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__label__cc	0.687562	0.312438	Guided Tour of New Orleans, Louisiana You are here :Home > Southern > New Orleans > Guided Tour of New Orleans, Louisiana With a history of influences from Europe, the Caribbean and beyond, discover New Orleans’ truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music during a New Orleans motorcoach trip. Try Hot Stuff in the French Quarter Visit New Orleans, Louisiana with Us! Decorative Iron Galleries, French Quarter Magnificent City Skyline, New Orleans, LA French Quarter in New Orleans, LA Your Tour of New Orleans During your city tour, your New Orleans tour guide will give you detailed information on some of New Orleans’ most incredible landmarks. From beautiful parks to Creole style buildings, see what makes New Orleans one of the most popular destinations of the South. Not only have New Orleans’ parks and squares played a significant role in history, but are a prominent part of celebrations and cultural festivities today. While Plaza’s reflect Spanish, French and Italian characteristics, you can also find some of America’s largest grand parks. Louis Armstrong Park Minutes away from the French Quarter sits Louis Armstrong Park. Built in honor of the great Louis Armstrong and to preserve Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park is not only a place to reflect on New Orleans’ past, but also a place to focus on the spirit of community in the present. Home to the New Orleans’ Botanical Gardens, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and the largest collection of mature live oaks in the world, City Park sees over 11 million visitors each year. Take a break at City Park and soak up the beautiful surroundings of New Orleans. Jackson Square Originally known as "Place d' Armes", Jackson Square is a priceless Louisiana landmark. Surrounded by historic buildings like the Pontalba Apartments, St. Louis Cathedral, restaurants, museums and merchants, it’s the center of one of New Orleans’ most popular tourist destinations. St. Louis #3 Cemetery One of the 3 Roman Catholic Cemeteries in New Orleans, St Louis #3 is located just several miles from the French Quarter. Step off your tour bus and explore the history of the St Louis # 3 Cemetery with your guide. Entombed individuals at the St Louis # 3 Cemetery include photographer E. J. Bellocq, composer Paul Sarebresole and painter Ralston Crawford. French Influences From its distinct cuisine to its French Creole architecture, New Orleans stands apart from other American cities. Don’t be afraid to embrace the French ways of the New Orleanians. Café du Monde Established in 1862, Café du Monde is old world cooking modified by local ingredients. Stop in and try one of Louisiana’s signature beignets and a café au lait. Esplanade Avenue Esplanade Avenue is a historic residential street running northwest of the Mississippi River. Creole style, 19th century mansions line Esplanade Avenue to this day echoing the avenue’s past as New Orleans’ millionaire row. New Orleans’ French Market reflects over 3 centuries of history. Today it hosts, educates and entertains millions. Uncover what the French Market’s six blocks have to offer. The Flea Market provides merchants with the unique opportunities to sell their goods. Find one-of-a-kind items including antiques, traditional clothing, art, jewelry, handmade candles, crafts and other items at the New Orleans’ Flea Market. As Louisiana’s largest city, New Orleans is bursting with iconic locations from well known avenues, to prestigious colleges. St. Charles Ave A New Orleans thoroughfare, St. Charles Avenue is renowned for its St. Charles Streetcar Line and the hundreds of mansions that line the streets of the Uptown section of the route. Delight in the picturesque homes and perfectly lined trees as you make your way down the avenue. Look out for Tulane and Loyola University Founded in the 18th century, Loyola University is one of the 28 universities that make up the association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The college has been praised by many educational bodies and proudly ranks the fifth best institution among southern universities today. Forming the upriver boundary of New Orleans’ oldest neighborhood, Canal Street divides New Orleans’ historic Spanish and French culture from the modern Central Business District. Known for its unusually wide roadway, it’s the largest roadway in America that is not classified as a boulevard or avenue. Your step-on-guide will use a microphone on the motorcoach to point out the great sights you will see throughout New Orleans. River Walk in New Orleans St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana Jackson Square, New Orleans St. Louis Cathedral Clock	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1252
__label__cc	0.615715	0.384285	Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 5: Censure and Exhortation CHR20171229-2Timothy5.mp3 — Downloaded 4033 times This will be the 121st presentation in our commentaries on the Epistles of Paul of Tarsus, and, at least for now, it shall be the final segment of the series. Here we conclude an endeavor which we began on March 28th, 2014, with our first presentation on the epistle to the Romans. We praise Christ for having had the opportunity to do this, and we pray that all of those unrighteous skeptics of Paul’s epistles take the time to read or listen to this work. As we have said many times in the past, Paul’s epistles were the glue by which the message of reconciliation in the Gospel of Christ was adhered to the lost sheep of the Houses of Judah and Israel – the anciently scattered tribes who are those for whom Christ had come. The importance of this within the greater history of our Adamic race cannot be overlooked. In the history of Israel, Paul was every bit as important as any of the ancient prophets – for it is he who truly understood and taught the relevance of the prophecies and histories of the children of Israel in the light of the Gospel of Christ, even if the world has been blind to the truth of this message for at least the last 1800 years. In the formative years of the Roman Church, imperialism prevailed over identity. Read more about Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 5: Censure and Exhortation Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 4: No Mercy for Narcissists Aside from the first three presentations of this epistle, perhaps last Saturday’s program, The Gospel of Goddard? Or the Gospel of Christ?, would be a good prerequisite for this program, as there is a fair amount of convergence in the subject matter. So far in our presentations of this second epistle to Timothy, we have focused on Paul’s declaration of The Nullification of Death which is in Christ Yahshua, an understanding of which should in turn lead us to Rejecting the Religion of Fear. Then we discussed his admonition in regard to Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, especially in relation to those earlier subjects. While there are other topics which Paul has discussed here, we chose to illustrate these themes to a greater extent because they are representative of some of the most important components of Paul’s messages throughout all of his epistles. For example, he explains in Romans chapter 5 and 1 Corinthians chapter 15 both what the nullification of death means to our Adamic race, and why and how it shall be effected. Then he adds to those explanations with certain statements and allegories which he had made in 1 Corinthians chapters 3 and 5 and elsewhere. So here we have endeavored to show that Paul’s message is consistent from the beginning of his ministry to the end, and that it is also consistent with the oracles of Yahweh found in both the prophets and in the Gospels. Read more about Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 4: No Mercy for Narcissists Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 3: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth In the first two presentations of this epistle, we discussed at length the nullification of death which is promised in Christ, and the need to reject the religion of fear which was first taught by the Pharisees, then capitalized upon by the Roman Catholic Church, and which is now being used for advantage throughout all of the denominational churches, to keep the people in bondage to sin and death. But each and every member of our White Adamic race has a promise of eternal life, because it was for that reason that we were created, and Yahweh our God cannot fail. For that same reason, however, we must cease from sin, lest our eternal life be an existence spent in a state of everlasting contempt – as it is described in Daniel chapter 12. However if we love our God, we shall love one another, and then even if we do sin, we have a propitiation in Christ, as the apostle John also explained where he wrote in chapter 2 of his first epistle: “1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” Of course, the sins of the world can only be the sins of the children of Israel, as only the children of Israel possessed both the law and these promises of forgiveness, mercy and grace. But John’s world, the world that mattered to him, was the society of the children of Israel. So he distinguished between those who loved God, and those who could not love God, and he said “4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” As Christ had said in the Gospel to certain of His adversaries, in John chapter 8, “ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.” Those men were completely disassociated from Him, simply because their origin was not His origin, and because their father was not His Father, as He had explained to them. Read more about Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 3: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 2: Rejecting the Religion of Fear Contrasting the religion of the Sadducees with that of the Pharisees in his Wars of the Judaeans, Book 2, the Judaean historian Flavius Josephus had said “164 But the Sadducees are those who compose the second order, and take away fate entirely, and suppose that God is not concerned in our doing or not doing what is evil; and they say, that to act what is good, or what is evil, 165 is at men's own choice, and that the one or the other belongs so to everyone, that they may act as they please. They also take away the belief of the immortal duration of the soul, and the punishments and rewards in Hades.” Of course, the Pharisees which Josephus wrote about were the successors of those who rejected Christ, and while Christ despised the Sadducees completely, and while for many reasons He had also criticized the doctrines of the Pharisees, the Pharisees nevertheless believed in the eternal spirit of man which the Sadducees had rejected, and the judgement of good and evil. A few centuries later, following after the model of the Pharisees, the Roman Catholic Church continued the doctrine concerning punishments and rewards in Hades. Then they used that doctrine not only to put fear in the hearts of the people, but to reap profits from them. However speaking of His ἐκκλησία, Christ had said in Matthew chapter 16 that “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Christ was not speaking of an institution when He said that. Rather, the word ἐκκλησία describes those whom He had called, which are the body of the people of Israel, as it was also used throughout the Greek Scriptures. So in Brenton’s Septuagint we read from Psalm 21, which speaks prophetically of Christ Himself: “20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth; and regard my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee. 23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him.” In that passage the word church is from the plural form of ἐκκλησία, and it refers to the collective masses of the children of Israel. In the King James Version of the Psalms, the corresponding Hebrew word is translated as congregations. Throughout the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church thrived on a religion of fear, even going so far as to sell indulgences to the people in order to alleviate their fear. The Church had taught people that their departed loved ones were suffering in Hades or in Purgatory – a concept which is missing from Scripture entirely – but that if they paid a certain sum to the Church, their loved ones could be forgiven for their sins, relieved of their sufferings, and pass on to heaven. So the Church was basically bilking the people out of their money by manipulating their consciences with feelings of guilt for reason of their own profit. At the height of an internal debate over the justification of such indulgences, and when the Church practice was ultimately justified by the councils, that is when the Reformation was sparked. Read more about Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 2: Rejecting the Religion of Fear Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 1: The Nullification of Death Here we begin our presentation of Paul’s second epistle to Timothy. This is the last in our series of commentaries on the epistles of Paul of Tarsus which we had begun with the epistle to the Romans in the Spring of 2014, and it is now the 117th presentation in this series. Undertaking this endeavor, we did not present Paul’s epistles in chronological order, but rather we found it appropriate, with a couple of exceptions, to present the pastoral epistles to Timothy and Titus last in order of Paul’s epistles, and also present the other epistles as they are ordered in most Bibles. One exception was the epistle to Philemon, which is not truly a pastoral epistle and which in its historical context is connected to the epistle to the Colossians, so we presented it along with that epistle. Another is the epistle to the Hebrews, which was certainly written by Paul although most Bibles order it to follow Paul’s pastoral epistles, preferring to separate it because they are not certain of the authorship. So we moved it to precede Paul’s pastoral epistles, because we are confident that Paul was its author. If we had presented the epistles of Paul in chronological order, we would have had to begin with the epistles to the Thessalonians which were both written during Paul’s sojourn in Corinth, around 50 or 51 AD as it is recorded in Acts chapter 18. Then the epistle to the Galatians was written during Paul's stay in Antioch which is described in Acts 18:22-23. The first epistle to the Corinthians was written as Paul was planning to end his three-year sojourn in Ephesus in 56 AD, described in Acts chapter 19. As we know from 1 Corinthians, there was another epistle written to the Corinthians which preceded it, but which is now lost, and that was probably also written from Ephesus. As Paul was journeying through the Troad and Makedonia after leaving Ephesus, he wrote both the epistle to Titus and the first epistle to Timothy, and prepared to spend the winter of 56-57 AD in Nicopolis. During that winter, the second epistle to the Corinthians was written, while both Titus and Timothy had joined him. These events in Paul’s life are briefly recorded at the beginning of Acts chapter 20. Read more about Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, Part 1: The Nullification of Death Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 8: The Path of our Plight In our last presentation of Paul’s first epistle to Timothy, which discussed 1 Timothy chapter 5, we saw the apostle address the issue of “younger widows” who were apparently not “really widows”, referring to unmarried women who must have been married at one time, but who no longer had husbands. Paul advised such women to find husbands, and to have children and raise families, explaining that doing so, they would not be a burden on the assembly while being tempted into acting wantonly towards married men. Here it is evident that Christian mercy invites even those who may have had a sinful past to return to a natural role within the Christian community. So if a woman who had been previously married, but who was not really a widow, has found herself alone then it is not necessarily a sin for her to remarry. Rather, it is a greater sin, as Paul explained in that same chapter, for her to turn to a lewd lifestyle because of her natural urges and her unmarried condition. Even the Law supports this to some degree, in spite of the fact that Yahweh our God despises divorce, and Yahshua Christ had indeed professed that those remarrying after divorce are committing adultery. This is evident because in Leviticus while it is explicitly commanded that a priest may only marry a virgin, there is no such requirement for the balance of men in the community. Then in passages such as Deuteronomy chapter 24 where we see the law of divorce it is evident that men have the option of marrying a woman who was formerly married. Moreover, in the laws of marriage in Deuteronomy chapter 22 it is implicit that a man may take a woman who is not a virgin to wife, and if that is agreeable to him he simply need not protest, thereby choosing to keep her. Customarily, men had an expectation to marry a virgin, but they did not have to keep themselves bound to such an expectation. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 8: The Path of our Plight Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 7: Women Noble and Naughty There is a part of the story of Genesis chapter 3 that is missing, so perhaps we may fill in a few of the blanks for ourselves. The reason why Eve was so easily seduced can only be that Adam had left her alone, where she was unguarded and vulnerable. Adam was the first feminist, leaving Eve to make it on her own. Now, I can imagine that the Devil set up a football game between two teams of negros, and Adam was fascinated with how well they can run with a pigskin. So he was off watching it all while Eve was left at home. One fallen angel opened a beer concession, and another ran a gambling counter. With Eve left at home and planning her first Tupperware party, along comes the Serpent a-knocking at the door, and the rest is history…. Later, Adam came home half inebriated from a mixture of musk, testosterone and Bud Lite, and the woman “gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” The next morning, the man refused to accept any of the consequences for his actions, and when he was called into account, he tried to blame his wife for all of their sin. So he was punished “because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,” which was yet another feminist act on his part. Then as they and their descendants toiled in their punishment, within just a few generations the bastards were everywhere and began race-mixing with their great-great grandchildren. Soon the only men left who did not have season tickets was Noah and his sons, and all of them were outcasts at the lunch rooms and office parties because they didn’t know the scores. Thus it is once again today, just it is as it was in the days of Noah. Of course, all of this may be dismissed as a conjectural fantasy. But the core ideas expressed here are certainly true, and they are evident from Scripture. Adam did leave Eve alone, and when Adam returned to her and found her in a state of sin, he let her lead him into that sin and willfully joined her. Then Adam blamed her once he was called to account for it by Yahweh his God, rather than taking responsibility for his actions. Adam had also neglected his God, as he even attempted to elude him before being questioned for his crime. As a result, by the time of Noah the entire culture was corrupted, and even with Noah’s obedience the entire race was soon once again taken off into paganism, out of which Abraham alone was called. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 7: Women Noble and Naughty Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 6: Exercise for Piety The opening remarks for this program are posted under the topic Summer Travels in the Christogenea Forum. We have already discussed the first five verses of 1 Timothy chapter 4 at length in the last segment of our presentation of this epistle, in Part 5 of this series, which was subtitled Rome Pagan and Catholic. Because much time has elapsed since we made that presentation, and because as we proceed here in verse 6 we see that Paul refers back to what he had said in those first five verses, we will read those verses once again and summarize a few of the statements we had made concerning them. In the opening verses of 1 Timothy chapter 4 Paul wrote: “1 Now the Spirit specifically states that in the latter times some will withdraw from the faith, cleaving to wandering spirits and teachings of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own consciences having been branded with iron, 3 forbidding to marry, to abstain from foods, things which Yahweh has established for participation with gratitude for those with faith and knowledge of the truth.” Discussing these statements in Rome Pagan and Catholic, we cited many of the earliest surviving Christian writers to establish the fact that these heresies began to manifest themselves amongst the Christian assemblies as early as the second century of the Christian era. We also hope to have established that these heresies were brought into Christianity to one degree or another from the ancient pagan sects, and that the Roman Catholic Church had adopted these various pagan practices as the institution itself was developing. It continues to cleave to them unto this very day. So the Roman Church forbid its priests to marry, and for many generations it has attracted the basest sort of men into its numbers, and, in turn, it is these base men who have guided Church policy for many centuries. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 6: Exercise for Piety Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 5: Rome Pagan and Catholic Discussing 1 Timothy chapter 3 we took a lengthy digression to explain that in the many places where Paul of Tarsus referred to the various mysteries of the Christian faith, none of these things should any longer be mysteries to Christians, because Paul himself had explained them wherever he had mentioned them. Once Paul explained them, it is only common sense that they should be mysteries no longer. But in its doctrines, the Roman Catholic Church still considers them to be mysteries, in spite of the fact that Paul explained them as he mentioned them in his epistles. But the very essence of Christianity informs us that certain tenets of the faith should remain mysteries to outsiders, for which reason Christ had spoken in parables. However they should not be mysteries to Christians. To Christians there is no “mystery of the church”, since Paul taught that the church was to consist of the people of the nations of those Israelites who were scattered in antiquity, and he brought the Gospel to those same people as he was commanded to do. Furthermore, to Christians there is no mystery to the “mystery of God”, because Paul had taught that Yahshua (Jesus) Christ is Yahweh God manifest in the flesh, and there should be nothing too difficult to understand about that. Paul was not alone, as these same things are also taught in the writings of the prophets and in the Gospel itself. In the Revelation of Yahshua Christ, we learn that by our own time the mystery of God was to be finished, and it is, because as Identity Christians we announce it’s fulfillment in spite of the denials of the Roman Catholics and the other denominational churches. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 5: Rome Pagan and Catholic Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 4: The Mysteries of the Faith Throughout the first part of 1 Timothy chapter 3, Paul discussed guidelines for the selection of qualified supervisors and servants in a Christian assembly – which are in most translations referred to as bishops and ministers – and we made some summary statements concerning Paul’s mention of the “mystery of the faith” in verse 9, where he had instructed that reverent servants of the assembly should “not be double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not shamefully desirous of gain, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.” Ostensibly, a sinful man should not be able to hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience, where we see Paul infer that a clear conscience is the product of a moderate lifestyle and keeping of the law. Now in the closing verses of the chapter Paul will mention the “mystery of piety”, or as the King James Version has it, the “mystery of godliness”, and so that we may understand what it is that Paul means by referring to these mysteries, we shall discuss them as he has referred to them throughout his epistles, because they should really not be mysteries any longer. But before we undertake that endeavor, here we see that Paul addresses Timothy on a personal note. We left off just short of the closing verses of 1 Timothy chapter 3, where Paul had concluded his summary of the credentials which he thought necessary for a man to have before being selected for the leadership of a Christian assembly, that, as Paul had explained, he should have conducted his life in an exemplary manner and Paul gave examples of such conduct. Now we shall continue our discussion where Paul tells his younger companion: 14 These things I write to you hoping to come to you shortly [א and the MT have “come to you more quickly”; the text follows A, C, and D], 15 and if I delay, that you would know how it is necessary to conduct yourself among the household of Yahweh, which is the assembly of Yahweh who lives, a pillar and foundation of the truth. Here we see that as he was writing this epistle, Paul had expected to come to Timothy shortly. A little later on, in verse 13 of chapter 4 of this epistle, he expresses this intent once again where he says “Until I come, you attend to the reading, the exhortation, the teaching…” As we saw when we presented the opening chapter of this epistle, Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus, ostensibly after the trouble with the silversmiths described in Acts chapter 19, which was most likely the Spring of 56 AD. In 1 Timothy chapter 1 Paul wrote “I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia”, and in the opening verse of Acts chapter 20 we read “And after the uproar was ceased [which was the uproar with the silversmiths that is recorded in Acts chapter 19], Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.” So this passage also infers that Timothy was left behind in Ephesus. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 4: The Mysteries of the Faith Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 3: Leadership Credentials As we have already explained, Paul of Tarsus was writing Timothy while en route from the Troad through Macedonia, as he traveled to Nicopolis in Epirus where he had planned on spending the winter before a visit to Corinth in the Spring of 57 AD. Timothy is still in Ephesus, from where Paul had recently departed, and Paul is exhorting him in areas which he must of felt needed special attention, hoping that Timothy would pass these things on in the course of his teachings to the Ephesians. Paul’s comments supporting our interpretation are found in chapter 4 of this letter. In the last presentation of our commentary on this first epistle to Timothy, in chapter 2, we saw that the apostle passed on to his younger companion a brief sketch depicting the demeanor which he hoped would be born by all Christian men, that they should endeavor to lead quiet and peaceful lives and be found in supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving on behalf of their fellows. Here it should be noted, that this does not mean that Paul expects Christian men to be merely passive keepers of the Faith, sitting around all day and passing the time in prayer. Rather, Paul has described the attitude of Christian men and not their activity. He has explained how they should be found carrying themselves as they toil and struggle in their Christian walk, for the objective of accomplishing good deeds, works resulting in the accumulation of treasure in heaven – things which he mentions here in chapters 4 through 6 of the epistle. The true Christian activity is proactive, and neither sedentary nor pacifist. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 3: Leadership Credentials Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 2: Gender Roles in Apostolic Christianity This program is subtitled Gender Roles in Apostolic Christianity, which is a discussion for the end of the presentation. We wanted to subtitle it When All is not ALL, and that is a theme as we present the opening verses of 1 Timothy chapter 2. We opted for the subtitle which we did only because of the current war against traditional gender roles in modern society which is now coming to a crescendo. In the end, God will not be mocked. There are only two genders, and they are determined by the biology of one’s birth. Those genders are given peculiar roles assigned to them byt the Creator, and in the end they will once again assume those roles. Everything else is a sickness spawned by the minds of devils. Paul of Tarsus having had both Timothy and Titus (the Titus Justus of Corinth) in his company for long periods of time, which is evident in Acts chapters 16 through 18 and in various of his other epistles, we may be confident that these men had learned first-hand how Paul believed that a Christian assembly should be organized, and how Christians should conduct themselves in their daily lives and interactions with one another and with the world outside. We may also imagine that these pastoral epistles among Paul’s letters are very likely not the only epistles which Paul had written to his younger companions, but rather, that they are the only ones which survived. Read more about Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 2: Gender Roles in Apostolic Christianity Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, Part 1: Yahshua [Jesus] Christ is God and His Gospel is for Israel Now we are going to begin a presentation of Paul’s first epistle to Timothy, as we near the completion of a commentary on the epistles of Paul of Tarsus which we had begun with the epistle to the Romans in the Spring of 2014. This is now the 109th presentation in the series. It may be fitting that the pastoral epistles to Timothy and Titus are presented last in order of Paul’s epistles, as they are in most Bibles. However one error that most Bibles make is not to count Hebrews amongst Paul’s other epistles. Furthermore, Philemon belongs with Colossians, and it is not really a pastoral epistle in the sense of those which were written to Timothy and Titus. Going one step further, we have decided to put both of the epistles to Timothy last in order here because we find it appropriate to present 2 Timothy at the very end of our presentation of Paul’s epistles, although 2 Timothy was not actually the last of Paul’s epistles chronologically. When we do finally present 2 Timothy, we hope to make a full explanation of our reasons for that. If we had chosen to make our entire presentation in the order in which Paul wrote his epistles, 1 Timothy would follow Titus, and it in turn would be followed by 2 Corinthians. 2 Timothy would come later, as Paul was under house arrest in Rome when it was written (see Ordering and chronology of the epistles of Paul). Paul had apparently written his first epistle to the Corinthians not long before he left Ephesus, in what was most likely the Spring of 56 AD, which we had explained in part 3 of our presentation of that epistle. He had initially planned on going to Achaia by way of Makedonia, and spending the winter in Corinth, as he wrote in chapter 16 of that epistle. But some time during the initial stage of his travels Paul decided instead to winter in Nicopolis, which is in Epirus and northwest of Corinth. As we had explained earlier in this series, such as in the opening segment of our commentary on the epistle to Titus, Paul must have received a letter from Corinth in answer to the epistle which we know as 1 Corinthians, and he then decided to delay going to Corinth and spent the subsequent winter at Nicopolis instead. He gave his reasons for that decision in the opening chapters of 2 Corinthians, which was written as he wintered in Nicopolis, and both Titus and Timothy were with him. 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Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill taken at London Airport on 11 September 1958, the day before their golden wedding anniversary; they were departing for the South of France, where they would celebrate with no press interviews or public ceremony London: Central Press Photos Ltd., September 1958. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill taken at London Airport on 11 September 1958 as the left for the South of France, where they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. This press photo once belonged to The Daily... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill taken at London... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill taken at London... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill taken at London... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at 10 Downing Street on 29 July 1955 to lunch with his successor, Prime Minister Anthony Eden, just a few months after Churchill's resignation and only days after Eden's summit with the U.S., Soviet, and French leaders London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., 30 July 1955. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Winston S. Churchill arriving at 10 Downing Street for lunch with Prime Minister Anthony Eden on 29 July 1955 following Eden’s return from the Geneva summit with the U.S., Soviet, and French leaders. This... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at 10 Downing Street on 29 July 1955... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at 10 Downing Street on 29 July 1955... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at 10 Downing Street on 29 July 1955... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, iconic with hat and cigar, apparently taken on 29 April 1964, reportedly en route to the House of Commons London: Sport & General Press Agency, 30 April 1964. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Winston S. Churchill, waving out of a car window while smoking a cigar, apparently en route to the House of Commons on 29 April 1964 during one of his rare public appearances in... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, iconic with hat and cigar, apparently taken... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, iconic with hat and cigar, apparently taken... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, iconic with hat and cigar, apparently taken... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their granddaughter, Edwina Sandys on 1 April 1963, Clementine's 78th birthday London: Central Press Photos Ltd., April 1963. Photograph. This original press photograph features Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their granddaughter, Edwina Sandys (at the time Edwina Dixon) celebrating Clementine’s 78th birthday. This image measures 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill greeting and hugging his daughter, Mary, on 1 April 1963 - her mother, Lady Clementine Churchill's, 78th birthday London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., 2 April 1963. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Winston S. Churchill greeting and hugging his daughter, Mary Soames, on 1 April 1963, her mother, Clementine Churchill’s, 78th birthday. That day Clementine and Winston attended "a small family luncheon in the Westminster flat... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill greeting and hugging his daughter, Mary, on 1... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill greeting and hugging his daughter, Mary, on 1... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill greeting and hugging his daughter, Mary, on 1... An original press photo of Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill purchasing a geranium for the Greater London Fund for the Blind on 9 April 1957 London: Keystone Press Agency, 10 April 1957. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill purchasing a geranium on the Greater London Fund for the Blind’s annual Geranium Day on 9 April 1957. This image measures 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm)... More about An original press photo of Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill purchasing a... Item Details for An original press photo of Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill purchasing a... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill purchasing a... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill at the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Hugh Trenchard, the "Father of the Royal Air Force" London: Central Press Photos Ltd., February 1956. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill attending the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Trenchard, the first Chief of Air Staff and instrumental in firmly establishing the Royal Air Force. This image measures 10 x 8 in... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill at the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Hugh... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill at the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Hugh... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill at the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Hugh... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill giving the V sign while being carried on a stretcher following his June 1962 fall in Monte Carlo and dramatic flight back to England in an RAF Comet on the orders of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan London: Sport & General Press Agency, Limited, 30 June 1962. Photograph. This original press photo shows former British Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill raising his hand to give his famous V sign as he is carried by stretcher to an ambulance. This image measures 12 x 15 in (30.5... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill giving the V sign while being carried on a... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill giving the V sign while being carried on a... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill giving the V sign while being carried on a... An original press photo of the 20 January 1941 Inaugural Parade for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s unprecedented and unrepeated third presidential term, youth of his National Youth Administration passing in review as the President waves his hat Washington, D.C. Acme News Pictures Inc., 20 January 1941. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 20 January 1941 during the inaugural parade of his third term that made him unique among American presidents. This image, measuring 7 x 9 in (17.8 x 22.8 cm)... More about An original press photo of the 20 January 1941 Inaugural Parade for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s... Item Details for An original press photo of the 20 January 1941 Inaugural Parade for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s... Ask a Question about An original press photo of the 20 January 1941 Inaugural Parade for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s... An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill taken in 1974 by Lord Snowdon, the husband of Princess Margaret London: Camera Press Ltd., 1 April 1974. Photograph. This original press photo is a copy of a portrait of Lady Clementine Churchill taken in 1974 by Lord Snowdon on the occasion of Lady Churchill’s 89th birthday and the launch of the Churchill Centenary Trust. This image, featuring Lady Churchill smiling... More about An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill taken in 1974 by Lord Snowdon, the husband... Item Details for An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill taken in 1974 by Lord Snowdon, the husband... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill taken in 1974 by Lord Snowdon, the husband... An original press photo of a smiling woman giving Sir Winston S. Churchill his own famous V sign on his 87th birthday, 30 November 1961, as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate home London: The Associated Press Ltd., 1 December 1961. Photograph. This is an original press photo of a smiling woman giving Winston S. Churchill his own famous V sign on his 87th birthday, 30 November 1961, as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate Home to attend a private luncheon at the... More about An original press photo of a smiling woman giving Sir Winston S. Churchill his own famous V sign... Item Details for An original press photo of a smiling woman giving Sir Winston S. Churchill his own famous V sign... Ask a Question about An original press photo of a smiling woman giving Sir Winston S. Churchill his own famous V sign... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their granddaughter, Edwina Sandys on Clementine's 78th birthday, 1 April 1963 London: Planet News Ltd., April 1963. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their granddaughter, Edwina Dixon, on 1 April 1963, in the car on the way to their Hyde Park Gate home after a luncheon celebrating Clementine’s 78th birthday. This press photo... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, Lady Clementine Churchill, and their... An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill, taken on 16 January 1965, the day after Sir Winston Churchill's fatal stroke London: United Press International (UK) Ltd., 17 January 1965. Photograph. This original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill was taken on 16 January 1965, the day after the stroke from which precipitated Sir Winston S. Churchill’s death on 24 January 1965. The poignant image of Lady Churchill, taken through a.... More about An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill, taken on 16 January 1965, the day after Sir... 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Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21 August, 1962, cigar in hand London: The Associated Press Ltd., August 1962. Photograph. Here we offer an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21 August 1962, cigar in hand, after his recovery from his broken hip. This image measures 11.125 x 9.5 in (28.9 x 24.1... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being lifted out of the ambulance at Middlesex Hospital on 29 June 1962, following his fall in Monte Carlo and dramatic return to England via R.A.F. Comet jet on the orders of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., 30 June 1962. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill raising his arm as he is being lifted out of an ambulance on 29 June 1962 outside of Middlesex Hospital, London, after his dramatic return from Monte Carlo via R.A.F.... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being lifted out of the ambulance at... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being lifted out of the ambulance at... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being lifted out of the ambulance at... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill wreathed in smoke from his cigar as he is driven away from 10 Downing Street on 15 February 1956 London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., February 1956. Photograph. This is an original press photograph of Winston S. Churchill wreathed in smoke from his cigar as he is driven away from 10 Downing Street on 15 February 1956. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on glossy... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill wreathed in smoke from his cigar as he is... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill wreathed in smoke from his cigar as he is... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill wreathed in smoke from his cigar as he is... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, with walking stick and inevitable cigar, leaving his Hyde Park Gate home on 17 April 1961 to attend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Day speech in the House of Commons Sport & General Press Agency Ltd., 18 April 1961. Photograph. This is an original press photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill, with walking stick and inevitable cigar, as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate home on 17 April 1961 to attend the Chancellor’s Budget Day speech in the House of... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, with walking stick and inevitable cigar,... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, with walking stick and inevitable cigar,... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill, with walking stick and inevitable cigar,... An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill with Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 June 1959 with the star of the film adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., 5 June 1959. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill and Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 June 1959 at a showing of The Diary of Anne Frank accompanied by the film’s star, Millie Perkins. This press photo once belonged to The Daily..... More about An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill with Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 June 1959... Item Details for An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill with Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 June 1959... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Lady Clementine Churchill with Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 June 1959... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4 September 1961, having returned home from a holiday in the south of France London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., September 1961. Photograph. This original press photograph shows Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4 September 1961, having returned home from a holiday at Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and former French President René Coty on 5 April 1959 at La Pausa in the South of France London: Associated Press Photo, 6 April 1958. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill with former French President René Coty on 5 April 1959 at La Pausa in the South of France. This image measures 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm) on matte... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and former French President René Coty on 5... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and former French President René Coty on 5... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and former French President René Coty on 5... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill on 10 February 1960, just returned from Monte Carlo and being driven from London Airport to their Hyde Park Gate Home London: The Associated Press Ltd., 10 February 1960. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill being driven from London Airport to their Hyde Park Gate home on 10 February 1960 after returning from holiday in Monte Carlo. This image measures 9.5 x 12... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill on 10 February... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill on 10 February... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill on 10 February... An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving on the last of his visits to Washington, D.C. for a personal visit with President Eisenhower on 4 May 1959 London: The Associated Press Ltd., May 1959. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at National Airport on 4 May 1959 for the last of his 13 trips to Washington DC. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. The image measures 10 x.... More about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving on the last of his visits to... Item Details for An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving on the last of his visits to... Ask a Question about An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving on the last of his visits to... Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement... (The Second World War, 1948, Volume I, p.157)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1262
__label__wiki	0.832188	0.832188	Singh Named Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor Dr. Maureen Grasso, Dean of the Graduate School, recently announced that Dr. Munindar Singh, professor of computer science,has been selected as one of four recipients of the Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Awards for 2016. The Award Selection Committee, which is made up of the Dean of the Graduate School, President of the University Graduate Student Association, last year’s award recipients and one member of the Graduate Administrative Board, was unanimous in its praise for Singh’s exceptional record of graduate student training and the extraordinary quality of the mentoring he provided both during and after their graduate programs at NC State. Singh, who joined the NC State Computer Science Department in 1995, has served as a mentor to seven postdoctoral fellows, including two currently, 26 PhD advisees, including six that are in progress, and has graduated 27 research Masters students. He is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, and a member of the Associate for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). He is the editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology and was previously the editor-in-chief of IEEE Internet Computing. He serves on the editorial boards of the leading journals in his specialty, including Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, IEEE Internet Computing, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing and ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. He has also served on the boards of Journal of Web Semantics and Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. Singh received the NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award in 2015. His research interests include multiagent systems and sociotechnical systems with applications in cybersecurity and service-oriented computing. Singh's current research addresses the challenges of trust, accountability, privacy, and high-level protocols in large-scale open environments. Singh earned his PhD in computer science, and his M.S.C.S. with a minor in Philosophy (logic) from the University of Austin, Texas; and his B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1264
__label__wiki	0.800512	0.800512	March 13, 2013 Music » Concerts Bar and club gigs in the region Custom List Adam's Mountain Café, 934 Manitou Ave., #102, Manitou Springs, 685-1430 Ancient Mariner, 962 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-5503 Benny's Restaurant & Lounge, 517 W. Colorado Ave., 634-9309 Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., 227-7625 Broadmoor Academy of Music, 1223 Lake Plaza Drive, Suite C, 576-3979 Cleats Sports Bar & Grill, 6624 Delmonico Drive, 548-8267 Crystola Roadhouse, 20918 U.S. Hwy. 24, Woodland Park, 687-7879 Cucuru Gallery Café, 2332 W. Colorado Ave., 520-9900 Frankie's Bar & Grill, 945 N. Powers Blvd., 574-4881 Fratelli Ristorante Italiano, 124 N. Nevada Ave., 575-9571 Front Range Barbeque, 2330 W. Colorado Ave., 632-2596 Fujiyama, 22 S. Tejon St., Suite A, 630-1167 The Grove Tavern, 901 E. C St., Pueblo, 719/544-4815 Jack Quinn Irish Alehouse & Pub, 21 S. Tejon St., 385-0766 Kasey's Bar & Grill, 1919 E. Boulder St., 635-8128 Keg Lounge, 730 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-9531 Margarita at PineCreek, 7350 Pine Creek Road, 598-8667 McCabe's Tavern, 520 S. Tejon St., 633-3300 McGinty's Wood Oven Pub, 11115 W. U.S. Hwy. 24, Divide, 686-7703 Meadow Muffins, 2432 W. Colorado Ave., 633-0583 Modbo, 17C E. Bijou St., 633-4240 MoodSwings Acoustic Lounge, 696 N. Circle Drive, 201-2592 Motif, 2432 Cucharras St., 635-5635 Park East Restaurant, 720 Goodnight Ave., Pueblo, 719/565-6655 Phantom Canyon Brewing Co., 2 E. Pikes Peak Ave., 635-2800 Pikes Peak Brewing Co., 1756 Lake Woodmoor Drive, Monument, 208-4098 Rawkus, 3506 N. Academy Blvd., 596-0000 Rico's Café and Wine Bar, 322½ N. Tejon St., 578-5549 Ritz Grill, 15 S. Tejon St., 635-8484 The Sky Box Lounge, 2102 E. Bijou St., 634-4815 Sonterra Innovative Southwest Grill, 28B S. Tejon St., 471-9222 SouthSide Johnny's, 528 S. Tejon St., 444-8487 Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, 10 S. Parkside Drive, 476-2200 Subterranean Nightclub, 128½ E. Kiowa St., 578-7771 Sunshine Studios, 3970 Clearview Frontage Road, 392-8921 Thirsty's Tavern, 2028 Sheldon Ave., 444-8515 Townhouse Lounge, 907 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-1085 Triple Nickel Tavern, 26 S. Wahsatch Ave., 477-9555 Ute Inn, 204 W. Midland Ave., Woodland Park, 687-1465 V Bar, 19 E. Kiowa St., 635-9599 VFW Post 6461, 753 S. Santa Fe Ave., Fountain, 382-7957 Wyatt's Pub & Grill, 806 Village Center Drive, 598-4100 Zodiac, 230 Pueblo Ave., 632-5059 Wednesday, 03/13 Black Sheep, Otherwise, Gemini Syndrome, Girl on Fire (metal), 7 p.m., $12-$14. Club Q, Open Mic Night, 10 p.m. Frankie's, Open Mic (acoustic), 8:30 p.m. Front Range Barbeque, Velvet Truckstop (rock/pop), 8 p.m. The Margarita, Crystal and the Curious (jazz), 7 p.m. Meadow Muffins, Brian Parton (Americana), 7 p.m. MoodSwings, Acoustic Open Mic Night (acoustic), 8 p.m., $5. Park East, The Martini Shot Unplugged (acoustic), 7 p.m. Rawkus, Sub.Mission Dubstep DJ Battle Series (dance), 8 p.m., $5. SouthSide Johnny's, Rawbert & I (rock/pop), 8 p.m. Zodiac, '80s Nite, with DJ Monster Mike (dance), 9 p.m. Thursday, 03/14 Adam's, Ryan Flores (acoustic), 6:30 p.m. Ancient Mariner, Stolen Idol Productions presents Open Mic (acoustic), 8 p.m. Benny's, Open Mic with the Jerry Roskin Band, 9 p.m. Black Sheep, Why They Fight, Take It to 88, Caramel Carmela (rock/pop), 7:30 p.m., $5-$7. Jack Quinn's, Brian Clancy (world), 7:30 p.m. The Margarita, Doug and Rob Acoustic Favorites (acoustic), 6:30 p.m. Motif, Jim Adam and John Stilwagen (blues), 7:15 p.m. Park East, Sarah Wood & Theo DeCenzo (acoustic), 7 p.m. Rico's, Susan Rissman and Tribe (jazz), 7 p.m. The Ritz, DJ Ron Perry (dance), 9:30 p.m. Stargazers, Thin Air Jazz (jazz), 6:30 p.m., $5-$8. Wyatt's, Kooks & Kettles (acoustic), 8:30 p.m. Adam's, Ryan Flores (acoustic), 9 a.m. Benny's, D-Day Invasion (blues), 9 p.m. Black Sheep, Get Along, Sean Waldron, Bad Maps (rock/pop), 7:30 p.m., $5-$7. Broadmoor Academy of Music, Friday Jazz Jam Session (jazz), 7 p.m. Cleats, Some People's Kids (rock/pop), 9 p.m. Crystola Roadhouse, Curtis Salgado (blues), 8 p.m., $18-$38. Cucuru, Barbara Ernst (acoustic), 7 p.m. Fratelli, Brian Parton (rock/pop), 8:30 p.m. The Grove, Cari Dell Trio (blues), 9 p.m. Jack Quinn's, The Stubby Shillelaghs (rock/pop), 10 p.m. Kasey's, Friday Nights with DJ Panther (R&B), 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Margarita, Mountain Road Ceili Band (world), 6:30 p.m. MoodSwings, Acoustic Sessions (acoustic), 8 p.m., $5. Motif, Wayne Wilkinson Trio (jazz), 7:45 p.m. Rawkus, Vibesquad, J Wail, mp3 (rock/pop), 8 p.m., $10-$15. The Ritz, DJ Party Marty (dance), 9:30 p.m. Sky Box, Jeff "Fitty" Smith (acoustic), 7 p.m. to midnight. Sonterra, John Stone (acoustic), 7 p.m. Stargazers, KISS Army (rock/pop), 8 p.m., $15-$20. Sunshine Studios, Tides of War, O.F.L., Forsake It All (metal), 6:30 p.m., $8. Townhouse, Hillbilly Luv Gawds (country), 9 p.m. Triple Nickel, The Lolligags (indie), 9 p.m. Ute Inn, Luke Ellington Blues Band (blues), 8 p.m. V Bar, DJ Gravity (dance), 9 p.m. VFW Post 6461, Group Therapy (rock/pop), 8:30 p.m. Wyatt's, Alan James (rock/pop), 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 03/16 Ancient Mariner, Melting Temple (rock/pop), 9 p.m. Benny's, The Mighty Kingsnakes (blues), 8 p.m. Black Sheep, The Ben Miller Band, Edith Makes a Paper Chain (Americana), 8 p.m., $8-$10. Crystola Roadhouse, The Inman Brothers Band (rock/pop), 8 p.m. Cucuru, The Flipsides (jazz), 7 p.m. Front Range Barbeque, St. Paddy's Day Party, with Bruce Hayes (bluegrass), 8 p.m. Fujiyama, DJ Ron Perry (jazz), 6 p.m. Jack Quinn's, Ceol Ceili (world), 1 p.m. Delilah's Revenge (rock/pop), 10 p.m. McCabe's, The Band Tim Finnigan (world), 1 p.m. Meadow Muffins, Suga' Bear & The Show Time Band (R&B), 9 p.m. Modbo, Desert Sweets (indie), 8 p.m. MoodSwings, Raydio (acoustic), 8 p.m., $5. Motif, Susan Rissman, Tim Zahn, Teddy Nozario (jazz), 7:45 p.m. Phantom Canyon, The Band Tim Finnigan (world), 4 p.m. Pikes Peak Brewing Co., Adam and Stilwagen (blues), 7 p.m. Rawkus, The English Beat, Hatrick Penry (rock/pop), 8 p.m., $20-$25. The Ritz, DJ Serge (dance), 9:30 p.m. Sky Box, The Reid Holmes Invitational "Live music Jam" (rock/pop), 8 p.m. SouthSide Johnny's, 6035 (rock/pop), 8 p.m. Stargazers, Vagabond Opera (indie), 8 p.m., $15-$20. Subterranean Nightclub, HeavyGrinder Live! (dance), 9 p.m., $10. Sunshine Studios, MakeUDance St. Patty's Day Rave, with 40 Oz. Profits, SpydaTEK, Stereo Force, Parrish (dance), 8 p.m., $15. Townhouse, Mark's Midnight Carnival Show (indie), 9 p.m. Triple Nickel, Mosey West (indie), 9 p.m. Jack Quinn's, Ceol Ceili (world), 10 a.m. Blackthorn Ceili (world), 1 p.m. Traditional Irish Session (world), 3 p.m. Delilah's Revenge (rock/pop), 3 p.m. Brian Clancy (world), 9 p.m. DJ Rob G (dance), 9 p.m. Keg Lounge, HighWheeler (Americana), 8 p.m. McCabe's, The Band Tim Finnigan (world), noon. McGinty's, Traditional Irish Session (world), 3-6 p.m. Rawkus, A Colorado-Native Showcase, with Claymore Disco, El Toro de la Muerte, Murder Hat, Knightbeats (rock/pop), 8 p.m., $5-$10. Stargazers, Starburn Rock Showcase (acoustic), 6 p.m. Townhouse, Tyler Halsey (acoustic), 3 p.m. Zodiac, Soul Sessions (R&B), 8 p.m. Monday, 03/18 Black Sheep, Clutch, Orange Goblin, Lionize, Kyng (rock/pop), 6:30 p.m., $26-$28. Zodiac, Open Mic hosted by Andrea Stone, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 03/19 Adam's, Wayne Hammerstadt (acoustic), 6 p.m. Benny's, Sweet T's Rude Blues Jam (blues), 7 p.m. Black Sheep, Paper Bird, He's My Brother She's My Sister, Desirae Garcia (rock/pop), 8 p.m., $12-$14. Stargazers, Grant Sabin Band, Briffaut, Inaiah Lujan's Dog Days: To Benefit Molly Harris (indie), 7:30 p.m., $8. Thirsty's, Open Mic and Jam Nite with Ronnie Policy and the West Side Allstars (acoustic), 8:30 p.m. Townhouse, Jam Night, with Tim Costello (acoustic), 8 p.m. Zodiac, Goth Nite with DJ Raid (dance), 9 p.m. Latest in Concerts Toots & the Maytals at the Chautauqua Auditorium show preview by Bill Forman Colter Wall at Chico Basin Ranch show preview Squirrel Nut Zippers leave their novelty-act reputation behind Che Bong's sound advice A fresh look at new Americana and roots albums by Loring Wirbel	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1265
__label__wiki	0.645172	0.645172	Taking back their church Crime, News Snyder Road continues to clean By Sam Wildow - swildow@aimmedianetwork.com At the Synder Road Church of God, the office, four bathrooms, the nursery, and the secretary’s office have been cleaned and straightened up, but the professional cleaning crew working on the building is continuing to clean the air in the sanctuary. The fellowship hall and kitchen are also still covered in the dry chemical. Sam Wildow \| Daily Call Caution tape covers the doors of the Snyder Road Church of God, warning people about the risk of the dry chemicals still inside the church and being filtered out of the air. PIQUA — The Snyder Road Church of God continues to clean up the mess left behind due to an incident of vandalism that occurred there three weeks ago. The vandal reportedly emptied six fire extinguishers’ worth of dry chemical into the building, covering surfaces in various rooms, the sanctuary, the fellowship hall, and the kitchen. While the vandal also reportedly damaged property in the church, including breaking a cross and overturning furniture, it is the dry chemical that poses the most difficulty, and danger, to the church. “Everything in here was coated with the dry chemical,” the Rev. Richard Keen said about his office. The office, four bathrooms, the nursery, and the secretary’s office have been cleaned and straightened up, but the professional cleaning crew working on the building is continuing to clean the air in the sanctuary. The fellowship hall and kitchen are also still covered in the dry chemical. “They said it was probably, if not the most extensive, one of the most extensive cleaning jobs they [were] going to have to do,” Keen said. They have to wipe every book and wash each surface as well as steam clean the carpets. Keen explained that after sitting in his office for an hour last week, he began to get a slight headache from the dry chemicals still in the church and in the air. “The dust filtered into everything,” Keen said. “Everything was just covered.” Even with the ground left to cover, Keen remains optimistic. “It’s coming along real nice,” Keen said. “Don’t know how much damage was done to the electronic equipment, so we don’t know that … Right now, it’s looking 100 times better.” Keen recalled when he first walked into the church after it had been vandalized, and the sight of the damage simply made him ask, “Why? Why?” After that, Keen said that he decided that whoever did it needed help. “They were looking for something, and they’re still searching,” Keen said. Piqua resident Dustin L. Connor, 29, was charged in connection with this vandalism. He was also charged in connection with a breaking and entering incident at the Victory Baptist Church on South Street, a residential burglary on Brook Street, and allegedly assaulting a corrections officer. Connor is currently being held at the Miami County Jail on a total bond of $40,000. A court date is set for Connor on Sept. 9. Currently, Keen and the Snyder Road Church of God congregation are worshipping at the Miami Valley Centre Mall. They have approximately 25 attendees, and Keen stated that the congregation feels the same way he does. “All of our people are thinking the same thing I’m thinking,” Keen said. “That he needs help. And we’re trying to reach our hand out to him and his family.” They have not been able to speak with Connor, but Keen stated that the jail ministry in the area has talked to Connor. “He’s saying he don’t know why he did what he did,” Keen said. “It’s one of those things. A lot of times people do things, and after they do them, they don’t realize what they did for whatever reason.” Keen added, “I want to see him find the Lord.” One member of the church spoke with Keen about the cross that was broken at the back of the church. She told Keen that they should fix the cross and put a sign underneath that read, “The cross was broken, but the church was not.” “The church is not the building,” Keen said. “The church is the people.” While still feeling the effects of the vandalism, the church continues to hold no animosity toward the alleged suspect. “We pray for him all of the time,” Keen said. “We’re going to keep on praying that everything will be okay.” Keen is hoping that they will be able to move back into sanctuary of the church within the week and by the beginning of September at the latest. The church is hoping to hold a special homecoming and Thanksgiving service once they are able to fully take back their church. “It’s just a time to praise the Lord,” Keen said. “It could have been worse … it could have been paint or it could have been a pile of ashes.” Keen also expressed gratitude toward the Miami County Sheriff’s Office as well as the other area churches. Keen explained that at least a dozen area churches reached out to Keen and the church to see if they needed help. “We very seldom give thanks,” Keen said. https://www.dailycall.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/08/web1_Dry-chemicals-church-11.jpgAt the Synder Road Church of God, the office, four bathrooms, the nursery, and the secretary’s office have been cleaned and straightened up, but the professional cleaning crew working on the building is continuing to clean the air in the sanctuary. The fellowship hall and kitchen are also still covered in the dry chemical. Sam Wildow \| Daily Call https://www.dailycall.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/08/web1_Dry-chemicals-church-21.jpgSam Wildow \| Daily Call https://www.dailycall.