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Buddy Bregman
Buddy Bregman (born 9 July 1930) is an American musical arranger, record producer and composer.He has worked with many of the greatest musical artists of 20th Century popular music including; Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Matt Monro, and Frank Sinatra.Born in Chicago, he studied at UCLA and during his sophomore year, arranged and conducted Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')" for the Cheers, which subsequently became his first hit record.As an arranger, conductor and the A&R head of Norman Granz's newly established Verve Records, he also scored and orchestrated many major motion pictures including; 'The Pajama Game, Crime in the Streets, Secret of the Purple Reef and several others.1956 saw Bregman orchestrate and arrange three albums which subsequently went platinum, and which still remain today one of his greatest achievements.Two of the albums represented the commencement of Ella Fitzgerald's epic 'Songbooks' project. Bregman's intelligent and sensitive arrangements for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook would establish Fitzgerald as an international star, and secure her legacy as one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Bregman also arranged several of Fitzgerald's early Verve singles.Bing Crosby's 1956 album Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings which Bregman also arranged and conducted also later went platinum.After his tenure at Verve, Bregman became a television producer and director, working with great success for the BBC, and also as Head of Entertainment for the London weekday ITV company Rediffusion London from December 1965.Bregman then wrote Jump Jim Crow, a musical for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later went into London-based independent TV and film production, and subsequently produced and directed a feature film starring Olivia Newton-John.Upon returning to the United States, Bregman worked as a television producer and director.Buddy was married to actress Suzanne Lloyd from 1961 to 1988. He is the father of soap actress Tracey E. Bregman.
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Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter song book / Buddy Bregman, dir. (1961) | Ella Fitzgerald; Cole Porter; Buddy Bregman
Ella Fitzgerald; Cole Porter; Buddy Bregman
Comprend : ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT : de "Anything goes" - ANYTHING GOES : de la comédie musicale du même titre - MISS OTIS REGRETS - TOO DARN HOT : de "Kiss me Kate" - IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT : de "Rosalie" - I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU : de "Anything goes" - DO I LOVE YOU : de...
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Friendly persuasion. Love affair. Start movin'... [etc.] / Anthony Perkins avec Buddy Bregman et son orchestre ; Sal Mineo avec orchestre sous la direction de Ray Ellis... [et al.] | Anthony Perkins; Buddy Bregman; Ray Ellis
Anthony Perkins; Buddy Bregman; Ray Ellis
Titre uniforme : [Friendly persuasion]; BnF-Partenariats, Collection sonore - Believe
I gotta right to swing ! / Sammy Davis Jr, chant [acc instr] (1961) | Morton Stevens; Buddy Bregman; Sy Oliver
Morton Stevens; Buddy Bregman; Sy Oliver
Comprend : The Lady is a tramp / with orchestra directed by Morty Stevens - I gotta right to sing the blues / with orchestra directed by Morty Stevens - Change partners / with orchestra directed by Morty Stevens - Do nothin' till you hear from me / with orchestra directed...
ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE RODGERS AND HART SONG BOOK / Rodgers et Hart ; Ella Fitzgérald avec Orchestre dir. Buddy Bregman (1957) | Ella Fitzgerald; Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart; Buddy Bregman
Ella Fitzgerald; Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart; Buddy Bregman
Comprend : HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES - YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME - A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL - TO KEEP MY LOVE ALIVE - DANCING ON THE CEILING - THE LADY IS A TRAMP - WITH A SONG IN MY HEARTH - MANHATTAN - SPRING IS HERE - IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND - THIS CAN'T BE LOVE - THOU SWELL...
ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE RODGERS AND HART SONG BOOK / Rodgers et Hart ; Ella Fitzgérald avec Orchestre dir Buddy Bregman (1957) | Ella Fitzgerald; Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart; Buddy Bregman
Comprend : GIVE IT BACK TO THE INDIANS - TEN CENTS A DANCE - THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL - I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS - EV'RYTHING I'VE GOT - I COULD WRITE A BOOK - BLUE ROOM - MY FUNNY VALENTINE - BEWITCHED - MOUNTAIN "GREENERY" - WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER - LOVER - ISN'T IT...
THOU SWELL ; THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU ; 'S WONDERFUL ; OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY ; MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME ; NEVERTHELESS ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN ; A FINE ROMANCE ; I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME ; THIS... (1957) | Harry Ruby; Richard Rodgers; Johnny Mercer; Jimmy McHugh; Jerome Kern; Bert Kalmar; Gus Kahn; Harry James; Johnny Hodges; Lorenz Hart; Mack Gordon; Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin; Dorothy Fields; Duke Ellington; Walter Donaldson; Joseph G. Williams; Joe Williams (jazz singer); Buddy Bregman; Count Basie
Harry Ruby; Richard Rodgers; Johnny Mercer; Jimmy McHugh; Jerome Kern; Bert Kalmar; Gus Kahn; Harry James; Johnny Hodges; Lorenz Hart; Mack Gordon; Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin; Dorothy Fields; Duke Ellington; Walter Donaldson; Joseph G. Williams; Joe Williams (jazz singer); Buddy Bregman; Count Basie
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Exercise offers tremendous benefits for alleviating multiple sclerosis symptoms. Find out which forms of exercise are best for improving mobility and muscle function.
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When you’re living with multiple sclerosis (MS), there will undoubtedly be times when exercise is the last thing you feel like doing — but it’s actually one of the best things you can do to maintain muscle function and manage MS symptoms.
A large body of research suggests that exercise can have dramatic beneficial effects on MS symptoms — which can range from mild to severe and may include numbness, fatigue, bladder issues, mobility concerns, and problems with thinking and memory — as well as overall quality of life. Aerobic exercise actually speeds up reaction times in tests that measure memory and thinking skills among people with MS, according to a studyin the June 2015 issue of the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.This builds on an earlier study, published in 2010 in the journal Brain Research, which found that exercise may even help stop MS from progressing. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of participants’ brains showed that those who were the most fit had less damage in parts of the brain known to be affected by MS.
Exercise can be as simple as treadmill walking, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology in 2015. Researchers looked at the benefits of walking, as well as yoga and cycling, on a small group of people with relapsing-remitting MS and found that walking seemed to have the greatest benefit on cognitive function. Yet the majority of people with MS don’t exercise enough if at all, according to a study published in the June 2015 issue of Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.
“If you have MS, exercise is as important as any disease-modifying drug,” says Karen Blitz-Shabbir, DO, assistant professor at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and the director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the North Shore-LIJ Cushing Neuroscience Institute in Manhasset, New York. For the best results, talk with your doctor about what’s safe for you before starting or changing your exercise regimen, she adds. The general exercise recommendations for adults with MS who have mild to moderate disability are to get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise twice a week and engage in strength training exercises for major muscle groups two times a week, according to an article published in 2013 in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This should help improve overall fitness levels as well as MS-related fatigue and mobility issues.
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There are three main types of exercises that can be used together to improve general wellness, fitness levels, and some MS symptoms: aerobic exercise (also called cardio exercise), stretching, and resistance (weight) training.
Aerobic exercise: Brisk walking, jogging, running, and swimming all get your heart rate up, and that’s a good thing for everyone — especially people with MS, says Nancy L. Sicotte, MD, the director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
You have even more choices too. If you have mobility or balance issues, hand biking is an option. Hand bikes are three-wheeled devices in which the pedals are operated by hands instead of feet. “You use your hands and upper extremities to get your heart rate up and work on endurance,” Dr. Sicotte says.
Active video gaming also counts. Specifically, exercising with the Wii Fit is as effective at improving balance as more traditional training exercises and activities, according to a study in the April 2015 issue of BMC Sports Science, Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Many people with MS get too hot during exercise, and this can trigger symptoms; swimming is great because it allows you to get your heart rate up and stay cool, Sicotte says. You also can keep cool by drinking cold, slushy beverages while you work out.
Aerobic exercise can help improve your mood and sleep quality, and preserve nerve cells, she says. “Aerobic exercise is the best neuroprotective agent that we have — it’s the wonder drug.”
Sicotte’s MS exercise advice: "Engage in some type of aerobic activity at least three times a week for 20-minute bursts.” More is better, but start slowly and gradually build up to longer periods of exercise.
How much do I need? It depends on your health and fitness goals. Here, experts outline current exercise recommendations and how much exercise you need in a day.Learn More
Stretching: Stretching is important because it can improve flexibility, balance, range of motion, and other factors that affect your ability to get around, Sicotte says. One option is yoga, which combines relaxation with stretching and is good for mind and body. You can also try tai chi, a form of martial arts marked by slow, gentle movements and deep breathing. There’s also adaptive tai chi, which is performed while seated — a great option for people with more severe disability.
Resistance training: This may conjure images of benching 100 pounds, but resistance training for MS simply means using low weights and high repetitions to keep your muscles strong. MS causes muscle weakness, which affects mobility and decreases quality of life. Resistance, or strength, training with weights will help improve gait and balance while building your muscles, Sicotte says. “Work with a physical therapist or trainer to develop a resistance training regimen that is best suited to your fitness level, abilities, and goals,” she adds.
According to an analysis of multiple studies published in 2012 in Multiple Sclerosis Journal, progressive resistance training — where you keep challenging yourself with more weight or more repetitions — has the most positive benefits for countering the physical effects of MS.
The use of elastic resistance bands can also be adapted for different levels of disability to help improve strength with MS.
“Do something every day,” Sicotte says. As an example of a good mix, she suggests doing weight training twice a week, yoga once a week, and swimming three times a week.
Also, remember to listen to your MS. “Don’t push yourself too hard,” she adds. “Your MS will let you know if you are overdoing it. 'No pain, no gain' doesn’t really apply to MS.”
If you have more severe disability that makes it difficult to meet these exact exercise recommendations, there are still activities you can do to benefit MS. Try to incorporate any activity you can into your day in order to keep your body moving in some way. You can even break up the activity into shorter periods throughout the day. Just be sure to not overdo it — listen to your body, and only do what you can. If you’re unsure about your physical limitations, try working with a physical therapist or occupational therapist to tailor an activity program you’re comfortable with.
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Elevation U2 Tribute
The Elevation U2 Tribute is an amazing and unrivalled dedication to the music and passion of U2 by the most experienced U2 cover in band in Australia. They are the benchmark for other shows and a must see band, U2 fan or not. But if you are a U2 fan, they will put you in the middle of a U2 gig like no other tribute show, from U2 beginnings to U2 today.
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When we’re challenged, we’re uncomfortable. This arouses our brain, resulting in better performance
Teams drawn from different disciplines and perspectives need to motivate and think through their positions – leading to better problem-solving skills
Leaders who encourage team diversity achieve better outcomes.
Diverse teams have higher rates of innovation, error detection and creative problem solving. Research by the NeuroLeadership Institute has proven that when we are forced to work in groups that are drawn from different disciplines and perspectives, areas in the brain light up that typically aren’t activated when we work in similar or non-diverse groups. In a nutshell, we use more of our brains when confronted by a room full of different opinions.
This is because diverse ideas challenge us. We’re forced to motivate and defend our positions with more clarity – or even readjust our thoughts based on new experiences and information.
Diverse teams and opinions tend to make everyone feel a little – or a lot – uncomfortable. The real secret to team performance, however, is that this is a good thing.
The big idea: Leave your comfort zone and achieve results
According to Rob Jardine, Head of Research and Solutions at the NeuroLeadership Institute South Africa, we perform better because working in a diverse team feels uncomfortable.
Leaders have a tendency to group similar individuals into teams, believing they’ll work better together. The opposite is true. Non-diverse teams have a tendency to think and act alike. When we work in teams of people who are similar to us, we aren’t challenged. We’re more comfortable, but we also aren’t pushed, and it’s when we’re pushed that the real magic happens.
What’s in it for you: We perform better when we’re uncomfortable
A study done between a diverse group and non-diverse group demonstrates how this plays out in the work place.
The effectiveness of the team and how they perceived effectiveness were both measured in the study. Here’s what the NeuroLeadership Institute found: The diverse team did better in the completion of the problem-solving task, but felt they did not do well. In contrast, the non-diverse team did worse, but felt that they had done well.
It feels easier to work in a team where we are at ease in sameness, but in that environment we are more prone to groupthink and are less likely to be innovative, problem-solve or even be effective.
Jardine warns that we can’t assume that placing diverse teams together will automatically reap the rewards of higher team performance, however. Diversity breeds discomfort, and if this isn’t managed, you can end up with a completely unproductive and even hostile team.
5 Steps to achieve increased performance and results:
Look for common ground amongst disparate team members. Jardine advises leaders to build team cohesion and create a sense of unity.
Remind everyone of their shared purpose and goals. Place an emphasis on a shared corporate culture that supersedes individual difference.
Share credit widely when due. Ensure that you uplift all team members by sharing credit widely when available and recognise performance.
Create clarity for teams. Don’t allow individuals to jump to conclusions about their membership within groups. Full transparency will allow all team members to use their mental capacity on the task at hand, instead of wondering why they’ve been included in the group in the first place.
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The Politics of Business, and the Business of Politics, in the World of Donald J. Trump
David Coates holds the Worrell Chair in Anglo-American Studies
The Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times,” has a renewed resonance this side of January 20th. As we now all presumably realize, there is never a dull day in American politics with Donald J. Trump in the White House, and there is never likely to be one. Oh, that there was. And because there is not, miles and miles of printed commentary chase each daily absurdity in turn, running the risk as they do so both of exhausting their readership and of underscoring the Trump claim to be like no other president. That chasing will no doubt go on, as indeed it must. But we would do well too, if only to keep our sanity intact and our political batteries fully charged, to periodically stand back from the daily hysteria of this presidency to see if any underlying lessons can already be drawn – lessons that might yet equip us to deal better with absurdities and hysterias to come.
One simple way of seeking those lessons is to assess the early days of the Trump presidency against the metric that Donald J. Trump himself established so regularly in his campaign for office – namely the superiority of business acumen over political experience in the running of the American state, and the superiority of his business skills when set against what normally passes for intelligence in Washington DC. Donald J. Trump presented himself as the greatest of all businessmen, as I’m sure we all remember, and presented the skills of great businessmen as the answer to the problems of American politics. So it is not unreasonable, even this early in his presidency, to ask how great has been his performance in office thus far, and how much of that greatness (or its absence) can be related to either his business skills or to the skills of those immediately around him.
Donald. J. Trump was very clear from the earliest days of his campaign that, in his view, Washington DC was gridlocked because activity there was dominated by politicians. It was gridlocked because the nation’s capital was full of a cast of characters whom he famously characterized in the first GOP presidential debate as “stupid.”[1] What was needed, he told his campaign audiences on a regular basis, was someone in the Oval Office with a successful business career behind him; and he made the fact that he had never previously run for public office a strength rather than a weakness of his campaign. It was professional politicians who regularly ran for public office, he argued, not businessmen; and it was professional politicians who lacked the skills and the character to use those offices well when won. Indeed, as a candidate Donald J. Trump made a virtue of wanting to “drain the swamp” of the Washington corruption enjoyed by the existing political class; and he promised – as he has subsequently done – to bring people with successful business careers into public office with him, even if that success involved the occupancy of no prior public position.
These were big claims, and ones central to his November victory.[2] So it is not too early to ask how this replacement of politicians with successful business people is going so far? Nor is it too early to ask if we yet see any signs of a draining of a swamp, or any echoes of Donald J. Trump’s own business practices in the way he is conducting his presidency thus far. And the answer? Well “yes,” we do see echoes of his past business practices; but “no,” we don’t yet see much draining of a swamp, or indeed of the development of either superior governing practices or more effective federal policies. This far at least – just the reverse, in fact.
When we then ask why there should be this striking contrast between claim and performance at the very heart of the Trump case for superiority and uniqueness, three important things come to mind, each of which will be worth holding onto – both as thoughts and as points of reference – as this presidency goes forward.
The first is this. There is no sign yet that this Administration is drawing to itself a better quality of person, or a better set of programs, because of any willingness on the part of the new president to give cabinet positions and White House influence to people without previous government experience. There is, however, already plenty of evidence to the contrary. There are some fine public servants in the list of Trump appointees but huge questions remain, and doubts persist, for most of the rest. Whether Rex Tillerson will be a better Secretary of State than either John Kerry or Hillary Clinton remains to be seen: but the bar they set was a very high one. He will do well to clear it, and the State Department’s lack of involvement in the debacle of the immigration ban was hardly a great start. The bar was set high too by Thomas Perez at the Labor Department. From Trump, as a replacement we nearly got the robot-preferring Andrew Pudzer.[3] It was set high by Arne Duncan at Education, and now we have the totally-inexperienced Betsy DeVos. Steve Mnuchin against Jack Lew? Julian Castro against Ben Carson? You only need to ask the question to see the answer; and to see it in all its bleakness, even before you add to the mix nominees with white nationalist ties, racist pasts, and – worst of all – full immersion in the conspiracy theories of the alt-right.[4]
By what metric are any of these new people better at running a department – or in the President and Vice-President’s cases, at running an entire administration – than were those in office before them? Unless you are mentally trapped in the paranoid world of the alt-Right, or secretly subscribe to the racism of the birther movement, you only need to look at the lack of quality in the Trump nominees to weep for the future reputation of the American state both at home and abroad. You only need to count the number of presidential tweets to realize that careful and considered decision-making is not part of this president’s way of doing things. Where are these brilliant business tycoon replacements for hapless politicians? Not in the Trump cabinet yet, that’s for sure. Someone needs to explain to Donald J. Trump that the purpose of draining the swamp is to get rid of the animals, not the water.
The second is that, if what we are told is true about the manner in which Donald J. Trump conducted his business empire before becoming president, Trump business practices are exactly the reverse of the practices required of a successful president. And even if what we know about those practices is either only partial or incorrect, the logics of decision-making in business and those in democratic politics still could not be more different – the first, results-driven; the second, rule-governed. Donald J. Trump the businessman had a reputation for sharp elbows and, at times, questionable ethics. Not everyone at the time,[5] and not everyone since,[6] has been as impressed with his business acumen as he remains himself. The number of law suits against him as a businessman – charged with not paying his bills in full, charged with sexual harassment, charged with financing a university that made false claims, and so on – are so many, so frequent, and so persistent over time, to at least suggest that as President he will be equally ruthless, self-focused, and driven by the desire for personal aggrandizement. Lots of his supporters like him precisely for those reasons, of course, just as so many of his opponents fear for the health/future of American democracy for the very same ones.
But either way, democratic politics does not work well if all that drives elected officials is some political equivalent of the bottom-line. The ends do not automatically justify the means in democratic politics. The means need to be appropriate too. Decisions made in the privacy of the corporate boardroom might be ethically problematic at times, and the language and values prevalent there may be woefully politically incorrect. That may work for business; but bring those values, that language, and those ethics to the public discourse of a leading democracy, and you immediately erode the legitimacy of the very policies being pursued, and your potency as a political figure able to deliver them. Take them out onto the global stage, and you immediately devalue the word and standing of the United States in the minds of those abroad who are listening to you.
The third is that, by being so business-minded, Donald J. Trump is leaving himself particularly vulnerable to the worst kind of trickle-down economics, and to views of the relationship between the market and the state which are ultimately profoundly undemocratic – neither of which sit easily with his populism. We have tried generating economic growth by cutting taxation on high earners and corporations before. George W. Bush did it, and the results were disastrous. It worked better under Ronald Reagan: but in addition to cutting taxes, Reagan also raised them – quite often in fact[7] – so the unabashed trickle-down economics attributed to him is as fanciful as the claims now being made for the virtues of repeating a politics that gives money to the rich and takes money from the poor. Behind that politics, of course, lies the claim that deregulating markets is the best way to ensure that people are free, prosperous and in control of their destiny; and that the democratic state is a less adequate instrument for those same ends because of the heavy presence of corporate lobbyists and private money in the corridors of power. When people spend their own money, they spent it wisely – so the argument goes[8] – because they can see the opportunity costs of the spending they do; whereas when they vote, they merely trade their political capital for vague promises whose costs are hidden from view.
But the argument could not be more misplaced. Leave markets unregulated – as Donald J. Trump now clearly intends to do[9] – and the big corporations get bigger and richer still. Manage them in the public interest, and the long-term costs of their single-minded pursuit of their own profits – costs to the workers they lay off, costs to the environment they pollute, and so on – can be factored in, and ameliorated accordingly. At least when we vote, each of us has one vote – unless the Republicans succeed at voter suppression. But in the market place, money talks: and the voice of those without money is never heard. There is, therefore, nothing democratic about weakening the state, and strengthening the market, in an economy and society in which the distribution of income and wealth is so heavily skewed in favor of business leaders. We don’t need governing by CEOs – they have market power enough. What we need is to more effectively govern the CEOs themselves.
Donald J. Trump’s business background gives him both leverage over, and tension with, his Republican allies in the Congress. They share his enthusiasm for business deregulation and lower taxation, and the defense-hawks among them might even favor his sharp-elbow approach to countries like Iran and China. But even they presumably draw the line at the Trump enthusiasm for tough-men abroad – if those men happen to be Russian – and though Donald J. Trump might be comfortable with a strong and interventionist domestic state so long as he runs it, his Congressional allies do not want to see big new infrastructure spending and protective tariffs with the Trump logo spread extensively across it, even if he does. The battle between Donald J. Trump’s authoritarian populism and their equally authoritarian anti-statism is going to be a prolonged one in this administration,[10] and not one that Donald J. Trump can win if he simply operates as though he was the nation’s CEO. He will not be able to fire a Paul Ryan or a Mitch McConnell; and they, by contrast, will certainly be able to sit him out. Politics in Washington DC is not a bit like the world of business after all!
But between them as they battle – Trump and the Congressional Republicans both – they will do great damage to the standing of the American state abroad and to its capacity for social reform at home – unless the opposition to Trump the bully and to Ryan the privatizer works together to make the case for a return to a saner and more normal politics first in 2018, and then in 2020. For whoever follows Donald J. Trump into the White House, if that new person is in any way progressive, then his/her entire tenure will probably be consumed simply undoing the damage now being released upon us – getting us back, that is, to where we were in 2016 – attempting, as far as it is possible, to restore America’s capacity to use soft power abroad to maintain global influence, and to restore the regulatory capacities of the American state.
This latter may be achievable, particularly if next time round the Democratic Party avoids the Bill Clinton mistake of adopting a softer version of his predecessor’s policies – a softer Reaganism. This time round, we can afford nothing but a total rupture with the domestic politics of Donald J. Trump, and with the values encapsulated there. But sadly, the damage abroad may be harder to fix. Simply by electing such a man as President, the US electorate (or at least 62 million of them) have sent such a powerful message to the rest of the world, about its own gullibility to specious arguments about the superiority of the business mind. There is a sense in which the rest of the world will never entirely trust us again – and why should they, when we have voluntarily exposed ourselves (and them) to such a ludicrous claim? I hardly think that we now trust ourselves.
So the next time anyone seeking your vote tells you that business leaders are necessarily smarter than the rest of us, and certainly smarter than politicians, work through a sample of speeches by our last president,[11] and compare them to our daily diet now – and then ask: are you seriously kidding me?
First posted, with full notes and academic sources, at www.davidcoates.net
David Coates’ commentary on the second Obama term is now available as The Progressive Case Stalled.[12]
For something entirely different, and much more fun, see Lying Close to the Sky.[13]
[1] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/6/donald-trump-says-our-politicians-are-stupid-calls/
[2] “The way Donald Trump tells it, America is in decline because Washington DC is not working, and Washington DC is currently not working for two main reasons. One reason is that there is a widespread lack of intelligence in Washington, that the existing political class is full of stupid people. As he is prone to say: “We have politicians that don’t have a clue. They’re all talk, no action. What’s happening to this country is disgraceful.” The other reason is that those same people – the ones who are stupid – are said to be entirely beholden to big donors and to special interests – “puppets” to the Koch brothers as Donald Trump tweeted earlier in the summer.” (David Coates, ‘Taking Donald Trump seriously,’ available at http://www.davidcoates.net/2015/09/04/taking-donald-trump-seriously/)
[3] Celine McNicholas, Pudzer’s anti-worker positions disqualify him from serving as labor secretary. Washington DC: Economic Policy Institute, February 2, 2017: available at http://www.epi.org/publication/puzders-anti-worker-positions-disqualify-him-from-serving-as-labor-secretary/
[4] Chauncey DeVega, “Trump has surrounded himself with a phalanx of White Nationalists,” Salon, February 14, 2017: available at http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/trumps-white-nationalist-cabinet
[5] http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/trump-bloomberg-escalate-new-york-billionaire-brawl/
[6] “Reckoning with Trump means descending into the place that made him. What he represents, above all, is the triumph of the underworld of predators, hustlers, mobsters, clubhouse politicians and tabloid sleaze that festered in a corner of New York, a vindication of his mentor, the Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn.” (Sidney Blumenthal, “A Short History of the Trump Family,” London Review of Books, February 16, 2017, p. 32): available at https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n04/sidney-blumenthal/a-short-history-of-the-trump-family
[7] http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/08/news/economy/reagan_years_taxes/
[8] For the classic statement of this view, see Milton Friedman, “The Line We Dare Not Cross,” Encounter, November 1976: available at https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=150767612655106;res=IELLCC
[9] Juliet Eilperin, “Trump undertakes most ambitious regulatory rollback since Reagan,” The Washington Post, February 12, 2017: available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-undertakes-most-ambitious-regulatory-rollback-since-reagan/2017/02/12/0337b1f0-efb4-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?utm_term=.7cef052e0d89
[10] Martin Sandbu, “The culture war inside US economic policymaking,” The Financial Times, February 13, 2017: available at https://www.ft.com/content/1dba61fa-f18d-11e6-8758-6876151821a6
[11] See the book edited by EJ Dionne and Joy-Anne Reid, We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama. New York: Bloomsbury, 2017: available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M3PY3MZ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
[12] https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Case-Stalled-Observing-Obama-ebook/dp/B01MYOWUSO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1487303859&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Progressive+case+stalled
[13] https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Close-Sky-Robert-Cornish-ebook/dp/B01MS65LF3
by George Corbett
by Peter Doran
by Gervase Phillips
by Warren Adler
by Joyce Cavaye
by David W. Galenson
by Colm Herron
by Balsam Mustafa
by Glen Roven
by Mary L. Tabor
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This young woman created 784 paintings while hiding from the Nazis
by Emma Parker
EXTRACT: "Between 1940 and 1942 Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist, created a sequence of 784 paintings while hiding from the Nazi authorities. She gave the sequence a single title: Leben? oder Theater? (Life? or Theatre?). Viewed in the 21st century, Salomon’s artwork could be considered a precursor to the contemporary graphic novel, creating a complex web of narratives through words and images."
Iran’s cultural heritage reflects the grandeur and beauty of the golden age of the Persian empire
by Eve MacDonald
EXTRACT: "It’s simply not possible to do justice to the value of Iran’s cultural heritage – it’s a rich and noble history that has had a fundamental impact on the world through art, architecture, poetry, in science and technology, medicine, philosophy and engineering. The Iranian people are intensely aware – and rightly proud of – their Persian heritage. The archaeological legacy left by the civilisations of ancient and medieval Iran extend from the Mediterranean Sea to India and ranges across four millennia from the Bronze age (3rd millennium BC) to the glorious age of classical Islam and the magnificent medieval cities of Isfahan and Shiraz that thrived in the 9th-12th centuries AD, and beyond."
The World of Toulouse-Lautrec
by David Galenson
EXTRACT: "Lautrec had a genius for representing people. He would rarely paint any other subject. When he looked at a person who caught his interest, not only their appearance, but seemingly also their personality would magically flow from his hand, fixing a moment of their life, and his, on a piece of cardboard or canvas."
Britain’s electricity since 2010: wind surges to second place, coal collapses and fossil fuel use nearly halves
by Grant Wilson, Iain Staffell and Noah Godfrey
EXTRACT: "In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But by the end of the decade*, these fossil fuels accounted for just 40%, with coal generation collapsing from the decade’s peak of 41% in 2012 to under 2% in 2019. The near disappearance of coal power – the second most prevalent source in 2010 – underpinned a remarkable transformation of Britain’s electricity generation over the last decade, meaning Britain now has the cleanest electrical supply it has ever had. Second place now belongs to wind power, which supplied almost 21% of the country’s electrical demand in 2019, up from 3% in 2010. As at the start of the decade, natural gas provided the largest share of Britain’s electricity in 2019 at 38%, compared with 47% in 2010."
What My Younger Self Never Expected
by Michael Spence
EXTRACT: "Owing to these positive developments, many were lulled into thinking that modern advanced economies can run on autopilot. And yet economists knew that market capitalism does not automatically self-correct for adverse distributional trends (both secular and transitional), especially extreme ones. Public policies and government services and investments have a critical role to play. But in many places, these have been either non-existent or insufficient. The result has been a durable pattern of unequal opportunity that is contributing to the polarization of many societies. This deepening divide has a negative spillover effect on politics, governance, and policymaking, and now appears to be hampering our ability to address major issues, including the sustainability challenge."
After the Fall - Ian Buruma Speaks with Malin Ekman
by Malin Ekman
Jan 2nd 2020
In September 2018, Ian Buruma was forced out as editor of The New York Review of Books, following an outcry over the magazine’s publication of a controversial essay about #MeToo. A year later, in a conversation with Svenska Dagbladet US correspondent Malin Ekman, he reflects on lost assignments, literature, cancel culture, threats to freedom of speech, and the state of liberal democracy.
The Importance of Knowing Bethlehem
EXTRACT: "I have long been troubled by the way so many believing Christians in the West have either been ignorant of or turned their backs on the plight of Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim. Right-wing Evangelicals, under the sway of heretical theology, are so blinded by their obsession with Israel that they can't see Israel's victims. Other Western Christians simply just don't know or about the people of Palestine. I find this state of affairs to always distressing, but especially so at Christmas time, since the Christmas story we celebrate not only took place in that land, it continues to define the lives of the Palestinians who live in places like Bethlehem and Nazareth. "
How gardeners are reclaiming agriculture from industry, one seed at a time
by Helen Anne Curry
EXTRACT: "Although there have long been farmers and merchants who specialised in growing and selling seeds, it wasn’t until the 20th century that people started talking about seed production as an industrial process. Thanks to changes in farming, science and government regulations, most of the “elite” seed that is bought and sold around the world today is mass produced and mass marketed — by just four transnational corporations."
Older people need to stay hydrated – here’s how
by Cini Bhanu
EXTRACT: "Dehydration is associated with a higher risk of ill health in older people, from having an infection, a fall or being admitted to hospital. But an appetite for food and drink can diminish as people age, so older people should drink regularly, even when they’re not thirsty. Older women who don’t have to restrict their fluid intake for medical reasons, such as heart or kidney problems, are advised to drink eight glasses a day. For older men, it’s ten glasses."
The Lives You Saved
EXTRACT: "A decade ago, I wrote The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. This month, a fully revised Tenth Anniversary edition was published, and is available, free, as an eBook and audiobook. The chapters of the audiobook are read by celebrities, including Paul Simon, Kristen Bell, Stephen Fry, Natalia Vodianova, Shabana Azmi, and Nicholas D’Agosto. Revising the book has led me to reflect on the impact it has had, while the research involved in updating it has made me focus on what has changed over the past ten years"
Iran and the US Come Closer: Ayatollah Rick Perry’s Evangelical Theology of Trump as God’s Chosen is just like Khamenei
by Juan Cole
EXTRACT: "Jay Willis at GQ reports that Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said on Fox and Friends that Trump is God’s Chosen One. He said he told Trump, “If you’re a believing Christian, you understand God’s plan for the people who rule and judge over us on this planet and our government.” Perry also said that he had written a memo for Trump about how God uses imperfect people, comparing Trump to biblical figures such as Solomon, Saul and David, who were also flawed. This evangelical discourse that a providential God controls political power goes back to old West Semitic Religion"
Men over 40 with faulty BRCA2 gene should be tested annually for prostate cancer
by Michael Porter
Extract: "The PSA test is done using a small amount of blood to detect raised levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA). Yet, despite its relatively low cost and ease of administering, it is not offered for routine screening in many countries, including the UK. This is because a significant proportion of those testing positive have no disease (a false-positive result), slow-growing cancer that doesn’t need treatment, or positive results caused by a relatively benign condition, such as a urinary tract infection. Detecting prostate cancer early is important and saves lives. But many of those identified by the PSA test as having elevated levels of the antigen could potentially undergo painful treatment with significant life-altering side effects, which were unnecessary. Also, up to 15% of men with prostate cancer have normal PSA levels (a false-negative result), meaning that many men would receive unwarranted reassurance from this test. Guidelines in most countries, therefore, note that the possible benefits of testing are outweighed by the potential harms of over-diagnosis and over-treatment, making it unsuitable for screening everyone."
Ken Loach’s new film on the gig economy tells exactly the same story as our research
by Robert MacDonald
Extract: "Ken Loach’s film, Sorry We Missed You, tells the harrowing tale of Ricky, Abby and their family’s attempts to get by in a precarious world of low paid jobs and the so-called “gig economy”. But how realistic is it? Can Loach’s film be accused of undue pessimism?"
Revolutions for Whom?
by Kristen R. Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein
Extract: "Travel to Prague, Kyiv, or Bucharest today and you will find glittering shopping malls filled with imported consumer goods: perfumes from France, fashion from Italy, and wristwatches from Switzerland. At the local Cineplex, urbane young citizens queue for the latest Marvel blockbuster movie. They stare at sleek iPhones, perhaps planning their next holiday to Paris, Goa, or Buenos Aires. The city center hums with cafés and bars catering to foreigners and local elites who buy gourmet groceries at massive hypermarkets. Compared to the scarcity and insularity of the communist past, Central and Eastern Europe today is brimming with new opportunities.......In these same cities, however, pensioners and the poor struggle to afford the most basic amenities. Older citizens choose between heat, medicine, and food. In rural areas, some families have returned to subsistence agriculture."
Inequality now extends to people’s DNA
by David Hugh-Jones and Abdel Abdellaoui
EXTRACTS: "Genetic clustering has existed in all past societies. People have typically been relatively genetically similar to others nearby. But most of this was because of limited mobility."........."But in the 19th and 20th centuries, people started to move about more. Societies opened up geographically, and socially. This new mobility has created a new kind of clustering – what the American author Thomas Friedman called a “great sorting out”.".........".....this is now visible at the genetic level too."
US green economy growth dwarfs Donald Trump’s highest hopes for the fossil fuel industry
by Lucien Georgeson and Mark Maslin
While US President Donald Trump may be “the world’s most powerful climate change denier”,
The surprising decline of entrepreneurship and innovation in the West
by Wim Naudé
EXTRACT: "The idea that we are living in an entrepreneurial age, experiencing rapid disruptive technological innovation on a scale amounting to a new “industrial revolution” is a pervasive modern myth. Scholars have written academic papers extolling the coming of the “entrepreneurial economy”. Policymakers and investors have pumped massive amounts of funding into start-up ecosystems and innovation. Business schools, universities and schools have moved entrepreneurship into their core curricula. The only problem is that the West’s golden entrepreneurial and innovation age is behind it. Since the 1980s entrepreneurship, innovation and, more generally, business dynamics, have been steadily declining – particularly so in the US. "
Will the Civil Majority Please Stand Up?
by Michael J. Boskin
EXTRACT: ". But today, the impulse to gain attention on social media has produced a discourse of extreme defamation and scorched-earth tactics aimed at destroying one’s opponents. We desperately need a broad-based movement to stand up against this type of political discourse. American history is replete with examples of people who worked together to solve – or at least defuse – serious problems, often against great odds and at significant personal risk. But the gradual demise of fact-based history in schools seems to have deprived many Americans of the common ground and optimism needed to work through challenges in the same way they once did."
Art and Defacement: Basquiat at the Guggenheim
by Sam Ben-Meir
Consider the following facts as you wend your way to the Guggenheim Museum and its uppermost gallery, where you will presently find The Death of Michael Stewart (1983), Basquiat’s gut-punching tribute to a slain artist, and the centerpiece for an exhibition that could hardly be more timely.
Humans aren’t designed to be happy – so stop trying
by Rafael Euba
It’s worth remembering, then, that we are not designed to be consistently happy. Instead, we are designed to survive and reproduce. These are difficult tasks, so we are meant to struggle and strive, seek gratification and safety, fight off threats and avoid pain. The model of competing emotions offered by coexisting pleasure and pain fits our reality much better than the unachievable bliss that the happiness industry is trying to sell us. In fact, pretending that any degree of pain is abnormal or pathological will only foster feelings of inadequacy and frustration. Postulating that there is no such thing as happiness may appear to be a purely negative message, but the silver lining, the consolation, is the knowledge that dissatisfaction is not a personal failure. If you are unhappy at times, this is not a shortcoming that demands urgent repair, as the happiness gurus would have it. Far from it. This fluctuation is, in fact, what makes you human.
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Family Equality Council Expands Support and Advocacy for Families in the South Hires New Southern Regional Manager (Tatiana Quiroga)
Contact:Cindi Creager, CreagerCole Communications
(646) 279-4559, cindi@creagercole.com
Washington, DC, April 7, 2014- Family Equality Council®, the national organization which connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer in the United States and their six million children of all ages, is pleased to announce the hiring of Tatiana Quiroga for its newly created Southern Regional Manager position.
Tatiana is a native Floridian and has worked at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida since 2005, most recently as a Course Director. She has a wealth of experience including developing and delivering curriculum, building both external and internal collaborative relationships, and mentoring and supporting her local LGBTQ community.
“I strongly believe in the Family Equality Council’s mission of inclusion and community building,” Tatiana said. “I’m excited to combine my education as a Mental Health Counselor and extensive work experience as a manager, educator, public speaker, project leader, and advocate to help continue the amazing work the Family Equality Council is doing.”
Family Equality Council’s addition of the Southern Regional Manger staff position demonstrates the expansion of its work within the southern states and its commitment to helping families who face some of the worst discrimination in our country.
“In a part of the country where people value family so highly, our families still encounter immense inequality,” said Family Equality Council Executive Director, Gabriel Blau. “That’s why we’re broadening our truly groundbreaking southern work and are extremely excited to have Tatiana Quiroga join the team. We’re building community and we’re building capacity from the ground up. We’re supporting the leaders already working in that region and identifying new leaders to develop the infrastructure necessary to win lived equality and help our families thrive.”
Tatiana Quiroga and her wife, Jen, and their son, Lukas, live in Orlando. She officially begins her tenure as Family Equality Council’s Southern Regional Manager today.
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VAULT OF FRANKENSTEIN: 200 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS MONSTER
by First Comics News on September 18, 2018 VAULT OF FRANKENSTEIN: 200 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS MONSTER2018-09-18T13:28:12-07:00 - News
Discover the incredible story of the Creature’s evolution, and become directly part of the history with interactive elements that allow readers to explore replica memorabilia, such pages from Mary Shelley’s original manuscript of Frankenstein.
Once a book thought questionable by many, Frankenstein managed to make its way to the top as one of few respected books in pop culture. The original novel, a beautiful take on societal flaw and wonder, is now reimagined as a more interactive, colorful, and descriptive tool for all to appreciate. As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s publication of Frankenstein, readers can dive right into the rich history of the story’s origins and greatest pop culture moments.
The experience is illustrated in the new book Vault of Frankenstien, 200 Years of the World’s Most Famous Monster (becker & mayer! September 25, 2018). Readers can trace the incredible history of how a disturbed creature, disgraced by his own creator, became an iconic symbol in pop culture. The book takes readers on a journey from the very beginning; starting with Mary Shelley’s creation of the novel, and then fluently guiding them through the Creature’s evolution to international stardom. As the Creature appeared in films, TV shows, comic books, and commercial merchandise, this new book introduces readers to the many aspects of such a beloved and tragically misunderstood character.
Vault of Frankenstein is not only a loving tribute; it’s a great resource for anyone who appreciates a timeless classic. In fact, with fantastic replica memorabilia enclosed in an elegantly designed envelope inside the back cover, readers can enjoy physical works that bring the story even more to life. Readers will be able to hold in their hands The Bride of Frankenstein movie poster, pages from Mary Shelley’s original manuscript of Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus), a photo of Boris Karloff on the set of Universal’s Frankenstein (a playbill for Presumption, or The Fate of Frankenstein which is the first stage adaptation of Frankenstein) and finally, a Frankenstein movie poster. Together these pieces take readers through Mary Shelley’s first thoughts on an original masterpiece all while illustrating how an idea so small has become so influential through years of exposure.
Finely stated, Vault of Frankenstein is not only a must-have for fans, but also a wonderful tool for anyone interested in the story’s rise to stardom and how it manages to influence culture today. The book brings history to life for readers who reflect on how such an enduring and influential character made its way through years of pop culture exposure. With key features such as a look on how Mary Shelley first conceived the work and 5-10 pieces of replica memorabilia, readers become a part of this important journey from historical masterpiece to pop culture icon.
Paul Ruditis is a New York Times best-selling author and pop culture addict who has written companion books for TV shows, including The Walking Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Star Trek, and The West Wing. His diverse resume also includes original young adult novels, comic books, and novelty books for all ages.
Published by becker & mayer! | Available September 25, 2018
Hardcover, 176 pages | $29.99 USD, $38.99 CAN | ISBN: 780760363171
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A Selection of Great (and Not So Great) Songs About Sports Stars
By Tom Hawking
As big basketball fans, we were amused to see that fellow closet hoops nut Daniel Lopatin — aka Oneohtrix Point Never — recently released a song called “Rubio.” It’s named in honor of Ricky Rubio, the precocious Catalan point guard who’s currently filling up the highlight reels in his rookie season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. “Rubio” is only available in demo form at the moment, but we like it a lot, and it inevitably got us thinking about other great songs inspired by sports stars — there have been some good ones over the years, along with a few stinkers. Here’s a selection from both sides of the fence.
Super Furry Animals — “The Man Don’t Give a Fuck”
This song immortalized a 1970s soccer player by the name of Robin Friday, who also featured on the single’s cover art. The hyper-talented Friday was a loose cannon, to put it lightly — he was known as much for his erratic behavior and liking for booze and drugs (he was particularly fond of dancing naked at local nightclubs, habitually dropped acid before games, and once shat in future Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson’s kit bag) as he was for scoring spectacular goals. Although he had several successful seasons, eventually his lifestyle and his unpredictability exhausted the patience of his managers, and he was out of the game by the age of 25. He died 13 years later — either of a heart attack or a heroin overdose, depending on who you believe.
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Magic Johnson”
This tongue-twisting tribute to Johnson and the rest of the showtime-era Lakers is a pretty unapologetic three-minute indulgence from a band who’ve devoted plenty of one-liners over the years to their love of the purple and gold. It also features an exuberant solo from the the precocious young John Frusciante (a man who couldn’t care less about sports if he tried, from what we understand.)
Vangelis — “Theme for Chariots of Fire“
The film Chariots of Fire cataloged the story of two runners in the 1924 Olympics, and although it’s an instrumental, Vangelis’s iconic theme tune captures the mood absolutely perfectly.
Bob Dylan — “Hurricane”
Perhaps the most famous (and moving) song about an an athlete, Dylan’s lyric ballad was a sustained howl of outrage at the false arrest and imprisonment of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter for a murder he didn’t commit. The song was an example of how a piece of music can help to raise an issue in the public consciousness, and in 1976 — a year after the release of this song — Carter and co-defendant John Artis won the right to a re-trial. Sadly, they were convicted again, and it wasn’t until 1985 — 20 years after the crime — that the two were able to clear their names.
Barcelona — “Kasey Keller”
Is this the geekiest tribute song to a sports star ever? We’re definitely placing it in the top three or so. (Sorry about the commentary on the video, too — it’s the only version we could find on YouTube.)
Black Lips — “Noc-A-Homa”
Ladies and gentlemen, behold what’s surely the first ever song about a mascot. Yes, this is about Chief Noc-A-Homa, the really kinda offensive Native American stereotype who functioned as the mascot of the Atlanta Braves from the 1950s until 1986. This is a rather touching portrayal of the man behind the costume — “Children laughing at his expense/ Throwing peanuts at a broken man…”
The Dixieaires — “Joe Louis Was a Fighting Man”
Everyone from Count Basie to Yeasayer has penned songs about The Brown Bomber — indeed, Vanity Fair‘s Dave Margolick, who’d later write a book about Louis, wrote an exhaustive article about the topic for the New York Times some years ago — but if we’re gonna just pick one, it’d be this joyous doo-wop ode to the man, his life, and his enduring influence.
TISM — “The Parable of Glenn McGrath’s Haircut”
For the vast majority of the US population that neither knows nor cares about cricket, Glenn McGrath was a fast bowler and key member of the great Australian cricket teams of the 1990s and early 2000s, and was often honored by crowds with the “Oooh! Ah! Glenn McGrath!” chant that forms the chorus to this song. But you can appreciate the parable even if you have no idea who McGrath is, because underneath the cricket is a story about growing up and growing apart. And quite a touching one, although TISM’d probably never admit it.
Lil Wayne — “Kobe Bryant”
It’ll surprise no one that Lil Wayne supports the Lakers rather than his hometown New Orleans Hornets, and this song functions as much as a piece of self-aggrandizement as it does a mildly creepy paean to the LA ball-hogger. “He’s the greatest on the court/ I’m the greatest on the verse”? Oh, please.
Goldfinger — “Wayne Gretzky”
Um. Ewww.
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Anime/MangaDragon Ball Z
Height Issues
By: CloakSky
"It's just that…" She sighed. "I… hate being so short." Gohan/Videl. One-Shot.
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Romance/Humor - [Videl, Gohan] Trunks, Goten - Words: 1,765 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 121 - Follows: 29 - Published: 8/6/2010 - Status: Complete - id: 6213455
Videl Satan was perfectly aware that she wasn't very tall. She was, in fact, quite short, even for a girl. But being short had never been much of a problem for her. After all, when you were strong enough to kick anybody's butt quite easily, your vertical shortcomings didn't matter so much.
Well, that was until she started dating a very tall boy.
