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Hollywood Sign Sold For $450K
December 7, 2005 / 1:58 PM / AP
The original Hollywood sign sold for $450,400 in an auction on eBay, its owner said.
"I'm pleased with the final amount," said Dan Bliss, who bought the sign two years ago. "I hope the winning bidder has exciting plans for it."
The 10-day auction ended Tuesday night. Bliss, 35, a producer and entrepreneur who sold pieces of the sign in frames and as jewelry, said he hopes to learn the winning bidder's name Wednesday.
Bliss declined to specify how much he paid for the 50-foot-high letters but said it was "six figures."
The sign went up in the hills overlooking Los Angeles in 1923 at a cost of $21,000 to promote a development by the Hollywoodland Real Estate Group, according to the sign's Web site. It read "Hollywoodland" until 1949, when the city Hollywood Chamber of Commerce entered into a maintenance agreement to preserve it and the last four letters were removed.
In 1973, the deteriorating sign was declared a Los Angeles Cultural-Historical Monument. It was replaced in 1978 following a star-studded fundraiser hosted by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner at which the nine sign letters were ceremonially purchased for $28,000 each by celebrities including rocker Alice Cooper, singing cowboy Gene Autry and singer Andy Williams.
Bliss bought the original sign from nightclub promoter Hank Berger, who had bought it from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce after it was torn down, according to Bliss' Web site. It has remained in storage for more than 25 years.
Bliss has sold pieces of the original sign in frames for prices ranging from $59.99 to $749.00 and in necklaces for $43.99.
Bliss, who produced the poker tutorial DVD "Wise Guys on Texas Hold 'Em," said he sold the sign because he didn't have time to work on it.
"I've thoroughly enjoyed owning it and I think someone would really enjoy having the opportunity to have that claim to fame," he said.
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Press Releases • Feb 2005
Governor Pawlenty and Mayo Clinic Decline to Participate: Only Public Forum on Governor's Genetic Research Initiative is Cancelled
Minneapolis, February 14, 2005 --- Today, because the Office of Governor Pawlenty withdrew its commitment, and the Mayo Clinic declined to participate, the Citizens' Council on Health Care announces the cancellation of the only scheduled public forum on the Governor's genetic research and biotechnology initiative.
"Regrettably, we have no other choice but to cancel the public forum. The public needs to hear from leaders on both sides of the genetic research issue," said Twila Brase, president of CCHC.
The public forum, which was scheduled for February 25, featured Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, J.D., M.D., a leading expert in genomics and ethics from Vanderbilt University. Governor Pawlenty and the Mayo Clinic were invited as panelists to provide comments and perspectives.
"The citizens of Minnesota, regardless of their position on genetic research, are left with some obvious questions," Brase said.
Why is the Governor letting the people down?
Why is the Governor's Office avoiding an open public discussion of its $35 million genetic research plan?
Why does the Mayo Clinic refuse to send a representative to the public forum?
"The dignity, rights, and belief systems of patients and citizens are getting short shrift in this rush to research. Taxpayers are being asked to fund a $35 million research plan at the Mayo Clinic, yet the Governor and the Mayo Clinic are not willing to face the public and answer the tough questions," explained Brase. She concluded, "What is the public to think?"
To schedule an interview with Twila Brase, contact her at 651.646.8935.
Twila Brase, President
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City officials have received the off-site and on-site improvement plans for the Mitchell Ranch Shopping Center to be constructed at the northwest corner of Service and Mitchell roads. The city expects actual building plans to be submitted within three to four weeks. - photo by Courtesy of the city of Ceres
Updated: Feb. 7, 2018, 6:46 a.m.
The Walmart Supercenter project has officially advanced for the first time since a legal challenge of the project was dropped in late 2016 and cleared path for development.
Last week the city happily accepted the on-site and off-site improvement plans for the Mitchell Ranch Shopping Center at the northwest corner of Service and Mitchell roads. The actual building plans have not been submitted and according to the project engineer, won't be until sometime next month, noted Tom Westbrook, director of Community Development for the city of Ceres.
"We are encouraged to receive the improvements plans and are eagerly awaiting the building plans so that they can be checked, building permit issued and construction started," said Westbrook.
Normally building plans are submitted along with on-site and off-site improvement plans, he said, but the engineer found it easier to submit them separately because of the size of the project.
Westbrook anticipates actual construction plans to be submitted in three to four week.
The off-site plans outline new street widths and the way the project interacts with the existing streets, such as turn lanes. On-site improvements delineate placement of parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, utilities, delivery facilities, landscaping, irrigation systems and lighting.
Westbrook said the engineer of the project had to coordinate with the city's future plans with the Service-Mitchell Interchange. One consideration was allowing enough room for a widened Service Road at the project to accommodate two left turn lanes from northbound Mitchell Road onto westbound Service Road.
City Engineer Daryl Jordan said the project will include transition lanes to turn in and out of the project along the eastern and southern sides. A new traffic signal light will be installed midblock on Mitchell Road between Don Pedro and Service roads, he said, allowing entry into the center.
"We wanted to make sure those projects are harmonious so that we don't put in a curb and gutter and sidewalk somewhere that ultimately has to be removed and replaced somewhere else," said Westbrook. "I think that that's where a lot of time was spent on the coordination between those projects."
While the submitted on-site improvement plans show multiple other buildings scattered on the perimeter of the shopping center, Westbrook believes only plans for the Supercenter will be submitted soon.
"They're a driver of vehicles and traffic and customers and so hopefully those other businesses will see the opportunity to be in the same shopping center as them and we'll get some more movement," said Westbrook.
Applebee's was still interested in the center as of a year ago, said Westbrook, and was just waiting for the Supercenter to start before seeking a green light from their corporate office to locate in Ceres.
"I had put Applebee's in touch with the Walmart corporate so they could be doing stuff behind the scenes that I'm not even aware of yet."
Mitchell Ranch was stalled for nearly a decade by an opposition group that frequently imposed frivolous legal arguments through the environmental review process. The group named itself "Citizens for Ceres" in the template of other anti-Walmart groups formed in other California communities. The Ceres City Council approved the shopping center in 2011 but the project immediately was challenged in court by Citizens. The group, led by Sheri Jacobson and aided by the legal counsel of Brett Jolley, lost its second and final court fight to block construction of the center and its anchor tenant, Walmart Supercenter. When the California Supreme Court failed to hear the appeal of a lower court decision, the group exhausted legal options.
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They Remade What?! blogathon: One Way Passage (1932) and 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
From time to time I like to traverse what I call "Remake Avenue". This trip is part of the They Remade What?! blogathon hosted by Phyllis Loves Classic Movies which runs from October 9th to 11th. Check it out HERE.
Movie: One Way Passage
Robert Lord (Heroes for Sale) was awarded an Oscar in 1934 for the Best Original Story for One Way Passage. The screenplay is by Wilson Mizner (Frisco Jenny) and Joseph Jackson (The Mouthpiece), and Tay Garnett (Bataan, The Valley of Decision) directed. One Way Passage was the final screen pairing of Kay Francis and William Powell. Between 1930 and 1932 they also starred in For the Defense, Street of Chance, Ladies' Man and Jewel Robbery.
SAILING TODAY
S.S. MALOA
STOPOVER IN HONOLULU
Dan and Joan meet by chance in a bar in Hong Kong. They share a toast, a smile, and a longing goodbye, not expecting to meet again. Dan and Joan will meet again on board the S.S. Maloa and spend 24 days in love and lies on their One Way Passage.
Joan is a dying woman. She appears to be dealing with heart trouble as the ship's doctor is adamant Joan avoid excitement and get plenty of rest. Joan is resigned to following doctor's orders until she sees Dan on deck and he is looking for her.
Joan: "I want to crowd all the intense, beautiful happiness possible into what life I've got left. That's all living is for. If it's only for a few hours I want to have it and I'm going to have it. All I can get my hands on."
Dan is a dying man. A convicted murderer, the long arm of the law in the form of Police Detective Steve Burke (Warren Hymer) has tracked Dan to Hong Kong and is taking him back to San Quentin and the hangman. Under the mistaken impression that Dan altruistically saved him from drowning, and had nothing to do with contriving the incident, Burke is giving Dan the run of the ship. After all, it isn't as if he can escape.
Dan and Joan pursue their romantic dream under the watchful eye of a couple of old pals. Skippy (Frank McHugh) is a bit of a drunk and a bit of a pickpocket. He is on board to escape the Hong Kong authorities. Also on board is a Countess who is actually a con artist known as Barrel House Betty (Aline MacMahon). She owes Dan a good turn and keeps an infatuated Burke occupied, while she and Skippy smooth the way for Dan and Joan to be together, and possibly for Dan's escape.
Betty to Skippy as they watch the lovers from a distance: "Look. he's got everything; strength, youth, courage. Everything that makes life fit to live. He's just a ghost. If things ain't tough enough, he's gotta fall in love."
Aline MacMahon is a special treat as the cynic with a heart of gold, who actually starts to fall for her copper. Frank McHugh is his usual scene-stealing self scamming bartenders and heisting empty wallets. Kay Francis wears one gorgeous Orry-Kelly gown after another, and the fashions could be a distraction from the story if she wasn't so genuine in her eagerness to live. William Powell's Dan is as admirable as his compatriots say when they explain the guy he knocked off back in the States was a rat of the first order. There is a lot of emotion jammed into the brief 67 minutes running time which leaves die-hard romantics awash in tears.
Dan and Joan live their love, which is genuine, and their lies, which are their sacrifice for each other.
Movie: 'Til We Meet Again
In 1940, a scant eight years after One Way Passage, Warner Bros. remade the property with a screenplay by Warren Duff (Angels With Dirty Faces) and directed by Edmund Goulding (Grand Hotel). Travel seems to have improved in the intervening years as this time the voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, with the Honolulu stopover, is a mere 15 days as opposed to the 24 in the earlier film. The running time of this film is longer at 99 minutes, allowing for new characters and more time to explore them.
Our doomed lovers, Dan and Joan, are played in 'Til We Meet Again by George Brent and Merle Oberon. Brent's Dan is equally as brave and resourceful as Powell's, but shows even more desperation at his plight. Merle Oberon's Joan is a younger, less experienced character than Kay Francis' character. Joan of One Way Passage was resignedly on her way to a sanitarium. Joan of 'Til We Meet Again is fleeing a sanitarium in search of life.
The policeman Steve Burke is played by Pat O'Brien (The Front Page) and he is always more than a mug, which was Hymer's stock-in-trade. The "Countess" is played by Binnie Barnes (The Last of the Mohicans) who keeps a torch burning for Dan. Her "mark" on this voyage is played by Eric Blore (Top Hat). Scamming barkeeps and heisting wallets is our old pal Frank McHugh (again), whose moniker has been upgraded from "Skippy" to "Rocky". In this version of the story, Dan is the mastermind behind his own escape efforts with an assist from the "Countess" and Rocky.
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Wuthering Heights) is on board as part of a honeymoon couple who befriends Joan. George Reeves (TVs Superman) plays her better half. Joan also has a concerned maid played by Doris Lloyd (Molly and Me). Like Kay Francis, Merle Oberon wears one gorgeous Orry-Kelly gown after another. Joan may be suffering, but she looks beautiful the whole time.
Adding to the ache in our hearts for Dan and Joan this time around is the use in the score of sentimental strains such as Aloha Oe, Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear, It Had to Be You, If I Had My Way (a holdover from One Way Passage) and, their private love theme Where Was I?.
I admire the quick pacing and the sense of the outdoors that accompanies the first version. I enjoy the lushness of the production values of the second. The "Countess" and "Skippy" seem more raw and real in the 1932 film. I prefer Aline MacMahon's touches in 1932, although Frank McHugh's more subdued "Rocky" in 1940 has a nice melancholy maturity.
'Til We Meet Again came first in my movie viewing history. I saw it on the late show in my early teens and it broke my heart. I did not realize at the time that it was a remake. 'Til We Meet Again stood alone as a lovely, romantic film that moved me to tears in the midnight hour. It wasn't until sometime in my 30s that I saw One Way Passage and recalled the Brent-Oberon film. I thoroughly enjoy each feature. Both films turn me into a sobbing mess, with the Pavlovian response a little skewered toward 'Til We Meet Again. My inner 14-year-old never got over it.
Silver Screenings October 9, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Great review! You've made me want to see both films ASAP.
I liked that you shared the qualities of each version that make it special. If a person can be (almost) equally fond of both versions, then filmmakers have done a good job.
Caftan Woman October 9, 2015 at 10:38 AM
Thanks. Both films are a nice representative of their era. It is a solid story and they recognized that when going for the remake. The new director and screenwriter brought their own touches, but seemed to instinctively know how far they could go.
Jacqueline T. Lynch October 9, 2015 at 12:13 PM
I still think my favorite version is Carol Burnett's parody on her show "One Way Ticket." She is the dying woman. Harvey Korman the cop with the heart of gold, James Coco is the guy she falls in love with. Vicki Lawrence is a scream not playing Aline McMahan so much as she is channeling McMahan/Maria Ouspenskaya/Gertrude Berg. She diagnoses Carol with The Movie Disease -- that incurable malady that has bumped off so many doomed stars.
Caftan Woman October 9, 2015 at 3:10 PM
All their parodies were priceless. A sick/dying Carol/movie heroine is not to be missed. "One Way Ticket" - could it be more perfect?
Rich October 9, 2015 at 2:07 PM
So wait, Frank McHugh played the same character in both movies?
He did. Can you imagine the production meeting?
So, who will we get for the pickpocket guy?
Who we got?
Well, it's the kinda thing McHugh can do in his sleep?
Didn't he do it last time?
Well then, he can do it again.
Michaela October 9, 2015 at 5:02 PM
I haven't seen either film, essentially because I've never been impressed by Merle Oberon or Kay Francis. But I do enjoy romantic melodramas... Maybe I'll give them a chance next time they pop up on TCM. Good post!
Thanks. Sometimes it just takes that one movie to see a performer in a different light.
Lê October 10, 2015 at 5:02 PM
Now I know what I'll look for when I need a good cry! Powell's pre-Codes are a bit hard to find, and I've been meaning to see both One Way Passage and Jewel Robbery someday. I think I'll do a double-feature with 'Til We Meet Again - so I'll spend all my tears at once!
Don't forget to read my contribution to the blogathon! :)
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Caftan Woman October 11, 2015 at 6:47 AM
Yes indeed. It is time for the extra-strength tissue - if they do it right - and these folks handled both versions very well.
Wonderful reviews of these two versions of the story, neither of which I have seen. I can imagine the impression they would make seeing one or the other when young. Great actors in both versions, I'll look for both.
I think you'll find a lot to enjoy in both versions. When you start with a solid story and are confident in what changes the years can bring, it is the viewer who wins.
Phyl October 11, 2015 at 11:23 PM
I'm a huge William Powell fan and really enjoyed One Way Passage. For some reason I don't really like George Brent so I don't see myself going out of my way to see the remake. That's funny how McHugh plays the same character!! I guess that's what happens when you remake a film too soon after the first one haha.
Thanks so much for participating!!! I'm enjoying reading everyone's posts!
"One Way Passage" truly as the feel of a classic, with the team of Powell and Francis. Maybe one day you'll come across "Til We Meet Again" and curiosity will get the better of you.
Phyl October 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM
Probably haha
CineMaven October 12, 2015 at 5:22 AM
Good choice for this blogathon. So all I have to decide is whether I want to bawl my eyes out in the 30's or in the 40's. I prefer the original one just a little bit more, ( Kay Francis Kay Francis Kay Fwancis )... but there's no question this is one of the great love stories of classic film. Nicely done, Paddy!
Thanks. Both wistfully doomed ladies are romantic movie heroines deep in their bones. Do they make 'em like this anymore?
No ma'am...sadly, they don't. Whaddya say? "Love Story" - "The Notebook"???
Rick29 October 12, 2015 at 8:55 PM
CW, your personal touches are always a highlight of your reviews. In the case of these two films, I have seen the original and not the remake. I like Til We Meet Again, so I will need to look out for One Way Passge on TCM.
I'm sure our pals at TCM will oblige. After all, that's what they are there for. Don't let anybody catch you getting a little verklempt. At the end of "Random Harvest" my husband makes all sorts of terrible coughing noises, stamps his feet and leaves the room.
ClassicBecky October 14, 2015 at 2:50 PM
CW, I saw One Way Passage first, and loved it. Kay Francis and her long, sad eyes, William Powell with his suave nature difficult to maintain considering his fate ... Til We Meet Again I saw too, but it's been so many years I don't remember it well. I guess I preferred One Way, because I've never forgotten that! Very interesting piece!
Caftan Woman October 15, 2015 at 2:26 PM
I think I appreciate Powell more in the film, the more often I watch it. Usually I just take him for granted. Shame on me!
Judy October 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM
Wow, I must see both of these - you make both versions sound great, they both have fine casts, and I'd love to see Frank McHugh playing the same role twice! Will definitely look out for them.
The lovable Frank McHugh in a lovable Frank McHugh double bill. As long as there is a full box of tissue handy, that would be quite a night of movie watching.
Yvette October 15, 2015 at 7:53 PM
I think I've seen both of these, Pat. Ages ago on local television movie channels. Ah, those were the days. Every afternoon and evening, some terrific movie was broadcast and all we had to do was put up with a few commercials. Call me crazy, but I always remember Kay Francis for her eyebrows.
I'm not a big fan of George Brent, but I seem to remember that I sat still for him in this particular movie. :)
I often joke to my kids about "movies late at night with commercials" - the way they were meant to be seen.
I find it is that way with actors that aren't my particular favourites as well. If the story is good enough, I will watch them.
VP81955 October 17, 2015 at 11:41 PM
William Powell is my all-time favorite actor, and if he had never met Myrna Loy I'm certain Kay Francis would be hie best-known partner; their on-screen chemistry is exemplary. Amazing to think they did this in the same calendar year as the saucy "Jewel Robbery," sort of Warners' answer to Lubitsch's "Trouble in Paradise" (although I can't imagine Ernst letting one of his characters disarm his foes with wacky tobacky -- for that reason alone, not to mention Kay showing off plenty of pre-Code skin, "Jewel Robbery" would've been a midnight-movie campus fave had it been reissued in the '60s).
Not long ago, I heard the "Lux Radio Theater" version of "One-Way Passage," and though Powell was to have teamed up with Norma Shearer for this adaptation, she fell ill and Kay stepped in to reprise her own cinematic role. William Gargan played the Hymer role, IIRC. Paradise cocktails to all!
Interesting point about Kay and Bill's screen partnership. I find them a very sympatico couple. Is it wrong that I see the irony in Norma falling ill and not being able to perform the radio show? "One Way Passge"-itis.
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Mum thanks Magpas Air Ambulance for saving son's life after freak hearse accident in Chatteris
PUBLISHED: 12:08 16 December 2016 | UPDATED: 12:08 16 December 2016
Jason Noble
Sally Crosbie at a special event arranged by the Magpas Air Ambulance in Cambridge. Pic: Magpas Air Ambulance.
The mother of a Chatteris man whose son suffered life-changing injuries in a freak accident earlier this year has hailed the efforts of air ambulance paramedics who saved his life.
Ben Crosbie in hospital after the freak accident in August 2016. Pic: Magpas Air Ambulance.
Ben Crosbie, 40, suffered serious injuries on August 4 when the winch on a glass hearse he was loading into a lorry failed, and left him crushed between the lorry and hearse.
The groom and coachman was left pinned and with serious internal injuries.
Sally Crosbie with other mothers at a special event arranged by the Magpas Air Ambulance in Cambridge. Pic: Magpas Air Ambulance.
Paramedics from the Magpas Air Ambulance were on the scene within minutes, airlifting him to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
In hospital, he was found to have severe internal bleeding, he lost one kidney after the blood supply was cut, and severe fractures on his ankle and pelvis.
Ben Crosbie with wife Sarah. Pic: Magpas Air Ambulance.
His mum, Sally Crosbie, had been playing in a golf competition nearby, but admitted she wasn’t prepared for the news of her son’s injury.
“It was fairly traumatic because you don’t know what to expect – I didn’t know how serious it was,” the retired hospital physiotherapist said.
“Initially you are quite numb, and it’s very different when you are looking at your own child in these situations.”
Mrs Crosbie said that her son was still conscious and “still Ben,” and despite spending days in intensive care, undergoing abdominal surgery and remaining in hospital for four weeks with his life-changing injuries, he remained positive.
Ben has yet to return to work, but is back on his feet again and has ongoing treatment.
“It’s difficult to know, it’s only four months ago,” Mrs Crosbie said on the impact his injuries will have.
“He is recovering slowly and he is a very positive man, so he is doing very well, and if it wasn’t for Magpas I wouldn’t like to think.”
Yesterday, Mrs Crosbie joined other families whose loved ones have been saved by Magpas at a special gathering.
Mrs Crosbie added: “You never expect it to happen to your own family, and when you see people in hospital you never think about it with your own children.
“At this time of year it seems that people’s lives would be completely changed if their loved ones hadn’t made it.
“As a family we are very grateful to Magpas. Ben is actually doing well and that’s down to them.”
The Magpas ‘ultimate wake-up call’ event yesterday on December 7 highlighted how important urgent critical care teams are to the region – with mothers from across the east of England gathering for the occasion.
As well as getting the chance to meet each other and share their stories, the families were also able to meet the air ambulance paramedics who helped to save the lives of their family members.
Dr Simon Lewis, medical director with Magpas, said: “It’s the first time we have had a gathering like this and for us it’s incredibly humbling and slightly overwhelming to see all those people together.
“The families themselves have been through some life-changing events and we are really glad that Magpas has been able to help them.
“This time of year particularly brings it home, at Christmas people often think of families.”
The families at the wake-up call event are also supporters of the cause in raising awareness and money, with Mrs Crosbie raising cash this year as the Fynn Valley Golf Club ladies captain.
Dr Lewis said: “It’s very heartwarming that people make the effort to come back to us and see how they are doing.
“Ben’s was an unusual incident, but it’s good to hear he is making progress.”
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Government of Canada announces investment for women’s organizations in Western Newfoundland
From: Women and Gender Equality Canada
Women’s organizations provide vital services in our communities, supporting women and girls to be financially secure, free from violence, and able to fully participate in all aspects of our economy and society. Yet for far too long they have been chronically underfunded, underestimated and undermined.
Three organizations receiving funding to ensure they can continue providing essential supports for women and their families
April 16, 2019 – Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador – Department for Women and Gender Equality
Women’s organizations provide vital services in our communities, supporting women and girls to be financially secure, free from violence, and able to fully participate in all aspects of our economy and society. Yet for far too long they have been chronically underfunded, underestimated and undermined. The Government of Canada recognizes that women’s organizations are the lifeblood of the women’s movement, and that maintaining and growing their ability to do this important work is the most effective way to advance gender equality.
That’s why today, Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, announced that the Government of Canada will invest over $430,000 in three women’s organizations and Indigenous organizations serving women in Western Newfoundland:
Bay St. George Status of Women Association Inc. is receiving $19,246 to attract and retain high quality employees and volunteers to be able to support more women in their community and develop stronger relationships with their sister organizations to expand their impact across the province.
Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network Inc. is receiving $388,766 to grow and maintain their ability to support Indigenous women in the community and better understand the social and economic barriers Indigenous women face, including violence and its impact on mental health.
People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre Inc. is receiving $24,486 to assess and improve their ability to provide housing to women experiencing or at risk of violence.
These organizations are three of the more than 250 women’s organizations and Indigenous organizations serving women across Canada in which the Government of Canada is investing under the Capacity-building Fund. Funding stems from the Budget 2018 announcement of $100 million over five years to support a viable and sustainable women’s movement across Canada.
“With our historic investment, we recognize the women and women’s organizations breaking through barriers, and express our gratitude to those who have been doing this work for decades on little more than a shoestring budget. The women’s movement across Canada has been asking for a reliable, predictable and accessible source of funds to ensure the sustainability of their work. Our government listened. With stable and flexible funding across Western Newfoundland, we are helping these three organizations scale up so they can grow and endure, because we know that investing in women’s organizations is the most effective way to advance gender equality. By supporting a movement that has achieved amazing results, we are growing the middle class, strengthening families and communities, and creating lasting change that benefits everyone.”
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P.
Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality
“These projects, all funded through the Department for Women and Gender Equality, will allow each organization to work on their strategy for success, and build future momentum for the good work that they do in their communities. Each of the three projects have the goal of improving the social and economic circumstances of women in their community. The projects will facilitate collaboration with key stakeholders, the creation of professional and community development programs, and promote advocacy and education for all. Such development opportunities allow not only the organizations to build their capacity, but also the women that these organizations serve. By supporting the women in their communities, organizations such as the Bay St. George Women's Centre, the Newfoundland Aboriginal Women's Network, and the People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre, we are strengthening the voices of women in their communities, supporting them in ways specific to their local needs, and promoting gender equality in all aspects of society.”
Gudie Hutchings
Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains
“As a community-based organization, our main focus is to improve the quality of life of women and families in the Bay St. George region. With this financial support from the Government of Canada, we can take critical steps to grow and strengthen our services, so we can reach more women.”
Janice Kennedy, Executive Director
Bay St. George Status of Women Association Inc.
“Our vision is that all Indigenous women live in safe, respectful, caring communities where there is zero tolerance of violence and abuse. Thanks to this federal support, we can continue working to achieve this by fostering community awareness, protective legislation, and culturally responsive programs and services. Our trained facilitators and community mentors can help create long-term, positive change for the health and well-being of Indigenous women in Newfoundland.”
Odelle Pike, President
Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network Inc.
“We are tremendously grateful for this federal support because it enables us to provide culturally appropriate help to Indigenous women – regardless of status – for health, housing, education, employment, and justice. Each of our centres are unique to the women and community they serve, and this funding will help us ensure we can provide the safe and accessible housing they need to thrive.”
Patrick Park-Tighe, Executive Director
People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre Inc.
Budget 2018 announced $100 million over five years to support a viable and sustainable women’s movement across Canada. Adding to this historic investment, Budget 2019 proposes to invest a further $160 million over five years, starting in 2019–20, in the Department for Women and Gender Equality’s Women’s Program. This means that by 2023–24, the Women’s Program, which supports eligible organizations to carry out projects to advance equality by addressing systemic barriers, will total $100 million annually.
This funding will enable women’s organizations and Indigenous organizations serving women to tackle systemic barriers impeding women’s progress, while recognizing and addressing the diverse experiences of gender and inequality across the country.
Women continue to be disproportionately affected by economic insecurity. In 2015, women in Canada earned just 88 cents for every dollar earned by men. They are also much more likely to work on a part-time basis, making up 76% of all part-time workers, with 25% of women reporting childcare responsibilities as their reason for working part-time.
Some populations are more likely to experience violence and may face unique barriers and challenges that put them at particular risk (Statistics Canada, 2015).
Canada will host the Women Deliver 2019 Conference from June 3 to 6, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Held every three years, it is the world’s largest gathering on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of women and girls.
The conference is part of a global movement to promote gender equality worldwide that gives voice to a broad spectrum of people, including Indigenous peoples, youth and those living in conflict and crisis settings. It will bring together more than 6,000 individuals—world leaders, influencers, advocates, academics, activists, youth and journalists—from more than 160 countries, with an additional 100,000 people joining virtually.
Capacity-Building Fund Call for Proposals
Women Deliver 2019
Braeson Holland
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister for Women and Gender Equality
Valérie Haché
Senior Communications Advisor
Department for Women and Gender Equality
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Six African teams aim to keep T20 World Cup dream alive
Dubai [UAE], May 14 (ANI): Six teams are set to battle it out in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Final 2019, scheduled in Uganda, with two countries just one step away from Australia 2020.
Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda cleared the sub-regional qualifiers last year to reach the Africa Final. The teams will play a round-robin tournament from May 19 to 24.
Each team will play each other once and after the completion of 15 games, the top two in the table will go on to represent Africa at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE later this year -- where six teams will advance to the T20 World Cup in Australia in October 2020.
The Africa Final qualifiers will join Papua New Guinea, UAE, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland and Zimbabwe in the global qualifier which will take place between October 11 and November 3 this year. The UAE automatically qualified as hosts and PNG came through the East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Final in March.
Australia and nine other top-ranked sides -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and West Indies -- ensured direct qualification to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 after finishing in the top ten of the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings as on December 31. (ANI)
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Atheists Play Their Hand: Probability
Albert Mohler | President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | Thursday, January 8, 2009
The news first broke last year, when atheists in Great Britain announced the intention to put their message on London's famous city buses. Atheist celebrities including Richard Dawkins and A. C. Grayling joined the campaign and enjoyed the publicity. Now, the atheists are taking their advertising campaign throughout Britain, with 800 buses carrying their message.
The message? “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
According to The New York Times, the atheist campaign raised $150,000 in four days, providing the financing for the wider advertising effort.
The idea emerged from Ariane Sherine, a writer, who was offended when she saw bus ads placed by Christians. She came up with the idea of countering Christian messages with a "reassuring" atheist response.
The bus advertisements have probably achieved at least one central goal of the campaign -- publicity. Nevertheless, organizers are frustrated that their signs have not caused more outrage. This lack of outrage, some suggest, is just more evidence of Britain's growing secularity.
As The New York Times reported, "Although Queen Elizabeth is the head of the Church of England, Britain is a deeply secular country with a dwindling number of regular churchgoers, and with politicians who seem to go out of their way to play down their religious beliefs." Indeed, former Prime Minister Tony Blair's Director of Communications once famously quipped, "We don't do God."
Atheists in Australia attempted a similar campaign, but the bus companies refused the ads. The Australian advertising approach would have been slightly different than the British. The signs were to have read, "Atheism: Sleep in on Sunday mornings."
I must admit that I find the British campaign nearly humorous. In any event, it is certainly not threatening to the Christian message. No one is really likely to be converted to atheism by seeing a sign on a bus -- and almost certainly not by a sign that declares that "there's probably no God." Probably?
In some sense, this campaign almost looks like a joke on atheists planned and performed by believers in God. The use of the word "probably" does more to demonstrate the weakness of the atheistic argument than could ever be done by outright condemnations of atheism.
Atheism supposedly declares its central conviction that there is no God. But this central conviction doesn't appear to be held very strongly -- not if you look at the advertising message the atheists in Britain have chosen for their own campaign.
I do not believe in God because I have become convinced that his existence is probably true, but because I am convinced that the existence of God is the first principle of all truth. The Christian conviction is not based in probability, but in the assurance of God's existence and self-revelation.
So, in an odd and completely unexpected sense, I am actually thankful for the atheist bus campaign in Britain. When the best atheists can come up with is a message that God probably does not exist, the weakness of the atheist intellectual position becomes clear.
Despite all this, it appears that the atheists behind this campaign in Britain are excited by their effort. Perhaps we will soon see a similar effort here in the United States. Will it happen? Probably.
In addition to being one of Salem’s nationally syndicated radio talk show hosts, R. Albert Mohler, Jr. is the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and recognized as one of America’s leading theologians and cultural commentators. Contact Dr. Mohler at [email protected].
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To See or Not To See...
Dr. James Emery White | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | Tuesday, May 16, 2006
To See or Not To See…
While all things “Da Vinci” swirl through the cultural landscape, Christians find themselves united in opposition, but divided in strategy.
To see or not to see, that is the question.
Set for release on May 19th, the Oscar-winning duo of director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks bring Dan Browne’s novel to the big screen. As president of a seminary, and author of a little “giveaway” booklet from InterVarsity Press titled The Da Vinci Question, it’s been all I can do to keep up with requests for interviews from the media over the last few weeks. The first time I was asked about whether or not I thought Christians should see the film, I was somewhat surprised. It had never entered my mind not to see the film, but I had never paused to wonder whether I should save an aisle seat for others. My focus, since the release of the novel and its subsequent climb up the bestseller lists, has been to purposefully engage its content in order to speak to the millions of others who have engaged its content. Seeing the film seems necessary for that continued engagement.
But then came the interviews, and it didn’t take many call-in radio shows to discover that people had very strong feelings on the matter. I wasn’t alone in finding that emotions are running high. Christianity Today ran an online essay by Barbara Nicolosi titled “Let’s ‘Othercott’ Da Vinci” (adapted from Nicolosi’s online blog, Church of the Masses), which suggested not seeing the movie, buying tickets to another film that weekend, and that joining the “cultural dialogue” would be akin to debating with the Devil himself. She also expressed fear that the movie might lead some Christians astray. CT was then flooded with email responses, which led them to write, “Apparently we’ve touched a nerve.”
The reason there has been a strong reaction to The Da Vinci Code is because there has seldom been such a spurious and outrageous set of assertions against historic Christianity that has achieved such broad exposure. The Da Vinci Code puts forward a blend of fiction and historical assertion that suggests that the entire foundation upon which Christianity is established is false. As such, it deserves to be evaluated vigorously and publicly, and Christians are rightfully doing so.
But the passionate divide as to whether to read the book, or see the film, takes us back to the categories of cultural engagement first espoused by H. Richard Niebuhr in his classic work, Christ and Culture. For example, do we take the Christ against culture position, and react in anger and hostility? Historically, this has often meant retreat rather than engagement. At the opposite end of the spectrum would be the Christ of culture stance, and buy into the values and ethos of the day and recast our faith accordingly.
A third alternative is seeing Christ as the transformer of culture. This means neither retreat nor absorption; instead calling for purposeful engagement. Further, it calls for what my friend Andy Crouch has been calling the “making” of culture. In this case, rather than simply bemoaning works such as Browne’s, perhaps we should write a few influential books ourselves. Or take on the education of the church and its leaders more pointedly, so that the ancient ideas rooted in Gnosticism and pagan goddess worship do not have room to take root.
We are called to be salt and light, and that means cultural engagement. Period. We can have robust dialogue as to how, but the question of whether we should is without debate for those who claim to be biblical Christians. In Christ’s day, salt was used as a preservative to ensure that meat didn’t go bad. You can’t fault meat for going bad; it’s what meat does. The question is, “Where is the salt?” We are charged to prevent moral decay in our culture. Going to see a movie may not be the answer to reaching people; but if a movie is the reason people are questioning Christ, or raising questions about Christ, then it may very well be the key to reaching them.
So should Christians see the film? I believe that many should, if their mind and soul is prepared, else it will be difficult to speak to the questions it will raise (and film always raises new questions beyond its source material, if only emotive ones). There will be water cooler conversations following May 19th, and Christians should be present and accounted for. It has been said that we do not need to defend our God, which is true in the sense it is often spoken, but we do need to engage our world.
And this is why I will have a ticket in hand. Perhaps not on May 19th (I am somewhat convinced by the argument that giving the film a big opening weekend might encourage the making of “The Gospel of Judas” or some other Da Vinci knock-off), but I will, eventually, see it. This isn’t akin to whether I should fill my mind with sordid images such as might be found in Brokeback Mountain (which I chose not to see), or engaging in sin in order to speak credibly against it, but instead engaging the ideas that I know will be presented to hearts and minds about the gospel itself. And along with other Christians, I am called to “Always be prepared to give an answer” (I Peter 3:15).
But that will first mean knowing the question.
“Let’s ‘Othercott’ Da Vinci,” Barbara Nicolosi, ChristianityToday.com
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/commentaries/othercott.html
Nicolosi’s online blog, Church of the Masses:
http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/
“Da Vinci Dialogue Heats Up,” ChristianityToday.com
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/commentaries/davinciheatsup.html
“Da Vinci Boycotts Planned,” ChristianityToday.com
http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/news/davinci/060508.html
H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (1951).
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Takeaways: Why Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team fell short against Butler Bulldogs
"We didn’t play great tonight," said XU head coach Travis Steele after his team's 71-66 loss Tuesday at Butler. "But our effort has to be perfect."
Takeaways: Why Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team fell short against Butler Bulldogs "We didn’t play great tonight," said XU head coach Travis Steele after his team's 71-66 loss Tuesday at Butler. "But our effort has to be perfect." Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2019/03/06/big-east-basketball-xavier-cant-keep-win-streak-alive-butler/3077913002/
Adam Baum, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 10:40 a.m. ET March 6, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS – Winning rivalry games on the road in college basketball is never easy.
Xavier University knew it would be far from easy Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse against archrival Butler, but the Musketeers had the momentum of a five-game win streak at their back and the urgency of a team trying to make the NCAA Tournament.
The fire of everything on the line didn't belong exclusively to Xavier. Butler, with its Senior Night on Tuesday, is also a team on the bubble trying to earn an NCAA Tournament berth.
So, in a back-and-forth physical game with nine lead changes and five ties, it largely boiled down to Butler's ability to get more out of its possessions than Xavier did.
PHOTOS: Xavier at Butler basketball, March 5
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) fades away for a shot in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Naji Marshall (13) rolls on the ground after rolling his ankle in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) goes up for a shot in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Butler Bulldogs guard Paul Jorgensen (5) chases a loose ball in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Zach Hankins (35) goes up for a shot in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Zach Hankins (35) reaches for his own rebound in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers head coach Travis Steele reacts after a play in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) rubs his eye after being hit in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) is calmed by Xavier Musketeers guard Paul Scruggs (1) in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) is blocked by Butler Bulldogs forward Nate Fowler (51) going up for a shot in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) goes up for a dunk in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) follows through on a dunk in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Paul Scruggs (1) drives down court against Butler Bulldogs forward Jordan Tucker (1) in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) squints as his eye is aggravated again in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Butler Bulldogs guard Paul Jorgensen (5) cheers after stopping a Xavier drive in the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
The Xavier Musketeers walk to the locker room after the second half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Xavier's winning streak ended with a 71-66 loss to Butler. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Quentin Goodin (3) is blocked going for a second chance shot in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Quentin Goodin (3) attempts a layup in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Butler Bulldogs head coach LaVall Jordan shouts to his team in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Zach Hankins (35) throws down a dunk in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Quentin Goodin (3) is tripped up on his way to the basket in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Quentin Goodin (3) collides with Butler Bulldogs guard Kamar Baldwin (3) on his way down court in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Naji Marshall (13) shoots over Butler Bulldogs forward Jordan Tucker (1) in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers head coach Travis Steele shouts to his team in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers guard Elias Harden (4) is guarded by Butler Bulldogs forward Jordan Tucker (1) in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Xavier Musketeers forward Naji Marshall (13) spins around Butler Bulldogs forward Sean McDermott (22) to the basket in the first half of the NCAA Big East basketball game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Sam Greene
Butler made shots.Every time Xavier made it a one-possession game, Butler seemed to convert a tough shot that kept Xavier from completely closing the distance. They were contested shots, not open looks, and they amounted to a 71-66 win for the Bulldogs.
Butler guard Kamar Baldwin scored 17 of his game-high 24 points in the second half.
Xavier head coach Travis Steele said he thought Butler was the more physical team.
"I thought for most of the game, they were the aggressor on both ends of the floor just with their defense, their pressure," Steele said of Butler. "They caused 15 turnovers on us, which again, we’ve got to be better with the ball in a close game. That’s the difference between winning and losing. You’ve got to take care of it. They had more shots than us by I think 63 field goal attempts. We had 59. And when you’re in a close game, it’s just a matter of taking care of the ball. I was disappointed, like, I thought Butler got dang near every single 50-50 ball, loose ball that was out there. We’ve got to be better on the glass. I know we won by two, but that’s not indicative of what happened out there. I thought they were the more physical team. We’ve got to be a heck of a lot better."
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Once again, Xavier didn't do itself any favors with its turnovers. On a night when Butler did a good job extending its defense and forcing Xavier's offense away from the basket, those turnovers made it difficult for the Musketeers to find any rhythm on offense.
"It was a physical game. I’ll just leave it at that. It was very physical," Steele said. "Our guys have got to be stronger with the ball. It was a man’s game out there tonight. You’ve got to be strong on your drives. You’ve got to be strong on your finishes. Can’t look at the officials. It’s how it was officiated tonight. You’ve got to adjust and I don’t think we adjusted, obviously, as well as Butler did."
During Xavier's winning streak, the Musketeers looked connected at both ends of the floor, and Tuesday night they didn't look like that. The defense tried to carry the weight, but the offense seemed sporadic.
Zach Hankins and Tyrique Jones were solid in the low post. Jones had 13 points and eight rebounds and Hankins had 12 points and nine boards. Paul Scruggs added 13 points and Naji Marshall had 11 points and eight rebounds.
There just wasn't much momentum from possession-to-possession for Xavier's offense.
"We didn’t play great tonight," Steele said. "You’re not going to be on 100 every single game. It’s not going to happen. But our effort has to be perfect. Our effort has to be perfect. Those 50-50 balls are the difference between winning and losing a lot of close games, which every game in the Big East is going to be close. I don’t think we necessarily got outplayed though. They out-hustled us a couple of possessions here and there."
The importance of Saturday's regular-season finale at home against St. John's can't be overstated for Xavier.
With the Big East Conference tournament looming next week at Madison Square Garden, a Xavier win on Saturday likely secures a first-round bye in the tournament, meaning the Musketeers get an extra day of rest and preparation.
"I told our guys afterwards, we can compete with anybody in this league," Steele said. "I really believe that no matter where it’s at – on the road, at home, in Cintas or whether it’s in Madison Square Garden. It’s next game up. We’re going to be excited, obviously, to play a really talented St. John’s team on Saturday."
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Home Cineworld Blog Toronto International Film Festival: 8 films that have Oscars written all over them
Toronto International Film Festival: 8 films that have Oscars written all over them
Posted on Saturday, 7 September 2019 Share this article
Summertime may be over, but anticipation is already heating up for 2020's Oscar contenders.
Film festival season has started in earnest with Venice, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF for short) is currently underway. TIFF is often used as a barometer of possible Academy Awards success, so we've rounded up eight movies screening this year that are potential contenders.
Just another comic book movie? Don't bet on it – Todd Phillips' ambitious super-villain origin story brought the house down at Venice, a sign that both the director and studio Warner Bros have grand plans for the movie.
The artistic director of Venice, Alberto Barbera, revealed to Variety that it was Philips who pushed for the movie's inclusion. Barbera says: "It’s a really surprising film. It’s the most surprising film we’ve got this year. This one’s going straight to the Oscars even though it’s gritty, dark, violent. It has amazing ambition and scope."
Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, a mentally disturbed stand-up comic whose failed aspirations and constant abuse hasten his transformation into the 'Clown Prince of Crime'.
Joker is released on 4th October.
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt's ambitious novel The Goldfinch won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014, and its subsequent film adaptation comes freighted with expectation.
The story recounts the troubled life of Theo Decker, who loses his mother in a New York art gallery bombing and embarks on a tormented journey throughout adolescence and young adulthood. His mother's presence remains, however, in the form of the painting The Goldfinch, which Theo stole from the museum in the wake of the tragedy.
Directed by Brooklyn's John Crowley, written by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's Peter Straughan and lensed by Blade Runner 2049's Roger Deakins, there's no denying the movie has impeccable credentials. And it also has the kind of cast that will do justice to its multi-generational narrative of hope and despair: Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Jeffrey Wright and Sarah Paulson are among those starring.
The Goldfinch is released on 27th September.
3. Ad Astra
Brad Pitt heads into outer-space for this emotional sci-fi drama. He plays an astronaut whose love of the solar system was instilled by his father – now an absentee figure who disappeared into the cosmos on a mysterious mission. Ad Astra screened at Venice where Brad Pitt's performance as the recipient of widespread acclaim.
Tommy Lee Jones plays the long-lost parental figure, whose elusive experiments now appear to be threatening the future of mankind. Pitt's character Roy must then set off to to make peace and save the human race.
Ad Astra (Latin for 'to the stars') is directed by The Lost City of Z director James Gray, promising an atmospheric and somewhat cerebral take on the unknown that combines the personal and the intergalactic a la Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (it's shot by that film's cinematographer, Hoyte van Hoytema).
Ad Astra is released on 18th September.
4. Le Mans '66
Rev up those engines for the story of one of the greatest automotive clashes of all time. Logan director James Mangold tackles the Jason and Goliath struggle between automotive monoliths Ford and Ferrari, which reached its apex during the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.
Mangold reunites with 3:10 to Yuma star Christian Bale, here playing British racing driver Ken Miles, who is co-opted by American Ford car giant Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) to help bring down Ferrari. The combination of the cast, director and story surely promises seat-gripping action when Le Mans '66 is released on 15th November.
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Those who admired Taika Waititi's offbeat, candy-coloured work on Thor: Ragnarok are of course reminded that he charted a very specific course towards the Marvel blockbuster. The New Zealander got the gig off the back of wonderfully quirky gems like What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and before he returns to the MCU for Thor: Love and Thunder, he's delivering another indie oddity.
Adapted from Christine Leunens' novel Caging Skies, Jojo Rabbit is bound to cause controversy with its story of a young boy in the Hitler youth who imagines Adolf Hitler as his imaginary friend. The first trailer looks suitably bonkers, and the cast is impressive: Waititi is the petulant, babyish Hitler with support from Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Stephen Merchant and Rebel Wilson.
Jojo Rabbit is released on 3rd January 2020.
6. The Lighthouse
Back in 2016, director Robert Eggers electrified the film-making community with his feature debut The Witch. This elegantly creepy story of a 17th century Puritan family beset by both the supernatural and their own religious mania was acclaimed as one of the finest horror movies in years. And his latest promises a similarly intense experience.
The Lighthouse casts Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as two lighthouse keepers who slowly come apart at the seams while manning their remote station. Those who've seen it say the film mines a great deal of dramatic tension from the contrasting age of the leads – Dafoe grizzled and salty, Pattinson younger and volatile – and the gorgeous-looking black and white cinematography owes a debt to a bygone age of horror cinema. (The movie is shot in the now little-used square aspect ratio of 1.19:1, one favoured by the German Expressionist horror movement of the 1920s.)
The Lighthouse is released in the UK on 17th January 2020.
Following 2017's divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson hops over to a completely different genre entirely. Knives Out both embraces and satirises the conventions of the classic whodunnit murder mystery, assembling an excellent cast in the process.
Paying tribute to genre masters such as Agatha Christie, the movie is a classic head-scrambler, as two detectives arrive at a remote country house to investigate the apparently impossible death of a wealthy crime novelist. Daniel Craig and Lakeith Stanfield are the gumshoes, Christopher Plummer is the deceased, and the suspects are played by a veritable who's who. These include Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette and Don Johnson – so who's the killer?
Knives Out is released on 29th November.
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
In a perfect example of synergy between actor and character, Tom Hanks portrays beloved American TV host Fred Rogers. Through the popularity of his programme 'Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood', the kindly TV presenter became the USA's surrogate father, informing entire generations about the power of imagination and instilling a sense of kindness and decency.
Who better to depict the late Rogers than Hanks himself? The Oscar-winning actor has carved out a reputation for such things through the likes of Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan and Captain Phillips, and it appears this was the role he was born to play.
The movie explores the behind the scenes making of Rogers' era-defining show, as he's profiled by journalist Lloyd Vogel (played by Matthew Rhys). It's directed by Marielle Heller who earlier this year landed a significant critical hit with Oscar-nominated Melissa McCarthy drama Can You Ever Forgive Me?
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood is released on 6th December.
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IG: White House ‘Made it Impossible’ to Pursue Lead in Fast and Furious Probe
By Fred Lucas | September 20, 2012 | 6:00pm EDT
Inspector General Michael Horowitz. (AP)
(CNSNews.com) – The White House’s refusal to release communications related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking program and the refusal of a White House official to be interviewed about the matter “made it impossible” for the inspector general (IG) of the Justice Department to “pursue that aspect of the case,” the IG, Michael Horowitz, testified.
He added that the sought-after White House interview and communications constituted “a lead we wanted to follow.”
At a hearing of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee on Thursday, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) asked Horowitz, “You noted also in your report that the White House refused to share internal communications with you during your investigation of Fast and Furious. We've noted a connection into the White House through Kevin O'Reilly at the National Security Council. Do you think the White House’s refusal to share these documents limited the scope of your investigation? Would this committee be well served by pursuing an investigation into that avenue?”
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Horowitz answered, “Well, as we noted in the report, and as you know, congressman, we did not get internal communications from the White House and Mr. O’Reilly’s unwillingness to speak to us made it impossible for us to pursue that angle of the case and the question that had been raised."
Farenthold: "So it would probably be worthwhile for us to pursue?"
Horowitz: "Well, certainly we have sought to pursue every lead we could. So, I can tell you, from our standpoint it was a lead we wanted to follow.”
The report, A Review of ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious and Related Matters, was released yesterday by the office of the inspector general.
Mr. O’Reilly is Kevin O’Reilly and when Fast and Furious was in operation he was a member of President Barack Obama’s National Security Staff.
The IG report states, “We also sought to interview Kevin O’Reilly, an official with the White House National Security Staff, about communications he had in 2010 with Special Agent in Charge William Newell that included information about Operation Fast and Furious. O’Reilly declined through his personal counsel our request for an interview.”
Bill Newell was the ATF Special Agent in Charge for the Phoenix, Ariz., office that was running Operation Fast and Furious.
The IG report says, “We sought to interview O’Reilly in light of e-mail communications he had with Special Agent in Charge Bill Newell in 2010.”
Former ATF Special Agent in Charge Bill Newell. (AP)
“Newell told us that he had known O’Reilly during previous field office assignments and that the two shared information about firearms trafficking issues relevant to their geographic areas of responsibility,” the report said. “According to Newell, O’Reilly was also friends with ATF’s White House Liaison and through that relationship O’Reilly would be included on some information sharing between Newell and the ATF Liaison about ATF’s efforts on the Southwest Border, and that O’Reilly eventually communicated with Newell directly.”
Operation Fast and Furious was run by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), which is overseen by the Department of Justice, headed by Attorney General Eric Holder. The program, which ran from the fall of 2009 to mid-December 2010, allowed guns to “walk” into the hands of Mexican drug cartels through straw purchasers.
Attoney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
More than 2,000 firearms, largely AK-47s and 5.7 caliber pistols, were sold and allowed to walk. The ATF recovered only about 100 of the 2,000-plus weapons. In January 2010, a straw purchaser, Jaime Avila – well known to the ATF -- bought three AK-47s at a Phoenix-area gun store. Two of those weapons were later found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010.
After Terry’s death, Operation Fast and Furious was halted and Avila was arrested.
At the hearing on Thursday, Committee Chairman Darrel Issa (R_Calif.) asked Inspector General Horowitz: “Kevin O’Reilly. Could you tell us a little bit about your effort to reach out to Kevin O’Reilly, a member of the White House national security team?
Horowitz said: “We reached out to his lawyer, requested an interview. We have no basis to compel interviews from individuals who work outside the Department of Justice. He was not working in the Department of Justice so we had to ask for a voluntary interview and he denied ….”
Issa: “Would it surprise you he’s been in Afghanistan. We’ve been denied.”
Horowitz: “I was not aware of where he was.”
Issa: “I’m sorry, it was Iraq [not Afghanistan].”
Horowitz: “I don’t recall knowing myself where he was, but we were told by his council that he would not [grant an interview].”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversigh and Government Reform Committee (AP Photo)
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been seeking to interview O’Reilly for more than year. According to CBS News, the White House disclosed in the fall of 2011 that O’Reilly had been reassigned from the National Security Staff to a position with the State Department in Iraq.
O’Reilly’s attorney reportedly said that his client would agree to a telephone interview with the committee but only if the White House said okay. White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler has stated that O’Reilly will not be permitted to give an interview.
CBS reported, “citing Executive Branch confidentiality interests, Ruemmler said, ‘There is an insufficient basis to support the request to interview Mr. O'Reilly.’”
Michael W. Chapman contributed to this report.
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Date Sunday - July 31, 2005
Host Art Bell
Guests Jim Bell, Major Ed Dames
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Peak Oil & Using Renewable Energy
Internationally recognized expert on our planet's delicate balance of sustaining life, Jim Bell, talked with host Art Bell about politics, peak oil production, and what we can do to become more energy self-sufficient.
He believes the answer to energy self-sufficiency lies in cultivating renewable energy sources, such as solar power. According to Bell, the city of San Diego could replace all forms of energy it currently uses by simply installing solar photovoltaic cells on 18% of existing buildings and parking lots, as well as making a few efficiency improvements.
He also cited the example of a San Diego building that had been converted to run on renewable energy sources and has benefited from a 25% return on investment. Bell said there are several energy services companies who help fund these conversions, as they have figured out how to make the process profitable.
'Killshot' Update
First hour guest, remote viewer Major Ed Dames gave an update on 'The Killshot', a series of powerful, deadly solar flares which he thinks will be impacting Earth in the very near future. On previous shows, Dames had said the Killshot would be close at hand when the Space Shuttle is forced down by a meteor shower. Dames now believes the current trouble-plagued Discovery mission is the precursor event he foresaw, noting its concurrence with the upcoming Perseids meteor shower. Dames also expressed little confidence the Shuttle would land safely, and suggested Coast listeners "say a prayer for this crew."
Dames offered a timetable to the Killshot, giving us only a maximum of two years before the Earth's magnetosphere collapses and exposes the planet to intense solar radiation. A third of the world's population is expected to perish during the event, Dames concluded.
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Depends on case
An abnormal bony growth most often located at the base joint of the big toe, a bunion can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. In more severe cases, it can even cause issues with mobility. Over time, the big toe can start to move out of its natural position to curve towards the other toes on the same foot, resulting in the base joint of the big toe pushing away from the other toes to form a bunion. The same condition can also form in the smaller toes, referred to as a ‘bunionette’.
Known to be caused by arthritis, genetics and other disorders that affect the skeletal structure of the body, bunions are most often seen in women. The condition can be aggravated by certain forms of footwear, such as high heels with pointed toes. The good news is that even the more severe cases and those that have failed to respond to physical therapy and other non-surgical treatment methods can usually be successfully treated by performing a bunionectomy.
What are the options for surgical treatment?
There are a variety of surgical options available for treatment of bunions, as follows:
Osteotomy: One of the most popular and highly-effective surgeries available to correct bunions. During the procedure, the surgeon makes small incisions over the tow bones in order to realign the joint. Once the bone is cut and fixed in its original position, a set of surgical metal screws and plates are used to keep the joint aligned as the bone heals, which usually takes a few weeks. This technique is often performed in combination with the ‘soft tissue release’ procedure, which helps to set the bone back in its original position.
Ligament or Tendon repair: Most often performed when the soft tissue surrounding the big toe becomes tighter on one side, often becoming abnormally loose on the other side. This creates an imbalance that causes the big toe to point towards the other, smaller toes. During this procedure, the surgeon shortens the loose soft tissue on the one side while loosening the tissue on the other side.
Arthrodesis – This technique is most often used for the most severe cases and/or for patients who have had a previously unsuccessful surgery. During the procedure, the surgeon removes the surface of the joint and realigns it to its normal position, then fixes it in place using metal surgical screws and plates to provide critical support for the big toe while the bones heal naturally.
Who is a good candidate for a bunion surgery?
Men or women experiencing considerable pain due to the formation of a bunion
Men and women who’s deformed toe is causing the other toes on the same foot to overlap
Men and women experiencing limited mobility due to the formation of a bunion
Men and women for whom extended therapy using NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) has failed to improve the condition
Men and women experiencing long-term swelling and inflammation that has proven to be resistant to non-surgical treatment methods
Men and women who have experienced no relief to their pain or discomfort using specialized footwear as advised by a medical professional
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CYBERHATE ON CYBER SPACE: CYBERBULLYING – A NEW PHENOMENON OF VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH
Internet and its technical elements have a double impact on the human activity: simultaneously they increase the possibility of destructive behaviour and the damage they cause; also permit and encourage the freedom of expression, organization and share of knowledge. Internet also amplifies human vices and virtues. Since at the very beginning, is strongly supported the idea of the freedom of information and of the freedom of expression on the cyber space. At the same time the impact of internet on other civil freedoms is neglected. Internet has reflected the inequality between these rights, which already existed online. Reasons of the increase of offences of discriminative nature, or with the scope of the encouragement of hatred (cyber hate) may be summarized as follows:
Anonymity often brings into light the worst human characteristics, for this reason many of the computer criminal offences happen under the veil of perceived anonymity. The absence of identification often is perceived as if it is accompanied by the absence of rules and irresponsibility in relation with the online activity.
The division between the physical person and the online personality causes a separation from ethics, moral and legal norms. Cyberspace after brings even the perception that is the discussion on computer data and not on concrete persons, so the committed actions are perceived as not having consequences.
Crowd culture
Anonymity is the encouragement for the creation of crowds, which are easily created online, simply through internet connection. If in the past, the geographical factor and the cost for the physical unification of persons prevented the creation of different groups, the mobilizing ability of Internet has caused the creation of groups, which would not have been created in normal conditions. Persons have more the tendency to be united in groups, if their identity is not recognizable, by expressing the opinions freely (example: Ku Klux Klan).
Polarization and the pushing into extreme is noticed in these crowds, since similar opinions create the idea of echo and encourage self-belief on the committed actions. With intention of the discernment within the group or likeness from other members, frequently individuals exaggerate their opinions and actions, by going towards radicalization.
Daily activity brings the request for information, which often is not based on concrete data. In a certain point, people do not pay attention to their opinion, but to what others say, by sharing the information, regardless of being fake or not complete. The cycle is repeated, by creating the so called “waterfall “of information, which is difficult to discontinue. Example: social networks which recommend liked posts from other friends. Search engines increase the cycle by ranking firstly the most shared information, or by suggesting researches made by other users (Google auto complete).
Cyber hate: its nature and forms
“You are what you share[1].”
Actually there is no standard definition on the term “cyber hate” or a description of what actions (or lack of actions) are included in this offence – cyber hate.
The early public attention on this topic was actually born on the Internet in the form of an online page called “Guide for groups of hate on the Internet”, created by the researcher David Goldman of Harvard University, in 1995. This web page, which served for monitoring the internet, later changed its name in “Hate Watch”. In this page there was an early definition of the subjects who created communities on the Internet with the intention of the promotion of hatred: “organizations or individuals who promote violence or unreasonable aggressiveness to persons or organizations identified by race, religious belief, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender or incapability”. This definition also involved organizations or individuals who intentionally share incorrect historical information on these individuals or organisms. Meanwhile, the Internet was starting to adopt a globalization of these groups, who detached themselves from geographical boundaries or national concepts, creating virtual communities by sharing their ideology and their principles. However, cyber hate is presented in two distinctive forms: in the pure ideological form and in the personal concept – towards a person for quite individual motives. In the actual doctrine is accepted that the concept of cyber hate, in contrast from the individual forms of hatred (persecution, sexual harassment and bullying which will be treated below) includes actions on wider grounds, which target certain groups, on the base of the above mentioned concrete criteria, but is not limited only in these motives.
Cyber hate
The Council of Europe has adopted the only international legal instrument in this field – the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime. The given definition on callings of hatred nature includes all the forms of expression, which share, encourage, promote or justify race hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or every other form of hatred based on intolerance including aggressive nationalism, ethnocentrism, discrimination and hostility of minorities, emigrants or persons of foreign origin.
The creation of a unified standard definition, either for the best implementation of the legislative measures or regarding legal studies and discussions, and further more; must answer the question: what is cybercrime and above all: which are the motives behind this offence.
The typical characteristics of the cyber hate groups are the same as the traditional ideological groups, following the same ideological basis. These groups are presented as communities distanced from the rest of the society, because of the covert information or discoveries unrecognized from the others; which in turn are considered oppressed from the obligatory norms of the society. By being positioned as distanced from the society, divided by the mass, bearing in mind the principle “we against them”, frequently aggressive actions are considered as self-defence to prevent the assimilation by the society. These groups keep functioning by creating a unique discernible identity, by constructing a certain image and by justifying extreme actions with outside provocations or external stalking.
The core action of these groups is the sharing of information (incorrect or misrepresentation), their extremist points of view and key ideological messages. The Internet provides the outlet for the information sharing and the reduction of logistical and financial costs. Many of messages are directed to the other social groups, in order to collect supporters, especially easily vulnerable individuals or groups. A number of messages are transmitted indirectly, hidden by images, sounds, or not easily discernible ideological forms, aiming to avoid censorship till they reach the target. This recruiting function is considered as one of the fundamental functions of these groups, who through these inwards focused messages, intend to consolidate a collective conscience.
In difference from the above mentioned groups, who act in a wider scale and have an authentic organization, the new element of the internet and recently, of the social media has caused the formation of a number of actions directed against a certain individual, where the author may not have a certain motivation, a reason or a benefit from it.
Within the society, there have always been persons of negative or aggressive tendencies, who are presented in certain moments and are justified with different motives such as: jealousy, ambition, and complex of inferiority or simply the absence of social norms. In the past, this behaviour: the attacks, the aggressiveness, or the stalking was physically expressed, bringing serious consequences; on the other side this physical nature of confrontation, caused many individuals to hold back and not reflected their negative side, because of a number of inhibitory factors. With the development of the Internet, is not important to be physically strong or quick, is enough to possess a computer system and the desire to attack. The epidemic of this online attack, masked by a veil of anonymity, has given the opportunity to each individual to express every kind of negative emotion, without any consequences.
The expression of this hate on the Internet has different forms, but the most widespread categories are trolling and cyber bullying. Cyber bullying, in cases when happens among adults (over 18) will be considered cyber harassment or cyber stalking. Because of the peculiarity of the subject (minors under 18) the second part of the material will be concentrated on cyber bullying, although we are presenting other forms of cyber hate.
Trolling(interference for amusement)
In the academic literature is considered as a “delusive, intercessory and destructive action in social groups on the internet, without any obvious scope or motive”, in spite of the perverse pleasure of the individual (which is defined as “troll”). In practice, this term is made a part of the slang of this century, being used for every type of interference from unidentified persons. On the Internet a “troll” means a person who encourages discussions and conflict on the internet, by starting debates or by annoying individuals, through absurd comments, out of theme or simply of provoking nature within a group or on line community. The aim of the post is to encourage the readers in an emotional answer or merely create an interruption of the normal discussion, simply for personal amusement.
The etymological origin of this term dates in years 1980, deriving from the Scandinavian folk legends, where a troll was a kind of ugly, asocial giant, who hampered the journey of the travellers.
“Trolling” as a verb, initially meant a fishing technique and as an idiom was used by the American army during the Vietnam War. The verb usage in the context of the virtual communication means a technique initially used to track young people or non-members of a certain circle or community.