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/08/web1_CMYK-church-door1.jpgCaution tape covers the doors of the Snyder Road Church of God, warning people about the risk of the dry chemicals still inside the church and being filtered out of the air. Sam Wildow \| Daily Call swildow@aimmedianetwork.com Reach Sam Wildow at (937) 451-3336 or on Twitter @TheDailyCall Hi! A visitor to our site felt the following article might be of interest to you: Taking back their church. Here is a link to that story: https://www.dailycall.com/news/2437/taking-back-their-church	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1269
__label__wiki	0.978299	0.978299	Hello Kitty, Pikachu appointed as Japanese ambassadors 2017-11-29 06:21 pm \| Last updated 2017-11-29 06:24 pm Photo via Taro Kono/Twitter Hello Kitty and Pikachu just landed an important new job in Japan. Taro Kono, Japan’s minister of foreign affairs, appointed the two as ambassadors to promote Osaka for the World Expo in 2025. I have appointed Pikachu and Hello Kitty as Ambassador to promote the City of Osaka for the 2025 Expo host city. pic.twitter.com/mCkiCl5T5j — KONO Taro (@konotaromp) November 29, 2017 Osaka hopes to be the host city of the exposition, which occurs every five years and aims to raise awareness and build solutions to global issues. “I would like for you to represent Japan and (promote) the attraction of Osaka inside and outside of the country,” Kono said as he was appointing Hello Kitty and Pikachu. The Japan Times said the characters will be used for pamphlets and gifts promoting the city’s bid to host the event. The Hello Kitty character was produced by a Japanese company and first appeared in 1974. Pikachu was also created by a Japanese company and made its first appearance in the Japanese Pokémon TV series in 1996. The two characters have since become global sensations and can be seen everywhere from games and toys to makeup and beauty. Japan is one of four countries running for the honor to host the World Expo. France, Russia, and Azerbaijan are also competing. The International Bureau of Expositions will elect the host country in November 2018. Japan is running under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” If selected as the host city, the 2025 expo would be from May 2025 to November 2025. The next World Expo will take place in Dubai from Oct. 2020 and April 2021 under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” Brianna Stone is a reporter and digital producer. Her work has been published by the Austin American-Statesman, the Daily Dot, and USA Today. Btw Hello Kitty Japan Pikachu	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1270
__label__wiki	0.980225	0.980225	Tommy Sheridan released from jail after serving time for perjury & reveals: I've been tagged but not gagged FORMER MSP Tommy Sheridan was freed from prison today after serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath. The 47-year-old was walked out of Castle Huntly prison near Dundee shortly after 10am. His wife Gail went to the open prison this morning and they left together, being driven away. The politician and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant was jailed on January 26 last year for committing perjury during his successful defamation action against the News of the World in 2006. He was awarded £200,000 in damages after winning the civil case but a jury at the High Court in Glasgow found him guilty of lying about the now-defunct tabloid's claims that he was an adulterer who visited a swingers' club. Trial judge Lord Bracadale subsequently handed the former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) a three-year jail sentence, telling him his decision to pursue the Sunday tabloid for defamation "brought the walls of the temple crashing down" on him. Speaking outside his Glasgow home, Sheridan said he intends to launch a fresh appeal against his conviction, and fight for an independent Scotland. He said his "gagging order" was lifted earlier today. Sheridan said: "It is a relief to be able to speak personally for once. It seems a long time now since I have been able to speak. "It's been an absolute delight to be back home with my beautiful wife who I love dearly, and my daughter Gabrielle who I have missed beyond words are able to describe. "Up until a couple of hours ago, I didn't know I was going to be able to speak. Up until a couple of hours ago I was still gagged. "I was told two hours ago that that gag has now been lifted. Unfortunately, although I am not to be gagged today, I will be tagged." He added: "I want to thank the thousands of ordinary folk across Scotland and further afield who have taken time to write to me, send me cards and letters, contact me on Facebook and to show their solidarity with me and my family throughout this difficult 12 months. "I would like to thank them for being so human and so warm and respecting the fact that although we lost a trial in December of last year, we will continue to fight to clear my name. "And we are determined to highlight the contrasts in treatment between the 20-plus - I've lost count of the number of - News of the World former journalists who have been arrested. "I have not read of any of them who have had their homes raided over a mammoth nine-hour search, or their children traumatised in the interests of justice. "Apparently they handed themselves in at the stations. Well, I've got news for them and for others: this fight is far from over. This story has not yet finished. I believe that I will return to Glasgow High Court in the near future." Sheridan claimed "witnesses" had lied during his perjury trial and said he would have "a strong appeal that will hopefully lead to the quashing of my unfair, unsafe and unsound conviction". He added: "I have to also say, however, that in the 12 months I have been away, things have not got any better for ordinary working-class folk. Wages have been cut, prices have increased and the Con-Dem millionaire Government wants to make ordinary folk pay for a crisis that was nothing to do with them. "I look forward to re-engaging in the battle for justice and against inequality and poverty, and I also look forward to engaging in the campaign to deliver Scotland not just as an independent country but as an independent socialist country as well. "I thank once again all of those who have stuck by me, my family and my friends. But most of all, I thank my wife Gail." His lawyer, Aamer Anwar, said the new appeal is related to the outcome of the police investigation into alleged perjury during Sheridan's trial. Mr Anwar said: "Tommy is delighted to be back at home with his family. He intends to make up for lost time as best he can. "I have been instructed to prepare a new appeal which will be related to the outcome of Strathclyde Police's investigation into allegations of phone hacking and perjury at Tommy's trial. "Tommy was told before Christmas by the Scottish Prison Service that on release he could not speak directly to the media. Such a condition would have been a draconian attack on his right to free speech. "Over the weekend we stated this would be illegal and challenged it in the courts. The authorities have come to their senses and a gagging order will not be imposed." Sheridan will be tagged later today and under the terms of his release will have to stay at home between 7.15pm and 7.15am. Before they returned to a party inside the house, Mr and Mrs Sheridan shared an emotional kiss on their doorstep. Tommy Sheridan	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1271
__label__wiki	0.904787	0.904787	Dougie will be just whine at Saints DELIGHTED Dougie Imrie checked in at St Mirren Park yesterday ... Jeff Holmes DELIGHTED Dougie Imrie checked in at St Mirren Park yesterday ... and then immediately vowed to become the club’s biggest MOANER. The talented 28-year-old striker has made the switch from Hamilton Accies after Saints had a bid of around £40,000 accepted by the Lanarkshire club. Imrie, who will wear the number 27 shirt, is hoping to make his debut in today’s lunchtime televised clash with Celtic. And he has warned his new Buddies they might find his will to win a little irritating at times. Imrie told Express Sports: “I like to win and, sometimes, that passion takes the form of a good moan. “I know Paul McGowan from his time on loan at Hamilton and I’m well aware that he also enjoys a wee moan, so it might develop into a bit of a contest! You can rest assured that it’s all for the good of the team.” Imrie, who has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Saints, admits that this week has been something of a roller-coaster for him – but he hopes to end it in the best possible way by helping his new team secure a shock result against the SPL leaders. He explained: “I knew that Dundee United had put in a bid for me and then we had the Scottish Cup replay against St Mirren on Tuesday night. “The morning after that game, I was really disappointed that we had lost. Then Accies told me they had accepted a bid from St Mirren, so it has been quite a week. At times, I didn’t know whether I was coming or going. “It’s great to be back in the SPL, although I was never in any hurry to leave Hamilton. “I was relegated with the club and there was no way I was going to jump ship. I had a great time at Hamilton and I wish Billy Reid and the players there all the best.” Imrie insists he is raring to go if Buddies boss Danny Lennon pitches him into battle in today’s showdown with Celtic, which kicks-off at 12.30pm and is being broadcast live on sports channel ESPN. He said: “I’m desperate to make my debut for the club, although that’s down to the gaffer. “It’s always good to play against the top teams and the best way I’ve found to approach these games is to go at the opposition. “If you sit back and invite them on to you, they will punish you. There are good players at St Mirren, so we shouldn’t be afraid.” Imrie also told how he is delighted to have joined a mini-colony of former Accies stars in Paisley. Jim Goodwin, Nigel Hasselbaink, David van Zanten and McGowan have all enjoyed recent spells at the Lanarkshire club and Imrie is hoping to be equally successful in the black and white stripes. He said: “There’s no way I will be a stranger in that dressing room, which will help me settle in, but there’s only one thing on my mind at the moment and that’s getting at Celtic.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1272
__label__cc	0.704062	0.295938	The Evolution of War Funding Frederico Bartels / Elias Gavilan / February 19, 2019 Rosie the Riveter. Liberty Bonds. Scrap drives. In World War II, it was practically impossible to live a day in the United States without being directly affected by the war overseas. Anyone who was not actively serving on the front lines was involved somehow in the war effort on the home front. Public involvement was not only evident, it was impossible to miss. But today, the character of our wars has changed, and so has how we finance them. According to Sarah Kreps, a professor of government at Cornell University, the connection between war efforts and our tax burden has largely been lost. Kreps outlined this situation and its implications in her new book “Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy,” which she spoke about at The Heritage Foundation in late January. Kreps described how the U.S. changed how it finances wars, from initial spikes in taxes and international borrowing in the early days of the republic, to war bonds during the world wars, to the current system’s overreliance on deficit spending. Without cutting any government spending in the books, there are three main ways for the government to have more money at its disposal: taxation, printing currency, or borrowing. The preference should always be to live within the means of your budget, but that is typically far from the case. The U.S. government has increasingly relied on borrowing, not just to conduct wars, but also to fund regular activities. The federal government is fast approaching trillion-dollar annual deficits, which broadly means that out of every dollar of service delivered by the government, the taxpayer only pays 75 cents. The impulse to borrow is closely linked to what Kreps called the “ceiling effect.” Kreps describes the ceiling effect as the point in which the public thinks that the taxes paid are enough to pay for both guns and butter, thus rejecting further taxation. This response makes politicians unwilling to ask for tax increases to fund wars. It is in this context that Kreps’ idea of the “impossible trinity” enters the picture. She points out that politicians are operating under three separate vectors when they see the need to increase defense spending in times of war. The first one is the need for extra defense resources. The second is the ceiling effect that removes tax increases from the equation. The third is the public’s desire to maintain the current welfare benefits. Combined, these elements lead politicians to view borrowing as the path of least resistance. This is how we as a country got into more than $21 trillion in debt and how we keep adding to it every day, according to Kreps, who criticized the lack of public accountability and the dangers of rising debt in conducting wars. However, beyond financing wars, this mushrooming debt problem affects every government activity. Kreps’ work highlights how government borrowing distorts the perception that citizens have on any government activity, not just war. This discussion highlights how escalating debt is a challenge that needs to be addressed through serious reforms to how the government spends taxpayers’ dollars—not only looking at just dollars dedicated to overseas engagements, but also the welfare state.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1273
__label__wiki	0.631049	0.631049	Mexico Deploying 15,000 Troops To U.S. Border To Stop Illegal Immigration Into U.S. ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images By Ryan Saavedra @realsaavedra Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval said on Monday that Mexico is deploying thousands of soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border to help stop the massive flow of illegal immigration into the United States. "Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 troops to the US-Mexico border to curve migration flow," CNN reporter Nick Valencia tweeted. "An additional ~2,000 National Guard elements have also been deployed across the country’s southern border with Guatemala & Belize.: MX Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval." BREAKING- Mexico has deployed almost 15,000 troops to the US-Mexico border to curve migration flow. An additional ~2,000 National Guard elements have also been deployed across the country’s southern border with Guatemala & Belize.: MX Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval #CNN — Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) June 24, 2019 According to CNN, Sandoval said the following today in Cancun: "In the northern part of the country, we have deployed a total of almost 15,000 troops composed of National Guard elements and military units." Valencia added: "I have never seen this kind of cooperation from Mexico before in terms of immigration." I have never seen this kind of cooperation from Mexico before in terms of immigration. The move by Mexico comes after the Trump administration increased pressure on the Mexican government to significantly increase its efforts to stop the seemingly endless flow of migrants that are illegally entering the United States. Trump announced at the end of last month that Mexico would face tariffs that would devastate their economy if they did not step up to the table and make serious efforts to help stop the problem. Trump tweeted: "On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP. The Tariff will gradually increase until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied, at which time the Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow." ....at which time the Tariffs will be removed. Details from the White House to follow. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2019 The tariffs were set to increase by 5% every month, maxing out at 25%, until Mexico addressed the problem. On June 7, Trump tweeted that the United States had reached an agreement with Mexico, writing: "I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you!" ....stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019 In early June, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its apprehension data for the month of May. CBP tweeted: "CBP continues to face a worsening crisis at the Southwest border. In May, CBP apprehended or deemed inadmissible 144,278 individuals along the SWB—a 32% increase over the previous month." CBP continues to face a worsening crisis at the Southwest border. In May, CBP apprehended or deemed inadmissible 144,278 individuals along the SWB—a 32% increase over the previous month. Details here: https://t.co/ru9AsalgPb pic.twitter.com/p8kcr5lZ7Y — CBP (@CBP) June 5, 2019 The Daily Wire's Josh Hammer wrote: "CBP's full data release today showcases the incredible trajectory of our border crisis. Solely looking at apprehensions recorded between points of entry, CBP recorded 132,887 in the month of May alone. That is double the number of apprehensions from just February, when CBP recorded 66,884 apprehensions. Going back to the beginning of the fiscal year in October 2018, CBP has recorded a staggering 160.52% increase in apprehensions recorded between points of entry in the first eight months of this fiscal year alone." "These are eye-opening numbers that ought to indicate the depth of the national crisis to every sober viewer relatively familiar with basic arithmetic," Hammer added. This is a breaking news story, refresh the page for updates. Ep. 819 - Why Republicans And Democrats Hear Different Things Ep. 732 - The Racism Game Ep. 383 - One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap In Girls’ Track Ep. 297 - Squad Member Makes Outrageously Bigoted Statement	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1274
__label__cc	0.669017	0.330983	3 Dividend Stocks with Low Debt Trading Below Book Value Published Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:00 CET by DividendYields.org Popular valuation metrics focus on price-to-earnings ratios. However, a stock’s relative value can also be measured by comparing its price per share to its book value per share, whereby the book value is represented as the company’s net worth (the difference between the company’s assets and liabilities). Stocks that trade below book values theoretically may be priced below their liquidation values, which may signify a discount to the companies’ net worth. While the universe of such stocks is not so large, there are a few dividend-paying stocks boasting low levels of long-term debt relative to equity and trading below book value. The following table features the main profiles and dividend characteristics of three dividend-paying stocks with low levels of debt relative to equity and market prices per share below the companies’ book values per share. Among the three featured stocks, ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) pays the highest dividend yield; however, it has not grown its dividend over the past 12 months and its payout ratio is higher than that of the other two featured stocks. While Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP) has a lower dividend yield, it has realized the highest dividend growth over the past 12 months and the best total return year to date. On the other hand, while the total return performance of ASM International (Nasdaq: ASMI)(Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) has been weak this year so far and its dividend yield is modest, the company made a large extraordinary cash distribution at the end of July 2013. Fresh Del Monte Produce is a global leader in fresh produce production and distribution, with especially large market shares in the supply of pineapples and bananas. North America is its largest market, accounting for 53% of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.’s net sales in 2012. Net sales to Europe, Asia and the Middle East regions accounted for 21%, 12%, and 11% in 2012, respectively. In the first six months of this year, the company made total net sales of $1.94 billion, an increase of 4.7% over the same period of the prior year. However, its total net income for the first six months of this year was $103.8 million, about 14.4% below that in the same period a year earlier. According to Finviz.com, the company has a long-term debt to equity of only 7% and is currently trading at a 10% discount to book value, according to data provided by Morningstar. The company’s current price-to-book is consistent with its five-year average price-to-book ratio. Aside from low valuation, the company’s dividend growth looks appealing, especially given that the stock has plenty of room to boost payouts in the future. ManTech International provides cyber security, IT and intelligence services. The company generated some $2.6 billion in net income in 2012. It also has strong cash flow generation, with last year’s operating cash flow exceeding the company’s net income by 1.3 times. Given that the company’s capital outlays are low (at $15 million in 2012), ManTech International Corporation has plenty of room to finance a generous dividend and acquisitions for growth. In fact, the company plans to pursue acquisitions aggressively this year. However, the sequestration and general budgetary austerity have weighted heavily on the company’s financial performance, in particular due to lower defense outlays in Afghanistan (Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)). As a result, the company has lowered its 2013 forward guidance for both revenues and earnings per share. However, this company is valued at only 90% of its book value, which is significantly lower that its historical average ratios. The company also has long-term debt to equity of only 17%, according to Finviz.com data. ManTech International Corporation’s free cash flow yield is also attractive at 7.7%, according to the same source. ASM International is a Netherlands-based supplier of semiconductor equipment, materials and process solutions for the wafer processing, assembly & packaging, and surface mount technology markets. The company realized sales of $1.87 billion in 2012. Given the challenging operating environment in the semiconductor industry, the company’s sales were down 13% year-over-year last year. While the semiconductor capital equipment market is expected to decline by 8.2% this year, it should rebound as of 2014 by a robust 18.6% year-over-year. Both ASM front-end and back-end markets should improve significantly in 2014, with the front-end market starting a recovery this year. In fact, in the second quarter of 2013, the company saw a robust increase in both bookings and sales. After selling an 11.9% stake in ASM Pacific Technology, its back-end operations, for $550 million earlier this year, the company distributed 65% of the sales proceeds to its shareholders in a form of a special dividend. ASM International has negligible long-term debt and trades at a 30% discount to book value, according to Morningstar. This discount is significant, given that the company’s shares traded at 2.5x book value, on average, over the past five years. While price-to-book ratios are useful as valuation metrics, they still may suffer from deficiencies. Often, assets may be mispriced and there may be a need to write them down. Other issues may arise, such as problems with liquidating inventory or collecting receivables. Still, price-to-book ratios should be relevant supplement to price-to-earnings ratios when it comes to stock valuations. As shown above, there are companies with low levels of debt relative to equity that are trading at discounts to book value. Some of them pay attractive dividend yields and may be appealing investments for value-oriented dividend investors. Asm International NL0000334118 62.02 0.0 0.0 1.00 May 22 2019 1.64 Mantech International US5645631046 67.74 32.6 2.1 1.08 6/6/2019 52 1.60 Fresh Del Monte Produce KYG367381053 24.66 0.0 -0.6 0.30 11/13/2018 -54 1.22	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1276
__label__wiki	0.764405	0.764405	George W. Dolde We are sorry to report the passing of George Walter Dolde, 91 on March 23, 2019. George was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 9, 1927, son of the late John T. and Alice (Hummel) Dolde. He was predeceased by his wife, best friend and love of his life, Betty Jane (Strong) Dolde in 2000. George leaves his son Donald of Simsbury, his daughter Donna "Dede" DeRosa and her husband Frank of Old Lyme and his son John "Jed" and his wife Nancy of East Hampton, as well as seven wonderful grandchildren, four great-grandsons and a new great-granddaughter, born on March 19.He is also survived by his sisters, Jeanne Reid and her husband Don of Port St. Lucie, FL and Elizabeth Woods and her husband Bob of Smithfield, VA. George was predeceased by his brothers John Jr and Ronald and his sister Phyllis.George was a graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Although too young for overseas duty during WWII, George joined the R.O.T.C. in college and was inducted into the Army in 1945, interrupting his education to serve stateside, assisting GI's returning home. A year later he returned to school and after graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950, he accepted a job with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and headed to Hartford, CT to begin a 33-year career as an aeronautical engineer. George met his future bride, Betty, on a blind date and they married a year later in 1952. George and Betty moved from Hartford to Glastonbury in 1954 to raise their family. He lived in Glastonbury until 2016 when he moved to the Saybrook at Haddam Assisted Living facility in Haddam, CT. For many years, George was an active member of First Church of Christ, Congregation in Glastonbury and the Glastonbury Republican Town Committee. He became a founding member of the Glastonbury Hills Country Club in 1965, learned to play golf and played regularly until his early 80's. After his early retirement in 1983, George bought his dream car, a 1956 Ford Thunderbird in need of a total rebuild. He restored the car to pristine condition and was an enthusiastic member of the CT Thunderbird Club, where he and Betty enjoyed many cruise nights, car shows and club sponsored trips. After retiring, George and Betty also traveled extensively including trips to Europe, Alaska, South America and George's favorite place, Hawaii. He loved all types of music and was a longtime supporter of the Hartford Symphony. He also loved to dance and was always one to get up on the floor, even at the age of 90. When asked recently what advice he would give others, he simply said "be a kind and loving person." We will miss this intelligent, creative, humble, fiercely independent, kind and loving man.A Memorial Service celebrating George's life will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 1:00 PM in the First Church of Christ, Congregational, 2183 Main Street, Glastonbury. Memorial donations may be made to The ARC of Farmington Valley (FAVARH), 225 Commerce Drive, Canton, CT 06019. For more information of to extend condolences, please visit www.Farleysullivan.com. Alice Lennon Robin Rivard	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1277
__label__cc	0.742069	0.257931	Life in the Megalopolis: Mexico City and Sao Paulo Lucia Sa Reference - 192 Pages - 7 B/W Illustrations Series: Questioning Cities June 11, 2014 by Routledge The modern metropolis has been called 'the symbol of our times', and life in it epitomizes, for many, modernity itself. But what to make of inherited ideas of modernity when faced with life in Mexico City and São Paulo, two of the largest metropolises in the world? Is their fractured reality, their brutal social contrasts, and the ever-escalating violence faced by their citizens just an intensification of what Engels described in the first in-depth analysis of an industrial metropolis, nineteenth century Manchester? Or have post-industrial and neo-globalized economies given rise to new forms of urban existence in the so-called developing world? Life in the Megalopolis: Mexico City and São Paulo investigates how such questions are explored in cultural productions from these two Latin American megalopolises, the focus being on literature, film popular music, and visual arts. This book combines close readings of works with a constant reference to theoretical, anthropological and social studies of these two cities, and builds on received definitions of the concept megalopolis Life in the Megalopolis is the first book to combine urban-studies theories (particularly Lefebvre, Harvey, and de Certeau) with Benjaminian cultural analyses, and theoretical discussions with close-readings of recent cultural works in various media. It is also the first book to compare Mexico City and São Paulo. 1. Approaching the Monster Part 1: Terra Incognita 2. In Fragments for the Millennium 3. Flanerie Part 2: Find your Place in the Neighbourhood 4. Barrio/Bairro 5. Capao Redondo and the Space of Rap 6. Writing on the Wall and Other Interventions: Epilogue in a Small Gallery Lúcia Sá is Professor of Brazilian Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1278
__label__wiki	0.825829	0.825829	The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader Editor(s) Bio The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader is an essential collection of readings for students of Applied Linguistics. Divided into five sections: Language Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Identity and Power and Language Use in Professional Contexts, the Reader takes a broad interpretation of the subject from its traditional foundations in language teaching and learning to cover the newer subdisciplines from corpus linguistics to forensic linguistics. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the Reader focuses on the topics and issues to which Applied Linguistics research has made a significant contribution, in particular: our understanding of key concepts and notions in the study of real-world problems in which language and communication play a central role the theoretical debates of broader social science issues that impact on language teaching, learning and use the main methodological advances. Featuring twenty-seven carefully selected readings, the Reader focuses on both the major contributions of Applied Linguistics, and the conceptual and theoretical issues of the subject in a variety of contexts and methods. The selection comprises seminal articles from leading researchers, as well as fresh perspectives from new voices in the subject. These readings are amplified by a general introduction as well as detailed, critical summaries of each section, discussion questions and recommended further reading for each article. Part I: Reconceptualising the native speaker and the language 1. The native speaker in applied linguistics. Alan Davies. 2. The idealised native speaker, reified ethnicities and classroom realities. C. Leung, R. Harris and B. Rampton. 3. "Ownership" of English in the Outer Circle: An Alternative to the NS-NNS Dichotomy. Christina Higgins. 4. Non-native speaker teachers and English as an International Language. Enric Llurda. 5. The nature of the L2 user. Vivian Cook. Part II. Reconceptualising language in language learning and practice. 6. Appropriating English, expanding identities, and re-visioning the field: From TESOL to Teaching English for Globalized Communication (TEGCOM). A.M.Y. Lin, W. Wang, A. Akamatsu and M. Riazi. 7. 'Language, localization, and the real: Hip-hop and the global spread of authenticity'. A. Pennycook. 8. Closing a conceptual gap: the case for a description of English as a lingua franca. Barbara Seidlhofer. 9. Lingua Franca English multilingual communities and language acquisition. S. Canagarajah 10. Authority and invisibility: authorial identity in academic writing. K. Hyland. 11.Corpus-based Approaches to Issues in Applied Linguistics. Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad and Randi Reppen. 12. Talking, creating: interactional language, creativity and context. Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy. Part III. Critical issues in applied linguistics. 13. Social identity, investment, and language learning. B. Norton Peirce. 14. Identity in applied linguistics. David Block. 15. New approaches to gender, class, and race in second language writing. Ryuko Kubota. 16. Convivial communication: recontextualizing communicative competence. Constant Leung. 17. Language ecology in multilingual settings: Towards a theory of symbolic competence. Claire Kramsch and Anne Whiteside. 18. Globalization and the teaching of "communication skills". Deborah Cameron. Part IV. Applied linguistics in a changing world. 19. Discourse community, legitimate peripheral participation and the non-native-English-speaking scholar. John Flowerdew. 20. Language assessment as social practice: challenges for research. Tim McNamara. 21. Learning language for work and life: The linguistic socialization of immigrant Canadians seeking careers in healthcare. P. Duff, P. Wong and M. Early. 22. Multilingual language policies and the continua of biliteracy: An ecological approach. Nancy Hornberger. 23. Political Discourse Analysis from the point of view of Translation Studies. C. Schäffner. 24. Everyday Creativity in Language: Textuality, Contextuality, and Critique. Janet Maybin and Joan Swann. 25. Non-native speakers of English and the Miranda warnings. A. Pavlenko. 26. "But it’s all true!" Commercialism and commitment in the discourse of organic food promotion.’ Guy Cook, Matt Reed and Alison Twiner. Chair of Applied Linguistics, UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics London, , UK Learn more about Li Wei » Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and the Director of Birkbeck Graduate Research School. He is editor of The Bilingualism Reader, second edition (Routledge, 2007) and Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, four volumes (Routledge, 2009).	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1281
__label__cc	0.612229	0.387771	Where Do They Go? (Hardcover) By Julia Alvarez, Sabra Field (Illustrator) Bestselling novelist (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) and children's (The Tia Lola Stories) author Julia Alvarez's new picture book is a beautifully crafted poem for children that gently addresses the emotional side of death. The book asks, "When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? ... Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, 'You're perfect, just as you are'? ..." Illustrated by Vermont woodcut artist, Sabra Field, Where Do They Go? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers might have about what happens to those they love after they die. A Spanish-language edition of the book, ¿Donde va a parar?, is available in paperback. JULIA ALVAREZ is the author of numerous books for adults including In the Time of the Butterflies, and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, which was picked by New York librarians as one of 21 classic for the 21st century. She is also an accomplished writer of children's and YA books including The Tia Lola Stories, Return to Sender, and Before We Were Free, which was an ALA Best Book of 2002 and winner of ALA's Pura Belpre Award. She is Writer in Residence at Middlebury College, and co-founder with Bill Eichner of Alta Gracia, a sustainable coffee farm and literacy center in the Dominican Republic. And she is a founding member of Border of Lights, an ongoing movement to promote peace and collaboration between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. She lives in Vermont. "...a meditative poem that asks all the hard questions and offers lyrical possibilities filled with life and love." —The New York Times Book Review "This beautiful book asks all the right questions to help young children become aware of the eternal bonds that live on after death, while wisely leaving the answers to the readers themselves. A book to ponder, to discuss, and to cherish.” —R. J. Palacio, author of Wonder "Grief is complicated for adults and even more so for children. Julia Alvarez's stunning picture book, Where Do They Go?, uses simple yet lyrical language to explore death in all its nuanced aspects, while bringing comfort to us all, both adults and children alike. Where Do They Go? is a must read for those who are grieving and those who have ever grieved. That is, it is a perfect book for everyone." —Edwidge Danticat, author of Mama's Nightingale "This lyrical, thoughtful, and affecting book about the many facets of the grieving and healing process is one both children and adults can appreciate." —Booklist "With a sad, gentle voice, Julia Alvarez addresses death with the beautiful language I’ve come to expect from her. She uses poetry to meditate on the questions we’ve all had about loss: “When somebody dies, where do they go? / Do they go where the wind goes when it blows? … Do they wink back at me when I wish on a star? Do they whisper, ‘You’re perfect, just as you are’?” These haunting, poignant words go well with Field’s simple, yet beautiful artwork." —BookRiot "Two gifted Vermonters join forces to tackle the mysteries of death head-on. A timeless question asked by children and adults alike brings together the voluminous talents of novelist, poet, and children's author Alvarez and renowned woodblock artist Field. In this spare, rhymed poem, "Where do they go?" is the driving query of those left wondering and reckoning with loss "when somebody dies": "Who can I ask? / Does anyone know? // Do they go where the wind goes / when it blows? // Do they fall with the rain / from the sky? / Are they my tears / when I cry?" Field's visibly textured prints portray the bereaved here as, mostly, grade school-aged children of different races, allowing readers everywhere to relate. Especially moving are Field's depictions of the departed in near-featureless blank white or black profile, vividly contrasting with the colorful, animated children longing to fill the absence of the missing loved ones. The text is laid out over and around the illustrations; calming horizontal lines of text and image complement one another on some pages, while on others the text is actively incorporated into the pictures. Without ever venturing an explicit explanation, Alvarez offers many tempting suggestions for those adapting to what remains and posits a wonderfully calming conclusion to a "small puzzle" that can sometimes prove large enough to unmoor those beset by loss of a loved one, especially for the first time. Alvarez and Field's remarkable synthesis of word and image here makes for a seamless, powerfully evocative contemplation of grief. (Picture book/poetry. 3-7)" —Kirkus Reviews "This is a stunningly beautiful all-ages book about grieving that can accommodate varied belief systems. It ultimately provides the comforting message that we carry the people we love in our heart and that they are always with us in some way. There really aren’t any books that address loss like this one. I find it very comforting." --Kelly at Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA. Publisher: Triangle Square Publication Date: November 2nd, 2016 Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Death & Dying Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1284
__label__wiki	0.650819	0.650819	Nobody Won Powerball Last Night Last night, one in three Australians took part in one of the biggest Powerball draws ever.. And NOBODY won! That means that that for the second time in six months, the division one prize will now be $100 million. The prize has jackpotted for eight weeks in a row and is now the equal highest it has ever been in 23 years. A total of 2,467,864 did win some money last night, with a lucky fifteen taking home $81,533.30 each. The Lott spokesman Matt Hart said that if one person wins $100 million next week, it would be the biggest lottery win in Australian history. ‘The current record is held by a Hervey Bay couple who won $70million in January 2016,’ he said. ‘Before their life-changing windfall, the winners confessed to never having won anything more than a chook raffle.’ Up to one-in-three adults in Australia are expected to enter next week’s Powerball draw.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1286
__label__cc	0.717614	0.282386	The US Navy Is Hacking Wetsuits for Arctic Warfare Susan Young/Office of Naval Research From left, graduate student Anton Cottrill, Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno and Dr. Michael Strano try out their neoprene wetsuits at a pool at MIT’s athletic center. Cottrill is holding the pressure tank used to treat the wetsuits with heavy inert gasses. A new wetsuit treatment could allow troops to operate in frigid water for far longer. When it comes to diving in frigid water, there’s a big difference between a SEAL and a seal. All the pull-ups and pistol squats in the world won’t turn the one into the other. That’s a challenge for a U.S. military increasingly concerned about countering Russian naval activity in the Arctic. So the Navy, working with researchers at MIT, is developing a new method for treating wetsuits that could extend the amount of time troops can spend in freezing water from minutes to hours. Here’s how it works. Wetsuits are made of neoprene, a material that functions a lot like animal blubber. Neoprene is full of little air pockets, or cells, that insulate a human in cold water. But that insulation effect only works for only a few minutes when the water is close to freezing. Michael Strano and Jacopo Buongiorno, two chemical engineering researchers at MIT, have discovered that if you fill the little air pockets with heavy, inert gases like argon or xenon, you can extend the amount of time the suit retains its insulation properties, and thus dive times for the humans wearing them in frigid water (48 degrees Fahrenheit in their paper) from minutes to perhaps three hours. As they illustrate in their paper, the process involves sticking the suit in a sealed container about the size of a beer keg and then pumping it full of gas for a day or so. “Our process is unique in that it modifies an existing wetsuit, making it demonstrably more insulating. So far, there are no tradeoffs with respect to comfort, flexibility, dexterity, etc. So the technology appears promising,” Strano told Defense One over email. “The next phase of our research will examine the human factor for this technology,” he said. “We’ve demonstrated a record low in thermal conductivity for neoprene, an important advance for sure. But the next step is to conduct field trials,” meaning it’s time to collect more detailed measurements about how well the suit works on humans. The Worst May Be Yet to Come in Syria No One’s Supplanting US Military Influence in Latin America	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1287
__label__wiki	0.632851	0.632851	Trump plan pushes fossil fuel expansion, undermines climate law Published: Published July 2, 2019 BoCC cool on climate order Warming schmorming Check references; don't cast slurs on half-truths Climate change believers are costing us jobs Controversy continues The sky is falling The Trump administration released a resource management plan today that would expand federal fossil fuel development across a huge swath of southwestern Colorado, threatening a growing organic agriculture hub and undermining the state's new climate law. The federal administration's plans directly contradict Colorado's new law calling for steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a 50 percent cut by 2030 and a 90 percent reduction by 2050. "We cannot afford federal decision-making that continues to ignore climate science," said Kyle Tisdel, attorney and energy program director with the Western Environmental Law Center. "Sustained exploitation of oil and gas is incompatible with a livable planet while also impeding the progress of communities like the North Fork Valley that thrive from a sustainable relationship to our public lands." "We will not let this terrible plan for our region stand," said Natasha Léger, executive director of Citizens for a Healthy Community. "After 43,000 no-leasing comments, a decade of local opposition, and pushback by the courts on Trump's 'energy dominance' agenda, it is truly unconscionable that the BLM thinks it appropriate to now open this rare and irreplaceable ecosystem to destruction by the oil and gas industry." The resource management plan for the Bureau of Land Management's Uncompahgre Field Office would result in more than a half a billion tons of new climate pollution over the next 20 years. It follows a similar draft plan released last week by the Trump administration for eastern Colorado that would triple annual greenhouse gas pollution from oil and gas development by 2037. These plans will dictate public lands management in Colorado for decades. "This plan is a disaster for southwestern Colorado and defies the state's attempts to rein in climate pollution," said Taylor McKinnon, a senior campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Nearly a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution comes from fossil-fuel extraction on public lands. Ending new oil and gas leasing on public lands is critical to confronting climate change. You can't solve a problem by making it worse." The BLM chose a new plan for the Uncompahgre area that had not previously been released, subverting public notice and comment requirements required under federal law. Despite community concerns about harm to agriculture and recreation, the BLM refused to analyze any alternative that would significantly curb fossil fuel development and rejected a call to prohibit new oil, gas and coal leases. "While local leaders are actively working to protect our climate and environment, the Trump administration is making a concentrated effort to roll back these safeguards," said Nathaniel Shoaff, senior attorney at the Sierra Club. "We cannot let the current administration overhaul community concerns and state laws to the detriment of us all." The Uncompahgre plan covers about 675,000 acres of public land and almost a million acres of federal minerals in southwestern Colorado. The region includes the North Fork Valley and Telluride, areas that support exceptional outdoor recreation and Colorado's largest concentration of organic agriculture. The area also includes numerous threatened and endangered species, including Colorado pikeminnows, razorback suckers, greenback cutthroat trout and Gunnison sage grouse. "The plan is a slap in the face to Colorado's commitment to reduce climate pollution and the reality of the climate crisis," said Rebecca Fischer, climate and energy program attorney with WildEarth Guardians. "We'll see if it stands up in court." The BLM claims it was unable to measure "the significance of impacts related to greenhouse gas emissions" and argued that stopping new leases in this single plan wouldn't stop climate change resource impacts from warming, like drought and wildfires. Yet the agency is currently updating 10 resource management plans, including those governing the nation's largest source of climate pollution from federal coal production in the Powder River Basin.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1288
__label__cc	0.66692	0.33308	Magnetósfera La Atmósfera La Cadena de Valor Lineal La Cadena de Revalorización Método del Proyecto Sistémico El Revalue Business Canvas Esta página profundiza en la descripción de los sistemas dominantes de producción y organización lineal existentes hoy en día en los países desarrollados/occidentales; con breves perspectivas históricas en las entradas del Blog al final de la página. El video de arriba es uno de los dos videos que proporcionan una visión general de la Cadena de Valor Lineal. Este primer video explica los elementos clave de la cadena de valor y la microeconomía. A la derecha, hay pestañas que contienen más información sobre cada uno de los elementos principales explicados en el video (en inglés). Lead Production Firm Lead Production Firm: This refers to those production firms that manage and have the greatest influence in the upstream and, often but not exclusively, in the downstream supply chain. A value chain can also be highly controlled by Lead Retail firms (see the main text for more information), or Lead Transformation Firms (as in the coffee industry – roasting…), or in some cases, Lead Specialised Labour (i.e., where specialised labour is highly sort-after, but hard to find). In more coarse grained terms – one can ask the question: who extracts the most profits out of the total profits generated in the value chain? The answer then highlights the lead firm(s) in the value chain, and then speaks a lot about the context of that market and or industry, and it’s relationship to geographic and socioeconomic issues. There are generally two main types of lead firm: Integrated Firms: Are those firms that manage and do a large majority of the production activities in the value chain, from product strategy to assembly, and manufacturing of components. Retail is generally not included in an Integrated Firm’s activities, but it can be. Although, non-integration is the predominant trend, integration has re-become a bit of a ‘hot topic,’ with the likes of Tesla Motors, and their new battery manufacturing facility; and Solar City for example. Non-Integrated Firms: like Integrated Firms, Non-Integrated Firms also initiate the flow of resources and information through the value chain, however, they focus more on ‘core activities,’ such as specific ‘high-value’ activities, such as R&D, design, and marketing for example; whilst outsourcing/contracting the other activities to external suppliers. This trend towards non-integration, has been increasing with specialisation. Factors of Production Factors of Production: Factors of Production are a taxonomy concept (a way to name and frame) developed in Classical Political Economy (the predecessor to modern economics). The concept still provides a useful way to discuss and think about some of the main essential elements that need to be brought together and organised to produce goods and services. Factors of Production are not consumed or physically embedded in the final goods. Land Space: New land can not be created – except for some reclaimed land from the sea – however, as the sea is really land covered in water, it is really a change in land use. Through the combination of the other factors of production, a farmer can attain a surplus of food and fibre from nature (which nature provides for free). All economic activities, beyond agriculture, and fishing (and forestry, foraging, and mining) need land, however, for manufacturing, infrastructure and housing, the concept of ‘land’ shifts towards ‘Space,’ and this is its’ usage in this model. When seen as Space or Area, new spaces can be created (underground, or up in the air) through buildings to cruise-liners for instance. Land in the terms of Space, is a clear distinction between a place to produce (at least) the basic elements to survive (i.e., food and clean water) – with its’ value linked to the fertility of the soil – and a place to produce goods and services and to live (and in most cases, without the access to soil). Land Space for production can be valued both as a place where an activity takes place, and as a commodity – a good that can be produced and sold for a profit. As a commodity it can be bought and held as an appreciating value asset, which can be rented, sold or used as collateral for a loan for instance. It’s economic value, is therefore determined both by its’ current value for use, and its speculated commodity value in the future – which in both cases is also linked to its’ geographic location (its’ relation to these factors in the rest of the economy). Entrepreneurs or Management: Entrepreneurs are those willing to bear risk, innovate and develop strategies, manage and lead a business venture. Management, is what usually takes over from entrepreneurs when a company reaches a certain size – when the business is too complex, or the original owner has retired or sold the business for example. In general terms, small business managers can be seen as entrepreneurs, even if the business has been running a long time (so entrepreneurship is not always a link with the ‘new’), as they often need to be multi-skilled, and very active to maintain their businesses cash-flow (particularly as they are far from a monopoly, and usually truly live in a real market of constant competition). Specialised Labour: Firms hire people either as a salary or wage worker, in exchange for their labour. Specialised labour is a slightly more defined description of ‘labour’, as today, there are virtually no jobs that do not require some form of basic training (which can also be referred to as ‘human capital’). An increasing division of labour developed throughout the industrial revolution to the modern-day, has lead to this ever increasing specialisation. Capital Good & Technology Industries & Goods (The Means of Production): Refers to the firms that design and build those goods that support labour in the production of final goods in the future, such as machines (i.e. Trump GmbH + Co.KG), factories, offices (Real Estate example is Harwood International), computers (i.e. Lenovo Group Ltd), and software (i.e. Dassault Systèmes S.A.) for example; and the Capital Goods themselves. Capital goods, when purchased, are investments that are usually useful for more than one tax year, and so can not be deducted as a business expense – entirely: Rather, the tax is deducted over the number of useful years the capital good has in service, and this is called depreciation. It is also important to note that according to (Rosenberg, 1982) most of the technological advancement of the past two centuries has occurred within the capital goods industry – not in consumer goods. “…it constitutes certain kinds of knowledge that make it possible to produce (1) a greater volume of output or (2) a qualitatively superior output from a given amount of resources.” (Rosenberg, 1982). Technological innovations can be in products, processes (like a recipe), work organisation, finance and markets for example; and can be radical or incremental. Innovations can cross industrial sectors (like capital goods technologies), and can both create new industries and destroy others. Raw Materials: are those materials that have had virtually no transformation, but have been produced/gathered/extracted by a combination of the factors of production. According to Giljum et al., (2009) there are five main categories of raw material input: biotic materials, abiotic materials, air, water and land area. However, in this map, there are four, as land area is not embedded in the final good; and for this reason it is a Factor of Production. 1) Biotic Materials: are the materials from Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry and Foraging (AFFF) activities, such as wood, linoleum, straw, humus, manure, bark, cotton, spider silk, chitin, fibrin, and bone. 2) Abiotic Materials: are the materials extracted through Mining activities, including “…minerals (metal ores, industrial and construction minerals) and fossil energy carriers (coal, oil, gas, peat).” (Giljum et al., 2009) 3) Air: “…is a key resource input to combustion and other processes and serves as a balancing item to establish material balances e.g. for the use of fossil fuels, producing CO2 from O2 in the air and carbon in the fuels.” (Giljum et al., 2009) 4) Water: is a major resource in all biotic and abiotic material production and extraction. If an LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) was being made on a product and or process, then Land Area is included, because: “Taking a resource use perspective, land area is one of the most restrictive categories of resources since humanity only has one planet on which we have to arrange sustainable ways of meeting our demands on land…” (Giljum et al., 2009) These man-made flows of raw material production/extraction/gathering can affect, directly or indirectly, some natural material flows in the natural world (see biogeochemical flows above), such as adding additional green-house gases into the atmosphere, or deforestation that can change rain patterns and biological food webs for example. About Commodities: When talking about raw materials, the term ‘commodity’ is often used, and so it is important to clarify what it means, as it has three main uses: A) A commodity, can be defined (as by Marx for instance), as a product that has been produced purely for sale, it is not a surplus of production. For example, it is not the extra carrots grown on a farm, after those are taken for self-consumption by the farmer; instead it can be the cereals that have been grown by the farmer to sell, and not consumed at all on the farm itself – or a factory, building a motor-car for example – the manufacturer is not building the car for its’ own use, but instead for the exchange of money from customers. B) Another use of the term, commodity, is the large volume production (usually by more than one producer) of raw materials. In this case, these raw materials can be seen, from a market perspective (usually a global market perspective), as all the same (standard), and often, only compete on price; these materials usually compete in large markets, with high competition, and correspondingly low profits. The way in which the raw materials have been produced, may be different (i.e., more or less negative or positive externalities), and of different quality (i.e., more or less vitamins in the carrots). But as a commodity, it maybe, and often is the case that it is, difficult to transmit these differences in the market, to adjust the price to that which is given by the market (low price elasticity). C) Within a global system, from coffee to cell phones (and so also products), all raw materials and products eventually mature towards (some faster than others) a form of commoditisation (they become a ‘commodity’). And so, unless companies can differentiate – i.e., though innovation and/or marketing, or market protection mechanisms, such as monopolisation, patents or state interventions, then all will eventually face the profit struggles of becoming a ‘commodity producer.’ Primary Industries: Those industries that produce the raw materials – and often commodity [the term commodities is explained above in Raw Materials]. In the majority of global value chains, agriculture is clearly a primary producer for the rest of the global value chain. An increasing number of intermediate companies have positioned themselves between the farmer and the final consumer. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Foraging (AFFF): As agriculture has grown in scale, and output has reduced in diversity through a trend towards specialisation, and exportation, agriculture has increasingly become a primary producer – moving toward commoditisation. However, beyond agriculture, there are still many different types of foods, or natural products that are foraged or hunted or gathered (including legal or illegal hunting) from the land and sea. Examples include natural pearls, seaweed, different types of wild flowers, berries, mushrooms, and wild deer. Fishing is still a form of hunting – although now with sophisticated search technology, the term ‘hunt’ is a little less clear, and fish ‘farms’ are increasingly part of the mix. Mining: This is all the companies that extract minerals, or organic materials (long-chain carbon based materials) from the earth, or from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef. Intermediate Suppliers & Goods These are also known as secondary factors of production, as they are created through the combination of the primary factors of production. Intermediate Suppliers also make up part of the Upstream Supply Chain. Energy: Here, we refer to energy that is being used an Intermediate Good (see below) which can come from non-renewable or renewable sources. Intermediate Goods: Those goods used as inputs for the production of final goods, manufactured by Integrated and Lead Firms, Subsidiaries, or Turnkey Suppliers for example. As with the rest of the value chain, there is some form of hierarchal order in this sector of activity. Many of the firms are vertically layered, with those above, contracting or sub-contracting inputs from those layers below. In most cases, the lower-end of the hierarchical chain is predominately, low-skilled, and low value (low profits), and is often based in developing countries. Heavy & Light Transformation Industries & Goods: These suppliers transform raw materials, through refining and chemical processes, into all the modern materials we use today – glass, steel, cement, carbon fibre, paper and cotton thread for instance. Company examples include The Dow Chemical Co., BASF SE, or E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for chemicals; Pilkington Group Limited for Glass, and Lafarge S.A. for cement and concrete for example. These industries have been seen by many economists as key sectors in the development of a modern state. Component Industries & Goods: These firms produce ‘discrete elements’, such as components, or sub-components, that become inputs for other component and sub-component manufacturers, or inputs for Turnkey Suppliers, or Lead or Integrated Firms and/or their Subsidiaries. Component Suppliers are also referred to as ‘lower-tier suppliers’, ‘specialised suppliers’, ‘sub-contractors’ or ‘commodity producers’; a large-scale example is Intel Corporation (micro-chips). Outsourcing, Offshoring & Service Industries Turn-key Suppliers: (Also called: System Suppliers, OEM suppliers, First-tier suppliers, Contract Manufacturers…). Examples include Dana, Delphi, Celestica, and Foxconn. Over the last 10 years or so, many lead firms have consolidated their base of suppliers, from sometimes a thousand to a few hundred. In this situation, the old suppliers are often still in the value chain, but now they are contracted via the turn-key supplier instead of the lead company. And so, Turn-Key Suppliers have positioned themselves in the supply chain, as a ‘single-source’ service, for both managing supply chains, and in some cases also assembling supply-chain parts from various sources, into more finished intermediate goods, or even final goods, for their upstream clients. Subsidiaries: These are companies that are fully owned, or partly owned (more than 50% of the stock), by a parent company (in this case the Integrated Firm or Lead Firm). In the situation of full ownership, this can be brought about through the Acquisition of, or Merger with, another company; or the construction of a new office/plant in the same country or abroad (offshoring). And in the case of part ownership over 50% (known as ‘Controlling Interest’), this can be a purchase of stocks from an existing company, or as a partnership in the construction of a new office/plant (again, onshore or offshore). Inter-firm Trade: Although this flow is not highlighted in the map, this is worth mentioning here. Inter-firm trade is when different production plants that are owned by the same company (within the same country or in different countries), are sending components or sub-components to be assembled in another plant within the same firm. It is estimated that between 30-50% of all international trade in manufactured goods is inter-firm trade (R. Lanz et al 2011). Basically the outputs from one production plant becomes the inputs of another. Although this may not seem so important to mention, when it is highlighted that these very high number of ‘trades’ are not in the market, and so prices are not dictated by the market, and they do not involve VAT. Service Industries & Goods: Many, companies of all sizes are outsourcing parts of their business to service providers. Two main forms of service industry is described below: Business Services: Includes ‘financial services‘ (global examples include Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, PwC, Ernst & Young, and KPMG for example), ‘communication services‘ (Cisco Systems, Inc. for example), ‘computer and information services’ (Infosys Limited for example), and ‘legal services’ (global examples include Dentons, and DLA Piper) for example. Particularly enabled by the internet, these specialised services can now also be outsourced to external 3rd party companies (based locally or worldwide) like Manufacturing activities can. Logistics & Packaging: Logistics Providers are a key component in the modern-day globalised value chain. From boats, to planes, to lorries, to trains, to vans, these companies move everything (that is not able to be transported by pipes, wires and electromagnetic waves (radio for example)…) through the value chain. Examples of third party logistic providers (3PL), such as DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding, Kuehne + Nagel, DB Schenker Logistics, Nippon Express, and UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Closely linked to logistics is packaging, which is also a key part of the logistics network. Packaging has to protect the goods, whilst often being designed to be as light and compact as possible, and labelled to support tracking. One of the biggest innovations in logistics has been the ‘pallet’ and the ‘shipping container.’ Companies include Chep, Arrowhead Systems, Inc. for instance. Ownership & Organisational Form Ownership & Organisational Form: The ownership of the means of production, is not the same as the organisational form of the enterprise. Both a ‘traditional’ company and a cooperative company often organise themselves in similar ways (i.e., integrated, and vertically scaled, with management groups), but the form of ownership and distribution of income can be very different. Different forms of ownership includes Sole Proprietorship, Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), Corporations, different forms of Partnerships, and Cooperatives for example. In terms of organisational form, this includes such options as whether the company is integrated or non-integrated, uses conventional hierarchy, flattened hierarchy, matrix, divisionalised, or networked management forms, for example. There are many different definitions of goods and services, which can also overlap depending on the context – for example, one product can be classed as more than one type of good – a car can be a durable good, or a luxury good, or a private good.., and can also be a service, if it is rented for instance. Although not discussed in this section, as there is the concept of a ‘Good’ – those materials that are said to satisfy human wants and provide utility; there is also the concept of a ‘Bad,’ in economics too, which is anything with a negative value to the consumer, or a negative price in the marketplace, i.e., waste. Tangible Goods: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG): Also known as ‘consumer packaged goods’ (CPG), are nondurable products that are consumed very quickly, and have a short shelf-life. Examples include soft-drinks, toiletries, some toys, and processed foods for example. Generally produced in large volumes. Nondurables Goods: Also known as consumables goods or soft goods, these goods are ‘used up’ during use, like ink in printers, and paper and pens for example. Durable Goods: Also known as hard goods, these goods are longer lasting, and can be used and reused many times over. Examples include washing-machines, fridges, cars, furniture, computers and mobile phones. Intangible Goods: A good that can not be touched. For example, mobile apps, and virtual goods (digital books, music, movies and online games for example). Intangible goods can be included as services, but here they are defined separately. A service is often designed and made with a customer (a haircut for example), but an intangible good can be made without any direct contact with or actual consideration in some cases, for the customer. Another way to look at is, is that intangible goods can be owned, and reused (perhaps indefinitely). Services: Are a form of contract between the supplier and the user. The user does not (generally) own the item(s) being paid for, instead they can hire/lease/rent the access to it’s use via a service provider or ‘Rentier’. The Five I’s of Services include: Intangible, no Inventory (no stock), Inseparability (the service provider is a key part of service delivery), Inconsistency (Each service is unique), and Involvement (The customer is involved in the service delivery process). Downstream Supply Chain Marketing Firms: This includes all marketing companies that are responsible for the communication of a product, service or brand to customers (e.g. Wolff Olins) for clients such as Final Manufacturers or Sales Firms. These companies can also be involved in the Research and Development of new (or rebranded) products and services (e.g., ?Whatif!), and the collection of consumer trends (Mintel Group Ltd for example). Wholesalers and Retailers: Also known as, Sales, Retailers, Distributors, Resellers, and Value-Added Resellers (VAR). In all value chains, nearly in all cases, the sales companies have the power to vary sales prices, promote one product over another, and have direct (physical or virtual – via the internet) contact with the final customer – a powerful part of the value chain. Examples include Darty plc and Groupe Fnac. After-Sales-Services: This group includes all companies that are either independent, working outside the product warranty or product insurance (domestic appliance companies, independent car garages, bicycle repair companies, or general mobile home repair services for example), or all those companies that are contracted by firms responsible for the warranty/product insurance (e.g., final manufacturer or sales firm), during, or in some cases outside, the period stipulated. This can include the same independent firms listed above, or international companies that integrate the service within other specialised tasks such as UPS, Inc. for example. Consumers: Describes the more traditional method of people consuming goods: A consumer pays for a good, uses it and either sells it or disposes of it once the good is no longer required, is broken, or is technologically obsolete for example. Waste and Waste Management “…anything for which the generator or holder has no further use and which is discarded or is released to the environment.” (ISO 14021:1999(en)) There are many ways to classify different types of waste, and many of the classifications overlap. However, in this map, the main waste types are separated into three main types: ▪ Pre-consumer Waste (Primary Sector Waste & Secondary Sector Waste) ▪ Post-consumer Waste (shown as the brown arrows) ▪ Gaseous, Liquid & Solid Pollution Pre-consumer Waste: Pre-consumer Waste is the ‘scrap’ from resource inputs (Biotic Materials, Abiotic Materials, Air, Water, and Land Area), during the extraction, production and transportation of Energy, extraction, cleaning (if required) and transportation of Water, and during Mining, Agriculture (AFFF), and Industrial activities. Post-consumer Waste: All waste, both hazardous and non-hazardous, coming from residential properties and commerce at the ‘end-of-pipe.’ Includes organic matter such as sewage (blackwater), waste water from different types of washing (greywater), food waste, and garden waste for example, and non-organic (packaging, and end-of-life products for example). Gaseous, Liquid & Solid Pollution: All the waste that is not captured, and leaks into the environment; which becomes pollution. Waste-to-Energy: This refers to domestic and industrial waste systems that incinerate, gasify, pyrolyse, or use plasma technology, to create electricity from wasted resource. Landfill: The disposal of solid waste into the ground. This can be with or without pre-treatment, and the site can be ‘sealed’ or unsealed. El video de arriba es el segundo de dos videos que dan una visión general de la Cadena de Valor Lineal. Este video muestra la macroeconomía. La macroeconomía incluye las instituciones, infraestructuras y políticas que influyen en la cadena de valor industrial (la microeconomía) y, en la mayoría de los casos, la hacen posible. Aunque no se discute en detalle aquí, la macroeconomía también incluye relaciones de un Estado o regiones -como el comercio, las finanzas y la política- con otros Estados o regiones; y el impacto e influencia que estas relaciones tienen tanto en el resto de la macroeconomía como en la microeconomía. A la derecha se encuentran las pestañas que contienen más información sobre cada uno de los elementos principales explicados en el video; en el texto de abajo se amplían las explicaciones en un formato de ensayo (en inglés). Hard Infrastructure Hard infrastructure: is the technology and structures that make the man-made stocks and flows physically possible. Hard infrastructure can be seen as the socialisation of the productivity of industry: the more efficient the hard infrastructure, the more efficient industry can be. And as a second benefit, much of the infrastructure can be used (and subsided) by the public for recreation and tourism for example. The, often large firms, that build large infrastructure, such as roads, and telephone lines, have often matured into large ‘natural’ monopolies, where large scale, centralised control, has been the predominant model. Solid Waste Infrastructure: This includes the hard infrastructure for managing solid waste in landfills, waste-to-energy, industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste, municipal domestic waste collection, and materials recovery for example. These are the companies and infrastructures that manage the waste system also discussed in the tab “Waste” in the section on micro-economics. Fresh Water and Waste Water Infrastructure: Fresh drinking water is usually sourced from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, aquifers (including fossil aquifers), or from the sea using different forms of desalination plants. The water is then pumped through a range of coagulation, sedimentation, disinfection and filtration processes, before it is transported to local storage tanks or reservoirs ready for domestic, industrial or agricultural use. This infrastructure also includes the management of waste water from industry, farms and homes for example. Energy Infrastructure: Here, we refer to the generation of Electricity, and the refining of the Gas and Petroleum Products. In the case of electricity production, raw materials such as Coal, Biomass, Limestone (with Coal burning), Oil (which has a refining stage), Uranium, Biofuels and Gas, are transported to Traditional Energy Generation Plants. Here, these fuels produce heat, which boils water to make steam, turns a turbine, which then drives a generator to produce electricity. The electricity is then connected, firstly to a Transmission Network (High voltage, long distance network), and then the Distribution Network (Low voltage short distance network), where it is connected to homes, offices and factories. Non-traditional Energy Generation Plants also make up the energy generation mix, such as Wind-farms, various forms of Solar Capture and Hydro-electricity for example. The fossil fuels (and wood products) can also be transported to be burnt in domestic and professional locations to produce heat for different applications. Earth Monitoring infrastructure: This group of hard infrastructure is not so visible, but it is an important part of our modern lives, including, Earth observation satellites, GPS, and Meteorological, Seismometer and tidal networks for example. This is often included in ‘communications’ (shown below), but it is not the same thing: this is uni-directional data collection and transmittance – an increasingly important part of environmental monitoring, and the ‘internet-of-things’ for instance. Communications & Data Storage Infrastructure: This includes the infrastructure that has transformed how information and data is spread across the world at incredible speeds (near the speed of light in many cases). Examples include, one of the oldest: the Postal Service, which is still innovating with concepts around drones…; Telephone Networks and Exchanges; Cable Television and Distribution Networks; The Internet, including the Core Routers, Data-Server Farms (stocks), Wireless data transfer, such as Wi-fi (and more recently Li-Fi), and software for example; and Communication Satellites and Cables (including undersea). Transport Infrastructure: This includes much of the large visible infrastructure that we see all around us in the built environment. Such as roads and the road structures (tunnels and bridges…), airports, seaports, railways, mass transit systems, canals, and ferries. Many of this structures require huge investments, and in some cases are funded by sovereign wealth funds: states that have a budget surplus such as many oil-producing nations in the Persian Gulf, China, Singapore and Norway for example. Buildings: All the structures we build, to live-in, work-in, play-in… Construction: This is not a primary industry, however it is very closely linked. Construction is the process of preparing for and forming buildings and groups of building and the necessary connected infrastructure. Construction starts with planning, design, and financing and continues until the structure is ready for occupancy. Construction companies build the physical soft-infrastructure and the hard-infrastructure, as well as residential structures. Real Estate Developers: They often manage construction development projects, can be involved in buying land, raising finance for projects, and design the vision for the project for example. Soft Infrastructure Soft Infrastructure: Includes policies and institutions, which are the mechanisms (rules for example) and structures (physical places with specific designs and technologies) that have been developed to govern and support a group of individuals within a community. The term soft infrastructure is being used here, as the definition between ‘policies’ and ‘institutions’ is not always clear, and the term ‘institution’ is also commonly used to describe both (often long-term) customs and behaviours, and formal organisations of government for example. Soft Infrastructure does not include the service sector of the economy. There is a tier of soft-infrastructure further to the imaginary left in this diagram, called Global-National Organisations, which includes Global Economic Organisations, Informal Summits, Military Alliances, Non-intergovernmental Organisations, Regional Organisations (E.U. for example), and Cultural, Linguistic, Ethnic, Religious and Historical Organisations. They are not shown for clarity reasons, though clearly this tier is an influential part of the system. Tier 0: The E.U. is a Regional Organisation (RO), a form of Global-National Organisation, which could equally be exchanged for another, like OAS, SAARC, CARICOM, UNSAR, ASEAN or ALBA for example. The E.U. is basically a collective of states, that has come together to create a new larger collective geopolitical boundary, with the focus on fostering (and maintaining) economic and political integration and cooperation. Tier 1A: This includes the main elements of the Nation State; The Governance Infrastructure, The Social Infrastructure, The Economic Infrastructure, and Cultural, Sports & Recreation Infrastructure. Tier 1B: This is a more detailed breakdown of the main elements of the Nation state. Governance Infrastructure includes the Executive System, the Judiciary System, the Legislation System, the Tax System, the Emergency Services, and the Military Infrastructure. Social Infrastructure includes the National Health System, the Welfare State, and the Education system. The Economic Infrastructure includes, the Financial System, the Manufacturing Infrastructure, and the Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Infrastructure (this last one is not shown). The Cultural, Sports & Recreation Infrastructure includes, Tourism Infrastructure, Cultural Infrastructure (libraries, museums, theatres…), and Sports and Recreation Infrastructure (sports facilities, parks etc). This last element has no Tier 1B definition on the map, as they are not a priority in reference to the story of remanufacturing (as yet!). Tier 1C: As in Tier 1B, only those elements relating directly to the remanufacturing story have been included: Principles/Standards/Guidelines: Go to this link for a detailed overview of what these are: Principles, Standards and Guidelines Development Policy: In this example we are focusing on industrial development policy. And this refers to policies that can be specifically refined or defined, with the objective to encourage economic development. Parks & Zones: This includes two, sometimes linked, industrial development strategies. The first are industrial parks (IE) (also known as industrial estates or trading estates), which are zones that have been planned for the development of industry. The second are special economic zones (SEZ), which also includes (FTZ), EPZ (Export Processing Zones), FZ/FEZ or BLP for example. R&D Labs: This includes de-centralised labs that can be both private and public (or a mix of the two), that are outside of the linear value chain itself, but are key in the development of long-term science and technology, that directly, and indirectly, help manufacturing R&D labs develop new innovations in the market. M. Mazzucato (2013) highlights that most of the innovations for the iPhone for example – such as the touch screen interface, the internet, GPS, and Siri were all developed in government funded labs. Financial Institutions: This includes different types of institutions that deal with Deposits (Banks, Building societies, Trusts…), Contracts (Insurance and pensions), and Investments (Investment banks, Underwriters…). Higher Education: Also known as tertiary education, this is the optional stage of education after secondary education. It includes universities, colleges and vocational schools, trade schools, and institutes of technology for example. Knowledge Networks: In this case, relates to formal knowledge networks that are supported by a group, company and/or technological service; to help the spread of specific knowledge to a specific group of actors (the ‘connect‘ network in the UK for example), or general knowledge to humanity in general (wikipedia for example). The knowledge networks can be paid or free, and can be fully open, or open to members only. Action Groups: This includes individuals, groups or a network of groups and individuals, involved and tasked in the activity of change on some part of the system as whole. One well known form of Action Group are Clusters. Financial Capital & Trade Flows: These are in fact two different flows, but have been grouped for simplicity. Trade flows, refers to the national and international trade routes (historic and geographic in many cases). Financial Capital refers to flows of investments and payments that invariably flow down the linear value chain. Technology Flow: Technology as a flow, is the flow of Technological knowledge and progress between people, which “…constitutes certain kinds of knowledge that make it possible to produce (1) a greater volume of output or (2) a qualitatively superior output from a given amount of resources.” (Rosenberg, 1982). Information & Expertise Flows: This links strongly to a definition of culture “[the] transmission of learning via language and symbols” given by Göran Therborn (Therborn, 2011). The Flow of information through the system, as different forms of media, entertainment and art, and models and values for example. Expertise, refers to those people that have experience in a field and share that knowledge with others, or apply knowledge and experience to a particular task. Information and Expertise can flow up or down the value chain – although it is often controlled and managed; particularly by those leading the value chain. Workforce Flows: This includes those people already in employment or searching employment. And here it refers to the flow of people though the system, both as an employee (filling new positions or leaving old ones, commuting to and from work, and work related travel for example), and as a person emigrating, immigrating, or migrating from their homes to another state or country, or from the countryside to the city, for work, for example. Social-Ecological Systems Society: This is a rather large topic for one icon! This refers to the waves of globalisation during human history, our different modes of livelihoods, population ecologies, and ethnic and religious dynamics and cultures for example. Households: Refers to the work, leisure activities, and social dynamics of the household; and those actors involved in those activities. The household actors include those not directly part of the market economy: such as those involved in domestic production and/or consumption work within the household, domestic workers, the retired, those in education, and those with disabilities. And the household also includes those that are also directly part of the market economy: the market economy workforce itself (including the self-employed), the unemployed, and volunteers for example. The Environment: This describes the biogeochemical cycling through both plants and animals (the biosphere), and through rocks, soils, (the lithosphere), through water and ice (the hydrosphere), and through the air (the atmosphere). All elements go through cycle pathways, as stocks or flows. It also describes, geography, and ecology: The Earth and the energy coming into the Earth from Gravity and the Sun. 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(2009) ‘Cumulative Causation and Northeast Asian Post-War Industry Policy’, in Sebastian Berger (ed.) ‘The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics: The Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation’. UK: Routledge, pp.43-64 designcontext Soft-Infrastructure Strategies Governments and Regions have access to many tools that they can use to influence (i.e., provoke, support or restrict) certain developments in the economy. This section focuses on a few of the key ones. This is a slightly more technical section, aimed more at policy or economic development actors. Principles, Standards & Guidelines (Some Rules) This is a very powerful motivator and regulator of markets: dictating what can and can't be sold in a particular Category : Linear Value Chain Blog Private and State-owned Enterprises After the Second World War, many European governments transformed particular enterprises into state-owned enterprises (SOEs) or created new ones (with complete or partial ownership), making them, by far, the largest single employer in the domestic economy. These state-owned enterprises make up a large part of the modern-day hard and soft infrastructure, and are often formed where there are natural monopolies, or where the enterprises are politically sensitive or strategic. Natural resource extraction, energy production and/or distribution, transport networks, the military, broadcasting, and healthcare are Production: A Vertical Splintering of Industry Capital goods suppliers, such as the machining-tool industry, produce industrial equipment such as milling machines, grinders and lathes, that are bought by mass-manufacturing firms. It is the capital goods, combined with particular production technologies, such as interchangeable parts and the production-line system (as-well as organisational innovations) that have transformed production into mass-production. According to (Rosenberg, 1982) most of the technological innovation of the past two centuries have occurred within the capital goods industry. As Adam Smith explains, Ene 09 2016 Raw Materials – where do they come from? The material outputs from mining activities are not only inputs for the manufacturing value chain, but are also inputs for hard infrastructure and modern agriculture. And like modern Agriculture, both are also enabled by hard infrastructure, making them very much inter-dependent actors within the economy’s technical foundation. Raw materials are the critical inputs to the value chain: without raw material inputs coming from mining and from AFFF - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Foraging (and in some cases coming via hard infrastructure), modern Production Inputs: Two main groups Lead Manufacturing Firms have two forms of inputs: A) Factors of Production B) Supply Chain. In the photo above, can you identify the different elements described below, that are required for producing the meal (a product or service)? See the answers at the end of this section. A) Factors of Production The first form of inputs, the ‘left leg’ in the main linear value chains map, are the Factors of Production: Land Space Entrepreneurship & Management Specialised Labour Value Chains The value chain concept was first described and popularised by Michael Porter (1985). A value chain is "the sequence of productive (i.e., value-added) activities leading to and supporting end use" (Sturgeon 2001); in other words, each actor in the sequence adds value, often in it's own market, and therefore, obtains profits/rents for their work - including particular types of customers. The linear sequence of events can be broken down into five main stages: inputs (extraction), make (production), outputs (goods/services and distribution), consume (use or buy/rent), and waste (throw-away). Modern	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1290
__label__wiki	0.924153	0.924153	Iowa boys school's use of restraints, seclusion could devastate students' psyches, doctors testify A class-action lawsuit seeks to force Iowa's State Training School for Boys to stop restraining students or placing them in solitary confinement. Iowa boys school's use of restraints, seclusion could devastate students' psyches, doctors testify A class-action lawsuit seeks to force Iowa's State Training School for Boys to stop restraining students or placing them in solitary confinement. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/06/13/iowa-state-boys-training-school-trial-solitary-confinement-restraints-disability-rights-iowa-eldora/1445801001/ Tony Leys, Des Moines Register Published 5:21 p.m. CT June 13, 2019 Disability Rights Iowa says the Boys State Training School has overused isolation and restraints on teens for misbehavior, which the school denies. Wochit Mentally ill students at Iowa's State Training School for Boys are "exquisitely vulnerable" to long-lasting psychological harm from being placed in isolation cells or being strapped to a bed with a large Velcro device, a psychiatrist testified in federal court this week. Leaders of the state-run Eldora institution testified that the measures are used only as a last resort to protect the safety of students and staff members when boys become agitated and violent. But mental-health professionals testifying on behalf of teens who were subjected to the restraints and solitary confinement said that's not true. The practices are at the heart of a federal trial that started last week in Des Moines. The group Disability Rights Iowa filed a class-action lawsuit in 2017 against the Iowa Department of Human Services, alleging the agency allows inhumane treatment at the school, which houses nearly 100 teen boys who have been found legally delinquent for committing crimes. "The wrap" is a restraint device used at Iowa's Boys State Training School at Eldora. (Photo: Disability Rights Iowa) School staff members have often used isolation or restraints to discipline teens, testified Stuart Grassian, a Massachusetts psychiatrist who has written extensively about the psychological effects of solitary confinement. Grassian, testifying for Disability Rights Iowa, said school records show one boy was put in isolation for 12.5 hours because he continued to fart in a locker room after staff told him to stop. The unidentified boy claimed he had lactose intolerance and couldn't stop, Grassian said. Records show another boy was strapped to a bed with a large Velcro and leather contraption, called "the wrap," despite having asthma, a severe heart condition and liver problems, Grassian said. The device presses on the chest and abdomen, could have killed the boy, and staff members did not obtain medical clearance before putting him in it, the psychiatrist testified. "Why would you do that?" asked Grassian. At another point, he described some of the staff's actions as "sadistic." Grassian described the wrap as "a 14-point restraint system that crushes both body and spirit." He said he'd never seen such a device before. Andrea Weisman, a Washington, D.C., psychologist who has studied the use of restraints and isolation on adolescents, said the wrap is "akin to a torture device." A building at the Boys State Training School at Eldora. (Photo: Disability Rights Iowa) Restraints, solitary confinement ended elsewhere Weisman and Grassian testified that many other states have stopped using solitary confinement and restraints in facilities for troubled teens. Doing so made the facilities safer because the students were less agitated, the mental-health professionals testified. Many teens in such facilities have histories of mental illness often caused by childhood abuse and neglect, Weisman and Grassian testified. Being isolated or restrained can re-trigger the damage from such traumas, making boys lose control to the point of violence or hallucinations, they said. The Eldora institution's staff doesn't take boys' mental health histories into account before placing them in isolation or restraints for aggressive behavior, Weisman testified. "They need to understand that kids may not just be misbehaving — they may be sick," she said. The case will be decided by U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose, who is presiding over the trial. State administrators testified that the facility tries to minimize the use of restraints and isolation. Jerry Foxhoven, director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, called the Eldora school "the placement of last resort." It houses boys who have committed serious crimes and have failed to succeed at less-restrictive programs, he said. For many of them, he said, "the alternative to the training school is adult prison. ... It's their last hope." Assistant Attorney General Anagha Dixit, helping represent the state, repeatedly tried Thursday to ask Foxhoven what would happen if the state were forced to close the Eldora boys school. Lawyers for Disability Rights Iowa objected to the question, noting their lawsuit doesn't seek closure of the facility. Rose upheld the objections. Judge questions legality of assessment process At one point Wednesday, Rose briefly halted the trial while Dixit was questioning the school's nursing director, Tanya Richmond. Dixit had been asking Richmond to describe how the nursing staff handles boys who are being admitted to the school. Richmond, who is a registered nurse, replied that she or one of the three licensed practical nurses she supervises give each boy an initial assessment. The judge interjected, and asked Richmond whether the school's licensed practical nurses, who have less training than registered nurses, performed initial assessments on the boys. Richmond told the judge they did. The judge then grimaced, and turned to the assistant attorney general. "Is counsel aware that's not legal under Iowa law?" Rose asked Dixit. The judge, who is a former federal prosecutor, said she happened to know that state law prohibits licensed practical nurses from doing initial assessments on patients. The judge said it also may be a problem under federal law for licensed practical nurses to dispense medications prescribed via video by an off-campus doctor, as Richmond had previously testified. The judge warned Dixit she might be putting Richmond's professional license in jeopardy by having her testify about such practices. After a 15-minute break in the trial, the state lawyer moved on to other matters in her questioning of the state nurse. In a telephone interview Thursday, Iowa's top nursing regulator confirmed that a licensed practical nurse could face discipline for performing initial assessments on patients, even if supervised by a registered nurse or a physician. Kathleen Weinberg, the executive director of the Iowa Board of Nursing, also said a registered nurse who supervises licensed practical nurses could be disciplined for allowing them to do such assessments. Weinberg, who didn't know the details of the Eldora incident, said her agency normally would investigate such a case if it received a complaint about it. Superintendent talks emotionally of 'my kids' In court Thursday, the school's superintendent, Mark Day, testified about the staff's dedication to keeping students safe while trying to steer them away from lives of crime. Day, who has run the Eldora institution since 2008, referred to the students as "my kids." He said that staff members strive to make the facility feel more like a campus than a prison, and that they try to help the boys catch up on classes and learn a trade, such as carpentry or welding. Day, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, sat through several days of testimony on behalf of the plaintiffs. He testified in a matter-of-fact manner when called by state lawyers Thursday morning. But he became emotional as he described how he, his wife and their son and daughter serve Christmas breakfast every year to boys at the school who are unable to go home for the holiday. He wiped his eyes, and his voice became husky. He paused for several seconds. "I'm sorry, Your Honor," he told Rose. "It's hard to be vilified when you know what's really going on." Rose assured him it was all right, and Day regained his composure and continued to testify. The trial is expected to continue into next week. When it's done, Rose will decide whether to order changes in the way the school handles its students. The plaintiffs are not seeking monetary damages. 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__label__cc	0.716419	0.283581	Home >> A Issues >> Nclbwork >> Grant Supports Charter Schools Grant Supports Charter Schools The No Child Left Behind Act provides grants to states to expand the number of charter schools. The U.S. Department of Education views charter schools as important alternatives in communities with struggling schools. Included: Information about the federal Charter Schools Program. Idaho received a $1.9 million federal grant to expand the number of charter schools in the state and test the progress of the schools' students. The grant was issued through the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program, which is tied to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Idaho expected to have 24 charter schools this fall. The purpose of the Charter Schools Program is to increase national understanding of the charter school model and to expand the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The monies are meant to provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools, and for evaluating the effects of charter schools, including the effects on students, student academic achievement, staff, and parents. Additionally the program aids in the dissemination of information and successful practices. $1.9 million to go to charter schools This news article appeared in the Idaho Statesman on August 7, 2005. Note: This link was live at the time of publication. Some newspaper Web sites require registration. Others retain complete news stories for a limited time.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1292
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__label__wiki	0.6675	0.6675	CalendarEventsBroadcasts Gilles Gobeil Gilles Gobeil’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Aarhus, Banff, Bangor, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Berkeley, Berlin, Birmingham, Bogotá, Boston, Bourges, Bowling Green, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cagliari, Calgary, Cascais, Cluj-Napoca, Cologne, Crest, Dijon, Dresden, Drummondville, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Essen, Glasgow, Halifax, Helsinki, Huddersfield, Karlsruhe, Keele, Kingston, Kraków, Leicester, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Magdeburg, Manchester, Mons, Montpellier, Montréal, Morelia, New York City, Nîmes, Norwich, Oberlin, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Prague, Rome, Saignelégier, San Francisco, Santiago, São Paulo, Scarborough, St Catharines, Stanford, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, Toronto, Troy, Uppsala, Valdivia, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Victoriaville, Vienna, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Weimar and Winnipeg… Gilles Gobeil has completed a master’s degree in composition at Université de Montréal, after studying writing techniques. He has been focusing his work on acousmatic and mixed music since 1985. His works fall close to what is called ‘cinema for the ear.’ Many of his pieces have been inspired by literary works and attempt to let us ‘see’ through sound. Gilles Gobeil has won over 20 national and international awards including the Ars Electronica (Austria, 1995, 2005), Black & White (Portugal, 2009), Bourges (France, 1988, ’89, ’99, 2009), British Design & Art Direction (UK, 2002), Brock University (Canada, 1985), Canadian Music Council (1985), Ciber@RT (Spain, 1999), CICEM (Monaco, 2014), CIMESP (Brazil, 1997, ’99, 2001), Destellos (Argentina, 2011, ’12), Luigi Russolo (Italy, 1987, ’88, ’89), Métamorphoses (Belgium, 2000, ’02), NEWCOMP (USA, 1987), SDE Canada (1984), SOCAN (Canada, 1993), and Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1994, ’97) competitions. His DVD-Audio Trilogie d’ondes has won the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM)’s Prix Opus for Best Album in 2004-05; his CD Le contrat was nominated in the same category in 2003-04. Gobeil has received commissions from Codes d’accès (Montréal), DAAD (Berlin, Germany), empreintes DIGITALes (Montréal), Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges (GMEB, France), Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM, France), Musiques & Recherches (Belgium), Réseaux des arts médiatiques (Montréal), Société Radio-Canada, Totem contemporain (Montréal), Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM, Germany), from Folkmar Hein, Uli Aumüller, Camille Mutel, and Oscar Wiggli, and from performers Suzanne Binet-Audet, René Lussier, Arturo Parra, and Rick Sacks. He has been composer-in-residence in Banff (Canada, 1993, ’95), Bourges (France, 1991), EMS (Sweden, 2013), GRM (France, 1993, 2012), Franz Liszt Academy (Weimar, Germany, 2010), Miso Music Portugal (2012), Musiques & Recherches (Belgium, 2012), PANaroma (Brazil, 2014), and ZKM (Germany, 2005, ’06, ’07, ’09, ’10, ’12, ’13), and guest composer at DAAD (Germany, 2008). Gilles Gobeil is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), and co-founder of Réseaux, an organization devoted to producing media arts events. [English translation: François Couture, v-15] Sorel-Tracy (Québec), 1954 Residence: Drummondville (Québec) info@gillesgobeil.com fr.wikipedia.org Brahms gilles-gobeil M&R 179/gobeil-gilles ISNI 0000000084200210 Musicbrainz edfd95ed-d938-4634-a3ac-184774032fc0 VIAF 4796829 Wikidata Q3106269 Gilles Gobeil [Photo: Isabelle Gardner, March 26, 2006] Essen (Germany) Park Sounds 1 Lisbon (Portugal) Música Viva 2019: Encontro XV: Orquestra de Altifalantes — Gilles Gobeil Tallinn (Estonia) World New Music Days 2019: Varjukunst / Shadow Art Résidence croisée: Gilles Gobeil, Stéphane Roy Uppsala (Sweden) Ljudbio: V — Femton kompositörer från hela världen El so de les ondes Martenot Montpellier (Hérault, France) Cours de maître + concert San Francisco (California, USA) The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2019: Concert 3 Prague (Czech Republic) Koncert Musica Nova 2018 Kraków (Poland) Audio Art Festival 2002: CIME / PSeME / SME Musicacoustica-Beijing 2018: Concert Series 11: CIME / ICEM Prix São Paulo (Brazil) Gilles Gobeil’s complete calendar July 2, 2018 Gilles Gobeil, Voix blanche (1988, 89) Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada) November 12, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Associations libres (1990) Capsule acousmatique no 7 / Radio Douves (France) September 21, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Golem (2012-13) Martian Gardens #901 / Global Community Radio Channel 2 (USA) September 6, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Golem (2012-13) Martian Gardens #899 / Global Community Radio Channel 2 (USA) June 22, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Des temps oubliés (2012) Martian Gardens #890 / Global Community Radio Channel 2 (USA) April 6, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Les lointains noirs et rouges (2008-09) Martian Gardens #880 / Global Community Radio Channel 2 (USA) March 1, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Castalie (2008) Martian Gardens #876 / Global Community Radio Channel 2 (USA) January 3, 2017 Gilles Gobeil, Le miroir triste (2007) Radio Horizon 93.9 (South Africa) September 27, 2016 Gilles Gobeil, Nous sommes heureux de… (1992) Radio Horizon 93.9 (South Africa) September 23, 2016 Gilles Gobeil / Lyette Limoges, La ville machine (1992) Radio Horizon 93.9 (South Africa) September 13, 2016 Gilles Gobeil, Voix blanche (1988, 89) Radio Horizon 93.9 (South Africa) June 27, 2016 Gilles Gobeil, Ombres, espaces, silences… (2005) Les territoires du son / Radio Saint Ferréol (France) All of Gilles Gobeil’s broadcasts	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1298
__label__wiki	0.760296	0.760296	Hundreds of new mothers are missing out on skin-to-skin contact with newborns Michael Steward michael.steward@archant.co.uk @MichaelReporter 31 October, 2018 - 19:00 NHS statistics reveal many mothers are missing out on skin-to-skin contact with newborns Picture: FIONA HANSON/PA Many mothers giving birth at hospitals in the region are missing out on important skin-to-skin bonding time with their newborns, according to NHS statistics. NHS statistics for the region showed some newborns are missing out on skin-to-skin contact and their first breastfeed Picture: GETTY IMAGES/iSTOCKPHOTO Immediate skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby has “lasting benefits” for both, according to experts, including protecting babies from infection and encouraging them to breastfeed. But a quarter of mothers – 365 in total – at Ipswich Hospital missed out on the important bonding time last year. In 2017-18, 1,590 mothers gave birth at the hospital and Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust recorded data for 1,460 mothers, excluding those who had premature babies born before 37 weeks. In total, 75% had skin-to-skin contact with their babies within an hour of delivery, which was below the national average of 81%. Ipswich Hospital was below the national average for skin-to-skin contact Picture: PHIL MORLEY At Colchester Hospital, 21% of mothers did not have skin-to-skin contact with their babies within an hour of delivery, which also fell slightly below the national average. The figures at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds for skin-to-skin contact last year were above the national average – at 84%. The Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust was also higher than the national average, with 84% of mothers experiencing skin-to-skin contact with their babies with the first hour of delivery last year. The Royal College of Midwives said that maternity wards should “make every possible effort for all babies to have skin-to-skin contact with their mothers within one hour of birth”. The process involves putting the newborn baby on its mother’s bare chest and covering both with a warm blanket. This encourages the baby’s natural instinct to breastfeed. The NHS figures also revealed the number of newborn babies who did not get a first feed of breast milk. The first breastfeed contains colostrum, nicknamed “liquid gold” because of its numerous health benefits and protective effects. At Colchester Hospital, 73% of babies had maternal or donor breast milk for their first feed, below the national average of 74%. A total of 76% of babies at Ipswich Hospital had maternal or donor breast milk for their first feed, which was slightly higher than the national average. It was a similar picture at both West Suffolk Hospital and Mid-Essex, with 76% of babies getting maternal or donor breast milk for their first feed. Jane Scattergood, midwifery advisor at Public Health England, said: “Skin-to-skin contact directly after birth has lasting benefits for both mother and baby. “It also supports breastfeeding, which helps give babies the best nutritional start in life. “We know some mothers may need support and encouragement to help them start and continue with breastfeeding. “That’s why we provide trusted advice to parents through our Start4Life campaign resources, and to midwives and health visitors through professional guidance.” West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust reaction Lynne Saunders, head of midwifery at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are proud to have supported 76% of our new mothers in 2017-18 to breastfeed in their first feed - a figure that is above the national average. “We help our parents understand that breastfeeding increases their baby’s protection against a range of health issues and has health benefits for both mother and child. “However, some of our mothers choose formula feeding. There are many reasons for this; some mothers have complications or practical reasons which need to be taken into account. “For example, some may be on medication which means they cannot breastfeed their baby for health reasons. Whatever the situation, we support our new mothers to make the right choice for both her and her newborn. “At the end of 2017 we received the internationally recognised Baby Friendly Award Level Three set up by Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the WHO (World Health Organisation) for our care of new mothers, and breastfeeding support. “We also understand the importance of skin to skin contact for mothers and babies, and in our recent Baby Friendly annual audit 97.3% of mothers surveyed had held their baby in skin contact after their birth. “At such an important time in their lives we want to ensure new mothers feel confident and empowered, and are always looking at ways we can improve and enhance the care our parents receive.” Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital reaction Jan Ingle, head of communications for Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, said: “Women are supported in the choices that they make. “We are very clear with the benefits and advantages of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding but we have to respect choice. “What these statistics fail to tell us is why. There could be a number of reasons why it hasn’t taken place.” Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust comment A spokesman for the trust said: “We are pleased that our breastfeeding rates are above the national average, but are always looking at ways we can improve our figures. “We know that breast milk gives babies the best start in life, and we provide new mothers with all the information to allow them to make an informed choice about feeding their baby. “To help support breastfeeding at the Trust, we have an Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife who provides expert help and guidance to both mums and midwives.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1299
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__label__wiki	0.566712	0.566712	"Screw the FDA, I'm Gonna DOA" To my surprise, Jean-Marc Vallée's last film, Café de Flore, ended up being one of my favourites of 2012. His latest work, Dallas Buyers Club, is very different in terms of topic, theme and mood, but both films tell of ordinary lives writ extraordinary and offer strong performances at their core. Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodruff, an electrician and former rodeo bull rider in small-town Texas who is told he is HIV-positive and has 30 days to live. The Ron we first meet isn't easy to like: he's racist, sexist and homophobic, addicted to drugs and women. Initially, he rejects the diagnosis, telling Dr Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner) and her boss Dr Sevard (Dennis O'Hare) that he can't be HIV-positive because he's the straightest, most macho man in all of Texas. After doing some research, however, he realises that his intravenous drug use may have had a role in the infection and that a promising new drug, AZT, might be the answer to his prayers. But AZT clinical trials are only just kicking off and it hasn't yet been approved by the FDA, and Ron can't even buy the stuff. For a while, he steals discarded vials of the drug from the dumpsters at the back of the hospital, washing down the meds with beer and following up with a cocaine chaser, but when his supply dwindles, a tip from a janitor sends him to Mexico in search of a doctor who can hook him up with some AZT. When he arrives, though, Dr Vass (Griffin Dunne), tells him the AZT he has been taking has actually been worsening his compromised immune system, and instead gives Ron several other treatments that he says will alleviate the symptoms. After his health improves greatly, and Ron realises that he can make some money and potentially help others with HIV if he imports some of Dr Vass's drugs to the US for resale. Sale of unapproved medical products in the US is, of course, illegal, so instead he launches the Dallas Buyers Club after reading about a similar concept in New York. Members pay Ron a $400 monthly membership fee and in return, they can have access to all the drugs they want. Ron's problem is that he doesn't know many would-be members, so he recruits Rayon (Jared Leto), a transvestite prostitute, to find potential clients. This leads to a cat-and-mouse game with the FDA, who keep trying to block Ron's supply and shut down his operation, and Dr Sevard, who seems to have been compensated by the manufacturer of AZT for allowing his hospital to participate in AZT trials. McConaughey is fantastic as Ron — and almost unrecognisable, with his 'tache and gaunt, painfully thin frame. He injects just the right amount of black humour and edge (and impeccable comic timing) into a complex and sympathetic portrayal. Leto, also nearly unrecognisable, is very good too, and the chemistry between them works well, especially as their friendship develops. It was also fun to see Dennis O'Hare, who plays the bleeding-heart-liberal Judge Abernathy in the Good Wife, as the hard-nosed, brusque Dr Sevard. Another Good Wife actor, Dallas Roberts, has a small role as Ron's lawyer too. Dallas Buyers Club is entertaining and compelling, but is a good, rather than a great, film that will probably be remembered as the film that earned — or nearly earned — McConaughey his first Oscar. One thing that irritates me about Dallas Buyers Club is the way it seems to distort how the medical research process works. Some people will watch the film and think, "gee, aren't the FDA and drug companies terrible?" because they were preventing patients with HIV from taking AZT. One asks why the clinical trials can't be expedited. If only it were that simple. I'm not saying that the FDA and Big Pharma are perfect, but handing out potentially effective drugs willy-nilly on the basis of some promising results in an animal model would not end well. I work in scientific publishing and see dozens of research papers offering potential new therapeutic treatments for disease each week, but the percentage of these that end up proving both effective and safe in humans is very small. I think Vallée could have done a better job of portraying such a complex issue. Labels: movie reviews, movies	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1304
__label__wiki	0.518765	0.518765	Children And Adolescents With Eating Disorders Are Clinically Distinct, Study Suggests Last updated Sept. 6, 2015 Approved by: Maulik P. Purohit MD MPH Eating disorders can cause serious health problems for children and adolescents. Children were also less likely to binge eat, purge, or exercise for shape and weight control compared to adolescents. Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Eating Disorders Program (PMH EDP) Senior Research Psychologist Dr. Hunna Watson and colleagues investigated the physical, behavioral, and clinical differences between children and adolescents with eating disorders. They concluded significant distinctions between the two groups. Dr. Watson says eating disorders in males were more common during childhood than adolescence. “Children were less likely to binge eat, purge, or exercise for shape and weight control compared to adolescents,” Dr. Watson says. Children also lost weight faster than adolescents. Also, adolescents were more likely to present with bulimia nervosa and report binge eating, self-inducing vomiting, and laxative misuse. The data, however, did reveal both children and adolescents were equally susceptible to malnutrition complications such as bradycardia (slow heart rate) and hypotension (low blood pressure). These are common in young people with eating disorders. “Eating disorders have severe and debilitating physical manifestations, with risk of multi-organ failure, and hospitalization is commonly warranted,” Dr. Watson says. The research team used collected data from the Helping to Outline Paediatric Eating Disorders (HOPE) Project, a pediatric clinical eating disorder archive comprising patients admitted to the PMH EDP from 1996. The archive consisted of 656 young people – 104 children under the age of 13 years and 552 adolescents between the ages of 13 to 17 years – who met the DSM-V criteria for an eating disorder. The diagnoses were achieved through the Eating Disorder Examination, which measures behavioral symptoms (binge-eating, purging and excessive exercise) and cognitive symptoms (restriction, weight and shape concern). The young people also underwent a medical review of clinical features like body mass index (BMI) scores and body weight loss. Of the 104 children, 43 children or 41.3 percent were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 2 children were diagnosed with bulimia disorder, and 59 children were diagnosed with Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) In the adolescent group, 210 of 552 adolescents were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 57 were diagnosed with bulimia nervosa and 285 were diagnosed with EDNOS. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.22201/abstract;jsessionid=9C55B32EE51E9856B59AFF324C3FE05E.f01t01 (accessed on 1/12/2014) First uploaded: Jan. 12, 2014 Last updated: Sept. 6, 2015	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1305
__label__wiki	0.993844	0.993844	World & Policy/ Taiwan Protests China Jets TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan said Monday its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China's move a provocation that seeks to alter the status quo in the waterway dividing the island from mainland China. Taiwan's defense ministry said a pair of Chinese J-11 jet fighters crossed the line at around 11 a.m. Sunday and entered the island's southwestern airspace. It said Taiwan scrambled jets to warn off the Chinese planes, which came within about 185 kilometers (115 miles) of Taiwan. "Yesterday, Chinese military aircraft provoked us by violating the tacit agreement by crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait. They backed to the west side of the median line after warnings by our Air Force," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said in remarks at a military awards ceremony. Foreign Ministry Joseph Wu told reporters at the legislature that the line crossing was an intentional act, calling it a provocative and dangerous. He said Taiwan had informed "regional partners" about the incident. About 160 kilometers (100 miles) wide at its narrowest, the Taiwan Strait opens at its southern end into the South China Sea, where Taiwan and China share overlapping territorial claims. Since the sides split amid civil war in 1949, China has claimed Taiwan as its own territory to be absorbed by force if necessary. Tsai, who Beijing despises for her pro-independence views, has sought to bolster Taiwan's air power with the purchase of latest-model F-16V fighters from the U.S., Taiwan's chief source of defensive weapons. (KA)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1306
__label__wiki	0.644846	0.644846	Electromagnetic Interference Basics of Interferometry Authors: P. Hariharan Published Date: 9th October 2006 Optical interferometry is used in communications, medical imaging, astonomy, and structural measurement. With the use of an interferometer engineers and scientists are able to complete surface inspections of micromachined surfaces and semiconductors. Medical technicians are able to give more consise diagnoses with the employ of interferometers in microscopy, spectroscopy, and coherent tomography. Originating from a one-day course, this material was expanded to serve as an introduction to the topic for engineers and scientists that have little optical knowledge but a need for more in their daily work lives. The need for interferometry knowledge has crossed the boundaries of engineering fields and Dr. Hariharan has written a book that answers the questions that new practitioners to interferometry have and haven't even thought of yet. Basics of Interferometry, Second Edition includes complete updates of all material with an emphasis on applications. It also has new chapters on white-light microsopy and interference with single photons. Outstanding introduction to the world of optical interferometry with summaries at the begining and end of each chapter, several appendices with essential information, and worked numerical problems Practical details enrich understanding for readers new to this material New chapters on white-light microscopy for medical imaging and interference with single photons(quantum optics) Optical and photonic engineers, researchers, and students; communications engineers; MEMS engineers; biomedical engineers; astronomists; structural engineers 2. Interference: A Primer 3. Two-Beam Interferometers 4. Source-Size and Spectral Effects 5. Multiple-Beam Interference 6. The Laser as a Light Source 7. Photodetectors 8. Measurements of Length 9. Optical Testing 10. Digital Techniques 11. Macro- and Micro-Interferometry 12. White-Light Interference Microscopy 13. Holographic and Speckle Interferometry 14. Interferometric Sensors 15. Interference Spectroscopy 16. Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy 17. Interference with Single Photons 18. Building an Interferometer A. Monochromatic Light Waves B. Phase Shifts on Reflections C. Diffraction D. Polarized Light E. The Pancharatnam Phase F. The Twyman-Green Interferometer: Initial Adjustment G. The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer: Initial Adjustment P. Hariharan Professor P. Hariharan is a Research Fellow in the Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics of CSIRO in Sydney and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney. His main research interests are interferometry and holography. He is a Fellow of SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Institute of Physics, London, and the Royal Photographic Society. He was a vice-president and then the treasurer of the International Commission of Optics, as well as a director of SPIE. Honors he has received include OSA’s Joseph Fraunhofer Award, the Henderson Medal of the Royal Photographic Society, the Thomas Young Medal of the Institute of Physics, London, SPIE’s Dennis Gabor Award and, most recently, SPIE’s highest award, the Gold Medal. School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1310
__label__wiki	0.555623	0.555623	OPINION: Brockton must find its own way on power plant choice Dec 27, 2009 at 12:01 AM Dec 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM When the state�s Energy Facilities Siting Board approved a permit for the controversial power plant in Brockton project in the summer, it left it up to Brockton officials to decide on planning, zoning and other final permits the plant would need. Brockton should consider that a message: That the final debates are between Brockton and Advanced Power Services; the state has done its part and the ball is now in Brockton�s court. That message apparently wasn�t clear enough to some people in Brockton, who are bringing a home-rule petition to the state Legislature, asking that politicians on Beacon Hill overrule the state�s experts and stop the plant from being built in the city. That is the wrong approach. The 350-megawatt plant should be built � or stopped � on its own merits. It should not be held hostage to pure politics. City councilors � only one of whom supports building the plant � are one of many groups that will have a voice as the permitting process winds its way through the winter. The council has the ability to stop the project dead in its tracks by refusing to allow it to use city wastewater to cool the plant. That is likely to lead to legal action from Advanced Power, but so be it. This plant is a landmark project that would have a major effect on Brockton � for better or worse, depending on which side you�re on � and should go through the normal permitting channels. This allows every safety, financial and social issue to be considered. A home-rule petition is a narrow, specific action that owes more to political connections and horse-trading than it does to a fair permitting process. When then-Gov. Mitt Romney vetoed legislation in 2004 to ban a proposed trash transfer station in Brockton, he said environmental experts, not politicians, should make such decisions. The Legislature overrode his veto, anyway. Politics will still play a part in the power plant battle because politicians will be voting on necessary paperwork to get the plant built and running. Also, nearly every politician in the city, including the current mayor and mayor-elect, opposes the plant. That is a strong front that has faced down other projects not wanted in the city. City officials should play �fair� and allow the permitting process to run its course. If there are legitimate reasons for the plant to be stopped, they will come to the fore. Brockton officials and residents should not run to the House speaker and other Statehouse power brokers and twist their arms to get the decision they want.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1312
__label__wiki	0.982349	0.982349	Trevor Noah Is the New Host of The Daily Show by Chris Harnick \| Mon., Mar. 30, 2015 5:42 AM Byron Keulemans/Comedy Central Trevor Noah is the new host of The Daily Show. The 31-year-old made his debut as a contributor in December. Fast forward three months and he's replacing Jon Stewart as the host of the popular Comedy Central program. "It's an honor to follow Jon Stewart. He and the team at The Daily Show have created an incredible show whose impact is felt all over the world," Noah said in a statement. "In my brief time with the show they've made me feel so welcome. I'm excited to get started and work with such a fantastic group of people." "You don't believe it for the first few hours," Noah told The New York Times regarding learning about his new gig. "You need a stiff drink, and then unfortunately you're in a place where you can't really get alcohol." CLICK: Daily Show veterans: Where are they now? "I'm thrilled for the show and for Trevor," Stewart said in a statement. "He's a tremendous comic and talent that we've loved working with...In fact, I may rejoin as a correspondent just to be a part of it!!!" Stewart announced he was leaving his post on the long-running show in February. He's been the host of the show since 1999. Veteran correspondent Jason Jones recently left the show with his wife, Samantha Bee, also exiting this year as part of a new TBS deal. "What I want to see there is the next iteration of this idea," Stewart said about his Daily Show retirement, per The Hollywood Reporter. "I feel like the tributaries of my brain combined with the rigidity of the format. I feel like I used every permutation of that I could possibly use." Noah, a South African native, has hosted numerous TV shows in his home country, including two seasons of his own late-night talk show, Tonight With Trevor Noah. According to his Comedy Central bio, he made his US TV debut in 2012 on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The comedian has also had his own Showtime special, Trevor Noah: African American, and performed for the royal family in 2013. MORE: Find out where Samantha Bee is going! Popular TV stars Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were fan-favorites to take over the program. Late-night talk shows have been criticized for being male dominated, but Comedy Central's president, Michele Ganeless, told The New York Times that the network "talked to women. We talked to men. We found in Trevor the best person for the job." "Trevor Noah is an enormous talent. He has an insightful and unique point of view, and most importantly, is wickedly funny," Ganeless said in a statement. "For the next host of The Daily Show, we set out to find a fresh voice who can speak to our audience with a keen take on the events of the day, and we found that in Trevor. He has a huge international following and is poised to explode here in America, and we are thrilled to have him join Comedy Central." Noah, who is still a new face to US viewers, took to Twitter after the news broke. "No-one can replace Jon Stewart," he tweeted. "But together with the amazing team at The Daily Show, we will continue to make this the best damn news show!" No timeline for Stewart's exit has been announced. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central. PHOTOS: Renewed or canceled? Find out the fate of your favorite shows! TAGS/ The Daily Show , Top Stories , TV , Watch With Kristin	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1313
__label__cc	0.607984	0.392016	BP Settles Final Gulf Oil Spill Claims For $20 Billion BP Settles Final Gulf Oil… Oil giant BP will pay out more than $20 billion to settle claims against it for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Source: CNNMoney, October 6, 2015 – The deal, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday, is the largest settlement with a single entity in the department’s history. It is a “fitting response to the worst environmental disaster in American history,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. BP (BP) was receiving the “punishment it deserves,” she added. The disaster was triggered by an explosion on the BP-contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed eleven of 126 workers on board and spilled approximately 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. A BP spokesman said the settlement would resolve the “largest litigation liabilities remaining from the tragic accident.” Some smaller claims remain outstanding but will not be material, he added. The figure reflects a preliminary agreement which was reached in July but includes some payments that BP has already made. The settlement will be used to repair damage to the area’s economies and ecosystems. It was a “historic milestone” which will ensure the Gulf Coast comes back “stronger and more vibrant than before the disaster,” Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said. The settlement totals $20.8 billion, with $5.5 billion tagged for federal Clean Water Act penalties, $8.1 billion for natural resource damage and up to $700 million to address any concerns that are yet to be discovered. Another $600 million is for other claims. BP will also pay $4.9 billion to Gulf states and up to $1 billion to several hundred local governmental bodies, according to the department. The states involved in the settlement are Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The settlement follows 11 felony manslaughter charges which BP pleaded guilty to in 2012. BP has estimated its total cost for the disaster at $54.6 billion, an enormous sum but one which could yet be surpassed by the cost to Volkswagen (VLKAY) of fixing its diesel emissions scandal. Credit Suisse has estimated the total cost to the automaker could hit 78 billion euros ($87 billion) in a worst case scenario. The company has described Credit Suisse’s calculations as “nonsense.” Category: Gulf Oil SpillBy Team ERG October 6, 2015 Leave a comment Tags: BP Oil SpillDeepwater Horizon SettlementEconomic Loss Author: Team ERG http://www.erglawfirm.com Economic Recovery Group, LLC focuses exclusively on representing business owners and individuals under the BP Deepwater Horizon Economic Settlement Program. PreviousPrevious post:Funds to Benefit Economic Development in NW FloridaNextNext post:The BP Oil Spill Happened 6 Years Ago This Month. We’re Still Feeling the Effects. The BP Oil Spill Happened 6 Years Ago This Month. We’re Still Feeling the Effects. Funds to Benefit Economic Development in NW Florida BP settlement is ‘Christmas in July’ for Coast cities, counties, schools and attorneys We See Good News and Bad News on This Fifth Anniversary of The BP Oil Spill Wildlife Struggling Five Years After BP Oil Spill: Report BP Claims Being Paid to Businesses With Valid Claims; Deadline is Fast Approaching	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1315
__label__wiki	0.997202	0.997202	Dan Murray Place of Birth: Cambridge Jan 2012 Dec 2015 Cork City Feb 2010 Dec 2011 Shamrock Rovers Mar 2003 Feb 2010 Cork City Jan 2002 Feb 2003 Cork City (Loan) Aug 1999 Feb 2003 Peterborough United Dan started his career at Peterborough United in England. He made his debut for the Posh in a 1-1 draw with Macclesfield Town on 18 March 2000 and made 5 league appearances for the club. He originally arrived at Cork City on a loan deal in January 2002, but after several months the move was made permanent. In eight seasons at Turners Cross Dan made over 200 league appearances and captained the side from the age of 21. He led Cork to the League title in 2005 and also lifted the 2007 FAI Cup when the Rebels defeated Longford Town 1-0 at the RDS. In his time at Turner's Cross Dan became the club's highest scorer in European competition and and also had the honour of scoring the clubs 1000th goal in April 2007 against Derry City. In Feburary 2010, Dan signed for Shamrock Rovers and captained the Hoops to the 2010 league title, making 28 league appearances and scoring three times. He also played against Juventus in the Europa League but missed out on the 2010 FAI Cup final defeat to Sligo Rovers through injury. In 2011 Dan made 32 league appearances as Rovers claimed their second League title in a row and also played in 10 of the club's 12 European games as they became the first Irish club to qualify for the group stages of a European competition. On 19 January 2012 it was confirmed that Dan had signed for a second spell at newly promoted Cork City. He appeared 16 times in the league as City returned to the top tier in 2012 and in 2013 he made another 21 league appearances as the club finished sixth in the table. 2014 saw City finish second in the league table to Champions Dundalk and Dan missed just one of the Rebels' thirty-three league matches, scoring once along the way with an injury time winner against his former club Shamrock Rovers. Dan stayed with Cork for the 2015 season and went on to make twenty-five league appearances for the club, scoring once in a 3-1 win over Galway United, as Cork finished runners-up to Dundalk once more. He was also came off the bench in the FAI Cup Final but Dundalk defeated Cork by a one-nil victory after extratime. In December 2015, Dan announced his retirement.