OPEX. Deng said that to support future capabilities, tomorrow’s wireless networks must be more intelligent to make operations simpler. “So 5G, cloudification and intelligence are the most important elements for future mobile networks,” he concluded.
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National Energy Board grants Imperial Oil more time to build Mackenzie Gas Project
Ian Bickis CP
CALGARY — The National Energy Board is giving Imperial Oil until the end of 2022 to start building the long-delayed Mackenzie Gas Project, a pipeline that would ship natural gas from the Northwest Territories to northern Alberta.
The board originally approved the project in December 2010 and the federal cabinet of then-prime minister Stephen Harper sanctioned it the next year.
But one of the conditions was that construction had to start by the end of 2015.
Last year, Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) asked the board for a seven-year extension on that deadline because low gas prices had forced the companies behind the project to delay development.
The NEB said it recognizes that the project isn't currently economic and would give the project's backers more time to allow for markets to recover.
In granting approval of the extension Thursday, the board said that the project doesn't require new public proceedings and is still in the public interest.
The decision now goes to the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for final approval.
A spokesman for Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said cabinet would make a decision before the end of September when the current project certificate expires.
The natural gas market has been transformed since proponents first filed for regulatory approval more than a decade ago, with shale formations in Canada and the United States providing a closer, cheaper and more abundant source of natural gas.
Premier Bob McLeod of the Northwest Territories has been a supporter of the project, saying it would bring prosperity to the North, but some groups have opposed it on environmental grounds.
Ben McDonald of advocacy group Alternatives North, who opposed granting the extension in public submissions, said views on the environment have changed since the project was first approved.
"It just seems very risky for us to believe that what was in the public interest five years ago is still going to be in the public interest seven years from now, especially in the context of the changing world view on climate change," said McDonald.
The proposed pipeline would run 1,200 kilometres from gas fields near the coast of the Beaufort Sea to the northern Alberta boundary, where it would link up with existing gas pipelines.
In late 2013 Imperial estimated the cost of the pipeline at $16.1 billion, while the network of pipes and facilities needed to feed into the main pipeline would add another $5 billion to the price tag.
Imperial's partners in the project include ConocoPhillips Canada, Shell Canada Ltd., ExxonMobil Canada and the Aboriginal Pipeline Group.
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HRDC quoted in article on difficulties with prisoner reentry
Vice.com, April 27, 2016. https://news.vice.com/article/clark-porter-fede...
This Ex-Con Is Helping Inmates Navigate the Broken US System for Reentering Society
By Seth Ferranti
April 27, 2016 | 3:05 pm
Clark Porter traces the moment he began to turn his life around back to a $10 bet he made with a guy named Pork Chop. It was 1987, and Porter was an 18-year-old federal inmate who had just started serving a 35-year sentence for armed robbery. Expecting to spend most of his adult life behind bars, he could often be found drunk in his cell on prison moonshine — until he found an unlikely source of motivation.
"This guy Pork Chop was like, 'Man, you spend all your time hanging out on the yard playing and joking, but you can't pass the GED,'" Porter recalled. "I said, 'Yes, I can, I just don't feel like being bothered.' He said, 'I bet you $10 you can't pass.'"
Porter took the bet — and proceeded to flunk the test by three points. The seed was sown, however, and he was confident that he had the ability to achieve academically. He took the GED test again and passed. It was the first step in his rehabilitation.
"I thought, 'Hey, I got something here,'" he said. "I wasn't dumb like everyone had been telling me all my life."
Porter, 47, was granted early parole in 2001, and he has devoted his life after prison to helping other ex-cons reintegrate into society after they are released. A program support specialist at the federal probation office in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, he runs a high-intensity group for offenders who are close to having their probation revoked and being sent back to prison. In group sessions, he questions participants about why they're late to class or how their job search is going. He sees a lot of his old self in prisoners that are coming home, and he does what he can to make the transition easier for them.
"When you are working with older offenders, the push is to get them some type of trade or skill that is comparable to their age," Clark said. "If he's at retirement age, we're going to look at his [Social Security] work credit. Our objective is to get him his medical coverage. Housing. We can utilize funds, but sometimes we have to go outside the box."
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has designated April 24-30 as National Reentry Week, highlighting the importance of post-release programs to reduce recidivism. On Sunday, President Barack Obama announced plans to unveil new measures aimed at making the system "smarter, fairer, less expensive, and more effective."
Obama said his administration will soon rollout new steps to "ensure that applicants with a criminal history have a fair shot to compete for a federal job," and he called on "businesses to commit to hiring returning citizens who have earned a second chance."
"Every year, more than 600,000 people are released from prison," the president said. "We need to ensure that they are prepared to reenter society and become productive, contributing members of their families and communities — and maybe even role models."
But with even more inmates — including many older offenders — likely to be released in the coming years as criminal justice reforms take effect, there is growing concern that the federal government isn't prepared to handle the influx. Many halfway houses are full, and the probation system is stretched thin.
"The BOP [Bureau of Prisons] is not geared to handle the release of any prisoner, much less elderly ones," said Paul Wright, the editor of Prison Legal News and the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center. "As the government locks people up for long periods of time, it totally destroys their ability to be self sufficient. The elderly prisoners will be leaving one institution, a prison, and going to another one, a nursing home."
Obama has vowed to take a long-term, comprehensive approach to the problem by addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system while investing in drug courts, mental health treatment, and other alternatives to incarceration. The president has also talked about "disrupting the pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails."
Porter was the poster child of the school-to-prison pipeline. He was born and raised in a rough neighborhood on the northside of St. Louis, and was in foster care from age four to 15 because his mother didn't have the means to take care of her seven kids. A confident and assured man built like an ex-football player, Porter is today settling into middle age. But he recalls how adrift he was as an adolescent.
"When I left the foster system my sister said, 'Mom ain't got nothing for you, you've got to hustle or go to school,'" Clark told VICE News. "It wasn't get a job or go to school. It was hustle or go to school. School wasn't doing nothing for me. I'm pretty much existing in abject poverty. I started committing crimes at the age of 12 — petty theft, shoplifting, purse snatching, stuff like that."
He graduated to committing robberies in his early teens and eventually ended up in juvenile detention. Under Missouri law, 17-year-olds can be tried as adults, and one of Porter's robberies at that age in 1986 led to his 35-year sentence. Though he obtained his GED after his bet with Pork Chop, Porter admits he was not exactly a model inmate and was investigated for his alleged involvement in stabbings. He ended up serving 10 years at the US penitentiary in in Marion, Illinois, which at the time was "supermax" prison reserved for the most violent and dangerous federal prisoners.
"Any time they pop the [cell] doors you've got to be ready, because you've got the Aryan Brotherhood, the Mexican Mafia — all these different cliques you're dealing with on a daily basis," he said. "At that time I was 25 and I had eight years under me and I was like, man, I'm tired of all this."
Instead of giving into prison life, Clark started doing something for his future. When he learned that he would be eligible for parole in 1999 — his sentence was supposed to run through 2021 — he went back and shared the good news with his cellmate, who gave him a reality check about what he would need to do in order to remain free.
"He said, 'Man, you ain't going to make it.' He was like, 'Your attitude sucks,'" Porter said. "He said, 'Your attitude has got to change' — and we're talking about somebody who had a bad attitude saying that about me. I thought about it and he was right."
Clark started reading books — self-help, religious, English, and math — anything to get him prepared to go back to college when he got out. He enrolled in community college after he was paroled in 2001, and eventually obtained a bachelor's degree from the prestigious Washington University, and later a master's degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He began working at the federal probation office in 2009.
Porter's job is to connect ex-cons with resources in the community, helping them find medical care, enroll in school, or scrape together enough money to survive. One of the biggest challenges he and his colleagues face is teaching people who have been locked up for decades how to use computers, smartphones, and other forms of technology.
"Some might not even know how to use a computer," said Scott Anders, the deputy chief probation officer in St. Louis. "If you were incarcerated for a long time, things have changed. We want to focus on what we need to do so that they have access to those skills."
Advocates say the limited and costly access to phones in prison makes it difficult for inmates to establish support networks on the outside, and that the current system does virtually nothing to help prisoners readjust to society upon release.
Marty McNair, the program development director at Mi Casa Es Su Casa Behavioral Health Program in Baltimore, described one recent client who had been released from prison after serving 41 years. Recalling how the man died of a drug overdose, he called the elderly ex-con "a prime example" of the federal prison system not preparing prisoners for reentry.
"They don't prepare the older geriatric prisoners for reentry," McNair said. "The lack of training with social skills, technological training, behavioral and mental health assessments — it's impossible for some of these guys to succeed. Most of the geriatric prisoners are comfortable with a little Social Security money and some food stamps. Honestly, who's going to hire the 60-plus-year-old guy to do anything?"
According to Jeffrey Ian Ross, a criminologist at the University of Baltimore, one of the biggest issues for inmates leaving the federal prison system is that the reentry process varies widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. He said people who are locked up are often left learning what to expect on the outside from "correctional personnel, representatives from the federal prosecutor's office, potential employers, and a cadre of volunteers, some of whom are ex-cons."
Sometimes people like Clark are the best individuals to help ex-offenders when they come home — somebody who was schooled on the street, in the penitentiary, and in the academic world. He has been through the struggle and he knows what it's like. He and others believe prisons should start preparing inmates for the outside world much earlier on.
"Our federal prison system confines too many people who serve sentences that are measured in multiple decades," said Michael Santos, an ex-prisoner who served 26 years and now hosts the podcast Earning Freedom. "As it stands, the system doesn't invest sufficient resources to encourage those people to prepare for the challenges that await. They will return to communities that resist the formerly incarcerated."
While Obama has plans to reform the reentry system for federal inmates, many of his fixes are long-term solutions that will take years to bear fruit. Until the system changes, success stories like Porter's will be the exception rather than the rule. He wants other ex-cons to know that there's no easy way — even with help and support, it takes hard work to succeed after coming out of prison.
"People get the perception that I walked out of prison, walked into the federal probation office, and got a job," Porter said. "But they don't understand the eight years of ramen noodles, peanut butter and crackers, stripping and waxing floors on my weekends, no days off, going to school and earning those degrees. It was an eight year process of academics."
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Add a spiritual boost to your non-profit meeting at Ignatius House. Members of the Pastoral Team at Ignatius House may be available to present. Ask us about topics that will enhance your theme or agenda.
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It may not always be possible to come to Ignatius House. That’s why we can come to you. Whether you’re looking for an evening presentation or a parish mission, we can tailor an activity to the needs of your community. The Ignatius House pastoral staff is trained in Christian ministry and brings the Ignatian charism into your organization’s gathering. Ignatius House retreat directors have led days of reflection and retreats for women’s and men’s groups, parish staffs, high school parents, and whole church communities.
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Maria Cressler
Maria G. Cressler is Executive Director of Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center and has served in this role since September 2009. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Georgia State University and a Master of Theological Studies and Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Spring Hill College. Her heart for Ignatian Spirituality has broadened the ministries…
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Fr. Peter Fink, SJ is a retreat director and spiritual advisor at Ignatius House, having arrived in August 2016. A Jesuit from the New York Province, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1969 and has presided in both the Latin and Maronite churches. Peter came from St. Francis Xavier Church in New York, where he…
Joe Lingan, SJ
Fr. Joseph Lingan, SJ was raised in Alexandria, Va., attended Gonzaga College High School and Virginia Tech, earning a degree in Public Administration. Following his graduation, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1979 and pronounced his first vows in 1981. He continued his studies at Creighton University, St. Louis University, Weston School of Theology,…
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There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth. If an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire Earth and cause an ecological catastrophe. The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period of geological history. This break in Earth’s history is marked by a mass extinction, when as many as half the species on the planet became extinct. While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record, the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs. For tens of millions of years, those great creatures had flourished. Then, suddenly, they disappeared. The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of more than a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first identified this impact in 1980 from the worldwide layer of sediment deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after the impact. This sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium and other elements that are relatively abundantin a meteorite but very rare in the crust of Earth. Even diluted by the terrestrial material excavated from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. By 1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the Yucatán region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about200 kilometers in diameter.
This impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar crater Tycho. The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere, as can be determined by measuring the thickness of the sediment layer formed when this dust settled to the surface. Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. The explosion is also calculated to have produced vast quantities of nitric acid and melted rock that sprayed out over much of Earth, starting widespread fires that must have consumed most terrestrial forests and grassland. Presumably, those environmental disasters could have been responsible for the mass extinction, including the death of the dinosaurs. Several other mass extinctions in the geological record have been tentatively identified with large impacts, but none is so dramatic as the Cretaceous event. But even without such specific documentation, it is clear that impacts of this size do occur and that their results can be catastrophic. What is a catastrophe for one group of living things, however, may create opportunities for another group. Following each mass extinction, there is a sudden evolutionary burst as new species develop to fill the ecological niches opened by the event. Impacts by meteorites represent one mechanism that could cause global catastrophes and seriously influence the evolution of life all over the planet. According to some estimates, the majority of all extinctions of species may be due to such impacts. Such a perspective fundamentally changes our view of biological evolution. The standard criterion for the survival of a species is its success in competing with other species and adapting to slowly changing environments. Yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to impacts. Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few decades ago. In 1991 the United States Congress asked NASA to investigate the hazard posed today by large impacts on Earth. The group conducting the study concluded from a detailed analysis thatimpacts from meteorites can indeed be hazardous. Although there is always some risk that a large impact could occur, careful study shows that this risk is quite small.
1. The word “pose” on line 2 is closest in meaning to (required)
a. claim
b. model
c. assume
d. present
2. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared? (required)
a. To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous is the best-documented of the dozen or so mass extinctions in the geological record
b. To explain why as many as half of the species on Earth at the time are believed to have become extinct at the end of the Cretaceous
c. To explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous
d. To provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb the environment of the entire planet and cause an ecological disaster
3. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the location of the meteorite impact in Mexico? (required)
a. The location of the impact site in Mexico was kept secret by geologists from 1980 to 1990.
b. It was a well-known fact that the impact had occurred in the Yucatán region.
c. Geologists knew that there had been an impact before they knew where it had occurred.
d. The Yucatán region was chosen by geologists as the most probable impact site because of its climate.
4. According to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large meteorite had impacted Earth? (required)
a. They discovered a large craterin the Yucatán region of Mexico.
b. They found a unique layer of sediment worldwide.
c. They were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in the Yucatán region.
d. They located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons.
5. The word “excavating” on line 25 is closest in meaning to (required)
a. digging out
b. extending
c. destroying
d. covering up
6. The word “consumed” on line 32 is closest in meaning to (required)
a. changed
b. exposed
c. destroyed
d. covered
7. According to paragraph 4, all of the following statements are true of the impact at the end of the Cretaceous period EXCEPT: (required)
a. A large amount of dust blocked sunlight from Earth.
b. Earth became cold and dark for several months.
c. New elements were formed in Earth’s crust.
d. Large quantities of nitric acid were produced.
8. The phrase “tentatively identified” on line 36 is closest in meaning to (required)
a. identified after careful study
b. identified without certainty
c. occasionally identified
d. easily identified
9. The word “perspective” on line 46 is closest in meaning to (required)
a. sense of values
b. point of view
c. calculation
d. complication
10. Paragraph 6 supports which of the following statements about the factors that are essential for the survival of a species? (required)
a. The most important factor for the survival of a species is its ability to compete and adapt to gradual changes in its environment.
b. The ability of a species to compete and adapt to a gradually changing environment is not the only ability that is essential for survival.
c. Since most extinctions of species are due to major meteorite impacts, the ability to survive such impacts is the most important factor for the survival of a species.
d. The factors that are most important for the survival of a species vary significantly from one species to another.
11. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the following sentence? Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few decades ago. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. (required)
a. Until recently, nobody realized that Earth is exposed to unpredictable violent impacts from space.
b. In the last few decades, the risk of a random violent impact from space has increased.
c. Since most violent events on Earth occur randomly, nobody can predict when or where they will happen.
d. A few decades ago, Earth became the target of random violent events originating in outer space.
12. According to the passage, who conducted investigations about the current dangers posed by large meteorite impacts on Earth? (required)
a. Paleontologists
b. Geologists
c. The United States Congress
d. NASA
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Alphabetic Index of Spacecraft
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NARL Celebrates Silver Jubilee of Establishment of MST Radar
A high power 53 MHz Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar was established in 1992 as a national facility for atmospheric research at National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Department of Space Govt. of India Gadanki. The MST Radar is a state-of-the-art instrument capable of providing estimates of atmospheric parameters with very high resolution on a continuous basis.
As part of the silver jubilee of the establishment of the high power MST Radar, NARL organised the third Regional Conference on Radio Science 2017 (URSI-RCRS 2017) during March 1-4, 2017 at Tirupati, jointly with the Indian Committee for URSI (INCURSI) under the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
International Union of Radio Science (URSI) promotes all aspects of radio science under ten Commissions - Electromagnetic Metrology, Fields and Waves, Radio Communication Systems and Signal Processing, Electronics and Photonics, Electromagnetic Environment and Interference, Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing, Ionospheric Radio and Propagation, Waves in Plasmas, Radio Astronomy, Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine.
INCURSI started this series of conferences covering Africa and South Asian region to encourage and promote radio science research as well as interdisciplinary interaction among researchers from the sub-fields of radio science, at a periodicity of about eighteen months. The first conference was organised in January 2014 at Symbiosis University, Pune and the second conference in November 2015 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The number of delegates have been increasing and the present conference has more than 280 registered participants. A total of 200 papers were presented in ten Commissions during URSI-RCRS 2017, out of which 26 were invited talks, 79 contributed talks and 95 posters presentations.
A special session to mark the beginning of the silver jubilee year of Indian MST Radar was organised at the conference, which talks about the origin, design, development, installation and utilisation of the radar were presented by the engineers and scientists associated with it. A detailed exposition of the initiation of the idea of ground based remote sensing of Earth atmosphere under Indian Middle Atmosphere Programme was provided during the conference. Intricacies and challenges of low radio noise site selection, project design, implementation and operational phases over past 25 years, were described by the associated senior and young scientists and engineers.
Young Scientist (YSA) and Student Paper Competition (SPC) awards are a special feature of URSI-RCRS, wherein young scientists under the age of 35 years and students registered for Ph.D or M.Tech Students with some research experience are encouraged to participate in the conference by submitting good quality papers and prizes are given. There were 21 YSA entries out of which eight were shortlisted for final presentation. Five YSA prizes were awarded (1st , 2nd, 3rd and two honorable mention). For SPC, there were 25 entries out of which 10 were shortlisted for final presentations. Five SPC prizes were awarded (1st , 2nd, 3rd and two honorable mention).
The conference sessions during first three days are conducted at Fortune Select Grand Ridge Hotel, Tirupati. The final day's sessions were organised at NARL Gadanki, to give the participants an exposure of experimental facilities of NARL. In the valedictory session, it was mentioned by the general chairs that the third URSI-RCRS had given a tremendous boost to radio science and that it would now serve as an excellent impetus to the forthcoming URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC 2019) to be held in New Delhi during March 9-15, 2019. The Commission chairs appreciated the participation of many new young scientists apart from distinguished scientists from India and abroad and the excellent organisation of the conference.
The third URSI-RCRS was inaugurated by Sri A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman ISRO on March 01, 2017 at Tirupati. He elaborated on the emerging opportunities in semiconductors, remote sensing, frontline propulsion systems, nano and micro satellites. He gave a call to the serious researchers, young scientists and students to take up the challenging problems in these emerging areas and reiterated the strong support and commitment of ISRO to the advancement of radio science in the country.
Chairman, ISRO, also released a video documentary on NARL and unveiled the announcements of the two forthcoming conferences planned during the silver jubilee year of Indian MST Radar, namely, "Understanding, Predicting and Projecting Climate Change over Indian Region (UPCAR)" during June 26-28, 2017, in collaboration with SV University Tirupati and "India Radar Meteorology (IRad) Conference" during January 08-11, 2018 in collaboration with Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt of India.
Inauguration of URSI-RCRS 2017 by Chairman ISRO
स्टोरी ऑफ द वीक - अभिसंग्रह
मई 06, 2019 : उदीयमान सूर्य में अति प्रज्वाल: उल्कापिंडों से प्राप्त प्रमाण!
मार्च 25, 2019 : इसरो/अंतरिक्ष विभाग द्वारा विश्व का सबसे बड़ा स्मार्ट इंडिया हैकॉथन-2019 भव्य अंतिम प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन
जनवरी 31, 2019 : इसरो द्वारा यूनिस्पेस नैनो उपग्रह समुच्चयन एवं प्रशिक्षण (उन्नति)
अक्टूबर 09, 2018 : क्रायो एवं सेमी-क्रायो इंजनों हेतु कॉपर-क्रोमियम एवं जर्कोनियम-टाइटेनियम मिश्रधातु का स्वीदेशीकरण-सफलता की गाथा
अक्टूबर 03, 2018 : स्टोरी ऑफ द वीक : चंद्रमा पर जल
सितंबर 04, 2018 : केरल की बाढ़ बचाव कार्य में इसरो डाप्लसर मौसम रेडार की भूमिका
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MYSUN announces a market place to solarize 10 Million rooftops by 2022
New Delhi, 16th September, 2016: Driven by the mission to bring solar energy to every person’s life, MYSUN, an engineering and technology-based marketplace for everything solar, has announced the commencement of its operations in India. MYSUN is envisioned as a one-stop solar marketplace that helps consumers understand and evaluate their solarisation potential and associated savings. It creates a convenient and guided buying environment for consumers by providing competitive pricing, rated vendors, quality standards, advanced engineering tools and financing options, all at one unique platform www.itsmysun.com
One-stop solar marketplace
Govt has allocated 40GW for rooftop solar alone
Target is to tap 10 million rooftops by 2022
Provides competitive pricing, rated vendors, quality standards, advanced engineering tools and financing options
Although Solar has grown very rapidly over the last 2-3 years, totalling about 7GW of installed capacity today, most of this growth has come from large scale solar power projects, which does not solve India’s primary power problems – transmission and distribution in-efficiencies and land acquisition. To find a sustainable, economical and scalable energy source for our large and diverse country, we need to adopt rooftop solar on a large scale. The Government of India’s bold Solar Mission target of 100GW has earmarked a substantial 40GW for rooftop solar alone. However, the progress on this front has been limited.
The cost of solar power has dropped to less than grid tariffs for millions of consumers across India. But still, rooftop solar deployment has been quite restricted. MYSUN identifies the lack of awareness and difficulty in buying solar as one of the primary reasons for this. The consumers are not aware that buying solar is a need today and it’s a great financial investment too, apart from its environmental benefits.
On the industry side, there are a number of solar installers, developers and other stakeholders. However, due to traditional business models and low market reach, conversion rates and productivity, high overheads and equipment costs, the industry has not been able to make a big impact in the rooftop solar segment.
Identifying this unaddressed gap, a group of solar professionals with a shared conviction that every person in India should reap the benefits of solar energy came together to build MYSUN, thus beginning this unique journey. Combining their decade long experience in the Indian Solar Industry and an understanding of the need of digitizing solar, the team at MYSUN is striving to tap 10 million rooftops by 2022.
Commenting on the launch of MYSUN, Gagan Vermani, Founder & CEO, MYSUN said, “MYSUN attempts to impact the solar industry in such a manner so as to bring about a paradigm shift in the way solar is perceived, bought and sold today. The consumer of energy is at the fore-front of our business philosophy as we believe the time has come for the consumers to start demanding solar. Whether Rural or Urban, Residential or Commercial, our ultimate objective is to make your relationship with solar easy, personalized and delightful.”
MYSUN, is committed to bringing technology-backed value added services for the consumers as well as the industry stakeholders, with a strong focus on catalysing the non-utility solar energy landscape in the country. The process of buying a solar system can be complicated and there is no easy, transparent way to evaluate and select service providers or financing alternatives. By simplifying and tailoring solar for all kinds of requirements, MYSUN strives to ensure that the power to purchase the most suitable solar products lies firmly in one pair of hands – the consumer’s.
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By Sophie McNeil Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:14 p.m. CST
Courtesy University of South Alabama
Jesmyn Ward won the 2011 National Book Award last night.
Jesmyn Ward didn't intend to be in southern Mississippi when Katrina hit in late August 2005. In fact, she was just on her way back to grad school in Michigan as the storm approached. "I just thought, 'Oh, well, I'll just stay until the hurricane passes, and I'll go back home,'" she told the Jackson Free Press in September.
What happened to Ward's hometown of DeLisle--a poor, predominantly African American community on the backside of Pass Christian--and the rest of the Mississippi Gulf Coast was crippling destruction. Mulling over her experiences with the hurricane months later, Ward wrote "Salvage the Bones" (Bloomsbury USA, 2011, $24), which won the 2011 National Book Award in fiction this week.
"Salvage the Bones" chronicles the lives of a family struggling to survive the days leading up to, during and after Katrina in the fictional Mississippi town of Bois Sauvage. As the hurricane swirls closer, 14-year-old Esch and her brothers stumble to prepare for the storm, all while dealing with issues of teen pregnancy and small-town Mississippi life.
"There was a lot about what happened during Katrina that people wouldn't believe if they hadn't lived through it," Ward said. " I just wanted to convey some of that and do it as well, and as clearly and as strongly as possible."
Ward, the first in her family to attend college, received her master's degree from the University of Michigan, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and a Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi.
Getting closer to her roots, Ward now resides again in south Mississippi and is an assistant professor at the University of South Alabama.
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‘It Won't Be Long'
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Vol 52 No 195 (2014) /
Clinico-microbiological Profile and Visual outcome in Traumatic Endophthalmitis following Pars Plana Vitrectomy at a Tertiary Eye Care Centre of Nepal
Raba Thapa Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Gaushala, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Govinda Paudyal Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Gaushala, Kathmandu, Nepal.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2709
Keywords: endophthalmitis; intra-ocular foreign body; perforating eye injury; vitrectomy .
Introduction: Endophthalmitis is a potentially devastating ocular complication of perforating eye injury where prompt intervention can save some vision. This study aims to explore the clinico-microbiologic profile and visual outcome following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in traumatic endophthalmitis.
Methods: This is a retrospective interventional case series study conducted at a tertiary eye care centre of Nepal. A total of 49 consecutive cases (49 eyes) of endophthalmitis following PEI, who underwent PPV from January 2007 to June 2010 were included in the study.
Results: Mean age was 14.7 years (S.D. 14.27). Twenty seven patients (55%) were of age group below 10 years. Male to female ratio was 2.75:1. Mean duration of presentation was 8.9 days. Nineteen eyes (36.73%) had injuries with wooden sticks, followed by injury with metallic objects in 16 patients (32.56%). PEI involving zone I was found in 31 eyes (63.25%). The retained intraocular foreign body was found in seven patients (14.2%). The post operative vision improved in almost 24 cases (49%) with visual recovery of 20/200 and better in six cases (12.24%). The vitreous culture was positive in five cases (12.8%) with predominant streptococcus pneumonia in four cases (10.25%).
Conclusions: Children were the mostly affected group with males outnumbering females. Wooden sticks and metallic objects were the commonest insulting agents. Despite the late presentation and predominant zone I injury, eye could be salvaged in majority with visual recovery of 20/200 and better in six cases (12.24%).
Govinda Paudyal, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Gaushala, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Thapa, R., & Paudyal, G. (1). Clinico-microbiological Profile and Visual outcome in Traumatic Endophthalmitis following Pars Plana Vitrectomy at a Tertiary Eye Care Centre of Nepal. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 52(195), 886-891. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2709
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JO ANN GARDNER
NOTED PLANTSWOMAN, HERB AUTHORITY, AUTHOR AND LECTURER
ABOUT JO ANN
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JO ANN GARDNER LECTURES
"gardening wisdom from the heart"
I offer the following presentations, suitable for horticultural and garden groups, churches, synagogues, and the classroom. Tailored for Elder Education and special occasions. Basic fee, based on distance, plus expenses.
Please contact me if you are intested in any of my presentations.
To read reviews of my lectures,
The first four presentations are drawn from SEEDS OF TRANSCENDENCE and are based
on the idea that when we understand the material world behind the text, we feel the presence
of the Bible as a living text. They are suitable for both plant and religious groups.
LOVE, LAW, AND THE TRUE MEANING OF GLEANING IN THE BOOK OF RUTH
This unique presentation, based on years of research into the Hebrew Bible for my book, Seeds of Transcendence: Understanding the Hebrew Bible Through Plants (Decalogue Books), traces the Leviticus solicitude for the stranger (Lev. 19:34) to the unwritten desert shepherd code of hospitality, as expressed in Abraham’s over-the-top generosity to strangers (Genesis 18:2). Leviticus and Deuteronomy spell out this concern in specific agricultural-based legislation concerning what is due to the landless stranger, orphan, and widow during the grain harvest. In this presentation, Jo Ann explores the ways in which these and related lofty laws work (or don’t work!) in the lives of real people in the village of Bethlehem during the extended period of the barley and wheat harvests, the setting for the Book of Ruth. The main emphasis is on the pivotal gleaning scenes which have a major impact on pushing the characters to fulfill the law and act with lovingkindness (hesed).
NEW! AGRICULTURE AND LAW IN THE PROMISED LAND
How did farmers in biblical times become co-workers with God in turning the earth into a lush garden in very unfavorable conditions? Jo Ann examines the land's difficult features and climate, the strategies used to overcome their drawbacks, and the crops for which ancient Israel was famed throughout the region. To understand the deeper implications of the Israelites' phenomonal success story against all odds, she explore the agricultural-based laws that had a postive impact on shaping both the farmer's character and practices. These include the Bible's instructions for the way to treat newly-planted fruit trees, the laws of charity, and the idea behind the Sabbatical Year. Who knew that raised beds and selecting for superior fruit cultivars are practices as old as farming and horticulture itself and are an important part of the story, too.
NEW! IN SEARCH OF THE BITTER HERBS OF PASSOVER:
A horticulturist's journey into the Bible
An inspiring lecture for the Passover season. This is both a personal story of the author's return to Judaism on a backcountry farm in Canada, and the significance of her plant research for the way we understand the Bible. In an hour-long presentation, Jo Ann tells how five common weeds changed her life and led to her reading the Bible from what she calls 'the ground up.' This is an entirely new perspective that brings the pages of the ancient text to life and brings us closer to the biblical world.
WHEN YOU PLANT ANY TREE FOR FOOD
AN EXPLORATION OF THE LEVITICUS LAW OF FORBIDDEN FRUIT
A practical look at biblical fruit tree production and the significance of the Leviticus rule of orla, beginning with the types of fruit the farmer was likely to plant, how he was able to turn an unpromising land into a fruitful garden (what were the techniques he used?), to what can we attribute his phenomenal success in growing and breeding superior fruit cultivars? How did the farmer implement the law? And, finally, what is its ultimate significance?
SOLOMON’S GARDEN:
EXPLORING THE BIBLICAL ROOTS OF HOLY LAND FLORA
A popular PowerPoint one-of-a-kind, in-depth presentation based on years of observation and research for Seeds of Transcendence. All of the featured plants are shown growing in their native habitat. Their acquired symbolic associations, herbal uses, and ecological importance are discussed, with a focus on the growing season from winter to summer. From the bitter herbs of Passover to the Madonna lily, and from the cedar that grows in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows from the Wall, this is a garden you must see, a garden of history, spiritual vision, and earth-bound trees, shrubs, herbs and flowers, among them some of the world’s most beautiful plants. A plant-lover’s paradise in a wild and truly sustainable garden.