He was so tall compared to her that it was ridiculous. Whenever she stood next to him, it was almost embarrassing just how short she was compared to him… she barely reached his shoulder, for God's sake! She felt like a child by his side. Why was he so tall, anyway?
Or, rather, why was she so short?
No, really, how come she was so short? Her father was pretty tall, and her mother had been of average height even though she hadn't been overly tall. So where could her height deficiency have come from? Did she have relatives who were tiny like her? She didn't think so. Videl was the only one who was so short.
And it annoyed her that she was getting so worked up about such a trivial thing. So what if she was short? It had never bothered her before, so why should it bother her now?
If only Gohan weren't so freaking tall!
oOoOoOo
They were having a date at the amusement park. Well, it wasn't really a date since his family and friends had come with them, but they'd managed to slip away from their watch and have some time alone. That was, until Goten and Trunks had turned up, seemingly out of nowhere.
So much for their time alone…
"Mommy said you have to watch us, Gohan! Remember?" Goten reminded them cheerfully.
The teenage boy sighed in defeat, giving up any hope of having some alone time with his girlfriend. And so, together, they got in line for a rollercoaster. While waiting for their turn, Trunks got bored. Therefore, he decided that teasing Videl would be fun.
"Hey, Videl, are you sure you're tall enough for this ride?"
Normally, this kind of remark wouldn't affect the girl, but since her height was becoming a touchy subject for her, she didn't take Trunks' teasing very well. At all.
"Shut up, Trunks. And if you haven't noticed, I'm taller than you," she said coldly.
Taken aback by this icy reply, the little prince mumbled an apology and stayed quiet for the rest of the wait. Videl was like a big sister to him and he liked joking with her, but if she didn't play along it just wasn't fun. Why had she gotten so worked up over a little teasing? He hadn't thought his remark would affect her so much.
Gohan was thinking about the same thing. It wasn't like Videl to get mad over such a small matter; something must be wrong.
"Hey, you okay?" he asked her softly, taking her hand in his.
"Yeah, don't worry. It's just that…," she trailed off, not wanting to make a fool of herself by telling Gohan why she'd gotten so worked up. It was just so stupid!
"It's just that… what?"
Videl sighed. "Nothing."
Gohan was skeptical, but he didn't press the matter. For now.
The foursome was walking around the amusement park in search of the next ride to go on when, all of sudden, a loud rumble was heard. Some of the people who were passing by stopped to look at the small, spiky-haired boy who seemed to be the source of the noise. It couldn't be him, though, could it? He was so small! How could such a loud rumble come from him?
Another, louder, rumble resounded, confirming that it was, indeed, this small, cute boy who was making the loud sound.
"Hungry…," the child moaned painfully while holding his tummy.
Gohan chuckled. "I guess it's time for lunch then, huh?"
They were waiting in the line of a burger stand, the rumbles of Goten's stomach getting louder and louder. What was worse, Trunks was getting hungry as well, his own stomach being almost as loud as his best friend's. Some people who were ahead of them in the line took pity on the moaning boys and let them take their turn.
"Thank you so much, Miss. That's really nice of you," Gohan said gratefully to a young woman as she got behind them.
"Anytime, cutie," she replied, winking at him in a seductive way.
Videl's eye twitched. Had that bitch just hit on her boyfriend? And of course, Gohan hadn't even noticed he was being ogled, like always! It was a wonder that they were a couple at all!
Deciding not to start a fight, – although it was very tempting – Videl took her boyfriend's arm possessively and, glaring daggers at the woman, said, "Come on, Gohan, the line is moving."
Unfortunately, since the woman was right behind them in the waiting line, she advanced as well, getting way too close to Gohan for comfort. Videl clenched her fists. Couldn't she see that he was taken?
"Is that your girlfriend?" The woman asked, showing Videl with her head.
Gohan opened his mouth to answer, but the Satan girl beat him to it. She'd had enough of this outrageously flirtatious woman. "As a matter of fact, I am. So you should stop hitting on my boyfriend before I get pissed."
"Oh, really? And what's a little girl like you going to do?" The woman jeered at her.
"What… did you say?" Videl said, her voice dangerously low.
The woman obviously didn't understand what she had gotten herself into as she continued mocking the girl. "Oh, are you deaf on top of everything else, Shorty?" She laughed, unaware of the danger that she had put herself in. The two little boys, however, knew exactly what was going to happen. And it wasn't going to be pretty.
But before Videl could launch at the careless woman, Gohan, seeing what was going to happen, reacted quickly and held her back.
"You should go find another food stand," he told the woman while holding a struggling Videl back. "Before I decide to let her loose on you. Which you deserve."
"Pfft, like she could do anything to me," the woman said disdainfully as she began to walk away.
"Let me go, Gohan!" Videl struggled. "I'll show her you don't mess with Videl Satan and get away with it! Now let me go!"
Hearing this, the woman froze. This was… Videl Satan? The daughter of the man who had saved the world? The girl who dealt with dangerous armed criminals daily? The woman gulped and hurriedly left the stand.
She'd just escaped a very painful death.
"She's getting away! Damn it, Gohan, let me go!"
"Videl, stop it," he said frowning. "I know how you feel, and I actually want to let you go so you can beat her up like she deserves, but sadly, it wouldn't be the right thing to do."
Calming down, Videl sighed and looked up at Gohan. "Why do you always have to do the right thing?"
He grinned. "Because that's why you love me."
She shook her head chuckling. That boy…
"Can we eat now? We're hungry!" The two kids complained.
It was precisely their turn now. What timing.
The sun was setting and the amusement park was closing. Gohan's friends and family went on their separate ways while the Son boy walked his girlfriend home. They were travelling in silence, hand in hand, and enjoying the nice evening weather and each other's presence. The silence didn't last long, however, as Gohan was still thinking about the events of that day. Sure, he knew that Videl had quite the temper, but he doubted it was the only reason for her outburst at lunchtime.
"So, tell me," he began, getting straight to the point. "What's been bugging you for awhile?"
Videl sighed. She'd known that he would bring it up sooner or later, but the girl had hoped it would be later rather than sooner.
"It's stupid, really," she said, blushing slightly.
He stopped walking, making her stop as well, and turned towards her fully, looking down at her intently. "Tell me," he said.
Videl blushed, looking away from his dark, intense gaze, but Gohan held her chin to make her look at him and again he insisted, "Tell me, Videl."
She gave him a small smile. "I just can't refuse anything to you, can I?"
Gohan smiled back at her and waited patiently for her to give him some light on the matter.
"It's just that…" She sighed. "I… hate being so short." She felt so stupid while saying it that she couldn't even look at him. It was such a ridiculous thing to get worked up about, and admitting it was so embarrassing that she could feel her face heat up.
Seeing that Videl was still unwilling to look at him, Gohan lifted her chin again so that he could see her beautiful blue eyes. He smiled softly upon seeing them finally looking at him and his hand moved up to stroke her blushing cheek.
"Your height never mattered to me," he said, his voice soft and gentle. "You're the strongest, the most courageous, the most determined girl I know, and I'll always admire you for those qualities. You're just the way you are, Videl, and I love you that way."
She never knew how he did it, but Gohan always knew how to make her feel better. She smiled up at him, and reached up to kiss him lightly on the lips. She truly was lucky to be with such a sweet boy.
"Thank you, Gohan," she said softly as she pulled back. He grinned.
"I'm just glad you're feeling better," He said. "Besides, being tall isn't all that great, either. I mean, I have further to fall whenever I trip!"
Videl laughed wholeheartedly, hugging her sweet boyfriend. Gohan held her against him, simply happy to be there with her.
And that was how Videl never worried about her height again. Okay, so she was short. But who cared when you had such an adorable boyfriend?
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Tynecastle: Heart Of Midlothian
McLeod Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH11 2HL, Scotland
By Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK (10022007005-1Uploaded by Kafuffle) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Heart Of Midlothian Football Club, better known simply as 'Hearts', was formed in 1874. For the first twelve years of the club’s existence they were nomads, playing in numerous locations around Edinburgh. They played their games at locations such as the Meadows, Powderhall and Powburn until 1886 when they started playing their matches at the site where Tynecastle Stadium currently stands.
An inauguration match took place between Hearts and the English side Bolton Wanderers in April 1886. It wan’t until more than four years later that a Scottish Football League match was played at the site, however, when Hearts were battered 5-0 by Celtic. In the early part of the 20th century numerous changes took place at the ground, allowing the capacity to increase exponentially. The record attendance was set in 1932 when Rangers arrived for a Scottish Cup tie and 53,396 people turned up to watch.
Tynecastle Stats
Year Opened 1886
Capacity 20,099
Average Attendance 18,336
Record Attendance 53,396 (Hearts v Rangers (1932))
Pitch Size 100 x 64 (6400)
Nickname Tynie
Owner Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Clubs Hosted Heart of Midlothian F.C.
First Fixture Hearts v Bolton Wanderers (10/04/1886)
Heart Of Midlothian Stats
Nickname Hearts, The Jam Tarts, HMFC, The Maroons
Club Mascot Tynie Tigers
Rivals Hibs
Previous Stadiums The Meadows, Powburn, Powderhall
Kit Maroon & White (Home) / Blue & Maroon (Away) / Dark Blue (Third)
Training Ground Heart of Midlothian FC Training Ground, Riccarton
Shirt Sponsor Save the Children
Team Owner Ann Budge
Record Goalscorer John Robertson (229)
Record Appearances Gary Mackay (640)
Tynecastle Photos
Gorgie Stand Gorgie Stand
Main Stand Main Stand
Panoramic View Panoramic View
Tynecastle Stadium Tynecastle Stadium
View from the road View from the road
Gorgie Road Gorgie Road
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Tynecastle Seating Plan & Where to Sit
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Tynecastle is built in the ‘British’ style of having four separate stands on each side of the pitch, as opposed to the more continental ‘Bowl’ style of continuous seating. Here’s a little bit of information on each side of the ground:
The Gorgie Stand - Named after the area of the city where the ground is located, The Gorgie Stand was completed in 1997 and houses one of the club’s main hospitality ares, The Gorgie Suite.
The Main Stand - Unsurprisingly, this is the main stand in the stadium. It houses the changing rooms, the dugouts, the Director’s Box and the players’ tunnel.
The Wheatfield Stand - This is where the most vocal Hearts fans tend to sit. It is built at an angle just shy of 34 degrees - the maximum angle permitted for a stand in a football ground.
The Roseburn Stand - Also known as the School End, this stand houses the away supporters and lost 280 seats from its capacity in 2005 when the pitch was lengthened in order to meet UEFA requirements.
Heart Of Midlothian Ticket Prices
The ticketing prices for Hearts match are actually quite easy to understand. The league games are split into two separate categories, with Celtic, Aberdeen and Rangers fitting into Category A and everyone else going into Category B.
After that the ground itself is split into four seating zones, namely Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. How much you’ll pay for your ticket, therefore, depends on where you’d like to sit, who the opposition is and how old you are. Here are the cheapest and most expensive tickets for each category for adults and concessions:
Category A Adults: £28 - £34 / Concessions: £19 - £27
Category B Adults: £19 - £30 / Concessions: £14 - £22
How To Get Heart Of Midlothian Tickets
Hearts have an excellent website that you’ll want to turn to first if you’re after match tickets. If that doesn’t suit then you can call the club’s ticket office or, alternatively, drop into the Ticket Centre on McLeod Street. It’s open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and from 10-2 on Saturdays. If it’s a match day then it’s open from 10am until kick off. Transaction fee's come in at £1.50 and it'll cost you an extra 60p if you want your tickets posting.
Getting To Tynecastle
As the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh is more than a little experienced in welcoming visitors from all around the world. Here are some of the more typical methods you’ll be considering using for your journey:
Train - A train from Kings Cross Station in London to Edinburgh Waverley will take about four and a half hours without any changes. The ground is a short walk from Haymarket, which is just one stop from Waverley.
Bus - Lothian buses 1, 2, 3, 21, 25 and 33 all call near to the ground from Haymarket, as do First buses 25, 27, 28 and 427.
Car - Tynecastle Stadium is in the West of the city, so you’ll want to get onto the A71 and then follow signs for central Edinburgh.
By Air - Edinburgh Airport is nine miles from the city centre and is linked to it by an excellent tram system.
Taxi - A taxi from Waverley to Tynecastle Stadium will set you back about £10 and should take around fifteen minutes to complete its journey.
Parking Near Tynecastle
There is no parking at the stadium itself, with Parking Enforcement Officers often patrolling nearby streets. There is some limited on-street parking near to Murrayfield Stadium, however, and you might be able to park in the Shandon area too.
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Tynecastle Hotels
Edinburgh Castle is one of the most popular tourist attractions outside of London, so there are a number of excellent hotels that are able to welcome you to the city. Here are some of our favourites:
Ardmillan Hotel - £40+
9-10 Ardmillan Terrace, Edinburgh, EH11 2JW
This 2-star hotel has just nine rooms, but it’s worthy of your consideration for its location if nothing else. About a five minute walk from Tynecastle, it’s got a bar, a garden, free Wi-Fi in the reception area and you can park there for free. More details.
Apex Haymarket Hotel - £50+
90 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5LQ
The Apex is about ten minutes from the stadium and has a restaurant, a bar, three meeting rooms and free Wi-Fi. It’s also only about a mile and a half from Edinburgh Castle, should you join the many millions of tourists that flocks there every year. More details.
Royal Ettrick Hotel - £80+
13 Ettrick Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5BJ
The name might be suggestive of something grander, but this 4-star hotel is hardly a disappointment. It’s got a restaurant, a bar, a garden and free Wi-Fi. It’s around five minutes on foot from the ground, too, so it’s not too bad. More details.
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Pubs & Bars Near Tynecastle
If stereotypes are to be believed, then Scottish people are known for liking a drink or two; whether that be a pint of Tennents lager, a dram of decent whiskey or a can of Irn Bru. Here are some of the best bars you might want to consider paying a visit to:
Murrayfield Sports Bar
20/22 Westfield Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2QR (+44 131 337 3999)
The clue is in the name with this place, really. This is a family friendly pub with plenty of TVs for watching the sport, a decent menu, an excellent beer garden and loads of different drink options. Perfect for a pre-match pint.
Tynecastle Arms
92-94 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2NP (+44 131 337 7644)
The Tynecastle Arms is, as the name suggests, very close to the stadium. It’s a typical sports bar with loads of TV screens, a good menu and plenty of drink selections. It’s also dog friendly. Admittedly there’s not much chance you’re taking your dog with you to the game but it’s always helpful to know these things.
Sportsters Bar
1A Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE (+44 131 226 9560)
With over 30 TV screens, a great menu and pretty much any drink you might happen to fancy, Sportsters Bar is 'the' place to go in Edinburgh for fans of live sport. Not much else to say, really. If you’re in Edinburgh and fancy seeing a game on TV before heading to Tynecastle Stadium then this place is for you.
Tynecastle Stadium has all of the facilities you’d expect from a well-established top-flight stadium. There are numerous places to buy food and drink before and during the game as well as plenty of toilets and decent views from most sections of the ground.
Programme: 3.50
Pie: 2.20
Cup of tea: 2.00
By Discosebastian at English Wikipedia (Euan Bain) (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
It seems like things are about to change at Tynecastle, with 5 new hospitality suites coming along with the new stand. Details are scarce, but up until now there were four main hospitality experiences available at Tynecastle Stadium. Here’s some information on each of them to give you an idea:
The Gorgie Suite - This is one of the best packages around, with a welcome drink followed by a three-course meal including wine. You’ll also get half-time refreshments, a post-match drink and a complimentary bar throughout the day.
The Bobby Walker Suite - This is a more formal offering from Hearts, with executive networking being the order of the day. There’s a hot buffet, a complimentary bar and half-time refreshments, plus the chance to meet a legend or two during the course of the day.
The Willie Bauld Suite - This is arguably the most relaxed hospitality lounge in the ground. Very much going down the ‘pub’ feel route, The Willie Bauld Suite promises hot food, refreshments at half-time and prime seats in The Main Stand.
The John Robertson Suite - Dedicated to one of Hearts’ most loyal servants, The John Robertson Suite allows you to enjoy a hot bite to eat, half-time refreshments and the chance to meet some club legends in the lounge.
With five main suites on offer and the ability to welcome anywhere from two to six hundred people, Tynecastle Stadium should be top of your list if you’re considering hosting an event in Edinburgh. Whether you’re putting on a conference, holding a seminar, having a private party or your looking for a unique wedding venue, the home of Hearts will almost certainly be able to look after you.
Stadium Tours & Museum
Why not take a perch on the manager’s seat in the dugout, giving yourself an idea of what it might be like to manage one of Scotland’s most famous clubs? Or how about having a look around the dressing room before taking a walk down the players’ tunnel to the side of the pitch? The tour of Tynecastle Stadium takes in all of the places you’d expect from a top-flight club, including the manager’s office and the director’s suite.
Tours take place sporadically, so you may want to check in with the club before just rocking up and demanding to see the manager’s office. If it’s a standard tour that you end up going on then that will set you back £9 if you’re an adult, £6 if you’re a concession and £5 if you’re under 16. There are match day tours available, but they’re a little bit more special so they’re a little bit more pricey, too. It’s £15 for an adult, £10 for a concession and £5 for anyone under 16. Family tickets are also available at £22 a pop.
About Heart Of Midlothian
Celtic v Hearts in 1912 - By Anonymous [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Heart of Midlothian Football Club is more commonly known as Hearts, but the club’s also been called The Jam Tarts and The Maroons over the years. Established in 1874, it is the oldest football club that plays its games in the capital of Scotland. The club was formed by a group of friends from, believe it or not, the Heart of Midlothian Quadrille Assembly Club, which was a dancing club in the city. Hearts have won the Scottish Football League top-flight on four separate occasions.
In the 1959-1960 season they not only won the league but also the Scottish League Cup. To date they are the only team apart from the Old Firm clubs of Celtic and Rangers to manage that league and cup double. They have won the Scottish Cup eight times, the Scottish League Cup four times and were the first non-Old Firm club to play in the UEFA Champions League when they qualified for Europe’s premier club competition in 2006. It wasn’t the first time Hearts had competed in Europe, however, as they had done so for the first time in 1958 as well as reaching the UEFA Cup quarter-final in 1989.
Tynecastle History
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Tynecastle is the seventh largest football stadium in Scotland by capacity. That may not sound too impressive, but when you consider that three of the bigger stadiums are Celtic Park, Hampden Park and Ibrox, it’s certainly not a stat to be sniffed at. The club was able to build a new clubhouse at the ground in 1891 after winning the Scottish Cup, giving it the necessary funding for the building to be erected. It was in the early 1900's that more significant changes took place, with a small stand and a pavilion being built in 1903 and an increase in the banks of the terracing taking place in 1906.
Tynecastle had the dubious honour of becoming Scotland’s first all-concrete stadium, something it achieved in 1954. Floodlights were installed in 1957 and then no major changes took place until the 1970's when strict safety regulations were introduced. It wasn’t until the Taylor Report into the Hillsborough Disaster was released in 1990 that real sweeping changes were introduced at Tynecastle. That was when grounds throughout the UK were made all-seater locations. This happened to the home of Hearts in 1994 when the Western and Northern parts of the stadium were demolished and rebuilt in their entirety.
Hearts have attempted to sell Tynecastle on numerous occasions, hoping to move to different grounds, but to no avail. The club is unlikely to move in the foreseeable future, instead opting to develop the ground further. This will begin with the development of The Main Stand, turning it into a 7000 seat stand in order to bring the overall capacity of the ground to over 20,000.
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Hospital plans expansion
$51M investment to add space, jobs
Jennifer Sami
Updated: May 22, 2010, 10 a.m.
Construction and additions have become the norm for Northside Hospital-Forsyth, but a $51 million proposed expansion would be its largest project since the women’s center opened in 2008.
If the state’s community health department approves a certificate of need for Northside, the hospital will add 100,000 square feet, enhanced services and as many as 200 new employees.
“Our whole campus was built with growth in mind,” said Lynn Jackson, the hospital’s administrator. “The hospital is continuing to grow based on the need, and I think that’s the message.
"We’re still seeing a demand for services in a lot of different sectors of our facility.”
Hospital spokesman Russ Davis said the project will include inpatient medical/surgical facilities, short-stay and observation beds, as well as
recovery, clinical and support areas. Education and training space will also be added.
Among the planned renovations: refurbishing the 10-bed intensive care unit.
The plan is to add 33 inpatient medical/surgical beds, which would bring the total bed count to 188.
“This part of the project is designed to address the Department of Community Health’s pre-defined need for these additional beds in this planning district,” Davis said.
“Some services will be enhanced with this project, but ... no new services will be added.”
In an effort to avoid duplication of expensive services and evenly distribute medical care across Georgia, state health planners weigh whether there is a legitimate need for the proposed service.
If so, they then determine if the health system making the application is best suited to fill that need.
Other medical facilities can challenge the certificate application, thereby lengthening the process.
Davis said placement of the 100,000-square-foot addition has not been determined.
It could be one multi-floor addition in a single location or wings coming off current structures.
The $51 million project isn’t the hospital's only proposal.
Officials expect a response to a request for four new neonatal beds shortly after the women’s center’s two-year anniversary in August.
If the certificate of need is approved, the neonatal intensive care unit would have a total of eight Level II basinets.
The addition would be the first expansion of maternity or newborn services since it opened.
“The Northside Hospital-Forsyth Women’s Center has far exceeded all our expectations,” Davis said. “We estimate that we will have nearly 2,000 deliveries this year. In 2009, we saw 1,757 deliveries.”
The proposed projects come on the heels of several major changes at the hospital.
Those include the additions of cardiac angioplasty service, a second catheterization lab and two other expansion projects totaling more than 54,000 square feet.
While some businesses are struggling in the current economy, Jackson said the hospital continues to see a strong “demand for continued growth in health services.”
“Our timing is mostly driven by need,” she said. “We really have to respond to that demand and so it’s all about providing services that are needed.”
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Comparative Tables 2009-2010
How to Interpret the Tables
Below is a fictional example of three rows from a Comparative Table for the product group Motor Vehicle Insurance. It shows three financial services providers (FSPs), H, K and M. Below the table are notes on what we can learn about H, K and M.
What we can learn about H
If you purchased a motor vehicle insurance policy from H, there was a relatively high chance, compared with the other FSPs in this product table, that you would bring a dispute about H to FOS. H has a “Chance of a Dispute Coming to FOS” of 83.6, which is well above the median of 14.1 for FSPs in this table.
When consumers did bring disputes about H to FOS, their disputes were resolved very early in FOS’s resolution process. H has an “Average Length in the Resolution Process” of 1.0, which is below the median for all FSPs in this table of 1.3. The “Average Length in the Resolution Process” is not about the time taken to resolve disputes but about what stage in FOS’s resolution process an FSP’s disputes were resolved at. The stages of FOS’s process do not last for set periods of time, and some are fast-tracked through our resolution process.
The disputes that were brought to FOS about H were all resolved through an agreement between the consumer and H (100% of the “Outcomes of the Resolution Process”). FOS was not required to step in and make a decision on any of the disputes involving H.
What we can learn about K
If you purchased a motor vehicle insurance policy from K, there was a relatively low chance, compared with the other FSPs in this product table, that you would bring a dispute about K to FOS. K has a “Chance of a Dispute Coming to FOS” of 2.7, which is well below the median of 14.1 for FSPs in this table.
When consumers did bring disputes about K to FOS, the disputes were usually not resolved until the later stages of FOS’s resolution process. K has an “Average Length in the Resolution Process” of 5.3, which is well above the median for all FSPs in this table of 1.3. However, this figure can only be understood in conjunction with the “Outcomes of the Resolution Process” figures for K – 100% of K’s disputes were resolved by a FOS decision in favour of the FSP. This indicates that K has continued its disputes until the later stages of the FOS process for good reason.
What we can learn about M
If you purchased a motor vehicle insurance policy from M, there was a relatively high chance, compared with the other FSPs in this product table, that you would bring a dispute about M to FOS. M has a “Chance of a Dispute Coming to FOS” of 25.9, which is above the median of 14.1 for FSPs in this table.
The “Average Length in the Resolution Process” and all the “Outcomes of the Resolution Process” categories are blank for M. This means that none of the disputes that FOS received for M in this product group between 1 January 2010 and 30 June 2010 were resolved by 30 June 2010. In other words, all the disputes were still being handled by FOS at the end of the period in question, so we could not say at what stage of the resolution process they were resolved and what the outcomes were. These disputes will be included in the data we use to calculate the “Average Length in the Resolution Process” and “Outcomes of the Resolution Process” figures for FSPs in the Comparative Tables for 2010–2011.
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Homeless deaths nearly triple in Charlotte in 2017
By Brett Baldeck, FOX 46 Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - Twenty-eight homeless people have died in Charlotte this year. That is nearly triple the amount from 2016. Mourners held a vigil for the lives lost on Thursday.
Some advocates for homeless people say a growing Queen City is partially to blame.
Along busy North Caldwell Street in Optimist Park you will see construction of new, flashy apartments.
If you look closely just across the street in the woods nearby, you'll find those without a home. Each have their own story of survival.
"I was almost raped and murdered by a friend that I knew. I thought he was my friend," said one woman speaking at a candlelight vigil Thursday night.
That woman is considered one of the lucky ones. She's now a survivor, living in her own home.
"The number of people experiencing homelessness who died this year has nearly tripled," said the Executive Director of the Men's Shelter of Charlotte, Liz Clansen-Kelly.
More than 28 names of homeless people who died this year were read out loud Thursday night at a candlelight vigil. Countless died from cancer or heart disease. Others simply struggled trying to make ends meet.
"I was working with one man, he was running late to work and ran across the street and got hit by a car when he was trying to catch the bus," said Clansen-Kelly.
Mecklenburg County officials are still looking for a link as to why this year there was a sudden spike in homeless deaths. Advocates for homeless people say a move to more affordable housing, could go a long way.
"We know in our community that rents are going up and wages aren't," said Clansen-Kelly.
The City of Charlotte is on track to build 5,000 affordable housing units in 3 years. The average rent in Charlotte currently sits at $1,073.
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Police: Firearm found under traffic cone at Bank of America Stadium
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - A firearm was discovered under a traffic cone Sunday during the Panthers - Seahawks game at Bank of America Stadium, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
The firearm was located at 2:28 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 under a traffic cone at 800 S. Mint Street while an officer was on security detail at the Panther's Stadium.
“The first thing that crosses my mind is what if a kid had picked it up," said fan Corey Davis. “Anybody could have picked it up and started shooting.”
The weapon recovered is a Armi Tanfoglio Giuseppe .25 ACP with an intact serial number, police said.
“I think the only way to avoid that would be to have security all over the place. I honestly don’t know how you could avoid that without having a ton of security around here," Seahawks fan Rene Aldridge said.
Will Webb, Executive Director of the Charlotte Sports Foundation provided a statement on the incident, saying:
"The Charlotte Sports Foundation is committed to the safety of our fans and all those involved with putting on premier sporting events in Uptown Charlotte.
We work closely with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and Fire Departments, and Bank of America Stadium, to ensure that all proper precautions, safety measures and best practices are implemented and followed.
We look forward to welcoming fans to Charlotte for the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game this weekend and the Belk Bowl on December 29th."
The case remains open and active, and police are searching for any possible leads.
Someone is shooting at cars along this stretch of NC highway
Sheriff: 16-year-old, with possible Latin street gang ties, arrested on drug and weapons charges
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DHS Implements New VWP Security Measures
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced on December 15, 2017, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State and other federal agencies, is implementing new security requirements for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). VWP allows citizens of 38 countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. Each year, the United States allows more than 20 million visitors to travel to the United States under the VWP.
The new measures include requiring VWP countries “to use counterterrorism information to better screen travelers,” assessing VWP countries “to ensure they implement safeguards against the aviation sector” and requiring certain VWP countries “to initiate public information campaigns to reduce overstays.”
Specifically, DHS is introducing the following measures applicable to all countries in the VWP:
Requiring VWP countries to fully implement existing information-sharing arrangements by systematically screening travelers crossing their borders against U.S. counterterrorism information;
Assessing VWP countries on the effectiveness of safeguards against insider threats in the aviation security environment; and
Requiring VWP countries having a 2 percent or greater rate of business or tourism nonimmigrant visitors overstaying the terms of their admission into the United States to initiate a public information campaign to reduce overstay violations by educating their nationals on the conditions for admission into the United States.
DHS reportedly said that Hungary, Greece, Portugal and San Marino will launch public campaigns to inform their citizens because 2 percent of travelers from those countries overstayed their terms of admission.
DHS is also asking Congress to codify existing VWP requirements to bolster efforts in the following areas:
Reporting of foreign terrorist fighter information to multilateral organizations, such as INTERPOL and EUROPOL;
Systematically collecting and analyzing passenger travel data (Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Records); and
Concluding arrangements to permit U.S. Federal Air Marshals to operate onboard U.S. air carriers for last point of departure flights to the United States.
As part of its regular cooperation with VWP countries, DHS said it “will develop targeted engagement plans to support implementation of these measures.” DHS has assessed that these security enhancements will not hinder lawful trade and travel. Qualified nationals will continue to be able to travel to the United States under the VWP, DHS noted.
DHS also said that travelers in the following categories are no longer eligible to travel or be admitted to the United States under the VWP:
Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia or Yemen on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country); and
Nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria.
In addition, travelers must have an e-passport to use the VWP. An e-passport is an enhanced secure passport with an embedded electronic chip. An e-passport is readily identified by a unique international symbol on the cover.
Read DHS Secretary Nielsen’s statement. Additional information on the VWP, including a list of participating countries, is available here.
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"With the demise of the group Wire in 1980, founder members Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis joined forces to create Dome. With the assistance of engineer Eric Radcliffe and his Blackwing Studio Dome took the ethic of "using the studio as a compositional tool" and recorded and released three Dome albums on their own label in the space of 12 months: Dome (July 1980), Dome 2 (October 1980), and Dome 3 (October 1981). A final fourth album, Will You Speak This Word: Dome IV was released on the Norwegian Uniton label in May 1983. These albums represent some of the most beautifully stark and above all timeless exercises in studio experimentation from early 1980s alternative music scene. Previously issued in the out-of-print Dome 1-4+5 box set in 2011. Now available as standalone LP; Includes download card. New artwork by Dave Coppenhall. B.C. Gilbert: voices, guitars, bass, percussion, tapes, drums; G. Lewis: voices, guitars, bass, percussion, tapes, synthesizer; A.M.C. - voice on "Cruel When Complete". Recorded on March 10th & 16th, 1980 and April 1st, 1980; Produced by B.C. Gilbert and G. Lewis; Engineer - Eric Radcliffe; Asst. engineer - John Fryer; Floating-point re-master by Russell Haswell, August 2011; Cut at Dubplates & Mastering by Rashad Becker, August 2011." - Editions Mego.
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American Football Quarterback
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., was born in San Mateo, California, on August 3, 1977, the only son and fourth child of Galynn Patricia and Thomas Brady Sr. Brady is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Brady has played in nine Super Bowls, in which he won six of them. Due to his numerous accomplishments, records, and accolades, he is considered the greatest quarterback of all time.
After playing college football for the University of Michigan, Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and went on to become the team’s starting quarterback in his second season after a week 2 injury to Drew Bledsoe. Due to his late selection, Brady is considered the biggest “steal” in the history of the NFL Draft.
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In Brady’s seventeen seasons as a starter, he has played in a record nine Super Bowls with the Patriots, and is one of only two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl in their first season as a starter. Brady holds most of the postseason quarterback records, leading all players in postseason touchdowns, passing yards, and completions while owning the corresponding Super Bowl records as well.
Brady has won six Super Bowl titles, four Super Bowl MVP Awards, three League MVP Awards, and 16 Division titles. He is one of only two players (the other being Brett Favre) in NFL history to amass 70,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards.
The only quarterback to reach 200 regular-season wins, Brady is the winningest quarterback in NFL history.
Brand Secret Ingredient: Known for his intelligence as a quarterback
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Microsoft holds annual meeting, minus Gates and Ballmer, after big year for company stock
by Todd Bishop on November 30, 2016 at 7:57 am November 30, 2016 at 11:29 am
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the meeting this morning. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft is holding its annual shareholders meeting here this morning, and it’s notable in part because of who isn’t here: co-founder and board member Bill Gates, and former CEO Steve Ballmer, the company’s largest individual shareholder.
Microsoft Chairman John Thompson opens the meeting. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)
Both are said to have prior commitments — Ballmer is speaking at a Stanford University conference — so don’t read too much into it. But it’s the latest indication that this venerable tech company has entered a new era under CEO Satya Nadella.
“This last year has been a year of solid progress,” Nadella said in his opening remarks.
He went on to explain his belief that artificial intelligence will be a key underpinning of the company’s future products. “Our role is to ensure that the data is not just an exhaust but is converted into actual actionable insights and intelligence,” Nadella said, citing the importance of “ambient intelligence” in the company’s future technologies.
As part of that effort, Microsoft in September created a new 5,000-person engineering and research division focused on artificial intelligence.
Nadella talked about Microsoft’s increasing cooperation with Linux and other open-source projects. “It might surprise you to learn that Microsoft is one of the biggest contributors to open source today,” he said. He noted that Microsoft is “building Azure as the world’s first cloud supercomputer,” referring to an initiative announced recently to bring high-tech computer chips to the company’s data centers.
He also spoke about efforts to improve diversity at the company, which has been an ongoing struggle at Microsoft and across the tech industry. Technology demos at the meeting included accessibility features in Windows 10 for people with visual impairments and other disabilities.
Another indication of the changes at the company: the 12 percent increase in Microsoft’s share price over the past year. Microsoft is trading today above $60 a share, compared to less than $55 a share at this point last year. Nadella has been pushing the company further into cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and striking new partnerships and deals across the industry.
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The company posted $92 billion in revenue, down 2 percent, in its 2016 fiscal year, with profit of $22.3 billion, an increase of 3 percent.
“Last year was pivotal in our continued transformation,” said Amy Hood, the company’s chief financial officer, in her opening comments. She noted that the company completed 17 acquisitions across a range of industries over the past year.
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The biggest of those deals is the company’s pending $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, currently under European regulatory review, which is likely to be one of the topics here today. There are also two Microsoft Surface Studio desktop PCs on the stage, and shareholders got a demo after Nadella’s comments on the state of the company’s business.
During the shareholder Q&A at the meeting, one investor cited New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick’s frustrations with Microsoft Surface tablets. “I can’t think of a better ambassador for Microsoft. He’s a user with demanding expectations and to many people he personifies excellence. … Let’s learn from the frustrations of users like Bill Belichick.”
Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, pointed out that it was “the most passionate statement” he’d ever heard supporting the Patriots in the Seattle region.
Other topics during the Q&A included Microsoft’s efforts to increase its use of renewable energy in its data centers and the rest of the company. Another shareholder took the mic with a Windows 10 complaint: “I don’t know what has happened to my photos. They used to be one place and … ” Microsoft executives promised to get her some help, and also noted the availability of support services at Microsoft Stores across the country.
Two Microsoft shareholders, both Windows Phone users, separately took to the mic to ask about the future of Microsoft’s own smartphones, which the company has pared back in recent years. Nadella said they aren’t getting out of the phone hardware business. “What we are going to do is focus that effort on places where we have differentiation,” he said.
The agenda for the meeting this year was straightforward, with the standard election of directors and only one shareholder proposal, for “shareholder proxy access enhancement,” which the company recommended a vote against. That proposal was turned down by shareholders, who also elected Microsoft’s slate of nominated board members.
Todd Bishop is GeekWire's co-founder and editor, a longtime technology journalist who covers subjects including cloud tech, e-commerce, virtual reality, devices, apps and tech giants such as Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft and Google. Follow him @toddbishop, email todd@geekwire.com, or call (206) 294-6255.
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Owners of the Argonaut in Washington, D.C., started Restaurant Recovery, a non-profit organization that helps restaurant workers deal with drug and alcohol dependencies, problems that occur frequently in this industry.
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A D.C. chef and his wife are tackling addiction in the restaurant industry.
In most businesses, having a drink after work may happen at an occasional happy hour, but for the most part revelry that includes alcohol is reserved for special occasions. But in the restaurant industry, post-shift drinks are often the norm, and some restaurants even allow staff to have a drink from the bar after their shift is done. Camaraderie aside, it’s a practice that can become a problem.
Chef Scott Magnuson of The Argonaut, a gastropub close to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., knows first-hand the dangers of alcohol and drug addiction.
After helping open the restaurant, which focuses on craft brews and has a globally inspired menu, Chef Magnuson became addicted to drugs and alcohol, sometimes using both while working his shifts. After becoming increasingly dependent on controlled substances, he realized he needed to seek help and entered a three-week inpatient rehab program for drug and alcohol addiction.
“When I got out of treatment, they told me I’d have to leave the restaurant industry, and that scared me. I’ve been in the industry since I was 14 years old,” Chef Magnuson says.
He didn’t leave the industry. Instead, he returned to The Argonaut and committed to make changes to the restaurant and himself while trying to help others who were in the same situation.
“It seemed like there was nowhere for people who were working in restaurants and dealing with addiction to turn to,” he says.
To help fix that, he and his wife Shaaren Pine started a nonprofit organization called Restaurant Recovery. The non-profit, launched in 2012, helps restaurant workers pay for inpatient rehabilitation services for drug and alcohol addiction. To date, more than 600 individuals have participated in Restaurant Recovery and attended weekly meetings at their D.C. restaurant.
The experience has been eye-opening for Pine, who was a regular guest at The Argonaut before starting to work there. “This was my first restaurant job,” she says. “I had no idea that this culture of alcohol and drug use existed in restaurants.”
In fact, the culture has existed for decades and, in 1993, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas conducted a study on drug abuse that highlighted the prevalence of the problem. The study focused on inpatient and outpatient substance-abuse programs at hospitals in Nevada, Texas, and Colorado. It found that one-third of the patients surveyed worked in the hospitality industry.
However, the study did not explore the unique characteristics of restaurant culture that make work both physically and emotionally taxing. Restaurant Recovery aims to shed light on this culture as a way of promoting awareness about addiction in the industry.
“It’s hard in the industry because you get consumed in restaurant life, and ‘normal’ becomes skewed,” Magnuson says, adding that 12-hour shifts, injuries and burns, and dealing with customers all take a toll on employees. To deal with these pressures on a daily basis, a lifestyle of drugs or alcohol becomes normal.
“Drug use isn’t normal,” Magnuson insists, and he and his wife are trying to spread that message. In addition to starting the NPO, they’ve written a book, Torn Together, about their experiences running The Argonaut and building a relationship while Scott worked on his addiction. “[Writing the book] was very therapeutic and very hard,” he says.
They have also instituted a drug-free policy at The Argonaut, meaning no more post-shift drinks. “It wasn’t a smooth transition, but it was one of the best things we’ve ever done,” Pine says. And Magnuson shares his new motto with all his cooks and staff: “Healthy mind, body, and spirit; it’s the way to go.”
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Scientist Sambhunath De, the unsung hero who never got a Nobel Prize
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It was in the 1950s when Dr Sambhu Nath De, a Calcutta-based scientist, brought in a silent revolution in the world of medical science. It was during this time when he discovered the cholera toxin. “De’s clinical observations led him to the bold thought that dehydration was a sufficient cause of pathology of cholera that the cholera toxin can kill ‘merely’ by stimulating the secretion of water into the bowel,” said Nobel Laureate Professor Joshua Lederberg, who had nominated the him multiple times for the Nobel Prize.
Not only did De’s work go on to strengthen our understanding of cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases, but also provide the foundation for oral rehydration salts therapy that went on to save millions of lives in India. Incidentally diarrhoea and enteric diseases still are the biggest killers in India. Despite being nominated a couple of times for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, he never got the nod. Most unfortunately, though, India did not honour this man in his lifetime. It is only recently that we have begun to celebrate his contributions to modern medicine.
Born in Garibati village, which is nearly 30 km from Kolkata on 15 April 1915, De got a scholarship to study at the Calcutta Medical College in 1935. Later he went to London in 1947, to pursue a PhD at the University of London. Following his doctorate, he returned to Kolkata, where he began working on the “rabbit intestinal loop model,” that was the foundation for his ground-breaking work on cholera. Cholera happens to be a rapid lethal dehydrating diarrheal disease that killed millions across the Indian subcontinent and Europe. Although it is believed the disease first broke out in Jessore in 1817, there were outbreaks of cholera in Europe too.
“De died in 1985 unhonoured and unsung in India’s scientific circles. That our Academies did not see it fit to elect him to their Fellowships must rank as one of the most glaring omissions of our time.”
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Experience: 8 years
College: Wisconsin
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Originally a first-round (27th pick overall) draft choice by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012… Signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Browns on March 9, 2017…Traded to the Giants, along with a fifth-round draft choice, for linebacker Olivier Vernon and a fourth-round draft choice, on March 13, 2019.
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- Originally a first-round (27th pick overall) draft choice by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012… Signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Browns on March 9, 2017…Traded to the Giants, along with a fifth-round draft choice, for linebacker Olivier Vernon and a fourth-round draft choice, on March 13, 2019.
- Zeitler - pronounced ZITE-ler - has played in 104 regular-season games with 103 starts and he started all 4 postseason games in which he's played, all at right guard…Missed only 8 games in his first 7 seasons, 4 each in 2013 and 2014…Started every game 5 times, including each season from 2015-18…Played on Cincinnati Bengals teams that reached the playoffs in 4 consecutive seasons (2012-15), and won 2 AFC North titles.
- In 2018, started all 16 games for the 4th consecutive season and played every offensive snap at right guard…The Browns' O-line did not allow a sack in 5 of team's final 7 games (3 total, fewest allowed in NFL during Weeks 10-17)...Helped Cleveland rush for 177 yards in season opener vs. Pittsburgh (9/9)…In a victory vs. Atlanta (11/11), he helped the Browns join New Orleans and Indianapolis as the only teams in 2018 to rush for 200-plus yards (211) and not surrender a sack in a game…Played in his 100th career game at Houston (12/2).
- In 2017, started all 16 games and played every offensive snap in his first season with Cleveland…Helped the Browns rush for a season-high 201 yards and 2 touchdowns at Detroit.
- In 2016, started all 16 games at right guard in his final season in Cincinnati…Was part of an offense that gained 559 yards, including 271 on the ground, vs. Cleveland (10/23)…Helped the Bengals rush for 213 yards at Cleveland (12/11).
- In 2015, started all 16 regular-season games and the AFC Wild Card Game at right guard…Was a member of an offensive line that blocked for 100-plus rushing yards in 10 games and held opponents without a sack in 5 games…For the first time in franchise history, Cincinnati had 300 passing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns at Baltimore (9/27).
- In 2014, started 12 regular-season games and the AFC Wild Card Game at right guard…Missed 4 games with calf injuries…Contributed to an offensive line unit that did not allow a sack until the 4th week of the season and ranked 3rd in the league with 23.0 sacks allowed.
- In 2013, played in 12 regular-season games with 11 starts and started the AFC Wild Card game…Missed 4 games with a foot injury...Did not start vs. Minnesota (12/22), the only game in his career in which he played as a reserve…Helped the Bengals finish 6th in scoring and 10th in the NFL in yards-per-game.
- As a rookie in 2012, started every game at right guard.
- Played in 43 career games with 36 starts at Wisconsin…Earned All-America first-team honors as a senior…Helped the Badgers to back-to-back Big Ten titles and Rose Bowl berths in his junior and senior seasons.
OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY:
- Attended the 2019 Giants Draft Party, thanking season ticket holders for their support and celebrating the new rookie draft class…Packed 1,000+ care packages with front office staff, coaches and teammates that were donated to My Sisters' Place, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.
- Married to Sara. They have a daughter, Kaleia Rose …Majored in kinesiology…Brothers Eric and Matt played football at Wisconsin Lutheran College…Finished as runner up on the CBS TV show "NFL's Most Valuable Performer," performing tricks with his rescue dog, Amber… Attended Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, where he was a starter for teams that twice finished 13-1…Named Little Ten Conference Lineman of the Year as a senior…Also lettered in wrestling…Member of National Honor Society.
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Andrew Russell
Philanthropic practice
Counting New Beans
Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art
Review by Andrew Russell
2012, Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco. Clayton Lord, editor.
From philosophical to practical, the role of the audience in the performing arts has been parsed, debated, and interrogated left, right, and center. This is the central concern editor Clayton Lord has unleashed in the sprawling database that is Theatre Bay Area’s recent publication Counting New Beans, an almost-five-hundred-page compilation of essays, research, and statistics that attempts to measure the intrinsic impact of live theater.
“At a certain point, I don’t actually watch the shows — I end up watching the audiences watch the show, “ says Rachel Grossman with the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, in one of the many interviews with passionate leaders from theaters, large and small, around the country. “Documenting what we’re seeing and trying to create some sort of standardized form like that is in the dream future of recording feedback.”
Counting New Beans takes a few steps forward into that dream future, and with complex detail attempts to provide that standardized form of capturing feedback. It isn’t surprising that the work is sprawling and often without borders of conclusion, as Clayton Lord has edited a significant amount of material from a two-year theater study by researchers Alan Brown, Rebecca Ratzkin, and the firm WolfBrown, but for those of us who have devoted our lives to creating, producing, analyzing, and enjoying live theater, it is an incredible reference.
Broken into four sections, the text asks readers to swing from right brain to left brain, and then back again, as it journeys from essays that encourage the evaluation of live theater’s impact on society with measurables that aren’t economic, to a detailed section, “Quantifying Artistic Impact,” that uses complex graphic structures to synthesize patterns of audience feedback across eighteen theaters and fifty-eight productions. For example, “Variations in Impact: Star vs. Non-star,” “Intensity of Post-Performance Conversation by Age Cohort,” and “Gender Differences with Respect to Readiness and Impact” are just a few of the subject titles up for examination. Although somewhat overwhelming in its thoroughness, this is a fascinatingly different frame through which to view and measure the impact of the intangible and illusory endeavor that is live theater.