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1318
__label__wiki	0.721487	0.721487	Why is the PS4 being delayed in China? January 10, 2015 at 10:31 am Less than a week before the PS4 was due to launch in China, Sony has been forced to slam on the brakes. Executives remain positive that the launch will resume eventually, but the timeframe remains ambiguous for now. Motorola’s new $130 Moto E will bravely attempt to murder the feature phone May 13, 2014 at 1:18 pm At an event in London, Motorola has unveiled the Moto E. It isn’t the best smartphone, or the fastest, or even the lightest — but it probably is the best, fastest, and lightest phone that you can buy for its fantastically low, off-contract-SIM-free-no-subsidy price of just $130. At that price point, Motorola believes it has finally created a smartphone that is cheap enough to deliver a killing blow to the feature phone, which still commands 60% of the US’s mobile phone market (70% globally). Motorola, which competes with other small-time phone vendors like LG and HTC for Samsung’s Android scraps, could really do with a runaway hit device right about now. Nintendo is making a new, cheap console specifically for emerging markets May 8, 2014 at 8:14 am In a rather surprising move, Nintendo has announced that it plans to introduce a brand new game console as early as next year. The catch? The new console will be specifically targeted at emerging markets, such as China and India, and lower-income gamers. With a rapidly growing middle class in these countries — especially in China — with lots of money to spend on entertainment, this is a very savvy move for Nintendo. It remains to be seen how much this move will impact the company’s western gaming efforts and the losing battle against the Xbox One and PS4.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1319
__label__wiki	0.667399	0.667399	HomeMAGAZINE ISSUE ARTICLESSave Water, Drink Wyland Save Water, Drink Wyland MAGAZINE ISSUE ARTICLES Imagine you’re sitting on a beach. The sun is glistening against the water, the waves are crashing against the shore, there are hardly any clouds in the sky and life has seemingly slowed down. You dig your feet into the sand; it gets cooler the further down you dig, relaxing your entire body into a trance-like state. There is nothing in the world you are worrying about. Life is blissful. This is exactly how Wyland, one of the world’s most renowned marine life artists, wants people to feel when they drink his rum. The Art of Rum It may seem strange to think a long-time artist is suddenly turning to a career of spirit-making, but for Wyland, an avid scuba diver, storyteller, and conservationist, it’s a “hobby that got out of control.” After years of diving in and around the most well-known “sugar cane belt” of the world, Wyland developed a taste for the fine rums of the region. His love for the people of those places and the rum they created have fueled his efforts to create one of the best new rums to emerge: one that can be enjoyed plainly over ice just as much as mixed in a cocktail. “It’s from Dominican primarily, and it’s a blend with Barbados and Nicaragua,” Wyland says. “The fact that it’s a blend from three of the best rum-making islands is the first factor [that makes it different]”. This finely tuned ability to perfect rum is another kind of art form that Wyland is about to launch a new career path from. But, he would never leave his love for painting or marine life behind; on this journey to create the unique rum he has also added elements of his art and love for marine life. For the art fanatics and rum lovers looking to try Wyland’s new creation, you may want to book a ticket onto a cruise now. Wyland’s first entire run was sold out to Norwegian Cruise Line. “It’s pretty bizzare that even before your rum comes out, just for one tasting it sells all the way through.” Wyland says, “I’m really proud of Norwegian Cruise Lines for introducing my rum to the world.” This is not the first time the cruise line has taken an interest in Wyland’s talents. This past summer Norwegian launched their newest ship “Norwegian Bliss” which is hand-painted by Wyland. The 1,094-foot long ship is decked out from bow to stern in his distinguished art. If you happen to be a lucky guest on the ship you can enjoy Wyland Rum while viewing his art throughout the ship as well. Each bottle of Wyland rum is decorated with Wyland’s signature artwork to enhance the experience of drinking it. These bottles can serve as a collector’s item while providing a refreshing beverage, a 2-for-1 if you will. “Art and spirits go together perfectly; they have for a long time,” Wyland says. Like the way red wine and steak go together, enjoying art while drinking a glass of rum seems like the most ideal way to experience it, according to Wyland. Go Deep While art and rum have given Wyland’s life a creative outlet, his core efforts go towards something he is greatly passionate about environmental conservation. This passion has led him to a successful career as the world’s most renowned marine life artist. His depiction of oceans and marine animals through murals has earned him a reputation as one the greatest forward-thinking artists. A mouthful for some- but just the introduction to Wyland. “The success I’ve had as an artist really helps me support my Wyland Foundation.” He says, “Our goal is to bring people together for clean water and a healthy planet.” Wyland’s foundation was started in 1993 to help spread the word about water conservation and the importance of healthy oceans and waterways. One of Wyland’s hopes for his ultra-premium spirit line, which is also slated to include vodka, whiskey, and tequila, is to continue to build success so he can continue supporting his goal for cleaner oceans and waterways. Celebrity friends like Blues Master and run aficionado Taj Mahal, Pitbull and Armando Christian Perez have helped Wyland perfect his new dark Caribbean rum and now is available for the first time worldwide. Wyland wants people to feel blissful drinking his rum on a beach, and with his foundation’s goal to clean up the marine environment, including oceans, this can be entirely possible. To find out more information on Wyland, his new rum and his growing foundation visit Wyland.com.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1320
__label__wiki	0.541934	0.541934	« Television Of The Weak: There's Only One Way To Crack An Egg. Use Your Fist. \| Main \| Music of the Weak: The Mid-Year Check-In, Part One » Economist Versus Idiot: And Let's Hope This Is The Last Time The Economist Dicks Around With Marvel's Press Releases Last couple of weeks have been a bit heavy on the old sanctinomy express, that was never the point. So let's take a load off and wallow in our joy at the Economist's coverage of the resurrection of Captain America. And no, their Michael Jackson coverage starts next issue. Oh, and if you're ghoulishly looking for the blood, it's in the Asia section this week. Otherwise, I think The Americas was the light fantastic. The World Last Week -There's a bronze plaque when you enter the Factual's home office that says "Remember! Shark News Is Best News!" So I'll just point you to the Economist's blurb, where its revealed that about 30% of the world's various shark species are operating under threat of extinction. Don't mess this up, people. Democracy, racial equality, a 70 foot tall statue of Michael and Farrah holding a plastic cleaning towel--we can have those whenever we want. If we lose sharks? Tears, apathy and death. That'll be next. -The American Department of Agriculture was able to ride almost pure Democratic support for supervisory control of America's farmers. The blurb doesn't mention it in greater detail, but yes, this also means that the Department of Agriculture now gets to build yet another regulatory committee. And you know how good regulatory committees have worked out over the last decade, don't you? -America and Kyrgyzstan came to some kind of agreement that will allow America to continue using the Manas air base. I'd imagine there's a bigger article on this coming, after the Economist gets a chance to do a Google search and, you know, "write" one. -The Economist may or may not cover the interesting Wikipedia aspects surrounding David Rohde, the New York Times journalist who escaped with an Afghan reporter after spending seven months as prisoners of the Taliban, but that's why you have Reason magazine. Bang up shit, this one. -The American navy is following a North Korea ship around that might be carrying weapons to the Burmese military junta. Thing is, they can only search the ship if the North Koreans agree to pull over and let them. Tough one to gauge here--rule of law is vaguely on North Korea's side, but the weapons, if they are exist, will be used to kill innocent people. (That last part isn't in doubt, by the way.) Time to whip out the textbooks, Huffington Post! You gotcherself a seeryous discussion to be having. -The FARC keeps killing people, despite it supposedly being on the way out of Colombia for the entirety of the last two years. This is the first time FARC stuff has been mentioned without the Economist mentioning it's downhill status--did something change? Nah, probably just the blurb format. -Hey, the United States and Venezuela reinstated their respective ambassadors! That whole shaking hands thing with Chavez worked. Ahh, this will go south in another couple of months. -They caught another Serbian war criminal, this one the former prime minister of Kosovo. Try not to take thirty years to charge these guys the way you did with the Khmer Rouge, okay? -Hey! Greenland is FREE! Greenland isn't run by Denmark! That's a big story, right? Hell yes it is! I hope they make a Braveheart movie about Greenland really soon. -How many of those new iPhones sold over the course of a weekend? Over one million. In your face, Palm thing no one wants! IN YOUR FACE APPLE STYLE The facts that open the Economist's op-ed on America's health-care system hit pretty hard, and they do well to make the case for one of the ugliest covers in recent memory. While a lot of Americans already know how bone-jarringly stupid the current health-care system for their country is, reading about the specifics--how much they pay as compared to other rich countries (a huge amount more), the confusingly high infant mortality and life-expentency rates when compared against other OECD countries--reminds one of the hard-to-fathom disconnect between what makes sense (working towards a better system) and the reality (the historical failure of any American administration to follow through with the mildest repair possible). Take a look at this one, but don't expect a lot of new information. If that's what you're craving, there's an extensive(and much better) briefing buried in the back of the magazine on the exact same subject, shorn of the chiding. -Lot of stuff about Germany this week, the first being this Dear Abbey style advice list for one of the most powerful women in the world. I think I'll leave it at that, just because I'm curious to know if you know who it is without peeking. (Oprah doesn't count, as she leads a mob.) After the leader, there's a four pager on m'lady, and it covers...well, everything, really. But for some reason the Economist blurbed the article in the table of contents page with the somewhat creepy "Why is she so popular?" question, which sounds sort of like...well. Like creepy. It sounds creepy, doesn't it? -Will Greek complaints destroy the worldwide loan system for great art amongst museums? The Economist is fretting it will. I'm fretting about the use of the word fretting. Am I wearing an apron? -Hey, here's the business focused version of boring articles about social networking! (Hint: this focuses on LinkedIn, which is a site designed so that people can irritate everyone in their address book.) -The Economist beats the "Hey America, quit retiring at 67 you lazy so-and-so" drum about every six months, and here it is again. All the arguments are the same as ever, which means that all the counter-arguments are probably the same too. Considering that they backed theirs up with a 14-page section on aging this week, you might even find yourself bowled over to agreement. Fight that feeling! Fight it with your fingers! -Hey, some dude from California was in the Peace Corps in Zambia, and he wants to tell you all about why that qualifies his advice on "high-tech development solutions" to malaria. Because god knows, it really is a choice between bednets and technology, but only one. Anybody who thinks that the world should pursue both options to fight malaria is a total idiot. Just ask this guy. He was in the Peace Corps. -The Economist's opening piece in the United States section is centered around some poll results showing that American workers aren't fighting wage cuts and unpaid leave the way they normally would, and they've found plenty of evidence that this is the case. As they point out, most employees seem to be willing to accept the nut-knuckle on the short term--how long those feelings will last is another question entirely. -Of course, there's the people who don't have jobs at all, and while the Economist seems a little overly proud of their willingness to send their American correspondent down to a Maryland soup kitchen (ahhh, local color), this article about the welfare rolls and how they're bearing up under the increase in unemployment isn't completely worthless. It's just completely sad. -While it would be wonderful to say that the Economist's article on the resurrection of a fictional comic book character was written with all the necessary sarcasm required to tolerate its existence in a publication that usually tries to avoid completely useless information designed solely to make money for an entertainment complex that carries itself with an insufferable air of "just some fans doing what they love, what's a stock certificate, dopey me-dopes-a-lot", that isn't the case. Here's your British version of a newspaper shitting on its reputation. -Here's a controversy for you: the Supreme Court may have started down the road to repeal a portion of 1965's Voting Rights Act. Designed to deal with some of the South's ugliest behaviors, wherein black Americans were kept from the ballot box through a variety of hideous practices, there's an emergency provision that's been consistently extended since its original expiration date in 1970. The provision took power away from electoral districts with a discrimination history, leaving it up to the federal Justice Department whenever they want to make minor changes in electoral rule. (The Economist uses moving the polling place as an example.) As the Economist reports, no one argues that this type of federal oversight was unnecessary in the sixties, because hey, it totally fucking was, because Whitey Sucked Daily back then. But now? The Supreme Court doesn't seem to think so. The NAACP does. Fight! -Lexington dedicates his "howl in the whirlwind" column to criticizing Obama's deference to his old pals on Capitol Hill. The column isn't that far off base, but I'd rather just quote this part and let you decide on your own: "The House is dominated by veteran liberals, who are far to the left of the electorate, and the Senate is full of prima donnas." Tell me how you really feel. -If you read about the 18% decrease in the production of coca in some American publications, you might have been led to believe that was a big deal story. That's because some American publications--as well as at least one local New York television news program--failed to mention that last year, the production of coca went up 27%. That's what's called "pulling a fast one". -The Economist doesn't hold back on their criticism of Antonio Maria Costa, the head guy over at the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime. In fact, they go further in their criticism than they have towards any single individual since they blatantly said "it would be fine if Mugabe was killed" and "Resign, Rumsfeld". For that alone, this blurb is worth reading. They don't write angry often. -Over the past year, anytime you read an article about how Hugo Chavez isn't happy with some company/individual/corporation that he thinks isn't towing the line, you end up reading another article, usually in less than a month, where he's taken over, shut down or made illegal whatever company/individual/corporation the previous article was about. In other words, get ready to say goodbye to Globalvision, one of the few critical media outlets left in Venezuela. -After playing things a little bit close to the vest, the Economist comes down pretty critically on the current relationship between the Indian government and the Maoist guerilla movements. Although this months death count isn't very high, this article doesn't paint a very attractive picture of where it could be headed. It also doesn't have a very optimistic view of the methods in which the police or the politicians are dealing with the situation. Saucy! -While the eyes of the world turn to newer horrors, the Burmese military junta has opened up a new offensive front against one of the few groups of people left in the country who refuse to bow down and take it. The Karen militia aren't the cleanest organization in the world--they aren't fascist murderers though--but the thousands of innocent civilians who are fleeing for their lives are pure victims. Thailand seems to be the main country willing to stand up in support right now, (unless talking about it counts now) although that might change if they have to deal with more refugees. (Which they will, and Thailand has been shit with refugees for thirty years running.) -China doesn't want the Chinese to look at porn. You're going to lose this one, guys. Porn beats everything. Steal all the American computer code you want. Porn wins, every time. -Shakeel Ahmed Ahangar's pregnant wife and teenage sister were raped, murdered and dumped in a nearby river. The incident has spawned anti-Indian-rule riots throughout Kashmir, mostly due to the pathetic (and offensive) level of response from the police, who originally claimed the two women had drowned. Because yeah, a double rape and murder looks just like drowning. Whoever said that should be shot in the fucking mouth. -Not sure if we're still going to rely on this short piece on the Iranian conflict, as it's already a bit dated. The Economist, as well as Iran's ruling clerics, were surprised to see Mousavi so willing to stand in opposition to an unusually vocal Ayatollah. That's good and bad news, obviously: the strongest criticism of Iran right now has been vested in the worrisome nature of what too many termed "revolution", despite the revolution being confined to the lessor status of who Iran's president is supposed to be, as opposed to the unelected and hard to deal with theocracy that runs Iran and stole the election. When the Iranian people flooded the streets for Mousavi, that could be labeled a protest that respected the theocracy. When they went out again, after the real rulers of the country--the unelected clerics--told them not to, that label no longer applied, making them fodder for whatever violence the clerics wanted to wreak upon them. Where it goes next, where it goes now? We'll have to wait and see. Considering how rapidly Iran is incarcerating journalists (it numbered 40 last week), that's going to get increasingly difficult. -Although the stories of increasing suicide attacks in Iraq have gone mentioned on a consistent basis, the Economist has seemed strangely removed from looking at them in detail. While they finally check in with an actual article--as opposed to weeks of blurb-age--it seems a bit distant, making me wonder whether they've pulled their coverage back for some other reason. -Did you know Somalia was begging for help? They are. They're getting none. -While some will complain, ad nauseum, about the specific advantages of living in countries with stronger welfare ranks and better health care, here's a reminder of what some of the fabled lands of Europe can't offer, that the US can: giving a shit about higher education. If you still want to move your kids to Germany because of the shorter work week or the longer maternity leave after reading this article about the pathetic state of Germany's universities, you obviously care less about your children then you claim. And I'm thinking of somebody specific. -Yes, Sarkozy did call the burqa "a sign of subjugation...of debasement". He did say it was "not welcome on French territory." But did you know he was backed up by a prominent French female Muslim? Neither did I. After last week's questionable article on Berlusconi--which spawned a letter of defense from the Italian government--it's back to the old "he's a fucking pervert" hidden under classy languge. The problem with these kind of articles is pretty simple--when it hits on somebody the Economist likes, as it did with Eliot Spitzer, they pull the old "we don't care about who he fucks, neither should you." And yet, when it hits on somebody they don't--like Berlusconi--they can't help but tart it up. That's fine, sure. I got no love for Berlusconi either. But then again? I'm not a journalist writing for the Economist. You kind of hope they'll be the bigger guy. -Last week's Economist contained a brief mention of what had happened in Ulster, where over a 100 Romanian immigrants were attacked and harrassed out of their homes, and eventually, by their own choice, back to Romania. Of course, "own choice" ignores a simple, disgusting fact: they had to go, because no one saw fit to stand in the way of the racist white men who threatened to kill them if they chose to stay. Here's the rest of that horrible, horrible story. -Here's one for you Britain, it comes from America: tax-increment financing. That's when you pick a location, borrow a shitload of money to build basic infrastructure, and use the future property taxes (which will hopefully be higher) to pay back the loan. If you've ever been down South, now you know why they never turn that old abandoned grocery store into a shopping center, and choose instead to build a new one down the road. Get it? -I'm pretty much bored with jokes about bad British teeth, and so is the Economist, and so, according to this article, are the British themselves. At the same time, I watched the F-Word about three hours ago and this one table of young Cockneys had some of the nastiest shit I've ever seen hanging where a grin should be. Ah, Personal Anecdotes: is there no fact you will not ruin? -"Mr. Blair is not likely to say, 'Ok guys, you got me--I did it out of lust for glory and infatuation with George Bush.'" That's Bagehot on the inquiry into the war in Iraq. Bagehot beats life, again. -The section this week has two articles, both of which seem to have been pulled from the "this might work, run it" file. The first is...about poor people who travel to escape environmental degradation. Awesome, that's a real charmer. Thanks! The second one is....about the World Bank realizing it might need to worry about the environment. I'm sorry, when did the World Bank get so awesome at being the World Bank that it was time for it to add a fucking hobby? I don't think I missed an issue. Did something happen? -Like a lot of people, I've got a secret clique at my office where my little coffee trio talks about which interns we hate, why we hate them, and question how in the fuck they got the gig in the first place. Then we beg one another to go to the girl who picks the interns and tell her to stop shoving her head up her ass when she interviews interns, because there's no way that this is the best available out of the 40-plus she interviews every few months. Seriously, that one dude couldn't cut paper in a straight fucking line with the use of a paper cutter that is on a goddamn track. Kind of lost the plot for a second. Anyway, if you have those sorts of conversations via your work email, watch out. Some company has developed a technique to ruin the fun. -Problems in the Formula One racing world, and while it's an interesting enough article, I have to say: I don't really get Formula One racing. I liked that Cronenberg flick, but that was about funny car racing. And it had the Enter The Dragon dude in it. He's awesome. You ever see this? Best business monologue ever. Seriously, watch that one. Good times. It's about prop 13. Oh man, I just stopped while typing to watch it again. "Crouch bunnies". Man that's good. -Although LinkenIn is absurdly disturbing to me on a personal level, you can't help but read an article about the Freemasons without thinking "anything that would destroy these archaic networks of drunken white men is a good thing." Bring on the bandwidth, I say. It's time to euthanize the "old boy networks". -While Americans may have started purchasing stuff again, the Economist is curious if the emerging economies of Asia are going to take a more serious dive into the fray as well. Whether they do or not, the feeling in this article is that they should, and it's an interesting reason why. Not because it would "save the economy", but because the Asians that supply the products for Western consumers, while subsidizing the economies of the West with undervalued currency, should be enjoying the fruits of their very real labor. It's a novel take from the publication. -Money market funds finally ended up not doing well, and the magazine thinks that has opened the door to the sort of regulation they believe it's always needed. Lot of regulation talk for a free market magazine lately. -While the numbers of people who will willingly dump a home loan remain low, they skyrocket when neighbors (or friends) make the decision. While one questions whether the term "unethical" should be brought to the table, maybe the Economist is just a bunch of Kant-ian categorical types. Go figure. I thought we were all agreed about fucking over the man at every opportunity. -The Economist could have found a not-featuring-Uma picture for their brief look at the charitable work of two hedge funds, but they picked one with her in it anyway. (She's engaged to Arpad Busson, who runs one of the mentioned hedge funds.) She doesn't get mentioned in the article though, so don't go looking for gossip. -Sometimes science hurts children, and not in the way you're thinking, gross-out boy. No, sometimes science takes a look at the method used to determine the sizes of dinosaurs and goes about the business of ruining one of the best moments of a young childs life: when they fantasized about gigantic lizards. Thank god Calvin isn't here to see this. Don't read this one unless you're, like...mature or something. It made me really sad, that's all I'm saying. -Here's a solution to a very specific problem: how do you get informed medical consent from the mentally impaired? Answer: you use Second Life. Nothing irritates more then when something you have a patented loathing for becomes useful in a real world fashion. -Although common sense might dictate the belief that humans started hoarding food stuffs on an immediate basis, history tells us they didn't. Why they started doing so though remains to be figured out, but the trek may have gotten a jumpstart, courtesy of an archaeological site in Jordan. Ah, Jordan. I knew you were useful for something beyond serving as the host for Michael Bay's technological masturbation festival. That movie was so fucking horrible. -Tired of being depressed? The old cynic's advice is to expect failure. Turns out that's scientifically accurate as well! This is great stuff here, and taken in conjunction with the recent story about how useless self-help books are, the Economist is proving itself to be the best gadfly that pop psychology has ever had to deal with. Considering a big part of pop psychology and self help is to ignore "the news" because "it's always depressing", god knows if the information will find purchase. -From Werner Herzog's book, Conquest of the Useless. "At the market I ate a piece of grilled monkey. It looked like a human child." Books by Werner Herzog don't need reviews. They just need to be bought. -As far as the Economist is concerned, the "ideal book about the financial crisis" has yet to be written, and they list their complaints with five books in one review. It's like a capsule bullet mash-up, except it's about financial literature. And they already picked their ideal book about two months ago, when they praised Vincent Cable's The Storm. So yeah, this article has some problems. -Greece has built a home for its statues, and they've issued a demand for their return. (The statues are the property of the British Museum.) Although this article's main opinion got touched on in the opening "Leaders" section, it gets more background information here. -Although Atom Egoyan's Ararat wasn't a big favorite for...well, anyone, if I remember correctly, I always liked it. That might have been because I ended up watching it with a theater full of elderly Armenians, an experience that, while remarkable, isn't one I'd like to repeat. But the film was haunting, and it sounds like Rebel Land might be just the book to sit down and draw out the intensely controversial (and upsetting) story all over again. Obituary: Ralf Dahrendorf -If Ralf Dahrendorf had died just a few days later, he would've been the guy that went ignored in place of Surprise! You KNOW! for next week's issue. Unlike certain other individuals--whassup, Gunter Grass?--Dahrendorf was willing to put his own ass in jail for protesting the Nazis back in his youthful days, and he sounds like he took that integrity with him throughout his life, which consisted of being a pretty argumentative dude. His appreciation for socialism is a bit too much for the Economist, but there's a clear level of awe on display here. Ralf was a man who lived a life of the mind, and acted in accordance as much as opportunity allowed. 80 isn't a good argument for "too soon", but it's fine for a "he'll be missed." Hope there's more like him. Tucker Stone in Economist Versus Idiot \| Permalink Tags: Economist, News I rather liked Ararat, too. But it's manditory for Canadians who ever took a film class to enjoy Atom Egoyan's films, I think. Posted by: Chad Nevett \| 2009.07.02 at 15:01 A recent Newsweek had a George Will editorial about that Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act; apparently they ruled 8-1 (Clarence Thomas opposed, natch) to keep the rules. Will complained about it, saying "what, is it still 1972 up in this bitch?" Actually, it seemed like he made a decent argument, but fuck if I know anything about this stuff. Hey, I congratulated myself for guessing that you were talking about Angela Merkel, but then I looked back and realized that you mentioned Germany, so I'm taking half of my points away for that one. There was really an article about British people not liking to be reminded about the bad teeth stereotype? This magazine is hilarious. I love that stuff like that is mixed in with impenetrable financial talk and global news. Of course, they've also mentioned Captain America and Jon & Kate recently... And finally, it's "toe the line". TOE! Nobody's towing lines around all over the place; that makes no sense. Sorry, pet peeve.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1323
__label__wiki	0.548315	0.548315	Home > Information > Live Here Spend Here Campaign > Elite Massage Therapy of Bucks County Sonja Lay always knew she wanted to help people. Her first instinct was to go to school and become a nurse’s aide. She quickly realized the downside of losing patients. “My heart just broke too many times,” said Lay. A crafty, artsy, caring and fun-loving woman by nature, her husband, Dylan, suggested she consider attending massage school. The trade could marry her loves of working with her hands and helping people. With Dylan’s support, along with her mother, Carol, she set out to become a massage therapist. “I fell in love the first day I walked in class,” she said. In 2005 Lay, of Langhorne, graduated from the Professional School of Massage. Three days after graduating, a chiropractor in Newtown hired her to offer massage therapy at his practice. “He liked my personality,” the always-smiling Lay said. She stayed at the practice for two years before moving, along with the chiropractor, to a wellness center. In 2012, she started her own business, Elite Massage Therapy of Bucks County inside a chiropractor’s office in Bristol. She relocated to a small suite on Big Oak Road in Falls Township in the fall of 2018. Despite being out on her own, Lay said she remains grateful to the doctors, teachers and people who supported her along the way. “I love what I do,” she said between massage appointments. “It’s not a job. It’s a reunion every month.” Her passion for massage shows. Many of her clients sought her out after she left the wellness center and continue to see her regularly for routine massages. Jessica Sorcek has been a regular since Lay first got started more than 13 years ago. When Lay left the chiropractor practice, Sorcek first tried other massage therapists before realizing that none could quite match her techniques. “I’ve been to tons of massage therapists and masseuses. I needed to find her,” said Sorcek, who requires massages to cope with scoliosis. “I love her. She does cater to every single person. She knows exactly what I like.” Sorcek moved from Philadelphia to Delaware County, but still makes the more than one-hour drive each way monthly to see Lay. “She just genuinely cares about my well-being,” she said. “As a massage therapist she’s the best I ever had.” A sole proprietor, Lay strives to give her regular clients a positive experience, incorporating hot stones, hot towels and other modalities based on individual needs. “They call me the pain goddess,” she said. “I like to fix the problems and help them … I’m very intuitive with the body.” Lay has Board Certification in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and is a professional member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. In addition to helping her clients feel their best, she practices what she preaches, getting her own massages twice a month and working hard to stay in shape. An avid runner of all distances, she participates in marathons, spartan races and mud runs. “I’m always going. I don’t sit still,” she said. “It’s just me.” Yet, she cautions that everyone – herself included – has limits. “I won’t do more than I can handle,” Lay said. Some of her clients see her monthly, while others come in weekly or every two weeks. The length of the massage session varies too from client to client, depending upon medical issues, sports injuries and other factors. “Listen to your body,” she said. “Your body will let you know when you need to come in.” Elite Massage Therapy of Bucks County is located at 81 Big Oak Road, suite 110. Gift cards are available for purchase. Hours are by appointment only. For more information, visit http://elitemassageofbucks.abmp.com/ or call/text 215-783-0999. Follow the business on Facebook to see the latest specials.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1326
__label__wiki	0.873867	0.873867	FPL Squad for 2016/17 Fantasy Football Portal’s Official Fantasy Premier League Squad The new Premier League season is upon us and football fans around the world will be poring over their fantasy teams on the official Premier League game in the coming days. With just a week or so to go until the big kick-off, here’s our squad for the new season. David de Gea – £5.5m The most selected goalkeeper in Fantasy Premier League at this stage is David de Gea, with over 40 per cent of teams featuring the Manchester United stopper. De Gea kept 15 Premier League clean sheets last year and United are expected to be solid at the back again this season under their new manager José Mourinho, so he gets the nod from us too. Tom Heaton – £4.5m A cheap back-up goalkeeper is a must for FPL teams and our choice is Tom Heaton, who costs £4.5m and recorded 10 clean sheets in the Premier League two years ago. The stopper featured in England’s Euro 2016 squad over the summer and Burnley’s club captain will need to maintain a high level of performance if he is to keep his place ahead of Stoke City’s fit again Jack Butland. Ashley Williams – £5.0m Everton are reportedly trying to snap up Swansea City skipper Ashley Williams, whose stock is high after fine performances for Wales in their run to the semi-finals of this summer’s Euro 2016. Williams scored twice last year and helped the Swans to keep a respectable nine clean sheets. Virgil van Dijk – £5.5m Our next defensive selection is Virgil van Dijk, who was one of the Premier League’s outstanding new arrivals last year, racking up 130 FPL points after joining Southampton. Van Dijk slightly bettered Williams’ statistics too, scoring three goals and keeping 10 clean sheets, so we have no hesitation in including him in our squad. Gareth McAuley – £4.5m Cheap defenders are a great way to save budget in Fantasy Premier League and one of our least expensive selections is West Brom’s defender Gareth McAuley, who scored 97 points last year. McAuley is another Premier League player to have had an excellent Euro 2016 and he should carry that form into the new league season, with Tony Pulis’ side always hard to break down. Scott Dann – £5.5m Goalscoring defenders are worth their weight in gold in FPL squads and Scott Dann is one of the best in the division, hitting five goals for Crystal Palace during the last league season. A pair of assists and eight clean sheets ensured Dann scored 130 points last year, a total he will be looking to exceed this year as Alan Pardew’s side look to push on in the Premier League. Neil Taylor – £4.5m Our final defensive choice is another Swansea City star, the Welsh team’s left-back Neil Taylor, who will spend most of the season on our substitutes bench. Taylor – an international team-mate of Williams’ – also excelled at Euro 2016, although he is yet to score a goal in the Premier League. Christian Eriksen – £8.5m At least one set-piece specialist should be part of all FPL teams and Christian Eriksen is the first of the two dead-ball experts in our squad. The Spurs midfielder hit six goals and provided a superb 16 assists last season and looks a good price at £8.5m. He has also improved his FPL season total each year he has played in England. Gylfi Sigurðsson – £7.5m Gylfi Sigurðsson has committed his future to Swansea City despite speculation he could leave the club this summer and he is the third Swans player in our squad, with £7.5m a bargain for him. The Iceland international’s total of 158 points in last year’s Premier League was his best ever FPL score, scoring 11 goals and providing four assists as his side just avoided relegation. Marko Arnautović – £7.5m Another player available at a terrific price despite an excellent season last year is Marko Arnautović, who scored 11 goals for Stoke City last year, as well as making six assists. By selecting mid-priced midfielders such as Arnautović and Sigurðsson in our FPL squad rather than the big names with the big price tags to match, we are saving cash for one blue-chip player. N’Golo Kanté – £5.0m Another budget-boosting selection in our squad is N’Golo Kanté, who will be lining up for Chelsea after leaving Premier League champions Leicester City earlier in the summer. Defensive midfielders are not typically obvious FPL selections, but 23.5 per cent of players currently have Kanté in their squad, presumably due to his very low price. Kanté scored over 100 points in FPL last year and could prove to be a great value selection if he adds goals to his game. Yaya Touré – £8.0m The final midfielder in our squad is a risky selection, Yaya Touré, who had a poor campaign last year and may not fit into the plans of the new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who sold him when they were together at Barcelona a few years ago. Touré recorded 129 FPL points last year and his price has been reduced as a result, but it is only two years since he scored 20 Premier League goals. He is a player with huge upside for £8.0m. Romelu Lukaku – £9.0m The first member of our strikeforce is Romelu Lukaku, who averages over 150 points in FPL over the last four seasons and should be a reliable goalscorer for our team. Everton should be better under their new manager Ronald Koeman and Lukaku will be seeking to reach 20 Premier League goals for the first time, having hit his best tally – 18 – in last year’s FPL. Andre Gray – £6.5m The first Premier League newcomer in our FPL squad is Burnley striker Andre Gray, who was playing for non-league Luton Town just a couple of years ago. Gray is a potential bargain star at £6.5m, having top-scored in the Championship last year to fire the Clarets to the title under Sean Dyche. Gray’s pace and power could cause issues for teams. Sergio Agüero – £13.0m Picking Gray allows us to splash a whopping £13.0m on Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero, who guarantees goals like nobody else in the Premier League. Agüero is the most expensive player on FPL this year but it is hard to argue he is not worth it, having scored 50 goals in the last two league seasons. Injuries are the only concern for Agüero, whose fragile hamstrings in particular could see him spend long periods on the sidelines. Tagged with: epl hotcards • expert • FPL	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1327
__label__wiki	0.827362	0.827362	Brandon Lowe #8 2B Tampa Bay Rays Birthplace: Suffolk, VA Height: 5'10" Weight: 185 lbs Throws: R Bats: L College: Maryland Injured List - Injured on Thu Jul 4, 2019 (Lower leg) Expected to return on Sat Jul 13, 2019 (10-day IL). Manager Kevin Cash is unsure if Lowe (lower leg) will be ready to play by the weekend, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. 76 279 40 77 17 2 16 49 22 104 5 0 .276 .339 .523 .862 Jul 18 @NYY 1-1 Did Not Play Jul 18 @NYY L 6-2 Did Not Play Jul 15 @NYY W 5-4 Did Not Play Jul 14 @BAL W 4-1 Did Not Play Jul 13 @BAL W 12-4 Did Not Play Jul 13 @BAL L 2-1 Did Not Play Jul 7 NYY W 2-1 Did Not Play Fri Jul 19, 7:10PM EDT Chicago White Sox Sat Jul 20, 6:10PM EDT Chicago White Sox Sun Jul 21, 1:10PM EDT Chicago White Sox Mon Jul 22, 7:10PM EDT Boston Red Sox Tue Jul 23, 7:10PM EDT Boston Red Sox Wed Jul 24, 12:10PM EDT Boston Red Sox Fri Jul 26, 7:07PM EDT at Toronto Blue Jays Sat Jul 27, 3:07PM EDT at Toronto Blue Jays Sun Jul 28, 1:07PM EDT at Toronto Blue Jays Tue Jul 30, 7:10PM EDT at Boston Red Sox 2019 1B: 5 2B: 65 LF: 2 RF: 5 DH: 1 2018 2B: 28 LF: 11 RF: 5 DH: 1 Home 38 139 16 36 7 1 7 24 12 54 2 0 .259 .327 .475 .802 Away 38 140 24 41 10 1 9 25 10 50 3 0 .293 .351 .571 .922 Day 33 122 16 33 6 0 8 19 9 49 2 0 .270 .333 .516 .850 Night 43 157 24 44 11 2 8 30 13 55 3 0 .280 .343 .529 .872 Losses 34 123 7 23 3 2 2 8 7 55 2 0 .187 .242 .293 .535 vs. own division 26 100 15 29 5 1 9 24 7 39 2 0 .290 .343 .630 .973 vs. American League 63 232 34 63 15 2 14 42 19 90 4 0 .272 .339 .534 .873 vs. National League 13 47 6 14 2 0 2 7 3 14 1 0 .298 .340 .468 .808 vs. BAL 7 26 5 8 2 0 2 5 3 11 1 0 .308 .379 .615 .995 vs. BOS 6 23 5 10 1 1 3 7 0 5 0 0 .435 .458 .957 1.415 vs. CLE 4 15 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 9 0 0 .200 .250 .467 .717 vs. COL 3 11 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 .364 .462 .636 1.098 vs. DET 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 0 .167 vs. HOU 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. KC 7 27 7 10 2 0 1 4 2 9 1 0 .370 .433 .556 .989 vs. LAA 4 10 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 .500 .583 .900 1.483 vs. LAD 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 vs. NYY 8 29 3 4 1 0 2 5 1 16 0 0 .138 .167 .379 .546 vs. SF 3 8 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 vs. TEX 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 vs. TOR 5 22 2 7 1 0 2 7 3 7 1 0 .318 .400 .636 1.036 March 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 April 22 81 17 26 5 1 6 17 8 28 3 0 .321 .385 .630 1.014 July 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 .500 .571 1.000 1.571 Brandon Lowe vs. ArizonaAtlantaBaltimoreBostonChicagoChicago SoxCincinnatiClevelandColoradoDetroitHoustonKansas CityLA AngelsLA DodgersMiamiMilwaukeeMinnesotaNY MetsNY YankeesOaklandPhiladelphiaPittsburghSan DiegoSan FranciscoSeattleSt. LouisTampa BayTexasTorontoWashington Next Game: CHW@TB Fri Jul 19, 7:10 PM EDT Teheran, Julio 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 Tomlin, Josh 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 Armstrong, Shawn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bundy, Dylan 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Castro, Miguel 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Cobb, Alex 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Eshelman, Tom 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Fry, Paul 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Hess, David 5 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1.600 Means, John 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Phillips, Evan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Rogers, Josh 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 Scott, Tanner 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 Wojciechowski, Asher 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 Brasier, Ryan 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Cashner, Andrew 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Eovaldi, Nathan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Hembree, Heath 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Porcello, Rick 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 1.250 2.050 Rodriguez, Eduardo 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 Velázquez, Hector 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Carrasco, Carlos 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.167 1.500 Olson, Tyler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Fernández, José 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 Hill, Tim 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Junis, Jakob 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 Keller, Brad 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 Kennedy, Ian 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Newberry, Jake 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Kelly, Joe 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Kershaw, Clayton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Berríos, José 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Gibson, Kyle 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 Harper, Ryne 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Littell, Zack 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 Parker, Blake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Familia, Jeurys 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 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The availability of Lowe (shin) -- who is projected to remain on the 10-day injured list through... The availability of Lowe (shin) -- who is projected to remain on the 10-day injured list through the weekend series with the Orioles -- for next week's four-game series versus the Yankees remains "in question" according to manager Kevin Cash, Zachary Silver of MLB.com reports. Lowe (shin) is not expected to be active during the upcoming series against the Orioles, Marc... Lowe (shin) is not expected to be active during the upcoming series against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe (shin) continues to progress in his recovery and is aiming to be available for a return to... Lowe (shin) continues to progress in his recovery and is aiming to be available for a return to action when first eligible this coming Saturday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. The Rays placed Lowe (shin) on the 10-day injured list Thursday, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic... The Rays placed Lowe (shin) on the 10-day injured list Thursday, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe (leg) is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Orioles, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE... Lowe (leg) is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Orioles, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports. Lowe was diagnosed with a right lower leg contusion after X-rays came back negative Tuesday, Steve... Lowe was diagnosed with a right lower leg contusion after X-rays came back negative Tuesday, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports. Lowe was removed from Tuesday's game with an apparent leg injury after fouling a ball off himself,... Lowe was removed from Tuesday's game with an apparent leg injury after fouling a ball off himself, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe is not in Saturday's lineup against the Rangers. Lowe is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Twins, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports. Lowe is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic... Lowe is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI doubles and a run in a win over the Athletics on Friday. Lowe went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored Sunday against the Angels. Lowe is not in the lineup Saturday against the Angels, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network... Lowe is not in the lineup Saturday against the Angels, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports. Lowe is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Yankees, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports. Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics. Lowe went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 6-2 win over Oakland. Lowe is not starting the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of... Lowe is not starting the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay... Lowe is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe will head to the bench for Tuesday's game against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay... Lowe will head to the bench for Tuesday's game against the Tigers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI in a win over the Twins on Thursday. Lowe went 2-for-6 with a two-run double and another two-bagger in an extra-innings win over the... Lowe went 2-for-6 with a two-run double and another two-bagger in an extra-innings win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday. Lowe is not starting Tuesday against Toronto. Lowe went 2-for-3 with a double, a solo home run and a walk in a win over the Indians on Saturday. Lowe went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a run in a win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. Lowe went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Lowe went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Tampa Bay's 2-1 win Saturday against the Yankees. Lowe went 2-for-3 with a double an RBI, a walk and a run scored Friday against the Yankees. Lowe isn't starting Tuesday's game against the Marlins. Lowe is not starting Saturday against the Yankees, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports. Lowe went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Tuesday's 6-3 win over Arizona. Lowe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times... Lowe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and two runs in a win over the Orioles on Friday. Lowe went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Thursday against the Royals. Lowe went 1-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and three runs in a win over the Royals on Monday. Lowe is not in the lineup Sunday against the Red Sox, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe is not in Saturday's lineup against the Red Sox, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe went 2-for-4 with two runs in a loss to the Royals on Wednesday. Lowe will start at first base and handle leadoff duties in Monday's game against the Rays, Steve... Lowe will start at first base and handle leadoff duties in Monday's game against the Rays, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports. Lowe is a candidate to lead off against right-handed pitchers while Austin Meadows (thumb sprain)... Lowe is a candidate to lead off against right-handed pitchers while Austin Meadows (thumb sprain) is on the injured list, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 6-4 loss to the Red Sox on Friday. Lowe went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and a stolen base in a win over the Blue Jays on... Lowe went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and a stolen base in a win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Lowe went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Friday's win over the Blue Jays. Lowe went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, two RBI and two runs in a 10-5 victory against the White Sox... Lowe went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, two RBI and two runs in a 10-5 victory against the White Sox on Tuesday. Lowe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic... Lowe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports. Lowe is 4-for-7 with a home run, two RBI, a walk and two runs over the last two games after... Lowe is 4-for-7 with a home run, two RBI, a walk and two runs over the last two games after starting the season 0-for-9. Lowe went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run with two runs scored in Monday's 7-1 win over Colorado. Lowe is not in the lineup for Friday's game against Houston, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network... Lowe is not in the lineup for Friday's game against Houston, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports. Lowe will serve as the Rays' designated hitter and bat out of the cleanup spot in Thursday's... Lowe will serve as the Rays' designated hitter and bat out of the cleanup spot in Thursday's Opening Day game against the Astros, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. General manager Erik Neander said Lowe is in the mix of outfielders competing for a spot on the... General manager Erik Neander said Lowe is in the mix of outfielders competing for a spot on the Rays' Opening Day roster, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1328
__label__wiki	0.785478	0.785478	The Career Value Of A “Pointless” Sabbatical It may sound like an idea for the dreamers, but taking a few months off with no plan for what comes after may be the best thing for your career. Vipin Goyal, cofounder of SideTour, tells Fast Company how he made it work. By Alina Dizik 4 minute Read It may seem paradoxical, but taking longer periods away from the workforce can actually help you work smarter or develop a new career direction. Sabbaticals mean that you’re not simply on vacation, but choosing not to work while gaining new experiences or refocusing your career. Recent studies attribute everything from a boost in employee retention and higher future productivity for those who take sabbaticals. In the last five years, there’s been an increased acceptance of sabbaticals. Leaves of absence of six months or more are allowed for some employees at 29% of companies, including 6% of large companies and 11% of small companies, according to a 2012 National Study of Employers from the Families and Work Institute. Corporations like Intel, American Express, and General Mills are routinely allowing their employees to take time away from the office through partially paid sabbaticals. Recently, blogging powerhouse Gawker reportedly offered long-term employees sabbaticals of four weeks or more based on years of service. For entrepreneurs, the logistics are tougher and stakes are higher, says Vipin Goyal, 36, the founder of SideTour, who spent six months traveling the world before launching the company. Goyal planned the sabbatical with no set notion of what he’d do afterward or job offer waiting in the wings. Instead, he wanted to use the world experience to help him shape his new ambitions. “The goal wasn’t to have all the answers,” he says. It worked. SideTour, which raised $1.5 million in funding and launched in New York last year, is expanding to two more cities this month, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The site offers peer-to-peer original experiences such as a graffiti tour, dining with a monk, or mixology class. Site users purchase tickets to attend. Fast Company spoke with Goyal about how he decided to take time off, what other entrepreneurs can learn from his experience, and why taking a sabbatical to help find career direction is not just for the privileged. Knowing When It’s Time To Skip Out Goyal had been working at online video startup Joost, backed by Skype investors. The first 18 months were great, he says, but in the fall of 2009, it became clear to him that “our company wasn’t going anywhere.” Goyal was close to joining another startup, and his wife, who had been working at Viacom for a number of years, had just started consulting independently. It’s those moments of inflection that perhaps prove most tempting–and the most sensible–for taking a break. “We decided to take advantage of this moment,” says Goyal. “We were nervous about leaving. We had both had gone to [Harvard Business School] so there is a little bit of that mentality around what’s the next career step. Your progress usually means going from one job and one role to the next. It’s very linear.” But the timing will rarely feel right, he says–that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull the trigger. “Whatever you want to do, don’t wait,” he said. “So many people we met would tell us, ‘I wish I could travel like you guys.’ Basically you can, whatever those constraints are always appear more daunting than they actually are.” Setting Your Budget Goyal and his wife broke their lease, sold their belongings, and bought two around-the-world plane tickets, using frequent-flier miles accumulated during previous business travel to keep costs down. They stayed with friends of friends or friends of family for about 60% of the nights they traveled. But they didn’t get too hung up in detailing every little item they’d need or want. “We kept a tight budget, but purposely didn’t account for every expense that would weigh on ourselves,” he says. Rethinking Your Concept Of “Vacation” Goyal says he wanted space to think about the next step in his career and what he wanted to achieve in the future–something that might be hard to contemplate if they did the typical tourist thing. The couple spent a month in West Africa, a month in East Africa, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and ended in Australia. “We did things like worked on a chicken farm,” says Goyal. “We wanted to engage in those communities–we didn’t want to have six months of a tourist experience.” Making Space For New Ideas “As soon as we stepped on that first airplane, all of those constraints that we lived by every day evaporated a little bit,” says Goyal. “So much of our mind is occupied by our daily routine. Taking that time off created an open space that could be filled in with new interactions with new people who brought new ideas and new perspectives.” Stepping outside the day-to-day made it “much easier” to launch a startup once Goyal returned, he said. Instead of getting back into job-search mode, he felt compelled to start something on his own (assuming they could make the finances work). License To Innovate “The norm in our culture is not to take that time off,” says Goyal. “Just the fact that you take that time off actually breaks the norm and gives you some type of inner license to continue to break more norms.” And the best way to do that is to consciously not make a plan for “what’s next” before your trip. “That’s when it can really be a transformational experience,” Goyal says. “If you already know what you’re going to do next, it’s more difficult for that time off to lead to an inflection point on your path.” [Image: Flickr user Nicki Varkevisser] Alina Dizik is a freelance journalist covering anything from management education to entrepreneurs and dining. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and the Financial Times.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1329
__label__wiki	0.880449	0.880449	New Home Bargains store opening at north Glasgow site The retailer has invested £5 million in its new store Jennifer Russell A new home bargains store is set to open in the north of Glasgow. The retailer has invested £5 million in its new store in St Rollox and will officially open the site on Monday. The company, which is one of the UK’s largest family-run retailers, is creating up to 40 new jobs in the community with its store at the Springburn Road unit. This will be the company’s seventh store in Glasgow, joining over 500 outlets across the UK. Opening approximately 50 stores a year , Home Bargains is bucking current trends in the industry. Glasgow braced for Storm Erik - here's the latest on severe weather warnings Joe Morris, operations director at Home Bargains, said: “We’re thrilled to be launching another store in Glasgow and look forward to welcoming customers through the doors.” The 20,000 sq ft store, is a standalone new build site and is adjacent to Tesco Extra, with Costco and Lidl nearby. It will offer shoppers a range of products, including homewares, health and beauty essentials, sweets, snacks and drinks, as well as fresh and frozen food. Joe added: “The new St Rollox site on Springburn Road will be a great location for us and we’re proud to be able to offer local people top-branded goods at exceptionally low prices.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1338
__label__wiki	0.878498	0.878498	AFF Championship 'Little man' Mourinho's Top 10 most brutal insults Getty/Goal Antonio Conte From Arsene Wenger to Claudio Ranieri, Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is not the first to rile the outspoken Portuguese Specialist in failure! "He’s [Arsene Wenger] a specialist in failure. If I do that in Chelsea, eight years, I leave and don’t come back." Arguably Mourinho's most infamous insult was directed towards Arsenal's long-serving manager in February 2014, with Arsenal enduring a trophy drought and Wenger having had the audacity to suggest that rival bosses were playing down their Premier League title chances because they "fear to fail". Mourinho also once said of a man he has endured regular clashes with down the years, on and off the field: "I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea." Learn the lingo! “Ranieri? I guess he’s right with what he said I am very demanding of myself and I have to win to be sure of things. This is why I have won so many trophies in my career. Ranieri on the other hand has the mentality of someone who doesn’t need to win. He is almost 70 years old. He has won a Supercup and another small trophy and he is too old to change his mentality. He’s old and he hasn’t won anything. I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon.'" What had 56-year-old, then Juventus coach Ranieri done to spark such a tirade back in 2008? He merely stated: "I am not like Mourinho, I don’t have to win things to be sure of myself." Very Inter-esting! "I thought he was going to thank me for the title I gave him. Ask all the Inter fans what they think of me and him." Mourinho sought to rain on the parade of Inter successor Rafa Benitez after a Club World Cup triumph in 2010 - with his Treble-winning exploits still fresh in the memory. Mourinho also chirped back at the Spaniard's spouse during a bitter verbal battle: “The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time. And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time, and if she takes care of her husband’s diet she will have less time to speak about me.” Gettyimages Pep talk! "Guardiola is a fantastic coach but I have won two Champions Leagues. He has won [only] one Champions League and that is one that would embarrass me. I would be ashamed to have won it with the scandal of Stamford Bridge and if he wins it this year it will be with the scandal of the Bernabeu. I hope one day Guardiola has the chance of winning a proper Champions League, a brilliant, clean championship with no scandal." Barcelona did win the Champions League in 2011 - handing Guardiola a second European crown - but not before they had irked Clasico rivals Real Madrid during a feisty semi-final encounter, with that coaching rivalry having now been rekindled in Manchester. The real Ronaldo! "I was manager for the first time in 2000 but, before that, I was assistant in big clubs and with big managers and coaching the best players in the world, so I was 30 and I was coaching Ronaldo, not this one [Cristiano], the real one, the Brazilian Ronaldo." Having previously had a dig at Messi, Mourinho turned his sights towards Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the 2013 International Champions Cup final. Messi-ng about! "How do you say cheating in Catalan? Can Messi be suspended for acting? Barcelona is a cultural city with many great theatres and this boy has learned very well. He's learned play-acting." Mourinho was not too happy with the role the Barcelona star played in getting Asier del Horno sent off during a Champions League game in 2006. Messi, at the tender age of 18, was unmoved, responding to reporters with: "I don't do theatre. I don't attach any importance to that because we know what he's like, that he likes talking, he likes to say things and heat up the atmosphere." Diving in! "I am no longer Chelsea coach, and I do not have to defend them any more, but I think it is correct if I say [Didier] Drogba is a diver. Drogba, Ronaldo, Torres and Van Persie are the divers. Who dives more? Who has won more penalties in recent years? But English football is the one that criticises the divers the most." Despite being the man to take the Ivorian striker to Chelsea and put him on the path to legend status at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho was not afraid to question his penchant for going to ground upon leaving west London. Monaco mystery! "As for [Pietro] Lo Monaco I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk), and the Principality of Monaco. I have never heard of any others." When the Catania president declared back in 2008 that he would like to "smack [Mourinho] in the mouth", the Portuguese responded in typically understated fashion. Send in the clowns! "I prefer to behave the way I’m doing it. Much more mature, better for my team, better for myself. I don’t think you have to behave like a crazy guy on the touchline to have that passion. That passion you see it every day, the way a person is dedicated to his work, not what you do in front of the cameras." The comment which sparked the latest war of words with Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, with Mourinho suggesting that the Italian - along with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp - may be a little too fond of touchline theatrics. "You may as well put a cow in the middle of the pitch. And then stop the game because there was a cow. You cannot do just anything in football. You have to defend with your 10 men, put the 10 men on the goal line, park the bus, but football needs a ball." Mourinho was less than impressed with Newcastle's tactics as Chelsea saw an unbeaten start to the Premier League season ended by a 2-1 defeat at St James' Park in December 2014. Klopp hails underrated Matip	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1343
__label__cc	0.673823	0.326177	The University of Dundee is internationally recognised for the quality of its teaching and research and has a core mission to transform lives across society. Dundee has particular strengths in life sciences and medical research. The College of Life Sciences at Dundee is one of the largest and most productive Life Sciences research institutes in Europe and has been recognised in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Excellence with Impact Awards for ‘Greatest Delivery of Impact’. The School of Medicine is among the top-rated in the UK and hosts research expanding from “the cell to the clinic to the community”. The University is the central hub for a multi-million pound biotechnology sector in the east of Scotland, which now accounts for 16% of the local economy. More than 17,000 students are enrolled at Dundee, helping make the city Scotland’s most student-friendly. With high-quality teaching, world-leading research, and a £200 million investment in a compact, friendly campus with an unrivalled position in the heart of the city centre, the University of Dundee has been rated number one in Scotland and in the UK Top 10 for the past five years in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey. The University was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2014 for the work of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, one of the world’s foremost institutions for the study and application of human anatomy, forensic human identification, disaster victim identification and forensic and medical art. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/ @dundeeuni UniversityofDundee Courses 10 Courses Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with our short online courses. Care Home Nursing: Changing Perceptions Challenge your opinion of what it's like to be a care home nurse and understand their importance and varied responsibilities. Citizen Science: From Data to Action Join us to discover how citizen-generated data on soils, food and a changing climate can create positive change in the world. Free digital upgrade Citizen Science: From Soil to Sky Learn how to understand your soil and explore global environmental soil issues by becoming a citizen scientist. Citizen Science: Living Soils, Growing Food Learn about approaches to food growing that can help regenerate soil and solve environmental issues. Citizen Science: Sensing the World Learn about soil sensing, earth observation and citizen science with the GROW Citizens' Observatory. Data Science in the Games Industry Learn how the games industry can use big data to enhance the gaming experience and increase profits. Tackling Inequalities Through Health and Social Care Design This course will explore what inequalities are and how they can be reduced through health and social care. Making and Understanding Web Comics Explore the history of web comics, and learn how to make your own digital comic with software on this interactive course. Compassionate Care: Getting it Right Explore the impact of compassionate care and learn how to implement behaviour change tools and techniques in your organisation. Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance Understand antibiotic resistance, and how antimicrobial stewardship can slow down or reduce it, with this free online course	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1345
__label__cc	0.567052	0.432948	Too many routine health checks? Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look. WASHINGTON — Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests — this time research showing millions of older women don't need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly so often. Chances are you've heard that many expert groups say cancer screening is overused, too, from mammograms given too early or too often to prostate cancer tests that may not save lives. It's not just cancer. Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look, too — things like routine EKGs to check heart health, or chest X-rays before elective surgery. Next under the microscope may be women's dreaded yearly pelvic exams. The worry: If given too often, these tests can waste time and money, and sometimes even do harm if false alarms spur unneeded follow-up care. It begs the question: Just what should be part of my doctor's visit? If you're 65 or older, Medicare offers a list of screenings to print out and discuss during the new annual wellness visit, a benefit that began last year. As of November, more than 1.9 million seniors had taken advantage of the free checkup. For younger adults, figuring out what's necessary and what's overkill is tougher. Whatever your age, some major campaigns are under way to help. They're compiling lists of tests that your doctor might be ordering more out of habit, or fear of lawsuits, than based on scientific evidence that they are really needed. “Too often, we order tests without stopping to think about how (if at all) the result will help the patient,” wrote Dr. Christine Laine. She's editor of Annals of Internal Medicine, which this month published a list of 37 scenarios where testing is overused. Not even physicians are immune when it comes to their own health care. Dr. Steven Weinberger of the American College of Physicians had minor elective surgery for torn knee cartilage about a year ago. The hospital required a pre-operative chest X-ray, an EKG to check his heart, and a full blood work-up — tests he says aren't recommended for an otherwise healthy person at low risk of complications. Weinberger should know: He led the team that compiled that new list of overused tests. All three examples are on it. “If anyone should have objected, I should have objected, but I took the easy way out. I didn't want to be raising a fuss, quite frankly,” he says. The college of physicians' push for what it calls “high-value, cost-conscious care” — and similar work being published in the Archives of Internal Medicine — aims to get more doctors to think twice so their patients won't be put in that uncomfortable position. Another group, the National Physicians Alliance, is studying whether training primary care doctors in parts of Connecticut, California and Washington about the most overused care will change their habits. Medical groups have long urged patients not to be shy and to ask why they need a particular test, what its pros and cons are, and what would happen if they skip it. This spring, a campaign called Choosing Wisely promises to provide more specific advice. The group will publish a list of the top 5 overused tests and treatments from different specialties. Consumer Reports will publish a layman's translation, to help people with these awkward discussions. For now, some recent publications offer this guidance: — No annual EKGs or other cardiac screening for low-risk patients with no heart disease symptoms. That's been a recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for years. Yet a Consumer Reports survey of more than 8,000 people ages 40 to 60 found 44 percent of low-risk, people with no symptoms had undergone an EKG or similar screening. Simple blood pressure and cholesterol checks are considered far more valuable. — Discuss how often you need a bone-density scan for osteoporosis. An initial test is recommended at 65, and Medicare pays for a repeat every two years. A study published last week found that a low-risk woman whose initial scan is healthy can wait up to 15 years for a repeat; those at moderate risk might need retesting in five years, high-risk women more often. — Women under 65 need that first bone scan only if they have risk factors such as smoking or prior broken bones, say the two new overtesting lists. — Most people with low back pain for less than six weeks shouldn't get X-rays or other scans, Weinberger's group stresses. — Even those all-important cholesterol tests seldom are needed every year, unless yours is high, according to the college of physicians. Otherwise, guidelines generally advise every five years. — Pap smears for a routine cervical cancer check are only needed once every three years by most women. So why must they return to the doctor every year to get a pelvic exam (minus the Pap)? For no good reason, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last month. Pelvic exams aren't a good screening tool for ovarian cancer, and shouldn't be required to get birth control pills, the report says. Yes, simple tests can harm. Cleveland Clinic cardiology chief Dr. Steven Nissen cites a 52-year-old woman who wound up with a heart transplant after another doctor ordered an unneeded cardiac scan that triggered a false alarm and further testing that in turn punctured her aorta. A close relationship with a primary care doctor who knows you well enough to personalize care maximizes your chances of getting only the tests you really need — without wondering if it's all just about saving money, says Dr. Glen Stream of the American Academy of Family Physicians. “The issue is truly about what is best for patients,” he says.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1346
__label__cc	0.61077	0.38923	Forget everything you know about The Legend of Zelda games. Step into a world of discovery, exploration and adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a boundary-breaking new game in the acclaimed series. Travel across fields, through forests and to mountain peaks as you discover what has become of the ruined kingdom of Hyrule in this stunning open-air adventure. Explore the wilds of Hyrule any way you like - Climb up towers and mountain peaks in search of new destinations, then set your own path to get there and plunge into the wilderness. Along the way, you'll battle towering enemies, hunt wild beasts and gather ingredients for the food and elixirs you'll need to sustain you on your journey. More than 100 Shrines of Trials to discover and explore - Shrines dot the landscape, waiting to be discovered in any order you want. Search for them in various ways, and solve a variety of puzzles inside. Work your way through the traps and devices inside to earn special items and other rewards that will help you on your adventure. Be prepared and properly equipped - With an entire world waiting to be explored, you'll need a variety of outfits and gear to reach every corner. You may need to bundle up with warmer clothes or change into something better suited to the desert heat. Some clothing even has special effects that, for example, can make you faster and stealthier. Battling enemies requires strategy - The world is inhabited with enemies of all shapes and sizes. Each one has its own attack method and weaponry, so you must think quickly and develop the right strategies to defeat them. amiibo compatibility - Tap the Wolf Link amiibo (sold separately) to make Wolf Link appear in game. Wolf Link will attack enemies on his own and help you find items you're searching for. We will also introduce new the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild series of amiibo at E3 this year. (Source) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 0 rm_ratings Find more info about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Discuss This Game Ask questions Visit Official Website Explore a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Become a ghost and go behind enemy lines. Release Date: Mar 07, 2017 It is a time of strife and unrest. Mystics are plagued by nightmares and portents of doom. In Destiny you are a Guardian of the last city on Earth, able to wield incredible power.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1351
__label__wiki	0.985893	0.985893	The Power Rangers movie could get up to six sequels By Gem Seddon 2016-05-26T23:02:51.146Z News We've not even seen its first attempt and already Lionsgate is turning its eye to more Power Rangers movies. Based on early artwork, set photos and official pics, responses to next year's movie are mixed, to say the least. That's not dampened anyone's spirits over at the studio, however. "We are really, really excited about the Power Rangers movie," CEO Jon Feltheimer said today on a conference call, "We could see doing five or six or seven." Them's some mighty big words. The CEO goes on to say that these tentative plans are a result of positive responses to the Power Rangers' recently unveiled new costumes. According to Variety, Feltheimer called them "evidence of audience interest." Initial reactions to Rita Repulsa's revised look haven't been that positive. Elizabeth Banks is barely recognisable under the costume which shares little resemblance to the character's previously onscreen appearances. Despite first impressions, it's impossible to gauge what the movie will be like until it's released. We won't know until then whether or not we'll even get one sequel, nevermind several. Here's hoping we get a glimpse at the action soon in a teaser trailer. Directed by Dean Israelite and starring Naomi Scott, Dacre Montgomery, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, and Elizabeth Banks, the Power Rangers movie will be released in UK and US cinemas on January 13, 2017. Images: Entertainment Weekly/Lionsgate	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1353
__label__cc	0.612132	0.387868	Pegasus World Cup a $12M boost to racing by Eileen Di Rocco Something exciting is happening in horse racing. The Stronach Group, owner of numerous racetracks, has created a new race – the $12 million Pegasus World Cup. The inaugural running will be on Saturday, Jan. 28, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, about 20 miles north of Miami. Twelve entrants paid $1 million each to buy a spot in the starting gate for the race, the richest in America. And, in addition to competing for their share of the $12 million purse, the entrants will “also share equally in 100 percent of the net income from handle, media rights and sponsorships” from the race, according to a news release on the Gulfstream Park website. Of course, here in Las Vegas, the race will be simulcast at the racebooks and we will be able to place a bet, which is the main reason for our interest. We hope to pick a winner, perhaps cash an exacta. To help us with that we will be reading GT’s Steve Davidowitz, who gave some preliminary analysis in his column last week, and consulting closely with co-columnists Richard Saber and Robert Mann as both are very wise in the field of horse racing. But our handicapping won’t be complete if we don’t attend the seminar that will be held in the racebook at South Point on Friday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. It will be hosted by John Kelly and feature Patrick McQuiggan, South Point’s in-house handicapper, and Ralph Siraco, host of Race Day Las Vegas on AM 1400 KSHP. These guys, all excellent handicappers, are sure to have some keen insights into this race. KUDOS to PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan on standing up for sports betting. In a recent interview with Rich Lerner of the Golf Channel, when asked by Lerner if he would look at sports betting in the future Monahan responded: “Is it something we look at? Absolutely! We always look at something that other sports are doing, having success with, trends in the industry. It’s something we’ve spent a lot of time on up to this point in time. You look at DraftKings and FanDuel, you look at gaming in the international markets, there’s a lot of opportunity there. There’s some complexity, and that complexity has held us back from moving forward. But we will look at it and have an open mind towards it.” Monahan, who was previously deputy PGA commissioner and EVP for the Fenway Sports Group, became Commissioner in November. GET WELL wishes go out to GT online columnist and handicapper Bob Christ. We miss you, Bob, and so do your fans, get well soon. See you around town. Eileen Di Rocco A native of Western New York State, Eileen Di Rocco grew up in the Buffalo area, where she attended State University of New York, eventually... more Sports betting will be a hot… The Sting Portrayed Life of… More articles by Eileen...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1354
__label__wiki	0.722208	0.722208	How the AT&T-Time Warner Deal Could Ruin the Open Internet Net Neutrality, Media Consolidation Gaurav Laroia AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Original photo by Flickr user World Economic Forum Even in an age of increasing consolidation, the AT&T-Time Warner merger is a big one. At over $102 billion dollars at close, including equity and debt, the deal combines one of the biggest telecommunications companies with one of the biggest corporate content-creation machines. That means AT&T, often one of the only means of access to the internet, news and entertainment programming, will have control over a vast catalog of channels, media and movie studios, all of which it has a direct financial interest in seeing you spend your limited time consuming. Last week the Justice Department lost its (poorly argued) case to block the merger, and the judge’s approval of the deal is likely to embolden other media companies to merge. Already Disney and Comcast are in a bidding war over 21st Century Fox. These mergers will raise prices and diminish choices. And in the absence of any Net Neutrality rules, companies like AT&T and Comcast will have the power and incentive to crush competition, limit access of new entrants to the media marketplace, stifle critical voices and promote their own content. What happened in court? The Justice Department is tasked with enforcing the country’s antitrust laws and went to trial in late 2017 to block the merger, arguing that an AT&T-Time Warner conglomerate would lead to “higher monthly television bills” and the resulting company would engage in anti-competitive behavior. However, the Department chose to fight with one hand tied behind its back. Due to the administration’s attack on the Net Neutrality rules, it chose to focus on a narrow set of competitive harms regarding access to cable programming — instead of the universe of harms we expect to see with AT&T now able to leverage its market power to discriminate against its competitors’ video content across the internet and other platforms. Despite the court’s many options for reining in the behavior of the new AT&T, like requiring divestiture of parts of Time Warner, or setting merger conditions on how AT&T must behave in the market, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon blessed the union of the two companies, potentially paving the way for other companies to attempt similar mergers. Judge Leon urged the Justice Department not to seek a stay of his ruling, a decision that allowed the merger to be finalized last week. However, it remains to be seen if the Department will appeal the decision to a higher court while its antitrust division chief mulls over possible “next steps”. AT&T’s power in a world without Net Neutrality The Trump FCC’s repeal of the 2015 Net Neutrality rules, which prevented blocking, throttling, paid prioritization and other anti-consumer practices, went into effect on June 11. That means companies like AT&T now have a whole suite of previously illegal practices they can use to maintain their market dominance and leverage that power to favor the content they own on the internet, instead of having to provide the unfettered access to the entire internet as they were previously required to. This means AT&T has the legal right and perhaps the financial incentive to: Block or degrade access to online video services it doesn’t own. This would make it harder, or slower, to access services like Hulu, Netflix or YouTube — and easier to access HBO, which AT&T now owns. Prioritize AT&T’s vast new media library, which includes CNN, the Turner cable networks and the Warner Bros. movie studios. It can do this by either speeding up access to this content or providing financial incentives to its customers to access it. Leveraging its market position as the world’s biggest telecom company to charge new entrants to the media marketplace for access to its customers — turning the internet into something like cable TV. Don’t take our word for it. Since the deal closed, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC that “The more distribution points and customers we enable to consume premium content, the more we want to own and invest in premium content itself.” He added that the company plans to leverage its “170 million direct-to-consumer relationships” to facilitate the delivery of content it owns, including Time Warner’s vast advertising network, to further inundate its customers with online advertising. While AT&T hasn’t yet announced that it will play games with network traffic to steer its customers to media it owns, the company has deployed its significant market power to offer customers access to part of its content library for free through a new product called “AT&T Watch TV”. Customers who aren’t on the AT&T wireless unlimited-data plan will have to pay an extra $15 per month to access the bundle of TV channels on the service. AT&T is already exploiting its newfound market power to put its thumb on the scales of the video and content marketplace. We won’t be surprised if there’s more to come. Buying Time Warner increases AT&T’s incentive to violate its customers’ privacy In late 2016, the FCC passed strong privacy rules that prevented internet service providers like AT&T from snooping on their customers’ internet traffic. However, those were among the first rules the new Republican Congress axed in early 2017. Since these rules were reversed, people must rely on the FTC (an agency with little rule-making authority) to enforce broadband providers’ meager promises that they won’t spy on customers and sell their personal information to data brokers and other companies — a deal the ISPs can change at any time. Now that AT&T owns a massive media company it has a huge platform to monetize the massive amount of personal information it can collect from its customers to serve them ads and use their browsing habits to shape the media they consume and have delivered to them. By positioning itself as the gatekeeper to so many millions of people in the United States, AT&T has the ability to set the terms by which new media makers, especially those from marginalized communities without access to vast amounts of capital, can access their customers. This is antithetical to the principles of the open internet and the idea that — on the internet at least — a good idea should be able to speak for itself and creators should not have to ask permission, or pay extra to an ISP, to get access to anyone online. Unless the Justice Department appeals the decision or Congress finally addresses the problem of media consolidation the merger is on the books. It’s bad news for competition, the open internet and privacy. Free Press will continue to oppose mergers and to fight consolidation in the media and internet marketplace. For now, however, people will face higher prices and even fewer choices online. AT&T-Time Warner Merger Approval Fails to Acknowledge Deal's Harms AT&T/Time Warner: The Case Against Monster Bell More Insights & Opinions Trump's Advisers Get It All Wrong on the Save the Internet Act The Trump administration is recommending a veto of the Save the Internet Act if that bill reaches the president's desk. And the decision is based on faulty data. Raw Data Reveal Reality: Title II and Neutrality Edition Here are some basic facts to keep in mind as legislation to restore Net Neutrality moves ahead in Congress. Privacy Rights Are Civil Rights. We Need to Protect Them. Online companies are exploiting our privacy, and in some cases are using our data to discriminate. Our model bill would change that. See all insights & opinions	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1355
__label__wiki	0.544004	0.544004	← Review and interview: Zhang Lu on exploitation and workers’ struggle in China’s auto industry Review and interview: Li Minqi on the forthcoming collapse of China’s economy and the capitalist world system → Interview on recent trends: Labor Struggles, Organizing, and Repression in China conducted by Ralf Ruckus (June 2016) During more than two decades of rapid economic growth, China witnessed an increase in labor unrest, first of the working class of state workers, with a peak around the end of the 1990s, and then more rapidly since the mid-2000s, evidencing the composition of a new migrant working class that has accumulated tactical and organizational experience in the confrontation with domestic and foreign capital. The regime of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has reacted to the recent labor challenge with a double strategy of making material concessions while repressing any formal worker organizing across companies, industries, or regions. The economic crisis and slowdown since the late 2000s—in China and globally—has led to tougher confrontations.1 While the workers’ expectations regarding material improvements continue to be high, the space for material concessions by capital has become more restricted, and that has led to increasing frustration and anger on the workers’ side, as well as to a consistently high number of social struggles. The CCP regime fears a further escalation of those struggles and has intensified its repressive measures against labor activists and workers. The following interview is intended to shed light on various aspects of the current state of class conflicts in China. The interviewee is a close observer of social struggles in China and remains anonymous to avoid possible retaliations. Credit is due to all those who helped with the interview and added sources, links, and comments in the notes. The strike wave in 2010 was a first peak of labor unrest by the migrant working class in China.2 How has the number of strikes developed since? There are strong reasons to believe that labor unrest has been consistently quite high, and numbers are rising into this year: * Rough estimates from Chinese scholars cite that, in 2009, workers were responsible for around 30,000 of the “mass incidents”—a catch-all term for unrest used by officials that could include strikes, demonstrations, blocking a road, or other forms of collective action.3 That’s a rate of over 80 per day, across China, in that year. This information, however, gives no sense of the spatial distribution, industrial distribution, or other important qualities of the individual incidents. * Projects like China Labour Bulletin’s (CLB) strike map4 or Manfred Elfstrom’s “China Strikes” website5 show snapshots of larger trends by collecting reports of individual incidents. CLB’s numbers, for example, begin with a few hundred in 2011 and rose dramatically year-on-year to nearly 3,000 in 2015—but this is just the number of incidents they chose to record. * If you look at CLB’s primary source, the News Worth Knowing blog that tracks reports of protest in China from social media,6 it shows four to five times more labor incidents than reported by CLB, i.e., over 10,000 incidents of worker strikes and protests in 2015 alone, with reported protests up some 30 percent over 2014. * A more recent figure from official statistics is just over 11,000 “incidents”—again, worker protests, strikes and demonstrations—by migrant workers alone in just the first nine months of 2015, a 34 percent increase from the previous year.7 While it is impossible to verify the actual scope and scale of these protests collected from Chinese social media, looking at the trends and qualitative features can paint a fairly holistic picture. Can you identify a standard curve, like trends or yearly struggle seasons? There are always large waves of unrest in the months leading up to Chinese New Year, centered around the construction industry, in particular the construction of expensive property development projects: high-end apartments, entire housing complexes made by property development companies. Construction workers—still mostly men although the number of women workers is rising—are generally paid in a single lump sum at the end of the year or once the project is completed, which could take a year, or possibly two or three, and live off of a small living allowance for daily expenses. When a project is completed and the large final payment is due, sometimes workers get shortchanged, because, for example, a property developer runs into financial trouble along the way, or a contractor mishandles funds or just simply disappears without paying workers. So construction workers are almost always protesting wage arrears. Most migrant workers go home only once a year at Chinese New Year, and they expect to bring with them large amounts of money back to their home towns in the countryside. As the New Year approaches, workers become concerned about having money to take home with them—when they run into trouble, some are even left without enough money to afford a ticket home. So, in the months leading up to Chinese New Year, countless numbers of construction workers protest to get the wages they are owed. When a boss fails to pay them, workers will block a road, march with banners, and protest at government buildings, demanding payment. Local governments get very nervous around this time of year and are inundated with complaints of wage arrears from workers. Sometimes authorities campaign against wage arrears, or help migrant workers with hotlines or government services, and local governments even maintain funds to pay workers directly some or all of what their owed, but it is never enough to contain massive unrest.8 Some other trends do seem to correspond directly with news of broader political-economic trends. With SOE reform in coal, steel and other industries on the table, there has been an increase in SOE heavy industrial unrest, as companies make cuts, try to get rid of workers and shut down production. Other trends include increases in closures, layoffs and other signs of financial trouble in manufacturing firms, particularly in traditional manufacturing sectors off Pearl and Yangtze river deltas. This has been particularly obvious before, and especially after the Chinese New Year, with a significant number of problems at Hong Kong and Taiwan-owned firms. At a more basic level, there are certain kinds of actions taken by workers in particular industries, and in their typical demands. For instance, collective actions in manufacturing take the form of a mix of strikes and demonstrations, often over wage arrears, but more increasingly over social benefits. In most cases, they are instigated by employers failing to meet their legal obligations rather than workers demanding more than the legal minimum. Contrary to assumptions that workers generally fight against being overworked and underpaid (which does happen), workers often take action demanding more overtime, or protesting reduction in working hours, especially in today’s slowing economy. While the economy becomes layered with new, higher-end production—like cellphones as opposed to T-shirts—old industries, like the textile industry, still remain and often encounter business problems, increasing potential for unrest. To break with misconceptions that most unrest is in large foreign-owned, or state-owned firms, it must be said that most collective actions occur in small to medium, Chinese-owned firms. Foreign news outlets in particular latch on to major strikes at state-owned firms, or foreign-owned firms, and while they are sometimes big and spectacular, they are not representative of the general trends in worker unrest. There are interesting, but rather small, trends as well, like the way unrest unfolds in other industries such as services (restaurants, bars, and hotels with a majority of women workers), education (teachers, again most of them women, from preschool to university level), and even public sector (various government employees in, say, transportation related institutions). Teachers, for instance, strike or demonstrate at government buildings, often over low wages, lack of benefits they legally deserve, or social benefits and the demand to get on government payroll. And taxi drivers have gone one strike and demonstrated at government buildings protesting against competition from illegal cabs and increasingly against taxi ride apps in the past year. Unrest has spread not only among taxi drivers themselves but also the ride app drivers, sometimes leading to violent confrontation between drivers. You mentioned SOE workers. The peak of their struggles was in the late 1990s/early 2000s. What about the past few years? First of all, that sort of thing still happens, though not in the consistent, massive numbers from the late 1990s to early 2000s.9 Today, especially in China’s northeast, many large state-owned, or recently state-owned, companies in steel, coal and other traditional industries are in serious trouble, especially in recent months with plummeting commodity prices, and even more with deepening reforms forced upon these heavily indebted enterprises. Lots of coal mines are closing, steel plants shutting down, turning some localities into ghost towns.10 There are some, often large, protests by laid off workers—or “internally retired” workers—over benefits. These workers are somehow cheated out of the benefits, shares or other rights once promised to them by the state system. In an industrial park in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou recently there was a strike at major SOE steel manufacturer Ansteel over wage reforms attempting to force workers from the job voluntarily without paying them compensation. About one week after those strikes ended, another major strike of 2000 workers broke out just five kilometers away at American-owned car parts manufacturer Delphi. Workers were aware of each other, supported each other in principle, but had no real connections with the workers just a few kilometers away! Worker unrest erupts in industrial parks all the time, but rarely spreads from factory to factory, or into the view of residents of urban centers. In this case, the mentioned strikes were contained to the factory grounds—actively—by large numbers of police. Workers are subject to much greater risk of repression and arrest if they leave factory grounds during a strike or protest. Effectively, if one didn’t follow the news online, it would have been nearly impossible for anyone in Guangzhou to follow these major events happening in their own neighborhood. The events were not covered by mainstream media (though reporters were turned away from the gate of the Ansteel plant), and the events were only covered by small-scale WeChat and Weibo platforms. Recently a lot of local WeChat platforms include news of worker unrest if it happens. Spreading shocking news of things that happen in your own neighborhood end up including worker strikes and protests at times and are one of the few consistent conveyor belts of information that pass on information of worker protests to the general, regional population. Is there a regional pattern of struggles related to the types of workers, industries, professions, company ownership, employment status? Construction unrest is spread wherever housing development is big, and that is in many large cities all throughout China, so you see lots of unrest in Henan, Sichuan, and even regions further from east coast like Ningxia or Yunnan. Regionally, much of the manufacturing unrest is still focused around the Yangtze and the Pearl River delta regions, but some of it is slowly shifting inland. There is, actually, evidence that relocation of manufacturing inland has had an effect on worker organizing and unrest in ways that are positive for worker organizing. In the example of Foxconn, locations in Shenzhen went many years without much collective action, as the factory went to great lengths to separate workers from workers who spoke the same local dialect—gave them different dorms, different shifts, different workplaces in the factory. Then, as soon as Foxconn relocated to other parts of the country, like Henan, unrest erupted rather aided by workers speaking the same dialect.11 Moreover, some research suggests that unrest has grown at a much more rapid rate in inland provinces like Sichuan over the past five years than in traditional unrest hubs like Guangdong. Do you know examples of struggles of temporary agency workers? Agency workers’ involvement in labor struggles is common, especially in the state-owned sector, the most notorious abuser of agency workers in recent years, and in construction including state-owned construction. There is some small, but notable unrest among student interns that are recruited to work at enterprises.12 Student workers also played a key role in the now famous Foshan Honda strike.13 However, precarity is, in fact, a quite general condition of labor in China. For example, the overwhelming majority of workers in construction work without a contract, despite years of laws and regulations built to address this problem specifically. How have the organizational patterns of workers changed in the past years? Do you think certain struggles have been “contagious”, i.e., influenced others in their protest behaviors? First, it should be said that there is a certain common-knowledge repertoire of protest in China that is particular to China. For example, workers know they could go block a road to attract attention. Or demonstrate at a government building for a few hours blocking the front gate. Strikes seem to take a bit more coordination and organization, but there is definitely a common culture of resistance particular to each industry, region, and to China in general, grown, inherited and changing through years of struggle. In terms of spreading in sudden contagion, it does happen from time to time, most famously in the auto industry in 2010. Smaller, though equally connected events have happened recently—workers connected through a particular company with branches throughout China may hear that workers at one factory got a certain compensation package while they did not, and take action around that issue. Teachers sometimes strike and protest because they get wind of conditions in a neighboring locality, or they may organize among themselves because they are subject to the same bad local government policies or corruption.14 In any case, it is surprising the level of interconnectedness and common knowledge workers have with each other throughout an industry or company, considering the constant repression of worker organization and activism. In many ways, the knowledge of struggle, and how to struggle in the current paradigm, appears to be absorbed quite naturally by workers through their work-lives. For those of us outside of those workplaces and cultures, it would take serious research of things that may be rather obvious to Chinese workers: Where did you first hear of worker protests? What sorts of strikes had you heard of before you went on strike yourself? How did you feel about employers and their treatment of workers before you started your job, or went on strike? This requires some rather serious, but important, explorations into the real work-life environment of Chinese workers, and those that become involved in struggle. You mentioned WeChat and Weibo. How do workers learn about struggles, how do they spread the information? Word of mouth and social media, but it seems that much of it must come from the culture of being Chinese working class person, the education, the stories of friends and family, and work-life experience—talking with colleagues, commiserating, talking about problems etc. Social media has definitely been important in allowing outsiders to get a view inside the workplace, so it’s tempting to overestimate the role it plays in worker organizing. Workers do organize actions using cellphones and co-worker groups, and at times use social media to broadcast their struggles. At the point of production, however, there is still a large role for organizing through day-to-day interaction with coworkers offline, or through occasional use of other means like pamphleteering or writing statements about going on strike. In terms of its affect on China overall, it must be said that the advent of social media and the internet has increased the Chinese population’s own knowledge of the level of protest in their own communities and in their country as a whole, though one must also take into account the heavy censorship, propaganda, and mass culture in general that goes along with the internet and social media. Workers and others in labor movement are, of course, constantly subject to different levels of surveillance via their mobile devices, which is a very serious concern. It is undoubtedly true that use of social media platforms like WeChat increase the ability for the state security apparatus to monitor and crackdown on activist circles and organizing workers, while at the same time organizing may not take place at the same speed, breadth or depth without it; this all highlights an increased need for strategic awareness and capability among workers to learn to use secure and convenient means of communication, an ongoing battle and important front of struggle for activists worldwide. What is the role of “leaders,” and who are those “leaders”? Leaders do exist in some capacity in many struggles, though relying on the term can be misleading. Workers may organize themselves and select representatives to facilitate action, like bringing their demands to the boss. Some workers, especially in the course of long struggles, emerge as centers of large networks of, say, retired workers or those suffering from occupational illness—as the center of a hub. Some workers are organizers and agitators dedicated to labor struggles after years of experience and learning, and put themselves on the front line of organizing. Sometimes workers may have no apparent leader at all, and sometimes, when cops arrive on the scene, they actively try to find the “leaders” whether there are any or not, as it is often part of their practice to say “we’ve captured the responsible parties, and the rest dispersed.” Perhaps there is a certain diverse ecology of “leadership”, though hopefully a more nuanced view takes away some of the raw authority-subservience vibe implied by the term. Are there any “ideologies” involved, such as Maoism? While Maoists might disagree with me, looking at the wide spectrum of struggles, those who invoke Mao and Maoism are typically older workers with some memory of Mao-era China. There are definitely young activists who are interested in the idea of communism, workers struggles, that there might be some truth behind all the propaganda they encountered growing up in China, like Marxism or Communism. One worker activist I know is fascinated with early communist party history, when CCP members were “actually labor organizers, just like me!” What is the role of labor NGOs in the struggles? Labor NGOs are generally quite small, with no more than a handful of staff, and sometimes incorporating networks of volunteers and associates. They have developed and grown over the years in an extremely difficult environment for organizing of any kind. Every civil society organization is required to register—though some do not—with the authorities and are subject to monitoring, visitation, and potential revocation of their official status. Still there are various important labor-related organizations active in China, each with their own special functions and goals. Some help workers obtain compensation for workplace injuries; some hold reading groups or film viewings where workers can study labor history in China and around the world; some assist workers in collective disputes against their employer. All of these organizations, while small, also help to grow important layers and networks in the contemporary Chinese labor struggles. The case of the Lide shoe factory was one in which a labor NGOs played a key role,15 and this used against many of the activists arrested in Guangdong recently16 on the grounds that they were “disturbing the public order.” In fact, they were holding elections for worker representatives, including holding new elections when workers were not satisfied with their bargaining reps, and advising workers in bargaining strategies with their employer. These workers sought out the NGO themselves, as many of the NGOs have developed a reputation over the year for helping workers get their basic legal rights fulfilled. Overall, certain labor NGOs have played a crucial role in labor struggles in China, despite their small number and repression by authorities. They have become hubs for activists and networks for workers and other members of society. They are, generally, dedicated to specific reformist agendas.17 As the recent crackdown proves, even the most modest, liberal reforms—like demands for a democratic system of collective bargaining—are threatening to the authorities. Their nervousness is not unwarranted. What may be a small, programmatic reform could have unwanted, unstated and unforeseen consequences from their perspective. For example, reforms which have been proposed and nearly passed in Guangdong and included worker elections in factories could produce experiences with the democratic election of co-workers, sustained worker organization in struggle and consistent mutual aid.18 Along with direct action like strikes and factory occupations that could have certain offshoots in domestic activist communities who may formulate more radical demands and perspectives. Similarly, even if such reforms are adopted by local state-union officials as a concessionary experiment, disappointment and frustration with the unions’ engagement (as it is basically a non-entity in workers lives and struggles at this point) could potentially escalate into widespread, organized and open dissatisfaction with the state-run form of worker organizing, and inspire more public, more dangerous efforts for independent organizations. At the same time, there is a risk of demobilization of seasoned activists and workers struggles, and a new round of reformed institutional repression of radical action. This all raises important questions about the current situation and potentials for further development of independent worker culture, publications, dissemination of ideas, news and learning among workers, as a place of mutual learning and experimentation among workers. After all, these politics will ultimately be played out and decided among workers themselves. Could you describe the role of ACFTU unions in the struggles? As already mentioned, it is a useless non-entity on an average day, a counterproductive tool of management whenever they take action. Most Chinese workers have no relationship to the union at all, or even know that one exists. Often, workers may not be aware they have a union even if one is nominally established in their workplace. The ACFTU is the only (nominal) trade union organization in China. It is a highly bureaucratic organization, loyal to the leadership of the CCP, and lacking any substantive relationship to the workers it claims to represent—detached from the lives of workers. The ACFTU has its own campaigns and drives, like establishing unions at big foreign firms like Walmart, but these unions have proved to be ineffective. In the case of Walmart, workers have found their own ways to air their grievances. Some activist workers have tried to organize their own campaigns for worker organizing within Walmart, attempting to organize collective bargaining and demanding democratic election of their trade unions, but they have been met with silence from the union and repression from Walmart, who routinely fire worker organizers. There are exceptionally rare cases of democratically elected trade union leaders, as in the case of the Baimu factory, where the enterprise-level union actually collected the demands of workers and organized strike actions to fight for these demands. At the Baimu plant, there was even a physical confrontation between a manager and the union official.19 Which role do local governments play in the struggles? In the every day management of labor unrest in China, government officials are no doubt busy. When construction firms go under, workers block a road or protest at government buildings, they are expected to shoulder some of responsibility. As mentioned earlier, many workers seek out government departments, particularly in resolution of the wage arrears, focused in the construction industry. Workers may block a road, demonstrate at government building, or sit-in at government office, and government may respond by paying the workers some or perhaps all of what they are owed—from special funds reserved for this common problem—or the government may attempt to force employers to pay some or all of what workers are owed, or simply turn the workers away. In some cases, police intervene to clear workers from protesting at government buildings. There are some examples of government intervention in strikes as a mediator, but none too important. In many cases, when the government steps in, they say to a stubborn boss “look, pay them something” or “pay them this but not that,” and at that point the workers really have no choice but to take what they are given. These state organs are no doubt busy but often slow, or ineffective, playing catch up in the aftermath of long-standing problems—company closure, boss disappearing, etc. Workers become impatient and protests in hope of swaying public opinion and/or forcing government to pay attention, play a stronger role. What about repression? How does it influence the development and outcome of social struggles? Repression plays a strong role, and it must be known among workers that when they protest they risk police intervention. For example, it is well known that activities limited to factory grounds will remain relatively calm, but should protests move out onto a public street or government building, they will almost certainly attract police response. Repression certainly affects the ability of workers and other citizens to organize. Meetings to organize a strike committee can be broken up as an “illegal meeting,” lawyer networks are repressed for assisting workers in taking their cases to court, or providing legal assistance, and a great effort is made to keep workers atomized and separate—though their labor is necessarily collective—and collective organizations are either dismantled or efforts are made to bring them under the surveillance and purview of the state. In the mentioned, recent crackdown on labor NGOs, some of the most experienced organizers in Guangdong continued over many years to promote their own model of conflict resolution, namely collective bargaining and getting involved in labor unrest, something the state union refuses to do. These NGOs faced intermittent repression as they became involved, largely successfully, in a variety of incidents—sanitation workers, factory workers, etc. Local governments and security forces tried a variety of tactics to try to control these organizations—sometimes a strong arm and explicit violence, sometimes offers of cooperation, or demands on information regarding an organization’s internal affairs, coerced or not coerced: break-in vs. requests. By the time of the large crackdown in December 2015, most organizations had a working relationship with local authorities, and who clearly knew the organizations’ programs, funding sources, structure and labor incidents in which they were involved. Still, they were subject to a highly coordinated and thorough crackdown. What is the role of the labor law in the struggles? There was a major new set of labor laws in 2007, most notably the Labor Contract Law. At the time, there was a strong national push to inform workers of their legal rights, and many workers did become educated about them. Thereafter, workers did invoke the law often in struggles, and have ever since, even though laws have not been enforced overall. As Chinese labor law is in many cases quite high in its standards and terribly low in enforcement, workers often use the law and legal standards, to build claims of their just cause in defending their rights. In some cases, workers make demands that are consciously beyond legal standards, like their compensation for layoffs. In many cases, workers find out that the company has been cheating them out of their legal social benefits. For example, the employer may make contributions to their social security at the rate calculated according to the local minimum wage rather than the workers actual wage, which could be much higher. When workers find out that the boss has been cheating them for years, according to their own legal research, they often take action, and the boss may not actually be able to pay, as it may amount to a huge sum of money.20 At a higher or broader level of the state, legal policies are used as a tool of class struggle against workers by the state on behalf of employers and profitability more and more as the economy declines. Recent high-level criticism of the Labor Contract Law21 has made class character of the law increasingly clear, giving major advantages to the employer, and officials (e.g., in Dongguan) called for further reforms as eliminating layoff compensation to ease the burden on employers.22 Do you think the reasons behind social struggles have changed in the past five or six years connected to the ups and downs of boom and recession? The general economic slowdown is partially an outcome of —a particular mode of capitalist—economic development, but there really does seem to be an increase in unrest in certain sectors, like manufacturing in particular, due to factory closures and financial difficulties after the yuan devaluation and stock market problems in the last few months of last year. There is no sign that the underlying problems in the economy will go away, and the coming years will likely be a very active for labor struggles.23 The construction industry, for example, may become a major problem for the government, as the age of rapid housing development has past its zenith. The government’s investment in all sorts of construction projects after the crisis, and subsequent housing booms in major cities, employed a large amount of the working population, and also caused a lot of unrest in its crisis-ridden growth. There are also certain demographic pressures that are coming to bear on the working population. The growing elderly population—the construction industry, for example, is made up of alarmingly old workers; not many young people want to go into construction—and the shrinking working age population will most likely intensify shortages, and cause pressure on working people to support their parents, and themselves, as they age and cause problems for the social security system. 1 On the economic slowdown and, especially, the decreasing profit rate in China, see: Li Minqi. China and the 21st Century Crisis. London: Pluto Press, 2016, 79–103, and the review of that book and an interview with Li Minqi in: Ralf Ruckus. “Chinese Capitalism in Crisis, Part 2: Li Minqi on the forthcoming collapse of China’s economy and the capitalist world system.” In: Sozial.Geschichte Online, 19, 2016. 2 For a description of the 2010 strike wave in China see, for instance: Florian Butollo and Tobias ten Brink. 2012. “Challenging the Automization of Discontent.” In: Critical Asian Studies, 44, 3, 2012, 419–440. 3 Although the Chinese government no longer publishes comprehensive statistics on the number of mass incidents in the country each year, based on the partial data available, it has been estimated that there were some 90,000 mass incidents throughout China in 2009, the vast majority of which were triggered by specific rights violations. It is further estimated that around one third of those protests were labor-related. This would put the number of strikes and collective worker protests in 2009 at around 30,000, see: http://www.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/unity_is_strength_web.pdf. This ratio of about one third worker protests with regards to mass incidents seems to be a “stable” one. Yu argued that there were 30 percent worker related protests between 1993 and 2005, and Wedemann estimates 36,5 percent for the period 1990–2008: see Yu Jianrong, 2008. “Mass incidents and the construction of a harmonious society.” Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: http://wenku.baidu.com/view/debd1d563c1ec5da50e270b2.html; Andrew Wedeman. 2009. “Enemies of the State: Mass Incidents and Subversion in China,” APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper, available at SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1451828. 4 See: http://strikemap.clb.org.hk/strikes/en 5 See: https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com 6 See: http://newsworthknowingcn.blogspot.hk 7 See “Labouring in China” blog: http://labouringchina.com/2016/03/03/how-many-labour-protests-in-2015. In the first nine months last year, the number of “incidents” related to wage defaults of migrant workers hit 11,007, up 34 percent from the same period in 2014, data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security showed: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/19/c_135021257.htm 8 For a detailed analysis of the life and struggles of construction workers in China see: Pun Ngai and Lu Huilin. 2010. “A Culture of Violence: The Labor Subcontracting System and Collective Action by Construction Workers in Post-Socialist China.” In: The China Journal, 64, 2010, 143–158; for the German translation see http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-26911/04_Pun_Ngai.pdf. 9 For an account of the resistance of the “old” working class since the 1990s, see: http://www.gongchao.org/2007/12/01/unhappy-urban-workers 10 See: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/chinese-steel-production-abandoned-mills-broken-lives 11 Checkout this article that talks about Foxconn: http://www.lrchina.org/detail.asp?menu=%E5%B7%A5%E4%BA%BA%E9%9B%86%E4%BD%93%E8%A1%8C%E5%8A%A8&id=359; for more information in Foxconn see the compilation of texts at http://www.gongchao.org/en/islaves-struggles. Regarding the connection of workers through their “dialect”: As a worker who was transferred from Shenzhen back to his Henan hometown explained it, it is not the “provincial” dialect that connects workers. Once he returned to his province, solidarity was based on more localized distinctions. In these inland areas, whole families or groups of old friends are more likely to work together, and hometown gangs are more common. For instance, workers may call on their buddies to meet after work and beat up the line leader who has insulted them. Workers are less disciplined and there is much more of this kind of rowdyish retaliation and resistance than in Shenzhen. Furthermore, in Shenzhen “dialect” as such is not a hindrance to solidarity anymore. Everyone can understand one another, and the bond between laoxiang (老乡, people from the same region) who speak the same dialect is no longer as strong. 12 Two in one day: http://strikemap.clb.org.hk/strikes/en#201508/201602/5878; http://strikemap.clb.org.hk/strikes/en#201508/201602/5877; on the involvement of temporary workers in auto workers’ struggles see, for instance: Zhang Lu. 2015. Inside China’s Automobile Factories: The Politics of Labor and Worker Resistance. New York: Cambridge University Press, and the interview with Zhang Lu in: Ralf Ruckus. 2016. “Chinese Capitalism in Crisis, Part 1: Zhang Lu on exploitation and workers’ struggle in China’s auto industry.” In: Sozial.Geschichte Online, 18, 2016, 119–144. 13 See: http://www.worldlabour.org/eng/node/383 14 See: http://www.clb.org.hk/content/teachers%E2%80%99-strikes-escalate-across-china 15 See: http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/workers-speak-out-support-detained-labour-activists-guangdong 16 Check out the collection “Solidarity with Chinese Workers” on Libcom.org for more: https://libcom.org/tags/solidarity-chinese-workers 17 On the stabilizing effect of labor NGOs’ activity in China see, for instance: Eli Friedman and Ching Kwan Lee. 2010. “Remaking the World of Chinese Labour: A 30-Year Retrospective.” In: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48:3, September 2010, 507–533. 18 These reforms did not go far, in part due to the intervention of employers associations, see: Elaine Hui Sio-ieng and Chris King-chi Chan. 2016. “The Associational Power of Overseas Business in China: A Case Study of the Shenzhen Collective Consultation Ordinance and the Guangdong Regulations on Democratic Management of Enterprises.” In: The China Quarterly, 225, 2016, 145–168: http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_conference_2015/papers/Hui_and_Chan.pdf 19 See: https://chinaworker.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/广州白木汽车公司案件 20 For an example see: http://clb.org.hk/en/content/high-profile-strike-zhongshan-bag-manufacturer-enters-tenth-day 21 See: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-economy-labour-idUKKCN0WD19W 22 See: http://m.caijing.com.cn/article/48841 23 On the economic slowdown see, for instance: Ralf Ruckus. “China Crash – The Faltering of Economic Transition.” gongchao.org, September 2015, http://www.gongchao.org/en/texts/2015/china-crash This entry was posted in Texts and tagged labor unrest, organizing, repression. 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__label__wiki	0.542458	0.542458	William Warnock Rep. William Warnock Former Representative for Ohio’s 8th District Warnock was the representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1903 to 1905. He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district as a Republican from 1901 to 1903. Contact Rep. William Warnock I live in Ohio’s 8th congressional district. I want to urge Warnock to take an action on a bill. Visit Rep. William Warnock’s website » Look for a contact form on Rep. William Warnock’s website to express your opinion. Visit Warnock’s Website » Head over to Rep. William Warnock’s website. If you are having a problem with a government agency, look for a contact link for casework to submit a request for help. Otherwise, look for a phone number on that website to call his office if you have a question. Not all Members of Congress will accept messages from non-constituents. You can try your luck by visiting Warnock’s website. Otherwise, try contacting your own representative: Find Your Representative » I am not sure. I’m not sure if I live in his district. You are currently on the website GovTrack.us, which has no affiliation with Warnock and is not a government website. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Warnock. From Dec 1901 to Mar 1905, Warnock missed 51 of 270 roll call votes, which is 18.9%. This is better than the median of 29.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1905. The chart below reports missed votes over time. 1902 Mar-May 22 10 45.5% 73rd 1902 Jun-Jul 28 0 0.0% 0th 1903 Nov-Nov 6 1 16.7% 22nd Dec 1903-Apr 1904 49 22 44.9% 74th Dec 1904-Mar 1905 32 9 28.1% 55th William Warnock is pronounced:	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1360
__label__cc	0.601055	0.398945	Calderdale duo take on channel swim for good causes The pair are looking forward to the challenge of a lifetime. Two Calderdale women will take on the challenged of a lifetime this week as they prepare to swim the English Channel. Andrea Turpin, who lives in Hebden Bridge, and Lynne Midwinter, from Todmorden, are raising cash for causes close to their heart. Both Lynne and Andrea have been training in local waterways. The two 50-somethings travel to Dover this weekend to await clearance as to when the best conditions will be to take on the swim, which could take over 24 hours. Lynne, who is taking on the challenge in part to help celebrate her 50th birthday, is raising money for Jane’s Place, a Burnley ‘Recovery Refuge’ designed specifically for women and children at risk of domestic abuse who have additional and complex needs. Andrea hopes to raise £2,000 for the Noah’s Ark Centre, which will pay for counselling sessions for vulnerable Calderdale children. Andrea said: "We're doing it for the challenge, but also to raise as much money as we possibly can for these causes. "I am so motivated by the story of one little boy who just has no funding. It's just heartbreaking and is such a worthwhile cause." Andrea's online fundraising page can be found HERE. Lynne's online fundraising page can be found HERE. Investigators can't say whether almost £1m of Welcome to Yorkshire expense claims were 'reasonable'	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1362
__label__wiki	0.864238	0.864238	Hello Pharr Class 5A Texas high school playoff pairings Class 5A T... 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__label__wiki	0.776132	0.776132	New Cyber Security Centre Rotherwas By ragwert, July 13, 2018 in Planning ragwert 358 Location: Ereford A new purpose built security centre is to be built at Skylon Park Rotherwas in a joint venture between Herefordshire Council and the University of Wolverhampton. The University of Wolverhampton has approved £1.5 million to contribute to the centre as well as successfully securing grant funding of £4 million from the Marches LEP Local Growth Fund and £1.16 million of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Herefordshire Council has approved funding of £3.5 million to contribute to the Centre for Cyber Security Hereford Voice 40 Looks good and more jobs too. Rebecca Morrison 260 How cool is this! Good for Hereford Building looks very nice.....As long as they build it like the artist impression. SON OF GRIDKNOCKER 190 If you had told me this was a Russian KGB Torture Centre on the outskirts of Moscow, circa 1970, I'd have believed you! twowheelsgood 598 Agreed, the building is hideous, and far removed from the expensive design guide and masterplan the council commisioned to give Rotherwas some cohesiveness. That said most of what has been built recently is pretty basic/grim/pedestrian, so we should not be surprised. The last 'joint venture' the Council did was Blueschool House, and look how that turned out (and still no report on where the money went). We're endlessly told there is no money for essential services (despite having paid for them through Council Tax) and yet £3.5m is seemingly found for this. Skewed priorities methinks - the market should pay for this if they want it, not the Council Tax payer. megilleland 606 Location: Newton Farm, Hereford Hereford Enterprise Zone - Cyber Security Centre joint venture with University of Wolverhampton To seek approval for the council to undertake detailed legal and financial due diligence to determine the preferred partnering arrangements with the University of Wolverhampton (the University) for the development and operation of a centre for cyber security on Hereford Enterprise Zone. The University propose to develop a centre for cyber security located on the Hereford Enterprise Zone, as a joint venture with Herefordshire Council. The proposed site will form part of a national ‘Cyber Triangle’ with GCHQ Cheltenham and the Government Cyber Centre in Newport, South Wales, and ‘Cyber Valley’ with Worcestershire. It will be an anchor building generating new research and short course opportunities that will feed into training and education in industry and within the University. The University are proposing that the centre for cyber security is undertaken as a joint venture with the council. It is recommended that the council agree to take a direct role in the development and operation of the centre for cyber security through the establishment of some form of appropriate partnership structure, such as a company limited by shares. Further legal and financial due diligence will need to be undertaken to determine the most appropriate nature of this role for the council and evaluate the business case for the project and risks and opportunities associated with it. In July 2018 Council made provision within the capital programme of £3.5m to support the delivery of the centre for cyber security. When the due diligence work has been completed a recommendation on the way forward will be brought to Cabinet for consideration. That: (a) Up to £35k is allocated to provide the necessary legal and financial advice on appropriate partnership structures to secure delivery of the centre for cyber security in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton be approved. Alternative options considered: 1 Not having a direct role within the centre for cyber security project but instead seeking to sell the site to the University of Wolverhampton (the University). Should the University still proceed with the project, the council would receive a capital receipt in the order of £500,000. All risk associated with establishing and operating the centre would pass to the university. There is a strong likelihood that the University would review the business case for the project and may determine to postpone implementation of the project, or withdraw from the project altogether. The council loses direct influence on the aims, objectives and future operation of the centre particularly in terms of ensuring local business benefit. The council loses direct influence in terms of using the centre as an asset to leverage national government cyber policy, and future funding initiatives to invest locally, as well as a draw for international business investment into the zone. No opportunity for the council to benefit from future success, financial or otherwise. 