Nowadays the figure of troll is equalized with online harassment, although in spite of usage in the bad sense of the word, often a troll serves to bring into light weak points of a discussion, or the encouragement of critical sense.
Online trolling is also considered as a demonstration of deviant behaviours of certain individuals, who profit pleasure by annoying others. Although this term is widely spread and it is an integral part of internet, a very few studies are done, maybe this is because of the absence of a correct definition, or because the concept is still in the process of development. Initially, online trolling was distanced from other illegal or unruly behaviours, because there was no motive or specific intent behind it, simply individual pleasure – actually considered an absurd definition because the lack of intention becomes an intention in itself. Even inside the sub culture of trolls there are some distinct categories: like those directed against public or political figures, by making ironical or humorous comments, trolls which are involved in social groups without an evident intention, etc.
The trolls create some issues which influence the online community in several ways:
They spread false or injurious advice, counsel and opinions, by doing so damaging the trust within the online community
They damage the open debates, created to support certain social groups or dealing with public sensitive causes.
Certain sponsors use trolls to spread information, to manipulate the public opinion or to damage their opposing groups for political, economic or social reasons.
Persons, who are not familiar with this technique, may find themselves in difficult situations, so often the best advice is ignoring the comment, or the situation will become worse. The basic principle of communication in such cases remains: “Do not feed the trolls![2]”
Cyber stalking and cyber harassment
Like all the other actions created and promoted from the technology of information, cyber stalking does not have a single and unified definition.
One of the common definitions is: the usage of the technology of information, with the intention of the stalking of an individual, group or organization. There may be several actions, which are perfectly legal individually or in themselves, but performed jointly, repeatedly and undesired by the victim, cause interference and interruption of the victim’s normal. The main characteristic of cyber stalking is the direct or indirect threat of physical violence by the author of the offence.
Two are the main encountered forms of cyber stalking: a) the private dimension, where the actions are directed through the direct communication with the victim by private channels of electronic communication, such as e-mail, private messages in social net logs, etc.; b)the public dimension (the Internet), where actions are published in public spaces on the internet, as threatening, insulting posts, or calumny on the victim. A form of public stalking is even the encouragement of third persons to commit the same actions on the victim, or to behave and act by being presented as the victim himself.
Another categorization of cyber stalking is done by classifying it in three different categories: direct communication, indirect communication, which consists on online posts; and the online bad presentation, where the author acts (takes the victim’s identity) like the victim. The third form consists on some actions committed by the author, which bring as consequence the influence over the victim, concretely:
Posting online the victim’s personal data, by encouraging third persons to contact with the victim, an action known in the internet slang as doxing[3]- search and online sharing of identifiable personal data.
Posting the victim’s photos or videos in the pornographic websites, asking for and encouraging real sexual contacts from strangers (also known as revenge porn).
Ordering and buying online by using the victim’s name and address, mainly products of sexual nature.
Cyber stalking is often accompanied by other computer or non-computer actions such as: identity theft[4], insult, defamation, other behaviours which destroy public order, financial criminal offences, etc.
Cyber stalking can be also committed by collecting the information about the victim or his/her relatives, with the intent to psychologically control, intimidate or influence the victim to perform certain actions.
Cyber stalking often is combined or accompanied by stalking in the real life (offline), being interpreted as a form of the traditional stalking, which is transformed in a new and popular form by the technological development; but on the other side there are some actions of cyber stalking which consist in quite new behaviours deviating from social norms.
The resemblance between the two forms of stalking is frequently supported by the fact that often actions of stalking/harassment easily may pass the limit amid virtual existence and real existence. The author may face the victim and may commit penal offences, or may accompany the cyber activity with the encouragement of the thirds for physical contacts. So the limit between the psychological or verbal violence (typical for online actions) and that real physical one may be unclear or inexistent.
Stalking always has been a gender-based action. The majority of the authors are men and the majority of the victims are women. This low number is also influenced by the fact that men are less inclined to report the offences to the law enforcement authorities. The author- victim relation can be classified in three categories: a) stalking from strangers; b) stalking from familiar persons; and c) stalking from ex-partners. However in cases of the encouragement of third persons, we are faced with the situation when the stalking offence is converted in a “team sport”
In the Albanian legislation, the criminal offence of “Stalking” was added like the article 121/a[5] in the Criminal Code by the law no. 23/2012. This article does not envisage specifically cyber stalking, but unlike the provision of the sexual harassment offence, has defined this criminal offence as consisting only in physical actions. This interpretation of the article as related only to physical actions is observed in the judicial analysis of the article provision and the elements of the criminal offence by the court sentences in criminal trial proceedings, namely[6]:
“Regarding the article 121/a of the Penal Code, for the figure of the criminal offence of “Stalking” to be considered as committed, it should fulfil these conditions on the objective side: i) the actions must be repeated; ii) these actions must be considered harassing or threatening to the subject; and iii) these actions are done to cause to the person a permanent and serious situation of anguish or fear for the personal security, of a relative or of a person, with whom he has spiritual relation, or to force him to change the manner of living. If these conditions are met then we are in front of stalking. On the other side is important to be underlined that, the person (the damaged one) and the defendant may be familiar or unfamiliar for each-other before the actions. One of the cases of stalking which is mostly seen in practice is when the person creates an obsession for another person even though has never had relations with him. If the victim, the damaged one, does not respond as he desires, than the defendant increases threats, and in some cases continues even with violence. The most frequent cases of stalking are seen in desired but not realized romantic stories because one of them does not agree for such a relation to take place. The Criminal legislation does not establish an exact number of threatening or harassing actions, necessary for this figure of criminal offence to exist. The Court considers that even a minimum of two episodes of threat or harassment, are sufficient on the condition that these acts may cause a continuous (which lasts) situation of anguish and fear so that may outrage the normal development of the daily life done by the victim. The “stalking” actions or behaviours may be: the creation of visual or physical repeated contacts, the undesired communications with the other person, verbal threats or writings or a combination of such behaviours, which cause anguish or fear for the personal security of the victim. (In at least two cases).The criminal law doctrine, classifies this as a material criminal offence because the derivation of socially dangerous consequences is essential for its existence. In this meaning, is necessary to be verified the existence of the motivational relation between threatening or harassing behaviours and consequences, the causation to the victim of a continuous and serious situation of anguish or fear. The manner of the commission of the offence, as an element of the objective side, specifies this figure of the criminal offence. So, when the action is committed by a masked person or is associated with the carriage and the usage of arms, it presents additional social dangerousness and the criminal law provides a higher conviction for the authors in these cases…”
In spite of the absence of the legal definition within this article, is observed that along with physical actions, on the majority of cases the defendants have accomplished actions in opposition with the law even through phone or internet.
Concretely in the sentence no. 587 date 28.02.2017 of the First Instance Court of Tirana[7] is observed that: “...it results that the defendant from the date 10.03.2016, up to the date 13.05.2016, has committed 170 callings altogether in the direction of the victim, allocated in almost all the hours of day, from 06.00, up to 23.00-24.00....”
In another sentence of the First Instance Court of Tirana[8], the court notes that: “...Also the defendant admits that he had created an account in the social network of Facebook in the name of the victim, through which has discovered her (the victim) relations with other persons during the period of their relationship together...”
The criminal proceedings in which the offences are committed through social sites (mainly through Facebook, as one of the most widespread social network) are frequent, as follows:
Sentence no. 1697 date 24.05.2016 of the First Instance Court of Tirana[9]: “...The defendant after the victim’s engagement has started to harass her by posting photos on Facebook social network, photos where they had been together. Also he has sent these photos to the victim’s fiancé. The victim, after the publication of these photos from the defendant, had conflicts with the fiancé...”
Sentence no. 1833 date 03.06.2016 of the First Instance Court of Tirana [10]: “..All the actions of the defendant, in the form of phone calls on the phone numbers of the victim, communications on the social site of “Facebook”,.... have had an obvious troubling, insulting nature and have created to the denunciator a serious situation of anguish and insecurity, is evidenced completely that meet objectively the elements of the figure of the criminal offence of “Stalking”, envisaged by the article 121/a/1 of the Penal C.”
In another case is there has been an online publication of the data of the victim, a typical behaviour of cyber stalking[11]: “In her declaration, the victim claims that: Today I had a message from an unknown man on « Viber ». I asked him where he had found my number and he told me that he has found it on a Facebook account where it was publicly posted. I checked the account and it resulted that this account had written to me many times obscenities and banal messages and I had not deleted them…”
Along with the above mentioned cases, there are a number of sentences of the First Instance Court of Tirana, of the last year and of the first trimester of the year 2017, where the defendants along with the physical actions on the victim, have committed actions through phone[12], through social networks[13]; as well as through telephone accompanied by the usage of social networks[14]. In a single case, stalking is accomplished only through social websites[15].
In Albania the number of investigated, tried and convinced cases for this criminal offence is low. In the year 2016, there were 232 criminal offences recorded[16] for the article 121/a (all the three paragraphs of the article), where 108 persons where taken as defendants. From the above number, 105 criminal offences were sent to trial with 105 defendants; 93 of which were found guilty by and sentenced by the court.
Cyber stalking is considered as the most serious form of cyber harassment.
Cyber harassment, just like cyber stalking does not have a sole and unique definition. This offence is defined as the usage of the information of technology to trouble, control, manipulate or to despise constantly another user, without having a direct or indirect threatening for the usage of violence. In difference from the physical sexual harassment, developed with personal contact among two pairs, online harassment consists in verbal, sexual, emotional or social abuse, and the main aim is the exercise of the authority and of the control on the target victim. Cyber harassment may be classified in two main groups: harassment of sexual nature and other behaviour of threatening, abusing nature or in opposition with social norms. Cyber harassment of sexual nature is the most widespread and is classified in three major groups:
The gender-based harassment, which involves undesired and insulting verbal and graphical communication, aiming to transmit negative emotions to the victim because of her/his gender.
The undesired sexual attention, where the author uses the direct communication with the victim to transmit undesired messages of sexual nature. Also the author aims to achieve contact of sexual nature with the victim through verbal or graphic communication.
Inducement for sexual contact, by making psychological pressure on the victim, through threats on the victim and/ or the victim’s friends.
The wide dimension of these online actions has greater implications than the real life ones. The extension of the actions in a much wider audience and the impossibility to delete data/communications from cyberspace entails a number of negative consequences for victims. Along with physical, emotional and psychological stress, self-isolation and disjunction from communication (not only the electronic communication); the more extreme cases have even reached extreme lengths, up to causing the victim’s death.
In the Albanian legislation, the criminal offence of “Sexual harassment” was added as the article 108/a [17]of the Criminal Code by the law no. 144/2013. This offence even though envisages sexual harassment, in its definition in the article has envisaged that this offence may be accomplished through every means and form, by leaving the opportunity of the interpretation of this provision in cases of online sexual harassment. However yet there is not a specific definition as for cyber harassment, of general nature (not only of sexual nature).
In Albania the number of investigated, tried and convicted cases for this criminal offence, is quite low. Inn 2016, there were 42 criminal offences recorded[18] for the article 108/a (both paragraphs of the provision) where 32 persons were taken as defendants. From the above number, 30 criminal cases with 32 defendants were sent to trial; and the court has sentenced 31 as guilty.
Mainly the prosecuted and tried proceedings for this criminal offence are cases when the criminal offence is committed with physical actions, accompanied mostly with insulting words. From the search on the website of the First Instance Court of Tirana, there was only one proceeding, where the physical actions were accompanied with the usage of phone communication.[19]
Cyberbullying is one of the criminal offences which has found appropriate terrain on the cyber space.
Definition of cyberbullying
There is no standard definition of “cyberbullying” in the international level, although there are attempts to give such a definition from different academic institutions. A widely accepted definition is: “the intentional behaviour or aggressive actions, committed from a group or from an individual, by using means of electronic communication, in a repeated and continuous manner, aimed at the victim, who cannot protect himself.”
The European Commission envisages it as “the continuous verbal or psychological harassment committed from an individual or a group in the direction of another through online means or mobile phones”.
In the annual report of 2016, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General of the United Nations, in his declaration on the violence against minors described it as “an aggressive intentional action, committed by an individual or a group, by using electronic contact means, on the undefended victim”.
In spite of the absence of a unique definition, there are some elements which are considered as part of each attempt for definition: the repetition of the actions, the author’s intention, the inequality between the author and the victim; and the key element – the electronic means of communication.
Elements of cyber bullying, forms and consequences
According to the 8th Forum on the Rights of Minors of the European Commission, it results that this criminal offence is progressing in the last decade. The 2012 Norton Security Report evaluates that over 1 million of people in this world become victims of cybercrime daily, this includes cyberbullying. The EU Report Kids Online[1] of 2011 demonstrated that 6% of kids from 9-16 years old were victims of cyberbullying. Cyber bullying has increased from 7% in 2010 in 12 % in 2014, according to the EU Kids Online.
Cyber bullying has increased recently because of social networks and has taken different forms such as mocking, insults, threats, gossips, unpleasant/banal comments and defamation. Although there are traditional elements of bullying that are also present in cyberbullying cases: the victim, the author and the (non-participant) observant, the new technology has added some elements which are typical of cyber bullying:
The use of electronic/digital means, through which the actions are committed,
The intention of the author to damage, by committing unpleasant or troubling actions for the victim
The lack of proportionality of power, because the author has advantage over the victim, this last one cannot protect himself. However in some cases is discussed even the advantage of technological knowledge of the author compared with the victim. This evaluation should be interpreted case after case.
The repetition of the action, which means the opportunity for quick and massive sharing of harmful information, in one single action. The harmful content may be re-shared, reposted or liked from other individuals, by causing damage even in the absence of a second action by the author.
The feeling of anonymity and the lack of responsibility. The anonymity increases the negative perception of the action from the victim, by causing a sense of being powerless because of not being able to properly identify the origin of the assault. The anonymity encourages the commitment of the actions which persons often are not capable of doing face to face, by giving power even to the persons who are not able to bully in daily life.
The publicity, which refers to the possibility that the actions of the author may be accessible from a massive audience, which is increased exponentially.
In the education context, cyber bullying means every type of electronic communication, including, but not only, motivated by the existing or perceived race, colour, religion, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical, mental, emotional incapability or the incapability to learn, gender or gender identity; as well as each other personal characteristics, or based on the relation with such a person, if the written action, verbal, physical or through electronic communication intends:
Physical or property damage;
Substantial interference in the opportunity for education;
To be as serious, persistent or evasive as to create an intimidating or threatening environment.
Interruption of the normal educational activity.
It should be mentioned that, in addition of cyber bullying in schools, there has been a similar activity on web pages used from certain groups intending to damage opposing individuals or groups.
Cyber bullying is committed also through search engines, by using cascades of unverified information or “Google bomb”, where the information is accompanied by as much as possible similar links, to increase the popularity of posting, so that to evidence it as primary information during the search in Google.
The effects of cyber bullying differ, but these effects are more frequent in the adolescents than in the adults. Some of these effects include:
Psychological problems such as the reduction of the victim’s self-confidence, the increase of the suicidal tendency[2] and the increase of depressive or aggressive emotions. Frequently, these psychological problems are accompanied by physical changes.
Isolation from persons and social activities, because of the creation of a constant state of anguish.
The impossibility to leave or to be protected, because nowadays the technology is almost impossible to avoid, and also the victim cannot avoid an unknown author.
Cyber bullying cases and the role of the authorities
The incidents of cyber bullying are rarely treated by the criminal legislation and in the absence of the specific legal framework, these cases are treated within the existing legal framework: as cases of violence, offences of discriminating nature or cybercrime offences. Cyberbullying cases are not provided within the national legislation, for several reasons, but the most important one is that these cases are not treated as criminal offences:
Cyberbullying cases are often treated through preventive and awareness measures, rather than through repressive criminal measures.
Even when it is considered as criminal offence, frequently the author of cyberbullying cannot be prosecuted or convicted because of his age, which may be under the minimum legal age of criminal responsibility.
In most cases, cyberbullying is considered as a violation of disciplinary nature, and is accompanied by disciplinary measures by the education authorities.
The future objective is the analysis of the participation and usage effects of the technology of information and social sites from children, by respecting their rights on this cyber (virtual) space and at the same time developing parallel strategies to be protected from danger without limiting the technology profits
Because of the technology development, is important to enable equal and safe access on the Internet and social media for all children and minors, in spite of gender, social-economic state, geographic location, cultural context or incapability. Beside these measures about accessing the technology, there is the need to address potential dangers with which children may be confronted; as well as the analysis of the impact of the information technology in the children development.
In this aspect, all society actors: state, education institutions, family and civil association play a very important role, to assure that all the children may profit from their rights on the cyber environment. The capital differentiation among minors and adults is that adults use technology, while minors live in it. This difference of perception brings differences in the viewpoints related with possibilities and risks.
The protection of children might not be confused with the control or the restriction of the access on the internet. The adults frequently have the wrong perception on the behaviours of children online, by considering them in the viewpoint of the offering of protection, without considering the age of the child and his emotional and psychological state. Frequently weaknesses on the cyber space correspond to the personal weaknesses in the real life, for this reason it is important to educate children about online ethics.
Another important aspect is the right for private life and the publication of the child’s personal information. Quite often such a mistake comes from the parents themselves, who publish their children’s details, forgetting that childhood is the most delicate period of his life and the consequences of each digital “track” are irreversible.
Preventive legislation should be combined with the fight against criminal offences and the victim support. It is important to include, as part of the academic curricula, lessons about information technology, freedom of expression and the right for private life. Apart from the information and education, it is important to present information about the use of technology in illegal activities and cybercrime victims.
In the context of legislative changes, actually in cooperation with UNICEF, Albania has prepared a draft project of the Code of Justice for Children[1], which from November 2016 is presented for public consultation with different actors. The scope of this draft Code is the regulation of the position of children, not only in the procedural position of the author of a criminal offence, but in each case when the child is involved in a criminal proceeding. This project aims to adopt the system of justice with minors, by establishing the duty of the specialization of all professions of justice to treat cases. Also it aims the restriction of the omission of freedom, as the most extreme measure, by taking into consideration the highest interest of the child.
This legal act requires an integral revision of the criminal and procedural system in Albania in a multidisciplinary manner. The social and education services, the state police, the probation agency and prosecution offices should cooperate not only regarding the prevention, but also establishing appropriate measures about their rehabilitation in society.
[1] Adopted by law nr.37/2017, at the parliamentary session of March 30, 2017.
[1] A network of researchers created and financed by the European Commission.
[2] Many victims of cyberbullying have put an end to their lives, such as in the USA Megan Meier, who committed suicide because of cyberbullying in Myspace. Criminal case United States v. Lori Drew
[1] Charles W. Leadbeater, We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity.
[2] Term used on the internet (frequently accompanied by a photo) to ignore troll comments.
[3] The term derives from the abbreviation of the word “document”(engl.), used in computer operative systems like suffix “.dox”
[4] This is not a criminal offence envisaged from the penal legislation, in spite of its widespread in Albania, mainly on the social networks.
[5] The article 121/a “Stalking”: “Intimidation or harassment of a person through repetitive actions, with the intent to cause a state of constant and severe anxiety to or fear for personal safety, of a relative or person with whom that person has a spiritual connection, or to force him or her to change his or her way of living, shall be punished by imprisonment of six months to four years. Where that offence is committed by an ex-spouse, former cohabitant, or person who had a spiritual connection with the injured party, the punishment shall increase by (1/3) one third of the sentence imposed. Where that offence is committed against a minor, pregnant woman or person unable to defend himself or herself, and where it has been committed by a person in disguise or accompanied with the carrying or use of weapons, the punishment shall increase by one-half of the sentence imposed”.
[6] Sentences no. 3969 date 16.12.2016 and no. 420 date 16.02.2017 of the First Instance Court of Tirana, website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[7] Website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[8] Sentence no. 1444 date 05.05.2016 First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[9] official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[10] Idem.
[11] Sentence no.2997 date 04.10.2016 First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[12] Sentence no.78 date 19.01.2017 ; no. 587 date 28.02.2017 ; no. 674 date 06.03.2017 ; no. 252 date 02.02.2016 ; nr.382 date 11.02.2016 ;nr.1776 date 30.05.2016; nr.2328 date 11.07.2016; First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[13] Sentence no.425 date 16.01.2017 ; no. 552 date 23.02.2017 ; no. 1648 date 20.05.2016 ; no. 1697 date 24.05.2016 ; no.3252 date 27.10.2016 ;no.3429 date 08.11.2016; First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[14] Sentence no.1883 date 03.06.2016 ; no. 2997 date 04.10.2016 ; no. 3511 date 15.11.2016 ; First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[15] Sentence no.683 date 06.03.2017 First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
[16] Statistics of the General Attorney’s Office for the year 2016.
[17] The Article 108/a “Sexual harassment”: “Commitment of actions of a sexual nature which infringe the dignity of a person, by any means or form, by creating a threatening, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment, shall constitute a criminal offence and is punishable with one to five years of imprisonment. When this offence is committed in complicity, against several persons, more than once, or against children, it shall be punishable by three to seven years of imprisonment."
[19] Sentence no. 3728 date 02.12.2016 of the First Instance Court of Tirana, official website: www.gjykatatirana.gov.al
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Thierry Henry hopes to shore up defence as Impact opens training camp
New coach said one way to overcome the lack of depth on the back line will be to stress ball control and all the players working as a unit.
Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette
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There was an air of uncertainty on and off the field as the Impact opened its 2020 training camp under the watchful eye of its new coach, the legendary Thierry Henry.
A quick glance at the roster indicates that this team isn’t much different from the squad that has missed the MLS playoffs in each of the past three seasons and is woefully short on the back end. The Impact has only four defenders with MLS experience after French International Bacary Sagna declined to re-sign with the club and Daniel Lovitz and Victor Cabrera were traded.
“We’re working behind the scenes to see if we can add some reinforcements but as a coach, I need to work with the players I have,” said Henry. “We have a good number of wingers and forwards. Ideally we would need to acquire two or three defenders, if possible.”
Impact head coach Thierry Henry during opening day of training camp in Montreal on Jan. 14, 2020. Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette
The Impact added one defender this week, acquiring Joel Waterman from the Calgary Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League. The 23-year-old has promise, but is short on experience as the MLS level. Waterman is 6-foot-2 and that could be an asset on a back line that lacks size.
There is a sense of urgency as the clock is ticking on the January transfer window because the Impact has a little more than a month before it starts playing games. It has a home-and-home series against Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions League beginning on Feb. 19.
The best news coming out of the camp was an appearance by a healthy Ignacio (Nacho) Piatti.
He was injured for most of the 2019 season and there was concern when he skipped the year-end media availability, a move that he described Tuesday as a misunderstanding.
“I’m here, I’m under contract with the Impact,” Piatti said. “It’s all good.”
Well, maybe.
While Piatti said his head was here, he noted that his wife recently gave birth to the couple’s second child and she has moved back to their home in Argentina.
The Impact practised for 80 minutes and will have another workout at the CEGEP Marie-Victorin sports complex Wednesday before moving to the next phase of the training camp in Orlando, Fla.
Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush during opening day of training camp in Montreal on Jan. 14, 2020. Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette
“After an hour of training, very good so far,” said Henry. “The guys trained with the right intensity. We need to be careful about that because they haven’t done anything for a very long time. But I’m happy with the first day. It was nice to see the players (live) because I’ve been watching a lot of video, but it’s different to be here, to see who plays and how.”
Thierry said one way to overcome the lack of depth on the back line will be to stress ball control and all the players on the field playing as a unit. The team is deep in the midfield with Piatti, Bojan, Saphir Taider and Canadian international Samuel Piette.
The club added Honduran Romell Quioto, an attacking midfielder, while Haitian-American Steeven Saba brings international experience as a holding midfielder.
As for the off-the-field uncertainty, the MLS collective agreement expires on Jan. 31. Goalkeeper Evan Bush, the Impact’s player representative, said talks have been progressing and both sides are committed to reaching an agreement. Key issues are the use of allocation money, free agency and increased use of charter flights.
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*[[Brad Renfro]], 25, became addicted to heroin and was found dead after a night of drinking
*[[Anna Nicole Smith]], 39, accidental overdose on prescription drugs
*[[Sharon Tate]], 26, an actress with a [[hippie]] lifestyle who was murdered by followers of [[Charles Manson]], a [[Beatles]]-obsessed musician wannabee; Manson's followers murdered Tate, who was pregnant and only two weeks from birth, her unborn child, her prior lover, who was staying with her while her husband, paedophile movie producer [[Roman Polanski]] (see 'Crime', below), was away, and another unmarried couple staying in the house
*[[Sharon Tate]], 26, an actress with a [[hippie]] lifestyle who was murdered by followers of [[Charles Manson]], a [[Beatles]]-obsessed musician wannabee; Manson's followers murdered Tate, who was pregnant and only two weeks from birth, her unborn child, her prior lover, who was staying with her while her husband, movie producer [[Roman Polanski]] was away, and another unmarried couple staying in the house
*[[Lou Tellegen]], 52, suicide
*[[Sid Vicious]], 21. [[Heroin]] overdose while awaiting trial for his girlfriend's murder.
The phrase Hollywood values refers to the lack of morals and values in Hollywood culture, which is characterized by decadence, narcissism, rampant drug use, extramarital sex, sexually-transmitted disease, lawlessness and death. A poll by MSNBC said that 60% of Americans agree that "Hollywood's values are not in line with the rest of America and that the quality of movies has dimished in recent years."[1]
Not all people who currently work or have worked in Hollywood espouse Hollywood values. Ronald Reagan, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Walt Disney and many others practiced conservative values while working in Hollywood and the productions of these and many others also reflect these values, irrespecitive of the star names associated with them: The Chronicles of Narnia and Independence Day being recent examples.
Hollywood values can include a flagrant disrespect and disregard for:
marriage and abstinence
family responsibilities, like childrearing[2]
laws that apply to everyone else
normal behavioural boundaries and values of human decency
3 Falsehoods
4 Divorce
5 Offensive Behavior
6 Rehab
7 Hypocrisy
8 Moral depravity
9 Using appearances to promote themselves and their causes or air their pet peeves
10 Productions
Hollywood values are deadly. Some examples include:[3][4]
John Barrymore, 60, cirrhosis of the liver from heavy drinking
Bix Beiderbecke, 28, alcoholism
John Belushi, 33, was a repeated drug abuser who ultimately died of a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin
Clara Blandick, 81, suicide
John Bonham, 32, after too much drinking, asphyxiated on vomit
Karl Dane, 47, suicide by gunshot
James Dean, 24, auto accident (see also crime, below)
Eazy-E, 31. AIDS contracted through drug use.
Brian Epstein, 32, overdosed on sleeping pills and alcohol
Chris Farley, 33, overdose of morphine and cocaine
Judy Garland, 47, overdosed on sleeping pills
Margaux Hemingway, 42, suicide
Jimi Hendrix, 27, an enthusisatic abuser of illegal drugs, choked on his own vomit after overdose of sleeping pills.
Rock Hudson, 59, AIDS
Michael Hutchence, 37, asphyxiated during an auto-erotic act while alone in a Sydney hotel. His wife, Paula Yates (see below), also fell victim to Hollywood Values.
Richard Jeni, 49, suicide[5]
Janis Joplin, 27, heroin overdose
Rob Knox, 18, star of a Harry Potter film, was stabbed to death during a fight after midnight in or outside a bar[6][7]
Heath Ledger, 28, found dead in his Manhattan apartment. "Prescription sleeping pills and anti-anxiety pills were found in bottles in Ledger's bedroom and bathroom, and police have speculated the death was caused by an accidental drug overdose."[8] "Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday." [9]
Bruce Lee (Li Xiaolong), actor, 33, collapsed and died; cannabis found in bloodstream at post-mortem.
Stuart Lubbock, 31, found dead in the swimming pool of popular TV entertainer Michael Barrymore, having suffered severe anal trauma, after a drug-fuelled party at the star's home
Sal Mineo, 37, murdered under circumstances that suggested "a homosexual motive"
Marilyn Monroe, 36, overdosed on sleeping pills
Keith Moon, drummer of The Who, 32, overdose of Clomethiazole prescribed to treat his alcoholism.
Jim Morrison, 27, died of an apparent heroin overdose
Chris Penn, 40, brother of Sean Penn, "died accidentally from an enlarged heart and the effects of a mix of multiple medications"[10]
River Phoenix, 23, died from an overdose cocaine and heroin
Dana Plato, 34, Diff'rent Strokes star, suicide by drugs overdose after posing for lesbian pornography.
Elvis Presley, 42, large drug intake causes a cardiac arrhythmia and rumoured to have suffocated on the carpet when he collpased from a drug overdose.
Virginia Rappe, 30, died of a ruptured bladder incurred at a party hosted by Roscoe Arbuckle
George Reeves, 45, suicide
Brad Renfro, 25, became addicted to heroin and was found dead after a night of drinking
Anna Nicole Smith, 39, accidental overdose on prescription drugs
Sharon Tate, 26, an actress with a hippie lifestyle who was murdered by followers of Charles Manson, a Beatles-obsessed musician wannabee; Manson's followers murdered Tate, who was pregnant and only two weeks from birth, her unborn child, her prior lover, who was staying with her while her husband, movie producer Roman Polanski was away, and another unmarried couple staying in the house
Lou Tellegen, 52, suicide
Sid Vicious, 21. Heroin overdose while awaiting trial for his girlfriend's murder.
Kenneth Williams, 62, overdose.
Natalie Wood, 43. Drowned while intoxicated.
Paula Yates, 41, heroin overdose.
Hollywood values often include being arrested or convicted for a variety of crimes. Here are some examples:
Winona Ryder was convicted of convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.[11]
O.J. Simpson is widely believed to have murdered his wife and her friend, and was found liable in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He has since been arrested again on an unrelated charge.
Paris Hilton was convicted of driving while intoxicated, and then violated the terms of her probation, leading to a 45-day prison sentence.[12]
Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 when found in a car with a prostitute.[13]
Stacy Keach, movie actor, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in the United Kingdom in 1984 after being arrested at London Heathrow Airport in possession of a large quantity of cocaine.
Kiefer Sutherland was given a 48-day sentence for DUI in 2007, an offence committed while still on probation following a 2004 conviction for DUI.[14]
George Michael was convicted of "Committing a lewd act in public", having been arrested in a public restroom by a plain clothes police officer.[15]
Snoop Dogg, a popular rapper, was arrested in 2006 for marijuana possession.
Roman Polanski, Polish-born film producer, is unable to return to Hollywood as he skipped bail and fled to France after being convicted in 1978 on charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year old girl.
Rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) was caught on camera drag racing at a speed over 110 miles on a freeway, and then a SWAT team was used to arrest him three days later on drug and animal cruelty charges. "The Maricopa County sheriff's office says the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at first tried to barricade himself in his bedroom. He came out as a SWAT team entered during the early-morning raid Friday."[16]
Tatum O'Neal arrested in 2008 for cocaine possession. [17]
James Dean displayed an unhealthy interest in a twelve-year-old boy. His former director Elia Kazan later commented: "I've known many actors who have been twisted up in their sex lives, but never anybody as sick and unhealthy as Dean was."
Redmond O'Neal, son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, plead guilty to possessing heroine and methamphetamine as well as driving under the influence of drugs.[18]
Falsehoods
Hollywood values perpetuates liberal-driven falsehoods:
Matthew Shepard Fallacy
Adherents to Hollywood values "green-lighted a troika of Matthew Shepard movies after he was senselessly killed because it affirmed their gut feeling that a gay young man living in backward America is destined for death at the hands of hateful ultraconservatives. A street in West Hollywood still stands in his name despite ABC News reporting the story false: He was killed by crazed meth addicts for drugs and money -- not because he was gay. Isn't that tragic enough? Yet Shepherd is still the icon of gay victims' rights, and the mistaken story of his 'fate' soon thereafter befell Jake Gyllenhaal's character in 'Brokeback Mountain.' The Oscar statuette stands as the exclamation point."[19]
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Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight (8) times.[20]
Valerie Bertinelli said her divorce from Eddie Van Halen was caused by infidelity and drug use - by her too. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle. [21]
Zsa Zsa Gabor has been married nine (9) times.
Mickey Rooney has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle.
Charlie Chaplin married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride.
Offensive Behavior
Trashing hotel rooms is a favorite form of offensive behavior by Hollywood types. Many examples are readily available on the internet.[22]
Mel Gibson, who had started drinking again, was arrested after being stopped for driving at 84 mph in a 45 mph zone on a notoriously dangerous road in Malibu, California.[23] A breathalyzer test confirmed he was drunk and next to him was an open bottle of Tequila; after being arrested he hurled Anti-Semitic abuse at a Jewish police officer.[24]
The parents of Miley Cyrus, just 15 years old, allowed Annie Liebowitz to pose the starlet without a shirt or bra (aka "topless") and with just a sheet covering her front for Vanity Fair magazine.[25][26][27] "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed," Cyrus said Sunday in a statement through her publicist. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about." [28]
"... a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines," a network statement said. [29]
Hollywood values often result in celebrities going into rehab. Here are some examples:
Kirsten Dunst checked into the Cirque Lodge treatment facility in Utah after a week of hard partying at the Sundance Film Festival, according to a source at the lodge, although the lodge's director of operations denies this. [30]
The following all checked into the above facility seeking treatment for various psychological problems:
Lindsay Lohan [30]
Eva Mendes [30]
Mary-Kate Olsen [30]
Hollywood personalities often propose legislation such as outlawing private gun ownership, or speak out against things such as anti-gun laws, but have at the same time acted in movies contrary to their public opinions:
George Clooney on hearing that fellow actor and guns-rights advocate, Charlton Heston, suffers from Alzheimer's disease, said: "I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him."[31] Clooney starred in the film The Peacemaker, in which he played an American military man defending the country from a nuclear attack; scenes in the film showed him using a gun to defend himself and others.
Mark Wahlberg upon meeting Charlton Heston on the set of the remake of Planet of the Apes, Wahlberg rudely told Heston, "It was very disturbing meeting you." Later, Wahlberg would have this to say at the MTV Movie Awards: "I believe Charlton Heston is America's best villain because he loves guns so much. Maybe he should get the award for being president of the National Rifle Association."[32] Wahlberg's character in Planet of the Apes uses a gun to defend himself and other humans from the apes who would rule over them.
Moral depravity
Woody Allen seduced and took pornographic photographs of the adolescent daughter of his wife Mia Farrow.
Using appearances to promote themselves and their causes or air their pet peeves
Rapper Kanye West infamously went way off script during a live benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina, criticizing the media's treatment of images of black and white people and saying President George W. Bush "hates black people."[33]
During the live broadcast of the 2007 Emmy Awards, actress Sally Field went on a sputtering anti-war rant, eventually concluding by saying, "If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no g**d*** war in the first place." She received thunderous applause from the Hollywood audience for her vulgar remark.[34]
Michael Moore surprised no one by criticizing President Bush during his 2003 Oscar acceptance speech for "Bowling for Columbine," saying, "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts. We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you."[35]
Actress Jessica Lange verbally attacked President Bush and the Iraq War during a 2008 commencement speech at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, stating, "We are living in an America that, in the last seven and a half years, has waged an unnecessary war, established prison camps, condoned torture, employed corporate armies, eliminated the right of habeas corpus, practiced extraordinary rendition, and believe me, this is only a partial list."[36]
The diseased moral values of the Liberal-dominated entertainments industry are manifested all too clearly in many of the products of that industry - motion pictures and television programmes that offer no edification or instruction to the viewer, but plumb a cess-pit of licence and depravity. Some recent examples include the television series Desperate Housewives and the tv series/movie Sex and the City. The movie Forrest Gump was a clumsy attempt to smear conservatives as having learning difficulties.
Hollywood Against America
Hollywood Babylon (1965) by Kenneth Anger (US edition)
Hollywood Babylon II (1984) by Kenneth Anger
↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11714540/
↑ Britney Spears "doesn't want [her] kids back." [1]
↑ http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4174733&page=1
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↑ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1204418.ece
↑ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/24/international/i140113D92.DTL
↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_en_ce/obit_ledger
↑ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/13/entertainment/e162146S51.DTL
↑ http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/
↑ Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail, msnbc, May 4, 2007
↑ Sutherland is released from jail BBC
↑ Police confirm George Michael arrest [3]
↑ http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story/ar/_a/dmx-arrested-on-animal-cruelty-charges/20080509163709990001
↑ Tatum O'Neal Released After Drug Arrest, Associated Press, Fox News, June 02, 2008.
↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_en_ot/people_redmond_o_neal;_ylt=AiQCBwpJpxqBOFWVyqEycXsDW7oF Redmond O'Neal pleads guilty to drug charges
↑ http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup26sep26,0,1800794,full.story
↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio
↑ Valerie Bertinelli About Divorce From Eddie Van Halen: 'I Wasn't An Angel Either', Fox News Channel, Associated Press, February 26, 2008
↑ See, e.g., [4]
↑ Mel Gibson apologizes after DUI arrest Associated Press
↑ Mel Gibson rants against Jews in drink-drive arrest, Times Online, July 30, 2006
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
↑ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20195785,00.html
↑ http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23608789-5001026,00.html
↑ http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYLnT2kyPIgNUurQ71aNM3EJKpRAD90ARTGO0
↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Reports Say Kirsten Dunst in Rehab; Rep for Facility Denies It, Fox News, February 08, 2008
↑ http://www.funnyreign.com/quotes-georgeclooney.shtml
↑ http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=2360
↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090300165.html
↑ http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3610891
↑ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030323-2028-oscars-moore.html
↑ http://cbs5.com/politics/Jessica.Lange.President.2.732264.html
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Frederick HORNSBY
Purchased 929 acres of virgin land in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company on 16 August 1910 [27]
The 929 acres consisted of Lots M817 and M818 of Victoria Location 2020 and cost £842/5/6 (14/6 per acre) [27]
Farmer in Three Springs 1911-1914 [19] [44]
In addition to his own land he later took over John C. WALKER's 491 acre Lot M819 of Victoria Location 2020 in Three Springs [27]
By mid 1915 he had left Three Springs and was farming in Wongan Hills [44]
On leaving Three Springs John C. WALKER's 491 acre Lot M819 was taken over by Leonard J. HORNSBY [27] [44]
Farmer in Wongan Hills 1915- [44]
Despite having left Three Springs he remained the owner of his 929 acres in Lots M817 and M818 until October 1916 [27] [44]
On 31 October 1916 the Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on the 929 acres in Three Springs [27]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Frederick Hornsby' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 23 January 2020 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/frederick-hornsby [sources]
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Wait, Didn’t the Fiscal Cliff Deal Originate in the Senate?
If you thought the policy side of the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” is bad, did you notice that there’s a constitutional problem too? I’m sure there’s more than one, actually, but this one was easy to spot without even digging into the gory details.
Recall that the fiscal cliff bill was first passed by the Senate in the wee hours of New Year’s Day, and then seconded by a vote of the House some 20 hours later. And yet, Article I, Section 7, Clause 1—known as the Origination Clause—states: “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.”
Far from being “archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil”—as Georgetown law professor Mike Seidman claimed as part of his argument for throwing out the Constitution altogether—this provision serves, or at least is supposed to serve, the very real and timeless purpose of keeping the taxing power as close to the voters as possible. Mindful of the potential for abuses of this awesome power (see, e.g., John Roberts on Obamacare) the Constitution’s authors chose to give it to the congressional body that is elected every two years directly by people in local districts (the House), instead of the one whose members serve alternating six-year terms and weren’t initially directly elected (the Senate). As Cato adjunct scholar Tim Sandefur explains in a forthcoming law review article (footnotes/citations omitted):
When the Anti-Federalist “Brutus” warned that the taxing power, “exercised without limitation,” will “introduce itself into every corner of the city, and country” and “light upon the head of every person in the United States” crying “GIVE! GIVE!” the Constitution’s supporters answered that this risk was minimized by the political checks over the taxing power. “The exclusive privilege of originating money bills [belongs] to the house of representatives,” wrote Alexander Hamilton. This would ensure that the power to tax belonged to “the most popular branch” of the government, “the favorite of the people.” James Madison reiterated this point: the “principal reason” why the House was given the power “of originating money bills” was that the Representatives “were chosen by the people, and supposed to be the best acquainted with their interest and ability.” Perhaps the point was put best by George Mason, who considered the Senate “[a]n aristocratic body” which “should ever be suspected of an encroaching tendency,” and believed that “[t]he purse strings should never be put into its hands.”
So what happened last week? Did Harry Reid, John Boehner, and Barack Obama simply agree to ignore the Constitution? (Specifically here, I mean—we know they do generally where federal power is concerned.) Were the House and Senate parliamentarians overruled by a naked political deal?
No, actually what happened is an end-run around the Origination Clause that alas happens with some regularity (and at the hands of both parties): some other revenue bill that passed the House but hasn’t been acted on by the Senate (deliberately or not) gets “amended” by a complete removal and replacement of its entire contents, including the title. This is, of course, what happened with Obamacare, as Sandefur again explains:
On November 19, 2009, Senator Harry Reid submitted an “amendment” to a bill that the House had passed the previous month, H.B. 3590. That bill, the “Service Members Home Ownership Act of 2009,” provided incentives for veterans to buy houses. Reid’s amendment struck out the entire text of H.B. 3590, and replaced it with what became the PPACA—including the Individual Mandate and 17 other separate revenue-raising provisions, estimated to increase federal revenue by $486 billion by 2019. Although this “strike and replace” procedure—sometimes called “gut and amend”—is not uncommon, the Court has never determined whether Congress can use the trick to get around the Origination Clause’s mandate.
(The reason Tim knows so much about this seemingly obscure – if important – clause is that he’s the lead attorney on Pacific Legal Foundation’s case, Sissel v. U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, that challenges Obamacare’s individual mandate in its metamorphosis into a tax.)
And so too with the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” which was a true tax-relief bill of the same name that House Republicans (and 19 Democrats) passed on August 1, 2012. That bill was naturally DOA in Harry Reid’s Senate, but it did become a useful shell for last week’s shenanigans.
So there you have it: What’s a little Constitution between friends?
Oh, and a langiappe about our favorite new law: given that it was passed on January 1—but alas has not gone away with that day’s hangovers —even the year in the title is wrong. To be fair, however, it was both American and an act of Congress.
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We did the math on the White House Correspondents Dinner
By Karen K. Ho, CJR
White House Correspondent Association President Margaret Talev speaks at the WHCA dinner on Saturday, April 28, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Days after the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, the media continues to obsess over whether the event is worth it. On Tuesday, James Finkelstein, chairman of The Hill, issued a statement about how his organization won’t participate in the event in the future. “In short, there’s simply no reason for us to participate in something that casts our profession in a poor light,” he wrote, calling comedian Michelle Wolf’s speech “offensive” and “vulgar.” Others have defended the event and the comedy, calling it fitting for a moment in our political history dominated by porn stars and personal attacks.
Defenders of the dinner inevitably remind us that the importance of the event as a night to celebrate the First Amendment and raise money for student scholarships. On its website, the association focuses on scholarships for young reporters as a central reason behind the dinner: “The WHCA supports several scholarships aimed at encouraging a new generation of reporters. It is for this that we host the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.”
ICYMI: “Jared Kushner literally called Secret Service on me”
So just how much money does the dinner raise? And how much of it actually goes to scholarships?
Steven Thomma, the association’s executive director, says this year the amount awarded to 27 students was $134,500 plus $13,500 from partner schools for a total of $148,000. Grants varied between $2,500 and $7,000. But the total amount of scholarships does not depend on the volume of contributions they receive at the dinner; the budget is predetermined by the executive director and a scholarship committee.
Last year, the dinner cost $553,719 to put on, and generated $806,250 in ticket sales and donations. (A detailed accounting of the 2018 event isn’t yet available.) Less than half of the contributions—$108,000—went to 25 scholarships; the rest went to general operating expenses like the organization’s searchable pool report archive or programming like panels with former White House secretaries. And the WHCA as a whole netted just over $29,000 for the fiscal year ending in October 2017.
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Tickets to the dinner are $300 each, $125 of which is considered a tax deductible donation to the association. This year, the group sold 26 tables of ten at $3,000 each. In addition, Thomma tells CJR, “Some people say, ‘I just like you guys, I’m going to give you a contribution of $5,000.’ instead of attending the dinner.”
Expenses for the dinner are steep. For last year’s event, the White House Correspondents’ Association spent $452,817 on the venue and food, $24,191 on host Hasan Minhaj and other entertainment, and $76,711 for the percent of the executive director’s salary spent working on the dinner, as well as payments to vendors and event staff for a total of $553,719.
When asked if the focus on the dinner was the student scholarships, Thomma says the website’s description was “old language”: “It has to be absolutely clear: the annual dinner raises money for all of our expenses. It finances not just the the scholarships but also our operating expenses.”
ICYMI: The predictable outrage over the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Karen K. Ho is a freelance business, culture and media reporter, based in New York. She is also a former Delacorte Fellow at CJR. Follow her on Twitter @karenkho.
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Who Is Emmy-Nominated, Betty Gilpin’s ‘GLOW’ Character Based On?
Nicole Weaver
The Netflix show follows the lives of women who star in a wrestling show. This is based on the real show, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, which aired from 1986 to 1990.
Betty Gilpin is currently nominated for an Emmy for her role. Fans may wonder if her character is also based on a real person. Here is the answer and more to know about how she prepared for her role.
‘GLOW’ is based on the real show ‘Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling’
The Emmys are about to GLOW-oh-oh-oh! Thank you for our 5 nominations including Best Supporting Actress for Betty Gilpin.
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The documentary GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is the inspiration for the show. The 2012 documentary showed what all went into the wrestling program.
“Wrestling was funnier in 1985, which seems to be missing from today’s style. It was definitely theater, but there’s also that kind of vaudeville,” co-creator Carly Mensch told Vanity Fair. They made sure the Netflix show focused on “empowerment versus exploitation.”
A lot of the wrestling characters on the show are also based on characters from the original wrestling program. However, the names of those characters changed.
Liberty Belle is based on Americana
Gilpin plays Debbie Eagan who plays Liberty Belle on the Netflix show. She’s usually posed as the hero going up against Ruth’s Zoya (Alison Brie.)
Liberty Belle is based on Americana played by Cindy Fera. She went up against Spanish Red, Ninotchka, and Palestina, according to Insider.
Gilpin revealed what it was like to prepare to play the wrestler. “We did a month of wrestling training with Chavo Guerrero Jr. of WWE, and then we trained throughout shooting — five months total,” she told Variety.
“[Co-star] Alison [Brie] and I did all the moves you see in the series,” she continued. “Being the taller, curvier person to Ali, I did a lot of lifting her, throwing her. We learned body slams, head scissors, sunset flip. … It’s really a trust exercise. The victim is doing just as much work as the aggressor. It’s like couples therapy; everyone should do it.”
Betty Gilpin is nominated for outstanding supporting actress
Betty Gilpin of ‘GLOW’ | Mike Pont/Getty Images
Gilpin is currently nominated for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her role. This is the second time she has been nominated.
The actress has some tough competition. The other nominees are Sarah Golberg for Barry, Sian Clifford and Olivia Colman for Fleabag, Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live, Anna Chlumsky for Veep, Alex Borstein and Marin Hinkle for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Gilpin has talked about how close the writing for her character comes to her real life. “Liz [Flahive] and Carly [Mensch] are very meta in their writing,” she told the New York Times. “They see where I am in my fear and empowerment journey, and they write it into the script like evil genius demons. As Debbie finds her self-worth, I’m doing that on our set, which is like a feminist Montessori bio-dome experiment.”
Soon we will know who will take the award. The award show airs on Sept. 22 on Fox starting at 8 p.m. EST.
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Disappointment Over Cancelled Loan
Chesterfield director & company secretary Ashley Carson has expressed his disappointment after Sheffield United withdrew their offer to let David Brooks join the Spireites on loan.
Brooks, who starred for the England U20 side as they triumphed in the recent Toulon Tournament, was due to link up with Chesterfield after a deal was struck for the sale of Ched Evans at the end of last season.
But the Blades have now performed a u-turn, leaving Carson bitterly disappointed. He said: “We had a verbal agreement in place and the paperwork for the loan was completed at our end so we expected David Brooks join us once he had returned from Toulon.
“We were looking forward to welcoming the player to the Proact but Gary Caldwell will now have to bring in another midfield player to take his place. Sheffield United have their reasons for reneging on the agreement and there is nothing we can do about it, unfortunately.”
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New CEO Outlines Aims
Michael Dunford First Interview
New chief executive Michael Dunford speaks exclusively to iFollow about his new role and what he would like the club to achieve on and off the field.
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Newly appointed chief executive Michael Dunford has outlined his aims for the future of the club.
In an exclusive interview with iFollow on his first day at the Proact, Michael first of all explained why he has taken on the role. He said: "It was an easy decision because I just felt that the owner, the board and staff were all committed to working towards the same aim of taking the club forward. If I can play a small role in helping them achieve that, it's going to be time well spent.
"When I came up and met Ashley, he soon made it very clear that he wanted me to come in and assist him in running the club on a professional basis, bring in new ideas and motivate the staff. All the things you would expect from a chief executive."
The former Everton and Birmingham City chief executive is relishing the opportunity to oversee improvements both on and off the field at the Proact. "I'm really looking forward to it," he said.
"The league position is disappointing for everybody at the moment but I think Jack is a good appointment as he knows the club inside out. I'm looking forward to working alongside him and his staff.
"It's a family and we need to bring everybody together. The Chesterfield public care passionately about this club. They've been here for generations and we are simple custodians who have been here for a short period of time. We need their support now as much as we've ever done.
"We're imploring them to stay with us and bring along friends to swell the gates because the more people we get into the stadium, the more money we're going to have to build a strong club. If you look at what the likes of Burton and Yeovil achieved in going up to the Championship, there's no reason why this club can't emulate that.
"We won't get everything perfectly right all of the time, but there will be a lot of endeavour and a lot of professional capability. There will be a lot of things that we try to engage with the supporters. The Community Trust is vitally important to us and a lot of hard work has gone in there over the years.
"There will disappointments along the way, but there is 100% commitment from the top, right through the club, to changing the fortunes round."
Watch the full interview on iFollow, which will be available from tomorrow morning.
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Feminism, federalism and families: Canada’s mixed social policy architecture
Bezanson, Kate
Journal of Law and Equality
PDF available online
In 2018, with a self-declared feminist prime minister, a federal commitment to gender-based budget analysis, and a Cabinet composed of ministers who are 50 percent women, Canada’s social policy architectureis being transformed. This transformation is taking place alongside the rise of a reactionary conservative populism abroad and on the heels of almost a decade of federal Conservative social policy based on "family-values" in Canada. Despite its comparatively progressive character, Canada’s social policy architecture remains nested in a liberal welfare state model, with potentially deleterious outcomes especially for mothers, lower income, and racialized women. Further, populist discourses around families, and the social and tax policies associated with them, remain popular among many voters. Such approaches are often regressive and may entrench inequalities, yet they continue to flavour some of Canada’s policies related to families. This article explores some of the consequences of Canada’s family policy incoherence. It examines key federal family-related policies over the last decade, including the Liberal government’s recent extension of parental leaves to eighteen months, its income-based targeting of childcare spending, and its 2018 Gender Equality Budget. This exploration: (1) offers a dynamic theoretical framework for understanding gender in relation to law and social policy; (2) considers why families and federalism are complex political and policy terrain; (3) catalogues Canada’s mixed family policy architecture; and (4) recommends that a feminist future in Canadian social policy will require deviation from the current trajectory to include recalibration of parental leaves and an orientation to childcare as a public good.
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CHILE TRAVEL AND NEWS, describing places from the Atacama Desert to Antarctica, including Patagonia, Easter Island, South, Central and North Regions. Any questions? Please feel free to ask your Chile-related questions below.
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Machu Picchu, Peru, one of the New Seven Wonders
Machu Picchu Ruins, Perú
Machu Picchu (Old Peak in Quechua language), the most emblematic monument of Peru. Consisting of archaeological ruins belonging to an ancient village of the Inca Empire, built at 2,500 meters above the sea in the valley of Urubamba River, Central Cordillera of southern Peru, being one, if not the most, desired tourist destination for travelers around the world. According to recent anthropological research, the location of the citadel was chosen to place it at the highest altitude possible so they can see the sky closer. The Inca civilization considered that a closer location respect to the sun would allow them a better and more suitable position for their astronomical studies as well as religious rituals. In addition to its great historical and cultural value, Machu Picchu is considered a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. The formidable citadel, whose construction dates from the XVth. century, went unnoticed by the Spanish conquistadors and was almost forgotten until the XXth century.
The year 2007 Machu Picchu was chosen, along with other marvels, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World at an event organized by the New Open World Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal with the participation of one hundred million voters worldwide. In 1983 Machu Picchu was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of an environmental and archaeological ensemble known as Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary. Officially, it is said that Hiram Bingham, professor, explorer and politician of the Unites States was who rediscovered the ruins in 1911, but there is controversy about the issue because, on the other hand, there is information that would have been the Peruvian landowner Agustin Lizarraga who would have made the finding nine years before, in 1902. Anyway, Bingham is credited the great merit of having been the first person to give to the archaeological ruins the importance they deserve. Machu Picchu, one of the major archeological sites that remain from the rich Inca culture is one of the most incredible and mystical places on earth. Not for nothing the famous Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda wrote one of his most famous poems based on the Sacred City of the Incas, "Alturas de Machu Picchu", work dedicated to the Inca ruins, the human drama of the servants who built the fortress and all the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Climate and recommendations
As in many parts of the world, the weather in Machu Picchu is a little unpredictable. In general terms, the climate is benign, with subtropical characteristics, warm and humid in Summer, with sensation of heat during the day and cool at night. By nature, the area is rainy, about 2000 mm per year, concentrated mainly from November through March, while generally during the months of April to November the sunny and dry season occurs. The maximum annual temperature ranges from 20.0 to 26.0 degrees C. The most recommended months to visit Machu Picchu are May and June, since these are the mildest ones.
The official currency of Peru is the Sol, in October 2019, the rate of exchange is 1 US$= 3.33 Soles. You can find ATMs, Banks and Money Exchange in the main tourist places, but impossible to find in many remote areas and archaeological sites. It's a good idea to always have some cash for meals and for the purchase of things you could want. It is recommendable not to carry large amounts of cash. American dollars are accepted in many shops and restaurants, but not all, so it is better to change your money to Soles. With respect to footwear, trekking shoes are ideal for a visit to Machu Picchu, especially if you plan to do any of the tours or walks around the Inca citadel. Sunscreen and insect repellent are necessary, especially repellent since insect bites can ruin your visit. People especially sensitive to insect bites are not advised to use short clothes of any kind. The voltage used in Peru is 220 V AC, 60 Hz, plugs and sockets are types A, B and C.
There are multiple options to get to Machu Picchu, almost always starting from Cusco, one of the most interesting cities in Peru, known for having been the "Capital" of the Inca Empire, with a rather cold climate, as it is 3,360 above the sea. In the local agencies there are a variety of offers ranging from a tour of one day combining train and bus, up to several days sleeping in villages such as Aguas Calientes, also called Machu Picchu town, just 30 minutes away by bus, the place where tourists visiting the sacred Incan city arrive. In Aguas Calientes ("Hot Waters") you can also visit the thermal baths located 800 m from the village and to which are attributed medicinal properties. Trains and services from Cusco to Aguas Calientes are not all equal and there are differences, depending on whether the trip (about 4 hours) takes place in economy class which can be very cheap but uncomfortable and on the other hand, if the trip is carried out in a first class service can be spectacular but very expensive. A great choice for those with the proper physical condition is the four-day trek to Machu Pichu departing from Cusco and then through the Inca trail, accompanied by authorized guides, although it is also possible to make the travel in two days. Note that to enter the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu there is a maximum number of 2500 visits a day.
Places to visit in Machu Picchu
One of the things that most attracts the attention of the visitors is the level of technological development achieved by its builders, in some places the joints of the stones are so air tight that not even a pin could be inserted. Given that the Incas never knew the use of iron, one can imagine the immense difficulties and the time this work took. All within a remote geography, abrupt and of so difficult access. The complex consists of an agricultural area, several temples and a residential or urban area besides a large network of aqueducts that still work today, which brought and distributed water from rain and snowmelt. The agricultural and urban sectors in turn are divided into two sub-sections: The Upper side or Hanan and Lower side or Urin.
The agricultural area, occupies the entire south eastern part of the citadel, it had an extensive network of platforms, part of them currently covered by thick vegetation but served a vital function during Inca times, it is made up of a series of barns and large terraces, structures formed by a stone wall and a filling of different layers of material, connected by means of stairs and aqueducts. Its function was to produce food for the population and to grow plants for ritual use such as corn and coca. In the upper part of the agricultural sector there is a small construction that permits the observation of the accesses of the city's south side, the "Puesto de Vigilancia" (Sentry Post), which was probably its purpose. It is a three wall building, situated opposite the cemetery, also known as "Huayrana", has windows on each side, from this building a general view of the two major sectors is observed , besides the landscape environment.
Upper Cemetery and Ritual Rock (Cementerio Superior y Roca Ritual), in Machu Picchu, as in all Incan villages (and just as in modern cities), burials were made in peripheral areas. In this part of the Holy City were found skeletal remains next to what is known as the "Ritual Rock", where ceremonies were held for the dead before being buried in the surroundings. In the ritual granite rock, with steps carved, fits one person in the supine position.
The urban area, this sector is situated at the north end of the citadel, consisting of a series of buildings, which had different purposes such as barns, homes, temples, astronomical observatories, etc. This sector holds the major architectural elements of the Inca city, where you can appreciate the great care and accuracy put by the prehispanic builders, as they are entirely of granite, extremely hard rock. Among the main points to visit in the urban area are:
Temple of the Sun (El Templo del Sol)
Temple of the Sun, Machu Picchu
Semicircular building built on a solid rock of granite, located in the religious area of the Incan Holy City. Of the buildings for housing this is the finest, largest and best distributed of Machu Picchu. The main building is known as "Torreon" (Turret), constructed on a granite rock of the mountain, taking advantage of the natural layout of the range, the enclosure has a curvature of ten and a half meters, with irregular stone blocks, polished manually. This part of the building was used for religious ceremonies, especially during the months of June and December, dates related to the Winter and Summer Solstices. Under the Temple of the Sun there is a small cave known as the "Royal Tomb" (Mausoleo Real), exquisitely worked, with altars carved into the natural rock and covered with fine masonry, of which it is said that could have been the mausoleum of Pachacutec, the ninth Inca ruler, real organizer and creator of the Empire. It is supposed that the Inca was buried under the house of his father sun. It is also assumed that the small cave must have related to Uku Pacha, defined as the underground world, which was the world of the dead, unborn and all that was under the ground or water surface. On the side wall there are two large trapezoidal niches and two small niches on the deeper wall. On the floor there is a engraving, representing the three levels of the Andean religious World. Within the Temple of the Sun complex, there are other two buildings, one of them called the "Claustro de la Ñusta (Cloister of the Princess), which due to its location must have had some relationship with the Temple and possibly was the dwelling of the Willaq Uma or High Priest.
The Sacred Rock (La Roca Sagrada)
It is a large carved stone of 3 meters high and 7 meters wide, located within the Inca city. The rock was worked and seems to represent the silhouette of Mount Pumasillo, also known as Yanantin, which is located at the back of the rock. According to the studies, it is also believed that the Sacred Rock seems to have a geographical purpose as its location exactly coincides with the northern part of the city, the point where begins the road to the Huayna Picchu Mount, which ahead turns into a narrow path that goes into the mountain. The road also has a detour towards the urban area where the Main Plaza is located. For these reasons, scholars have strongly supported the idea that the Sacred Rock represents a geographical landmark that marked the way from Machu Picchu to Huayna Picchu mountain.
Huayna Picchu ("Young Peak") is the characteristic backdrop of almost all the panoramic photos taken in Machu Picchu, also housing important archaeological remains belonging to the pre-Hispanic civilization. It should be pointed out that the climb to this mountain requires a proper physical condition but especially not to suffer from vertigo.
The "Intiwatana" Stone
So far partially unveiled, it is still one of the greatest mysteries of the Inca culture. Consisiting of a big stone mass, irregularly carved on a single rock, it has two meters in diameter, polygonal base with several small levels and on its center a tower of four corners indicating the four Cardinal Points. The re-discoverer of Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham, considered that this was an observatory of the Incas, to study the movements of the Sun and Moon, so this monolithic sculpture is considered a Sundial, as it is also known. The Intiwatana (or Intihuatana) that in Quechua language means "where the sun is tied up" served two specific functions, measurement of solstices and equinoxes by means of the effect of light and shade and as an altar. It is located on top of the Colina Sagrada ("Sacred Hill"), surrounded by several terraces and platforms. The year 2000 took place an anecdotal event at Intiwatana. An advertising company that filmed a beer TV commercial partially damaged the centenary granite block, of great significance for the Incas. The strong impact of the metal boom of a crane produced a rupture of the south ridge of the Intihuatana, of 8 cm high, 6 wide and 3 deep. The incident brought legal consequences to several of the involved.
Temple of the Three Windows (Templo de las Tres Ventanas)
It owes its name to the fact that in the main facade are located 3 perfectly framed windows, which makes easy to understand the reason of its name. The building, one of the most sophisticated constructions of the citadel, consists of only three walls on a rectangular base, built from large blocks of finely carved solid rock, especially in the area corresponding to the windows. It is assumed that the place was roofed and that the wall that today has three windows, probably had five. In the area were carried out some excavations, where many liturgical objects and pottery were discovered, so it is deduced that many religious ceremonies took place here. In the place there are also other buildings of ceremonial use.
Main Temple (Templo Principal)
Situated on the highest part of the city, because of its location, size, and fine finishings on the rock, anthropologists assume that this was the main ceremonial center of Machu Picchu, along with the Temple of the Three Windows, besides other buildings that are located around the Plaza Sagrada (Sacred Plaza), all destined to religious ceremonies and rites. On the central wall there are seven niches and five on each sidewall, each niche with a typical trapezoidal shape, very common in the Incan architecture. Behind the Main Temple there is a small room today known as Casa de los Ornamentos (House of Ornaments), this should keep a close relationship with the Temple. In the lowest part of the back wall there is a low platform like a stone seat or bed, which could be a "Sacristy" belonging to the ceremonial site. Its main wall shows major deterioration due to the passage of time, adverse weather conditions in the area and the geological fault that according to the studies runs through the area.