NEW! THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE GARDEN
Planting the Bible is enjoying a resurgence of interest. There is a growing movement to create spaces devoted to growing the plants mentioned in the Bible in order to get closer to their meaning in the text and closer to the land that shaped the text, the theme of Seeds of Transcendence. The urge to see, touch, and smell the plants of the Holy Land in an American setting has been around for decades, but new, dynamic interpretations are opening up the possibilities of the way we think about Bible gardens, as Jo Ann shows in this fascinating PowerPoint presentation. Some gardens are elegant, others are more practical, some are for viewing, while others invite participation. Across our country, dedicated visonaries, gardeners and designers in public gardens, churches, synagogues, and institutions of all kinds, are changing the way we understand the term "Bible Garden." Did you ever imagine a Bible Garden where you actually press grapes for wine, grow wheat to make bread? Where ducks swim in ponds and peacocks strut across the landscape? The New American Bible Garden is a fluid concept based on changing needs and visions, growing conditions, and site possiblities. The American Bible Garden has come of age, rooted not only in ancient texts but in contemporary ideas and culture. Examples can be found from coast to coast (yes, you can plant the Bible in Zone 4!). Whether gardens are postage stamp or acres in size, simple or complex in design, plantings are visually interesting, often arresting, and the stories behind their creation are inspiring.
NEW! HOW TO MAKE THE COTTAGE GARDEN OF YOUR DREAMS
Garden fashions come and go but the cottage garden remains an ideal that many strive to achieve. But how to go about it? This PowerPoint presentation features two gardens and shows how they were shaped over decades, by applying the principles espoused in the Gardners' book Gardens of Use & Delight. Jo Ann shows the different elements that weave together to create a harmonious and charming landscape, one that depends for its success on garden shapes, fences, paths, edgers, hedges, accents, well-placed containers, and the choice of stalwart yet beautiful plants that need no fussing to survive among roses, perennials, herbs, and annuals. The emphasis throughout is on simplicity and softscaping. Of special interest is a kitchen garden where tomatoes share space with roses. The cottage garden has it all: an edible landscape that attracts birds, butterflies, and hummingbirds, that provides an affordable oasis for the weary, that lifts the soul, that is sustainable in the deepest sense of the term. If you want to create a cottage garden even in the smallest space, this presentation will show you how, every step of the way.
HERBS, THE NEW ORNAMENTALS
A PowerPoint presentation that explores the ways in which some of the most common and useful plants can be integrated successfully into the fanciest borders, used as impressive accents, planted in containers, and in striking combinations in a sustainable landscape. It is time to move beyond the concept of a stylized herb garden and allow herbs to reach their full potential as multi-use plants throughout the landscape. Here their aromas, ability to attract birds and butterflies and other insects, add a special dimennsion to any planting, attracting birds, butterflies, and hummingbirds in a garden that becomes the source of life and liveliness. From a long-time herb enthusaist: "Use them if you like, but no guilt if you don't!" Stand in the midst of your herb-inspired garden and experience the benefits of herb therapy directly in the garden.
New! HARDY DREAM ROSES
Based on decades of exploring the possibilities of growing roses in less than ideal conditions, this PowerPoint presentation shows that a surprising number of roses, many of them not well known, beat the odds by being both tough and beautiful, that can be grown without winter protection, don't require regular watering or heavy fertilizing to bloom prolifically and survive frigid winters unprotected. All are evaluated honestly in terms of form, color, scent, landscaping uses, disease and insect resistance (and the organic approach to deal with them). They are shown singly, in combinations, and in Jo Ann's own cottage gardeng setting. Pruning advice, maintenance, companion plants, rose crafts, and tips for dealing with the dreaded Japanese beetles are thrown in for good measure. These are the ultimate sustainable roses for the sustainable garden.
GARDENS OF USE & DELIGHT: CREATING A BACK COUNTRY FARM LANDSCAPE
This is a Powerpoint presentation based on Jigs and Jo Ann Gardners' book, Gardens of Use & Delight on which the lecture is based. It traces the evolution of the landscape as it was developed over three decades on a remote farm on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Here they learned to adapt to the three no's: no vehicle (except horse drawn), no running water, no phone, and miles to the nearest neighbor. All this, and a very sluggish cash flow. They amazed themselves by creating a beautiful lush landscape of fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and roses by the simplest means, overcoming difficulties of climate and soil. This is a sustainable landscape in every sense of the words. Each site is presented before and after, with a discussion in detail of how the area was transformed. The principles they learned can be applied to any garden, anywhere. This is a popular lecture, and is different every time. Since the presenters have been married 60 years, expect a lot of give and take and a few unplanned moments.
© 2014 by JO ANN GARDNER. Proudly created with Wix.com
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Leonardo DiCaprio – Passion for Environmental Investment
Leonardo DiCaprio is an award-winning actor, producer and environmentalist. He has won several Golden Globe Awards as well as a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award.
DiCaprio is the founder and owner of Appian Way Productions, a film production company located in West Hollywood, California which has produced several feature films and documentaries and a television show. Some of the films produced by Appian are blockbusters like The Assassination of Richard Nixon, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Revenant.
About Leonardo DiCaprio
Born as the only child of George and Irmelin DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio is of Italian and German descent. After his parents separated, DiCaprio lived mostly with his mother around Los Angeles. He attended John Marshall High School but dropped out of school. By this time DiCaprio had already appeared in television commercials. By 1989 he played a role in two episodes of The New Lassie. The following year he was making regular appearances on television in programs like The Outsiders, Santa Barbara and Parenthood. He was also a celebrity contestant in Fun House, a game show for children.
In 1991, DiCaprio made his first appearance in a movie when he played a role in Critters 3. That year he also starred in Growing Pains as a homeless boy. In 1992 he played a supporting role in Poison Ivy and Robert De Niro handpicked him out of 400 young actors to play the leading role in This Boy’s Life opposite De Niro. Over the following years, DiCaprio starred in a wide range of movies including What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, The Quick and the Dead, Total Eclipse, The Basketball Diaries, Romeo + Juliet and the box-office hit Titanic. He shot to fame as an actor and eventually began producing his own films.
In addition to his international stardom and highly successful career in acting and film production, DiCaprio is also an active philanthropist and advocate for environmental consciousness. In 1998 DiCaprio established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation with the goal of using it as a platform to promote awareness of climate change and support initiatives that tackle global warming and work on preserving the biodiversity of earth and promoting renewable energy. Over the years, DiCaprio and the foundation have made several large donations to charitable causes.
In 1998 DiCaprio collaborated with his mother and they invested $35,000 into the building and opening of the Leonardo DiCaprio Computer Centre at the Los Angeles Public Library. While he was filming Blood Diamond, the actor worked with orphans at the SOS Children’s Village in Mozambique. DiCaprio also donated $1million to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and in 2013 he donated $61,000 to GLAAD, an initiative with the goal of improving how LGBTI people are portrayed in the media. In 2016 DiCaprio joined his friend Tony Shafrazi at an annual gala event held to raise funds for the Children of Armenia Fund and contributed $65,000 to the proceeds. After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, DiCaprio’s foundation generously donated $1 million to the United Way Harvey Recovery Fund.
Leonardo DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, the United States in November 1974. His movie work and charitable ventures work have taken him all over the world but all three his homes are in the United States, a house in Los Angeles, an apartment in New York City and a house in California. DiCaprio also owns an island in Belize called Blackadore Caye where he intends to create an eco-friendly holiday resort.
Significant Investments
With an ever-growing portfolio of investments geared for environmental change, Leonardo DiCaprio has made it clear that he is committed to a greener world. In early 2019 he joined the board of advisors of Aspiration, a socially conscious alternative to conventional banking. In addition to investing in the company during the Series B round of funding, DiCaprio will serve as an advisor. With the investment from DiCaprio and other individual investors and venture capitalists, Aspiration has raised over $100 million.
About Aspiration
Co-founded by Andrei Cherny in 2015, Aspiration is a financial services company that offers an account with 100% fossil fuel-free deposits. The goal is to provide an alternative financial solution to consumers who are socially conscious. Cherny previously had a career in policy changes related to climate issues and served under former vice president Al Gore when he first began raising awareness of the effects of climate change. Leonardo DiCaprio has spoken out against the large-scale projects that involve fossil fuel and are funded by deposits made into banks every year. He strongly advocates long-term solutions for the plant and alternatives that give consumers the power to take action against environmental issues.
Known as Spend & Save, the Aspiration account not only guarantees that deposits are fossil-fuel-free, it also offers similar characteristics to conventional financial products such as a 2% annual yield on deposits and unlimited cash-back rewards on all funds spent. The account also has a strong focus on green initiatives and offers rewards to clients who shop at companies with green policies. Customers are able to track their eco-conscious shopping achievements by using a useful personal sustainability scoring system.
A Growing Green Trend
This investment is just the latest in a series of investments focused on positive environmental change for DiCaprio. As an avid environmentalist, most of Leonardo DiCaprio’s investments have been made into projects that deal with environmental issues. Through the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, the actor has worked on a variety of projects in more than 40 countries. The actor recently joined other environmentally conscious investors as an advisor for VC company Princeville Capital’s climate technology investment fund. Other investors involved with the fund are Richard Hart Former CFO/CSO of Guidewire, Maria Herrera Wealth and asset management expert, Co-Founder of CH Global Holdings, Teresa Barger, CEO of Cartica known for her expertise in investment in the emerging markets and Thor Bjorgolfsson, founder of alternative investment company Novator Partners. DiCaprio also serves as an advisor to energy-efficiency start-up Bluon Energy.
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Aryan Languages in India
Aryan Languages in India bear the water marks of Indus borne language and the admixture of Aryan language.
Aryan Languages consists of a number of languages that have added to the glitz and glory of Indian languages. Konkani is an exuberant language, belonging to Indo-Aryan language group, widely spoken on the western coast of India, namely Konkan. Various states of India namely northern and central coasts of Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Canara (coastal Karnataka) and also some provinces of Kerala are integrated to this whole of Konkan area and speak Konkani.
Thus quite a large number of people speak this beautiful language of Konkani. A report was brought out by 'The Census Department of India' in the year 1991, which records that the number of Konkani speakers in India is 1,760,607. This population comprises of 0.21% of the total number of people residing in Indian subcontinent. It secures the position of being fifteenth in the comprehensive list of 'Scheduled Languages'. It was recorded as per the total 'strength' of people. Very recently, the ethnological record gave an estimation of 7.6 million speakers in the whole of the world. The evolution of Konkani is quite significant. In the initial years of its inception, Konkani has developed as a popular language in Goa province. Although Brahmi script was used in the initial days, soon it paved the way for Devangiri script rampantly used for writing. It was used widely for spiritual purposes and also for maintenance of accounts, trading ledgers and other daily chores.
The next era of the development of Konkani is largely embellished with the contributions of various communities. Various Konkani communities moulded the Konkani language suiting their own viability. Muslim communities of the Konkan region of Ratnagiri and Bhatkal shaped the Konkani languages. Factors like inter caste marriages with Arab populace, changeovers of Hindus to Muslims etc have brought about these changes in the language. Some of them who have settled down in nearby territories also implanted several modifications in their language and practices also. Thus in this way, during the last five hundred years, the Konkani language spread to various state provinces like Canara, Kokanpatta and Kerala etc.
Amongst the languages of India that are held in high esteem by the people of India, Kannada Language has a special significance. It has brought about fame and prestige for the whole panorama of Indian language. It has got the ranking of being the twenty seventh most spoken languages in the whole world. Kannada is also one of those that have received the status of being the official language of Indian states. It is also a proud member of the highly acclaimed Dravidian language family, spoken widely in the southern region of Karnataka. Apart from being official language of Karnataka, Kannada is also used here for the administrative purposes.
Kannada language has been evolved in its present form, undergoing several twins and turns. In fact, the Indian linguists have demarcated the whole of this evolutionary process in to four broad phases. Various social and religious influences have shaped this evolution. Malayalam is classified as a South Dravidian language. Malayalam is concentrated in the state of Kerala and adjoining areas. As "Malai" (Chera) denotes "mountain", the word "Malai alam" obviously refers to either people or the language of the hilly region. About a thousand years ago Tamil was the spoken language of present-day Kerala state with a number of local variations. It is said that Malayalam as a spoken language. This was not referred to in Tamil literature before the fifteenth century.
Marathi is an Indo Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western India (Maharshtrians). It serves as the official language of the state of Maharashtra, with roughly ninety million fluent speakers worldwide. The Marathi language ranks 4th in the whole of India as and when balanced with the number of populace who claim it as their primary language. Along with Bengali, Marathi is the oldest of the regional literatures in Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about 1000 AD. Marathi is at least fifteen hundred years old, and derives its grammar and syntax from Pali and Prakrit. The Marathi language was earlier known as Maharashtri, Maharathi, Malhatee or Marthi in ancient times. Some of the peculiar features of Marathi linguistic culture include Marathi drama, with its unique style of 'Sangeet Natak', scholarly discourses called 'Vasant Vyakhyanmala', Marathi folk dance called 'Lavani', and special editions of magazines for Diwali called 'Diwali anka.'
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Total direct investment (foreign plus domestic investment) in Indonesia rose 11.8 percent year-on-year (y/y) to IDR 185.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2018, showing robust investor appetite and giving rise to optimism that Indonesia's full-year direct investment target of IDR 765 trillion can be achieved. Traditionally direct investment realization is lowest in the first quarter of the year (although the upcoming elections in 2018 and 2019 may make some investors prefer to wait and see).
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Last year Indonesians went on holiday, abroad, more than ever before. According to the latest data, a total of 9.1 million Indonesians visited some time abroad for their holiday in 2017, up from 8.4 million Indonesian tourists in 2016, or 8.1 million tourists in the preceding two years. What explains this rising trend?
Indonesia Investigates Standard Chartered's "Guernsey Transfer"
Indonesian authorities are currently investigating a suspicious transfer, involving USD $1.4 billion, by Standard Chartered Plc made in late-2015. British multinational banking and financial services company Standard Chartered held these funds - the majority on behalf of Indonesian clients - at Guernsey, a Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French coast.
Indonesia's Lippo Group Acquires Singapore's Healthway Medical Corp
The Lippo Group, one of Indonesia's largest and most diversified conglomerates, is set to acquire a big stake in Singapore-listed Healthway Medical Corporation (HMC) through Gentle Care (a Lippo Group-linked unit). HMC is a private healthcare provider operating through two segments, including primary healthcare, and specialist & wellness healthcare. It owns and manages more than 100 medical centers and clinics, mainly in Singapore and China.
Tax Amnesty Indonesia: Regulations for Asset Repatriations Eased
Indonesia's tax amnesty program, which was launched in July 2016 and will run until 31 March 2017, can be labeled a success. Up to 16 October 2016, a total of IDR 3,842.9 trillion (approx. USD $296 billion) worth of assets (either at home or abroad) have been declared to Indonesia's tax authorities nearly achieving the government's target of IDR 4,000 trillion. However, asset repatriations (from the so-called tax havens) are not a success, being far from the government's initial projection and therefore Indonesian authorities are now easing regulations.
Update Indonesia's Tax Amnesty Program, Singapore Banks to Police
The first period of Indonesia’s tax amnesty program is almost completed. This first period, which runs from July to 31 September 2016, offers the most attractive tax rates to those taxpayers who have not fulfilled their tax obligations in recent years. Through the government’s tax amnesty program they can declare previously undeclared assets and – if they have assets abroad (for example in the so-called tax havens) – they are encouraged to repatriate these funds into Indonesia through attractive tax incentives and immunity from prosecution, a move that met resistance in Singapore.
Indonesia Issues Travel Warning to Singapore due to Zika Virus
Indonesia's Ministry of Health - in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - issued a 'travel advisory' for Singapore as the small Southeast Asian nation has been plagued by an outbreak of the Zika virus. By Wednesday (31/08), 82 people were reported to have been infected by the virus in Singapore. By issuing the travel advisory Indonesian authorities discourage citizens from traveling to Singapore, particularly pregnant women are warned. Indonesia is no stranger to mosquito-borne illnesses. The country has to cope with frequent outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria.
Forest Fires in Indonesia Bring Traditional Haze Season
The "haze season" is back in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. Forest fires in Riau (Sumatra) are the main cause of smoke that has been carried to Singapore and Malaysia over the weekend. But also fires in West and Central Kalimantan have caused local haze. Hundreds of firefighters and military personnel were deployed to combat forest fires in Riau where 162 hotspots were counted over the past couple of days. Indonesian farmers' (illegal) slash-and-burn practices (aimed at clearing land) are the cause, while dry and hot weather exacerbate the situation.
Growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indonesia Slows in Q2-2016
Direct investment in Indonesia (both domestic and foreign) totaled IDR 298.1 trillion in the first half of 2016, up 14.8 percent from investment realization in the same period one year earlier. Foreign direct investment (FDI) was recorded at IDR 195.5 trillion¹, up 12.3 percent (y/y) - and accounting for 65.6 percent of total investment realization in the first six months of 2016 - while domestic direct investment (DDI) rose 20.0 percent (y/y) over the same period. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, FDI into Indonesia rose 7.9 percent, considerably lower than the 17.1 percent (q/q) growth pace in the preceding quarter.
Singapore Denies Allegations Regarding Indonesia's Tax Amnesty Program
Singaporean authorities deny that the nation's banks offer incentives to Indonesian clients to keep their assets stashed in Singapore. Last week, reports started to circulate in local Indonesian media claiming that Singaporean banks offer to finance the difference between interest paid on the declaration of assets kept in Singapore and the interest paid on the assets repatriated to Indonesia. Indonesia is eager to see the repatriation of offshore funds (stashed in so-called tax havens) through the tax amnesty program. It is estimated that some USD $200 billion worth of Indonesian funds are kept in Singapore.
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Studying Abroad More Expensive for Indonesians as Rupiah Weakens
Indonesia's heavily depreciated rupiah makes it more difficult for Indonesians to study abroad or to send their children to universities abroad without having the financial aid in the form of a scholarship. For those that are thinking of making such a decision, they need to take into account the performance of the Indonesian rupiah as well as the inflation outlook in the country of destination. So far in 2015, the Indonesian rupiah has depreciated 18 percent against the US dollar, 9 percent against the euro, 14 percent against China's yuan, and 2.4 percent against the Australian dollar.
Tourism in Indonesia: Record High Number of Foreign Visitor Arrivals
The total number of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia in 2014 was 9.44 million, up 7.19 percent from the preceding year, meaning that the government target of welcoming 9.3 million foreign tourists last year was achieved. As usual, most foreign tourists entered Indonesia through the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, the most famous tourist destination in the world’s largest archipelago. During the whole year of 2014 a total of 3.71 million foreigners spent some time on Bali.
Foreign Direct Investment in Indonesia Hit Record High in 2014
The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) announced that foreign and domestic direct investment realization in Indonesia totalled IDR 463.1 trillion (USD $37 billion) in 2014, a 16.2 percent increase from the previous year and exceeding the target that was set previously. This is a positive result as 2014 was expected to be a rather bleak year in terms of direct investment amid political uncertainties triggered by the (fragmented results) of the country’s legislative and presidential elections.
Contrary to Global Trend Indonesian Stocks and Rupiah Strengthen
Despite the fact that foreign investors continued to record net selling (IDR 216.9 billion) and despite mostly declining stock indices in Southeast Asia, the benchmark stock index of Indonesia (Jakarta Composite Index, abbreviated IHSG) rose 0.19 percent to 4,922.59 points on Tuesday’s trading day (14/10). The IHSG was particularly supported by rising consumer and manufacturing stocks. Indonesian stocks were also supported by the appreciating rupiah exchange rate.
Press Release: Indosat-Novosol Partnership: A Treat for Football Fans
Indosat, one of Indonesia's largest telecommunication networks and services provider, has partnered with Novosol, a Singapore headquartered mobile media and advertising company. Indosat will offer Novosol's MoFutbol multimedia mobile magazine to its fifty million plus subscribers at no charge. MoFutbol is a 24x7 magazine videos, photo-stories and real time scrollers. MoFutbol is the first multimedia mobile football service in the Indonesian language. The Mandarin and Malay editions will follow soon.
Corruption Scandal: Head of SKK Migas Arrested on Alleged Bribery Charges
Late on Tuesday evening (13/08), the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Rudi Rubiandini, head of the Upstream Oil and Gas regulatory special task force (SKK Migas) for allegedly accepting bribes amounting to USD $400,000 from Kernel Oil Pte Ltd, which is headquartered in Singapore. Four other people were also arrested in connection with this case. Rubiandini is currently being questioned by the KPK. The institution has one day to determine Rubiandini's legal status.
Investment Realization in Indonesia USD $19.8 billion in Semester I-2013
Investment realization in Indonesia grew 30.2 percent to IDR 192.8 trillion (USD $19.8 billion) in the first six months of 2013 (compared to the same period last year). This result implies that 49.4 percent of the investment target for full 2013 has been achieved. The Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) aims to collect IDR 390.3 trillion in investments this year. This target is divided in domestic direct investment (DDI) of IDR 117.7 trillion and foreign direct investment (FDI) of IDR 272.6 trillion.
Tourism in Indonesia: One of Indonesia's Untapped Potentials? (Part I)
Whenever the topic of tourism in Indonesia is touched upon, most people will instantly think of Bali. This small but famous island harbors all sorts of entertainment that will appeal to various segments of international tourism: beautiful landscapes, Balinese Hinduism, lively nightclubs, beaches and more. But apart from Bali - and despite the fact that Indonesia has much to offer on other islands - the country has disappointed in attracting a large amount of foreign tourists so far.
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Seattle Seahawks Mock Draft: Final Look At 2017 NFL Draft, Seattle Seahawks Draft Pick List
Ryan DeVault
Seattle Seahawks mock drafts haven’t agreed on much during the NFL offseason. It’s possible a Seahawks trade takes place before the team makes its first-round pick on Thursday night (April 27), especially if they get an offer from a team looking to give multiple picks in exchange for it. In fact, none of the experts at NFL.com can agree on the Seattle Seahawks mock drafts, each predicting a different player going to the team with pick No. 26.
A report by NFL.com lists four different experts predicting four different players could get drafted by the Seahawks on Day 1. Those players are Utah offensive tackle Garett Bolles, Western Kentucky offensive guard Forrest Lamp, LSU cornerback Tre’Davious White, and Wisconsin offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk. This could be a reason why so many recent Seahawks trade rumors have suggested that first-round pick is available. The team could easily move back a few spots and still have players left on the draft board that would be good fits on the roster.
An updated report by CBS Sports links the Seahawks to Garett Bolles, echoing that one of the top priorities for the team this offseason is to address the offensive line. NFL writer Rob Rang states that Bolles is a work in progress, having started only one year at Utah. He also says that Bolles has some character red flags, despite being one of the best lineman expected to still be still available at the end of the round. General manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll have not shied away from players with character flaws in the past.
[Image by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images]
Heading into Day 1 of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Seahawks have six draft picks to work with. It begins with the No. 26 overall selection, but it’s possible that the front office could look to acquire more picks during the first two days of the draft. Seahawks general manager John Schneider has been known to move back in rounds in exchange for multiple picks later in the draft. That could take place on Day 1 this year as well, especially if a team wants to move up and take a defensive prospect with that No. 26 selection.
Full Seattle Seahawks Draft Pick List (2017 NFL Draft)
Round 1 – Pick No. 26
Round 2 – Pick No. 26 (58th overall)
Round 3 – Pick No. 38 (102nd overall)
Round 3 – Pick No. 42 (106th overall)
Round 7 – Pick No. 8 (226th overall)
[Image by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]
When it comes to the fans predicting how the Seattle Seahawks mock draft should look, they have a different opinion on how the team should approach the 2017 NFL Draft. A report by ESPN relayed how fans have voted for each spot, and they don’t think that the Seahawks should target an offensive lineman in the first round. Washington Huskies cornerback Kevin King is the player showing up on this draft board, possibly showing a lot of bias from local fans. King could be a good cornerback to take in the draft, but it doesn’t address some primary issues on the roster.
There are going to be a high number of Seattle Seahawks trade rumors as the hours tick down to the first pick on Thursday night (April 27). That will likely be the case for a number of teams, especially with the secrecy surrounding whom the Cleveland Browns are going to target with that No. 1 pick. Teams like the San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars are also looking to make a big splash, while teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, and Pittsburgh Steelers are looking for a final piece to keep the New England Patriots from another Super Bowl victory.
As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the Seahawks traded Marshawn Lynch to the Oakland Raiders for a 2018 fifth-round draft pick. That could help the team down the road. Todd McShay’s final NFL mock draft also came out, projecting the Seahawks to target Michigan State defensive tackle Malik McDowell in the first round, Western Michigan offensive lineman Taylor Moton in the second round, and USC offensive lineman Zach Banner in the third round. Will that final Seattle Seahawks mock draft mirror what the team does this weekend?
[Featured Image by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images]
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South Africa to face joint bid from Australia and New Zealand to host 2017 Rugby League World Cup
By Duncan Mackay
October 21 - South Africa will take on a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand to host the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, it was announced today.
Both proposals were approved and formal bids are now expected from both after the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) announced details today of the next stage of the process to host what will be the 15th edition of the tournament.
Following submissions, bids will be assessed by a specially convened RLIF Board Sub-Committee who will make a recommendation on host nation.
The Sub-Committee will be chaired by Nigel Wood, deputy chairman of the RLIF and tournament director of this year's World Cup, which is due to start at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday (October 26).
Bids for 2017 are due to be submitted in November when the country will also be asked to present the content of their bids to the Sub-Committee.
A decision is expected to be announced in January 2014.
"This is an important milestone for the further development and growth of the international game as we firmly establish a four year cycle for the World Cup," said Wood.
"The Rugby League World Cup is the pinnacle of the sport and is essential to the development of the game at every level.
"It is fantastic to see three nations all with an active interest in hosting the next tournament as that clearly demonstrates a growing, global interest in rugby league.
"The RLIF has established a thorough assessment process for the bids, to ensure that the tournament is awarded to the best host.
"An early decision will enable maximum time for planning and preparation and put the hosts of the Rugby League World Cup 2017 in the best possible position to deliver a successful tournament."
Australia hosted the last Rugby World Cup, in 2008, but were beaten by rivals New Zealand in the final in Brisbane
The World Cup been held nearly once every four years on average since its inaugural tournament in France in1954.
This was the first World Cup of either rugby code and the first competition to be officially known as the "Rugby World Cup".
South Africa have never hosted the tournament but Australia have staged it on four occasions, including jointly with New Zealand in 1968 and 1977.
Australia held the event on its own the last occasion it was held, in 2008, when New Zealand lifted the trophy for the first time, beating the hosts 34-20 in the final in Brisbane.
The bid from South Africa is particularly significant because until now rugby union has been the dominant code in the country.
This year's World Cup will feature 14 teams with the preliminary rounds being played in England, France, Ireland and Wales with the quarter-finals being held in Leeds, Warrington, Wrexham and Wigan, the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium in London and the final at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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Tokyo 2020 Minister visits Rio 2016 and Buenos Aires 2018 venues
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Shunichi Suzuki has visited Rio 2016 venues and facilities due to be used at this year's Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires as part of a visit to South America.
Suzuki took the trip to learn from Rio de Janeiro's hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics as Tokyo continues its preparations for the Games in 2020.
The Minister visited the Olympic Park in Rio as well as the city's Anti-Doping Laboratory.
Suzuki also went to the Integrated Command and Regional Control Center in the Brazilian city, where security operations were coordinated from during the 2016 Games.
He then travelled to Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, which is due to host the Summer Youth Olympics from October 6 to 18.
Suzuki visited the Olympic Village and sporting facilities along with Japanese Ambassador to Argentina Noriteru Fukushima and other officials.
The Japanese Minister also visited Buenos Aires, the host city of this year's Summer Youth Olympics ©Getty Images
The Japanese Minister was informed about Buenos Aires 2018's legacy benefits from staging the Youth Olympics later this year.
The construction of temporary sport infrastructure and the eventual conversion of the Village into a model neighbourhood once the event has finished were among the other topics discussed during the visit.
"I think that it was very important for us to receive them and for them to have this visit and see how we are utilising various elements," Buenos Aires 2018 director of sports facilities Cecilia Farias said.
"Most of the facilities for these Games are temporary, except for the Youth Olympic Centre, which is part of the legacy.
"I think what our visitors from Tokyo 2020 are looking for is to see how we have used and combined a number of elements, both in the construction aspect as well as in the social aspect."
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December 2017: Tokyo 2020 launches Olympic and Paralympic medal design competition
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REVISION QUESTIONS-2: Important Questions for UPSC Prelims – 2016
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REVISION QUESTIONS: Important Questions for UPSC Prelims – 2016
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Israel has common borders with
Select the correct answer using the codes below.
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Solution: a)
Learning: Israel’s borders have changed from time to time with developments in Israel’s military and diplomatic situation.
According to Green Line interpretations, it borders Lebanon in the north, the Golan Heights and Syria in the northeast, the West Bank and Jordan in the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the southwest.
The border with Egypt is the international border demarcated in 1906 between Britain and the Ottoman Empire. The borders with Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are based on those drawn up by the United Kingdom and France in anticipation of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War and the carve up of the Ottoman Empire between them.
Q Source: Map based questions
The Lok Sabha can express lack of confidence in the government in which of the following ways?
By not passing a motion of thanks on the President’s inaugural address
By rejecting a money bill.
By passing a censure motion or an adjournment motion.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Solution: d)
Justification: The ministers are collectively responsible to the Parliament in general and to the Lok Sabha in particular.
Statement 1: Motion of thanks outlines the government’s approach for the coming year and is an important government document. If it is not passed, the Lok Sabha clearly doesn’t feel confident about government’s agenda.
Statement 2 and 3: These cases have been discussed in previous tests and statement 2 in one of the questions in this set.
Q Source: Indian Polity: M Laxmikanth
Gambusia fish is well known for
Breaking heavy metals into water into simpler compounds
Controlling mosquito population by feeding on larvae
Which of the above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution: b)
Learning: The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a species of freshwater fish, also commonly known as mosquitofish or gambezi.
There is also an eastern mosquitofish (G. holbrooki).
Mosquitofish are small in comparison to many other freshwater fishThe name “mosquitofish” was given because the diet of this fish sometimes consists of large numbers of mosquito larvae, relative to body size.
Gambusia typically eat zooplankton, beetles, mayflies, caddisflies, mites, and other invertebrates; mosquito larvae make up only a small portion of their diet.
Q Source: Based on past year UPSC papers
Largest committee of the Parliament is
a) A Departmental Standing Committee
b) Estimates Committee
c) Public Accounts Committee
d) Rules Committee
Learning: Committee on Estimates consists of 30 members who are elected by the Lok Sabha every year from amongst its members.
Each of Departmental Standing Committee consists of not more than 45 members—30 to be nominated by the Speaker from amongst the members of Lok Sabha and 15 to be nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha from amongst the members of Rajya Sabha. A Minister is not eligible to be nominated to these Committees.
The term of members of these Committees is one year. With reference to the Ministries/Departments under their purview, the functions of these committees are:
Consideration of Demands for Grants.
Examination of Bills referred to by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha or the Speaker, Lok Sabha as the case may be.
Consideration of Annual Reports.
Consideration of national basic long term policy documents presented to the House and referred to the Committee by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha or the Speaker, Lok Sabha, as the case may be. These Committees do not consider matters of day-to-day administration of the concerned Ministries/Departments.