The second half of the book includes essays by patrons of the arts and a chapter by Arlene Goldbard titled “Symposium: Seven Characters in Search of an Audience (with apologies to Plato),” as well as interviews with more than twenty artistic leaders — including Oskar Eustis, Tony Taccone, Diane Paulus, Bill Rauch, Howard Shalwitz, and Martha Lavey — whose content is as varied, subjective, passionate, and engaging as the artists chosen to be interviewed.
Particularly impactful is an interview near the beginning of the book with Diane Ragsdale, a PhD candidate at the University of Rotterdam, for its thoroughness and its sense of appropriate rebellion in the face of so much material on “how things are done.” “It is important to distinguish,” Ragsdale says, “between the role of a nonprofit arts institution in society and the role of an artist in society: they are different. Artists and communities make up a constantly evolving and changing environment. It’s the institutions that are stuck, holding onto beliefs and practices about what is or is not ‘legitimate theatre’ and denying the changing tastes, habits and demographics of their communities.”
Intentional or not, placing this interview near the very beginning of the book encourages readers to process all the following information — and there is a lot of it — with an active eye on changing the very nature of how we do what is being so thoroughly analyzed. Ragsdale says it best at the end of her interview: “Maybe it’s time to blow things up, rather than sustain the status quo.”
Always easier said than done, but this collection of information is certainly useful as we consider the pace of change, and the process of building audiences and creating a nation that rallies around the performing arts.
The weight of the work behind this text feels reflective of the hours, passion, and focus not only of the editors and many individual contributors and authors involved but also of those who are most likely to find it very useful — the many who have translated and who will continue to translate their passion for theater into structures that support the connecting of theater artists with an audience.
Andrew Russell is artistic director of Intiman Theatre, Seattle.
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Glamour's Women of the Year 2015: Reese Witherspoon, Victoria Beckham, Misty Copeland, and More Honorees
Glamour announces its 25th Anniversary Women of the Year Awards, which will take place the evening of November 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. At the preeminent event that celebrates women's achievements, Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive will honor trailblazers and newsmakers from across the worlds of entertainment, fashion, politics, business, and more. Amy Schumer will open the awards ceremony, which will recognize Victoria Beckham, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Holmes, Caitlyn Jenner, Cecile Richards, Reese Witherspoon, the Women of Charleston, and the U.S. women's national soccer team. The evening will celebrate past Women of the Year honorees including Madeleine Albright, Samantha Power, Serena Williams, and Billie Jean King and feature a star-studded list of presenters and musical guests. "Since 1990, Glamour's Women of the Year Awards have saluted the planet's most remarkable female leaders, and tonight's winners are no exception," said Leive. "They have been inspired and led by the generations of Women of the Year before them, and Glamour is thrilled to celebrate their passion." December cover star Reese Witherspoon: The Hollywood Hero When Reese Witherspoon met with seven Hollywood studio execs a few years ago, she was stunned to learn just one was developing a film with a
Glamour announces its 25th Anniversary Women of the Year Awards, which will take place the evening of November 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. At the preeminent event that celebrates women's achievements, Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive will honor trailblazers and newsmakers from across the worlds of entertainment, fashion, politics, business, and more. Amy Schumer will open the awards ceremony, which will recognize Victoria Beckham, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Holmes, Caitlyn Jenner, Cecile Richards, Reese Witherspoon, the Women of Charleston, and the U.S. women's national soccer team. The evening will celebrate past Women of the Year honorees including Madeleine Albright, Samantha Power, Serena Williams, and Billie Jean King and feature a star-studded list of presenters and musical guests.
"Since 1990, Glamour's Women of the Year Awards have saluted the planet's most remarkable female leaders, and tonight's winners are no exception," said Leive. "They have been inspired and led by the generations of Women of the Year before them, and Glamour is thrilled to celebrate their passion."
December cover star Reese Witherspoon: The Hollywood Hero
When Reese Witherspoon met with seven Hollywood studio execs a few years ago, she was stunned to learn just one was developing a film with a woman in the lead. So she cofounded a production company, Pacific Standard, and began buying up books and scripts with female protagonists. Wild and Gone Girl, its first two films, earned stars Rosamund Pike, Laura Dern, and, yes, Witherspoon herself Oscar nominations—and the films banked more than $400 million at the box office. Now she's breaking into a full-on sprint toward equality: Pacific Standard has 32 projects in the works that put women front and center. With her producing business booming, Witherspoon felt that she could take on another challenge this year: a fashion brand. She launched Draper James, a Southern-inspired clothing and home line, with a flagship store in Nashville.
Victoria Beckham: The Fashion Force
Victoria Beckham's hard work and meticulous design have turned her first collection of 10 dresses into a fashion empire. The silhouettes of her collections are so classic and flattering that just about every celeb in Hollywood—from Oprah to Jennifer Lawrence—has a VB dress in her closet. The mother of four brings her work ethic to giving back too. As an international goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS, she has raised millions to benefit HIV and AIDS charities including amfAR, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Mothers 2 Mothers.
Misty Copeland: The Showstopper
In June, Misty Copeland was promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, the first African American ballerina to reach that level in the elite classical ballet company's 75-year history. Her memoir, Life in Motion, made the New York Times best-seller list; her "I Will What I Want" commercial for Under Armour went viral; and she's doing all she can to reach communities with little exposure to ballet.
Elizabeth Holmes: The Entrepreneur
At 20, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University to devote every waking moment to her fledgling business. Its goal? Both to revolutionize ordinary blood tests, and to change the control average citizens have over their health. Today, Holmes, 31, is the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world.
Caitlyn Jenner: The Transgender Champion
A year ago Caitlyn Jenner did not have a name. The Olympic hero turned reality star patriarch was still living a phantom existence, her changing appearance igniting a tabloid frenzy around the rumor she'd run from for most of her 66 years: that she was transgender. But after years of feeling she had to hide who she is at all costs, she is determined to be relentlessly open. And today, she's finding new meaning in her life. She helped launch I Am Cait, the docuseries meant to educate the public and, crucially, herself; the show has featured advocates addressing important issues like suicide—a tragic 41 percent of trans or gender-nonconforming Americans have attempted to take their own life.
Cecile Richards: The Health Advocate
One in five women will use Planned Parenthood services during their lifetime—for sexually transmitted infections, breast and cervical cancer screenings, birth control, emergency contraception, and more. In 2015, controversy around these issues reached fever pitch, and some in Congress called to defund Planned Parenthood—a move that would mean nearly 700,000 people could lose access to their only source of health care. But Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, won't back down.
Team USA: Game Changers
Every summer has an anthem, a song that captures the cultural mood of that moment in time. This year it was the galvanizing chant—"I believe that we will win!"—of the U.S. national team at the FIFA Women's World Cup. The team didn't just win; they dominated. And the fight they're fighting isn't just about soccer—it's about equality. Many of the players are outspoken about their sport's historical tendency to shortchange women.
Charleston Strong: The Peacemakers
Even in a violent year, a year that brought an average of at least one mass shooting a day and saw protests flooding the streets over racial injustices, the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, stunned the nation. But for Alana Simmons, 26, Nadine Collier, 47, Bethane Middleton-Brown, 45, Felicia Sanders, 58, and Polly Sheppard, 71, the shooting wasn't just another headline. It was an act of hatred that took the lives of their loved ones and, for two of them, nearly their own. Today, these women are teaching the world by example the healing strength of peace and unity: from starting social media movements, to advocating for gun control, to asking how we can raise our children to better appreciate differences.
Glamour's Women of the Year Advisory Board, comprised of past honorees, helped select the 2015 Women of the Year, who are also featured in the December issue of Glamour, on national newsstands November 10 and available now at Glamour.com/app.
Join the conversation on social media using #EveryWomanCan and #GlamourWOTY25, and tune in to the Women of the Year Snapchat Live Story on November 9 to get a front-row ticket to the awards.
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Glenn Beck: Obama's ties to Ayers
Bill Ayers audio
GLENN: From Radio City in Midtown Manhattan, hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. My name is Glenn Beck. I want to play a piece of audio for you. This is the latest piece of audio. This is from an interview in 2002 of William Ayers. Listen carefully to what the man says.
AYERS: I consider myself partly, I consider myself partly an anarchist now. I'm as much that as I am a Marxist which is to say, you know, I find a lot of the ideas in anarchism, you know, appealing and I'm very open about what I think and nobody is surprised about what I think, over various religious fundamentalisms beyond being, you know, the most visible but the religious fundamentalism of the Christians and of the Jews is equally troubling. Is one of those regrets that I took extreme measures against the United States at a time of tremendous crisis? No, it is not. I don't regret that.
GLENN: Okay. "Nobody was surprised by what I believe." He has said before in an interview that he is a communist. Here he says he has a lot in common with anarchists. He is not -- this is two years ago. He does not regret that he took extreme measures against the United States. Extreme measures? He was a terrorist. He was a domestic terrorist. Now, why does this matter? People will say, oh, well, he knows a lot of people. Well, he was working, the week he gave this interview, with Barack Obama. They were working on education together. Barack Obama has endorsed some of his education books. This man shouldn't be anywhere near our school system. That's not a surprise to me that he's in our colleges. Does it matter? It matters because you can't trust what Barack Obama says because what Barack Obama has been saying the whole time is he distances himself from, well, the latest is ACORN.
Stanley Kurtz is with us from the National Review and he's got some latest, the latest on Barack Obama and the New Party. Stanley, what is the New Party?
KURTZ: Glenn, a New Party was a party that briefly flourished and then died off due to a Supreme Court decision in the mid-Nineties. And the idea of this party was to be something like Ralph Nader's Green party, a very left-leaning third party force. But in contrast to Nader's strategy, the New Party was called a fusion party. That meant instead of being a spoiler, instead of drawing votes away from the major party candidates, the New Party wanted to be able to endorse very left-leaning Democratic candidates. They wanted to have a separate line on the ballot but they would still endorse the leftist Democrat and in that way they would try to pull the Democratic party far to the left.
GLENN: Okay. So they were actually, they were actually a support to the Democrat as long as you were leftist?
KURTZ: Exactly, exactly. And we see some of this in New York state. They have liberal and conservative parties and they try to pull the major parties in one direction or other. Now, the New Party had an awful lot of very, very far left leaning people on it. Some people have argued, and they've got a good case, I think, that the New Party was either socialist or very close to being socialist. But even if we bracket that question, it's difficult to give a final answer to, the New Party was really left leaning. In Chicago they were controlled by ACORN, very strongly controlled by ACORN. Now --
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GLENN: How do you mean, how do you mean they were cold by ACORN?
KURTZ: Well, ACORN, the way ACORN works is it spins off a lot of side organizations and gives them a slightly different name and tax status but really they are all basically the same organization.
GLENN: That's the story in the New York Times today about ACORN and Project Vote which Barack Obama ran. The New York Times is saying that the people who are -- some of the people that were involved in Project Vote had no idea they were involved in Project Vote. They thought they were working for ACORN.
KURTZ: Yes. In fact, you go to some of these offices, Glenn, I've heard people who would go to the office and there would be one telephone with maybe five lines on it and each line would be for a different organization and all the same people would answer and they would just answer as to a different name but really it was all the same people. So ACORN decided, hey, our nonprofit status says that we can't directly go into campaigning and be a political party, but we really would like to be a political party. So let's help create one. So ACORN's lead organizers got together with some other very left-leaning folks in the mid-Nineties and created a party and particularly in the cities where ACORN was strong, the party was strongest because basically they were the same, the same thing with a few socialists added on. In Chicago it was ACORN and a few what they call Democratic Socialists of America, maybe 80% ACORN, 85% ACORN. And Barack Obama, who's had, despite all his denials, very close working ties with ACORN through the years, Barack Obama was endorsed by the New Party in his very first run for office. He was running for the Illinois State Senate and according to documents that have been put on the Internet, Barack Obama was a member of the New Party.
GLENN: Stanley, when you say according to documents on the Internet, there is a lot of stuff that's on the Internet that I don't believe at all. Did you check these documents out? Are these accurate documents?
KURTZ: Well, they certainly seem to be. They are actual publications of the New Party which brag about the fact that some of our New Party members have won the election. And as I understand it, the New Party used to ask people they endorse to sign a pledge. Now, the New Party did not require that you be a full member to endorse you because this fusion idea meant that sometimes they would endorse a Democrat even if the Democrat didn't really belong to the New Party. But according to these documents on Internet that I believe are reliable and that I haven't seen anyone dispute the reliability of, in fact there's a fellow who's the top expert on the New Party. His name is Micah Sifry, and I used a lot of his work in the article I wrote. He actually had a post after my article came up and he did not dispute the legitimacy of the documents that said Obama was a member of the New Party and if anyone might have, it would have been him.
GLENN: Stanley, I know that there are people in the audience and I know there are people that every time they see, you know, William Ayers or ACORN or anything else come up on the news, they've gotten to the place to where they say, "Oh, well, what difference does it make." I mean, I've watched the news -- the network news numbers now are dropping like a stone. I believe that's because America's made up her mind. America's to a point to where, "Okay, I've heard enough, I get it." But why, how would you respond to, why does William Ayers make a difference? Why does Barack Obama's even endorsement from the New Party, let alone his involvement with the New Party, ACORN, why do these things make a difference?
KURTZ: Well, Glenn, that's a great question and I don't think the McCain campaign has done enough to connect the dots on it. Certainly the media has blocked the issue. But even the McCain campaign has portrayed it chiefly as the focus on Ayers, chiefly about what Ayers did in the 1960s, chiefly as a question of judgment. Those are all important. I don't deny it. But I actually think what's most important is this very large, detailed, and systematic pattern of Obama throughout his career in the Nineties, which is not that far back, working very closely with people who are very far onto the radical left. This isn't just William Ayers, it isn't just about what he did in the 1960s. Obama was closely associated with people on the very far left, and his portrayal of himself, so far successful in much of the media, has been as a post-partisan, post-ideological, pragmatic moderate. In fact, that itself comes from some of these radical community organizers. They actually have a whole philosophy coming out of Saul Alinsky that when you work with people who are blue-collar people, you don't start quoting all the leftist ideology. You call yourself a pragmatist, you say that it's not -- you're not Democrat or Republican; you just want to solve real problems of working people. And yet the very people who say that tend to be these far left-leaning folks. So I think if people say, "Look, Obama is not a centrist, he's not a post pragmatic, he's very far to the left now," people want to support someone far to the left, okay, that's great. I don't think it means that Obama shares every single idea that Bill Ayers has, but Obama was the most liberal senator in his voting record. Obama has a very, very sharply liberal record. He's tried to portray himself as something other than that. And again and again and again his past -- I won't even call them associations. They are really political partnerships. And his past issues that he has focused on all place him far onto the left end of the political spectrum and that message has not gotten across.
GLENN: So Stanley, here a something that concerns me. You have his associations with ACORN. ACORN is -- and we're seeing it now. The election, the election fraud that is going on right now is in a group that says that they're a nonpartisan group that says they are just trying to get out the vote, they are not trying to campaign for Barack Obama. Dan, play the audio from, you know, the speeches that ACORN recently has given, the convention speech. Can you play these quick pieces?
VOICE: This has been the worst presidency that this country has ever known. But that's all right because we're getting rid of his ass. He got to go.
VOICE: We're getting Obama for President (applause)! Obama needs us, ACORN. We need Obama, don't we.
GLENN: So here's the thing. They say one thing and do another, and a lot of these people that he knows and he's associated with will break the law, go around the law, do anything they have to. Bill Ayers doesn't regret taking up arms and blowing up the Pentagon in the 1960s. He is a terrorist and he doesn't disavow it by any stretch of the imagination. No matter what Barack Obama might believe, the people he has constantly surrounded himself are not necessarily trustworthy people.
KURTZ: Well, that's right, Glenn. The truth, Glenn, is that Barack Obama was part of all this, as actually Senator McCain said in the last debate. What Obama and Ayers were doing on these foundations was funneling money to ACORN. Now, at the time Obama was funneling money to ACORN, he knew he was about to run for office. And ACORN people, although they call themselves individuals instead of ACORN officially, were walking the precincts working for Obama's election. Now, technically it's illegal to give money to an organization that supplies your precinct workers and, you know, this is one of those cases where Obama himself was involved. Why did Ayers and Obama give out $150 million to improve education in Chicago and yet there was no measurable improvement. Because I don't think they were as focused on improving achievement tests as they were in funneling money to these community organizers who would help them politically.
GLENN: Okay. Stanley, answer this. There were Republicans on that board. It's not just Barack Obama. Why isn't this an indictment on everybody that was on that board?
KURTZ: Well, the truth is that the Chicago Annenberg Challenge did have this one Republican fellow but he was a dissenter. That's what Obama doesn't want to talk about. When Obama and the others came up with a plan to funnel money to the developing communities project, his original radical organizing group, this fellow, Arnold Weber, who is the Republican, he dissented. And we also have indications someone whose name is not given but their description fits Arnold Weber's description who said that the proposals that came in were awful proposals that were getting funded. So they actually ran roughshod over a dissenter and it was certainly the Republican.
GLENN: What about these two, these two heads of universities that were on that board with him that supposedly are -- you know, hold a picture of Ronald Reagan, you know, close to their heart at night?
KURTZ: Well, they don't. Weber, the businessman was also at Northwestern University. He was a dissenter and, he was a liberal. The rest of the people were super left leaning foundation people in Chicago. I mean, it's just, it's just absurd. I mean --
GLENN: Okay. So Stanley, you're a thinker. I mean, you look at this stuff and you must say this matters for what reason? This matters to you. You feel compelled to get this information out. You've done a lot of your work on this. Nobody else is in the mainstream media really focused on this. Why personally do you think this matters? What's coming if we don't, if we don't pay attention to this?
KURTZ: Well, Glenn, Barack Obama is a clever fellow. I think he sees himself -- I haven't published this yet but you had a quotation earlier where he sees himself really like Paul Wellstone but who is smarter politically than Paul Wellstone. Paul Wellstone was a super left leaning Democratic senator. He sees himself as the smart guy on the left. He isn't necessarily going to favor every single radical left proposal right away because he wants to retain power, but what many voters believe is that whatever moderation he will show is coming from his soul. Actually in his heart of hearts, he wants to go as far left as he can and he'll go as far left as he thinks the political traffic will bear. He'll do everything he can. He will only stop short because he's being cautious politically. But if you want to know where his heart is -- and he's said over and over himself, his heart is with his community organizing days, with the thoughts and philosophy of community organizers. And as I read into what community organizers believed and as I saw that Barack Obama and Bill Ayers who, by the way, Ayers was also a community organizer and thinks of himself that way, they both did everything they could to funnel money to these community organizers which, when you see what they believe, you see that it's just like Reverend Wright. And I'm not exaggerating. I had an article called Senator Stealth in the National Review. You have to subscribe to read it, but you read the philosophy of the Gamma Leo Foundation which is the network that Obama first worked for. It's just like Reverend White Wright, and I'm not exaggerating.
GLENN: Who's using whom? You've got the Reverend Wrights, you know, the nation of Islam, the Black Panthers, you have the George Soroses of the world. They are all supporting Barack Obama. He doesn't necessarily have to have ties or endorsements, you know, going his way back to them. Who is using whom? Who do you think is the -- who do you think is the winner in that game? Which one has the real power to shut the other side down?
KURTZ: Well, I think Obama, again Obama is a fellow who has a lot of sympathies with people on the far left but who sees himself quite accurately as being a lot smarter politically than they are. He sees himself as someone who's going to deliver for the left, broadly speaking, in the most pragmatic way you can if you're in a country that is center right. So he's going to be torn if he gets in with a Democratic congress because the Democratic congress is going to be split between the people who want to go for everything they can possibly get in the two years that they're certain that they hold power and the people who fear that that will cause a reaction, something like the Gingrich reaction to Clinton, and Obama will be mediating. He will be torn between both sides, but in his heart, his heart will be with the left and he will give them as much as he can.
GLENN: I have just about a minute left here. The New Party and the philosophy of the UN themed peace school which William Ayers and Barack Obama funded, the peace school, the UN themed peace school, the philosophy between the two, is there a link?
KURTZ: Well, you know, I haven't seen a direct link but to talk about the peace school a little more, Ayers, Ayers has a book where he gives examples of teachers who teach social justice in an appropriate way, and one of his examples is a woman -- this is not from Annenberg funding but it's something Ayers was touting, a woman who wouldn't let her children say the "Pledge of Allegiance". She stopped them from saying the "Pledge of Allegiance". By the way, most of them were illegal aliens, most of her students, and she wrote for them something called "I pledge allegiance to the world." And Ayers touted this in his book as an ideal example of teaching for social justice. So then you move over to a school, the peace school where all the holidays are focused around the anniversary of the founding of the UN or the anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights.
GLENN: Unbelievable.
KURTZ: You know, now I don't think Obama was particularly closely tied to Louis Farrakhan. I haven't seen a lot of that.
GLENN: I'm not saying -- no, no, no, but Louis Farrakhan is tying himself to Barack Obama.
KURTZ: Right. But the thing I want to do --
GLENN: I'm not saying the other way around.
KURTZ: Even though he is not personally directly tied, one thing people forget is that when Jeremiah Wright went with Louis Farrakhan to visit Kadafi in Libya, that was all this same period. I think it was '95. So Obama knew that his pastor and his mentor, Reverend Wright, was palling around with Louis Farrakhan visiting Muammar Kadafi. So I think that's not a particularly patriotic idea, if you know what I mean. So Barack Obama's at least willing to tolerate all of this because of his general sympathies with the left. Even if he doesn't accept it 100%.
GLENN: Stanley Kurtz, senior fellow of ethics in public policy center and writer for the National Review. Thank you so much, Stanley. We'll talk to you again, sir.
KURTZ: Thanks much, Glenn.
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Harvard Invite
No. 20 Women’s Water Polo Rallies to Win Over No. 16 Indiana, 12-11
Junior Kristen Hong led the Crimson with four goals, including the game-winner, against No. 16 Indiana (Paul Rutherford).
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 20 Harvard women's water polo team advanced to the semifinals of the CWPA Championships with a comeback win over No. 16 Indiana, 12-11, Friday evening. The Crimson scored six-straight goals after an early four-goal deficit, taking control in the second half as Harvard held on for the one-goal victory.
The fifth-seeded Crimson (15-12, 4-4 CWPA) fell behind early against the fourth-seeded Hoosiers (18-10, 5-3 CWPA), trailing by four after the first period of action. The Crimson then rattled off six-straight goals, including three in less than 90 seconds to begin the second half, to completely change the tide of the game. Harvard held off the Hoosiers' final shot attempt as time expired to advance to the semifinals of the CWPA Championships.
Indiana struck first in the opening minute to take a quick 1-0 lead. Senior Zoe Osborne answered with a goal of her own off the feed from senior Michelle Martinelli at the 5:43 mark of the quarter to even the contest up at 1-1. The Hoosiers, however, scored on their next possession and went on to extend their advantage to four (5-1) by the end of the opening frame.
Harvard regrouped and had a solid second quarter, holding Indiana scoreless when narrowing the deficit to three (5-2) on a snipe from freshman Mathilde Ribordy with 6:53 to go in the half. Neither team tallied another score for the remainder of the frame as Indiana took the 5-2 lead into intermission.
The Crimson changed the entire momentum of the games in the early stages of the third, scoring three goals in less than 90 seconds to tie the contest up at 5-5. Sophomore Kristen Hong scored twice within the first minute of the third and Osborne notched her second goal of the game at the 6:36 mark.
Harvard stayed on the attack and freshman Sofia Carrera-Justiz found the back of the net to give the Crimson its first lead of the game at 6-5. Ribordy then followed her classmate with her second goal of the day and Harvard led by two (7-5) to force an Indiana timeout with 4:14 to play in the frame.
The Crimson led by as many as three (9-6) after goals from junior Sami Strutner and Martinelli, but Indiana managed to climb within two (10-8) of the Crimson heading into the fourth quarter.
Indiana started the scoring in the fourth to make it 10-9 until freshman Julie Harrison fought off a defender on her back and finished to give the Crimson a two-goal cushion once again (11-9) with 5:13 to play.
The Hoosiers slowly crept back in the game throughout the quarter and finally tied the contest at 11-11 with 3:35 to play. It wouldn't take long for Harvard to retake the lead, as Hong scored her fourth goal of the game with 2:23 to go to put Harvard up, 12-11.
Junior Cleo Harrington and the Crimson defense did the rest, holding off multiple Indiana chances in the late goings. Harrington finished with 10 saves, including a number of clutch saves in big moments throughout for the Crimson.
Harvard will be back in action tomorrow against the winner of eighth-seeded St. Francis (PA) and first-seeded No. 7 Michigan at 4:30 p.m.
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SOCS Sport
SportCompetition and Participation
At Godolphin and Latymer we seek to instil a lifelong love of sport and fitness by offering choice and opportunity across all abilities and all year groups. Sport underpins and reinforces the values that we look to nurture in a Godolphin girl: respectful, resilient, responsible and determined. Every girl, regardless of ability, is supported and encouraged to pursue her sporting passions – whatever they may be – and to take part individually or to represent house or school teams.
As a single-sex school, all of our sports facilities, coaching and sports timetable are geared to girls sport so, for instance, our students are timetabled to play both netball and hockey in the Autumn and Winter/Spring terms. Our state-of-the-art facilities are all onsite – so no time is wasted travelling by bus. Our teachers and coaches are committed to helping girls to realise their potential and for many students, this includes competing at the very highest level. However, just as important as a clutch of medals are the friendships forged in being a part of a team, the boost to a student’s self-confidence and the physical and mental health benefits of exercise. Increasing participation in sport across all year groups and all abilities remains one of the school’s key objectives.
Regular regional finalists and on occasion, national finalists, athletics at Godolphin and Latymer has grown from strength to strength. Our girls regularly represent the school in the teams for the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and participate in both the Track and Field Cup and the Track and Field Championships.
Girls can attend this club and develop their skills whilst meeting girls from other year groups as well.
Basketball is a developing sport at Godolphin and Latymer and is open to all age groups. Aside from regular matches against local schools, girls compete in the Hammersmith and Fulham tournament and made it to the semi-finals of the London Youth Games.
Godolphin girls don their cricket whites from when they first arrive at the school, with A and B teams from each year group taking part in the London Schools’ Championships as well as the Lady Taverners indoor competition. Our girls are regular regional finalists, if not national finalists, and have recently entered hardball competitions including the School Sports Magazine’s T20 Hardball Competition where we have reached the quarter finals.
Participation in Cross Country competition has been a long-standing tradition at Godolphin and Latymer. We always maintain a presence in the Hammersmith and Fulham mini-marathons and have had girls representing the London squad in the Cross Country Finals. We have been regional finalists in the ESAA Cross Country Cup, team winners in the Harrow Open Cross Country, and have had girls representing the borough in the London Youth Games trails.
In dance girls work on technique, flexibility and musicality. Throughout the year we focus on various styles of Dance from street jazz to lyrical jazz. It is a great way for the girls to express themselves, keep fit and have lots of fun.
Interest in fencing has increased in recent years, with regular training available to girls on Thursday evenings after school. Aside from matches against local schools, Years 8 and above have competed in the Public Schools’ Fencing Championships and have recently entered into the British School Team Championships
Inspired by the success of the Lionesses, Godolphin and Latymer is proud to be a part of the movement to grow the profile of the women’s game. With six teams representing the school from U12 to U18, our girls regularly compete against the likes of Westminster, Latymer Upper and Surbiton High School in friendly matches. Our U18 team also competes in the ISFA (Independent Schools Football Association) National Girls 7 a-side tournament held at Charterhouse School, and are the current ISFA Plate Champions.
Gymnastics at Godolphin and Latymer sees girls cartwheeling and somersaulting across all age groups, competing against local schools in friendly and national competitions.
We are incredibly proud of the hockey teams that represent the school at numerous levels and the successes they have achieved whilst flying the flag of Godolphin.
Our two Indoor teams, and nineteen regular Hockey teams, have been Middlesex runners up or champions, regional finalists or runners-up at the national finals at every age group. Our dedicated team of staff help to nurture and develop the girls’ skills and abilities, and our state-of-the-art facilities help prepare them for the rigours of national competition.
Karate (Shi-to-Ryu)
Karate incorporates physical fitness, self-control and mindfulness and helps to improve cognitive development. Other benefits include improved co-ordination, flexibility and strength as well as better levels of concentration. There are nine grades or belts to be achieved before reaching black belt and girls tend to achieve throughout the year. We have girls who successfully achieve their black belt during their time at school.
Kickboxing club is a fun, upbeat non-contact class. Besides developing boxing skills, it can raise girls’ self-confidence and fitness levels within a safe, controlled environment. The classes teaches self-defence, improves girls’ self-esteem, concentration, balance and co-ordination, fitness and stamina; all whilst having great fun!
Godolphin and Latymer is renowned for its successes in Netball, with a programme of expert coaching designed to bring out the best from players across all age groups. With 28 teams from U12 to U18 competing at regional and national level, we have seen our girls crowned Middlesex champions, Sisters in Sport National champions, National Schools’ regional champions, runners-up in the Girl School Association Finals, and have been regular finalists in the National Schools competition.
Our girls have received personal accolades as well, with no less than nine girls receiving the award for top regional player in their age groups.
The aim of Pilates is to learn how to move correctly and efficiently. The focus is on building core strength which improves posture and prevents injury; the class environment and structure also helping to reduce stress. The habits formed in teenage years are those that continue through to adulthood, and therefore, practicing correct movement patterns at this age is highly beneficial.
Rock climbing has gained in popularity over the last few years and is now a sort after club to join. Girls get to experience bouldering as well as climbing the wall using lead climbing or belaying and provides a great body workout.
Rounders at Godolphin and Latymer is open to all age groups, with seventeen teams representing the school and regularly testing their bat and ball skills against local schools in friendly matches.
Godolphin and Latymer boasts a long and successful tradition of rowing, with our girls regularly competing in the UK’s top regattas. We have had crews representing the school in the National Schools’ Regatta, School’s Head of the River Race, National Junior Sculling Head, Henley Royal, and Women’s Regatta, and the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
We have been: double gold winners at the National Schools’ Regatta; runners up at the Henley Women’s; regularly send J18 rowers to GB trials; and have seen both current students and Old Dolphins competing in the U18 and the U23 World Championships as part of the GB rowing team.
Girls from Year 8 and above are welcome to trial for a place in the school team which competes in the prestigious British Schoolgirls’ Races in Flaine, France against 35 other schools. Last January, we achieved three silver medals at U21 and a silver and bronze medal at U18 level
The school does not run a swimming squad, however as we know there are some keen individual swimmers, we offer them the chance compete in the London Swim League as well as some friendly galas throughout the year.
Tennis has grown in popularity over the past few years at Godolphin, with girls from U12 to U18 taking part in competitions such as the Aberdare Cup and the round-robin Aegon Cup for Years 9 and 10. There are also opportunities for girls to hone their abilities in local friendlies against students from the likes of Latymer Upper, Lady Eleanor Holles and Surbiton High School.
Trampolining is a popular activity which attracts lots of girls to both the squad and clubs we have on offer. Girls participate in competitions against local schools.
Girls can experience volleyball and develop their skills and game play whilst interacting with girls from different year groups.
Our yoga classes combine the mind, body and spirit whilst focusing on breath control in order to ensure you can stretch further, relax in a position and increase girls’ flexibility. Yoga is a great addition for those games players who need to increase their flexibility.
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© 2016 Photos by Zamani Feelings
Hailey Brinnel is a trombonist, vocalist, and educator based in Philadelphia. At the age of 12 she began performing throughout New England with her father Dave Brinnel. Now at 24 she has performed at prestigious venues around the world, independently having played with artists such as Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, Pell, and Charles Neville. As part of the Temple University Jazz Band led by Terell Stafford, she has played and recorded alongside many of today's top jazz artists, including Ken Peplowski, Jimmy Heath, Ann Hampton Callaway, Jon Faddis, Luis Bonilla, Wycliffe Gordon, René Marie and Dick Oatts. In addition, she shared the stage with Maurice Hines and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra as part of the national tour of the Hines' off-Broadway production "Tappin' Thru Life".
Although she is a young artist, Brinnel has already performed at acclaimed venues such as Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (with Sherrie Maricle and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra), the XPoNential Music Festival (Ben Arnold and his 48 Hour Orchestra), The Lake George Jazz Festival (DIVA), World Cafe Live (PhillyBloco), The Kennedy Center (DIVA), The Kimmel Center (TUJB), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center (TUJB), and The North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam (The Conservatorium Van Amsterdam). You can hear her on the Temple University Big Band's albums Dear Dizzy and Luck Be a Lady, Kat Siciliano's album Stories, and Muscletough's newest album, Modern Romance.
Brinnel currently leads multiple groups ranging from trio to sextet, which collectively focus on bringing back old favorites and forgotten gems of early 20th century Jazz through her original arrangements. In addition she regularly serves as a side-woman in a variety of ensembles and genres.
As an educator, Brinnel has worked in a variety of settings spanning early childhood, elementary general, secondary instrumental and vocal, private lessons, master classes, as well as collegiate-level education courses. She is currently on faculty at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and works independently as a guest clinician to bring jazz education to classrooms throughout the city.
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Grant Thornton posts annual revenues of US$4.7 billion
Grant Thornton announce record combined global revenues of US$4.7 billion
This was driven by 4.6% growth in US dollars (4.9% in local currency) for the year ended 30 September 2014.
“I am proud of our organisation's achievements in 2014 and all credit goes to our 40,000 people in 130 countries who every day are making a difference with clients, in their workplace and in their community,” said Ed Nusbaum, global CEO of Grant Thornton International Ltd. “Our goal going into 2015 is to continue to provide high quality services to our clients and to help them, and our people, unlock their potential for growth.”
Workforce grew by 4.3% to 40,197 people in 130 countries.
Service line growth
Assurance services grew 3.5% to US$2,027 million
Tax services grew 2.7% to US$950 million
Advisory services grew 4.8% to US$1,373 million
Outsourcing services grew 12.4% to US$291 million
Other services grew 31.7% to US$88 million
Regional revenue growth
Americas revenues grew 2.8% to US$2,096 million
Europe revenues grew 6.3% to US$1,861 million
Asia Pacific revenues grew 3% to US$583 million
Africa revenues grew 6.3% to US$106 million
Middle East revenues grew 14.7% to US$40 million
CIS revenues grew 51.5% to US$41 million
M&A growth
New member firms in Afghanistan, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore and Tanzania.
M&A expansions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Channel Islands, China, Cyprus, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Investing in our communities - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Grant Thornton understands the impact our people have by volunteering their time in their communities, investing in educational, charitable, environmental and healthcare initiatives:
Following Typhoon Haiyan, many Grant Thornton member firms have rallied to support the efforts to help rebuild communities in the Philippines and continue to support the regeneration in the impacted areas.
Grant Thornton Canada continues their support of young vulnerable people, sponsoring 'Walk so Kids Can Talk', volunteering their time and raising over CA$20,000.
Grant Thornton Sweden supports female entrepreneurs in India through the 'Hand in Hand International' charity. The programme gives women each year the opportunity to become entrepreneurs and escape poverty.
Grant Thornton Thailand supports vulnerable people, fundraising to provide new wheelchairs for children and spending time with senior citizens.
Grant Thornton supports a healthy environment and society, vital in creating a sustainable future. In collaboration with the Emirates Wildlife Society, Grant Thornton United Arab Emirates is committed to preserving key wetlands on the east coast, whilst Grant Thornton New Zealand has committed time to maintaining and restoring the natural environment at the Kaipatiki Project Environment centre.
Investing in our People - Workplace awards
Grant Thornton was named global 'Employer of the Year' by the International Accounting Bulletin.
Grant Thornton Canada was named for a seventh consecutive year as a 'Great Place to Work'.
Grant Thornton US was named 'Working Mother’s Best Companies' and a 'Top 100 Ideal Employer' in the US by Universum.
Grant Thornton UK was named as 'Accountancy Firm of the Year (Larger Clients)' at the annual Financial Directors' Excellence Awards.
Grant Thornton Sweden was named 'Most Appreciated Large Employer' and ranked sixth by Universum.
Grant Thornton in the Asia Pacific region was named 'Asia Pacific’s Most Attractive Employer' and was ranked number 41 by Universum.
Grant Thornton named 'Best Managed International Firm' by the Managing Partners Forum.
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Small Business Health Plans Forward
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WASHINGTON, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />D.C. — Small businesses may have a new opportunity to save money on health insurance, if a bill recently approved by a Senate committee survives its journey up Capitol Hill and becomes law. The Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act would allow for the creation of a new class of health insurance: the small business health plan. And while that prospect has many business owners across the country watching in anticipation, it has some states and consumer advocacy groups on the defensive.
In simple terms, the bill would allow small businesses to band together and provide group health insurance on their own terms. If that sounds familiar, it's because some variation of the same concept has been on the table for over a decade. Numerous versions have passed in the House of Representatives, but have invariably lost traction in the Senate. This bill, introduced by Wyoming Republican Michael Enzi, takes many features from the failed House attempts, but adds in some protections aimed at appeasing state regulators and consumer protection organizations.
Those groups are concerned for two primary reasons. First, they fear that state regulation, such as Michigan's Patient Bill of Rights, would be circumvented if the association plans were federally regulated. Secondly, they are worried that associations would be free to "cherry pick" the best, healthiest members to join their plans, thus lowering their risk and the associated premiums. In turn, those with the highest risk factors might find themselves unable to afford or to access health insurance.
Enzi's bill tries to allay those fears. The proposal would, according to Enzi, streamline "the current hodgepodge of varying state regulation," while simultaneously preserving a "strong state role in insurance oversight and consumer protection."
"With the help of a diverse group of senators and business groups representing small business, we've bridged the gap between small business proponents of traditional association health plans and state-based interests worried about the prospects of dramatic regulatory changes in health insurance markets," Enzi said in a statement following the 11-9 passage of the bill by the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
According to an analysis of the bill, Enzi has succeeded in improving the previously suggested association health plan model. The Milwaukee consulting firm of Mercer Oliver Wyman prepared a comparison of Enzi's bill and 2003's Small Business Health Fairness Act, the most recent failed attempt at association health plans. The Mercer study found that the new proposal is superior in a number of aspects.
If Enzi's bill should be fully implemented, the report found, small businesses would see an aggregate savings of 12 percent on health insurance premiums. New risk rating models, new pricing and other factors would attract roughly 900,000 currently uninsured individuals to the small business health plans, a marked improvement over the previously proposed plans. The report goes on to suggest that while this legislation would be effective in stemming the increases in health insurance premiums, it would do nothing to address the underlying increases in health care costs.
Despite Enzi and his colleagues' efforts to make the small business health plan proposal more palatable for opponents of previous association health plans, there is still opposition.
For starters, the hodgepodge-streamlining Enzi referred to largely pertains to differing levels of coverage that are mandated by various states. The rule of thumb that Enzi's bill uses is that only those benefits mandated by at least 45 states would be mandatory for all small business health plans. So, for example, California's mandatory cancer screenings that are required of all state-licensed health insurance providers would not be required of the nationally licensed small business health plans. Therefore, those plans could provide more stripped-down coverage for a lower price. To prevent that unfair competition, Enzi amended the bill to allow HMOs and other state-licensed insurers to opt out of state mandates, in order to "level the playing field." That has consumer groups agitated.
"The effect of this legislation will be to deregulate the entire health insurance market," wrote consumer advocates from the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. The watchdog group pleaded with Enzi to change provisions in his bill allowing for what the group calls "junk health care."
"(This bill) could mean the loss of state benefits such as a California woman's right to visit an OB-GYN, a New Jersey child's access to a hepatitis B inoculation, and a Tennessee patient's coverage for diabetes treatment," the letter to Enzi read. "A panoply of patient services could also be eviscerated including cornerstone patient protections such as access to a second doctor's opinion, and the right to independent medical review when an insurer denies access to treatments."
The state of Michigan has not yet made its position clear on small business health plans. In 2003, Linda Watters, commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services, spoke out against the proposed association health plans being discussed in Congress at the time. That office is currently reserving judgment, according to Chief of Staff Ken Ross.
"We are monitoring it, as it's primarily being negotiated from the states' perspective by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners," he said. "We haven't taken a position on it. This bill is still in play, and it looks like there has been some positive movement on it. Some amendments have been made on it. … We're obviously pleased with the progress that's been made on the bill, but there are still a few things we'd like to see (synchronized) between the way the bill is set up now and the way our current state insurance regulation system works."
Ross said that he personally believes Enzi's bill to be better than past association health plan proposals, because it makes an effort to work within the existing regulatory framework.
Having moved out of committee, the bill will now go before the full Senate for discussion. A schedule for consideration of and voting on the bill will likely be set this week when the Senate returns to session.
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Miguel Angel Jimenez turned professional in 1982. Since then the Spaniard has gone on to see 21 European Tour wins.
Birthplace Malaga, Spain
Official World Golf Ranking 89th
Height 5 ft, 10 in
Best Results in Majors
Masters – 4th (2014)
US Open – 2nd (2000)
Open Championship – 3rd (2001)
PGA Championship – 10th (1999)
His best-recorded major finish came in 2000 at the US Open at Pebble Beach. Unfortunately, Tiger Woods was in a league of his own, finishing an astounding 15 shots ahead of Jimenez and Ernie Els.
In 2009, Jimenez passed a milestone of 500 events played on the European Tour at the Open de France.
5 years later, Jimenez recorded a successful year in 2014, where he won three times in Hong Kong, Spain and America.
Jimenez continued to prove that age is not a factor when he extended his record as being the oldest winner in European Tour history at the age of 50 years and 133 days. He won the Spanish Open after a three-way playoff. He beat Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Australia’s Richard Green after he was the only player to escape with a par on the first extra hole.
Jimenez also thrives at the Ryder Cup, having represented Europe on seven different occasions, winning five times. His first experience came in 1997 when he was named as vice captain by Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros at Valderrama. Since then, he has actually played in four Ryder Cups, winning two. He has also been vice captain in 2012 and 2014.
Unfortunately Jimenez was overlooked as captain for the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine and instead the honour was given to Darren Clarke.
As one of the biggest entertainers in the game, Jimenez is a very popular professional and one that the golf faithful love to watch.
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Quiz: Can You Match the Sidekick to These Famous Superheroes?: Goliath
Can You Match the Sidekick to These Famous Superheroes?
Khadija Leon
Image: Warner Bros.
Sidekicks are characters partnered with superheroes or villains who play a role in a given story, but to a lesser extent than the main cast. First seen in the 1940s and 1950s, sidekicks were created for a number of reasons, the main being that they provide comedic relief to balance out the serious side of a story's protagonist and antagonist, and also because heroes need a little help too from time to time. Much like the heroes who they follow into battle, some sidekicks possess superpowers, while others do not.
Sometimes, sidekicks even end up being superheroes in their own right, such as Robin/Nightwing in the "Batman" universe.
Many sidekicks are often portrayed as children or teenagers, not only to get kids to buy comic books but also to give young people someone to relate to. Some of these younger sidekicks include Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl and Aqualad, while adult sidekicks include War Machine, the Winter Soldier, Bob Agent of Hydra and Bat Girl.
So how well do you know superheroes and their sidekicks? Can you match any superhero to his or her sidekick from just an image? If so then take this quiz to see if you are a true comic book fan.
The sidekick in the image is linked to _____________.
Mr. Fantastic
Jim Rhodes, also known as War Machine, is a superhero who first appeared in Iron Man #118 in 1979. Initially the personal pilot and friend of Tony Stark, he got his first dose of heroism when he wore the Iron Man armor to defeat Magma. Stark later created a more heavily armed suit for him.
This sidekick is always seen with _______________.
Superboy is the name of several fictional superhero characters who appeared in several DC Comics. In 1993, the character Kon-El, a clone of Superman, was created when Kal-El was presumed dead. In addition to having many of Superman's powers, he is also telekinetic.
Which of these superheroes should come to mind when you see this character?
Arthur Everest, also known as Arthur the moth, was an accountant before becoming the sidekick of the Tick. He does not possess any superpowers, but he does have a suit which allows him to fly. He is well known for saying “Not in the face! Not in the face!”
Which of the following heroes is this sidekick seen with?
Dick Grayson, better known as Robin, is a DC Comic book character who first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in 1940. Batman adopted him after a mafia boss murdered his family members. In 1984, he retired his role as Robin and became Nightwing.
Who is this sidekick associated with?
James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes is a fictional superhero who was first introduced as the sidekick to Captain America in Captain America Comics #1. He later became the Winter Soldier after being “brought back from death” and went on to become Captain America after Steve Rogers was thought to be dead.
Who does this sidekick save the world with?
Wong is a fictional character who first appeared in Strange Tales #110 in 1963. He comes from a family of monks in Kamar-Taj and plays the role of Doctor Strange’s sidekick and valet. He is a martial arts master who is also well-acquainted with the dark arts.
This sidekick was recruited by____________.
Blackbolt
Supergirl is a DC comics character who first appeared in Action Comics #253 back in 1959. She is the biological older cousin of Superman who was sent to Earth to guard him as a baby, but after an error with her pod, she arrived years later. Supergirl possesses many of the same powers as him, and she was often seen accompanying him.
Who did this sidekick answer to?
Wonder Girl is the name of four fictional characters, the first of which was a teenage version of Wonder Woman. The second Wonder Girl, Donna Troy, first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #60, was the protégée of Wonder Woman and a member of the Teen Titans.
Which of these heroes took the person in this image as their sidekick?
Barbara Gordon, also known as Batgirl, is one of several characters who has taken that name. She first appeared in Detective Comics #359, where she was the daughter of the Gotham City Police commissioner James Gordon. She was one of Batman’s many sidekicks, one of the others being Robin.
Which of these superheroes did this sidekick help?
Damian Wayne, also known as Robin, is the fifth character to take on the role of the sidekick Robin, but what makes him unique is that he is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. Like his father, he is an expert at using high-tech equipment and is also skilled in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.