The Central Plaza (Plaza Principal)
There are four Plazas at different levels, all with one thing in common: the classic rectangular Inca style, interconnected by steps built in the form of terraces. The Central Plaza of Machu Picchu was the largest public space where occurred the most important celebrations in Inca times, it is believed that it was ornamented with ceremonial altars. At the north end of the square there is a sacred stone, today the displacement of persons is prohibited, only llamas grazing which are allowed to touch the sacred soil. The surrounding platforms were not intended for cultivation but served simply to level the completely irregular terrain of Machu Picchu.
Temple of the Condor
The Temple of the Condor is located in the south east of the urban area, more than just a temple, this is a sector or group of buildings in the neighborhood of Hurin, whose architecture is very singular. In its main part, what at first glance appears to be a very asymmetrical construction, observing the whole, with the sculpture of the body at ground level, you can see clearly that it is the representation of an Andean Condor in full flight. The two large rocks above symbolize the wings. It is a sacred place, built with purpose to worship the "Apu Kuntur" or Condor God, one of the three sacred animals of the Inca society along with the Puma and the Snake.
Street of the Fountains
To the south, between the Temple of the Sun and the Royal Palace, are situated the main water ponds or fountains of Machu Picchu, called Paqchas. The group of sixteen fountains are fed from numerous springs located in the vicinity or even kilometers away, through aqueducts was achieved that the water flows through different levels. Today the water no longer flows through these canals because it is necessary to supply the great tourist flow that is housed in hotel facilities of the area. The location of these ponds, also called Liturgical Fountains was strategically studied, being located between two of the most-important buildings of the city, the Temple of the Sun and the Royal Palace. This led to the formation of the "Street of the Fountains" located just between the two buildings.
Machu Picchu Main Gate
It is a striking access portal, in the Upper Town (Hanan), southeast of the urban area, at the top of a wall of about 400 meters long dividing the agricultural and urban parts of the citadel. Until today, it is in perfect state of preservation, formed by white granite blocks, a slightly trapezoidal shape and a large 3 tons monolithic lintel. Due to details in its construction, it is deduced that the door was used to control people who came to the Sacred City, as it had a security system to close and lock it. On both sides and at medium height, there are curious slits that would have served as a support for a horizontal beam to seal it. Also, protruding from the top of the doorway there is a ring of stone suggesting that a vertical beam would have secured the system even more.
The Gate of the Sun
Its name in Quechua is Intipunku, located 1 km. South of Machu Picchu, in the highest part of the Cerro Arequipa (Arequipa Hill). You reach this small architectural complex by steep stone steps some of which are original and other restored. Inside walls show the presence of the typical Inca trapezoidal niches, the ground presents some rock outcrops. The relic has a rectangular shape, on a platform there is a stairway that goes to the East, it is believed that the facility was used as an observatory or for military or religious use. Its name "Gate of the Sun" (Spanish: Puerta del Sol) is based on the fact that during certain times of the year it seems that the sun rises through the centenary gate.
The Inca Trail in the area of Machu Picchu (Sendero del Inca)
The Inca road system covered enormous distances, especially considering the period in which it was built (by several generations between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries), almost 40,000 km. covering an area of what are now Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Chile, linking the major villages along the coast and mountains. All these roads were connected to Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire. The system was built based on two longitudinal axes, the Andean area and the coastal plain and it is noteworthy that many of the stretches, after more than 400 years, are still in good conditions. The famous trail connecting the city of Cusco to Machu Picchu archeological site is only a small part (43 km.) of the gigantic network of Inca roads. There are actually three different routes to travel on foot to the Inca ruins: the Classic Inca Trail or hiking of four days, the Sacred or Real Trail or two day tour, and the alternative route known as Salkantay Trail, the longest of the three tours and usually ends in Aguas Calientes instead of Machu Picchu, this expedition is an option for those who can not find a reservation for the Classic Inca trek, its name comes from the mountain Salkantay (Wild Mountain in Quechua language), of 6,271 mts.
During the peak season, May to September, it is important to book with four or five months in advance to secure a place on the date you want. You can contact via Internet one of the numerous local Tourist Agencies or also check online the Machu Picchu Official Website for information on the different routes and ticket purchase. Currently, the Inca Trail is one of the most requested trekking routes in the world, to preserve the circuit conditions and minimize the impact of tourism on the archaeological treasures, the Peruvian government has applied certain limitations:
- The trekking can not be performed independently, you must hire the services of a licensed guide.
- Only a maximum of 500 people a day are admitted to start the tour so it is advisable to make reservations well in advance.
- The trail is closed in February each year for cleaning and maintenance tasks.
Besides, you must also take into account that climbing higher than 4,200 meters above sea level entails the risk of altitude sickness, so it is highly recommended a stop for a couple of days in Cusco for acclimatization.
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ARTBA Hails Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling on Clean Water Act Case
Fri March 23, 2012 - National Edition
The U.S. Supreme Court March 21 unanimously agreed with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and its allies, and suspended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) seeming presumption of the need for a wetlands permit on all needed infrastructure and residential improvements. It marks the second major legal victory for the transportation construction industry from the nation’s highest court since late-February.
In Sackett v. U.S. EPA, ARTBA joined with 11 other industry associations in filing a brief last year, urging the Court to correct what was seen as a fundamental problem with the Clean Water Act’s wetlands approval process, which forced parties to secure a permit in order to determine whether or not the permit was actually required in the first place. The ruling will force EPA to make substantial changes to its permitting process and help interject more certainty for current and future transportation projects.
“There is no reason to think that the Clean Water Act was uniquely designed to enable the strong-arming of regulated parties into ’voluntary compliance’ without the opportunity for review — even judicial review of the question whether the regulated party is within the EPA’s jurisdiction,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the Court’s decision.
On February 22, the Court also ruled unanimously in ARTBA’s favor by refusing to widen the scope of the federal Clean Water Act (see related story). In PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana, the Court addressed the issue of “navigable waters” and removed a road block that could have needlessly delayed transportation improvements.
The full text of the association’s brief can be found on www.artba.org under the “advocacy” section and by clicking on “legal.”
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Telsmith Breaks Ground on Parts Distribution Center
Thu December 06, 2012 - National Edition
(L-R) are Keith Farley, Oliver Construction; Rick Patek, group vice president, Astec Industries Inc.; Norm Smith, president and CEO, Astec Industries Inc.; Curt Gielow, mayor of Mequon; Matt Haven, executive vice president and general manager, Telsmith In
Leaders from Telsmith Inc., Astec Industries, and the city of Mequon, Wisc., broke ground Nov. 13 for construction of a 33,760 sq. ft. facility to handle worldwide parts distribution of Telsmith products. The new parts distribution center will be located adjacent to Telsmith’s existing manufacturing facilities in Mequon, 20 minutes north of downtown Milwaukee.
“The new parts distribution center will allow Telsmith to better support our customers throughout the world with improved stock levels, ensuring that the right parts are available to meet critical customer requirements,” said Matt Haven, managing director of Telsmith. “We have realized growth over the last several years, which is reflective of the dedication of our 321 employees. This parts distribution center will allow for expansion well into the future, while also providing the service and support that our customers have come to expect from Telsmith.”
Telsmith currently operates a 14,000 sq. ft. warehouse within its manufacturing facility. Plans are in place for expanding manufacturing operations into the existing warehouse space once the new Telsmith parts distribution center opens in the spring of 2013. In addition to expanding infrastructure in 2012, Telsmith has increased employment levels by 11 percent.
For more information, visit www.Telsmith.com.
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Home >> James E. Walsh
James E. Walsh
James E. Walsh, 80
Dateline: Norton, MA
James E. Walsh, age 80, of Norton, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was the beloved husband of Margo J. (LoChiatto) Walsh, to whom he was wed on September 25, 1965.
Born in Rollingstone Village, Minnesota on February 13, 1939, he was a loving son of the late Bernard N. and Dorothy E. (Koehler) Walsh.
Jim grew up in Winona, Minnesota and was educated in parochial schools. On October 1, 1957, he entered into the United States Army and proudly served his country during both the Berlin Crisis and the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged from active duty on November 9, 1966.
Prior to retiring. Mr. Walsh had worked for over twenty-five years as a Technician for the National Guard, retiring with the prestigious rank of Master Sergeant.
Jim had made his home in Norton for the past fifty-two years and was a communicant of Saint Mary’s Church in Norton. He was a member of the 26th Yankee Division of the 101st Infantry Regiment, the Norton VFW and the Easton Gun Club.
Mr. Walsh was a true outdoorsman who loved nature and most of all, spending time with his adoring family who loved him dearly.
In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by his devoted children: Rhonda L. Salvo of Norton and Barry J. Walsh of North Attleboro. He was the cherished grandfather of Zachary, Sarah, Jack and Quinn and the great grandfather of Benjamin and Wyatt. He was the dear brother of Carole Ramirez and her husband Frank of Texas and the late Bernard Walsh, Kenneth Walsh and Jerry Walsh. He was the loving son-in-law of Katherine LoChiatto of Newton and brother-in-law of Lois LoChiatto of Newton and the late Pauline Slamin.
His funeral Mass, to which relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend, will be celebrated on Saturday, August 24th at 11:00 A.M. in Saint Mary’s Church, 1 Power St., Norton. Following cremation, private burial will take place at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne
Visiting hours will be held on Friday, August 23rd from 5:00-8:00 P.M. at the Norton Memorial Funeral Home, 19 Clapp St. (Off Route 140, Taunton Ave.) Norton.
In lieu of flowers, Jim’s family would prefer that donations in his memory be made to Small-Cell Lung Cancer Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215 or the New England Center and Home for Veterans, 17 Court St., Boston, MA 02108.
To send his family a message of condolence, please visit www.nortonmemorial.com
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1.1 Introduction to the Concept of Literacies
Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies
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This course opens with an exploration of the social context and aims of literacy teaching and learning. It goes on to describe a range of historical and contemporary approaches to literacy pedagogy, including didactic, authentic, functional, and critical approaches. The course takes has a 'Multiliteracies' perspective, which aims to expand the definition of literacy to encompass today's multimodal communications, and the diversity of literacies across different social and culltural contexts. A Multiliteracies approach also suggests a broad range of activity types—experiential, conceptual, analytical and critical. -------------------------------- Recommended Background -------------------------------- This course is designed for people interested in literacy teaching and learning, including people who may wish to join education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." -------------------------------- Take this Course for Credit at the University of Illinois. -------------------------------- This course has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the 'New Media and Literacies' course offered to graduate certificate, masters and doctoral level students in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually join some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it - we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take this course for credit at the University of Illinois, apply here: http://education.illinois.edu/online-offcampus/programs-degrees/ldl-online If you have already taken this course in Coursera, you can prepare a portfolio of work created there and request that this work is taken into account for your University of Illinois course.
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The Aims of Literacy
This module explores the notion of "literacies" in the plural, and in particular the concept of "Multiliteracies" coined by the presenters in this course as part of the New London Group. Literacy in the singular consists of the rigid rules of official standard languages, and is purely grounded in written text. Literacies in the plural, or multiliteracies, acknowledges that language use will vary greatly from one cultural and social context to another, and that contemporary communication is increasingly multimodal, where written text is juxtaposed with, or supplemented by, image, sound, space, object, gesture, and speech. The module goes on to explore the evolution of human communication, and the patterns of communication in today's work, public, and community settings.
1.1 Introduction to the Concept of Literacies3:31
Dr William Cope
Dr Mary Kalantzis
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What we're talking about in these videos is the topic of literacy, but how literacy fits in on a human scale. So, if we think of the whole of human history, what we're talking about is how literacy fits into that. Most of human existence there wasn't literacy in the sense that we know it today. What there was is a lot of oral communication and also a lot of visual and gestural and other forms of communication. >> In this introduction, we're going to talk about the concept of literacy. It is one of the most important concepts of our epoch. I think we all know that, at its base, it means to read and write. However, when language moves from its spoken form to any other form like reading and writing, it becomes an artifact and it becomes a piece of technology. And that's the first point we want to make in this course that there is nothing natural about reading and writing. It's a historic development at a particular point in time. Language of course is natural. We have the capacity to speak and to make meaning through speaking and all of us are born into communities where we learn that language that we're going to speak. It might be English or Spanish or any other kind of language, it's not the language itself that's innate, but the capacity to speak is innate. However, once that language becomes turned into symbols, which writing is, or what we call literacy is the symbolic representation of language, it takes on a manufactured form. And in this manufactured form, it leaves traces and it lasts beyond our utterance and it's transported. But more importantly than this, once language becomes symbolic in this particular kind of way, it changes the way in which we live, the way we understand the life world. It changes the way we think and the way we experience the the world. Of course humans have the capacity to make meaning in many different forms, and together we are going to explore three historic moments. We have called them globalizations because they are phenomena that occurred across the globe. The first one of course we've called first languages and they are languages spoken by peoples as they emerged and covered the globe, and this period in fact has lasted for 100,000 years. The second globalization that we're going to talk about, the phenomenon that spread across the world we've called writing. And curiously, I think for us, it's only been around for 5,000 years. So that might seem like a long time but it really isn't in terms of human history. And more recently, we have another globalization that we believe is a consequence of what we call new media and new literacy. And it's only been around for 60 years. Now, we'd like to make a case through this course and through the modules that you are going to engage with that each one of these globalizations has a very different set of features. It has particular constraints, particular opportunities, and particular expectations that we will explore together.
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NYT chairman Sulzberger taking a pay cut
Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the chairman of The New York Times Co., is taking a pay cut this year and next along with his cousin, the vice chairman of the company, to create a bonus pool for employees, according to a regulatory filing.
Mr. Sulzberger and Michael Golden told employees in a letter that their plan to forego stock-based compensation for two years -- which they described as a personal decision -- would result in about $2 million becoming available for payments to reward exceptional performance by staff who don't participate in the Times' annual bonus plan.
The first round of bonuses would be distributed next February, with a similar amount being paid out the following February, they said.
Last year Messrs. Sulzberger and Golden received restricted stock awards and stock options valued at $2.2 million, according to the company's proxy statement. Mr. Sulzberger got a salary of $1.1 million and a cash bonus of $560,521, while Mr. Golden had a salary of $608,960 and a bonus of $233,536.
The grants will be made across the company, Messrs. Sulzberger and Golden said, and will be left to the discretion of senior management.
The Times announced on Tuesday that it intends to sell its group of nine network-affiliated TV stations to concentrate on its newspaper and digital businesses. The stations accounted for 4% of the company's revenue last year.
Like other newspaper publishers, The New York Times Co. has been hurt by higher newsprint costs as readers and advertisers move to the Internet.
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Illinois welcomes Nicholls St. in 2019-20 season opener
Nicholls State (0-0) vs. Illinois (0-0)
State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Illinois opens the season by hosting the Nicholls State Colonels. Nicholls State went 14-17 last year and finished 10th in the Southland, while Illinois ended up 12-21 and finished 12th in the Big Ten.
DID YOU KNOW: Nicholls State went 4-6 against non-conference schools last season. In those 10 games, the Colonels gave up 76.9 points per game while scoring 69.1 per outing. Illinois went 4-7 in non-conference play, averaging 76.6 points and allowing 74.8 per game in the process.
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Man, 33, is jailed for 18 months after throwing a kettle of boiling water over a Sainsbury's security guard's head
Matthew Dalby threw water over a guard who 'thought it was an acid attack'
Was given 18 months for affray, criminal damage and malicious communication
33-year-old had also smashed windows and was throwing items out of them
By Terri-ann Williams For Mailonline
Matthew Dalby (pictured above) was given concurrent sentences totalling 18 months for affray, criminal damage and malicious communication
A man has been jailed after he threw a kettle of boiling water over a Sainsbury's security guard, who believed he had been a 'victim of an acid attack'.
Matthew Dalby was sentenced to 18 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to the senseless attack which took place in Hull on October 29.
The 33-year-old claimed he 'wanted to go back to jail' and had been trying to kick windows before the attack, a court heard.
During the same incident he had also smashed the upstairs window of his flat next door to the shop and was throwing items, including a green plastic chair, onto the pavement below.
The court heard he had also tried - and failed - to throw an armchair from the flat, which he had been housed in by homeless charity Stepping Stones.
On Monday Hull Crown Court was also told Dalby had 91 previous convictions for offences including arson, shop theft, criminal damage and burglary.
Phillip Evans, prosecuting, said Dalby's flatmate had arrived home at 5.30pm on October 29 to find Dalby, who suffers from alcohol-induced psychosis, in an 'agitated state'.
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The court heard of the security guard at the Princes Avenue store (pictured) had to seek first aid at the back of the shop
'He was trying to kick out the windows and saying he wanted to go back to jail. The defendant then boiled a kettle of water and ran downstairs towards the Sainsbury's supermarket.
'The security officer at the Sainsbury's said he was speaking with a colleague close to the automatic doors when he suddenly felt a boiling hot substance running down the back of his head and onto his back.'
Mr Evans told the court the security guard at the store on Princes Avenue had tried to find the person responsible, but was unable to do so, before seeking first aid back at the shop.
Hull Crown Court (above) was told Dalby had been doing well after being released from prison earlier in the year
'At that stage he thought he had been the victim of an acid attack,' he added.
It was only after seeing the steam rising from the droplets on his coat that he realised he had been attacked with boiling water, Mr Evans said.
The court heard the guard had then spotted Dalby in the upstairs window of his flat.
He smashed the window with a large piece of wood, at which point the security guard began warning 'stunned' passers-by about the dangerous situation.
Dalby, who appeared at his sentencing hearing via video link from HMP Hull, then began throwing objects onto the street below, the court heard.
He also pleaded guilty of malicious communications for a separate incident in which he threatened to 'f****** kill' his landlady and stab his flatmate.
He was only subdued and then arrested on that occasion after being threatened with a Taser, the court was told.
Defending Dalby, Stephen Robinson said the incident in Sainsbury's was a 'serious matter but could have been much worse'.
'The defendant has little recollection of it but he does, in the cold, sober light of day, regret what he did.'
He told the court Dalby was released from prison in August and had been 'doing quite well, albeit for a short period of time'.
But he had stopped taking his medication, the court heard, which led to his mental health problems resurfacing.
He had also struggled to cope with other people in the flat taking hard drugs, Mr Robinson said.
'It was an extreme way of resolving his situation, but he is now taking his medication again and realises how badly he behaved,' he said.
Jailing Dalby, Judge Mark Bury said the security office had been relieved it was just hot water and believed he had been the victim of an acid attack.
Dalby was given concurrent sentences totalling 18 months for affray, criminal damage and malicious communication.
Man, 33, is jailed for 18 months after throwing a kettle of boiling water over a Sainsbury's guard
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King William adopts $24 million budget
By Jack Jacobs
Apr 24, 2017 | 9:00 PM
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King William supervisors voted 3-2 to adopt the county's recommended $24 million budget April 24, 2017. Among capital expenditures is $346,806 in design work for the Hamilton-Holmes Middle School renovation project. (File photo)
King William supervisors voted 3-2 to approve the county's $24 million budget Monday.
The budget allocates $11.1 million to the school district and $5.1 million to public safety, an approximately $520,000 and $100,000 increase compared to the current fiscal year, respectively. While the county anticipates $11.6 million in real estate tax revenue, the revenue generated is expected to be a $55,618 decrease compared to the current fiscal year due to a 2-cent lower rate of 90 cents per $100 of assessed value.
The budget funds a 2 percent raise for county employees, including constitutional officers.
Supervisors Travis Moskalski, Stephen Greenwood and Bill Hodges voted in favor of adoption, while supervisors Dave Hansen and Bob Ehrhart cast dissenting votes.
"This budget is a compromise," said Moskalski, calling the tax decrease and coverage of required school district expenses high points of the document while acknowledging the county's budget fell short of funding school district requests for staff increases.
The school district receives $415,000 to go toward state-mandated Virginia Retirement System and health insurance increases. The district also picks up $753,000 for a variety of capital expenditures like school bus replacement and HVAC units as part of a $3.7 million capital project spending plan.
The capital improvement fund is a $2.6 million increase from fiscal year 2017.
The budget earmarks $346,806 in design work for the Hamilton-Holmes Middle School renovation project. The project to add new classrooms and a cafeteria is tentatively estimated to cost $12.7 million, though a more official cost estimate is expected later this week, county administrator Mark Reeter said.
Two citizens made a final appeal for the county to reconsider the school district's funding requests that didn't make the county's budget, particularly its request for six new teaching positions totaling about $460,000.
County resident Jim Mickens asked the board of supervisors to reconsider the district's funding request for additional teachers, which school officials had painted as the way to shore up low math scores that reportedly threaten the high school's accreditation. Two math teacher positions were among the proposed new staff.
"Let's not tie their hand," Mickens said.
Ehrhart voiced concern about how the school district's staff cut figures square with statistics compiled by the state.
"Very few people are questioning the legitimacy of the numbers" Ehrhart said.
The school district determined 42.7 full-time positions had been cut from 2010-2013, while state data suggests 30.2 full-time positions eliminated from 2009 staff numbers.
Teachers and principals comprised 22 of the cut positions, according to state figures.
Further study by the district determined around 38.7 positions had been cut during the period, though school officials stood by their initial count as a practical tally of the schools' staff losses. The differences between state and district numbers stem in part from different recording techniques, said Deborah Stickley, the district's director of finance.
The district recouped 10-12 positions since 2009, Stickley said.
The county will provide level funding for fire and emergency medical service departments, except for the contracted medical service LifeCare, which sees a $20,000 increase to $245,000 to handle overtime pay expenses.
Nestled among the King William's capital improvement projects is a $225,000 set-aside fund for the King William Internet Connectivity Initiative. The funds are intended to kick off the initial phases of what is estimated to be a $10 million optical fiber cable project, with cable running along routes 360 and 30.
Though the project has this county funding, the project as a whole is intended to be funded by state and federal grants, tax credit programs and other methods, said Jay Brown, a member of the broadband committee.
Jacobs can be reached at 757-298-6007.
Adopted budget at a glance
County budget: $24 million
School district local funding: $11.1 million
Public safety: $5.1 million
Capital improvement: $3.7 million
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Facebook Forced to Label Government Criticism as 'False' Suparna Goswami (gsuparna) • December 5, 2019
Singapore's recent order requiring Facebook to label a blog critical of the ruling government as "false" has drawn harsh criticism. And the action calls into question how the country's new Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act might be used to suppress free speech (see: Why Singapore's 'Fake News' Bill Should Be Enacted).
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The Singapore government ordered Facebook to attach a label to a Nov. 23 post by the States Times Review that criticized the government for many of its actions. Citing the new law, the government asked Facebook to apply a label to a blog that tells users that "the Singapore government says this post has false information."
To ensure the law's sanctity, it must be enforced only when absolutely necessary. By labelling a blog critical of the government false, the government risks undercutting the viability of the law.
The notice, which Facebook posted, was linked to a website outlining the government's detailed assertions on why the post, written by Australia-based blogger Alex Tan Zhi Xiang, contained false statements of fact.
The government took its action after the blogger previously defied an order asking him to make changes to his post.
Under the law, the government can decide whether to order something deemed fake news should be taken down or whether a correction should be put up alongside it. The law also gives the government the power to order technology companies, such as Facebook and Google - both of which opposed the bill during its fast-tracked process through parliament - to block accounts or sites spreading false information.
Although Facebook complied with government's request, it asked the government to be more open to "free expression."
Several security experts and policymakers tell me that it's vital that the government use the new law judiciously.
"The Fake News Act is definitely required to balance the negativity of the 'dark side' brought about by the cyberspace," Aloysius Cheang, executive vice president at The Center for Strategic Cyberspace + International Studies in London, tells me. "Having said that, we need to ensure that a committee is formed which monitors every time the act is put into effect."
To ensure effective and proper implementation of the law, Singapore should form an independent body that reviews cases before action is taken based on the law, Cheang suggests.
Under the new law, websites and individuals spreading fake news face potential financial penalties.
Individuals found guilty of contravening the law can face fines of up to 50,000 SGD (about $36,000) and/or up to five years in prison. If the "fake news" is posted using "an inauthentic online account or controlled by a bot," the total potential fine rises to 100,000 SGD (about $73,000), and/or up to 10 years in prison.
Companies such as Facebook, if found guilty of spreading "fake news" would face fines of up to 1 million SGD (about $735,000).
A Significant Area of Concern
Clearly, spreading fake news can have serious consequences. For example, in India viral rumours about kidnappers, spread through Facebook and WhatsApp, led to the lynching deaths of some 20 people last year, according to local news reports.
A 2018 survey by Ipsos, a global independent market research agency, found that 79 percent of Singaporeans are "somewhat" or "very confident" in their ability to detect fake news. When presented with five fake news headlines and asked if they were real, 91 percent incorrectly identified one or more as being real.
Fake news is a real threat that must be addressed . But it's also essential to protect freedom of speech, including criticisms of governments.
Tom Wills, an advisory board member at Evrensel Capital Partners who is based in Singapore, calls for striking a balance. "I support an approach that is more like "moderated free speech" where all opinions can be respectfully expressed, but blatant hate speech, fake news, or anything else that's designed to manipulate or incite people to violence, is restricted," Wills tells me.
Wills makes a good point. But if the law is used as an instrument to curtail freedom of speech, it does more harm than good.
Cheang offers some reasonable suggestions regarding enforcement of Singapore's new law:
Create an independent panel of experts who will decide on when to execute the law;
Prohibit government leaders from being involved in enforcing the law.
Establish an independent audit team to review policing practices and create a feedback system on how to make the law more efficient;
Take steps to educate young people on fake news.
Singapore is one of the first countries to enact a law designed to help curb the spread of fake news. So the country's experience with the law is being closely watched by others.
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Governor grants Spirko reprieve
Mar 27, 2007 at 12:01 AM Apr 2, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Gov. Ted Strickland today granted another reprieve for convicted killer John G. Spirko Jr., pushing his execution date until Sept. 18.
It was the sixth reprieve granted to Spirko to allow time for additional DNA testing related to the 1982 kidnapping and murder of Betty Jane Mottinger, 48, postmaster at Elgin in northwest Ohio.
Attorney General Marc Dann asked Strickland to delay the execution which had been set for April 17.
Spirko, 60, was originally set for lethal injection on Sept. 19, 2005, but his defense attorneys repeatedly requested additional DNA testing. They claim he is an innocent man convicted based solely on circumstantial and misleading evidence.
More than 150 DNA tests have been done thus far on clothing, cigarette butts, duct tape and other items found at the scene of the crime or the rural location where Mottinger's body found was found six weeks after her abduction.
Tests completed thus far have turned up nothing to prove or disprove Spirko's guilt, officials in the attorney general's office said.
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Radio Presenter • Music Producer • club dj
"The BBC DJ that discovered chart-toppers Ellie Goulding & Becky Hill"
Profile: Andrew Marston (born 24 October 1981) is a British based radio presenter, music producer and club DJ, known for his extensive work with musicians with BBC Music Introducing. His DJing work has included house, trance, drum n bass, indie, rock, 70's funk, 80's disco, Motown, Old Skool, UK garage, hip hop and RnB - although he's known for his love of dance and electronica music. He first started DJing in clubs aged 14 at the Jailhouse in Hereford. At 17, he started working for the BBC making radio shows and building websites. He's now presented programmes for more than a decade and spent half a lifetime behind the record decks. Read more at Wikipedia...
Notable sets: In New Music We Trust on BBC Radio 1, The BBC Introducing Mixtape on BBC 6 Music, Ibiza Rocks in San Antonio, Scala in London (Resident), Naughty But Nice in Hereford (Organiser/Promoter), The Electric Ballroom in London, Velvet/Tramps Nightclub in Worcester (Resident), LakeFest at Eastnor Castle (8,000 people), The Upton Sunshine Festival (6,000 people), the opening slot of the Nozstock Festival (7,000 people) and closing off the Wychwood Festival (10,000 people). Listen at Mixcloud...
The BBC: Presents a weekly new music show on the BBC / Select playlist tracks for BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra / Recommends “ones to watch out for" for BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, BBC Asian Network and BBC Television / Chooses all of the music for BBC Hereford & Worcester / Receives in excess of 400 promos a week / Selects artists for stages at Glastonbury, Reading + Leeds, SXSW, Radio 1's Big Weekend, T In The Park, The Montreal Jazz Festival, Worcester Music Festival, Nozstock, Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park, The Great Escape, Bestival, LakeFest and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Catch up on BBC Sounds...
Skills: Video DJing | Every track visually, beat & key mixed | Live mashups | Regularly performs alongside MCs, singers, percussionists & saxophonists. Watch at YouTube...
Contact: For DJ bookings email andrew.marston@bbc.co.uk or contact Scott at MAS Records. Follow on Facebook and Twitter...
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Airment Missing In Action From WWII Identified (Orcutt, Bedard, Emerson, Miller, Winkler)
Release No: 11-045 June 21, 2011
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of five U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Capt. Leonard E. Orcutt, Alameda, Calif.; 2nd Lt. Harry L. Bedard, Minneapolis; 2nd Lt. Robert S. Emerson, Norway, Maine; Tech. Sgt. Louis H. Miller, Philadelphia; and Staff Sgt. George L. Winkler, Huntington, W.Va., all U.S. Army Air Forces. Winkler and Miller were buried recently at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., and Orcutt was buried in Oakland, Calif. Bedard’s burial is scheduled for June 25 in Dayton, Minn., and Emerson’s is scheduled for July 9 in his hometown.
On April 3, 1945, Orcutt and his crew took off in their B-25J Mitchell bomber from Palawan Field, Philippines. The pilot of another aircraft in the flight reported seeing Orcutt’s plane stall out and crash about one mile northeast of the village of Consolacion in a swampy area. There were no survivors.
In early 1947, personnel from the Army’s Graves Registration Service recovered additional remains from the crash site and buried them as unknowns in Leyte, Philippines. Later that year, they were exhumed and transferred to Manila for possible identification. In 1949, a military review board declared these unknown group remains to be those of the aircrew and re-buried them at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo.
Two years later, the Graves Registration Service returned to the crash site and recovered additional remains. The case was reanalyzed and a recommendation was made that the group remains at Jefferson Barracks be disinterred for individual identification. All remains from the crash site were examined with no resulting identification. They were reburied at the same location. A sister of one of the airmen contacted the U.S. Army in 2001 upon learning of the recovery of additional remains in the 1950s. The Army then disinterred the group remains at Jefferson Barracks in 2008 and were taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) in Hawaii for identification.
Among forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of relatives of the aircrew—in the identification of these airmen.
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Cheryl Jensen is the eighth president of Algonquin College. She joined Algonquin from Mohawk College, where she held the title of Vice President, Academic for five years. Jensen first came to Mohawk as a Chemical Engineering Technology professor in 1983 and has served as Dean, Executive Dean, and Vice President of Engineering Technology, Apprenticeship and Corporate Training. She was instrumental in the development and launch of Canada’s first Bachelor of Technology collaborative degree program with McMaster University and the award-winning Hydro One – College Consortium. Jensen also championed the development of award winning integrated technician apprenticeship programs and led the $27 million transformation of the Mohawk College Stoney Creek campus – the home of the College’s skilled trades and apprenticeship programs.
President Jensen has served on many community Boards. She was Chair of the Skills Canada Ontario Board of Directors and served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors with the Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford YMCA. She was also a member of the Hamilton Community Foundation for four years. Cheryl is the recipient of a Hamilton YWCA Woman of Distinction award and a national leadership award from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges.
Jensen graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Certificate in the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, and holds a Master of Education in Organizational and Administrative Studies from Brock University.
Ms Cheryl Jensen
President, Algonquin College
Vice President, Academic, Algonquin College
Executive Dean, Engineering Technology, Algonquin College Apprenticeship & Corporate Training
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford YMCA, Canada
Winner, National Association of Canadian Community Colleges Leadership Award
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Assessment: Getting a Read on a Field in Flux
Much rides on student testing, and that's what keeps the field in a constant state of flux
By Debra Viadero
Students spend an average of 10 days out of the school year taking district-mandated tests and nine days taking state-required tests, according to the Center on Education Policy. Over 12 years of schooling, that adds up to nearly four months of a young person's life.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
That number does not include teacher-made tests, quizzes, final exams, many college-admissions tests and pretests; nor does it account for the amount of time teachers spend preparing students to take all those exams.
But the estimate, drawn from a nationwide 2015 survey of more than 3,000 teachers, provides a starting point for wrapping one's mind around the amount of testing students actually do in schools. It also points to the high priority that educators and policymakers put on tests and the information they yield. While most of the teachers who responded to the center survey thought states and districts should cut back on the time students spend taking mandated tests, only a fraction of them wanted to dump those tests altogether.
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Such tensions help keep the national testing landscape in a constant state of flux. In the search for better assessments, more authentic tests, or assessments that can drive better-quality instruction, new forms of testing come and go.
Much of that change in recent years has been driven by efforts to implement tests to measure students' progress in mastering the Common Core State Standards in math and English/language arts. Between 2010 and 2011, 45 states had adopted the standards. Within a few years, states' unity began to crumble. By the 2014-15 school year, as the tests were put in place, 27 states were using standards-aligned assessments developed by either Smarter Balanced or the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career consortia. The number dwindled to 20 this school year.
Ironically, as states backed off those assessment commitments, the prospect of annual testing ramped up for one subgroup of students: English-language learners.
The Every Student Succeeds Act, passed in 2015, requires states to test students in English-proficiency each year and to standardize criteria for determining when students no longer need language-support services.
The new federal education law injects some flexibility—and tumult—into the testing world by inviting states to use college-admissions tests like the ACT or SAT for federal accountability purposes. Twelve states are already doing that, and 13 more are requiring all high school students to take one of the two tests.
The scrambling going on around the college admissions tests obscures a milestone in that sector that passed in 2013 with little fanfare: For the first time that year, more students took the ACT than they did the SAT.
The inclusion of required college-admissions testing in states' accountability indicators is part of a push to ensure that all students graduate, as the expression goes, "college- and career-ready." But how should schools measure student's progress on the career part? That's a difficult question, and experts are skeptical about the prospects for assessments that reliably predict whether a student has the necessary skills to succeed in the workforce.
Elsewhere on the curriculum standards front, assessments aligned with new science standards are gaining traction, albeit slowly. Tests aligned with the new Next Generation Science Standards should require students to "show us how they know, not just what they know," as one testing expert put it, and that entails a range of logistical, technical, and financial challenges for states.
Meanwhile, in the classroom, formative assessments are going digital in a big way. Formative assessments are meant to provide a way for teachers to quickly diagnose whether students are "getting it" so they can tailor their instruction accordingly. Teachers can do that by asking students to answer questions or take a paper-and-pencil quiz or they can turn to the growing number of digital products on the market that allow them to gather, track, and analyze their students' progress. That sector of the market is currently booming, with experts predicting growth rates of 30 percent between 2013 and 2020.
A big downside to tests, especially summative tests where the stakes are high, is the anxiety they can create in students. "People who are anxious in general often get test anxiety, yes, but a lot of people who are not particularly anxious can still develop stress around tests in different subjects" like mathematics, said Mark Greenberg, a Pennsylvania State University researcher.
He is among a growing number of educators and researchers looking for ways to help students better cope with test-related stresses. Perhaps the most interesting example of these efforts is in Austin, Texas, where a full-time "mindfulness director" employed by the district trains teachers in anti-stress techniques they can pass on to students.
In the end, it all comes down to the students. What would assessments look like if they were designed by students themselves? Would students become more engaged in their learning? A network of public schools in Virginia is at work answering those questions right now. While results from their experiments are not in yet, teachers do say that students seem to be more involved in the learning. Stay tuned.
Published in Print: May 24, 2017, as Assessment: A Snapshot Of a Field In Motion
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Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of foreign Trade of United Arab Emirates, speaks during "Women with a Buisness Impact" session at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Dead Sea, Jordan, Friday, May, 16, 2009- World Economic Forum/Wikimedia
3 Arabs among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women
By: Egypt Today staff
Fri, Nov. 24, 2017
CAIRO – 24 November 2017: Three Arab women made the rest of us very proud when they made it to the Forbes list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women for the year 2017. The list released by the business magazine describes the women as this year’s " Icons, game-changers and gate crashers."
Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (UAE) came at number 36. She was the first woman to become a cabinet minister in the United Arab Emirates in 2004 when she became the Minister of Economy. Now the Minister of Tolerance, she is working hard to reinforce a prosperous, diverse atmosphere not just in the UAE, but also the international community.
Ranking her at number 36 on the list, Forbes established Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi ahead of many global influential figures such as author J.K. Rowling, who came at #88, singer Taylor Swift who came at #85, politician Hilary Clinton who came at #65, and even the woman who first asked "who runs the world?", the question which every woman in the world replied to with "Girls", singer Beyoncé Knowles who came at #50.
1- Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance, United Arab Emirates, July 2017 - Chatham House/Flicker
Lubna S. Olayan (Saudi Arabia) came at number 59. She is CEO of Olayan Financing which holds stocks in a wide variety of franchises in the Middle East. She co-chaired the Saudi-U. S. CEO Forum and shows great support and encouragement to Saudi women, motivating them to work. Her company has 540 female employees, according to Forbes.
2- Lubna S. Olayan, Deputy Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company, Saudi Arabia 2013 - World Economic Forum/Wikimedia commons
Raja Easa Al Gurg (UAE) came in at number 90. She is the Managing Director of Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, which is a giant consisting of 27 companies handling various types of business from metal to construction. It also partners with more than 370 brands. Additionally, Al Gurg is the president of Dubai's Business Women Council.
3- Her Excellency Dr Raja Easa Al Gurg at Women In STEM 2015 - Women in STEM/YouTube thumbnail
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Trade talks seen as unlikely to mend U.S.-China divide
BEIJING/WASHINGTON – U.S. and Chinese officials will restart trade talks at the end of this week, but any agreement the world’s largest economies carve out is expected to be a superficial fix.
The trade war has hardened into a political and ideological battle that runs far deeper than tariffs, trade experts, executives, and officials in both countries say.
China’s Communist Party is unlikely to budge on U.S. demands to fundamentally change the way it runs the economy, while the U.S. won’t backtrack on labeling Chinese companies national security threats.
The conflict between the two countries could take a decade to resolve, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow warned on Sept. 6. Yu Yongding, an influential former policy adviser to China’s central bank, told Reuters that China was in no rush to make a deal.
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may hammer out an interim agreement in October to soothe stock markets and claim political victory after this week’s lower-level talks.
But any final agreement is “extremely unlikely to meaningfully address the Chinese structural reforms” sought by the U.S. and other countries, said Kellie Meiman Hock, a former U.S. Trade Representative official and managing partner with McLarty Associates, a policy and government consultancy.
Negotiators have made little discernable progress on the many points of disagreement since negotiations broke down in May, sources briefed on the talks say.
ISSUES DIVIDE
Beijing is unwilling to address the way it supports state-owned companies and subsidizes their products in coming talks, sources in China and the U.S. say. The U.S. continues to label Chinese tech company Huawei a national security threat, and dangle the threat of new tariffs against China.
“The ultimate result of talks must be the dropping of all tariffs,” said He Weiwen, senior fellow, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University. “This is the baseline for China.” He is not optimistic about the talks’ prospects.
Since trade negotiations between the world’s largest economies collapsed in May, both countries have also broken promises and traded public insults. The mood is upbeat, but a single Trump tweet could turn that around, analysts say.
“They’re locked in this uncomfortable embrace,” said William Reinsch, a former senior Commerce Department official and Center for Strategic and International Studies fellow.
“Both presidents have undercut their negotiators and neither side can rely on what the other has said,” he said.
‘TECTONIC SHIFT’
Trump’s “tough on China” stance has swept in a new way of thinking about Beijing in Washington, despite the unpopularity of many of his other policies. The U.S. Congress, bitterly divided along partisan lines on most issues, is united about the need for systemic reform in China.
Democrats running against Trump aren’t likely to repair the China relationship if they take the White House in 2020. In a debate on Sept. 12, presidential candidates used terms like corruption and theft to discuss China’s trade practices.
“There’s been a tectonic shift,” said Warren Maruyama, former general counsel for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and a partner with law firm Hogan Lovells.
“The old idea that China was in the middle of free market economic reforms that would lead them our way is effectively dead,” Maruyama said. “There’s bipartisan support for a tougher China policy.”
Lawmakers are responding, with several China-related bills making their way through Congress, from legislation to punish Beijing for human rights abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang and to support protesters in Hong Kong.
Additionally, the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, could include provisions targeting China on issues ranging from technology transfers to the sale of synthetic opioids.
POLITICAL PRESSURE
Trump faces a worsening economy and recession fears at home, thanks in part to the tariffs he has enacted, but key constituencies have stood by him so far. U.S. executives in China say Beijing is miscalculating if it thinks the trade war will undermine Trump’s political support.
“If anything, the trade war has unified support in the business community,” one senior American executive in China said.
“The problems are deep, and they are structural,” said Craig Allen, a former senior U.S. Commerce Department official who now heads the US-China Business Council. The countries’ high-tech sectors may be permanently decoupled, he said, thanks to concerns about Chinese espionage, cyber hacking and intellectual property theft.
China’s Communist Party also faces a slowing economy as it prepares to celebrate on Oct. 1 70 years of ruling the country.
Many in Beijing believe that Trump’s erratic approach to the trade war this year has provided Xi with convenient short-term political cover, allowing him to blame White House tariff increases instead of domestic policies for the slowdown.
In a throwback to the Mao Zedong era, Xi told cadres this month that there must be a “resolute struggle” against any risks and challenges to the party’s leadership, the country’s sovereignty and security and anything that threatens the country’s core interests.
Investments between China and the U.S. dropped to the lowest six-month level in five years in the first half of this year, a study by the research firm Rhodium Group shows.
Foreign direct investment and venture-capital deals between the two countries fell to $13 billion in the period, down 49% from the first half of 2018. – Reuters
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Iran's earthquake
Now wait for the political tremors
The political after-effects of a terrible earthquake are already being felt
Middle East and AfricaDec 30th 2003 edition
DISASTER could hardly have struck at a worse time or taken a less anticipated form. Before dawn on December 26th, a Friday, the Muslim day of rest, the sleeping town of Bam was all but razed by an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. More than one-third of the town's 80,000 inhabitants were killed, either immediately, or later in the rubble of their homes. The authorities were ill-prepared. It was Bam's first big quake in a millennium.
New and old, public and private, the buildings of Bam had one thing in common: their disregard for anti-earthquake regulations. Even the swankiest homes collapsed: the governor was the only senior official to survive. Two hospitals were destroyed. Prisoners fled a wrecked jail on the edge of the town. One man, forewarned by a subterranean rumbling, had spent the night in his car. He survived but lost about 40 relations. Fearing after-shocks, survivors clogged the road to Kerman, the provincial capital.
In Tehran, Iran's capital, more than 1,000km (621 miles) north-west, sclerotic state organs lumbered into action. The Iranian Red Crescent was hindered by the concentration of its stores and people in the quake-prone north. As a result, thousands of survivors in Bam spent two freezing nights without the tents they had been promised. The few bulldozers that arrived promptly to sift through the rubble stopped working at nightfall. Most “rescue” operations were in fact exhumations by the bereaved, using their bare hands.
On the whole, the Iranians seemed unable to co-ordinate the emergency teams that were dispatched from 26-odd countries, including the United States, the Islamic republic's bitter enemy. Would-be rescuers were stuck in their own countries, while the Iranians got around to issuing them with formal invitations. When they arrived at Bam's tiny airport, no one was on hand to guide them to those parts of the town where they would be of most help.
On the evening of December 28th, as supplies rolled belatedly into Bam, the authorities abandoned hope of finding more survivors, and foreign helpers prepared to go home. The interior minister said that more than 15,000 bodies had been buried; by December 30th an official said the final death toll would exceed 28,000, though it was unclear whether that figure included the many casualties in villages nearby.
For a few days, the reformist supporters of President Muhammad Khatami and their rivals in the clerical establishment, which rallies around Iran's “supreme leader”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave up their vicious politicking. In scenes reminiscent of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, ordinary Iranians responded to the disaster by piling up food and clothes at collection points across the country.
In a trip to Bam on December 29th, Mr Khamenei pledged that the town would be rebuilt, “stronger than ever”. That would be some feat. The town lost its Persian-speaking middle class long ago, to gradual migration. It, in turn, was replaced by tribal Baluchis, whom Persians tend to look on with distaste, partly for their reputation as traffickers of drugs.
More recently, the authorities tried to develop Bam by rebuilding the ancient town as a tourist attraction and by building a car factory on the edge of the desert. The plant still stands but the celebrated mud-brick citadel was ruined in the quake. As for the palms that produce Bam's famously succulent dates, they survived. But the underwater channels that irrigated them may have collapsed.
Iran's brief unity may not engender lasting good sense. Bam is too distant, its concerns too peripheral, for its agony to have much effect on building techniques in vulnerable cities like Tehran, where developers and regulators pay scant attention to best practice.
But the catastrophe may have one benign effect: a lessening of the Islamic republic's distrust of foreigners. That distrust was evident in 1990, when the Iranians turned down many offers of outside help in the aftermath of a previous catastrophic quake and officials denounced sniffer dogs as “unclean”. Mr Khatami, in recent days, has showed no such qualms, appealing for help from all bar Israel. Some people in Bam were rescued thanks to the once-reviled canines.
Mr Khatami's conservative rivals have mixed feelings about foreign help. During his trip to the area, the supreme leader did not deign to mention the mainly western countries that had rushed to Iran's aid, let alone thank the rescuers in person. That is not untypical of Iran's stand-offish conservatives. On December 26th, while survivors of the disaster surveyed the wreckage of their lives, Mr Khamenei found time to extol at length the merits of making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
This article appeared in the Middle East and Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Now wait for the political tremors"
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Saturday Is Old Radio Day: Escape "Earth Abides" (1950)
About Earth Abides:
Earth Abides is a 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer George R. Stewart. It tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and its rebirth. The story was set in the United States in the 1940s in Berkeley, California and told by a character, Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead.
Earth Abides won the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951. It was included in Locus Magazine's list of best All Time Science Fiction in 1987 and 1998 and was a nominee to be entered into the Prometheus Hall of Fame. In November 1950, it was adapted for the CBS radio program Escape as a two-part drama starring John Dehner.
Here are those shows -
The title is from Ecclesiates 1:4 - “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/29/2017 08:05:00 AM No comments: Links to this post
Labels: Saturday Is Old Radio Day
On Midrats 30 April 2017, Episode 382: The Road to Mosul to Raqqa, and What's Next for the Islamic State with Bill Roggio
Please join us on 30 April 2017 at 5pm EDT as we end a short hiatus for Midrats Episode 382: The Road to Mosul to Raqqa, and What's Next for the Islamic State:
Except for a few final holdouts and mopping up, the siege of Mosul is almost over and the wrecked city back in the hands of allied Iraqi factions. Soon the attention will turn west as the investment of Raqqa is setting up nicely.
As they lose actual ground in Iraq and Syria, what will the next step be for the Islamic State? Where will they move to as their next safe haven, and what should be expect from the thousands of fighters trained by them who will return to their home nations?
Our guest for the entire hour to discuss this and related issues will be Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Editor of FDD’s Long War Journal.
Listen live if you can or pick the show up later by clicking here. Or you can pick the show up later by clicking that link or by visiting either our iTunes page or our Stitcher page.
That map? The Middle East as it once was. Sorta.
Labels: Midrats on Blogtalkradio, Midrats on iTunes, Midrats on Stitcher
Friday Film: "This Ship Is Ours" (1943)
Labels: Friday Film
I Wonder (Again) Why Don't We Have Hydrofoils in the U.S. Navy?
Littoral combat, narrow seas combat or coastal operations, anything but deep blue water ops, I think we made a serious mistake not keeping and developing these small, high speed ships and their operations in squadrons and flotillas.
In fact, I assert we need them now. Right now.
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/27/2017 05:39:00 PM 2 comments: Links to this post
Labels: Hydrofoils, I Wonder Why
Books currently being read:
Narrow Seas, Small Navies, and Fat Merchantmen (1990) by Charles W. Kobdurger, Jr.:
In the narrow seas , more often than not, it is the bordering small navies which now call the tune to which the super-navies dance. It is they who determine who shall pass and the price he shall pay .
In these small navies, there are few conventional flat-deck aircraft carriers or nuclear-powered submarines. Ship types tend to be down-sized across the board. If they do have a carrier it will be a V/STOL one. They replace destroyers with fast attack craft.
They pay for this in comparative radius of action and in sea-keeping ability --- neither of great interest in most narrow seas it should be noted.
Asymmetric Warfare at Sea: The Case of Sri Lanka (2016) by Jayanath Colombage (Admiral, former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy):
Maritime terrorism is not just a possibility but a real one. Recent history indicates that the general vulnerability of the maritime environment has become more apparent. To analyze the maritime terrorist threats,
it is not enough to study only the capabilities and motives of terrorist groups, but one must also observe the maritime industry, shipping practices, the vulnerability of the shipping trade as well as counter measures taken by the authorities and other institutions which are entrusted with the security of the shipping routes.
USNI on Naval Cooperation (2015) edited by Sam J. Tangredi. Excerpt from CDRE Adeniyi Adejimi Osinowo's "Africa Partnership Station Helps All Sides" (2011):
APS provides a platform for addressing both African maritime-security limitations and non-African stakeholders' strategic interests. With the extent of challenges and thinness of resources, it is imperative that African maritime services cooperate at all levels to tackle the situation. This mission can be seen as representing a necessary compromise between pride of sovereignty and maritime-security capability. It is an effort-multiplier benefiting all sides.
Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy and Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World (2010) by Martin N. Murphy:
Several of the factors that favour pirate activity also favour maritime insurgent/terrorist activity. . .
The overriding common factor is politics. While this might be obvious in the case of insurgency and terrorism, including that weak states are less capable of resisting insurgent or terrorist infiltration , it is possibly less evident when it comes to piracy.
Throughout history, however, the ebb and flow of pirate fortunes has been inextricably linked with the ebb and flow of power on land, with the power and policies of states and their political leaders, strong as well as weak. . . .
Small Navies: Strategy and Policy for Small Navies in War and Peace (Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series) (2014) from Michael McDevit, "Small Navies in Asia: The Strategic Rationale for Growth":
The ROKN shifted focus to littoral war fighting, concentrating on the North Korean submarine threat. Pyongyang's onventory of midget submarines (40 small 300 tonners, and 100 minis) is challenging. One of the most embarassing features of the post-sinking (sinking of the ROKN Cheonan) investigation was the finding that ASW readiness for ships operating in the Yellow (West) Sea was neglected because of the ROK Navy assumption that the Yellow Sea was too shallow for submarine operations.
General Lee: His Campaigns in Virginia 1861-1865 (1906) by Walter H. Taylor:
General Lee anticipated a severe struggle. There were many prominent men on each side of the controversy who contended that the war would be of short duration ; with them there was a disposition to underrate the steadfastness of purpose and the endurance of the other side; and they pretended to expect a sharp, short, and decisive contest. The first call of Mr. Lincoln for volunteers was for three months' service, and the leaders on both sides contended that the war would not last ninety days. General Lee took an entirely different view of the case. He seemed to realize the magnitude of the impending conflict; he gaged correctly the indomitable will, the untiring energy, the fertile resources, the pride of opinion, that characterized the people of the North ; and he knew full well that there would be no holiday affair in a conflict between the two sections of the United States, each animated by a traditional devotion to cherished institutions, each boasting the proud lineage of the Anglo-Saxon, each determined to win or die, and each confident of success.
He looked upon the vaporific declamations of those on each side who proposed to wipe their adversaries from the face of the earth in ninety days as bombastic and foolish. Notwithstanding his views, so freely expressed, and his recommendation that the volunteers be enlisted for the war, the Virginia troops, as also most of those of the other Southern States, were enlisted for twelve months. The civil authorities could not bring themselves to believe that there could possibly be any need for an armed force beyond that time.
So many lessons to be learned from history and examining assumptions that come back to bite those who assumed.
In many ways, naval fiction helps to focus on possibilities that might have to be dealt with. In this vein, Claude Berube's The Aden Effect and Syren's Song and Singer and Cole's Ghost Fleet are interesting to expand your discomfort zone.
UPDATE: Forgot to add a gem, Peter Hopkirk's The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. Also Sarah Rose's For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History (2011) which was industrial espionage on a grand scale, indeed.
Finally, if you want an understanding of China's 100 years of humiliation, you could start with The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another (2004) by Hanes and Sanello.
UPDATE 2: Fixed bad links for Hopkirk and Rose books.
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/25/2017 02:37:00 PM No comments: Links to this post
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 20 March - 19 April 2017
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 20 March - 19 April 2017 by lawofsea on Scribd
Labels: Crimes Against Merchant Sailors, Crimes Against Shipping, Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria, ONI, Sea Lines of Communication, Sea Piracy, Sea Robbers, Somali Pirates, Somalia
Saturday Is Old Radio Day: Fat Man "Murder by Mail"
The Fat Man, a popular radio show during the 1940s and early 1950s was a detective drama created by (or at least credited to) Dashiell Hammett. It starred J. Scott Smart in the title role, as a detective who started out anonymous but rapidly acquired the name 'Brad Runyon'.
Friday Films: "Air Operations in the Antarctic" (1960)
Labels: Friday Fun Film
Somebody in "Somalia Calls On NATO to Prevent the Illegal Fishing"
All Africa reports "Somalia Calls On NATO to Prevent the Illegal Fishing" which is interesting since there really is only a imaginary construct of "Somalia" in the atlases of the world, while the reality is that the physical territory that was once Somalia is just a series of clan enclaves and would-be states like Puntland. In short, "there is not there there."
Thus, in reading such headlines, one has to decipher which group now seeks to make claim on the assets of other countries to protect the shores and littorals and EEZ that a failed mess of a state cannot protect on its own. Let's look at the article
Somali officials said that NATO must do more to prevent the illegal fishing that sparked the latest pirate hijacking.
Some Somali fishermen, including ex-pirates, have complained of harassment by illegal foreign trawlers. Officials from Puntland have warned that more hijackings could occur if the problem isn't tackled.
"We requested NATO warships to tackle the illegal fishing, but they replied it was not their mandate," Abdihakim Abdullahi Omar, the vice president of Puntland, told reporters at Bosasso port where the crewmen were released.
"We told them that if they cannot take measures against the illegal fishing vessels who come under their cover and those who pour wastes into our waters, then their presence is a burden rather than a benefit."
So, not a Somali government official, but rather a Puntland official.
And, one has to wonder how NATO ships impose any sort of burden on the Somalis, except those who are engaged in illegal activities, since I don't think there are many liberty ports in the failed state and I know Somalia or Puntland is paying one dime for the NATO forces. I guess just having them out there weighs heavy on the Somali minds.
Then there is this, which echoes what I have long said,
However, Joshua Tallis, a Research Analyst at CNA Corporation, a nonprofit research and analysis organization, told the Sri Lanka Guardian that fishing has not traditionally been a major part of Somali culture or economics, nor were most pirates former fishermen. "That does not excuse the devastation of toxic dumping and IUU fishing, only its ability to causally explain piracy," he said.
Puntland Marine Police
I would suggest that if Mr. Omar is serious, that Puntland put some real effort into forming a coast guard (see also here) and getting it out to enforce Somali interests. Otherwise, bad things undoubtedly will continue to happen to his failed state.
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/19/2017 01:23:00 PM 1 comment: Links to this post
Labels: Failed State Problems, Somali Fishing Grounds, Somali Pirates, Somalia
Let's Talk Arsenal Ships and Missile Barges
"Payloads, not platforms" so sayeth a former CNO.
So, how to get a whole lotta fire power in to a single ship? About 20 years ago there were proposals for the minimally crewed, missile laden Arsenal Ship, designed to deliver a flexible package of ordnance downrange for support of, say, amphibious operations or something:
The Arsenal Ship was developed initially as a demonstration program to provide a large increase in the amount of ordnance available to ground- and sea-based forces in a conflict, particularly during the early days. The Navy envisioned that the ship would have a large capacity of different missiles, including Tomahawk and Standard, and space for future extended range gun systems. The ship could also have a sea-based version of the Army Tactical Missile System. This ship could greatly increase capabilities in littoral operations to conduct long-range strike missions, provide fire support for ground forces, defend against theater ballistic missiles, and maintain air superiority.
The Arsenal Ship has the potential to provide substantial fire support to a variety of missions in regional conflicts without the logistics burden of transporting both delivery systems and ammunition to the shore and forward areas. The Arsenal Ship is expected to carry a large number of VLS cells but without the sophisticated command and control and radar equipment found on Aegis-equipped ships.
The number of VLS cells being bandied about was 500 per ship, with 4 or 5 ships contemplated.
More recently, the concept has been revived in the SSGN submarine conversions:
The SSGN Program Office refueled and converted four SSBNs into SSGNs in a little more than five years at a significantly lower cost and less time than building a new platform. USS Ohio (SSGN 726) entered the shipyard on Nov. 15, 2002, completed conversion in December 2005 and deployed for the first time in October 2007. USS Florida (SSGN 728) commenced its refueling and conversion in August 2003 and returned to the fleet in April 2006. USS Michigan (SSGN 727) started its shipyard availability in October 2004 and delivered in November 2006. USS Georgia (SSGN 729) completed conversion in December 2007.
Combined, the four SSGNs represent more than half of the Submarine Force's vertical launch payload capacity with each SSGN capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. The missiles are loaded in seven-shot Multiple-All-Up-Round Canisters (MACs) in up to 22 missile tubes. These missile tubes can also accommodate additional stowage canisters for SOF equipment, food, and other consumables to extend the submarines' ability to remain forward deployed in support of combatant commanders' tasking. The missile tubes are also able to accommodate future payloads such as new types of missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and unmanned undersea vehicles.
Well, heck, there has been discussion of using the LPD 17 hull to develop a "Ballistic Missile Defense Ship" with up to 288 VLS cells:
Atop the superstructure is a massive S-band phased array radar, over 21 feet on each side. Compare that to the 12.5 ft. diameter of the SPY-1 radars aboard Ticonderoga Class Cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers. For radars, larger size means greater range and better resolution and these arrays have three times the area of those which equip current BMD vessels.
Starting behind the superstructure and continuing along the periphery to the stern is a vertical launch system (VLS) with 288 cells to carry surface to air missiles (SAMs), Tomahawk cruise missiles or Vertical-launch Anti-submarine rockets (VLAs). For comparison, Ticos have 122; later Burkes 96 and earlier Burkes 90. So, that’s triple the average missile load to start, with plenty of room to install more. Plus, the ship is taller than the surface combatants, which means it can hold future missiles of greater length and range.
Why? Some suggest it would help defeat anti-access systems, as Capt. Tangredi did in Breaking the Anti-Access Wall:
Before describing the specifics of an arsenal ship, it is important to describe what it is not—or rather, what it should not be. It is not a multipurpose ship; therefore, it is not a replacement for any other ship, especially not aircraft carriers. It is not a destroyer or cruiser capable of conducting missions in multiple domains (that is, antiair, antisurface, antisubmarine, and anti–ballistic-missile warfare). Its weapons are for strike from the sea, not for war at sea . It is not a ship for all reasons. It is a gap filler that will give us the anti-anti-access capability that we need but do not have in the necessary quantity.
A modern arsenal ship should not be designed to make port visits, provide humanitarian assistance, provide C2, host any sort of staff, or do anything else other than fulfill the third capability required to defeat anti-access strategies: provide maximum volume of precise fire onto enemy targets. The C2 of its ordnance should come from other warships. Its long-range and mid-range defenses would be provided by the rest of the Fleet or other joint assets. It should not be expected to operate independently, although a low maximum speed and unique sea-keeping characteristics might require independent transits and tactical rendezvous with deception techniques minimizing the risks.
Perhaps we should call it a self-propelled arsenal barge.
SNAFU has this image of a towed missile barge, the source of which is hard to track, but the caption on the picture indicates this is Russian design using a Sovremennyy-class destroyer as a towing ship
There is this U.S. Navy image of what appears to be a JHSV pulling what appears to be a high speed missile barge:
Even Lego modelers seem to be on the arsenal ship band wagon with a fantasy build:
If you've got any info on the Russian design or the JSHV barge, please let me know.
In the meantime, there is this 2005 article by Cmdr. John B. Perkins from the Armed Forces Journal, "Surface ship, submarine missions are coalescing" to ponder:
Andrew F. Krepinevich, director of the U.S. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), alluded to this trend 10 years ago.
“Just as bombers are becoming relatively less important than the ordnance they carry,” he said, “so too might surface warships, which could evolve to become “barges” (with some perhaps operating below the surface) for advanced conventional munitions that can strike pre-designated targets at extended ranges.”
This concept makes the case that barges would be ideal as strike platforms of the future. The reference to the barges “operating below the surface” is the first precursor toward the idea of larger systems operating underwater.
One of Krepinevich’s associates at CSBA put it this way: “This type of basic anti-navy architecture could be made more effective by incorporating increasingly sophisticated mines, active and passive sea-based sensor networks and quiet-attack submarines. Such architectures would have far lower barriers to entry (cost and learning) than carrier battle group operations, potentially enabling those competitors to leapfrog the carrier era and become major maritime competitors, at least in littoral waters. Absent a revolutionary breakthrough in ASW[anti-submarine warfare], naval power-projection operations could be driven sub surface.”
This reference brings the point home in stark fashion: Technologies meant to find and destroy objects will become inexpensive and plentiful. The world’s strongest navy should not build anything but ships that employ the best covering tactics available. The CSBA suggested that the capital ship of the fleet in 2020 might be an arsenal ship — a missile-firing submersible armed with cruise and conventional ballistic missiles — and that such ships might be armed with a few hundred to a thousand missiles.
A distributed power projection navy might include several classes of arsenal ships and other submersible power projection forces in the fleet.
Of course, here's the 12 year old kicker:
The Navy must become bold in decision-making before it is relegated to playing catch-up in a world fast becoming shaped by quick-striking revolutions in military affairs.
Well, we've got the SSGNs.