Q Source: http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p21.htm
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a statutory organisation, was constituted in 1974 under the
a) Environment Protection Act
b) Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
c) Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
d) Wildlife Protection Act
Solution: c)
Learning: Apart from its establishment under the Water Act, CPCB was entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
It serves as a field formation and also provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Principal Functions of the CPCB, as spelt out in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, (i) to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and (ii) to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
Air Quality Monitoring is an important part of the air quality management. The National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) has been established with objectives to determine the present air quality status and trends and to control and regulate pollution from industries and other source to meet the air quality standards.
It also provides background air quality data needed for industrial siting and towns planning.
Q Source: CPCB Website
The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, while assuming their offices, do not make and subscribe any separate oath or affirmation before the President. This is because
a) It is considered against the dignity of the office.
b) They have already taken oath as a Member of Parliament.
c) They have been elected by the members of the House.
d) No one can be authorized to subscribe oath to the presiding officers of the Parliament.
Learning: Every member of either House of Parliament shall, before taking his seat, make and subscribe before the President, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
Speaker and Deputy speaker being MPs already subscribe to this oath.
If a member is not able to make and subscribe the oath or affirmation at the commencement of a sitting of the House, he may do so at any convenient time during the sitting of the House as the Speaker may direct.
“Vitarka” mudra in Buddhism is a mudra (gesture) of
a) Discussion and debate
b) Calling the earth to witness Buddha’s victory over Mara
c) Gift bestowing nature of compassion
d) Fearlessness that should come as a result of Nirvana
Learning: Abhaya – This gesture is also called “Gesture of Fearlessness” or “blessing” or “fearless mudra”. Generally, this position is shown with the palms(s) facing outward and the fingers extended upwards (image below).
“Gesture of Argument” – (vitarka) also called “The Gesture of Debate” or “discussion” mudra. In this gesture the tips of thumb and index finger touched forming a circle. All the other fingers are extended upwards. This is the mystic gesture of Taras and Bodhisattvas, often used when explaining the Buddhas teachings.
“Gesture of Witness” – (bhumisparsha) This gesture is also called “touching the earth” mudra or “calling the earth to witness” mudra. The right arm hangs down over the right knee. The hand with the palm turned inward and all the fingers extended downward with the finger touching the lotus throne. The left hand lies on the lap with palm upward. This gesture symbolizes Shakyamunis victory over Mara. The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya shows the same Mudra.
“Gesture of Charity” – (varada) This gesture is also called “Gift bestowing Gesture of Compassion” or “conferring boon” or “grace” mudra. The arm is extended all way down with palm facing outwards. You can find varadamudrâ sometimes also as a left-hand gesture. This is the mudra of Dhyani Buddha Ratnasamhava, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and (sometimes) standing Buddha Shakyamuni.
Q Source: UPSC oftens asks questions on Buddhist Mudras
. “Tirumurais” is well known as a composition of
a) Dadu dayal and his sangha that propagated teachings in South India
b) Alvars and Nayanar saints in the twelfth century
c) Sangam age by Thirukkural
d) Trimurti famed in South India for their stand on caste and ascetic religion
Learning: It is a compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century by various poets in South India. Nambi Andar Nambi compiled the first seven volumes by Appar, Sampandhar and Sundarar as Tevaram during the 12th century.
Tirumurai along with Vedas and Saiva agamas form the basis of Saiva Siddantha philosophy in Tamil Nadu.
Q Source: Satish Chandra: Medieval India
Turkish invasions in India mark an important phase of Medieval history of India. Which of the following factors enabled the Turkish armies to defeat many leading states of North India, especially Rajputs, in a short span of time?
Turkish armies had far superior weapons as compared to the Indian states.
Indians did not possess elephants, unlike Turks which gave them a strategic advantage.
b) 2 Only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Causes of Defeat of the Rajputs
It may be stated as an axiom that one country is conquered by another only when it suffers from social and political weaknesses or becomes economically and militarily backward compared to its neighbours.
Recent research shows that the Turks did not have any superior weapons at their disposal as compared to the Indians.
The iron-stirrup which had changed the mode of warfare in Europe, spread in India from the 8th century onwards. The Turkish bows could shoot arrows to a longer distance, but the Indian bows were supposed to be more accurate and more deadly. The arrowheads being generally (lipped in poison. In hand to hand combat the Indian swords were considered to be the best in the world. The Indians also had the advantage of elephants.
The Turkish tribesmen brought with them the habit of ruthless plunder. Their main mode of warfare consisted of rapid advance and retreat. lightning raids and attacking any loose body of stragglers.
They could do this both because of the excellent quality of their horses and their hardihood so that they could cover incredible distances on horseback.
So, none of the reasons given above – statement 1 and 2 – are correct.
The actual reasons were the social and organizations strength of Turks. They had a tribal structure, which allowed them to maintain a large army. On the other hand, the feudalism structure of Rajputs weakened the military structure of the kingdom.
The rulers depended on chiefs who quickly fought any battle and dispersed, and to an extent were independent from the empire.
Rajputs also lacked heavy cavalry, and were not habituated to fighting a horse-based army (as that was of Turks).
This and many others social-political reasons led to the defeat of the Rajputs by the Turks.
Marrakesh agreement is related to the establishment of
a) World Trade Organization
b) United Nations Disability Council
c) European Union
d) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Learning: The Marrakesh Agreement, manifested by the Marrakesh Declaration, was an agreement signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, by 124 nations in 1994, marking the culmination of the 12-year-long Uruguay Round and establishing the World Trade Organization, which officially came into being in January 1995.
The agreement developed out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), supplemented by a number of other agreements on issues including trade in services, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade-related aspects of intellectual property and technical barriers to trade.
It also established a new, more efficient and legally binding means of dispute resolution. The various agreements which make up the Marrakesh Agreement combine as an indivisible whole; no entity can be party to any one agreement without being party to them all
Q Source: WTO Website
Which of the following was built earliest?
a) Lingaraja temple
b) Sun Temple, Konark
c) Jagannatha Temple, Puri
d) All of the above belong to the same period.
Learning: Lingaraja temple was built in the 11th Century, Sun temple (13th Century).
Jagannatha Temple, Puri also belongs to 13th Century.
For more details you can refer Page 50: Q Source.
Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report is published by which of the following organizations?
a) International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
b) Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
c) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
d) It is a joint publication of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Bank
Learning: The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a multidimensional statistical tool used to describe the state of countries’ hunger situation. The GHI measures progress and failures in the global fight against hunger
The GHI combines 4 component indicators:
the proportion of the undernourished as a percentage of the population;
the proportion of children under the age of five suffering from wasting;
the proportion of children under the age of five suffering from stunting;
the mortality rate of children under the age of five.
The 2015 GHI was calculated for 117 developing countries and countries in transition, 80 of which with alarming or serious hunger levels
In addition to the yearly GHI, the Hunger Index for the States of India (ISHI) was published in 2008.
The Index ranks countries on a 100-point scale, with 0 being the best score (no hunger) and 100 being the worst.
Q Source: http://ghi.ifpri.org/trends/
Greece is surrounded by which of the following seas?
Solution: d) Learning: The map below: 2g Q Source: Greece often in news
b) Mediterranean Sea
c) Ionian Sea
d) All of the above
Learning: The map below:
Q Source: Greece often in news
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) was launched under the
a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
b) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA)
c) National Development Council
d) NITI Aayog
Learning: We have earlier covered the scheme, but not its parent ministry.
The scheme was setup with an aim to uplift the urban poor folks by enhancing sustainable livelihood opportunities through skill development.
Keeping in view the objective of Make in India, Skill Development is essential for socio economic betterment. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana was launched under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA). Government of India has provisioned Rs.500 crore for the scheme.
The scheme is integration of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) and National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM).
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana is also a part of NRLM.
Q Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Website
Which one of the following locations is nearest to the equator?
a) Colombo
b) Singapore
c) Manila
d) Kolkata
Learning: Singapore is located at nearly 1 degree north of equator.
Consider the following about the Environment and Energy Thematic Trust Fund.
It has been setup under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It is a funding mechanism for innovative initiatives.
It is a sub-fund under the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
d) 1, 2 and 3
Justification: Statement 1 and 2: The Environment and Energy Thematic Trust Fund (EE TTF) gives seed money to innovative and catalytic initiatives. This allows UNDP to quickly deploy resources into new business areas, thereby responding to new global or partner country demands.
Statement 3: The new EE TTF also complements and supports synergies with the services and policies supported under UNDP’s other environment-related trust funds, which include the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF).
Q Source: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/strategic_themes/environmental_finance/
Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
a) Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Jodhpur
d) Nagpur
Justification: Delhi: 28.7041° N, 77.1025° E
Kolkata: 22.5726° N, 88.3639° E – So, it is nearest to the tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees N)
Jodhpur: 26.2389° N, 73.0243° E
Nagpur: 21.1458° N, 79.0882° E
The significance of a cut motion in Lok Sabha lies in which of the following?
It is an important instrument for facilitating the initiation of concentrated discussion on a specific demand for grant.
Their passage by the house show lack of parliamentary confidence in the government and may lead to its resignation.
Justification: Statement 1: Their importance lies in (a) facilitating the initiation of concentrated discussion on a specific demand for grant; and (b) upholding the principle of responsible government by probing the activities of the government.
Statement 2: However, the cut motion do not have much utility in practice. They are only moved and discussed in the House but not passed as the government enjoys majority support.
Their passage by the Lok Sabha amounts to the expressions of want of parliamentary confidence in the government and may lead to its resignation.
For e.g. if the budget is not passed by the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister submits the resignation of the entire council of Ministers. (This view was also subscribed by UPSC in its 2011 Prelims paper)
‘Agharikas’ during the reign of Harsha were the officers who looked after
a) Lands given in charity
b) Criminal justice
c) Agricultural rent
d) Construction work
Learning: The head of the village was called `gramika`. An official called `Mahattar` was appointed to look after the village. He used to be either some salaried officer or some respectable man. Bana has referred to an officer called `Agraharika` who probably looked after the lands given in charity.
The number of land endowments had increased to such a degree that eventually an officer called agraharika had to be appointed to look after them.
Land gifts led to rural expansion and created new rights in land.
Generally, land was owned by individual families, but its sale and purchase were subject to the overall control of the local communities dominated by leading artisans, merchants, landowners, and scribes, who assisted the local agents of the king.
Q Source: RS Sharma: Ancient India
The world famous Chipko Movement was spearheaded by this organization. It gives a great deal of importance to forest conservation in the Himalayas. The voluntary organization is?
a) Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal
b) Indian Environmental Society
c) The Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI)
d) Nav Uttarakhand Mandal
Learning: Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal was set up at Gopeshwar, Chamoli District, U.P. in 1964.
Its aims are to encourage forest conservation and the use of forest products for self employment; to cut down soil erosion by encouraging volunteers to build embankments in the catchment areas and to plant trees.
Option (b) and (c): The Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) and Indian Environmental Society are NGOs operating in India.
Q Source: Indian NGOs working on environmental causes
The Mountain regions of “X” are home to the flowers called “Kurinji” which bloom once in 12 years. “X” also hosts Toda tribe population. “X” here refers to?
a) Nilgiris
b) Sahyadris
c) Himalayas
d) Khasi Hills
Learning: The Toda people are a small pastoral tribal community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in hill country of Southern India.
The Toda traditionally live in settlements called mund, consisting of three to seven small thatched houses
The Toda language is a member of the Dravidian family.
The traditional garment of Todas consists of a single piece of cloth with red and black embroidery.
Q Source: Tribes and important regions of India
Sedition Committee in British India was related with which of the following?
a) INA Trials
b) Rowlatt Act
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Learning: The ‘Rowlatt’ Act embodied some of the recommendations of the Sedition Committee of 1918 setup under Justice Rowlatt.
The bill was rushed through the Imperial Legislative Council against the unanimous opposition of all non-official Indian members.
Q Source: Sumit Sarkar: Modern India
Consider the following about the Harappan Civilization.
No temples have been found at any Harappan Site.
The Harappans invented the art of writing which has not been deciphered so far.
They did not use metallic money.
Learning: In sharp contrast to Egypt and Mesopotarnia no temples have been found at any Harappan site.
We have no religious structures of any kind excavated except the Great Bath, which may have been used for ablutions. Therefore it would be wrong to think that priests ruled in Harappa, as they did in the cities of Lower Mesopotamia.
There are some indications of the practice of fire cult in Lothal in Gujarat in the later phase, but no temples were used for the purpose.
These cities did not possess the necessary raw material for the commodities they produced.
They did not use metallic money. We have no idea about their currency.
Most probably they carried on all exchanges through barter. In return for finished goods and possibly foodgrains they procured metals from the neighbouring areas by boats and bullock-carts.
The UNDP Green Commodities Programme was launched in 2009. The main areas of intervention of this programme include?
Supporting sustainable crop production so that more farmers can access the finance needed to adopt sustainable practices
Timely intervention in the global food futures markets to ensure a reasonable level of prices
Justification: It works in eleven countries to help address the sustainability problems of vital commodities such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee, pineapple, fisheries, soy and beef.
It focuses on:
Support to better sector coordination through National Commodity Platforms.
Support to policy and legislative reforms, plus stronger enforcement.
Support to improved national and sub-national farmer support systems. This involves piloting innovations with the private sector, so that workable solutions can gain traction at a scale that makes a difference.
Support to improved economic incentives for sustainable production so that more farmers can access the finance needed to adopt sustainable practices.
Q Source: UNDP Website
Consider the following matches of tribes with states they are found in.
Gaddi: Himachal Pradesh
Bondo Poraja: Odisha
Aka : Arunachal Pradesh
Angami : TamilNadu
Madia Gond : Kerala
Korba: Jharkhand and Chattisgarh
Kol : Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the codes below
a) 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 only
b) 2, 3, 5 and 6 only
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 only
Learning: The Gaddis are a tribe living mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. They are Hindus and belong to several castes including Brahmin, Rajput, Dhangar, Khatri, Rana and Thakur.
Bondas live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh.
The Aka, also known as Hrusso, are found in Arunachal Pradesh. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family.
The Angamis are a Naga tribe native to Nagaland state in North-East India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in the 5th schedule of the Indian Constitution. They are known for the Sekrenyi celebrations every February.
Maria (a Primitive tribal group) are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State, and Bastar division of Chhattisgarh.
Korba people are one of the scheduled tribes of India. They live in hills and forest of Chhotanagpur; the bordering area of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
After Gond Kol is the second largest tribe of Madhya Pradesh. Besides Madhya Pradesh this tribe also resides in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Maharashtra.
Some other tribes are:
Buksa are indigenous peoples living mainly in the Indian states of Uttarakhand (Pauri Garhwal) and Uttar Pradesh. They are mostly concentrated in Dehradun and Nainital districts in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.
Munda tribe mainly inhabit in the region of Jharkhand, Although they are well spread in the states of West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Bihar.
Q Source: Some tribes asked by UPSC in past year papers
Straits of Gibraltar and Strait of Hormuz are located in
a) Both are located in Persian Gulf
b) Former between Europe and Morocco, and later in the Persian Gulf
c) Both are located at Sinai Peninsula
d) Former is located above North Africa, and latter in the Red Sea
Learning: Sinai Peninsula is located in the Red Sea near Suez canal, between Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba.
The rainfall distribution pattern over the Ganga basin broadly decreases from the
West to east
Justification: Statement 1: It decreases from east to West. For e.g. West Bengal and UP receive more rainfall than the Westwards regions.
Statement 2: It decreases from North to South. For e.g. Southern UP receives lesser rainfall than northern UP. The reason is that Monsoon winds collide with Himalayas and start precipitating. Regions far away from Northern Himalayas thus receive lesser rainfall.
The World Happiness Report 2016 was published by the
a) Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of the United Nations
b) World Bank
c) United Nations Development Programme
d) Millennium Development Organization
Learning: The report takes following parameters into account as indicators of happiness
Freedom to make life choices.
India was ranked 118 out of 156 in the list. Denmark took the top spot as the ‘happiest country’ in the world
Parliamentary privileges extend to
Attorney General of India
d) 3 only
Justification: Statement 1: Even though President is an integral part of the Parliament, these privileges do not extend to him.
Statement 2: PM is a member of the Parliament. So, it is a clear answer.
Statement 3: Attorney General has the right to take part in the proceedings of the house. So, he requires these privileges. 3 is correct.
In Medieval India, Jizyah tax was collected from non-muslims in lieu of
a) Military Service
b) Treasury Service
c) Royalty Service
d) Court Service
Learning: Historically, this tax was collected from able—bodied male non—Muslims in return for their exemption from military service and guaranteeing the protection of Muslims.
This tax was not collected from old men, women, children, monks, and non—combatants. Muslim citizens did not pay this tax, but simply served in the army, as a religious obligation.
The jizya was viewed in lieu of obligating non—Muslims to perform the jihad, which is a religious duty for Muslims and not necessarily for members of other religions.
However, in many recorded incidents non—Muslims participated along with Muslims in the defense of their territories and the poll tax was revoked. It was also returned when Muslims failed to protect non—Muslims.
Why the Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms fought frequently to gain control over the Tungrabhadra doab and Krishna-Godavari Delta?
Due to its economic resources
Due to its Ports that allowed control over foreign trade
Due to its fertility
Justification: The Interests of the Vijayanagara rulers and the Bahmant sultans clashed in three separate and distinct areas: In the Tungabhadra doab. in the Krishna-Godavari delta, and In the marathawada country.
The Tungabhadra doab was the region between the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra. On account of Its wealth and economic resources. it had been the bone of conflict between the western chalukyas and the Cholas in the earlier period, and between the Yadavas and the Hoysalas later on.
The struggle for the mastery of the Krishna-Godavari basin which was very fertile and which with its numerous ports controlled the foreign trade of the region was often linked up with the struggle for the Tungabhadra doab.
In the Maratha country, the main contention was for the control of Konkan areas which gave greater access to ports. This port was also important for import of horses from Iran, as good quality horses were not available in India. The import of horses for warfare from Goa port (Konkan) was of thus great importance to the South Indian rulers, and hence the conflict.
Consider the following about the benefits of Chinook winds that descend along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain in mid-latitudes.
They are dry winds and do not bring much precipitation with them.
They are considered harmful to wheat crops as they melt the snow that protects the crop.
a) 1 Only
Justification: Statement 1: They are dry winds and rarely bring rains with them.
Statement 2: Chinook winds melt the snow which protects the wheat plants during winter and hence are considered harmful to wheat cultivation.
Also, the frequent midwinter thaws in Great Plains Chinook country are more of a bane than a blessing to gardeners. Plants can be visibly brought out of dormancy by persistent Chinook winds, or have their hardiness reduced even if they appear to be remaining dormant.
Q Source: Goh Cheng Leong: Geography
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Huell Gushes Over Sturgeon's Mill
Huell visits a lumbermill... or is it a working museum?
Huell Spends the Day at Angel Stadium with the Baseball Sod Crew
Spend the day with Huell at Angel's Stadium as he meets up with the good folks at West Coast Turf and learns all about the grass that they install at venues all over California.
Huell Books It to Chico for the Snow Goose Festival
Huell travels to Chico to join the celebration of the arrival of thousands of waterfowl that come from the north to spend their winters in the temperate North Valley climate.
Huell Gets a Peek at the Tuolumne Gold Dredge Near La Grange
The Tuolumne Gold Dredge sits abandoned right of the highway and is an incredible site.
A personal journey along one of the most spectacular coastlines in the world featuring the wildlife and wild places that make it so special.
Swirl into the world of maple syrup with Vivian Howard. Take a trip to Maine's Fryeburg Fair, discover the magic of caterpillars and learn more about the birds soaring across New England skies each fall.
Take a fresh look at our fragile planet and see just how much it's changing.
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After tending to and collecting clippings from medicinal plants in the wild, the Syuxtun Plant Mentorship Collective meets to make traditional medicines from purple sage, we’wey and olive oil.
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Adolfo's been a reporter at NPR affiliate KPCC since 2000. He's reported on three L.A. mayors, four L.A. Unified superintendents, and covered the LAPD batons and rubber bullets flying at the May, 2007 MacArthur Park immigrant march. In 1994 he co-founded the poetry-performance group The Taco Shop Poets. He continues to wander the sidewalks, streets and freeways of Southern California searching for the right words for the sounds he hears.
Their names are Rene, Luis, Kevin, Jose Alfredo, Tanya, Jose, Humberto, Maria Guadalupe, Yesenia, Marco, and Jose. They're the most recent troops headed to college to engage in the battle of life and the struggle to uplift California.
I spoke to the group, their parents, and some civic leaders last week at an early morning awards breakfast next to the Rose Bowl. All of them are recipients of a Pasadena City College merit scholarship whose funds were raised by community members. It'll help them pay for the four-year education they're set to begin in the fall. From the podium I rattled off some bilingual college-themed jokes and passed on advice about personal growth and the need for empathy and love in the world now. It struck me, as I stepped away from the podium, that I'd been talking to youth who are a lot like a large part of the state's youth today. Civic leaders and education researchers say success for these students can only be good for our state.
A nose-ringed student with dreadlocked hair thanked his family for the support to finish community college and confessed that despite his looks he's a "nerd in disguise." He wants to practice engineering without borders and has no problem doing it pro-bono.
Another student talked about growing up with the echoes in his room of shootings down the street from his house. Now, he wants to pursue a business economics degree to return to his neighborhood and start business ventures that benefit the area instead of solely taking customers' money.
33 year-old Tanya Jimenez talked of dropping out of Metropolitan High School after she found out she was pregnant. With her son beside her after the ceremony, she held a California's State Senate recognition for her merit scholarship. A job as a field deputy for a Los Angeles city council office, she said, opened her eyes to how important it is to provide public services to people in need. Her goal is to earn a communications degree at Cal State L.A. and one day rise in the ranks of politics, perhaps to serve as a deputy mayor one day.
Humberto, a soft-spoken 19 year-old, talked of how the current immigration climate has convinced him to pursue a career as an immigration lawyer. No matter how hard he works and no matter how much he achieves in college, if immigration laws don't change he will never reach his goal. Humberto's parents brought him to the U.S. when he was four years-old without proper immigration documents. He didn't break any laws, he said, the United States is all he knows.
He's led a life unlike that of the average teen. He has no drivers' license, he doesn't stay out at night for fear of coming into contact with police, and that leads to a nearly empty social life. The new Arizona law that allows police to enforce immigration laws, he said, promotes racial profiling. It's hypocrisy, he added, that America preaches equality and opportunity while allowing this law on the books. He's moving forward, with the nearly blind hope that he can attend UC Berkeley or UC Riverside and then earn a law degree.
These are the troops trudging up from the trenches to improve their lives and the state's economy in the process. The sky may appear to be falling in California but the hope in these students' voices made me want to spend a little more time with them just in case this optimism thing is contagious.
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Widower Awarded Almost $160 Million in First Same-Sex Wrongful Death Claim Against Big Tobacco
In November, a jury awarded a widower close to $160 million in the first wrongful death claim brought by a same-sex couple against two of the largest tobacco companies in the country. The victim died from respiratory disease in 2018 after smoking for decades, and his husband pursued damages as the representative of his estate, arguing that the defendant tobacco companies conspired to hide the dangers of smoking tobacco, while also encouraging addiction to their products.
While this is the first same-sex wrongful death case brought against tobacco companies, this claim is one of many that are part of a class action lawsuit against the tobacco companies. Still, the verdict is reportedly the largest award provided since 2014, when jurors awarded a $23.6 billion verdict against R.J. Reynolds for its products being linked to one individual suffering and dying from cancer.
Elements of A Successful Claim
In this case, the jury specifically found that:
The victim was addicted to cigarettes containing nicotine
His addiction was a legal cause of his Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(In keeping with states like Rhode Island, which follow a pure competitive fault system, allowing for victims to still recover compensation for their injuries even if they were partially negligent as well), while the victim was negligent and this was a legal cause of his injury and death, Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. were 98 percent responsible for the negligence that was the cause of his injury and death
The victim reasonably relied, to his detriment, on statements of material fact made by the defendant tobacco companies that concealed or omitted material information that was not otherwise known or available regarding the health effects and addictive nature of smoking, knowing that this was false and misleading, and this reliance was a legal cause of the victim’s injury and death
The victim reasonably relied to his detriment on statements of material fact made in furtherance of the defendant tobacco companies’ agreement to conceal or omit material information not otherwise known or available concerning the addictive nature and health effects of smoking with the intention that the public would rely on these, to their detriment, and this reliance was a legal cause of the victim’s injury and death
Not only did the jury provide damages lost by the estate for medical expenses resulting from the victim’s injury and death, but damages sustained by his partner for the victim’s loss of companionship and protection and pain and suffering as a result of his injury and death, as well as punitive damages, which the jury found were warranted by clear and convincing evidence.
Contact an Experienced Providence, Rhode Island Wrongful Death Attorney
Wrongful death can include any claim that involves a loved one being killed due to negligence, whether that is negligence of a driver, or of a large corporation. While these claims can be complex, they can also bring a sense of justice after your loved one is taken.
At the Kiselica Law Firm, we aren’t afraid to bring the big groundbreaking wrongful death claims here in Rhode Island. Contact our Providence wrongful death attorneys today to schedule an initial consultation.
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Posted on February 13, 2018 April 30, 2018
with Tigers Jaw, Tiny Moving Parts, and Worriers
Doors: 7PM
Taking its name from the TV show The Wonder Years, the Philadelphia punk pop band was formed by guitarists Matt Brasch and Casey Cavaliere, vocalist Dan “Soupy” Campbell, bassist Josh Martin, drummer Mike Kennedy, and keyboardist Mikey Kelly. The sextet got its start in 2005 when previous combo the Premier split up. Regrouping under the new name, the band began playing shows and released two split singles that year (with Bangarang! and Emergency and I). In late 2007, the Wonder Years self-released an album, the emphatically titled Get Stoked on It!, and quickly caught the eye of California label No Sleep, which signed the band. Their first record for the label was the EP Won’t Be Pathetic Forever, which came out in June of 2008. Following a split single with All or Nothing, Kelly left the band. After a year spent recording its second album, the group released The Upsides in January of 2010. The record made a dent in the lower regions of the Billboard charts, and gained the Wonder Years a deal with the larger indie Hopeless, which reissued the album in September with four bonus tracks.
In the time between releases, drummer Kennedy quit the band and was replaced by Nick Steinborn. Kennedy soon returned to the fold and Steinborn bounced over to play keys and guitar. With the lineup solidified, the Wonder Years got to work on their next album with producer Steve Evetts. In 2011, they released their third album, Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing, followed by the arrival of a B-sides compilation, Sleeping on Trash, as well as their fourth full-length album, The Greatest Generation, in 2013. The following year, lead singer Campbell released his first album with his solo project Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties, We Don’t Have Each Other, with Campbell adopting the persona of Aaron West in his songs. After Campbell returned from a tour with the Roaring Twenties, he began working on songs for the next Wonder Years project, but suffered a powerful case of writer’s block that triggered a severe bout with depression. Campbell eventually channeled the emotions stirred up by his struggles into the group’s fifth studio album, 2015’s No Closer to Heaven, a concept piece about coming to terms with the death of a loved one. The Wonder Years’ next release, 2017’s Burst & Decay EP, offered acoustic versions of songs from their three previous LPs. The group re-entered the studio later that year with producers Joe Chiccarelli and Carlos de la Garza to record their sixth album. The resulting Sister Cities was released in 2018 and saw them shifting their sound away from their pop-punk roots.
Posted on February 13, 2018 March 12, 2018
Show: 8PM
Support: Radkey, Rehasher
Fueled by “rejection, food, coffee, girls, fishing and food,” the Descendents sprang up during the halcyon days of the Los Angeles punk scene; fusing the blind rage of hardcore with an unexpectedly wry, self-deprecating wit and a strong melodic sensibility that set them distinctly apart from their West Coast brethren. They gradually emerged as one of the most enduring and adored bands of their time. Formed in 1979, the Descendents initially sported an edgy power pop sound inspired by the Buzzcocks. Through ups nad downs and intermittent disbanding and rebanding, the Descendents returned in 2016 with Hypercaffium Spazzinate, their first new studio material in 12 years. The album delivers all those good Descendents feelings their fans love. “Each time we make a record it’s almost like the first time all over again,” says drummer Bill Stevenson.
In This Moment w/ New Years Day, POD & Ded
Tickets go on sale Friday November 17
Grunge Fest! Nirvanna (Nirvana Tribute) & Facelift (Alice in Chaine Tribute)
REEL BIG FISH – The Beer Run
All-time Revolution favorites, Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-’90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. Like most of their peers, the band was distinguished by their hyperkinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of new wave pop songs, and metallic shards of ska. The group cultivated an underground following that broke into the mainstream when their single “Sell Out” became a modern rock radio and MTV favorite. Still fronted by original lead singer and song writer Aaron Barrett, Reel Big Fish continue releasing albums and touring relentlessly, playing more and more countries and bigger venues all over the world.
ST. Pauli Presents Less Than Jake & Pepper
Less Than Jake are back!
“But they never went anywhere, “you protest. Well reader, in that sense you are correct. But this fall they’re not only serving up their first full-length in five years, but-after more than two decades together also embracing a total back to basics approach .
Throughout a career that has run the gamut from salt-releases and small indie imprints to large independent labels and major music conglomerates, the band has always been more than the sum of its parts. Now more than ever, though, they espouse their stature as a DIV collective that works together-or at least in tandem with a few trusted allies-on every element of their creative output. Drummer Vinnie Fiorello recalls, “We started out very internal and nowadays we handle a lot internally again.”
The result of their old school approach is the old school sound of See The Light created without any external meddling from corporate lackeys. “Everyone had their alone time with chords and some quick structures; we all put our ideas down before we got together,” says Vinnie,” Then we sat at an octagon table in our warehouse and went through: this is what we think about this song, maybe we should do it ska maybe we should do it punk-true band songwriting in essence.”
Not only was the songwriting a true group effort, but -like the three EPs the band have released since 2008’s long-player GNV FLA -so was the actual recording of See The Light, which was tracked entirely at Gainesville’s The Moathouse, owned by LTJ bassist Roger Lima, who took lead production duties with communal input and assistance from his four band mates and live sound engineer.
“Roger has been recording our demos since the beginning of the band and steadily has worked his way up learning about studios from everyone we’ve worked with in the past “says trombone player Buddy Schaub. With no ticking clock and no studio fees piling up the band used their breathing room to create somewhat of a rarity in today’s prefab music world: a full-length album that gels as a complete thought, lyrically and musically, Buddy adds,”I think this is one of the closest representations of our band to date. We’re all really excited for this record t o get out into the world and we can1wait to hear what people thinkI”
Like 2000’s release Borders and Boundaries the new record was mixed at the famed Blasting Room by punk rock legend Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag) and Jason Livermore, but don’t let that lead you to believe that there’s anything same-ish about See The Light. ” f you’re expecting retreads and repeats,this record will disappoint,” exclaims Roger.” t’s all new songs and new vibes only recorded in our old school way.”
While some other bands of a certain vintage are latching onto musical trends you won’t find any dubstep beats or vocoder distortion on See The Light-a titie that nods to the band’s history of marrying dark lyrical content (the tunnel) to bouncy musical arrangements (the light at the end). Less Than Jake aren’t turning away from their roots, and echoing Mark Twain, Fiorello points out that the rumors regarding their genre’s demise are greatly exaggerated.” Punk has been declared dead every year for 30+ years and it’s still going stronger than ever. People like to declare things dead just because it’s dead to them but if bands are passionate about what they’re doing they’ll attract fans who are passionate.”