This sidekick was almost never seen without __________.
Roy Harper, also known as Speedy, is a comic book character who first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941, first as the sidekick of superhero Green Arrow. He was also one of the core members of the Teen Titans, and once he became an adult, he changed his name to Arsenal, then Red Arrow.
Who does this sidekick appear alongside?
Kid Flash is the name of many speedster characters who have played the junior counterpart to the superhero, the Flash. The first was Wally West, the nephew of Iris West, who is the wife of superhero the Flash, Barry Allen.
In which of these heroes' comics did this sidekick appear?
Thunderbolt Ross
H.E.R.B.I.E. (Human Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics) is a robot who first appeared in "The New Fantastic Four" as a replacement for the Human Torch because of fears that children may set themselves on fire. He went on to appear in many other Marvel comics.
The sidekick in this image is most seen accompanying _____________.
Mary Marvel is one of the many members of the Marvel/Shazam family, who she is often seen helping take down bad guys.
Timothy “Tim” Drake is a DC Comic book character who first appeared in Batman #436. He is the third person to take up the role of Robin, Batman’s sidekick, a role which he held for ten years. He was able to discover the identities of the Batman and the first Robin (Dick Grayson) after keeping tabs on their exploits.
The Ninja Turtles
Zatana
Zach is a 14-year-old boy who was affectionately referred to as the “fifth turtle.” He appeared in the animated television series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from 1987–1996 where he proved himself to be a great member to the team despite not being a ninja.
Which of the following heroes does this sidekick train with?
Falcon, better known as Samuel “Sam” Wilson, is a Marvel Comics character who first appeared in Captain America #117. He is often seen fighting alongside Captain America, and in addition to being skilled in hand-to-hand combat, he also has incredible sight, like a bird.
Thomas “Pieface” Kalmaku is a character from DC Comics who was often seen accompanying Green Lantern. He was introduced as a mechanic at Ferris Aircraft, where he helped pilot Hal Jordan on missions.
Terra is the name used by three characters from DC Comics. The third Terra, also known as Altee, first appeared in Supergirl #12. She was both a member of the Titans and the sidekick of Power Girl who she helped save Manhattan from the Ultra-Humanite.
Franklin Percy “Foggy” Nelson is a Marvel Comic book character who happened to be the roommate of Matt Murdock who is also known as Daredevil. Initially unaware of his roommate’s secret identity, he later helped him out after discovering who he was.
The sidekick in this image can be seen with members of _____________.
The X-Men
Snapper Carr is a character who first appeared in DC Comics' The Brave and the Bold #26 in 1960. He is a supporting character to the Justice League and was featured in many comics with them from 1969 to 1989. Initially, he didn’t have superpowers, but he later gained the ability to teleport.
Aqualad is the name of two superhero characters who appeared in a series of DC comics alongside superhero Aquaman. The first Aqualad was named Garth, and possessed the same abilities as his mentor including the ability to communicate with marine life.
Kaldur’ahm, also called Jackson Hyde, is a DC Comics character who first appeared in the Brightest Day Comic #4 and later in the television series "Young Justice." He was one of many Aqualads and was initially a henchman for the supervillain Black Manta.
This sidekick was seen saving the world with _____________.
Lorena Marquez, who went by the codename Aquagirl, first made an appearance in DC Comics Aquaman vol. 6 #16. While on a date at the San Diego Zoo, an earthquake caused the city to sink deep into the sea killing many people. Lorena develops the ability to breathe underwater and took on the role of Aquagirl.
Which of these heroes took the person in the image as their sidekick?
Captain Marvel Jr. also known as Freddy Freeman, is a superhero who first appeared Whiz Comics #25. He first appeared as a member of the Marvel/Shazam family team. He was a disabled newsboy who was rescued by Captain Marvel, the person who gave him his powers.
The sidekick in this image can be seen with _____________.
James “Jimmy” Bartholomew Olsen, is a character who was introduced as a photojournalist working for the Daily Planet in Action Comics #6. Jimmy is a close friend and ally to Superman who gave him a watch which the hero can hear from anywhere on the planet.
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The sidekick in the image was most seen accompanying _____________.
Luk Cage
Richard Milhouse “Rick” Jones is a fictional character who is known for being the sidekick of many heroes, some of whom include The Hulk, Captain America, Captain Marvel and R.O.M. the Spaceknight. His first appearance was in The Incredible Hulk #1.
This sidekick is associated with _________________.
Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee is a mutant who possesses the ability to create explosively charged objects. As a member of the X-Men, she is its youngest member and is often seen accompanying Wolverine, another member of the X-Men who she sees as a mentor.
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Tumblrs to Know... Nickelson Wooster
By Sean Hotchkiss
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Besides the whole web street style demi-god thing, Nick Wooster is just like you and me: he orders from Fresh Direct, looks up to his dad and occasionally drops a curse word. His eponymous Tumblr, like much of whatever Mister Wooster touches, has well, blown up. So we had to ask him about it for this segment. But because we like to go a little deeper here at The GQ Eye, we also picked his brain about hot button philosophical issues like stair porn... Intrigued?
The GQ Eye: Can you tell us a little about the Tumblr, when you started it and what kind of purpose it serves for you, creatively?
Nick Wooster: It was a snowy day in February and it sort of came on me in a flash. I realized I was on [the platform] a lot and I still really didn’t know what it was. I had an ex-boyfriend who always said, "you really need to start a blog" and I’d always say, well, I don’t really take pictures and I don’t write. And then I sort of figured out that Tumblr is like this instantaneous way to telegraph what’s on your mind. I’m absolutely obsessed with it now. The whole reblog feature is so counterintuitive to copyright laws, in fact it’s basically the opposite and the minute something becomes the opposite, I’m into it. [Laughs.] If someone tells me I can’t wear something, that’s the moment when I want to wear it.
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The stories people are able to tell with these images are so inspiring and that’s what I’m really drawn to; whether it be architecture, fashion, art, people. It becomes this stream of consciousness. Another thing that shocked the heck out of me was that at the end of my first day, I had something like 1000 followers... which was like, wow! I still find it fascinating that there’s interest in me, because I can, like, dress myself... I don’t think that’s a remarkable skill. I do have opinions and I have been around a while, but what really keeps me coming back to Tumblr is that there are always people interested in those running "conversations" - topics they’re passionate about. It’s instantaneous and beautiful and becomes this billboard of a person’s psyche. I’m just happy to be a part of it.
GQ: Do you remember a specific moment where you had some sort of reaction (either being slightly weirded out or flattered or both) when you started seeing yourself popping up all over the web?
Wooster: Yes. It’s a daily thing. [Laughs.] Now there’s a hater site, which I’m always on. It’s only a natural thing that when people are being positive about something, there will be that contrarian point of view as well and I get that; I’m neither surprised nor offended. It’s part of the conversation. I get it.
It’s funny, I’d meet customers in the past and they’d ask me, "is what you’re wearing the style?" Well, no, I’d say, it’s a style. There are no absolutes. I understand I’m not everyone’s cup of tea and I certainly don’t want everyone to look like me. I really only dress for myself. But, it is always flattering, I don’t take that for granted. First I was amused, now I’m kind of amazed just at the fact that people follow me, or what have you. And it’s not the people I thought it might be! It’s these young, straight guys and I think it’s fantastic.
I’m 51 years old and I think a lot of guys my age define success by being able to wear jeans to work or not having to wear a suit. I remember at age 34 or 35 not having to wear a suit to work for the first time and it threw me for a loop. I think the guys my age who are maybe looking to wear a pair of jeans or chinos - they may not be the best dressed lot. But their sons, in their mid-twenties, they all want to dress like their grandfathers. There’s this renewed interest in tailored clothing and they’re, of course, going to wear it in a different way. It’s really good for all of us in the menswear industry: magazines, on a retail level... and if I’ve played any role in sort of promoting that, then it’s something I’m proud of and happy to do. But I am still am shocked people care. [Smiles.]
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GQ: Can you tell us a little about your role with Gilt, how it came about and what you’ll be working on with them...
Wooster: The introduction was made through GQ, which was very nice. Having spent a large chunk of my career working in retail, I certainly believe in the role of [brick and mortar] stores, but I also know the world is changing and the way people are shopping is changing. I mean, I don’t buy groceries in the grocery store, I order Fresh Direct. I think many men are either time poor or have little interest in going to stores. I love stores. Having the ability to do research and find things on your own schedules, that’s a great thing for guys - we like to be masters of our own destiny. Online shopping is convienient and immediate; you can get it overnight.
So when Gilt was kind enough to see me, they immediately asked me to come work with them and I think the role is going to continue to develop. But as much of my previous experience lies in product development and design and of course, having that a retailer’s opinion, I think they found that appealing. So I’ll be with both Park & Bond and Gilt MAN: they’ve asked me to have a little hand in the editorial and we’ve already done a few videos. We have such great people there and some really exciting stuff on the horizon.
With all the information out there now, guys are coming into stores armed with knowledge they may not have had five or ten years ago and ultimately, it’s going to lead to better sartorial decisions. Most guys shop for problem solving, while women shop for sport. I mean, I shop for sport. [Laughs.] But, the majority of guys are looking more for advice on how to wear either what they currently own or being guided on future purchases. I think both Gilt and Park and Bond is going to fill that role that used to be occupied by a man’s go-to salesperson. My grandfather had a guy he used to go to and so did my father...
GQ: Sounds like you have some distinct style memories from growing up...
Wooster: My dad was a mechanic and I have great style memories of him. He wore, every single day: a blue chambray shirt, Levi’s 501s and Red Wing boots. And that certainly wasn’t fashionable at the time; it was basically the opposite. And he wore these horn rim glasses that were very Sol Moscot. He dressed like Japanese guys do now, which is crazy to think about.
My grandfather on my mom’s side was a stockbroker. He was a very dressed up guy. And I made a lot of my decisions based on the premise that my dad went to work and got his hands dirty and my grandfather didn’t have to and got dressed up - so I wanted that. My grandfather always wore a hat and I never saw him without a tie. Always immaculate. That was my aspiration. In fact, I started working in a clothing store when I was 15, the best clothing store in my hometown of Selina, Kansas. It was a very conscious thing. I loved clothes from an early age and I thought, hey, if I’m going to work, I want it to be around the things I love.
GQ: Let’s talk tattoos...
Wooster: Well, there’s no such thing as one tattoo. A tattoo is the gateway drug to sleeves. I got my first in 1994 in Miami and it’s a classic cliche tattoo story. I had some Dries Van Noten sailor pants and I decided I needed a sailor tattoo to match; Aye yi yi.
Five years later, I had a Japanese guy do some of the art that now makes up one of my sleeves. I think Japanese art is just beautiful. I really had no idea what I’d end up doing, but I got the other arm done in Los Angeles by an American guy several years ago and my only requirements were an eagle and flowers. There’s no sense in me art directing my own tattoos. It’s one of those situations where I’d still be trying to figure it out. I then started foolishly on my "socks." No one told me getting a tattoo was exponentially more painful anywhere on your leg than it is on your arm...
GQ: Do you go numb during a serious session like that?
Wooster: I wish. [Laughs.] It hurts_ badly_. Some people tell me they really get into the pain, but not me. I suppose it’s like giving birth though, because it’s fantastic afterwards.
GQ: Back to clothing. This fall, is there anything out there you absolutely want and need?
Wooster: I am obsessed with Visvim. One thing I’m really proud of with Bergdorfs is that we were able to get the collection in there for fall. I think [creative director] Hiroki Nakamura is amazing. His ability to sort of see everything and then reinterpret it in a way that is modern without being too heritage, that’s what I really lust for. I’m a huge fan of Burberry Prorsum and you can never have too much outerwear, as far as I’m concerned.
There’s a Visvim boot I have to have. It’s like a hiking boot, but it’s unique, like a Red Wing boot/hiking boot hybrid. I’m going to have to mortgage the rest of my life to afford them, but...
I’m always on the lookout for a great suit, a tweed sportcoat. Balmain has the sickest shearling I’ve ever seen in my life. It has this gigantic collar. I think Bergdorfs bought one. It’ll be interesting to see who gets it. I mean, it’s $10,000. Not in my future, but amazing.
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GQ: Lastly, you seem to do a lot on your Tumblr with these beautiful home inspirations, library porn, loft porn...
Wooster: And stair porn, I’m really into stair porn...
GQ: So what’s your home like?
Wooster: Nothing like what you see there. [Laughs.] But I do have a lot of books. Fortunately for me, I live in a great building, but I’m in the smallest line in the building. If they ever decide to do an episode of ’Fashion Hoarders,’ I’ll be on it, because I basically live in a closet... it’s bad. I love my apartment, it’s tiny, but I have some things I really enjoy looking at. I mean, we’re all in the curation business and we all make choices every day. I like to think I make ones that work for me and I also like the challenge of working within a confined space where a little more emphasis is placed on the selections.
All that said, I like to dream and I think that’s what the Tumblr reflects. If money or anything else weren’t an issue, it’s fun to play with that idea. It’s kind of like getting a tattoo, though, I mean if I could have any house I wanted, I’d probably spend the rest of my life looking for it. The minute I get something, I want to change it. I’m drawn to super modern stuff, lots of glass, lots of light. But at the same time, there’s nothing like Paris and that classic sense of architecture. So that’s what it is, basically. It’s all beautiful, it’s all fantasy, it’s all porn. And I never get tired of that. I sort of start to see my own threads in what I’m posting: some days it’s about cute guys, some days it’s about beautiful clothes.
There was something I posted the first day and it had a photo of Coco Chanel side-by-side with one of Michele Lamy (Rick Owens’ wife) and they were practically separated at birth. I like the small stuff like that, little discoveries. Who knows. More will be revealed I guess...
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What’s Really Behind the Gender Wage Gap?
COMMENTARY Jobs and Labor
May 3rd, 2019 2 min read
Research Fellow in Economics, Budget and Entitlements
Rachel researches and analyzes taxes, Social Security, disability insurance, and pensions to promote economic growth.
The "gender wage gap" reflects women's freedom to pursue the education and occupation they desire. Caiaimage/Adam Gault/Getty Images
The apparent gap is not born of discrimination. Rather, it arises from a difference in life choices.
Despite overwhelming evidence that the so-called wage gap is really a choice gap, some want the government to step in and "fix" the nonexistent problem.
The proposed law encourages companies to enact rigid pay scales and one-size-fits-all jobs that don't meet many working women's (and men's) needs.
For many Americans, the wage gap between women and men comes down to simple discrimination. What else could explain it?
It's hard to blame them. Is there any other reasonable explanation for the fact that, compared to men, women make only 80 cents on the dollar?
Why, yes, there is. That 20-cent gap compares the earnings of all men who work at least 35 hours per week to those of all women working 35 hours or more. It makes no allowances for differences in occupation, education or experience, job conditions and risks, or whether an individual works 35 or 55 hours per week.
Devoid of such real-life context, the "wage gap" statistic is grossly misleading. The apparent gap is not born of discrimination. Rather, it arises from a difference in life choices.
The "gender wage gap" reflects women's freedom to pursue the education and occupation they desire, and their opportunity to choose a job environment and work schedule that fits their needs and desires. Viewed in this light, the gap is something to be celebrated, not bemoaned.
So let's take a closer look at why those 20 cents are missing.
A 2019 National Bureau of Economic Research study concluded that "hours worked" alone accounted for at least half of the wage gap.
A 2018 PayScale study factoring in additional variables such as experience, industry and job level found that women receive 97.8 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. The minimal gap remaining may result from more difficult-to-measure factors such as flexible work hours and generous benefit packages that women tend to value more than do men.
And yet, despite overwhelming evidence that the so-called wage gap is really a choice gap, some want the government to step in and "fix" the nonexistent problem. And that's a problem in itself, because their proposed solutions will wind up hurting workers both women and men.
That's what happened when Denmark tried to reduce its wage gap by requiring companies to report their salaries by gender and race. In a sense, it somewhat worked: The wage gap at those companies fell by 2 percentage points. But the gap narrowed because the companies lowered men's wages rather than raising women's. The workers were no better off, and the businesses' productivity fell as well.
Today, virtually everyone employers included believes workers should get equal pay for equal work. Indeed, it's been the law of the land for more than half a century since the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
But that didn't stop virtue-signaling members of the House of Representatives from recently approving yet another law: the Paycheck Fairness Act. The proposed law encourages companies to enact rigid pay scales and one-size-fits-all jobs that don't meet many working women's (and men's) needs.
It didn't work in Denmark, and it won't work here. Instead of generating higher paychecks for women something they are already enjoying by virtue of their productivity the bill would almost certainly reduce wages for all workers. Perversely, since the bill emboldens trial lawyers to gin up class action lawsuits, some companies would hesitate to hire women, as a way to pre-empt groundless yet costly lawsuits.
There's a huge drawback to rigid pay scales, too. Numerous economic studies show performance-based pay produces a 6 to 10 percent increase in productivity compared to rigid pay scales.
Stagnant or lower wages, lost flexibility and reduced economic output that's a high price to pay for what would likely be only a marginal decline in the so-called wage gap.
I'm not saying gender- and race-based pay discrimination is nonexistent. But individuals who encounter discrimination have both the law and the free market which penalizes employers who discriminate on their side.
Rather than promote the dishonest narrative that women make less than men for doing the exact same job, let's celebrate the gains women have made in education, income, and career choices over recent decades. And let's promote policies that increase opportunities and incomes for all workers.
This piece originally appeared in The Morning Call.
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Categories: Celebrity Homes
Matt Lauer Selling His MYC Condo ($7.35 Million)
Built in 1927, Lauer's stunning pre-war apartment is a triple-mint condition with 11-room space located on one of the best tree-lined streets on Upper East Side of Manhattan. The home includes a bedroom wing with en-suite bathrooms.
Matt Lauer was a longtime co-host of NBC’s ‘Today’, serving from 1997 until late 2017 when he was fired for inappropriate sexual behavior.
Lauer’s limelight started to shine brighter back in 1989 when he was hired as co-host for the live talk show 9 Broadway Plaza, making himself known as one of New York’s finest and most audience-friendly anchors. In 1994, he managed to nab a spot in the prestigious ‘Today’ show as news anchor and after 3 years, in 1997 he finally won a spot as co-host, succeeding Bryant Gumbel.
During his time with NBC news, he organized multiple high-profile interviews, sitting down with U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Additionally, he had a chance to interview Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry. He also has contributed a popular segment titled, ‘Where in the World is Matt Lauer’, showing the World’s beauty such as India’s Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramids in Egypt. He also hosted a televised forum between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016, who were the Presidential candidates at that time.
However, in 2017, Matt Lauer’s career eventually fell after an employee filed a sexual complaint happened in their workspace. According to reports, Lauer harassed three women in their workplace. One victim claimed that Lauer locked her in his office and sexually assaulted her, causing the victim to black out and needed medical assistance. Because of his inappropriate sexual behavior, NBC News fired Lauer.
About Matt Lauer’s Manhattan Condo
Built in 1927, Lauer’s stunning pre-war apartment is a triple-mint condition with 11-room space located on one of the best tree-lined streets on Upper East Side of Manhattan. The home includes a bedroom wing with en-suite bathrooms.
What to Love About the House
The house welcomes both family and friends through a private elevator landing, leading to a square entry foyer, which opens into the living room, dining space, a corner reading room, and beautiful midnight blue space with hand-rubbed venetian plaster walls overlooking the downtown Manhattan and offering a million dollar view of the tree-tops. A cozy fireplace keeps the temperature warm, perfect for winter nights while the chef’s kitchen offer top-of-the-line appliances, multiple ovens and two wine refrigerators.
The house also boasts a unique bedroom wing, which includes a master suite, complete with almost all amenities needed while there are two secondary bedrooms with en-suite baths.
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Increased automation drives employee mental health concerns
Employees feel anxious about various factors of automation, including pressures to be 'always on' and changes to their roles
More than half (56%) of employees feel that the prospect of greater automation has affected their mental health in some way, according to research from Canada Life.
Of these, 34% said it created increased pressure to be ‘always on’.
The research, which surveyed 1,002 full- and part-time employees, also found many employees were worried about the impact automation will have on their job security.
A third (32%) were concerned their job would fundamentally change as a result of automation, while the same proportion (32%) were anxious or worried about losing their job. A quarter (26%) said they were anxious they won’t be able to work with or understand new systems.
Nearly two in five (37%) employees expect that people will be replaced because of automation, while more than a quarter (28%) anticipate the trend will leave staff feeling less in control of their working lives.
Yet some employees were positive about the impact of automation. A third (33%) said job roles would more likely be redefined than replaced, and a fifth (21%) expect to become more productive as a result of automation.
While almost a third (29%) said they felt ‘cautious’ about the prospect of greater automation in the workplace, 17% said they were excited about it.
Employee opinion was split on whether their organisation will increase automation in the next five years. Two in five (40%) said there are plans in place to do so, but an almost identical proportion (41%) say the opposite.
If automation does become more widespread, workers expect their employers to provide greater wellbeing support, the research found.
Two in five workers (37%) said an Employee Assistance Programme would show them that their employer cares about their health and wellbeing.
This is followed by income protection (31%), private healthcare (28%) and wellbeing perks (28%).
When looking at automation more broadly, more than two in five (44%) anticipated needing to learn new skills to adapt and survive in an automated world.
Paul Avis, marketing director at Canada Life Group Insurance, said the effects of automation are poorly understood among the workforce.
“Automation is gradually become ingrained in the DNA of the workplace. While we tend to think about automation in terms of drastic changes like robotic assembly lines, it is more widespread and subtle than many realise,” he said.
“Employees are rightly cautious about its potential impact, with some already recognising it might redefine job roles or require staff to learn new skills. However, automation provides positive opportunities to improve productivity and the quality of our working lives.”
Avis added that employers must take health and wellbeing into account as automation increases.
“For this to be successful, employers must support their workforce during the transition to an increasingly automated workplace, particularly on matters of health and wellbeing," he said.
"Employers should communicate clearly with their staff and tackle any fears head-on to ensure increased automation isn’t associated with constantly working and being ‘always on’."
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The Reading Corner
The Birth of the Samurai ~ The Development of a Warrior Elite in Early Japanese Society.
Aikido History
Archery History
Boxing History
BJJ History
Capoeira History
Jujitsu History
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Bodhidharma is really more of a title than a name and can be split into two separate words that originate from Sanskrit, an ancient form of written language from India.
Bodhi means 'awakened' or is more commonly translated in the West to 'enlightened' and refers to a teacher who has reached a state of higher understanding about the nature of things.
Dharma refers to the principles of cosmic order and religious duties such as virtue and righteousness.
Early Shaolin Kung Fu
Modern Shaolin Kung Fu
Ancient Boxing
The Heian Period
The Roots of Capoeira
One legend says that while meditating, Bodhidharma fell asleep which angered him so much that he cut (or ripped) off his own eyelids to prevent the same thing happening again.
After doing so, he threw them on the floor and from them stemmed the first tea plants, which provided a stimulant to help the Shaolin monks with their long hours of work and meditation.
Bodhidharma & Kung Fu
Mongols vs. Samurai
Native American Archery
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Medieval Archery
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"To see nothing is to perceive the Way and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding".
~ Bodhidharma ~
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Bodhidharma and the Beginnings of Kung Fu
While China has a long tradition of developing fighting styles, some believe that most modern systems stem from the teachings of Bodhidharma.
History is sketchy on precise details but he probably went to the Shaolin Temple in the 6th century and taught various exercises to the monks there that would develop into modern day kung fu.
The Original Chinese Martial Arts
From what evidence has survived, we know that Emperor Huang Ti used a basic fighting system called Chiou Ti (or Go-Ti) which dates back to around 2,674 BCE. This evolved into Shuai Chiao, which is similar to Judo and utilizes fast throws and joint locks along with elbow and knee strikes.
These early systems were used to improve the fighting skills of soldiers who tended to be in the army for life. Those that lived long enough however could eventually retire to a monastery where they continued to use their training techniques to stay fit and healthy.
Around 600 BCE, Confucius stated that the martial arts should be encouraged in everyday life and his contemporary Lao Tzu, devised a philosophical system called Taoism. The teachings of these two were handed down through the ages and became entwined with the martial arts of China and later neighbouring countries. While this can be seen as the forerunner to Chinese martial arts, for many, modern day kung fu began when an Indian monk known as Bodhidharma (or Ta Mo in Chinese) arrived at the Shaolin Temple around 527 CE.
Bodhidharma – History and Legend
Ta Mo originally travelled to China in order to meet the Emperor, a pious man who believed enlightenment could be obtained through good works being performed by others in his name. To this end, he had set about translating Buddhist scriptures from the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit, into Chinese in order to allow the common people to practice the religion.
The Indian monk disagreed with this interpretation of the religion and parted ways with the Emperor, heading for the nearby Shaolin Temple where the Sanskrit was being translated. Probably as a result of his disagreement with their ruler, the monk was refused entrance so he sat in front of a wall in a nearby cave and meditated for nine years to prove his worthiness.
How much of the story of Bodhidharma’s history is based on fact can never really be known but we can say that a number of legends have arisen about him and that they themselves have become a part of the development of kung fu culture. Some tales say that he literally burned holes in the walls of the cave with his piercing eyes and others suggest that while meditating, the sun burned his silhouette directly onto the rock.
Either of these would have proven his dedication and may have eventually got him admitted to the temple, however it is more likely that over time he conversed with monks who brought him food and water and won them over with his great wisdom. The type of Buddhism taught by the Indian monk became known as Ch'an and would have a great influence of the philosophy of the martial arts not only in China, but also in Japan where it was known as Zen.
Exercise and the Shaolin Monks
Translating text was painstaking work as it all had to be done by hand. As a result, what Bodhidharma would have saw on his arrival was the Shaolin monks spending long hours hunched over desks, which would have had negatively affected their physical and mental wellbeing.
To combat this, he taught them exercises that were designed to improve internal and external strength that he derived from the hatha and raja yoga practices from his native India. His teachings were based on the movement of eighteen animals including the tiger, deer, snake and leopard.
While they were not strictly speaking martial arts techniques at this time, many monks would have probably known how to fight due to the dangers of wild animals in the remote areas that temples tended to be built in. The roads for travelling monks like Ta Mo and his contemporaries would also be hazards and protection from bandits would have been a must, either from trained bodyguards or from being able to fight themselves.
As a result, over time Shaolin monks blended fighting techniques with the movements taught by Bodhidharma which evolved into the martial arts of modern China. While these fighting styles vary widely, most have at least some connection in their lineage to the Shaolin Temple and have come to be known collectively as kung fu.
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A brief look at the meaning of kung fu and the history of Chinese martial arts. From their humble beginnings in the Shaolin Temple in the Henan Province to their development into the diverse set of fighting systems available for practice today.....Read Article
The Early History of Shaolin Kung Fu
A look at how the the history of Shaolin Kung Fu expanded and grew between 527 and 1644. It is believed that many styles of Chinese martial arts have their origins in this period, which also saw the spread of the teachings of the Shaolin monks to temples in other regions.....Read Article
Zhang Sanfeng who, according to legend, was the founder of an internal Chinese martial art known as Mien Chuen that would evolve into Tai Chi Chuan. After spending many years training in the Shaolin Temple, he made his way to the Wu Tang Mountains where he developed his new style after watching a fight between a snake and a crane.....Read Article
The History of Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi utilises internal energy, known as Chi, along with physical movements, breathing techniques and meditations. It can be practiced as a martial art or purely for the health benefits it promotes, which include strength, balance, agility, flexibility and stamina along with improved concentration, relaxation and lowered stress levels.....Read Article
The Shaolin in the Modern Era
The history of the Shaolin in the modern era has not been an easy one. The practice of Chinese martial arts was banned for much of the period and the monks considered enemies of the state because of their political ideologies and later their religious beliefs.....Read Article
Pak Mei – A Kung Fu Legend
Pak Mei was one of the famous Five Elders of Shaolin kung fu who developed the fighting system that would take his name. The system is a lethal combination of fighting techniques that combine the explosive power of the tiger with the dynamic speed of the leopard.....Read Article
Ving Tsun Kung Fu
According to legend, after the burning of the Shaolin Temple in the 17th century one of the surviving Five Elders, Ng Mui, taught kung fu to a woman called Yim Ving Tsun. From this union, Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) kung fu was developed and passed down from one generation to the next.....Read Article
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Ephraim in Sanpete County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Ephraim Carnegie Library
1. Ephraim Carnegie Library Marker
Ephraim Carnegie Library. . Built in 1914-1915, the Ephraim Carnegie Library is one of 23 Carnegie Libraries in Utah and one of over 1650 library buildings in the United States that were founded by millionaire/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie donated the entire cost of the building on the condition that the town provide the land, books, librarian and an annual maintenance budget. A library program in Ephraim began as early as about 1880 when a group of ambitious young men established a small library in a rented room in the house of John F. F. Dorius. Later, the city council took over operation of the library and provided a room in the old City Hall until the construction of the Carnegie Library in 1914. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Watkins, Birch and Wright of Provo. Contractors for the building were Hans Petersen, A.C. Nielson and Thor Monsen, partners in a local construction firm. . This historical marker was erected by Division of State History. It is in Ephraim in Sanpete County Utah
Built in 1914-1915, the Ephraim Carnegie Library is one of 23 Carnegie Libraries in Utah and one of over 1650 library buildings in the United States that were founded by millionaire/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie donated the entire cost of the building on the condition that the town provide the land, books, librarian and an annual maintenance budget. A library program in Ephraim began as early as about 1880 when a group of ambitious young men established a small library in a rented room in the house of John F. F. Dorius. Later, the city council took over operation of the library and provided a room in the old City Hall until the construction of the Carnegie Library in 1914. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Watkins, Birch and Wright of Provo. Contractors for the building were Hans Petersen, A.C. Nielson and Thor Monsen, partners in a local construction firm.
Erected by Division of State History. (Marker Number N-770.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the Carnegie Libraries marker series.
39° 21.554′ N, 111° 35.244′ W. Marker is in Ephraim, Utah, in Sanpete County. Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 30 South Main Street, Ephraim UT 84627, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Indian Massacre (within shouting distance of this marker); Canute Peterson House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ephraim Relief Society Granary (about 700 feet away); Fort Ephraim Peace Treaty (about 700 feet away); Ephraim Co-op Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Old Fort (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Dorius, Jr., House and Barn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fort Ephraim (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ephraim.
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 2, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 324 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 2, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Want Financial Independence. How Will They Do It?
Meghan and Harry say they are working to become financially independent, but what does this really mean?
By Gregory Katz, The Associated Press
01/10/2020 12:29pm EST | Updated January 10, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced on Wednesday they would be stepping back from some of their royal duties.
LONDON — As part of a surprise announcement distancing themselves from the British Royal Family, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle declared they will “work to become financially independent” — a move that has not been clearly spelled out and could be fraught with obstacles.
The couple indicated in their statement Wednesday that they want to be free to work on their own terms, while continuing to support the work of Queen Elizabeth, Harry’s grandmother. And that could be a problem, some royal watchers say.
“I don’t think it is going to work, to be honest,” said David McClure, a television producer and writer who examined the wealth of the royal family in his book “Royal Legacy.”
“How can you be half in, half out? Half the week perform public duties and the other half earn your own income with TV, lectures, books? It is fraught with dangers,” he said.
Watch: Canadians react with trademark wit to Harry and Meghan’s big news. Story continues below.
And the plan appeared not to have been co-ordinated with the palace, which quickly issued its own statement, saying discussions “were at an early stage” and there were “complicated issues that will take time to work out.”
On Thursday, the 93-year-old queen moved to take control of the situation, ordering officials representing the monarch, her son Prince Charles, grandson Prince William and Harry and Meghan to meet to find “workable solutions” within “days, not weeks,” Britain’s national news agency, Press Association, reported.
Meanwhile, questions swirled about what the term “financial independence” might mean for the royal couple.
Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, have said they plan to cut ties to the taxpayer support given each year to the queen for official use, which currently covers five per cent of the costs of running their office. But they may still continue to rely heavily on private funding provided by Harry’s father, Prince Charles, who controls a vast, lucrative estate known as the Duchy of Cornwall.
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Prince Charles may continue to fund son Prince Charles and daughter-in-law Meghan Markle's office expenses through the Duchy of Cornwall.
Taxpayer support is provided by the Treasury to the Queen each year through a fund called the Sovereign Grant. In the last fiscal year, the queen paid 329 million pounds (US$429 million) into the Treasury from the Crown Estate and received 82 million pounds (US$107 million) for official use — some of which went to fund Harry and Meghan’s office costs.
But the majority of funding for the couple’s office comes from Charles, who uses the revenue from the Duchy of Cornwall to pay for many of his activities, along with those of his wife, Camilla, and his sons, Harry and William.
The Duchy of Cornwall was established in 1337, and under its medieval charter, Charles is not allowed to sell any of its real estate or other assets — but he is entitled to the annual income it generates, which in the last year was roughly 21.6 million pounds (US$28.2 million).
Harry and Meghan may be able to credibly assert they are not relying on taxpayer money, which could be their definition of financial independence.
They faced a barrage of stinging criticism recently for using more than 2 million pounds ($2.6 million) of taxpayer funds for the renovation of their home near Windsor Castle. They say they plan to continue using Frogmore Cottage as their U.K. base — if the Queen agrees.
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Meghan Markle Best Looks
Harry and Meghan also have considerable assets of their own. Harry inherited an estimated 7 million pounds ($9.1 million) from his late mother, Princess Diana, that has grown with interest, as well as money from his great-grandmother. Meghan is a millionaire in her own right after a successful acting career on the popular TV show, “Suits.”
Before her 2018 marriage to Harry, Meghan was positioning herself as a lifestyle influencer like businesswomen Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon. Meghan’s blog was called The Tig, with a now-closed website and Instagram account.
“I can see her relaunching The Tig in a different form. People want to know what she’s wearing, what she’s eating, how she’s living. She certainly has an understanding of the power of her appearance,” said Lauren Sherman, chief correspondent in New York for the London-based Business of Fashion news site.
As the Duchess of Sussex, the clothes Meghan wears — as well as the ones she dresses her 8-month-old son Archie in — often sell out quickly and spike online searches.
Last year, Meghan collaborated with her friend, designer Misha Nonoo, to create a line of office wear for women to benefit the U.K.-based women’s charity Smart Works, which provides office-appropriate clothing and work-skills training to disadvantaged women.
A post shared by The Tig (@blogthetig) on Jan 3, 2019 at 4:16pm PST
But, Sherman also noted the potential pitfalls of any future involving fashion.
“They’re going to have to be very, very careful,” Sherman said. “A lot of brands now are mission-based. She would need to partner with a brand that has a mission or has a charitable element and preaches transparency on a lot of different levels or is very entrepreneurial and female-driven. There aren’t many brands that would sort of pass muster.”
Chris Addison, an Emmy Award-winning writer and director from Britain whose credits include “Veep,” is curious about Meghan and Harry’s future plans.
“I’d love to know what they’re going to do ... because they’ve clearly been thinking about it for a long time,” he said Thursday at a TV critics meeting in Pasadena.
Asked if he could envision working with the couple to produce content — similar to Barack and Michelle Obama’s Netflix deal — Addison replied, “Never say never to anything.”
“They're going to have to be very, very careful.”
- Lauren Sherman, Business of Fashion chief correspondent.
The royal couple will still be using British taxpayer money in some cases. Taxpayer funds are routinely used to pay for official overseas travel that the royals carry out, often at the request of the Foreign Office, which uses the family as goodwill ambassadors in many parts of the world, particularly Commonwealth countries.
Harry and Meghan, who were vilified in the press for accepting rides on private jets while calling for positive action on climate change, say on their website that they will continue to use taxpayer money for official trips when carrying out royal duties in support of the Queen and the government.
They say they will pay for all trips taken on their own time.
There is also a gray area concerning the costs of their personal security. The royals are protected by a special unit of the Metropolitan Police, also known as Scotland Yard, that is funded by taxpayers for a variety of roles, including leading Britain’s counter-terrorism efforts and keeping the streets safe.
The British government does not provide a public breakdown of the cost of protecting the royal family for fear that would be useful to anyone considering an attack. There have been no indications that Harry or Meghan wish to give up this protection.
Associated Press writers Leanne Italie in New York and Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Hyundai Archery World Cup Makes a Stop in Salt Lake City
Hyundai to Display its All-New Hyundai Kona at Global Event on June 23-24, 2018
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 22, 2018 – World Archery is in Salt Lake City, Utah for stage three of the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup from June 23-24, 2018. In this global competition, sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company, archers compete in four stages across four different countries. The best from each category advance to the finals which will take place in Samsun, Turkey on September 29–30.
“We’re honored to be sponsoring World Archery for the third consecutive year,” said Erik Thomas, senior group manager, experiential marketing, Hyundai Motor America. “In particular, the Salt Lake event provides us an opportunity to share our passion for archery with a global audience while showcasing the passion that drives our new vehicles.”
At the Salt Lake event, Hyundai will have its all-new Kona on display at the archery range. In addition, Hyundai’s activation area will have another Kona on display, along with promotional giveaways and an archery game for fans, provided by World Archery. Hyundai is entering its third year as the official title sponsor of the Hyundai Archery World Cup and Hyundai World Archery Championships.
World Archery is the international governing body for the sport of archery. Its mission is to promote and regulate archery worldwide, developing the sport with over 160 member associations through international events, development initiatives and marketing and endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee and International World Games Association, among others.
It is responsible for setting the rules and regulations for international archery events, organizing the World Archery Championships and for the sport at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and World Games.
Read more about World Archery at http://worldarchery.org
Hyundai Motor America is focused on delivering an outstanding customer experience grounded in design leadership, engineering excellence and exceptional value in every vehicle we sell. Hyundai’s technology-rich product lineup of cars, SUVs and alternative-powered electric and fuel cell vehicles is backed by Hyundai Assurance—our promise to deliver peace of mind to our customers. Hyundai vehicles are sold and serviced through more than 830 dealerships nationwide and the majority sold in the U.S. are built at U.S. manufacturing facilities, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Hyundai Motor America is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, and is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of Korea.
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Japan - 03 September 2019
Subject: Applying for capacity on the Japan route [PDF: 80 KB]
The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development has announced that the additional capacity of two daily services to operate to Haneda Airport are now available for allocation on the Japan route. The new arrangements will take effect from 29 March 2020. In order for Australian airlines to be awarded slots to operate to Haneda Airport for the 2020 Northern Summer IATA scheduling period, the Commission is working towards allocating these capacity entitlements by 31 October 2019.
In light of the tight timeframe, the Commission is providing the airlines with advance information regarding the application process it intends to follow in relation to the allocation of this additional capacity on the Japan route. It is the Commission’s view that these administrative arrangements are necessary to enable a proper assessment of any applications received in accordance with the requirements of the International Air Services Commission Act 1992, the regulations and the Minister’s Policy Statement.
Comprehensive application
Airlines seeking to apply for capacity on the Japan route to operate to Haneda Airport are advised to provide the Commission with all relevant information to support their application, including addressing:
the ‘reasonable capability criterion’ in section 8 of the Minister’s Policy Statement;
the additional public benefit criteria listed in section 9 of the Policy Statement; and
how the proposed service(s) promotes the object of the IASC Act as provided in section 3 of the Act.
Expediting the application process
To expedite the application process, the Commission will shorten the notification/consultation period set out in the administrative procedures to five working days (instead of 10 business days).
Subject to any compelling circumstances, the Commission will limit the responses allowed to be made to a submission received – for example, if a submission objecting to an application is received, the applicant will be invited to respond to such a submission and no further submissions in reply will be accepted. The period for making such submissions will also be five working days.
Should you have any queries on the matter, please feel free to contact the Executive Director, Ms Marlene Tucker on (02) 6267 1100 or by email at iasc@infrastructure.gov.au.
Update: 03-September-2019
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A New L-Root Instance Established with ICANN and China's ZDNS Cooperation
Introduction of L-Root Instance in China Helps Mitigate Network Outages and Reduce DNS-Related Delays
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Beijing, China … A new L-Root instance has been installed in China, increasing the Domain Name System's (DNS) overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
The launch of the L-root server node is a joint operation between ICANN and China's Internet Domain Name System Beijing Engineering Research Center (ZDNS). As the first Internet domain name system engineering research center in China that focuses on DNS operational and supporting technologies, ZDNS supplied the equipment necessary for the installation of the new L-Root node, in close collaboration with the Beijing Internet Institute.
"The introduction of the L-Root mirror will significantly increase the inter-networking efficiency of Chinese Internet. The improved infrastructure not only benefits the at-large Internet users with regards to their user experiences, but also provides a firm basis to various Internet applications," said Wei Mao, Director General of ZDNS.
The cooperation between the two organizations is an effort to enhance security, stability and resiliency to Chinese Internet users and reduce the response time experienced when making some DNS queries.
"The stability and resiliency of the global Internet continue to be strengthened with ZDNS installation of the L-Root instances," said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé.
"We're pleased to complete this second L-Root instance installation in China this year, after a similar cooperation with 21Vianet. ICANN will continue to work with other Chinese partners to bring in more L-Root instances into the country," said Kuek Yu-Chuang, Vice President and Managing Director for ICANN Asia Pacific Hub.
There are 13 "root" DNS servers, identified by alphabetic letters A through M - the "L" root server operated by ICANN being one. Computers typically communicate with each other using numeric addresses, while humans find it easier to use and remember names (for instance, users typically remember the domain name "ICANN.ORG" more easily than the Internet Protocol address, 2620:0:2d0:200::7). The DNS translates names into addresses and the root servers provide the pointers to the servers for top-level domains (the last part of domain names, for example, "ORG" in "ICANN.ORG"). Spreading this root information out geographically by duplicating the root servers leads to a resilient, dispersed system that reduces the risk of being taken offline by a problem or attack and reduces the time it takes to look up names on the Internet.
For more information about L-root, please visit www.dns.icann.org/.
Liana Teo
Head of Communications, Asia Pacific
Email: liana.teo@icann.org
ZDNS
Xueqi Zhang
Email: zhangxueqi@zdns.cn
ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
About ZDNS
As a leading integrated domain name service provider in China, ZDNS is dedicated to providing clients one-stop domain name solutions, such as new gTLD application and back-end service, domain name cloud service, R&D on DNS-related technologies, and DNS appliances. ZDNS has become the largest new gTLD back-end provider in Asia, hosting 23 new gTLDs. For more information please visit: http://www.zdns.cn/en/
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Home » Here to Help » IDDT 14 Mile Challenge: Challenge raises funds for diabetes charity
IDDT 14 Mile Challenge: Challenge raises funds for diabetes charity
A team of fundraisers generated more than £500 for a diabetes charity by cycling and running from Northampton to Market Harborough.
They biked and ran along the Brampton Valley Way between the two towns on Saturday, July 9, to raise much-needed funds for the InDependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT).
The team of eight took part in the Northampton-based charity’s annual 14-Mile Challenge, which is in its third year following previous successes.
Organiser Oliver Jelley, who ran the distance, said: “IDDT is a vital charity, not only for local people with diabetes but people up and down the country.
“We were all proud to once again do our bit by taking part in the 14-Mile Challenge. It was tough going but the scenery helped as the Brampton Valley Way is stunning.”
Cyclists Adam Davies, from Corby, and his son Peter raised more than £300.
Fellow participants included Una Loughran, from Northampton, father and daughter John and Emily Mayhew, from Market Harborough, Adam Jelley, from Desborough, and Tim Newman, from Grantham, who all biked.
Martin Hirst, IDDT chief executive, said: “We, like every charity, are reliant on donations so we are extremely grateful for these vital funds.
“The money will go towards enabling us to continue to support people with diabetes who live with a lifelong health condition, which if not managed properly can lead to devastating consequences, including amputation, blindness and kidney failure.”
The Northampton-based charity provides vital independent support for people with diabetes, their parents and carers.
The charity formed in 1994 to fight for choice of insulin for all. It now provides a free, confidential helpline, has published dozens of helpful publications, stages events and lobbies the government on behalf of its members.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DAILY NEWS – 19 DECEMBER
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DAILY NEWS - 19 DECEMBER
Regional Policy: most Operational Programmes now adopted
148 programmes out of the 311 that the Commissioner and the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban policy (DG REGIO) have received are now adopted; 130 of them are Investment for Growth and Jobs programmes and 18 are European Territorial Cooperation programmes. More programmes should be adopted today and next week. These programmes concern investments under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund, for a total amount today of 132.4 billion euro. All of REGIO – led programmes for France, Luxembourg, Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Denmark and Lithuania are now adopted. Germany and Poland have now most of their programmes adopted. Commenting on these adoptions, Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu said: “Stepping up our efforts this week, we have now managed to adopt a total of 148 adoptions. This represents tremendous progress we can all be proud of. I want to stress how good and fruitful the cooperation was between the Commission and the national authorities during the discussions on these programmes; it is a very good omen for our collaboration for the coming years. I intend to keep this pace in early 2015, so we could start implementing these programmes on the ground as soon as possible. I also want to highlight that, although we put a lot of effort into carrying on the adoption processes as fast as we could, we did not put aside the qualitative aspect of these programmes. Each and every one of them pave the way for a prosper future in Europe’s regions.”
Statement by Commissioner Vestager welcoming Luxembourg’s decision to provide all information requested on tax rulings and patent boxes
Margrethe Vestager,Commissioner in charge of competition policy, issued a statement yesterday evening welcoming Luxembourg’s announcement that they will fully comply with the Commission’s requests for information on its tax rulings practice and patent box scheme. They will now provide the Commission with all the requested information outstanding. She said: “I welcome that by today’s announcement Luxembourg acknowledges the Commission’s powers to investigate their general tax rulings practice under State aid rules.” She added: “We need to take action – and are taking action – to ensure companies pay their fair share of tax. I am committed to taking a structured and informed approach to address distortions of competition in the EU through unfair and selective tax advantages.” Read full statement here.