UPDATE: About that LPD based missile platform:
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/19/2017 11:52:00 AM 5 comments: Links to this post
Labels: Arsenal Ships, Innovation, Missile Barges, Modernizing the Fleet, Threats to Surface Warships
Interesting Read from "Think Defence on the UK Amphibious Capability - Today and Tomorrow"
The Royal Navy (and its sisters and cousins and aunts) has some amphibious capability, as set out by Think Defence in UK Amphibious Capability - Today and Tomorrow :
The UK maintains a fairly broad array of amphibious combat capabilities with contributions from the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the British Army and a number of civilian providers.
In many ways, the future looks bright; improvements to naval gunfire, new support helicopters and attack helicopters on the horizon, and of course, the carriers and F-35B capability, joined by development in unmanned systems, all point to a strong future.
But with the impending ‘out of service’ date of HMS Ocean, block out of service of the amphibious shipping in the medium term, a changing threat and political landscape, and the constant pressure on budget, there are many difficult issues that remain to be resolved.
One issue is size. The RN is under-sized and under-funded.
More good reading at the Royal Navy website where "sea blindness" is being fought daily:
Maritime trade is the lifeblood of the UK economy and industry. 95% of Britain’s economic activity depends on the oceans. And every year Britain imports goods worth £524 billion.
The UK is so dependent on the seas for its prosperity, that without the Royal Navy acting as a deterrent the effect on the economy would be overwhelming.
The UK has 77 commissioned ships, including "13 frigates and 6 destroyers." See also here. By comparison, Japan has 46 destroyers and naval vessels..
Labels: Royal Navy
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 13 March - 12 April 2017va... by lawofsea on Scribd
UPDATE: China's Navy rescues vessel from pirates as reported here:
The Chinese navy rescued a Panamanian merchant ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, the second time it has helped a vessel under threat this month.
The Frigate Hengyang from China's 25th convoy fleet sent by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy to the Gulf of Aden rushed to the hijacked ship ALHEERA, after receiving reports that it was under attack at 9:30 pm on Saturday. Hengyang's helicopters reached the ship one hour later and drove the five pirates away, the PLA Daily reported on Sunday.
The ALHEERA is now safely continuing its journey.
Perhaps related is this VOA report of two dead suspected pirates:
A Somali official says foreign naval forces in international waters shot dead two pirates and wounded another when the bandits attempted to hijack a ship on Saturday.
Ahmed Abdullahi, an official with the anti-piracy force in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, said the two killed men were part of a group of nine pirates in a boat approaching an unidentified ship near the Gulf of Aden when a naval force opened fire on them.
He said the six other pirates survived the attack and escaped.
Residents in Durduri, a coastal village in Sanaag region, said that on Sunday morning they found two dead bodies, apparently left by the pirates, near the coast.
Labels: Crimes Against Humanity, Crimes Against Merchant Sailors, Crimes Against Shipping, Maritime Crimes, ONI, Sea Piracy
The Empty Tomb, 1889, Mikhail Nesterov
Matthew 28King James Version (KJV)
28 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Labels: Easter, Holiday Routine
Saturday Is Old Radio Day: "Unification Plan" (1951) from Now Hear This!
Something to do with Korea.
About the show:
Now Hear This was one of the better produced, written and performed docudrama productions of the post-War era. Co-produced by Navy Recruiting and NBC, the east-coast productions featured some of the era's finest east-coast talent. Well-written, directed and paced, the series provided as many as twenty-one highly compelling vignettes of naval exploits, punctuated by one or two Navy recruiting messages. As indicated in the Billboard review below, the reviewer found the premiere episode, Fire At Sea, equally well-dramatized, performed and written.
There's no question that Now Hear This was an effective recruiting message during the Korean War era--and beyond. The series portrayed Navy personnel with both a very human and very inspirational touch, and in a perfect balance of each. Promoted as actual stories based on the personal experiences of the Navy personnel that embodied the great traditions of The Navy, the series more than met its portfolio. These were dramatized, first-person accounts of naval experiences. As such they presented a far more visceral and personal impression of each naval fighting man's fears, self-reflection and motivations. It was an inspired touch.
With the majority of the dialogue so personalized and intimate, the scripts came alive to equal the most compelling Radio drama of the era. This was a tribute to both the production staff and the performers enacting the scripts. This brief series, often overlooked in the vintage Radio community stands as the equal of the Peabody Award winning The Man Behind the Gun. Now Hear This is one of vintage Radio's overlooked and underappreciated gems.
Friday Films: "Carrier Action Off Korea" (1954) and "A Motion Picture History of the Korean War" (1955)
My father was recalled to active duty to fly B-26's during the Korean War after service in WWII in B-17s over Europe.
Labels: Friday Film, Korean War
So, International Law - Mostly a Joke or What?
Let's begin with a piece from Just Security, "International Law is Failing Us in Syria"
Recent events in Syria –President Bashar al-Assad’s horrific chemical weapons attack on civilians in Idlib, and the Trump administration’s subsequent missile strikes – have again forced to the fore the debate over the legality of humanitarian intervention in international law. Naturally, we tend to focus on these questions in the context of an immediate catastrophe, or a particular use or threatened use of force. Thus, the legal question of humanitarian intervention is often inextricably bound up with the extent to which any particular military operation is sound policy. That focus may over-emphasize action, and fail to grapple sufficiently with the wide space in which states do not act, or limit policy options based, at least in part, on the constraints imposed by international law. I would like, therefore, to try to separate for a moment the legal question from President Donald Trump’s recent actions, and from our sense of the extent to which he may be able to put forward a responsible strategy in Syria. To be clear, I have little hope that this president is the one who will be able to thread this needle. But, as we are all painfully aware, Syria’s humanitarian disaster is hardly new. For years now, international law has failed in Syria.
The international law question at stake is simply this: May a state or states lawfully use force against another sovereign state for purely humanitarian reasons, without sanction by the UN Security Council? (emphasis added)....
What is "international law?" There's the classic definition:
International law, also called public international law or law of nations, the body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors.
Now, I am a simple man, and I always ask this question about any "law" - "How will it be enforced?"
As a result, in many of those cases involving things like "humanitarian intervention" my conclusion has been that the invaded or attacked country/entity seems to be the logical enforcement agent - or the entity to resist having the will of others imposed on it. A weak state which cannot deny access by the forces of "good intentions" is pretty much fair game for the stronger do-gooders of the world, regardless of UN approval or sanction.
Take Syria, please (insert Henny Youngman joke).
Some argue that there is no legal basis for intervention into Syrian domestic matters, no matter how horrific. See The U.S. Has No Legal Basis to Intervene in Syria or Breaking international law in Syria.
Others assert there is such a legal basis, as in HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA:THE LEGAL BASIS .
Some suggest that there might be a legal basis, but it hasn't been properly identified, see The ETF and the Legality of U.S. Intervention in Syria under International Law
Now, in setting out the above, I have magically confused issues: humanitarian interventions and those other justifications for fighting in another country against the regime that "rules" that land. If you read the above links you might be able to sort it out, but it misses the point I am trying to make here, which is that regardless of motivation or justification, a more powerful force - whether it be a single nation or a coalition - can violate national sovereignty of a country pretty much at will unless that country (and any allies it has) can defend itself from such violations.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Saddam offered rationales, but the U.S. and a coalition refuted those rationales with force. When Russia invaded Crimea or chunks of the Ukraine, it offered rationales (like "protecting ethnic Russians") and the Ukraine itself has fought back, though no alliance has jumped in with troops to help the Ukrainian forces with supporting troops. I'll toss in Libya as an example of "humanitarian intervention" but we all know that went south pretty quickly - see From Responsibility to Protect to Slave Markets, creating a whole new set of issues.
Based on where you sit, you can argue, as the Russians seem to be doing, that the intervention in Syria by non-Syrian and non-Syrian allies in the domestic affairs of Syria is illegal and that Russia and Iran are merely doing what the coalition did in the first Gulf War, protecting a sovereign country from outside forces. I'm not suggesting I agree with that view, but it is out there.
In any event, it would be nice if nations could sit around and peacefully resolve various issues, but the reality is, as Mao noted, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Substitute "International Law" for "Political power" and you will arrive at a truth. International law is of two parts - that part, like maritime law, that nations agree to for the smooth flow of trade which directly benefits them and the other type, that part which "grows out of the barrel of a gun."
So, call me a cynic, but worrying about the niceties of international law in light of what is happening in the reality of Syria is to completely miss the point. This is about power and, ultimately, international law is only as strong as the ability to enforce it.
UPDATE: See also International Law in Times of Hegemony: Unequal Power and the Shaping of the International Legal Order
Labels: International law
North Korea Says It's Ready for "Any Mode" of War. Really? Let's Crank Up the Bad Weather War Machine
NY Daily News says North Korea claims it’s ‘ready’ for 'war' as U.S. ships approach
North Korea in "darken" stealth mode
A North Korean official on Monday blasted the deployment of a battle-ready U.S. strike group to the waters off the Korean Peninsula — and pledged that the Communist dictatorship is "ready" for war.
The explosive response from Pyongyang comes as tensions on the peninsula are escalating because of intensified cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea. The intensification came to a head when the U.S. Navy's Carl Vinson strike group received orders on Sunday to cancel a planned Australia trip and redirect to Korean waters.
As the strike group approached North Korea late Monday, a spokesman for the isolated country's foreign ministry called the U.S. decision "outrageous" and vowed that it could provoke "catastrophic consequences."
"This goes to prove that the U.S. reckless moves for invading the DPRK have reached a serious phase of its scenario," the spokesman said in a statement, using an acronym for the North's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "If the U.S. dares opt for a military action, crying out for 'preemptive attack' and 'removal of the headquarters,' the DPRK is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the U.S."
I suggest that the NORKS need to pay attention to the oddball theories of the fringe that "knows" the U.S. has the ability to turn weather into a weapon - as in Weather Warfare: Beware the US Military’s Experiments with Climatic Warfare:
Rarely acknowledged in the debate on global climate change, the world’s weather can now be modified as part of a new generation of sophisticated electromagnetic weapons. Both the US and Russia have developed capabilities to manipulate the climate for military use.
Environmental modification techniques have been applied by the US military for more than half a century. US mathematician John von Neumann, in liaison with the US Department of Defense, started his research on weather modification in the late 1940s at the height of the Cold War and foresaw ‘forms of climatic warfare as yet unimagined’. During the Vietnam war, cloud-seeding techniques were used, starting in 1967 under Project Popeye, the objective of which was to prolong the monsoon season and block enemy supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
The US military has developed advanced capabilities that enable it selectively to alter weather patterns. The technology, which is being perfected under the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), is an appendage of the Strategic Defense Initiative – ‘Star Wars’. From a military standpoint, HAARP is a weapon of mass destruction, operating from the outer atmosphere and capable of destabilising agricultural and ecological systems around the world.
Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, ‘offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary’, capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes: ‘Weather modification will become a part of domestic and international security and could be done unilaterally… It could have offensive and defensive applications and even be used for deterrence purposes. The ability to generate precipitation, fog and storms on earth or to modify space weather… and the production of artificial weather all are a part of an integrated set of [military] technologies.’
Some of you may recall the accusation that Katrina was a Japanese Yakuza plot using Russian tech to attack the U.S. via a hurricane (see here) or something.
NORK Drought
I don't want to tip our hand, but, well, you know giving bad weather to the NORKS would ruin their economy, starve their people . . . of, wait, that's what the 3 Kims have done over the past 70 years ... bad weather has the potential to make it worse, though, so there.
By the way, a lot of the "weather weapon" -uh - nut jobs "concernees" cite a paper from the USAF Air University, Air Command and Staff College in 1996 imagining the world in the future Weather As A Force Multiplier: Owning The Weather In 2025, which reads a lot like science fiction to me, but not so much to others, who see it as proof that we have a secret weather weapon (see here for example).
I say, if we got it, let's use it and see how ready the NORKS are for that "mode" of war.
UPDATE: The famous report that some people seem to think reflects reality:
Weather As A Force Multiplier by lawofsea on Scribd
Labels: Fun with North Korea, Not So Much Humor, Weather Wars
A Reset of the "Cold War?"
Watching CNN this morning (and was there ever a more confusing mess of news than that at CNN?) and Professor Stephen Cohen was on, warning of the dangers of the new world order left in the wake of the out-going administration and the bow wake of the arrival of the current administration. As I understood the Prof, we're on the brink of a crisis on par with the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and things are serious indeed.
This is not a drum that Dr. Cohen just started beating, either, as can be seen in this CNN interview from back in December 2016:
It should be noted that Dr. Cohen is a contributor to The Nation and has a book out on Russian-U.S. relations, Why Cold War Again?: How America Lost Post-Soviet Russia :
The new East-West conflict, which broke out over the Ukrainian crisis
in 2014, but which long predated it and soon spread through Europe and to the Middle East, is potentially the worst US-Russian confrontation in more than fifty years― and the most fateful. A negotiated resolution is possible, but time may be running out. In this book, renowned Russia scholar and media commentator Stephen F. Cohen traces the history of this East-West relationship in the 'Inter Cold War' period― the years from the purported end of the preceding Cold War, in 1990-1991, to what he has long argued would be a new and even more dangerous Cold War.
Which is pretty much what he said this morning.
Sec State Tillerson is visiting Russia. I hope plain speaking and an understanding of Putin's remarkably weak position helps defuse this mess.
Finger pointing on the Syria debacle seems to be a thing on right and left. See Syria Will Stain Obama’s Legacy Forever from Foreign Policy and Obama’s Disastrous Syria Policy from National Review.
Can the genie be put back in the bottle? I don't know, Russia seems to have only a couple of friends in the world, and Assad of Syria appears to be one of them. AND there is that warm water port.
Iran has hopped on the anti-U.S. band wagon (with "red line warnings"), which was a short hop indeed, given their view of the Great Satan. If I were they, I'd be more worried about the regime to their north, but that might just be me.
In any event, I am less concerned about a "cold" war than a "hot" one stumbled into like WWI, the results of which, by the way, still haunt the Middle East. See A century on: Why Arabs resent Sykes-Picot:
The borders of the Middle East were drawn during World War I by a
Briton, Mark Sykes, and a Frenchman, Francois Picot.
The two diplomats' pencils divided the map of one of the most volatile regions in the world into states that cut through ethnic and religious communities.
Later dubbed the Sykes-Picot treaty, the secret agreement was signed by Paris and London on May 16, 1916, to become the basis on which the Levant region was shaped for years to come.
A century on, the Middle East continues to bear the consequences of the treaty, and many Arabs across the region continue to blame the subsequent violence in the Middle East, from the occupation of Palestine to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), on the Sykes-Picot treaty.
Also here.
Of course, there is also Ukraine, Crimea and the threat to the Baltic NATO countries.
May we live in interesting times.
Posted by Mark Tempest at 4/11/2017 10:52:00 AM 1 comment: Links to this post
Labels: Baltic States, Fun with Iran, Fun with Russia, Mess in Syria, NATO, New Cold War, Ukraine
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 6 March - 5 April 2017
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 6 March - 5 April 2017 by lawofsea on Scribd
Labels: Arabian Gulf, Crimes Against Merchant Sailors, Crimes Against Shipping, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea Kidnapping and Ransom, Gulf of Guinea Piracy, ONI, Sea Piracy, Somali Pirates
Somali Pirates: Hijacking and "Thwarting"
From the Tribune of India: India, China warships thwart pirate attack off Aden coast
The Indian Navy and China’s People’s Liberation Army (Navy) jointly
OS-35
saved a bulk carrier named OS-35 which came under attack by pirates. The 178-metre ship was attacked by pirates on Saturday night in the Arabian Sea. The INS Mumbai provided air cover to the distressed merchant vessel, while the PLA Navy ship Yulin sent in a team of 18 to sanitise the merchant ship.
Previous reports were that OS-35 had been hijacked see Reuters: Somali Pirates "Suspected" in Bulker Hijack
Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a bulk carrier ship, the head of
INS Mumbai
a maritime security company said on Saturday, in the latest in a string of attacks after years of calm.
A security source working at the Puntland Marine Police Force said the vessel was Tuvalu-flagged and is known as OS35.
Info on OS-35 here
PLAN frigate of type involved
Copyrighted photo of OS-35 by Julian De Lucas from Vesselfinder.com.
Labels: China's Navy, Fighting Pirates, Indian Navy, Protection of Shipping, Sea Lanes, Somali Pirates
Saturday Is Old Radio Day: Crime Classics "The Good Ship Jane (1954)
About Crime Classics:
Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis,
the program was a historical true crime series, examining crimes and murders from the past. It grew out of Lewis' personal interest in famous murder cases and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages and feel of the time period. Comparatively little dramatic license was taken with the facts and events, but the tragedy was leavened with humor, expressed largely through the narration.
The crimes dramatized generally covered a broad time and place frame from ancient Greece to late 19th-century America. Each episode in the series was co-written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, in consultation with Lewis, although the scripting process was more a matter of research, as the stories were "adapted from the original court reports and newspaper accounts" or from the works of historians.
The only continuing character was the host/narrator, Thomas Hyland, played by Lou Merrill. Hyland was introduced by the announcer as a "connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders." Merrill's deadpan portrayal of Hyland provided the welcome note of tongue-in-cheek humor to the proceedings.
Friday Films: Star Identification
In the world of anti-satellite weapons depending on navigation by electronics beamed from space might not be the best idea, so it's probably time to learn how to identify stars again - so here's a head start from the past:
Labels: Celestial Navigation, Friday Film, Star Identification
Somali Pirates: Pakistani Vessel Taken
Pakistani ship kidnapped by Somalian pirates
Somalian pirates hijacked a Pakistani ship near the Somalian coast, Samaa reported on Wednesday.
According to details, the pirates hijacked the ship named MV Salama 1 and have taken to El Hur near port Hobyo.
Salama 1 is the fourth ship to be hijacked by Somali pirates.
The Pakistani ship was hijacked a day after an Indian commercial vessel was abducted by the pirates in a similar manner.
The Indian vessel was such as wheat and sugar from Dubai via Yemen to Somaliawhen it came under attack, owner Isaak Them said.
Labels: Indian Ocean Pirates, Pakistan, Somali Pirates
So, there I was, just blogging about things that interest me and . . .
. . . I find myself surrounded by some really good company
Top 60 Military Websites & Blogs For Military Professionals & Veterans
I'd like to thank the Academy and all those who decided this little space on the world of electrons was deserving for the honor
Labels: Honors, Just a simple blogger
UPDATE: Most of you, not being UNC basketball fans, will not visit the Tar Heel athletics website so you would read Turner Watson's excellent piece there, Turner's Take: This Shining Moment
There are those who would say that sport fandom is irrational. Investing so much of yourself emotionally in the outcome of a game, in something that you have no control over, it's . . . well it's silly, they say.
Often, it's easy to agree with them. After a tough loss by your team, it's healthy to take a step back, get some perspective. Hug your family and move on. Sport fandom is irrational.
Except, it's not, because our society coalesces around sport like it does little else in life. Sport brings people together. We have pregame tailgates and postgame celebrations. We have gatherings around the television and tickets bought together all so we can share in an experience, witnessing tremendous athleticism and root for our favorite team. We toast to wins and wallow after losses.
As we grow older, our perspective shifts a bit. We don't invest so much in outcomes as we invest in people, those we commune with and those we enjoy watching. We begin to see athletes as three-dimensional people, with incredible talent, certainly, but with thoughts, feelings, emotions of their own. We invest in our sports heroes because they represent a part of us. They are walking, breathing metaphors. We live vicariously through them; weep in times of failure, jump and scream in times of triumph. Whether or not we ever meet them, we feel a connection, one that persists long after their playing days are over.
When one of our favorites is struggling, we want more than anything for him to overcome those struggles. So that they contribute to a positive outcome, yes, but also because, well, we just care.
Isaiah Hicks is one of our favorites. The affable Oxford native began his career on the wing, playing from the outside in as a freshman. He was not comfortable there, and before his sophomore season, Hicks was genuinely excited about returning to the post, playing with his back to the basket, as he'd done so as a dominant high school player. For two years he came off the bench and provided a spark before becoming a senior starter. But Hicks went through a slump recently. After scoring 17 points against Texas Southern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, he hadn't didn't hit double figures the next two games. Against Kentucky, he was just 2-5 from the field and he gave way to the rise of Luke Maye. In the national semifinal against Oregon, Hicks scored two points –a single dunk– on 1-12 shooting.
On Sunday, Hicks said he wasn't down on himself, enough times that you came around and believed him."I wouldn't say I'm very frustrated or anything, because I feel like I'm out there just trying, and I feel like when you try and it doesn't go well, just keep trying," he said.
Trying. You don't often hear an athlete at the collegiate or professional level talk about 'trying.' A word like 'try,' rather than 'execute,' for example, conveys vulnerability. It takes away some of the myth of the athlete. It makes them human. "The only pressure is just trying," Hicks said. "At the end of the day, I look at it like I've just got to try. Hope to play the best, but all I can do is try."
Roy Williams was asked about Hicks' struggles on Sunday, the day before the national championship game. "It's a tough time for him as an individual," the coach said. "I keep trying to tell him I believe in him, I trust him. I'm going to keep putting you out there. Said many times I'm not the smartest, but I'm not the dumbest guy. So if I keep putting you out there, I must have more confidence in you than you have in yourself. So hopefully things will change Monday night."
They didn't. Not right away, anyway. Hicks' first field goal attempt came 15 seconds in. He got a good look at a baseline jumper, but it went long. So too did his second shot. But he kept trying. He got a block. A couple of rebounds. A few free throws, and then his first jumper fell inside of three minutes to go in the first half. Hicks proceeded to have a very average Isaiah Hicks game. He'd made a strong move to score late in the shot clock five minutes prior, but with a minute to play he had 11 points, 9 rebounds and four fouls. Not dominant, but not bad. He was trying.
What a great life lesson. Keeping in the fight, even when your "A Game" seems to have deserted you.
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Somalia Pirates: Indian Ship Grabbed
BBC News reports pirates seize ship off northern Somalia
Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials there say. One source said the vessel was heading towards Somali shores. There were no details of the crew or destination.
"We understand Somali pirates hijacked a commercial Indian ship and [it is heading] towards Somalia shores," Abdirizak Mohamed Dirir, a former director of Puntland's anti-piracy agency, told Reuters news agency.
The privately-owned Daynile website said that attack happened some 50km (30 miles) south of the port town of Hobyo.
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There were 11 people on board the vessel, which was taken on 1 April, Indian media report.
Reuters report:
Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years of inactivity, industry and security sources said on Monday.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which coordinates the management of merchant ships and yachts in the Gulf of Aden area, said it had received information that a dhow en route to Bosasso from Dubai had been hijacked "in the vicinity of Socotra (Island)".
A spokesman said UKMTO could not confirm the location of the vessel, which he identified as Al Kausar, or what exactly had taken place, and that investigations were continuing.
Graeme Gibbon-Brooks of UK-based Dryad Maritime Security said industry sources had told him the Indian vessel was en route to Bosasso from Dubai when it was hijacked on Saturday.
The pirates were on board and were taking the ship and its 11 crew members to Eyl in Puntland, he said.
An Indian government official briefed on the incident confirmed the crew's number, said they were all Indian, that the vessel was an unmechanized dhow, and that officials were in touch with the Somali government.
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U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 27 February - 29 March 2017
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On Midrats 2 April 2017, Episode 378: China & the Challenge in the Cyber Domain
Please join us at 5pm EDT on 2 April 2017 for Midrats Episode 378: China & the Challenge in the Cyber Domain
You hear a bit on the edges about China's cyber forces' ongoing efforts to penetrate the cyber domain in order to get an edge against the USA and other nations she sees as either being in the way of her national goals, or in possession of something they need to keep their economy strong.
This Sunday we are going to take a deeper dive in to the role of China in the cyber domain with our guest Dean Cheng.
In addition to being the author of the book, Cyber Dragon, Dean Cheng has been studying Chinese political and security developments for over 25 years. He has worked at a variety of think-tanks, including the Center for Naval Analysis, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, and SAIC, as well as the Heritage Foundation. His research builds on a variety of Chinese materials, to bring to light how the Chinese talk about key issues such as space warfare and information warfare to their own military and civilian decision-makers.
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This report provides an overview of the activities of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the accounting enforcers in the European Economic Area (EEA), thereafter, ‘European enforcers’, when examining compliance of financial information provided by issuers listed on regulated markets with the applicable financial reporting framework in 2015. It also provides an overview of the main activities performed at European level, quantitative information on enforcement activities in Europe as well as ESMA’s contribution to the development of the single rule book in the area of financial reporting. In addition, it also outlines ESMA’s activities for 2016 in the area of corporate reporting following its Supervisory Convergence Work Programme.
Following the implementation of the ESMA Guidelines on enforcement of financial information (hereafter the Guidelines on enforcement), ESMA and European enforcers have further strengthened supervisory convergence in the area of enforcement of financial information. The Guidelines on enforcement significantly contributed to the alignment of supervisory approaches/procedures through the use of harmonised key concepts for examinations, of a common set of enforcement priorities, of common rules for enforcement actions and of a single set of criteria for identifying accounting matters for which coordination at European level within ESMA is needed. In the last area, the number of accounting issues discussed by the enforcers before taking enforcement decisions increased significantly (65 emerging issues in 2015 vs 47 in 2014) and contributed to enhancing supervisory convergence as enforcers should take into account the outcome of these discussions when taking decisions .
In 2015 ESMA and European enforcers evaluated the level of compliance with IFRS in the areas identified as common enforcement priorities for the 2014 annual financial statements on a sample of 189 issuers. This assessment resulted in 40 enforcement actions being taken on shortcomings in the disclosures of assumptions and judgements supporting the recognition of deferred tax assets arising from tax losses, when assessing control or classifying joint arrangements.
As in previous years, ESMA together with European enforcers identified and included in their supervisory practices a set of common enforcement priorities significant for European issuers when preparing their 2015 IFRS financial statements. These priorities include the impact of the financial markets’ conditions in IFRS financial statements, presentation of the statement of cash flows and related disclosures as well as the fair value measurement of non-financial assets and related disclosures. Specific references to some of the 2014 common priorities and to the new IFRS requirements, notably on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers are also part of these priorities.
As a response to increased concerns in the markets, ESMA issued Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures (hereafter the Guidelines on APMs) which are aimed at contributing to the publication of transparent, unbiased and comparable information by European issuers on their financial performance. The Guidelines on APMs will apply to APMs disclosed by issuers when publishing regulated information or persons responsible for the prospectus. European enforcers had to adapt their supervisory procedures and declare their compliance to these guidelines.
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ESMA published a Statement referring to principles relevant for improving the quality of disclosures as a response to concerns expressed by users on the overload, lack of completeness or relevance of the information provided in the financial statements.
Finally, European enforcers examined the interim or annual financial statements of approximately 1,200 issuers representing an average examination rate of 20% of all IFRS issuers with securities listed on regulated markets, out of which 14% related to unlimited scope examinations and 6% to focused examinations. As a result of these activities, European enforcers took actions addressing material departures against 273 issuers, representing around 25% of the selected sample. The main deficiencies were identified in the areas of financial statements presentation, impairment of non-financial assets and accounting for financial instruments.
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In accordance with its mandate under the Transparency Directive, ESMA has submitted to the European Commission for endorsement the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the European Electronic Access Point (EEAP) and published the consultation paper on the draft RTS on European Single Electronic Format (ESEF).
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing extracts from its confidential database of enforcement decisions on financial statements, with the aim of providing issuers and users of financial statements with relevant information on the appropriate application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).European enforcers monitor and review IFRS financial statements and consider whether they comply with IFRS and other applicable reporting requirements, including relevant national law.Publication of enforcement decisions will inform market participants about which accounting treatments European national enforcers may consider as complying with IFRS; that is, whether the treatments are considered as being within the accepted range of those permitted by IFRS. Such publication, together with the rationale behind these decisions, will contribute to a consistent application of IFRS in the EEA.Decisions included in this extract were taken by national enforcers in the period from August 2012 to March 2014. ESMA will continue publishing further extracts from the database on a regular basis, with the next extract expected to be published in the first half of 2015.
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Two Prominent Foundations Join Tenant Roster at ESRT’s One Grand Central Place
June 18, 2014 March 21, 2019 by ESRT Editor
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESRT) (“ESRT”), a leading real estate investment trust with office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, has signed two prestigious foundations to the tenant roster of One Grand Central Place (60 East 42nd Street): Robertson Foundation and Wexner Foundation.
Robertson Foundation is a private grant foundation established by Tiger Management founder Julian H. Robertson Jr., his wife Josie, and their family in 1996. It will occupy the entire 12,700-square-foot 39th floor, which offers spectacular north, west and south cityscape views.
The Wexner Foundation, which focuses on the development of Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North America and public leaders in Israel, leased 3,136 square feet. Leslie Wexner, the founder of Limited Brands, established the foundation in the 1980s.
These organizations join a growing roster of prominent tenants, including Allianz, 3i Debt Management, Balfour Beatty, Gerson Lehrman Group, and Pine Brook Partners.
“We are thrilled to welcome Robertson Foundation and Wexner Foundation to One Grand Central Place,” said Thomas P. Durels, ESRT’s Chief of Property Operations and Leasing.
The property’s on-site amenities include a visitor center, a tenant-only conference center, two dining options, banking, and convenient in-building access to Grand Central Terminal.
Barbara Winter, Cynthia Wasserberger, Martin Horner and Reid Longley of JLL represented Robertson Foundation in the lease negotiations. Dale Schlather and Tyler McNeil of Cushman & Wakefield represented The Wexner Foundation.
Other recent leases at the property include:
Great American Insurance Company leased 3,162 square feet. Tenant brokers: Martin Horner and Reid Longley of JLL.
Auriga Capital Management leased 2,688 square feet. Tenant broker: Ruth Colp-Haber of Wharton Property Advisors.
Mutual of Omaha leased 2,226 square feet. Tenant brokers: Howard Kaplowitz and David Ervolina of Colliers International.
Landlord representation for the five leases was provided by Ryan Kass and Fred Posniak of Empire State Realty Trust, along with William Cohen, Jonathan Tootell, and Julie Christiano of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the world’s most famous office building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company’s office and retail portfolio covers 8.4 million rentable square feet, as of March 31, 2014, consisting of 7.7 million rentable square feet in 12 office properties, including seven in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 624,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio. The Company also owns land at the Stamford, Connecticut Transportation Center that supports the development of an approximately 380,000 rentable square foot office building and garage and has recently exercised its options to acquire the ground lease of two additional Manhattan office properties encompassing approximately 1.5 million rentable square feet of office space and over 150,000 rentable square feet of retail space at the base of the buildings.
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Cook County Exceeds its Target in Key Sustainability Metric
January 9, 2017 Press Environmental, Latest Local News, Park Forest
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. (Photo SUPPLIED)
New report shows 22 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- For the third year in a row, Cook County has exceeded its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction goals, the County’s Annual Sustainability Report shows.
GHGs from County buildings have decreased by 22 percent since they were calculated in 2010, an achievement that surpasses the target of a 10 percent reduction from 2010 through 2015. GHGs are a key factor in climate change, according to reputable scientific studies.
The County has increased energy efficiency through measures such as updating building control systems, and replacing and modernizing boilers and chillers. The County has also invested in renewable energy technology at facilities across the County.
The County’s reduction in utility use between 2010 and 2015 has saved taxpayers over $5 million in utility costs and has reduced the CO2 emissions equivalent to the electricity use of nearly 24,000 homes in one year.
The Sustainability Report was authored by the County’s Green Leadership Team, which is led by John Keller, Chief of Staff for Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle.
“The County has made tremendous progress in making our buildings more energy efficient and I am very proud that we’ve surpassed our goal by such a large margin,” Preckwinkle said. “We are working to implement sustainable practices into all of our programs. We are focusing on reducing our emissions from fleet and transportation, reducing water use and waste, and finding ways to make the County’s communities more sustainable in the years ahead.”
Other key highlights from the report include:
Sustainability is being incorporated into the County’s work on transportation planning, economic development and resiliency and disaster recovery. In 2016, the County released Connecting Cook County, a policy plan that prioritizes transit and other transportation alternatives.
The County has reduced the number of vehicles in its fleet by 10 percent since 2012.
More the 900,000 tons of building materials have been diverted from landfills thanks to a 2012 County ordinance.
With grants from the federal government, the County is assessing brownfields in seven west suburban communities to begin the process of cleaning and redeveloping sites previously used for commercial or industrial purposes. The County is also expanding the market for community solar, making solar energy more accessible to all residents.
At the Rolling Meadows courthouse, water efficiency improvements have already resulted in a 52 percent reduction in water consumption in just the first five months of implementation.
The report also shows that in addition to energy efficiency work, the County is investing in renewable energy sources by installing the following:
Solar canopies that will convert the sun’s rays into electricity at the Bridgeview courthouse.
Solar thermal walls at four Department of Transportation and Highways maintenance facilities. The solar thermal walls convert the sun’s rays into thermal energy, heating air and delivering it to the facility.
A geothermal heating and cooling system at the Skokie courthouse.
President Preckwinkle has made sustainability and green practices a priority in her administration. She created the Green Leadership Team, which is tasked with working with her office, the Cook County Department of Environmental Control and other County departments to put forward innovative solutions and resources for sustainability programs that foster energy efficiency and decrease pollution.
Additionally, President Preckwinkle named Deborah Stone, the director of the Cook County Department of Environmental Control, as the County’s first chief sustainability officer.
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10th Annual Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Enhancement Training
September 9-11, 2020 | Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California
2018 Speaker Biographies
Julie Marie Baldwin
Associate Director of Research, Justice Programs Office, American University
Julie Marie Baldwin, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Research at the Justice Programs Office, American University. Dr. Baldwin is a leading expert on veterans treatment courts (VTCs) with extensive experience conducting multi-site evaluations and national surveys, fostering strong researcher-practitioner partnerships, and working with VTCs, legislatures, researchers, and agencies. She is a Principal Investigator on a 3-year multisite evaluation of VTCs funded by the National Institute of Justice and the co-founder and co-president of the Veterans Treatment Court Research Consortium. Prior to her doctoral program, she was a court analyst for the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division and a paralegal and FOIL administrator for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Appeals Bureau. She holds a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminal Law & Procedure from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida.
Sean Bear
(Meskwaki Tribal Nation), Co-Director, National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Sean, BA, CADC, is a member of the Meskwaki tribe in Tama, Iowa, being an Army veteran of over 9 years of service and served with the 82nd Airborne Division. He has worked as an Administrator/Counselor in EAP, a counselor in adolescent behavioral programs, substance abuse, and in-home family therapy. It has been very rewarding to work with individuals and groups in the areas of Substance abuse, Behavioral, and person/family/social issues. He has had experience in building holistic, Native American based curriculum, and implementation with substance abuse clientele. He graduated from Buena Vista University with a double major in psychology and human services, as well as two years of Graduate school with Drake University’s mental health program. It is his goal to continue on and receive his Master’s degree. His passion is the life-long education of Spirituality, particularly in Native American Spirituality.
Precious Benally
(Diné), Program Manager, Tribal Justice Exchange; Senior Associate, Treatment Court Programs, Center for Court Innovation
Precious Benally is a Program Manager with the Tribal Justice Exchange and Treatment Court Programs at the Center for Court Innovation. She provides training and technical assistance for drug treatment courts and tribal justice systems across the country. This includes assisting with community needs assessments and comprehensive strategic planning projects, authoring publications, and providing support for tribal justice program development. She has presented on topics ranging from opioid abuse in Indian Country, the implementation of teleservices for drug courts in rural jurisdictions and incorporating restorative justice practices in treatment court programs. Her areas of interest include international indigenous law and policy, healing to wellness courts, peacemaking and restorative justice practices, teleservices, and developing technology-based training and information-sharing platforms. Ms. Benally obtained her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she focused on international indigenous law and policy, peacemaking, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Benally is a citizen of the Diné Nation from Northern New Mexico.
Russ Bermejo
Senior Program Associate, Center for Children and Family Futures, Inc.
Russ Bermejo, MSW, currently serves as a Senior Program Associate with the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare at Center for Children and Family Futures (CCFF). In this capacity, he facilitates technical assistance regarding child welfare and substance use disorder related issues for multiple projects. He has managed the Family Drug Court Learning Academy since 2010 and currently serves as a Change Leader Associate for the State-wide Systems Improvement Program (SSIP) supporting state leaders with the development and successful implementation of their statewide plan to increase the scale of FTCs and/or infuse FTC practices into larger systems. Mr. Bermejo also served as the Performance Management Liaison providing support to six FTCs awarded by the Children Affected by Methamphetamine (CAM) federal grant program (2010-2014). Mr. Bermejo has 12 years of experience in public child welfare practice, including nearly 10 years as a Senior Social Worker with Orange County Children and Family Services. Mr. Bermejo’s casework primarily focused on family reunification, family maintenance, or permanency planning. Mr. Bermejo has extensive experience in working with children and families involved in the juvenile dependency court system. Prior to joining CCFF, Mr. Bermejo served in the Philippines as an Aftercare Fellow for International Justice Mission, where he worked on numerous aftercare projects focused on rescue and protection, reintegration economic self-sufficiency, and community stakeholder training. Mr. Bermejo earned a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Masters in Social Work, from California State University, San Bernardino.
Vivian B. Brown
Consultant, Integrated and Trauma-Informed Services
Dr. Vivian Brown, Ph.D., is founder and former CEO of PROTOTYPES, Centers for Innovation in Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a multi-facility, multi-service non-profit agency with services located throughout Southern California, and has more than 40 years of experience developing innovative, community-based services for co-occurring disorders, including: community mental health centers; health programs; substance abuse services; trauma-informed and trauma-specific services; domestic violence services; HIV/AIDS services. She is now providing consultation on integrated and trauma-informed services to organizations around the country, including state and local agencies and family drug treatment court systems.
Anna Rangel Clough
(Muscogee Creek and Yuchi), Assistant Director, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center
Anna Clough J.D., is the Assistant Director of the OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center. As a licensed attorney she has served Tribal Nations and citizens in the areas of Family, Domestic, Criminal and Civil Law. As a practitioner serving Tribal families, she has seen the direct impact of the legal system and its impact on the lives of Tribal youth. As part of the OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center she has had the opportunity to work with developing Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts as well as various intervention and prevention programs throughout the country. She recently completed a supportive planning handbook to support Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Development.
Rhonda Decontie
(Algonquin & Penobscot), Cultural Advisor/Clerk, Penobscot Nation Tribal Court
Rhonda Decontie (Algonquin & Penobscot) has served the Penobscot Nation’s Judicial System since 2011 and was promoted to the Clerk of the Court in 2014. That same year she was selected from more than 300 tribal courts by the National American Indian Court Judges Association to receive its National Outstanding Court Support Award. Under her leadership, the Tribal Court has been nationally recognized as a leader in the handling of child protective proceedings and for its culturally aligned Healing to Wellness Court. Her parents are Faye Decontie (Penobscot) and the late Frank Decontie (Algonquin). She was raised both on Indian Island and in the Kitigan Zibi Reserve in Quebec. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health from the University of Maine at Augusta. Her parents raised her to believe that she owed a responsibility to the community to return after she graduated from college to serve her people. She considers her work for her people in the Nation’s Judicial System the greatest achievement of her life. She is committed to ensuring that the Court provides a just, compassionate, culturally aligned problem-solving approach for those it serves. Rhonda was recently featured on VICE for her efforts of including Penobscot traditions and Anishinaabe teachings into the Wellness Court. She recognized that there was a strong need for community engagement and cultural awareness. Through her leadership the Healing to Wellness Court has now set an expectation that participants will have opportunities to engage in community and cultural events.
Anthony Dekker
Physician, Northern Arizona Veteran’s Administration Healthcare System; Medical Director, East Community Based Outpatient Clinics
Tony Dekker, DO, FACOFP, FAOAAM, is currently a member of the Primary Care Service Line at the Northern Arizona Veteran’s Administration Healthcare System in Prescott, Arizona. He is the medical director of the East Community Based Outpatient Clinics (Anthem, Cottonwood and Flagstaff) and the Rural Clinics (Page, Holbrook, Tuba City, Polacca, Chinle and Kayenta). He provides primary care and telemedicine services to veterans in mid and northern Arizona areas. He is also active in the evaluation and treatment of veterans with chronic pain and addiction disorders. From 2010 to 2015, Tony was the director of the Department of Addiction Medicine at the Ft Belvoir Community Hospital which is one of the replacement hospitals for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He directed the four divisions in Addiction Medicine dedicated to the comprehensive evaluation and treatment for substance abuse and dependence disorders in the military. Dr Dekker is expert in substance dependence and co-occurring disorders in Veterans and the Active Duty Service Member (ADSM) population and with military dependents, and retirees. He served on the Provider Wellness and Chronic Pain Committees at Fort Belvoir and is a member of the Joint Board of Directors for the Joint Task Force (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center/Fort Belvoir Community Hospital/ National Intrepid Center of Excellence) on Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). After serving the Indian Health Service from 1998 to 2010 in Arizona he was honored to be a member of the Joint Task Force Medical Team that specializes in the care of Wounded Warriors. Previously he was the Acting Director of the Office of Health Programs at the Phoenix Area Office supervising 15 health departments in Nevada, Utah and Arizona. He was also the Associate Director of the Phoenix Indian Medical Center and the Director, Ambulatory Care and Community Health. He served as the Director of Medical Education for the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Born and raised in Western Michigan he graduated from Hope College in Holland Michigan. He completed his Osteopathic education at Michigan State University in 1978. He completed his internship and family medicine residency at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and an Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. As a Public Health Service Scholar he served Chicago’s South Side for fourteen years. He was Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Children’s Mercy Hospital) during his four years in Kansas City. Dr. Dekker is board certified in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. He is a Fellow in numerous professional societies. As a member of the healthcare team at the Northern Arizona Veteran’s Administration Health Care System (NAVAHCS), he is dedicated to the Mission of providing the highest quality care to veterans and active duty military and their dependents. His areas of expertise include addiction medicine, chronic pain syndromes, infomatics, high risk youth, domestic violence and behavioral health. He has been the Chief Clinical Consultant in Addiction Medicine and Chronic Pain for the Indian Health Service, US Public Health Service and has served on several national panels addressing substance abuse in America. He served on the American Hospital Association Board on Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Issues. Current faculty appointments include clinical professorships at George Washington University (Washington DC) and the Andrew Taylor Still University (Mesa, AZ).
Mark Dyea
(Pueblo of Laguna), Senior Consultant, National Drug Court Institute
Mark is a Pueblo of Laguna Tribal member and a Disabled Veteran. Mark worked for the Pueblo of Laguna’s Probation & Parole Services for 10 ½ years (2004-2015), the last four years as the Program Manager. During his time with Probation & Parole Services he planned, developed and implemented the Pueblo’s Community Wellness Court. He served as the Co-Coordinator for the Wellness Court from 2007 to 2014. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of New Mexico in 2003. As an undergraduate he researched the effects of alcohol on Tribal communities through the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions under the mentorship of Dr. Philip May. Mark us currently working on completing his Master’s in Public Administration. He serves as a Senior Consultant for the National Drug Court Institute.
During his time working as a Treatment Court professional he has served as Probation Officer, Coordinator, Case Manager, and Trainer. Since 2011, he has worked as a consultant for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Tribal Law & Policy Institute, Fox Valley Technical College, and the American Probation and Parole Association.
James Eberspacher
Division Director, National Center for DWI Courts, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
James Eberspacher is the director for the National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC). NCDC is a division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) providing training and technical assistance to DWI court professionals. Jim’s background in treatment court models includes experience at the state and local levels. For seven years, he was the state drug court coordinator for the State of Minnesota, providing oversight in forming treatment court policy and strategic planning, state standards, funding, assisting in research, and providing training and technical assistance to treatment court teams. Jim also served as the coordinator on three treatment court teams – DWI court, hybrid drug/DWI court and family dependency treatment court – in rural Minnesota. Prior to his involvement in the treatment court field, Jim was a probation officer in community supervision and a juvenile institution. Overall, Jim has 19 years of combined experience in treatment courts, corrections, policy development, and training/technical assistance.
Evan Elkin
Executive Director, Reclaiming Futures
Evan Elkin, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Reclaiming Futures and a nationally respected innovator and leader in the field of juvenile justice reform, adolescent and family mental health and substance abuse treatment and youth development. Originally trained as a psychologist at New York University and researcher at the New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University’s Department of Child Psychiatry, his work for the past two decades has been at the intersection of public health and social justice focusing on the nation’s most vulnerable populations. Evan has worked extensively in tribal and non-tribal youth justice settings, schools and in child welfare settings helping to advance public health, equity and social justice through innovation and the development of evidence based practices.
Jocelyn Fabry
(Sault Ste. Marie), Chief Judge, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Judge Fabry serves as the Chief Judge for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, of which she is also an enrolled member. Among her other duties as Chief Judge, Judge Fabry presides over the Gwaiak Miicon healing-to wellness court, the Domestic Violence Court, and Family Preservation Court (family healing-to-wellness court) that she led the development of. Judge Fabry is a 2001 graduate of Michigan State University and a 2004 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law. After graduation, Judge Fabry served as a law clerk to the Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court, then returned home to serve as a prosecuting attorney for her Tribe. Judge Fabry was appointed to the Tribal Court bench in 2010. Judge Fabry serves on various committees and advisory boards, including the Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals (Treasurer) and Michigan Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum (Co-Chair), and has led her Tribe’s efforts to establish a Tribal Action Plan – a long-term strategic plan to combat substance abuse.
Adelle Fontanet
Program Manager, Tribal Justice Exchange; Senior Associate, Research Practice Strategies, Center for Court Innovation
Adelle Fontanet is a Program Manager with the Center’s Tribal Justice Exchange. She provides on-site and long-distance training and technical assistance to tribes seeking to develop or enhance their justice systems around the country. She has lead justice system needs assessments and strategic planning projects with 17 tribes, including child welfare focused needs assessments and healing to wellness court assessments. Ms. Fontanet also played a central role in the development of the Tribal Access to Justice Innovation website, which was designed to promote the sharing of information about innovative tribal justice programs across the country. Prior to working with the Tribal Justice Exchange, she participated in a fellowship with the Center where she worked with Bronx Community Solutions to provide alternatives to incarceration to low-level misdemeanor adult and youth offenders in Bronx Criminal Court. Ms. Fontanet is a licensed attorney, having graduated from Columbia Law School, where she participated in the school’s peacemaking clinic and visited the Chickasaw Nation to learn about peacemaking. Ms. Fontanet frequently gives presentations at tribal justice conferences and was centrally involved in the planning and implementation of the Red Hook Peacemaking Program.
Zephi Francis
Research Specialist, Justice Programs Office, American University
Zephi is a Research Specialist at American University’s Justice Programs Office (JPO). His research interests include racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system, alternatives to mass incarceration, drug and alcohol use, and implementing evidence-based practices. At JPO, Zephi is part of the National Drug Court Resource Center (NDCRC) – an initiative charged with providing treatment court professionals with resources to enable their programs to operate as effectively as possible. He also manages NDCRC’s Annual Drug Court Surveys, which collect information on drug courts’ counts, operations, and target populations. Zephi previously worked as a Research Associate at George Mason University (GMU). While at GMU, he conducted research on prisoner re-entry.
Maria Galvan
Police Officer, Patrol Division, Pueblo of Laguna Law Enforcement Program
Maria Galvan has been in the law enforcement for 10 years. She started her career with the New Mexico State Police and has been with the Pueblo of Laguna’s Police Department for 8 years. She has been actively involved with the Pueblo of Laguna’s Healing to Wellness court for six years.
Carrie Garrow
(Akwesasne Mohawk), Chief Judge, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court
Carrie Garrow, J.D., M.P.A., is currently the Chief Judge of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. Hon. Garrow formerly served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Syracuse University College of Law and Syracuse University’s Native Studies Minor. She received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, her law degree from Stanford Law School, and a master’s in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a consultant with Tribal Law and Policy Institute and has co-authored Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure with Sarah Deer, in addition to writing several articles on tribal law and governance. She has served as a tribal justice consultant for several non-profit organizations, including the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, and the Native Nations Institute. Hon. Garrow is currently on the board of the National American Indian Court Judges Association and the Native American Humane Society Advisory Board.
Jessica Harjo
(San Carlos Apache), Operations Director, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Jessica Harjo, M.B.A., serves as TLPI's Operations Director and has been with TLPI since 2008. She is responsible for the financial management, human resources and overall administrative operations of TLPI. She leads the TLPI Administrative team providing grants management and administrative support on all TLPI grants and projects. Her background includes over 15 years of experience in administrative management, operations and logistics. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Science in Film, Media, and Social Justice and a minor in Business Administration and holds a Master in Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary's University. Jessica is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the internationally recognized Project Management Institute.
Charlene Jackson
(Diné), Owner/Managing Attorney, Jackson Law Firm, PLLC; Associate Judge, Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona; Chief Judge, Fort Mohave Tribal Court of Appeals; Chief Judge, Cedarville Rancheria Court of Appeals; Associate Justice, Colorado River Indian Tribe; Judge Pro Tem, Tonto Apache Tribe; Judge Pro Tem, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada
Charlene Jackson is the Owner/Managing Attorney of the Jackson Law Firm, PLLC in Arizona. Her practice focuses primarily on representing and assisting Tribes with various legal issues as well as policy and organizational development and improvement. In addition to her legal practice, Charlene serves as an Associate Judge for the Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona, Chief Judge of the Fort Mohave Tribal Court of Appeals, Chief Judge of the Cedarville Rancheria Court of Appeals, Associate Justice for the Colorado River Indian Tribe, Judge Pro Tem for the Tonto Apache Tribe and Judge Pro Tem for the Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada. In addition, Charlene is a consultant for the Tribal Law & Policy Institute in West Hollywood, California providing training and technical assistance to tribes throughout Indian Country. She is also a consultant for the National Drug Court Institute, the training division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals in Alexandria, Virginia. In 2007, Charlene was invited to serve on the faculty of the National Tribal Justice Center at the National Judicial College and frequently trains tribal court judges from across the on issues including civil and criminal jurisdiction, domestic violence, child custody and protective orders. Prior to returning to private practice, Charlene previously served as the Chief Judge of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, a Judge for the Gila River Indian Community, the Ak-Chin Indian Community and as a Judge Pro Tem for the City of Chandler. She also has served as an Appellate Judge for the Hualapai. Before her appointment to the bench, Charlene served as assistant counsel for two Arizona tribes.
Lawrence King
Chief Judge, Colorado River Indian Tribes
Chief Judge King joined the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Court in 2014. He is a Magistrate for the Town of Paradise Valley. Judge King is on the Board of the Arizona Magistrates Association and serves as its President, and teaches continuing education subjects. Before his appointment as Chief Judge in 2014, Judge King worked as a Judge Pro Tempore and Acting Chief Judge for Colorado River Indian Tribes; Judge Pro Tempore for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, the Hualapai Tribe and the White Mountain Apache Tribe. In his career as a civil servant, Judge King has served the public by working for Governor Rose Mofford of Arizona and Lt. Governor Thomas P. O’Neil, III of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was also a Candidate for United States House of Representatives in 2002. He clerked for Judge Stephen L. Reinhart on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Jeffrey N. Kushner
Montana Statewide Drug Court Coordinator, Montana Supreme Court/Office of the Court Administrator
Jeffrey Kushner, M.H.R.A., is the Montana Statewide Drug Court Coordinator with the Montana Supreme Court/Office of the Court Administrator. Kushner assumed his duties in January of 2008 after the Montana Legislative Assembly provided initial funding for the state’s drug courts and his position. Kushner, in November of 2015, received an award by the Supreme Court of the State of Montana for "Distinguished Service To The Montana Judiciary And The People of The State of Montana." Prior to assuming his duties in Helena, Kushner was the Drug Court Administrator for the 22nd Judicial Circuit in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Kushner began with the Circuit in December of 1996 as the primary planner for the drug court that opened in April of 1997. Kushner served as the lead trainer at the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse where he taught the basic drug court track. Previous to his position in St. Louis, Kushner was the State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Director in Nebraska, Colorado and Oregon over a period of 26 years. Kushner was the Director in Oregon for sixteen years where he was designated as Manager of the Year in Oregon’s Executive Service. Kushner has served on numerous national task forces, committees and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Advisory Council. Kushner was President of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and received their Outstanding Service Award for his contribution to that organization. Other awards include the Oregon Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse President’s Award, The Harold E. Hughes Exceptional Services Award, Ecumenical Ministries Award for Public Service, Women’s Commission Award from the Oregon Women’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Issues, and the Administrator’s Award for Public Service from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Federal government. Upon leaving St. Louis, the 22nd Judicial Circuit recognized Kushner for, "his vision, knowledge, persistence, diligence, and leadership in creating and developing the St. Louis City Drug Courts. Kushner was also recognized by the Supreme Court of Missouri for his contribution to the drug court movement in Missouri. Kushner is a strong advocate for implementation of evidence-based practices within treatment programs and drug courts and chaired an initiative with National Drug Court Institute to publish a document on evidence-based practices for drug courts in conjunction with 12 internationally known researchers in related fields. This publication, Quality Improvement for Drug Courts: Evidence-Based Practices, has been completed and thousands of copies have been distributed across the country. Kushner, working with American University, is one of two lead authors in the development of a set of guidelines entitled, "A Technical Assistance Guide for Drug Court Judges on Drug Court Treatment Services." to improve the understanding of evidence-based treatment practices and their use by drug courts. Kushner has also joined with Children and Families Futures to develop a Family Strength and Needs Assessment Survey instrument to improve services to family members of drug court participants across the country. In conjunction with Addiction Consulting Group, Kushner developed the Recovery Maintenance Check-in (RMC-i), an instrument developed for drug courts and treatment programs to follow-up on clients/participants after they have left treatment/drug court to help them maintain their recovery. Kushner is the moderator of the national Rural Drug Court List Serve in conjunction with American University’s Office of Justice Programs. Kushner is the only individual in the country who has been both a Single State Agency Director for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and a statewide drug court administrator. Kushner lives in the foothills of the Bitterroot Mountains with his wife, Siberian Husky and Great Pyrenees and is an active volunteer fire fighter and past President of the Victor, Montana Rural Volunteer Fire District Association.
Allie Greenleaf Maldonado
(Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians), Chief Judge, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Court
Honorable Allie Greenleaf Maldonado is a citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) and a member of the Turtle Clan. She was first appointed the Chief Judge of the LTBB Tribal Court in 2012. In 2014, Judge Maldonado was voted Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly Woman of the Year. In addition, she was privileged to be selected as the 2015 Unsung Hero for the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly. In 2016 she was chosen by Harvard Law School as an honoree for International Women’s Day recognizing her extraordinary work with students. In 2017, Detroit News named her a Michiganian of the Year. Judge Maldonado graduated in the top third of her class from the University of Michigan (UM) Law School. While at UM, she served as a Contributing Editor for the University of Michigan Law Review. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the City University of New York and Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School, Judge Maldonado was selected through the Honors Program at the United States Department of Justice to serve as a litigator in the Indian Resources Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division in Washington, D.C. In September of 2002, Judge Maldonado returned to Michigan to serve as Assistant General Counsel for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, a position she held until her appointment as Chief Judge of the Tribal Court.
Richard McCoy
(Lac du Flambeau Ojibwa Tribe), Group Facilitator/Cultural Liaison, Gookomis Endaad Residential Treatment Facility
Richard is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwa tribe. Richard is a veteran of the United States Army where he served with six years of service as an Army medical specialist. Richard is a recovering addict and completed treatment in 2010 and has over eight years in recovery. Richard has worked with numerous medicine men and tribal elders from various tribes thus Richard has an extensive knowledge base in many different forms of Native American Traditions and Spirituality. Furthermore, Richard has a unique way of blending these skills with Recovery knowledge and education. Furthermore, Richard is a trained facilitator for cultural groups, recovery groups and Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT).
Eric M. Mehnert
Chief Judge, Penobscot Nation Tribal Court
Hon. Eric M. Mehnert, J.D., has served as the Chief Judge of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court since 2008. He presides over the Nation’s Criminal and Civil Courts as well as the Nation’s Wellness Court. He tells anyone who will listen that it is the best job he ever had, and ever hopes to have. He also serves as the Wellness Court Judge for the Hopi Tribe in Arizona. He was appointed in 2016 to establish the Tribe’s Wellness Court which is now fully active. He serves as a Contract Judge for the Bureau of Indian Affairs where he is a member of a team reviewing Tribal Courts to assist in meeting the due process requirements of the Tribal Law and Order Act and Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction under the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act. He is a member of the Maine, Massachusetts & Federal Court bars, as well as being admitted to practice before the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He has extensive jury trial and appellate experience in both the State and Federal Courts. Prior to his appointment to the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court Eric was a senior partner in Hawkes & Mehnert, LLP. In his thirty-two year career he focused his litigation practice on civil rights; employment discrimination, housing discrimination and defending the rights of those who have been institutionalized. Eric has also served as the Chief of Enforcement of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's Commission against Discrimination overseeing a staff of 45 investigators and 15 attorneys in prosecuting discrimination actions throughout the Commonwealth. He has served on the Maine Advisory Group to the US Commission on Civil Rights; The Board of Directors of the Maine Civil Liberties Union and the Executive Board of the Portland Branch of the NAACP.
Brooke O’Byrne
Program Associate, Children and Family Futures
Brooke O’Byrne has served a range of organizations including grassroots nonprofits and government agencies. She is passionate about justice reform and behavioral health.
Prior to joining the Children and Family Futures team, Ms. O’Byrne served as the court administrator with Nevada’s Sixth Judicial District Court where she was responsible for grant administration, financial management, staff development, and program implementation. During her tenure with the Sixth Judicial District, Ms. O’Byrne established the jurisdiction’s first Family Treatment Court, PreTrial Release Program, and Behavioral Health Task Force. She also founded the Family Support Center, rural Nevada’s premier outpatient behavioral health treatment facility. Ms. O’Byrne received her Masters of Business Administration from Western Governors University and her Bachelors of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. She is a Certified Drug and Alcohol counselor and serves as a state appointed board member on Nevada’s Rural Behavioral Health Policy Board. In addition to her role with CFF, Ms. O’Byrne serves as a private consultant for justice reform initiatives to state and local government agencies.
Kristina Pacheco
(Pueblo of Laguna), Program Manager, Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Services
Kristina Pacheco is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor, Program Manager for the Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Services and has been in the field of Alcohol and Drug prevention and treatment for over 20 years. During her career, she has been very fortunate to provide services to her tribal community in the capacity of school based health, probation/Healing to Wellness Court and direct addictions counseling. Ms. Pacheco is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna; where she resides in the village of Paraje/Casa Blanca, New Mexico.
Mark Panasiewicz
Program Director, Healing to Wellness Counseling, LLC
Mark Panasiewicz, LMSW, is a veteran of the United States Airforce, who went on to get his Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Michigan Technological University and then received his Master’s in clinical social work from Michigan State University. Mark has been involved with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Healing to Wellness Court (Drug Court) from 2011-2018. Mark was a team member on the KBIC Drug court and acted as the group therapist/facilitator for the drug court and a consultant for the team. Furthermore, Mark has also been involved with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) since 2014. With TLPI Mark is one of the main authors of the Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Treatment Guidelines 2cd edition that was published and released in 2017. Mark has also been on countless “on sites” for TLPI where he has provided technical assistance and helped guide Native American communities in the formation of new drug courts or helped them “iron” out issues with existing drug courts. Mark has extensive knowledge of the 10 key components, sanctions and incentives and the importance of treating substance abuse as a disease. Mark also has extensive knowledge on working in and with Native American communities. Mark has a very good understanding of the culture and the politics that occur when working in Native American communities and has been called upon to train nonnatives in healthy interactions with Native Americans communities. Furthermore, Mark is a licensed Clinical Therapist in both Wisconsin, and Michigan and is the Clinical Director of a ninety (90) day inpatient substance abuse treatment center (Gookomis Endaad) where his treatment modalities and treatment plan were adopted and implemented. Mark is considered by many communities and organizations as a foremost expert in the field of substance abuse in particular with co-occurring mental health issues and Mark has been called upon to present and speak on this subject across the country. Mark has done presentations at the Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Montana Association of Drug Court Professionals conferences on subject matters such as Enablement, Relapse Prevention, Pharmacology and Drug Testing, Veterans in Treatment Court and Screening and Assessments plus many more subjects related to the Drug Court field or on Co-occurring/Duel Diagnosis. Mark has also done webinars for the Seminole Tribe in Florida on subject matters such as meth and the effects it has on housing and has also done webinars for the Salvation Army on duel diagnosis issues and substance abuse. Finally, Mark owns and manages his own company called Healing to Wellness Counseling LLC.
Michelle Tom
(Diné), Family Medicine Physician, Winslow Indian Health Care Center
Michelle Tom, DO, MPH, is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, born and raised on the Navajo reservation. Michelle attended Winslow High School, and Arizona State University where she received a B.S. in Microbiology and Pre-Med. While in college, Michelle played Division I basketball. Michelle received her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Health Administration and Policy from the University of Arizona. Michelle receive her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University, located in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Michelle conducted her medical internship at Southampton Hospital with Stony Brook Medicine in Southampton, NY, and her family medicine residency at Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, NJ. Michelle is presently a family medicine physician at the Winslow Indian Health Care Center.
Lori Vallejos
Counselor III, Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Services
Lori Vallejos, LMSW, is a counselor with Laguna Behavioral Health Services in Laguna, New Mexico. She has been a member of the Healing to Wellness Court for the Pueblo of Laguna since May 2017. In 2003 she worked with Juvenile Drug Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has received training in both Moral Reconation Therapy® and advanced Moral Reconation Therapy® and facilitates individual and group therapy using this treatment approach.
Lauren van Schilfgaarde
(Cochiti Pueblo), Tribal Law Specialist, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Lauren van Schilfgaarde, J.D., serves as TLPI's Tribal Law Specialist, which includes facilitating technical assistance to tribal courts, including Healing to Wellness Courts, and researching legal and policy issues as they face tribal governance and sovereignty. Prior to TLPI, Lauren served as law clerk for the Native American Rights Fund and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Lauren is licensed in the State of California, and currently serves on the board of the National Native American Bar Association, the American Bar Association's Center for Racial and Ethnic Justice, and the American Bar Association's Tribal Courts Council. She recently finished serving a 3-year term on the board of the California Indian Law Association. Lauren graduated from the UCLA School of Law, where she focused her studies on tribal and federal Indian law. While in law school, she served as president of the Native American Law Students Association and on the board of the National Native American Law Students Association. Lauren participated in two tribal clinics, including the Tribal Legal Development Clinic and the Tribal Appellate Court Clinic.