As fits a band born long enough ago to now be of legal drinking age, Less Than Jake pulls in a multi generational audience, which Vinnie notes is often a family affair, “Our crowd now is 16 to 40, and Ive met kids as young as eight or nine Dads bring their sons and it’s a weird rite of passage; moms bring kids in saying, ‘We’ve watched you guys for 15 years. ‘But will the band stick around long enough to draw in a third generation of fans? “I don’t know man, I think our guys on that would be NOFX and Bad Religion.
When you see Fat Mike or Bad Religion hang It up, maybe : but like them, we’re gonna ride that
out. “We’re glad to be along for the ride Hop on board when See The Light sees the light on November
Save Ferris with special guests Baby Baby
SAVE FERRIS is a ska-punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, Southern California. Their name is a reference to the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The band formed after the dissolution of a number of Southern California bands. With Monique Powell as manager, front person, and co-songwriter, the band began to book shows around Southern California to a great underground response.
Financed by Powell’s sister, the band released their debut EP “Introducing SAVE FERRIS” on Powell’s label, Starpool Records, in 1996. They ended up selling close to 20,000 copies of their EP out of the trunks of their cars, with huge support from Orange County independent record shops and fans. That year, Powell provided vocals on the Reel Big Fish song “She Has A Girlfriend Now” on their album “Turn the Radio Off” (Mojo).
With Powell as manager and lead, and as favorites of KROQ radio’s legendary Rodney on the Rock, SAVE FERRIS created a presence on LA’s KROQ radio, possibly being the first unsigned band to do this in LA alternative radio history. Later that year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave the band a Grammy showcase award for best unsigned band, earning them a recording contract with Epic Records (SONY).
Dropkick Murphys 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory Tour 2017
Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band known for their loud, energetic live shows. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums and making a name for themselves locally through constant touring and yearly St. Patrick’s Day week shows held in and around Boston. The single “Tessie” became the band’s first mainstream hit and one of their biggest charting singles. The band’s final Hellcat release, The Warrior’s Code, included the song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”; the song was featured in the Academy Award-winning movie The Departed, and went on to become the band’s Platinum-selling single and remains one of their best-known songs. The band then began releasing music through their own imprint label. The Meanest of Times made its debut at No. 20 on the Billboard charts and featured the successful single, “The State of Massachusetts”, while Going Out in Style was an even bigger success, making its debut at No. 6, giving the band their highest-charting album. The band’s eighth studio album, Signed and Sealed in Blood made its debut at No. 9 on the Billboard charts. The band is currently recording their ninth studio album which they expect to have released by the end of the year or early 2017.
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NOFX with Dillinger Four, Masked Intruder, The Implants
If someone were to walk into a store and pick up their very first punk record today, they could do much worse than NOFX, This quartet, fronted by Fat Mike, plays fast-paced pop punk, mixed with elements of ska and hardcore. The overall attitude of the band dwells heavily on traditional punk and DIY ideologies. Fat Mike is a very charismatic frontman for a band – depending on your definition of charisma, that is. He is bold and often snarky and sarcastic, as well as often blatantly political. They are great qualities for a punk rock band that is out to make people think and push a few buttons. NOFX has been a testament to the potential of a punk band on an independent label to enjoy popularity and success.
Formed in Berkeley, California and relocating to Los Angeles, NOFX steered clear of major labels and commercial exposure over the course of their career, recording an impressive number of full-length albums plus an assortment of EPs and singles. They have made a few videos, but have not given permission for them to be played on mainstream channels like MTV or VH1. In addition to the blatantly political nature of the band’s lyrics, Fat Mike is also politically active. He launched Punk Voter, a collection of punk labels, bands and fans that seeks to educate and inform America’s youth and get them to vote. Specifically, their goal at one time was to vote George W Bush out of office, but even after his reelection, Punk Voter still continued to actively educating young voters about issues that affect them.
Mayday Parade with Cartel, Stages + Stereos
House of Blues celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a tour featuring Mayday Parade.
For the past six years, the members of Tallahassee, Florida’s Mayday Parade–vocalist/keyboardist Derek Sanders, bassist Jeremy Lezno, guitarists Alex Garciaand Brooks Betts and drummer Jake Bundrick–have been perfecting their unique brand of pop-inflected punk rock. It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while a band comes along who have crafted a sound that’s so unique it’s hard to believe they haven’t been playing together for decades. After playing the 2006 Vans Warped Tour, Mayday Parade made 10,000 new fans before playing a single show. In July of 2007 their full-length album debut, the critically acclaimed A Lesson In Romantics, was received with enthusiasm. Dubbed “the best album to come out this year” by the MTV GirlsGonePunk Blog, A Lesson in Romantics has gone on to sell nearly 170,000 copies. The band recently released their self-titled third album, the follow up to their hit second album Anywhere But Here. Their next new album is scheduled for a Fall 2013 release.
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Education System in Australia
Australia has a well-organized and well-structured education system. The education starts at the age of five or six, but it may differ by a narrow margin between states. It starts with the preschool education which is not compulsory and can be offered within a school or separately. The primary and secondary school encompasses the compulsory education for Australians. There are a large number of primary and high school across the country with most of them being public schools. It is estimated that public schools amount to 60% of scholars as opposed to 40% in private settings. All these education providers must be licensed by the government and must fulfill certain requirements including infrastructure and teaching. Universities, on the other hand, are mainly public institutions.
The Australian education system has established a standard curriculum so all scholars will be given the same quality of education. Despite there may be some states at which this curriculum is modified a bit, but the change is not that significant. The actual curriculum set out in Australia education system is based on important abilities one must have in his life: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology, Critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability, ethical understanding, intercultural understanding. Education providers at all levels in Australia must satisfy certain requirements related to their facilities. With this being said, these institutions are equipped with computers and Internet and have advanced laboratories.
The Australian Qualifications Framework
The Australian Qualifications Framework is the Australian national policy for the recognized qualification. This is to say that if the university you’re attending a University which is in accordance with this qualification system then your degree is valuable and authorized.
The AQF was established in 1995 to unify the education qualifications system in Australia. The framework covers higher education, vocational education and training, and schools. Thanks to this structured system, students can easily know at which level of education to move on. Further on, the AQF makes it easier for students to switch the course or even the university since your qualification will be recognized wherever you go within the country. It has 10 levels based on the type of the qualification. For example, the Certificate I received in a Vocational Education Training is labeled as Level 1 while a Doctorate degree stands as the Level 10.
Universities and Higher Education
Australian higher education modernity and reputation relies on a huge number of educational providers including universities and different training organizations. Currently, there are 43 universities across the country. The vast majority of universities are public except two private universities. Two Australians are branches of universities that are located overseas. The world-class teaching offered is surely undisputed. Seven Australian universities are traditionally found at the top 100 best universities in the world which is a sufficient indicator to highlight their quality.
Besides universities, more than 5,000 training organizations are registered and accredited. Actual figures show that the number of enrolled students is around 3.8 million with international students sharing more than half a million. There are also 3 self-accrediting higher education institutions. Furthermore, dozens of smaller schools that do not grant any degrees or have an accreditation – these are private schools that focus on theology, business, information technology, natural therapies, hospitality, health, law, and accounting.
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Jones Bros shortlisted for top training award6th Jan 2015
The award-winning training department at Ruthin civil engineering company Jones Bros has been nominated for another top industry prize.
Jones Bros has been named on the shortlist in the Training Excellence category for the Construction News Specialists Awards 2015.
The nomination recognises the family firm’s long-standing commitment to training, which in 2014 alone has included:
Delivering specialist training including heavy plant and health and safety to 186 employees – more than half of the company’s workforce
Recruiting, training and employing 12 apprentices on various sites across the UK
Enabling seven trainee engineers to attend various colleges on day release around the UK whilst working on Jones Bros’ sites
Selecting a former apprentice to develop into a future trainer for the centre
Jones Bros training centre was established during the 1980’s to ensure the company’s workforce was trained to a high standard. Since that time it has developed into a facility that employs two full time plant trainers and a training co-ordinator, with access to a range of specialist training providers.
Managing director Huw Jones, said: “I have long been passionate about providing job opportunities for young people and to provide ongoing training and professional development to our existing staff.
“This commitment has continued down the years and even during times of recession we have continued to recruit apprentices and continue with our training programmes. This has paid off as we now have an ‘army’ of highly trained, loyal workers, with a significant number having been with us for many years.”
Jones Bros has also continued to develop its plant training ground including:
Creating a dedicated excavation area by importing 3,000 tonnes of selected aggregate
Erecting a designed scaffold tower to enable all categories of telehandler (a cross between a crane and a forklift truck) tests
Building a blind lifting wall for training on lifting operations
In 2014 Jones Bros won the CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) ‘Outstanding Training Partner Award’ at the Pride of Construction Awards and the CITB “Large Apprentice Employer of The Year Award (Wales)” at the Apprenticeship Awards.
The Construction News awards, which are in their 11th year, celebrate the outstanding achievements of the very best specialist contractors in the UK, and take place on March 18 at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Founded in the 1950s, Jones Bros employs approximately 300 people. It operates across the UK in sectors including construction of waste management facilities, highways and renewable energy projects such as wind farms.
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I think it really became popularized with Baba Ram Dass, this: be here now.
And I think that like so many concepts that become generalized, it's something that's really not understood and because it's not understood, a lot of people suffer as a result of it.
It seems like a valid concept, that is, we are here now in a sense, and to be here now is something that seems to be what the story is about.
Unfortunately, though philosophically it sounds really nice, if you look at the mechanics in Human Design, you see very clearly that there are certain people that are designed to be so-called existential — people that in the purest sense are here to be here now. Particularly, for example, integration people with expressions through the 20th Gate, or people with the Channel 46 - 29 which has a very deep existential quality to it of just being here.
But generally speaking, the way in which we are designed to operate is that though we are physically in the now, the way we take in experience, the way we translate it in terms of our personalities, that sometimes we are off in the future and sometimes we are back in the past.
Not all of us have the mechanical capacity to be here now but we all can be present. And being present is something that's very different. You see, the be here now is about you being involved, but that isn't what it's all about.
Being present is about being a witness of what's taking place in the now. And taking place in the now may be a remembrance of past, may be a projection into future, may not indeed be consciously aware of what is exactly happening all around but totally present in witnessing the process.
You see, we’re here to be passenger conscious. This is what it's about, and passenger consciousness is not involved. It is the witness of, it is the watcher of the experience of the Personality in life itself.
Generalizations are a dangerous, dangerous thing. When you look into mechanics you see that we’re all different, but in terms of awareness, in terms of our consciousness, the key is that we’re all here to be present, to be present in the experience of us.
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HomeLas VegasLas Vegas: Team up with the Golden Knights and Park MGM
Las Vegas: Team up with the Golden Knights and Park MGM
Sin City is always sporting a new look, and now NHL hockey is a major part of the scene
September 30, 2018 Ron Donoho Las Vegas, U.S. 3
The new Park MGM takes over for the former Monte Carlo Resort & Casino.
The Golden Knights have captured fans’ hearts in Las Vegas.
Opening Day for the 2018 regular season of the National Hockey League is October 3. Why the puck should you care? If you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas after that date know that Sin City now has a professional hockey team. In fact, against all odds, in its 2017-18 inaugural season the Golden Knights went all the way to the finals before losing the Stanley Cup to the Washington Capitals.
Everybody loves a winner, and hockey in Vegas is now kind of a big deal. My eyes were opened to this last April. After picking me up at the airport my driver alerted me to the possibility of heavy traffic near The Strip. “What else is new,” I thought to myself. He mumbled something about a hockey playoff game causing backups.
It happened to be the evening of the first playoff game of the Golden Knights’ first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings. The Knights won a 1-0 thriller, then came back two nights later and went into double overtime to beat the Kings, 2-1. These games were enthralling the locals. To be honest, I’d been barely aware of the existence of hockey in the desert. But since then, I’ve unabashedly climbed aboard the Golden Knights bandwagon.
Park MGM replaces the Monte Carlo
Bavette’s Steakhouse & Bar in Park MGM.
While the Knights were claiming hearts in the city at the start of last year’s postseason run, my hotel destination was Park MGM, previously known as the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino. The hotel (originally opened in 1996) has been re-imagined and renovated to the tune of $500 million dollars.
For starters, the lobby is filled with self-check-in kiosks–and they really work. You can avoid grueling Vegas front desk lines by using these kiosks, which produce your plastic room key.
There are numerous other updates to the hotel infrastructure: Day beds and cabanas to lounge around in at a refined new pool. A new salon and spa. Looking to rock and roll and practice your Poker Face at the same time? Starting in December, Lady GaGa takes over as the in-house entertainer at the 5,200-seat Park Theater.
There’s currently no poker room in the hotel. However, Park MGM is connected to the Aria Resort & Casino by an enclosed walkway–so one of the city’s top poker rooms is a short stroll away.
One of the best new restaurant in Park MGM is the elegantly gilded Bavette’s Steakhouse & Bar. It’s stocked with red leather banquettes and extravagant chandeliers—with live jazz enlivening the evening scene. Even if you’re just in the mood for a drink, step toward the back of Bavette’s and into the dimly lit speakeasy. Pull up a cozy chair or plop into a couch and order a Bombay Sapphire martini (with blue-cheese-stuffed olives, of course).
Neighbors: Park MGM and T-Mobile Arena
T-Mobile Arena.
A major benefit to the location of the caterpillar-to-butterfly Park MGM is back-door, walking proximity to the T-Mobile Arena. Avoid taxi lines and ride-share waits and walk right across the street.
Built in 2016 for $375 million, the arena offers 17,500 seats for a hockey game, or can be reconfigured slightly larger for touring acts like Justin Timberlake. Yes, I caught JT on his “Man of the Woods” tour. Can’t stop the feeling: Like they Golden Knights in their playoff games, Timberlake had fans on their feet cheering in the T-Mobile Arena.
A smart outdoor addition to this energized area is the Toshiba Plaza at The Park. It’s a paved spot where fans who can’t get a Golden Knights ticket can hang out and play games (air hockey, corn hole, Giant Jenga and the like). There are a multitude of casual restaurants in the vicinity (including every eatery connected to nearby New York New York Hotel & Casino). A best bet if you’re pre-gaming: Beerhaus. It’s a modern beer hall for craft beer and casual suds fans, and is a prime spot for people watching.
You may not fancy yourself a fan of the NHL. But book a room in the Park MGM, prop yourself up in a Beerhaus booth with Golden Knights tickets in hand for later, and you’ll enjoy a taxi-free, whole new side of Vegas—the city that pioneered the act of re-inventing yourself. J&J
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Allan Edgardo Perdomo Lopez. (Calgary Police Service handout)
Calgary man convicted in five-year-old grandson’s death to be sentenced
Allan Perdomo Lopez found guilty of manslaughter in the 2015 death of five-year-old Emilio Perdomo
Sep. 27, 2019 9:20 a.m.
A Calgary man convicted of killing his young grandson is to learn his sentence today.
Allan Perdomo Lopez was found guilty of manslaughter last month in the 2015 death of five-year-old Emilio Perdomo.
The man’s trial heard Emilio was taken to Canada from Mexico so he could have a better life.
But instead, the boy died of a traumatic brain injury five months after his arrival.
Queen’s Bench Justice Richard Neufeld was shown photos of bruises and scars, in various stages of healing, all over Emilio’s body.
The Crown has proposed a prison sentence of 12 to 15 years, while the defence says six to eight years would be more appropriate.
Prosecutor Vicki Faulkner told court that Perdomo Lopez deserves a harsh sentence because he was in a position of trust over Emilio, a vulnerable and isolated little boy.
She also said the offender has expressed no remorse, except for the consequences to himself, and referred to the boy as a demon who needed to be cleansed from the house.
Defence lawyer Darren Mahoney agreed a stiff punishment is in order, but that six to eight years would be enough to send a message of denunciation and deterrence.
He urged the judge to focus on a single blow that caused Emilio’s death, because it was not proven in court that his client was solely responsible for past abuse.
A victim impact statement from the boy’s grandmother, with whom Emilio lived in Mexico before he was sent to Canada, was read at a sentencing hearing earlier this week.
In it, Marisol Segovia-Alvarez described a friendly and happy boy who loved music and wanted to buy his mother a house.
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press
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'The storm itself is not our biggest problem. Our problem is what comes next.'
By Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post
SEVEN SPRINGS - When Hurricane Florence crashed into North Carolina's coastline last week, just a tree or two fell in this tiny town along the Neuse River, 70 miles inland. Soon, the power went out. As high winds and storm surge battered eastern cities such as Wilmington and New Bern, the residents here - those who hadn't already moved away - left for higher ground to wait out what appeared to be a weakening tempest.
The storm then spun out over the state and broke up, unleashing massive rains before it moved on. When President Trump flew into North Carolina under sunlit skies five days later, evacuation orders were lifting, and people were beginning to go back home.
But here, in Seven Springs, the menace was mounting steadily. It seeped up Main Street, past the shop by the boat landing that sells fishing tackle, through the fire station, into Mae's Restaurant.
When the Neuse finally peaked at three feet above major flood levels on Thursday, the mayor, who had not left his house since Monday, sat stranded on his front porch where Main and Easy streets meet. He eyed a ripped plastic bag of kitchen trash bobbing in the murky torrents whooshing by, a two-feet-deep brew of urban waste and everything else the Neuse picks up as it wends past hog farms and chicken houses on its 275-mile journey through North Carolina.
After Seven Springs, the swollen river flows by Kinston, where it is expected to crest early Saturday, and then New Bern and James City and on into the Pamlico Sound at the foot of the Outer Banks.
"They will get what we had in a couple of days," Mayor Stephen Potter said. "The storm itself is not our biggest problem. Our problem is what comes next."
This, Potter said, is the real disaster, just like before, with Matthew in 2016, Floyd in 1999, and Fran in 1996. It comes on a time-delay, long after the winds and the rains have dissipated and attention has been diverted. The original assault over, the river completes a stealth attack, rising relentlessly out of its banks, lapping over curbs, inching its way onto porches and through doorways, and creeping up the riser onto the fourth of the new front steps that Potter had built two years ago.
Some roads around Seven Springs became impassible Thursday evening. Residents in parts of Bladen County to the south faced new mandatory evacuations as the Cape Fear River also continued to rise, with a crest expected during the weekend. Floodwaters breached a dam near a Duke Energy power plant on Friday, the company said, sending material from a toxic coal ash basin flowing into the Cape Fear River.
The river rises were predicted given the amount of rain Florence and its remnants dropped across the region - more than 30 inches in some places - and state officials have long been saying that the water, not the storm whence it came, was the real threat.
Potter and others whose families have lived here for generations learned to accommodate the Neuse, a river that is famed for being fickle - raging like a torrent in heavy rains and shrinking to a trickle during times of drought. But the floods these days do not behave the way the old floods did. The topography of the state has altered, with malls, sprawling parking lots and residential development upstream, creating rapid man-made runoff that the Neuse collects and carries toward the coast.
Small towns such as Seven Springs are paying the price; it has become more difficult to anticipate when the Neuse will crest, let alone how high.
"The flow of water changes every year," said Mac Daughety, a county commissioner from neighboring Lenoir County who stood beside rescue vehicles on a short, dry stretch of Main Street, where a single brick marked the highest point the water has reached this time around.
During the flooding two years ago, Carolyn Griffin, 85, reluctantly agreed to let the National Guard carry her out of her stately Victorian house on Main Street. Her grandparents owned it once, and it had never taken in a drop of floodwater until the end of the century, when Floyd sent the river into its foundation.
Then Matthew slipped straight in through the front door. Hurricane Florence is further confirmation of what Griffin already knew: She won't be moving back. Even the handsome family furniture she rescued is bleached and cracking from the soaking it took.
"I think it's a little bit too late for an ark," Griffin said.
Potter, from his elevated perch across the street, tells a similar story. He purchased the old family home in 1992.
"In 100 years it had never had water in it until Floyd," he said. He gave the old frame away to one of Griffin's daughters and had a new house built in 2000, elevated four feet above ground. That took in a foot of water in Matthew, and he has since rebuilt, this time another four feet higher.
Water wasn't always such a foe here. The town was named after seven springs that were believed to have medicinal properties. Doctors would prescribe a visit to the hotel (now closed) so patients could ingest a concoction from the dipping wells: one scoop of water from Spring 1, mixed with two scoops from Spring 3 and half a scoop from Spring 5.
"If we are going to survive, we need the river to be our friend again," said Potter, who has a vision for combined residential and recreational redevelopment.
That could be a challenge in a town that has been in a long retreat. Seven Springs, which hit its peak population of 207 in the 1960 Census and had 163 residents in 1990, saw nearly 50 percent of its population flee by 2000, the year after Floyd. More have left since, Potter said.
The fire station is flooded, and its new building on higher ground is not yet completed. Volunteer firefighters line up behind the brick high-water marker on Main Street, ready to attempt a rescue or occasionally ferry food supplies or guests to Potter and his mother, their dog, three cats and a feral feline who took refuge with them.
The rescue center - also being rebuilt on higher ground - is acting as a temporary shelter, providing evening meals for anybody who shows up hungry,
Jackie Rouse - who laments that there are now two feet of water in her restaurant, Mae's - donated ham biscuits, potato salad and chicken. She has reached out to her landlord to ask about reopening. So far, she said, he is waiting to see what it looks like when the water recedes.
The Post Office, which operated out of a mobile unit after Matthew, is temporarily closed. The bank has gone. And it looks as if more residents could move away, too.
Carolyn Griffin walked back into her family house Thursday, water knocking on her front door. She was wary of the fire ants that invaded "by the billions" two years ago. This time, she was marveling at how the mold "keeps right on and on, going up."
The skeleton of century-old studs and joists is on display now that the plaster has been ripped out, but the shapes of the rooms bring back old memories of sitting by the wood stove and pushing back her grandmother's dining room table to create a dance floor.
Two out of a couple hundred sandbags that she and her daughters filled to keep Matthew out lay the patio, which was once ablaze with bright azaleas.
"We used to know our floods," Griffin said, repeating what she has often told neighbors. But she sounds a little weary when she tries to explain the repeated recent inundations now. "I'm gonna have to keep me a log."
The fate of the family house - and several other buildings that surround it - remains uncertain: "The way we were raised is you don't sell family land," said her daughter, Karla Griffin, noting that the home has been in the family for four generations. But neither Karla nor her two sisters have children - "We have no heirs," she said.
It is not clear that anybody would want to buy it. They have looked into grants for having the property restored, and they have resisted letting it be torn down.
The same uncertainty comes up about the town. Nobody seems quite certain even how many people still live here.
Potter, who has invested heavily in elevating his house so it can survive a storm like Florence, puts the number at 60. Others say it's closer to 25 or 30.
Karla's sister, Allie Price, begins counting out on the fingers of two hands the families who still live in central Seven Springs, pointing out their houses as she goes.
Karla, a town commissioner, interrupts with one number she is sure of: "Fourteen registered voters," she said. "And that includes me and mom."
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Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke will run Trump's Interior Department
<p>CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)</p>
(CNN) -- President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke as his nominee to lead the Interior Department. A transition official said Zinke has accepted the offer.
Zinke, a 55-year-old ex-Navy SEAL commander and recipient of two Bronze Stars for combat missions in Iraq, was a Trump supporter.
He's also faced criticism from environmental and conservation groups since joining the House in 2015.
In the House, Zinke is a member of the Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.
His selection is major political break for Democrats. Zinke was the top Republican prospect to challenge Sen. Jon Tester in 2018, and his removal from the race would substantially improve Democrats' chances of holding the seat in the midterms.
Zinke met with the President-elect at Trump Tower on Monday.
"President-elect Donald Trump and I had a very positive meeting where we discussed a wide range of Montana priorities," Zinke told The Billings Gazette in a statement afterward. "We are both very hopeful for the future."
Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller also praised Zinke in a call with reporters.
"Congressman Zinke is a strong advocate for American energy independence. And he supports an all-encompassing energy policy that includes renewable, fossil fuels and alternative energy," Miller said. "Additionally, Congressman Zinke believes we need to find a way to cut through bureaucracy to ensure our nation's parks, forests, and other public areas are properly maintained and used effectively."
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Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there.
Most people crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty. They are largely ineligible under the new rule, as are asylum seekers from Africa, Asia and South America who arrive regularly at the southern border.
The shift reverses decades of U.S. policy. The administration has said that it wants to close the gap between an initial asylum screening that most people pass and a final decision on asylum that most people do not win.
“BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum!” President Donald Trump tweeted.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the high-court’s order. “Once again, the Executive Branch has issued a rule that seeks to upend longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution,” Sotomayor wrote.
The legal challenge to the new policy has a brief but somewhat convoluted history. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco blocked the new policy from taking effect in late July. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed Tigar’s order so that it applied only in Arizona and California, states that are within the 9th Circuit.
That left the administration free to enforce the policy on asylum seekers arriving in New Mexico and Texas. Tigar issued a new order on Monday that reimposed a nationwide hold on asylum policy. The 9th Circuit again narrowed his order on Tuesday.
The high-court action allows the administration to impose the new policy everywhere while the court case against it continues.
It’s not clear how quickly the policy will be rolled out, and how exactly it fits in with the other efforts by the administration to restrict border crossings and tighten asylum rules.
For example, thousands of people are waiting on lists at border crossings in Mexico to claim asylum in the U.S. And more than 30,000 people have been turned back to Mexico to wait out their asylum claims.
Asylum seekers must pass an initial screening called a “credible fear” interview, a hurdle that a vast majority clear. Under the new policy, they would fail the test unless they sought asylum in at least one country they traveled through and were denied. They would be placed in fast-track deportation proceedings and flown to their home countries at U.S. expense.
Lee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who is representing immigrant advocacy groups in the case, said: “This is just a temporary step, and we’re hopeful we’ll prevail at the end of the day. The lives of thousands of families are at stake.”
Justice Department spokesperson Alexei Woltornist said the agency was “pleased that the Supreme Court intervened in this case,” adding, “This action will assist the Administration in its objectives to bring order to the crisis at the southern border, close loopholes in our immigration system, and discourage frivolous claims.”
Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this report.
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KTVU archives: Assassination of Mayor George Moscone, Supervisor Harvey Milk
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - The assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk are remembered as one of the darkest days in San Francisco's history, and it happened 38 years ago.
Both Mayor Moscone and Milk were shot and killed on November 27th of 1978.
Moscone was the city's liberal mayor who had won the election by a razor thin margin - he had just spent the weekend celebrating his 49th birthday.
Milk ran a camera shop in the Castro district and had become the city's first openly gay elected supervisor.
The man who shot them, Dan White, had been a San Francisco cop and firefighter - had just resigned as a city supervisor to run a small business on Pier 39
He wanted his supervisor's job back and on that tragic Monday morning he had learned Moscone was going to give the seat to someone else.
A short while later, White turned himself in.
Harvey Milk would become a martyr to the gay community.
The city erected statues for Moscone and named a major economic development in his name.
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Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Regulation 2016
Part 1 Preliminary
1Short title
This regulation may be cited as the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Regulation 2016.
2Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 January 2017.
3Dictionary
The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this regulation.
4References to a stated number of years of academic study
A reference in section 5 or 8 to a stated number of years of academic study—
(a)is a reference to the stated number of years of full-time academic study; and
(b)includes a reference to an amount of academic study the college is satisfied is the equivalent of the stated number of years of full-time academic study.
Part 2 Registration or permission to teach
Division 1 Eligibility for full registration
5Qualifications
For section 8(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the prescribed qualification for full registration is successful completion of—
(a)a course of preservice teacher education consisting of at least 4 years academic study, including professional studies that are at least 1 year of academic study; or
(b)a graduate course of preservice teacher education consisting of professional studies that are at least 1 year of academic study; or
(c)another course of teacher education, provided by a higher education institution, that the college is satisfied is the equivalent of a course mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
6Experience
(1)For section 8(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the prescribed experience for full registration is—
(a)successful completion of 1 year of duties as a teacher at a school; or
(b)other experience the college is satisfied is the equivalent of successful completion of 1 year of duties as a teacher at a school.
(2)For subsection (1), the college may be satisfied a person has the prescribed experience if the college receives notice of the experience from—
(a)the principal of the school at which the teaching was carried out; or
(b)another person the college considers can adequately inform the college about the teaching or other experience.
7Additional requirement for professional practice for full registration
For section 8(1)(d) of the Act, the prescribed requirement for professional practice for full registration is the ability to communicate in spoken and written English at a professional level with students, parents, teachers and other persons.
Division 2 Eligibility for provisional registration
For section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the prescribed qualification for provisional registration is successful completion of—
9Additional requirement for professional practice for provisional registration
For section 9(1)(d) of the Act, the prescribed requirement for professional practice for provisional registration is the ability to communicate in spoken and written English at a professional level with students, parents, teachers and other persons.
Division 3 Eligibility for permission to teach
10Additional requirement for professional practice for permission to teach
For section 10(1)(d) of the Act, the prescribed requirement for professional practice for permission to teach is the ability to communicate in spoken and written English at a professional level with students, parents, teachers and other persons.
Division 4 Renewal of full registration
11Particular requirements for renewal of full registration
(1)For section 29(2)(c)(i)(A) and (ii)(A) of the Act, the prescribed duration is 6 months.
(2)For section 29(2)(c)(i)(B) and (ii)(B) of the Act, the prescribed period is 5 years immediately before the day a teacher’s full registration ends.
Division 5 Educational programs
12Prescribed educational programs
(1)For the Act, schedule 3, definition teacher, paragraph (a)(ii), each of the following educational programs is prescribed—
(a)an educational program based on the Australian curriculum;
(b)an educational program based on a syllabus developed, purchased or revised by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority under the curriculum and assessment Act;
(c)an educational program based on a kindergarten guideline developed, purchased and revised, or accredited by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority under the curriculum and assessment Act.
(2)In this section—
Australian curriculum see the curriculum and assessment Act, schedule 1.
curriculum and assessment Act means the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014.
kindergarten guideline see the curriculum and assessment Act, schedule 1.
Part 2A Certification of teachers
pt 2A hdg ins 2019 Act No. 14 s 13
12APrescribed employing authorities—Act, s 67A
For section 67A(2)(c) of the Act, the following employing authorities are prescribed—
(a)an employing authority for a State school;
(b)an employing authority for a non-State school represented by QCEC.
s 12A ins 2019 Act No. 14 s 13
12BPrescribed employing authorities—Act, s 67J
For section 67J(3)(b) of the Act, the following employing authorities are prescribed—
s 12B ins 2019 Act No. 14 s 13
12CPrescribed entities—Act, s 230B
For section 230B(3) of the Act, the following entities are prescribed—
(b)an employing authority for a non-State school represented by QCEC;
(c)QCEC.
s 12C ins 2019 Act No. 14 s 13
Part 3 Requirements for carrying out election of practising teachers for appointment to board
Division 1 Purpose of part
13Purpose of part
This part states, for section 240(2) of the Act, the requirements for carrying out an election (a board member election) of practising teachers for appointment as members of the board under section 239(1)(j) of the Act.
Division 2 Director to conduct election
14Director to conduct election
The director must conduct the board member election, but the day for the election must be fixed by the board under section 15.
Division 3 Matters before the election
15Election day to be fixed
(1)The board must fix, as the election day for the board member election, a day at least 45 days before the end of the term of appointment of the elected members of the board.
elected members of the board means the board members elected for section 239(1)(j) of the Act.