Moscovici hails new VAT rules for e-services
Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, today hailed the new VAT rules for cross-border e-services that will enter into force on January 1, 2015. The new rules, which were voted unanimously by Member States in 2008, aim to create fairer competition between any companies selling e-services, whether big or small. “So far, a lot of VAT revenues on on-line cross-border purchases have gone to low-tax member states where large e-firms are based. As of January, new rules will correct this distortion and ensure fair distribution of tax revenues in Europe, as well as creating a level playing field between businesses. Many of Member States will therefore see their VAT revenues rise,” said Moscovici. To help businesses easily adapt to the new rules, a mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) has been created. It is a single contact point that enables small businesses selling digital services to private consumers in another member state to declare and pay all their VAT revenue in their home country, instead of having to deal with 28 tax regimes. Please find an updated MEMO here.
EU boosts financial support to address migration flows in the Horn of Africa
The European Commission adopted a financing decision to address mixed migration flows (i.e both irregular migrants and refugees) in Eastern Africa. This 5 million EUR initiative aims at supporting countries in the Horn of Africa region to improve their management of migration and forced displacement, while ensuring that the rights of the migrants and refugees are protected. The project will, for instance, provide training to the authorities on law enforcement, create a number of reception centres throughout the region for the migrants and provide access to basic services to the refugees in their host communities. Migration is a top political priority of the European Union and this initiative will in particular support the concrete implementation of the new EU-East Africa migration dialogue, the Khartoum Process, formally launched at a Ministerial meeting in Rome on 28 November 2014.
Commission to recover €102 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
A total of €102 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission from Greece, Ireland and Slovenia under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure. Member States are responsible for paying out and checking expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Commission is required to ensure that Member States have made correct use of the funds. Read full press release here.
European Commission welcomes South Korean announcement on bilateral equivalency agreement on organic trade
The European Commission welcomes the announcement by South Korea today that, from 1 February 2015, processed organic products certified in the European Union may be sold as organic in South Korea. This is part of a bilateral arrangement on organic equivalency, for which the European Commission will finalise the EU recognition rules for South Korean products in the coming weeks. Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan stated today: “The organics sector continues to be one of the most dynamic production sectors in EU agriculture. This agreement will also provide new market opportunities in this key export market, fully delivering on the Commission’s jobs and growth agenda. Significantly, it also eliminates the need for double certification and thereby simplifies and reduces red tape for EU companies.’
EU allocates €7,5 million to help monitor pests that endanger plant health
The European Union earmarked today €7,5 million to co-finance programmes aiming to survey pests of plants throughout 2015. The funds will be distributed to Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden – the Member States that requested such Union support. This initiative will help monitor the absence or presence of regulated quarantine pests in the Union, focusing on pests of citrus and of deciduous trees, on the important potato pests like the ring rot or brown rot bacteria. Other pests targeted by these surveys are the ones subject to temporary measures of the Union (e.g. pinewood nematode on coniferous trees, citrus long horn beetle on deciduous trees, red palm weevil on palm trees). The surveys will provide knowledge about the concrete emerging risks as regards new pests threatening EU plant health and data on the risks linked to specific types of imports. They will also monitor the follow-up regarding interceptions of pests after import. Earlier this year (13 November), €5,7 million had been attributed to emergency measures against pests of plants. Those funds targeted important pests like the three isolated outbreaks of pinewood nematode in Spain or cases of Anoplophora glabripennis (the Asian long horn beetle) in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. Union support was also attributed to control the recent outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa (olive leaf scorch) on olive plants and other plants in Italy. For further details you can visit: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_health_biosafety/index_en.htm
Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of joint control over Czech national carrier České aerolinie by Travel Service and Český Aeroholding
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over České aerolinie (“CSA”), the Czech national air carrier, by Travel Service and Český Aeroholding (“CAH”), all of the Czech Republic. Travel Service provides scheduled air transport of passengers under the brand name “SmartWings”, charter flights and air transport of cargo. Český Aeroholding is a state-owned holding company which owns shares in selected companies engaged in the air transport sector and related ground services. České aerolinie is the Czech national carrier with core business in scheduled air transport of passengers and air transport of cargo. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns in particular because passengers would continue to have a number of alternative suppliers for their flights to and from Prague airport. The transaction was notified to the Commission on 14 November 2014. The full press release is available here.
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Banca Carige’s insurance business by investment funds of Apollo Management
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of Carige Vita Nuova S.p.A. and Carige R.D. Assicurazioni e Riassicurazioni S.p.A. and their affiliates, of Italy (together “Carige”) by investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Management L.P. of the United States (“Apollo”). Carige provides insurance products and services in Italy. Apollo invests in companies in manifold sectors throughout the world. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns, in particular because there are no overlaps between the companies’ activities and a number of strong players will remain active in the market after the merger. The transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.7462.
Mergers: Commission clears SoBazaar joint venture by Schibsted and Telenor
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed creation of the joint venture SoBazaar ANS by Schibsted ASA and Telenor ASA, all of Norway. The joint venture will operate an online social fashion ecommerce platform. The business is currently operated by Telenor under the brand SOBAZAAR. Schibsted is active in the media sector, including both print and online media. Telenor is active in various services in the fields of telecommunications, television, broadcasting and internet. The Commission concluded that the proposed transaction would not raise competition concerns, in particular because the joint venture’s activities within the European Economic Area (EEA) will be negligible and the parties’ activities do not overlap. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission’s competition website in the public case register under the case number M.7470.
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Naspers’ online classifieds businesses in Bangladesh and Chile by SnT
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of the online classified businesses of Naspers in Bangladesh and Chile by SnT Classifieds ANS of Norway. SnT is a joint venture between Schibsted ASA, an international media group, and Telenor ASA, a telecommunications operator, both of Norway. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given that the target business will only operate in Bangladesh and Chile and thus outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Moreover, there are no overlaps between the companies’ activities. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.7448.
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Naspers’ online classifieds businesses in Asia by Schibsted, Telenor and Singapore Press Holdings
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control over the online classifieds businesses of Naspers in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam by Schibsted ASA of Norway, Telenor ASA of Norway and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd of Singapore. Schibsted and Singapore Press Holdings are international media groups, while Telenor is a telecommunications operator. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given that the target business will only operate in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and thus outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Moreover, the companies’ activities do not overlap. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.7447.
Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Brazilian online classified business by Schibsted, Telenor and Naspers
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control over Bomnegocio Ativades Ltda of Brazil by SnT Classifieds ANS of Norway and Naspers Limited of South Africa. Bomnegocio, currently solely controlled by SnT, provides online classified services in Brazil. SnT is a joint venture between Schibsted ASA, an international media group, and Telenor ASA, a telecommunications operator, both of Norway. Naspers is a broad-based global multimedia group. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given that Bomnegocio will only operate in Brazil and thus outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Moreover, the companies’ activities do not overlap. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.7446.
Commissioner Moedas welcomes cooperation with the Gulbenkian Foundation to boost research into infectious diseases in Africa
Commissioner Moedas today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lisbon-based Gulbenkian Foundation to boost research into poverty-related infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Welcoming the start of this new cooperation in the framework of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2), Commissioner Moedas commented: “The Memorandum of Understanding with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation based in Lisbon that I signed today shall pave the way to more strategic cooperation in health research with Africa. To that end, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and EDCTP intend to jointly support the development of operational, ethical and regulatory clinical trial capacities in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in Portuguese-speaking African countries. Last year, we made a similar joint pledge with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other poverty-related diseases to boost the impact of the €3.8 billion for research into these diseases contributed by the Foundation and the European Commission between 2007-2013.” The full statement is available online.
High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini visits Iraq
High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini will travel to Baghdad on 22 December where she will be meeting the President of the Republic Fuad Masoum, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari. She will also meet with the Speaker of the Council of Representative’s (CoR) Ibrahim Al Jabouri. The HRVP will send a message of solidarity and confirm the EU readiness to deepen the relationship with Iraq. HRVP Mogherini will also travel to Erbil on 23 December where she will discuss the major challenges facing the Kurdistan region and its people with President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Massoud Barzani and Prime-Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani, both with regard to the fight against ISIL / Da’esh and in confronting the humanitarian disaster that ISIL has created. The EU has provided EUR 20 million in humanitarian aid and is already implementing development projects in Iraq. It stands ready to provide further political, humanitarian and development support to Iraq in its fight against violent extremism. Before leaving, HRVP will visit a Christian refugees’ centre where she will meet with families and children hosted by this centre.
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Catch up here on the latest news and announcements from Inmarsat.
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Inmarsat partners with Australian aviation industry to boost global flight tracking
1 March 2015, Canberra, Australia – Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications and safety services, today announced that it is partnering with Airservices Australia and other key aviation industry stakeholders to trial improved flight tracking services on commercial airline flights to and from Australia.
The announcement follows a resolution on 6 February by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to adopt a new 15-minute tracking standard for commercial aircraft. ICAO is the United Nations body tasked with developing international civil aviation standards and recommended practices.
Inmarsat is working with industry partners, Airservices Australia, Qantas and Virgin Australia in developing the operational concept for the trial, using Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) satellite technology in Australia’s oceanic regions.
Airservices Australia is the first Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) to trial the ICAO standard, utilising Inmarsat’s global flight tracking ADS-C messaging service. ADS-C provides air traffic controllers with a constantly updated surveillance picture of their airspace, thereby allowing safe and efficient oceanic operations.
11,000 commercial passenger aircraft are already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite connection, representing over 90% of the world’s long haul commercial fleet. Airlines participating in the trial include Qantas and Virgin Australia.
Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat, said: “This is an important step in improving international airline safety and we are very pleased to be working with Airservices Australia and our industry partners to implement this enhanced flight tracking service.
“We applaud ICAO’s decision to announce the new tracking standard and believe that we are well placed to help implement the standard given our existing global satellite coverage and the time-frame proposed. Inmarsat’s heritage is in safety and we stand ready to coordinate normal and abnormal flight tracking services with the airlines and the ANSPs.”
ADS-C
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) is a function on an aircraft that broadcasts position, altitude, vector and other information for use by air traffic control facilities for surveillance and by airlines for tracking. The data is transmitted based on an explicit contract between an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) and an aircraft. This contract may be a demand contract, a periodic contract, an event contract and/or an emergency contract. ADS-C is most often employed in the provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) over transcontinental or transoceanic areas.
ADS-C provides active aircraft position tracking as it transmits the current position and the next two positions as programmed into the aircraft’s flight management system. It is this contract ‘intent’ feature of ADS-C system that allows flight dispatchers and air traffic controllers to track the aircraft progress and predict its next position.
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About Inmarsat
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Nix Companies Adds to Portfolio
Thursday, July 11th 2019, 10:27 AM EDT
Thursday, July 11th 2019, 2:26 PM EDT
(photo courtesy of Nix Companies)
POSEYVILLE - Poseyville-based Nix Companies Inc. has acquired a fabrication company in Gibson County. Financial terms of the deal for Princeton-based Heritage Custom Fabricators Inc. are not being disclosed, however the company will continue as an independent division of Nix Companies.
Heritage Custom Fabricators was founded in the 1930s and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Princeton. The company specializes in heavy contract machining, gear manufacturing, gearbox rebuilds, welding and fabrication.
"The machining and gear manufacturing services offered by Heritage are new additions to our product and service offerings," said Matthew Nix, president of Nix Companies. "These are complementary to our existing services and will add immediate value to our current customers. Additionally, this allows us to control every segment of the metal manufacturing process within our company. Their fabrication capabilities are similar to our existing services but will increase our crane capacity from 20 tons to 30 tons, while also doubling our production space. "
Nix Companies was founded in 1902 by Charles Nix, the great-great-grandfather of the company's current owners. The company was recently named one of the "Best Places to Work in Indiana" by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM): Should You Worry?
Published on April 29, 2013 at 12:59 pm by The Motley Fool in News
Mobile chip maker recently took a dip despite reporting solid quarterly earnings and guidance. The San Diego-based company, which temporarily eclipsed Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) as the world’s most valuable chip manufacturer last November, has been a hot growth stock over the past decade, rising over 300% on robust demand for mobile processors and components.
Can this tech giant continue to rise, despite worries regarding the increasing saturation of the smartphone market?
A steady second quarter
For its second quarter, QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) earned $1.17 per share. Net income slid 16% to $1.87 billion from the prior year quarter, but was in line with Thomson Reuters estimates. Revenue rose 24% to $6.12 billion, and topped the consensus estimate of $6.08 billion.
Looking forward to the full year, QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) expects to earn $4.50 to $4.55 per share, in line with the consensus estimate of $4.54. It now expects full-year revenue of $24 billion to $25 billion, up from its prior estimate of $23.4 billion to $24.4 billion. The company expects higher top line growth from rising smartphone sales.
On the surface, QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s earnings report was lackluster but steady. Yet the stock plunged over 5% on April 25 after earnings, due to concerns that it hadn’t set the bars high enough for its quarterly and full year earnings per share guidance.
Qualcomm’s main products are processors and radio chips for smartphones and tablets. The company’s most well-known product is its Snapdragon mobile processor, which is used by Samsung, HTC, Sony, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) in their mobile devices. Qualcomm also produces radio chips for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), and there are rumors that Apple may use the Snapdragon processor in a lower-end iPhone.
Smartphone shipments are forecast to rise 20% annually to 1.7 billion by 2017, according to research firm Gartner. However, research firm IDC notes that even if the smartphone market grows 27% this year, it still represents a slowdown from the 46% year-on-year growth it reported in a year ago, which means that the market is becoming increasingly saturated.
To compensate for this imminent saturation of higher-end markets, Qualcomm is looking toward lower-end markets, especially across Asia, to continuing growing its top line. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) noted that only a third of mobile handsets in China were capable of 3G speeds, which makes it a fertile market for its radio chips. Qualcomm also noted that sales of 3G devices have risen 34% over the past year to 1.1 billion in emerging markets.
However, there are major challenges in these markets.
Low-cost handset manufacturers currently buy cheaper components from Qualcomm and pay lower royalties for its network technology. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) must also face lower cost component makers – such as Taiwan-based Mediatek and China-based Spreadtrum Communications– which are willing to sacrifice their own margins in exchange for market share gains and revenue growth.
This shifting focus to lower-margin emerging markets worries analysts. They are concerned that Qualcomm’s higher-margin business is about to flatten, similar to the fate of smaller industry peers such as Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM).
Investors want to see Qualcomm continue growing its profit at a faster rate than in its revenue, which will be difficult if it focuses on China, India and other emerging markets.
“You’re seeing revenue upside but not the earnings upside you’d want to come with it,” stated Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon. “Whether it’s because of competition or they’re investing to stop competition, either way – it can lead to margin decline.”
A major initiative in QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)‘s push into emerging markets is the Qualcomm Reference Design program (QRD). The QRD program, which provides OEMs with Qualcomm hardware templates to base their designs on, allows vendors to create new handsets in as few as 60 days from start to launch. Before QRD, it took manufacturers between a year and a year and a half to launch a new product.
While the QRD program is mainly used by Chinese companies such as Lenovo, Yulong and Tianyu, Qualcomm noted that “Tier 1” device makers — such as Samsung and HTC — are currently evaluating the program for use with their lower-end handsets. As of January, Qualcomm reported that 40 manufacturers have commercialized over 170 QRD-based devices. While over 90% of those devices were for the Chinese market, OEMs in Brazil, India, Taiwan and Vietnam have also joined the program.
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Broadway Bounty Hunter Ending Off-Broadway Run Early
posted by BJ Ragone - Aug 1, 2019
Sad news for fans of the new musical comedy, Broadway Bounty Hunter.
The show as set its final performance date at the Greenwich House Theater for August 18, 2019. Originally the show was supposed to play for a limited run through September 15, 2019. By it's final performance the show will have played 48 total shows.
Broadway Bounty Hunter is from the same minds that brought you Be More Chill, Joe Iconis, and Jason SweetTooth Williams, and Lance Rubin. The play stars Annie Golden as an actress who is down on her luck and becomes a Bounty Hunter tasked with tracking down a South American drug lord.
Golden is surrounded by an amazing cast that includes, Alan H. Green, Brad Oscar, Christina Sajous, Emily Barromeo, and more.
You can still get tickets to this show before it closes in August.
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New York Public Library Sets Date For Harold Prince Exhibit
posted by BJ Ragone - Aug 14, 2019
On September 18, 2019 the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will hold a free exhibit that showcases the life and work of Broadway legend, Harold Prince.
The legendary producer and director passed at the age of 91 back in July, but his imprint on the world of Broadway is still felt through his work on so many influential shows. Those shows include, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Phantom of the Opera.
The exhibit, called In the Company of Harold Prince: Broadway Producer, Director, Collaborator, will explore Prince's impact on Broadway and his work with various stage managers, designers, composers, writers, and more. It will also include original costumes, set models, and video, according to Playbill.
To go along with the exhibit the Library is presenting a number of events that will honor Harold Prince. You can get a full run down of the scheduled events, that will run through January 2020 by clicking here.
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Volume 6, Issue 48: November 29, 2004
The Case for a Partitioned Iraq
Failure after Falluja?
Honor Killing Hoax Disserves Real Victims
1) The Case for a Partitioned Iraq
It is almost a given in today’s political discourse that the way to secure, stabilize and bring freedom to Iraq is through a single political leader and regime that can unite the major regions and conflicting ethnic groups. But, is there a case for decentralizing power instead?
The answer is yes, according to Ivan Eland, director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute, who proposes wholesale political decentralization for Iraq in his new working paper, “A Way Out of The Mesopotamian Morass? The Case for a Partitioned Iraq.”
Eland -- who has just delivered a talk on U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East at a conference in Jordan -- says that there are two main reasons for the chaotic violence in Iraq. The first is the presence of the U.S. occupation, which incites a guerilla insurgency. The second is conflict among rival ethnic groups -- namely the Sunnis, various Shi’ite factions, and Kurds. Eland explains that the Sunnis fight “because they fear the harsh paybacks when the majority Shi’ite population… likely wins control of the Iraqi central government in future democratic elections.” Furthermore, the radical “Shi’ite al Mahdi militia under Moktada al-Sadr… fear being marginalized in a post-U.S. Iraq controlled by the more moderate Shi’a.” Meanwhile, “[t]he sentiment in Kurdistan for independence is rising -- half the population of northern Iraq has signed a petition in favor of having a referendum on that issue.”
Eland argues that “any attempt by an outside authority to impose a federation could very well end in civil war.” Before Britain created Iraq, the separate “provinces had never been united politically, had no feeling of collective nationality, and had three different ethnic groups subdivided by tribal loyalties…. And similar to Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia, the only way Iraq’s fractious populace has been held together… has been by the brute force of arms.”
Although at this point, “[a]lmost any policy option has drawbacks… those alternatives with the best chance of success would withdraw U.S. forces rapidly, accept Iraq’s fractious nature, and allow Iraqis to have genuine self-determination that would probably result in some sort of decentralized government.”
Eland explores the different options of decentralization, such as a confederation or the partitioning of Iraq into three separate states, and concludes that “permitting Iraq to have self-determination -- and a likely decentralized form of governance -- is not a perfect solution, but it is likely the best way out of what has become an ill-advised military adventure. This policy alternative would allow the United States to act more in accordance with its founding principles, to cut its losses in credibility from an unnecessary invasion and a looming long-term quagmire, to remove a huge financial albatross around the necks of taxpayers, and to say it removed a dictator and gave Iraq the best change for future peace and prosperity.”
See "A Way Out of the Mesopotamian Morass? The Case for a Partitioned Iraq," by Ivan Eland (Independent Institute Working Paper #55, 10/13/04)
http://www.independent.org/publications/working_papers/article.asp?id=1396
To purchase THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed, by Ivan Eland, see
http://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=54
Center on Peace & Liberty
http://www.independent.org/research/copal/
Ivan Eland's speaking engagements:
-- December 2, 6:35 am (PT). KRSH-FM 95.9 (Santa Rosa, CA). Tune in to Doug Smith's radio show for a chance to win a free copy of THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES by Ivan Eland
-- December 2, 8:40 am (PT). KFTY-TV Channel 50 (Santa Rosa, CA). Ivan Eland will be interviewed live on television.
-- December 2, 7:30 pm (PT). Ivan Eland will speak at the World Affairs Council of Sonoma County. Spring Lake Village Auditorium, 5555 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA. No reservations req'd. For more information, phone Phyllis Kindt, Publicity Chair, at (707) 538-8899.
-- December 5, 7:45 am (PT). KPIX-TV Channel 5 (San Francisco, CA). Ivan Eland will be interviewed live on television.
2) Failure after Falluja?
Does last week's U.S. military victory in Falluja represent a turning point in the Iraq war? It's too early to tell; history is replete with examples of would-be victors winning a battle but losing a war, and Iraq shows a few signs of falling into that category, according Ivan Eland, director of the Independent Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty.
"Although effective U.S. deception about the direction of the attack on Falluja probably surprised, trapped and killed a significant number of guerrillas, many got away. In this war, the insurgents have shown themselves capable of learning, and they will probably be less prone in the future to slug it out with a more powerful enemy," writes Eland, in his latest op-ed.
"After U.S. forces have devastated Falluja, the idea that paltry and delayed U.S. assistance for reconstruction will win Fallujan 'hearts and minds' is ludicrous.... If the guerillas are not decisively defeated [in Mosul and other insurgent strongholds], they'll win by waiting until the U.S. public is tired of the pointless carnage and demands that U.S. forces withdraw from the Iraqi war zone.
"Unfortunately, Iraq is then likely to descend into chaos and civil war. So despite Bush administration boasting of killing 1,200 guerrillas in Falluja, the future of Iraq looks grim indeed."
See "Failure after Falluja," by Ivan Eland (11/29/04)
To purchase a videotape of "Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done?" (featuring Gore Vidal, with Robert Higgs, Lewis Lapham, Barton Bernstein, and Thomas Gale Moore) see
http://www.independent.org/store/events/vidal.asp
3) Honor Killing Hoax Disserves Real Victims
Speaking of Jordan, author Norma Kouri's international bestseller, HONOR LOST: Love and Death in Modern-Day Jordan, illustrates another modern-day tragedy -- what might be called the presumption of victimhood at the expense of the facts.
Khouri's scathing indictment of "honor killings" of women in the Middle East landed her fame and fortune -- and initially helped expose that despicable practice. But it apparently took so much liberty with the truth that "hoax" is not too strong a word to describe her work of would-be non-fiction, according to Wendy McElroy, research fellow at the Independent Institute and editor of LIBERTY FOR WOMEN: Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-first Century.
Revelations of Khouri's falsehoods -- one journalist with the JORDAN TIMES listed 73 errors in HONOR LOST -- have set back the cause Khouri ostensibly meant to help. Amal Sabbagh, Secretary-General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women and a seasoned warrior in the battle against "honor killings," was particularly incensed by Khouri's hoax.
"The irony is heartbreaking," writes McElroy. "Jordan is one of the most 'advanced' Arab nations; it leads the Muslim world in officially and publicly condemning honor killings. But now the world's image of Jordan and its acknowledged problem has no relationship to those realities."
Concludes McElroy: "The sad Khouri saga is not an indictment of honor killings. It is an indictment of how society has so fallen in love with victimhood that it took 18 months and an international effort to debunk a claim that should have immediately collapsed of its own weight. But, then, that would have required asking a question."
See "The Victims of 'Victimhood'" by Wendy McElroy (11/24/04)
To order LIBERTY FOR WOMEN: Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-first Century, edited by Wendy McElroy, see
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Seven Corners to Support No. 98 Effort with Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Carmel-based travel insurance company, Seven Corners, has joined forces with Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing to support Colton Herta for his second season of Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires competition.
"Seven Corners is thrilled to partner with Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing," said David Fischer, chief revenue officer of Seven Corners. "We look forward to the upcoming racing season and are proud to support this talented driver and team."
Founded in 1993, Seven Corners started as a small team with a single travel insurance product that rapidly and successfully outpaced the competition. Today, Seven Corners offers a diverse selection of products and services, including a variety of travel insurance plans, to more than a million members worldwide.
"We are pleased to have Seven Corners come on board for the 2018 Indy Lights season. They have expressed their interest and excitement in joining our program and growing together moving forward, and we share that sentiment as well," said George Michael Steinbrenner IV, CEO & team principle of Steinbrenner Racing. "We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership."
Colton Herta will join teammates Patricio O'Ward (No. 27 Riverina CDMX Mexico City Mazda), Dalton Kellett (No. 28 K-Line Insulators, USA Mazda) and Ryan Norman (No. 48 Journey Mazda) for Rounds 5 and 6 of Indy Lights racing action at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.
The four-car team will take to the track for Round 5 Friday, May 11 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The green flag for Round 6 will wave Saturday, May 12 at 1:15 p.m. ET. Fans can catch all of the racing action live through the Road to Indy TV app.
About Seven Corners
Founded in 1993, Seven Corners, Inc. is an innovative and service focused international travel insurance and specialty benefit management company. Based in Carmel, Ind. and serving a global market, Seven Corners offers a wide variety of customized travel solutions to international travelers, agencies of the U.S. government, corporations, foreign governments and various types of insurance companies. For more information on its products, visit www.sevencorners.com.
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Infor's Hyderabad Staff Inaugurate 'Infor School' for Under-privileged Children in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh
India – January 31, 2013, 09:47 AM
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced the opening of 'Infor School' to provide basic education facilities for the under-privileged children in Rollakallu, a village in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh. Equipped with best-in-class infrastructure, the 'Infor School' was inaugurated by A.Venkateswara Rao, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Warangal, Urban; Mr. M.Somaiah, Dy. DEO, School Education, Mahabubabad, Rammohan Rao; Vandita Rao from RDF and Ranga Pothula, Vice President, Infor's center of excellence in Hyderabad.
Aimed to enable holistic development of under-privileged children, project 'Infor School' is an initiative by Infor CARE, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of Infor's office in Hyderabad and is developed in partnership with Rural Development Foundation (RDF), the pioneers in taking education to the remote villages of Andhra Pradesh. Furthermore, the project has also helped generate employment for 17 teaching and 5 non-teaching staff from the region, while about 35 families were able to earn their livelihood for 6 months during the construction of the school.
Sprawled over 6600 sq ft, the infrastructure boasts 10 classrooms, along with separate rooms for office, equipment and storage. Additionally, to create a joyful learning environment for children, the school is also equipped with a computer lab, library and a playground within the school premises.
Speaking during the inauguration, Ranga Pothula, Vice President of Infor's center of excellence in Hyderabad said, "We are proud to drive a project that will touch the lives of people in rural India. Infor staff in Hyderabad not only funded this project completely, but also planned, designed and executed it along with significant contribution from Infor employees and their friends. Our aim is to inspire more corporations to come together through such platforms and take up large scale projects that can make a meaningful difference to the region."
Speaking on the occasion, Sri A.Venkateswara Rao, IPS, SP, Warangal, Urban said, "I sincerely appreciate the gesture of Infor in getting the modern school constructed and handing over to Rural Development Foundation (RDF) as part of the local corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Infor employees. RDF students are blessed to have this facility".
"We employ more than 1000 staff in our Infor office in Hyderabad who have initiated many CSR activities in the past 17 years," continued Pothula. "We've regularly provided blood donations, funded medical treatment, supported orphanages and homes for the aged. Additionally, large-scale events such as relief programs during natural calamities have been meticulously planned, project managed and executed by enthusiastic volunteers. We've come together on many occasions to initiate work on many such projects that touch the lives of people who are battling the bitter battles of life, in the remote villages of Andhra Pradesh."
Infor is the third-largest provider of enterprise applications and services, helping 70,000 customers in 194 countries improve operations, drive growth, and quickly adapt to changes in business demands. Infor offers deep industry-specific applications and suites, engineered for speed, using ground-breaking technology that delivers a rich user experience, and flexible deployment options that give customers a choice to run their businesses in the cloud, on-premises, or both. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
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Less rainfall, greater risks
Rainfall levels were quite weak in January, at 64% of their historical average
The Brazilian economy in January 2015
Rainfall levels remained low in January, increasing the risk of water and electricity rationing. After announcing in December measures to curb spending (which have yet to be voted on by congress), the government announced actions to expand revenues. The central bank increased the benchmark interest rate again, while inflation topped the upper limit of its target range. Deficits in the public balance and in the current account kept widening. Consumer confidence fell in January, while the unemployment rate declined due to a shrinking labor force. Eduardo Cunha was elected president of the Lower House and Renan Calheiros was elected president of the Senate.
Rainfall levels remained low in January, increasing the risk of rationing
Rainfall levels were quite weak in January, at 64% of their historical average. Aggregate reservoir levels stand at 21% capacity. The situation is worse in the Southeast and Northeast, where reservoirs for water supply and power generation are already low. In São Paulo, water volumes in the Cantareira system, the main supplier to the city, reached 5.1% capacity by the end of the month. The scenario increases risks of power rationing and water-supply restrictions, with possible impacts on economic activity.
The government announces increases in taxes and contributions
After announcing in December measures to curb spending (which have yet to be voted on by congress), the government announced actions to expand revenues: i) an increase in the CIDE tax on fuels; ii) an increase in the IOF tax on household credit transactions; iii) higher PIS/Cofins rates on imports; and iv) matching the IPI tax paid by manufacturers and wholesalers on cosmetics.
Central bank hikes the benchmark rate again
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Brazilian Central Bank (Copom) increased the Selic benchmark interest rate by 50 bps to 12.25% p.a. in a unanimous decision that was in line with market expectations. The minutes released in the following week included elements which led the committee to conclude that the scenario of inflation convergence to 4.5% in 2016 “has been strengthening,” although the advances seen so far “are still insufficient.” Thus, we believe that the minutes are consistent with our scenario of a final 25-bp increase in the next Copom meeting, taking the benchmark Selic rate to 12.50%.
Year-over-year IPCA-15 accelerates to 6.7%
The mid-month consumer price index (IPCA-15) climbed 0.89% in January, above our estimate and close to the median of market expectations. The year-over-year change picked up to 6.7%, topping the upper limit of the target range, of 6.5%. Food, housing, personal expenses and transportation provided the largest upward contributions during the month. Core inflation measures also accelerated, while service costs advanced less sharply than in the previous month.
A disappointing fiscal result in December
The public sector’s primary deficit hit BRL 12.9 billion in December, way higher than our BRL 2.0 billion forecast. The biggest negative surprise came from regional governments (deficit of BRL 11.3 billion), but state-owned companies also saw a worse-than-expected result (deficit of BRL 2.3 billion). In 2014, the primary deficit stood at 0.6% of GDP, the weakest since 1997, while the nominal deficit reached 6.7% of GDP.
Current account deficit reaches 4.2% of GDP in December
In December, the current account deficit reached BRL 10.3 billion, wider than our call and market estimates. The deficit over 12 months stands at 4.2% of GDP, the highest since 2002. Foreign direct investment came at BRL 6.7 billion, sustaining the flow over 12 months at 2.9% of GDP. The current account deficit is relatively high and still on an upward trend, which is one of the reasons why we expect further depreciation of the Brazilian real this year. Our year-end estimate is 2.90 reais per U.S. dollar.
Consumer confidence continues to decline
In January, consumer confidence (FGV survey) dropped 7% on a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis, marking the sharpest decline since October 2008 and reaching an all-time low in the historical series started in 2005. The slide in confidence reflects higher interest rates and inflation and the perception of a weaker labor market. Low confidence points to sluggish consumer spending in 2015.
Unemployment rate falls in December
According to the Monthly Employment Survey (PME, by census bureau IBGE), the unemployment rate slid from 4.8% in November to 4.3% in December, close to our estimate but below market expectations. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell from 5.2% to 5.0%, as the labor force contracted more sharply than employment, meaning that fewer people were looking for jobs in December. The average unemployment rate in 2014 stood at 4.8%, down from 5.4% in 2013.
Currency weakened and stocks fell
The exchange rate ended January at 2.66 reais per dollar, depreciating 0.2%, but it strengthened to 2.57 at one point during the month. The Ibovespa dropped 6.2% in local currency (-6.4% in dollars). The five-year Brazilian CDS rose 30 bps, to 227 bps.
Eduardo Cunha was elected president of the Lower House
Eduardo Cunha, from the PMDB, was elected president of the Lower House, with 267 votes. PT’s candidate, Arlindo Chinaglia, was second, with 136 votes. In the election for the presidency of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, also from the PMDB, was elected. Both mandates are for two years.
Temporary decrees announced by the administration to cut spending will be sent to congress as new representatives take over on February 2. These decrees are valid for 60 days and renewable for another 60 days so that they can be voted on.
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JANAYE
JANAYE INGRAM
Almost Equal Representation: The Case Of Evenwel V. Abbott
Let’s focus on the principle that every American, for as long as this country has been a country, has been counted to create districts for representation. Even Black people – we may have only been counted as three-fifths of a man, but we were still factored into the drawing of district lines. In the time before the Suffrage movement, women were counted, as were non-land owners and convicts. This has been the practice in our democracy for as long as the democracy has existed.
Yet, in the latest saga of radical conservatives wanting to protect themselves from being outvoted by minorities who will eventually outnumber them, comes the case of Evenwel v. Abbott that will be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8.
This case has flown under the radar, but it is supremely significant. The case was brought forth by the plaintiff, Sue Evenwel, a Texas Republican Party leader who is working with a group that has attacked both affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act in recent years. Ms. Evenwel’s goal is to exclude non-voters from the population count in drawing state legislative district lines. Minority communities that tend to have greater numbers of people in younger age groups will be underrepresented. In the Black community specifically, nearly one out of every three people is under the age of 18. In other communities, the numbers are greater: One-third of Native Americans; 45 percent of Asian-Americans and 55 percent of Hispanics are under the age of 18 and would not be counted when drawing legislative districts. When the district lines are drawn in these communities, that will mean only 2/3 of Black people will count, while in the Hispanic community, only 45 percent of people will count and receive the full benefit of representation.
Children and families will be impacted when it comes to the services they need most and the issues that are most important to them. Dealing with the aftermath of this decision could lead to millions of taxpayer dollars being spent on lawsuits challenging the decision. We will also see elected officials that represent the areas they serve lose their seats. Evenwel’s position is so extreme that the defendant in the case is a member of the same party, Republican Governor Greg Abbott.
Every person deserves to be counted and given equal protection, not just some of us. This latest attempt continues the conservative view that there should be fewer people participating in and covered by the democratic process. They are building on a foundation that threatens this nation by adding to their already egregious voter ID laws, elimination or reduction of early voting days, and other policies that continue to make it harder for people to be represented by elected officials. If Sue Evenwel wins her case in front of the Supreme Court, impact will be felt by communities across this nation. The case will be decided in the spring of 2016.
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Making our voices heard in the jobs debate
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Read about the economic history of Canada and find out more about its investment potential today.
Learn more about some of the most significant countries investing in Canada.
Economic History in Brief
Located in the northern part of North America, Canada consists of three territories and ten provinces. It is the second largest country in the world by area and covers 9.98 million square kilometers. With a highly urbanized population, Canada is sporadically populated with only around 35.15 million people living in medium and large cities which are surrounded by dense forests and tundra.
Canada’s economy is mixed and highly developed. It has the 10th biggest nominal GDP and 17th biggest PPP GDP in the world. The country’s economic history started with hunting, farming, and trading by its indigenous inhabitants. After Europeans arrived in the 16th century, the Canadian economy underwent massive shifts that included the early Atlantic fishery and the global fur trade. While a great variety of industries came and went, the Canadian economy continues to rely on natural resources like fur, timber, oil, and minerals. These commodities are exported to the United States and continue to support the economy.
While the Canadian economy is now largely dominated by the service industry, it is also considered an energy superpower because of its massive concentration of natural resources in comparison to its relatively small population. It is the fourth largest petroleum exporter and the fourth largest natural gas exporter in the world. In addition to its status in the energy sector, Canada has a significant manufacturing sector, with aircraft and automobile manufacturing being particularly important. The country also has one of the biggest seafood and commercial fishing industries, is one of the largest suppliers of agricultural products in the world, and is an international leader in the entertainment software sector.
Service Industry – Around 75% of Canadians are employed in the service industry which accounts for around 70% of the country’s GDP. Of this industry, around 12% is concentrated on retail with a range of chain stores concentrated in shopping malls.
Energy – With oil and gas being the two most important energy exports, Canada is one of the few energy exporters that are developed nations.
Manufacturing – Although it was adversely affected by the global financial crisis of 2008, Canada continues to host major American and Japanese automobile manufacturing plants and factories like Linamar Corporation and Magna International.
Agriculture – Mainly exporting wheat and other grains to the US and Asia, Canada has free trade agreements in force with several countries around the world.
Companies Investing in the United States
With airlines, mining and resources, transportation, and aerospace being some of the main industries that investment is focused on in Canada, here are some of the top investment companies in the country.
Air Canada is the largest airline in Canada and the flag carrier of the country. Despite it running at a loss for several years, Air Canada has been profitable since 2012. The company has several subsidiaries including Air Canada Cargo, the freight carrying division that offers over 150 shipping destinations, Air Canada Vacations, a tour operator that offers travel packages that include tours, cruises, excursions, and car rentals, Air Canada Express, a regional feeder service operated by independent carriers like Sky Regional Airlines, Jazz Aviation, Exploits, Valley Air Services, and Sky Regional Airlines. Through the years, many investments into Air Canada have been made, including an investment of US$650 million by Trinity Time Investments.
Rio Tinto Alcan is an aluminum mining and production company known as one of the foremost companies of its kind in the world. The company was founded in 1902 as a subsidiary of Alcoa and has since risen to produce revenue estimated as being in excess of US$23.6 billion. Rio Tinto Alcan produces aluminum sheet, rod and remelt ingot, cable, packaging, alloys, and extrusion billet.
Teck Resources is a mining and metals company, and the largest diversified resources company in Canada. The main products produced by Teck Resources are gold, silver, lead, germanium, cadmium, and indium. As in 2016, the company’s revenue was estimated at US$7.1 billion. A stake of 17% in Teck was bought by China Investment Corporation in 2009.
Bombardier Inc. is a multinational transportation and aerospace company. In the early 1940s Bombardier Inc. was started as a snowmobile manufacturer, but it has since grown to become a large-scale manufacturer of airliners, business jets, and mass transportation equipment. The initial funding was done by a mechanic called Joseph-Armand Bombardier, and the company now has a net income of US$553 million.
Investors with Interests in the United States
CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Prem Watsa, CEO of Telus Corp., Darren Entwistle, and Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources, Murray Edwards, are known as some of Canada’s most significant names in business and investors. Despite his strong stance taken on dwindling BlackBerry stock, Prem Watsa is known for his investor influence in Canada and for his stakes in Prime Restaurants (holding company of Casey’s and East Side Mario’s), Thomas Cook India and William Ashley. Darren Entwistle of Telus is not only known for his role as CEO of Canada’s telecommunication company with the biggest voice, he was also featured in the media for taking the government to court with the goal of achieving clarity on the country’s wireless policies. Murray Edwards of Canadian Natural Resources is highly influential in the shaping of the quickly drafted foreign ownership rules for natural resources companies, in response to a US$15 million bid for Nexen in 2012.
Because of its strength geographically and in sectoral clusters like automotive, agriculture, and aerospace, Canada is an ideal investment destination. Canada has one of the most stable and well-developed banking systems in the world and is home to a population of diverse, creative, and confident people who have an entrepreneurial spirit. Businesses can also enjoy low statutory and marginal effective tax rates. Several attractive incentive measures and funding programs are available to companies interested in investing in Canada where vibrant industry clusters are ideal to help companies thrive.
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Week in Review – 23 September 2016
iProperty Singapore
Local Property News
Private property prices fell in August; downward trend expected to continue
Private property sales dipped 58 per cent month-on-month compared to July, and 18 per cent lower year-on-year. August coincided with the Hungry Ghost Month, considered an inauspicious period to purchase property by some Chinese buyers. Private residential unit prices are expected to further slide in the near future, in part due to the impending supply influx of approximately 10,262 units by H2 2016 and 14,578 units by 2017.
The looming deadline for Additional Buyers’ Stamp Duty (ABSD) is expected to add pressure on developers to offer discounts on their unsold units. Developers are required to sell all units in their residential projects within five years of purchasing the land in order to quality for an exemption from ABSD, based on the cost of land at purchase. Developers with ABSD deadlines in 2017 include IOI Properties, United Industrial Corporation, City Developments Limited, and Wing Tai Holdings.
Volume of resale property transactions spiked 30 per cent year-on-year, strongest since 2013
According to the Singapore Property report by DBS, the volume of resale property transactions for the month of August leapt by 30 per cent year-on-year to 1,621 transactions. This is the strongest performance of Singapore’s resale residential property market since 2013. Relaunch of developments such as D’Leedon, The Interlace and OUE Twin Peaks which sold 41 units, 34 units and 31 units respectively, helped contribute to the strong performance in August.
Office rents in CBD expected to dip, but demand for co-working spaces on the rise
The Global Cities 2017 report by Knight Frank showed that between the end of 2015 and the end of 2019, rent for Singapore’s prime office space is expected to dip 14 per cent, placing Singapore second last amongst 31 global cities. An influx of prime office supply and slower economic growth, as well as technology companies opting to have offices outside the Central Business District (CBD) are reasons for the projected poor performance. Alice Tan, Head of Research at Knight Frank Singapore, said that the expected influx of six million sqf of gross floor area expected to come onto the market by 2017 will slow rentals in the short run, with the market recovery expected to start only from 2019. On the bright side, according to Savills, there is increasing demand for co-working spaces in the CBD.
HSBC Survey: Singapore is the best expatriate destination for second consecutive year
Singapore has been ranked the best destination for expatriates for the second consecutive year according to HSBC’s ninth annual Expat Explorer survey. The survey reveals that approximately two-thirds of expatriates have seen their overall quality of life improve since relocating to Singapore. 60 per cent said that they have higher earnings and savings in Singapore compared to their country of origin. On average, expatriates in Singapore are earning S$139,000 per annum. 23 per cent of the respondents are earning more than S$200,000 per year. More than half of the respondents believe Singapore provides a conducive environment for the development of their careers – 62 per cent believe Singapore provides opportunities for career advancement and 58 per cent believe that the country provides a good environment to start a business.
Global Property News
Australia forces sale of 16 foreigner-owned properties
Since May, the Australian government has forced the sale of 16 foreigner-owned properties that were purchased without required government permission. The cumulative value of the 16 units sold amounts to A$14 million, with the majority of the funds repaid to Chinese owners who owned seven units; all the owners were also fined.
In Australia foreigners need permission from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) to purchase property in the country. Since 2013, the government has forced 46 foreign-owned properties, with a total value of A$93 million and majority owned by Chinese nationals, to be sold.
JLL list of “Top 20 Cities for Direct Commercial Real Estate Investment” dominated by US cities, with New York at the top
According to a Jones Lang LaSalle report, Global Market Perspective Q3 2016, 11 US cities ranked among the Top 20 Cities for direct commercial real estate investment, with New York coming out tops. The report showed that US cities with strong growth prospects, such as Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago and Boston, remain attractive to investors. Although New York saw a six per cent year-on-year dip in H1 2016 compared to H1 2015, it led all cities with US$24.4 billion worth of investment. London, which saw investment volumes reduced by 39 per cent year-on-year compared to H1 2015, to US$13.2 billion, was ranked second. Los Angeles was ranked third with US$11.3 billion, a 38 per cent year-on-year increase compared to H1 2015.
Malaysian cabinet requests reassessment of recently proposed home financing policy
Malaysia’s cabinet has requested Housing Minister Noh Omar to reassess and enhance the home financing policy. The home financing policy, proposed on 8th September, seeks to grant property developers permission to provide home buyers with loans at a maximum interest rate of 18 per cent. However bankers, industrialists and economists raised concerns that this might cause a sub-prime mortgage crisis in the country. Malaysia currently has one of the highest household debt burdens in Asia, at 89 per cent. According to Fitch the proposed scheme could lead to unregulated lending to households with high credit risks, resulting in rising household debt.
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Plans to toll national routes to raise €500m ‘absurd’
By Colm Kelpie
A PLAN to introduce tolls on national routes has been branded absurd and a serious attack on rural Ireland.
The proposal is one of several cost-saving and revenue-raising suggestions estimated to save the taxpayer more than €500 million.
Reducing the number of senior council officials in local authorities, increasing the fee for driving licences, and axing the “off-road” exemption for motor tax have also been mooted.
But motoring group AA said introducing a toll on non-motorway roads would be inefficient and costly.
Conor Faughnan, AA director of policy, said: “This makes absolutely no sense at all.
“The only purpose here is to raise extra money from motorists. Even if we accept that motorists will pay more taxes, using tolls to collect them is extremely inefficient and very costly.”
Mr Faughnan said that if the Government chose to add just one cent per litre to the excise duty on petrol and diesel it would raise around €25m for the state.
The Labour Party said it would not support the tolling proposal.
Ciarán Lynch, local government spokesman, said: “This is a nonsense and represents another serious attack on rural Ireland. People who live in rural areas served by national primary routes already pay road tax, income tax, VAT and a myriad of charges.
“Expecting them now to fork out hundreds of euro a year just to pop down to the shop for a loaf of bread, or to take their children to school is a bridge too far.”
Simon Coveney, Fine Gael transport spokesman, said the plan should be scrapped.
“Hard tolling of roads is not an efficient way to raise money. The capital cost of putting new tolls in place and the cost of staffing them is not an efficient way to collect what is effectively a new tax.”
Chambers Ireland said the bulk of the estimated €511m that would be raised must be passed on to businesses in the form of lower rates and other reduced charges.
Hilary Haydon, Ratepayers and Local Government Council Chair, said: “Given that business has been the funder of ‘last resort’ for many local authorities, it follows that a significant amount of the cost savings achieved must be passed back to businesses in the form of reduced rates and other charges.
“The savings outlined in the report have the potential to help reduce the burden on local government funders, of which business is the largest.
“Speedy implementation of the recommendations is therefore vital.”