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Maine Drivers Face New Cellphone Law
August 23, 2019 /in Car Accident /by Anthony Ferguson
On June 19, the Maine Legislature approved a bill that bans drivers from using cell phones and other handheld devices.
Although texting and driving was already illegal in Maine, that older law had been difficult to enforce. Senator Bill Diamond, sponsor of the new law, said it will make “tremendous changes in terms of the safety of our highways.”
The new measure prohibits the use of a handheld device while driving, even while idling at a red light or stopped in traffic. Maine will be one of 20 states and the District of Columbia to adopt a stricter stance against cellphone use while driving.
The new law includes the following:
Drivers over the age of 18 with a full license may use their phones in ‘hands-free’ mode via a headset or when the phone is mounted to a part of the vehicle that does not obscure their view of the road. Drivers using a mounted device can only interact with it via a single finger swipe or tap.
Drivers may use their phones while parked or to call 911 to report an emergency.
First offenders will be fined $50 while repeat offenders could be fined up to $500 and lose their license for three months.
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine supported the bill. Its executive director, John Williams, said that many drivers have passed him at a dangerously close distance while he was riding his bike, and a glance confirmed that they were on their phone and not paying attention.
Maine has been taking an increasingly stronger stance on cell phone use behind the wheel. In 2017, the state Supreme Judicial Court ruled that circumstantial evidence may be enough to prove violations in fatal distracted driving accidents. Direct proof of what activity distracted the driver is not required in order to prove a violation.
The new law will strengthen enforcement even more.
An Overview of Phone Use While Driving
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, phone use while driving is one of the leading causes of distracted driving crashes. In 2017, an estimated 3,160 people died on U.S. roads due to inappropriate cellphone use.
Although texting and driving has been illegal in Maine since 2011, drivers had been permitted to use their phones to dial out, get directions, or play music. Advocates of the new law say that a complete ban on holding a phone while driving is easier to enforce and will be more effective in improving road safety.
Maine law enforcement issued 1,600 tickets in 2018; however, a survey of nearly 13,600 vehicles revealed that over 6% of drivers in Maine talked on their phone or used a device while driving. Two years earlier, an estimated 750 Maine drivers involved in crashes were found to have been using their cell phones at the time of the crash.
Officials commented that they expect at least five times as many violations related to handheld devices during the first year that the new ban is in effect. A fiscal analysis of the proposal estimated that nearly $517,000 in fines could be collected every year for the next three years.
The new law takes effect September 19, 2019.
Contact a Maine Personal Injury Attorney
Distracted driving presents a serious injury risk to pedestrians, bicyclists, and other motorists. When checking texts or emails takes priority over safe driving, the outcome can be brain and spinal cord injury, broken bones, soft tissue injury, and even disability or death.
At Fales & Fales, P.A., we believe that distracted drivers should be held fully accountable for injuries they cause. Our personal injury attorneys fight for the rights and the futures of those harmed by negligent drivers. For more information or to schedule a consultation, please, contact us.
Car-Sharing Company’s Effect on Drunk Driving Arrests and Accidents Treating Post-Accident Vehophobia (Fear of Driving)
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Apple Introduces iPhone 6 and Apple Watch
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They're the "best iPhones" the company has ever produced, Apple CEO Tim Cook said after the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were introduced to a packed auditorium during an Apple event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts earlier today—the same place where Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh in 1984. After rumors and months of waiting, consumers finally got a look at the next-gen of Apple phones.
iPhone 6 isn't simply bigger -- it's better in every way. Larger, yet dramatically thinner. More powerful, but remarkably power efficient. With a smooth metal surface that seamlessly meets the new Retina HD display. It's one continuous form where hardware and software function in perfect unison, creating a new generation of iPhone that's better by any measure. (Apple.com)
Bigger is better, and with iPhone 6's 5.44 inches and iPhone 6 Plus's 6.22 inches compared to the previous iPhone 5S size of just four inches, these new phones not only boast a larger screen (up to 5.5 inches on the iPhone Plus), they're thinner than ever with 6.9 mm for the iPhone 6 and 7.1 mm for the iPhone 6 Plus. The Retina HD display allows for 1334 x 750 resolution (iPhone 6) and 1920 x 1080 resolution (iPhone 6 Plus).
The new 64-bit A8 chip has two billion transistors—twice as many as the A1 chip—and allows for 25 percent faster CPU performance and up to 50 percent faster graphics performance. Apple claims the new phones have better battery life that can last up to 24 hours of 3G talking (iPhone 6 Plus) and up to 14 hours on the iPhone 6. Users can also enjoy a much improved Internet browsing: up to 12 hours on 3G, 14 hours of video playback, and 80 hours of audio playback.
While Apple has always attempted to innovate the next bigger and lighter piece of hand-held technology, these new phones are slightly heavier than last gen's 3.95 ounces. The larger iPhone 6 Plus weighs 6.07 ounces and its smaller counterpart weighs 4.55 ounces. It's not a significant weight difference (the iPhone 5s weighed only 3.95 ounces), but for a company that seems to boast its light-as-air products and puts all its efforts into making new products lighter than before, it makes all the difference.
A new 8-megapixel camera with true tone flash might not be the boost consumers want, but Apple is praising its "Focus Pixel" technology that allows the lens to move in and out to determine autofocus points. It's video capabilities will be able to shoot in 1080p HD at 30 to 60fps, and offers an improved slo-mo option.
Apple also introduced the phone's new payment feature: Apple Pay. Built into both new phones, it uses a new chip called the Secure Element, storing encrypted payment information that allows you to pay for items through your iPhone by using the Touch ID. Payments will be charged to the user's credit or debit card linked to their iTunes Store account. This may be the breakthrough for a future of card-less payment, and Apple reassures there's no need to worry about identity theft.
After unveiling the new phones, Apple launched its Apple Watch: the highly anticipated new wearable device coming early next year. "Our goal has always been to make powerful technology more accessible, more relevant, and ultimately more personal," Apple wrote on its page dedicated to the Apple Watch. "Apple Watch represents a new chapter in the relationship people have with technology. It's the most personal product we've ever made, because it's the first one designed to be worn."
With a wide range of watch faces—Apple states there's "over two million ways to see time"—this tiny gadget is not only marketed as a fitness companion, it adds a new way to communicate, offering easy access to mail, messages, and calls. The three editions of the watch, Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, and Apple Watch Edition, also mimics a smartphone, enabling users to use a variety of apps and take full advantage of Siri. Pricing starts at $350 and requires an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
Apple seems to be following market trends instead of creating them, cashing in on the new smart-watch trend and larger phones that almost match up to the market's smallest tablets (aka "Phablets).
Anticipation of the announcement fueled both excitement and disappointment, causing Apple shares to spike reaching 102.69 by 2 p.m., but it eventually fell 0.38 percent to 98.00. Last year, the stock fell 2.3 percent the day iPhone 5S was introduced, according to USA Today.
The new iPhones, available in Apple's usual silver, gold, and space grey variants, start at $199 for the iPhone 6 and $299 for the iPhone 6 Plus with a two year contract. Configurations include 16GB, 32GB and 128GB. Preorders start Sept. 12 and will be available on Sept. 19.
Will you be among the thousands lining up to grab the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus? Let us know in the comments below.
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The Complete Guide To Savile Row
Everything you need to know about the home of bespoke tailoring
Image: Dege & Skinner
By Simon Crompton
Savile Row is justly famous as the home of men’s tailoring. It is the only road in the world that is synonymous with a form of clothing and – delightfully – is so well-known that in Japan the word for a suit is ‘sebiru’, a corruption of ‘Savile Row’.
The Row’s fame derives from a period of roughly 300 years – from the Restoration to World War II – when British style dominated men’s clothing. The British Empire put bespoke-clad men in charge of a quarter of the world’s population, and its aristocracy toured countries clad in its off-duty tailoring.
While areas like Naples in Italy also have rich traditions of tailoring, they all spring from watching, copying and then adapting British style. Local tailors in Naples, for example, saw the Row-clad men on their Grand Tour and copied the cuts while removing much of the structure, to make it more suitable to the heat of southern Italy.
What Is Savile Row?
Savile Row is a short street in London’s West End, just behind the busy shopping parade of Regent Street. It was built as part of the Burlington Estate – the palace of which is the Royal Academy of Arts today.
Although it has been a home for the city’s finest tailors since the 19th century, Savile Row has always had other businesses on the street, such as The Royal Geographical Society at number one, and the offices of The Beatles’ record label, Apple Corps, at number three. Beatles fans are often found today on one side of the street, staring up at number three in the company of a tour guide.
And while many of the great tailoring houses remain on the Row, there has always been other tailors in the surrounding streets and districts. Today, greats such Henry Poole, Huntsman, Dege & Skinner and Gieves & Hawkes have shops and workshops on the Row, but Anderson & Sheppard has moved to Old Burlington Street, and there are other clusters on Sackville Street and on St George’s Street.
The trend in recent years has also been for fashion brands to move into the Row and make use of the famous name – Abercrombie & Fitch being the most high-profile example. Thankfully that trend is slowly starting to reverse.
How Do You Define A Savile Row Suit?
It’s probably useful, first, to define a bespoke suit. For those that know and understand the tradition of bespoke, this has to be a suit that is cut and then made by hand.
The hand cutting means that an individual paper pattern is made for the customer and refined over several fittings, enabling a superiority of fit that cannot be achieved by anything ready-to-wear or made-to-measure. Put simply, it is the best suit money can buy.
The hand making has both functional and aesthetic benefits. Functionally, it enables the tailor to shape the jacket and its structure around the customer, creating a three-dimensional shape; aesthetically, it creates a fineness and delicacy of stitching that subtly elevates it above anything made by a machine.
These factors of cut and make are common to any truly bespoke suit around the world. What defines a Savile Row suit is either a question of location (the Savile Row Bespoke Association requires that a suit be made within 100 yards of the Row) or one of style.
In terms of style, Savile Row suits tend to be harder and sharper than tailoring made elsewhere. They use more shoulder padding and canvas, and prioritise straight, angular lines. Although there are variations in style (which we will go into later) all Savile Row suits have this smart, structured look – perfect for a wedding, an office or a board meeting, but in some people’s eyes not so suited to dressing down.
The other notable style traditions come from Paris, from Naples, from Milan and to a lesser extent from Florence. They all tend to be softer and lighter, with Neapolitan tailors using the most relaxed, lightweight materials for the best summer suits.
The traditional styles of Savile Row come largely from military uniforms – in an age where even battle dress prioritised display over functionality. This is why Row suits largely still seem so formal, with padded shoulders, stiff canvas, nipped waists and long jackets. Man’s first trip to Savile Row may well have been for a uniform, and this is the role many of the tailors (particularly Gieves & Hawkes and Dege & Skinner) still play today.
Anderson & Sheppard was always known as the civilian tailor, famous for dressing Hollywood stars such as Fred Astaire. But even their traditional cut – known as the ‘drape’ – had military origins, with cutter Frederick Scholte inspired by the excess cloth in the chest and back of some uniforms, belted tightly at the waist, which made the upper body appear bigger and stronger.
In recent years several Savile Row tailors have begun offering ready-to-wear and made-to-measure tailoring alongside bespoke, such as Huntsman and (ex-Huntsman head cutter) Richard Anderson. Although usually not made in the UK, these do offer the same house style as bespoke, and can be finished and altered by the in-house tailors. So there’s better guidance on fit than in most high-street stores, and it’s a nice way to sample the style of a particular tailor. A gateway drug, perhaps – and a potentially expensive habit.
The prestige of this particular post code and the quality of work produced on the Row means that buying a suit on Savile Row does not come cheap. Ready-to-wear suits start around £700 and you should at least double your budget for made-to-measure. For the full bespoke experience, you’ll need a minimum of £4,000 but £10,000 is not uncommon, depending on factors like your preferred material and the amount of hand work required.
Three Different Cuts
Before running through the different tailoring houses, it’s helpful to say that their styles – subsets of that structured English look – can be roughly placed into three groups.
The Traditional Cut
The first is the oldest, the most traditional and the closest to most military tailoring. It is characterised by a strong shoulder, a chest that fits close to the body, a nipped waist and a relatively long jacket that flares slightly at the bottom. It is very flattering, and will make you stand up like a soldier. It is seen on the likes of Huntsman, Richard James and Dege & Skinner.
“That cut can be very flattering on slight men,” says Ben Clarke, head cutter at Richard James. “We particularly like a longer jacket, which is rather unfashionable now but adds height to a man where the shoulders add width.”
The Drape Cut
The second is the ‘drape’ cut mentioned above. This has a softer shoulder, but creates the impression of strength by cutting the shoulder a little wider, and using a little excess fabric in the chest and back. It also tends to have a larger sleeve, and this makes it the most comfortable of the cuts, albeit not the sharpest.
“We use a very lightweight canvas within our coats, cut on the bias to allow softness and natural movement,” adds LinkTextAnderson & Sheppard managing director Colin Heywood. “We incorporate minimum padding to the shoulders, creating a very natural silhouette.”
The Exaggerated Cut
Chittleborough & Morgan
The third is far more modern, and has its origins with Tommy Nutter in the 1960s and 1970s. Nutter changed the way men looked at Savile Row, dressing The Beatles (including on the Abbey Road cover) and Mick Jagger (including Mick and Bianca for their wedding day), while retaining the craft of Savile Row. Followers of his tend to cut jackets with larger, even upturned shoulders, lots of structure and exaggerated lapels.
“The shoulder is the emphasis,” says Edward Sexton creative director Dominic Sebag-Montefiore. “Then strong architectural lines, and a lengthy lapel – as Edward [Sexton, the founder] likes to say, ‘long, low and leafy’.”
Savile Row Houses To Consider
Sitting at No.1 Savile Row, Gieves & Hawkes has always had a wonderful location, but had lost a little of its bespoke reputation until Davide Taub took over as head cutter a few years ago. The bespoke department is now blossoming, and is one of the few houses to do all of its work on site.
Historically the house was a naval and military tailor, and has made for many British royals, including the now Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex (William and Harry). The style is of the first group listed above, traditional and military, with occasional flair from Davide thrown in.
Huntsman’s heritage is as an equestrian tailor, making hunting and riding clothes for European aristocracy. Today of course it makes everything from three-piece suits to tweed jackets, but there is still a leather saddle mounted in one changing room, where a customer would have sat to have his riding breeches fitted.
Huntsman also does a particularly strong line in tweed, making up exclusive versions every year or two, and today often running an online competition for the best design. It is the Row tailor that travels furthest, around the United States and the whole of Asia. The house style is distinctive – of the military type, but with a particular emphasis on a padded shoulder and a one-button jacket.
The glamorous civilian tailor. Laurence Olivier, Duke Ellington and Rudolf Valentino were its customers, all brought in by their friends and then staying for the soft, flowing cut created by Frederick Scholte and passed to Per Anderson. A&S also uses a few tailoring quirks, such as making its own shoulder pads and cutting its chest canvas at an angle, creating more stretch and comfort.
Although now behind the Row on Old Burlington Street, A&S has one of the most attractive shops for its combination of traditional and modern style. It also has a beautiful ready-to-wear shop, the ‘Haberdashery’ around the corner on Clifford Street that does not sell tailoring – just everything else one could wear with it.
Henry Poole & Co
Known as the founder of Savile Row, being the first to move into the street, Henry Poole is a full hundred years older than Anderson & Sheppard and is steeped in tradition. The walls are covered in warrants from royalty all over the world, and its workshops downstairs extends beneath two different buildings. Poole’s style is of the traditional, military variety but without the more extreme lines of Huntsman. There also tends to be less padding in the shoulder.
The house is known for creating the dinner jacket – a style requested by the Prince of Wales (future Edward VII) of his friend Henry Poole, intended for informal dinners at home. It was christened the tuxedo in the US, according to one story, when James Potter met the Prince, copied the style, and brought it back to his friends at the Tuxedo Club in New York.
The leading proponent of the Tommy Nutter style on Savile Row is Joe Morgan. He and Roy Chittleborough worked with Nutter as cutters, under the leadership of head cutter Edward Sexton. Sexton deserves a recommendation himself, though he is currently located in Kensington, west London, not on the Row. And while we’re on the subject, Michael Browne, who left Chittleborough & Morgan recently to set up on Berkeley Square.
The style is a strong and distinctive one, with a heavy pad in the shoulder that often lifts up at the end, creating an almost super-heroic effect. The lapels are wide and curved, and the jacket is long. The quality of tailoring and finishing is also some of the finest anywhere on the Row, with long, fine buttonholes and incredibly detailed work.
Richard trained at Huntsman, rising to be head cutter before leaving to set up his own establishment. That story is entertainingly told in Richard’s book ‘Bespoke: Savile Row Ripped and Smoothed’. Today Richard is known as an excellent cutter in the military Huntsman style, but also with an awareness of contemporary fashion that leads to him offering customers a line of house denim, and raincoats especially made to fit over his bespoke suits.
Dege & Skinner
Dating back to 1865, Dege & Skinner is notable for being one of the few houses left on Savile Row to be family owned. As other bespoke houses have gone through ups and downs over the years, Dege has often picked up customers looking for stability and tradition.
Dege is equally known for civilian clothing as it is for its military uniforms (a piece for the Royal Lancers Regiment recently appeared in the V&A’s ‘What is Luxury’ exhibition) with a style that is a solid, British military cut. It is also the only house on the Row to have its own shirt cutting facility on site.
Richard James was one of a group of brands – including Timothy Everest and Ozwald Boateng – that were seen as ‘saving’ Savile Row in the 1990s, making it cool again for a new generation. Of those, Richard James is only one that remains offering bespoke tailoring on the Row, with a dedicated store opposite its ready-to-wear outlet.
Although the style of head cutter Ben Clarke is a fairly standard military one, he is also more accommodating than most on the Row, offering softer shoulder jackets alongside the structured ones. That attitude goes for the rest of Richard James as well, which tends to have a more modern, forward-looking style than other tailors. Clients include Mark Ronson, David Beckham and Elton John.
Visiting a bespoke tailor can be intimidating for anyone, and particularly one on Savile Row with royal warrants covering the walls. It’s useful to know what to expect and what will happen at each appointment.
Usually a bespoke suit will take three or four appointments, with each separated by a few weeks. At the first appointment the style of the suit will be discussed, and the cloth selected. These are not easy decisions to make, and it’s worth giving considerable thought to them beforehand – even bringing in images of suits you like. A picture can tell a thousand words.
“I find the best prepared customers are often those that have thought clearly about how and where the suit will be worn – the occasion, for work or leisure, for a particular event. That immediately narrows down the cloth choice,” says Ben Clarke at Richard James.
Colin Heywood at Anderson & Sheppard adds that a subtle cloth can be a good place to start. “The best advice we can offer to a new customer is to choose a fabric that will allow the silhouette, fit and craftsmanship of the garment to shine through. Often a plain dark blue or grey cloth will provide the most use for a suit as it can be worn every day and work for almost all occasions,” he says.
After these decisions have been made, measurements are taken and some tailors will ask to take photos to help them remember your posture and stance. Once they start pointing things out, it’s amazing how quickly you notice that everyone has one shoulder lower than the other, one further forward than the other, and so on.
At the second appointment there will be a fitting in something that doesn’t look much like a suit. It will have been ‘basted’ together with loose stitches, to make it easier for the tailor to take it apart again afterwards. This fitting is mostly so the tailor can get the right balance (front to back and left to right). You won’t be asked to contribute much, but do voice any thoughts, particularly on the length of the jacket.
Fitting number two is sometimes called the ‘forward’ fitting. Here the suit will look much more like a finished piece, and you will need to give your views on every aspect of the style – the lapel width, where it is buttoning, the width of the trouser legs and so on. Again, referring to pictures might be helpful, or at least considering what you were aiming for at the very beginning.
One further fitting will usually be required for a first-time customer, but not always. And some tailors might even take another one or two after that. It is driven by your figuration and by the way the tailor works. For a second or third suit, however, you should be able to skip one of these fittings as the pattern the tailor has made for you will already be pretty accurate.
And that’s it. Except to remember that you can bring the suit back any time. Most tailors won’t charge anything for small changes after a couple of wears, once you’re more certain on the fit and feel. And in the long term they’ll be the best people to alter it for you, or press it when it gets a little wrinkled.
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The A to Z of fashion
From Alessandro Michele to Zegna, it’s time to be re-educated.
Esquire Editors
As fashion constantly changes so does its technology, main players and organisation. To help out, Esquire has curated an updated list of fashion vocabulary to help you speak like an industry native.
The Italian is the creative director for Gucci. He is widely credited for reviving the brand and making it a luxury powerhouse again, largely by the means of making ‘excessively opulent’ cool again.
A type of parka, an anorak is worn over the head because it typically has a half-zip front that ends above the waist.
Appliqués are contrasting fabrics or materials that are added to a design. While they can refer to flat creations, the term is more commonly used to describe designs that are raised.
Avant-garde fashion refers to designs that spark conversations and push the boundaries of what is acceptable. Although these days, nothing is ever truly avant-garde.
Brogues are a type of Oxfords. While Oxford shoes are clean and plain, the act of decorating an Oxford with brogueing (adding punch-holes decoratively) would turn one into a pair of brogues. Once you go brogue, there’s no turning back.
An often misused term, bespoke is the highest level of customised design in fashion. Commonly used in reference to tailoring, bespoke offers a truly individual experience. Bespoke tailoring makes use of patterns drafted from scratch based on a customer’s measurements and offers the widest range of offerings with respect to fabrics, details and finishings.
Bohemian style is a mishmash of textures, fabrics and sometimes the mix of luxurious materials with that of more grounded ones. There’s always a juxtaposition between ugly and beautiful in one look. Proponents of this style of dress include brands such as Loewe, Marni and Prada.
Canadian tuxedo
Also known as denim-on-denim, a Canadian tuxedo refers to the combination of a denim top (outerwear or shirts included) with a pair of denim jeans. Wearing a Canadian tuxedo is hardly a faux pas, but wearing one like Justin Timberlake circa 2001 is not recommended.
Capsule collections are traditionally a one-off small edit of essential items that transcend seasonality of fashion. They are also supposed to be wearable and easily adapted into a customer’s existing wardrobe.
A cummerbund is a piece of pleated sash that’s worn on the waist and over trousers. There’s only one correct way to wear a cummerbund—pleats should be facing up.
Dégradé refers to a colouring technique in clothes where the colour gradually fades seamlessly from dark to light. This is not the same as ombré, where a colour gradually fades to another hue all together.
Like playing a game of darts, darts in fashion should be precise and purposeful. Darts are stitches used to shape a garment, varying in width and length as needed.
A designer is someone who comes up with the look of clothes. While a designer can also be a creative director, the latter is most often in charge of the overall vision of a collection and dictates the direction and concept.
Part of the streetwear vernacular, a ‘drop’ refers to the launch of a particular product or collection. It’s also a term used by brands hoping to appear cool and in with the millennials.
A general term used to describe any sort of decoration fixed to a material. Embellishments can range from precious materials like diamonds and pearls to more common items like buttons and studs.
Ecru is the colour of unbleached linen. It can also be described as an earth tone resembling a light fawn colour.
Exclusive usually refers to designs or collections that are one-off and cannot be found anywhere else. Unless of course, they’re copied and sold for cheap through the black market.
Designs featuring botanical prints are often referred to as florals. They are also not groundbreaking during the spring/summer season in fashion.
A faille is a woven fabric (typically made of silk) that is soft and flowy yet has a ribbed texture.
Original Fair Isle jumpers are knitted by producers based in Fair Isle, in Scotland’s Shetland Islands. The number of producers of traditional Fair Isle jumpers has dwindled, but the colourfully knitted patterns have been appropriated by so many brands that the origins have been diluted.
French truck
A French tuck is a term made popular by Tan France of the Netflix series Queer Eye. Although the technique of tucking in a top into trousers just at the front is a brilliant way of showcasing a belt or neatening up a look, it is not French in origin.
Givenchy (‘zhee-von-shee’) was founded by Hubert de Givenchy in 1952. It is one of the few fashion houses that is still certified and recognised as producing haute couture.
Grail refers to a pair of sneakers that are incredibly desirable but very difficult to get a hold of. A pair of limited-edition kicks on eBay for slight multiples of its original price is probably not a grail piece.
Grunge is a rock music genre, but is translated in fashion through the inherent sense of nonchalance, the use of denim jeans and oversized plaid, and all done in a quite dishevelled manner.
Grosgrain (‘grow-grain’) is a fabric that’s typically seen on ribbons and bows, and is characterised by its ribbed appearance.
Harry Styles is a musician who’s often been called this generation’s Mick Jagger. His penchant for flounce and a gender-blurring aesthetic has been punctuated by his close relationship with Gucci.
Haute couture literally means ‘high dressmaking’ in French and refers to a made-to-order process that requires multiple fittings, done by a group
of full-time workers in an atelier. The term might be used quite loosely these days, but official haute couture fashion houses are certified by France’s
very formal sounding Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.
Herringbone is a chevron-like pattern that’s most popular on suiting. The zigzag design resembles that of a herringbone skeleton.
Hip-level
The hip-level is the point where the circumference of the hip is at its fullest. It is also the level where one should not wear trousers at.
Influencers, or sometimes referred to as key opinion leaders, are a group of individuals that have risen among the ranks (mostly through social media) based on the number of followers they have. While the original crop of fashion influencers such as Ahmad Daabas and Mr Moudz do have fashion knowledge, it’s now common to see just about anyone regarded as an ‘influencer’.
An inseam is the length of the inside seam that runs from the crotch to the hem of a pair of trousers.
A Jodhpur is a kind of Chelsea boot that’s initially designed to be used for riding. The Jodhpur boot features a low heel and a characteristic strap and buckle that wraps around the ankle. Interestingly, they were designed to go with Jodhpur trousers.
Jacquard fabrics have raised patterns that are woven into the fabric, instead of patterns that are merely printed on. Depending on the types of yarns used,
a jacquard can vary from minimal-looking variations to more ostentatious designs with the use of metallic yarns.
The late Kaiser was the creative director for two luxury fashion houses—Chanel and Fendi—at the same time. Karl Lagerfeld was known for his iconic look of a white-haired ponytail, black sunglasses and high, crisp white collars.
A knit is a type of fabric that’s created using a technique where yarn is looped around. As compared to woven fabrics, a knit tends to be more malleable and stretches more easily.
Layering is the act of wearing one garment over another, and so on. The most basic form of layering is wearing a suit jacket over a shirt or a T-shirt. It is a sure-fire way to look stylish, but often avoided by people living in heat.
If a fabric has a metallic appearance, it is most likely a lamé. The fabric is shiny due to the metallic yarns used to produce it.
Made-to-measure is the in-between layer of ready-to-wear and bespoke. Unlike bespoke, made-to-measure tailoring uses a set pattern block and then adjusts the pattern according to a customer’s measurements. The choices of fabrics and customisation in a made-to-measure garment are also not as extensive as bespoke.
Mohair is a type of wool that’s derived from Angora goats. The latter is not to be confused with Angora rabbits, which gives us Angora wool. Mohair is sought-after for its high sheen and lustre.
Niche fashion caters to only a specific group in society. Types of niche fashion can include gender-blurring fashion, vegan clothing and even haute couture—all catering to a small segment of the community at large.
Velvety and smooth, nubuck is leather that has been buffed or sanded to create an appearance that’s almost like suede. Unlike leather, nubuck is more resistant to wear and less precious.
Outré (‘oo-tray’) refers to an outrageous and eccentric sense of style. Someone who experiments with the way he dresses and has a penchant for bold colours, prints and unconventional silhouettes can be described as being outré. Beats being called weird, that’s for sure.
Oversized clothes can either be designed to be intently oversized or chosen to be worn oversized by simply purchasing a size that’s bigger than one’s usual size. Oversized garments have been closely linked to streetwear and their tendency to disrupt proportions of clothes.
Plissé is basically a fancier way of referring to pleated or crinkled fabrics. Plissé fabrics have been treated to create permanent pleats. Homme Plissé Issey Miyake is a brand that’s revolutionising the technique by applying it to garments that have been fully constructed as opposed to pleating the fabric first.
Peak lapel
A peak lapel is distinguished by its sharp upward-pointing design. Its appearance on a blazer instantly makes it more formal.
Pierpaolo Piccioli is the sole creative director of Valentino after sharing the role with Maria Grazia Chiuri for eight years. His creations for Valentino across menswear, womenswear and haute couture have been very well-received since going at it solo.
The best examples of quilting are the down jackets done by Moncler. Quilting is achieved by sewing two layers of fabric together, which are first filled with light padding, creating geometric patterns.
The mark of true luxury fashion is the quality. This refers to the way that the garment is made from the creation of the fabric to the final finishing of the piece. A quality piece of work is one that could potentially last for a very long time.
Raf Simons is most recently known as the creative director who made American brand Calvin Klein fashion-forward, and in turn,
New York Fashion Week interesting. As the creative force behind his eponymous label, Simons references subcultures and youths to create avant-garde fashion.
The silhouette of a garment or an outfit is its imaginary outline. In menswear, the silhouette has remained relatively the same for centuries, with minor adjustments here and there. However, with a more progressive society, menswear designers have pushed themselves to devise new silhouettes.
Sartorial has come to be loosely used to describe a way of dress that includes any manner of men’s tailoring. Being sartorially dressed means looking
like a gentleman.
A signature look or style is something that’s instantly recognisable. If copied or appropriated, it would invoke the wrath of social media justice warriors.
A buzzword that’s been common since 2016, sustainability in fashion refers to ensuring that negative effects to the environment, society and economy are minimised and can be maintained, throughout the entire production process. Purely sustainable fashion is, quite frankly, quite impossible.
A trench coat is a long outerwear made from heavy-duty cotton drill that was first used by soldiers during World War I. Burberry is commonly regarded as the inventor of the trench coat, and to this day, produces trench coats in a variety of designs.
Trends are key stylistic choices that are popular for a certain period. Trends in fashion are cyclical and always come back. Which means that you should never throw away those bootcut jeans you have lying at the back of your closet. (No actually, do throw them away.)
A fashion tribe is a community that’s characterised by the type of look that is sported. It is said that as fashion began to become too homogenous, fashion tribes have become the de facto way individuals get to express their creativity and feel belonged in a group.
Trompe l’oeil is a technique that depicts the illusion that something is real or three-dimensional when in actual fact, it is not. These can include hyper-realistic prints and carefully manipulated graphics to give the impression that a garment is something more than it is.
Utilitarian fashion takes references from military uniforms. In essence, utilitarian clothes are packed with design details that are functional—big cargo pockets with zipped closures, hem-adjusting tabs and even waterproofing.
If fashion is able to be worn by both men and women, it can be considered unisex. This is different from gender-blurring or androgynous fashion, where the clothes are adapted by both genders. Unisex fashion is specifically designed with both genders in mind; wearing your partner’s dress does not make it unisex.
A garment that is unstructured means that it has no structural design support such as boning and padding. An unstructured garment, when hung, should drop instead of appearing stiff.
Virgil Abloh is the artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton. Abloh has made history as the first black designer at the creative helm of the maison.
Fashion items that are at least 20 years old are considered vintage. The act of buying vintage can be seen as the most environmentally friendly way of buying fashion. And if something has been in pristine condition for the past 20 years or so, it would probably last much longer.
Unlike sound, volume in fashion doesn’t necessarily have to be loud. Volume can be achieved through the use of oversized clothing or wearing a heavily padded piece of design.
Woven fabrics are constructed mainly on a loom, using warp and weft threads. The perpendicular interlacing construction makes woven fabrics sturdier than knits, and depending on the tightness of the weave, can be as malleable as knitted ones.
Instead of wearing out a piece of clothing naturally for years, fashion brands have created clothes that appear to be worn. Items are manually distressed and sometimes, destroyed to give the look of it having been lived in, and then price them the same as perfectly constructed items. Because, fashion.
In fashion, X denotes a collaboration between two brands. It is incorrect to refer to the X as ‘by’, since in a collaboration, there shouldn’t be one party that’s more significant than the other.
Yohji Yamamoto is one of the most highly regarded Japanese fashion designers to have made a mark in the international scene. Aside from creating awe-inspiring fashion for his own label, Yamamoto also has a long-standing partnership with Adidas through the Y-3 label.
One of the leading e-commerce groups serving luxury fashion, the Yoox Net-a-Porter Group was formed in 2015 after the merger between Yoox Group and Net-a-Porter Group. Most importantly, Mr Porter is part of the group and stocks some of the best online edits of menswear out there.
Zegna is the abbreviated nameof the Ermenegildo Zegna brand. The Italian luxury fashion house first started out as a fabric producer and still continues to produce fabrics for some of the biggest luxury brands in the market.
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Smart Maps Help Philippine Red Cross Respond Quickly to Hundreds of Disasters
Real-time maps of population and volunteers speed incident reports.
Common operating picture enables quick disaster response.
Volunteers fill in gaps in coverage for island communities.
Located in the Ring of Fire—a region of the Pacific Ocean prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions—and facing year-round typhoons, the Philippines routinely endures natural disasters. When a storm, landslide, fire, or flooding hits, the Philippine Red Cross Operations Center mobilizes staff and volunteers to examine a digital map of the area, then determines how best to respond.
During a disaster, the more than 600,000 volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross work to collect on-the-ground data. They feed that information into the organization’s geographic information system (GIS), the technology that enables map making and provides a real-time common operating picture.
The GIS-based map—developed in partnership with the Norwegian Red Cross and DNV GL—enables staff to determine the number of residents impacted by the event along with available resources such as evacuation centers, emergency vehicles, and drinking water inventory. The system even contains information about residential construction materials, which can help first responders assess damage.
Today, these teams are equipped with accurate maps and data. In the past though, this work was much more of a struggle.
In addition to their disaster response activity, the Philippine Red Cross run the country's largest firefighting force.
A Need for Smart Maps
The Philippines ranks third on the World Risk Index, which measures exposure to natural and biological hazards. The Philippine Red Cross serves the country’s population of more than 100 million people spread across 7,600 islands.
In 2013, the Philippines fell victim to three major emergencies. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the largest and strongest typhoons ever recorded, killed more than 7,000 people and displaced thousands more. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake impacting Bohol Island damaged or leveled homes, ports, schools, airports, and a hospital killing more than 200 people, injuring scores more, and triggering a deadly landslide. And, a humanitarian crisis caused by the armed conflict in Zamboanga City displaced more than 100,000 citizens and destroyed more than 10,000 homes.
At that point, the Red Cross was making simple maps for disaster preparedness and response and lacked the technology to answer critical questions in any disaster: How many people could be affected? What are their needs right now? How can we get them immediate help?
The Philippine Red Cross use GIS in the operations center to aggregate the impact of incidents, illness, and disaster, and to allocate resources.
Following the Formula for Response
The Red Cross formula for effective disaster response is, “trained volunteers, plus logistics, plus information technology.” Before 2014, the Philippines, the Red Cross needed to address the last component of the equation.
“We didn’t have any digital mapping capabilities. If I needed to provide just one map, it would take me four hours,” recalls May Layugan, manager of the Philippine Red Cross operations center. “When a disaster strikes, we need answers to crucial questions as quickly as possible.”
Layugan advocated for the Red Cross to adopt a single platform equipped with spatial analysis software. The Red Cross leadership, headed by chairman and CEO Richard Gordon, supported the complete modernization of the operations center. That’s when it implemented GIS and gained the ability to integrate disparate data into smart maps with drag-and-drop functionality.
Fast-forward five years and now the Philippine Red Cross has expanded its use of GIS beyond mapmaking and into operations.
“If something happened in a distant area before, we really didn’t know who to call,” Layugan said. “Now, we have all of our 650,000 volunteers mapped, and we can quickly search any area and instantly know who to mobilize and which resources to allocate at a moment’s notice.”
With GIS, the Philippine Red Cross integrate disparate data into smart maps to help understand the people's vulnerabilities and the organization's capacity.
Adding Communities to the Map
Even though much of the world has been mapped to precise detail, there remained a number of communities across the Philippines that did not exist on maps. This left some populations less visible to Red Cross workers, making it difficult to provide timely response during a crisis.
With the GIS in place, Red Cross staff could fill the gaps in coverage. The organization selected and trained volunteers who have intimate knowledge of their respective barangays, or neighborhoods. These volunteers conduct participatory capacity and vulnerability assessments for each of the country’s 42,000 barangays.
“We established a mutually-beneficial partnership with local governments and the barangay captains where the community itself is helping us help them,” Layugan said. “Our volunteers capture information and images using an app that feeds directly into our GIS. They mark the vulnerabilities of a barangay, such as what areas are prone to flooding, how many people have a disability or are pregnant, so that we know our priorities.”
The Philippine Red Cross then partnered with various government departments to visualize the location of schools, hospitals, police stations, and other community assets all on one map.
“We have even mapped the location of doctors and nurses in case there’s a mass casualty incident and we need to mobilize our emergency hospitals,” Layugan added. “When there’s a disaster, we have the manpower and the infrastructure to respond.”
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Leveraging Mobile Apps and Social Media
The barangay assessments serve as foundational data for disaster response, enabling the Red Cross to determine the level of need for each community.
“Putting information on a real-time map empowers volunteers to be proactive—mobilizing and helping one another,” Layugan said. “For example, when it starts to rain heavily, they know exactly how to respond and do not need to be instructed to evacuate.”
Noticing the extent to which volunteers were using social media, the Philippine Red Cross created separate social media messenger groups. After an event, the groups are used to reach and deploy volunteers to assess damages in each barangay.
“When there’s an incident, we just send one message and every one of them receives it,” Layugan said. “We use social media to update these groups and recognize those that have sent in their status reports.”
The system also tracks humanitarian efforts of the various entities from other countries working in the Philippines, such as from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, who all lend a hand. Coordinating these efforts has proven challenging in the past.
“It’s very easy for us to map the location of who is working where so there is no duplication,” Layugan said. “We know what communities are over-served, underserved or not served at all.”
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For more than 15-years, James Miller has specialized in assisting national government agencies with the application of geospatial technology to solve diverse operational challenges. Leveraging his prior experience with Esri and the US federal government, James currently works for Esri Global in Singapore where he supports Public Safety organizations across Asia Pacific, offering strategic advice on various geospatial programs. James holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina. He is a husband and father of two children.
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Virat Kohli, India’s Golden Boy, celebrates his 28th birthday today.
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by Lakshya Raheja
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India’s run machine and probably the best batsman in the world at the moment, Virat Kohli celebrates his 28th birthday today. Ever since his debut in 2008, he has been scoring consistently in all the three formats, especially in limited overs cricket. Kohli plays his game aggressively, makes his emotions loud and clear to everyone but still has a sense of maturity which is what makes him great.
Kohli started his international career in 2008 in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. It was the first ODI of the tour when he got his chance but couldn’t do anything special as he scored just 12 runs off 33 balls and India lost that match by 8 wickets. Kohli made his mark in ODI cricket in the 4th ODI at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka when India needed 316 to win the match. India didn’t have a good start losing Sachin and Sehwag at the score of 23. Kohli walked in at number 4 and Gambhir and Kohli took the match away from Sri Lanka. Nobody expected it from Kohli as he was just a youngster at that time. To perform in such a high pressure chase must have been a huge boost in confidence for him. The flicks, the pulls, the cover drives, everything was on display in that innings. Gambhir received the man of the match for his 150 but he offered his award to Kohli because his innings had a big impact on the result. From thereon, there was nothing that could stop him.
As time passed, Virat Kohli grew in stature and opponent teams started to see him as a potent force. His 133 against Sri Lanka in Hobart in 2012 is probably his best till now. Sri Lanka scored 320 runs and India needed to chase down the target in 40 overs to stay alive in the tri series and due to Kohi’s heroics, India chased it down in just 36.4 overs. The extent to which he terrorized the Sri Lankan bowlers can be seen by the fact that their premier bowler, Lasith Malinga went for 96 runs in his 7.4 overs. Then in the same year Kohli recorded his highest score in ODI cricket of 183 decimating Pakistan in Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Kohli almost single-handedly kept India in the tournament with a performance so supreme it led Misbah-ul-Haq to call it one of the best ODI innings he had seen. His recent exploits against New Zealand helping India to chase down 286 scoring 154 is alos among the best he has played.
Kohli’s talent in the shortest format can be seen from the fact that his average in T20s in 2016 is 106.83. Kohli has so many great innings in T20 cricket that it’s hard to pick one, be it the 82 against Australia in WC 2016, 90 against Australia in Australia or 49 against Pakistan when Aamir was bowling the spell of his life.
Virat Kohli recently became the only Indian to score two double hundreds as the captain of India. He is now 4th in the list of batsman with most no. of centuries behind Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuria. Kohli, with 14 hundreds in successful chases in ODIs, has equalled Tendulkar’s record. His overall tally of 16 hundreds in chases is the second highest next only to Tendulkar’s 17. A lot of records have been broken by him and hopefully many will be broken in the future which proves that Virat Kohli is a legend in the making if not one already.
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Doctors can now predict the severity of your disease by measuring molecules
New technique could offer answers on Alzheimer's, autism, cancer, more
University of Virginia Health System
IMAGE: Researcher Guangfu Wang, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, helped develop the new technique that will let doctors better diagnosis disease and predict patient outcomes. view more
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System.
An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and predict patient outcomes simply by measuring unbelievably small changes in interactions between molecules inside the body. The simple new technique could offer vastly superior predictions of disease severity in a huge range of conditions with a genetic component, such as Alzheimer's, autism, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, schizophrenia and depression.
Measuring Gene Mutations
Gene mutations that cause disease physically alter the interactions of molecules that cells use to communicate with each other. Until now, scientists have had no easy way to measure the incredibly subtle changes in these interaction forces. But researcher J. Julius Zhu, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and his collaborators have developed a method to accurately and efficiently calculate these tiny changes. It's a feat that requires incredible precision: Force is typically measured in newtons - the amount of force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass one meter per second squared - but Zhu's technique measures on a scale of piconewtons - one trillionth of a newton.
Zhu, of UVA's Department of Pharmacology, and his colleagues have used the new technique to show that gene mutations responsible for mental-health diseases change molecular interactions by a few piconewtons. These small changes then have a tremendous ripple effect. The researchers found the molecular changes lead to harmful changes in how the cells communicate - and, ultimately, in cognitive ability. By measuring the molecular changes, the scientists could predict the resulting cognitive impairment. In essence, the researchers are directly linking these tiny molecular changes to big changes in human behavior.
Diagnosing Disease
Zhu's approach represents a new use for a high-tech scientific instrument called "optical tweezers" that uses a highly focused laser to hold and move microscopic objects, much like regular tweezers might be used to grip and move a splinter. Using the optical tweezers, the scientists can measure the force required to break up intermolecular bonds between the signaling molecules inside the body, allowing them gauge the effects of gene mutations in patients. The researchers say the technique is simple to do and will dramatically improve our ability to diagnose mental illness and many other diseases.
Findings Published
The researchers have described their work in an article published online by the scientific journal Small. The team consisted of Chae-Seok Lim, Cheng Wen, Yanghui Sheng, Guangfu Wang, Zhuan Zhou, Shiqiang Wang, Huaye Zhang, Anpei Ye and Zhu. The researchers are from UVA, Peking University in China, Rutgers' Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China and Radboud University in the Netherlands.
The work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Ministry of Education Project 111 Program, the National Key R&D Program of China and the National Institutes of Health. (NIH grants NS065183, NS089578, NS053570, NS091452, NS094980 and NS092548.)
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Doctors Can Now Predict the Severity of Your Disease Just by Measuring Molecules (IMAGE)
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Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District
From concerts to rodeos to other crowd-pleasing shows, there’s plenty of live entertainment coming up at the Stockyards: Guitar strumming. Bull riding. Trick roping. And beyond.
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12/26/2019 - 3:00pm to 12/31/2019 - 3:00pm Every Day at 11:30am and 4:00 pm Fort Worth Herd Twice Daily Cattle Drive
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12/29/2019 - 2:30pm Holiday showtimes at 2:30pm and 4:30pm Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show Holiday Show
A historical reenactment of the original Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show. The show features trick roping, trick shooting, trick riding, cowboy songs, live buffalo and Texas longhorn cattle and an entertaining look at history. Historical figures such as Pawnee Bill come to life and transport the spectator back in time.
12/29/2019 - 8:00pm Rodney Carrington
ABOUT RODNEY CARRINGTON: Rodney Carrington is a multitalented comedian, actor, and writer who has recorded eight major record label comedy albums selling over 3 million copies. Morning Wood has been certified gold and Greatest Hits has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
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By Foster Garvey on 11.2.16 Posted in Entertainment, Sports, Trademark
Brexit, the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to leave the European Union (EU), has made headline news in recent months. Brexit is already impacting trademark rights in Europe, including in the sports and entertainment industry.
New UK Filings Required. Trademark rights are conferred on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. Going forward, brand owners will not be able to rely on a single EU trademark filing to cover the same geographic territory in Europe. In light of Brexit, brand owners now need to file trademark applications in the UK as well as the EU to protect their trademarks in the same geographic territory. For years, separate trademark filings in Norway and Switzerland (and other European countries falling outside the EU) have been required. Brexit adds the UK to the list of countries requiring separate trademark applications in Europe.
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Redskins Trademark's Cancellation Upheld by Eastern District Court of Virginia
By Claire Hawkins on 7.24.15 Posted in NFL, Sports, Trademark
As anticipated, the T rademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") decision of June 2014 cancelling six trademark registrations for the Washington Redskins team was appealed by Pro Football, Inc. In August 2014, Pro Football, Inc. filed a lawsuit in federal court against the five Native Americans involved in pursuing the TTAB cancellation in an effort to try to overturn the TTAB's holding that the term “Redskins” is offensive to Native Americans and thus is not eligible for trademark registration under the federal Lanham Act. Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act prohibits protection for terms that “may disparage” or bring people into contempt or disrepute. 15 USC §1052; TMEP §1203. On July 8, 2015, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled against Pro Football, Inc., affirming the TTAB's ruling that the REDSKINS marks do disparage Native Americans and that such a decision is not unconstitutional.
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U.S. Patent Office Cancels Washington Redskins Trademark
By Claire Hawkins on 6.23.14 Posted in Sports, Trademark
In a 2-1 ruling last Wednesday, June 18, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) resolved an opposition proceeding in favor of five Native American plaintiffs who sought to cancel six trademark registrations that contain the word REDSKINS and are owned by Pro Football, Inc., the owners of the National Football League’s Washington, D.C. team.
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Sunderland’s formula for failure: why does it always go wrong for the Black Cats?
Dodgy transfers, questionable managerial appointments and abject league performances – and the Mackems look set for further upset, writes Josh Puttock...
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Glance back to the 1999/00 Premier League season, and a Sunderland side full of confidence. Under the guidance of manager Peter Reid, the Black Cats finish the campaign in seventh place immediately after winning the second-tier title to claim their highest league finish since 1955.
Almost 15 years on, they’ve managed nothing close but for an unsuccessful League Cup final; two relegations and many more close calls being more in line with the general mood.
One painful season of mediocrity at a time, the Wearsiders have become a side perenially struggling for consistency since promotion back to the top flight in 2007, after hitting a post-millenial nadir: that soul-destroying 15-point campaign of 2005/06. A mid-table 10th-placed finish under Steve Bruce five seasons ago hasn’t yet been bettered.
Still, it can't really get much worse than 2005/06
Last term saw the Mackems escape relegation after Dick Advocaat swooped in to instill necessary order among a squad lacking confidence – just like Paolo Di Canio and, to a lesser extent, Gus Poyet before him. After thinking his future through, the Dutchman penned a new one-year deal with the club.
Dick and down
This squad needs four, five or six regulars. If they cannot do that, I definitely will not stay
- Dick Advocaat
But Advocaat is already under pressure after a winless first three matches which have featured heavy defeats to Leicester and Norwich, and Sunderland are threatening to repeat their gloomy cycle. Start badly, grab some draws, sack manager, survive.
“There’s a heady mix of desperation, sadness, anger, doleful resignation, and deja vu,” says Paul Dobson, assistant editor of the A Love Supreme fanzine. “This season has an air of dull, stale, familiarity about it.”
Most worryingly this time around, Advocaat appears to be playing out a passive-aggressive squabble with owner Ellis Short. “This squad needs four, five or six regulars – not quantity, but quality,” he reiterated before last weekend’s draw against Swansea. “If they cannot do that, OK, but then I definitely will not stay.”
Advocaat signed Dutch forward Jeremain Lens for £8 million over the summer, plus defenders Adam Matthews (£2m), Sebastian Coates (£2m), Younes Kaboul (£3m). The latter in particular has so far flopped dismally – his poor display against Norwich earned him heavy criticism, and subsequent dropping – and Coates hasn’t been able to live up to the hype that saw Liverpool snap him up in 2011.
“If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always had,” says a glum Dobson. “Each transfer window brings a bunch of players we've never heard of, or only have a fleeting awareness of, and within weeks it becomes apparent that they're no better than who we've had before, several of them will play no more than a couple of games, and most will be on their way within a year.
“I know it's only August, but the lack of organisation, particularly in defence, has been alarming. The experienced players – Larsson, Cattermole, O'Shea, Fletcher – have been here long enough to know that they need to have more influence on the way things are organised on the pitch, while the new ones seem to be replicas of those they replaced rather than being an improvement.”
Sunderland have paid the price for being disorganised so far this term
Dobson’s thoughts surely echo those of most Sunderland supporters. Owner Short has quashed accusations of being unwilling to get his wallet out, but the club are clearly finding it hard to attract the names they crave: Liverpool’s Fabio Borini turned down a move to the Stadium of Light despite a reasonably successful loan spell in 2013/14. A bad start to the season isn’t helping.
But the Black Cats hardly have a reliable history when it comes to spending – as even Short attested recently. “Has the money been spent wisely?” he pondered. “No, that much is clear and ultimately that is my fault. But it is not a result of lack of ambition or commitment.”
Indeed, Sunderland have hemorrhaged close to £150m in Short’s six full seasons. Their major signings have often failed to live up to the price tags – see Asamoah Gyan, Connor Wickham, Steven Fletcher and Jozy Altidore in particular – while certain senior players have also struggled to perform to their best; Sweden international Sebastian Larsson only provided three goals and as many assists from midfield last season.
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So their players haven’t been able to perform on a consistent basis, but Sunderland’s unstable environment has certainly been a factor preventing them from doing so. The Mackems have hired eight permanent managers since summer 2006, including Niall Quinn, Roy Keane, Ricky Sbragia, Di Canio and Poyet. Di Canio was a surprise appointment in 2013 despite impressing at Swindon, but it was surely inevitable that his time in charge would be plagued by off-field problems from ketchup bans to player bust-ups. His 3-0 Tyne-Wear derby win may have been welcomed – just like Poyet’s and Advocaat’s were – but after winning just two of his 12 Premier League games, owner Short sacked him after just 175 days in charge.
Sunderland once again find themselves in a similar position to previous years; short of options on the field and seemingly void of ideas off of it. They already find themselves in the bottom three despite a relatively gentle start, made worse by shirt sponsors Dafabet making them favourites for relegation.
If I was a realist, I'd say we're doomed. Thankfully I'm not so there's always hope and potential happiness
- Paul Dobson
“I'm not one for writing things off so early, but it’s not looking promising,” says Paul Dobson. “If I was a realist, I'd say we're doomed. Thankfully I'm not so there's always hope and potential happiness, even if it does come by identifying three teams who will potentially finish lower than us.”
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Foley Chosen as Counsel For Special Olympics World Summer Games
23 April 2007 Media Contact: Jill Chanen News
Firm To Handle Entertainment Law For Opening Ceremony In Shanghai.
Foley announced today that the firm has been retained by the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Executive Committee (GEC) to serve as international legal counsel for the Games’ Opening Ceremony. The GEC is an organization sponsored by the Chinese government that manages marketing and large events for the Games.
The Games will be held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China on October 2-11. Because the Games are a major event for China and Shanghai, the GEC is planning a world-class Opening Ceremony on October 2 to be broadcast throughout China and made available worldwide.
“China is the first Asian country to host the Summer Games, and we are honored to be chosen to represent the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Executive Committee for such an important event in China celebrating humanity, culture and human nature,” said Catherine Sun, chair of the firm’s Asia Practice. “We are committed to assisting GEC with making the Games a great success.”
Sun, who recently joined Foley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, will oversee the firm’s relationship with the GEC. She will work with attorneys on the firm’s Entertainment & Media Industry Team such as Ken Suddleson and James Nguyen, who will provide entertainment law, new media and intellectual property counseling, and transaction services.
“We are happy to collaborate with Foley and appreciate Foley’s commitment and support to the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The Games Opening Ceremony promises to be a grand gathering where people with intellectual disabilities from all over the world unite for friendship and a joyful stage where people of different ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds celebrate and communicate,” said Dr. Derong Shi, CEO of the GEC.
The Foley team will draft and help negotiate all agreements for international talent who will perform or appear at the Opening Ceremony, the creative and production team for the Opening Ceremony, and international vendors and suppliers. The Foley team also will advise on international broadcast and new media deals, and any additional legal issues the GEC may encounter related to the Opening Ceremony.
The engagement with the GEC follows Foley’s announcement that it filed an application with the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China requesting approval to open a representative office in Shanghai.
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Forside News At the forefront of healthy, safe, and sustainable food
Forside News At the forefront of healthy, safe...
At the forefront of healthy, safe, and sustainable food
Food, fish and agriculture Food safety
Thursday 10 Oct 19
Christine Nellemann
Director of Institute
clne@food.dtu.dk
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, prevents disease and promotes health, develops new and better food products for a growing population, and creates sustainable technological solutions. The ways in which the Institute helps solve some of the biggest global challenges are being highlighted this year, as the institute celebrates its 60th birthday.
When a decision was made on June 5, 1959 to establish a national food institute in Denmark, the focus was initially on chemical analyses and the effects of chemical substances on the health of food.
Since then, several new important focus areas have been added to what is today the National Food Institute. Today, the institute is a strong players when it comes to research into chemical cocktails, antimicrobial resistance, sustainability and gut health—and new fields of research are well underway. These include food allergies, risk-benefit assessments, sustainable diets and food technology.
Solves some of the biggest global challenges
The institute’s vision is to contribute to solving some of the biggest societal challenges the world is facing, while at the same time contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The National Food Institute:
Prevents disease and promotes health;
Develops new and better food products for a growing population;
Creates sustainable technological solutions.
Performs important tasks for the benefit of society
In the role of adviser, the National Food Institute helps authorities and businesses to provide consumers with good health and safe food. Innovation paves the way for new, value-adding solutions for businesses. The institute’s experience is disseminated through education around the world. And world-class research provides the foundation for finding new solutions to global problems.
These are the current tasks of the National Food Institute, and they have developed over the years. The institute also continues to provide scientific advice to national and international authorities, and increasingly helps the industry develop better and safer products. Furthermore, the institute educates students in Denmark and abroad in areas of great importance to the global food market: Food technology, food safety and nutrition.
An international research and knowledge centre
Initially, the National Food Institute was primarily a national institute. Today the institute is an international research and knowledge centre.
The research is largely carried out in international networks and consortia. The institute's researchers and advisors also participate in a large number of expert groups, panels, committees and working groups under the auspices of e.g., the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the EU, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Nordic Council of Ministers and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Furthermore, the National Food Institute has been appointed as EFSA’s Focal Point in Denmark, and as WHO’s collaborating centre for antimicrobial resistance and genomics. The institute is also reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance, for pesticides in cereals and feeding stuffs, for processing contaminants in food, and for metals and nitrogenous compounds in food and feed.
Read more about how National Food Institute has developed up until the present time in an article from the National Food Institute’s 60th anniversary publication: At the forefront of health, safe and sustainable food - for the benefit of society.
The anniversary publication was handed out to the guests at an Open Day event held on 11 June 2019 to celebrate the National Food Institute’s anniversary. The other articles from the anniversary publication will be published over the coming months.
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Fill Up on Babka French Toast in Los Angeles at Wexler's Deli
They also happen to have some of the best fish and bagels in the city.
By Andy Wang
Jakob Layman
L.A. chef Micah Wexler had a big challenge when he was working on his new brunch menu. He wanted to use natural ingredients to make something look artificial.
"Wexler's is very much a place of nostalgia and childhood food memories," Wexler says. "The idea is that everything here is supposed to be the best version of the classics."
For the new brunch at Wexler's Deli in Santa Monica, which launched last Friday, Wexler knew he wanted to serve a barbecue cod bagel. When Wexler was growing up in L.A., there were smoked fish platters at every kind of family gathering and big party he attended.
"The smallest section was always the black cod, so it's always the thing everybody's fighting over," says Wexler, who calls out his cousin Jeff especially for taking more than his share of cod. "It always had this sort of atomic red dye on the outside."
Wexler, whose new-school Jewish delis in downtown L.A.'s Grand Central Market and Santa Monica take a "very natural, handmade kind of approach," wanted to replicate that redness without using synthetic food dye. After lots of experimenting, he came up with a spice rub for the smoked fish that includes turmeric, achiote and paprika. There's also a little sugar to cut the bitterness of the turmeric.
"You get really nice flavor out of [the rub], which is great," Wexler says. "But to me, it's very nostalgic because you've got that red bark on the outside. The other interesting part is if you're on the West Coast, this is called barbecue cod. If you're on the East Coast, it's sablefish."
Whatever you call it, Wexler, who went to college in New York, has created an ultra-buttery smoked fish. The "silky mouthfeel" is the result of R&D that started more than a year-and-a-half ago.
"The hardest thing for us was the drying process," says Wexler, who notes that getting the timing wrong can result in fish that flakes apart or fish that is mealy. "A lot of the real trick in smoked fish is the drying. That's what gives it its texture, its appearance."
Wexler also thought a lot about texture when he came up with the chocolate babka French toast for his new brunch menu.
"The thing about babka that makes it special is it's one of those pastries that has to have almost a slightly underdone interior," Wexler says. "When the dough is just a little bit raw still, that's when it's perfect."
The gooey French toast with vanilla-bean whipped cream is a reminder that food memories are often about how something feels in your mouth as much as how it tastes.
"With food this simple, you have to take all the elements into consideration: the flavors, the texture, the smells, the appearance," Wexler says.
So it's not surprising that Wexler makes good bagels in a city that has a lot of bad bagels. He understands what the experience of eating a bagel should be.
"It's got to have good outer crust but also needs to have a really chewy interior," he says. "If you take a bite out of a bagel, there should be that moment when you're pulling on it a little bit. It's got to have that fermentation, that development of the yeast and the gluten and all of that."
Other new brunch items at the Santa Monica location of Wexler's include a kippered salmon-salad bagel, assorted toasts, scrambled eggs and a green salad. Wexler's serves brunch all day, every day.
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I think these 3 investment funds could make you rich enough to retire in style
Harvey Jones | Wednesday, 26th December, 2018
We don’t often recommend investment funds on the Fool and when we do, we tend to focus on investment trusts or exchange traded funds (ETFs). These typically have lower charges, which means you get to keep more growth for yourself.
However, some unit trusts have outstanding track records, and charges aren’t as high as they used to be. These three could keep you warm this winter and beyond.
Fundsmith Equity
Terry Smith is one of the most popular UK fund managers, effortlessly picking up Neil Woodford’s mantle. He has combined strong performance with a simple, transparent charging structure: no upfront fees and 1% a year annual management charge.
Fundsmith Equity is now a £16bn giant although be careful, it does have outsize exposure to the US, which makes up 65% of the fund. Interestingly though, tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google owner Alphabet, don’t appear in his top 10 holdings, which may be a good thing as these so-called FAANGs lose their teeth. Around 18% of the fund is in the UK and the rest in Europe.
The fund is up 138% over five years and although it grew just 4% over the last 12 months, it outperformed its global benchmark which fell 4% over that period. Tempting, but only if you want US exposure right now.
Lindsell Train Global Equity
Lindsell Train Global Equity is also up 140% over five years, and an impressive 11% over the past 12 troubled months, showing that renowned joint managers Nick Train and Michael Lindsell can cut it in bad times as well as good.
The duo have a simple philosophy, one that is quite similar to Terry Smith’s… invest in great companies and hold them forever. Top holdings include Unilever, Diageo, Heineken Holdings, Walt Disney, Pepsico, Paypal and well, you get the point.
Their fund is one-third invested in the UK and one-third in the US, with 20% in Japan, and 10% in Europe. It holds a current concentrated portfolio of stocks, ones Lindsell and Train believe are truly exceptional. It’s relatively small compared to Fundsmith with £5.4bn under management, but has matched it blow for blow.
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
Emerging markets jumped 27% in 2017, according to MSCI, only to fall 12% year-to-date. This has been a tough year for almost every region, though, with the UK and Europe down by an identical amount.
JPMorgan Emerging Markets has grown an impressive almost 50% in the past five years, easily outperforming its global emerging markets benchmark, which rose 35%.
The US-China trade war and rising interest rates are casting a shadow over emerging markets, while Chinese GDP growth is slowing and its debt levels continue to rise. This £1.18bn fund has fallen 10% this year, which is to be expected, especially since its biggest holding is Chinese tech giant Tencent, whose $220bn share price rout this year is the biggest in history.
The fund is 35% invested in China, 17% in India, 10% in Brazil, and 7% in Taiwan, plus a spread of other emerging markets. This may suit those who hope this sector will swing back into favour in 2019, or maybe 2020.
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3 Tech Stocks That Are Wildly Overpriced
Wall Street has bid these companies' valuations up based on their rapid growth rates, but investors looking at them now should focus on a few fundamental ratios.
David Jagielski
(TMFdjagielski)
After an ugly slide during the last few months of 2018, the stock market has done well in 2019. With just a few weeks left in the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up around 20%, the S&P 500 is up by about 23%, and the NASDAQ has gained nearly 30%.