16Roll of electors
The director must prepare a roll (the roll of electors) of persons (each an elector) who are registered teachers on the day the notice of election is published.
17Notice of election and of right to nominate candidates
(1)The director must publish a notice (the notice of election) that contains information about the board member election, including—
(a)the election day; and
(b)the final day (the final nomination day) for the receipt of nominations of candidates for the election.
(2)The final nomination day must be—
(a)at least 10 days after the day the notice of election is published; and
(b)at least 21 days before the election day.
(3)The director must publish the notice of election in a way the director reasonably considers will, or is likely to, bring the notice to the attention of all electors.
publication in an appropriate newsletter, by email to electors or on the college’s website
18Nomination of candidates
(1)A practising teacher may be nominated as a candidate for the board member election if—
(a)the practising teacher’s name is on the roll of electors; and
(b)the teacher is nominated as a candidate by 6 registered teachers (other than the practising teacher) whose names are also on the roll of electors.
(2)However, the practising teacher can not be nominated as both a State schools candidate and as a non-State schools candidate for the election.
19Form of nominations and time within which nominations may be given
(1)A nomination of a candidate for the board member election must be written and signed by—
(a)the candidate as accepting the nomination; and
(b)the 6 registered teachers making the nomination.
(2)The nomination must be given to the director before 4.00p.m. on the final nomination day for the election.
(3)A candidate for the election may withdraw the candidate’s acceptance of the candidate’s nomination before 4.00p.m. on the final nomination day by giving the director a written notice withdrawing the acceptance.
(4)If the director becomes aware of the death of a candidate for the election before any ballots are made available by the director to voters for the election, the director may cancel the nomination of the candidate.
Division 4 When no vote is needed
20If only 1 or 2 State schools candidates
(1)This section applies if there are no more than 2 State schools candidates for the board member election.
(2)The director need not conduct a vote for the election of the State schools members.
(3)The candidates are taken to have been elected unopposed.
(4)The director must—
(a)declare the candidates elected; and
(b)give the Minister a notice, signed by the director, stating—
(i)the name of each candidate; and
(ii)the candidate is elected as a State schools member; and
(iii)the day the result of the election is declared.
21If only 1 non-State schools candidate
(1)This section applies if there is only 1 non-State schools candidate for the board member election.
(2)The director need not conduct a vote for the election of the non-State schools member.
(3)The candidate is taken to have been elected unopposed.
(a)declare the candidate elected; and
(i)the name of the candidate; and
(ii)the candidate is elected as the non-State schools member; and
Division 5 If a vote is needed
22Application of division
This division applies to the board member election, other than to the extent a vote is not needed because of the operation of section 20 or 21.
23Order of candidate’s names on ballot
(1)As soon as practicable after the final nomination day for the board member election, the director must decide, by lot, the order of the candidate’s names on the ballot for the board member election.
(2)Subsections (3) and (4) apply if a vote is needed for both State schools candidates and non-State schools candidates (each a ballot group).
(3)The names of the candidates for each ballot group must be stated on the ballot separately from the names of the candidates for the other ballot group.
(4)The names of candidates in a ballot group must be stated on the ballot in the order decided under subsection (1).
24Content of ballot
The ballot for the board member election must state the following—
(a)the election day and election time;
(b)the name of each candidate, listed in the order decided under section 23;
(c)who an elector may vote for under section 27;
(d)for each candidate, whether the candidate is—
(i) a State schools candidate; or
(ii)a non-State schools candidate;
(e)instructions about how an elector may cast a vote.
25Notice of election day and election time and how to cast a vote
The director must, at least 21 days before the election day for the board member election, give each elector a written notice stating—
(a)the election day and election time; and
(b)instructions about how an elector may cast a vote.
26Statement by candidate
(1)A candidate for the board member election may prepare a statement, in writing or as an audio or video recording, that—
(a)must include the candidate’s academic qualifications, current professional position and professional address; and
(b)may include other information the candidate considers relevant to the candidate’s candidacy.
(2)The information mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must—
(a)if the statement is written, be not more than 100 words; or
(b)if the statement is as an audio or video recording, be not more than 1 minute long.
(3)If a candidate prepares a statement under this section and gives it to the director before 4.00p.m. on the final nomination day, the director must take action the director reasonably considers will, or is likely to, make the statement accessible to each elector for the election, unless the director has a reasonable excuse.
Examples of a reasonable excuse—
1The director can not take the action due to a circumstance beyond the director’s control.
2The statement includes material the director reasonably believes may be unlawful or defamatory.
27Voting
(1)An elector for the board member election may vote for—
(a)if the elector is a registered teacher who identifies himself or herself as affiliated with State schooling—a State schools candidate; or
(b)if the elector is a registered teacher who identifies himself or herself as affiliated with non-State schooling—a non-State schools candidate.
(2)Voting in the election must be done in accordance with the instructions about how an elector may cast a vote stated in the ballot.
28Director’s duty about integrity and security of voting system
The director must take reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and security of the voting system used for the board member election.
29Counting of votes
(1)The director must arrange for the votes cast in the board member election to be counted.
(2)As soon as practicable after the election time on the election day, the director must—
(a)accept each formal vote and reject each informal vote; and
(b)for each candidate, count and record the number of formal votes cast.
(3)Despite subsection (2)(a), the director may accept an informal vote if the director considers the intention of the voter is clear.
(4)Also, if the director is not satisfied a voter is an elector for the election, the vote by the voter must not be counted.
formal vote means a vote that is cast in accordance with the instructions mentioned in section 27(2).
informal vote means a vote that is not cast in accordance with the instructions mentioned in section 27(2).
30Declaration of result of election
(1)As soon as practicable after the votes for the board member election have been counted, the director must prepare and sign a notice stating—
(a)each candidate’s name; and
(b)for each candidate, the number, in words and figures, of the votes for the candidate; and
(c)the following are declared elected—
(i)if a vote is needed for State schools candidates—the State schools candidates decided as provided by subsections (2) and (4);
(ii)if a vote is needed for non-State schools candidates—the non-State schools candidate decided as provided by subsections (3) and (4); and
(d)for each candidate declared elected, whether the candidate is elected as a State schools member or as a non-State schools member; and
(e)the day the result of the board member election is declared.
(2)For subsection (1)(c)(i), the 2 State schools candidates with the highest, or highest and next highest number of votes are elected.
(3)For subsection (1)(c)(ii), the non-State schools candidate with the highest number of votes is elected.
(4)If 2 or more candidates (the tied candidates) receive the same number of votes, so that it is not possible to identify which of the tied candidates is elected under subsection (2) or (3), the director must decide, by lot, which of the tied candidates is elected.
(5)The director’s signing of the notice must be witnessed by 2 other persons, and both witnesses must also sign the notice.
(6)The director must give the notice to the Minister as soon as practicable after subsection (5) is complied with for the notice.
vote means a vote counted under section 29.
Division 6 Other matters
31Election not to be invalid
The board member election is not invalid because of—
(a)a formal error or defect in a declaration or other instrument or in a publication made, or intended to be made, under this regulation; or
(b)a publication being out of time; or
(c)a delay in holding the election at the time appointed or in taking an action in relation the election; or
(d)an inadvertent failure to give an elector a notice or ballot; or
(e)a defect of a merely formal nature.
Part 4 Miscellaneous
32Changes in approved teacher’s circumstances to be notified to college
For section 71(2) of the Act, definition prescribed change in circumstances, a change in any of the following for an approved teacher is prescribed—
(a)the teacher’s name;
(b)the teacher’s address;
(c)if the teacher is employed at a school on a permanent full-time or permanent part-time basis—the school at which the teacher is employed;
(d)if the teacher relied on possession of a qualification to obtain registration or permission to teach—removal or variation of the qualification.
33National professional standards
(1)For section 235(8) of the Act, definition national professional standards, the national professional standards prescribed are the professional standards for teachers approved by the Ministerial Council.
Ministerial Council means the Council of Commonwealth, State and Territories Ministers with responsibility for school education, as it exists from time to time.
34Fees
The fees payable under the Act are stated in schedule 1.
35Waiver of fee—financial hardship
The board may waive, wholly or partly, payment of a fee payable under the Act by a person if the board is satisfied payment of the fee would cause the person financial hardship.
Part 5 Repeal
36Repeal
The Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Regulation 2005 SL No. 279 is repealed.
Schedule 1 Fees
Eligibility application fee (Act, s 12E(3)(c)(i))
Registration application fee (Act, s 14(2)(b)(iii))—
(a) for a person who holds a qualification—
(i) from a registered higher education provider for a preservice teacher education program approved by the college under section 236 of the Act; and
(ii) successfully completed not more than 2 years before the application is made
(b) for another person
Permission to teach application fee (Act, s 14(2)(b)(iii))
Registration fee (Act, s 14(2)(b)(iv))
Permission to teach fee (Act, s 14(2)(b)(iv))
Restoration application fee (Act, s 37(1)(b)(ii))
Replacement fee (Act, s 63(2)(b))—
(a) for a certificate of registration
(b) for a certificate of permission to teach
Annual fee, for each registration year (Act, s 66(1))
Fee for late payment of annual fee (Act, s 66(4))
Certification application fee (Act, s 67B(b))—
(a) for an application made by a teacher employed by the employing authority for a State school
(b) for an application made by a teacher employed by the employing authority for a non-State school represented by QCEC
Fee for notice under the Act, s 67F(2)(a) (Act, s 67F(3)(b))—
(a) for a notice given by a teacher employed by the employing authority for a State school
(b) for a notice given by a teacher employed by the employing authority for a non-State school represented by QCEC
Renewal application fee (Act, s 67K(b))—
Criminal history check fee (Act, sch 3, definition criminal history check fee)
sch 1 sub 2017 SL No. 195 s 13; 2018 SL No. 141 s 12
amd 2019 Act No. 14 s 14
Schedule 2 Dictionary
board member election see section 13.
course of preservice teacher education means a course of preservice teacher education provided by a registered higher education provider.
election day means the day fixed under section 15(1) for a board member election.
election time, for a board member election, means the time on the election day by which votes must be returned to the director, as decided by the board.
elector see section 16.
final nomination day see section 17(1)(b).
graduate course of preservice teacher education means a graduate course of preservice teacher education provided by a registered higher education provider.
non-State schools candidate means a candidate for a board member election who is a practising teacher employed by the employing authority for a non-State school.
non-State schools member means a person elected for appointment as a member of the board under section 239(1)(j)(ii) of the Act.
notice of election see section 17(1).
professional studies means studies in teacher education that include—
(a)theoretical and practical aspects of education including, for example, psychology, philosophy, the social context of schooling, curriculum studies and studies in teaching and learning; and
(b)supervised teaching experience.
QCEC means the Queensland Catholic Education Commission.
sch 2 def QCEC ins 2019 Act No. 14 s 15
roll of electors see section 16.
State schools candidate means a candidate for a board member election who is a practising teacher employed by the State.
State schools member means a person elected for appointment as a member of the board under section 239(1)(j)(i) of the Act.
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Issue: Jul 1998
Media Reinforces Foundation Positions
Three prominent publications featured therapies in a light that reinforces the Foundation's longtime positions, and your own longevity goals.
Three prominent publications recently featured articles that should be of particular interest to those seeking a longer life span.
The Journal of the American Medical Association says, "Fatal Adverse Reactions to FDA-Approved Drugs Are Between the Fourth and Sixth Leading Cause of Death in the United States" (April 15, 1998). FDA-approved drugs kill about 100,000 Americans in hospitals every year, says an article published in the American Medical Association's own journal. These new findings showed that adverse reactions from FDA-approved drugs are among the leading causes of death in the United States.
This study dealt only with deaths in hospitals that occurred from adverse reactions to FDA-approved drugs. If deaths outside the hospital were counted, the number would be much higher. What is amazing about this article is that it is published in a medical journal that derives more than 95 percent of its advertising revenue from FDA-approved drugs.
We thank the American Medical Association for publishing this statistical analysis about the human carnage that is occurring because a government agency is given totalitarian control in determining which drugs are "safe and effective."
When the Foundation's FDA Museum was established, evidence was presented that about 125,000 Americans die every year because of toxic FDA-approved drugs. Dr. Julian Whitaker recently wrote in his newsletter Health and Healing that about 180,000 Americans die every year in and out of the hospital from FDA-approved drugs.
The FDA is now involved in a multimillion-dollar campaign to deny Americans personal-use access to unapproved drugs from other countries. Based on a previous press release issued by the FDA, not one American has suffered a serious adverse reaction from an imported unapproved drug.
Instead of seeking to reduce the number of Americans killed by expensive drugs that the FDA has "approved," the agency is spending enormous resources trying to deny Americans the opportunity to obtain low-priced European medications that are virtually free of adverse effects.
The New England Journal of Medicine says "Eat Right and Take a Multivitamin" (April 9, 1998). The conventional medical establishment has long ridiculed vitamin supplementation. Now, for the first time ever, an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine encourages the use of homocysteine-lowering vitamin supplements to reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease.
This editorial is based on a new scientific article showing that high homocysteine levels cause atherosclerosis and that the daily intake of folic acid can lower homocysteine levels. The editorial recommends multivitamin supplementation for the general population since most multivitamin supplements contain 400 micrograms of folic acid.
While folic acid does lower homocysteine, the Life Extension Foundation has found that many people who take folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 still have homocysteine levels that are too high. The Foundation believes the objective is to lower homocysteine in the blood to a level under 9 micromoles per liter of blood plasma.
Folic acid supplementation usually lowers folic acid levels less than 11, but some people need to take 500 mg of TMG (trimethylglycine) two to three times a day to lower homocysteine to less than 9.
Certain people with a rare genetic defect require more than 500 mg a day of vitamin B6 to lower homocysteine. While some in the conventional medical establishment consider homocysteine levels as high as 15 to be "normal," the Life Extension Foundation strongly recommends that homocysteine levels be kept under 9 micromoles per liter of blood plasma, in keeping with published studies.
The only way of determining homocysteine levels is to have a homocysteine blood test. This test is expensive, but those with existing artery disease should insist on it.
Homocysteine appears to be a risk factor not just for heart disease and stroke, but also cancer, Alzheimer's disease and aging. From the hundreds of published papers reviewed by the Life Extension Foundation, there is no known safe level of homocysteine. The evidence clearly shows that homocysteine is toxic, and the lower its level in your body, the longer you may live.
While medical journals are publishing articles about the cardiovascular benefits of lowering homocysteine, the Foundation believes that reducing homocysteine by converting it back to methionine and S-adenosylmethionine may help slow aging by enhancing methylation.
The Life Extension Foundation recommended homocysteine-lowering therapies in 1981 to prevent heart attack and stroke. We now believe there is even greater evidence that homocysteine reduction will prevent many degenerative diseases.
Many Foundation members take some homocysteine-lowering nutrients as part of their daily supplement programs. High levels of all homocysteine-lowering nutrients will provide additional benefits (a new study specifies that only high levels of the vitamins will lower homocysteine levels significantly) .
The Wall Street Journal reports, "Melatonin, Bromocriptine, Vitamin A Drugs Effectively Treat Cancer" (April 21, 1998). A fascinating story appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal about an 85-year-old college professor in Italy who has developed a cancer treatment protocol that is producing "miraculous results."
This so-called "miraculous" protocol includes most of what the Life Extension Foundation has been recommending to cancer patients for many years.
The formula includes melatonin in an ultra-high dose, bromocriptine, retinoid analogue drugs, and a drug called somatostatin that slows cellular growth. The Italian media is calling this a cancer cure, and cancer patients' refusal to take chemotherapy has caused a national controversy.
The pharmaceutical industry's response to cancer patients abandoning traditional chemotherapy was to lobby the Italian legislature to pass a law that banned doctors from prescribing this retired college professor's treatment protocol. Italian cancer patients responded by filing lawsuits and obtaining judicial orders to force doctors to prescribe this non-toxic regimen.
Anecdotal reports of cancer patients who have gone into remission after being told they had only months to live is fueling the citizen uprising against the Italian cancer establishment.
The results of a 600-patient clinical trial are expected soon, but this controversy in Italy shows how people around the world are fighting against establishment medicine.
Free Speech, But Only if Approved
Taking a balanced approach to health, despite the FDA's disapproval
Under the theory that "free speech" only permits statements that the government approves of, the FDA is telling drug and nutritional supplement makers what they can and cannot say about their products. Let me give you a personal example of how unhelpful this is.
High cholesterol runs in my family. Assorted prescription drugs "lower cholesterol," and my father tried one. In combination with diet, it lowered his cholesterol 18 points. My mother tried several prescription drugs, all with severe side effects, which lowered her cholesterol 14 points.
In contrast, I take nutritional supplements the Life Extension Foundation recommends for liver support, which maintain my cholesterol at a healthy level 66 points below where it was before I started on them. In return, the FDA has repeatedly tried to prosecute the Foundation for making "unapproved" health claims.
Andrew Cutler
The Foundation counsels members and Life Extension readers to keep their physicians apprised of nutritional supplements they're taking, and not to abandon medically prescribed regimens without their doctors' knowledge. Unfortunately, the FDA does not take the same balanced view toward natural alternatives that have been shown to be effective assisting therapies.
My congratulations on an outstanding job in producing Life Extension magazine. I've picked up a friend's copy of Life Extension from time to time, but until recently had never been impressed with the magazine as I am now. The scope of articles, your powerful advocacy, the verve and depth of the writing, the professionalism and the new clean, crisp design all bespeak quality, and an organization I want to purchase my supplements from. And I'm impressed at seeing you on an increasing number of newsstands! I'm taking out my Foundation membership, and looking forward to receiving Life Extension monthly. Thanks for a great product.
Richard Giovanni
Lessening Vitamin C Worries
Thank you so much for your detailed response to my worries about vitamin C ["Health News," June 1998]. It was a great relief, as I have been taking Life Extension Mix for many years. Since I have also been taking vitamin B supplements in addition to that in the formula, I felt even more secure.
I was absolutely ignorant of how vitamin E can protect vitamin C from degenerating into a pro-oxidant, thus damaging DNA. In this regard, it would be very helpful to the lay person to be a bit more sophisticated in his or her own anti-aging program.
I would be happy to design my own program if I were sure I knew I was doing. As there doesn't seem to be any alternative professionals available around me, I feel more or less on my own. But I do have the Life Extension Foundation!
Ruth S. Prengel
Switzerland, via E-mail
Overseas Importation Hassles
For years, I have been a faithful buyer of Life Extension products, first in New York and later as a retiree in Madrid, Spain. I had been receiving these products by mail without any difficulties, but last month I was asked to clear through customs your latest shipment and was told this would be the last time they would allow such shipments. In the future, I would have to provide a physician's certification stating medical reasons for my need for such products. I look forward to the day when you decide to establish a subsidiary of the Foundation within the European Union, so I can again buy your products.
Angela M. Vega
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Same-sex marriage rights in trailblazing California now extend to all
Natalie Novoa, left, left, and Eddie Daniels take a selfie while waiting to be married at the L.A. County registrar’s Beverly Hills office on Friday.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
By Maura Dolan,
Lee Romney
Reporting from SAN FRANCISCO —
Retired California Chief Justice Ronald M. George, aboard a cruise ship in the Arctic last June, was dining with his wife when a waiter brought over a bottle of wine. Attached was a note: “Can we come over and give you a hug?”
A passenger on the cruise, whose mission was to observe polar bears, had Googled all the other travelers’ names.
The wine and note came from two lesbian couples who learned from another passenger that George was onboard. They wanted to thank him for writing the 2008 California Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws limiting marriage to between a man and a woman.
“We were 500 miles from the North Pole,” George recalled Friday, still astonished at the gesture, “and this was in 2014.”
The incident underscored the huge role California played in the march toward same-sex marriage, which was legalized in all 50 states Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court. From gay weddings at San Francisco City Hall to a widely watched trial at a San Francisco federal courthouse, California helped raise the nation’s awareness of the discrimination gay couples and their families faced and the reasons marriage mattered to them.
It began with Gavin Newsom, who in 2004 had just been elected mayor of San Francisco. Sitting in the audience during President George W. Bush’s state of the union address, Newsom listened as Bush called for a federal constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
On his way out, he heard someone say, “I am so glad the president is going to deal with those homosexuals.”
He said he called his staff that evening to get to work.
Kate Kendell, executive director of the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights, remembers the week in early February 2004 when Newsom’s office called her.
His aides wanted to let Kendell know that Newsom was “interested in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.”
“My first reaction was to say, ‘Thank you,’ and my second reaction was, ‘But wait, I think it might be too soon,’” Kendell recalled Friday.
By the end of the week, it became “very clear,” she said, “that the mayor was going ahead. He had a vision that exceeded mine.”
The following week, on Feb. 12, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, then 82 and 78, respectively, were married in a private room on City Hall’s first floor, with Kendell present, eyes tearing.
Newsom said he expected a court to issue an order against the city as soon as the first couple was married. But San Francisco judges, finding no imminent threat, refused.
Word got out and several other couples showed up to marry. Within 24 hours, a line of couples circled the block. Many had their children with them. Two men carried their babies in backpacks. Aged parents were there to witness the ceremonies.
Confetti was thrown. Cars honked in congratulations. Protesters showed up, and City Hall began to get threats. Newsom remembered having to sneak in a back door.
“We were just realizing the magnitude of the decision,” Newsom, now lieutenant governor, said Friday. “It was so much bigger than we had ever imagined.”
The weddings continued for nearly a month — more than 4,000 couples from around the country exchanged vows — before the California Supreme Court ordered them to stop. The court ruled that Newsom had exceeded his authority. An elected official could not unilaterally decide that a law violated the constitution. That was a matter for the courts.
Prominent Democrats criticized Newsom for raising a divisive issue at a time when the party was trying to recapture the presidency. Newsom said he began to doubt that San Francisco would reelect him, and many of his backers began to distance themselves.
A prominent political consultant later blamed him and the gay weddings for John Kerry’s presidential defeat. Before he was elected in 2008, President Obama reportedly did not want to be photographed with Newsom.
Other states passed constitutional amendments against same-sex marriage, making it more difficult for courts to overturn bans. Newsom remembered feeling “pounded” on national television.
“I started questioning, ‘Was this the right thing? Was it too much, too soon, too fast?’ Others who had supported it also started having questions. It was a lonely four or five years,” he said.
When San Francisco’s legal challenge of the marriage ban reached the California Supreme Court, Chief Justice George assigned himself to write the ruling. He wrote two versions, one in favor of same-sex marriage, the other against, and asked the other six justices for their views.
Three favored ending the marriage ban. Three were against it. George decided to join the three who believed the ban violated the state constitution.
But the court’s momentous decision was in force for only six months. Opponents of same-sex marriage, many of them Christian conservatives, won passage of Proposition 8, a November 2008 ballot measure amending the state constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
The battle soon shifted to federal court. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker was to preside over a federal constitutional challenge of the measure.
To everyone’s surprise, Walker wanted a trial. He wanted to test such questions as whether sexual orientation could be changed, whether same-sex marriage hurt children and whether gay marriage would hurt opposite-sex matrimony.
Evidence in favor of same-sex marriage overwhelmed the opposition.
Though Walker had been considered a mere fact-gatherer, his ruling to overturn Proposition 8 became the final word on the subject in California. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 2013 that the opponents had lacked standing to appeal Walker’s ruling, leaving it in place.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared the issue decided, and ordered counties to marry same-sex couples. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris rushed to San Francisco City Hall to marry one of the couples who had brought the federal case.
On Friday, those who had fought for same-sex marriage in California got word that the high court had made its decision.
Therese Stewart, formerly a lawyer in the San Francisco city attorney’s office, had spearheaded the state case and worked on the federal case. She is now a justice on the California Court of Appeal.
She said she was surprisingly subdued when she heard the news. “We have had so many ups and downs that after a while you steel yourself against the downs,” said Stewart, who married her longtime partner in 2008. “Somehow when the ups come, they are not quite as exciting.”
Still, she called the majority opinion “beautiful.”
George, at home in Los Angeles, said he was relieved. He said he felt that the California Supreme Court had been vindicated.
“Frankly, I also had another thought: that it is so nice to finally have this issue behind us,” he said.
Looking back at the efforts in California, Kendell credited them with starting a “billion conversations at the workplace or at the dinner table or among friends and colleagues, on hunting trips or on vacations.”
And Lyon, now 90, who married her late partner at the first San Francisco City Hall wedding, laughed and laughed when told the news.
“Well how about that?” she said. “For goodness’ sakes.”
maura.dolan@latimes.com
Twitter: @mauradolan
lee.romney@latimes.com
Twitter: @leeromney
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Maura Dolan
Maura Dolan is the California-based legal affairs writer for the Los Angeles Times. She covers the California Supreme Court and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. A California native, she graduated from UC Berkeley and has worked in Washington and Los Angeles for The Times. She is now based in San Francisco.
Former staff writer Lee Romney covered the Bay Area and Northern California news for the Los Angeles Times from the San Francisco bureau. Romney grew up in Canada and then Arizona before moving to the Bay Area. She started with the L.A. Times in 1992 and after many years in the Southland returned to San Francisco in 2003. She left the newsroom in 2015.
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L.A. supervisors voted Tuesday to push ahead with the possible purchase of St. Vincent hospital
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on giving subpoena power to the Civilian Oversight Commission to get records from the Sheriff’s Dept. in the latest power tiff between the governing body and Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
Jose Sanchez Villalobos is facing a 13-count indictment after being imprisoned in Mexico for eight years.
L.A. announced more ‘sensitive’ cleanups for homeless camps. Now it’s taking a harder line
Last summer, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city would take a more “sensitive approach” to clearing trash and filth around homeless encampments. Now, sanitation officials say they are making adjustments to that system, including planning for police presence at some cleanup sites.
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Stanford University officials announced that an undergraduate who died inside a fraternity house was the son of two staffers.
1 killed and 2 injured in stabbing near Bakersfield high school
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Cal State eyes postponing vote to raise math requirement
The head of Cal State University asks trustees to delay a vote on adding a fourth year of quantitative reasoning as an admissions requirement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes UC tuition increase as ‘unwarranted’ and ‘bad for students’
Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes any tuition hike for University of California students this fall, calling it ‘unwarranted’ and ‘bad for students.’
UC enrolls record number of California students in the fall
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New Mobile App Helps Give Neonatologists the Full Picture
A first-of-its-kind mobile application is giving neonatologists quick and reliable guidance when undertaking cardiac assessments on newborns.
Developers Dr. Patrick McNamara from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Dr. Afif EL-Khuffash, from Mount Sinai Hospital describe the application as a portable reference guide. It’s designed for staff and trainee neonatologists who are performing Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TnECHO), ultrasounds on the hearts of newborns that aid in clinical diagnosis.
“As a test, TnECHO is transforming our approach to neonatal care,” says McNamara. “It gives us more accurate information and empowers us to make the right clinical decisions for our newborn patients, faster.”
TnECHO provides real-time information on the performance and function of the cardiovascular system and provides more insight than clinical signs, such as heart rate and blood pressure that neonatologists have traditionally relied on.
The TnECHO app will help neonatologists around the world to perform this important test and is available free from iTunes.
McNamara and El-Khuffash noticed a need for a more portable reference guide while working in their own practice. “We were relying on heavy and expensive reference books and CD-ROMs to help us perform echocardiography because those were the only thing available,” says EL-Khuffash. “It didn’t allow for easy point-of-care assessments. We needed something mobile, but comprehensive.”
They stress that the app is to be used in conjunction with formal echocardiography training. “With the app, neonatologists can quickly reference the steps to obtain the right ultrasound images and information to guide them in their cardiac assessment,” says McNamara.
The TnECHO app will also allow neonatologists to easily keep up to date with the latest echocardiography practices by downloading updates directly to their mobile device.
“This new application is one of many important tools invented here at SickKids that is impacting children’s health globally,” says Arlene Yee, Director, Industry Partnerships & Commercialization at SickKids. “Helping bring this idea to a reality and sharing this application with the world is another example of the incredible support SickKids provides to its innovators and inventors.”
The echocardiography training and clinical guidelines which the TnECHO app is based on were developed by Dr. Luc Mertens, a cardiologist at SickKids, with McNamara and other international experts within the field. A plan is underway to expand the application to help aid in other newborn assessments.
Development of the app was funded by IKARIA.
SickKids Industry Partnerships & Commercialization www.sickkids.ca/ipandc
Industry Partnerships & Commercialization at SickKids assists and supports SickKids staff with the assessment, research and implementation phases of the commercialization process. Formed under the original Corporate Ventures name in 2006, IP&C acts as a liaison for SickKids scientists, physicians, staff and industry partners and guides the commercialization of ideas created by SickKids physicians, scientists and professionals from mind into marketable matter.
About The Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is recognized as one of the world’s foremost paediatric health-care institutions and is Canada’s leading centre dedicated to advancing children’s health through the integration of patient care, research and education. Founded in 1875 and affiliated with the University of Toronto, SickKids is one of Canada’s most research-intensive hospitals and has generated discoveries that have helped children globally. Its mission is to provide the best in complex and specialized family-centred care; pioneer scientific and clinical advancements; share expertise; foster an academic environment that nurtures health-care professionals; and champion an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system. SickKids is proud of its vision for Healthier Children. A Better World. For more information, please visit www.sickkids.ca.
Matet Nebres
The Hospital for Sick Children
matet.nebres@sickkids.ca
Caitlin McNamee-Lamb
caitlin.mcnamee-lamb@sickkids.ca
Review of new models in healthcare.
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Thinking Out Loud: Machine Head’s Robb Flynn
By Matt Stocks 2015-11-24T12:00:00.327Z
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn on dealing drugs, violent thrash gigs and the art of peacocking
Robb Flynn, 48, is the frontman for Oakland metallers Machine Head. The band’s latest album, Bloodstone & Diamonds, is out now.
“If there was a band that affected me early on and took me down the rabbit hole, it was Black Sabbath. The first time I heard We Sold Our Soul for Rock ‘n’ Roll [Black Sabbath compilation album] I was terrified, fascinated, and enthralled – all at the same time. It was so evil and dark, and there were songs about smoking weed and doing cocaine, and wicked women and the devil. I had a friend who lived on the next street when I was growing up, and his dad smoked weed, so we’d cut school and go raid his dad’s stash and listen to Sabbath.”
**“I love Brian Johnson, but there’s something really special about Bon Scott. **You hear rappers go on about swagger. But you watch Bon Scott footage from around the Powerage [1978] album, and my God that dude’s got swagger. In some ways I envy singers who don’t play guitar, because I’m kind of stuck there in front of the microphone. You watch Bon Scott work a stage, and he’s up there just peacocking, man. He’s got the super tight pants and his package is hanging over to the right, and you’re just like, ‘Fuck, you’re awesome!’ He’s gnarly, and sexy, and a real bad ass. That, to me, is real swagger. The rappers don’t even know what swagger is. He’s the ultimate rock frontman.”
“**There was something dangerous, thrilling, and exciting about thrash concerts in the ‘80s. **I saw D.R.I. on the Violent Pacification [1984] tour, and that was full of burly, linebacker-sized skinheads. My friend Leeroy and I went with these two girls that we knew, and we were the only guys in there with long hair. We walked in and sat down, and we were trying to just hang at the back and not get in anybody’s way. I remember watching that show, and it was just 45 minutes of people fighting. There were all these skinheads on speed who would take broken bottles and cut themselves, and smear all the blood down their face. It was brutal. And it could be very dangerous. You really had to know the wolves from the sheep. But I survived it, and all I wanted to do was go to more thrash shows after that.”