2 Council undertakes to deliver the project itself. Avoid the need to enter into negotiations with the University. The council retains 100% control over the centre’s construction and operation going forward. Need to find £9m plus to fund the centre – not part of the current capital allocation for the Hereford enterprise zone. Funding has already been secured by the University from the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (Marches LEP), and from its own resources, with a bid to European funding already well advanced. Likely to be significant fall out with those funding partners and an important local partner (the University). The University is very experienced in starting and running business centres; the council would need to start from scratch, and seek to find a replacement and credible higher education partner, given the research and development, and knowledge transfer components. Lack of operating expertise within the council so would require recruitment of additional staff or procurement of services to manage the facility. Ground breaking moment for cyber security in Hereford Work is due to start on the £9 million Cyber Quarter - Midlands Centre for Cyber Security in Hereford and was marked by an official ground breaking ceremony on Friday 7 June. The trail-blazing project on Skylon Park, Hereford Enterprise Zone, is a joint venture between the University of Wolverhampton and Herefordshire Council and part-funded by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Cllr David Hitchiner, Leader of Herefordshire Council, said: “We are very excited about this joint venture with the University of Wolverhampton, which is a key investment in creating more knowledge-based jobs in Herefordshire. “The new Midlands Centre for Cyber Security is a fantastic facility which promises to attract new hi-tech investment, draw expertise and create high-income jobs in the County. It will create a range of opportunities in the growing cyber security sector in Herefordshire, which already has an established, highly regarded security industry.” Professor Geoff Layer, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wolverhampton, said: “The aim of the centre is to tackle the growing threat of cyber attacks which could significantly impact local, regional and national businesses. “The University will provide significant resources for research and development through our Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute (WCRI) which is developing and leading an International Cyber Knowledge Hub to tackle threats in cyberspace with focus on providing expertise in relation to security for critical national infrastructure – particularly in terms of healthcare, transport and our physical environment including power grids, water networks and the nuclear industry. “The shared facilities will also allow private sector businesses to benefit from the university’s networks and expertise as well as make use of the centre’s specialist training rooms and laboratory spaces.” Andrew Manning Cox, chairman of Hereford Enterprise Zone and Marches LEP board member, said "The new centre would further underline the zone’s position as a natural home for cyber security, business, research and innovation. Skylon Park has already been highlighted by the Government as having a crucial role to play in the growth of cyber research in this country and the new centre will put the zone firmly at the heart of this vital field. The national and international importance of the work which will be undertaken at the centre will act as a beacon of excellence, attracting still more investment at Skylon, the only Enterprise Zone in the country to focus on the defence and security sector. “The result will be good news for Skylon Park, Hereford and the Marches region as a whole.” The 2,000 square metre building, designed by Associated Architects and built by Spellar Metcalfe, will provide significant resources for research and development across three cyber laboratories, advanced training facilities as part of the WCRI and additional business space for up to 16 cyber companies. The centre, which secured £2.82m of funding via the Marches LEP’s Growth Deal with Government in 2017, is part of the new Cyber Quarter at Skylon Park, already home to numerous defence and security sector businesses. The new centre incorporates a full height glass atrium to provide a dual break-out space and function hall, alongside the main three storey building that houses business suites, innovation rooms, IT workshops and a ‘Cyber Range’ – a cutting edge facility that will defend against the global rise of hacking. The Cyber Quarter - Midlands Centre for Cyber Security is set to reach BREEAM Very Good, an industry-leading standard of sustainability and is set to open in Summer 2020. bobby47 636 I no longer matter! Location: Not known I’m not to sure what their aims are here. Cyber Security implies security across the World Wide Web for any business or agency that requires some degree of safety whenever they’re online carrying out their daily business transactions. As far as I can tell, to achieve that noble aim, Cyber Security, you’ve gotta employ people who are at the top of their game. The going rate for the best of the best is somewhere in the region of 300 to 400 thousand a year. That sort of salary gets you what you want. Cyber Security! In short, you’ve gotta be a real clever bastard to ever hack into whatever it is they’ve been tasked to protect. Now, if as I suspect they’re going to build some functional brick built box, call it a base for Cyber Security and then employ people on thirty odd grand a year, you’re going to end up with a brick built box occupied by people who’s abilities are limited and questionable and some intellectual distance off ever being able to compete with those who’s aim it is to make your cyber security systems insecure Course, my cynical guess is these new Cyber Security firms, who will inevitably be paying peanuts for their employees and who’ll end up sat inside their brick built box down at Rotherwas, will be completely out of their depth. They will of course win contracts from the stupid and gullible, the likes of the Council and other public agents, simply because the bullshit words, ‘Cyber Security’ convinces them that these are the very people who should be used to protect the integrity of their IT systems. Sadly, as always, bullshit being bullshit and cheap being cheap and profitable, the new wave of Cyber Security will soon be up and running until they suddenly discover that what they’ve constructed in terms of Cyber Security can be easily and quickly be hacked by a third year gamer youngster who’s still at school and who quite fancies the idea of a salary down in London that pays a rate ten times higher than the Cyber Security brick box down at Rotherwas. My conclusion? Yet another pointless venture that’ll die the death of a dying dog and inevitably, because it’s a ** idea, haemorrhage more money from the public exchequer. As for the box. The brick built box. It’ll eventually find its purpose. Probably a storage space for old tired worn out furniture that was once used to promote some other failed ** idea that turned out to be a waste of everyone’s time. Course, I could be wrong. They could employ the best of the best to achieve Cyber Security and pay the going rate for the finest minds. But, Hereford being Hereford, and the Enterprise Zone being the Skylon Park, somehow I bloody doubt it.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1366
__label__cc	0.511668	0.488332	Swedes Could Join European Populist Force in Upcoming Vote COMMENTARY Europe Sep 10th, 2018 2 min read Theodore R. Bromund, Ph.D. @Bromund Senior Research Fellow in Anglo-American Relations Ted Bromund studies Anglo-American relations, U.S. relations with Europe and the EU, and the U.S.’s leadership role in the world. In Sweden’s case, the rebel party are the Swedish Democrats. True to its social democratic heritage, Sweden welcomed the refugees with open arms, providing them with generous benefits. The result — in nation after European nation — is not pretty. It’s hard to imagine that anyone in Sweden, a rich and beautiful nation, has a reason to be discontented. Yet, in its election on Sunday, Sweden will likely become the next European nation where a rebel party that defies the left/right divide will gain votes. In Sweden’s case, the rebel party are the Swedish Democrats. Polls are unreliable things, but the Swedish Democrats look set to take 20 percent of the vote. They won’t form the next government, and other parties will refuse to deal with them. But they might hold the political balance of power. What is happening in Sweden has happened in Italy. And Germany. And Austria. And France. In each case, the rebel party has gained strength, often at the expense of the center-left parties. The issue driving voters to the Swedish Democrats is crime. Sweden is not experiencing a full-on crime wave. But car burnings are all too visible, with tens of cars being torched in some cities in a night. So dramatic are these attacks that they are reported even in American newspapers. But what you might read in The New York Times is that the attacks were the works of “young men,” and that no one has any useful ideas about the motives behind the burnings. The Swedish Democrats are not so coy. Like many Swedes, they blame immigrants. To be more exact, they blame the fact that, in 2015 alone, Sweden took in 163,000 asylum-seekers from the war-torn Middle East. That is the equivalent of the United States taking 5.2 million refugees in a year. True to its social democratic heritage, Sweden welcomed the refugees with open arms, providing them with generous benefits. Naturally, the left now blames Sweden for not spending even more money. Just for reference, in 2016, the Swedish government spent just under half — 49.4 percent — of the nation’s GDP. If Sweden isn’t spending enough and isn’t nice enough to keep refugees from burning cars, there’s no hope for anyone. At some point, the car-burners have to take the rap. The car burnings are not a reaction to an uncaring society. But Sweden does have an unemployment problem. Despite its reputation in the United States as a socialist folly, Sweden is quite good at getting Swedes into jobs. But highly educated Sweden is not an easy place to find a job if, like the refugees, you are poorly-educated. Young men with idle hands rarely produce social peace. Of course, it’s not that simple. There are unemployed people everywhere, but not burning cars: the root cause of gang crime is not joblessness. Ultimately, Sweden is also struggling to come to terms with the fact that not everyone around the world is born with Swedish sensibilities. As long ago as 2011, Patrick Åserud, a teacher in Oslo, wrote that in his school “Girls are bullied if they are blond, and color their hair to fit in. It’s no good to be gay at school, or atheist, and absolutely not Jewish.” Today, more Swedes would likely nod in agreement. You can mobilize the forces of political correctness to pressure people not to say these things. But you cannot stop people from thinking them. And you cannot stop people from voting on their thoughts. Sweden is not all that different from the rest of Europe. After 1945, Western Europe liberalized its economies to stabilize its politics. As in the United States, cultural change didn’t arrive in force until the 1960s. Today, European nations have an economic model that makes it hard for young people to get jobs, and they are imposing cultural change through migration. Instead of following its post-war approach, Europe today is preserving its economics and instead forcing change into its culture — and politics. The result — in nation after European nation — is not pretty. But those results will keep coming until Europe decides that democratic stability matters more than political correctness and economic stasis. This piece originally appeared in Newsday on 9/8/13 Mr. President, It’s Time to Meet With Ukraine’s New Leader U.S.-U.K. Relationship Will Be Just Fine Despite Leaked Cables U.S. Fighting an Old Trade Tussle	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1367
__label__wiki	0.623695	0.623695	Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) - Volunteer Opportunities Halliburton Internships Catholic Relief Services - Volunteer Opportunities Schlumberger - Field Internships Air Liquide Internships and apprenticeships Colgate-Palmolive Internships Internships at Scania Lenovo Campus Hiring Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) - International Citizen Service (ICS) - youth volunteering GSK Future Leaders Program ROCCA Scholarships GE's Corporate Entry-Level Leadership Programs NGO & Institutes AFRUCA Head Office, London and AFRUCA Centre for Children and Families, Manchester AFRUCA works in many ways to help promote the rights and welfare of African children. Our main areas of work are: Awareness raising and sensitization within African communities and among young Africans about children’s rights as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international conventions and UK legislation promoting the rights and welfare of children. Information, education, and advisory services to raise the profile of African children in the UK, increase awareness of their needs, improve policies and practices, and develop the leadership potential of young Africans. Activities include research and publishing reports; media work; conferences, seminars, workshops, and training programmers for policy makers, service providers, parents, faith and community leaders, young people; community meetings; advice and consultancy services. Advocacy and policy development working closely with policy makers to shape the development of policy and regulatory action to promote the welfare of children Community and international development in partnership with others to put in place programmers and projects to help relieve some of the suffering and hardship that African children experience Victim and Family Support Working to support individuals and families in crisis, at the point of breakdown through effective early intervention services. Africans Unite against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) was established in May 2001 as a platform for advocating for the rights and welfare of African children following the deaths of children like Victoria Climbie, Jude Akapa and Damilola Taylor in the UK. AFRUCA is embedded in and has developed out of African communities in the UK as a response to their realization of the problems African children and parents face and the gaps that exist within the child protection system for African children in the country. The main focus of our work is Prevention and Early Intervention. The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of The Child and the UK Children’s Acts of 1989 and 2004 provide the foundation for all our work at AFRUCA. We aim to promote the best interests of the child in all our activities. Our stance is that culture and religion should never be a reason to abuse children AFRUCA in Africa AFRUCA UK is an NGO in Special Consultative status with UN ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council). AFRUCA UK is also registered with the Nigeria Planning Commission as an International NGO. Our aim is to work in direct partnership with local NGOs and charities in Nigeria and wider Africa to help promote the rights and welfare of children across the continent. The 1989 United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child forms the basis of our work at AFRUCA. Our mission is to promote the rights and welfare of African children. With a presence in two UK cities (London and Manchester) and projects working with children, young people and families across London and in Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry and other cities, we are undeniably the voice of the African Child in the UK. Our national spread means we have become accessible enough to be regarded as the first point of contact for those interested in the welfare of African children. Our vision is to see a world in which African Children can live free of cruelty and abuse at the hands of others. Administration & Government Economics, Business, Management & Finance Education Human Rights International Affairs Languages Law Media, Marketing & PR Medicine, Nursing & Psychology Society We're always looking for keen and reliable volunteers to help support our different work areas. In return, you will be able to develop your skills for the workplace, meet new people and work as part of a team. If you are interested in volunteering with us please call: 0207704261 or email: James@afruca.org	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1368
__label__cc	0.589429	0.410571	Eugene- PF-40 A city in Oregon. (PF-40: dp. 1,264; 1. 303'11"; b. 37'6"; dr. 13'8"; s. 20 k.; epl. 190; a. 3 3"; cl. Tacoma) Eugene (PF-40) was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, Calif., on 6 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frank D. Cross, and commissioned on 15 January 1944, Commander C. R. MacLean, USCG, in command. Following her shakedown cruise, Eugene, who was manned by a Coast Guard crew, stood out of San Francisco en route to the southwestern Pacific. Arriving off the coast of Australia in late June 1944 she engaged in antisubmarine patrol off New Guinea and the Philippines, transported personnel, bombarded the shore at Socpiori Island, but principally escorted convoys among the islands of the area. In December 1944 she returned to the United States for overhaul. She returned briefly to convoy duty until 26 May 1946 when she was converted to a weather ship, and performed this duty until arriving at Charleston, S.C., for decommissioning on 12 June 1946. Eugene was stricken from the Navy List on 19 July 1946. Eugene received two battle stars for World War II service.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1370
__label__wiki	0.899621	0.899621	Cephus AKA-18 A masculine proper name. (AP: t. 3,737; 1. 403'; b. 51'3"; dr. 19'; s. 22 k.; cpl. 211) Charles (No. 1298) was built in 1907 by Delaware River Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa. as Harvard, commandeered by the Navy 21 March 1918 (purchased 28 August 1918), outfitted as a transport at Mare Island Navy Yard; and commissioned 9 April 1918, Lieutenant Commander M. F. Tarpey, USNRF, in command. Two days later she was renamed Charles. Reaching Hampton Roads from Mare Island 26 June 1918, Charles loaded troops and sailed from Newport News for Brest, France, 10 July. She arrived 21 July and on 27 July reported at Southampton, England, for duty as a cross-channel ferry for troops. Charles made about 60 voyages between Southampton and Le Havre or Boulogne, carrying troops of all nationalities, bound for action at the front, or for occupation duty, until 5 May 1919. Charles embarked passengers for transportation to the United States at Rotterdam and Brest, and on 15 June 1919, arrived at New York City. Her support of Army operations in Europe at an end, the transport sailed into the Philadelphia Navy Yard 24 July, and there was decommisioned 10 June 1920. Renamed Harvard 29 July 1920, she was sold 14 October 1920.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1371
__label__wiki	0.777879	0.777879	Symbols of Oppression – The Yellow Star of David Written on January 18, 2016 by Phoebe at 5:43 PM \| 0 Northern Europe, Phoebe Please remember when reading this, that as a Historian, my efforts to recount the past are done objectively. However in matters such as these which lay close to my heart, I cannot help but to allow a little of my own feelings into such topics. You must forgive me for this, but I find it difficult to separate my own emotions when such issues are discussed. It is what makes me human. You may not agree with my views, but I would ask that you respect them when commenting. I started off this controversial series with a look at the battle flag of the Confederate army, now widely and ambiguously known as the Confederate flag. Over time, to some, it has become a negative symbol, closely associated with oppression, slavery and so forth rather than the flag of the opposition to the Union and a symbol of the struggle for the independence and the fight for the perceived rights of the 13 states of secession. Many have now moved to recognise the negative connotations the symbol now represents, particularly to black citizens, and have removed the flags from their government buildings and so forth. Whilst I stand by my original point, that the Civil war was not about a flag, when all is said and done, the Confederacy lost the war and the states rejoined the Union. I heartily feel that the time has long been, where a united America should stand together under one flag. In reality, there are no confederate states remaining in America, so continuing to promote the symbol only serves to be divisive. This is repeatedly confirmed when hate-mongers continue to use the flag and what they believe it represents in a modern context to validate race crimes. Having said that, it is also time for certain parties to accept that this history happened, and removing flags and statues, sweeping history under a carpet is not going to change that. Above all, work together to reinforce what the true lesson of the time was, and what has been learned from it. I’m going to continue on a similar theme with part two of my series, again a highly contentious emblem of intolerance for many, and yet at the same time embraced by others of the same culture; the star of David or to give it the more historically accurate names, the Hexagram, the Shield of David or the Magen David. The Shield of David has its roots in many places. Not specifically a symbol reserved for Judaism, examples can be found in early Christianity, Islam and indeed Egyptian writings. The earliest uses of the symbol date back to the 6thC BCE in ancient Israel where it was used on a seal. The symbol can also be found dated to around the 4th/5th century on the Capernaum synagogue wall frieze, along with that of the swastika, another ancient symbol. The Hexagram is arguably linked to similar pre-Christian depictions of for example the Pentagram, which is argued to have its roots in ancient paganism, representing as the Hexagram, an upturned arrow/triangle as a symbol of female, and a downturned triangle/arrow for the male. In the Pentagram, there is often a circle surrounding the star, denoting the circle of life. In Christianity this is argued to represent the crown of thorns thrust upon the head of Jesus at his crucifixion. In many representations of the Hexagram, the triangles are facing each other “back to back” as two separate bodies, rather than intertwined as a star. The star therefore was considered a generic symbol rather that one associated with the Jewish faith, which found its major representative symbol with the Menorah. It was not until the 18th century that we first see clear signs of the adoption of the shield of David as the star, in association with Judaism. Medieval Jewish texts refer to a magical shield owned by David to protect him from evil. The shield of David in early times has been argued to not be a physical symbol, but a reference to God and his protection of King David. Some have theorised that the Hexagram has its roots in Messianic traditions because of its connection with Jesus being of the House of David. In its role as the Seal of Solomon which arguably has its roots in Kabbalah in the 6th Century CE, the Hexagram is associated with the Tetragrammaton, a four lettered sacred name for God, replaced by the pointed star, either a Hexagram or Pentagram, on the magical signet ring worn by Solomon again to ward off evil spirits and demons. This star was known as the Seal of Solomon. In 1354, Emperor Charles IV proclaimed the Jews of Prague be allowed to fly their own flag on state occasions, they, led by the prominent Foa family, of Prague, Italy and Holland chose a Jewish printer’s mark, or heraldic theme of a six pointed star in the centre of their banner. A similar flag can still be seen flying at the Altneuschul synagogue in Prague. By the 17th C, the symbol had spread across parts of Europe and was seen eventually to be claimed by Judaism in general by its depiction on a boundary wall separating the Jewish quarter of Vienna from the Christian area of the city. The stone had a Hexagram on one side, and a cross on the other. In the 18th C following the French revolution and the emancipation of Jews, they strove to find a new symbol representative of their people and faith in the same way that their Christian neighbours had the symbol of the Cross. They chose the six-pointed star, a heraldic symbol which satisfied the taste of the non-Jewish architects of the synagogues. As a secular symbol, it was embraced by the religious Jews of Europe and the Middle East as a symbol of enlightenment from their brothers, despite its lack of religious significance, and an extension of the familiar Hexagram. The Zionist movement in 1897 further promoted the symbol as the Star of David, specifically because of its lack of religious connections, and it was later adopted by the state of Israel. Now we come to the contentious bit….. the Nazi rise to power, and the negative connotations of the Star of David symbol. It’s the 1930s and Adolf Hitler has secured power in Germany. Pretty soon he is flexing his muscles in the face of neighbouring areas of Europe, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France and so on. As he invaded and “conquered” each nation, slowly the rights of their Jewish citizens were eroded. Starting with Germany, anti-Semitic feeling was fostered and encouraged, followed by the systematic dismantling of everything that German citizens of Jewish faith or ancestry held as a right. Their businesses were confiscated, employment terminated, education barred in mainstream schools. Positions of authority, classically held by Jews, teachers, lawyers, doctors were slowly withdrawn. It became punishable to trade with Jews, or for them to enter certain areas of the cities, parks and cafes. They were forbidden to drink from the same fountains as their non-Jewish peers. Synagogues were targeted, religious texts burned, property vandalized and destroyed. Their houses, often quite respectable properties in desirable areas, were requisitioned for non-Jewish citizens and they were forcibly relocated to over-crowded slums, ghettoized and barricaded in. Permits were required to enable them to leave these slums, mainly for reasons of employment as menial labourers. Food was scarce; Jews began to starve to death, their bodies piling up in the street. But the most humiliating law passed for the Jewish communities stated that they were from henceforth to wear a yellow star of David sewn on both the front and back of their outer clothes. This symbolic identification served to highlight them as “different” and “Inferior” and helped segregate them from their former friends and colleagues. Many refused to adhere to the law; punishment was severe. As each new nation was swallowed by the Nazi war machine, its Jewish residents were forced to adopt a similar badge. Some included the word “Jew” to the centre of the star; colours varied. The one nation who managed to exempt themselves from this order was Denmark, who refused to comply with many of the orders issued by the Nazi regime. Danish Jews were woven deeply into Danish society and the citizens of Denmark fervently defended their Jewish friends and neighbours. A popular legend has arisen that King Gustav on hearing the decree, himself wore a yellow star, copied by many non-Jewish citizens, making the order moot, and the Jews indistinguishable. Nice story but sadly a myth. Jews forced into the camps of the Holocaust, continued to wear a star to identify them. Other groups were forced to wear similar identification codes. Following the end of the war, and the subsequent formation of the new state of Israel, the national flag was chosen as the blue Star of David on a sea of white. The star now officially represents the world Jewish community, many embracing the symbol as a sign of a victory in a way, a triumph over the persecutions and horrors their communities and families faced during the war, and indeed through time. But as for that yellow star of David with the word ‘Jude’; the symbol of shame…. Hitler claimed that Jews were in league with Communists, that they were planning to take over the world. That they were dangerous. And the people believed him, and they stood by and let it happen. And they gave them a star, to make it easy…. In 2015, there was a substantial uproar when American Presidential candidate Donald Trump publicly announced on the back of fears promoted by paranoia and propaganda that innocent people fleeing a similar persecution should be turned away, that all American Muslims should be forced to wear some sort of identification. They should be forced to register. They should be segregated and identifiable as different, as a threat. They should be walled in. In one of his rallies, a Muslim lady was removed amid cat-calls and jeers, from the audience and assisted from the stadium, for standing in silent protest at his previous remarks. On her chest she wore a yellow star with the word “human” written across the centre. On her exit she gave out several of these stars. There were subsequent condemnations from various members of the public, admonishing her action particularly the adoption of the star as offensive to the suffering, the memories, the experiences of Jews who lived through or died during the persecution and horror of the Holocaust. I will leave you with this thought. Did the Jews feel pride when they were forced to wear a yellow star during the war? Are we right to claim that as ‘their symbol’ when for them it was a symbol of shame, of humiliation, of how they were seen as inferior, unworthy, sub-human? Are we missing the message that this lady was trying to send? In the words of Ruzzi Oppenheimer, survivor of Bergen-Belsen… “Here is my yellow star. I wore it because I had to. I keep it because I want to. It reminds me of what we went through, the hate we were subjected to from people who were supposed to be our friends, the loss we suffered and the evil that men can inflict on one another. It should never happen again. But it does.’ The Lion’s Cubs- The Children of Henry VIII Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1372
__label__cc	0.658644	0.341356	Paul Revere and the Transformation of Transportation Throughout history, there are not many “Paul Revere” moments; times when it’s clear that the British are coming, and we know how they’ll get here and what to do to prepare. That observation is probably no more evident than it is today in the field of transportation infrastructure. We are at the forefront of substantial change. In just the past year, we have seen more dialogue about the factors that will transform transportation. At the 2015 AASHTO Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration, Greg Schwen compared the changes in technology and transportation over time — think in terms of cell phone size. At the Detroit Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress last fall, Honda demonstrated a car that could self-drive a freeway route, from on-ramp to exit, for miles. At the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference in January, a central theme was how to address changes facing the transportation industry, especially as re-authorization of a new federal transportation bill is considered. Clearly there are substantial forces at work that we must understand as an industry so we can develop process frameworks and public-private partnerships to address critical issues. USDOT under Secretary Anthony Foxx put together a broad overview of these changes in “Beyond Traffic” released in February. In many ways, the federal role in transportation will continue to evolve to a policy and standards base, moving away from the substantial capital programs of the past. Conversely, to deal with demographic, technical and political change, it is clear that the role of state and local transportation agencies will be more important than ever. In the next issue of Traffic Technology International, a new column by former Colorado Department of Transportation (DOT) Executive Director Don Hunt will launch and explore the affects of connectivity, “big data” and automation. In his own Paul Revere “moments”, he offers advice on how State DOTs and others in the industry can prepare for this evolutionary change. In addition to partnering with the private sector entering the public transportation space on data optimization and corridor communications infrastructure, he will also discuss active traffic management systems and the emerging technology of connective/autonomous vehicles. Don reminds us, rightly so, that the largest risk is to do nothing at all — that ignoring the accelerating change will be devastating to our credibility as organizations and as professionals. In thinking about the changes already happening and those on the horizon, the private sector and the public sector must jointly take actions to adapt. We need to change the way we think about infrastructure; specifically how we decide what to build, and how we plan, design, and build improvements and operate our systems. That starts by knowing more about our existing assets and preserving what has been built. It also includes optimizing what we have using new technology and performance-based metrics to get the most value out of that investment. This asset management approach will prepare us to respond as the transportation transformation accelerates and the demand for efficient and cost-effective mobility continues to grow. This will also support the integration of technology to create smart infrastructure — utilizing previous investments such as traffic signal systems and fiber communication networks — and connect new construction in a thoughtful program over the next decades. A smart system should evolve naturally and be ready for Autonomous Vehicle/Connected Vehicle (AV/CV) advances from vehicle builders and user demands. Mobile technologies have empowered consumers to make choices about transportation options, requiring more robust attention to traffic management systems and operations. Innovative and adaptive management programs using capacity pricing with managed lanes will continue to help enhance mobility and provide for reliable movement of people and goods. Unfortunately the transformation of transportation does not have one Paul Revere telling us when it will be here and how to respond. It will take an army of us to lead through this change. We will need representation from across the industry, both public and private sectors. And we will continue to look to professional organizations like AASHTO, ARTBA, APTA and many others to drive the leadership needed to help us prepare and act. In many ways, the work we perform today to position us for the next 50 years will be similar to the early days developing the Interstate Highway program more than 50 years ago. Back then, the concept of an integrated system across the country linking economic centers, population centers and our vast natural resources was a series of maps and policy frameworks. Now we are engaged in the transformation for the next 50 years that will result in a similar broadly integrated network — but this time it will be more connected, mobile, adaptable and user-driven. It is time to move beyond talking about this transformative change and to start preparing for how this change can improve how we manage our assets and optimize mobility. It could be the catalyst for us to create an innovative, globally-competitive system of transportation networks that is the envy of the world. To do so will require not only a new way of thinking, but also a new way of doing. Let’s accelerate the continued sharing of ideas and start formulating what our next agenda is, how we will support it and how we will mobilize our vast range of transportation industry resources to make the transformation a success. Rick Pilgrim Transport Market Development Director Push Boundaries Smart Infrastructure Art + Science of Infrastructure Asset Management Infographic	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1374
__label__wiki	0.95311	0.95311	NEWS \| Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion CH-53K Lot 1 Production Begins Lockheed Martin granted $303M contract for 2 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters to be delivered in 2020. At least 200 expected to follow at the Connecticut plant Lockheed Martin, September 01, 2017 - STRATFORD, Conn. - Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, has awarded Lockheed Martin a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract to build two production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. This contract follows the April 4, 2017, Milestone C decision by the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) approving LRIP production. "Gaining the U.S. Marine Corps approval to enter into production and the award of the first contract are milestones made possible by the tremendous achievements of the joint Sikorsky, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and U.S. Marine Corps team," said Dr. Mike Torok, vice president, CH-53K programs. "This is what we have been striving for - to deliver this amazing capability to the U.S. Marine Corps." Under the $303,974,406 million contract, Sikorsky will deliver two production aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps in 2020 along with spares and logistical support. Aircraft assembly will take place at Sikorsky's headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut. "We have just successfully launched the production of the most powerful helicopter our nation has ever designed. This incredible capability will revolutionize the way our nation conducts business in the battlespace by ensuring a substantial increase in logistical through put into that battlespace. I could not be prouder of our government-contractor team for making this happen," said Col Hank Vanderborght, U.S. Marine Corps program manager for the Naval Air Systems Command's Heavy Lift Helicopters program, PMA-261. The CH-53K King Stallion provides unmatched capability with three times the lift capability of its predecessor, the CH-53E Super Stallion. The helicopter cabin, a full foot wider, gives increased payload capacity to internally load 463L cargo pallets, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) or a European Fenneck armored personnel carrier while still leaving the troop seats installed. The CH-53K's external hook system provides the capability to lift three independent external loads simultaneously. These true heavy lift internal and external cargo improvements give the Marine Corps tremendous mission flexibility and efficiency in delivering combat power in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force or in delivering humanitarian assistance or disaster relief to those in need. The King Stallion also brings enhanced safety features for the warfighter. Full authority fly-by-wire flight controls and mission management reduce pilot workload enabling the crew to focus on mission execution. Features include advanced stability augmentation, flight control modes that include attitude command-velocity hold, automated approach to a stabilized hover, position hold and precision tasks in degraded visual environments, and tactile cueing. These features permit the pilot to focus confidently on the mission at hand while operating in degraded environments. The CH-53K's internal health monitoring systems with fault detection/fault isolation, coupled with a digital aviation logistics maintenance system that interfaces with the Fleet Common Operating Environment for fleet management, provides improved combat readiness for the Marine Corps. The U.S. Department of Defense's Program of Record remains at 200 CH-53K aircraft. The U.S. Marine Corps intends to stand up eight active duty squadrons, one training squadron, and one reserve squadron to support operational requirements. About Lockheed Martin: Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1380
__label__wiki	0.982263	0.982263	/ TV & Film 4 Photos \| Film Olly Murs, will.i.am and other The Voice judges look unrecognisable in these throwbacks These judges have come a long way! Feb 09, 2019 - 18:06 GMT hellomagazine.com Princess Eugenie carries out surprise engagement ahead of Balmoral summer break With the return of The Voice UK this year, HELLO! are taking a look back at the all-star judges' transformations. Olly Murs joined returning coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on the superstar judging panel in 2018. The British pop star first found fame as a contestant on The X Factor in 2009. He finished runner-up and went on to release four UK No.1 albums and four No.1 singles. The singer has replaced Gavin Rossdale, who appeared only on one series. MORE: Olly Murs addresses relationship with Simon Cowell after joining The Voice UK Jennifer Hudson barely looks recognisable in this picture she has shared on Instagram. Taken when she was a baby, she wrote in the caption: "Baby Jhud! And my big brother Jason! They use to call me jaws cuz my jaws were so big and I would stare u down!! To this day I still love people watching!! I guess I was people watching even back then!" [sic] The star is the newest female judge on the panel for The Voice UK. Jennifer's first break came on American Idol, where she came in seventh place in 2004. The star then went on to win an Oscar for her role as Effy in Dreamgirls in 2006. © Getty Images/Instagram This was taken in April 1966 when Tom Jones went shopping in Gear, a boutique in London's fashionable Carnaby Street. The Welsh crooner rose to fame in the 1960s, releasing popular tunes such as It's Not Unusual, Green, Green Grass of Home and Delilah. He scored his first UK number one in 1965 for It's Not Unusual and went on to sell more than 100 million records around the world throughout his career. Notorious for keeping his personal life private, will.i.am - real name William Adams - was born in East Los Angeles and raised in the Estrada Courts housing projects in Boyle Heights. He is the founding member of Black Eyed Peas, who have gone on to have big hits with songs such as Where Is the Love?, Hey Mama and Don't Phunk with My Heart. This picture was released when the musician opened up about his difficult childhood and in a frank and revealing interview with CNBC. "I was in fifth grade and we had to bring canned foods into school and at the time I didn't know who the poor people were," said will.i.am. "I came back home and was like, 'Mom, I need to bring canned foods to school.' And she was like, 'Boy, you ain't taking no canned foods to school.'" © Getty Images/CNBC Why Gavin Rossdale has worn the same outfit on every episode of The Voice Fans of The Voice might have noticed something very strange about the show's judges. Every week, Gavin Rossdale, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones... The Voice UK winners: where are they now? The Voice is back on our screens, with judges Jennifer Hudson, Tom Jones, Gavin Rossdale and will.i.am meeting a new round of singers hoping to... Fans react as Mo Adeniran wins The Voice Mo Adeniran was crowned the winner of The Voice on Sunday night, beating fellow finalists Into The Ark and Jamie Miller, who came second and third... The Voice star Ricky Wilson was prescribed pills to overcome his fear of live shows The Voice coach Ricky Wilson has revealed he was prescribed medication to help combat his nerves ahead of the live shows."I went to the doctors...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1381
__label__wiki	0.799975	0.799975	Holyoke, Massachusetts 300 businesses in 10 years in Holyoke - Tess Murphy-Romboletti Retailers Rethink the Holiday Shopping Experience for Customers with Autism Tax increase counters growth, Holyoke chamber members warn officials Target has high hopes for its new tiny stores The history of Holyoke, Massachusetts began when Englishmen first arrived in the Connecticut River Valley in 1633. It was established at Windsor, Connecticut by traders from the Plymouth Plantation. A group of settlers had vetted and scouted this land the previous year and considered it the most advantageous land in the Connecticut River Valley for farming and trading. The settlement fell on the place where seagoing vessels necessarily had to transfer their cargo into smaller shallops to continue northward on the Connecticut River. It had a very advantageous position on the Bay Path to Boston. Springfield spans both sides of the Connecticut River. The land on the western bank of the river became West Springfield. Its most northern parish became Holyoke named after a Springfield settler’s son-in-law Elizur Holyoke. The village of Holyoke was first settled in 1745 and officially incorporated in 1850. A part of Northampton known as Smith's Valley separated from the rest of the town by the creation of East Hampton in 1809. The shortest path downtown Northampton was a neighborhood that became the northern part of Holyoke in 1909. It had few inhabitants until the construction of a dam because it was subject to frequent flooding. At one point over 25 paper mills were in operation in the city. There were many industrial developments in that era. In 1888 Holyoke paper industry spurred the foundation of American Pad and Paper Company one of the largest suppliers of office products in the world. The availability of waterpower enabled Holyoke to support its own electric utility company and maintain it independently of America's major regional electric companies. Holyoke was one of the first plan industrial communities in the United States. Holyoke features rectilinear street grades, a novelty in New England. This street hierarchy is seen as a potential economic development tool as it lends well to high-rise buildings, and the surrounding canals could be landscaped into a source of recreation and relaxation. The elaborate Holyoke Canal System, built to power paper and textile mills, distinguishes it from other Connecticut River cities. Holyoke is nicknamed The Paper City due to the fame as the world's greatest paper producer. The city of Holyoke is divided into 15 distinct neighborhoods. As of a census in 2010, there were 39,878 people. The racial makeup is 61% white, 5% African-American, .3 Native American, 1.8% Asian, .12% Pacific Islander and 47% Hispanic. The median house holds income in the city is $33,242. Politically the city of Holyoke has recently supported candidates from the Democratic Party by a wide margin. According to the 2003 FBI report Holyoke's crime rate was above the national average significantly. Holyoke's economic base was developed almost entirely around the paper industry during the late 19th and early 20th century. Holyoke is home to a number of specialty paper manufacturers. A coalition of universities and tech companies has built an energy efficient, high performance-computing center. These companies and institutions include Cisco Systems, Harvard University, MIT, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Northeastern University, EMC Corporation etc. The data center has been built in Holyoke in part due to hydropower accessibility. The retail sector has been a major employer since the construction of the Holyoke Mall one of the largest shopping malls in New England. Historically, a city of working-class immigrants, the first wave of mill workers was predominantly Irish. The areas early name was Ireland's Parish. Holyoke is home to the second largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States. On February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan and then a volleyball at the former Holyoke YMCA. The original YMCA building has been demolished but the Volleyball Hall of Fame resides in Holyoke. The sport was originally known as mintonette. © HolyCham.com 2017	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1383
__label__wiki	0.799638	0.799638	Superior Court Briefs: Feb. 22-25 Staff Reports 04:26PM / Tuesday February 22, 2011 Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Tuesday, Feb. 22. • Travis G. Bateman, 35, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of distribution of cocaine and manufacturing cocaine. Agostini ordered that he serve concurrent 3 1/2- to five-year state prison sentences at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction on both charges. The charges stem from the sale of cocaine in Pittsfield on April 20, 2009, and the execution of a search warrant at a home in Pittsfield on July 17, 2009. The investigation was conducted by members of the Berkshire County Drug Task Force. • Aaron Provencher, 36, of New Windsor Road, Hinsdale, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on three counts of dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of nudity or sexual conduct and 12 counts of knowingly possessing visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct. He was released on personal recognizance. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in Hinsdale between November 10, 2009, and December 1, 2009. Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, Feb. 23 • Adam Smith, 31, of Second Street, Pittsfield, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf for single counts of possession of heroin with intent to distribute (second offense), manufacturing cocaine (second offense), possession of methadone with intent to distribute (second offense), possession of marijuana with intent to distribute (second offense), four counts of drug violations in a school zone and possession of ammunition without a firearm indentification card. He was ordered held in the House of Correction on $100,000 bail. The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant at his home on December 31, 2010. • Gregory J. Mathews Jr., 23, of Second Street, Pittsfield, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of possession of heroin, of methadone and of marijuana, each with intent to distribute; one count of manufacturing cocaine; four counts of drug violation within a school zone and single count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card. He was ordered held at the House of Correction with $2,500 bail. The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant at his home on December 31, 2010, and the investigation was conducted by the Pittsfield Police Department. • Christopher C. Mead, 28, and Elizabeth J. Mead, aka Elizabeth J. Rogers, 32, both of East Street, Pittsfield, both pleaded guilty to one count of possession of heroin. Each was ordered to pay a $500 fine. The charge stems from a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on July 26, 2010. • Jeffrey A. Williamson, 47, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on single counts of distribution of cocaine and possession of cocaine, both second offenses. He was ordered held at the House of Correction on $5,000 cash or $50,000 surety bail. It is alleged that Williamson sold cocaine on December 6, 2010, and was in possession of cocaine with intent to sell the drug when he was arrested on December 7, 2010. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in Pittsfield. All information provided by the district attorney's office. Tags: drugs, cocaine, sex crime, children, pornography, heroin, methadone, cocaine Ex-Pine Cobble Head Faces Child-Porn Charges Staff Reports 08:54PM / Monday July 19, 2010 David B. Harris NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A city man and former headmaster of Pine Cobble School in Williamstown was arraigned Monday morning in Northern Berkshire District Court on child pornography charges. David B. Harris, 66, of Marion Avenue, pleaded not guilty to possession of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography. Bail was set at $2,500 and Harris was released. The case was continued to Aug. 25 for a bindover hearing. More charges are expected to be filed. Harris left Pine Cobble in 2000 and was hired as head of school for the Cambridge Montessori School, a private school for children from preschool to ninth grade According to the district attorney's office, the charges resulted from a two-month investigation that culminated in the execution of a search warrant on Sunday at his home. The North Adams Transcript reported Monday that state police said they found a laptop with links to pornographic sites featuring young boys, and 10 USB drives, at least one of which contained more than 40 videos that appear to be pornographic. In a letter posted on the Cambridge school's website, Webster O'Brien, president of the board of trustees, said Harris has been immediately suspended without pay and that the school will commence a search for an interim head of school for the coming year. (The letter can be found here, too.) While we can honestly state that we have had no reason to suspect this behavior, and we respect individuals' privacy, these charges leave us no option but to immediately suspend David without pay until the Board of Trustees has enough information to make a final decision. O'Brien said trustees are "fully confident that these issues reside in David's home in North Adams" and have not affected the Cambridge school. Harris spent his weekends in North Adams and weekdays living in Cambridge. He has more than 40 years of experience in education and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He was headmaster of Pine Cobble from 1989 to 2000; Nicholas M. Edgerton, who replaced him, left earlier this spring. Harris has been headmaster at two other private schools, Upland Country Day School in Kennett Square, Pa., and Eagle Hill School in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., according to his biography listed on the Cambridge school site. He has sat on numerous educational boards and is a trustee of the Kildonan School in Amenia, N.Y. Harris founded a consulting firm in 2004 to aid in the placement of gifted or underachieving students to schools that fit their needs but the site, www.schoolsolve.net, does not appear to have fully launched and the domain is for sale. A bio for the site lists Harris at that time as a corporator for Northern Berkshire Health Systems and a member of the North Adams Regional Hospital Ethics Committee; he is no longer listed as a corporator at NBH. (Update, July 21: Northern Berkshire Healthcare tells us that Harris was a lay member of the Ethics Committee from 1997 to 2002. He is not a corporator and has no current links to the hospital.) The investigation was conducted by state police detectives assigned to the Berkshire district attorney's office, with assistance from the Massachusetts and New York Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces, state police detectives assigned to the Middlesex district attorney's office and investigators assigned to the New York State attorney general's office. From the Editor: Because of the sensitive nature of these allegations, we'll be scrutinizing any comments posted here. Any attempts at incitement to violence, smutty remarks and distasteful comments will be removed immediately. Keep it clean, people. 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__label__wiki	0.866931	0.866931	Williams College Senior Reported as Missing Found Unharmed Staff Reports 01:47PM / Thursday March 09, 2017 Nathaniel Whittle Updated, March 10, 2 p.m. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Police Department announced Friday afternoon that a Williams College student who had been reported missing on Wednesday was found unharmed. Police said Nathaniel Luke Whittle, 23, a senior from Texas, was safe and in contact with his family. Whittle was reported missing to police on Wednesday after last having been seen Monday at a bank in Bloomfield, Conn. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing Williams College student. Nathaniel Luke Whittle, 23, a senior from Texas, was reported missing to police on Wednesday. At this time, law enforcement does not believe this is a matter of suspicious circumstances. However, authorities are concerned for Whittle's well-being as he may be in need of mental health treatment. He was last seen Monday at a bank in Bloomfield, Conn. Whittle is described as a white male, standing 6-foot-1, weighing 180 to 200 pounds and operating a gray Toyota Tacoma extended-cab pickup truck with Texas plate number CBJ0333. A nationwide broadcast has been sent to all law enforcement agencies requesting assistance. If anyone has information concerning this matter, contact Sgt. Scott McGowan at the Williamstown Police Department at 413-458-5733. Williamstown Woman Charged in Hit-And-Run Accident 12:45PM / Wednesday October 12, 2016 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A 34-year-old Williamstown woman has been charged in an apparent hit-and-run accident on Cold Spring Road on Oct. 1, police announced on Wednesday. Shannon Dandurand will answer in Northern Berkshire District Court to charges of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, police said. "We wish to thank the public once again for the help, as it was the sharing of the original post that led to Ms. Dandurand contacting us about the incident," according to the news release posted on Facebook Wednesday morning. Wendy McCarthy, 51, of Cold Spring Road suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries to the right side of her body in the Saturday night incident, according to a police report shortly after the accident. Witnesses Sought in Williamstown Hit-and-Run 01:42PM / Monday October 03, 2016 Police are searching for a vehicle like this one in connection with the accident. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Police are seeking witnesses to an apparent hit-and-run accident on Saturday on Route 7. At about 9:30 p.m., Williamstown Police officers responded to a 911 call for an injured woman in the roadway on Cold Spring Road (Route 7), just south of the ‘6 House Pub. Officers found Wendy McCarthy, 51, of Cold Spring Road had been struck by a southbound vehicle. Vehicle parts recovered at the scene indicate it was a 2014 Ford Escape, color black. McCarthy suffered serious, non-life threatening injuries to the right side of her body. Police are seeking the public’s health in identifying the vehicle involved. It may have damage to the driver’s side front, and it is missing the driver side mirror. Anyone with information is asked to call 413-458-5733. Williamstown Man Sentenced in Child Sex Abuse Case 06:39PM / Monday August 15, 2016 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A local man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with persuading a 16-year-old boy to travel to New York three years ago to engage in sexual activity. Ronald S. Brown, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release. In November 2015, he pleaded guilty to one count of interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and one count of possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Brown, a registered sex offender based upon a prior conviction for a sexual assault of a 14-year-old, engaged in thousands of online interactions with a 16-year-old boy between Dec. 27, 2012, and Jan. 19, 2013, to persuade him to run away from his Midwestern home to engage in sexual activity. On Jan. 7, 2013, Brown sent the boy a one-way ticket to fly to Newark International Airport in New Jersey, and on Jan. 19, 2013, Brown picked the boy up at the Newark airport, and then transported him to New York to engage in sex. On three separate dates, Brown also sexually exploited the teenager by producing visual images of the minor engaging in lewd and lascivious conduct. The boy was recovered in New York after his mother alerted police that her son was missing and believed to be meeting with Brown. During an interview on Jan. 20, 2013, Brown falsely told a federal agent that he believed the child to be 18 years old. U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Harold H. Shaw, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, made the announcement. The case was investigated with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police, the Williamstown Police Department and the New York State Police. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Breslow of Ortiz's Springfield Branch Office. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse. Williamstown Couple Arraigned in Hit-and-Run Incident Staff Reports 04:15PM / Wednesday June 01, 2016 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An elderly Williamstown couple were arraigned Thursday afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on charges of covering up a motor vehicle accident that severely injured their neighbor. John T. Gould and Sally J. Gould of White Oaks Roads enter not-guilty pleas on a host of charges related to the Feb. 9 hit-and-run incident in which pedestrian Cheryl J. Leclaire, 54, was found injured on North Hoosac Road. Leclaire was taken to Berkshire Medical Center with serious injuries after a passing motorist found her lying by the side of the road. Sally Gould, 71, was allegedly driving the car that hit Leclaire and her husband allegedly aided her in covering up the incident. Sally Gould entered a not-guilty plea on leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. She and her husband, 69, both entered pleas of not guilty on single counts each of misleading a police officer or other person; conspiracy, to wit: misleading a police officer or other person; and conspiracy, to wit: filing a false motor vehicle claim; and two counts each of filing a false motor vehicle insurance claim. Judge John A. Agostini released both Goulds on personal recognizance. Police say that after Leclaire was struck on Feb. 9 while walking her dog, the Goulds gave false statements to investigators and filed false insurance claims. Those incidents are alleged to have occurred in Williamstown between Feb. 10 and Feb. 16. They were arrested in late February. The investigation was conducted by members of the Williamstown Police Department and state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. 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__label__wiki	0.952904	0.952904	IBI Group to Steward Evolution of Conveyal’s OpenTripPlanner and Data Tools in North America IBI Group, a global design and technology firm, announced today that it will assume Conveyal’s responsibilities for the ongoing support and maintenance of OpenTripPlanner (OTP) and Data Tools, two of the most widely used open-source transit applications in the world. – Key Conveyal staff to move to global design and technology firm to continue ongoing support and maintenance of widely-used open source transit applications – TORONTO, ON (May 1, 2019) – IBI Group (TSX:IBG), a global design and technology firm, announced today that it will assume Conveyal’s responsibilities for the ongoing support and maintenance of OpenTripPlanner (OTP) and Data Tools, two of the most widely used open-source transit applications in the world. A leader in the transit industry, Conveyal has been responsible for core development on OTP and Data Tools, which provide multi-modal trip planning and passenger information services. These open-source projects offer additional data, features and capability to IBI Group’s existing suite of intelligent traveller and transit software systems, and the opportunity to grow the business in these practice areas. In order to provide a greater level of support and depth of resources to the open source community and transit agencies using OTP and Data Tools, key developer staff from Conveyal will be moving to IBI Group, and the firm will assume Conveyal’s obligations and commitment to these open-source platforms. All repositories will remain open-source and support to the community will continue as it has before. Key developers in Conveyal’s support of OTP and Data Tools, Landon Reed and Evan Siroky, will be joining IBI Group on May 1, 2019. Siroky has been involved in the ongoing development of the OTP platform, including the recent integration of micro-mobility and shared-use mobility options for Portland TriMet. Reed leads the development of the Data Tools platform. IBI Group will also be taking over Conveyal’s current OTP and Data Tools projects for Portland TriMet, San Francisco MTC and New York State DOT, among others. “We are excited to have Landon and Evan join the IBI Group family, and to continue their great work in supporting open-source software and tools for transit applications. IBI Group has a long track record developing traveller and transit information solutions for transportation authorities and the private sector. This development means that OTP and Data Tools will be provided with increased support and resources, and it will also benefit IBI’s products and solutions,” said Ritesh Warade, Director and U.S. Operations Lead for IBI Group’s Intelligence practice. Conveyal will continue operations as an independent company with no association to IBI Group, but will wind down its support for OTP and Data Tools and transfer these client relationships to IBI Group. For more information or to speak with an IBI Group professional, please contact Julia Harper at Julia.harper@ibigroup.com or 647-330-4706.