However, that rising tide has pushed some stocks to expensive valuations, and increased the likelihood of a correction. "We still think the greatest risk in the equity market remains in growth stocks where expectations are too high and priced," Morgan Stanley Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Michael Wilson stated recently.
Investors should think twice before investing in steeply overvalued stocks, and these are some of the most expensive tech stocks in the market today.
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) is a cloud-computing company that has achieved impressive growth in recent years, rising from $1 billion in sales in 2015 to more than $2.6 billion in revenue for 2018. The company is on track to reach a top line of well over $3 billion this year. Its market cap has ballooned to $50 billion -- up more than 50% so far this year.
The problem, however, is that although ServiceNow has made significant progress in terms of its bottom line -- shrinking its annual net losses from $198 million in 2015 to just $27 million in 2018 -- it has yet to reach the breakeven point for a full year. However, it has been making headway it has recorded a profit of $35 million on a trailing-12-month (TTM) basis.
In three of the past five quarters, ServiceNow was able to record a profit, but the problem is that its margins have been razor-thin. In its recently reported Q3, the company generated $41 million in earnings on revenue of $886 million, for a net margin of just 4.6%. But that was still a big improvement from the prior-year quarter where ServiceNow earned just $8.4 million in net income.
Despite its recent profitability, the reality is that ServiceNow stock is terribly expensive now. Its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio over the past 12 months is a whopping 1,500, largely due to the minimal nature of its profits during that time.
But even looked at through the lenses of ratios more friendly to unprofitable or just-profitable businesses, the picture isn't pretty. ServiceNow is trading at a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 16 and a price-to-book (P/B) multiple of 36. By comparison, Workday, which offers cloud-based applications for businesses, trades at a P/S of 11 and P/B of 16. Splunk, another ServiceNow competitor is also more modestly priced with a P/S of 10 and P/B of 12.
2. Alteryx
Alteryx (NYSE:AYX) offers its customers a software platform to help analysts and data scientists conduct analytics. With companies increasingly focused on efficiency, demand for these types of products and services is growing, especially among larger organizations. And that trend is certainly consistent with Alteryx's rapid pace of top-line growth. Its sales of $254 million in 2018 were nearly triple its 2016 revenue of $86 million. In its most recent quarter, its top line increased a whopping 65% to $103 million from $63 million in the prior-year quarter.
Unfortunately, Alteryx, too, has struggled with profitability -- it's only been in the black for two of the past five quarters. Its trailing-12-month net income of $13 million was just 3.7% of the company's $351 million in sales.
With its share price up more than 80% this year, it now has a P/E of more than 500. Its P/S of 20 is higher than ServiceNow's, while its P/B of 18 is about half. Although its rapid growth has been impressive, that's not enough to justify its $7 billion market cap. Ultimately, though, those are still astronomical valuations.
3. Guidewire
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) also provides software solutions to businesses, but it specifically caters to insurance companies -- offering InsuranceNow and InsuranceSuite to help with the underwriting and claims process for customers that may not have the IT capabilities to create their own tools in house.
The company has carved out a healthy segment of the market, and in fiscal 2019, its revenue totaled $720 million, which was good for a modest 10% increase from the prior fiscal year. In three years, Guidewire's revenue has increased by 70%. But it too has struggled on the bottom line, with its profit margin this past fiscal year coming in at just 2.9%.
With a net loss over the past four quarters, the company doesn't have a P/E ratio that we can evaluate today. And its forward P/E, based on expected profits, comes in at more than 70, which is still very high. The P/S of 13 and P/B of around 6 are still high multiples, but they're at least somewhat more modest than the ratios of Alteryx and ServiceNow.
Guidewire's share price is up over 33% year to date, even after its recently reported fiscal Q1 2020 results sent the stock lower. Prior to the Dec. 5 release, the stock was up more than 50% since the start of the year.
Takeaways for investors
The tech stocks on this list are expensive, and investors should be wary about investing in them today. The companies have achieved significant growth but, unfortunately, that doesn't justify these valuations. If and when a correction does take place in the markets, stocks like these could be among the hardest hit as investors look to safer, more reasonably priced assets.
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This Gene May Explain Why Alzheimer's Treatments Succeed With Mice But Fail With Humans
Kevin Murnane Contributor
Gene editing.
Credit: La Casa Goethe/Pixabay
One of the more vexing problems bedeviling Alzheimer’s research is why so many treatments that are successful in mouse models fail in clinical trials with humans. In a paper published yesterday in Nature Medicine, a team of researchers at the Gladstone Institutes identified how a key genetic variant associated with the development of Alzheimer’s operates differently in mice and humans. They also showed that the problematic gene can be repaired.
The gene apolipoprotein E3 (ApoE3) has a variant called ApoE4 that is strongly associated with the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Individuals with one copy of the ApoE4 gene are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s compared to those with ApoE3. Those with two copies of ApoE4 are twelve times more likely to develop the disease.
The two ApoE genes create their own forms of an ApoE protein. The ApoE4 protein is broken into fragments because it can’t fulfill the normal functions of the ApoE3 protein in human nerve cells. The creation of the fragments is associated with increased production of amyloid-β peptides and increased levels of tau phosphorylation. Both of these factors are strongly associated with Alzheimer’s.
ApoE4 is a gene variant associated with the development of Alzheimer's Disease.
Credit: Lisichik/Pixabay
How ApoE4 is linked to Alzheimer’s in humans and mice
There are three possible explanations for how the ApoE4 gene may contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease. The toxic effects of the increases in amyloid-β and tau phosphorylation from the breakdown of the ApoE4 protein could be the culprit. It’s also possible that the absence of ApoE3 (because it was replaced by ApoE4) could be the problem. Finally, it could be a combination of both factors.
The researchers untangled these three possibilities by looking at the effect of ApoE3 and ApoE4 on human nerve cells. Neurons were developed from pluripotent stem cells (stem cells that can develop into any type of cell) taken from volunteers who either had two copies of the ApoE3 gene or two copies of the ApoE4 variant.
They compared the ApoE3 and ApoE4 neurons with neurons that didn’t produce either type of ApoE protein. They found that the neurons that produced no ApoE protein functioned like the neurons that produced ApoE3. They concluded that the link between the ApoE4 gene and Alzheimer’s stems from the toxic effects associated with ApoE4 and not from the absence of ApoE3. This finding also rules out the possibility that both factors contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s.
The finding that breakdown of the ApoE4 protein is associated with Alzheimer’s also provides insight into why treatments that work with mice may fail with humans. Amyloid-β production is not affected by the ApoE4 gene in mice. Treatments that have been shown to be effective with mice may not be as successful with humans because the mouse models don’t address ApoE4-related forms of Alzheimer’s in humans.
Differences in how ApoE4 functions in mice and humans isn’t the whole story, however, because treatments for Alzheimer’s that focus on reducing amyloid-β have been successful in mice. However, it does point to a clear difference between humans and mice with regard to Alzheimer’s that can serve as a focus for future research.
Negating the effects of ApoE4
The finding that the toxic effects of the ApoE4 protein are associated with Alzheimer’s in humans suggests treatment methods might be successful if they focused on modifying the ApoE4 protein before it‘s broken down into the problem-causing fragments.
The researchers took a different approach. Rather than trying to counter the effects of the ApoE4 protein, they eliminated its effects by converting ApoE4 to ApoE3 using gene editing techniques. The converted genes did not produce the ApoE4 protein which is the root cause of the problem.
Looking toward a brighter future for Alzheimer's Disease.
Credit: Longleanna/Pixabay
Finding a solution for Alzheimer’s Disease has proven to be difficult. New research findings that appear promising at first but don’t provide the answers we’re looking for are frustrating for everyone and heart-breaking for families devastated by Alzheimer’s.
Nevertheless, so much has been learned about Alzheimer’s that it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that we’re getting closer to finding effective treatments. The research reported in Nature Medicine appears to have illuminated additional pieces in the Alzheimer’s puzzle and opened up new approaches to finding a cure. Progress is slower than anyone likes, but it is being made and there’s hope for the future.
Kevin Murnane
I’m a cognitive scientist, retired professor, musician, gamer, and avid cyclist with a B.A in History, an M.S. in History and Philosophy of Science, and a Ph.D. in Cogni...
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Johnny Depp to Return as Mad Hatter in 'Alice in Wonderland' Sequel
Briefly: At the end of May, we learned that The Muppets director James Bobin (currently working on the sequel Muppets Most Wanted) was going to stick around Disney to be at the helm of the sequel to Tim Burton's successful 2010 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Tentatively titled Into the Looking Glass, the film would continue Alice's adventures with Mia Wasikowskia reprising the title role and Linda Woolverton returning to write the film. Now Deadline has word that Johnny Depp is in final talks to reprise his role as Mad Hatter, and the news comes just as The Lone Ranger tanks at the box office. Though unsurprising, it's not a bad move to try and keep Depp's name from being stuck in the mud for too long.
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Good. The symptoms he showed of insanity were extremely accurate, I dont know why critics gave him such low marks when he was so realistic. Most people dont know what good acting or good moviemaking means
Moof on Jul 12, 2013
he was fabtastic as the mad hatter in the first movie, can't wait for the sequel
I think this was his best role, and that's saying a lot!
kitano0 on Jul 12, 2013
The publics love obsession with Depp made the first one a terrible movie. I mean Christ, the movie posters had the mad hatter front and center and he wasn't even supposed to the main character. The focus was misplaced.
RobertPelletier on Jul 12, 2013
He was awesome as the mad hatter. However Depp needs some roles where he's not playing a quirky loon every once in awhile.
UrAllThumb on Jul 12, 2013
Meh, I wasn't crazy about that Alice in Wonderland movie I just don't think Johnny Depp is challenging his range of acting. He's a great actor no doubt but he's just been bland lately I want to see that passion back from him that's all. I still can't get that awful taste of "The Tourist" from my mouth, OY VEY!!!
BinaryChaos on Jul 13, 2013
Dude is typecast now, its always the weird pirate guy.
Happy camper on Jul 13, 2013
Johnny Depp is a good box office name and movie star and a pretty good actor but thats about it.
Lazlo on Jul 13, 2013
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Prose & Poetry - Erich Maria Remarque
German novelist (1898-1970, pseudonym for Erich Paul Remark), who became famous with his work Im Westen Nichts Neues (tr. All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929), one of the best-known anti-war novels, which depicted the horrors of war from the point of view of the ordinary soldiers.
In his works Remarque focused largely on the collapse of the old European world and values from 1914 through the cold war.
"It is just as much a matter of chance that I am still alive as that I might have been hit. In a bomb-proof dug-out I may be smashed to atoms and in the open may survive ten hour's bombardment unscratched. No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck." (from All Quiet on the Western Front)
Erich Maria Remarque was born in Ossnabrück, Lower Saxony, into modest circumstances. His ancestors were French. Remarque's mother was Anna Marie Kramer and father, Peter Maria Kramer, a bookbinder. He studied at the University of Münster but had to enlist in the German army at the age of 18. He fought on the Western Front and was wounded several times.
After his discharge Remarque had taken a teacher's course offered to veterans by the government. He taught for a year in a school, and tried also his hand as a stonecutter and a test-car driver. Remarque began his writing career as a sporting journalist, and assistant editor of Sportbild. Fame came with his first novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, which touched a nerve of the time, and sparked off a storm of political controversy.
Its sequel, Der Weg Zuruck (The Way Back), appeared in 1931. It dealt with the collapse of the German Army after the war and the fate of the surviving heroes.
All Quiet on the Western Front - the most representative novel dealing with World War I. The book starts in 1917 after a battle, in which half of Paul Bäumer's company has been killed. Bäumer is mostly the narrator and Remarque goes through his life in flashbacks. Paul and his classmates have been encouraged by their teacher, Kantorek, to enlist in the German army. Bäumer's group includes some school fellows, and Katczinsky, an older man.
The group goes through basic training and go to the front. Bäumer tries to understand what is going on. He visits home on leave, returns to the trenches, is wounded and sent to a military hospital. In the summer of 1918 the German front is pushed back, and the soldiers are waiting for the end of the war.
In October, when there is nothing much to report on the western front, Paul is killed, a week or so before the armistice. The story is narrated in first person in a cool style, a contrast to patriotic rhetoric.
Remarque records the daily horrors in the trenches, where machine guns killed millions, in laconic understatement. "At the next war let all the Kaisers, Presidents and Generals and diplomats go into a big field and fight it out first among themselves. That will satisfy us and keep us home." (Katzinsky)
Lewis Milestone's film (1930), based on the novel, is a landmark of American cinema. One of the best scenes is when Paul (Lew Ayres) returns to his school and tells new students the truth. "When it comes to dying for your country, it's better not to die at all." The film was denounced by Goebbels as anti-German, but the Poles banned it for being pro-German.
Particularly effective were the tracking shots of soldiers attacking enemy lines. In France it was prohibited until 1962. The close-up of Paul's hand reaching for the butterfly at the end, is actually the hand of the director Milestone. A sequel, The Road Back, was made in 1937.
With All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque became a spokesman of "a generation that was destroyed by war, even though it might have escaped its shells," as he said himself. The German defeat inspired two major war films of the year 1930 - G.W. Pabst's Westfront 1918, adapted from a novel by Ernest Johannsen and Lewis Milestone's film based on Remarque's novel.
Milestone was unhappy with the original script - he thought it changed the point of the book, and he hired his friend Del Andrews and George Abbott, a stage director, to shape the final script. The producer Carl Laemmle Junior and Milestone both hated the original ending of the book, in which Paul Baumer dies heroically. Karl Freund, the cameraman, put forward the idea of the hand stretching out toward the butterfly.
In the 1930s Remarque's books were banned in Germany by the government. All Quiet on the Western Front was among the works consigned to be publicly burnt in 1933 by the Nazis. Stores were ordered to stop selling his books. The film's premiere was disrupted by Nazi gangs; Remarque was accused of pacifism.
In 1938 Remarque lost his citizenship. He had moved to Switzerland in 1932 and in 1939 he emigrated to the United States, where in 1947 he became a citizen. There he made friends with Hollywood stars, including Paulette Goddard (1911-1990), whom he married in 1958.
Remarque had been married twice before, and to the same woman, Ilsa Jeanne Zamboul, in 1923 and again in 1938. After the war Remarque settled eventually back in Switzerland. He died in Locarno, on September 25, 1970.
"If things went according to the death notices, man would be absolutely perfect. There you find only first-class fathers, immaculate husbands, model children, unselfish, self-sacrificing mothers, grandparents mourned by all, businessmen in contrast with whom Francis of Assisi would seem an infinite egoist, generals dripping with kindness, humane prosecuting attorneys, almost holy munitions makers - in short, the earth seems to have been populated by a horde of wingless angels without one's having been aware of it." (from The Black Obelisk, 1956)
Remarque's later works, depicting the political upheavals of Europe, did not achieve the critical acclaim of his first novel. However, his skill to create interesting characters and balancing between realistic and sentimental scenes made him a highly popular writer. Drei Kameraden (1937) received good reviews and was made into a film in 1938, directed by Frank Borzage.
The screenplay was written by Edward A. Paramore and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The final scene in which the two friends of the story are joined by their ghostly comrade is still touching. Several of Remarque's later novels dealt with people struggling under Nazi rule. Arch of Triumph (1946) told a story about a German refugee physician and an actress.
The work was adapted into screen in 1947, starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. Spark of Life (1952) was a fictional documentary about life in Nazi concentration camps. The Black Obelisk (1956) was a tragi-comedy, in which Remarque explored the chaotic Germany of in the 1920s. Die Nacht Von Lissabon (1964), in which two refugees from Nazism flee in Portugal, and Schatten In Paradies, depicting refugees in the United Sates, were published posthumously in English in 1971.
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A Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good
by Emma Gray
This is an excerpt from A Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good by Emma Gray.
Dear White Ladies:
A NOTE ON INTERSECTIONALITY
“My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.”
— FLAVIA DZODAN, TIGER BEATDOWN
The first time I heard the term intersectionality, I was in college. Surprise, surprise, the lady who ended up writing about women’s issues professionally spent four years discussing the merits of
Judith Butler and bell hooks. Shocking, right? But I know that I felt relieved to finally have a word to describe a concept that felt totally integral to everything I was learning (and living).
At its core, intersectionality is simple, almost obvious: groups of people are not monolithic—our identities overlap and compound in myriad ways. Therefore, when you talk about “women” or “the LGBTQ community,” you are talking about groups of people who share some com- mon experiences but whose lives vary in many other ways. The key is that these differences impact the way that individuals experience the world and therefore the way they experience whatever particular oppression an activist or organizer is trying to combat. If you are blind to—or willfully ignore—these differences, it becomes impossible to create lasting and meaningful solutions; if a solution addresses only a part of the problem, it’s not actually a solution at all—it’s a Band-Aid, reserved for only a few.
As gun-safety activist Lucy McBath put it, “You cannot focus on one issue without the intersectionality of all of the issues. It’s like you have a wheel and every issue is a spoke that ties into that wheel. Until we’re able to eradicate or work on all of these kinds of issues, we’ll never solve one issue. Because they’re all intricately connected.”
You might be thinking, “Well . . . duh.” And you’d be right! But putting intersectionality into practice is when things get tough. There’s not a social movement in history that hasn’t had issues with actually advocating for the entirety of the group it purports to be fighting for. Look no further than the suffragettes, many of whom chose to prioritize middle-class white women’s rights at the expense of women of color.
This problematic idea of educated middle-class white women as a universal stand-in for “women” continues to be an issue today. But today we are, at the very least, better equipped to confront it.
In my experience, most young women already understand these concepts—or latch onto them quickly once introduced to them. They under- stand intersectionality and white feminism, which is more than I can say for my own teenage self. Young women today know that feminism without intersectionality is no feminism at all.
Intersectionality theory was first named by law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in the 1980s to address a specific issue: the compounding and over- lapping discrimination that women of color face in the workforce, and the failure of anti-discrimination laws—which looked at race and gender discrimination as completely separate entities rather than overlapping and compounding—to address that reality.
In the more general sense, intersectionality is a lens and analytical tool through which to view the world holistically. It points to the varying and complex ways that different facets of our identities intersect, informing the oppression that we experience. A black woman is not going to experience sexism in the exact same way as a white woman. A butch, queer, Latina woman is not going to experience homophobia the same way a bisexual, femme, Asian woman does. And all of the corresponding isms and phobias ultimately serve the same common purpose: to keep most of us divided and down in order to lift up a vaunted few (a.k.a., able-bodied, affluent, straight, cisgender white men). And it’s historically been a reluctance—primarily by affluent, straight, cisgender white women—to acknowledge these differences and intersections that has created the erasure of many women in feminist spaces.
This is a reality that self-described “proud, unapologetic, queer, black, transgender woman from Augusta, Georgia” Raquel Willis spoke about at the Women’s March, nodding to the iconic “Ain’t I a Woman” speech women’s rights and antislavery activist Sojourner Truth gave at the 1851 Women’s Convention in Ohio.
“I want to stress the importance of us being intentional about inclusion,” Willis said to the thousands gathered in DC. “Black women, women of color, queer women, trans women, disabled women, Muslim women, and so many others are still asking many of y’all, ‘Ain’t I a woman?’ So as we commit to build this movement of resistance and liberation, no one can be an afterthought.”
This idea has been key to the broadening of the feminist movement, especially in pushing white feminists to consider the many ways that race and gender interact. Because white feminism (that is, feminism by and for white women only, which doesn’t consider the nuanced experiences that women have depending on their varying identities) isn’t true feminism.
As a white woman, I get an education every day from women of color, and my understanding of how best to practice intersectionality in my daily life—and especially in my work—continues to grow. I asked many of the women I interviewed for this book to tell me what intersectionality meant to them, and how it played out in the work they do. I learned a lot by listening to them—listening is key—and I wanted to share that wisdom with you, dear readers.
Here’s what intersectionality means to a few active, influential women:
Deja Foxx, High School Student and Reproductive Justice Advocate
“Intersectionality is really what activism is all about. Our identities and experiences are unique to us, and working to appreciate that in the methods we use to resist oppression makes us more united. To appreciate the intersections of an issue like reproductive justice is to look at the larger machine of oppression and the ways it affects each of us in different ways. But what is most important about this understanding is meeting the experiences of others with compassion.”
Flavia Dzodan, Writer
“[Intersectionality is] a lens through which I look at all political, and social, and cultural issues. I try—I say try, because we all have blind spots, but what I try to do is look at everything from that intersectional lens. To me, it’s a tool that you apply trying to understand any given situation. It’s an exercise of thinking of the world outside yourself, outside of your own lived reality. I’m specifically thinking here of young white women, because you [don’t need] to explain this to young women of color, who have already lived through this. For young white women, it’s a matter of thinking outside their own subjectivity.”
Amanda Gorman, Activist and Youth Poet Laureate of the United States
“Intersectionality is kind of a buzzword, and sometimes if you say a word too much, you forget its meaning. But intersectionality for me, at least in the feminism movement, is a willingness to interrogate [the ways] in which our experiences converge and diverge. And also the commitment to unite for women’s rights with that awareness. Young women of today have excavated something that is quite significant and builds upon the work of previous feminists. We’re more open to interrogating the intersections of race, gender, class, ability, immigration, et cetera. And that type of critical thinking, which looks at a woman’s identity as a mosaic, rather than a one-color painting, I think that is the power behind women and girls of today.”
Alicia Garza, Cofounder of Black Lives Matter Network and Special Projects Director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance
“Intersectionality looks at the ways in which race, class, gender, and other social positions impact our lived experiences. I see a lot of people talking about intersectionality these days, but they haven’t taken the time to understand what it means and how it shows up in our lives. Intersectionality isn’t diversity—it is fundamentally about relationships of power and how we embody those relationships, and the impacts that power has on our lives and on the lives of others. I encourage everyone to actually read Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw’s essay on intersectionality. We owe it to ourselves to get it right and not cut corners.”
For more information: A Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance — A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good by Emma Gray. Published by Harpers Collins.
Emma Gray is the Executive Women's Editor at HuffPost. She is also the co-host of the "Bachelor"-themed podcast, "Here To Make Friends," which was named a "must-listen" by The Daily Dot, and has appeared as an expert on the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Insider, and Entertainment Tonight. Emma is an alum of McGill University in Montreal, which is probably why she has such a soft spot for poutine and St. Viateur bagels.
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Gloria Grahame & James Baldwin Series Announced for September
By Alex Hunter on August 13, 2015 in Film Society, News
William Miles and James Baldwin during production of I Remember Harlem
One of Hollywood’s sexiest and skilled actresses, Gloria Grahame, and novelist, playwright, activist, and critic James Baldwin (1924-1987), will be highlighted in upcoming series “Gloria Grahame: Blonde Ambition” (September 4–8) and “The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film” (September 11–14).
“It seems that of all the American film stars,” François Truffaut wrote in 1952, “Gloria Grahame is the only one who is also a person.” Indeed, Grahame’s reputation as a human movie star—vulnerable and imperfect—was her calling card. Born in Los Angeles to an architect father and a mother who had acted for years on the British stage, Grahame did nearly all of her finest work for RKO, where she specialized in playing worn-out, sympathetic fallen women who turn on their sleazy, criminal lovers and husbands. As early as her brief role for MGM in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), she was playing spirited women leaning toward—or trapped in—ill repute. Grahame’s range as an actress, however, extended well beyond bar hostesses and lounge singers. She could be flighty and naïve (The Bad and the Beautiful), cooped-up and frustrated (The Cobweb), or inelegant and clumsy (Oklahoma!). It was her second husband, Nicholas Ray, who directed what might have been her finest performance. Over the course of In a Lonely Place, her character evolves from a stock seductive-woman-next-door into something much richer: a woman in an unstable relationship struggling to unravel a complex web of affections, doubts, hopes, commitments, and fears. Grahame could project desire, suffering, and vengeful anger, but she was also distinctly gifted at projecting ambivalence. Perhaps this is what made her appear onscreen so sharply like a—for lack of a better word—person. We are excited to revisit the burning works of one of Hollywood’s most alluring stars—almost all in 35mm!
From September 11-14, we spotlight novelist, playwright, activist, and critic James Baldwin, in a series titled “The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film.” This survey is an attempt to assemble and reflect on Baldwin’s early and lasting fascination with American cinema—powerfully dissected in his 1976 book-length essay, The Devil Finds Works, which explores the seductive and distorted power of American cinema and the complex racial politics that inform such cultural production. From his intriguing identification with Bette Davis, to piercing analyses of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and The Exorcist, to an extended discussion of The Defiant Ones, Baldwin lays bare our subconscious investments and confirms that “cinema is the language of our dreams.”
The series will feature his numerous appearances on television; film documents of his sojourns in Paris, Istanbul, San Francisco, and London; film adaptations of novels that preoccupied Baldwin, with their themes of racial and class differences, such as A Tale of Two Cities, The Defiant Ones, Native Son; and a screening of Ingmar Bergman’s The Naked Night (aka Sawdust and Tinsel), which Baldwin singled out for praise. Documentaries in which he played a significant part or of which he was the subject, such as I Heard It Through the Grapevine, James Baldwin’s Harlem, Take This Hammer (screening in an extended “director’s cut”), and the newly remastered The Price of the Ticket, will also be featured. The survey will close with never-before-seen raw footage from Baldwin’s 1987 funeral service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (only portions of which were seen in The Price of the Ticket), with stirring eulogies from Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka. We are proud to present many of these rare prints and is keen to situate this major writer as an astute film critic wholly unafraid to throw off the veil and excavate the deep and often troubling nature of the national fascination with celluloid.
Programmed by Rich Blint and Jake Perlin, co-presented with Columbia University School of the Arts Office of Community Outreach and Education
Special Thanks for The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film:
Pat Hartley; Lynanne Schweighofer (Library of Congress); Chris Chouinard (Park Circus); Brian Belovarac (Janus Films); Ron Simon (The Paley Center for Media); Jack Hazan; Fleur Buckley and George Watson (British Film Institute); Seday Pakay; Ashley Clarke; Elena Rossi-Snook and Johnny Gore (New York Public Library for the Performing Arts); Brian Graney (The Black Film Center/Archive, Indiana University); Jennifer Bertani (WNET); Gloria Miles; Kristie Nakamura (Warner Bros. Classics); Alex Cherian (San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive); Marcia Sells (Columbia University School of the Arts); Christina Rumpf (Columbia University School of the Arts); and Karen Thorsen.
Tickets for Gloria Grahame: Blonde Ambition will go on sale Thursday, August 20. Special holiday weekend pricing: $10; $7 for Film Society members, students, and seniors. Tickets for The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film will go on sale Thursday, August 27. Single screening tickets are $14; $11 for students and seniors (62+); and $9 for Film Society members. See more and save with the All Access Pass or 3+ film discount package. Visit filmlinc.org for more information.
GLORIA GRAHAME: BLONDE AMBITION (September 4-8)
FILMS, SCHEDULE & DESCRIPTIONS
Vincente Minnelli, USA, 1952, 35mm, 118m
Vincente Minnelli supposedly drew on the lives of a handful of notorious, iconic Hollywood producers, including Val Lewton and David O. Selznick, to create the caustic figure at the center of The Bad and the Beautiful, one of his richest melodramas. But the film is less an inside-Hollywood exposé than a grim tragedy about a man driven to appalling ends by a mixture of hubris and sheer malice. We learn, across three extended flashbacks, why three prominent Hollywood figures, including an actress (Lana Turner) and a writer (Dick Powell) detest the famous producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), who both made their careers and ruined their lives. Grahame won an Oscar for her unforgettable supporting role as Powell’s flighty Southern belle wife.
Friday, September 4, 4:00pm
Monday, September 7, 6:00pm
Fritz Lang, USA, 1953, 35mm, 90m
Grahame spends much of Fritz Lang’s bleak, thrilling noir with half her face hidden behind a bandage or a layer of prosthetic makeup, yet she is unmistakably the film’s center of gravity. Her role as a gangster’s moll caught between her luxurious life of crime—“most of the time, it’s a lot of fun”—and her affections for a rigidly honest cop (Glenn Ford) confirmed and deepened her reputation as a sinister seductress, beyond giving her some of the finest lines of her career. (“You’re about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs.”) But this reputation never fully captured the scope of Grahame’s emotional range in films like The Big Heat, where she projects a magnificent combination of pride, fear, restlessness, confidence, and doubt.
Saturday, September 5, 6:00pm
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Joan Micklin Silver, USA, 1979, 35mm, 92m
The third of Joan Micklin Silver’s criminally under-seen features includes one of Grahame’s final screen performances as an eccentric matron given to sudden outbursts and occasional gusts of affection. The mood of the rest of Chilly Scenes of Winter, which took three years to find a theatrical release in its current version, is gentler and more melancholic: a dissatisfied Salt Lake City civil servant (John Heard) goes to desperate, threatening lengths in his attempts to recover the love of his life (Mary Beth Hurt) after she returns to her husband. It’s a tonally deft, sensitive, and wise movie that launched the careers of its two stars, even as it set the closing note for Grahame’s.
Tuesday, September 8, 6:30pm
The Cobweb
MGM spared none of its legendary gloss on Vincente Minnelli’s star-studded melodrama, a sort of Grand Hotel variant adapted from the novel by playwright William Gibson (The Miracle Worker) and set in a psychiatric hospital. The patients of the deluxe clinic where The Cobweb takes place are more stable, on the whole, than its dysfunctional staff. Richard Widmark plays the dedicated psychiatrist tasked with putting out the fires of the philandering medical director (Charles Boyer), while his wife (Grahame), whose choice to order new drapes for the hospital library—in a typically Minnellian focus on set design—throws everyone from the administrator (Lillian Gish) to an artist-patient (John Kerr) into turmoil. Lauren Bacall, as Widmark’s widowed colleague and possible love interest, is the movie’s sole oasis of sanity, but Grahame is among its most electric presences.
Sunday, September 6, 6:30pm
Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1947, 35mm, 86m
Grahame and Robert Ryan both launched their careers—and earned their first Oscar nominations—with supporting roles in this absorbing whodunit: a sequence of piecemeal testimonies surrounding the murder of a Jewish war veteran by a fellow former soldier. Adapted from Richard Brooks’s novel The Brick Foxhole, which dealt with an even riskier controversy of the time (homophobia instead of anti-Semitism), Crossfire set off a wave of “social problem” noir films in its wake. But it is stranger and more visually daring than most of the films it inspired: a sinister, claustrophobic chamber drama filled with intimations of buried traumas and unspoken desires. That atmosphere is largely the result of performances like those of Grahame, as an embittered bar hostess, and Paul Kelly as the troubled man who calls himself her husband.
Fritz Lang was the second master filmmaker—after Jean Renoir—to film Émile Zola’s 1890 novel La Bête humaine. Transposing the book’s story of murder, infidelity, seduction, and revenge from the world of French engine drivers to that of New Jersey railroad workers, he clearly relished the chance to stage complex action scenes in cramped train corridors and darkened rail yards. The film’s centerpiece, however, is Grahame’s towering performance as the dissatisfied, vengeful wife of a brutish conductor she aims to have killed—preferably by his co-worker, an upright war veteran played by Glenn Ford. Shrill, desperate, savvy, imploring, ferocious: Grahame may have never dominated a movie the way she dominates Human Desire, which further cemented her image as a doomed, tragic femme fatale.
Nicholas Ray, USA, 1950, 35mm, 94m
Grahame began one of her finest performances, in Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece of moral and psychological ambiguity, with one of her most memorable entrances. “I noticed him because he looked interesting,” she tells a police captain to explain why she had her eyes on cynical screenwriter Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) the night he’s alleged to have committed a murder. “I like his face.” His character, she discovers over the course of the film, is cloudier and more sinister than she initially sensed, not to mention—possibly—murderous. One of the eeriest and most suspenseful products of noir’s golden age, In a Lonely Place is also a masterful takedown of Hollywood politics and a deeply affecting depiction of a romantic relationship too intense for either partner to bear.
Josef von Sternberg/Nicholas Ray, USA, 1952, 35mm, 81m
Nicholas Ray was brought on to finish this atmospheric crime yarn after the movie’s producer, Howard Hughes, forced Josef von Sternberg off the project. But Macao still shimmers with its initial director’s signature textures and tones: dresses and gloves sheathed in glitter; an Escher-like casino; a pier-set finale that recalls The Docks of New York. It was, by all accounts, an unpleasant, tumultuous production. The final movie, though, is surprisingly buoyant—a shimmering cinematic vacation. As a gangster’s moll entangled in the lives of an American runaway (Robert Mitchum) and a singer (Jane Russell), Grahame circles around the edges of the movie, occasionally sending off a flash of light from the shadows.
Tuesday. September 8, 4:30pm
Naked Alibi
Jerry Hopper, USA, 1954, 35mm, 86m
At the time of its French release, François Truffaut wrote that Naked Alibi “perfectly corresponds to the need for a drug that any lover of American films irresistibly experiences.” Much of the narcotic allure of this stripped-down, hard-hitting B-noir about a virtuous police officer (Sterling Hayden) heading off-radar to catch a psychotic cop killer (Gene Barry) is due to Grahame’s magnetic performance as the killer’s put-upon bar-singer mistress. As in Crossfire and The Big Heat, Grahame finds surprising, unexpected emotional registers in what could have been a stock role—whenever she appears onscreen, the film seems to rearrange itself around her.
Odds Against Tomorrow
Robert Wise, USA, 1959, 35mm, 96m
A castaway from the police force (Ed Begley) recruits two men (Robert Ryan and Harry Belafonte), one white and one black, to help carry out a bank robbery. The tagline of this acutely socially conscious noir about the perfect heist gone wrong—“Money brought them together. Racism tore them apart”—suggests what happens next. Odds Against Tomorrow was among the last of a certain stripe of hard-boiled, rough-edged film noirs (it was shot on location in New York City and Hudson, New York), and it’s fitting that it also contains one of Grahame’s last great performances—as a lonely, alluring neighbor of Ryan’s character intrigued by his aggressive cool.
Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1955, DCP, 145m
A plastic surgery fiasco, a mishap at the Academy Awards, stirrings about a possible affair with her husband’s teenage son: by the time she was cast as the simple-minded, unfashionable Ado Annie in Fred Zinnemann’s massive screen adaptation of Oklahoma!, Grahame’s public image was battered. Not a trained singer, she gave the role an awkward hesitancy miles away from the commanding presence of her femme fatales, but entirely appropriate to her farm girl worked over by baffling new passions. In a film full of wide, graceful gestures and panoramic visual effects, her clumsy performance of “I Can’t Say No” strikes the surest emotional note.
A Woman’s Secret
It was during the production of this genre-blurring murder mystery that Grahame became close with Nicholas Ray, whom she would go on to marry soon after the film wrapped. The couple’s first collaboration is hard to peg: Is it a whodunit? A backstage performance melodrama? A glamorous Pygmalion riff? Whatever else it might be, A Woman’s Secret is definitely a showcase for magnificent performances by Maureen O’Hara, as a famous singer cast out of the spotlight after losing her voice early, and Grahame, as the struggling young singer she insists on molding in her own image. Herman Mankiewicz’s screenplay made enough of an impression on his brother Joseph that the latter used an eerily similar story as the basis for All About Eve.
THE DEVIL FINDS WORK: JAMES BALDWIN ON FILM (SEPTEMBER 11-14)
Stanley Kramer, USA, 1958, 35mm, 96m
A huge hit when it was released, The Defiant Ones stars Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis as escaped convicts from a chain gang in the South who are literally yoked together. In The Devil Finds Work, Baldwin states that this domestic drama about race during the middle of the last century “is being offered as a metaphor for the ordeal of black-white relations in America, an ordeal, the film is saying, that has brought us closer together than we know.” It is this effort “of the most disastrous sentimentality to bring black men into the white American nightmare” that the author suggests caused Harlem audiences to resent the film while white liberal viewers applauded.
Screening with: My Childhood Part 2: James Baldwin’s Harlem
Arthur Barron, USA, 1964, digital projection, 30m
James Baldwin narrates how his early years in Harlem made him alive to the forces at work in the city and American society to manage the black population. Describing the economic and visual disparity of New York’s famed Fifth Avenue that runs through Manhattan and Harlem, Baldwin reminds us that the “avenue is elsewhere the renowned and elegant Fifth,” but venturing north “we find ourselves on wide, filthy, hostile Fifth Avenue, facing a project which hangs over the avenue like a monument to the folly, and cowardice of good intentions.”
Friday, September 11, 6:00pm
The Devil Finds Work Program:
An illustrated discussion and presentation of clips of films discussed by Baldwin in The Devil Finds Work, including The Birth of a Nation, The Exorcist, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and The Defiant Ones. A sustained and animated engagement of the text, this panel and selected screenings will take up Baldwin’s aesthetic analysis of the films and commentary on how these works operate in American culture and spectatorship. Panelists include: Michele Wallace, Sam Pollard, Trey Ellis, and others to be announced.
Saturday, September 12, 12:30pm*
*Venue: Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street
Stan Lathan, USA, 1984, 16mm, 96m
This poignant adaptation of James Baldwin’s first novel restages the conflict of religion, sexuality, race, and poverty in 1920s and 1930s Harlem that shaped so much of the author’s political, spiritual, and moral convictions.
Sunday, September 13, 5:00pm*
Pat Hartley & Dick Fontaine, USA/UK, 1982, digital projection, 95m
James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham, and Atlanta, to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe, and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America—wondering “what happened to the children” and those “who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road.”
Screening with: James Baldwin from Another Place
Sedat Pakay, Turkey, 1973, 35mm, 13m
This short finds James Baldwin in Istanbul musing about race, the American fascination with sexuality, insights into his interrupted writing decade in the country, the generosity of the Turks, and how being in another country, in another place, forces one to re-examine well-established attitudes about modern society.
I Remember Harlem
William Miles, USA, 1981, 16mm, 240m
Baldwin is interviewed for William Miles’s landmark epic documenting the early settlement of the Village of Harlem in the 17th century, to the specter of urban renewal and redevelopment in the 1970s. The film chronicles the centuries of change and political and artistic expression that has made this complex hamlet the capital of urban America.
Sunday, September 13, 12:00pm*
James Baldwin Funeral Service – Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Karen Thorsen, Bill Dill & Gregory Andracke, USA, 1987, digital projection, 45m
Never-before-seen raw footage from Baldwin’s 1987 funeral service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (only portions were seen in The Price of the Ticket), featuring eulogies from Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka and powerful drumming led by Nigerian master Babatunde Olatunji.
Monday, September 14, 9:00pm*
James Baldwin in Paris
Terence Dixon, UK/France, 1971, digital projection, 31m
An extremely rare film document [del.] photographed by Jack Hazan (Rude Boy, A Bigger Splash) in several symbolic locations, including the Place de la Bastille. As Hazan recounts: “Things don’t go to plan for him and the film crew when a couple of young black Vietnam draft dodgers impose themselves on the American. Baldwin wrestles with being a role model to the black youths, denouncing Western colonialism and crimes against African Americans while at the same time demonstrating his mastery and understanding of the culture he supposedly despises.”
Screening with: Baldwin’s Nigger
Horace Ové, UK, 1968, 16mm, 46min
James Baldwin, alongside Dick Gregory, speaks and responds to questions at the West Indian Student Centre in London about race and identity in America as he draws correspondences between the situation in the U.S. and the UK.
Saturday, September 12, 7:15pm*
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Karen Thorsen, USA, 1989, DCP, 86m
For years the authoritative film biography of James Baldwin, this newly restored and remastered documentary gathers together scores of rare archival footage of Baldwin and his contemporaries to shape this remarkable account of his life and work. Film Restoration and Digital Remastering made possible by The Ford Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, Maysles Documentary Center, Stan & Joanne Marder, Goldcrest Post.
James Baldwin Speaks Program:
A selection of clips featuring Baldwin in discussion and debate with his contemporaries, including William F. Buckley, Marlon Brando, and Harry Belafonte, along with speeches and commentary documented for television—both inside the studio and out—over his long career as America’s foremost insightful and prescient public intellectual. Discussants include Darryl Pinckney and others to be announced.
The Naked Night (aka Sawdust and Tinsel)
Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1953, 16mm, 95m
Swedish with English subtitles
Considered by Baldwin as “one of the very few genuine artists now working in film,” Bergman was the subject of intense interest from the American author who flew to Stockholm to meet and interview him, culminating in his essay “The Northern Protestant.” For Baldwin, Sawdust and Tinsel was Bergman’s best film, which he characterized as “moving” and “uncannily precise and truthful.” We will screen an original release print of the film under the original U.S. title, The Naked Night.
The Naked Night
Pierre Chenal, Argentina/USA, 1951, 35mm, 104m
Based on the terrifically successful 1940 novel by Richard Wright and shot in Argentina, this striking work tells the story of the accidental death of a white Chicago heiress at the hands of a young black man from the South Side. It stars the author in the lead role of Bigger Thomas, the “horror” of which Baldwin suggested [del.] “was later abundantly justified.” In his first major essay, “Everybody’s Protest Novel,” Baldwin speculated that “below the surface of his novel there lies, as it seems to me, a continuation, a compliment of that monstrous legend it was intended to destroy.”
Take This Hammer – FREE SCREENING
Richard O. Moore, USA, 1963, digital projection, 58m
James Baldwin’s devastating 1963 tour of San Francisco, filmed and released by KQED, documents the struggle to shield black children in the city from the almost universal message of dispossession and despair that at the time engulfed communities already under siege by the forces of gentrification and urban renewal: “What precisely do you say to a Negro child to invest him with a moral which the country is determined he shan’t have … To insist that he know that he can do anything he wants to?”
Screening with: The Negro and the American Promise
WGBH, USA, 1963, digital projection, 59m
This is a series of three interviews for Boston public television, with Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X speaking individually with Kenneth Clark, commenting on one another’s ideas and philosophies, just after the now-infamous meeting with Robert Kennedy. The New York Times characterized Baldwin’s powerful segment as “a television experience that seared the consciousness.”
Jack Conway, USA, 1935, 35mm, 128m
“I did not believe in any of these people so much as I believed in their situation.” In the beginning of The Devil Finds Work, Baldwin extensively discusses A Tale of Two Cities, recalling how “haunted” he was by Dickens’s novel, reading it “over and over and over again,” seeing himself and his family’s lives and struggles mirrored in the quest for freedom that characterized the French Revolution. As Baldwin reflects: “The guillotine was going to chop off Sydney Carton’s head: my first director was instructing me in the discipline and power of make-believe.”
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Scientists discover hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet named K2-229b
London | Published: March 28, 2018 11:23:06 AM
Scientists have discovered a hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet orbiting a dwarf star located 260 million light years away.
It reaches a day side temperature of over 2000 degrees Celsius.
Scientists have discovered a hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet orbiting a dwarf star located 260 million light years away. Named K2-229b, the planet is almost 20 per cent larger than Earth but has a mass which is over two-and-a-half times greater. It reaches a day side temperature of over 2000 degrees Celsius. It is located very close to its host star (0.012 AU, around a hundredth of the distance between the Earth and the Sun), which itself is a medium-sized active K dwarf in the Virgo Constellation. K2-229b orbits this star every fourteen hours.
Using the K2 telescope, researchers from Aix-Marseille Universite in France and University of Warwick in the UK employed the Doppler spectroscopy technique – also known as the ‘wobble method’ – to discover and characterise this faraway planet. The astronomers knew the planet was there due to dips in the light from its host star as it orbited, periodically blocking starlight.
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They then calculated the size, position and mass of K2-229b by measuring the radial velocity of the star, and finding out how much the starlight ‘wobbles’ during orbit, due to the gravitational tug from the planet, which changes depending on the planet’s size. “Mercury stands out from the other Solar System terrestrial planets, showing a very high fraction of iron and implying it formed in a different way,” said David Armstrong from the University of Warwick.
“We were surprised to see an exoplanet with the same high density, showing that Mercury-like planets are perhaps not as rare as we thought,” Armstrong said. “Interestingly K2-229b is also the innermost planet in a system of at least three planets, though all three orbit much closer to their star than Mercury,” he said. The dense, metallic nature of K2-229b has numerous potential origins, and one hypothesis is that its atmosphere might have been eroded by intense stellar wind and flares, as the planet is so close to its star.
Another possibility is that K2-229b was formed after a huge impact between two giant astronomical bodies in space billions of years ago – much like the theory that the Moon was formed after Earth collided with a body the size of Mars. Discovering details about far-flung planets across the universe gives us more clues as to how planets in our own solar system formed, researchers said. As K2-229b is similar to Mercury, knowing more about the former can potentially reveal more about the latter, they said.
Scientists discover hot metallic Earth-sized planet named K2-229b
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EVA CASSIDY FAN CLUB
‘Live At Blues Alley still sounds pretty cool!’ Keith Grimes, Eva Cassidy Band guitarist
Eva Cassidy Band guitarist Keith Grimes: ‘I’ve been asked by my friend Johan to provide a few remembrances from my time with the Eva Cassidy Band. And what better time than now? For it was on this very evening, 22 years ago, that we hit the stage at Blues Alley to begin recording our live album (2 and 3 January 1996). I was younger and hairier then, but the memory remains with me still. Let’s begin at what, for me, was the beginning, around 1990.
Keith Grimes
Mike Dove, the man who has worked on my guitars for many years, and has met my insufferable demands in an uncomplaining fashion, lived next door to Chris Biondo. Chris had a recording studio, Black Pond, at the time, and he had been working with Eva, basically free of charge, which ideally suited her budget! He was quick to recognize the extraordinary depth of Eva’s gift and he wanted to do all he could to support her artistic endeavors. They’d been making recordings together for a while at that time, and decided to put a band together to play local gigs. Mike mentioned to Chris that I was at liberty, and I got a phone call suggesting I come over and listen to the tapes they’d recorded. (Yes, kids, it was still tape back then.) I agreed to do so, not without misgivings. Chris sounded so cocksure that I was pretty sure Eva would turn out to be terrible. But Chris got the last laugh on that one. He played the tapes, I was converted, and a rehearsal was hastily convened. And what a rehearsal it was!
Jocelyn Brown, Chuck Brown, Lenny Williams, Ju-Ju House, Chris Biondo, Eva
Eva Cassidy (vocals, guitar,) Ju-Ju House (drums) and Kent Wood (keyboards) were three people I’d never met before, each of whom brought a distinct flavor. Eva was very serious, spoke but little, and sang like an angel. Since we were rehearsing in the recording studio, I was actually looking at her through a glass partition as we played, so, a bit of an unusual meeting. Ju-Ju and Kent were merry men, constantly hurling verbal abuse at Chris, who was playing bass behind the control board and answering them in kind. They had obviously been working together for quite some time. We quickly put together enough songs to play live, and did a gig, I think, the next day!
Eva in Blues Alley
Well, as it turned out, Ju-Ju and Kent had a lot of irons in the fire, employment-wise, and didn’t stay with us long, although they continued to record with us quite a bit. Jimmy Campbell joined us on drums for live performances. I think Eva wanted keyboards and was thinking of not even playing guitar in the band. Chris and I had to gang up on her and convince her that her guitar contributions were important to our sound. I felt vindicated when, months later, she admitted we were right. Strange as it may seem to the rest of us, Eva had difficulty realizing how good she was.
Eva & Chris
And so we sallied forth boldly, two guitars, bass and drums. Just like the Beatles! Jimmy left us to concentrate on other projects, and was replaced by the intriguingly named Raice McCleod. Lenny Williams, who had played with Eva since before I entered the picture, was only occasionally available to us. Gigs were sporadic and money was scarce. And, unbelievably to me, public acceptance was not immediate. We played a lot of taverns where people wanted to drink and yell at each other. Nuance and subtlety were not prized in this atmosphere, and the value of what was being offered was lost on those wishing that we would play something by the Rolling Stones. So, we bumped along as best we could. Enter Chuck Brown…
Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers had an international reputation of sorts, but were nowhere bigger than in Washington D.C., where Chuck was ‘The Godfather of Go-Go,’ a unique product of the Washington area. He’d recorded with Chris and he had become aware of Eva’s talents. He’d been wanting to do a record that was a departure from his bread-and-butter Go-Go sound, and figured Eva to be the ideal duet partner. Smart move, Chuck! And so we made a record with Chuck and Eva called The Other Side.
Chuck and Eva Live
This did a lot to boost Eva’s recognition factor, and led to the Eva Cassidy Band getting a couple of dates at Blues Alley, one of the area’s more prestigious venues. Fortunately, we had Lenny on piano at these, which enabled us to do some material we hadn’t been able to do with the all-guitar army. Despite some challenging circumstances, we got a good record out of it, and things were looking up. But a few months later Eva was gone. Chuck’s gone now, too. But you know, we got what we got and Live At Blues Alley still sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?’
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Glaucoma: The "Sneak Thief" of Sight
Eat right. Stay fit. Don't smoke or drink. For many of today's most common diseases, there are simple prevention tips we've heard again and again. However, when it comes to glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide and the leading cause of irreversible blindness in African Americans, there are no precautionary habits to practice. "It's important for patients to know that this is not on them," says Tanvi Shah, MD, a board-certified GBMC ophthalmologist. "Unlike diabetes or high blood pressure, there is no diet, exercise, or anything you can do to change whether or not you'll develop glaucoma."
Glaucoma has no signs or symptoms; you cannot see or feel it. In fact, it's possible to have very advanced glaucoma, including partial peripheral blindness, and not even notice it. It's often referred to as the "sneak thief" of sight because vision loss occurs slowly and painlessly — it could go unnoticed for years, even decades. There is only one way to find out if you have it: routine eye exams with an ophthalmologist.
Glaucoma is a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball (that you can't feel), which causes gradual loss of sight. More than 3 million Americans have been diagnosed with vision loss due to glaucoma, though its causes are still unknown. It is more common in African Americans and Hispanics, and it can run in families.
Though there are treatments available for glaucoma, including eye drops, laser, and surgery, these can only prevent further loss of vision; it is not possible to restore lost vision. This is why it's imperative to have yearly eye exams when you're over 40 years old (or sooner if you have a family history of glaucoma). A glaucoma test is non-invasive, involving checking the eye pressure, dilating eye drops (called mydriatrics) and the ophthalmologist examining your eyes with a light.
If you are diagnosed with glaucoma, you can still live a very normal life. "It is very treatable with monitoring and compliance and only leads to complete blindness in rare cases," says Dr. Shah. "Committing to regular eye exams is the key."
For more information, visit www.gbmc.org/ophthalmology
Eye Center at GBMC
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Prepare to be confused: FX previews Legion series at NYCC
By Victoria Song 10.09.2016 :: 7:18PM EST 10.09.2016
American Horror Story season 6 takes a turn down familiar paths
The cold and rain didn’t stop Marvel fans from flocking to the Hammerstein Ballroom to catch a glimpse of the upcoming FX series Legion at New York Comic Con on Sunday. An offshoot of the X-Men franchise, the show follows the story of David Haller, aka Legion, Charles Xavier’s mentally unstable son who has the potential to be one of the most powerful mutants.
Moderated by Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Stack, the panel consisted of showrunner Noah Hawley (Fargo, Bones), executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner, executive producer and Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb, as well as cast members Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Rachel Keller, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, and Bill Irwin. As per Marvel tradition, nobody was really allowed to say much other than how excited they were to work on the series, lest a squadron of men in suits hauled them off to a gruesome fate.
But as a reward for sticking it out, fans were treated to an extended preview of the pilot episode. And it was…okay, if a bit confusing.
The entire series looks like it’s taken a bath in the Mayfair filter on Instagram—bright candy colors muted in a haze of grainy blue. In the first half of the episode, we’re given a quick crash course into David Haller’s turbulent life before entering a mental institution, including an alcohol-fueled, superpowered teenage run-in with the police and a failed attempt to hang himself. The episode then switches gears and focuses on Haller’s manic-pixie-meet-cute romance with Syd Barrett, Rachel Keller’s unhinged ingenue who refuses to be physically touched. It wasn’t until the last few minutes of the preview that Haller’s superpowers take center stage, and while I won’t spoil, it doesn’t necessarily bode well for him. Oh, and Aubrey Plaza is also in there with her signature deadpan, a pair of hipster headphones, and a penchant for quirkily drumming on tables.
If that description gives you whiplash, then rest assured that it’s meant to. Supposedly, according to the creators, the disjointed nature of the episode mirrors the confusion in Haller’s mind about whether or not he actually has powers or is just completely off his rocker. It’s also reflective of Legion’s convoluted road to existence. More than a few questions at the panel centered around where exactly the show fits into the overall Marvel/Fox/X-Men universe, thanks to the very same legal quagmire that prevents the Avengers from mentioning that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are Magento’s kids.
The short of it? Yes, this is the same world as the X-Men films. Kinda. There’s a distinct possibility that Legion takes place in a parallel universe—a theory that showrunner Hawley didn’t outright deny when asked. No, this does not take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yes, they’re not shying away from the fact that Charles Xavier is Legion’s dad. (Dan Stevens pointed out the wheelchair in the first scene of the pilot). No, there’s probably not going to be a crossover with the X-Men films or the MCU—but also hey, you never know what kind of superpowers Marvel’s lawyers have.
FX didn’t announce a specific date for the Legion premiere, but you can expect it to air sometime in early 2017. Hopefully, by then we’ll all be a whole lot less confused.
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Nerf's New Blasters Can Fire Foam Balls At Up To 113km/h
Feb 13, 2015, 12:45pm
Nerf has long been known for making some of the most impressive toy weaponry kids can buy, but its foam dart blasters aren't exactly known for their power or accuracy — until now. At Toy Fair 2015 in New York this weekend, Nerf will officially introduce its new Rival line starting with a pair of blasters that are capable of launching an inch-thick foam ball at speeds of up to 113km/h. Not surprisingly, the new line will also include face masks for added safety.
For comparison, those foam balls will be travelling at about a third of the speed of a paintball, according to Bloomberg who broke the news. And that's an apt comparison because Nerf is hoping the new line will keep teenagers interested in its toy blasters instead of moving on to playing Paintball or laser tag as they grow older.
The $US50 Rival blasters will actually come in either red or blue designs to help promote the idea of teens battling in teams against each other. And while the foam balls won't cause any harm when they hit someone at 113km/h, getting hit in the eye with one won't be a pleasant experience. So the $US15 face masks are actually an optional accessory that parents across the country will almost certainly be insistent their kids buy and use. [Bloomberg via Blaster Labs]
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The Most Important Thing The Rise Of Skywalker Reinforces From The Last Jedi
On the surface, it’s easy to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as a rejection of the more subversive elements of The Last Jedi—it re-litigates the origins of our heroes, dredging up a past its predecessor was more than happy to move on from. It could, if you wanted to get a little bit conspiracy-brained, read as corporate skulduggery. But where it counts, Rise backs up one of The Last Jedi’s most fundamental themes.
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Small Business DictionaryMichelle Green2019-03-05T13:22:26-06:00
Accounts Payable: Money owed to suppliers and/or vendors.
Accounts Receivable: Money owed by clients to the business.
Arbitration Clause: A clause in client or vendor contracts determining how conflicts in a partnership should be handled.
Articles of Organization: A government document summarizing an LLC’s structure and basic information, filed with the Secretary of State.
Assets: A piece of property owned by the business. This can include real estate, office furniture, electronics, and inventory.
Balance Sheet: A summary statement of the business’s assets, debts, and owner’s equity at a specific point in time.
Break-even Point: The point at which revenues equal expenses
Capital: Financial assets that are used to general wealth through investment. This can include facilities, cash, patents, and brand names.
Cash Flow: Money that flows in and out of the company. It is also the amount of cash remaining after expenses are paid.
Collateral: Assets that can be used to back a loan. The lender has the legal right to seize collateral if the borrower fails to repay the loan.
Employee-at-will: A type of contractual relationship between employers and employees. An at-will employee can be dismissed by an employer for any legal reason and without warning.
Equity: The investment made by owners or stockholders of a business. The amount of equity someone has in a business represents that person’s stake in the business.
Equity Financing: The raising of money in a corporation by issuing and selling shares of stock or taking on a partner.
Expenses: Day-to-day costs of running a business. Deductible expenses of a company are reduced from the company’s revenue to lower the company’s tax liability. Business expenses include: payroll, insurance, leases, and payments to suppliers.
Fixed Costs: Expenses that remain the same regardless of changes in the production of goods (ex: leases, insurance, etc)
Gross Income: The company’s revenue minus the cost of goods sold.
Independent Contractor: A person or entity who enters into a contract with a business to perform work or provide services as a non-employee. Independent contractors are not considered employees and thus the company contracting with the independent contractor does not have to provide benefits or workers compensation to the contractor.
LLC: Short for “Limited Liability Company,” it is a business entity that protects its owners from potential liability incurred in the company’s name.
Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”): A legal agreement between at least two parties which outlines the confidential information that the parties to the agreement are aware of, but that they wish to remain confidential to people not party to the agreement.
Operating Agreement: A document used by LLCs which outlines financial and functional decisions. It governs the internal operations of the business.
Partnership: A business entity wherein two or more people are owners of a business. There are two types: a general partnership and a limited partnership. The biggest difference between the two is that a limited partnership offers limited liability protection for its limited partners.
Patent: A legal right given by the federal government that allows the patent owner exclusive rights to the production and sale of the patented product. It also prohibits others in the market from copying the owner’s idea.
Principal Place of Business: The main location where a company’s business is performed. This is where the company’s official records are kept (operating agreements, bylaws, articles of organization, articles of incorporation, etc.). This is also generally where management of the company is located.
Profit and Loss Statement: A financial statement prepared and used for the accounting of a business. It summarizes the revenues and expenses incurred during a specific period.
Proprietary Information: Information that is is unique and legally owned by the company.
Registered Agent: A third-party who is registered on behalf of a business and designated to receive service, correspondence, and other government notifications.
Revenue: The amount of money a company actually receives in a specific period.
Schedule C: A schedule C refers to a tax form on a 1040 (individual tax return) in which you report income or loss from a business you operated. This can include a sole proprietorship.
Subchapter S-Corporation: A subchapter S-Corporation (often referred to as an S-Corp) refers to the way a business is taxed. An S-Corp allows for profits, losses, deductions, and credit to be passed through shareholders before they are federally taxed. Shareholders then report income and losses on individual tax returns and pay taxes at ordinary rates.
Sole Proprietorship: A business owned by a single individual who assumes all risk and gains all the profit.
Trademark: You can trademark a business name or logo as the property of the business. Trademarks give you the exclusive right to use the name or logo in selling or advertising.
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May 31 SFGFF presents: FOOD STAMPED with filmmaker Q&A
Zero Waste Healthy Food Systems
J oin us on May 31 at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center to launch our 2012 community screenings series:
FOOD STAMPED
Special screening and Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Shira and Yoav Potash Moderated by Julian Mocine-McQueen, Campaign and Partnerships Manager, Green For All
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
145 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
7:00-7:30 pm Drinks and networking
7:30 pm Film screening and filmmaker Q&A
***ADVANCE ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE NOW ENDED. A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR***
Shira and Yoav Potash, USA, 2011, 62 mins.
Is it possible to eat healthy on a food stamp budget? This informative and humorous documentary film follows nutritionist Shira Potash and her documentary filmmaker husband Yoav as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Shira teaches healthy cooking classes to elementary students in low-income neighborhoods, most of whom are eligible for food stamps. In an attempt to to walk a mile in their shoes, Shira and Yoav embark on the "Food Stamp Challenge", eating on roughly one dollar per meal. Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at America’s broken food system. www.foodstamped.com
$11 Student/Senior/Disabled
Tickets include film screening and light refreshments.
Space is limited so please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Please note: we can accept cash only at the door.
TRANSIT The Film Center is located at 145 9th Street between Mission & Howard. It is 2 blocks south from Civic Center BART and Market Street MUNI lines. Click for map/directions.
*** Don't miss the filmmakers discussing the film on Tuesday, May 29 at 10:00am on "Your Call" with Rose Aguilar, KALW 91.7 FM. ***
Shira Potash is a certified nutrition educator with a Masters of Science in Community Health Education. She is currently a project manager for Kaiser Permanente’s national employee wellness program, Healthy Workforce, where she produced a series of cooking videos for employees. She has also produced videos for other non-profit nutrition education programs such as Cooking with Kids and Project EAT. In her private nutrition practice, Sprouts Nutrition, Shira works one-on-one with clients of all ages to guide them towards optimum health.This is her first film.
Yoav Potash’s work addresses important social issues of our day. Yoav recently produced and directed Crime After Crime, a documentary about the legal battle to free a victim of abuse from a California prison. Crime After Crime premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and has won a dozen major film festival awards, including the Audience Award and the Golden Gate Award for Investigative Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Justice Matters Prize at the Washington DC International Film Festival, and the Grand Prize at the San Antonio Film Festival. For his advocacy, Yoav was the first filmmaker to be honored by the California Women’s Law Center with their Pursuit of Justice Award.
Yoav has also produced short documentaries and videos for many companies and nonprofits, including Apple Computer, Neutrogena and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation to name a few. He has taught film courses at the Bay Area Video Coalition and Academy of Art University, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he received the university’s top prize in creative writing.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Julian Mocine-McQueen is the Campaign and Partnerships Manager for Green For All, a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Julian works with people around the country who are putting government investment dollars to work on a local level to build the green economy. As the facilitator of the Green For All Academy, he trains leaders with the tools they need to communicate the promise of the green economy and to engage disadvantaged communities in support of green jobs and climate protection strategies. Julian has been featured in The Nation, Wiretap magazine and The San Francisco Xpress, and has been recognized by the California Labor Archives for excellence in writing. Julian is an Oakland native and a graduate of San Francisco State University.
"Informative... Entertaining... Inspiring." ~ San Francisco Chronicle
"Food Stamped is a warm, delightful, and entertaining film with a serious message: it’s really difficult to eat healthfully on food stamp (SNAP) benefits even if you are educated, savvy, live near a decent grocery store or farmers’ market, have plenty of time and energy, and are a great cook. Everyone should see this film, especially those who complain about how low-income people use their benefits." ~ Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, and author of “Food Politics.”