“Slayer and Metallica didn’t tour together for 30 years for a reason. They talked shit about each other like crazy. They really didn’t like each other, man. One was always trying to be faster, and one was always trying to be better. And so much of that inspired me. I never wanted to ‘make it’ – whatever that means. I wanted to be the best. I wanted to be the best frontman and the best guitar player in the best band. It was always about making a better album than the other band. Whether we succeeded or not was for the world to decide. The intention was just to be the best.”
Flynn, circa 1995 and right, the band's 1994 debut Burn My Eyes (Image credit: Mick Hutson/Redferns)
“Going in to the first Machine Head record [Burn My Eyes, 1994], I was a drug dealer running around with guns. I was leading a pretty hairy life. I was dealing speed to make ends meet, and I just happened to be good at it. I wasn’t getting high on my own supply. But it got to a point where it started getting big, and I seriously freaked out. I decided I didn’t want to do it anymore. It was never really what I wanted. I always wanted to play music and be on stage. So I stopped. And I was like, ‘This Machine Head shit better work!’ I invested all my money into the band. And somewhere along the line we wrote some good songs, and people took notice. We got signed and went into the studio, and I poured my life into that first record, and gave it everything I had.”
“**In my experience, the best musical moments are when you just let the music guide you. **It’s scary, because you don’t know where you’re going. But in the end the unknown is exactly what makes it so cool. When we started writing _The Blackening _[2007], we wrote for about five months and there was no indication that we’d suddenly start writing these long songs, because the first four songs we wrote ended up being the four shortest on the record. And we tried trimming the fat and shortening the longer ones, but it sucked. It was like taking all the loops out of a rollercoaster. So we just went for it and hoped that everyone would get it and enjoy the songs. You never know how it’s going to be received. You just have to trust your gut and go with it. And we did. If you’re going to aim for something, aim for the stars, right?”
**“I remember exactly where I was when I first read the article that inspired Aesthetics of Hate. **We’d just finished up an 80 day tour around the world, and on the last day I got a brutal sinus infection. I was in Greece, and I had to take three flights home. On the first flight my head hurt so much it felt like someone was driving a screwdriver into my eardrum. I was getting ready to change for the second flight, and I asked the stewardess if she had any decongestant. She said I had to leave the plane because I was too sick to take the next flight. I’d been on tour for 80 days and I just wanted to go home, so I refused to get off. She went and got the captain, and he told me that I had to get off otherwise my eardrum was going to explode. He said if I went up I risked bursting it, and it would take six months to heal. I was dumbfounded. So I had to go and heal for five days before I could take another flight. I ended up in a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, and I had nothing to do because I was alone so I ended up looking on Blabbermouth to read about Dimebag’s murder, which had just happened. I was catching up on everything when I got to that article [Aesthetics of Hate: R.I.P. Dimebag Abbott, & Good Riddance by William Grim]. It was such an emotional time, and everything about it was so horrible. Then, to read that fucking article? To read that! I was like, ‘Fuck this mother fucker! Fuck this dude forever!’ There was even American senators out there, saying stuff like, ‘That’s what you get for playing metal music. You reap what you sew’, and all this other bullshit. I was so fucking pissed. So that’s where Aesthetics of Hate came from. I never really heard what our peers thought, and I never asked them. But I remember the first time we played the song and Rita Haney, who was Dimebag’s partner, was there at the show. I didn’t really know her that well, but I said that I’d really like her to be up there and catch us play the song. She stayed and watched the whole show, and afterwards she was crying and she came up to me and gave me a hug. That was the coolest feedback I could’ve hoped for.”
“Maybe it’s because I’m adopted, but the thing that I want most from music is a connection. I want to watch how people react to what I write, and feed off that energy. ”
Machine Head tour the UK in March. For full details, see their official website.
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When Tuaregs Exchanged Guns for Radios
by Kristine Pearson | Apr 11, 2015 | By Kristine Pearson, Friendship, Gender, Power of radio
In January, extremist Tuareg rebels launched a rebellion in Northern Mali taking advantage of a coup in the capital of Bamako. Since then the rebels have declared independence for a region they call Azawad. For centuries Tuaregs have lived a nomadic lifestyle across West and North Africa. Ten years ago I had a series of extraordinary experiences with the Tuareg. I wanted to share them, not because of the headlines, but because of a Tuareg sultan in Niger, who was kind and welcoming to me, recently died. He had ruled for 52 years.
In 1998 the final remaining armed Tuareg group signed an uneasy peace agreement, ending the third Tuareg rebellion in Niger (which borders Mali) in the 20th century. One of the poorest countries in the world, twice the size of France and mostly desert, Niger was also awash with guns.
In late 2001, in collaboration with the UNDP and the government, we co-launched Radios for the Consolidation of Peace – a guns-for-radios project. We donated a significant number of what would now be considered old model wind-up and solar-powered radios. The UNDP worked with the government in the recovery and destruction of illicit small arms. Through the Rural Radio Network (RURANET) and the rapid expansion of community radio stations, communities would be informed about the initiative to collect and destroy illegal weapons. Our radios would provide much needed information access in local languages which would, in turn, accelerate development. Given that batteries are hard to come by for nomads and in far-flung villages and electricity is non-existent, it was believed access to information would be more valuable in peacetime than guns.
One such radio station was in Agadez, a once bustling crossroads where Saharan camel caravans converged. In the centre of Niger, Agadez was also the farthermost point of the vast Ottoman Empire. Ibrahim Oumarou, the Sultan of Aïr and an important political and spiritual Tuareg leader, was a frequent guest at the station, which broadcast in Tamasheq, the Tuareg language. I wanted to meet him, but protocol required that I be interviewed by and granted approval from the caliph (an advisor) first. The caliph and his colleagues agreed on the meeting for my subsequent visit in several months time.
On my next trip to Agadez in 2002, I had an audience with the sultan at his 15th century palace – made of mud. He proudly showed me the computer that he was learning to use, but didn’t yet have an email address. Palace electricity came from a diesel generator. The sultan further proclaimed that both Tuareg men and women had to know all the modern technologies. He told me that he’d visited America two years previously and had loved it. We sat in white plastic chairs while the brightly dressed palace guards served syrupy drinks in the domed reception room cluttered with mementoes. Pictures and sand covered the fading blue walls.
We talked for some time about his people, their struggles and their disappearing way of life. We spoke of the peace process and of the importance of ensuring that everyone could get information from the radio when they needed to. The sultan resolutely supported the guns-for-radios project saying that armed conflicts leave many scars and too often lead to further conflict. I recall him being warm, wise and moderate in his views. Before our two-hour meeting ended, I innocently asked him if I could meet his wives, assuming that there were four. He didn’t give me an answer, but later a note was delivered to my hotel saying that the meeting would be the next day.
This proved to be one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Instead of meeting four co-wives, I met the six – the Sultanas of Aïr. What was unknown to me initially is that I was the first outsider that they had ever met, let alone the first white person. From the time that they were selected by the sultan to marry, they had been cloistered in the compact one-story mud palace in Agadez with their children, attendants and guards. We had two two-hour open and revealing discussions. At the risk of sounding trite, it was truly an honour and privilege to meet them. I wrote about my experiences with the sultanas in detail in 2002.
With the sultan’s blessing, my Agadez trip ended with attending ceremonies whereby mainly Tuareg men (although there were some women) exchanged their working small arms for radios. The guns were then burned in ‘flames of peace’ ceremonies. However, there was one minor hiccup – the army had neglected to empty a few bullets from the rifles. When the fire was lit, the guns started going off; hundreds of petrified onlookers dove headfirst into the sand and several camels ran off, but no one was hurt. It was only amusing sometime afterwards.
I have reflected often about those trips to Agadez. They were made by a road – a hard and dusty 15-hour drive from the capital city, Niamey. I have thought a lot about the sultan as I have read of the continuing food shortages that have affected them and the on-going conflicts in the Sahara involving the Tuareg and what they believe to be their traditional lands and rights taken from them. Most of all, I’ve thought about the sultanas and wondered now that the sultan has passed away, what will happen to them. A friend in Niger has told me that one of his sons was groomed to take over. I hope that the son will rule as wisely as his father. I am optimistic that the sultanas will be able to make their way in a world that they know from radio, from television, and from the rooftop of the palace.
Update – 05 June 2012: Today I received a gracious email (in French) from the newly installed Sultan of Aïr from his @yahoo.fr address. I emailed a letter to the sultanas via my friend to forward to the palace for me. The email said that the sultanas are well and will remain in the palace in Agadez, as is their wish. The sultan has extended an invitation to visit and said that I would be ‘welcomed with great friendship’. I feel deeply honoured and I’m so pleased to have a fresh friendship with this sultan and that I am now able remain connected to his mothers.
by Kristine Pearson
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PM Harper pledges to vote against pro-life motion, says ‘unfortunate’ it was deemed votable
Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to vote against Stephen Woodworth's pro-life motion when it comes up for a vote in June or September.
Thu Apr 26, 2012 - 3:34 pm EST
By Patrick Craine
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 26, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Parliament prepared to debate an historic pro-life motion Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to vote against it when it comes up for a vote in June or September.
The Prime Minister went further by telling Parliament during Question Period on Thursday that it was “unfortunate” that the motion, put forward by Tory MP Stephen Woodworth, was even deemed votable.
The comments came as newly-minted Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair of the New Democrats charged that Harper was allowing the private members motion to go forward as an attempt to signal his pro-life support to the Tories’ social conservative base.
“We know the Prime Minister likes to control his message. He wouldn’t let his Conservative do something that he didn’t agree with,” Mulcair said in Question Period. “Can the Prime Minister tell Canadians why he allowed his Conservative MPs to reopen the debate on abortion?”
In reply, the Prime Minister stated: ”Every private member can table bills and motions in this House. Party leaders don’t have any control over that. … This particular motion was deemed votable by an all-party committee of the House. I think that’s unfortunate. In my case I will be voting against the motion.”
Woodworth’s motion is scheduled for an hour of debate on Thursday around 5:15 p.m. The Kitchener Centre MP hopes to establish a special committee to consider when human life begins by re-examining section 223 of the Criminal Code, which states that a child only becomes a “human being” once he or she has fully proceeded from the womb.
His effort has been strongly opposed by all of the major political parties, but none are saying that they will whip their caucus to vote against it.
“We’re not going to have to impose anything because our caucus is unanimous on this,” Mulcair told reporters. “We are unanimously opposed to that motion and that approach.”
The Liberal caucus has a number of pro-life MPs who are expected to support the motion. Liberal leader Bob Rae, who is vehemently pro-abortion himself, says he will allow caucus members to vote “their conscience.”
“If there are individuals in my caucus who feel strongly for moral reasons one way or the other, we’re not going to whip the vote,” he told the Toronto Star.
When Woodworth announced the motion at a press conference in February, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson sent a statement around to media stressing the government’s disapproval. “The Prime Minister has been very clear [that] our government will not reopen this debate,” said Nicholson.
The Conservatives took the same approach in 2010 when Winnipeg Tory MP Rod Bruinooge put forward a bill to ban the coercion of women into abortion. When the bill was defeated 97-178 on December 15th, 2010, Prime Minister Harper took what was considered an unusual step by actually showing up to vote against it.
Despite the stances of Canada’s political leaders, polls have consistently shown that Canadians oppose the current status quo on abortion, where the deadly procedure is legal and tax-funded up until the moment of birth.
An Environics poll in October found that 72 percent of Canadians want some form of protection for children in the womb, with 28% saying they want protections from the moment of conception.
PM Harper pledges to vote against pro-life motion, says ‘unfortunate’… PM Harper pledges to vote against pro-life motion, says ‘unfortunate’ it was deemed votable News By Patrick Craine
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Bleibtreustraße 45, Berlin, 5 November 2016 – 14 January 2017
Opening: 5 November, 6-9 pm
Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition with new paintings and works on paper by Zhang Wei in Bleibtreustrasse 45. This is the artist's first solo show with Galerie Max Hetzler.
Zhang Wei is regarded as one of the first abstract painters in China. After having been excluded from any educational artistic program, Zhang joined the self-organised and unofficial artist collective Wuming (No Name) in the mid-1970s. The young painters of the group tried to develop their own ideas as well as artistic approaches and attempted to express themselves in contrast to the established, politically supported art forms.
During the post-Mao era of the late 1970s and 80s, at a time that was more culturally open, Zhang learned about Abstract Expressionism of western artists in exhibitions, such as Jackson Pollock, and also met Robert Rauschenberg during his visit to Beijing. These encounters offered him a different view on his own artistic practice and encouraged Zhang's aim for personal freedom of expression by dedicating himself to a non-representational form.
In his exhibition with Galerie Max Hetzler Zhang shows a selection of new abstract paintings. His works pick up particularly the immediate and intuitive approaches of action painting. Nevertheless, alongside references to western modern painting, Zhang's works also allude to traditional Chinese ink and calligraphy techniques. Similarly, his practice reminds of the Asian tradition of “qi”, that describes painting as a process of releasing energy when ink and paper touch through the brush.
Zhang's spontaneous brushwork and the dynamic and direct paint application enable a vivid and sometimes even dramatic imagery. Every brushstroke is visible and allows the viewer to retrace the production process. Bold colours overlap and build an intense interplay of shades. However, large parts of the canvas remain blank and thus mark an important component of Zhang's paintings. He himself calls it incompleteness, though this term does not indicate a missing part but rather a purposely intended compositional element.
In addition to Zhang's paintings the show presents early works on paper. Dated between 1973 and 1978, the works depict figurative scenes, mostly landscapes and offer an insight into Zhang's early oeuvre. At a time where landscape painting and in particular outdoor painting was frowned upon in China as a bourgeoisie past-time, these works illustrate Zhang Wei's longing for individual expression which eventually led to an exceptional abstract language.
At the same time, Galerie Max Hetzler presents the exhibition Playtime with works by Konstantin Grcic in Goethestrasse 2/3.
Zhang Wei was born 1952 in Beijing where he currently lives and works. At the end of the 1970s, Zhang worked as a stage designer at the Northern Kun Opera in Beijing. From 1986 until 2005 Zhang lived in the U.S.. His works have been exhibited in international institutions, most recently at M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong (2016); Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing (2015); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2014); Asia Society, Hong Kong (2013); China Institute Gallery, New York (2011); Yuan Art Museum, Beijing (2010) and CaixaForum, Barcelona (2008).
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Scholars Defend Stanford Professor Receiving Threats [on David Palumbo-Liu]
by Colleen Flaherty
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/25607/scholars-defend-stanford-professor-receiving
Nearly 600 supporters of David Palumbo-Liu, the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor and professor of comparative literature at Stanford University, have signed an open letter asking his institution to "enunciate a strict code of ethics for journalists, distinguishing between opinion pieces and news reporting." The letter was prompted by a recent article in an independent student newspaper, The Stanford Review, about Palumbo-Liu's affiliation with the Campus Antifascist Network, calling it "undeniably a chapter of a terrorist group" that embraces "vigilante thuggery." Fox News picked up the piece, as did several right-wing websites, and Palumbo-Liu says he's since received graphic death threats and other hate mail from across the country.
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Home Politics 6 Democratic Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs, Attack Trump
From left, Democratic presidential candidates businessman Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., stand on stage, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
6 Democratic Presidential Candidates Trade Barbs, Attack Trump
Six U.S. Democratic presidential candidates traded barbs with each other in a tense debate late Tuesday, attempting to make the case to voters in the farm state of Iowa that they alone have the political fortitude and skill to take on Republican President Donald Trump in the November national election.
With heightened world tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist, quickly attacked the foreign policy credentials of the party’s national front-runner for the presidential nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Sanders derided Biden’s 2002 vote authorizing the U.S. invasion of Iraq on what proved to be erroneous American intelligence that deposed dictator Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction, while Sanders opposed the the 2003 invasion.
He said Biden voted for the “worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country.”
Biden, who for years has said his Iraq vote was a mistake, countered that while he had erred, as former U.S. President Barack Obama’s second in command, he worked to bring home more than 150,000 U.S. troops once stationed in Iraq and to end the conflict.
Democratic presidential candidates stand on stage during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 14, 2020.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said that she, as a candidate early in her political career, also opposed the Iraq invasion, while accusing Trump of “taking us pell-mell toward another war,” in the current conflict over the U.S. leader’s changing rationale for ordering a drone strike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
A key challenger to both Biden and Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a one-time Harvard law professor, and others said they would move to bring thousands of U.S. troops home from the Middle East, at odds with Trump’s recent dispatch of more forces to the region. Warren said, “We have to stop this mindset that the answer” to world’s trouble spots is to send U.S. troops overseas. Asked whether she would leave some combat troops in the Middle East, she replied: “No, we have to get them out.”
Sanders said, “The American people are sick and tired of endless wars.”
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the only war-time veteran on the debate stage, said he could best serve as the country’s commander in chief, because “the lessons of the past are personal to me.” Wealthy environmentalist Tom Steyer contended that Trump “obviously has no strategy” in dealing with Iran and agreed with Biden that it would take the efforts of an international coalition to rein in its nuclear ambitions.
No diversity
Tuesday’s debate stage had the fewest number of candidates since the face-to-face encounters began last June. It was also the first with all white contenders, after black, Latino and Asian candidates have either dropped out of the race for lack of voter support and campaign money or failed to qualify for the debate stage. Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, insists his party is committed to diversity and that the initial field of roughly 20 candidates featured “the most diverse field in American history.”
It was the seventh debate, but the last before Democrats in rural Iowa in the U.S. heartland cast the first votes in the party’s months-long nomination process, at night-time caucuses less than three weeks from now, on Feb. 3.
Contests in other states are just ahead on the political calendar. But Iowa, even though its predominantly white 3 million population is at odds with the increasingly racially diverse U.S. demographics, draws out-sized national attention because it is first in the once-every-four-years presidential sweepstakes.
Can a woman be president?
Warren and Sanders sparred sharply over a private conversation they had more than a year ago in which Warren claims that Sanders questioned whether a woman can defeat Trump to become the first female U.S. president.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, speaks to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right as former Vice President Joe Biden watches Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate.
Sanders denied making the remark and said no one believes a woman can’t win, noting that Democrat Hillary Clinton out-polled Trump by nearly 3 million votes in 2016, while losing the vote in the country’s state-by-state electoral college system of electing presidents.
When she was asked what she thought when Sanders told her a woman couldn’t defeat Trump in 2020, Warren responded: “I disagreed.”
Warren said that the male candidates on the debate stage had collectively lost 10 elections during their lifetimes, while the two women, herself and Klobuchar, are undefeated.
Biden, Sanders, Warren, Klobuchar and Buttigieg sparred once again over health care policy, with Sanders and Warren continuing to press for their revolutionary reforms to provide government-run health insurance to all Americans, while Biden, Klobuchar and Buttigieg continued to advocate measures that modify or build on the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s system of publicly subsidized insurance currently under attack by the Trump administration.
At one point, Sanders was asked about estimates that his policies would double federal spending on health care and bankrupt the country. “No, my plan would not bankrupt the country,” Sanders responded, arguing that it would cut administrative costs and co-payments in a way that lowers overall health care costs. Klobuchar offered a rejoinder: “I think you should show how you’re going to pay for things, Bernie.”
Trump’s incumbent status means Republicans are sure to nominate him to seek a second four-year term in the White House. But the Democratic race is highly unsettled.
Biden, now in his third race for the party’s presidential nomination, leads national polls of Democratic voters, but possibly trails his Democratic opponents in Iowa and some other states. Should he falter early in the nominating process, that could dent his key campaign argument that according to national polls he stands the best chance of defeating Trump.
Who’s leading in Iowa
Last weekend’s Iowa Poll indicates Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has surged to a narrow lead, with 20% support of those who say they will attend a caucus in three weeks. Warren, a progressive representing Massachusetts, is second at 17%, ahead of Buttigieg, who has fashioned himself as a political centrist, at 16%, and Biden, a left-of-center politician through nearly five decades in Washington, at 15%. But more than half of those polled said they could still decide to support a candidate other than the one they now prefer or have yet to make up their mind.
A separate Monmouth University poll showed a similar close contest among the four leaders, but with Biden ahead followed by Sanders, Buttigieg and Warren.
Klobuchar and Steyer both trail the four leaders in the pre-election Iowa polling, but qualified for the debate stage by meeting the polling and fundraising standards set by the national Democratic Party. Other Democratic candidates remain in a crowded field of presidential aspirants, but are not campaigning in Iowa, did not make the cut for the debate or have dropped out, including Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey who left the race on Monday.
Trump keeping track
Trump has taken note of Sanders’ recent ascent in opinion polls, saying in a Twitter comment over the weekend, “Wow! Crazy Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls, looking very good against his opponents in the Do Nothing Party. So what does this all mean? Stay tuned!”
For months Trump had focused singularly on Biden, with occasional attacks on Warren and Buttigieg, as his mostly likely 2020 opponent, to the extent that his concern about Biden is at the center of the impeachment case against Trump. The president’s impeachment trial in the Senate is likely to start next Tuesday, only the third such impeachment trial in two and a half centuries of American history.
Trump is accused of trying to benefit himself politically by pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a late July phone call to launch an investigation of Biden, his son Hunter’s work for a Ukrainian natural gas company and a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to undermine Trump’s campaign. His requests came at the same time he was temporarily withholding $391 million in military aid Kyiv wanted to help fight pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Trump eventually released the money in September without Zelenskiy launching the Biden investigations. That is proof, Republicans say, that Trump had not engaged in a reciprocal quid pro quo deal, the military aid in exchange for the Biden investigations.
Three of the leading Democratic challengers — Sanders, Warren and Klobuchar — could be directly affected by Trump’s impeachment trial since they will be among the 100 members of the Senate, effectively sitting as jurors, deciding Trump’s fate. That will keep them in Washington six days a week while the trial is going on, and importantly for them, off the campaign trail in Iowa to meet voters.
With a Republican majority in the Senate, Trump is all but assured of being acquitted and allowed to remain in office to face voters in November. But a full-blown trial, if witnesses are called to testify as Democrats and some Republicans want, could infuse unexpected new information about Trump and perhaps Biden into the last weeks of the Iowa contest.
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Cheers to Chime: Finally, a Bank Consumers Can Love!
Steve Sloane03.05.2019
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Today, we’d like to congratulate Chime on their $200m fundraising round led by DST, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Forerunner, and more. A testament to the incredible progress Chime has made, this round closed just nine months after the Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures.
While we are excited about the future trajectory of the company, we also thought it would be interesting to reflect on the company’s journey, as well as the powerful evolution of market forces that have come together in the 6 years since the company was founded.
Chime is best described as a neo-bank or challenger-bank, i.e. a company that delivers traditional banking services (checking account, savings account, debit card, ATM access, etc.) in a tech-driven and innovative way that avoids the traditional costs of banking, such as branches. We’ve all heard “free checking” advertised from the traditional financial institutions, but there’s always a catch. Overdraft fees. Low balance fees. Cross-selling to expensive over products. Chime’s mission is much different. Perhaps for the first time, they’ve built a bank that has its growth perfectly aligned with customers’ best interests. Customers get a beautifully modern real-time banking experience, with early pay days, automatic savings features, and no fees (in direct contrast to the nearly $17B that consumers paid to banks in overdraft fees in 2017). As customers make, save, and spend more money, Chime makes more money through the interchange fee on debit card transactions. Because of the lower default risk than credit, merchants pay less than credit cards (they win), consumer pay the same as cash, and Chime collects a little over 1%. It’s a win-win-win. This business model inversion lies at the root of powerful mission to improve consumers financial lives. A mission the team, investors, and partners have all signed up for that drives everything they do.
While Chime operates exclusively in the US, the term “challenger bank” is more commonly associated with start-up banks in the United Kingdom. While there have been branchless banks around since the start of the internet, the first substantial enterprises can be traced to 2010, when newly formed Metro Bank received an FSA banking license, which was the first such license issued to a new high-street bank in more than 150 years1. While Metro Bank and other early challenger banks such as Aldermore still offered physical branches, they helped pave the way for digital only platforms like Atom Bank and Starling Bank to spring up in the next few years, and obtain banking licenses to offer a full suite of products to consumers. Today, challenger financial institutions are a force in the UK market, capturing nearly 14% of the total banking and payment revenue last year.
While we can humbly posit that the US often leads Europe in tech adoption, this is certainly not the case in banking, where just 3.5% market share has been captured by challenger institutions. So why is the US a laggard in this case? The increasing regulatory burden handed down in the wake of the financial crisis has made it very difficult for small banks to operate, resulting in more than 2,000 small bank closures since 20123. As a result of this failure pattern, the FDIC has been very reluctant to hand out any new bank charters, whereas pre-crisis they approved hundreds per year, they have only given the green light to only a dozen afterward. So given the cobwebs in the banking sector, how does something like Chime even come into existence? The continuing trend in mobile-first products (app as key UI and direct registration via app), rise of debit-card spending and interchange regulations that enable a fee-less business model, and a general distrust of the banking system in the wake of the financial crisis and ongoing fraud are key enabling factors.
In order to capture these trends, however, Chime must work in conjunction with a partner bank (Bancorp in this case) which allows Chime to operate on top of Bancorp’s license and offer a fully functional FDIC insured checking account. This dance is quite delicate however, figuring out the right economic splits across a number of banking providers, customer onboarding, fraud management, and ongoing account maintenance takes years and some incredibly talented and diligent people to get right. We can’t emphasize enough just how impressed we’ve been with the execution of the Chime management team, great execution has truly been the hardest part of building this business. What they’ve accomplished requires hard work, technical innovation, and industry expertise. We’re grateful to be part of the journey with the amazing co-founders of Chime, Chris Britt and Ryan King. Part of our confidence derived from seeing Ryan in action for almost a decade since his days as the VPE and COO at Plaxo (which Menlo’s partner Venky Ganesan previously backed).
So what is the future path of Chime and why are we at Menlo so excited to double down in this round? Partially as a result of Chime’s success, we are increasingly seeing the rest of the market wake up to the attractiveness of owning the core banking relationship with the customer. We expect new entrants in the space, from overseas challenger banks to fintech applications that historically augmented but did not replace the core bank account. However, Chime’s position as the customers’ core banking relationship positions them well to become a “full stack company” by offering new and innovative features. This stands in strategic contrast with other entrants, who are leveraging large user bases in ancillary apps as a funnel to convert users to a bank account. This approach results in less effort to sign up, but doesn’t solve the core problem of the $329/yr of overdraft and banking fees that users get hit with. While we are excited for Chime to build upon their leadership position over the coming year, regardless of how exactly the market plays out, the overall pie is certainly large enough to allow for multiple winners.
As a fund, we’ve focused heavily on fintech and have long been compelled by the Chime market, mission, and team. We made an offer to invest in the B round, but were outbid by Cathay (bravo Simon!). However, when we re-connected in early 2018, we saw a fast-growing company, with compelling and ever-improving economics, a clearly beloved brand, in a gigantic market. The company, however, was not quite ready for the sort of massive private fundraising that has become common, as the scale and depth of their marketing channels were in the process of being de-risked and the potential for competitive threats remained a bit murky. In other words, it appeared to be Chime’s “inflection stage”, right before the mega-growth round that provides important leverage to a company and de-risks the business for DST and others to back up the truck. Menlo is excited to announce a new “Inflection Fund” dedicated at this stage (and earlier) to back the next batch of Chime-like companies — — if you are an early-growth company just starting on your breakout path, we’d love to hear from you!
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A platform to trace transitions
in regimes of information and
META. Tracing Unknown Knowns is an artistic investigation and publishing project. Its aim is to trace the symptoms, structures, and dynamics of how information is produced, controlled, and distributed in an era marked by so-called post-truth and post-factual politics and, more generally, by what philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt describes as »bullshit«: the increasing indifference to what is being told as long as it has the desired effects. Based on the conjunction of a portable server, security print materials (UV ink), and a website, META oscillates between screen and paper, digital and analog, tangible and withdrawn, private and public, commodity and commons.
Mario de Vega explores the threshold of human perception and the physicality of listening. De Vega’s work digs into the materiality of sound, the vulnerability of systems, materials and individuals, and the aesthetic potential of unstable arrangements. He has been guest artist and lecturer at Universität der Künste Berlin, Continuum ArtEZ Master Program-Shenzhen Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Technische Universität Berlin, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris, Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Kyushu University, Tama Art University, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, among others. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, United States, Canada, Chile, South Africa, Nepal, South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and around Europe. He lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City.
Daniela Silvestrin is an independent researcher, curator and cultural manager based in Berlin. In her work and research she explores practices at the intersection of art, law, and science. Her main interest lies in the critical reflection on the implications of new technologies on living systems, analyzed and discussed through the lens of artistic reflection and knowledge production.
Víctor Mazón Gardoqui explores amplification, electromagnetic phenomena and perception by using locative audio techniques and custom electronics. His work materialises in three main fields: actions or site-specific performances through experimental processes, exhibitions as consequences of previous actions and collective work through seminars in cultural and / or academic institutions. Active since 1999 in experimental techniques of media intervention and transmission through the use of sound and light. His works have been performed or exhibited in museums, galleries, billboards, urban screens and public TV / radio stations in Africa, Russia, Nepal, North America, Canada, Chile, Mexico and numerous locations across Europe. He lives and works in Santander and Leipzig.
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Today, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss puts the new high-resolution forecasting model COSMO-1 into operation, which runs on the supercomputer “Piz Kesch” operated by CSCS (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre). The grid spacing of this eight-times-a-day simulation is 1.1 km. This means double the resolution of the old forecasting model COSMO-2, in use since 2008 - an important improvement for the prediction of local weather events such as thunderstorms, thermal wind systems or the Foehn effect.
Accurate and reliable weather forecasts and warnings are essential for the public authorities, the economic sector and the private individuals in order (for them) to take weather-dependent decisions in timely manner, or to plan their outdoor activities. Especially in the Alpine region, a very high spatial resolution is required to accurately predict local weather events such as thunderstorms, thermally induced mountain and valley wind systems or the Foehn effect. The model COSMO-2 with a 2.2 km grid used by MeteoSwiss until now has been able to represent major Alpine valleys and orographic structures with an extension of at least 10 km. However, it was not always capable of simulating the development of storm clouds or wind conditions in small or medium-size valleys such as, for example, the Valle Maggia.
COSMO-1 in operation as from today
Today, following a six months long test period, MeteoSwiss puts COSMO-1into operation. The new forecasting model with a grid spacing of 1.1 km is an important improvement in the prediction of local weather phenomena in the Alpine region and is expected to produce more detailed regional forecasts and more accurate local warnings. As of now, even wind conditions in narrow valleys such as the Valle Maggia will be simulated with a high degree of precision.
COSMO-1 will be run every three hours for up to +33 hours into the future. For warnings concerning the following day, it will even run up to +45 hours ahead once daily. The operation of COSMO-2 will cease in autumn 2016.
Figure 1: View of the COSMO-1 model area; and the detailed images of the Valle Maggia produced by COSMO-1 (left) and COSMO-2 (right).
New forecasting model is run on a new supercomputer
COSMO-1 requires 20 times the computing power of COSMO-2; it is therefore run on the new supercomputer “Piz Kesch”, which came into operation in September 2015 at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano. “Piz Kesch” was custom-built by MeteoSwiss in collaboration with CSCS, the Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at the ETH Zurich, and the companies Cray and NVIDIA to fit the exact purposes of MeteoSwiss. Worldwide, MeteoSwiss is the first national meteorological service to opt for a new computer architecture for its operational forecasting models: by using graphic processors (GPUs) and a software which is optimised for GPUs, the supercomputer not only calculates simulations significantly faster but is also much more energy efficient, which allows for an increased computing capacity at same costs.