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The art lover’s guide to Japanese museums
By Sophie Richard
The Japan Society (2014)
Review by Jenny White
Sophie Richard’s The art lover’s guide to Japanese museums is a seductive and accessible introduction to Japanese art, from its ancient beginnings to its current shape, and the spaces in which it is displayed. Hitherto, the sheer number of these museums has proved a daunting and somewhat intimidating challenge for the visitor with no prior knowledge of Japanese culture and limited time on their hands. So, where does the art lover begin?
Sophie encourages us to leave our preconceptions at the museum entrance, along with, in some cases, our shoes, as she takes us by the hand on a personal journey to over fifty national, local, public, and occasionally private, art museums and houses. She strikes a fine balance between imparting enough information for us to understand why this work of art or that building is significant, and leaving us with sufficient space to feel our own response. The overseas visitor may not stray far from the main Honshu Island, where most of these museums are based, however visitors to the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum on the island of Shikoku are rewarded with ‘A place of harmony between the traditional Japanese buildings where [Isamu Noguchi] lived and worked, and the gardens and surrounding mountains’. Interviews enhance our understanding of the aims of this museum: ‘in the curator’s view, the feeling of the place is the most important’.
In Japan, the art museum (bijutsukan) as a place for art is a relatively new post-war concept. Before the economic bubble of the 1980s the home of Japanese art was mainly in the Shōsōin (treasure houses) of shrines and temples. The 1980s saw a national boom with ninety new museums founded in 1988 alone. Museum construction was a symbol of civic pride; huge amounts of public money were allocated, world famous architects were commissioned and museum building provided jobs, competition and moreover, a local identity. ‘Nagi MOCA is a cutting-edge municipal museum founded in 1994 to put the isolated town of Nagi on the map […T]he building itself is a work of art’, Sophie explains. In Europe we saw something similar in the ‘Bilbao effect’, as the northern Spanish industrial town was transformed by architect Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum. Nowadays, Japan is home to over a thousand art museums, with fine examples in every prefecture, ward and metropolis.
In the rush to build these museums, curators and local communities weren’t always consulted: ‘Mayors and prefecture governors are more interested in the size of the building than its content’, complains Arata Isozaki, architect of museums in Japan and around the world. ‘In Europe, a museum is primarily a collection with curators. In Japan, it’s first and foremost a building.’ However, in the last twenty years, Japanese art museums have quietly built up and refined their collections and modified their construction to allow art, people, and buildings to more readily co-exist. Their curatorial displays are now some of the best in the world and a radical shift has taken place; curators have realised it’s not enough to be a scholar – one also has to reach out to the local community – and that public or privately funded, the museum is a public space. The last – and previously elusive – piece of that jigsaw is to extend that accessibility to the overseas visitor.
Sophie’s book is unique in achieving this, with her description of both the collections and their interaction with the museum spaces, which themselves are often significant examples within the oeuvre of international and Japanese architects. The design of the book is clean, uncluttered and subtly colour-coded by area, with museum and thematic indexes, sections on the Imperial family, Mingei folk art and the Tea ceremony, and a useful timeline. Sophie warns us that displays are often rotated with the seasons, so you may not see the ‘signature’ art work of any one museum on your visit but even so, you will be treated instead to a delightful and unexpected discovery in its place. Museums are often ‘destinations’ off the beaten track, and so Sophie’s commentary is balanced with helpful hints on the extent of English spoken in the area, other museums easily overlooked nearby, and museums’ names in Japanese script – the latter a gentle aid to the reader who is beginning to decipher this ‘Empire of Signs’, and useful for showing a local if you are lost along the way!
In her fluid summary ‘Looking at Japanese art’ we learn of the aesthetic significance of the tea ceremony, and that art and craft, unlike in the West, are on the same aesthetic and spiritual continuum. Indeed, this thread runs through Japanese art and architecture from its earliest religious beginnings to the work of contemporary artists such as Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tatsuo Miyajima and architect Jun Aoki, who was keen to reflect the nearby ancient Jomon archaeological site in his contemporary design for the Aomori Museum of Art.
Sophie’s commentary considers the holistic cultural experience of the area as essential to the enjoyment of the visit. For example, a visit to the Hara Museum, built in 1938 by Jin Watanabe as a rare example of Bauhaus influence, includes an account of its unusual architectural heritage. She encourages us to visit the museum’s annex in Shibukawa, built by Arata Isozaki; describes the quality of installation of the work by artists Tabaimo, Yayoi Kusama, and Olafur Eliaasson; and concludes by suggesting a dip in the outdoor hot spring at Ikaho Onsen and a dinner comprising the delicious udon noodles available nearby. Sounds like a perfect day!
This is essentially a book of stories, written in the universal language of art, and one that will do much to increase your understanding and enjoyment of the artworks, the space, and the local environment on your visit to any museum. It will make a significant contribution to the Japanese art world by introducing new audiences to the county’s museums, and the stories that lie within. Furthermore, the intrepid art lover, now emboldened and inspired, can venture north and south of the Japanese archipelago and discover new art, galleries, and museums outside conventional guidebooks. If that art lover is you, do not keep the secret to yourself. Let Sophie know of your discoveries, and the aim of this elegant and fascinating book will have then been achieved.
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Difference between Root and Stem
A typical flowering plant comprises a shoot system which remains above the ground and an underground root system. The shoot system, which originates from the plumule of the embryo in a seed, comprises stem, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits with seeds. The root system, which originates from the radical of the embryo, develops into a primary root. Let us see how a stem differs from a root!
Stem:
The stem is the part of the plant which remains above the ground and arises from the plumule of the embryo present in a seed. A stem is generally green, at least when it is young and is differentiated into nodes and internodes. The buds, leaf, branches and bracts develop from the nodes.
A stem is generally positive phototropic (grows towards a source of light); negative hydrotropic (tends to move away from the water) and negatively geotropic (grows against the gravity). The stems generally have multicellular hairs that help prevent evaporation of water from its surface. Branches on a stem grow in a regular fashion from the axillary buds and they are exogenous, i.e. branches arise from outer layers.
Basic Functions of a Stem:
It provides support to all aerial parts of a plant or tree like leaves, flowers, and connects them with the root system.
It takes part in food production through photosynthesis.
It transports water and minerals between roots and leaves through vascular system.
It may store water, starch, sugar, etc.
Some plants have a photosynthetic stem.
Root is the descending or underground part of a plant that arises from the radical of the embryo in a seed. However, it may also arise from any other part of a plant. It is generally non-green and lacks nodes and internodes. Roots are positively geotropic (grows towards gravity), positively hydrotropic (tends to grow towards the water), and may be neutral or negatively phototropic (grow away from a light source).
The tip of a root has a root cap which protects the root apical meristem as it penetrates the soil. The root hairs are always unicellular and are restricted to a specific area near the root tip. They help absorb water from the soil.
Basic functions of a root:
It absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
It anchors the plant body to the ground and provides support to it.
It stores food and nutrients.
It helps in vegetative reproduction.
Based on the above information, some of the key differences between stem and root are as follows:
It arises from the plumule of the embryo present in the seed. It develops from the radical of the embryo present in the seed.
The stem remains above the ground. It is the aerial part of the plant body. It generally remains below the ground. It is the underground part of the plant body.
It is negatively hydrotropic, i.e. grows away from water. It is positively hydrotropic, i.e. grows towards water.
It is negatively geotropic, i.e. grows away from the gravity. It is positively geotropic, i.e. tends to grow towards gravity.
It is positively phototrophic, i.e. tends to grow towards the source of light. It is neural or negatively phototrophic, i.e. tends to grow away from the source of the light.
It has nodes and internodes. It lacks nodes and internodes.
It has axillary bud. It lacks axillary bud.
Branches grow in a regular fashion from the axillary buds. Branches grow in an irregular fashion behind the root tip.
Stem hairs do not occur at a specific region of the stem. Root hairs are present at a specific region of the root near the root cap.
Stem hairs are multicellular and can be of various shapes and sizes. Root hairs are unicellular and are tube-shaped.
Branches of the stem are exogenous, i.e. they arise from the outer layers. Branches of the root are endogenous, i.e. they arise from the pericycle.
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The Last Collection
“THE LAST COLLECTION brings to center stage the fascinating life of Elsa Schiaparelli in a story that is as elegantly constructed as the clothes she designed. The combination of Schiap’s fierce rivalry with Coco Chanel and the inevitable war makes for a palpable tension, and Jeanne Mackin ultimately delivers an ending that is beautiful, heartbreaking, and perfect in every way.” – Michelle Gable, New York Times Bestselling Author
Coming June 2019
An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American….Read More!
“The Last Collection is a skillful weave of compelling characters grappling for both fortune and affirmation, and is set against a vivid backdrop–first the glittering cosmos of Paris fashion, then the hardships of World War 2, and then the remains of beauty after war. Beautiful prose and imagery enrich every page. Mackin is an insightful, engaging storyteller.” – Susan Meissner, author of As Bright As Heaven
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Jeanne Mackin is the author of acclaimed novels about ground-breaking, fascinating women whose lives intertwine with the political and cultural events of their times. Her novels have ranged from the salons of pre-revolutionary France to the cafes and conspiracies of France between the world wars. Her forthcoming novel, The Last Collection, based on the intense rivalry between Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, takes the reader into a world of Parisian haute couture and dangerous politics just before World War II. She has also won awards for journalism and taught writing. She lives with her husband in the Finger Lakes area of New York State.
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Capital allowances changes
A number of changes to capital allowances were announced at the Budget, including an increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), for two years to £1 million, in relation to qualifying expenditure incurred from 1 January 2019. The AIA is currently £200,000 per annum. Complex calculations may apply to accounting periods which straddle 1 January 2019.
Other changes to the rules include:
a reduction in the rate of writing down allowance on the special rate pool of plant and machinery, including long-life assets, thermal insulation, integral features and expenditure on cars with CO2 emissions of more than 110g/km, from 8% to 6% from April 2019. Complex calculations may apply to accounting periods which straddle this date
clarification as to precisely which costs of altering land for the purposes of installing qualifying plant or machinery qualify for capital allowances, for claims on or after 29 October 2018
the end of the 100% first year allowance and first year tax credits for products on the Energy Technology List and Water Technology List from April 2020
an extension of the current 100% first year allowance for expenditure incurred on electric charge-point equipment until 2023.
In addition, a new capital allowances regime will be introduced for structures and buildings. It will be known as the Structures and Buildings Allowance and will apply to new non-residential structures and buildings. Relief will be provided on eligible construction costs incurred on or after 29 October 2018, at an annual rate of 2% on a straight-line basis.
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Chance the Rapper as the next mayor of Chicago?
CNN SOURCE: CNN
It’s no secret that Chance the Rapper has been invested in giving back to his hometown of Chicago, but it seems now the city wants him to be in charge permanently. A website dedicated to drawing support for Chance the Rapper to become the next mayor of Chicago has been created. It highlights the many ways that Chance has already helped the Windy City. He’s donated money to public schools, launched art and literature funds and attended college and career fairs in the city. The website says, “We know you don’t think of yourself as a politician, and we respect that. But this election is an opportunity for Chicago that we don’t want to miss.” The next election for Mayor of Chicago is February 26, 2019. There is time for the rapper to start campaigning, but is he interested? This week Drake said he would support the idea of Chance becoming the mayor. While Chance didn’t appear to come out and directly say he would be campaigning, he did thank Drake for the support.
It’s no secret that Chance the Rapper has been invested in giving back to his hometown of Chicago, but it seems now the city wants him to be in charge permanently.
A website dedicated to drawing support for Chance the Rapper to become the next mayor of Chicago has been created. It highlights the many ways that Chance has already helped the Windy City.
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He’s donated money to public schools, launched art and literature funds and attended college and career fairs in the city.
The website says, “We know you don’t think of yourself as a politician, and we respect that. But this election is an opportunity for Chicago that we don’t want to miss.”
The next election for Mayor of Chicago is February 26, 2019. There is time for the rapper to start campaigning, but is he interested?
This week Drake said he would support the idea of Chance becoming the mayor. While Chance didn’t appear to come out and directly say he would be campaigning, he did thank Drake for the support.
Thank you @Drake https://t.co/h6VWujUOrc
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 5, 2017
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Huskers Throwback Thursday: Pat Ricketts
Updated: 8:53 AM CDT Sep 12, 2014
Brandi Petersen
Many of the men who played football for the University of Nebraska can point to one play on the field as their favorite moment as a Husker. Pat Ricketts’ best memory happened off the field.“Would’ve been my sophomore year, and I earned a Blackshirt,” Ricketts recently told KETV’s Brandi Petersen. “That was the first Blackshirt I was able to earn. It was right after practice, so it was very untraditional compared to the way they traditionally did it that year, so it was a complete surprise.”Video: Huskers Throwback Thursday: Pat RickettsRicketts, a Cornerback from Omaha, proved the worth of the symbolic ‘Blackshirt’ from 2000 to 2003 with Nebraska. His senior year, he started all 13 games and finished with 21 career pass breakups, ranking sixth on the NU all-time list. One of his most impressive moments came against Colorado in November that year when he intercepted the ball, just as he did five other times as a Husker.Off the field, Ricketts worked hard in the classroom, on the Honor Roll his entire college career and named as a Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 player. Ricketts says he always knew what direction he’d head when his playing days were over.“I worked in several financial institutions and with the family starting TD Ameritrade in town, that’s what I grew up around,” said Ricketts. “Around the dinner table, the talk was always the markets.”Ricketts is now President and CFO of Vintage Financial Group, offering investment advice for both clients and the public as a frequent guest on KETV Newswatch 7 First News Weekend.“We’ve been recognized by a couple of national organizations as one of the top advisory firms here in Omaha,” said Ricketts.Ricketts, a husband and father of three, is also President of the Millard Public Schools Board. Ricketts, a Millard North graduate, played for Nebraska at a time when several Mustangs were recruited to become Huskers. He still keeps in touch with fellow Millard North alums Judd Davies, Mike McLaughlin and Eric Crouch, who all became Huskers.“It was really neat to go from high school to college, to bring that work ethic,” said Ricketts. “We had a lot of pride, and still do have a lot of pride, as Millard graduates and especially as Mustang graduates.”Ricketts hopes Nebraska keeps up the tradition of recruiting local kids.“It’s extremely important to get those in-state kids down to Lincoln, down to the University. It bonds fans across the state of Nebraska, those small towns to larger towns, to know that’s their boy down at the University,” said Ricketts. “It’s fun; they’ve watched that kid grow up and to be able to go on to college, that creates that fan base that’s unique to Nebraska.”Ricketts will be watching the defense. He calls his fellow Blackshirts a fraternity.“ really looking forward to the defensive unit,” said Ricketts. “I know the coaches are moving some guys around, seeing what they can do to put the best defense forward.”Ricketts reflects back on his own time at Nebraska as he wishes current players to ‘just have fun’.“Thinking back, senior year was a great time because you realize this is your last year, and you’ve grown up playing sports, and there’s a time that’s come to an end,” said Ricketts. “So, enjoy it, embrace it. And if they do that, they’re able to embrace it, they’ll see success.”Read more about Pat Ricketts in Brandi Petersen's blog post, Brothers In Blue.
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Many of the men who played football for the University of Nebraska can point to one play on the field as their favorite moment as a Husker. Pat Ricketts’ best memory happened off the field.
“Would’ve been my sophomore year, and I earned a Blackshirt,” Ricketts recently told KETV’s Brandi Petersen. “That was the first Blackshirt I was able to earn. It was right after practice, so it was very untraditional compared to the way they traditionally did it that year, so it was a complete surprise.”
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Video: Huskers Throwback Thursday: Pat Ricketts
Ricketts, a Cornerback from Omaha, proved the worth of the symbolic ‘Blackshirt’ from 2000 to 2003 with Nebraska. His senior year, he started all 13 games and finished with 21 career pass breakups, ranking sixth on the NU all-time list. One of his most impressive moments came against Colorado in November that year when he intercepted the ball, just as he did five other times as a Husker.
Off the field, Ricketts worked hard in the classroom, on the Honor Roll his entire college career and named as a Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 player. Ricketts says he always knew what direction he’d head when his playing days were over.
“I worked in several financial institutions and with the family starting TD Ameritrade in town, that’s what I grew up around,” said Ricketts. “Around the dinner table, the talk was always the markets.”
Ricketts is now President and CFO of Vintage Financial Group, offering investment advice for both clients and the public as a frequent guest on KETV Newswatch 7 First News Weekend.
“We’ve been recognized by a couple of national organizations as one of the top advisory firms here in Omaha,” said Ricketts.
Ricketts, a husband and father of three, is also President of the Millard Public Schools Board. Ricketts, a Millard North graduate, played for Nebraska at a time when several Mustangs were recruited to become Huskers. He still keeps in touch with fellow Millard North alums Judd Davies, Mike McLaughlin and Eric Crouch, who all became Huskers.
“It was really neat to go from high school to college, to bring that work ethic,” said Ricketts. “We had a lot of pride, and still do have a lot of pride, as Millard graduates and especially as Mustang graduates.”
Ricketts hopes Nebraska keeps up the tradition of recruiting local kids.
“It’s extremely important to get those in-state kids down to Lincoln, down to the University. It bonds fans across the state of Nebraska, those small towns to larger towns, to know that’s their boy down at the University,” said Ricketts. “It’s fun; they’ve watched that kid grow up and to be able to go on to college, that creates that fan base that’s unique to Nebraska.”
Ricketts will be watching the defense. He calls his fellow Blackshirts a fraternity.
“[I’m] really looking forward to the defensive unit,” said Ricketts. “I know the coaches are moving some guys around, seeing what they can do to put the best defense forward.”
Ricketts reflects back on his own time at Nebraska as he wishes current players to ‘just have fun’.
“Thinking back, senior year was a great time because you realize this is your last year, and you’ve grown up playing sports, and there’s a time that’s come to an end,” said Ricketts. “So, enjoy it, embrace it. And if they do that, they’re able to embrace it, they’ll see success.”
Read more about Pat Ricketts in Brandi Petersen's blog post, Brothers In Blue.
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Multiple Signatures
On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users
By Michael Rock
Published by Rizzoli, New York 2013. (To order your copy visit amazon.com)
Multiple Signatures explores the diverse voices and disciplines that comprise the process of graphic design through the lens of authorship, criticism, projects, and collaborations. The book includes essay, interviews, diagrams, annotations, illustrated lectures and case studies from Rock and contributors such as Susan Sellers, Georgie Stout, Rem Koolhaas, Mark Wigley, Paul Elliman, Enrique Walker, Rick Poynor and Lucia Allais among many others. Multiple Signatures examines all aspects of contemporary visual culture from branding and authorship to urban screens, conspiracy theory and t-shirt design.
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In the tradition of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, Michael Rock explores the history and development of twenty-first-century visual and design culture. A thoughtful and witty exploration of graphic design today, Multiple Signatures examines all aspects of modern design, from typography to the evolution of screens in advertising to trusting one’s own creative instincts, through a series of smart and often irreverent essays and images. Using 2x4’s own collaborations and projects as examples, and drawing on the experience of the contributing authors, the result is not a clinical textbook, but a fantastic and thought-provoking work about the limitless applications of design. Multiple Signatures challenges standard ways of understanding design and inspires readers to think of graphic design as a building block for all creative disciplines.
Michael Rock is a founding partner and Creative Director at 2x4 and Director of the Graphic Architecture Project at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. At 2x4, he leads a wide range of projects for Prada, Nike, Kanye West, Barneys New York, Harvard and CCTV. Since 1991 he has been a member of the design faculty at the Yale School of Art where he holds the rank of Professor (Adjunct). In addition, he was a fellow at the Jan Van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and a contributing editor and graphic design journalist at I.D. Magazine in New York. His writing on design has appeared in publications worldwide. He holds an A.B. in Humanities from Union College and a M.F.A from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the recipient of the 1999/2000 Rome Prize in Design from the American Academy in Rome and currently serves on the board of the Academy.
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Similarities Between Spoken Language and Written Language
December 21, 2017 , Dr. Howard Fields , Leave a comment
What is Spoken Language?
Spoken language is a language that is used by articulately producing different sounds. This is the first type of language that every person encounters and learns, while also being the first form of communication between humans. All the information was usually transferred only verbally, from one generation to the next, but at one point during the evolution, there was the need to preserve that information. This had been achieved through the formation of written language.
There are some minor ambiguities in the term spoken language. Mainly, whether spoken language includes some “silent” non-written languages, such as the sign language (mostly used for communication with deaf people). Some linguists argue that the sign language isn’t a spoken language, and make a distinction between vocal languages (which are a type of a spoken language) and sign languages. There are, of course, others who disagree with that and believe that any sign language is also a spoken language. It’s an open problem in linguistics that sparked many interesting debates so far. The ambiguity itself doesn’t affect the relationship between spoken and written languages or their similarities, so it can be overlooked in this case.
What is Written Language?
As I mentioned above, at a certain point in time during the evolution of humans, there was a need to preserve some information. This led to the invention of different symbols, each representing either a specific term or a specific vocal. This led to the further development of symbolic or phonetic languages, but they each fundamentally served the same purpose – to represent something that was stated using spoken language and preserve it in the form of a series of symbols. Later on, different grammatical rules started forming, dictating how those symbols could be arranged and combined, and the grammar itself also evolved with time, following the changes in spoken language. As people started talking differently, the change in spoken language would become widespread, ultimately forcing written language to be changed accordingly so as to follow the change in spoken language.
Since written language is basically a visual representation of spoken language, they really serve the same purpose – to transfer information from one person to another. However, if something stated using spoken language was transcribed directly into written language, the form would be weird, or even incorrect, and there would be the use of slang, or repetition of certain phrases, and other constructs that exist and are common in spoken language but aren’t acceptable in written language. Also, when trying to transfer information using written language, a lot more time is allotted to the formation of sentences and their order, so something that was written down would actually have a defined structure, while spoken language is a lot more spontaneous.
Apart from that, these two types of language are fairly similar:
They both serve the same purpose
That is, to transfer information.
They both undergo the same changes
When a new term is introduced, it first starts being used verbally, becoming a part of spoken language, and, shortly after, it becomes introduced in its written form, becoming part of written language.
There is a strict correlation between them
Exact rules govern how you should read something that is written down, as well as how you should write down something that was spoken, so it’s easy to go from one language to the other.
Overall, spoken language does have a sort of “priority”, regarding how it first introduces and dictates changes, while written language only serves to preserve the information transferred via spoken language, practically following in its footsteps. It was invented later, and it undergoes any possible changes after they happen to spoken language. On the other hand, something that is written down usually contains a well-defined inner structure, making it easier to understand and follow, while something said in spoken language is usually spontaneous and not structured at all.
Author: Dr. Howard Fields
Dr. Howard is a Clinical Psychologist and a Professional Writer and he has been partnering with patients to create positive change in their lives for over fifteen years. Dr. Howard integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each patient.
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This data set includes tables on persons living with HIV/AIDS, newly diagnosed HIV cases and all cause deaths in HIV/AIDS cases by gender, age, race/ethnicity and transmission category.
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Ever Wake Up and Think You See a Ghost? Here's What's Happening
By Bahar Gholipour - Staff Writer 2015-01-14T20:24:50Z
Henry Fuseli's "The Nightmare" may have been inspired by the chest-crushing sensation and hallucinations of sleep paralysis.
(Image: © Henry Fuseli (1781))
It was an ordinary night, but Salma, a 20-year-old student at The American University in Cairo, had a particularly frightening experience. She woke up, unable to move a muscle, and felt as though there were an intruder in her bedroom. She saw what appeared to be a fanged, bloody creature that looked like "something out of a horror movie," standing beside her bed.
She later explained her experience to researchers who were conducting a survey about sleep paralysis, a common but somewhat unexplained phenomenon in which a person awakens from sleep but feels unable to move. Up to 40 percent of people report experiencing sleep paralysis at some point in their lives, and a few, like Salma, hallucinate shadowy intruders hovering over them.
"Sleep paralysis can be a very frightening experience for some people, and a clear understanding of what actually causes it would have great implications for people who suffer from it," said Baland Jalal, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego.
Researchers say that sleep paralysis happens when a person awakens during a stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM). People in this stage of sleep are usually dreaming, but their muscles are nearly paralyzed, which might be an evolutionary adaptation that keeps people from acting out their dreams.
It is harder to explain why a subset of people who experience sleep paralysis feel a menacing figure in their room or pressing on their chests. [Senses and Non-Sense: 7 Odd Hallucinations] One possible explanation could be that the hallucination is the brain's way of clearing out confusion, when there's a disturbance in the brain region that holds a neural map of the body or the "self," according to a recent article that Jalal and his colleague Vilayanur Ramachandran, of UC San Diego, published in the journal Medical Hypotheses.
"Perhaps, in part of the brain, there's a genetically hardwired image of the body — a template," Jalal told Live Science. Previous studies have suggested that such a region may be a part of the parietal lobes, which are situated in the top-middle part of the brain.
It is possible that during sleep paralysis, the parietal lobes monitor the neurons in the brain that are firing commands to move, but aren't detecting any actual movement in the limbs, which are temporarily paralyzed. This may lead to a disturbance in how the brain builds a sense of the body image, Jalal said. The appearance of a bedroom intruder could result when the brain tries to projectthe person's own body image onto a hallucinated figure, he said.
This idea, though intriguing, would be very difficult to test, Jalal said. One way to gather evidence showing whether this is what is happening inside the brain during sleep paralysis would be to test people who have different body images. For example, if this idea is true, people who are missing a limb might hallucinate figures who are missing the same limb, Jalal said. Still, people with such different body images are likely a small subset of the population, and it would be difficult to conduct such an experiment, he said.
What's so frightening about sleep paralysis?
It's also possible that people's differing experiences of sleep paralysis are due to differences in their cultural beliefs. Previous research has suggested that certain ideas found in people's cultures could shape how they experience certain phenomena, Jalal said.
For example, in a 2013 study published in the journal Cultural, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Jalal and his colleague Devon Hinton, of Harvard Medical School, looked at the rates of sleep paralysis, and the amount of stress that people felt because of the episodes, among people of two different societies: Egypt and Denmark. They found that, compared to study participants in Denmark, the Egyptians experienced sleep paralysis more frequently, and had more prolonged episodes that were accompanied with a greater fear of dying from the experience. [Top 10 Spooky Sleep Disorders]
"These are two very different cultures; Egypt is very religious, whereas Denmark is one of the most atheist countries in the world," Jalal said.
Most of the Danish participants said they thought sleep paralysis was caused by physiological factors, brain malfunctioning or sleeping the wrong way, whereas the Egyptians were more likely to believe that sleep paralysis is caused by the supernatural.
In another survey, about half of the Egyptian participants from that study said they thought their sleep paralysis was inflicted by a jinn, a ghostlike, menacing creature from Islamic mythology, according to the study, published in the journal Transcultural Psychiatry in 2014.
Jalal and his colleagues concluded that people with such supernatural beliefs tend to experience more fear during sleep paralysis, as well as longer episodes of it. It is even possible that the fear actually contributes to an increase in the person's severe episodes of sleep paralysis, and vice versa, Jalal said.
"If you have fear, the activation in fear centers in the brain might mean more likelihood of fully awaking during sleep paralysis, and experiencing the whole thing," Jalal said. "And by experiencing it, you would have more fear — and then, you have all these cultural ideas of what it is added as well, and now you are even more scared of it."
Jalal said he thinks finding a scientific explanation for sleep paralysis could help people who have particularly frightening and stressful episodes because they've culturally learned to attribute it to supernatural beings.
Email Bahar Gholipour. Follow Live Science @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Originally published on Live Science.
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Ski Whiteface Mountain
Biggest vertical drop in the east? Check. Apres ski cocktails and hot treats? Check. Shopping for a new ski sweater and homemade chocolate? For sure. You on the slopes? Soon.
With more than 288 ski-able acres just a short drive from the picture-perfect village of Lake Placid, Whiteface is an adventurous skier's vacation dream come true. Don't wait any longer; make this the year you ski the 'face.
The Stats
288 skiable acres
3,430' vertical drop
11 high-speed lifts and gondola
'The Slides' - 35 acres of off-piste wilderness terrain
East Coast skiing and riding
Whiteface features 90 trails, 11 lifts, and a 3,430-foot vertical drop — the largest east of the Rockies — Whiteface Mountain is big on a lot of things, including variety. Beginners of all ages will love having an entire area, Bear Den Mountain, dedicated to them. Learn to ski or ride, then head higher up the mountain and try one of the longer beginner trails, where better views of the Adirondacks await. Experienced skiers and boarders will also find plenty to love at Whiteface, site of the alpine skiing events of the 1980 Winter Olympics. Take a steep plunge, negotiate an expert-level glade, or head over to the slides for a true backcountry experience.
Whiteface is known for its beautiful panoramic mountain scenery, technical terrain, award-winning family resort amenities, and it also boasts a complete terrain park with jumps, rails, jibs, and a U.S. Air Bag for tricks with a soft landing.
Ski, stay, enjoy
The trails at Whiteface Mountain maintain a solid snow base all winter with modern, efficient snow making, so don't wait to plan a ski trip to Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain. Many of Lake Placid's hotels cater to vacationing skiers with gear storage, waxing, and more, giving you every reason to book your winter vacation today! With a ski vacation in Lake Placid, you get the best of everything: powdery days on the slopes and the charm of the village of Lake Placid with its Olympic heritage, award-winning restaurants, and family-friendly activities. It's worth the drive, and with the skier shuttle, you can sit back and enjoy the ride!
A ski resort for kids
Whiteface Mountain's Bear Den Mountain Learning Center is a family favorite where children can enjoy a resort of their own! Complete with a lift and a magic carpet along with bright equipment, professional instructors, and learning tools. Bear Den offers a cozy log cabin style lodge, ski and board rentals, food, easy parking, lift tickets, access to the full mountain, and a shuttle to the main lodge. Bear Den also hosts a Snow Sports School, Ski and Play Program, and childcare in the Bear Den Nursery for children ages 1 - 6. Adults are welcome to join their children of all ages to help them master their "pizza to French fry."
If you're looking for the right ski and board equipment to take to the mountain, look no further than the stores located in the Lake Placid region. The experts at our shops will help you choose exactly what you need, whether it's a warm Nordic sweater or the hottest new skis to keep you sliding in style. You'll have fun browsing and picking up treasures you never knew you needed but can't live without!
More, more, more fun
Lake Placid boasts one of the nation's most beloved après ski scenes. From November through March, our award-winning off-hill activities complete your ski vacation experience. It's a big reason why people come back year after year. After a day on the slopes, trade your ski boots for resort wear and enjoy the village's nightlife, where there is something for everyone. Have a nightcap on an outdoor waterfront deck or toast marshmallows over an open fire as you unwind. Gather your loved ones and eat like a local at one of our Lake Placid restaurants, where the food is hearty and inspired, and prepare to hit the slopes again for another thrilling day.
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iPhone 5 Demand Triples That of Hot-Selling Samsung Galaxy S III
By Mark Spoonauer - LAPTOP Editor in Chief 2012-07-23T08:02:52Z
Samsung has every reason to celebrate, and also a very big reason to watch its back. Just as company president JK Shin announced more than 10 million sales of the Galaxy S III in just two months, a new Changewave study shows that demand for the upcoming iPhone 5 triples that for Samsung's flagship phone.
If you look at the results of the survey, conducted in June, 31 percent of respondents said that they were either somewhat likely or very likely to purchase an iPhone 5, compared to a combined 9 percent for the Galaxy S III. The survey included a brief description of the S III's features along with a preview description of the iPhone 5's expected highlights, including a larger display and 4G LTE capability.
That's not to say Samsung isn't on a hot streak. In fact, nearly one in five of those surveyed said they would purchase a phone from the world's largest phone manufacturer in the next 90 days. That number is up 6 percentage points since March and is nearly quadruple the number of intended shoppers since the third quarter of 2011.
What's probably just as encouraging to Apple is that demand for the iPhone 5 significantly surpasses that for the iPhone 4S when a similar survey was conducted in October of 2011, just as Siri was saying hello to the world for the first time. Back then a combined 21.5 percent said they would be very likely or likely to buy the iPhone 4S, so the new study shows a 44 percent increase.
The biggest problem for Apple is that everyone knows the iPhone 5 isn't expected until the fall, which could impact financial results in the short term. According to a Reuters report, some analysts anticipate that Apple could come in below expectations for revenue in the quarter as a result of smartphone shoppers holding out for the new device.
Other data from the Chanewave survey shows flat to worse demand for other brands. Motorola is down 2 points to 4 percent, HTC is unchanged at 3 percent and RIM is stuck at a lowly 2 percent. Nokia demand is up, but only 1 point to 2 percent.
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Anne-Audrey Deltell, artistic coordinator-agent
Since graduating in 2012 from L’École Supérieure de Théâtre
(EST) from the University of Quebec in Montreal, Anne-Audrey cumulated artistic projects oscillating between theatre and music. Her bachelor’s degree in dramatic art, specialized in theatre studies, and before that her minor in art history and her collegiate formation in cinema made her passionate about the different links that can be made between all type of arts and their representations.
During her bachelor’s degree and since she graduated from the EST, Anne-Audrey worked for various young theatre companies: stage director then administrative director for C.R.É.A.T.U.R.E., theatre group founded by and for the theatre studies students of the EST, stage director for Biz’Art, scenic art project of the organism Oxy-jeunes, and more recently press relation’s an administrative director of the company Déviation2 Théâtre. She has also worked as assistant director and stage manager for the FestivalOpéra of St-Eustache (in 2013 for The Magic Flute of Mozart and in 2015 Cinderella by Pauline Viardot) and for the Lyrical workshop of Cegep Marie-Victorin in North Montreal, directed by Nathalie Deschamps (2012, Les mousquetaires au couvent of Louis Varney and in 2013, L’Opéra de quat’sous of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weil).
For many years now, she’s been teaching theatre to high school students for extra-curricular activities and is taking care of all of the aspect of the production (directing, theatre set, costumes, lightning and sound). Anne-Audrey has also worked as a cultural mediator for many companies such as the Compagnie musicale La Nef, specialized in ancient music, while doing a project in partnership with La Maison de enfants de Montréal. She had to prepare and host workshop with the children in the purpose to produce a musical tale named Le chat et le gondolier. For almost two years, she has been the cultural mediator for L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionettes, theatre specialized in children and puppets.
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https://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Trump-to-rally-in-El-Paso-to-push-for-border-wall-13594461.php
Trump to rally in El Paso to push for border wall funding
By Kevin Diaz
Updated 7:31 pm CST, Wednesday, February 6, 2019
EL PASO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 01: Central American immigrants wait to be taken into custody after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The migrants turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, seeking political asylum in the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
EL PASO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 01: Central American immigrants wait to be taken into custody after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The migrants turned themselves in to
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is planning to hold a campaign rally in El Paso on Monday as negotiations continue to head off another partial government shutdown over border wall money.
The rally, announced Wednesday, will involve Trump's second trip to Texas since last month, when he went to McAllen on an official presidential visit to support his push for a border wall, a central promise of his 2016 campaign.
As in McAllen, a host of Democratic officials from El Paso assailed the move, saying Trump has inaccurately portrayed the border region as dangerous and crime-ridden.
The rally at the El Paso County Coliseum will take place five days before a Feb. 15 deadline to break in impasse with Democratic leaders in Congress, who oppose his $5.7 billion request for border wall funding.
ON HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM: Trump’s border wall strategy aimed at Rio Grande Valley and Texas
It also comes as a caravan of about 1,800 Central American immigrants arrived at the border with Texas in Eagle Pass, hoping to enter the United States. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is moving 250 active duty troops to the area from Arizona.
Trump called out El Paso Tuesday night in his State of the Union Address, holding it up as a community that had benefited from border barriers.
"Simply put, walls work and walls save lives," Trump said in his address to Congress, citing the example of El Paso. "So let's work together, compromise, and reach a deal that will truly make America safe."
His campaign doubled down on the border crime narrative on Wednesday. "As the president continues his fight to secure our border, there's no better place to demonstrate that walls work than in El Paso," said Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. "President Trump looks forward to visiting with the patriots of Texas who are on the front lines of the struggle against open border Democrats who allow drugs, crime, and sex trafficking all along our border every day."
But local El Paso officials, including former congressman Beto O'Rourke, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, argue that the city was one of the safest in America both before and after border barriers were built.
FBI uniform crime reports show El Paso, with a population of about 700,000, has experienced fewer violent crimes than similar-sized cities such as Tucson and Tulsa, Okla. Its crime rate is below the national average, the FBI reports.
Violent crimes in the city have plunged since the 1990s, long before the wall was built in 2009. The number of murders peaked at 56 in 1993 and typically have been at 20 a year or below since 2000.
Responding to Trump's mention of El Paso in his speech, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from El Paso, tweeted, "El Paso is a safe border community." She cited reports ranking El Paso as the second or third safest city in America.
State Rep. Cesar Blanco, a Democrat, called Trump's political rally in El Paso "a slap in the face to our community."
"This was ground-zero for his family separation policies," Blanco added. "This is where migrant children have died in the custody of his administration. As demonstrated in his State of the Union, this President is out of touch with reality."
IN CONGRESS: Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert likes the new 'Louie Gohmert rule'
In a televised interview, El Paso Sheriff Richard Wiles also said Trump is promoting a false impression of the city. "It is sad to hear President Trump state falsehoods about El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to justify the building of a 2,000 mile wall," Wiles told NBC. "El Paso was a safe city long before a wall was built. President Trump continues to give a false narrative."
In either case, El Paso is one of the few sites in Texas that could provide Trump with an impression of progress on his wall agenda. Current border barrier renovation contracts call for four new miles of steel bollard wall to replace existing fencing.
Trump's campaign said the El Paso rally will be the seventh he has held in Texas since he began his race for president in June, 2015. His last Lone Star State rally was in Houston last October to campaign for Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.
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What Is Internment And Could Britain Use It To Beat Terrorists?
28 May 2017, 11:45 | Updated: 28 October 2019, 15:53
A senior police officer during the 7/7 bombings has suggested that Britain should use internment to halt the rise of terrorism in the UK. But what is it and could it happen?
What is internment?
Internment refers to when a country arrests and detains terror suspects without any trial - or even having to show any evidence of any wrong-dong.
Why are people recommending internment?
Tarique Ghaffur, an Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard at the the 7/7 bombings, believes the use of internment is necessary to
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he said: “About 3,000 extremists are subjects of interest to MI5 and police, and about 500 plots are being monitored."
With an additional 400 jihadis having returned from Syria, he said the numbers were far too great for them to be monitored by the police and security services and detaining them is the safest way to preventing terror attacks.
What are the arguments against internment?
Many people believe that the imprisonment of suspectswithout trial goes against what the country stands for.
And as James O'Brien illustrates below, establishing the means of choosing who should be held is extremely difficult to agree on.
Has Britain used internment before?
Internment was implemented during the Troubles in Northern Ireland when 1,981 people were interned, most of them Irish nationalists.
Many people believe the resentment that the policy caused pushed more people to into terrorism than it stopped.
Are there any internment camps currently?
Guantanamo Bay is an internment camp for the United States, where many terror suspects are still held, despite never having been convicted of any offences.
At its peak, Guantanamo Bay held 245 people. Currently, 41 are still held in the camp in Cuba.
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Can we really trust Andrew Scheer?
1. Scheer doesn’t have a climate plan
Scheer’s “climate plan” has been described as “devoid of detail” and “seriously unserious”. It mirrors the demands of the oil and gas lobby, and experts say it would actually increase emissions. In the midst of a climate emergency, Canada needs to elect a climate leader who will take climate change seriously and work hard to mitigate the impacts of climate change in Canada, and globally. If his woeful climate plan is anything to go by, Andrew Scheer’s not the leader we need. [1]
2. Scheer’s got his eye on healthcare
Earlier this year, senior members of Scheer’s team planned a ritzy $250 per head cocktail reception to discuss “the business of healthcare”. The closed door event invited health-care professionals to pay to shape policy and rub shoulders with Conservatives MPs Pierre Poilievre and Marilyn Gladu -- both pegged for key positions in a future Scheer cabinet. The event was described as an opportunity to “reimagine” healthcare -- a common code name for privatization. [2]
3. Scheer’s election platform is being determined by corporate interests
Andrew Scheer -- along with top Conservative strategists -- held secret meetings with wealthy oil execs to help shape his election platform. He also attended a $50,000 dinner with Imperial Oil -- owned by U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil and together, where they plotted ho to gut environmental protections, shut down environmentalists and secure a Conservative victory. Shortly after these lobby meetings, Scheer released his “climate plan” which was widely reported to mirror the demands of the oil and gas lobby. [3-4]
4. He’s working towards the same goals as Doug Ford
During a meeting with Ford at Ontario’s legislature, Scheer told reporters that both he and Ford are working toward the same goals. Ford made a lot of big promises to get elected -- but once in office he started slashing good jobs and cutting vital services like education, childcare, healthcare, and housing. We should take it as a warning sign around what Scheer would do if elected in October. [5]
5. He’s flip-flopped on a number of policies, including funding for private schools
Scheer previously pledged billions of dollars for parents who send their kids to private schools -- a policy which was seen by many as a move towards privatizing education. His proposal would provide a $4,000 tax credit to parents who send their kids to private school -- essentially meaning that those who can afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars to send their kids to private school would be subsidized by taxpayers. He quietly removed this policy from his platform recently -- but it remains to be seen whether he’ll flip-flop again if elected. [6-8]
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[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-andrew-scheer-just-gutted-his-own-climate-change-plan/
[2] https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberal-mps-call-on-tories-to-cancel-250-a-head-business-of-healthcare-fundraiser-1.4374502
[3] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-andrew-scheers-secret-meeting-with-oil-executives-concerning-says/
[4] https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/07/17/news/imperial-oil-sponsored-gala-50000-then-it-lobbied-scheer
[5] https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/scheer-he-and-doug-ford-are-working-toward-same-goals-1.4156273
[6] https://ipolitics.ca/2019/08/09/scheer-drops-private-schools-deduction/
[7] https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2019/08/06/federal-funding-for-private-schools-a-cautionary-tale.html
[8] https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-from-private-school-rebates-to-carbon-taxes-wheres-the-constitutional-coherence
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> Gemba Coach> Guest Post: Insights on Daily Problem Solving
Guest Post: Insights on Daily Problem Solving
by Joe Lee
In this guest post, Joe Lee, a sensei at Lean Enterprise China and former manager at Toyota affiliate Kuozui Motors, LTD, describes his key takeaways from Michael Ballé’s recent column on daily problem solving. He also shares insights from Taiichi Ohno, chief architect of the Toyota Production System, the prototype lean management system.
Joe Lee
The two paragraphs [in the column] I like most are the ones where autonomy and the role of middle management were discussed.
In theory, the people who are more committed to learning are middle managers, but whether the learning could continue autonomously or not, is dependent upon learners grasping these learning opportunities. Let’s have a look at the examples set by Mr. Ohno:
1. It depends on the learners themselves. More than 70 years ago, Mr. Ohno was a middle manager. With self-directed learning and trial and error, he spent 20 years developing the Toyota Production System (TPS).
2. As Michael stated, people need to know when to flag the issue. This is much harder than it looks because most workplaces are set up to shoot the messenger, dismiss unfavourable information, and never distract the boss from his or her wishful thinking. It takes a “problem first” culture, and clear understanding of the role of middle management to fight the natural tendency to sweep the issue under the rug and walk away hoping that no one has noticed we were the first on the scene. Mr. Ohno articulated this in his "kaizen spirit" by saying, “If you know that your idea will make it better, you can’t stop implementing it. That is what we call kaizen spirit.”
3. In relation to distracting the boss from his or her wishful thinking, Mr. Ohno also set another example. In Chapter 2 of his Toyota Production System, he wrote that “reflecting on the journey of Toyota Production System development …. it is a stage by stage gradual progression. It formed a parallel relationship between system development and my increased roles and responsibilities within the company over time.” The so-called distracting the boss from wishful thinking, is to conduct trial and error within your autonomy. Use your actual results to influence the boss’s thinking.
4. Combined with the above three, middle management has the autonomy to do many things, including coach the subordinates, influence the bosses, and change the company.
About Joe Lee
Joe Lee held a variety of management positions at Toyota affiliate Kuozui Motors, LTD, including assignments in Human Resources, Manufacturing, and teaching TPS to suppliers. To speed dissemination of TPS, he has helped bicycle and machine tool manufacturers with implementation and translated nearly 30 important TPS monographs from English and Japanese into Chinese. Since 2015, Lee has been the sensei for co-learning groups at the Lean Enterprise China affiliate of the Lean Global Network.
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Falanghina Beneventano, Bellamico (Pinot Grigio Style), 2018
A white wine with a delicate nose, with hints of broom, whilst it is full-bodied, fresh and pleasant on the palate. It has good acidity and fine, delicate, fruity notes. It has a broad and pleasantly bitter aftertaste that recalls the pomegranate. It can be drunk with grilled or fried fish, with pasta dishes with seafood or vegetable and tomato sauces, it happily accompanies the most traditional recipes from the Campania region.
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Vegetarian suitable, Vegan suitable
White - Aromatic
The ancient heritage of its vineyards and a great respect for tradition hold the key to Campania’s success in the world of wine. Instead of seeking out international markets by planting Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay, Campania’s winemakers have stayed true to their proud heritage of indigenous grapes that best reflect Campania’s terroir.
Campania’s wines were first enjoyed by the Romans whose proud tradition of producing Falernian from Aglianico grapes around Naples was reflected in other parts of the region. They also produced a white wine that is thought to be related to the modern Falanghina. Wines made around Vesuvius and Avellino were similarly revered. Even today, as improvements in both the vineyard and the winery have influenced the style of wine produced here, there is still a great respect for tradition reflected in the use of native grapes that are largely unknown in other parts of the world.