"I love this film! It is eye-opening and sobering, yet delivers its message with a warm heart and terrific spirit. One comes away inspired by our potential for inventiveness, and motivated to activism, rather than feeling defeated." ~ Mollie Katzen, Best-Selling Cookbook Author
"Food Stamped should be seen by anyone and everyone. A surprisingly delightful film given the toughness of the subject." ~ Deborah Madison, Best-Selling Author
This screening is presented with generous support from the Ninth Street Independent Film Center, where SFGFF is a participant in the 2011/2012 Ninth Street Media Arts Incubator Program. The program provides SFGFF with a work space, use of an 80-seat screening room, and access to other Film Center resources.
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Palestine: Aid ship wins concessions from Israel
Cartoon: Carlos Latuff
Al-Sharq al-Awsat said on July 15 the Libyan aid ship, Amaltheal (“Hope”) docked the night before at al-Arish in Egypt. The ship was bearing 2000 tons of aid supplies for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which is blockaded by Israel.
The ship’s odyssey from Greece was marked by uncertainty and danger for the 21 passengers. It developed a mechanical problem that made it move very slowly on July 14. There was a question about whether its captain might try to take it right into Gaza, despite the Israeli military’s blockade.
At one point, the ship was surrounded by eight Israeli war vessels.
Intensive diplomatic efforts were launched to convince the Libyan government and the Qadhafi Foundation, which provided the aid, to divert the ship to al-Arish.
The Israeli power elite viewed the outcome as a victory.
The USG Open Source Center translated a Hebrew language report from the Voice of Israel Network B, which was broadcast on July 14. It said: “Deputy Foreign Minister Dani Ayalon said that Israel can chalk up a victory in its dealings with the Libyan ship.
“He said that the fact that the United States and EU had urged the ship’s captain to accede to Israel’s demands granted legitimacy to the latter’s policy.
“Ayalon told Network B’s anchor Arye Golan this morning that the determination shown by Israel toward the previous flotilla [in which Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish passengers on a ship taking aid to Gaza] had contributed to its effective policy.”
Contrary to what the far right-wing ideologue Ayalon asserted, the incident was no victory for Israel.
The Qadhafi Foundation said it extracted several concessions from Israel in return for diverting to the Egyptian port. These included a pledge that travel abroad for treatment of ill Palestinians in Gaza would be expedited and reconstruction projects would be allowed to go forward.
One in eight Palestinians in Gaza had their homes destroyed in Israel’s 2008-2009 military assault on the territory.
The episode showed the continued determination of NGOs and governments to break the illegal and inhumane siege of civilians in Gaza. Despite recent Israeli announcements, this siege has not been eased much at all.
In international law, it is illegal for an occupying power to blockade the civilian population, for whose welfare it is responsible.
Israeli politicians’ assertion that the blockade is legal and must be observed by third parties is wrong. Blockades that primarily punish civilian populations are illegal, as is cooperating with them.
The Qadhafi Foundation is unlikely to be the last NGO to attempt to get aid to Gaza. Each round of attempted relief will put Israel in a bad light in the eyes of the world and will risk Israeli violence against a humanitarian mission.
If each such mission extracts concessions from Israel, then over time the blockade of Gaza will collapse.
Given that the blockade has failed to bring down the elected Hamas government in Gaza, its aim appears to be to let Israel act unbearably cruelly to Palestinians for an extended period of time.
It has no practical political objective — except perhaps to keep the Palestinians weak and malnourished for as long as possible.
Meanwhile, the Israeli government has once again begun to destroy Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. These actions have repeatedly been condemned by the European Union as illegal.
The July 1 Jerusalem Post reported United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinie Richard Falk said some Israeli policies in Jerusalem, including a plan to expel Palestinian residents, may even constitute war crimes.
The timing of the demolitions was a slap in the face of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was about to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Mubarak hastily cancelled the meeting.
The Egyptian government’s close cooperation with Israel is deeply unpopular with the Egyptian public.
[Abridged from Juancole.com. Juan Cole is a professor of history at at the University of Michigan and the author of a number of books on Middle Eastern politics.]
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Luxleaks committee delivers final verdict
A blog from our Tax Justice campaign
In the same week as Finance Ministers agreed a weak package of reforms on tax avoidance, the European Parliament Special Committee TAXE has published a harsh assessment of Member States' willingness to adopt tax reforms. The committee, created in February 2015 to investigate the Luxleaks scandal, also put forward a series of recommendations on how to make corporate taxation fairer.
Nobody could have anticipated a year and a half ago what the European Parliament would discover through its investigation of one of Europe’s biggest tax scandals. While the Panama Papers are still fresh in everyone’s mind, it is worth recalling the shock of the Luxleaks revelations back in November 2014. Citizens discovered what was already known to many in tax circles: that some big companies were negotiating their tax bills with the administration in Luxembourg to pay close to zero corporate tax. Tax advising firms like PwC were charging thousands of euros to negotiate these sweetheart deals with the Luxembourg authorities. But as Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission admitted, it was not just about Luxembourg: many countries in Europe were doing the same.
18 months later, Parliamentarians can be proud of the final report, adopted on 21st June. Supported by a large cross-party majority (25 in favour, six against and nine abstentions), the report clearly states that Member States do not have adequate legislation in place to genuinely fight corporate tax avoidance. It also demonstrates that there was a pattern of systemic blockage from specific countries like Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK every time there was an attempt to make progress towards fairer taxation systems over the past two decades.
Of course, this isn’t just a question of looking at past wrong-doing. The committee also adopted a series of recommendations, sending a strong signal to the other European institutions about what needs to happen next. So while the European Parliament does not have co-decision powers on tax reforms, it has shown Finance Ministers - who are often too shy to make the bold reforms European citizens expect of them - the path they should follow.
For example, the report adopted on Tuesday calls for additional tax reforms at the European level. Big multinationals often operate in several European countries and it is time we had a European coordinated approach for taxing them. Similarly, the report recognises that having 28 different tax systems opens the door to loopholes; a minimum effective level of taxation across Europe is necessary to prevent companies being able to pay close to zero tax in the future.
Just as importantly, Parliamentarians adopted provisions to close current tax loopholes. They called for the creation of public registers of beneficial owners, a way to make sure we know who really owns companies, trusts or foundations. As shown in the Panama Papers, shell companies and secret trusts were used by tax dodgers and money launderers to hide their money offshore. Public transparency can act as an effective deterrent against this type of abuse.
The committee also agreed to prohibit the use of patent boxes, a tax break currently granted by 14 Member States, supposedly to promote Research & Development. In reality, the tax advantage allows companies to reduce their tax contribution while conducting little by way of R&D activity in the given country. Acknowledging that the European Commission, the OECD and even the IMF question the relevance of patent boxes in fostering R&D, the special committee requested the prohibition of this scheme by 2021 and demanded in the meantime that whoever is offered a patent box should publicly disclose it.
Finally, the report calls for strong protection of whistleblowers in Europe. Just a few days before the verdict in the trial of the Luxleaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour, Raphael Hallet and Edouard Perrin, Parliamentarians recognised their crucial role and call on Member States to refrain from prosecuting whistleblowers acting in the public interest.
The Greens were instrumental in setting up this special committee. We have contributed seriously to the investigations and are proud of its final conclusions. We are now calling on other political groups to adopt them during the plenary session in July, to demonstrate to millions of Europeans that the European Parliament will answer their calls for greater tax justice and a fairer European tax system.
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The Arctic: One of the Last Great Economic Frontiers
With a population of more than 12 million people and an annual economy of more than US $500 billion, the Arctic represents one of the last great economic frontiers.
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The Arctic is often misconceived as a beautiful but vacant expanse of ice-covered land and sea. In reality, it is a vibrant and diverse region that spans eight of the world’s leading economies—Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States of America—and more than 18 million square kilometers, an area larger than South America.
Today, pan-Arctic economic activity exceeds US $500 billion per year—larger than the economies of Belgium, Poland, or Thailand—and is responsible for a significant share of the world’s food, minerals, and energy.
Although not widely recognized, the Arctic is a leading region for biotechnology, cutting-edge scientific research, and meaningful and measurable success in sustainability for the entire planet—countries like Norway and Iceland can generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources.
The simple truth is: The Arctic impacts people everywhere in their everyday lives. As climate change impacts the Arctic, the region will only grow in importance to the world, both environmentally and economically.
As the world adapts to a changing climate, the Arctic is discovering tremendous new opportunities. By 2040, the Northern Sea Route could be open year round, resulting in faster, more energy-efficient global trade routes. The Arctic of tomorrow is a new frontier of economic growth and global commerce, one with significant potential benefits to society. In the near future, the Arctic will:
Move more of the global economy
Arctic sea ice coverage is already 65% of what it was in 1979. In the future, the Arctic region will play a pivotal role in global trade, with more than 25% of Asia-Europe container trade expected to travel through the Northern Sea Route by 2030.
Feed more of the world
Over the next 40 years, warmer waters, sustainable aquaculture, and innovations in the “blue economy” could result in fishery catches 70% greater than today.
Deliver more “green” products and innovations
Marine bioprospecting in the Arctic continues to discover and develop new biological applications for medicine, biofuels, health and wellness, and industrial use.
Help power the world with clean energy
While it is widely cited that the Arctic holds nearly one-quarter of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves, its greatest potential lies in renewable energy. The ability to generate and share energy from wind, hydro, tidal, geothermal, solar, and biomass makes the Arctic a meaningful leader in the future of clean energy. Subsea cables make it possible for the wealth of renewable energy in the Arctic to be exported to the world.
As the climate transforms the Arctic, the Arctic will transform the world. To adapt and thrive, communities will need critical and careful investment, paired with a strong commitment to protect and preserve the environment for future generations.
Source: Guggenheim estimates using national source data, International Energy Agency, Eurostat.
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How healthcare organizations can keep security front and center
By Matthew Fisher
November 05, 2019, 3:47 p.m. EST
As National Cybersecurity Month came to an end on October 31, it should be stated that security and cybersecurity need care and attention all year long. To effectively protect data in an organization’s trust, security demands constant vigilance and an evolving approach to recognize the shifting nature of threats.
For organizations in healthcare, HIPAA sets the baseline from which to construct a solid security platform.
The first step in that process is a risk analysis. The risk analysis is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of where all data reside, the risks to the data, the likelihood of an event occurring, and then to assign a threat level to every element. A detailed explanation of what goes into a risk analysis has been covered before, so please read the earlier post for a refresher.
Finding resources to help an organization conduct the risk analysis are always welcome. The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT came out with an initial version of a self-conducted risk analysis a number of years ago at this point. Timing with the end of Cybersecurity Month, updates have been made to the tool to further increase usability.
While the tool is a good start, use must be serious and cannot take issues too lightly. It could be tempting to overstate the protective capabilities of an organization or the likelihood of threats. Reviewing a report that does not fully consider all threats or vulnerabilities should result in a funny gut feeling. The reason for that feeling is the unfortunate reality that no system can ever be fully secure these days.
On top of the risk analysis and taking steps to implement effective security measures, there should also be time for reflection on what improvements can be pursued to aid the security posture of organizations. Do sufficient resources, whether monetary or personnel, exist to adequately implement security measures? From that perspective, there are opportunities to pursue new goals and support.
The Do No Harm 2.0 report authored by Robert Lord or Protenus and Dillon Roseen for New America focuses on culture, technology, and workforce concepts to propose an assortment of means to drive the security ball forward (full disclosure, I was honored by Robert Lord to provide feedback throughout the drafting process). Suggestions range from instilling a culture focused on security to government support of education and training on cybersecurity to revising regulations to encourage funding of and collaboration around cybersecurity. The report attempts to establish certain ideals to work towards. While the ideals may not be fulfilled, driving a discussion is an important part of the process as discussion can lead to necessary attention and action.
As initially suggested, security should not receive attention solely in one month of the year. While it is good to have the focus on security at this time and for new reports, tools, and other materials to be published, the need for continued focus also cannot be overlooked. Optimistically, the efforts established annually during cybersecurity month can provide new bursts of energy around year-round activities. When security does not need special focus because it is an ongoing, constant part of daily operations, then some measure of success can be appreciated. Even at that point, there will be no time to rest.
Matthew Fisher
Associate, Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP
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AsapSCIENCE, Coming Out Twice and Canada Day
AsapSCIENCE was last featured here in a May 21, 2013 posting about a Periodic Table of Elements video the pair, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, produced for their YouTube channel, AsapSCIENCE. Thanks to a June 11, 2014 posting by Sarah Gray for Salon.com, I learned of a recent video, Coming out Twice, produced by Moffit and Brown for their second YouTube Channel, AsapTHOUGHT,
Today [June 11, 2014], the creators of these two channels shared what might be their most powerful and impactful video to date: “Coming Out Twice.” In it Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit, proudly state that while their YouTube experience has been mostly positive, they’ve encountered a lot of vitriol and homophobia. To combat this, the two, who are partners and have been together for 7 and a half years, decided to make this video to “come out, again.”
“We are openly, proud gay people, who love science,” Brown says.
It seems fitting to share on this on the eve of the July 1, 2014 Canada Day celebrations and just post the 2014 World Pride Celebrations (June 20 – 29, 2014) in Toronto, Ontario.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau famously said, more or less, the ‘government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation’ and, as then Justice Minister, went on to decriminalize (with a lot of help) homosexuality in Canada in 1969.
The celebration of 2014 Canada Day started here last week with a four-part posting about art authentication. You can start here with: Art (Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven), science (Raman spectroscopic examinations), and other collisions at the 2014 Canadian Chemistry Conference (part 1 of 4).
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Memristors, memcapacitors, and meminductors for faster computers
While some call memristors a fourth fundamental component alongside resistors, capacitors, and inductors (as mentioned in my June 26, 2014 posting which featured an update of sorts on memristors [scroll down about 80% of the way]), others view memristors as members of an emerging periodic table of circuit elements (as per my April 7, 2010 posting).
It seems scientists, Fabio Traversa, and his colleagues fall into the ‘periodic table of circuit elements’ camp. From Traversa’s June 27, 2014 posting on nanotechweb.org,
Memristors, memcapacitors and meminductors may retain information even without a power source. Several applications of these devices have already been proposed, yet arguably one of the most appealing is ‘memcomputing’ – a brain-inspired computing paradigm utilizing the ability of emergent nanoscale devices to store and process information on the same physical platform.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, the University of California San Diego and the University of South Carolina in the US, and the Polytechnic of Turin in Italy, suggest a realization of “memcomputing” based on nanoscale memcapacitors. They propose and analyse a major advancement in using memcapacitive systems (capacitors with memory), as central elements for Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits capable of storing and processing information on the same physical platform. They name this architecture Dynamic Computing Random Access Memory (DCRAM).
Using the standard configuration of a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) where the capacitors have been substituted with solid-state based memcapacitive systems, they show the possibility of performing WRITE, READ and polymorphic logic operations by only applying modulated voltage pulses to the memory cells. Being based on memcapacitors, the DCRAM expands very little energy per operation. It is a realistic memcomputing machine that overcomes the von Neumann bottleneck and clearly exhibits intrinsic parallelism and functional polymorphism.
Dynamic computing random access memory by F L Traversa, F Bonani, Y V Pershin, and M Di Ventra. Nanotechnology Volume 25 Number 28 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/25/28/285201 Published 27 June 2014
This paper is behind a paywall.
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‘Scotch-tape’ technique for isolating graphene
The ‘scotch-tape’ technique is mythologized in the graphene origins story which has scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, first isolating the material by using adhesive (aka ‘sticky’ tape or ‘scotch’ tape) as per my Oct. 7, 2010 posting,
The technique that Geim and Novoselov used to create the first graphene sheets both amuses and fascinates me (from the article by Kit Eaton on the Fast Company website),
The two scientists came up with the technique that first resulted in samples of graphene–peeling individual atoms-deep sheets of the material from a bigger block of pure graphite. The science here seems almost foolishly simple, but it took a lot of lateral thinking to dream up, and then some serious science to investigate: Geim and Novoselo literally “ripped” single sheets off the graphite by using regular adhesive tape. Once they’d confirmed they had grabbed micro-flakes of the material, Geim and Novoselo were responsible for some of the very early experiments into the material’s properties. Novel stuff indeed, but perhaps not so unexpected from a scientist (Geim) who the Nobel Committe notes once managed to make a frog levitate in a magnetic field.
A May 21, 2014 article about Geim who has won both a Nobel and an Ig Nobel (the only scientist to do so) and graphene by Sarah Lewis for Fast Company offers more details about the discovery,
The graphene FNE [Friday Night Experiments] began when Geim asked Da Jiang, a doctoral student from China, to polish a piece of graphite an inch across and a few millimeters thick down to 10 microns using a specialized machine. Partly due to a language barrier, Jiang polished the graphite down to dust, but not the ultimate thinness Geim wanted.
Helpfully, the Geim lab was also observing graphite using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The experimenters would clean the samples beforehand using Scotch tape, which they would then discard. “We took it out of the trash and just used it,” Novoselov said. The flakes of graphite on the tape from the waste bin were finer and thinner than what Jiang had found using the fancy machine. They weren’t one layer thick—that achievement came by ripping them some more with Scotch tape.
They swapped the adhesive for Japanese Nitto tape, “probably because the whole process is so simple and cheap we wanted to fancy it up a little and use this blue tape,” Geim said. Yet “the method is called the ‘Scotch tape technique.’ I fought against this name, but lost.”
Scientists elsewhere have been inspired to investigate the process in minute detail as per a June 27, 2014 news item on Nanowerk,
The simplest mechanical cleavage technique using a primitive “Scotch” tape has resulted in the Nobel-awarded discovery of graphenes and is currently under worldwide use for assembling graphenes and other two-dimensional (2D) graphene-like structures toward their utilization in novel high-performance nanoelectronic devices.
The simplicity of this method has initiated a booming research on 2D materials. However, the atomistic processes behind the micromechanical cleavage have still been poorly understood.
A June 27, 2014 MANA (International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectoinics) news release, which originated the news item, provides more information,
A joined team of experimentalists and theorists from the International Center for Young Scientists, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics and Surface Physics and Structure Unit of the National Institute for Materials Science, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS” (Moscow, Russia), Rice University (USA) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) led by Daiming Tang and Dmitri Golberg for the first time succeeded in complete understanding of physics, kinetics and energetics behind the regarded “Scotch-tape” technique using molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) atomic layers as a model material.
The researchers developed a direct in situ probing technique in a high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) to investigate the mechanical cleavage processes and associated mechanical behaviors. By precisely manipulating an ultra-sharp metal probe to contact the pre-existing crystalline steps of the MoS2 single crystals, atomically thin flakes were delicately peeled off, selectively ranging from a single, double to more than 20 atomic layers. The team found that the mechanical behaviors are strongly dependent on the number of layers. Combination of in situ HRTEM and molecular dynamics simulations reveal a transformation of bending behavior from spontaneous rippling (< 5 atomic layers) to homogeneous curving (~ 10 layers), and finally to kinking (20 or more layers).
By considering the force balance near the contact point, the specific surface energy of a MoS2 monoatomic layer was calculated to be ~0.11 N/m. This is the first time that this fundamentally important property has directly been measured.
After initial isolation from the mother crystal, the MoS2 monolayer could be readily restacked onto the surface of the crystal, demonstrating the possibility of van der Waals epitaxy. MoS2 atomic layers could be bent to ultimate small radii (1.3 ~ 3.0 nm) reversibly without fracture. Such ultra-reversibility and extreme flexibility proves that they could be mechanically robust candidates for the advanced flexible electronic devices even under extreme folding conditions.
Here’s a link to and a citation for the research paper,
Nanomechanical cleavage of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers by Dai-Ming Tang, Dmitry G. Kvashnin, Sina Najmaei, Yoshio Bando, Koji Kimoto, Pekka Koskinen, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Boris I. Yakobson, Pavel B. Sorokin, Jun Lou, & Dmitri Golberg. Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3631 doi:10.1038/ncomms4631 Published 03 April 2014
This paper is behind a paywall but there is a free preview available through ReadCube Access.
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Art (Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven), science (Raman spectroscopic examinations), and other collisions at the 2014 Canadian Chemistry Conference (part 4 of 4)
Cultural heritage and the importance of pigments and databases
Unlike Thom (Ian Thom, curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery), I believe that the testing was important. Knowing the spectra emitted by the pigments in Hurdy Gurdy and Autumn Harbour could help to set benchmarks for establishing the authenticity of the pigments used by artists (Harris and others) in the early part of Canada’s 20th century.
Europeans and Americans are more advanced in their use of technology as a tool in the process of authenticating, restoring, or conserving a piece of art. At the Chicago Institute of Art they identified the red pigment used in a Renoir painting as per my March 24, 2014 posting,
… The first item concerns research by Richard Van Duyne into the nature of the red paint used in one of Renoir’s paintings. A February 14, 2014 news item on Azonano describes some of the art conservation work that Van Duyne’s (nanoish) technology has made possible along with details about this most recent work,
Scientists are using powerful analytical and imaging tools to study artworks from all ages, delving deep below the surface to reveal the process and materials used by some of the world’s greatest artists.
Northwestern University chemist Richard P. Van Duyne, in collaboration with conservation scientists at the Art Institute of Chicago, has been using a scientific method he discovered nearly four decades ago to investigate masterpieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Winslow Homer and Mary Cassatt.
Van Duyne recently identified the chemical components of paint, now partially faded, used by Renoir in his oil painting “Madame Léon Clapisson.” Van Duyne discovered the artist used carmine lake, a brilliant but light-sensitive red pigment, on this colorful canvas. The scientific investigation is the cornerstone of a new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.
There are some similarities between the worlds of science (in this case, chemistry) and art (collectors, institutions, curators, etc.). They are worlds where one must be very careful.
The scientists/chemists choose their words with precision while offering no certainties. Even the announcement for the discovery (by physicists) of the Higgs Boson is not described in absolute terms as I noted in my July 4, 2012 posting titled: Tears of joy as physicists announce they’re pretty sure they found the Higgs Boson. As the folks from ProsPect Scientific noted,
This is why the science must be tightly coupled with art expertise for an effective analysis. We cannot do all of that for David [Robertson]. [He] wished to show a match between several pigments to support an interpretation that the ‘same’ paints were used. The availability of Hurdy Gurdy made this plausible because it offered a known benchmark that lessened our dependency on the databases and art-expertise. This is why Raman spectroscopy more often disproves authenticity (through pigment anachronisms). Even if all of the pigments analysed showed the same spectra we don’t know that many different painters didn’t buy the same brand of paint or that some other person didn’t take those same paints and use them for a different painting. Even if all pigments were different, that doesn’t mean Lawren Harris didn’t paint it, it just means different paints were used.
In short they proved that one of the pigments used in Autumn Harbour was also used in the authenticated Harris, Hurdy Gurdy, and the other pigment was in use at that time (early 20th century) in Canada. It doesn’t prove it’s a Harris painting but, unlike the Pollock painting where they found an anachronistic pigment, it doesn’t disprove Robertson’s contention.
To contrast the two worlds, the art world seems to revel in secrecy for its own sake while the world of science (chemistry) will suggest, hint, or hedge but never state certainties. The ProSpect* Scientific representative commented on authentication, art institutions, and databases,
We know that some art institutions are extremely cautious about any claims towards authentication, and they decline to be cited in anything other than the work they directly undertake. (One director of a well known US art institution said to me that they pointedly do not authenticate works, she offered advice on how to conduct the analysis but declined any reference to her institution.) We cannot comment on any of the business plans of any of our customers but the customers we have that use Raman spectroscopy on paintings generally build databases from their collected studies as a vital tool to their own ongoing work collecting and preserving works of art.
We don’t know of anyone with a database particular to pigments used by Canadian artists and neither did David R. We don’t know that any organization is developing such a database.The database we used is a mineral database (as pigments in the early 20th century were pre-synthetic this database contains some of the things commonly used in pigments at that time) There are databases available for many things: many are for sale, some are protected intellectual property. We don’t have immediate access to a pigments database. Some of our art institution/museum customers are developing their own but often these are not publicly available. Raman spectroscopy is new on the scene relative to other techniques like IR and X-Ray analysis and the databases of Raman spectra are less mature.
ProSpect Scientific provided two papers which illustrate either the chemists’ approach to testing and art (RAMAN VIBRATIONAL STUDY OF PIGMENTS WITH PATRIMONIAL INTEREST FOR THE CHILEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE) and/or the art world’s approach (GENUINE OR FAKE: A MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF AN ABSTRACT PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO VASILY KANDINSKY [PDF]).
Canadian cultural heritage
Whether or not Autumn Harbour is a Lawren Harris painting may turn out to be less important than establishing a means for better authenticating, restoring, and conserving Canadian cultural heritage. (In a June 13, 2014 telephone conversation, David Robertson claims he will forward the summary version of the data from the tests to the Canadian Conservation Institute once it is received.)
If you think about it, Canadians are defined by the arts and by research. While our neighbours to the south went through a revolutionary war to declare independence, Canadians have declared independence through the visual and literary arts and the scientific research and implementation of technology (transportation and communication in the 19th and 20th centuries).
Thank you to both Tony Ma and David Robertson.
Finally, Happy Canada Day on July 1, 2014!
* ‘ProsPect’ changed to ‘ProSpect’ on June 30, 2014.
ETA July 14, 2014 at 1300 hours PDT: There is now an addendum to this series, which features a reply from the Canadian Conservation Institute to a query about art pigments used by Canadian artists and access to a database of information about them.
Lawren Harris (Group of Seven), art authentication, and the Canadian Conservation Insitute (addendum to four-part series)
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Dramatic headlines (again)
Ignoring the results entirely, Metro News Vancouver, which favours the use of the word ‘fraud’, featured it in the headline of a second article about the testing, “Alleged Group of Seven work a fraud: VAG curator” by Thandi Fletcher (June 5, 2014 print issue); happily the online version of Fletcher’s story has had its headline changed to the more accurate: “Alleged Group of Seven painting not an authentic Lawren Harris, says Vancouver Art Gallery curator.” Fletcher’s article was updated after its initial publication with some additional text (it is worth checking out the online version even if you’re already seen the print version). There had been a second Vancouver Metro article on the testing of the authenticated painting by Nick Wells but that in common, with his June 4, 2014 article about the first test, “A fraud or a find?” is no longer available online. Note: Standard mainstream media practice is that the writer with the byline for the article is not usually the author of the article’s headline.
There are two points to be made here. First, Robertson has not attempted to represent ‘Autumn Harbour’ as an authentic Lawren Harris painting other than in a misguided headline for his 2011 news release. From Robertson’s July 26, 2011 news release (published by Reuters and published by Market Wired) where he crossed a line by stating that Autumn Harbour is a Harris in his headline (to my knowledge the only time he’s done so),
Lost Lawren Harris Found in Bala, Ontario
Unknown 24×36 in. Canvas Piques a Storm of Controversy
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – July 26, 2011) –
Was Autumn Harbour painted by Lawren Harris in the fall of 1912? That summer Lawren Harris was 26 years old and had proven himself as an accomplished and professional painter. He had met J.E.H. MacDonald in November of 1911. They became fast friends and would go on to form the Group of Seven in 1920 but now in the summer of 1912 they were off on a sketching expedition to Mattawa and Temiscaming along the Quebec-Ontario border. Harris had seen the wilderness of the northern United States and Europe but this was potentially his first trip outside the confines of an urban Toronto environment into the Canadian wilderness.
By all accounts he was overwhelmed by what he saw and struggled to find new meaning in his talents that would capture these scenes in oil and canvas. There are only two small works credited to this period, archived in the McMichael gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario. Dennis Reid, Assistant Curator of the National Gallery of Canada stated in 1970 about this period: “Both Harris and (J.E.H.) MacDonald explored new approaches to handling of colour and overall design in these canvases. Harris in particular was experimenting with new methods of paint handling, and Jackson pointed out the interest of the other painters in these efforts, referring to the technique affectionately as ‘Tomato Soup’.” For most authorities the summer and fall of 1912 are simply called his ‘lost period’ because it was common for Harris to destroy, abandon or give away works that did not meet his standards. The other trait common to Harris works, is the lack of a signature and some that are signed were signed on his behalf. The most common proxy signatory was Betsy Harris, his second wife who signed canvases on his behalf when he could no longer do so.
So the question remains. Can an unsigned 24×36 in. canvas dated to 1900-1920 that was found in a curio shop in Bala, Ontario be a long lost Lawren Harris? When pictures were shown to Charles C. Hill, Curator of Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, he replied: “The canvas looks like no Harris I have ever seen…” A similar reply also came from Ian Thom, Head Curator for the Vancouver Art Gallery: “I do not believe that your work can be connected with Harris in any way.” [emphases mine] Yet the evidence still persists. The best example resides within the National Art Gallery. A 1919, 50.5 X 42.5 in. oil on rough canvas shows Harris’s style of under painting, broad brush strokes and stilled composition. Shacks, painted in 1919 and acquired the Gallery in 1920 is an exact technique clone of Autumn Harbour. For a list of comparisons styles with known Harris works and a full list of the collected evidence please consult www.1912lawrenharris.ca/ and see for yourself.
If Robertson was intent on perpetrating a fraud, why would he include the negative opinions from the curators or attempt to authenticate his purported Harris? The 2011 website is no longer available but Robertson has established another website, http://autumnharbour.ca/.
It’s not a crime (fraud) to have strong or fervent beliefs. After all, Robertson was the person who contacted ProSpect* Scientific to arrange for a test.
Second, Ian Thom, the VAG curator did not call ‘Autumn Harbour’ or David Robertson, a fraud. From the updated June 5, 2014 article sporting a new headline by Thandi Fletcher,
“I do not believe that the painting … is in fact a Lawren Harris,” said Ian Thom, senior curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, “It’s that simple.”
It seems Thom feels as strongly as Robertson does; it’s just that Thom holds an opposing opinion.
Monetary value was mentioned earlier as an incentive for Robertson’s drive to prove the authenticity of his painting, from the updated June 5, 2014 article with the new headline by Thandi Fletcher,
Still, Robertson, who has carried out his own research on the painting, said he is convinced the piece is an authentic Harris. If it were, he said it would be worth at least $3 million. [emphasis mine]
“You don’t have to have a signature on the canvas to recognize brushstroke style,” he said.
Note: In a June 13, 2014 telephone conversation, Robertson used the figure of $1M to denote his valuation of Autumn Harbour and claimed a degree in Geography with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. He also expressed the hope that Autumn Harbour would prove to be a* Rosetta Stone of sorts for art pigments used in the early part of the 20th century.
As for the owner of Hurdy Gurdy and the drama that preceded its test on June 4, 2014, Fletcher had this in her updated and newly titled article,
Robertson said the painting’s owner, local Vancouver businessman Tony Ma, had promised to bring the Harris original to the chemistry conference but pulled out after art curator Thom told him not to participate.
While Thom acknowledged that Ma did ask for his advice, he said he didn’t tell him to pull out of the conference.
“It was more along the lines of, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t do it, because I don’t think it’s going to accomplish anything,’” said Thom, adding that the final decision is up to Ma. [emphasis mine]
A request for comment from Ma was not returned Wednesday [June 5, 2014].
Thom, who already examined Robertson’s painting a year ago [in 2013? then, how is he quoted in a 2011 news release?], said he has no doubt Harris did not paint it.
“The subject matter is wrong, the handling of the paint is wrong, and the type of canvas is wrong,” he said, adding that many other art experts agree with him.
* ‘ProsPect’ changed to ‘ProSpect’ on June 30, 2014. Minor grammatical change made to sentence: ‘He also expressed the hope that Autumn Harbour would prove to a be of Rosetta Stone of sorts for art pigments used in the early part of the 20th century.’ to ‘He also expressed the hope that Autumn Harbour would prove to be a* Rosetta Stone of sorts for art pigments used in the early part of the 20th century.’ on July 2, 2014.
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Testing the sample and Raman fingerprints
The first stage of the June 3, 2010 test of David Robertson’s Autumn Harbour, required taking a tiny sample from the painting,. These samples are usually a fleck of a few microns (millionths of an inch), which can then be tested to ensure the lasers are set at the correct level assuring no danger of damage to the painting. (Robertson extracted the sample himself prior to arriving at the conference. He did not allow anyone else to touch his purported Harris before, during, or after the test.)
Here’s how ProSpect* Scientific describes the ‘rehearsal’ test on the paint chip,
Tests on this chip were done simply to ensure we knew what power levels were safe for use on the painting. While David R stated he believed the painting was oil on canvas without lacquer, we were not entirely certain of that. Lacquer tends to be easier to burn than oil pigments and so we wanted to work with this chip just to be entirely certain there was no risk to the painting itself.
The preliminary (rehearsal) test resulted in a line graph that showed the frequencies of the various pigments in the test sample. Titanium dioxide, for example, was detected and its frequency (spectra) reflected on the graph.
I found this example of a line graph representing the spectra (fingerprint) for a molecule of an ultramarine (blue) pigment along with a general explanation of a Raman ‘fingerprint’. There is no indication as to where the ultramarine pigment was obtained. From the WebExhibits.org website featuring a section on Pigments through the Ages and a webpage on Spectroscopy,
Ultramarine [downloaded from http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/spectroscopy.html]
Raman spectra consist of sharp bands whose position and height are characteristic of the specific molecule in the sample. Each line of the spectrum corresponds to a specific vibrational mode of the chemical bonds in the molecule. Since each type of molecule has its own Raman spectrum, this can be used to characterize molecular structure and identify chemical compounds.
Most people don’t realize that the chemical signature (spectra) for pigment can change over time with new pigments being introduced. Finding a pigment that was on the market from 1970 onwards in a painting by Jackson Pollock who died in 1956 suggests strongly that the painting couldn’t have come from Pollock’s hand. (See Michael Shnayerson’s May 2012 article, A Question of Provenance, in Vanity Fair for more about the Pollock painting. The article details the fall of a fabled New York art gallery that had been in business prior to the US Civil War.)
The ability to identify a pigment’s molecular fingerprint means that an examination by Raman spectroscopy can be part of an authentication, a restoration, or a conservation process. Here is how a representative from ProSpect Scientific describes the process,
Raman spectroscopy is non-destructive (when conducted at the proper power levels) and identifies the molecular components in the pigments, allowing characterization of the pigments for proper restoration or validation by comparison with other pigments of the same place/time. It is valuable to art institutions and conservators because it can do this. In most cases of authentication Raman spectroscopy is one of many tools used and not the first in line. A painting would be first viewed by art experts for technique, format etc, then most often analysed with IR or X-Ray, then perhaps Raman spectroscopy. It is impossible to use Raman spectroscopy to prove authenticity as paint pigments are usually not unique to any particular painter. Most often Raman spectroscopy is used by conservators to determine proper pigments for appropriate restoration. Sometimes Raman will tell us that the pigment isn’t from the time/era the painting is purported to be from (anachronisms).
Autumn Harbour test
Getting back to the June 3, 2014 tests, once the levels were set then it was time to examine Autumn Harbour itself to determine the spectra for the various pigments. ProSpect Scientific has provided an explanation of the process,
This spectrometer was equipped with an extension that allowed delivery of the laser and collection of the scattered light at a point other than directly under the microscope. We could also have used a flexible fibre optic probe for this, but this device is slightly more efficient. This allowed us to position the delivery/collection point for the light just above the painting at the spot we wished to test. For this test, we don’t sweep across the surface, we test a small pinpoint that we feel is a pigment of the target colour.
We only use one laser at a time. The system is built so we can easily select one laser or another, depending on what we wish to look at. Some researchers have 3 or 4 lasers in their system because different lasers provide a better/worse raman spectrum depending on the nature of the sample. In this case we principally used the 785nm laser as it is better for samples that exhibit fluorescence at visible wavelengths. 532nm is a visible wavelength. For samples that didn’t produce good signal we tried the 532nm laser as it produces better signal to noise than 785nm, generally speaking. I believe the usable results in our case were obtained with the 785nm laser.
The graphed Raman spectra shows peaks for the frequency of scattered light that we collect from the laser-illuminated sample (when shining a laser on a sample the vast majority of light is scattered in the same frequency of the laser, but a very small amount is scattered at different frequencies unique to the molecules in the sample). Those frequencies correspond to and identify molecules in the sample. We use a database (on the computer attached to the spectrometer) to pattern match the spectra to identify the constituents.
One would have thought ‘game over’ at this point. According to some informal sources, Canada has a very small (almost nonexistent) data bank of information about pigments used in its important paintings. For example, the federal government’s Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) has a very small database of pigments and nothing from Lawren Harris paintings [See the CCI’s response in this addendum], so the chances that David Robertson would have been able to find a record of pigments used by Lawren Harris roughly in the same time period that Autumn Harbour seems to have been painted are not good.
In a stunning turn of events and despite the lack of enthusiasm from Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) curator, Ian Thom, on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 the owner of the authenticated Harris, Hurdy Gurdy, relented and brought the painting in for tests.
Here’s what the folks from ProSpect Scientific had to say about the comparison,
Many pigments were evaluated. Good spectra were obtained for blue and white. The blue pigment matched on both paintings, the white didn’t match. We didn’t get useful Raman spectra from other pigments. We had limited time, with more time we might fine tune and get more data.
One might be tempted to say that the results were 50/50 with one matching and the other not, The response from the representative of ProSpect Scientific is more measured,
We noted that the mineral used in the pigment was the same. Beyond that is interpretation: Richard offered the view that lapis-lazuli was a typical and characteristic component for blue in that time period (early 1900’s). We saw different molecules in the whites used in the two paintings, and Richard offered that both were characteristic of the early 1900’s.
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One wouldn’t expect the 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference held in Vancouver, Canada from June 1 – 5, 2014 to be an emotional rollercoaster. One would be wrong. Chemists and members of the art scene are not only different from thee and me, they are different from each other.
It started with a May 30, 2014 Simon Fraser University (SFU) news release,
During the conference, ProSpect Scientific has arranged for an examination of two Canadian oil paintings; one is an original Lawren Harris (Group of Seven) titled “Hurdy Gurdy” while the other is a painting called “Autumn Harbour” that bears many of Harris’s painting techniques. It was found in Bala, Ontario, an area that was known to have been frequented by Harris.
Using Raman Spectroscopy equipment manufactured by Renishaw (Canada), Dr. Richard Bormett will determine whether the paint from both works of art was painted from the same tube of paint.
As it turns out, the news release got it somewhat wrong. Raman spectroscopy testing does not make it possible to* determine whether the paints came from the same tube, the same batch, or even the same brand. Nonetheless, it is an important tool for art authentication, restoration and/or conservation and both paintings were scheduled for testing on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. But that was not to be.
The owner of the authenticated Harris (Hurdy Gurdy) rescinded permission. No one was sure why but the publication of a June 2, 2014 article by Nick Wells for Metro News Vancouver probably didn’t help in a situation that was already somewhat fraught. The print version of the Wells article titled, “A fraud or a find?” showed only one painting “Hurdy Gurdy” and for anyone reading quickly, it might have seemed that the Hurdy Gurdy painting was the one that could be “a fraud or a find.”
The dramatically titled article no longer seems to be online but there is one (also bylined by Nick Wells) dated June 1, 2014 titled, Chemists in Vancouver to use lasers to verify Group of Seven painting. It features (assuming it is still available online) images of both paintings, the purported Harris (Autumn Harbour) and the authenticated Harris (Hurdy Gurdy),
“Autumn Harbour” [downloaded from http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1051693/chemists-in-vancouver-to-use-lasers-to-verify-group-of-seven-painting/]
Lawren Harris’‚ Hurdy Gurdy, a depiction of Toronto’s Ward district is shown in this handout image. [downloaded from http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1051693/chemists-in-vancouver-to-use-lasers-to-verify-group-of-seven-painting/]
David Robertson who owns the purported Harris (Autumn Harbour) and is an outsider vis à vis the Canadian art world, has been trying to convince people for years that the painting he found in Bala, Ontario is a “Lawren Harris” painting. For anyone unfamiliar with the “Group of Seven” of which Lawren Harris was a founding member, this group is legendary to many Canadians and is the single most recognized name in Canadian art history (although some might argue that status for Emily Carr and/or Tom Thomson; both of whom have been, on occasion, honorarily included in the Group). Robertson’s incentive to prove “Autumn Harbour” is a Harris could be described as monetary and/or prestige-oriented and/or a desire to make history.
The owner of the authenticated Harris “Hurdy Gurdy” could also be described as an outsider of sorts [unconfirmed at the time of publication; a June 26, 2014 query is outstanding], gaining entry to that select group of people who own a ‘Group of Seven’ painting at a record-setting price in 2012 with the purchase of a piece that has a provenance as close to unimpeachable as you can get. From a Nov. 22, 2012 news item on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) news online,
Hurdy Gurdy, one of the finest urban landscapes ever painted by Lawren Harris, sold for $1,082,250, a price that includes a 17 per cent buyer’s premium. The pre-sale estimate suggested it could go for $400,000 to $600,000 including the premium.
The Group of Seven founder kept the impressionistic painting of a former Toronto district known as the Ward in his own collection before bequeathing it to his daughter. It has remained in the family ever since.
Occasionally, Harris “would come and say, ‘I need to borrow this back for an exhibition,’ and sometimes she wouldn’t see [the paintings] again,” Heffel vice-president Robert Heffel said. “Harris asked to have this painting back for a show…and she said ‘No, dad. Not this one.’ It was a painting that was very, very dear to her.”
It had been a coup to get access to an authenticated Harris for comparison testing so Hurdy Gurdy’s absence was a major disappointment. Nonetheless, Robertson went through with the scheduled June 3, 2014 testing of his ‘Autumn Harbour’.
Chemistry, spectroscopy, the Raman system, and the experts
Primarily focused on a technical process, the chemists (from ProSpect* Scientific and Renishaw) were unprepared for the drama and excitement that anyone associated with the Canadian art scene might have predicted. From the chemists’ perspective, it was an opportunity to examine a fabled piece of Canadian art (Hurdy Gurdy) and, possibly, play a minor role in making Canadian art history.
The technique the chemists used to examine the purported Harris, Autumn Harbour, is called Raman spectroscopy and its beginnings as a practical technique date back to the 1920s. (You can get more details about Raman spectroscopy in this Wikiipedia entry then will be given here after the spectroscopy description.)
Spectroscopy (borrowing heavily from this Wikipedia entry) is the process where one studies the interaction between matter and radiated energy and which can be measured as frequencies and/or wavelengths. Raman spectroscopy systems can be used to examine radiated energy with low frequency emissions as per this description in the Raman spectroscopy Wikipedia entry,
Raman spectroscopy (/ˈrɑːmən/; named after Sir C. V. Raman) is a spectroscopic technique used to observe vibrational, rotational, and other low-frequency modes in a system.[1] It relies on inelastic scattering, or Raman scattering, of monochromatic light, usually from a laser in the visible, near infrared, or near ultraviolet range. The laser light interacts with molecular vibrations, phonons or other excitations in the system, resulting in the energy of the laser photons being shifted up or down.
The reason for using Raman spectroscopy for art authentication, conservation, and/or restoration purposes is that the technique, as noted earlier, can specify the specific chemical composition of the pigments used to create the painting. It is a technique used in many fields as a representative from ProSpect Scientific notes,
Raman spectroscopy is a vital tool for minerologists, forensic investigators, surface science development, nanotechnology research, pharmaceutical research and other applications. Most graduate level university labs have this technology today, as do many government and industry researchers. Raman spectroscopy is now increasingly available in single purpose hand held units that can identify the presence of a small number of target substances with ease-of-use appropriate for field work by law enforcers, first responders or researchers in the field.
About the chemists and ProSpect Scientific and Renishaw
There were two technical experts attending the June 3, 2014 test for the purported Harris painting, Autumn Harbour, Dr. Richard Bormett of Renishaw and Dr. Kelly Akers of ProSpect Scientific.
Dr. Kelly Akers founded ProSpect Scientific in 1996. Her company represents Renishaw Raman spectroscopy systems for the most part although other products are also represented throughout North America. Akers’ company is located in Orangeville, Ontario. Renishaw, a company based in the UK. offers a wide line of products including Raman spectroscopes. (There is a Renishaw Canada Ltd., headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, representing products other than Raman spectroscopes.)
ProSpect Scientific runs Raman spectroscopy workshops, at the Canadian Chemistry Conferences as a regular occurrence, often in conjunction with Renishaw’s Bormett,. David Robertson, on learning the company would be at the 2014 Canadian Chemistry Conference in Vancouver, contacted Akers and arranged to have his purported Harris and Hurdy Gurdy, the authenticated Harris, tested at the conference.
Bormett, based in Chicago, Illinois, is Renishaw’s business manager for the Spectroscopy Products Division in North America (Canada, US, & Mexico). His expertise as a spectroscopist has led him to work with many customers throughout the Americas and, as such, has worked with several art institutions and museums on important and valuable artifacts. He has wide empirical knowledge of Raman spectra for many things, including pigments, but does not claim expertise in art or art authentication. You can hear him speak at a 2013 US Library of Congress panel discussion titled, “Advances in Raman Spectroscopy for Analysis of Cultural Heritage Materials,” part of the Library of Congress’s Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS), here on the Library of Congress website or here on YouTube. The discussion runs some 130 minutes.
Bormett has a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. Akers has a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Toronto and is well known in the Raman spectroscopy field having published in many refereed journals including “Science” and the “Journal of Physical Chemistry.” She expanded her knowledge of industrial applications of Raman spectroscopy substantive post doctoral work in Devon, Alberta at the CANMET Laboratory (Natural Resources Canada).
About Renishaw InVia Reflex Raman Spectrometers
The Raman spectroscopy system used for the examination, a Renishaw InVia Reflex Raman Spectrometer, had
two lasers (using 785nm [nanometres] and 532nm lasers for this application),
two cameras,
(ProSpect Scientific provided this description of the cameras: The system has one CCD [Charged Coupled Device] camera that collects the scattered laser light to produce Raman spectra [very sensitive and expensive]. The system also has a viewing camera mounted on the microscope to allow the user to visually see what the target spot on the sample looks like. This camera shows on the computer what is visible through the eyepieces of the microscope.)
a microscope,
and a computer with a screen,
all of which fit on a tabletop, albeit a rather large one.
For anyone unfamiliar with the term CCD (charged coupled device), it is a sensor used in cameras to capture light and convert it to digital data for capture by the camera. (You can find out more here at TechTerms.com on the CCD webpage.)
* ‘to’ added to sentence on June 27, 2014 at 1340 hours (PDT). ‘ProsPect’ corrected to ‘ProSpect’ on June 30, 2014.
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For media types only: get accreditation for GROW conference, deadline: June 30, 2014
Here’s the scoop from a June 18, 2014 announcement in my email box (I am not familiar with this conference or these folks),
– Media Advisory –
MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR THE 2014 GROW CONFERENCE CLOSING
Whistler, BC – Media accreditation for the 2014 GROW Conference is open, but closes on June 30, at 5pm PST. Media can apply for accreditation, here.
One of North America’s leading technology conferences, GROW takes place from August 20-22 in beautiful Whistler, BC at the world-renowned Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort.
WHAT: GROW Conference 2014 – “the Connected Future”
WHEN: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 to Friday, August 22
WHERE: Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort, Whistler, BC, Canada.
WHO: CEOs, Founders, Startups and VCs, including but not limited to:
Bonin Bough, VP of Global and Consumer Engagement, Mondelëz International
Matt Grob, Executive VP and CTO, Qualcomm Technologies
Chris O’Neill, Business Lead, Google Glass
Kanishk Parashar, Founder and CEO, Coin
Mark Gainey, Co-Founder and CEO, Strava
Dan Eisenhardt, CEO, Recon Instruments
Christian Sanz, CEO, Skycatch International
Mark Oleson, Director of Product and Innovation, Under Armour
Katherine Barr, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Seth Combs, Co-Founder and CMO, Sol Republic
Rafe Needleman, Editorial Director, Yahoo Tech News
Daniel Debow, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Rypple
HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOPICS:
What will billion dollar companies look like in a connected world?
Is open data in danger of creating a class system?
Connected devices, homes and cars – can our lives be hacked?
What does context-aware computing mean for privacy?
New speakers are being added on a weekly basis – please check the website for updates.
Media interested in accreditation can apply here with all details completed, no later than 5pm PST June 30, 2014.
Applications submitted after this date won’t be considered for accreditation. Full details and additional information will follow upon confirmation of accreditation.
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Memristor, memristor! What is happening? News from the University of Michigan and HP Laboratories
Professor Wei Lu (whose work on memristors has been mentioned here a few times [an April 15, 2010 posting and an April 19, 2012 posting]) has made a discovery about memristors with significant implications (from a June 25, 2014 news item on Azonano),
In work that unmasks some of the magic behind memristors and “resistive random access memory,” or RRAM—cutting-edge computer components that combine logic and memory functions—researchers have shown that the metal particles in memristors don’t stay put as previously thought.
The findings have broad implications for the semiconductor industry and beyond. They show, for the first time, exactly how some memristors remember.
A June 24, 2014 University of Michigan news release, which originated the news item, includes Lu’s perspective on this discovery and more details about it,
“Most people have thought you can’t move metal particles in a solid material,” said Wei Lu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan. “In a liquid and gas, it’s mobile and people understand that, but in a solid we don’t expect this behavior. This is the first time it has been shown.”
Lu, who led the project, and colleagues at U-M and the Electronic Research Centre Jülich in Germany used transmission electron microscopes to watch and record what happens to the atoms in the metal layer of their memristor when they exposed it to an electric field. The metal layer was encased in the dielectric material silicon dioxide, which is commonly used in the semiconductor industry to help route electricity.
They observed the metal atoms becoming charged ions, clustering with up to thousands of others into metal nanoparticles, and then migrating and forming a bridge between the electrodes at the opposite ends of the dielectric material.
They demonstrated this process with several metals, including silver and platinum. And depending on the materials involved and the electric current, the bridge formed in different ways.
The bridge, also called a conducting filament, stays put after the electrical power is turned off in the device. So when researchers turn the power back on, the bridge is there as a smooth pathway for current to travel along. Further, the electric field can be used to change the shape and size of the filament, or break the filament altogether, which in turn regulates the resistance of the device, or how easy current can flow through it.
Computers built with memristors would encode information in these different resistance values, which is in turn based on a different arrangement of conducting filaments.
Memristor researchers like Lu and his colleagues had theorized that the metal atoms in memristors moved, but previous results had yielded different shaped filaments and so they thought they hadn’t nailed down the underlying process.
“We succeeded in resolving the puzzle of apparently contradicting observations and in offering a predictive model accounting for materials and conditions,” said Ilia Valov, principle investigator at the Electronic Materials Research Centre Jülich. “Also the fact that we observed particle movement driven by electrochemical forces within dielectric matrix is in itself a sensation.”
The implications for this work (from the news release),
The results could lead to a new approach to chip design—one that involves using fine-tuned electrical signals to lay out integrated circuits after they’re fabricated. And it could also advance memristor technology, which promises smaller, faster, cheaper chips and computers inspired by biological brains in that they could perform many tasks at the same time.
As is becoming more common these days (from the news release),
Lu is a co-founder of Crossbar Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup working to commercialize RRAM. Crossbar has just completed a $25 million Series C funding round.
Electrochemical dynamics of nanoscale metallic inclusions in dielectrics by Yuchao Yang, Peng Gao, Linze Li, Xiaoqing Pan, Stefan Tappertzhofen, ShinHyun Choi, Rainer Waser, Ilia Valov, & Wei D. Lu. Nature Communications 5, Article number: 4232 doi:10.1038/ncomms5232 Published 23 June 2014
The other party instrumental in the development and, they hope, the commercialization of memristors is HP (Hewlett Packard) Laboratories (HP Labs). Anyone familiar with this blog will likely know I have frequently covered the topic starting with an essay explaining the basics on my Nanotech Mysteries wiki (or you can check this more extensive and more recently updated entry on Wikipedia) and with subsequent entries here over the years. The most recent entry is a Jan. 9, 2014 posting which featured the then latest information on the HP Labs memristor situation (scroll down about 50% of the way). This new information is more in the nature of a new revelation of details rather than an update on its status. Sebastian Anthony’s June 11, 2014 article for extremetech.com lays out the situation plainly (Note: Links have been removed),
HP, one of the original 800lb Silicon Valley gorillas that has seen much happier days, is staking everything on a brand new computer architecture that it calls… The Machine. Judging by an early report from Bloomberg Businessweek, up to 75% of HP’s once fairly illustrious R&D division — HP Labs – are working on The Machine. As you would expect, details of what will actually make The Machine a unique proposition are hard to come by, but it sounds like HP’s groundbreaking work on memristors (pictured top) and silicon photonics will play a key role.
First things first, we’re probably not talking about a consumer computing architecture here, though it’s possible that technologies commercialized by The Machine will percolate down to desktops and laptops. Basically, HP used to be a huge player in the workstation and server markets, with its own operating system and hardware architecture, much like Sun. Over the last 10 years though, Intel’s x86 architecture has rapidly taken over, to the point where HP (and Dell and IBM) are essentially just OEM resellers of commodity x86 servers. This has driven down enterprise profit margins — and when combined with its huge stake in the diminishing PC market, you can see why HP is rather nervous about the future. The Machine, and IBM’s OpenPower initiative, are both attempts to get out from underneath Intel’s x86 monopoly.
While exact details are hard to come by, it seems The Machine is predicated on the idea that current RAM, storage, and interconnect technology can’t keep up with modern Big Data processing requirements. HP is working on two technologies that could solve both problems: Memristors could replace RAM and long-term flash storage, and silicon photonics could provide faster on- and off-motherboard buses. Memristors essentially combine the benefits of DRAM and flash storage in a single, hyper-fast, super-dense package. Silicon photonics is all about reducing optical transmission and reception to a scale that can be integrated into silicon chips (moving from electrical to optical would allow for much higher data rates and lower power consumption). Both technologies can be built using conventional fabrication techniques.
In a June 11, 2014 article by Ashlee Vance for Bloomberg Business Newsweek, the company’s CTO (Chief Technical Officer), Martin Fink provides new details,
That’s what they’re calling it at HP Labs: “the Machine.” It’s basically a brand-new type of computer architecture that HP’s engineers say will serve as a replacement for today’s designs, with a new operating system, a different type of memory, and superfast data transfer. The company says it will bring the Machine to market within the next few years or fall on its face trying. “We think we have no choice,” says Martin Fink, the chief technology officer and head of HP Labs, who is expected to unveil HP’s plans at a conference Wednesday [June 11, 2014].
In my Jan. 9, 2014 posting there’s a quote from Martin Fink stating that 2018 would be earliest date for the company’s StoreServ arrays to be packed with 100TB Memristor drives (the Machine?). The company later clarified the comment by noting that it’s very difficult to set dates for new technology arrivals.
Vance shares what could be a stirring ‘origins’ story of sorts, provided the Machine is successful,
The Machine started to take shape two years ago, after Fink was named director of HP Labs. Assessing the company’s projects, he says, made it clear that HP was developing the needed components to create a better computing system. Among its research projects: a new form of memory known as memristors; and silicon photonics, the transfer of data inside a computer using light instead of copper wires. And its researchers have worked on operating systems including Windows, Linux, HP-UX, Tru64, and NonStop.
Fink and his colleagues decided to pitch HP Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman on the idea of assembling all this technology to form the Machine. During a two-hour presentation held a year and a half ago, they laid out how the computer might work, its benefits, and the expectation that about 75 percent of HP Labs personnel would be dedicated to this one project. “At the end, Meg turned to [Chief Financial Officer] Cathie Lesjak and said, ‘Find them more money,’” says John Sontag, the vice president of systems research at HP, who attended the meeting and is in charge of bringing the Machine to life. “People in Labs see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Here is the memristor making an appearance in Vance’s article,
HP’s bet is the memristor, a nanoscale chip that Labs researchers must build and handle in full anticontamination clean-room suits. At the simplest level, the memristor consists of a grid of wires with a stack of thin layers of materials such as tantalum oxide at each intersection. When a current is applied to the wires, the materials’ resistance is altered, and this state can hold after the current is removed. At that point, the device is essentially remembering 1s or 0s depending on which state it is in, multiplying its storage capacity. HP can build these chips with traditional semiconductor equipment and expects to be able to pack unprecedented amounts of memory—enough to store huge databases of pictures, files, and data—into a computer.
New memory and networking technology requires a new operating system. Most applications written in the past 50 years have been taught to wait for data, assuming that the memory systems feeding the main computers chips are slow. Fink has assigned one team to develop the open-source Machine OS, which will assume the availability of a high-speed, constant memory store. …
Peter Bright in his June 11, 2014 article for Ars Technica opens his article with a controversial statement (Note: Links have been removed),
In 2008, scientists at HP invented a fourth fundamental component to join the resistor, capacitor, and inductor: the memristor. [emphasis mine] Theorized back in 1971, memristors showed promise in computing as they can be used to both build logic gates, the building blocks of processors, and also act as long-term storage.
Whether or not the memristor is a fourth fundamental component has been a matter of some debate as you can see in this Memristor entry (section on Memristor definition and criticism) on Wikipedia.
Bright goes on to provide a 2016 delivery date for some type of memristor-based product and additional technical insight about the Machine,
… By 2016, the company plans to have memristor-based DIMMs, which will combine the high storage densities of hard disks with the high performance of traditional DRAM.
John Sontag, vice president of HP Systems Research, said that The Machine would use “electrons for processing, photons for communication, and ions for storage.” The electrons are found in conventional silicon processors, and the ions are found in the memristors. The photons are because the company wants to use optical interconnects in the system, built using silicon photonics technology. With silicon photonics, photons are generated on, and travel through, “circuits” etched onto silicon chips, enabling conventional chip manufacturing to construct optical parts. This allows the parts of the system using photons to be tightly integrated with the parts using electrons.
The memristor story has proved to be even more fascinating than I thought in 2008 and I was already as fascinated as could be, or so I thought.
This entry was posted in electronics, nanophotonics, nanotechnology and tagged Ashlee Vance, Cathie Lesjak, Crossbar Inc, Electrochemical dynamics of nanoscale metallic inclusions in dielectrics, Hewlett Packard, HP Laboratories, HP Labs, IBM, Ilia Valov, Intel, John Sontag, Linze Li, Martin Fink, Meg Whitman, memristors, OpenPower, Peng Gao, Peter Bright, Rainer Waser, RRAM, Sebastian Anthony, ShinHyun Choi, Stefan Tappertzhofen, the Machine, University of Michigan, Wei D. Lu, Wei Lu, Xiaoqing Pan, Yuchao Yang on June 26, 2014 by Maryse de la Giroday.
Let’s make our turbine blades really big (greater than 75 metres) with new nanocomposite
The is a story about balsa wood, wind farms, turbine blades, and nanocomposites according to a June 25, 2014 news item on ScienceDaily,
In wind farms across North America and Europe, sleek turbines equipped with state-of-the-art technology convert wind energy into electric power. But tucked inside the blades of these feats of modern engineering is a decidedly low-tech core material: balsa wood.
Like other manufactured products that use sandwich panel construction to achieve a combination of light weight and strength, turbine blades contain carefully arrayed strips of balsa wood from Ecuador, which provides 95 percent of the world’s supply.
For centuries, the fast-growing balsa tree has been prized for its light weight and stiffness relative to density. But balsa wood is expensive and natural variations in the grain can be an impediment to achieving the increasingly precise performance requirements of turbine blades and other sophisticated applications.
As turbine makers produce ever-larger blades — the longest now measure 75 meters, almost matching the wingspan of an Airbus A380 jetliner — they must be engineered to operate virtually maintenance-free for decades. In order to meet more demanding specifications for precision, weight, and quality consistency, manufacturers are searching for new sandwich construction material options.
Now, using a cocktail of fiber-reinforced epoxy-based thermosetting resins and 3D extrusion printing techniques, materials scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed cellular composite materials of unprecedented light weight and stiffness.
A June 25, 2014 Harvard University news release (also on EurekAlert), which originated the news item, goes on to describe the new technology in more detail while throwing 3D printing into the mix,
Until now, 3D printing has been developed for thermo plastics and UV-curable resins—materials that are not typically considered as engineering solutions for structural applications. “By moving into new classes of materials like epoxies, we open up new avenues for using 3D printing to construct lightweight architectures,” says principal investigator Jennifer A. Lewis, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard SEAS. “Essentially, we are broadening the materials palate for 3D printing.”
“Balsa wood has a cellular architecture that minimizes its weight since most of the space is empty and only the cell walls carry the load. It therefore has a high specific stiffness and strength,” explains Lewis, who in addition to her role at Harvard SEAS is also a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute. “We’ve borrowed this design concept and mimicked it in an engineered composite.”
Lewis and Brett G. Compton, a former postdoctoral fellow in her group, developed inks of epoxy resins, spiked with viscosity-enhancing nanoclay platelets and a compound called dimethyl methylphosphonate, and then added two types of fillers: tiny silicon carbide “whiskers” and discrete carbon fibers. Key to the versatility of the resulting fiber-filled inks is the ability to control the orientation of the fillers.
The direction that the fillers are deposited controls the strength of the materials (think of the ease of splitting a piece of firewood lengthwise versus the relative difficulty of chopping on the perpendicular against the grain).
Lewis and Compton have shown that their technique yields cellular composites that are as stiff as wood, 10 to 20 times stiffer than commercial 3D-printed polymers, and twice as strong as the best printed polymer composites. The ability to control the alignment of the fillers means that fabricators can digitally integrate the composition, stiffness, and toughness of an object with its design.
“This paper demonstrates, for the first time, 3D printing of honeycombs with fiber-reinforced cell walls,” said Lorna Gibson, a professor of materials science and mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and one of world’s leading experts in cellular composites, who was not involved in this research. “Of particular significance is the way that the fibers can be aligned, through control of the fiber aspect ratio—the length relative to the diameter—and the nozzle diameter. This marks an important step forward in designing engineering materials that mimic wood, long known for its remarkable mechanical properties for its weight.”
“As we gain additional levels of control in filler alignment and learn how to better integrate that orientation into component design, we can further optimize component design and improve materials efficiency,” adds Compton, who is now a staff scientist in additive manufacturing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “Eventually, we will be able to use 3D printing technology to change the degree of fiber filler alignment and local composition on the fly.”
The work could have applications in many fields, including the automotive industry where lighter materials hold the key to achieving aggressive government-mandated fuel economy standards. According to one estimate, shedding 110 pounds from each of the 1 billion cars on the road worldwide could produce $40 billion in annual fuel savings.