Weather forecasting today uses complex programmes, so-called numerical models, which simulate developments in the atmosphere based on numerical formulae. MeteoSwiss uses the COSMO model, which has been developed in collaboration with the international Consortium for Small-scale Modeling (COSMO). The complex software codes have been upgraded in preparation for the switchover to a GPU-based computer system during the last five years. In this effort, MeteoSwiss collaborated closely with ETH Zurich researchers, C2SM and CSCS, under the umbrella of the HP2C (High Performance and High Productivity Computing) and PASC (Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing) initiatives. These were launched as part of the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for High-Performance Computing and Networking.
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COSMO-1, the deterministic, 1.1 km grid-size weather forecast model, provides weather forecasts for the Alpine region.
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Our relationship with the Caribbean
As fellow small states, New Zealand and the Caribbean have shared interests that have grown through our Commonwealth history and personal connections, the dairy trade, and sporting ties, particularly with cricket. The 2014 opening of the New Zealand High Commission in Bridgetown, Barbados has helped to cement the relationship between New Zealand and the Caribbean. Using Barbados as a home base, we engage regularly at a high level with Caribbean governments and deliver our development assistance programme throughout the region.
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Our engagement with the Caribbean is based on our desire to build stronger partnerships with this large region of small island states. We want to build connections between the Caribbean and the Pacific, and use our expertise and experience to explore solutions to development issues faced by small island developing states (SIDS). New Zealand is a strong advocate for SIDS in the international area, our engagement in this area having grown in recent years linked to our support for the UN SIDS conference in Apia in 2014 and our use of our United Nations Security Council term to raise the profile of SIDS issues (most notably holding an Open Debate on the peace and security challenges facing SIDS in July 2015).
In 2014 a number of Caribbean leaders visited New Zealand to cement high level contacts and explore opportunities to grow relationships between our two countries. There is particular interest in building links in the renewable energy, agriculture and education sectors, and in Māori economic development models.
Through the United Nations and the Commonwealth we work closely with our Caribbean partners, particularly on issues to do with small island developing states such as oceans management, transnational crime and small arms trafficking.
We have formal diplomatic relationships with the following Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. We also have formal diplomatic relationships with the two main regional organisations: the CARICOM Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Our High Commission in Bridgetown, Barbados manages our diplomatic relationship with CARICOM and OECS.
We have a long, yet modest history of trade links with the Caribbean. Our exports are largely dairy products and meat, and we import spirits and accessories. Total two-way trade between New Zealand and the Caribbean in 2014 was $105 million, of which $95 million were New Zealand exports. There is scope to expand trade, tourism and investment as the economies of the Caribbean develop.
As small island developing states, most Caribbean countries face development challenges related to their size, isolation and vulnerability. Our development work in the Caribbean focuses on partnering in areas of need where we have expertise and experience:
renewable energy (particularly geothermal)
knowledge and skills (including scholarships and targeted assistance in agriculture).
We signed a Development Cooperation Arrangement with CARICOM in May 2014 which encourages partnership in these areas.
Find out more about the New Zealand Aid Programme with the Caribbean
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6 Months Since Legalizing Pot, Washington Looks Very Different Than Colorado
By Tom McKay
The news: Almost half a year into Colorado's retail marijuana legalization program, and it's going basically as intended. Crime is down (though there's no evidence legalization is responsible), sales are on track to generate tens of millions of dollars in taxes, and the doom-laden prophecies of marijuana reform opponents don't seem to have materialized ... yet. We are still awaiting more hard data, but the sky isn't yet falling and the regulatory environment is responding to new developments — especially with potent marijuana edibles that anecdotally seem way too strong for amateurs.
So how's it going in Washington, the other state to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use this year?
As it turns out, not so hot — in fact, it hasn't really begun, mainly because the state hasn't moved quickly enough to set up a regulatory environment or a network of marijuana dispensaries. Colorado's network of medical marijuana dispensaries laid the groundwork for a bustling recreational sales industry. But in Washington, customers are still waiting for legal businesses that can sell marijuana.
The background: Reason's Jacob Sullum has an extensive rundown of the case for why Washington is off to a bad start, and it's pretty compelling ("Soviet-style" aspersions aside). The state's Liquor Control Board (LCB) has long been skeptical of the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries, most of which operated as "collective gardens" with rotating memberships. Even in permissive Washington, the legal basis behind these businesses was stretching it (though few prosecutors would bet on a Seattle jury convicting a medical marijuana provider). Restrictions introduced in the I-502 proposal that legalized recreational marijuana, coupled with the LCB's restrictive attitude towards marijuana, meant that medical marijuana patients could end up thrown under the bus.
For what it's worth, the LCB doesn't know what the demand will be, relying on a RAND corporation survey that indicated use more than double previous estimates. Unlike in Colorado, there's a cap on the amount of legal weed that can be grown statewide: 80 tons. The RAND survey estimates that Washingtonians smoked an astounding 175 tons of the green stuff in 2013, meaning state-licensed stores won't be able to keep up with demand and prices will skyrocket.
The LCB is planning to issue around 334 retail licenses for the entire state (around the same number of state-owned liquor stores before privatization in 2012), but no one knows how many of those will ever actually open in the near future. Some 100 cities and counties have temporary or permanent bans on marijuana businesses, and lawsuits are currently ongoing to see whether these bans are legal under state law. As of May 6, just 29 production licenses had been issued.
And the LCB wants to restrict supply to ease the concerns of the feds, meaning that prices will be high. It has no illusions that it will immediately wipe out the illegal marijuana trade. Instead, the LCB hopes to capture 25% of the total market in the first year of operation, which could go in either direction, depending on prices and availability.
"I don't know how quickly people moved away from buying their liquor from bootleggers after Prohibition ended," said John Schochet, who works for the Seattle City Attorney's Office. "But I think we start from the view that most people, given a reasonable, legal way to purchase a product, will take the legal way if it's not outrageously expensive and inconvenient. We would like to be more ambitious than the 25% figure."
Adding to its problems, Washington currently has no locations where recreational marijuana can be legally purchased. And it won't until at least July.
The (University of Washington) Daily's Nathan Taft writes: "Lawmakers are concerned that allowing unlimited marijuana growth in the new system will result in more illicit sales, but that couldn't be further from the truth. There already is unlimited marijuana growth — it just occurs in the black market. Let's put that growth where it belongs, in legal marijuana farms that are taxed, regulated and far away from minors."
So is this really a huge mess? No, Washington's bill remains a huge step in the right direction. Its regime will just be less liberal and more cautious than Colorado's. While that means it might not have the same immediate, major impact, it also means that Washington's marijuana industry will be more tightly regulated. Free market advocates will be frustrated by the slower pace of reform in Washington, but it's just one of several regulatory regimes that will eventually be assessed in other states considering marijuana legalization ... like Vermont.
Marijuana reform is a messy process, with everything from federal water rights to dispensary banking calculated to prevent federal intervention. While Colorado is making headlines for its rapid move forward into legalization, a cautious approach may be the only one able to convince politicians in other states.
Advocates remain confident that one way or the other, Washington's marijuana legalization experiment will still work out. (Even Bill Gates is on board.) Meanwhile, even a limited approach will reap benefits like decreased profits for traffickers and more state tax revenue. And smokers are still free from the threat of a nasty interaction with the police. According to court data gathered by the Washington State ACLU, low-level marijuana offenses dropped from 6,879 in 2011 to just 120 in 2013.
Seattle police recently made the largest marijuana bust in the department's history, seizing 2,663 plants and 86 pounds of processed ganja. But detectives said they only wanted to cut the operation down to its legally mandated size, even letting the owners pick which plants and processed units they wanted to keep. No one was arrested.
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Personal Profile of Dr. Roger E. Howe
Dr. Roger E. Howe
Home Page: http://directory.math.yale.edu/public_html/People/Howe.html
Roger Howe has been teaching and doing research in the Mathematics Department at Yale University for over 30 years. He is currently the William Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics. His mathematical research investigates symmetry and its applications. He has held visiting positions at many universities and research institutes in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In 1997-98, he served as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
He also devotes substantial attention to issues of mathematics education. He has served on a multitude of committees, including those for several of the major reports on mathematics education of the past decade. He has reviewed mathematics texts and other instructional materials at all levels from first grade through college. He has served as a member and as chair of the Committee on Education of the American Mathematical Society. He served on the Steering Committee of the Park City/IAS Mathematics Institute and has helped to organize a series of meetings at Park City devoted to increasing the contribution of mathematicians in mathematics education, especially, refining understanding of the mathematical issues in K-12 mathematics curricula. He is currently a member of the U.S. National Committee on Mathematics Instruction. In 2006, he received the Award for Distinguished Public Service from the American Mathematical Society.
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Educational Advisory Committee Aug 01, 2004 Mar 01, 2015
Educational Advisory Committee Mar 07, 2015 Mar 31, 2017
Workshop Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2016: Observing, Evaluating and Improving Mathematics Teaching from the Early Grades through the University
Seeing the math in teaching
Roger Howe (Yale University), Lindsey Mann (University of Michigan)
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Workshop The Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (K-8): Why, What and How?
What Mathematical Knowledge, Skill, and Habits Do Teachers Need in Order to Teach Effectively?
Hyman Bass (University of Michigan), Pam Grossman, Roger Howe (Yale University), Liping Ma, Randolph Philipp
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The bird songs behind 'The 12 Days of Christmas'
From swans a-swimming to that partridge in a pear tree, the feathered gifts from the song deserve a closer look (and listen).
December 22, 2015, 10:45 a.m.
Despite gracing a pear tree in "The 12 Days of Christmas," partridges are ground-dwelling birds. (Photo: Alonso Aguilar/Shutterstock)
Like many Christmas songs, "The 12 Days of Christmas" has become so familiar we rarely think about its weird lyrics, despite having plenty of chances every December.
Not only is the song is full of impractical presents — golden rings are cool; hopefully the leaping lords came with a gift receipt — but this true love also seems strangely obsessed with birds. Aside from the famous partridge, he or she gives the narrator more doves, hens, "calling birds," geese and swans than anyone really needs.
The song's 12-day theme is a religious reference, based on the biblical interval between Christ's birth and the arrival of the Magi (aka three kings or wise men). That has inspired lots of theories about the gifts' significance, including one suggesting they were originally a coded memory aid for oppressed English Catholics in the 16th century. But there's no evidence to support that idea, according to Snopes, which concludes the song probably began as a memory and counting game for kids.
Whatever its origins, "The 12 Days of Christmas" is now a staple of the Christmas canon. Carolers routinely rattle off its six avian gifts before moving to even larger quantities of maids, ladies, lords, pipers and drummers. But whether they're literal or symbolic, what kinds of birds are we singing about? And since these feathered offerings are singers themselves, maybe we should let them chime in?
Biologist Pamela Rasmussen thinks so, prompting the Michigan State researcher to compile a list of the most likely species for each bird mentioned in the song. Here are the six birds Rasmussen believes are forgotten stars from "The 12 Days of Christmas," including an audio recording of each one's unique song:
A partridge in a pear tree
Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
A red-legged partridge surveys the Midlands of England in winter. (Photo: Erni/Shutterstock)
The "partridge in a pear tree" is probably the red-legged partridge, Rasmussen says, a rotund seed-eater native to continental Europe. It was introduced to England as a game bird in the 1770s, and it's still common in the U.K. today. Another candidate might be the grey partridge, a wide-ranging Eurasian relative formerly abundant in Britain but now endangered there by habitat loss.
In either case, these are ground birds, laying eggs in terrestrial nests. They almost never perch in trees, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) points out — even pear trees. Here's a 1960s recording of both, courtesy of the British Library:
European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
A migratory European turtle dove perches on a branch in Bulgaria. (Photo: Erni/Shutterstock)
Next up are two European turtle doves, native birds that were widespread in the U.K. when "The 12 Days of Christmas" was introduced. They're migratory, breeding across much of Eurasia and North Africa, then wintering mainly in Africa's Sahel region. Their numbers and range have plummeted in recent decades, due to a mix of habitat loss and intensive hunting in some places during migration. The species was recently uplisted to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The birds' common name comes from a "turr-turr" sound they make, not any relation to turtles. Here's a recording of a male singing to attract females in Loiret, France:
Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Red junglefowl, like this female in Thailand, are the ancestors of modern domestic chickens. (Photo: Kajornyot Wildlife Photography/Shutterstock)
The three French hens are three female chickens, and Rasmussen suspects they're chickens from France, not a distinct breed. (In fact, while the song was popularized by an 18th-century English book, it may be based on an older French song.)
Domesticated chickens are descendants of red junglefowl, a wild member of the pheasant family that originated in South Asia. This species is now the most abundant bird on Earth, Rasmussen notes, although most live in captivity. Wild populations still exist in a variety of habitats from India to Indonesia, and chickens have also reverted to a semi-wild, ancestral lifestyle in some places, like Bermuda and Hawaii.
Here's a wild red junglefowl recorded at Pha Daeng National Park in Thailand:
Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
"Calling birds" may refer to common blackbirds, also known as Eurasian blackbirds. (Photo: Rob Kemp/Shutterstock)
This one's trickier. There isn't a species named "calling bird," but there is a clue in the song's earliest-known print version, which appeared in the 1780 children's book "Mirth Without Mischief." There, the line reads "four colly birds," using an old English word for black. That suggests "calling birds" were originally blackbirds, and Rasmussen pegs the Eurasian blackbird (aka common blackbird) as a likely suspect.
Here's a recording of a Eurasian blackbird singing at midnight in Sweden:
Six geese a-laying
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
A greylag goose trudges through snow in central England. (Photo: Erni/Shutterstock)
The six nesting waterfowl are greylag geese, Rasmussen says. These are the ancestors of most domestic goose breeds, and according to the RSPB, they're also the "largest and bulkiest" of any wild geese native to the U.K. and Europe.
Greylag geese are a common sight at ponds and marshes across Eurasia, where they migrate between northern breeding grounds and more southerly winter retreats. They're known for a distinctive hoarse honk, captured in the recording below:
Seven swans a-swimming
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
One mute swam goes a-swimming at Forfar Loch in Angus, Scotland. (Photo: Mark Caunt/Shutterstock)
Finally, the seven swimming waterfowl are most likely mute swans. These large birds were long kept in semi-domesticity in England, where they were considered property of the Crown. Although some were eaten at banquets, royal protection may have saved them from being wiped out by hunting, as they were in other places.
Mute swans were introduced to North America in the 19th century, where they're now deemed an invasive species. They do make less noise than other swans, but they're not exactly mute. Here's one recorded in Devon, England, in 1966:
And, as a holiday bonus, here's a recording of a mute swan taking off from water. As Rasmussen explains, the swans' loud wing beats help them advertise and defend their territory, filling a role normally played by song in more vocal birds:
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The various feathered gifts from the popular Christmas song deserve a closer look (and listen).
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Excellence Allowance Ordered by Dr. Al-Rabeeah for Eligible Employees under Certain Conditions
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has set a certain condition (improving health services and ensuring the provision of high-quality healthcare) in order for employees to get the excellence allowance. It was made clear that, over the past three years, no technical or administrative punitive action was taken against health practitioners.
His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, for his part, has given his directives for the MOH officials at the various health regions, as well as the supervisors of medical cities, to give the excellence allowance to eligible MOH employees, under the conditions and regulations of the allowance, as of the issuance of the ministerial resolution on 21/11/2011, after completing the allowance form enclosed, so that the eligible employees will be automatically chosen by the Personnel Affairs e-System.
This directive given by Dr. Al-Rabeeah comes in concordance with the Cabinet Decision no. 178, dated 25/5/2009, which has to do with the allowances of (scarcity, training, supervision, and excellence). Such allowances are given to Saudi health practitioners under the conditions and regulations prescribed in the decision taken by the Minister of Civil Service, and the decision taken by the Minister of Health implying the approval of the regulations stipulated in the memorandum of the committee formed by the representatives of the health authorities making up the Council of Health Services (CHS), including the regulations of the excellence allowance. The decision is supposed to be carried out by manpower associated competent departments at health facilities. The decision no. 2/1616, dated 24/5/2011, taken by His Excellency the Minister of Civil Service, stipulates adding the full-time allowance the basic salary of physicians and pharmacists when calculating the allowances determined to a certain percentage of the level assumed by the physician or pharmacist. Another decision by the Minister of Civil Service obligates adding the over-time allowance to the basic salary of specialists, technicians and health assistants when calculating the allowances determined to a certain percentage of the level assumed by the specialist, technician or health assistant, in accordance with the list of health jobs.
The conditions of the excellence allowance given to all Saudi health practitioners include the fulfillment of all the terms of the basic element (according to the detailed account put down in the excellence eligibility form). Without the fulfillment of this condition, no allowance will be given. The basic element includes: getting "excellent" in the final staff appraisal of the last two years, discipline, productivity, and ensuring that no punitive actions have been taken against the allowance-nominee over the past three years.
Among the conditions to be met by the employee to get the excellence allowance, also, is to achieve one of the following requirements to get 10% of the first-degree salary, or two requirements to get 20%, or three requirements (at best) to get 30% - these conditions are: getting prizes or awards from accredited entities for excellence in work, engagement in works meant to serve the society, participating with worksheets in medical forums and symposia, submitting specialized scientific researches and experiments, authoring scientific or educational books, publishing researches at peer-reviewed journals, getting a patent of a medical device, inventing a medical therapeutic formulation, or a innovating a new technique that gives rise to the medical development.
The allowance mechanism was determined as such: the employee who has got “excellent” in the final appraisal of the last two years, and meeting the aforementioned conditions, shall submit an excellence allowance form to his boss, and fill in the basic information in the excellence allowance eligibility form, with the documents proving his fulfillment of the conditions enclosed with the form.
This mechanism shall be applied to all health workers at hospitals, specialized centers, primary healthcare centers, the headquarters of health affairs directorates, the MOH Headquarters, those eligible for the allowance, as well as the eligible directors-general and directors of health affairs directorates throughout the Kingdom's regions.
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The second-gen Porsche Panamera gives everyone two turbos
The second-gen Porsche Panamera gives everyone two turbos product 2016-06-28 20:10:01 https://www.motor1.com/news/64508/second-gen-panamera/ Porsche Panamera Official, luxury
By: Chris Bruce
This four-door can move, including a 0-62 sprint in as little as 3.6 seconds for the Turbo.
While we already know what the second-generation Porsche Panamera looks like thanks to leaked photos, the new model's unveiling brings us the first complete details about the luxury sedan.
The Panamera now has a range of turbocharged engines, and every model is available with all-wheel drive and an eight-speed dual clutch gearbox. The Panamera 4S gets a biturbo 2.9-liter V6 with 434 horsepower (324 kilowatts) and 406 pound-feet of torque (550 Newton-meters). When buyers spec it with the Sport Chrono Package, the four-door hustles to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in just 4.2 seconds. Porsche is always happy to offer customers more performance, the Panamera Turbo now has a biturbo 4.0-liter V8 with 542 hp (404 kW) and 568 lb-ft (770 Nm). The quicker model can sprint to 62 in as little as 3.6 seconds. Finally, the Panamera 4S Diesel gets a biturbo V8 with 416 hp (324 kW) and a gargantuan 627 lb-ft (850 Nm). With the ability to reach 62 in 4.3 seconds with the Sport Chrono option, the sedan can move, too.
Beyond the updated powertrains, customers have a plethora of options available to keep the Panamera on the road when they push the big sedan. The adaptive air suspension now uses a three-chamber design, and buyers can order rear-axle steering, like on the 911. The company is also introducing the new InnoDrive system, which combines navigation data, radar, and video. Porsche claims the tech can calculate the perfect throttle inputs and gear selections for the three kilometers (1.9 miles) of road ahead.
Like we saw in the leaked photos, the new Panamera has a sleeker evolution of the previous design. Where the last generation could look bulbous from some angles, the new one looks more like a stretched 911. The sedan's overall size grows slightly, including 30 millimeters (1.2 inches) more wheelbase and an extra 34 mm (1.3 in) of overall length.
Inside, Porsche simplifies the cabin by going high tech. Two, seven-inch digital displays flank the analog tachometer in the instrument cluster. There's also a 12.3-inch touchscreen on the center stack and capacitive buttons on the console. Rear passengers can make things just right with their own infotainment and climate controls.
Europeans can order the second-gen Panamera now. In Germany, prices start at 113,027 euros ($125,330) including VAT for the 4S, 116,954 euros ($129,685) for the 4S Diesel, and 153,011 euros ($169,653) for the Turbo. Deliveries will begin in early November. We'll keep you posted on North American availability when Porsche has those details.
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The Porsche Panamera – a completely new development
The sports car among luxury saloons
Stuttgart. The new Porsche Panamera reconciles two contrasting characteristics more than ever before: the performance of a genuine sports car and the comfort of a luxury saloon. It is a Gran Turismo that has been rethought and realigned. The second generation of the Panamera is advancing to become a performance icon of the luxury class. In this transformation, Porsche has systematically improved the Panamera concept – with a four-door car that has been redeveloped and redesigned down to the last detail. Its engines and transmissions have been redesigned, its chassis perfected, and its display and control concept reinterpreted for the future. The new Panamera also extends the borders between the world of ambitious sports cars and the world of comfortable cruising cars with highlights such as rear axle steering, active roll compensation and three-chamber air suspension.
911 design language with a much more dynamic flyline
Visually, the unique concept of this large Porsche is reflected in a new expressive design: unmistakably a Panamera, unmistakably a sports car – with long, dynamic proportions, pronounced shoulders, athletic flanks and an extremely fast roof line that is 20 mm lower at the rear. This typical Porsche flyline creates a stylistic link to Porsche’s design icon, the 911.
Plenty of functionality and easy interaction in the Porsche Advanced Cockpit
The typical Porsche interior has been reinterpreted for the future in the new Panamera. Black panel surfaces and interactive displays combine a clear and intuitive user interface like that of smartphones and tablets with the practical requirements for controlling the car. Classic hard keys and conventional instruments have been reduced significantly. They have been replaced by touch-sensitive panels and individually configurable displays which take centre stage in the new Porsche Advanced Cockpit – with great benefits for the driver as well as the front and rear passengers. Despite a significantly extended range of communication, convenience and assistance systems, different functions can now be used and operated more clearly and intuitively. The Porsche Advanced Cockpit transforms the analogue world into the digital present of mobility, while leaving room for passion. The tachometer, positioned centrally in the instrument cluster, is a tribute to the 1955 Porsche 356 A.
New V6 and V8 biturbo engines with ample power and full-bodied sound
A Porsche has always impressed with more than just power; its efficiency is equally important. To elevate this formula to a new level, all of the second generation Panamera’s engines have been redesigned. They have all been made more powerful, while significantly improving fuel economy and reducing emissions. Three new biturbo direct injection engines are being introduced at the market launch: in the Panamera Turbo, the Panamera 4S and the Panamera 4S Diesel. All of them – and for the first time including the diesel – may be equipped with a permanent all-wheel drive system and a new eight-speed Porsche dual-clutch transmission (PDK). A V8 petrol engine that delivers 404 kW / 550 hp powers the Panamera Turbo and a V6 petrol engine with 324 kW / 440 hp drives the Panamera 4S.
In the Panamera 4S Diesel, a V8 with 310 kW/422 hp generates powerful thrust and a maximum torque of 850 Nm.
A luxury saloon that can take to the race track
In keeping with the overall concept of the new Panamera, the chassis also unites the cruising comfort of a luxury saloon with the performance of a true sports car. This is achieved by supplementing the impressive basic layout with optional innovative systems such as an adaptive air suspension with new three-chamber technology, including Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM electronic damper control), the enhanced Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) system including Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus) and active roll stabilisation, as well as a new electromechanical steering system. The integrated 4D Chassis Control system analyses and synchronises all chassis systems in real time and optimises the road performance of the new Panamera. Porsche is also taking the steering precision and handling of sports cars into the class of Gran Turismo cars with rear axle steering – which is also new and has been adapted from the 918 Spyder and 911 Turbo. Brake performance has also been improved.
Next generation assistance systems
The Panamera is equipped with many standard and optional assistance systems, which make life while driving more convenient and safer. The most important new systems include a night vision assistant, which uses a thermal imaging camera to detect people and large animals and displays a colour highlighted warning indicator in the cockpit. If the optional new LED matrix headlights with 84 image points are selected, people beyond the visual range of the dipped beam headlight are also illuminated briefly if they are in the computed driving corridor, allowing the driver to react even faster. The new night vision assistant is one of the assistance systems that helps to avoid critical situations in advance. Looking especially far ahead along the road is the new Porsche InnoDrive, which includes adaptive cruise control. Based on navigation data and signals from radar and video sensors, it computes and activates the optimal acceleration and deceleration rates as well as gear selections and coasting phases, for the next three kilometres. In doing so, this electronic co-pilot automatically takes bends, inclines and speed limits into account.
New engines in detail: more power, better fuel efficiency
New, powerful and fuel-efficient: the V6 and V8 turbo engines of the Panamera. And they all share a special conceptual design characteristic, which in the jargon of engine developers is known as "with the hot sides inward". Translated, this means that the turbochargers of the new Panamera engines are integrated centrally into the V of the cylinder banks. This central turbo layout yields numerous benefits: The engines are more compact, and this enables a lower mounting position. This, in turn, has a positive effect on the vehicle’s centre of gravity. The short paths between the two turbochargers and the combustion chambers produce spontaneous throttle response. Engine response can be further increased using the optional Mode Switch with the Sport Response Button. The Mode Switch, which was first introduced in the Porsche 918 Spyder, is an intuitively operated rotary ring on the steering wheel, which can be used to activate one of four driving modes (Normal, Sport, Sport Plus or Individual). Located at the centre of the switch is the Sport Response Button. It can be used to free up the maximum power potential of the Panamera at the press of a button.
Initially, the Panamera Turbo has the most powerful petrol engine of the model series. Its 4.0-litre biturbo V8 develops 404 kW / 550 hp (at 5,750 rpm) and a maximum torque of 770 Nm (between 1,960 and 4,500 rpm). It has 30 hp more power than the previous model, and its maximum torque has been increased by 70 Nm. The eight-cylinder engine accelerates the Panamera Turbo to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds; with the Sport Chrono Package the sprint time is just 3.6 seconds. The Porsche can reach a top speed of 306 km/h. These are impressive figures that illustrate just how easily the engine can propel the Panamera with its power-to-weight ratio of just 3.6 kg/hp. These extraordinary performance figures contrast with lower combined fuel consumption figures which, at 9.4 – 9.3 l/100 km, are up to 1.1 l/100 km less than that of the previous model (New European Driving Cycle or NEDC). These figures equate to CO2 emissions of 214 – 212 g/km.
Porsche uses complex twin-scroll turbochargers to supply compressed air to the V8’s combustion chambers. The two counter-rotating chargers produce maximum torque figures at very low engine speeds. The Panamera Turbo is also the first Porsche to be equipped with the new adaptive cylinder control in its engine. In part-load operation, the system temporarily and imperceptibly turns the eight-cylinder into a four-cylinder engine. This reduces fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent, depending on power demand in the four-cylinder phases.
The 2.9-litre V6 biturbo engine of the Panamera 4S develops a maximum power of 324 kW/440 hp (20 hp more than the previous model); it is already available at 5,650 rpm., Between 1,750 and 5,500 rpm, the new six-cylinder delivers 550 Nm (30 Nm more) to the drive axles. The Panamera 4S can reach 100 km/h in just 4.4 seconds (4.2 seconds with the Sport Chrono Package). With a top speed of 289 km/h, this Porsche also approaches the 300 km/h mark. The NEDC combined fuel consumption is 8.2 – 8.1 l/100 km (186 – 184 g/km CO2). Compared to the first generation Panamera 4S, this represents a fuel saving of up to 1.0 l/100 km or eleven per cent.
Like the eight-cylinder engine of the Panamera Turbo, the six-cylinder engine of the Panamera 4S also has petrol direct-injection injectors that are positioned in the combustion chamber. This injector position offers optimal combustion, maximum efficiency and very good engine response. The 4S and Turbo are also characterised by exceptionally full-bodied and authentic sound.
The new Panamera is launching with a new eight-cylinder diesel engine, for the first time in conjunction with permanent all-wheel drive. The most powerful diesel implemented in a Porsche production car to date develops a power of 310 kW/422 hp (at 3,500 rpm) and an immense maximum torque of 850 Nm – which is constant over an engine speed plateau extending from 1,000 to 3,250 rpm. With a top speed of 285 km/h, the Porsche Panamera 4S Diesel is currently the world’s fastest production vehicle with a diesel engine. The Gran Turismo reaches the 100 km/h speed mark in 4.5 seconds (4.3 seconds with the Sport Chrono Package). This contrasts with a combined fuel consumption of 6.8 – 6.7 l/100 km (178 – 176 g/km CO2).
The diesel model also has biturbo charging with a central turbo layout. However, its common rail engine (2,500 bar maximum injection pressure) is equipped with sequential turbocharging. This allows the engine to work as a biturbo or monoturbo, depending on the operating state. At low to moderate engine speeds, the entire stream of exhaust gas is directed solely through one of the two turbochargers, which improves throttle response. The otherwise passive second turbocharger does not become active until the engine speed reaches 2,700 rpm or more. Both turbo-chargers have variable turbine geometry (VTG) – a principle that is already familiar from the 911 Turbo.
Details of the new design: even more dynamic proportions
The exterior character of the Panamera has also been sharpened with the dawn of the second generation. It is based on very dynamic proportions. The new Panamera is 5,049 mm (+34 mm) long, 1,937 mm (+6 mm) wide and 1,423 mm (+5 mm) tall. Despite the slight increase in height, the four-door car looks much lower and longer. This is primarily due to the reduced height above the rear of the passenger compartment – reduced by 20 mm – while maintaining consistently good headroom. This changes the car’s overall image completely. The wheelbase has been increased by 30 mm to 2,950 mm; this too lengthens the car’s proportions. The front wheels were shifted further forward, reducing the front overhang and making the prestige dimension – the distance between the A-pillar and the front axle – even larger. The rear overhang is longer, giving the car a more powerful appearance.
The Panamera has only grown six millimetres in width, but it feels like several centimetres. This effect is created by such features as the A-shaped air intake, which extends out to the sides and creates a completely new front-end design. At the same time, a precisely designed crossbar in the radiator grille emphasises the car’s width. The arrow-shaped bonnet over the engine accelerates this visual effect further forward and lower than before – due to the prominently contoured powerdome, whose lines now reach into the bumper. The lower front end was enabled by the new compact construction of the engines in the vehicle concept. To the left and right of the powerdome, the bonnet blends precisely into the stronger flares of the front wings – a typical Porsche design trait. Also exuding confidence is the look of the LED headlights with their four-point LED daytime running lights, of which three versions are available.
The new side body – like the bonnet, boot, roof and wings – is made entirely of aluminium, and it accentuates the silhouette of a sports car more than ever thanks to its dynamic roof line. At the rear, this roof line becomes the charismatic Porsche flyline – the distinctive lines that adorn all of the brand’s coupés. Two precisely executed edges on the lateral roof line visually lower the silhouette’s centre of gravity. The look of the side windows has also been redesigned: its visually continuous surface, together with its lines on the rear body, creates a stylistic affinity to the Porsche 911. Three-dimensionality characterises the doors and wings, where incident light shining on their convex and concave surfaces generates muscular tension. Integral design components there are the air exhaust ports behind the front wheels. The flared lips of the wheel arches are also powerful. The large arches provide space for the 19-inch (4S/4S Diesel), 20-inch (Turbo) and optional 21-inch alloy wheels.