Aglianico Beneventano, Bellamico
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Lucinda Loya – Designer
In a word, Lucinda Loya is passionate. Spanning design, career, family, charity, her passion is prevalent in all walks of life, including the professional, personal, and social worlds. Lucinda has built a name for herself as one of the nations’ premiere interior decorators, making Houston-based Lucinda Loya Interiors one of the most sought after design firms in the country. Her trademark “eclectic”, high end-style has graced the covers of the world’s foremost design and décor magazines, has been featured on networks such as CBS’s – Living Large, their TV series, Law and Order/CSI, not to mention HGTV’s – Selling NY…All showcasing her work from coast to coast.
Lucinda has grand taste when it comes to interior design but stays enthusiastic and sensible when working with her clients. Always on the cutting edge, she can unite budget conscience pieces with high-end art, creating a poetic symphony. Her ability to think “out of the box” surpasses her client’s expectations. She possesses a flair of her own and a confidence to match, in turn, the client finds comfort in her knowledge and precision, when it comes to selection, taste, and balance. Lucinda’s playful sense of humor benefits well in decorating as it adds character and personality to the composition, even in the smallest unexpected places. She loves to expose her client’s passions and incorporate them with her artistic edge to create a space indisputably unique. Her level of sophistication is second to none and her dazzle is invigorating.
This proud mother of two is a truly beautiful person both inside and out, Lucinda is also known as one of Houston’s top trendsetters. Chosen for her beauty, contribution, and influence in the community, she was honored twice as H-Texas Magazine’s list of Houston’s 25 Most Beautiful People. In 2008, Lucinda received the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s, Women of Distinction Award, a remarkable accomplishment. Hand selected to be a member of the Vogue 100 in 2010, Lucinda helps this exclusive group of women to define modern power, through grace, style, achievement and influence. A three time honoree, of the Houston Chronicle’s Best Dressed list benefitting The March of Dimes, granted her “Hall of Fame” status. Lucinda’s eye for style transcend both FASHION and home décor.
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SCRUTINY | Jaap Van Zweden Leaves The Dallas Symphony Orchestra With An Emotional Final Bow
By Paul E. Robinson on June 4, 2018
(Photo: Sylvia Elzafon)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra with Jaap Van Zweden (music director), Alexander Kerr (violin), Ellie Dehn (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Dallas Symphony Chorus (Joshua Habermann, director) at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX. May 26, 2018
DALLAS, TX — Last week marked a momentous occasion in Dallas. After a tenure of ten years, Dutch-born maestro Jaap van Zweden was conducting his farewell concert as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO); in recognition of his contributions to the cultural life of the city, the lights of many of its tallest buildings turned orange – orange is the signature colour in the orchestra’s logo — and the mayor of Dallas appeared on stage to present van Zweden with a commemorative plaque. Most would agree that during his time in Dallas, Jaap van Zweden has brought a fine regional orchestra to international prominence, and that this is reason enough to pay him tribute as he leaves to take up the reins of the New York Philharmonic.
But there is so much more. Maestro van Zweden is surely one of the greatest conductors of his generation. Last week he stunned local audiences with a concert performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre in its entirety. This week the featured work was the beloved Beethoven Ninth Symphony, along with the premiere of a new violin concerto by American composer Jonathan Leshnoff. Again, the performances, particularly that of the Ninth Symphony, enthralled the audience.
Jonathan Leshnoff, a Professor of Music at Townson University near Baltimore, is one of the America’s most widely performed composers. More than 60 orchestras have played his music and Naxos, to date, has released four CDs featuring some of his major works. Accessibility is a primary characteristic of Leshnoff’s music, with lots of good tunes and infectious rhythms, and Violin Concerto No. 2 is no exception. The first movement, in which the soloist plays almost constantly, has relentless energy. The slow, highly lyrical second movement features a haunting dialogue between the solo violin and cellos. The brief scherzo movement is witty and light as a feather, and the last movement reverts to the perpetual motion energy of the first. A very effective piece, DSO’s concertmaster Alexander Kerr played it with virtuosity and commitment.
That said, it was really Jaap van Zweden’s night and he didn’t disappoint, giving us a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth both powerful and totally engrossing from beginning to end – and that is saying something for a piece as familiar as this.
It seems to me that what makes Jaap van Zweden’s performances so special is the combination of passion and attention to detail. While many conductors have one or the other of these characteristics, few bring both to their work. Van Zweden takes nothing for granted in the music he conducts. That he may have conducted a piece dozens of times doesn’t mean that he’s on automatic pilot the next time. He is a man who studies and re-studies the score to make sure he really understands what the composer had in mind. In the case of the Beethoven Ninth, every conductor knows “how it goes” but there are literally dozens of problems, many having to do with balance, to be solved before even attempting to perform it. Van Zweden believes strongly that if a composer writes a passage for flute or oboe or viola, the instrument is meant to be heard. Easy to say, but almost impossible to realize in a work by a composer who was almost completely deaf when he wrote the music, and in an age when composers seldom left us the kind of detail concerning dynamics in their scores that is commonplace today.
A case in point in the Beethoven Ninth is the beginning of the recapitulation in the first movement. Of course, the most important musical element here must be the recapitulation of the main theme of the movement. We heard it in the very opening of the movement played pianissimo by the strings. But now, in the recapitulation, the strings play it again, this time fortissimo. The problem is that the rest of the orchestra is playing sustained notes, also marked fortissimo. If the trumpets, timpani etc. really play fortissimo, there is no way anyone could possibly hear what the strings are playing; they will be rendered inaudible by their more powerful colleagues. This is the great climax of the first movement and there can be no doubt about two things: Beethoven meant it to be shattering and he meant the main theme in the strings to be heard. But to accomplish these two things at the same time is almost impossible. What is a conductor to do? Over the years, conductors have come up with all sorts of solutions. The one most commonly used is to have the musicians with the sustaining notes play much less than fortissimo to allow the strings to come through with their important tune, then have the rest of the orchestra make a huge crescendo at the end of each statement of the tune. This solution has always struck me personally as both crude and stylistically wrong.
On this night, Van Zweden came up with a different solution. He scaled back the fortissimo for all except the strings at the beginning of the recapitulation and the strings came through clearly with their main theme. This he followed up, not with a general extended crescendo, but with a briefer and near-cataclysmic crescendo, mainly in the timpani. This pattern was extended through the entire passage. With this approach, both of Beethoven’s goals were realized: the main theme could be heard, and the climax of the movement was as hair-raising as it was intended to be. Special kudos to timpanist Brian Jones for playing like a man possessed. His playing in the second movement Scherzo was just as exciting.
(Photo: Tracy Martin)
I have gone on at some length about how van Zweden handled the first movement recapitulation because it was typical of his approach to the entire symphony. I would guess that his conducting score is filled with hundreds of pencilled-in notations regarding dynamics, all for the purpose of providing greater clarity in the music. And it was amazing. I don’t believe I have ever heard so much detail in any performance of the Ninth Symphony; rarely heard flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon parts came through with remarkable clarity. The challenge for any conductor is how to obtain such clarity without losing the inherent power and energy of the score, and van Zweden met it with extraordinary skill. The same challenge arises when the choir joins the orchestral forces in the last movement. In this wonderful performance, instead of what is often heard as a mish-mash of choral sound, van Zweden gave us a vast dynamic range, enormous power and clarity of texture.
Van Zweden’s tempo in the first movement was slow, in the Scherzo very fast, and in the third movement a little faster than customary, in spite of which the first violins seemed to have plenty of time for their trickier variations. The performance, on the whole, was beautiful if somewhat dry-eyed. Other conductors tend to slow up in the final pages of the third movement but not van Zweden. Beethoven didn’t explicitly ask for any meno mosso, so van Zweden keeps the music moving forward. This approach struck me as somewhat rigid and unyielding.
Van Zweden also had some fresh ideas about the solo voices in the last movement. Leading off, baritone Matthias Goerne gave us a rendering of “O Freunde etc.” as free as I have ever heard it. Goerne, who was van Zweden’s magnificent Wotan in the Ring cycle they recorded together for Naxos in Hong Kong, is also one of the world’s great lieder singers. It seemed to me that what he brought here to his Beethoven recitative was the art of the lieder singer, with an uncommon attention to the meaning of the words – in fact, to each word. This approach was replicated by the other soloists and by the choir. We heard both great singing and a remarkable rendering of the meaning of Schiller’s text.
At the end of the performance, the audience erupted in an explosion of applause and bravos. Finally, Jaap van Zweden stepped onto the podium once more to do what he had rarely done before during his ten years in Dallas: he spoke to the audience. It would have helped to make a microphone available, but most of what he had to say was clear enough. He went on at some length thanking everyone he could think of to thank and paying special tribute to those who had made the Meyerson Symphony Center a reality. Van Zweden knows better than anyone that he is leaving one of the great concert halls in the world for one that is among the worst.
As mentioned earlier, Jaap van Zweden is leaving behind a much better orchestra in Dallas than he found on his arrival. His talent and experience had a lot to do with its improvement, as did his “tough love”. By all accounts, the maestro was a demanding taskmaster in rehearsal and undoubtedly alienated some players; others, nevertheless, appreciated his seriousness and his high standards. The maestro also made personnel changes – always a painful matter – among the most important of which were the engagement of concertmaster Alexander Kerr, co-concertmaster Nathan Olson and associate concertmaster Emmanuelle Boisvert. Van Zweden, who had been concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for many years, has a profound understanding of string playing. He absolutely transformed the string sound of the Dallas Symphony. Other positive changes included the addition of principal bassoon Ted Soluri, principal flute David Buck and principal trombone Barry Hearn.
To my ears, there was an extraordinary improvement in the DSO horn section over van Zweden’s tenure. Gregory Hustis had led it with distinction for many years, but early in van Zweden’s tenure, Jennifer Montone joined the section. From her earliest performances it was clear that a fine artist had joined the orchestra; unfortunately, the DSO was unable to keep her, and she is now principal horn in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Montone’s post was filled by the equally gifted David Cooper, who stayed long enough to become principal horn of the DSO. Then, clearly destined for bigger things, he left last year to take on the position of principal horn with the Berlin Philharmonic. During their time in Dallas, these great players certainly helped improve the DSO.
Unfortunately, as good as it is, the Dallas Symphony remains a second-tier orchestra in the United States and can only hold the greatest players for a few years as they make their way towards the top. The same could be said of its conductors. While Jaap van Zweden made a difference in Dallas, there was never any doubt that he was destined for the directorship of one of the world’s top orchestras.
While it is always a difficult task to find the right music director for an orchestra, it is, in this case, even more difficult because both the members of the orchestra and the audience have come to expect the best. It could be argued that no one of Jaap van Zweden’s stature is going to want to come to Dallas, and whoever succeeds him is going to find musicians and audiences who judge him or her inadequate compared to what they have come to expect. One could say that the van Zweden who came to Dallas in 2007 is not the van Zweden who is leaving in 2018, but there is no denying that he has raised the bar and it will be a challenge to replace him.
But just this week, the conductor search committee of the DSO made their choice: the 59-year-old Italian conductor Fabio Luisi is to be the new music director. Luisi is General Music Director of the Zurich Opera, principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and music director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, one of Italy’s major music festivals. Given all his European commitments Luisi won’t officially take up his Dallas post until the 2020-2021 season.
Luisi is a vastly experienced conductor equally at home in opera and concert. In fact, he promises to present concert versions of full-length operas every season in Dallas. It remains to be seen whether Luisi will be able to galvanize the DSO as van Zweden did so effectively in the past ten years. It is also unclear whether Luisi will be able to give Dallas audiences a wider repertoire than van Zweden. This was one of the areas in which Jaap van Zweden disappointed, especially with respect to music by American composers. Finally, it is fair to wonder whether Luisi is prepared to commit the time needed to make a difference in Dallas.
Jaap van Zweden is on his way to the Big Time, and while I am sure the Dallas musicians and audience members wish him well, a Golden Age is probably behind them and a period of either stasis or slow re-building under Fabio Luisi likely lies ahead.
Paul E. Robinson
Over the course of his career, Paul Evans Robinson has acquired a formidable reputation as a broadcaster, author, conductor, and teacher. He has communicated the joy of music to more than a generation of musicians and music lovers in Canada and elsewhere.
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SCRUTINY | Bravissimo And Salute To Vienna The Perfect Musical Doubleheader For The Change Of Decade
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Crowd pleasing programs and stellar talent mark Toronto’s beloved year end/New Year classical music extravaganzas, Bravissimo and Salute to Vienna.
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SCRUTINY | Superlative Vocalism And Marvelous Conducting Make Barber Revival A Must-See
By Joseph So on January 20, 2020
Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducted a superlative version of Rossini's comedic opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ with an ensemble cast that was without a weak link.
LEBRECHT LISTENS | New Year Listening With Poulenc And Koechlin
By Norman Lebrecht on January 3, 2020
No happier way to start a year than Francis Poulenc, few grimmer than Charles Koechlin; Poulenc captivates, but tepid Koechlin is the sort of thing the BBC used to play to fill time up to the news.
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People Powered Fair Maps FAQ
What is the goal of People Powered Fair MapsTM?
The goal is to create fair and transparent, people-powered redistricting processes to eliminate partisan and racial gerrymandering in states nationwide.
By building a national movement to advance redistricting nationally, the League is growing, wielding, and fostering a shared power paradigm for all voters, to end racial and partisan gerrymandering and ensure our political maps are created by the people – not those in power.
This program is designed to put the power over the redistricting process back in the hands of the people.
When people have direct avenues for influencing the drawing of districts in their communities, voters choose their representatives instead of representatives choosing their voters.
In June 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is a political question because no fair test exists for courts to determine when partisan gerrymandering has gone too far.
That means all federal courts will be hands-off even when redistricting intentionally decreases the voting power of voters based solely on their political party.
This Supreme Court decision requires us to redouble our focus on our redistricting work at the state level.
Why is this a signature program for LWV?
We do not have to rely on the Supreme Court to solve partisan gerrymandering. There are other paths to creating Fair Maps nationwide – and the League of Women Voters is the best organization positioned to accomplish this.
As an organization with active Leagues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in more than 700 communities around the country, the League of Women Voters is the best-positioned organization to fix redistricting and ensure a fair and transparent process for all voters around the country.
As we approach our 100th anniversary and the centennial of women’s suffrage, we know that 100 years ago, women didn’t have a voice in government, and frankly some women were left out altogether. Today, we are working to ensure that, as voters, we choose our representatives, so that everyone is counted, heard, and represented in government.
The League has been instrumental in most major redistricting reform efforts – from fighting for some of the first major reforms in states like Arizona, California, Florida, and Iowa, by creating independent commissions or binding redistricting criteria – to the recent passage of ballot initiatives in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Utah, and implementing and defending these reforms once passed.
This work around redistricting also enables us to ground this program in social justice and racial equity and to illustrate our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a real focus. This is important because we are not just talking about changing our culture, we are living out that commitment to ensure underrepresented populations have a real chance to elect their candidate of choice.
How will LWV accomplish its goals?
A national strategy cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ solution if it’s going to be effective. Instead, it is important to create an opportunity for every state to participate as we work to build power for voters nationwide.
The League has a rich history and deep expertise in the area of redistricting, and we will build this program upon the strengths of our field.
Because redistricting is a priority issue for the League and a major component of the Campaign for Making Democracy Work, most Leagues have been involved in redistricting in their states at some point, often for years. But that work looks different depending on each state.
What investment is LWVUS making in this program?
The initial investment of $500,000 from the Board with a $500,000 fundraising match functions as seed money to launch the first year of this program. This is a multi-million-dollar, multi-year effort, but a strong start puts LWVUS in the best position to secure funding for FY20 through FY22.
We recognize that some states’ efforts will be multi-million-dollar, multi-year efforts in and of themselves, and so have planned support to meet state needs in bigger ways.
Every participating state League will receive a grant through this program. The size of the grant will be determined based upon the needs and activities planned in each state.
The heaviest investment will be in ballot initiative and constitutional option states for Year 1, and the investment will be different in Years 2 and 3.
This program will require significant financial resources to execute, how will this program be funded?
A program of this significance will require increased coordinated fundraising efforts at the national and state levels. Please consider supporting the program through philanthropy and inviting others to do so as well.
LWVUS will lead the fundraising efforts by approaching multiple funders, including national foundations, individual donors, and investors for this program.
LWVUS will provide training resources that will be available for states Leagues who also want to fundraise for their state-wide work.
What are the elements of the program?
The work will look different in each state, but the program is comprised of four major focus areas:
1. Ballot Initiatives or Referendums
2. State Constitutional Options
3. State Legislative Fixes
4. Federal Legislative Fixes
Each state will engage in at least one of the four focus areas through advocacy, education, organizing and mobilization, partnerships, litigation, or protection/defensive action.
What will the ballot initiative work be?
This portion of the project will have two focus areas: lead campaigns for proactive redistricting reform and independent commissions; or implementation support for states that have previously passed initiatives. The goal centers on empowering voters in ballot initiative or referendum states to successfully pass a ballot measure, with LWV leading or influencing mass education campaigns to voters around the ballot language and the impact it will have in communities.
LWV will be working on moving or protecting ballot initiatives in 21 states.
What will the state constitutional work include?
This portion of the project prioritizes states that have state constitutional provisions similar to or consistent with the “free and fair” clause of the Pennsylvania constitution. This work will prioritize any state facing threats, and our goal will be to support state Leagues in “holding the line” and protecting their fair redistricting provisions.
Background. In 2017, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania challenged Pennsylvania’s congressional districts. Pennsylvania was the site of arguably one of the worst gerrymanders in the country. Notably, the political demographics in Pennsylvania are evenly split, but the 2011 delegation was much more lopsided. The plaintiffs successfully argued that the district lines constituted a partisan gerrymander that violated several provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution, including the “free and equal elections” clause. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed and struck down the congressional map, stating that the court’s own precedent had “established that any legislative scheme which has the effect of impermissibly diluting the potency of an individual’s vote for candidates for elective office relative to that of other voters will violate the guarantee of ‘free and equal’ elections afforded by Article I, Section 5.” This case established a new and inventive approach which LWV is using as a template to accomplish similar protection in other states.
LWV will be work toward state constitutional fixes in 18 states.
What will the state and federal legislative fixes include?
This portion of the project will have a two-fold focus at the state level: first, LWV will look for opportunities to improve public input in the redistricting process; and second, LWV will look for opportunities to forward laws that increase transparency or mitigate laws that seek to remove transparency or alter existing criteria.
At the federal level, LWV will work to restore the Voting Rights Act through the passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act and activate national momentum around putting similar protections in place in time for 2021 redistricting cycle.
When does this program start?
The national League of Women Voters invited state Leaders to sign onto the program in August 2019.
The national League will host an all-member tele town hall on the topic on September 4, 2019. Information was sent to all active members in mid-August, and Leagues are encouraged to share and promote this important kick-off call with all their members.
The program will be announced publicly on Thursday, September 5, 2019.
2019 Roundup: Defending Democracy Through Litigation
Throughout 2019 the League defended democracy in the courts on issues relating to voting rights, redistricting, money in politics, and improving elections.
Convening to Transform Redistricting
Our state leaders met last week in Dulles, VA, to learn and strategize on how they could organize, empower, and mobilize their state leagues to accomplish our goal to end partisan gerrymandering.
Rolling up our Sleeves for Fair Maps
After the Supreme Court's disappointing decision in the Rucho case this past June—failing to take a stand for voters and establish limits around when partisan gerrymandering goes too far—we promised we wouldn’t throw up our hands and just give up, but we’d roll up our sleeves and fight harder than ever.
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EPA proposes new mileage estimates
By Ruth Mantell
Published: Jan 10, 2006 11:13 p.m. ET
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new methods to determine the city and highway fuel efficiency estimates that appear on vehicle window stickers.
Under the new methods, the city miles-per-gallon estimates for most vehicles would drop 10% to 20% from today's labels, depending on the vehicle, the EPA said in a statement Tuesday.
The highway miles-per-gallon estimates would generally drop 5% to 15%.
The new methods would take effect for model year 2008 vehicles, which will generally be available for sale in fall of 2007, the agency said.
The EPA is providing a 60-day public comment period on the proposal, which aims to provide consumers with more real-world fuel economy information when shopping for cars, sport utility vehicles and pick-up trucks, the agency said.
The EPA is "...ensuring American motorists can be confident that the fuel economy estimates more closely reflect today's real world driving experiences," said EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson in a statement.
The new fuel economy estimates will include vehicle-specific data from tests designed to replicate factors affecting fuel economy. Those factors include rapid acceleration, air conditioning use, and cold temperature operation, according to the EPA.
The EPA said it's also proposing to improve accounting for other conditions that aren't included in the tests, such as road grade, wind, tire pressure, load, and the effects of different fuel properties.
Changes in the methods were last made in 1985, the EPA noted.
The proposed changes would improve the estimates to better reflect real-world driving conditions, such as higher speed limits, greater traffic congestion and more use of power-hungry accessories, such as air conditioning, the EPA said.
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Replidyne files to raise up to $100M in IPO
By Carolyn Pritchard
Published: Apr 5, 2006 5:37 p.m. ET
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Replidyne Inc. rdyn late Wednesday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanely are leading the deal's underwriting. The Louisville, Co.-based biopharmaceutical company has applied to have its shares listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker "RDYN."
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Who is Orson Randall?
Take a tour through the life and legend of the man that once held the Iron Fist!
by TJ Dietsch
Danny Rand isn't the only one who's been the Iron Fist.
While readers have seen glimpses of others who had previously gained the power from the dragon Shao-Lau in the mystical city of K'un-Lun, the names and faces of those figures have mysterious until 2006's IMMORTAL IRON FIST. The first issue of that series—by legendary creative team Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Travel Foreman—introduced audiences to Orson Randall, the man who preceded Danny as the Iron Fist!
He starred alongside Rand for the first six issues of that series, filling in some of the gaps on his history along with IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1, IMMORTAL IRON FIST: ORSON RANDALL AND THE GREEN MIST OF DEATH, and IMMORTAL IRON FIST: ORSON RANDALL AND THE DEATH QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA.
Over the years, more has been revealed about Randall's connection to Rand, his pulp-inspired adventures all over the world, and the addictions that crippled him for decades. This is the story of Orson Randall...
Phineas Randall was a genius inventor known for crafting the technology behind New York City's subway system during the early 1900s. Once, when traveling on an airship of his own invention along with his pregnant wife, the ship crash-landed in K'un-Lun. Lucky to be alive, Randall and his wife welcomed their son, Orson, to the world within the gates of the mystical city.
Though his parents left him there, Orson was welcomed into the local community, and raised as one of their own before eventually becoming the Iron Fist. After years of assuming he knew his father's life story, Orson was blindsided by the knowledge that his father was not an ordinary inventor; he actually built an entrance and exit from the Heavenly Cities to Earth.
Randall managed to work his way through the intensive training in K'un-Lun, and plunged his hands into Shao-Lau's heart to become the Immortal Weapon known as the Iron Fist.
When the Heavenly City next aligned with Earth, Orson transported himself into a world he'd never known and accidentally wound up mired in the horrors of World War I. After Randall was called back to K'un-Lun for a fighting tournament, he refused to battle. As punishment, the other cities agreed to attack him. During the ensuing melee, Randall killed another fighter before fleeing the city with a book filled with the history of the Iron Fist.
Escaping became a large part of Randall's general method of operation over the next few years of his life. Though, after turning to illicit activities to escape the pain of war and what he'd done on K'un-Lun, he managed to find new allies in his life, like biographer-turned-friend Ernst "Lucky Pierre" Erskine and young protégé Wendell Rand...
Surrogate Son
After ending up in Nepal, Randall was saved from poisoning by a random servant child. That child turned out to be Wendell Rand, the boy that would, years later, become Danny Rand's father. Orson took the boy in and trained him in kung fu, but constantly told him how dangerous the Iron Fist could be. Still, Wendell never stopped hoping to become Randall's successor.
Rand eventually left his father figure, found K'un-Lun, trained, befriended Davos, and even earned the right to face the Shao-Lau...but he couldn't shake Randall's resonant words and followed in his mentor's footsteps by running away. Wendell sought out Orson once more, only to find him in a burnt-out haze. Upon regaining his senses, though, Randall informed the young man that he knew from the very beginning that he wouldn't become Iron Fist—but that one day Wendell's son would.
Orson may have escaped from K'un-Lun, but he couldn't outrun the bounty put on his head by the rival Heavenly Cities that still wanted him dead. After being attacked by Bride of Nine Spiders and her Lightning Lord minions, Orson decided to go on the offensive against the world's evils and put together a group called the Confederates of the Curious, which consisted of his biographer Ernst "Lucky Pierre" Erskine, Wendell Rand, Contessa Vera Vida, Shadu, Chores MacGillicuddy, and Barko the dog. Over the years, they faced all kinds of danger together, with Randall using his powers to heal them more than once, giving them magically extended lives with the power of the Fist.
The New Iron Fist
Orson Randall spent decades trying to forget the wars he'd been a part of, but he couldn't ignore his past any longer when an old foe from K'un-Lun, Crane Mother, sent her minions to test him. Still upset about the death of her champion decades prior, she made a deal with Davos in which he would kill Randall in exchange for the power to take on Danny Rand, who was now a young adult.
Orson made his way to New York City to find a worthy successor. After a getting-to-know-you fight with Danny, the two teamed up to take on the combined might of Hydra, Davos, and the Cranes. In the end, Orson sacrificed himself so that Danny could absorb his chi in order to have a chance against Davos and the other Heavenly Weapons during an upcoming tournament. More importantly, the elder Iron Fist provided his new successor with a history of their people.
An Offer
Recently, in a "Damnation" tie-in issue of IRON FIST, Orson Randall surprised Danny and the rest of the world by appearing in a fight ring crafted by Mephisto. Upon reuniting, Randall told Rand that the demon D'Kay had offered him the chance to get his soul back if he could defeat 24 opponents in 24 hours.
Subject to the tricks and schemes of the demon, though, one of Orson's opponents turned out to be Danny's long-dead half-sister Miranda! To save everyone, Danny, Fat Cobra, Miranda, and Orson teamed up to fight the remaining 12 opponents in a battle royale. At the end of the fight, Orson realized he wouldn't be able to survive, so he once again sacrificed himself to take out the last three foes, once again gifting Danny Rand a new beginning.
Read up on the entire history of Orson Randall with Marvel Unlimited right now!
Iron Fist | Marvel 101
In this article: Iron Fist (Orson Randall), Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
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'Breaking Bad' Movie: Bryan Cranston Says He Would Play Walter White Again ‘In a Second’
"My experience on 'Breaking Bad' changed my life and my professional life."
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Pinkman and White
The fictional universe of Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad keeps expanding, and no one is complaining. There's prequel Better Call Saul—equal to the first series in the great acting and screenwriting departments—and last November The Hollywood Reporter revealed that show creator Gilligan was working on a feature-length Breaking Bad-related movie.
Will Walter White (Bryan Cranston) come back from the dead? Cranston recently addressed that question in an interview with EW on the mag’s Entertainment Weekly radio. He also talked about the prospect of returning to the character in general.
“From a realistic standpoint, if I got called to do the movie or Better Call Saul, which I don’t know would ever happen—I really don’t—I would do it in a second,” he said.
“Because you know,” he continued, “my experience on Breaking Bad changed my life and my professional life. It gave me opportunities that would not have come.”
“I would go in a second,” Cranston concluded—but there was a particular condition that wouldn’t interest him at all: a reboot. “I wouldn’t do it because it had—to me—it was such a perfect beginning, middle and end.”
The movie's description makes it pretty obvious that the central character isn’t Walter White.
From THR:
Details on the project, which has been floating around the industry with a possible fake/working title of Greenbrier, are slim. It's unclear if the movie would be another prequel — like AMC's Better Call Saul — or a follow-up of some sort.
It's also unclear is if any of the original stars, such as Bryan Cranston or Aaron Paul, are involved in the new project, which sources stress will be set in the existing Breaking Bad franchise.
Gilligan, sources say, will pen the script, executive produce and possibly direct. Breaking Bad and prequel series Better Call Saul exec producers Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein are also said to be attached to the film project, which is said to follow the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom.
Production is expected to begin this month in New Mexico. The New Mexico Film Office confirmed that a project with the title of Greenbrier is slated to shoot in in the region.
In the Breaking Bad series finale, Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman escaped a meth lab where he'd been held and forced to cook against his will. So ... a man on the run after he was kidnapped who searches for freedom? If that sounds like a solid fit for Pinkman, that's because it reportedly is about him.
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
AMC/Breaking Bad
According to a November report from Slashfilm, fans who guessed it was Walter White's sidekick "put two and two together correctly: we have confirmed that the kidnapped man is Jesse Pinkman and the movie will follow his escape from Albuquerque following the bloody events of the series finale."
Cranston was later asked about the movie on The Dan Patrick Show, and he sounded the same notes then as he did in his EW interview. "There appears to be a movie version of Breaking Bad, but I honestly have not even read the script." He said it was questionable as to whether Walter White is in the movie, but "If Vince Gilligan asked me to do it, sure, absolutely yeah."
Vince Gilligan's response to a question in a GQ interview not long after Bad's series finale seemingly indicated he really liked the idea of Jesse getting away and living a new life:
My personal feeling is that he got away. But the most likely thing, as negative as this sounds, is that they’re going to find this kid’s fingerprints all over this lab and they’re going to find him within a day or a week or a month.
And he’s still going to be on the hook for the murder of two federal agents. But yeah, even though that’s the most likely outcome, the way I see it is that he got away and got to Alaska, changed his name, and had a new life. You want that for the kid. He deserves it.
Greenbrier—likely a working title—may be released in late 2019. It's unclear as to whether it will premiere on AMC, home network for Bad and Better Call Saul, Netflix, or in theaters.
The cast of 'Breaking Bad'
Given the size of the franchise's fan following, it seems like a good bet Greenbrier will draw a big audience no matter what.
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Kingmere MCZ
Status: Designated
This site is located in the English Channel, between 5 and 10 km off the West Sussex coast to the South of Littlehampton and Worthing. It covers an area of around 47 km2. The vertical cliff face in this area is full of piddock burrows. Piddocks are bivalve shells, which burrow into the rock face leaving it pitted and weakened, but providing homes for other small animals such as squat lobsters and small purple urchins. This area also supports a wide range of marine life, such as algae, sea squirts and sponges, and is one of the most well-known (and possibly the most important) spawning sites for the black seabream in the UK. The rocky habitats and chalk outcrops found here provide an ideal nesting ground for this species. This fish has a unique breeding behaviour which has been observed here. Firstly, the male seabream seeks out specific types of seabed on which to spawn. They then use their tails to create nests within the sediment. The females lay their eggs in the nest and these are then guarded by the males until they hatch. After hatching, juvenile black seabream are known to remain in the vicinity of the nest for some time. This delicate spawning behaviour means the black seabream lives under constant threat from scallop dredging and other forms of bottom towed fishing gear, which churn up the seabed.
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MPA Type
Marine Conservation Zone
Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are designated under UK legislation (Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009) and have been established around England, Wales and Northern Ireland to contribute to the UK MPA network protect a range of nationally important marine wildlife, habitats, geology and geomorphology, and can be designated anywhere in English and Welsh territorial and UK offshore waters.
47.75 km2 (18.44 mi.2)
31.55 km (19.61 mi.)
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Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
A fairly large silvery fish, sometimes with dark stripes on its sides. Males make a nest on the seabed by clearing an area with their tail. They guard the nest and only leave the nest when the young fish have reached a ertain size.
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Subtidal chalk
The chalk we see on our coastline can continue below the tide and create a very rich habitat for marine life. Becasue chalk is soft it is vulnerable to damage.
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Moderate energy infralittoral rock and thin mixed sediments
Shallow water rock, below the tides, with some shelter from waves and currents that is covered with a thin layer of mixed sediments.
Seasearch has surveyed this site on a number of occasions. Worthing Lumps is part of this protected area and divers have seen the first Baillon’s wrasse in Sussex waters here. This is a rare fish to the UK, and is normally only found in Dorset and Galway.
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Over 500,000 records of undersea species and habitats have been collected by volunteer Seasearch divers
An area over 9 times the size of Wales is now in marine protected areas in the UK, but less than 1% is considered by MCS scientists to be well managed
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Ewan McGregor Could Play Obi-Wan Kenobi Again in New Star Wars Disney+ Series
Saying 'Hello there!' to an old favorite.
By Evan Romano
Ewan McGregor is "in talks" to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a new Star Wars Disney+ series.
McGregor played Kenobi in all three Star Wars prequels: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.
The series evolved out of original plans for a stand-alone Kenobi movie.
Hello there, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline have both reported Ewan McGregor is currently "in talks" (industry lingo for basically all but official) to reprise his role as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new series for Disney+. McGregor previously played the role in all three of the Star Wars prequel movies: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. He also had a super-quick voiceover appearance in 2015's The Force Awakens, so it was clear that the Scottish actor's relationship with Lucasfilm was still a strong one.
The plans for this Disney+ series centered on Kenobi evolved from an original plan for a stand-alone movie, which was to be helmed by Billy Eliot director Stephen Daldry; after the disappointing returns on 2018's Solo, Disney slowed their roll. This is how the once-planned Boba Fett movie evolved into this fall's upcoming series The Mandalorian, which will launch on Disney+'s first day, November 12.
Disney+ is increasingly becoming a hot landing spot for some very highly-anticipated pieces of intellectual property. In addition to the Star Wars series, the platform will also be the home for Marvel series centered on Loki, Hawkeye, Vision and Scarlet Witch, and, most prominently, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (which drop in Fall 2020).
Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the most important and revered characters in the entire Star Wars canon. In the original Star Wars (now known as A New Hope), he was the first gateway into the world of the force, played into memories forever by Alec Guinness (who actually didn't care too much for Star Wars himself). Kenobi teaches Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) about the force, connects Luke and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first place, and even has the series' first lightsaber battle with Darth Vader at the end of the first movie.
While the prequel trilogy received mixed reviews (to put it nicely), McGregor's performance was one aspect of the prequels that people seem to enjoy and praise to this day. McGregor, who rose to prominence with movies like Trainspotting in the '90s and has kept it going for the last 20+ years, is also due for a pair of major motion picture roles in the next year. He'll take Jack Nicholson's mantle as the lead in Doctor Sleep, which is the 39-years-later follow-up to The Shining. He'll also play the villain, Black Mask, in next year's DC Universe outing Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
And while most of his experience comes on the film side of things, McGregor is no stranger to television work either. He played twins in the third season of the acclaimed Fargo series; he won a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy for his work.
No release date has been floated yet for the upcoming Obi-Wan series, but we can expect it to be in the next few years. This December's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will wrap up the franchise's current trilogy, and it would make sense for Lucasfilm to want to quickly establish more exciting prospects in the galaxy far, far away.
Evan Romano Evan is an associate editor for Men’s Health, with bylines in The New York Times, MTV News, Brooklyn Magazine, and VICE.
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Matt Chapman’s HR sends A’s to win over…
Matt Chapman’s HR sends A’s to win over Cleveland in 12 innings
Oakland wins its second extra-inning game in three days with another walk-off home run
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 10: Frankie Montas #47 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Colorado Avalanche in the top of the second inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 10, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 10: Cody Anderson #56 of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the Oakland Athletics in the bottom of the first inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 10, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Derek Dietrich #22 of the Cincinnati Reds taps the head of third base coach J.R. House #56 as he rounds the bases after he hit a two-run home run in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 09, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 10: Marcus Semien #10 of the Oakland Athletics scores on a wild pitch from Cody Anderson #56 of the Cleveland Indians during the bottom of the first inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 10, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - MAY 10: Sven Andrighetto #10 of the Colorado Avalanche hits an RBI double scoring Carlos Gonzalez #24 against the Oakland Athletics in the top of the second inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 10, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
By Darren Sabedra | dsabedra@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
OAKLAND — A fireworks night crowd of 36,913 showed up at the Coliseum on Friday, many glued to what was unfolding with the Warriors in Houston.
The fans erupted in glee when Kevin Durant-less Golden State closed out the Rockets, and they did so again a couple of hours later when Matt Chapman led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a home run that lifted the A’s to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
It was Oakland’s third extra-inning game in six days and second walk-off win since Wednesday.
They went 13 in a loss at Pittsburg on Sunday and 13 again in a win at home over Cincinnati on Wednesday, which Stephen Piscotty ended with a home run.
Chapman nailed a 3-2 slider from Brad Hand over the left-field wall for his first walk-off homer at any level and first game-ending RBI in his big league career.
Ramon Laureano had given the A’s a 3-2 lead when he launched a solo home run over the center-field fence in the sixth, perhaps signaling an end to a rough spell at the plate for the defensive wizard.
Laureano had not hit a home run since April 12 and was batting just .209 with four RBIs in his previous 20 games.
But the cushion he provided was short-lived.
Cleveland rallied in the seventh against reliever Lou Trivino, who took over from starter Frankie Montas to start the inning. Kevin Piawecki led off with a double to left and moved to third on Leonys Martin’s sacrifice bunt.
Francisco Lindor followed with a fly down the left-field line. Robbie Grossman hauled it in and fired a strike to home plate. But Piawecki slid in safely to even the score 3-3 and leave Montas with a no-decision.
Montas battled through six innings, allowing two runs and eight hits as he continued a nice stretch for Oakland starters. In the 10 games leading up to Friday, the A’s starting staff had a 3.33 ERA while limiting opponents to a .211 batting average.
Back-to-back doubles in the second by Carlos Gonzalez and Jake Bauers accounted for Cleveland’s first run, which tied the score 1-1. Bauers later scored on a double play to give Cleveland the lead.
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The A’s pulled even in the bottom of the second as Grossman hit a two-out double to center and Josh Phegley knocked him in with a bloop single to right.
Cleveland starter Cody Anderson lasted three innings, surrendering two runs and three hits while throwing 68 pitches.
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Board of Governors Fee Waiver Program
Cal Grant Qualifying Institution Disclosure
Dependent Versus Independent Status
District Financial Aid
Financial Aid Eligible Majors
Dream Act Information
Drug Abuse and Alcohol Prevention Program
FAFSA Form
Financial Aid Outreach and Workshop Information
Financial Aid Deadlines
Program Pass Rates
Radiologic Sciences
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Student Privacy Notice: FERPA
Annual Notice to Students: Consumer Information
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 mandates that schools provide an annual notice to all students and staff describing the availability of a wide range of consumer information. You may also get this information by visiting Financial Aid in the R-Building, Room R-113.
The federal Higher Education Act, the federal Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA), and regulatory guidance provided in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) require direct individual notices of prescribed information to certain target audiences including prospective students, currently enrolled students, current employees, parents, coaches and counselors of prospective student-athletes, and the general public. Disclosures are to include crime/security statistics, student completion/graduation rates, FERPA privacy/security rights, financial aid program information, and gender-specific information on athletic participation and financial support.
These disclosures are updated annually prior to Oct 1 Availability of the disclosure is emailed annually to students at their registered Peralta account. For a printed copy of the disclosure, please contact the Financial Aid office in R-113 or call (510) 436-2465.
I. Information about Merritt College
Programs and Services Available to Students with Disabilities
Student Body Diversity
Voter Registration Information
Transfer of Credit Policies and Articulation Agreement
Description of Academic Programs
Instructional Facilities and Labs
Constitution Day Information
Standards of Student Conduct
Establishing and Maintaining an Information Security Program
II. Overview of Financial Aid Programs
Contact Information for Obtaining Financial Aid Assistance
Eligibility for Financial Aid
Need Based and Non Need Based Federal and State Financial Aid
Financial Aid for Study Abroad
How and When Financial Aid Will be Distributed
Rights and Responsibilities of Aid Recipients
Financial Aid Fraud
Terms and Conditions of Federal Work Study Employment
Terms and Conditions of Direct Loans
National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
Terms and Conditions of Direct Loan Deferments
Terms of Loans Received, Repayment Schedules and Repayment
Loan Entrance Counseling
Loan Exit Counseling
Private Educational Loan Disclosures
III. Information Regarding Student Outcomes
Graduation, Transfer and Retention Rates
Graduation and Retention Rates for Student Athletes
Equity in Athletic Disclosure
IV. Information Regarding Health and Safety
Daily Crime Log
Emergency Response and Evacuation Procedures
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) guarantees that the academic records for students over 18 years old or postsecondary students of any age cannot be discussed with anyone except the student or authorized College personnel.
PCCD only discloses personally identifiable information from an education record to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals. For more information about FERPA, click here.
Health and Safety Exemption
FERPA permits non-consensual disclosure of education records, or personally identifiable, non-directory information from education records, in connection with a health or safety emergency under § 99.31(a)(10) and § 99.36 of the FERPA regulations. The health or safety exemption permits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from a student’s education record without the written consent of the student in the case of an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or other individuals
The Disabled Student Program and Services (DSPS) provides support services to students with disabilities in an effort to ensure equal opportunity and participation at the college. For more information about the facilities and services available to students with disabilities, visit the department’s website at http://www.merritt.edu/wp/dsp/
Merritt College regularly reports this information to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Follow these steps to access this information:
Go to the IPEDS College Navigator at http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
In the “Name of School” box type Merritt College
Clink on the Merritt College link that appears.
For gender and race/ethnicity data, click on the Enrollments link to expand the selection
For information about Pell Grant recipients, expand the Financial Aid link
Gender, demographic, and other data is also available in the Student Profile documents published regularly by the Merritt department of Institutional Research website.
Currently, there are no immunization requirements for enrollment in the Peralta Colleges.
Student can access each semester’s book list via the Merritt College Bookstore. Not all classes listed require texts.
Each semester’s booklist is posted at the same time the class schedule is made public. Book information is listed as it becomes known through the submission of book orders from faculty. The list is updated.
The book list is subject to substantial change prior to, and through the course of a semester. Contact your instructor for a complete list of materials required for the course. The Textbook Refund Policy is listed here.
Merritt College encourages eligible students to register to vote. Students may access the California Voter Registration website by going to the Passport website and selecting “Register to Vote” on the Student Services area. The Office of Student Life also organizes voter registration events periodically.
If you have attended college(s) prior to attending your home college, whether or not financial aid was received at the other college, and you plan to use transfer credits toward a degree/ certificate from the Peralta Community College District, you must submit official transcripts to the Admissions and Records department for evaluation. For Financial Aid purposes, all recorded applicable degree/certificate transfer credits will be computed toward the Satisfactory Academic Progress maximum time frame of 90 units for a standard 2-year program. You must inform your home college if you attended another college during the same academic year (i.e. Fall 2014 or Spring 2015 and summer 2015). For assistance, schedule an appoinment to meet with a Counselor.
The cost of education is an estimated amount that a student will need to cover costs related to college attendance. Nine month student budgets are constructed using surveyed costs of California students based on their living and enrollment status. For more information, go to our District website.
To access our net price calculator, Click here https://misweb.cccco.edu/npc/344/npcalc.htm.
If you withdraw completely from classes during the tuition and fee refund period, and you had a BOGWFW to waive your fees, you will not receive a refund on the fees waived by the BOGFW. A student who receives financial aid and then completely withdraws from classes prior to completion of 60% of the semester will be assessed a percentage of unearned financial aid. You earn aid as you progress through the semester. For example: if you complete 30% of the semester you earn 30% of your aid awarded for the term.
Students will be required to repay the institutional portion of assessed refunds; failure to repay will result in a hold on academic records and any future registration at Peralta. Any federal portion due will be referred to the U.S. Department of Education and failure to make satisfactory repayment arrangements or failure to make any of these payments will make you ineligible to receive further aid at all colleges.
If a portion of aid received is from a Loan, the assessed repayment will be made according to the conditions indicated on the Loan Promissory Note. Any aid received under the Federal Work Study Program will not have to be repaid. If you completely withdraw after you have attended 60% of the semester, you will have earned all financial aid for that semester.
If you withdraw and have not received all earned financial aid, your home college will calculate a post- withdrawal refund that may be disbursed to you.
When a student is paid an initial Pell disbursement (usually 50% of the term award), and then drops enrollment to less than six units, the Pell grant will be recalculated to less-then-half-time status. The student will be required to repay the calculated balance to the Department of Education.
Assessed repayments will be refunded to the financial aid programs from which they were paid in the following order:
1. Unsubsidized Direct Loan
2. Subsidized Direct Loan
3. Pell Grant
4. Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
If you receive an over payment of financial aid, even if it is a result of an institutional error, you will be required to repay the overpayment in order to maintain eligibility for financial aid.
Dropping or withdrawing from a course is not an automatic process. It is the student’s responsibility to drop the classes he/she is not attending. If the student does not drop a class, he/she will be charged and could receive an “F” grade that will appear on their permanent record. Students can drop classes online or at the Admissions and Records Office on campus. To learn more about withdrawal procedures, click here.
To learn more about Merritt College Areas of Study for Degrees & Certificates, go to page 67 on our catalog of classes.
The college provides the instructional, laboratory, and physical plant facilities needed to support each of its academic programs. Contact the Chairperson for the department for specific information about the facilities and resources available to support the academic program. Departments can be found here.
Information on the College’s faculty and instructional personnel is available through Merritt College’s directory and in the Division Deans office in D 203.
Merritt College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 10 Commercial Blvd., Suite 204, Novato, CA 94949, 415.506.0234, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Post secondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.
This information can be found on the website at http://www.merritt.edu/wp/accreditation/.
Copyright infringement is the act of exercising, without permission or legal authority, one or more of the exclusive rights granted to the copyright owner under section 106 of the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the United States Code). These rights include the right to reproduce or distribute a copyrighted work. In the file-sharing context, downloading or uploading substantial parts of a copyrighted work without authority constitutes an infringement. Penalties for copyright infringement include civil and criminal penalties. In general, anyone found liable for civil copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either actual damages or “statutory” damages affixed at not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 per work infringed. For “willful” infringement, a court may award up to $150,000 per work infringed. A court can, in its discretion, also assess costs and attorneys’ fees. For details, see Title 17, United States Code, Sections 504, 505. Willful copyright infringement can also result in criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000 per offense. For more information, please see the website of the U.S. Copyright Office at www.copyright.gov.