3D printing has the potential to radically change manufacturing in other ways too. Lewis says the next step will be to test the use of thermosetting resins to create different kinds of architectures, especially by exploiting the technique of blending fillers and precisely aligning them. This could lead to advances not only in structural materials, but also in conductive composites.
Previously, Lewis has conducted groundbreaking research in the 3D printing of tissue constructs with vasculature and lithium-ion microbatteries.
Here’s a link to and citation for the paper,
3D-Printing of Lightweight Cellular Composites by Brett G. Compton and Jennifer A. Lewis. Advanced Materials DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401804 Article first published online: 18 JUN 2014
© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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In summer, D.C., GW didn’t take off
By Caitlin Carroll Aug 25, 2004 12:00 AM
After students spend their summer months scattered across the country and the globe, they unite on a campus shaped and changed by summer events.In an effort to update students on major summer happenings, The Hatchet has compiled a review of its coverage during the past three months.
Thousands say goodbye to Reagan; GW cancels classes
Thousands of people gathered along a flag-strewn Constitution Avenue June 9 to bid farewell to former President Ronald Reagan.
Reagan, who withdrew from the public spotlight in recent years as he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, died June 5 at the age of 93 in his Los Angeles home. The University canceled that week’s Friday classes in observance of Reagan’s death. Students and all non-essential employees had the day off to join in what President Bush called a national day of mourning for the 40th president
There was a strong relationship between GW and Reagan since his attempted assassination in 1981. It was at the GW Hospital that a crew of 65 medical personnel saved Reagan’s life after would-be assassin John Hinckley shot him.
In 1991, the University awarded Reagan an honorary doctor of public service degree, and later attached his name to the GW Hospital’s Institute of Emergency Medicine.
Iraqi interim president attended GW
GW officials ended confusion in June over whether the Iraqi interim president is a former student, concluding that Ghazi al-Yawer took engineering classes here during the 1980s.
After failing to find al-Yawer’s name in University records in May, officials said the Associated Press and other news organizations were erroneously reporting that the Iraqi leader studied at GW. They said al-Yawer had actually taken classes at nearby Georgetown University.
But in June, after Georgetown denied reports that al-Yawer attended their school and after an exhaustive search for the Iraqi leader’s name in GW’s database, Media Relations officials said the original reports were correct.
Commission reviews GW’s responses to student deaths
A GW commission created to investigate the University’s response to five student deaths since December began its regular meetings and discussions in May.
The 21-member panel, which was appointed after a GW freshman committed suicide in April, held its first meeting May 17. The group of University staff, faculty and students were charged with examining the existing resources and response protocols GW uses after a student dies.
The commission met every Monday for ten weeks over the summer and is expected to release its report in the fall.
The GW Counseling Center increased the visibility of counseling services during CI with information booths and posters.
GW, Aramark sign 10-year contract
The dining service provider Aramark inked a new deal with the University last month that will allow it to operate campus venues for the next 10 years.
Both Aramark and GW officials declined to disclose the terms of the new contract, which replaces a five-year deal that expired in late June. But Louis Katz, the University’s executive vice president and treasurer, said the dining service provider would be paying GW to operate venues in the Marvin Center, which it did under its previous contract.
Katz said the deal was reached after Aramark officials presented plans to renovate the dining areas on the Marvin Center’s ground level and first floor.
GW keeps free newspaper program
Despite campus-wide budget cuts, the University will continue to provide free newspapers to students in residence halls this fall, though GW may reduce circulation of the papers.
The GW Reads program, which stocks residence halls with free daily copies of The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today, was one of several programs that GW considered eliminating in April in the face of $4.6 million in spending cuts and budget reallocations.
But officials said the extra tuition generated by GW’s largest freshmen class ever helped keep the program alive.
Health and Wellness Center extends hours
Students will be able to exercise in the Health and Wellness Center until 11:30 p.m. starting this fall after the city’s Zoning Commission granted GW approval to extend the facility’s hours in June.
Although the University originally requested to have the center’s hours extended until 1 a.m., the commission ruled on June 14 that it could remain open until 11:30 p.m. every night, a decision opposed by some area residents.
The commission refrained from completely approving GW’s request because some residents voiced concerns that letting the center stay open any later would create more noise in Foggy Bottom.
At the June hearing, zoning officials also approved the University’s request to extend membership to Mount Vernon residents and trustees. But the commission rejected a plan that would have allowed residents living within 500 feet of the center to exercise there, saying all of the facility’s users must be affiliated with GW.
-compiled by Caitlin Carroll from Hatchet staff reports
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Getting stuck in the Harris County Jail because you can't afford to pay the bail amount listed on a chart can have immediate consequences that can be worse than losing a job or a scholarship. In the past, a diabetic was booked without access to insulin, leading him to vomit dozens of times until he passed out three days later. A man arrested for visiting with his children for too long during a scheduled visit was smothered to death by guards in riot gear after they accused him of creating a weapon from a smoke detector.
And last week, according to authorities, two inmates beat a man to death in a holding cell. He was in jail for less than 48 hours.
Patrick Joseph Brown, 46, was booked on a misdemeanor theft charge on April 3, accused of stealing a guitar. Like the vast majority of people who appear before judges in Harris County, he was denied a personal bond, though he had no violent criminal history, and his bail was set at $3,000. Authorities say that on April 5, shortly after 12:30 a.m., Brown was discovered unresponsive on the floor of a holding cell, allegedly after two men beat him to death with their fists and feet. Brown would be transferred to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he would die several hours later.
Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ryan Sullivan said it is unclear for now what led to the fight, but both of Brown's alleged attackers, Curtis Maxwell and Ebenezer Nah, have been charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Once Brown's cause of death is officially determined, Sullivan said the charges may be upgraded.
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All three men had spent less than three days in jail, each booked on either April 2 or 3. But the fatal beating happened within a much smaller time frame: several hours, when they were idling in a temporary holding cell.
Sullivan said the only reasons they would all be in the holding cell at once — a cell separate from general population — is because they were either being booked, released or had just returned from their probable cause hearings, which each attended at some point on April 4. Only one man, Ebenezer Nah, charged with felony possession of meth, posted bail on that day (his co-defendant, Curtis Maxwell, received no bond after being charged with assault of a family member). But because it generally takes six to eight hours before a person can be released on bail, Sullivan said, Nah was likely awaiting his release in this cell when he allegedly beat Patrick Brown.
Sullivan said guards check on the cells once every 15 minutes, and that there is one guard to every 48 inmates. In each cell, there are ten to 20 inmates.
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Patriots-Chiefs rematch headlines Week 14
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AP Published 10:50 p.m. CT Dec. 5, 2019 | Updated 11:36 a.m. CT Dec. 7, 2019
Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.
The Chiefs had home-field advantage and NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes but the Patriots escaped Arrowhead Stadium with a 37-31 overtime win and went on to win their sixth Super Bowl title.
The rematch Sunday in New England has significant playoff implications for both teams.
The Patriots (10-2) have a one-game lead over Buffalo (9-3) in the AFC East and fell to the No. 2 seed in the conference behind Baltimore (10-2) with a loss at Houston last week. They would reclaim the top spot with a win over the Chiefs (8-4) if the Bills beat the Ravens on Sunday.
But Tom Brady and the offense are scuffling. The Patriots are just 2-2 since an 8-0 start. They scored only 30 points in the two wins. Brady was visibly frustrated with his receivers during the loss to the Texans and the offense is clearly missing tight end Rob Gronkowski.
A stingy defense has kept the Patriots atop the standings this season. However, Lamar Jackson and the Ravens scored 37 points in Week 9 and Deshaun Watson and the Texans scored 28 last week.
Mahomes led the Chiefs to 71 points in two losses against New England last season. The 42-year-old Brady doesn't have the playmakers to win a shootout this time around.
Since returning from injury, Mahomes is 2-1 with a pair of so-so performances in consecutive wins.
The Chiefs would clinch the AFC West with a win and Raiders loss.
Week 14 started Thursday night with Chicago's 31-24 home victory over Dak Prescott and Dallas.
Mitchell Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score for the Bears (7-6). The Cowboys (6-7) have lost seven of 10 since a 3-0 start.
SAN FRANCISCO (10-2) AT NEW ORLEANS (10-2)
A potential preview of the NFC championship game, though the 49ers have to surpass Seattle to win the NFC West after losing at Baltimore last week and dropping to the fifth spot in the conference.
The 49ers have the league's No. 2 rushing offense but the Saints are No. 3 against the run so it'll be a matchup of strengths. Jimmy Garoppolo will have to avoid turnovers. His first-quarter fumble against the Ravens led to a touchdown. San Francisco is spending the week in Florida preparing for the game.
Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas present a difficult challenge for the league's top-ranked defense. The Saints already secured the NFC South and want to solidify the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
CAROLINA (5-7) at ATLANTA (3-9)
The Panthers are reeling with four straight losses putting them on the verge of playoff elimination. Quarterback Kyle Allen has thrown 10 interceptions in his past six games after having none in his first five starts. Christian McCaffrey should get plenty of opportunities to overtake Nick Chubb for the rushing lead.
The Falcons would be fighting for a playoff spot if they played every opponent as they did the Saints. Atlanta upset New Orleans on the road in Week 10 and battled to a 26-18 loss on Thanksgiving.
BALTIMORE (10-2) at BUFFALO (9-3)
Lamar Jackson is 23 yards rushing away from 1,000 and 62 away from breaking Michael Vick's single-season record for quarterbacks. The Ravens have won eight in a row and can't afford a letdown after taking over the top seed in the AFC. They would clinch the AFC North with a win and Steelers loss.
The Bills have won three straight by a combined 83-38 score and are 4-2 at home. They could jump all the way from a wild-card spot to the No. 1 spot if they beat the Ravens and Patriots the next two weeks.
CINCINNATI (1-11) at CLEVELAND (5-7)
Zac Taylor needed 12 games to get his first career win as head coach and the Bengals go for two in a row, though another win could loosen their grip on the No. 1 pick in the draft. They're currently one game ahead of the Giants for the right to pick first.
Andy Dalton was impressive in his first game back from a three-game benching and will try to lead Cincinnati to its first division win in 10 tries.
The Browns entered the season as a fashionable pick to win the AFC North but are almost assured that the NFL's longest postseason drought will extend from 2002 into the 2020 season.
WASHINGTON (3-9) at GREEN BAY (9-3)
Aaron Rodgers bounced back from a poor effort in a blowout loss to San Francisco with a vintage performance in a rout over the lowly Giants. He'll face another dismal NFC East team.
The Redskins have won two in a row after a 1-8 start. They'll rely heavily on the backfield tandem of Derrius Guice and Adrian Peterson to take the load off rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins.
DENVER (4-8) at HOUSTON (8-4)
Deshaun Watson has the Texans leading the AFC South following an impressive win over the Patriots. He has another tough challenge because Denver has the fifth-ranked pass defense.
After frustrating Tom Brady, Houston's defense gets to face a rookie quarterback making his second career start. Drew Lock led the team to a win over the Chargers, becoming Denver's first QB to win his first start in his rookie season since John Elway and Gary Kubiak did so in 1983.
MIAMI (3-9) at NEW YORK JETS (4-8)
Ryan Fitzpatrick worked his magic against Philadelphia, throwing for 365 yards and three touchdowns in Miami's stunning 37-31 upset. He'll try to lead the Dolphins to their fourth win in six games after an 0-7 start. They should count heavily on Fitzpatrick throwing to DeVante Parker since New York has the stingiest run defense in the NFL.
The Jets had their three-game winning streak snapped by previously winless Cincinnati. New York would fall into last place in the AFC East with a loss.
INDIANAPOLIS (6-6) at TAMPA BAY (5-7)
The Colts are reeling, losing four of five to fall from first to third place. They've scored 17 or fewer points three times during that span and are missing four-time Pro Bowl receiver T.Y. Hilton and No. 2 receiver Devin Funchess.
Turnover-prone QB Jameis Winston has led the Buccaneers to double-digit wins in three of their past four games. They've feasted on last-place teams in that span.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4-8) at JACKSONVILLE (4-8)
Gardner Minshew takes over for the Jaguars after Nick Foles was benched. The rookie nicknamed the "Mississippi Mustache" provided a spark and some excitement for a struggling team earlier in the season. He'll need better protection than Foles got from the offensive line.
The Chargers have lost three in a row and are playing for pride. Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, who was Jacksonville's coach from 2013-16, makes his second trip back in the past three years.
PITTSBURGH (7-5) at ARIZONA (3-8-1)
The Steelers are down to third-string QB Devlin Hodges but are still in the playoff mix as they usually are in December. The undrafted rookie has led Pittsburgh to three of its seven wins since losing Ben Roethlisberger for the season and starting 0-3. He could have a big day against Arizona, which is last in pass defense.
The more heralded rookie QB in this matchup, No. 1 overall draft pick Kyler Murray, has to look out for a dominant pass rush led by outside linebackers T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree.
DETROIT (3-8-1) at MINNESOTA (8-4)
The Vikings have a one-game lead for the NFC's second wild-card spot and only trail Green Bay by one game in the NFC North. Dalvin Cook's injured shoulder could determine how far they go in January or if they get there. Kirk Cousins is the NFL's second-highest rated passer.
David Blough is expected to make his second NFL start for the Lions, who lost Matthew Stafford and Jeff Driskel to injuries.
TENNESSEE (7-5) at OAKLAND (6-6)
Ryan Tannehill has turned things around for the Titans, who are in the playoff mix after a 2-4 start. Tannehill is 5-1 and Tennessee has won three in a row. Derrick Henry is third in the NFL with 1,140 yards rushing, including three straight games with at least 145 yards and a TD.
The Raiders need a win to keep their playoff hopes going. Derek Carr had a tough game in a lopsided loss at Kansas City. Josh Jacobs is already over the 1,000-yard mark.
SEATTLE (10-2) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (7-5)
The Seahawks leaped into first place in the NFC West but have to keep winning to avoid dropping to the fifth seed in the NFC. They can't afford to look ahead to a first-place showdown with San Francisco in Week 17 with three games still to go before that matchup. Russell Wilson is playing at an MVP level and he has a strong run game to keep the offense balanced.
The Rams got their offense back on track against Arizona and Jared Goff threw his first TD pass since October to keep the defending NFC champs in the playoff chase. Todd Gurley is still looking for his first 100-yard rushing game this season but has been a big part of the offense in the past month.
NEW YORK GIANTS (2-10) at PHILADELPHIA (5-7)
The Eagles are desperate for a win after three straight defeats, including a 37-31 loss at woeful Miami. Despite their struggles, they would win the NFC East if they win their final four games. Carson Wentz and the offense finally got on track but the defense fell apart against Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Dolphins.
The Giants are playing spoiler with two games upcoming against Philadelphia. They could face another major shakeup with coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Dave Gettleman on the hot seat. Eli Manning is expected to make his first start since Week 2 because rookie QB Daniel Jones is injured. Saquon Barkley tries to continue his success against the Eagles. Barkley ran for 231 yards and two TDs and caught 16 passes for 140 yards and one score in two losses vs. Philly last year.
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05/21/2013 02:08 pm ET Updated Jul 28, 2014
Chelsea Clinton Serves As Co-Founder, Co-Chair Of NYU Multifaith Institute
Chelsea Clinton has taken on a new role at New York University -- or has she?
As The New York Post reported Tuesday, the former first daughter "has quietly taken on a big new job" as a co-founder and co-chair of NYU's Of Many Institute for multifaith leadership.
However, Clinton's "new" role may have stemmed from her current position as assistant vice provost to the university -- a job she took in 2010. The university has kept Clinton's new title relatively under wraps, but it seems the 33-year-old's role as a leader of the Of Many Institute has been in the works for more than a year.
"Among other tasks at NYU, she has helped to craft a strategy to recruit the best students and faculty members from around the world. She is also developing an interfaith project to bring together Jewish and Muslim students," Ian Wilhelm surmised about Clinton's position in a February 2012 story in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
As Of Many notes on its website, the creation of the newly minted institute stems from President Barack Obama's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge. Launched in 2011, the campaign urges universities and colleges to create interfaith services and introduce events to bridge the gap between students of various religious traditions.
In a Q&A with Time in September, Clinton explained that she first took a job at NYU to fund her doctoral studies. Though she eventually transferred to Oxford University, where she is currently pursuing her doctorate, at the time, Clinton also hinted at her hopes for NYU's multifaith future.
"And I hope that my colleagues and friends at NYU will really have built a platform around multifaith education and multifaith leadership," Clinton told the magazine, responding to a question about her five-year plan.
It may come as no surprise that Clinton has developed a leadership position for herself at NYU, based on her involvement with the university in recent years.
Clinton is set to address members of the class of 2013 at a commencement ceremony for NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service this week.
Chelsea Clinton Around Town
College Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton attends the George Washington University (GW) kickoff rally to launch the 'GW Phones for Hope,' as part of a 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University project.
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THE JUNGLE AT THE DOOR: A Glimpse of Wild India
By Joan Myers With an Essay by William deBuys George F. Thompson Publishing November 2012
“At once familiar and a revelation, immediate and distant, Joan Myers' photographs show a world in which the great beasts and humans, nature and the gods still co-exist, but William de Buys' passionate and prophetic words warn of the velocity with which that fragile coexistence is being reduced to urban myth.”
— Gita Mehta, author of River Sutra
The Jungle at the Door is inspired by Joan Myers’s encounters with jungles and animals in remote areas of India, and by Kipling’s Just So Stories, which she read, as many of us did, as a child. The Jungle at the Door is her homage both to that book and to the wild parts of India that few travelers ever see, much less know about, and which are rapidly vanishing in the face of increasing development and industrialization.
Joan Myers has been taking photographs for more than thirty years, exploring the relationships between people and the land. Her highly acclaimed work has been the focus of three Smithsonian exhibitions, numerous solo and group shows, and six books.
They include Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey (with text by Sandra Blakeslee), which was published by Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, and awarded Honorable Mention in the American Association of Museums’ 2006 Publication Competition. Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-down California (with text by William deBuys), won the 1999 Western States Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction, and the 1999 William P. Clements Prize for the best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America; it was published by the University of New Mexico Press. Her current work centers on volcanic and geothermal sites around the world.
“Through the miracle of photography and the beholding eye of a master photographer such as Myers, we are able to experience the land and life in India’s last remaining wild jungles. This is the land of the tiger and elephant and monkey and rhino and a treasure trove of other species. But, as noted writer William deBuys shares in his provocative essay, poaching is a persistent and pervasive problem, and the natural habitat for wild animals is shrinking at an alarming rate due to expanding development and industrialization. Tigers, for example, are now extinct in ninety-three percent of their historical range worldwide, and, without wildlife refuges such as Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Karizanga, and others in India, their numbers would plummet further.
Few citizens of the world will ever experience firsthand the jungles and wild places of India, but in Myers’s visual discovery they can witness the excitement and energy of coming upon wild game in a moment’s notice and experiencing religious shrines and rural life in nearby villages that seem to blend in effortlessly with the adjacent wilderness.
Jungle at the Door is that rare glimpse into another world, a world that depends not only on human awareness of what is lost when the jungle is gone, but also the courage and foresight to preserve remaining wild places everywhere, from those in India to our own home ground.
Off the beaten track in the backwaters and jungles of India – like watching a film documentary. Stunning photographs…”
-Books Monthly UK
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Over three decades, Ken Bouche has established a career as an executive leader and senior advisor at the forefront of applying best practices in management, government, technology, information sharing and intelligence to the highly specialized needs of the law enforcement, homeland security and justice communities.
Today he serves as Hillard Heintze’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the firm and the alignment of its resources, expertise and capabilities with the evolving needs of clients.
In addition to his executive responsibilities, Bouche leads the firm’s focus in several areas: (1) implementing best practices in management, leadership, strategy and planning with both corporate and government clients; (2) helping the firm’s commercial clients and partners align their security and investigative strategies with their business strategies to improve efficiencies and effective corporate risk mitigation; (3) assisting corporate clients in understanding the social media landscape with respect to risks and threats; and (4) helping government clients understand and embrace strategic information-sharing opportunities to advance their missions, understand trends, prevent crime and counter the risks of terrorism.
Recently, as an extension of Hillard Heintze’s assignment by the board of Schaumburg, Illinois to help transform its policing function, he served as Schaumburg’s Interim Police Chief. In this capacity, he initiated and led the implementation of best practices ranging from a complete restructuring to embrace community-oriented policing to working with other agencies, corporations and businesses to implement active shooter planning and programs.
Bouche has great depth in the justice and homeland security space having served as a member the IJIS Institute’s Board of Directors from 2009 to 2013, and from 2001 to 2006, Bouche chaired the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative. He served as a national leader in improving America’s information-sharing capacity and implementing post 9/11 intelligence reforms. Earlier in his career, Bouche served on the executive team at MyThings Inc., where he created and led the development of Trace, a searchable database of stolen, lost and seized property that provides sellers of arts and antiques with the highest level of due diligence against trading stolen property in the world.
Before developing Trace, Bouche dedicated 23 years to the Illinois State Police where, as Colonel and CIO, he was responsible for modernizing and standardizing the agency’s technology functions. In this capacity, he oversaw the delivery of critical real-time information to over 1,000 police agencies and 40,000 police and justice end-users on a 24-hour basis. Bouche also served as a Major/Commander responsible for advancing innovation and effectiveness in the operational areas of patrol, community policing, criminal investigations and specialty functions such as South Suburban Major Crimes Unit, the Public Integrity Unit and the Tactical Response Team. Bouche began his career in the Air Force as a member of the Military Police. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.A. from Northeastern Illinois University. Ken is a member of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement’s (NACOLE) Strategic Planning Committee. He also volunteers his time to select organizations, including the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation Memorial Park, the Special Olympics and the Taproot Foundation.
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The best of the Socceroos: All-Time Greatest Australia Squad
Alfie Potts Harmer
Former Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Celtic, Blackburn and Leeds United stars feature in the Socceroos all-time squad.
Tim Cahill celebrates scoring for the Socceroos
The first official football, or 'soccer', match played in Australia was in 1880. Despite being introduced to the game relatively early, Australians didn't take to the sport in quite the same way most countries did, with the likes of Aussie rules football, cricket, rugby union and rugby league all enjoying greater popularity over the last century right up to the present day.
Australia lives and breathes sport though, and the A-League does continue to steadily improve. The Socceroos first qualified for the World Cup in 1974, but then went more than three decades failing to qualify. In 2006, the country qualified for the second time, even managing to get out of their group before losing to eventual champions Italy.
Australia's success in 2006 was largely down to the Golden Generation. The finest crop of players the country has ever produced, and it should come as little surprise that they make up the bulk of the Socceroos all-time squad here. Below is Australia's definite 15 man squad, plus their 8 reserves from which you choose which 3 join the initial 15 to create a final 18 man squad.
Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer during his time at Middlesbrough
Possibly Australia's strongest position over the years, the country has good options between the sticks. Mark Schwarzer is arguably the pick of the bunch though. The 44-year-old who was still playing in the Premier League up until 2016 is Australia's most capped player of all-time, with 109 international appearances to his name. Schwarzer played for the likes of Middlesbrough, Fulham, Chelsea and Leicester. He is both of the latter two's oldest ever player, and also won Premier League titles with both.
Mark Bosnich
Another Mark, another good Australian goalkeeper who spent most of his career in the Premier League. Mark Bosnich is best remembered for his seven years of service to Aston Villa, where he won the League Cup twice, but the Aussie shot stopper also turned out for Manchester United and Chelsea. Named the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century in 1999, Bosnich's career was virtually over before the age of 30 when he became a recluse, developed a cocaine addiction and left the professional game, before making a brief return years later.
Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire in action for Australia vs Iraq
If Australia have been blessed with the most depth in goal, they have probably been blessed with the least in both full-back position. Luke Wilkshire was a good player in his prime though, turning out for Middlesbrough, Bristol City, FC Twente, Dynamo Moscow and Feyenoord. With 80 caps to his name, Wilkshire is the eighth most capped Australian of all-time.
Joe Marston
The first Australian to play in an FA Cup final, whilst most Socceroos were still playing amateur football in the 1950's, Marston was endearing himself to supporters at Preston North End, who reportedly turned down a lucrative £80,000 offer from Arsenal for the defender. Capable of playing at either right-back or centre-back, Marston played 185 league games for Preston and won 37 caps for Australia.
Lucas Neill
Lucas Neill wasn't a world beater but he was a warrior and as reliable as they come for Australia. Born in Sydney, Neill began his career with Millwall as a teenager, going on to play for Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Everton, Galatasaray and a handful of other clubs scattered across the globe. Millwall's Player of the Year in 1997, Neill won a League Cup with Blackburn in 2002 and won 96 caps for Australia over the course of his career, the third most of any player in history.
Paul Okon
Belgian Golden Shoe winner Paul Okon was a talented footballer, whose legacy has perhaps been somewhat damaged by the number of moves he made during his career, making him appear a journeyman. Okon played in both defence and midfield, and probably spent his best years in Belgium with Club Brugge, but also played for Lazio, Fiorentina, Middlesbrough, Leeds United and many more.
Stan Lazaridis
Stan Lazaridis closes down Aaron Lennon
Stan Lazaridis was often found on the left wing rather than at left-back, but the former Birmingham City man was certainly capable of playing at full-back in this side, so he's in the squad as a defender. Lazaridis won 60 caps for the Socceroos between 1993 and 2006, turning out for Floreat Athena, West Adelaide, West Ham United, Birmingham City and Perth Glory at club level. The 44-year-old was part of the Australia squad which finished as runners-up in the 1997 Confederations Cup.
Melbourne-born midfield maestro Mark Bresciano is unusual among players in this squad in that he never plied his trade in England. The 37-year-old played for Bulleen Lions and Carlton in Australia, and when he headed to Europe to prove himself against better opposition, it was Italy he would call home. The versatile goal scoring midfielder donned the shirts of Empoli, Parma, Palermo and Lazio over the course of an eleven year stay in Serie A. He won 84 caps.
One of only a few non-modern day players in this Australia squad, Johnny Warren is perhaps better known for his off-field promotion of the game in Australia prior to his death in 2004 than his performances on it. A central midfield player known for his determined play, Warren won 42 caps for the Socceroos and made the countries Team of the Century in 2000.
Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell celebrates scoring for Leeds United against Charlton Athletic
Quite possibly the best Australian footballer of all-time, injuries prevented Harry Kewell from reaching the stratospheric levels he was capable of. Despite those injury troubles, Kewell still had a distinguished career, and was one of the most feared left wingers in Europe at one time. The 38-year-old who recently took the reigns as Crawley Town manager played his best football for Leeds United, Liverpool and Galatasaray. Kewell won 56 caps for Australia.
Kewell may have been the more gifted, but it is Tim Cahill who has made arguably the greatest on-field contribution to the Socceroos over the years. Aged 37 and still going strong, Cahill is the countries all-time leading goal scorer with 48 goals from 97 caps. More importantly, the powerful midfielder/forward has scored in three separate World Cup's for the Socceroos. Cahill began his career in England with Millwall, where he reached an FA Cup final, before moving to Everton where he would become a fan favourite.
Brett Emerton
Right sided midfielder Brett Emerton, who also deputised at right-back occasionally, began his career with Sydney Olympic, before going on to have success in Holland with Feyenoord and in England with Blackburn Rovers, returning to Sydney (Sydney FC, not Olympic) to end his career in 2011. Emerton won 95 caps for Australia, scoring 20 goals, and was named the Oceania Footballer of the Year in 2002.
Mark Viduka
Mark Viduka scored a famous Premier League hat-trick vs Liverpool
From midfield to attack, a man many would consider to be Australia's finest footballing export, Mark Viduka was simply class when he turned it on. Although Viduka was of a large stature, his game was based on technique rather than power. He made his name in Croatia with Zagreb, before heading to Celtic and then onto Premier League trio Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. A career total of 258 goals from 507 games shows just what a good striker Viduka was, but just 11 goals in 43 caps for the Socceroos is a poor return for a player of his calibre.
John Aloisi
Viduka is a nailed on certainty, but there could be a fair bit of debate about which forwards join him in Australia's all-time squad. The first forward to join Viduka is John Aloisi. Unlike many Aussies, Aloisi left Australia and proved himself to be a decent player overseas. He scored 26 goals in 60 games for Portsmouth and 29 goals in 121 games for Osasuna. For the national team, he bagged an impressive 27 goals from 55 caps, the fourth most goals in Socceroos history.
Frank Farina
The final player to be named in Australia's initial 15 is Frank Farina. Like Aloisi, Farina proved himself to be a solid striker in Europe, but like Viduka, he never really translated that into top form for the national team. Farina scored 43 goals in 75 games for Club Brugge in the most impressive spell of his career, later playing in Serie A, the First Division and Ligue 1.
Mile Jedinak is among the reserves initially for Australia
That's it for Australia's definite 15, now it's over to you to pick which three reserve players get the nod and join the likes of Kewell and Viduka in Australia's final 18. The eight reserve players to choose from are as follows:
1. Zeljko Kalac - Former Sydney, Roda, Perugia and AC Milan goalkeeper - 54 caps
2. Craig Moore - Former Rangers and Newcastle United defender - 52 caps
3. Peter Wilson - Former Western Suburbs and APIA Leichhardt Tigers defender - 65 caps
4. Alan Davidson - Former South Melbourne, Melbourne Croatia & Pahang utility player - 79 caps
5. Ned Zelic - Former Borussia Dortmund and 1860 Munchen midfielder/defender - 34 caps
6. Mile Jedinak - Former Crystal Palace and current Aston Villa midfielder - 71 caps*
7. Brett Holman - Former Excelsior, AZ and Aston Villa attacking midfielder - 63 caps
8. Reg Date - Former Wallsend FC striker - 5 caps
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LJ's Journey
LJ, with his mom, pediatric nurse Alena Fuhrman, has come a long way since ED visits that could not pin down the cause of his episodes of rapid breathing.
By Gary Logan on 11/14/2017
After a seemingly normal prenatal period, followed by an uneventful delivery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Loudon “LJ” Fuhrman thrived for his first two weeks of life. Then, LJ’s mother, Alena, noticed that he was breathing fast when she was holding him one night. A pediatric nurse at Johns Hopkins, Alena counted a respiratory rate of over 60 breaths per minute, abnormally high for a newborn. Just as quickly, his breathing resumed a normal rate but accelerated again the next day. Alarmed, Alena rushed LJ to his pediatrician, who measured 94 breaths per minute and started to call for an ambulance. Alena said she could get him to the hospital quicker. By the time LJ arrived in the Emergency Department (ED), his breathing had again returned to the normal range. After monitoring him for three hours, emergency medicine physicians noted that LJ looked well and showed no signs of fever. They had no answers for the episodic rapid breathing.
“I hated to open a can of worms so we went home and he started looking better,” says Alena. “It was summer, it was hot, so maybe the heat had something to do with his breathing. Then it started again.”
And again and again with no explanation after three ED visits, echocardiography and electrocardiogram tests, among others. The conclusion of the assessments seemed to be this episodic rapid breathing was something weird that would resolve itself for this otherwise healthy baby. His only other remarkable symptom was a small red spot on his chest, suspected in the ED to be associated with a hemangioma. Mystified but determined to find an answer, Alena took LJ to pediatric pulmonologist Jessica Rice.
Initially, Rice was equally puzzled, though she thought interstitial lung disease a possible perpetrator. A CT scan, Rice said, could rule it out. Meanwhile, Rice could not stop thinking about the small red spot above LJ’s sternum, which Alena said had become more pronounced. To Rice, it did not look like a hemangioma. Could it be a sign of something systemic beneath the skin, she wondered, an arterial venous malformation, for instance, in LJ’s lung? For answers, Rice ordered a CT scan and referred LJ to pediatric dermatologist Bernard Cohen.
Noting the inflamed spot on LJ’s chest, now a firm dome-shaped nodule, Cohen strongly suspected it to be a xanthogranuloma lesion associated with a rare type of hematological disorder called histiocytosis, which affects two in 200,000 people each year. In Cohen’s experience, these skin lesions commonly flatten and disappear in a month or two, leaving a little dimple scar behind. If the patient is also experiencing other unexplained symptoms such as rapid breathing, however, this skin lesion could signal a more serious systemic form of histiocytosis presenting throughout the body.
“My concern was there might be a connection between this skin lesion and the pulmonary symptoms, the rapid breathing, the tachypnea,” says Cohen. “You have to pay attention to these lesions and any systemic symptoms and identify the connection between the two.”
Rice was on the same wavelength, recalling a recent Grand Rounds presentation by Johns Hopkins pediatric oncologist Elias Zambidis on histiocytosis. Indeed, she learned, a patient could have pulmonary symptoms associated with a lesion on the skin. Cohen’s diagnosis of xanthogranuloma and the CT scan, which showed innumerable nodules in LJ’s lungs, were illuminating.
“Dr. Cohen’s diagnosis of dermal histiocytoma was important,” says Rice. “The CT scan a day later revealed diffuse nodules in his lungs, which is extremely abnormal. Could this be a case of juvenile xanthogranuloma?”
For the answer, Rice reached out to Zambidis, one of only a handful of experts in the country on histiocytosis, which sometimes behaves like a cancer. He explained that juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a rare histiocytosis that is usually benign and limited to the skin of the head, neck and trunk. Though less common, JXG may also involve the lung, liver, adrenal gland, appendix, central nervous system, kidney, heart, intestines and spleen. Biopsies of the lesions in LJ’s lungs and chest would confirm LJ’s type of histiocytosis. As suspected, they were positive for JXG.
Zambidis then ordered more tests, including a full body scan, which revealed lesions in LJ’s brain and spinal cord. The good news was that in most cases of JXG these internal lesions, like the skin lesions, are benign and self-resolve over time. To be certain the lesions did not contain more aggressive mutations and an even rarer form of histiocytosis, Zambidis also recommended a personalized genetic analysis of LJ’s lung nodules. His instincts were right as genetic sequencing results revealed the ALK mutation found in lung cancers.
“We don’t know how aggressive this ALK form of histiocytosis is, but it’s very rare with only three documented cases,” says Zambidis. “Understanding the genetics of these tumors may teach us not only about this rare form of JXG, but help us understand other types of cancers, as well.”
Treatment for LJ included Cladribine, or 2-CDA, a leukemia drug found to have potency against the dendritic white blood cells that cause JXG. While the tumor on LJ’s spinal cord would likely subside without any treatment, Zambidis was concerned.
“Some people say watch and leave these tumors alone,” says Zambidis. “The reason I did not in this case was because it was clearly impinging on the central nervous system, the lumbar spinal cord. Even benign tumors can cause damage.”
With treatment, LJ’s tumors “have shrunk to almost nothing,” says Alena. “His immune system is not great but his appetite is good and his growth and development are on track.”
Alena adds, “I want to raise awareness of histiocytosis for other parents so they don’t feel alone or bad about being an advocate for their child with this rare disorder.”
Takeaways for pediatricians?
“This case makes you think about other patients who are well-appearing,” says Rice. “If the mom tells you her child has been breathing fast intermittently, even if he’s not breathing fast when you see him, you have to use that as part of your workup. You have to have a high index of suspicion for something else going on.”
Adds Zambidis, “If there are other patients out there, we want them to come here to get worked up so we can learn about them, sequence their DNA and figure out what its natural history will be. If we can catch it early, we can treat it more effectively.”
Following up on each other’s findings and instincts, pediatric dermatologist Bernard Cohen, at left, pediatric oncologist Elias Zambidis and pediatric pulmonologist Jessica Rice successfully diagnosed and treated LJ.
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Home city guide temples in indore
Indore is not only known for historical monuments, but also for its numerous religious places. The city is home to many famous temples which attract pilgrims from within the country and abroad.
Temples in Indore are however not merely places of worship, they are also monuments of architecture. Whether you are a resident of the city or have come as a tourist, visiting the Indore temples are a must in your tour itinerary. Many of them are situated at a convenient place away from the bustle of city life and will provide your mind and soul with relief and inner peace.
Famous Temples in Indore are:
Annapurna Temple- This is one of the oldest Indore temples. A beautiful temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Annapurna, thousands of pilgrims as well as tourists throng this place every year. Structurally it is closely similar to the Meenakshi temple of Madurai. Besides the idol of Annapurna, there are shrines dedicated to Kalbhairava, Shiva and Hanuman.
Annapurna Temple
The temple is also an architectural wonder with statues of four elephants seen embracing the temple’s highly ornamented gate. This temple with its beautiful decorations of legendary characters along its walls makes it a much sought after religious place in Indore.
Bada Ganpati-This temple has a spectacular idol of Lord Ganesha measuring 25 feet and is reputed to be the largest Ganesha idol worldwide.
Bada Ganpati in Indore
This record makes it the centre of attraction in Indore. Built in 1875, the statue is believed to be the outcome of a dream by an Avantika or Ujjain local, Shri Dadhich. It is situated in the centre of Rajwada, or Holkar Palace.
Gomatgiri- This is a small hillock near the city of Indore. Gomatgiri is sacred to Jain devotees. A 21 feet statue of Gomateshwar is built here, a close replica of the statue of Bahubali in Shrawanbegola.
Gomatgiri
There are 24 marble temples in Gomatgiri, respectively dedicated to the 24 tirthankars in Jainism. Gomatgiri was given by the Madhya Pradesh in 1981 to the Jain samaj.All tourists who come to Indore must visit this place, which is maintained with a restaurant, dharamshala and a guest house for everyone’s convenience.
Khajrana Ganesh Temple- The Khajrana temple in Indore has a huge number of Hindu devotees through the year. It was built by the courageous Maratha queen, Ahilyabai Holkar, who was also instrumental in raising Indore from a village to a beautiful and prosperous city.
Khajrana Ganesh Temple ( Source: Flickr)
According to tradition, it is believed that all the wishes made by a person in this temple are granted here. There is a nearby dargah, in honour of Nahar Sayed. It is revered by the Muslims who come to pray here.
Digambar Jain Kanch Mandir- This is a Jain temple in Indore which is considered as an architectural marvel, since it is wholly inlaid in glass. It was constructed in the early 20th century by Sir Seth Hukum Chand Jain (Kasliwal). He was a famous trader and an industrial pioneer in India. The doors, windows, walls and ceilings of the Kanch Madir are exquisitely detailed and covered by mosaics and glass panels.
Bijasen Mata Temple- This temple is situated in a small hillock called Bijasen Tekri. It was constructed in 1920, and is situated at a distance of 9 km (approx.) from the railway station and is just a two minutes drive from the nearby airport.
Bijasen Mata Temple
The temple and its alluring surrounding area (since it is built on a height) makes it a must for Indore sightseeing. There is also a small lake with a garden in the adjoining area. Get poised to see breathtaking Indore sunsets and a great night-time view of the entire city on this hillock.
Some of the other temples in Indore include:
Radha Krishna Temple ISKCON
Nipania, Indore- 452016
Hanuman Temple
Mahatma Gandhi Road, Rajwada,
Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holker Cloth market, Indore
Ventatesh Temple
36, Chatribagh, Indore
Shri Ridhhi Sidhhi Chintaman Gabesh Temple
Kumhar Mohalla
Juni Indore
Apart from this, the Omkareshwar temples are a must see for all visitors to Indore. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva. Situated in a picturesque location, the entire place resembles the shape of the sacred Hindu word, “Om”. Crowned with a white shikhar towering the city skyline, the Omkareshwar temples in Indore are an imposing presence of faith and grandeur.
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Jan Karol Szczepański
Dr Jan Karol Szczepański is a postdoctoral research fellow at IBFD, where he focuses on several issues in international and European tax law. He holds a doctoral degree in Law (summa cum laude) from Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań (Poland), and a classical Master’s in Law (summa cum laude) from the same university.
Dr Szczepański was awarded several prestigious individual research grants, such as the “Preludium” Prae-Doc Research Grant from the National Science Centre of Poland for the project entitled “Taxation of cross-border inheritances and gifts”, and the Prae-Doc/Post-Doc mobility research grant from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the project entitled “A need to build a common OECD Model Tax Convention on income and capital, inheritance and gift taxes?”. He also obtained various merit-based scholarships, including the Ernst Macht Weltweit scholarship (OeAD) in Austria and DAAD scholarships in Germany.
Before joining the IBFD Academic Department, he gained experience in research in comparative, European and international tax law during his research stays, including at the Institut für Steuerrecht, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Germany), Lehrstuhl für Schweizerisches und Internationales Steuerrecht, Universität Zürich (Switzerland), and Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). He recently conducted his research at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, WU Wien (Austria), as Ernst Macht Weltweit Fellow and later as Mobility Plus Guest Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
His publications include a book in Polish translated as “Taxation of Cross-Border Inheritances and Gifts”. He is also the author of other relevant academic contributions in international tax law journals, such as Intertax, European Taxation, and British Tax Review as well as reputable Polish journals, such as Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczy i Socjologiczny, Zeszyty Naukowe Sądownictwa Administracyjnego, and Kwartalnik Prawa Podatkowego.
Dr Szczepański has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at universities in Poland, which dealt with national, European and international tax law.
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Chapter 12: 2x21 Part 1
"I'm so sorry my dad made you go all the way down there to do that." I told Ezra. We were sitting in my car in an ally. His car was facing mine in front of me. We needed to talk, and right now, there was little places we could. Usually it was his car or his apartment.
"Well, it wasn't that bad," Ezra said. "Actually, I like the campus and the professors."
I nodded my head, I was glad he liked it, but I hoped not too much to take the job. "Yeah, well, I'm just glad its all over with."
"It's not. Over." He said, I was confused, why wouldn't it be over? Did he decided to take the job? "They offered me the job."
"They did?" I couldn't believe it, I mean, I'm not surprised they like him, he's amazing, but seriously. I couldn't decided if I should be happy or sad.
"Mm-hmm."
"Obviously. They'd be crazy not to." I said, then I realized, if he was offered the job and he liked the campus and professors, did he say yes? What about me….? "What did you say?"
"I haven't given them an answer yet." I was relieved. He hadn't said yes….but he hadn't said no either. He hadn't said anything.
"Yet?"
"Aria, your dad is clearly onto us. He showed up at the restaurant the other night." Ezra said, I finally decided I was both and neither, I was angry too. I wish he had said yes or no, that way I would know what to think, what to feel, right now, I didn't.
"Well, yeah, of course he's suspicious, but he doesn't have any proof."
"This job is an incredible opportunity for me, and if I don't take he'll know whets keeping." Ezra said, I was now angry, it sounded like he was giving up on us. We had agreed to fight for each other, now it sounded like he was giving up. Was he?
"We'll figure it out a way around it, like we always do." I had to say something to make him fight, he had to fight. He had to stay. Weren't we worth it? Wasn't I worth it? It didn't sound like I/we were.
"I used to think that, now I'm not so sure." So he was giving up? On us. On me. After everything we've been through? I had to know.
"What are you…" I didn't want to ask him, but I now I needed to know. "What are you saying? Are you…giving up on us?"
"No. No, no." Ezra said, he turned in his seat so he could face me better. Was he not giving up on us? It sounded like he was, yet he says he's not. "But, we've been trying to make this work for a long time and…"
I didn't like where he was taking this. I didn't like it at all.
"And what? What?!" I yelled, interrupting him. I was starting crying. We've broken up with each other before, but this time it was different. We weren't just breaking up, he was giving up.
"And- And as much as we love each other, I think were deluding ourselves into thinking it can." he said. I turned away from him so I was looking forward. I couldn't believe he was saying this. I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
I didn't want it to be over, but even worse I didn't want him to give up. I wanted to fight, I wanted to convince him to stay, to fight, but I knew I wouldn't be able to. Plus, a small part of me knew he was right, which made it worse.
"I got class in a few minutes." He said. What? He's gonna leave? He's gonna leave it like this? I looked over quickly. "I'll call you later." He opened the car door and started to get out. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say, and I knew he needed to get to his class.
He got out of the car and walked to his car. He opened his car door and before he got in he stopped. We looked each other in the eye. I couldn't help crying, I didn't want to, but it was the only thing I could do. He then got in his car and drove away.
He stopped next to me to where the passenger's window was equal to my passenger window. We stared at each other for a second before I looked away. I couldn't look at him, it was too painful at the moment. Once I looked away I started crying even harder. After a few seconds he drove away.
I was laying in my bed crying my eyes out. I couldn't believe he was giving up on us and leaving. I was so mad at him, but I was also mad at my dad for setting up this job, and lastly I was mad at my mom for agreeing with my dad.
"Honey, whets wrong?" My mom said.
"Go away." I said, angry. I didn't want company, epically not one of my parents.
"Did something happen-?" My mom asked.
"Mom, go away, please." I said even more angry now.
"No, I'm not going anywhere until you tell me why your so upset." She said walking even closer to my bed. I knew she wasn't going to go anywhere, so why not just tell her. I didn't want to, but at this point I didn't have a choice.
"Fine," I said looking over to my mom. "Ezra's leaving, so dad got his wish. Are you happy now?" I looked away from her again.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, like she didn't know. This made me even more mad.
"He's taking that job in New Orleans."
"What job?"
"The job dad set him up with!" I yelled.
She sighed and sat on my bed, before saying, "When did he do this?"
"Don't pretend you don't know, mom." I said angry, I couldn't believe she was pretending she didn't know. She hated Ezra, so did my dad, it makes sense that they would do this. They didn't like that I did what I did. I sat up so I could see her better.
"You may have gotten rid of Ezra, but guess what-" I said and started taking the blanket off me, "you lost me too." I took the rest of the blanket off and left.
12. Chapter 12: 2x21 Part 1
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What to Wear to Hang with Usher
Our clothes are more than fabric on our bodies. What we wear becomes part of our lives in an emotional way. We all have a moment in time that’s marked by what we were wearing: our first job interview, first kiss, first bad haircut … Welcome to “What I Wore When,” a series that asks our favorite women what they were wearing during a memorable moment in her life. Elisabeth Weinstock is an accessories designer who specializes in exotic skins and leathers, sourced from all over the world. Each of her pieces is handmade, and give a nod to her L.A. roots. Another hallmark of her brand? Her bespoke pieces.
By Elisabeth Weinstock, as told to Ruthie Friedlander
It was the day of my first official meeting with Usher and I was not sure what to expect. But I knew it would be interesting and I was excited to collaborate with him. All I was told beforehand was that he wanted to make a lot of different items that would be useful to him following his foot surgery.
That morning, I was remembering the funny way in which I had originally met Usher, and how we clicked immediately. A month prior, I was doing a new window installation in my store and Usher was parking his car across the street. We made eye contact and instinctively, I signaled him to come in. I had never met him and he did not know who I was.
But to my surprise, he motioned back that he was going to eat and then would come in after. AND HE DID! We spent a good amount of time in the store and he loved my brand. He even had some ideas for me that he wasn’t afraid to share.
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So because of the way we met, which was so natural and spontaneous, I wanted to make sure that my style and what I wore the day we were meeting again reflected the REAL me … the woman he met that first day.
I wanted to dress comfortably, but feel good about what I was wearing and have at least one piece of my outfit be special, with an edge of its own. I wore my R13 Skinny Black Jeans, my black python biker jacket, and a pair of Rodarte ankle boots. I absolutely love my Rodarte boots. They’re a little punk rock, but still really comfortable.
It was an awesome day. We drove around L.A. looking for different materials and played with different leather swatches out of the bins in my studio until we came up with exactly what he wanted. We mixed leather with snakeskin. It was so interesting to watch him come up with combinations that I would never have thought of.
We made the most unusual items I’ve ever created, which I didn’t think would ever be possible. We made crutches, a cane, and two post-surgery boots … all in snakeskin!
At one point, he wanted to use a material so badly that we had found at a rug store near my shop. When we got there, they had just closed and we had to beg them to let us in! They were about to say no until they saw who it was.
Usher has an amazing sense of style and always looks effortlessly cool. That day was no exception. He was wearing killer black jeans, Kris Van Assche sneakers, a crew neck tee, and a vintage army shirt. He was friendly, cracked jokes, and instantly put me at ease.
What I wore that day showed Usher my authentic style, which is similar to his. So we had a quick mutual taste and understanding of what we wanted all the items to look like. I think having similar taste really helps when collaboration in a business like mine, especially because it’s more of a rock 'n' roll brand. You gotta have a little bit of edge, at the very least!
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Elizabeth Debicki Joins Zoe Saldana and Katie Holmes as the Recipient of Max Mara's Face of the Future Award
We could see it coming from miles away.
By Alexis Bennett
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On an unseasonably warm February day in Milan, Elizabeth Debicki is sitting before a photographer. She plants her feet in a wide-open balletic pose that recalls her early training as a dancer. Sitting before a journalist the following day, she crosses her long legs in a closed-off double twist that suggests she might have once been a contortionist too.
“If I were a psychoanalyst, I might say I’m protecting myself,” Debicki says. “I’m very long. I guess I’ve just always been very languid,” she says with a laugh.
As much as the 28-year-old actress has become known for valuing her privacy (she avoids social media altogether), Debicki is also recognized for demonstrating remarkable physical fluidity in a string of standout performances. It is almost impossible to take your eyes off her as she glides across the screen portraying the confident but conflicted femmes fatales in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Night Manager or the downtrodden underdog–turned–glamorous criminal Alice in Steve McQueen’s Widows. In person it is the same. She sits through interviews with her head tilted slightly downward, signaling attentiveness or, perhaps, wariness. Yet it’s impressive that despite her height (Debicki is about 6' 3"), she invariably appears to be looking up.
“I don’t think it’s always conscious,” she says. “But the body is an incredible tool. When you watch actors onstage giving an amazing performance, you’re not necessarily aware that their bodies are completely consumed by what they’re speaking.”
Her particularly mannerist skill was honed while growing up in Australia, where she spent years training in classical ballet, followed by a foray into contemporary dance around age 13 and then drama school at 16. Both her parents were ballet dancers, “so I think I’m probably genetically modified,” she teases. “As a child I was thrown on a ballet barre, although my mother will say no one forced me. It was a healthy form of expression because I have a pretty wild imagination.”
In recognition of her dynamic breakout, Debicki will receive the Women in Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award at the 2019 Women in Film Annual Gala in Los Angeles this month. She is the 14th recipient, joining a list that includes Rose Byrne, Katie Holmes, Kate Mara, and Zoë Saldana, each honored for their combination of talent and grace at a turning point in their careers. “Elizabeth encompasses all this and so much more,” says Maria Giulia Maramotti, the vice president of U.S. retail for Max Mara who’s also a granddaughter of company founder Achille Maramotti. “She is eloquent, intelligent, and a beautiful person.”
This compliment would have once been difficult for Debicki to accept, but now she recognizes its symbolic value at this critical time for women in Hollywood. Through her own work with the humanitarian organization Women for Women International, which provides professional support to women in war-torn countries, she has seen the impact of women’s empowerment on societies. Debicki also notes that actors often disappear so deeply in a role that it’s important to pause at times and recognize the uniqueness of their individual voices. “I guess it’s about trusting that you are worth something just the way you are,” she says.
“I think this award is a responsibility,” Debicki continues. “I feel very affirmed and supported by it and seen, and I take that and move forward and ask, ‘What do I need to do now to be brave and bold in order to make the kind of work I want?’”
All this talk about how she presents herself to the world reminds Debicki of another early realization about herself that came from dance: She has always been a feminist.
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“I did a lot of pointe in my life,” she says. “I remember asking, even when I was 12 or 13, why? It’s so counterintuitive to be so fragile and create the illusion of being on air. Why do the boys not have to suffer like that?”
For more stories like this, pick up the June issue of InStyle, available on newsstands, on Amazon, and for digital download May 17.
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Pedro Hernández, Acting Assistant Director for Facilities Development at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, provides an overview of APMs at Miami.
Within the last 10 years, Miami International Airport (MIA) has added and upgraded three new automated people mover (APM) systems to better meet the needs of its passengers who are connecting through the airport terminal. Pedro Hernández, Acting Assistant Director for Facilities Development at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, provides an overview.
One track of the dual-track APM that connects Concourse E with the Concourse E-Satellite facility was replaced and put into service in 2016, with the second track soon to follow in early 2017. The Concourse E-Satellite’s nine renovated gates serve both domestic and international flights, primarily for American Airlines. The $87 million contract by Beauchamp Construction Co. is upgrading the previous people mover system that was first constructed in the mid-1970s.
The MIA Mover is a 1.25-mile-long APM system between MIA and the Miami Rental Car Centre, which opened to the public in 2011. It has the capacity to transport more than 3,000 passengers per hour free-of-charge directly between MIA and the Rental Car Centre’s customer service lobby just east of Le Jeune Road.
MIA passengers are able to simply exit their concourse and take elevators to MIA’s third level moving walkway, which quickly connects them to the MIA Mover. The MIA Mover completely replaces the Rental Car Center shuttle bus service which was previously in operation; eliminating approximately 1,400 shuttle bus trips per day and reducing carbon emissions from MIA’s roadways by 30%.
The MIA Mover’s MIA Station is also the first mass transit project in Miami-Dade County to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Rental Car Center, a 3.4-million-square-foot, four-level facility that houses 16 major rental car companies, was completed by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDFT) on July 2010 and serves an average of 16,000 airport customers daily. Under a design-build contract, Parsons-Odebrecht Joint Venture (POJV) constructed the MIA Mover guideway and stations and, through a subcontract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, installed the full turnkey operating system, including eight state-of-the-art Crystal Mover APM vehicles.
Construction began in March 2009 and was completed within a budget of $270 million, with $170 million from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department’s Capital Improvement Program and $100 million from the FDOT. In September 2010, the Concourse D Skytrain people mover began whisking passengers between four conveniently located stations on the roof of the mile-long concourse.
A ride-on the skytrain can take you from: station #1 near Gate D-17 at the easternmost end of Concourse D to station #2 for domestic baggage claim; continue to station #3 for connecting flights at gates D-26 to D-39, passport control or exit to Central or South Terminal; or carry you all the way to station #4 for gates D-40 to D-60 and American Eagle flights at the new Regional Commuter Facility — all within five minutes. Built by Parsons-Odebrecht with five four-car trains provided by Sumitomo Corporation of America and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, skytrain has the capacity to transport 9,000 passengers per hour. It has also decreased walking time by 70% for domestic connecting passengers and 34% for international connecting travellers in Concourse D.
Pedro Hernandez is Acting Assistant Director for Facilities Development at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. He oversees a team of 35 engineers, project managers and other professionals across six engineering, construction and technical support sections. Primary responsibilities include the planning, engineering and construction of new facilities including maintenance of the runways, taxiways apron pavements at MIA and the County’s four general aviation airports.
In addition, Pedro has successfully overseen a $500 million capital improvement programme focused on mitigating MIA’s environmental impact. Under Pedro’s leadership, MIA obtained ISO 14001 Certification for Environmental Management Systems that cover critical aspects of airport operations.
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HOW GREEN WILL BE MY VALLEY!
The Times of India - 03 Aug 2012
More Developers In Gurgaon Now Are Now Going For Green Buildings. Though A Rather Expensive Investment, An Increasing Number Of Buyers Are Choosing To Live Closer To Nature. For A Resource-Strapped City, This Might Be A Way Out If Costs Are Brought Down.
From luxury homes and infrastructure projects like expressway, airports and Metro, developers of the millennium city seem to have latched on to a new USP – Green Buildings.
The latest launch of the 'green' residential project in sector 89, by a Noida-based realtor. The project realization value stands at Rs.2, 250 crore.
Experts are of the view that the appreciation potential of properties near major infrastructure projects is a familiar dynamic in Indian real estate. On the other hand, green homes are still a fairly new phenomenon in India and there is a niche clientele for them, though it is certainly growing.
Pramendra Sahel, managing director, markets, Jones Lang LaSalle, said, "The green- homes concept in India is closely intertwined with the arrival of IT and IT enabled Services and many of the employees having travelled the world, during the course of their training. They are exposed to the monumental thrust towards everything 'green' in the developed countries. There, they absorb a part of that country's culture and develop a taste for sustainable homes. Developers have latched on to this trend, and have launched the 'green homes' projects, near software parks and ITES complexes".
For a city, which is grapping with basic necessities, if considered seriously, this step can help the city and its residents go a long way.
According to Parimita Mohanty, fellow, Energy Environment Technology Developed, Center for Distributed Generation, TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), upcoming buildings and townships can install simple things like building automation and management system, smart lighting solutions and similar, will smartly manage the load in a building or township. " Roof top or building integrated solar system/wind system can be installed at different buildings with smart meters and controls, so that the load and energy resources can be managed smartly and smart street lighting systems can be installed at the township areas, even in developed colonies," said Mohanty.
The Gwalpahari campus of TERI is an example of a green building, equipped with a Smart Mini Grid (SMG). An SMG or Micro Grid is an intelligent electricity distribution network, operating at or below 11KV. The energy demand is effectively managed by a diverse range of Distributed Energy Resources such as solar photo-voltaic cells, micro-hydro power plants, wind turbines, biomass, small conventional generators, such as diesel gensets in combination with each other through smart control techniques.
An SMG system has great potential in large commercial and industrial complexes, hospitals, shopping malls/complexes, apartments, residential complexes, educational institutions, remote unelectrified as well as electrified locations to ensure maximum flexibility, reliability and safety.
On her visit to India for climate change summit, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, chose the ITC green center to address all the stakeholders and subscribed it as a, "a monument to the future."
Niranjan Khatri, General Manager, Environment Initiatives, ITC Hotels said, "By design intent, we have reduced our energy and water consumption by 51% and 40% respectively. The key criteria include enhancing energy efficiency, mitigating climate change by reducing energy consumption, optimizing water efficiency, procuring materials which are green and sourced within 500 miles, in order to reduce congestion/ carbon emission."
The ITC Green Center in Gurgaon became the world's greenest building, securing the highest points accorded to any green building, during its LEED platinum recertification in 2012 by the US Green Building Council.
Meanwhile, realtors said that though the concept bas been in existence for a while, the buyers have become conscious, despite it being a costlier investment in the initial stage.
"Gurgaon presents various modern housing concepts. Our new project, Greenpolis, has been designed keeping in mind the ever increasing needs of the society, for energy efficient houses, it will bring a new elegance to the city and will further strengthen our endeavour of providing greener and healthier living by creating sustainable habits," Vidur Bharadwaj, Director, The 3C Company.
A spokesperson for Emaar MGF said, "We are incorporating LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines in the design and construction of buildings. These will be highly energy and resource efficient" green buildings, non-wasteful and non-polluting, as well as flexible and adaptable to long term functionality. A comfortable and healthy environment will not only help increase productivity of the work force, but considerably reduce the carbon footprint of the building as well".
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10 Steps to An Eco-friendly City
Ensure that the building design incorporates principles of climate responsive design for the region to ensure comfort to its occupants without need of technology and therefore, reduce energy consumption.
Maximum heat comes through the roof and windows. Ensure good glass for windows and use roof insulation to reduce the heat inside the building. Use AAC blocks or hollow blocks in place of regular bricks. These are lightweight blocks and provide good insulation from the walls. A well-insulated building reduces energy consumption. It's similar to putting cold water in a thermos flask.
Ensure that not more than 60% of your external walls are windows and all windows are well shaded. Windows that are not shaded bring a lot of direct heat.
For most of India the northern and the southern directions receive the least amount of direct heat from the sun during summers. Ensure that your main living rooms, bedrooms, offices etc are located on those sides, away from eastern and western side of the floor. This ensures that they receive less heat and require less air- conditioning.
Couple the use of fans with air- conditioning at 25 deg c. using fans with air- conditioning in this manner provides comfortable conditions while reducing energy consumption.
Install energy efficient appliances and air- conditioning system. Once the building has been designed to be efficient, one needs less air- conditioning. Therefore invest in smaller but more efficient air- conditioning system. In a good, energy- efficient building, a 1TR air- conditioning can provide cooling to about 250-300 sq ft. of room area.
Use solar water heaters and couple them with small electric geysers, only as backup.
Use low flow plumbing fixtures in the buildings to reduce the overall water consumption. Low flow fixtures provide the same level of hygiene as normal fixtures, but often use 50% less water.
Plant native, shade giving trees around the building. Native trees need very little water and their shades helps to reduce the building's energy consumption capacity.
The most important step is to change your lifestyle. Buildings don't consume energy on their own. Energy is consumed by various equipments which are used by people. It has been proven that incorrect use of energy- efficient technologies do not help in saving any energy or water. Therefore, adapt to a low-energy lifestyle.
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Ken Wilkinson: One of last surviving Battle of Britain Spitfire pilots dies aged 99
Ken Wilkinson was among those famously dubbed 'The Few' by Winston Churchill. Credit: PA
One of the last surviving Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain has died aged 99.
Ken Wilkinson was among those famously dubbed "The Few" by Winston Churchill.
Mr Wilkinson was a "true gentleman who we shall miss dearly", the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust (BBMT) said.
The chartered surveyor, from Solihull, Birmingham, who once shared a risque joke with the Duke of Cambridge - and told him off for "flying choppers" - died on Monday.
Ken shares a 'dirty joke' with Prince William. Credit: PA
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, the son of an aircraft manufacturer found his love for flying while watching aircraft tests at Farnborough.
At the outbreak of war he was selected for the Royal Air Force and chosen to fly a Spitfire.
Assigned to 616 and 19 Squadrons in East Anglia, he was among the brave airmen whose role was to protect industrial targets in the Midlands from the Luftwaffe.
In a 2015 interview for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, he said: "I didn't carry any lucky charms, but I did wear a pair of my wife's knickers around my neck.
"And I was one of the lucky ones. I saw friends fall out of the sky, aircraft go up in flames ... terrible things."
Ken (far left) looking dapper with other veterans at a dinner to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 2015. Credit: PA
In the same year he met the Duke of Cambridge during celebrations for the centenary of 29 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Mr Wilkinson said he was "under instruction not to tell dirty stories", prompting William to request a tale.
He recounted his story about a man called Joe who becomes the captain of his golf club and insists on only being referred to by his new title at a dinner where he receives his honour.
Mr Wilkinson said at the end of the event the man goes home, gets undressed and, as he gets into bed with his wife, announces himself as the "captain", and she replies "You have to be quick, Joe will be home soon".
Mr Wilkinson told the BBC he had also given the Duke a ticking-off for his choice of aircraft.
"He doesn't fly proper aeroplanes - he flies choppers," he said.
Mr Wilkinson is survived by his daughter, Penny, and grandson, Piers.
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