The fact that the Panamera is a four-door coupé and not a conventional saloon is clearer from the rear than from any other perspective. The ‘greenhouse’ – made up of the roof, roof pillars, window surfaces – is supported by a powerful and broad shoulder section. Clearly a Panamera, definitely a sports car. The most prominent components identifying the rear body are, without a doubt, the three-dimensional LED rear lights with integrated four-point brake lights. The rear lights are interconnected by a narrow LED strip. All of these elements together create an unmistakable night design. Integrated seamlessly and elegantly into the boot, which features electric opening and closing as standard, is the extendible rear spoiler that is now finished in body colour. On the Panamera Turbo, the wing also splits as it extends, thereby gaining additional surface area. Terminating the lower rear body is a diffuser into which the dual stainless steel tailpipes of the exhaust system are integrated on the left and right. The Panamera 4S and 4S Diesel can be recognised by their round tailpipes, while the Panamera Turbo has trapezoidal tailpipe trims.
Porsche operating philosophy – future-based interpretation
The new Panamera exhibits a completely new interior design. In many areas, touch-sensitive surfaces replace classic hard keys, and high-resolution displays merge into the interior. In the luxury saloon segment, the digitalisation of the Porsche interior, which began with the 918 Spyder, has reached the next development stage aboard the Panamera in the form of the new Porsche Advanced Cockpit. From the low seat position typical of sports cars, drivers not only see a fascinating front-end landscape of the car’s wings and powerdome, but also two 7-inch displays that are placed directly in the driver’s line of sight for ideal ergonomics. Located in the middle of these two displays is the tachometer, which is still an analogue instrument. Meanwhile, the gearshift console between the driver and the front passenger is dominated by the 12.3-inch touchscreen of the next generation Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system. The driver and front passenger can configure this display individually. Naturally, this is integrated into the PCM: Features such as online navigation, the online functions of Porsche Connect, smartphone integration via Apple Car Play and a new voice control system that responds to natural language input. The PCM area – with its high-end, high-resolution display – transitions harmoniously into the black panel concept of the centre console with a shift-by-wire gear selector for the PDK. A new control panel with touch-sensitive switches on the centre console enables intuitive control of various functions. Even the louvres of the central air vent are electrically adjusted by touch-sensitive sliders. Rear passengers can control air conditioning and infotainment functions using an optional four-zone automatic climate control system.
In addition, the Porsche Panamera offers the best layout variability of any model in the luxury class, making it the most practical for everyday use with a 40:20:40 split of the folding rear bench backrests (495 to 1,304 litres of luggage capacity). Raising the comfort experience of the Panamera to an entirely new level are new equipment options such as the panoramic tilt roof, massage seats, ambient lighting and a 3D high-end sound system from Burmester.
The new Porsche Panamera can already be ordered now, and it will make its appearance at dealers on November 5, 2016. Prices in Germany start at 113,027 euros including VAT for the Panamera 4S. Prices for the Panamera 4S Diesel start at 116,954 euros, and the Panamera Turbo starts at 153,011 euros.
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Inductees: 1999
Balfour "Balf" Bailey
Balfour "Balf" Bailey was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick on April 29, 1929. He began playing drums in 1945 with the Air Cadet Band at age 16. About this time, Aubrey Hanson formed a band and Balf has been with him all these years.
Balf and Aubrey played for many country dances, shows, jamborees, radio, TV and public ceremonies. He has been drumming about 55 years, mostly in country music.
He has performed with many fiddle players including Earl Mitton and Ned Landry and has backed up celebrities like Marg Osbourne, Gordie Tapp, Freddy McKenna and Doc Williams, to name a few. He also played drums with the St. Andrews Pipe Band for seventeen years.
Other part-time bands Balf has played in were: Walter McGinn, Garnet Kelly, Audrey Barker, Paul Yerxa, Jimmy Foster, Gordon McAllister, Don McCAusland and Nick Devries. These were in big dance bands, jazz trio work, vaudeville, German oompa and Dixieland music.
Balf is married to the former Mavis Morehouse and they have three children – Peter, Heather and Karen.
Robert "Bob" Barry
Robert "Bob" Barry was born in Cross Creek, NB on June 23, 1927. His music career began when he started piano lessons at age 12 with the Sisters of Charity at Rosary Hall. He spent one year with them and then the next four and a half years he studied the Mill Conservatory Classical Music Program under Professor Smith. It was during this time that his love for country music started to emerge as he would turn on the radio and chord along with The Don Messer Show. Professor Smith soon realized that Bob’s interest was not in Classical studies, so he encouraged Bob to pursue his passion for country music.
Bob played with many local groups during the war years including his first country dance in Boiestown with Johnnie Larsen.
At age 21, Bob became the Director of St. Anthony’s Church Choir, a position he held for over 50 years. In 1948 he joined the Earl Mitton band and enjoyed many happy years playing for dances and jamborees as well as performing on TV and radio. In the late 1960’s to early 1970’s, Bob formed a trio with Al Goguen and Al Troy. They played at various clubs throughout Fredericton until the mid ‘70’s when he joined Lloyd Crawford’s five-piece band.
In 1977 Bob’s work with the CNR took him out of the Fredericton area and for the next four years, he didn’t touch a piano until Aubrey Hanson “dug him out of the mothballs” in 198. Bob has enjoyed the past 17 fun-filled years playing with the group at various functions and finds it very rewarding when entertaining the shut-ins at nursing homes and hospitals.
Bob is married to the former Valerie Nearin and they have six children – Theresa, Susan, Brian, Sharon, David and Maureen.
Roy M. Alward
Roy M. Alward was born on a farm in Lower Ridge in the Havelock area of New Brunswick on October 10, 1910.
Roy learned to play the Jews Harp as a young boy and later bought his first guitar for ten dollars and learned to play it in any spare time he could find. Later he was able to play the guitar, mouth organ and drums as a one-man band.
In 1939 when war broke out, he formed a small band. They played for entertainment and raised money for the war effort. They later increased the number to eleven and called themselves, “The Rainbow Ranch”. With his guidance they played for dances, concerts and many community events. Roy gave of his time and musical abilities to help others to become involved in the musical field.
He also had a love for horses and from scratch trained a pinto to do numerous tricks, kneeling, counting by stomping his hoof and answering numerous questions by nodding his head. He travelled and was a special attraction at many shows in the Maritimes with the logo, “Roy and his Famous Trick Horse, Scout”. During his lifetime he entertained many people with his music and trick horse.
Roy died on August 25, 1978.
Don Cluff
Don Cluffwas born in Woodstock, NB and spent most of his early life on a farm in Richmond Corner, about six miles from Woodstock. Don loved fiddle music from an early age. He especially liked Don Messer's fiddling. When he was 12, Don got his first fiddle from the Eaton's Catalogue. He taught himself how to play from the tunes he had heard and memorized.
For years he played only for his own enjoyment among family and friends. It was not until the 1960's that he got involved in playing for dances. Don, along with his late brother, Allan, who played the piano, formed a dance band. Joining them in the band was Jack Sibley, who had moved to Woodstock from Nova Scotia. As part of the band, Don played different instruments: fiddle, guitar, drums and saxophone.
Don was also a member of the Woodstock Militia Band in the 1960's playing saxophone as well as in the Woodstock Town Band while it existed. As a band member, Don participated in various parades in New Brunswick and Maine. In his many years of music, Don also sang at weddings, funerals and is presently a member of Saint James United Church Choir, where he has sung tenor for 30 years. He was also a member of the Woodstock Barbershoppers and was a part of a quartet who were Maritime Champions in 1978.
He and his daughters sing together on occasion as well. Don love to entertain with his fiddle. He has played at various functions including church suppers, for senior citizens at the Carleton Manor and for special fund-raisers.
He has also been a contestant as well as a judge in many fiddle contests. He was twice a winner in the Woodstock OHW Fiddle Contest and has also won the Nackawic Fiddle Contest twice. Most recently, he placed first in the Open Class at the Chipman Fair, and several times has entered the Maritime Open Fiddle Contest in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. During the winter of 1997, Don and five other musicians recorded musical segments for a local Cable Channel 10 program entitled, "Don's Old Time Fiddle Music".
Presently, Don lives in Woodstock with his wife, Lorna. They have been married 40 years and have three daughters and five grandchildren. He still works at his business, Cluff's Clothing, in downtown Woodstock. Don never says no when asked to play the fiddle!!
Dean Mott & Frank Hartt
Dean & Frank were born and raised in the Fredericton Junction/Tracy area. Both have been involved in performing individually since their late teen years, however in the early 1980's, they decided to join together for some local fund-raisers. After entertaining for several years, "Old Bob and Uncle Teddy from Piskahagen" were born to add a little humor to the act. As their popularity grew, so did the requests to perform outside their community.
They have entertained extensively in the Western, Central and Southern parts of New Brunswick for fund-raisers, fairs, benefits, clubs, variety shows and special events. They have also become regulars on the New Brunswick Country Showcase. Their blend for music, songs, skits and humor have entertained young and old alike.
Frank and Dean would especially like to thank their family, friends and loyal fans for all their patience, words of encouragement and support they have received over the years. Without it, none of this would be possible.
Providing they joy and laughter of good old country music is their motivation to entertain. It is not only an honor but a very special gift to be recognized for something you love to do and be in the company of so many talented people. .
Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of good old time Country
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Thirteen states now investigating alleged sexual abuse linked to Catholic church
Florida is the latest to announce a statewide investigation. NBC News contacted officials in all 50 states and D.C. and found 13 with statewide probes.
Pam Bondi, Florida's attorney general, in Washington in February. On Thursday, she called on victims across the country who may have been sexually abused by a priest in Florida to use a tip line to contact her office. Zach Gibson / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Oct. 4, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC / Updated Oct. 4, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC
By Anne Thompson, Clare Duffy, Rich Gardella and Cory Dawson
WASHINGTON — Florida's attorney general said Thursday she is launching an investigation of potential sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, making Florida at least the 13th state with an ongoing statewide probe of the church.
"Any priest that would exploit a position of power and trust to abuse a child is a disgrace to the church and a threat to society," said Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement.
The Attorney General's Office will coordinate its probe with local prosecutors and review records from all seven of Florida's Catholic dioceses. It is also launching a tip line for victims.
During a press conference Thursday, Bondi said her office will be issuing subpoenas to the dioceses "immediately." Bishops in Florida have pledged cooperation with the investigation, Bondi said.
She called on victims across the country who may have been abused in Florida to use the tip line and contact her office.
Florida AG establishes tip line for past Catholic Church abuse
"We want to hear your story. We want to help you if you have been abused. You can stop this from happening to other children," Bondi said.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
NBC News has contacted the offices of the attorney general in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and found that at least 13 states are either currently probing allegations of sexual abuse in the church or about to launch an investigation.
In addition to Florida, authorities in Arkansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Vermont told NBC News they are now investigating alleged sexual abuse linked to the church.
State investigators in Michigan revealed their investigation in late September after responding to a freedom of information request by NBC affiliate WOOD-TV. The Michigan investigation had been ongoing since August and covers all seven dioceses in Michigan, according to the WOOD-TV report.
"My department and this investigation will find out who knew what, and when," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Michigan law enforcement officials executed search warrants and seized "clergy files" from all seven state dioceses as part of Schuette’s investigation, according to the dioceses.
In a statement, the Archdiocese of Detroit said it cooperated fully, and described the search warrants as "an expected part of this process."
A spokesperson for Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Raquel Coombs, told NBC News the office has a policy of never confirming or denying investigations. But in September, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori told clergy that Frosh will be investigating records related to the sexual abuse of children.
"It is clear that we are a church in crisis and that crisis is one of trust," Lori said in a statement announcing the investigation.
Pope Francis defends Catholic Church's handling of sex abuse
Kentucky's attorney general, Andy Beshear, is now working on the cases of individual abuse survivors, said Beshear's deputy Michael Brown. However, Kentucky lawmakers and state prosecutors are preparing legislation that would allow him to convene a grand jury.
A sweeping report by a Pennsylvania grand jury released in August showed 300 priests in the state had abused more than 1,000 children over 70 years. After its release, other states' top prosecutors told NBC News that they were opening investigations. Pennsylvania's investigation continues, according to the attorney general's office.
Fourteen state attorneys general said they cannot confirm or deny any investigations.
But several of those not actively investigating gave NBC News statements critical of the Catholic Church's handling of the issue, expressing support for the Pennsylvania report and imploring victims to seek justice.
"The Catholic Church has proven itself incapable of safeguarding the vulnerable in its flock from sexual assault by their holy leaders, and our office is very concerned about protecting vulnerable Coloradans from abuse," Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said in a statement.
Coffman said the Colorado Attorney General’s Office "has very limited original criminal jurisdiction, however, we are currently taking a closer look at the issue to see what role we could play in evaluating any possible concerns in Colorado."
New York attorney general launches probe into Catholic Church sex abuse
Sept. 7, 201800:28
Colorado and Kentucky are among the states where attorneys general lack the jurisdiction to independently conduct statewide investigations, and are not allowed to convene a grand jury akin to the one that produced the Pennsylvania report. Power to call grand juries and often, to independently investigate criminal activity lies with local prosecutors in many states, not attorneys general.
In New York, Attorney General Barbara Underwood subpoenaed all eight New York dioceses as part of a civil investigation in early September. On the same day, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced a statewide task force to examine abuse in the Catholic Church.
Vermont prosecutors were spurred into action after BuzzFeed News published a bombshell report detailing decades of child abuse by Catholic nuns at St. Joseph's orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, according to the office of the attorney general.
Dioceses in New Mexico, where some priests named in the Pennsylvania report were sent for treatment, were sent letters by the New Mexico attorney general in early September demanding troves of church documents, including complete personnel files for dozens of clergy. Catholic dioceses have until Friday to turn over documents, according to the letters.
At least seven priests named in the Pennsylvania report have connections to Illinois, according to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Madigan expects all six Illinois dioceses to cooperate with her probe, she said in a statement.
CORRECTION: (Oct. 4, 2018, 6:55 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of Colorado's attorney general. It is Cynthia Coffman, not Hoffman. In addition, the article misstated Coffman's position on investigating the Roman Catholic church. Coffman said that while her office has limited jurisdiction, her office intends to take a closer look at the issue to see what role it could play in evaluating possible concerns. She did not dismiss the possibility of further investigations by saying her office has little leeway to investigate.
Courtney Buble contributed.
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Ardern Vows to Deny Accused Mosque Gunman Notoriety He Seeks
A Christchurch gun shop acknowledged selling guns online to the 28-year-old white supremacist accused of killing 50 people in shootings at two mosques and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said gun law reforms would be announced within 10 days
By Kristen Gelineau and Juliet Williams • Published at 2:52 am on March 18, 2019
The white supremacist accused of gunning down 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand has dismissed his lawyer and opted to represent himself at trial, prompting the prime minister to declare Tuesday that she would do everything in her power to deny him a platform for his racist views.
"I agree that it is absolutely something that we need to acknowledge, and do what we can to prevent the notoriety that this individual seeks," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters. "He obviously had a range of reasons for committing this atrocious terrorist attack. Lifting his profile was one of them. And that's something that we can absolutely deny him."
Asked if she would like the trial to occur behind closed doors, Ardern demurred, saying that was not her decision to make.
"One thing I can assure you — you won't hear me speak his name," she said.
The gunman's desire for infamy was made clear by the fact that he left behind a convoluted 74-page manifesto before Friday's massacre and livestreamed footage of his attack on the Al Noor mosque.
The video prompted widespread revulsion and condemnation. Facebook said it removed 1.5 million versions of the video during the first 24 hours after the massacre. But on Tuesday, Ardern expressed frustration that the video remained available online, four days after the attack.
"We have been in contact with Facebook; they have given us updates on their efforts to have it removed, but as I say, it's our view that it cannot — should not — be distributed, available, able to be viewed," she said. "It is horrendous and while they've given us those assurances, ultimately the responsibility does sit with them."
Arden said she had received "some communication" from Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on the issue. The prime minister has also spoken with British Prime Minister Theresa May about the importance of a global effort to clamp down on the distribution of such material.
Lawyer Richard Peters, who was assigned to represent Brenton Harrison Tarrant at his initial court appearance on Saturday, told the New Zealand Herald that Tarrant dismissed him that day.
A judge ordered Tarrant to return to New Zealand's High Court on April 5 for his next hearing on one count of murder, though he is expected to face additional charges. The 28-year-old Australian is being held in isolation in a Christchurch jail.
"He seemed quite clear and lucid, whereas this may seem like very irrational behavior," Peters told the newspaper. "He didn't appear to me to be facing any challenges or mental impairment, other than holding fairly extreme views."
Peters did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Tuesday.
He said a judge could order a lawyer to assist Tarrant at a trial, but that Tarrant would likely be unsuccessful in trying to use it as a platform to put forward any extremist views.
Under New Zealand law, a trial is "to determine innocence or guilt," Peters said. "The court is not going to be very sympathetic to him if he wants to use the trial to express his own views."
Peters said Tarrant didn't tell him why he wanted to represent himself.
Ardern previously has said her Cabinet had agreed in principle on tightening gun restrictions in New Zealand and those reforms would be announced next week. She also had announced an inquiry into the intelligence and security services' failures to detect the risk from the attacker or his plans. There have been concerns intelligence agencies were overly focused on the Muslim community in detecting and preventing security risks.
New Zealand's international spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau, confirmed it had not received any relevant information or intelligence ahead of the shootings.
Meanwhile, Christchurch was beginning to return to a semblance of normalcy Tuesday. Streets near the hospital that had been closed for four days reopened to traffic as relatives and friends of the victims continued to stream in from around the world.
Thirty people were still being treated at the Christchurch hospital, nine of them in critical condition, said David Meates, CEO of the Canterbury District Health Board. A 4-year-old girl was transferred to a hospital in Auckland and is in critical condition. Her father is at the same hospital in stable condition.
Relatives of the dead are still anxiously awaiting word on when they can bury their loved ones. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible. Ardern has said authorities hope to release all the bodies by Wednesday and police said authorities are working with pathologists and coroners to complete the task as soon as they can.
The close-knit community has been deeply wounded by the attacks. On Monday evening, more than 1,000 students from rival Christchurch schools and different religions gathered in a park across from the Al Noor mosque, joining voices in a passionate display of unity.
The students sat on the grass in the fading daylight, lifting flickering candles to the sky as they sang a traditional Maori song. Hundreds then stood to perform an emotional, defiant haka, the famed ceremonial dance of the indigenous Maori people.
For many, joining the vigil for the victims of the mass shooting was a much-needed opportunity to soothe their minds after a wrenching few days.
Most of the students spent hours locked down in their schools on Friday as police tried to determine if any other shooters were involved in the attacks.
Those at the vigil told harrowing tales of being forced to hide under classroom tables or on a school stage behind a curtain, of being instructed not to speak, and to urinate in a bucket rather than risk leaving the classroom for a bathroom.
Sarah Liddell, 17, said many of her peers felt intense anxiety since the attack. There was a sense of safety in coming together on Monday, she said.
"I feel like it's just really important to show everyone that one act of violence doesn't define a whole city," she said. "This is one of the best ways to show everyone coming together. Some schools have little funny rivalries, but in times like this we all just come together and that's all forgotten."
Associated Press writers Stephen Wright and Nick Perry contributed to this report.
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New Harry Potter ride in Orlando: People are waiting hours to ride Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Expecto-You’re-Gonna-Waitum!
There’s a new ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Orlando and it seems that people are excited.
They’re so excited that wait times are at around five hours to ride the new rollercoaster, Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
The ride, which opened today (June 13) takes park guests into the “wilds of the Forbidden Forest, beyond the grounds of Hogwarts castle,” according to Universal. The ride is themed after Hagrid’s motorbike which appears in all of the Harry Potter films.
RELATED: Disney extends hours at some parks for a limited time
For the uninitiated, Rubeus Hagrid was a once-upon-a-time student at Hogwarts who eventually became a professor. Readers and viewers of “Harry Potter” first meet the half-giant wizard as something of a caretaker for Harry.
Motorbike Adventure is now the longest coaster in Florida, measuring in at almost a mile with speeds of up to 50 mph.
For the time being, the new attraction will not be accepting Universal Express Passes, which cut down on wait times for park guests, much like the FastPass that Disney offers.
When the park opened at 9 a.m., the wait for the ride instantly jumped to 600 minutes...or 10 hours.
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Noteworthy at Northeastern: Carruthers Center history
Three members of Northeastern Illinois University’s library staff worked together to produce a new digital collection of publications that came out of the Carruthers Center in the 1960s and ’70s.
Find out how to view the collection, which students won the Mach Concerto competition and which students and alumni appeared in the Chicago Tribune’s high-profile project about DACA recipients. It’s all in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.
Inner City Issues digital collection
University Archives Librarian Hanna Ahn, Carruthers Center Librarian Robin Harris and Carruthers Center Library Specialist Angela Arroyo have created a new digital collection of Inner City Issues, a publication of the Center for Inner City Studies that was published in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the Concerned Graduate Organization. It featured academic works, as well as poems and editorials, focusing on the inner-city experience at the time. It is compelling as a historical record of the legacy of the Carruthers Center, as well as a tangible reminder of how the same issues that were written about almost 50 years ago are still relevant today. The collection is hosted by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois and is best viewed in Google Chrome.
Elyse J. Mach Concerto winners
Tyler Miles, Pablo Tobar and Gloria Orozco Dorado were the three student winners of the 2018 Elyse J. Mach Concerto Competition on Jan. 18 in the Recital Hall. More than a dozen Music students competed in the annual competition. Zen Hsu and Gisella Milla earned honorable mention. As part of the competition requirements, all musicians performed their concerti from memory for a panel of three distinguished adjudicators—Rebecca Wilson, Chris Hasselbring and Kimberlie Richter. The three winners will be featured soloists with the NEIU Orchestra, directed by Benjamin Firer, on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Committee of 50
Executive Director of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment Maureen Amos has been appointed to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ Higher Education Committee of 50. This national committee of forward-thinking higher education leaders will spend the next year examining policy areas related to access, affordability, accountability and transparency. The group will produce practical solutions and recommendations for members of Congress.
The future of linguistics
The Department of Linguistics hosted 31 high school students from the Chicago area on Jan. 25 to compete in the first leg of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). All of the students have a desire to continue studying linguistics in college. The students who scored in the top percentage internationally will return to Northeastern for a second exam in March. The highest international scorers will then meet in Europe for the final round.
The Department of Social Work will host an information session on Jan. 30 for anyone interested in pursuing a master’s degree in Social Work.
Samuel Aguirre (B.A. ’14 Bilingual-Bicultural Elementary Education) has been named the new division supervisor for the Division of English Learners with the Illinois State Board of Education.
The faces of DACA
When the Chicago Tribune wanted to tell the stories of the recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, it naturally included Northeastern in the discussion. As the future of DACA is discussed in Congress, the Tribune rolled out a massive project telling the stories of 41 recipients, including those of Northeastern students Yadira Alonso (Biology and Linguistics) and Daniel Hernandez (Computer Science), and alumni Alicia Mendoza (B.A. ’16 Marketing; M.B.A. ’17 Business Administration), Yesenia Pecheco (B.S. ’16 Accounting) and Diana Perez (B.A. ’13 Communication, Media and Theatre).
Ensemble Español “wowed the audience” during its American Dance Platform performance at New York City’s Joyce Theater, according to Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times. The chief dance critic also posted a review and photo from the performance on his Instagram account.
A bassist with no limits
Northeastern student Freddy Quintero, a native of Venezuela, will perform on bass this weekend at Jazz Showcase with Cuban pianist Chuchito Valdés. Quintero talked about the journey from his native country to Chicago's music stages with Agúzate. “I consider myself as a musician that is capable of playing different styles of music and enjoying all of them at the same time,” Quintero said. “I grew up in a house listening to Venezuelan music every morning, pop, rock, funk and R&B in the afternoon, and Latin music at night. So, this is how I see myself, as a musician with no limits.”
CNBC invited Business Instructor Brian Langenberg onto “Squawk on the Street” to talk about the problems at General Electric Co. If you look carefully, you’ll notice that Langenberg donned a Northeastern lapel pin for the interview.
The Chicago Sun-Times quoted Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Carruthers Center Conrad Worrill in a story about the death of former alderman and prominent judge William Cousins Jr.
Nuevas Voces at NEIU
The winning plays from the Nuevas Voces at NEIU Playwriting Contest and Festival will be performed on Jan. 26-17. The contest and festival founder is retired Communication, Media and Theatre Professor Jim Blair, and the judges are Raúl Dorantes, Sarah Fabian and Northeastern Iterim President Richard Helldobler.
The College of Arts and Sciences continues its series of conversations on the important and urgent topics of the day with the goal of engaging the scholars and experts of the Northeastern community to discuss and work through the many issues that challenge us, confuse us and move us to think and explore together in collective inquiry and conversation. The first Community Conversations event of 2018, titled Changing Places, Spaces, and People: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change, is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Jan. 31 in Golden Eagles Room.
“Bad Editions” exhibition, through Feb. 2, Fine Arts Gallery
Thursday Night Live: Brian Torosian, 3 p.m. Jan. 27, Student Lounge
“The Great Waltz” screening, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Auditorium
Thursday Night Live: Dead Freddie, 10 p.m. Feb. 1, Student Lounge
College of Business and Management
There’s always something going on in the College of Business and Management. Follow along on Facebook to hear about job opportunities, student accomplishments, faculty publications and much more!
Mike Hines, Director of Public Relations and Web Communications, m-hines@neiu.edu, (773) 442-4240
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Director of Work Quality Tsedeye Gebreselassie Named to “40 Under 40” List
This April, NELP Director of Work Quality Tsedeye Gebreselassie was named to the New York University Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA) “40 Under 40 Rising Stars” list for 2018.
With NELP since 2009, Gebreselassie is a leading expert in employment law, focusing on minimum wage and labor standards policy and workplace standards enforcement. Formerly a senior staff attorney, she became NELP’s director of work quality in December 2017, following the organization’s restructuring into the four core program areas of work quality, work structures, work equity, and social insurance.
In addition to Gebreselassie’s leadership of the NELP work quality program, which includes the organization’s efforts to raise the minimum wage and enforce workplace standards nationwide, she is chair of the board for Fast Food Justice, a community organization of fast-food workers in New York City. She has appeared as a commentator in numerous outlets, including MSNBC, CNBC and PBS, as well as NPR, Marketplace, and CBS Radio, and she has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, Newsweek, and more.
Gebreselassie received her law degree magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar and articles editor on the Review of Law and Social Change, and she received her BA magna cum laude from Brown University. Prior to joining NELP, Tsedeye clerked for the Honorable Ellen Bree Burns of the US District Court of Connecticut. Prior to law school, she worked as a labor and community organizer for New York’s Working Families Party.
NYU LACA, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, aims to promote and support the professional development and general advancement of NYU Law’s alumni and students of color, and seeks to more fully involve alumni, students, and faculty of color in the educational, social and intellectual life of the law school.
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Night Shift:
Working Around the Clock to Reach New Heights
The new bridge's iconic main span towers are nearing completion thanks to the around-the-clock efforts of the hard-working men and women of Tappan Zee Constructors.
South Nyack Residents Get First Look at Shared-Use Path:
Project Team Shares New Renderings, Designs of Side Path and Visitor Parking
Following South Nyack's overwhelming endorsement of "Alternative F" in March, the New NY Bridge project team has been working with Mayor Bonnie Christian and the village's Tappan Zee Bridge task force on the design of the Rockland end of the shared-use path.
Building a Smart Bridge:
New Transportation Technology Paves the Way to Safety
Tappan Zee Constructors recently installed the first of 18 overhead gantries, which will be equipped with enhanced technology to help keep traffic moving safely and efficiently on the new bridge.
Saluting Those Who Served:
Project Team Thanks Our Veterans
The New NY Bridge project is standing united this Veterans Day to honor all those who have served in the U.S. military. Veterans are among the thousands of skilled individuals who have made possible the remarkable progress taking place on the Hudson River.
The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge opened to traffic in 1955 and is a vital artery for residents, commuters, travelers and commercial traffic. The bridge, which was designed to carry up to 100,000 vehicles per day, currently handles an average of 140,000 vehicles daily, and traffic congestion and delays are regular occurrences. Heavy traffic, narrow lanes and the lack of emergency shoulders often contribute to congestion and frustration for motorists. As a result, the bridge has twice the average accident rate per mile as the rest of the 570-mile Thruway system. In recent years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to maintain and repair the bridge. If the current bridge were not being replaced, the Thruway Authority would need to spend an additional $3 billion to $4 billion over the next 20 years to ensure its structural integrity.
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©2016 New York State Thruway Authority
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May 30, 2012 New Jersey Launches Charity Lookup Mobile App
New Jersey has become at least the second state to offer a mobile phone application that provides financial information about charities. The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today launched Charity Lookup, a searchable free app available so far for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
August 24, 2009 Bloomingdale's to Support amfAR With 'Fashionable Fundraiser in Black & White'
NEW YORK, Augus 24, 2009 — For the seventh year in a row, Bloomingdale's will host a charity shopping night in each of its stores -- the Fashionable Fundraiser in Black and White. Held each February and August, the Fashionable Fundraiser helps raise awareness and funds for national and local charities. This August, Bloomingdale's will partner with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, for the four-day event, running from Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30.
August 12, 2009 New Jersey Event Planners Give Back — For The Perfect Day! Helps Nonprofits Raise Funds and Get Publicity
NEW YORK, Aug 12, 2009 — Alexandra Boardley, president and co-owner of For The Perfect Day! an event planning and public relations company, recently wrote an article published in Bergen County The Magazine, on behalf of The Gordon Rich Memorial Foundation (www.gordonrich.org) to help gain awareness for the foundation, and for the scholarship money available.
July 13, 2009 Applebee’s, Corner Bakery Cafe and Its Neighborhoods Unite to Raise $1.6 Million for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
July 13, 2009 — Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, and Corner Bakery Cafe today announced it has raised more than $1.6 million for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). For the fifth year running, the event was led by The Rose Group, a Pennsylvania-based franchisee of Applebee’s and Corner Bakery Cafe restaurants, and its partner Apple American Group. The companies have rallied support from their local communities, raising much needed money for pediatric cancer research in memory of Alex Scott, who dedicated her short life to battling childhood cancer “one cup of lemonade at a time.”
June 18, 2009 The Harrah's Foundation Announces $1.1 Million Donation to the AARP Foundation
CHICAGO, June 9, 2009 — Today at AARP's 2009 Diversity and Aging Conference, the AARP Foundation announced a $1.1 million gift from the Harrah's Foundation to help current and former caregivers meet caregiving responsibilities while building their own long-term financial security.
June 4, 2009 Nonprofit Call2Recycle Names Todd Ellis Northeast Regional Account Manager
ATLANTA, GA, June 4, 2009 — Call2Recycle®, the nation's most successful rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling program, today announced the appointment of Todd Ellis to regional account manager for the Northeast. In this capacity, Mr. Ellis will work with Call2Recycle retailers, businesses and communities in Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, DC to maximize the collection and recycling of batteries.
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