Illegal Distribution of Copyrighted Materials
PCCD supports the Higher Education Opportunity Act and Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including efforts to eliminate the illegal distribution of copyrighted material. PCCD BP 3720 and AP 3720 I provide guidelines to students, faculty and staff to assist in compliance with federal copyright laws. BP and AP 3700 are posted on the district website. Resources regarding the prevention of copyright infringement can be found here and here.
In order to comply with the new federal regulation requiring the development of educational programming to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th of each year, Associated Students of Merritt College host Annual Constitution Day activities.
Students are responsible for complying with all laws and college regulations and for maintaining appropriate course requirements as established by the instructors. To learn more about standards of student conduct, go to Administrative Procedure 5500, Student Standards of Conduct, Discipline Procedures and Due Process.
PCCD is bound by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), a federal law regarding the privacy of student records. An individual’s conduct, either on or off the job, may threaten the security and confidentiality of records. Security and confidentiality are matters of concerns to all PCCD employees, which include employees of the District and each of its campuses, and all other persons who have access to student, financial and employee records. PCCD is committed to maintaining an information security program. More details can be found here.
Merritt College has a full array of Title IV programs and California State Programs. Details can be found on page 11 of the Financial Aid Handbook.
Peralta Colleges Foundation Scholarships and off campus scholarships are also administered by the Merritt College Financial Aid Office.
Prospective or enrolled students who have questions about obtaining Scholarships or federal or state financial aid should contact the Merritt College Financial Aid Office at (510) 436-2465 or merfinaid@peralta.edu. Additional contact information for specific staff members can be found at http://www.merritt.edu/wp/financial-aid/faculty-and-staff/.
Merritt College has a full array of aid programs. Some are need based and some are non need based as determined by the information provided and verified on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or the Peralta Colleges Foundation Scholarship Application.
For step by step instructions on applying for financial aid, click here.
How Eligibility for Need-Based Aid Is Determined
Definition of Financial Need
Students are packaged for financial aid (given financial aid from several of the programs for which a student is eligible) based on the student’s financial need. Financial need is determined by a student’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC) (computed from information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid) as compared to Merritt College’s Cost of Attendance. Those who have a positive number remaining after the EFC is subtracted from the Cost of Attendance may qualify for some need based aid sources.To meet with federal regulations, Cost of Attendance defines the neediest students as those whose EFC = $0.
Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid
In accordance with Federal and State regulations, to qualify for and receive Financial Aid, students are required to make progress toward completion of their educational goals to continue to receive Financial Aid. For more information, click here.
Resources Not Included in Initial Award Packaging
Merritt College may be informed from campus or external agencies regarding other financial aid programs requiring an adjustment to a student’s aid package. These may include Cal Grant, Chafee Grant, Foundation Scholarship or Off Campus Scholarship. These aid sources when added may require that other aid originally offered be adjusted (i.e federal work study and student loan)
If you enroll in a Merritt College sponsored study abroad program, you may apply for financial aid through the Merritt College Financial Aid Office. You will be considered for all aid programs (Pell Grant, Cal Grant (California Residents), BOGW (California Residents), Foundation Scholarships and Loans, except Federal Work-Study.
Depending on the cost of your study abroad program, the financial aid you receive may or may not meet your full demonstrated financial need. To make up the gap between your aid and the cost of your program, you may want to apply for a private scholarship or an alternative loan. Please also contact the Study Abroad Office about application procedures and deadlines for Study Abroad Scholarships. You are responsible for making any payments for the program by the appropriate deadlines.
Financial Aid Shopping Sheet is a consumer tool the Peralta Community College District is using to notify students who file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and are using Veterans Affairs Educational Benefits. It is a standardized form that is designed to simplify the information that prospective students receive about costs and financial aid so that they can make informed decisions. For more information regarding your cost of attendance and financial aid awards, please visit our website at Merritt College Financial Aid. Students can access the Shopping Sheet on the Passport student portal.
Every year, millions of high school graduates seek creative ways to finance the markedly rising costs of a college education. In the process, they sometimes fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. On November 5, 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 (CSFPA). The CSFPA enhances protection against fraud in student financial assistance by establishing stricter sentencing guidelines for criminal financial aid fraud. It also charged the Department, working in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with implementing national awareness activities, including a scholarship fraud awareness site on the ED Web site.
According to the FTC, perpetrators of financial aid fraud often use these telltale lines
The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back.
You can’t get this information anywhere else.
I just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship.
We’ll do all the work.
The scholarship will cost some money.
You’ve been selected by a ‘national foundation’ to receive a scholarship’ or ‘You’re a finalist,’ in a contest you never entered. To file a complaint, or for free information, students or parents should call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357)or visit: http://www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams
Federal financial aid (“Title IV funds”) is awarded to a student under the assumption that the student will attend school for the entire period for which the assistance is awarded. When a student withdraws, the student may no longer be eligible for the full amount of Title IV funds that the student was originally scheduled to receive. If a recipient of Title IV grant or loan funds withdraws from Merritt College after beginning attendance, the amount of Title IV grant or loan assistance earned by the student must be determined. If the amount disbursed to the student is greater than the amount the student earned, unearned funds must be returned. If the student receives less Federal Student Aid than the amount earned, Merritt College offers a disbursement of the earned aid that was not received. This is called a Post-withdrawal disbursement. For more information, refer to page 22 of the Financial Aid Handbook
See “Withdrawal Procedures” above for an explanation of withdrawal procedures at Merritt College. The withdrawal date established by Merritt College is the date used by the Financial Aid Office to determine the point in time that the student is considered to have withdrawn so the percentage of the payment period or period of enrollment completed by the student can be determined. The percentage of Title IV aid earned is equal to the percentage of the payment period or period of enrollment completed.
Process for Calculation of Amount of Title IV aid earned by student
The amount of Title IV aid earned by the student is determined by multiplying the percentage of Title IV aid earned by the total of Title IV program aid disbursed plus the Title IV aid that could have been disbursed to the student or on the student’s behalf.
If the day the student withdrew occurs when or before the student completed 60% of the payment period or period of enrollment, the percentage earned is equal to the percentage of the payment period or period of enrollment that was completed. If the day the student withdrew occurs after the student has completed more than 60% of the payment period or period of enrollment, the percentage earned is 100%.
When a student fails to earn a passing grade in any of their classes, Merritt College must assume, for Title IV purposes, that the student has unofficially withdrawn, unless Merritt College can document that the student completed the period.
Post-Withdrawal Disbursement
If the student receives less Federal Student Aid than the amount earned, Merritt College offers a disbursement of the earned aid that was not received. This is called a Post-withdrawal disbursement. Without obtaining a student’s permission, Title IV grant funds from a Post-withdrawal disbursement are credited to a student’s account to pay for tuition and fees for the term for which the student is eligible for a Post-Withdrawal disbursement
disbursed directly to the student. Merritt College must obtain a student’s authorization to credit a student’s account with Title IV grant funds for charges other than current charges and must notify the student no later than 30 calendar days after the date that Merritt College determines the student withdrew. Merritt College notifies students by letter that they are eligible for a Post-withdrawal disbursement and that the student has a deadline of 14 days to respond to the request for authorization. In the notification, Merritt College states that Merritt College is not required to make the Post-Withdrawal disbursement if the student does not respond by the deadline.
Terms and conditions of Direct Loans are included in the Borrower’s Rights and Responsibilities Statement, which the borrower receives upon completion of a Master Promissory Note with the Department of Education. The borrower may request another copy of their Borrower’s Rights and Responsibilities Statement at any time by contacting the Direct Loan Servicing Center.
The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education’s central database for student financial aid records. Federal loans disbursed to students or parents will be submitted to NSLDS and will be accessible by guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions determined to be authorized users of the data system. Student and parent borrowers can track and manage their federal student loans and grants online at www.nslds.ed.gov. The secured site displays information on loans and grants, including amounts, outstanding balances and status. Student and parent borrowers can also find contact information for their loan servicer.
Information regarding the various deferments available to student and parent loan borrowers is available at the Department of Education web site – www.studentloans.gov under “Managing Repayment” and click on “Trouble Making Payments?”
Generally, borrowers will have 10 to 25 years to repay their loan, depending on the repayment plan they choose. The loan servicer will notify the borrower of the date the first payment is due. If a repayment plan is not chosen by the borrower, the borrower will be placed on the standard repayment plan, with fixed monthly payments for up to 10 years. Repayment plans can be changed at any time by contacting the loan servicer. Information about standard repayment, extended repayment, graduated repayment, income contingent repayment (not available for parent PLUS loans), and income-based repayment can be found at www.studentloans.gov under “Managing Repayment”. Click “Repayment Plans & Calculators”.
The Federal Government requires first-time student borrowers to complete loan entrance counseling to ensure that the student borrower understands the responsibilities and obligations they are assuming. In order to provide the required comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of the loan and the borrower’s responsibilities, first-time student loan borrowers at Merritt College are required to complete online entrance counseling at www.studentloans.gov as part of their Direct Loan application with Merritt College.
Merritt College is required to provide counseling to federal student loan borrowers when the student ceases at least half-time study at Merritt College. Student borrowers who fall below half-time units at Merritt College are sent an email directing them to www.studentloans.gov to complete exit counseling and to receive information on monthly repayment amounts, repayment plan options, options to prepay or pay on a shorter schedule, debt management strategies, use of the Master Promissory Note, the seriousness and importance of student’s repayment obligation, terms and conditions for forgiveness or cancellation, terms and conditions for deferment or forbearance, consequences of default, options and consequences of loan consolidation, and tax benefits available to borrowers, as well as other necessary information.
Any student applying for a private education loan at Merritt College must complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) with the school in order to ensure that all available waivers and grants are available to the student, as well as to encourage students to make use of low-interest loans available through the Department of Education (subsidized if eligible). Student borrowers at Merritt College are counseled to compare the terms and conditions of Department of Education loans with the terms and conditions of private education loans to determine the more favorable borrowing option.
Upon request, Merritt College will provide the self-certification form for private education loans required under Sec. 128(e)(3) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638(e)(3) and the information required to complete the form, to the extent that Merritt College possesses the information.
Graduation information for the Merritt College can be found on the Peralta Community Colleges website and is also regularly reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).Follow these steps to access this information:
Click on the Retention and Graduation Rates link to expand the selection.
In compliance with the Student-Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-542), it is the policy of our college district to make available its completion and transfer rates to all current and prospective students. For information on completion & transfer rates, go to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office website.
Graduation and retention rates must be provided to student-athletes, their parents, high school coaches, and guidance counselors when an athletically related student aid offer is made. PCCD does not offer financial aid to students based on athletic ability. For information student-athletes, please contact the Athletic Department, in building F-205.
As part of federally mandated Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act, information on annual participation rates and financing of men’s and women’s sports in intercollegiate athletic programs is available by request to students and the general public. Yearly reports are housed in the President’s Office and can be viewed upon request.
Click here for data on Gainful Employment
The Annual Security Report including the college’s crime statistics is available online before October 1st of each year.
For more information on Public Safety including polices on Sexual Assault Prevention; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention; Crime Prevention & Safety, and more go to http://http://www.merritt.edu/wp/adjus/campus-safety-aides/
Peralta Police Services maintains daily campus police logs of criminal activity known to be occurring on and about the Peralta college campuses. These logs are open for public viewing at our patrol station (333 E. 8thSt., Oakland, Ca.)
Peralta Police Services issues timely reports to campus officials, regarding crimes, which pose an ongoing threat to other students or employees. These timely reports are normally in the form of a “Campus Safety Alert” flyer, produced by police services and distributed by campus officials or their designee. The District and Colleges also have the capability to send emergency text messages, emails and voice-recorded messages through its contract with Blackboard Connect.
For information on emergency response and evacuation procedures, refer to Merritt College’s Emergency Procedures
Merritt College will not engage in substantial misrepresentation by having the College itself or one of its representatives, make a substantial misrepresentation regarding the institution, including about the nature of its educational program, its financial charges, employability of its graduates, or its relationship with the Department of Education. Substantial misrepresentations are prohibited in all forms, including those made in any promotional materials, or in the marketing programs of instruction offered by the College.
Merritt College intends to relay true and accurate information in all forms. Merritt College prohibits all forms of substantial misrepresentations or misleading statements, including those made in any advertising or promotional materials.
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Jesse Williams Just Nailed the Hypocrisy of the Freddie Gray Case
After a more-than-year-long effort to hold any of the six Baltimore officers involved in Freddie Gray's death responsible for what the medical examiner ruled a homicide, the state of Maryland dropped all charges against the officers on Wednesday.
In response, Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams used Twitter to speak on the lack of accountability for the state in Gray's death.
"The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime" is from 19th century German philosopher Max Stirner.
Williams' tweet shows how the police officers — representing "the state" — were not held accountable for Gray's death in the name of "law and order." Therefore, the state's violence — what the medical examiner ruled a homicide — is justifiable under law. Even though, by definition, homicide is a deliberate and unlawful killing of another person. But, apparently, no one killed Freddie Gray.
Williams also called out this "law and order" mentality in subsequent tweets.
Williams has been a vocal advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement. He delivered a rousing speech about the nature of being black in America at the 2016 BET Awards and has used his Twitter presence to talk about police brutality — most recently, in the case of Alton Sterling. He's also been very vocal about the nation's history of police brutality and environmental racism.
Marilyn Mosby speaks at a July 27, 2016 press conference about Freddie Gray's death. Steve Ruark/AP
Williams is not alone in his frustration with Gray's death. In a press conference on Wednesday, state's attorney Marilyn Mosby said, "We do not believe Freddie Gray killed himself."
Her office dropped all charges against three of the remaining six officers involved in Gray's April 2015 arrest and death on Wednesday. Mosby alleged that Baltimore officers hindered her office's investigation in the 25-year-old's death.
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Sabonis goes for 29 and 13 as Pacers top Timberwolves 104-99
Tyler Mason, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bags of ice on his legs after the game were a reminder that Pacers big man Domantas Sabonis has been playing through left knee soreness as the season nears the midway point.
Watching his performance Wednesday night against Minnesota, it might have been easy to forget that Sabonis is ailing at all.
Sabonis matched a season high with 29 points and added 13 rebounds and six assists to lead Indiana over the Timberwolves 104-99 on Wednesday night.
“He did a good job of attacking, and we did a good job of getting him the ball,” Pacers coach Nate McMillan said.
Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points in his second game back from injury and Doug McDermott scored 14 off the bench for the Pacers, who have won three straight games.
Jarrett Culver led Minnesota with 17 points and Gorgui Dieng had 15 points and 11 boards. The Timberwolves have lost three in a row.
Sabonis looked poised for a big night offensively after scoring 25 points in the first half. Minnesota let Sabonis get open down low too often, a big reason for Indiana’s 30 points in the paint before halftime.
Indiana Pacers' Domantas Sabonis, right, of Lithuania, drives around Minnesota Timberwolves' Gorgui Dieng of Senegal in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Photo: Jim Mone, AP
“I was just trying to be aggressive,” Sabonis said. “T.J. (McConnell), Malcolm, everybody was doing a great job of finding me. I got some easy offensive rebounds.”
Sabonis was quiet in the second half, though, making just one basket in each of the final two quarters. The fourth-year big man didn’t score in the second half until less than a minute remained in the third.
Brogdon picked up the scoring burden for much of the half. He had 16 of his 21 points after halftime, including 10 in the fourth quarter.
“We didn’t have the same intensity as we did in the first half,” said Timberwolves forward Robert Covington. “They kind of switched roles a little bit. They came out with the energy we were supposed to come out with.”
Minnesota big man Karl-Anthony Towns missed his 15th straight game with a left knee sprain. A combination of several players matched up on Sabonis struggled early to keep him in check in Towns’ absence.
“Everybody’s got strengths and weaknesses,” Dieng said. “Nights like that, you’ve got to put your best defender on him.”
Minnesota led by nine in the first half after a basket by Andrew Wiggins. The Timberwolves took a 59-54 lead into halftime but saw that lead momentarily disappear in the third before holding a one-point lead after three.
Culver trimmed Indiana’s lead on consecutive possessions late in the fourth, but the Pacers had an answer each time. After a basket by Culver made it a three-point game, Brogdon hit his first 3-pointer of the game to push the lead to six.
Wiggins was held scoreless in the second half on 0-of-5 shooting for Minnesota after 10 first-half points.
The teams play each other again in two days. Both coaches likened the situation to preparing for a playoff series.
It’s the second time this season the Timberwolves have faced the same team in consecutive games. They also did so in November when they played at Utah before hosting the Jazz two days later.
Pacers: It was the fifth time in his career Sabonis had 25 or more points and 10 or more rebounds in a game. … McDermott scored 10 of his 14 points in the final quarter.
Timberwolves: Minnesota’s bench outscored Indiana’s reserves 39-26, led by 15 points from Keita Bates-Diop. … Covington led Minnesota with 11 first-half points but didn’t make a basket in the second half until a 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining in the fourth quarter. … Dieng’s double-double was his sixth of the season.
SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE
McMillan successfully challenged an offensive foul called against Sabonis with 7:51 to play in the second quarter. After a replay review, the foul on Sabonis was overturned.
It would have been Sabonis’ third of the game. Instead, he finished the half with just two fouls and scored four more points in the quarter after the call was overturned.
“I thought that was big. I’m glad we won that,” McMillan said. “He was playing so well. We needed to try to keep him out on the floor.”
Pacers: Host Minnesota on Friday night.
Timberwolves: Visit Indiana on Friday night.
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Opinion and debate: From ‘R2P’ to peacekeepers on steroids
Please note: Views expressed in this section are those of the author(s) alone and do NOT reflect the official position of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Michiel Hofman
Senior Humanitarian Specialist for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
From its early roots of the 1992 ‘shoot to feed’ intervention by US forces in Somalia, humanitarian aid organisations always had an uneasy relationship with military involvement in delivery of aid.
The spectacular failure of the Somalia military intervention, edged into the collective consciousness by the picture of a dead American marine being dragged through the streets in Mogadishu, temporarily tempered enthusiasm for military interventions on a humanitarian argument.
International military involvement was limited to ‘hands off’ type peacekeeping missions, never engaging or interfering in the local conflicts they were deployed to.
The genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and the massacre in Srebrenica in 1995, in both cases involving a UN peacekeeping force unable or unwilling to intervene, changed attitudes towards this type of non-interventionist peace keeping model.
Bombing Belgrade: a ‘humanitarian campaign’
A new international consensus on military interventions was pioneered by NATO in Kosovo in 1998, as they were looking for a new role as the cold war had ended.
The aerial bombardment of Serbian targets, followed by a military invasion into Kosovo, was justified entirely on humanitarian grounds, going as far as one politician even calling the bombing of Belgrade a ‘humanitarian campaign’.
R2P: Humanitarian justification?
Although the language around following interventions was less focused on a general humanitarian argument, focusing the justification more on ‘protection of civilians’, the doctrine was set.
The concept was called ‘R2P’, text speak for ‘Responsibility to Protect’, formally adopted by the United Nations general assembly in 2005.
MSF has been most vocal in its objections to the humanitarian justification being used in the ‘R2P’ doctrine, arguing exceptionalism of the humanitarian imperative from these tools of international politics.
The main objection is roughly based on the incompatibility of taking lives in order to save lives.
Moises Saman/Magnum Photos
Using peacekeepers to deliver aid
Meanwhile the UN peacekeeping missions also evolved into a more pro-active military approach.
Learning the lessons from Rwanda and Srebrenica, most peacekeeping operations since were authorised by Security Council resolutions invoking ‘chapter 7’ authorisation (permission to shoot to protect civilians), as opposed to the ‘chapter 6’ used previously (permission to shoot to protect yourselves only).
As a purely military doctrine to ensure the objective of protection of civilians, this extended authorisation can hardly be criticised.
The unease of humanitarian organisations came in, when at the same time the United Nations introduced the concept of ‘Integrated Missions’ adopted as its default model in every conflict situation in 2008.
This means that the UN humanitarian and relief work should support longer term political objectives like stabilisation and state building, if necessary in conjunction with a – now more aggressive - military peace keeping operation.
On the one hand, security and stability are desired preconditions to deliver aid, and many populations are deprived of basic services simply because it’s too dangerous to deliver it.
On the other hand, to use military to deliver aid makes the aid worker and its beneficiaries a target to those who oppose this military force.
Political agenda of integrated missions
MSF has also been vocal in its objections to integrated missions, arguing that this leads to humanitarian priorities being set according to a political agenda, rather than solely based on needs.
For a while, the military component of these integrated missions were less relevant as the international politics was dominated by two major conflicts, Iraq and Afghanistan, in both cases with a military force intervening without UN authorisation, with a clear belligerent mandate.
In both cases the UN did adopt an integrated mission on the political side, which included supporting the newly installed governments in both countries, a fact that did not go unnoticed by the opposition forces ousted by the international military intervention.
In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the United Nations and all its agencies, became a military target for armed opposition groups.
Ton Koene
No weapons are allowed at Ahmed Shah Baba hospital, in east Kabul, where MSF supports Ministry of Health staff to serve a growing population of around 300,000 inhabitants.
The 'clear, hold, build' strategy
In other on-going conflicts, the combination of the notions ‘R2P’ and ‘Integrated Mission’ did translate into action with highly active UN peace keeping forces, or where the UN mandates belligerent regional forces as is the case in Somalia.
The ‘clear, hold, build’ strategy re-introduced by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely a counter insurgency technique conceived by the French military in the Algerian colonial war during the fifties, and perfected by the US army in Vietnam in the sixties and seventies (MEDCAP).
This concept has now also become a United Nations paradigm for engaging in weak or failed states.
'Triple-hatted' capacity in Somalia
The first three resolutions by the Security Council in 2013, authorising peace keeping forces, have given far reaching mandates, including the right to pro-actively engage militarily against armed groups that oppose the governments supported by the UN political missions.
On 6th March 2013 resolution 2093 was adopted, extending and authorising a military force from the African Union (AMISOM) to use ‘all necessary measures’ in ‘coordination with the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia’.
The same resolution also tasks these AMISOM forces to ‘provide security, escort and protection services to personnel from the international community, including the United Nations’.
It did not take long for the United Nations to pay the price for this decision. As required by the resolution (2093), the UN had set up a country office in the capital, with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the lead, functioning in a typical ‘triple-hatted’ capacity.
This made the head of UNDP responsible for the three legs of the UN Mission, as ‘Resident Coordinator’, which is the political chief tasked with supporting the Somali Federal Government, as ‘Humanitarian Coordinator’, responsible for the delivery of aid, and crucially as ‘Special Representative of the Secretary General’ (SRSG), which made him responsible for the support to the AMISOM military operations as well.
Al-Shebab
The largest armed opposition group in the country, Al-Shebab, who are specifically named in the UN resolution as the one targeted by the AMISOM troops, responded with violence.
On 19thJune 2013, Al-Shebab attacked the UNDP compound in Mogadishu, killing seven.
This is more a result of the decision to move the UN HQ from Nairobi to Mogadishu, as everyone gets hit in Somalia, so the UN was attacked because it could.
But the statement by Al-Shebab spokesperson after the attack was clear: they attacked the UN because they wanted to hit the ‘infidel forces’. No distinction was made between the UN and the offensive AMISOM forces.
‘Force Intervention Brigade’ and the M23 in the DRC
On 28th March 2013, the UN Security Council went one step further with resolution 2098 concerning the peace keeping forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
On top of the already quite pro-active MONUSCO forces, a special ‘Force Intervention Brigade’ was authorised ‘with the responsibility of neutralising armed groups as set out in paragraph 12 (b) below and the objective of contributing to reducing the threat posed by armed groups to state authority’.
Key difference with Somalia is that this ‘FIB’ force are not a separate military force from the UN, but integrated in MONUSCO, wearing blue helmets and using white, UN marked tanks and helicopters.
But as with Somalia, all part of an integrated mission and specifically targeting one of the armed groups, the M23 in this case.
Shortly after the resolution was adopted on the 31st of March, the M23 held a press conference denouncing the FIB, noting that the resolution was “a major setback in the history of the United Nations because for the first time in its history, the United Nations decide to kill citizens demanding their wellness”.
'Re-hatting' in Mali
On 25th April 2013, resolution 2100 adopted by the UN Security Council decided to ‘rehat’ the regional forces present in Mali under AFISMA into a UN peace keeping force MINUSMA.
The mandate is no longer vague in its intentions to establish the authority of the state: “Stabilisation of key population centres and support for the reestablishment of State authority throughout the country”.
Also, the resolution makes explicit again which armed groups are specifically threatening to this authority of the state, in this case the opposition groups usually referred to as the ‘Islamists’, MUJAO, Ansar Edine and AQIM ( Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb).
This time the UNSC stopped short of mandating the French forces to conduct ‘anti-terrorist’ operations as originally requested, possibly as some of the SC members did not want to repeat the extraordinary powers granted in DRC the month before.
Nevertheless, MINUSMA as well as the French forces are authorised to use ‘all necessary means’.
Turning aid into a target
All of this is not good news for old fashioned humanitarian assistance, originally conceived to stand between the parties of a conflict, distributing aid based on the needs only.
When UN peacekeepers are attacking one day, and UN aid agencies deliver aid in the same location the next day, the delivery of aid and those who receive it becomes a military target for those that have been attacked by the UN forces.
For independent aid agencies like MSF, it is very difficult to explain that its actions are not a part of this military-humanitarian enterprise.
Juan-Carlos Tomasi
MSF staff observing the situation at an Israeli check point.
The benefits of 'peacekeepers on steroids'
At the same time, those groups that are specifically targeted in this new brand of peacekeeping are also the source of a lot of violence, displacement and abuse.
The populations suffering from groups like Al-Shebab in Somalia, M23 in Congo or AQIM in Mali, will gladly see the back of them and generally support this more aggressive approach.
Likewise for MSF, to reach those populations becomes a lot easier once a level of security has been established by those forces that MSF condemns as blurring the lines of humanitarianism.
MSF may be struggling internally with its positioning vis-à-vis military action on humanitarian grounds; the rest of the (aid) world has made its choices.
The UN integrated mission has long since evolved into a seamless collaboration between humanitarian aid, development aid, political support and where necessary military action.
UN integrated missions are the norm, and a new brand of aggressive peace keeping is following this logic. These ‘peacekeepers on steroids’, so far only in Africa, could be a result of the trend to use regional forces.
Traditionally these regional forces have been deployed under more belligerent mandates than the UN missions, as far back as the notoriously aggressive Nigerian forces acting as ECOWAS peacekeepers in Liberia in the early nineties.
A complete circle
But it is equally possible that the new logic of the UN, with R2P in 2005 for dealing with rogue states, and Integrated Mission from 2008 for dealing with rogue non state groups in so-called failed states, requires per definition such a pro-active force.
You cannot keep peace if you only support one party. The other party will inevitably fight back, and then blue helmet or not, your choice is to leave or to shoot.
This new brand of peacekeeping is so far at its most aggressive in the new mandate awarded to the MONUSCO troops in the DRC, now enhanced with belligerent FIB soldiers.
As the same the regular MONUSCO troops were already authorised to conduct ‘Quick Impact Projects’ (QIP), relief activities like health, water and food to win the trust of the population.
The circle is complete. Between the FIB and QIP in Congo, we are back where this paper started in Somalia 1992: ‘shoot to feed’.
What do you think? Have your say and join in the debate below
Orphaned, injured and 11-years-old: treating the young victims of Gaza's deadly airstrikes
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Tony Walker is a golf tragic who has spent his career as a foreign correspondent and a political editor for various Fairfax papers. He has won two Walkley awards and was awarded the Centenary Medal for contributions to journalism in 2001. He is an adjunct professor at LaTrobe university in the School of Communications. He has written a biography of Yasser Arafat. A frustrated sports journalist, this is his first sporting book.
The Peter Thomson FiveTony Walker
Tony Walker – Vale Peter Thomson, Australian golfing legend
Australia's greatest golfer and subject of a MUP tribute — The Peter Thomson Five: A golfing legend's greatest triumphs — has died at 88. Tony Walker remembers the man he greatly admired.
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What's it like to live on the International Space Station?
When it comes to business travel, astronauts take the cake. The six space scientists and engineers who live and work in the International Space Station are traveling at a speed of five miles per second -- orbiting Earth once every 92 minutes. As far as we know, they don't earn frequent flyer miles, but they do get to spend an average of six months living and working with a multinational crew in what's arguably the coolest office in the solar system. More
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Adventist Community Services Supply Spiritual and Emotional Support After El Paso, Texas, Mass Shooting
American Red Cross approves team of credentialed, bilingual Adventist emotional and spiritual care providers to provide "listening ear."
August 7, 2019 | Columbia, Md. | North American Division
Shortly after a gunman fired on crowds in a Walmart and its parking lot in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, local Adventist Community Service Disaster Response (ACS DR) leader Marshall Gonzales reached out to W. Derrick Lea, North American Division (NAD) ACS DR director, to ascertain how ACS could be of help. Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured in the Walmart shooting.
On Aug. 6, 2019, Lea met with American Red Cross and Emergency Management contacts overseeing the Family Assistance Center for the families affected by the horrific shootings in El Paso, Texas.
ACS DR is also poised to help as needed in Dayton, Ohio, following another mass shooting that transpired several hours after the El Paso shooting. In downtown Dayton, nine people were killed and 27 were injured when a gunman opened fire on a popular street early Sunday morning, Aug. 4.
After requests from the American Red Cross, a team of ACS bilingual, credentialed emotional and spiritual care providers were approved and vetted to assist and support the individuals and families experiencing trauma.
"Many of the families have lost individuals and need support, some of those receiving help were injured, and others did not even know if their family member was killed or injured at the Saturday shooting," explained Lea. "With this backdrop, some of those affected were experiencing great trauma and needed a listening ear. In addition to the Family Assistance Center, people were showing up in large numbers around the site of the shooting, where memorials were set up. Help was needed giving out water, food, and additional listening ears."
Spiritual care teams will likely be in place for seven to 10 days.
In addition, Andrew Mobley, an Adventist Community Services coordinator from the Allegheny West Conference, has reached out to the local leadership in Dayton, Ohio. And ACS DR spoke with representatives from Kettering Medical Center, which is close to Dayton. With hospital chaplains on hand to assist within the community, Mobley has a team on stand-by — if community needs deplete the chaplains.
ACS DR asks that members pray for the team as well as the families that are suffering after these sad events.
Mile High Academy and Local Community Join Together to Honor Student
Mile High Academy (MHA), local Denver, Colorado, churches, and the community have joined together as they honor the life of one of their students who passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
Great Food, Unselfish Service, Genuine Care at the Pulse Café
Pulse Cafe and is a place that draws 600 to 800 patrons for Sunday brunch alone, each hungry soul coming to dine on vegan “chicken” and waffles, or breakfast burritos, or sweet corn tamales, and more, all made from as organic and as locally sourced produce as possible. This is evidence of a forward-thinking and sophisticated business plan, but Pulse’s real mission is to use its service, menu, and other offerings to benefit the community. A restaurant as an institution to benefit the community? While this altruistic motivation may astound the general public, it should be a well-known method and standard operating procedure for any well-informed member of the Seventh-day Adventist community of believers. It certainly is for Lance Wilbur and his wife, Evita, managers of Pulse, and the owners, Ted Crooker and Keith Rehbein.
At Nativity Program, Special Needs Kids Share Their Talents
Twenty-nine children with special needs were the stars of the second annual Christmas nativity talent show in Auburn, Washington, in December 2019 — all because of one boy with a vision.
Kari Paulsen, Wife of Former World Church President Jan Paulsen, Dies at 85
Kari Paulsen, whose phone ministry of calling those who need encouragement was an integral part of her life, passed to her rest Jan. 10, 2020, in Oslo, Norway, at the age of 85. Jan, her husband and the past president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, was at her side.
ADRA Canada Helps Coordinate Operation Home Safe After Log Jam Causes Flooding
During the week of Nov. 10, 2019, an ice jam downriver of the Bearskin Lake First Nation community caused the river and surrounding lakes to rapidly flood. The community declared a state of emergency and issued an order of evacuation for the 360 residents. ADRA Canada was requested by Bearskin Lake to join the emergency response efforts.
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Breaking Ground newsletter: Developer asking for rezoning on major Vanderbilt Beach area project
The weekly Breaking Ground newsletter looks at the latest in growth and development in Southwest Florida.
Breaking Ground newsletter: Developer asking for rezoning on major Vanderbilt Beach area project The weekly Breaking Ground newsletter looks at the latest in growth and development in Southwest Florida. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/archive/2019/11/19/developer-asking-rezoning-vanderbilt-beach-area-project-breaking-ground/4203800002/
Phil Fernandez, Naples Daily News Published 4:21 p.m. ET Nov. 19, 2019
A major developer is asking for rezoning on a major Vanderbilt Beach area project.
That's part of the revisions in the revived controversial plans for One Naples by Stock Development, which is targeting a project one block from the beach, according to reporting by Laura Layden.
The well-known Naples developer went back to the drawing board after hearing some opposition and neighborhood concerns when it shared its first version of the luxury mixed-use project with the surrounding community back in May 2017.
At the time, Stock hadn't submitted a formal application to Collier County. Now, the developer has — taking the first steps needed to start the clock on the review and approval process for a rezoning and growth plan amendment, which will both be needed before construction can begin on the mostly residential project in North Naples.
The revisions to One Naples are all part of a "vision to do the property right," said Brian Stock, company CEO.
The latest plans include two high-rise condominium towers, instead of one. The towers won't be as tall as the one initially envisioned — and there won't be as many residences at the development.
The site plan shows five residential buildings in all, three of which would have five floors of living over two levels of parking, as originally proposed.
Stock wants to change the property's commercial-only zoning to mixed-used planned development, or MPUD, allowing for a more compact, walkable housing and retail development.
The property's current C-3 zoning allows for much more intense development, far beyond what's on the site, comparable to local shopping and dining meccas such as Mercato, Venetian Village or Coconut Point, but on a smaller scale.
The existing zoning allows for a variety of uses including gas stations, bars, drugstores and movie theaters, as well as shopping centers. Such uses, the developer argues, could generate twice the traffic on Vanderbilt Beach Road as One Naples, which promises to be a high quality development designed "in concert with the unique elegance of Naples" and the surrounding communities.
Nibblin' on sponge cake
In the latest chronicle of the troubled Margaritaville project, a neighbor said that the Fort Myers Beach Town Council’s decision to vacate land for the development violates her rights.
The council is moving forward with vacating public land at the request of Margaritaville developer, TPI Hospitality, according to reporter Andrew Wigdor.
Christine Patton, a woman who lives less than 600 feet from the Margaritaville site and is currently taking legal action against the development, spoke against the project at a council meeting this week.
She claims that a 1921 dedication of an area that the town voted to vacate allows the public to use the land forever. Therefore, giving the land away violates the public's rights, she said.
Start me up
Creative Architectural Resin Products Inc., or CARP, was recently named Lee County’s Startup of the Year.
The business designs, manufactures and installs custom architectural decorative trims and accents, which are created from high-density polymer resin material.
After winning the award, the company’s co-founders, who are partners in business and in life, say they have nowhere to go but up.
Other growth and development news
► .A Naples institution, after 20 years, is reborn with new owners from across the pond. Part of their focus is celebrating the area's diversity.
► Two ambitious couples have started their own business by meshing old-school local concepts with all the technology today's world has to offer.
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A Conservative Call to Action
By Gerald J. Russello
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Battling the Left, from FDR to Obama
In their new book, The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport provide a bracing call to action for conservatives. Unfortunately, it misses a real opportunity to offer the Right a winning strategy for the fight ahead.
The book has basically three points. First, the authors argue that Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover represented very different pictures of American society, with FDR’s liberalism winning out over Hoover’s measured conservatism. Second, the authors make a convincing case that Obama is worse than FDR in his view of the power of the state. The third point is that conservatives need to return to the Constitution in order to drive out Obama’s leftism.
The most interesting of these arguments is the first. FDR really did present something new, an all-encompassing state, against which Hoover placed the American system, defined by the authors as one “that limits government to those areas where it can do the most good (education, the Federal Reserve System, maintenance of protective tariffs) but otherwise trusts public life to the self-government of individuals acting in voluntary cooperation.” They cite several important overlooked speeches of Hoover to make the case for him as a conservative thinker, and they succeed to a large extent in showing a recognizable conservatism in his work before the rise of modern conservatism in the 1950s.
The second point can be passed over quickly, as the bill of particulars against Obama will be familiar to NRO readers. Obama continues the FDR vision of a unitary national system, where taxes flow to Washington and largesse is doled out by bureaucrats, and where most lawmaking is left in the hands of empaneled experts.
#ad#In their third point, Lloyd and Davenport i a Burkean conservatism in aid of their cause, but they reduce Burke to a sort of proto-individualist. For him, they say, “the essence of conservatism was individual liberty.” Well, yes and no. Burke opposed ideology, as that shackled the mind and reduced liberty in the state, but to call him a defender of individual liberty does not capture his full view. Burke knew rather that society is a contract among the generations, and that tradition is the surest guarantee of liberty. Helping tradition to flourish requires individual action, to be sure, but it also requires submission to that tradition.
For Lloyd and Davenport, such language smacks of cultural conservatism, and that, they believe, is the problem. Conservatives, they suggest, need to give up on cultural issues and focus instead on liberty and smaller government.
It does seem important, however, for conservatives to find a way not to insist that government support specific religious or social beliefs, without giving up entirely on the broader virtues and traditions that support a free society. Perhaps the focus could be more on some of the public virtues such as honesty and moderation that truly allow a free society to function. . . . So, then, social conservatives might be discouraged from pressing their views at the federal level in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, for example, recognizing that marriage should really be a matter of state policy.
This is a dangerous view, even if one agrees with the authors on particular tactics. It is liberals who are insisting that specific social beliefs be imposed upon the nation, under the direction of Washington. To argue that “honesty” and “moderation” do not have specific social and cultural referents is to lose the game to the liberals from the outset. Moving DOMA to the states might be a winning strategy, but for two problems: First, liberals have their own state strategy, which is to enforce a nationalized understanding of marriage. Second, liberals use freighted words, such as “equality” and “rights,” to further a centralized statist vision of the polity. Conservatives are left little to fight them with if you make conservative terms as empty as liberal ones. FDR and Hoover may prove the point: Hoover may have been right, but FDR had the language and the vision that proved more palatable at the time.
Lloyd and Davenport are right that conservatives ought to be devoted to the original meaning of the Constitution and ought to define it at every turn. However, the Constitution is antediluvian to most Americans, and conservatives must therefore also recognize that certain cultural principles undergird that structure and need to be defended in the public square. The retreat called for by Lloyd and Davenport, even if only partial, seems a recipe for more electoral losses, not fewer. This manual seems directed principally toward professional conservatives uncomfortable with what they dismiss as “the culture stuff,” which they would rather leave to the provinces. This is not, and has not been, a winning strategy.
At the very least a combination of strong cultural language and a robust defense of federalism is needed if we are to persuade what Russell Kirk called the “sentiments” of the undecided voters of the country.
There is much good in this book, but its neglect of the importance of strong social and cultural elements to conservatism’s resurgence will mute its otherwise sound advice.
— Gerald J. Russello is editor of the University Bookman (www.kirkcenter.org).
Gerald J. Russello is the author of The Postmodern Imagination of Russell Kirk.
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Beyonce Dazzles in Her First Post-Baby Concert
The singer performed to a sold-out crowd in Atlantic City
By Cathy Rainone • Published at 11:07 am on May 26, 2012
Beyonce Knowles is back and fiercer than ever. The superstar returned to the stage Friday night after a year-long hiatus.
Knowles, who gave birth to her first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, in January, wowed the crowd of 550 fans at the beachfront Revel resort in Atlantic City, People magazine reported.
"I gotta say," Knowles told the sold-out crowd, "it feels so good to be back home on stage," Detroit Free Press reported.
The new mom and People magazine's "World’s Most Beautiful Woman" performed hit singles such as "Halo," "Single Ladies" and "Run the World (Girls)" with her all-female band and 10 dancers, according to People.
Knowles dazzled in custom made Ralph & Russo designs.
“Beyonce wanted us to be really creative and create fun and edgy designs that had an ultra-glamorous feel to them,” designer Tamara Ralph told People.
“Beyonce always delivers energetic performances and therefore we take into account the comfort and flexibility of each outfit and the ease of getting in and out of the pieces with quick costume changes,” said co-designer Michael Russo. “It was an absolute pleasure to work with her to create exquisite pieces that dazzle on stage.”
The singer’s husband, Jay-Z, was on hand for Knowles’ first performance in a series of four Memorial Day Weekend concerts, all at Revel.
In the behind the scenes video posted on her website, Knowles said she was excited but also nervous ahead of her first post-baby live performance. It’s “like going back to my old job,” she said.
“It’s a little strange. But it’s important that you don’t lose yourself and you still have your own passions.”
The new mom said her daughter was the inspiration behind the show.
“What I’m trying to say with this show is, yes, I had a baby, but I’m even more grounded,” Knowles said in the video.
Suggested Reading: People Magazine, Detroit Free Press
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“The Voice” Climbs to a Higher Level in Semi-Finals
Very little criticism from the judges Monday night
By Emily Feldman • Published at 8:54 pm on April 30, 2012
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For the first time in five weeks since the season began, judges were unanimously satisfied with each "Voice" competitor who performed in Monday night's semi-final round.
Tony Lucca, clawing his way back after ex-Mickey Mouse Club-pal Christina Aguilera shrugged him off as "one-dimensional," kicked and twisted around the stage, singing — perhaps to Aguilera — "How You Like Me Now?" by the Heavy.
Though the undertones of dissatisfaction were apparent in Aguilera's restrained critique ("It was definitely more slickly done. I thought it was fun. Did Adam teach you those dance moves?") the absence of blatant criticism from his harshest judge was remarkable and set the tone for the rest of the competition.
Katrina Parker, whose voice has teetered between near-perfection and rough-around-the-edges, leaned toward perfection Monday with her performance of "Killing me Softly."
Team Blake's Erin Willit put her powerful pipes on "Without You," sometimes straying off key—but not enough to prompt any of the judges to address it.
Aguilera, the most frank of the four judges skirted around the issues of tone and technique and praised her for being "so emotionally involved" in her song. (Willet ended her song with some tears.)
Jermaine Paul, who somehow, someway was stuck in backup-singing obscurity for his entire career, sang "Open Arms" so perfectly it could easily have been mistaken for a recorded and expertly produced track.
The same went for Cee Lo's Jamar Rogers who sang a chill-inducing "If You Don't Know Me by Now."
Team Christina's Chriss Mann went back to his roots and sang "Ave Maria," unapolegetically, to rave reviews, while the whispery Lindsey Pavao held the mic closer to her lips and impressed everyone with her voice, which had previously been so hard to hear.
Rocker Juliet Simms, who closed the show, had the judges completely dumbfounded following her Janis Joplin-esque "It's a Man's Man's World." They stuttered and praised her, and said things like, "wow," as if she were the super star and they were her fans—which, for the moment, seemed to be the case.
Eliminations resume on Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
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J-Lo Leads “Idol” Makeover, Aerosmith’s Tyler May Join Next
By Michael Preston • Published at 1:46 am on July 30, 2010
Jenny from the Block is taking Ellen's spot on "American Idol," and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler could be the next to join the talent show's panel of judges.
Jennifer Lopez's appointment came hot on the heels of the announcement that Ellen DeGeneres would not return for a second season, and even as the show's producers continued their high-profile search for a replacement for Simon Cowell. That chair could go to Tyler, reported Us Weekly, which also reported that Kara DioGuardi was canned and the show will move to a three-judge format.
An official announcement from Fox, which carries the highly-rated show, is expected Monday.
The multifaceted J-Lo, a chart-topping solo artist and actress, has previous experience with "Idol," having served as a mentor on the show's Latin night back in season six.
The news of her signing, first reported by Deadline Hollywood, leaked mere hours after DeGeneres released a statement detailing her reasons for leaving the show.
"A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” she wrote. “I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next."
She called the decision "difficult" and cited a heavy workload as a contributing factor. However, she also mentioned that she wasn't entirely comfortable with the power that accompanied her position.
"I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings," she said.
“We love Ellen and understand and support her decision to bow out of Idol," Peter Rice, chairman of Fox entertainment, told People in a statement. "We were fortunate to receive the humor, energy and love for talent that she brought to the show.”
In the meantime, the list of possible replacements is a virtual who's who of musicians, producers and reality stars. Diddy, Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Elton John, Donald Trump, Brett Michaels, Harry Connick, Jr., and Courtney Love have all been attached to the show at one time or another.
With Fox set to announce its fall lineup next week, the pressure remains to fill the final slot. "Idol's" ratings suffered a hit last season, so landing another high-profile judge is a paramount concern for network executives.
To that end, Fox brought back former "Idol" executive Nigel Lythgoe to overhaul the show. Among his possible prescriptions?
Ditching all of the current judges.
"I would replace the entire judging panel," he said in an interview with E! Online. "I don't think it really works replacing one person."
The show has two remaining judges under contract. Randy Jackson has one year remaining on his current deal and Kara DioGuardi has a year-to-year contract that has yet to be renewed.
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VMAs to Go Host-Less This Year
By Eric Alt • Published at 10:58 am on August 24, 2011
Who would have thought that the biggest surprise at the VMAs would come the Wednesday before it airs?
The show will go without a host for the first time ever, after producers went "down to the wire" to search for someone to follow Chelsea Handler and Russell Brand.
In an interview with Billboard, MTV's Vice President of Music and Talent Amy Doyle confirmed that going without a primary host was not in the original plans for the broadcast.
"Hosting is such a unique element. We feel we got it right by putting new talent on the stage like Chelsea and Russell," she said. "We're really challenging ourselves to find the right person so that the show feels complete."
When the search proved fruitless, the decision was made to go without, giving ample time for what Doyle claims will be a minimum of eight musical acts as well as tributes (such as Tony Bennett's salute to the late Amy Winehouse) and other extras.
If the move proves successful, expect to see MTV (and perhaps other award shows) rethinking the traditional host route.
Selected Reading: MSNBC, Billboard, USA Today
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