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1391
__label__wiki	0.54096	0.54096	About IDT > Press Room > IDT Announces End of “Go-Shop” Period in PLX Technology Acquisition SAN JOSE, Calif., June 4, 2012 – Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT ®) (NASDAQ: IDTI), the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the expiration of the “go-shop” period pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement with PLX Technology, Inc. (“PLX”), dated April 30, 2012, which contemplates the exchange offer for all outstanding shares of PLX common stock, followed by a second step merger. Pursuant to the “go-shop” provisions of the merger agreement, PLX and its representatives were permitted to actively solicit alternative acquisition proposals for a period of 30 calendar days, which expired at 11:59 p.m. California time on May 30, 2012, and to continue negotiations with certain qualifying “excluded parties” for up to an additional 15 days thereafter. On May 31, 2012, PLX confirmed that it did not receive any superior acquisition proposals during the “go shop” period and that no qualifying “excluded party” would be permitted to engage in any subsequent negotiations. As previously announced on May 22, 2012, IDT commenced an exchange offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of PLX for (i) $3.50 in cash and (ii) 0.525 shares of IDT common stock for each PLX common share outstanding, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. The exchange offer is being made pursuant to a Prospectus/Offer to Purchase, dated May 22, 2012, and in connection with an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 30, 2012, which IDT and PLX previously announced on April 30, 2012. This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offer with respect to the acquisition of PLX Technology will only be made through the prospectus, which is part of the registration statement on Form S-4, which contains an offer to purchase, form of letter of transmittal and other documents relating to the exchange offer, as well as the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, (collectively, and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Exchange Offer Materials”), each initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by IDT on May 22, 2012. The registration statement has not yet become effective. In addition, PLX Technology filed with the SEC on May 22, 2012 a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) with respect to the exchange offer. Investors and security holders are urged to carefully read these documents and the other documents relating to the transactions because these documents contain important information relating to the exchange offer and related transactions. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of these documents, as filed with the SEC, and other annual, quarterly and special reports and other information filed with the SEC by IDT or PLX Technology, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, such materials will be available from IDT or PLX Technology, or by calling Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the information agent for the exchange offer, toll-free at (877) 456-3463 (banks and brokers may call collect at (212) 750-5833). Integrated Device Technology, Inc., the Analog and Digital Company™, develops system-level solutions that optimize its customers’ applications. IDT uses its market leadership in timing, serial switching and interfaces, and adds analog and system expertise to provide complete application-optimized, mixed-signal solutions for the communications, computing and consumer segments. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., IDT has design, manufacturing and sales facilities throughout the world. IDT stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market® under the symbol “IDTI.” Additional information about IDT is accessible at www.IDT.com. Follow IDT on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to IDT, including expectations for IDT’s proposed acquisition of PLX. All statements included in this transcript concerning activities, events or developments that IDT expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, including the following: uncertainties as to the timing of the exchange offer and the subsequent merger; uncertainties as to how many of PLX’s stockholders will tender their shares of common stock in the exchange offer; the risk that competing offers or acquisition proposals will be made; the risk that the exchange offer and the subsequent merger will not close because of a failure to satisfy one or more of the offer closing conditions (including regulatory approvals); the risk that the announcement and pendency of the transactions may make it more difficult to establish or maintain relationships with employees, suppliers and other business partners; the risk that stockholder litigation in connection with the exchange offer or the merger may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; the risk that IDT’s or PLX’s business will have been adversely impacted during the pendency of the exchange offer and the merger; the risk that the operations of the companies will not be integrated successfully; the risk that the expected cost savings and other synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized, realized at all or take longer to realize than anticipated; and other economic, business and competitive factors affecting the businesses of IDT and PLX generally, including those set forth in the filings of IDT and PLX with the SEC from time to time, including their respective annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, their current reports on Form 8-K and other SEC filings. 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__label__cc	0.647131	0.352869	Top Rated Houston Criminal Lawyer – 30 Years Experience Call or Text for a free Case Review → About Chernoff Law Our legal team has outstanding qualifications that are rarely found in one firm. Our law firm’s founder and former Chief Prosecutor Ed Chernoff is a criminal defense lawyer board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law . Our extensive experience on both sides of the aisle is a significant benefit to the clients we represent, both in and outside the courtroom. In many cases, by taking immediate action prior to the filing of formal charges, we can get involved to mitigate the potential damage of a conviction through negotiating on your behalf. Other cases may require a trial. Top Rated Criminal Law Firm Not all law firms have the extensive experience in presenting a case at trial, nor the necessary talent to be successful in presenting a compelling case for the defense. It cannot be argued that this is a significant aspect of criminal law, and we bring some very talented and experienced legal minds to the table on behalf of those accused of a variety of serious criminal offenses, from misdemeanors such as DWI through to murder or manslaughter or other violent crimes. The ramifications of being convicted of a criminal offense, even misdemeanor charges, can be much more serious than the jail time, fines, and other court mandated requirements. Your ability to get quality employment, get involved in future businesses, ability to have certain professional licenses and other problems can arise after a conviction, with long term negative effects. We strongly advise that you contact our firm at once if you are accused of any criminal offense and are hoping to avoid conviction. We will advise you as to our planned strategy and how we will address your case and what we expect as an outcome after our efforts. We are very committed to our clients – and the will to win. ABOUT ED CHERNOFF CALL TODAY FOR A FREE INITIAL TELEPHONE CONSULTATION AND DISCUSS YOUR CASE WITH ME. Born in 1962, Ed Chernoff is the patriarch of Chernoff Law and continues to be our law firm’s leading criminal attorney. After receiving an accounting degree in 1984 from the University of Florida, Chernoff attended the University of Houston Law Center after being awarded a scholarship. Chernoff was recruited after law school and joined the Harris County District Attorney’s office, where he tried 70 jury trials. During his time at the D.A.’s office, Mr. Chernoff only lost one felony trial. This impressive statistic illustrates his ability to understand both criminal law and courtroom procedures. Mr. Chernoff was the lead Assistant DA for cases tried and won until the time when he left to begin his private practice. In 1991, Mr. Chernoff left the D.A.’s office to start Chernoff Law. Just a few years later in 1995, he was recommended and received the Board Certification in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization the first time in 1995. Mr. Chernoff is known throughout the country for the high profile cases that he has tried and won. Colleagues and others throughout the country have recognized Mr. Chernoff’s ability to win these challenging cases, and has been board certified in criminal law for over 25 years, and earned re-certification four times.Mr. Chernoff is dedicated to saving the lives and careers of his varied clients. In his many years of practice, he has obtained acquittals and dismissals for clients accused of Family Assault, Sexual Assault, DWI, Indecency of a Child, Capital Murder, Motions to Revoke Probation, Theft and Drug Offenses, among other crimes. He has been featured on CNN, The Today Show, TruTV, ABC News, The Houston Chronicle and The New York Times for cases he has handled. He currently holds the record for the quickest acquittal in the Southern District of the United State Courts, as a jury acquitted his client after 15 minutes of deliberations. Those who are familiar with criminal cases understand how difficult this accomplishment is, and Mr. Chernoff is passionate about providing this quality of defense for every client. In one case in Montgomery County, a prominent local woman who was accused of felony theft was acquitted because of Mr. Chernoff’s work, and the foreman penned a letter on the back of the jury instructions blaming the District Attorney for taking the case to court in the first place. Mr. Chernoff also represents clients throughout the United States, and recently represented the Medical Doctor who was accused of negligently causing the death of pop icon Michael Jackson in California. The passion of Mr. Chernoff’s legal practice is to build strong relationships with his clients. He believes this is the cornerstone of his practice, and many former clients consider Mr. Chernoff to be a savior and a friend. Mr. Chernoff is happily married with two children.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1395
__label__cc	0.649556	0.350444	HR Electronic Records Ireland - Electronic Archiving of Paper Originals Legal Framework for Electronic Archiving Although some countries require certain types of documents to be kept and archived in their original paper form, for most categories of documents, including HR-related records, there is no such requirement, and it is generally acceptable to use electronic versions of paper records (i.e., scanned copies of paper originals) during most government agencies’ inspections and audits or in court proceedings. The evidential or probative value of electronic versions of paper records may be more easily challenged before a court than it would be for the originals. This is mainly because the original records could be tampered with or changed before being scanned, and, unless proper technology has been used (e.g., encryption and timestamping), it may not be easy to detect such changes from a scanned copy. In specific situations, it may be good practice for employers to retain archives of paper originals in the event such originals would be requested by a specific investigator, auditor, judge or authority. Are electronic scanned copies of paper originals legally valid? Under Irish law, electronically scanned copies of paper originals are generally permitted (Electronic Commerce Act, 2000). Documents and electronic records may be retained electronically only if: the continued integrity of the document in electronic form can be ensured; the document can be viewed in intelligible form by those who need to view it; and, at the time of the document’s electronic generation, it was reasonable to assume the information could be easily accessible for future reference. Are there any legal requirements for electronic archiving systems (EAS)? Under Ireland's Electronic Commerce Act, information can be retained and provided electronically if: the integrity of the content can be assured from the time of the record’s creation to the final form; the data is capable of being displayed in an intelligble form (i.e., it’s understandable); and, the record remains accessible and usable for future reference (i.e., those who need access to the record can continue to access it). Public bodies can decide when a specific document can be stored electronically and determine the technological and procedural requirements (as long as they are shared publicly and are objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate). When a document is stored electronically on behalf of a non-public body, electronic records are permitted if the individual (i.e., the employee whose data is being requested/required) consents to the document being retained in that form. HR Best Practices: While scanned electronic records are permitted in Ireland, it is not possible to guarantee that all paper documents can be destroyed. Similar to the electronic signature, electronic archiving will probably also develop to a three-level structure: simple, advanced and certified archiving. Over time, this means that certified electronic archiving will make the burden of proof fall under the responsibility of the challenging party.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1396
__label__wiki	0.713488	0.713488	TV/Video from Jens Erik Gould Courage on the 60 Freeway You’re driving on the freeway. A car in front of you bursts into flames and there are people inside. What do you do? UPS driver Lawrence Sanchez was faced with that question on the morning of September 6, 2013. As he traveled on the 60 Freeway in Riverside, California, he saw a Lexus sedan rear-end a 1993 Dodge pickup truck, which came to a halt in the fast lane and then burst into flames. He tells his story in this Bravery Tapes video. “It was horrific,” Sanchez said. “The most horrific thing I’ve seen in an accident and I’ve been driving almost 30 years.” Sanchez pulled over to help. When he arrived at the scene, the head of 25-year-old passenger Denise Perez was on fire. Sanchez grabbed his fire extinguisher and doused her. Soon, more bystanders arrived and pulled her out of the burning truck. “There were several Good Samaritans who stopped and assisted the driver and the passenger within the Dodge pickup truck,” said Travis Monks, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol in Riverside. Perez sustained major injuries and was transported to a local hospital. The highway patrol declined to give more information about her condition. Produced and edited by Jens Erik Gould (http://braverytapes.com) Filmed by Mulitmedios News Music by The Poem Adept (http://poemadept.com) Jens has more than a decade of experience covering multiple beats in more than a dozen countries across the globe, including covering Venezuela politics for The New York Times and Mexico’s economy for Bloomberg News. He covered music for TIME Magazine and time.com, interviewing artists from Skrillex to Danger Mouse. He is also a singer songwriter who has released three albums. Bravery Tapes Jens Erik Gould Presents	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1399
__label__cc	0.709935	0.290065	Veterinary Nursing Supervisor, Emergency Medicine United Veterinary Specialty & Emergency The Veterinary Nursing Supervisor will be primarily responsible for all duties relating to the veterinary nursing care of animals as well as the supervision of all nursing staff at all three (3) of our veterinary hospitals. This individual will spend a majority of time on the floor working as a senior RVT alongside team and Veterinarians. Must be able to manage and prioritize time to be able to fold in administrative duties alongside RVT duties. These responsibilities will vary with the current needs of the staff, the season of the year and the individual abilities demonstrated by the employee. Must possess a valid RVT Licnese to apply. Although additional duties and related tasks may be assigned, the essential duties and responsibilities of this position include the following: Monitor and supervise veterinary nursing staff and ensure organizational policies and procedures are followed by said staff. Schedule nursing staff using When to Work (WTW) software providing adequate and appropriate coverage in correlation of all three hospitals, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Manage staffing and/ or clinical challenges, interviewing and hiring process including onboarding of new staff/ training, conflict management, disciplinary action, and terminations. Assist in problem solving conflict resolutions with human resources; coaching counseling’s, disciplinary action, and performance-improvement plans. Provide support to staff veterinarians and hospital administrator by assisting in implementing training, employing new policies and procedures, and ensuring all standards of veterinary nursing care are upheld. Manage and roll out the clinical competency plans for all clinical staff; monitor, review, train, and work to develop veterinary assistants, veterinary technicians, and registered veterinary technicians in current roles and to promote within. Manages the full cycle of timely performance reviews for new hires; 90-day probationary period and annual reviews. Oversee that all assignments and tasks are completed by veterinary nurses, reviewing daily and during competency overviews. Assist the hospital administrator with staff and resource management to successfully maintain the annual clinical budget and staff wages. Maintaining a current and well-rounded knowledge of all medication administration routes, equipment use, patient monitoring, medical care, pharmacology, medical terminology and medical restraint, as well as laboratory, radiology and surgical pre-and post-op procedures. Continues training for self and staff, and coordinates brief staff meetings, memo’s, and emails to ensure new notifications/ policies are provided to all staff including relief team members. Works on the floor to shadow and evaluate the training of current and new team members, recommends processes of improvements with upper management and manages, monitors new processes into placement. Participates in management team meetings and trainings; be available to work onsite at all three of our locations; available to work flex hours as needed for both clinical and administrative management duties. The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. After 40 years of experience, and countless hours of care to all animals and families who come into our doors, United is the place to work! Pets may be referred to our hospital by a family veterinarian, or an unforeseen emergency may bring an animal to us. We have an exceptional team who is here to provide the best care to these... After 40 years of experience, and countless hours of care to all animals and families who come into our doors, United is the place to work! Pets may be referred to our hospital by a family veterinarian, or an unforeseen emergency may bring an animal to us. We have an exceptional team who is here to provide the best care to these animals. For 40 years, the mission of United Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Animal Clinic has been to provide Santa Clara County with quality, compassionate emergency veterinary care. In 2011 we became the first 24/7 emergency-only hospital in the area. This expansion was an acknowledgment of the evolving nature of the critical care niche of veterinary medicine. In January 2015, we became United Veterinary Specialty & Emergency. This re-branding is the culmination of an extensive behind-the-scenes effort to meet the demands for veterinary specialists in the San Jose and Bay Area. Veterinary specialty services are available Monday through Thursday, and on a case-by-case basis on other days. Compassionate, high-quality emergency and critical care is available 24/7 at our Campbell hospital. Our San Jose hospital cares for emergency patients on weekday overnights, and 24 hours on weekends and holidays. Veterinary Referrals Our team at United Veterinary Specialty & Emergency works closely with the Bay-area veterinary community and the pet families that they serve. We receive referrals to us when pets need advanced diagnostic tools to identify a pet’s illness or to offer more advanced veterinary care than they are able to offer. No matter how pets have found us, our specialty and emergency hospital can and will help. Our specialties include cardiology, emergency, and surgery. http://www.unitedvet.com Travel Nurse - WOCN RN - San Diego, CA LVN / LPN San Jose, CA Direct Apply Travel RN-ICU job in California Travel RN-OR job in California	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1406
__label__wiki	0.514418	0.514418	Immigration Documents and Canadian Passports to Include ‘X’ Gender Designation Beginning on August 31, 2017, the process of applying for a Canadian passport will change dramatically. Canadians no longer need to designate their gender as male or female, rather individuals can identify as gender ‘X’. Furthermore, Canadian immigration documents, including Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), will include an ‘X’ gender designation. This movement has transpired due to recent social movements supporting individual expression in gender identity. Through introducing an ‘X’ gender assignment in documents required for Canadian immigration, the Canadian government is taking proactive steps towards advancing equality for Canadians regardless of gender expression. For decades, LGBTQ communities have expressed their fears and problems travelling and immigration due to their gender identity. Legal issues surrounding LGBT rights in different countries around the world have promoted unethical and impractical immigration policies. Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, supports including an ‘X’ gender designation on Canadian passports and all government-issued documents in the imminent future, which has been enthusiastically received by civil rights activists. Canada will be considered the first country in the Americas that permits citizens to identify as gender ‘X’, following the footsteps of other countries such as Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. This proactive government initiative aligns Canada with other global leaders in changing the way citizens identify themselves on Canadian passports and allows foreigners to identify themselves through Canadian immigration documents confidently. By including an ‘X’ gender designation, Canada is taking an important step forward in ensuring the LGBTQ community is represented properly, acknowledging adversities faced by trans, intersex, and non-binary individuals. The future advancement of safety and freedom of expression regarding non-binary, intersex, and trans communities will require further national and international movements with the support of governmental and private organizations. Canada is amongst other tolerant nations who are removing existing prejudices and obstacles that prevent gender autonomy, self-expression, and freedom of speech. The progressive “option X” choice will benefit many individuals who are in the process of applying for a Canadian passport, however many additional steps must be taken to support Canadian and global civil rights further. Global representatives of the LGBT community commend Canada’s introduction of the gender ‘X’ inclusion on Canadian passports and documents required for Canadian immigration. It is likely that this approach will be adopted by other countries who place value on diminishing some of the many obstacles surrounding human rights and providing accurate reflections on self-identity. A change to Canadian citizenship law means immigrants to Canada will soon be able to transition to citizenship quicker and easier than before. Get help with your Canadian citizenship application from Toronto immigration lawyer Ronen Kurzfeld. ← Why Is It Important To Invest Time in Finding the Right Immigration Lawyer? Express Entry Amendments Led to Increase of Invited Candidates Based on Human Capital Factors →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1409
__label__wiki	0.834243	0.834243	ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and ISU Challenger Series announced Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva is only 19 years old, but her career already is a story good enough for two skaters. Instant success at the senior level and two ISU World Figure Skating titles were followed by injury, disappointment, a hotly discussed move to Canada and a difficult post-Olympic year. Evgenia ended the season with a personal victory by returning on to the ISU World Figure Skating podium in Saitama, Japan, in March 2019 which gave her confidence for the future. Who would have guessed that a kids’ birthday party would lead Vincent Zhou (USA) into a successful figure skating career. When he was around five and a half, Vincent attended the party of a friend at a local ice rink. He had so much fun that his mother decided to register him for group lessons. When they started, there was no tradition of Pair Skating in their country, not any notable results. When they ended their career as Olympic Champions, China had become a Pair Skating powerhouse: Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao and their legendary coach Bin Yao built Chinese Pair Skating from scratch. Tracy Wilson: The champion, broadcaster, mother and coach Tracy Wilson, three-time ice dance World bronze medalist and 1988 Olympic medalist, broadcaster, mother and coach, tells us about her experience and the precious lessons learnt along all the different stages of her life and career. Let’s meet: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) can look back at an exciting and successful season with many firsts: she reached her first ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, competed at her first ISU World Figure Skating Championships, won her first National title at the senior level and went to her first ISU World Team Trophy. Take Part in the #SkatingSummer Campaign The winter season is over and it’s time for some summer vibes! It's so simple to join the campaign: just snap a pic, record a video, tag us and use #SkatingSummer. Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20 The World's best Figure Skaters including reigning Olympic Champions Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) and Alina Zagitova (RUS), 2019 World Champion Nathan Chen (USA) and four-time Ice Dance World Champions Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA), two-time World Pairs Champions Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) as well Olympic, World, European and Four Continents medalists are set to compete in the six events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series in the 2019/20 season. The series also features accomplished veterans, crowd favorites as well as the next generation of up and coming Skaters. Provisional allotments of ISU Championships 2021 and 2022 The ISU Council decided to provisionally allot the following ISU Championships for the seasons 2020/21 and 2021/22. The allotments of all other Championships are kept pending until the next scheduled ISU Council meeting in October 2019 and further information regarding the decisions of the Council in Rome, will be published at a later date. In Focus: The best pictures of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019 The most prestigious annual Figure Skating event, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019, is In Focus. Have a look at the best pictures from the event, thatcaptured unique moments of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019. Breakthrough for Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov rose from the ashes this season to capture the silver medal at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships and at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final as well as the National title and medals at the ISU Grand Prix series and other international events. ISU Figure Skating Championships and Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final ticket sales announcement The International Skating Union (ISU) and Organizing Committees of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2019 and the ISU Figure Skating Championships 2020 are pleased to announce when tickets for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, ISU European Figure Skating Championships, ISU World Figure Skating Championships events. The Javier Fernandez story Once upon a time, there was a young boy in Spain who followed his older sister into figure skating. Nobody could ever imagine what would come out of that as figure skating hardly even existed in Spain. It was a recreational sport, a kind of fun, maybe even weird hobby in the sunny country. And yet, thanks to his talent and hard work, the boy named Javier Fernandez rose to the very top in figure skating and became an inspiration for many young skaters from all over the world. Past Master: Katarina Witt (GDR/GER) socialism's prettiest face They once called her „socialism’s prettiest face“: Katarina Witt of Germany. The two-time Olympic Champion dominated the figure skating scene in the 80s, always accompanied by her legendary coach Jutta Müller, or as she is respectfully referred to “Frau Müller” (Mrs. Müller). ISU Announces the Figure Skating Calendar for 2019/20 The International Skating Union (ISU) has set the dates for the Single & Pair, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating Competitions 2019/20. Another exciting season is underway, with a novelty for Synchronized Skating. A season's best: Exciting comebacks highlight the skating season Success and failure are close to each other in any sport and these ups and downs make sports so exciting. Figure skating is no exception. Skaters rallied back after a failure in the Short Program or come back strong following injury or taking a break in this past season.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1411
__label__wiki	0.799202	0.799202	A British Press for the Many, Not the Few Jeremy Corbyn argues that by empowering media workers, putting the public in control, and taking on unaccountable billionaires, the British press can be vibrant, democratic, and sustainable. Jeremy Corbyn in Northern Ireland in May. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images The following speech was delivered at the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on August 23. Not many people know this about me, but the media is close to my heart. News reporting is a vital and a proud profession. One of my early jobs after leaving school was on the Newport and Market Drayton Advertiser, and I chaired the National Union of Journalists’ parliamentary group. Working on the local paper was hard work but huge fun. And I found it incredibly rewarding because I could see the role we were playing in my community. Too often, we take journalism and journalists for granted. At their best, journalists challenge unaccountable power and expose things that the rich and powerful would rather keep hidden. Far too often around the world, journalists pay for that with their freedom or even their lives. Fearless journalists and those who support them in their work are some of the heroes of our time. I want to look not only at TV and digital, but also radio, print and social media. As we charge into the digital age, we need to see our media, delivered mainly through screens of various sizes, as part of one connected system. The challenge of the movement I am proud to lead, whose aim is to transform society on behalf of the overwhelming majority, is to ensure technological, cultural and economic changes empower people, rather than oppress them. The mission of socialism in the twenty-first century is to lead profound change so that it benefits the many, not the few. And while audiences of this much-acclaimed lecture – and its non-alternative sibling – don’t normally hear a socialist perspective, this is certainly not the first time. The inaugural MacTaggart lecture was delivered in 1976 by the radical Scottish playwright and theatre director John McGrath. His theatre company, whose aim was to take popular, political, working class plays to venues outside the mainstream, was called 7:84. An odd name for a radical theatre company, you might think. Two numbers. Seven. Eighty-four. They represent a shocking statistic that McGrath had read in the Economist: 7 percent of the population owned 84 percent of the country’s wealth. McGrath’s influence was massive here in Scotland, but also with a wider audience much further afield. Today we face the same issue — and in your fast-changing industry in particular: far too few people have a grip on most of the power, and it seems like our current system is making that situation worse. So my message today is: for all the brilliant work done across its multiple outlets and platforms, the British media isn’t ready for the challenges of the twenty-first century and so cannot properly serve the interests of a truly democratic society. We need to accept some home truths about the British media. While we produce some fantastic drama, entertainment, documentaries and films, when it comes to news and current affairs, so vital for a democratic society — our media is failing. Now this isn’t just the view of someone who has had how shall we say, an interesting relationship with the media, particularly in the last three years. The latest statistics from the European Broadcasting Union show that the British people simply don’t trust the media. Trust in British TV news is below the EU average and it is more distrusted than its German, Swedish or Belgian counterparts. At least our TV news operates under some basic rules ensuring an element of balance. We felt this keenly during the General Election campaign last year. When additional election rules on political balance kicked in, broadcasters were required to report the Labour Party in our voice effectively for the first time for two years so we could properly lay out our policies for the country. It turned out, to the surprise of much of the media, that our ideas are pretty much the common sense mainstream, and it was the establishment gatekeepers who were shown to be out of touch. Preconceptions of editorial staff could still be spotted in less-regulated vox pops which were more slanted against us. A vox pop looks unfiltered but what makes it onto TV or radio is chosen by editors on the day. Jon Snow famously told viewers after the election that the media “know nothing” and expanded on the idea in a lecture to this festival last year. Well, the point is that editors do know something, of course, but that something may be somewhat removed from what most other people really think. Having said all that, broadcast media is clearly in a better state than the printed word, with newspaper circulation heavily down for almost every title while proprietors struggle to make far larger online readerships pay. The print barons are failing in more ways than that. The British press is the least trusted press in Europe, including non-EU countries like North Macedonia and Serbia. Let that sink in for a moment. The owners and editors of most of our country’s newspapers have dragged down standards so far that their hard working journalists are simply not trusted by the public. It’s a travesty. A free press is essential to our democracy, but much of our press isn’t very free at all. And, as I’ll lay out in a bit more detail, I want to see journalists and media workers set free to do their best work, not held back by bosses, billionaire owners, or the state. We must have this debate now. We must get to the bottom of why our news media is failing and work out what we can do about it. For all the worry about new forms of fake news, we’ve ignored the fact that most of our citizens think our newspapers churn out fake news day in, day out. It’s not much of a surprise then that in the last four years, one political earthquake after another has been missed by most of our media. That is partly explained by how close so much of the media is to the rich and powerful. And I’m not just talking about the revolving door that saw George Osborne walk out of the Treasury to become editor of the Evening Standard. Leveson One and campaigning from people like our Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and Deputy Leader, Tom Watson helped expose the cosy relationship between senior press and broadcasting executives, media owners and senior politicians. Let me be clear, Labour is committed to Leveson Two and there is no better person to be leading for us on this than Tom. But we must also break the stranglehold of elite power and billionaire domination over large parts of our media. Just three companies control 71 percent of national newspaper circulation and five companies control 81 percent of local newspaper circulation. This unhealthy sway of a few corporations and billionaires shapes and skews the priorities and worldview of a powerful section of the media. And it doesn’t stop with the newspapers, on and offline. Print too often sets the broadcast agenda, even though it is wedded so firmly to the Tories politically and to corporate interests more generally. Just because it’s on the front page of the Sun or the Mail doesn’t automatically make it news. A parallel process of concentration and tightening oligopoly is advancing in online news and could intensify with moves towards phone apps and push notifications. Multinational companies want to create worlds you’re locked into: your phone operating system, your music streaming app, your online viewing service, and your news. These dynamics further undermine diversity and pluralism, and I have real doubts that such a model will value the high quality journalistic work that challenges the interests of the powerful and wealthy. All of you in the media industry, from BBC executives down to a niche online startup, are worrying about what business model you should adopt in the twenty-first century. But political and social activists need to get involved, too, because what model is allowed to flourish will have a profound impact on the public with all the good or harm that the media can do. So today, I want to make some suggestions for how we can build a free and democratic media in the digital age. I will put forward four big ideas which I hope will generate debate. This lecture is all about encouraging public debate. These ideas have at their heart the desire to create a media where journalists and media workers are set free from elite control, whether the billionaire class or government, that’s holding them back from producing their best work. These suggestions aren’t yet Labour policy, as they’re still in the process of development but I hope they show how we are thinking about major change and open up space for more research and discussion. Support for public interest journalism The first idea is about active support for local, investigative, and public interest journalism. The best journalism takes on the powerful, in the corporate world as well as government, and helps create an informed public. That work costs money. We value it, but somehow that doesn’t translate into proper funding and legal support. So we should look at granting charitable status for some local, investigative, and public interest journalism. That status would greatly help pioneering not-for-profit organizations, like the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, to fund their vital work through tax exemptions, grants and donations. Such a change would help support groundbreaking investigations, like the Bureau’s into how many homeless people are dying on our streets. I’d like to pay tribute to the Manchester Evening News journalists, who have also been trying to find out how many people are dying on Manchester’s streets with their powerful investigation “The Deaths They Don’t Count.” And, I’d also like to single out the Hackney Gazette, which over five weeks, using Freedom of Information requests, undercover reporting and witness testimony, powerfully exposed the hidden homeless problem in one of London’s poorest boroughs, resulting in new commitments to action from the council. This type of journalism needs support, and the government has a role in helping develop a business model to strengthen and underpin it. One solution to funding public interest media could be by tapping up the digital monopolies that profit from every search, share, and like we make. A strong, self-confident government could negotiate with these tech giants to create a fund, run entirely independently, to support public interest media. Google and news publishers in France and Belgium were able to agree a settlement. If we can’t do something similar here, but on a more ambitious scale, we’ll need to look at the option of a windfall tax on the digital monopolies to create a public interest media fund. Already, faced with declining revenues, investigative journalists are looking to alternative models of ownership to carry out their work. In Scotland, the Ferret uses a cooperative model, with a board comprised of readers and reporters. They cover issues such as human rights, environment, and housing, providing a public service to communities in Scotland. They’re setting a standard in public interest journalism in Scotland, just as the West Highland Free Press has done for local press. This important part of the media, and its fantastic workforce, could also be supported by reform and expansion of an existing BBC scheme, which sees ring-fenced funding for “local democracy reporters” employed in local papers. Part of these funds could be made available to local, community, and investigative news co-ops, with a mandate to use significant time and resources reporting on public institutions, public service providers, local government, outsourced contractors, and regulated bodies. With the decline of local papers, this vital oversight is being lost. To root out corruption, improve services, and empower citizens, we need a dogged local media with the time and money to work on stories. I’m proud that one of the greatest tools that journalists can use to hold power to account, the Freedom of Information Act, was introduced by a Labour government. I remember talking to ministers at the time it was going through Parliament, especially Mark Fisher, and later working with my friend John McDonnell and others against proposals to charge journalists for submitting FOI requests. Although the FOI Act was limited, we know its power. The Tories have shown disdain for FOI, with former Prime Minister David Cameron bemoaning that FOI requests “fur up” government. Accountability is the lifeblood of democracy. We have already said that we would expand the Act so it covers private sector providers of public services. It is simply not acceptable for corporate executives to hide behind the excuse of commercial confidentiality when they are meant to be providing — and as we’ve seen with Carillion, East Coast Mainline, and Birmingham Prison this week, so often failing — a public service. But I think we should be more ambitious. Currently, ministers can veto FOI releases. On two occasions, this veto has been used to block information about the UK’s decision to pursue military action against Iraq. That can’t be right. We will look at ending the ministerial veto to prevent the Information Commissioner being overruled. A More Democratic, Representative, and Independent BBC Now we know that in the UK, one media organization leads the way – the BBC. It is a great institution which rightly commands a special place in our country’s story and national life. Some powerful private corporate interests — and those who know the history will know which ones I mean — have long wanted to break up and cannibalize the BBC. I think that would be a disaster. The BBC must not be broken up or privatized but should lead positive change, with stable, secure funding so it can drive up standards right across the sector. But the BBC should be freed of government control, democratized, and made representative of the country it serves to help it do that. The BBC is meant to be independent, but its charter grants governments the power to appoint the chair and four directors of the board and set the level of the licence fee. One proposal would simultaneously reduce government political influence on the BBC while empowering its workforce and the license fee payers who fund it. That would see the election of some BBC Board members, for example of executive directors by staff and non-executive directors by license fee payers. To help decentralize the BBC, national and regional boards could also be expanded, with elections by BBC staff and local license fee payers. All boards should be representative of the country, with a minimum representation for women and minority groups. These elections need not be difficult to run and could build on the BBC’s current experiments with digital sign-ins. Empowering BBC staff, who share a strong professional ethos and commitment to their work, should not only make top management more accountable, but bring the organizational values of the BBC closer to the public good. The BBC is already trying to become more representative of the country it serves, and that should be applauded. However, much more can be done to devolve program making and editorial decisions to regional or national level. The regional boards proposal I have outlined could help drive this process. I commend the BBC’s move to Salford, and Channel Four is also looking at proposals to move its headquarters out of London. This should be encouraged as part of rebalancing Britain. A better regional balance should help the diversity of our media workers. Currently 94 percent of British journalists are white and 55 percent are men. The industry is already trying to tackle this with the Project Diamond to monitor diversity. Again, the BBC could lead the way by setting best practice with complete transparency on the makeup of its workforce by publishing equality data, including for social class, for all creators of BBC content, whether in-house or external. Trade unions have a crucial role to play in this process but are too often excluded or marginalized. I am proud of my long relationship with the NUJ and salute their and other unions’ efforts to fight for media workers in a difficult and fast-changing environment. We know that sustainable quality journalism requires decent pay — and 24 percent of journalists now earn less than £20,000 per year for what is a skilled job. Many journalists work for the love of their profession, but they deserve a decent income and a secure contract, too. Insecure employment, which many journalists increasingly face, is a curse on our society. The BBC has made efforts to close its gender pay gap by 2020, but currently remains 7.6 per cent too large. We know that this problem is not unique to the BBC and improvements in pay across the sector must be shared. As well as being paid a decent wage, media workers should be, as far as possible, freed from political and special interest pressures from above. We know that the BBC can be tacitly influenced by government through the charter renewal process and the setting of the license fee. If we want an independent BBC, we should consider setting it free by placing it on a permanent statutory footing, with a new independent body setting the license fee. The license fee itself is another potential area for modernization. Originally, it was charged on radio sets. Then, as the technology developed, it became a radio and TV license fee and finally just the TV license fee. In the digital age, we should consider whether a digital license fee could be a fairer and more effective way to fund the BBC. A digital license fee, supplementing the existing license fee, collected from tech giants and Internet Service Providers, which extract huge wealth from our shared digital space, could allow a democratized and more plural BBC to compete far more effectively with the private multinational digital giants like Netflix, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. This could also help reduce the cost of the license fee for poorer households. With secure funding and empowered staff and audience, the BBC would be on a firm footing to move forward into the twenty-first century educating, informing and entertaining, and be a vehicle to drive up standards for the rest of the media. Empowering Private-Sector Journalists and Audiences But we should also think about ways to empower journalists, audiences and readers and reduce the power of media bosses and owners in the private sector. One of the more radical and interesting ideas I’ve heard, which limits the power of unaccountable media barons without state control, is to give journalists the power to elect editors and have seats on boards for workers and consumers when a title or program gets particularly large and influential. Journalists at the Guardian now elect their editor by indicative ballot and there’s no reason why that precedent shouldn’t be spread more widely. If, for example, an outlet gets a certain audience share, then its journalists could be given the right to elect their editors, making them accountable to their staff — and their journalistic ethics — as well as to corporate bosses and shareholders. You could take this further at a higher audience share, with enforced shareholder dilution with equity and seats on the board awarded to workers and the readers, viewers or listeners. To improve our media, open it up, and make it more plural, we need to find ways to empower those who create it and those who consume it over those who want to control and own it. British Digital Corporation The final idea I’d to share with you today, which I hope will generate some new thinking, is about how we, as a public and the media, as an industry take advantage of new technology. I want us to be as ambitious as possible. The public realm doesn’t have to sit back and watch as a few mega tech corporations hoover up digital rights, assets, and ultimately our money. This technology doesn’t have an in-built bias towards the few. Government is standing by and letting the few take advantage of the many using technology. So one of the more ambitious ideas I’ve heard is to set up a publicly owned British Digital Corporation as a sister organization to the BBC. The idea was floated by James Harding, former BBC Director of Home News in the Hugh Cudlipp lecture earlier this year. A BDC could use all of our best minds, the latest technology and our existing public assets not only to deliver information and entertainment to rival Netflix and Amazon but also to harness data for the public good. A BDC could develop new technology for online decisionmaking and audience-led commissioning of programs and even a public social media platform with real privacy and public control over the data that is making Facebook and others so rich. The BDC could work with other institutions that the next Labour government will set up like our National Investment Bank, National Transformation Fund, Strategic Investment Board, Regional Development Banks, and our public utilities to create new ways for public engagement, oversight, and control of key levers of our economy. It could become the access point for public knowledge, information and content currently held in the BBC archives, the British Library, and the British Museum. Imagine an expanded Iplayer giving universal access to license fee payers for a product that could rival Netflix and Amazon. It would probably sell pretty well overseas as well. What’s Next for British Media We need big, bold, radical thinking on the future of our media. Without it, at best, we won’t take advantage of the opportunities in front of us as a country and for the kind of journalism that makes the world a better place. At worst, a few tech giants and unaccountable billionaires will control huge swathes of our public space and discourse. I hope some of the ideas I’ve put forward today generate further ideas and the debate widens as Tom Watson and others in the Labour Party develop our policies in this area. We can build a free, vibrant, democratic, and financially sustainable media in the digital age. We just need to harness the technology, empower the best instincts of media workers, wherever possible put the public in control, and take on the power of unaccountable billionaires who claim they are setting us free but in reality are holding us back from achieving what we can all achieve together. Jeremy Corbyn is the leader of the UK Labour Party. British Press Public Ownership Not many people know this about me, but the media is close to my heart. News reporting is a vital and a proud profession. One of my early jobs after leaving school was on the Newport and Market Drayton Advertiser, and I chaired the National Union of Journalists’ parliamentary group. Working on the local paper […] Is Corbyn the Future of the Left? Robin Archer Blair Dead. Benn Alive. Martin Beveridge Corbyn Versus the Third Way Jason Schulman Can Jeremy Corbyn Redeem the Labour Party? Leo Panitch	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1412
__label__wiki	0.675251	0.675251	The Right to the City Movement and the Turkish Summer As I write this, Istanbul is under siege. The might of Istanbul`s entire police force—the largest city police force in Europe—is violently cracking down on peaceful occupiers in Gezi Park. The protest, which began on 27 May, is ostensibly over a planned shopping center to be built over a park in Istanbul`s central Taksim Square. Nevertheless, massive popular movements like this do not emerge out of nowhere. Typically, they are the result of the tireless groundwork of activists over the course of an extended period. And then, something happens: a spark sets off the lighter fluid accumulating unnoticed at everyone`s feet. The protests began with approximately seventy Right to the City protesters in Gezi Park on 27 May when demolition of the park was set to begin. These activists successfully stopped demolition and a little more than a dozen activists spent that night in the park. They erected two large tents, brought guitars, and made their opinions known to passersby. These activists were comprised of members of Taksim Solidarity and the Taksim Gezi Park Protection and Beautification Association as well as some unaffiliated but concerned individuals. On 28 May, a coalition of Right to the City associations presented a petition to Istanbul`s Council to Protect Culture Heritage calling on it protect the park. At 1:30 in the afternoon on 28 May, bulldozers returned a second time. The protesters resisted and police used tear gas to clear the park. One activist climbed a tree and was unable to be dislodged, further stalling demolition. Demolition resumed and continued until pro-Kurdish rights Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and secularist opposition Republican People`s Party Members of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Gülseren Onanç blockaded bulldozers. This yet again stopped demolition and a protest was called for 7pm that night. Protesters slept in the park again. The day of 29 May was more low-key as a few hundred people came out for protests in the park and created a festival-like atmosphere with films and concerts. Throughout the day, activists planted seedlings in the park as a token of resistance. Numbers swelled and 150 people slept in the park that night as the state regrouped. On 30 May Turkish police, unwilling to allow a major tourist hub to be blighted in this fashion, gave the occupiers a five in the morning wake-up call in the form of tear gas. In case the message was not clear enough, they also set fire to occupiers` tents. With the park cleared and the state clear that it meant business, demolition resumed until at 7:50 in the morning, Önder yet again blockaded the bulldozers with his own body. After news broke on social media of the early-morning raid and concomitant police violence, people accumulated throughout the day and slept over in the park en masse. The police tried the same tactics on the morning of 31 May, this time with several hundred people sleeping over in the park. The raid was more vicious than the day before and media was banned from the park. After this, Taksim Square officially became contested territory as police violence escalated and protesters clashed with police throughout the day. In the ensuing mayhem, famed freelance Turkish journalist, Ahmet Şık was hospitalized after being struck in the head by a teargas canister. Onlookers claimed that Şık, who in 2011 penned a book about police corruption in Turkey that was banned from publication, was fired on intentionally from a distance of about ten yards. Önder himself was hospitalized after also being hit by a tear gas canister. What likely would have blown over with no lasting impact suddenly ignited into one of the biggest mobilizations in recent Turkish history. Estimates during the day of 31 May put the number of protesters between five thousand and ten thousand, and police have attempted mass arrests of anyone occupying the park. Police forces have been making liberal use of teargas, resulting in a flood of instantly iconic images that capture the spirit of dissent. There are in fact reports that the police have used so much tear gas that Istanbul`s police force has had to ship in more from the nearby city of Bursa. On Friday, #DirenGeziParki [Resist Gezi Park] was, for most of the day, the number one worldwide trending hashtag on Twitter. Late in the night on 31 May, the police barricaded the park and closed all of the roads and public transportation leading to Taksim Square. This completed the square`s transformation into a battleground as protesters attempted—and in some instance succeeded—to break the barricades. With news spreading that Taksim was barricaded, and growing outrage at the media blackout, residents of Istanbul began organizing in their own neighborhoods and marching together to Taksim. Unverified reports on Twitter estimated 40,000 people were on foot heading to Taksim, including thousands crossing the Bosphorus Bridge that connects the European and Asian sides of the city, which is normally closed to pedestrians. Solidarity protests have spread organically to other cities, mostly as an expression of anger at police brutality. Protesters have taken to the streets in the cities of Ankara, Izmir, Izmit, Eskişehir, Kayseri, Antalya, Kutahya, and no doubt others. Radikal reports that protesters were tear gassed in Izmit and Eskişehir and dozens were detained in other cities. At the time of writing, it appears that numbers are only going to continue to grow and demonstrations will continue to escalate. The police violence has been nothing short of excessive. According to the Turkish alternative news site Bianet, at least one hundred protesters have been injured. But this was reported during the day on 31 May and so seems like a conservative estimate at this point, especially given the level of violence and the use of tear gas, which is widely considered a chemical weapon. The Turkish Radikal daily has a series of videos available putting police violence on display. According to a live blog on the leftist website Sendika.org, police have in multiple instances blocked ambulances from accessing the injured. The reaction of the police prompted Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch, to declare Friday that "the display of extreme police violence yet again against peaceful demonstrators in the Taksim Park spells the government and local authorities` deep intolerance of the right to assembly and non-violent protest in Turkey today." The Origins of the Uprising The fact that the protests were not sponsored by a political party or related to the Kurdish conflict has led to comparisons with Occupy Wall Street (OWS) or even the Seattle World Trade Organization protests of 1999. OWS protesters in the United States, once inspired by tactics of the Arab uprisings, are now expressing solidarity with Turkish activists. Right now no party or group can claim ownership of the movement and the only sign of coalition is the information hub, DirenGeziParki.com. But this protest is the latest manifestation of a movement that has been stirring for some time now. The shopping mall is only one component of a plan to entirely redesign Taksim Square into a more car-friendly, tourist-accommodating, and sanitized urban center. Mass protests have also taken place recently to stop the closure of the landmark Emek Cinema, located on İstiklal Avenue off Taksim Square, which is also being converted into (no surprise) a shopping mall. Taksim Square is the heart and soul of Istanbul. It is common sense to Istanbulites that if a revolution is to come to Turkey, it would begin in Taksim. Protests are regularly held in the square, and issues run the full gamut of concerns of Turkish citizens: LGBT equality, recognition of the Armenian Genocide, an end to the Kurdish conflict, an end to military conscription, economic justice, and more. In 2011, there was a massive one-day protest in support of a free and open internet that drew upwards of thirty thousand people. [Protesters flood Taksim Square for the "Internetime Doukunma" ("Don`t Touch My Internet") protest in 2011. Gezi Park can be seen in the background. Photo by Jay Cassano.] Taksim is also home to a massive May Day protest every year, in part a response to the Taksim Square Massacre on May Day 1977. On 1 May, Istanbul police violently cracked down on protesters, using over fourteen tons of water mixed with tear gas. As evidence of the link between current protests and those of May Day, the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions (also known by the acronym DISK, and one of the largest union blocks in Turkey) officially called on its members to come out and support the occupation. The new Taksim will eliminate mass pedestrian entrances from all sides in favor of car tunnels, making it an impractical site to protest and congregate. In short, it will be reduced to a photo-op for tourists who pass through for five minutes and then continue on with their tax-free shopping. Another key launching point was the planned construction of a third bridge crossing over the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Ground broke on construction of the third bridge on the first day of the protest and was one of the main concerns expressed by protesters, even though they were occupying Gezi Park and not the bridge construction site. If built, the third bridge is expected to complete Istanbul`s deforestation by subjecting the northern Belgrade Forest to development. The third bridge is another example of the AKP`s development-driven, car-oriented designs for Istanbul, with complete disregard for the viability of the city in ecological and social terms. These concerns were highlighted in a recent feature-length documentary, Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits, which sold out theaters in Taksim`s İstiklal Avenue when it opened. Culture Wars or Economic Unrest? The entire plan for Taksim Square’s redesign is part of an overall neoliberal turn that Prime Minister Erdogan`s Justice and Development Party (AKP) are central to. Istanbul`s city center has been undergoing a rapid process of gentrification, especially in the historic neighborhoods of Sulukule, Tarlabaşı, Tophane, and Fener-Balat, which housed the poor, the immigrants, the Kurds, and the Roma. The goal of this so-called “urban renewal” is to make room for more tourist attractions, or to—at minimum—“clean up” the neighborhoods, removing working class urban dwellers who might scare off tourists. The idea is that this new and improved city center will attract foreign investment in Istanbul, which is to be further developed into a financial and cultural hub at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East. Some outlets have linked the Gezi Park protests to the AKP`s recent restrictions on the sale of alcohol. Journalists doing so are attempting to portray the Gezi Park occupation as a conflict between Erdoğan`s Islamism and the country`s secular ethos. The secularist opposition Republican People`s Party (CHP) has also taken this stance, and has tried to coopt the uprising by turning the movement into a symbol of culture wars between a secular youth and an older Islamist generation. Attractive as that framing may be to Western media, it could not be further from the truth. While many protesters are without a doubt staunch secularists who are motivated by opposition to the AKP`s increasing social conservatism, there is no indication that this is what ultimately brought thousands of people out into the streets. In fact, when CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, came to Gezi Park to speak, protesters sang over him, preventing him from being heard. It is clear that the movement thus far is about a conflict in visions for urban space between ruling elites and the people who actually live, work, and play in the city. In this regard it is telling that #DirenGeziParkı emerged as the original hashtag on Twitter. This connects to protests held in 2009 in Istanbul against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which took place under the banner of “Diren Istanbul”—“Resist Istanbul”—cleverly shortened in translation to “ResIstanbul.” At the same time, and as the protests appear to spread and take on a more generally anti-government tone, it is not unlikely that general dissatisfaction with Erdoğan will eventually win out as the primary message of the movement. In that case, we can expect to see a rift between the liberal secularist opposition who joined the protest on 31 May and after and the radical protesters who spawned the movement in the first place. Throughout the Arab uprisings, Turkey remained ostensibly stable. Some commentators proposed Turkey as a model for post-uprising Arab states, most especially Egypt. The mixture of a “moderate” Islamist prime minister and a "secular" constitution made NATO-member Turkey an attractive prototype for a new Middle East in the eyes of Western pundits. Others, along with myself, have pointed out that Turkey is a poor choice of role model, given its ongoing conflict with its Kurdish minority population as well as myriad other dynamics. Today, it seems as though Turkey`s internal divisions are surfacing in a way not seen for some time. What we are seeing in the Gezi Park occupation is the sudden explosion of this Right to the City movement, with some general anti-government sentiment mixed in. For now, an Istanbul court has temporarily suspended construction of the park, pending a hearing on the matter. As time goes on, and if this movement continues to grow, rifts are likely to occur and the meaning of the protests will become as contested as the physical space of Taksim Square. But for the time being, between the massive May Day protest and now this nationwide movement less than a month later, we may finally be in for a summer of uprising in Turkey. [Cihan Tekay contributed research to this story.] Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 10:58:00 AM	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1413
__label__wiki	0.883639	0.883639	How to Deal When Your Partner Isn't Out of the Closet, and You Are What the Kamala Harris-Joe Biden Showdown Means for Both Candidates Is It Even Possible to Relax on Vacation With Kids? My Ex Owes Me $4,700 and I Can't Stop Thinking About How to Get It Back What App-Based Therapy Is Really Like What to Know Before Fisting for the First Time An Adult Queer Prom Gave Me the High School Dance Experience I Never Had The 9 Most Memorable Moments of the Democratic Debates Real Talk: Do I Have to Swallow if I'm Giving Head? If You're a Female Teacher, Chances Are Your Outfit Is Being Judged 4 Tips for Negotiating a Raise That Every Woman Should Know Tiffani Thiessen Explains Why She's Working Harder than Ever What Happens When Your Sexual Awakening Hits — and You're Already Married These Sheets Have a Cult Following, and I’m the Number One Member Mercury Retrograde Is Coming — and It's Going to Be a Problem 50 Moments That Defined LGBTQIA+ Pride Monday's Strawberry Full Moon Is Bringing Good Vibes Only I Came Out in My 30s and I Have No Idea What I'm Doing This Was the Most Eye-Roll Worthy Moment of Last Night's Debate Your July Horoscope Is Here Turning 40 is Hard. Turning 40 As a Black Woman is Harder. By Jacy Topps Uyen Cao I usually love celebrating my birthday. I look forward to the phone calls, text messages, Facebook wishes, unexpected cards from family I haven’t heard from in years and a celebratory dinner with friends. But now? I’m turning 40. Turning 40 can be emotionally fraught for any woman — often triggering anxiety, depression, and feelings of inadequacy. Our culture tells us that by 40, we should be homeowners, happily married with kids, succeeding in our careers and saving for retirement. When we’re missing any part of that equation, a sense of failure can creep in. That’s all legitimately stressful, but focusing on it obscures the unique struggles faced by black women approaching the milestone, particularly when it comes to career development and earning potential. “For black women, 40 is considered to be a personal and financial milestone. It is supposed to be the age where the family and dream career have been established,” says to Dion Metzger, M.D., psychiatrist and co-author of The Modern Trophy Wife: How To Achieve Your Life Goals While Thriving at Home. “I often hear my patients discuss their feelings of inadequacy and anxiety with the 40th birthday looming. As they’re waiting for their careers to reach its peak, they feel frustrated that it’s not reaching the birthday deadline.” Though the pay gap between men and women is slowly decreasing, the disparity between black and white women has been rapidly increasing. According to a report from Economic Policy Institute, in 1979, black women earned only 6 percent less than white women, but by 2015, that gap tripled to 19 percent. And in 2016, black women only earned 79 cents for every dollar white women took home. “Black women are seeking wealth and affirmation from a system that wasn’t designed for us to succeed,” says Anne, a 49-year-old television producer. “I have to work twice as hard as white women at my job. But I don’t get paid nearly as much.” Racial disparities in the job market not only disproportionately impact how much money black women earn — it can affect our career trajectories, too, leaving us with less opportunity to advance in the job market. For example, I’m a journalist, and have been for six years. According to a report from Women’s Media Center, women make up 32 percent of staff in U.S newsrooms, but women of color represent just 7.95 percent. RELATED: Sandra Oh can't wait to be 50. Black women are also underrepresented in science and tech, publishing, marketing, film and the medical and legal professions, according to recent reports. Currently, there are only three black CEOs running Fortune 500 companies; not one is a woman. A study from Women in the Workplace found black women are underrepresented at every level in corporate America. These disparities can impact every area of our lives. Purchasing a home and saving for retirement is quite a bit easier if you make more money, have access to employment benefits, and are advancing in your career — all things it’s demonstrably harder for black women to do by 40. “Black women at 40 have to re-examine what success looks like,” says Lindsey, 43, who wanted to remain anonymous fearing ramifications at work. She started working in the service industry after the company she worked for folded during the recession. “I may never accomplish what my white friends accomplish or have the same things. Black women don’t have the same opportunities. We start out in different places in life.” Of course, what Lindsey is referring to is the root problem of being a black woman in America — privilege, or lack thereof. Historically, black people were excluded from quality education, denied mortgages, credit and access to government safety net programs that created opportunities, all of which gave white families more of an opportunity to build generational wealth and increase their upward mobility. According to Center For American Progress, in 2016, white households held 10 times more wealth than the average black family. RELATED: Black hair is still repressed and regulated in the United States. And, with black women facing greater adversity, but less opportunity in the job market, we can find ourselves facing mental health issues. “I didn’t always compare my accomplishments to other women’s until I turned 40. I started to internalize what I thought were failures and became deeply depressed,” a 46-year-old former corporate executive named Jaclyn, told me. “I was divorced and laid off from my job. Eventually, my anxieties about measuring up started affecting my self-esteem. Every time I thought about talking to a professional about my depression, I became even more embarrassed about where I was in life.” Jaclyn currently works part time but was unemployed at 40. Over 7 million black Americans have been diagnosed with a mental illness and it’s likely over 7 million more are affected by mental health issues but are undiagnosed. And research finds racism, sexism, and lower incomes put black women at a higher risk of mental health issues. To add insult to injury, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health, black Americans face more challenges accessing quality mental healthcare due to stigma, cost of health insurance and unconscious racial biases. “I remind my patients that, as minorities and women, we encounter more barriers and bias. Those barriers don’t make things impossible,” Dr. Metzger says. “I advise them to embrace 40 as a celebration of how far they’ve come instead of dreading it as an alarm.” In light of all of these factors, it’s not surprising that I haven’t been looking forward to this particular milestone. I spent my 20s and 30s trying to keep up with other women — it’s been emotionally exhausting. But reaching out to other black women and hearing about their similar experiences and feelings of inadequacy has helped me feel less isolated. My self-worth shouldn’t be defined by my career trajectory or my ability to meet cultural milestones, particularly milestones that weren’t designed for women who look like me to achieve in the first place. And so I'm redefining success and examining myself outside of the narrow expectations our culture has set for 40-year-old women, starting right now. Birthdays are meant to be celebrated; my 40th shouldn’t be any different.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1414
__label__wiki	0.947644	0.947644	National Cyber Security Alliance Appoints Kelvin Coleman as Executive Director By Ken Briodagh December 04, 2018 The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has announced that former government cybersecurity expert Kelvin Coleman has been appointed as executive director. A veteran of high-stakes cybersecurity posts at the White House and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Coleman has excelled in public and private sector leadership roles throughout his career of more than 20 years. Coleman assumes the position currently held by interim Executive Director Russ Schrader. “NCSA would like to thank Russ Schrader, whose leadership and guidance helped us form new relationships and expand our influence, as well as allowed us to execute a comprehensive search for a full-time executive director,” said William O’Connell, chief business security officer at ADP and chairman of the NCSA Board of Directors. “Following a very successful National Cybersecurity Awareness Month this past October, we are extremely pleased to welcome Kelvin Coleman. His extensive experience with both public and private cybersecurity sectors have prepared him for this leadership role at NCSA, an organization that is supported by industry, nonprofit, government and academia.” Coleman joins the organization with a breadth of experience in cybersecurity at both a national level and in local markets. In career-spanning cybersecurity awareness tours in 49 states, Coleman has briefed tech giants, local storeowners and politicians alike, including 35 governors and numerous state-level security committees. Shortly after his government service, Coleman joined FireEye’s Intelligence and Special Programs Division. In that role, he oversaw vital partnerships with key intelligence agencies and organizations, including work with the National Security Agency and Department of Defense. Most recently, Coleman worked with the National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center on strategic cybersecurity policy and products. Before that, in two positions over a nine-year period at DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, he spearheaded industry-government liaisons which led to establishing national guidelines for workforce cybersecurity safety. He also worked on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee during portions of George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s administrations. In the early stages of Obama’s first term, Coleman served as a member of the White House National Security Staff, coordinating cybersecurity policy with the intelligence community as well as state, local, international and private-sector organizations. “As our society becomes more digital and inter-connected, cybersecurity awareness is increasingly a matter of collaboration between the private and public sectors convening intelligence experts, politicians, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers,” said Coleman. “Having worked closely with cybersecurity advocates in many of these disciplines, I know there is widespread eagerness to educate the country about our shared responsibility in helping to protect the internet and fostering an environment for cybersecurity knowledge sharing. As I take on this new role, I am grateful to have the support of Russ Schrader, the NCSA Board of Directors and NCSA’s committed staff.” Schrader will continue his work as general counsel and chief privacy officer for Commerce Signals, Inc. and serving on the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. “I am very thankful to have worked with NCSA’s directors, supporters and the internal team while interim executive director,” said Schrader. “With the selection of Kelvin Coleman, the Board has chosen a great candidate to lead NCSA at a time when the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve and become more complex. I’m eager to welcome Kelvin to NCSA and work with him on a seamless transition as we move on to exciting initiatives such as Data Privacy Day and a series of educational programs focused on cybersecurity education and awareness.” The IoT Evolution Expo, and collocated events, IoT Evolution Health, LPWAN Expo, The Smart City Event, and IIoT Conference, will take place Jan. 29 to Feb 1 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Visit IoTEvolutionExpo.com to register now.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1416
__label__wiki	0.987085	0.987085	Titanic carnival ‘celebration’ condemned as ‘insensitive’ by descendant of White Star Line founder DARA KELLY Family await on shore to hear news of survivor after 1,503 people perished on board the TitanicGoogle Images A Liverpool carnival to mark the centenary of the Titantic's sinking has been called "insensitive" by a relative of the shipping magnate who built the ship, according to the Daily Mail. The £2 million, three-day "sea odyssey" is being organized by the council chiefs in Liverpool and is being paid for by the European and Arts Council. The celebration will feature 30ft tall puppets parading through the city's streets and will likely attract thousands of spectators. However, 56-year-old Clifford Ismay, a descendant of J Bruce Ismay, a founder of White Star Line, who built the ship, is saying that the Liverpool celebration is in "bad taste." "There is a line you can cross in making something considered as a fitting tribute," said Ismay. "With the plans for this "sea odyssey" that line has been crossed with incredibly bad taste. "Spectacular and celebration are two words that should not be used in connection with the loss of RMS Titanic. "The words remembrance and memorial would be more fitting. There are still a lot of people around who lost relatives aboard the Titanic. "I don’t like the idea of commemorating the loss of lives and the sinking of Titanic with a parade. It really is very insensitive," he added. New Titanic tourist attraction will exceed expectations The Titanic last meal is re-created for first time for Irish fundraiser - VIDEO Titanic Belfast center attracts 4,000 applicants for 70 jobs The puppets, which were devised by Jean-Luc Courcoult, will tell the story of a letter written by the daughter of a bedroom steward on the ship. May McMurray wrote a letter to her father William saying, "It's very lonely without you, dear father." The 43-year-old McMurray, of Kensington, Liverpool, never had a chance to read the letter, which was sent just two days before the Titanic struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912. He died trying to rescue passengers and his body was never recovered. Courcoult, the artistic director for French puppeteers Royal de Luxe, was inspired after reading May's letter, which is on display at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool. But Ismay, who runs the Titanic Museum in Maryport, Cumbria, said, "The theme of this puppet show is a poignant reminder, a personal story, which should be treated with care and respect. "Mr McMurray would have met a harrowing death and he is a victim - as is his daughter who grew up without a father. "I support most things to do with Titanic so long as it is respectful to those who lost their lives that fateful night. "We will have a service to remember those who died and mourn the impact it had on the lives of survivors or relatives of the dead and lay wreaths on the tide at Solway. "I think that is the correct way to remember Titanic." The RMS Titanic set off for its maiden voyage to New York from Southampton, but Liverpool was her registered home port and many of the crew members, including Ismay and Captain James Smith, were from the city.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1417
__label__wiki	0.590118	0.590118	California State University Los Angeles Tuition Athletics Physical Education Complex (PEC) \| (310) 287-4513 >>Make an Appointment with Athletics West is a member in good standing with the California Community College Athletic Association and competes in intercollegiate athletics within the Western State Conference (WSC) and the Southern California Football Association (SCFA). The College of Business & Economics at California State University–Los Angeles offers these departments and concentrations: accounting, economics, finance, general management, human resources. Future Students and Families. We’re glad you’re thinking about attending California State University, Bakersfield! Below you’ll find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by prospective students and their families, as well as links to additional resources and information. Ohio State’s tuition is 14 percent below the average of $3,569. 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__label__wiki	0.9107	0.9107	Journal of Magnetic Resonance The Russell Varian Lecture and Prize Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance The Russell Varian prize honours the memory of the pioneer behind the first commercial Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers and co-founder of Varian Associates. The prize is awarded to a researcher based on a singleinnovative contribution (a single paper, patent, lecture, or piece of hardware) that has proven of high and broad impact on state-of-the-art NMR technology. The prize is designed to recognize the initial contribution that laid the foundations for a specific technology of great importance in state-of-the-art NMR. It is sponsored by Agilent Technologies and currently carries a monetary award of 15,000 Euro. The award ceremony will take place at the ICMRBS 2014 meeting in Dallas, Texas, USA, 24th to 29th August, 2014, with the winner delivering the Russell Varian Lecture. Rules for the Russell Varian Prize Only single pieces of work are considered (a paper, a lecture, a patent, etc). In the case of multiple authorship, the prize is awarded to the author with the largest creative and innovative share of the contribution. In the exceptional case of truly equal shares in the contribution, the Prize may be split between two authors. No individual may receive the prize more than once. Prizewinners become members of the Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize that evaluates future nominations and makes recommendations to the Prize Committee. Nominations must be forwarded by email to the Secretary of the Prize Committee, Gareth Morris, at g.a.morris@manchester.ac.uk. The deadline for nominations is February 17th, 2014. Nominations should be laid out in the format of a publishable laudatio proposal (cf. earlier laudatios below, or here) that in the case of multiple authorship must include an explanation of why the nominee is the most innovative author behind the paper. Attention is further drawn to the fact that the Russell Varian prize rewards the earliest seed paper of an important technology, rather than later more comprehensive and highly cited papers. Prize Committee Jean Jeener (Chairman), Krish Krishnamurthy (Agilent representative), Lucio Frydman, Gareth A. Morris (Secretary), Ole W. Sørensen, and a representative of the ICMRBS organizing committee. Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize Weston Anderson, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Ray Freeman, Erwin Hahn, Alex Pines, Alfred G. Redfield, Martin Karplus, John S. Waugh. Former Russell Varian Prize Laureates Jean Jeener, Professor Emeritus, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (2002): Technology: Multidimensional Fourier NMR spectroscopy and imaging Awarded Contribution: The lecture given at the Ampere Summer School in Basko Polje, Yugoslavia, September, 1971, where Jean Jeener introduced two-dimensional Fourier NMR spectroscopy by what is today known as the COSY experiment. Erwin Hahn, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2004): Technology: Basics of modern time-domain NMR spectrometers, spin-echo phenomena and experiments, diffusion measurements, and J couplings Awarded Contribution: Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 24, No. 7, 13 (1949), reprinted in Phys. Rev. 77, 746 (1950). Nicolaas Bloembergen, Professor of optical sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, and Gerhard Gade University Professor Emeritus, Division of Applied Science and Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA (2005): Technology: NMR relaxation for experimental study of molecular motion Awarded Contribution: Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation, by N. Bloembergen, E. M. Purcell, and R. V. Pound, Nature, 160, 475-476, (1947). John S. Waugh, Professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2006): Technology: Average Hamiltonian Theory Awarded Contribution: J.S. Waugh, C.H. Wang, L.M. Huber, and R.L. Vold, "Multiple-Pulse NMR Experiments", J. Chem. Phys. 48, 662-670 (1968). This paper announces further results that appeared a few weeks later in J. S. Waugh, L. M. Huber, and U. Haeberlen, "Approach to High-Resolution NMR in Solids", Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 180-182 (1968). Alfred G. Redfield, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Biochemistry, and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (2007): Technology: Relaxation Theory Awarded Contribution: A.G. Redfield, "On the Theory of Relaxation Processes", IBM Journal of Research and Development 1, 19-31 (1957). Recent references to this fundamental paper are often given implicitly by quoting the revised version published by Redfield in Adv. Magn. Reson. 1, 1-32 (1965). Alexander Pines, Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, and Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA (2008): Technology: Cross-polarization method for NMR in solids Awarded Contribution: A. Pines, M. G. Gibby, and J. S. Waugh, "Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy. A Method for High Resolution NMR of Dilute Spins in Solids", J. Chem. Phys. 56, 1776-1777 (1972). Albert W. Overhauser, Stuart Distinguished Professor of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (2009): Technology: Nuclear Overhauser Effect Awarded Contribution: The talk given by Albert Overhauser at the American Physical Society meeting on May 1, 1953, of which an abstract appeared as Albert W. Overhauser, Polarization of Nuclei in Metals, Phys. Rev. 91, 476 (1953), and full detail as Albert W. Overhauser, Polarization of Nuclei in Metals, Phys. Rev. 92, 411-415 (1953). Martin Karplus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique, ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (2010): Technology: Karplus Equation Awarded contribution: M. Karplus, "Contact Electron-Spin Coupling of Nuclear Magnetic Moments", J. Chem. Phys. 30, 11-15 (1959). Gareth Alun Morris, Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK (2011): Technology: INEPT pulse sequence Awarded contribution: G. A. Morris and R. Freeman: "Enhancement of nuclear magnetic resonance signals by polarization transfer", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101, 760-762 (1979). Raymond Freeman, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Magnetic Resonance (Emeritus), Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK and Weston A. Anderson, Senior Principal Scientist and Varian Fellow Emeritus (2012): Technology: Double Resonance Awarded contribution: R. Freeman and W.A. Anderson: "Use of Weak Perturbing Radio-Frequency Fields in Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance", J. Chem. Phys. 37, 2053-2074 (1962). Lucio Frydman, Professor and Kimmel Fellow, Weizmann Institute, Chemical Physics Department, Israel (2013): Technology: Ultrafast NMR Awarded contribution: L. Frydman, T. Scherf and A. Lupulescu: "The acquisition of multidimensional NMR spectra within a single scan", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 15858-15862 (2002). Laudatio 2002 Awarded Contribution: The lecture given at the Ampere Summer School in Basko Polje, Yugoslavia, September, 1971, where Jean Jeener introduced two-dimensional Fourier NMR spectroscopy by what is today known as the COSY experiment. The unpublished lecture notes were later published in "NMR and More in Honour of Anatole Abragam", Eds. M. Goldman and M. Porneuf, Les editions de physique, Avenue du Hoggar, Zone Industrielle de Courtaboeuf, BP 112, F-91944 Les Ulis cedex A, France (1994). The Prize Winner: Jean Jeener, Professor Emeritus, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium The Technology: The awarded contribution introduced two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and has shown an unprecedented impact on the development of state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy. In principle, any multiple-dimensional NMR experiment introduced so far relies on the method proposed by Jean Jeener. Countless examples can be found in both liquid-state and solid-state NMR, as well as in NMR imaging applications in medicine, biology and material science. E. L. Hahn, Spin Echoes, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 24, No. 7, 13 (1949), reprinted in Phys. Rev. 77, 746 (1950). (This is the abstract for a ten minutes presentation to be given at the Chicago meeting of the American Physical Society on November 25, 1949.) Erwin L. Hahn, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, USA The awarded contribution contains several original ideas and results that have had a strong impact on modern NMR technology, notably (a) the two pulse spin echo that still is the method of choice for e.g. refocusing chemical shift dephasings in pulse sequences, not to mention widespread applications in MRI; (b) the interpretation of spin echoes, where time (rather than frequency) is used as the essential variable beyond the initial stage of Bloch's theory of CW spectroscopy and of relaxation measurements: this spin dynamics method was immediately essential for the development of spin echo applications, and it is still today the theoretical approach used for most NMR techniques; (c) the experimental demonstration that the observation of NMR pulse responses is a viable technology that can provide higher sensitivity than CW spectroscopy. The awarded contribution clearly was the foundation for the more extensive description of spin echoes in E. L. Hahn, Spin Echoes, Phys. Rev. 80, 580-594 (1950), that was submitted six months after the lecture at the Chicago meeting, where further high-impact ideas related to spin echoes were presented: (d) the study of molecular diffusion and bulk motion by observation of their effects on the spin echoes: with minor modifications, this is still the method of choice for accurate measurements of molecular diffusion coefficients in liquids and for flow measurements in general; (e) the study of "secondary" spin echoes after three pulses, another step towards multiple-pulse techniques; (f) the observation of a modulation of the peak spin echo amplitudes in some homonuclear spin systems and the conclusion that the modulation cannot be explained by differences in chemical shifts, hence that it indicates a new spin-spin coupling not averaged out by molecular motion. This proved later to be J couplings. It also showed that multiple-pulse spectroscopy provides important qualitative information that was not directly available by CW techniques; (g) the description and use of a coherent pulse spectrometer including a CW reference oscillator at the NMR frequency, hence control of the phase of the pulses and observation of the phase of the spin responses: the basic elements of modern pulse spectrometers are presented here for the first time. Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation, by N. Bloembergen, E. M. Purcell, and R. V. Pound, Nature, 160, 475-476, (1947). This paper contains all the essential ideas and results that were later described in greater detail in Bloembergen's PhD thesis (Leiden, 1948) and in the "BPP" paper, N. Bloembergen, E. M. Purcell, and R. V. Pound, Relaxation Effects in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption, Phys. Rev. 73, 679-712 (1948). A preliminary report was given by Bloembergen as a Contributed Paper at the APS meeting in New York in late January 1947 (N. Bloembergen, R. V. Pound, and E. M. Purcell, The Width of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption in Gases, Liquids, and Solids, Phys. Rev. 71, 466 (1947)). Nicolaas Bloembergen, Professor of optical sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, and Gerhard Gade University Professor Emeritus, Division of Applied Science and Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA The awarded paper proposed a semi-quantitative prediction for Bloch's relaxation times T1 and T2, based on an appropriate adaptation of transition probability theory (as originally presented by Weisskopf and Wigner) combined with the assumption that relaxation is dominated by the effects of molecular Brownian motion on a "fluctuating local field" acting on each spin. The paper introduced the notion of "motional narrowing" and established NMR as an essential tool for the experimental study of molecular motion, a situation that still persists today. J.S. Waugh, C.H. Wang, L.M. Huber, and R.L. Vold, "Multiple-Pulse NMR Experiments", J. Chem. Phys. 48, 662-670 (1968). This paper announces further results that appeared a few weeks later in J. S. Waugh, L. M. Huber, and U. Haeberlen, "Approach to High-Resolution NMR in Solids", Phys. Rev. Lett. 20, 180-182 (1968). John S. Waugh, Professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA The awarded paper is the seed for multi-pulse line-narrowing, coherent averaging, and Average Hamiltonian Theory (AHT) in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The version of AHT proposed in the awarded contribution unlocked the whole field of multiple pulse line narrowing in solid-state NMR by providing an efficient systematic tool for the analysis, design, and optimization of such schemes. Almost immediately, the first application of the new idea by Waugh was the WAHUHA sequence for homonuclear line narrowing in solids, which started the successful development of high-resolution NMR in solids for chemical and structural applications (beyond the preliminary results of broader and often unresolved lines obtained with MAS alone). AHT is the method of choice to understand or design many solid-state pulse sequences like homo- and heteronuclear decoupling experiments, often in combination with magic-angle spinning, dipolar recoupling experiments, and advanced experiments for quadrupolar nuclei. In liquid-state NMR, AHT was essential for the breakthrough of designing the first coherent multi-pulse decoupling schemes and TOCSY-type elements. A.G. Redfield, "On the Theory of Relaxation Processes", IBM Journal of Research and Development 1, 19-31 (1957). Recent references to this fundamental paper are often given implicitly by quoting the revised version published by Redfield in Adv. Magn. Reson. 1, 1-32 (1965). Alfred G. Redfield, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Biochemistry, and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA The awarded paper casts the semi-quantitative predictions of BPP (Bloembergen, Purcell, and Pound, Phys. Rev. 73, 679 (1948)) in the form that became that of modern spin dynamics. Assuming only that the "thermal bath" executes a stationary random motion and that the spin system is weakly coupled to the "bath", Redfield derives a kinetic equation of motion for the complete spin density operator, taking into account all spin and spin-spin interactions "exactly", without resort to transition probability arguments. The paper demonstrates a general scheme, applicable to any NMR situation: solids, liquids or gasses, many spins coupled in a molecule, classical or quantum mechanical description of the thermal bath, or persistent irradiation during the experiment. The paper also provides the first example of the usefulness of the "Liouville space" or "superoperator" scheme for the discussion of NMR problems involving relaxation in a non-trivial way. After more than 50 years, the early work of Redfield is still a basic reference in the field of relaxation. A.Pines, M. G. Gibby, and J. S. Waugh, "Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy. A Method for High Resolution NMR of Dilute Spins in Solids", J. Chem. Phys. 56, 1776-1777 (1972). The technique announced in this short note is explained in detail in A. Pines, M. G. Gibby, and J. S. Waugh, "Proton-Enhanced NMR of Dilute Spins in Solids", J. Chem. Phys. 59, 569-590 (1973). Alex Pines played the leading role in the published work. Alexander Pines, Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, and Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley USA The proposal of a new method for sensitive, high-resolution observation of rare spins (e.g. 13C in natural abundance) in solids, in the presence of abundant spins (e.g. protons). Relaxation is first used to polarize the abundant spins, part of this polarization is then transferred to the rare spins by cross-polarization "in the rotating frame", and the free induction response of the rare spins is finally observed under CW irradiation of the abundant spins. This simple method, often called just "cross polarization", helped launch the modern era of solid-state NMR in chemistry, materials, and biology, and inspired a wealth of useful variations, many of which are still among the popular tools of practical solid state NMR. The talk given by Albert Overhauser at the American Physical Society meeting on May 1, 1953, of which an abstract appeared as Albert W. Overhauser, Polarization of Nuclei in Metals, Phys. Rev. 91, 476 (1953), and full detail as Albert W. Overhauser, Polarization of Nuclei in Metals, Phys. Rev. 92, 411-415 (1953). Albert W. Overhauser, Stuart Distinguished Professor of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA This contribution is the seed of two important techniques in modern NMR: the Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NOE) and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP). NOE describes the mutual influence of the polarizations of two spin species by spin-lattice relaxation. Originally, the spins were those of the nuclei of a metal and those of its conduction electrons. Soon after Overhauser's prediction, the effect was demonstrated by C. P. Slichter on metallic lithium, and was shown by Ionel Solomon to also exist between different nuclei in ordinary liquids. The NOE has played a key role in liquid state NMR over several decades, notably in establishing the overall structure of biological macromolecules in solution DNP describes the often impressive enhancement of the nuclear polarization by strong irradiation of an electron resonance in the sample. Particularly within recent years, DNP technology has evolved considerably to a powerful sensitivity enhancement method in a growing variety of NMR applications. M. Karplus, "Contact Electron-Spin Coupling of Nuclear Magnetic Moments", J. Chem. Phys. 30, 11-15 (1959). Martin Karplus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique, ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France The paper introduces a theoretical derivation of the dependence of three-bond J coupling constants on the dihedral angle φ and includes preliminary comparisons with experimental values. The presented equations for J(φ) have been refined over the years and have come to be known as the Karplus equations. They have widely proven themselves as valid for almost all combinations of magnetic nuclei separated by three bonds and therefore are, next to the distance measurement by the Nuclear Overhauser enhancement, the most valuable parameter for structure elucidation, from small molecules to biological macromolecules. The importance of 3J couplings as a structural parameter has triggered the development of a large number of NMR pulse sequences specifically designed to measure them in various circumstances. G. A. Morris, and R. Freeman: "Enhancement of nuclear magnetic resonance signals by polarization transfer", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101, 760-762 (1979). Gareth Alun Morris, Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK INEPT is an ingenious pulse sequence, originally devised for signal enhancement in liquid state NMR of insensitive nuclei such as carbon-13 and nitrogen-15, by broadband polarization transfer from proton spins. Since its inception it has evolved, as a means of bi-directional polarization transfer between coupled spins, into a major component of modern multidimensional NMR techniques, with applications in liquids, liquid crystals and solids. The impact of INEPT, transcending its remarkably simple theoretical and experimental foundation, has made it an indispensable component of the state-of-the-art NMR toolkit. R. Freeman and W.A. Anderson: "Use of Weak Perturbing Radio-Frequency Fields in Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance", J. Chem. Phys. 37, 2053-2074 (1962). Prize Winners: Raymond Freeman, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Magnetic Resonance (Emeritus), Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK and Weston A. Anderson, Senior Principal Scientist and Varian Fellow Emeritus Both authors played essential roles in this contribution: Freeman as experimentalist and Anderson as theorist. This paper offers a first easily applicable approach to the unraveling of complex NMR spectra, and hence of molecular structure. A Hamiltonian-based theory is developed to explain high resolution spectra observed by the CW technique in the presence of a second weak radiofrequency irradiation of a single line, and is illustrated with practical examples. This work suggested many important developments like decoupling and selective excitation. It unlocked the long awaited perspective of using NMR for detailed studies of proteins. Seen as a piece-wise 2D spectroscopy, it served as seed and inspiration for the invention of pulsed 2D techniques. L. Frydman, T. Scherf and A. Lupulescu: "The acquisition of multidimensional NMR spectra within a single scan", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 15858-15862 (2002). Lucio Frydman, Professor and Kimmel Fellow, Weizmann Institute, Chemical Physics Department, Israel The paper, based on an original idea conceived by Lucio Frydman, the inspiration behind the contribution of the three authors, introduces a novel and unique technique for recording multidimensional NMR spectra in a single scan, and describes the theoretical basis and experimental realization of this ultrafast NMR methodology. The methodology is proving to be invaluable in experiments that capitalize on spin hyperpolarization, and is providing important insights into fast processes, including chemical reactions, biochemical pathways, and protein folding, that are inaccessible on the time scale of conventional multidimensional NMR methods. Frydman's technique has laid the foundation not only for advances in NMR, but also for a robust complement to echo planar imaging (EPI), the currently prevailing single scan methodology for ultrafast MRI, and it has demonstrated the possibility of producing, in high-field preclinical and clinical settings, previously inaccessible diffusion-weighted and functional images.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1420
__label__wiki	0.983502	0.983502	Jewish groups want answers in ex-AIPAC staffers’ case By Eric Fingerhut May 2, 2009 1:00 am One Jewish leader said the federal case against former AIPAC officials Keith Weissman, left, and Steve Rosen “raised grave concerns” about abuse of power. (Lloyd Wolf) WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Jewish leaders are praising the move to drop criminal charges against two former AIPAC officials, but say serious questions must be answered about why Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman were targeted for investigation in the first place. “I’m relieved and happy” for Rosen and Weissman and “happy for the community,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations, but “I think there are a lot of questions that need to be addressed.” Hoenlein questioned “the justification” for the case and the decision to bring charges under a law that had barely been used in more than 90 years. “You don’t want to reopen the whole case, but you have to look at the damage that was done,” Hoenlein said. Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, said “I think there are bona fide questions that need to be asked here.” In addition to raising questions about the substance of the charges, Jewish communal leaders also criticized the waves of government leaks in the case that they say were aimed at discreding the defendants and other pro-Israel figures. Hoenlein pointed to last week’s revelation of the wiretap of U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) as part of the government’s investigation, saying it was just another example of the unfair “besmirching” of those who were involved. Saperstein said information that has been revealed in the pre-trial process has “raised grave concerns that a serious injustice and abuse of power was involved in this case.” Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, vice president of AMCHA-The Coalition for Jewish Concerns, says his organization will file a Freedom of Information Act on Monday in an effort to “get some answers” to questions such as “who approved the investigation.” “We are very, very happy this has been dismissed,” said Herzfeld, but “for us this is not over, this is the beginning.” “The government should not be able to get away with this,” he said. AMCHA was the only Jewish group that filed an amicus, or friend of the court, brief in the case. The 2007 submission, in response to a government request that the trial be closed to the public, argued that it was in the interest of the U.S. Jewish community for the trial to be open and compared the case to the Dreyfus affair. Herzfeld called the failure of many in the Jewish community to speak out on Rosen and Weissman’s behalf until recently “disappointing,” but said the focus should now be on the government. Saperstein raised questions about the government’s prosecution in media interviews, but his organization did not put out a formal statement on the case. He said it is difficult for organizations to publicly take a position on a case like this one, particularly when the charges were initially brought, because they don’t know all the facts and thus are naturally going to be cautious. In recent months, as more about the case became known, organizations became more willing to publicly criticize the prosecution. Both the Anti-Defamation League, last fall, and the American Jewish Committee, in March, urged the Justice Department in letters to review the prosecution of the case. Both organizations applauded the news of its pending dismissal. The ADL in a statement said the case “should never have been brought.” The group said it “endangered core First Amendment protections not just for AIPAC, but for the media and anyone, who in the course of their work, discusses with government officials something that a prosecutor later decides was protected national defense information.” The AJC’s executive director, David Harris, said the “Department of Justice has now reaffirmed that the law of the United States protects citizens who engage in the everyday and essential work of political advocacy.” Hoenlein lamented that even though the case has been dropped, the government “can’t give back” Rosen and Weissman the four years of their lives they lost or “repair the damage” their reputations suffered. Saperstein hoped, though, that the two men could return to their careers of serving the Jewish community. “Both of them made significant contributions to the security and well-being of Israel,”said Saperstein, who added that while he sometimes had “respectful differences” with Rosen over policy, “I always had real respect for him.” Both Rosen and Weissman, he said, “certainly have expertise that will benefit Jewish organizations.” In recent months Rosen has been writing for the Middle East Forum think tank, playing a lead role in sinking the effort to install Charles “Chas” Freeman, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia who has been critical of Israell and supportive of the kingdom, in a top U.S. intelligence post. Rosen has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against AIPAC, claiming the organization defamed him by accusing him of violating the organization’s rule. AIPAC has denied the allegations.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1423
__label__wiki	0.529849	0.529849	Disparities Policy Women’s Health Policy State Health Facts Custom State Reports Graphics & Interactives Charts & Slides Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker Cite Us/Reprint Media Fellowships Barbara Jordan Conference Center Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues Share on Facebook. Opens in a new window. Share on Twitter. Opens in a new window. Email. Opens in a new window. Search KFF.org Twitter Facebook Instagram Email Medicare-for-all Medicare and the Federal Budget: Comparison of Medicare Provisions in Recent Federal Debt and Deficit Reduction Proposals Gretchen Jacobson Follow @GretchJacob on Twitter Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print List of Exhibits Medicare savings provisions are often included among broader proposals to reduce the federal deficit and debt. Over the long-term, Medicare faces financial challenges due to the aging of the population and rising healthcare costs (that affect all payers);1 however, over the next decade, Medicare spending, is projected to grow slower than private insurance on a per capita basis, and at about the same rate as the economy. Total Medicare spending increased by 3 percent in 2012 and is projected to increase by 4 percent in 2013, the lowest rates of growth since 2000.2 Nonetheless, ongoing efforts to constrain the growth in Medicare spending are often viewed as important components of deficit and debt reduction proposals. Since 2010, policymakers have enacted legislation that includes reductions in Medicare spending and have also made several attempts to constrain the federal debt. Medicare savings provisions were included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, the Budget Control Act of 2011, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, as well as other major efforts to reduce the federal deficit and debt. This brief provides a side-by-side comparison of Medicare provisions included in broad-based deficit- and debt-reduction packages put forward by the President and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees: » President Obama’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, released by the Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2013; » The Senate Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014, S.Con.Res. 8, passed by the Senate on March 23, 2013; and » The House Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014, H.Con.Res. 25, passed by the House of Representatives on March 21, 2013. The brief also summarizes the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J. Res. 59), which was passed by both houses and signed into law by President Obama on December 26, 2013. The law is a combination of the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013” and the “Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013” and is projected to lower the federal debt by approximately $23 billion between 2014 and 2023.3 The law postpones until April 1, 2014 a reduction in Medicare payments to physicians that was scheduled to occur on January 1, 2014, and replaces it with a 0.5 percent payment increase between January 1 and April 1, resulting in projected increases in Medicare spending of about $7.3 billion between 2014 and 2023. It also extends sequestration for two years (with modifications to the sequestration of Medicare spending in FY2023), reduces Medicare payments for some stays in long-term care hospitals, and extends several Medicare programs and payments to providers. In total, the law is projected to increase Medicare spending by approximately $3.5 billion between 2014 and 2023.4 In addition, this brief summarizes Medicare provisions included in other deficit- and debt- reduction proposals released since January 2012 (Appendix A) and describes recent activities that pertain to Medicare and the federal budget, including Medicare’s role in the ACA, the fiscal cliff and sequestration (Appendix B). Side-by-Side table Medicare's Future Raising Medicare Premiums for Higher-Income Beneficiaries: Assessing the Implications Medigap Reform: Setting the Context for Understanding Recent Proposals Testimony: Rethinking Medicare’s Benefit Design: Opportunities and Challenges Nav Group Get the Latest on Health Policy Sign Up for Email Alerts © 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Facebook Twitter Instagram Feeds The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94170 \| Phone 650-854-9400 Washington Offices and Barbara Jordan Conference Center: 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 \| Phone 202-347-5270 www.kff.org \| Email Alerts: kff.org/email \| facebook.com/KaiserFamilyFoundation \| twitter.com/KaiserFamFound Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1425
__label__wiki	0.947099	0.947099	Press centre and parliamentary activities Our comments in the media on health and social care and our work Viewing: All press releases (-) Public health (-) Integrated care (-) Patient experience Health charities make urgent call for £1 billion a year to reverse cuts to public health funding The government must make a clear and urgent commitment to restoring £1 billion of real-terms per head cuts to the public health grant which enables local authorities to deliver vital preventive services that protect and improve health. Life expectancy in England ‘ground to a halt’ – The King's Fund responds to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures ‘Today’s figures show that in 2018 life expectancy gains in England ground to a halt,' says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund. The King's Fund response to the NHS long-term plan This is an ambitious plan that includes a number of commitments which – if delivered – will improve the lives of many people. NHS leaders should be applauded for focusing on improving services outside hospitals and moving towards more joined-up, preventative and personalised care for patients. But some significant pieces of the jigsaw are still missing, and there should be no illusions about the scale of the challenge ahead. The King’s Fund response to Public Health England's review of life expectancy Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, comments on Public Health England’s review of recent trends in mortality in England. The King's Fund responds to ONS winter mortality statistics 'These figures are particularly worrying for the UK which, after decades of progress, is seeing life expectancy improvements grind to a halt', says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund. Radical changes needed to tackle stalling health improvements Without radical change, progress in improving the population’s health is at risk of grinding to a halt, warns The King's Fund in a new report. The King's Fund responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's vision for prevention Commenting on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s vision for prevention, David Buck, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, said his emphasis on preventing ill health and the promise of a green paper are welcome. London must grasp opportunity to improve health and care services, says new report The capital’s complex and cluttered health and care system is hampering plans to improve Londoners’ health, according to a new independent report from The King’s Fund. The King's Fund responds to 'disturbing drop-off' in UK life expectancy Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, responds to the latest ONS data on UK life expectancy. Government should do more to improve the public’s health The government should look beyond the NHS and focus on a range of policies to improve the public’s health, including making effective use of tax and regulation, according to a new briefing from four leading research organisations. The King's Fund responds to new government measures to tackle childhood obesity The UK is the most obese nation in western Europe so we welcome the target to halve childhood obesity by 2030. The proposals to restrict the advertising of junk food and ban the sale of energy drinks to children signal a bolder and more active approach from the government. Devolved powers could help make cities healthier Metro Mayors and other city leaders should be empowered to take greater responsibility for improving the health of the nation’s cities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues. Devolved powers could help tackle London's health inequalities London’s leaders should be empowered to take stronger action to boost public health in the capital and reduce the city’s stark health inequalities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues. The King's Fund responds to the CQC 2017 NHS adult inpatient survey 'These latest findings, from one of the largest national patient surveys, show patient experience in hospitals is holding up remarkably well and has even seen some improvements since last year particularly around communication between staff and patients.' Big cuts planned to public health budgets Central government cuts have forced councils to reduce planned spending on vital public health services such as sexual health clinics by £85 million, according to new analysis by The King’s Fund. The King's Fund responds to the Labour Party's manifesto Chris Ham comments on the health and social care proposals laid out by the Labour Party's manifesto ahead of the general election. The King's Fund responds to Sir Bruce Keogh's announced departure from NHS England Chris Ham said: 'Sir Bruce is a respected leader who has ensured a clinical voice has been at the heart of policy-making...' Welcoming NHS England’s Next steps on the Five Year Forward View Responding to NHS England’s Next steps on the five year forward view, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, said: ‘We welcome the fact that this plan sets a clear course for the NHS over the next couple of years. We should, though, be under no illusions about how tough the going will be. Survey shows public satisfaction with NHS remaining steady The British public’s satisfaction with the NHS remained steady in 2016, according to data published today by The King’s Fund. The King’s Fund responds to National Audit Office report on health and social care integration The King’s Fund responds to National Audit Office report on health and social care integration.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1427
__label__wiki	0.601477	0.601477	Everyone loves a good castle, right? If it’s a princess castle or a military fortress, castles are pretty exciting for most types of people – young or old. They’re hugely grand buildings that remind us of our past, and just how “Game of Thrones” British history actually is. Although there are some spectacular castles around Europe, you’ll find some equally spectacular ones closer to home. Here’s a list of the best ones, which has been partly inspired by English Heritage. 1. Tintagel. This is one of the most famous places connected to King Arthur – many people argue that Tintagel was where King Arthur was born. It sits on the dramatic Cornish cliffs, but it’s not for the faint of heart – there are hundreds of steps up and down to the castle! It’s right by the sea, too, so the ocean really gives it that mythical feel. Tintagel is closer to Devon than it is to Land’s End, so it’s a little less difficult to reach. 2. Dover Castle. This one’s pretty small, but has been hugely important in defending Britain from foreign invaders over the centuries. It’s around 900 years old, and stands above the town of Dover. If you look across the waters, you’ll see France! Close by are also some underground World War 2 operations tunnels, which are really fascinating to explore, especially as you can see how defence systems changed from the Middle Ages to the last century. You’ll need at least a day to spend exploring all that Dover has to offer! 3. Arundel. Think “Arendelle”, but better! Drive past the town on the bypass and the landscape is dominated by this restored 11th Century castle, as well as the spectacular Cathedral there. Built on a hill, this really is one of the best places to see in the South East. Though it’s privately owned, you can still go inside in the summer, for a fee of course! Arundel is about 18 miles from Brighton, and about 10 from the town of Chichester, and it’s pretty easy to reach by car or by train. 4. Corfe. Corfe Castle is a ruined castle in Dorset, destroyed by Oliver Cromwell’s forces in the English Civil War. Its history is very interesting, but that’s not the only great thing about it – it’s set in one of the most beautiful places in England. The castle dominates the pretty, traditional stone village of Corfe, as it sits on a man-made hill. Running past the village and castle is a cool steam railway, which takes you on a blast from the past through the Dorset countryside. Britain’s history is very rich in defence and military-related buildings, and although you can call a grand palace or a stately home (like many of those in France or Germany) a castle, technically that’s not what it is. Not to be a history bore, but a castle is built for defence purposes. Even if something is designed to look like a castle, with turrets, walls and ramparts, it cannot be called on unless it’s been designed to fend off the enemy. So now you know what the difference is! In the second part, we’ll have a look at some castles further afield than the South of England. Image from: http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/top-16-best-castles-in-england/ Scandinavian Culture	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1428
__label__wiki	0.55365	0.55365	Basiliso Serrano Valero, 1908-1955 Basiliso Serrano Valero was born on Wednesday, April 15, 1908 in the municipality of La Pesquera, as the fifth child of Francisco Serrano and Rosario Valerio. The family was poor like most in the area, and after his father’s untimely death, young Basiliso would have an early awakening to the harsh life of the Spanish working class. Basiliso showed a strong and resolute character early on, as well as a degree of personal charisma that put him at odds with the requirements of the priesthood, for which he thought then he was meant. He developed an interest in poetry and began reading voraciously, including radical literature, which opened his mind to the possibility of a new world. By the time Spain became a republic in 1931, Basiliso was already a member of the anarcho-syndicalist union C.N.T., and was known locally as a peacemaker, intervening even on the behalf of those whom he disagreed with politically, like the local priest Alfonso Bonilla. He justified his stance by saying that everyone who needs bread and is able-bodied should be allowed to work within the community.1 He married Rufina Monteagudo Ponce in 1933, and after war broke out in 1936 he fought with the libertarian militias. After the war, Basiliso returned to his home village, and fearing reprisals from the fascists, he fled into the nearby mountains, where he was soon joined by his wife, sister and nephew. He joined the illegal anti-franquist guerrillas in 1946, and continued to fight the state forces for nearly six years in skirmishes. Basiliso, nicknamed El Manco de La Pesquera, quickly became a legendary figure in the area due to his Robin Hood-like raids on rich landlords and his assistance to the local poor. Under increasing pressure from the Franquist authorities, Basiliso finally decided to flee to France, but was apprehended by the Guardia Civil on April 27, 1952 in Confrentes (Valencia). Sentenced to death, he was executed in the military barracks in Paterna (Valencia) on December 10, 1955. Basiliso was buried in an unmarked grave in Paterna, but his remains were recently exhumed (in 2005) and returned to La Pesquera to be interred in the cemetery of his native village. 1. http://www.elmanco.es/biografia.html From: http://libcom.org/history/basiliso-serrano-valero-1908-1955 Posted By Boris Badenov. Some Militants of the CNT . Gascón, Antonio and Agustín Guillamón. Antonio Martín Escudero (1895-1937), "The Durruti of the Cerdaña" . Heath, Nick. German Anarchist Communism from the 1890s to the 1930s: the AFD and the FKAD . Heath, Nick. Tsoyrif, Dina Isaakovna (1900-1937) . Imanol, -. Women and The Guerrilla War .	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1430
__label__wiki	0.821181	0.821181	Trump: UK should be ready to leave EU without a deal by: GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Posted: Jun 2, 2019 / 01:02 AM PDT / Updated: Jun 2, 2019 / 05:58 AM PDT FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 file photo, Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, to speak at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.. During his state visit starting June 3, 2019 Trump will meet with Prime Minister Theresa May as her authority is fading. Trump professes friendship for May, but he has been harshly critical of her handling of the tortured Brexit negotiations, and has buddied up to Boris Johnson, who hopes to follow May to power, and Brexit party leader Nigel Farage, who accuses May of incompetence and betrayal. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the U.K. government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can’t get better terms from EU leaders. Trump told the Sunday Times in an interview that Britain should “walk away” from talks and refuse to pay a 39-billion pound ($49 billion) divorce bill if it doesn’t get better terms from the EU. The president also says Brexit party leader Nigel Farage, an outspoken advocate of leaving the EU without a deal, should be given a role in the negotiations. He told the newspaper that Farage “is a very smart person. They won’t bring him in. Think how well they would do if they did. They just haven’t figured that out yet.” Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on Oct. 31 unless both sides agree to an extension. Britain’s position is in flux because Prime Minister Theresa May is stepping down as party leader Friday, setting in motion a race to succeed her and become prime minister. Trump’s comments come just before he begins a state visit Monday to Britain, hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. He will meet with May on Tuesday. Trump has also taken the unusual step of saying that Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson would make an “excellent” leader for the U.K. It is traditional for U.S. and other world leaders not to offer choices in other country’s domestic political competitions. U.S. Ambassador Robert “Woody” Johnson said Sunday that Trump’s support of Johnson stems from their personal relationship. “He’s known Boris Johnson for a long time and what he’s commenting on is his knowledge of Boris Johnson as a person,” the ambassador said. He also said that Washington would be ready to sign a strong trade deal with Britain once it’s out of the EU.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1432
__label__wiki	0.930604	0.930604	Advertise/Sponsorships Orange Trio Named To U.S. Team For 2012 Champion Challenge By Lacrosse Playground BALTIMORE – Three former Syracuse University men’s lacrosse standouts have been named to the U.S. senior national team roster for the upcoming 2012 Champion Challenge. Mike Leveille ’08, Steven Brooks ’08 and Casey Powell ’98 will suit up for the Americans when they face Denver on Jan. 29 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 21-member U.S. team will also host a clinic for youth and high school players the day before the game as part of the event. Leveille is a staple of the U.S. national program. He helped Team USA win its ninth title at the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Manchester, England. The 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy winner scored three goals in the U.S.’s 12-10 victory against Canada in the final and was named to the All-World Team. At Syracuse, Leveille was a four-time All-American and led the Orange to the 2008 national championship. He totaled 83 points as a senior, including 49 goals, and finished his career ninth all-time at SU in goals scored with 132. Brooks was Leveille’s teammate at Syracuse and was integral to the Orange’s 2008 NCAA title run. Brooks scored 41 points, including 28 goals, that season to win the Lt. Donald C. MacLaughlin Jr. Award as the country’s best midfielder. A member of the 2009 U.S. training team, Brooks finished his SU career with 67 goals and 101 points. Powell competed for Team USA at the 1998 and 2006 World Championships, helping the Americans bring home the gold in ’98. A four-time Orange All-American, Powell won the USILA’s Raymond J. Enners Award as national player of the year twice. He finished his career as the program’s all-time leading scorer (287 points). For full Team USA rosters and more information about the Champion Challenge, visit: www.uslacrosse.org/championchallenge. Article Tags: 2012 Champion Challenge, casey powell, Mike Leveille, Orange lacrosse, steven brooks, syracuse, U.S. Team Brown University, Mercyhurst University, Emerson College & Savannah College of Art & Design Named 2015 IWLCA Merit Squads The IWLCA honors a record number 838 student-athletes from 255 different institutions with inclusion the 2015 IWLCA/Zag Sports Division I, II, III & NAIA Academic Honor Roll 2015 Jr Wings Jr NLL Tournament PR © 2019 Lacrosse Playground. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1433
__label__wiki	0.873327	0.873327	Home Music What the 2020 Candidates Listen to, Read, and Watch What the 2020 Candidates Listen to, Read, and Watch Beto rocks out to Fugazi, Amy loves Tom Wolfe, and Julián never skips “The Breakfast Club” Brittany Martin Politicians have been using pop culture to make themselves seem more relatable at least since Richard Nixon popped up on Laugh In, but ever since Bill Clinton broke out his sax for Arsenio in ’92, showing off some type of creative or cultural connection has become a rite of passage for would-be presidents. Much of the 2020 crop of Dems has been following Clinton’s lead, falling over themselves to boast about teenage bands, office playlists, or campaign bus reading material, in the hopes it will tell voters something about their respective political personas. We’ve pulled together some notes on several of the top candidates’ pop culture preferences below. Beto O’Rourke In his youth, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke played in a rock band with Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who would go on to front influential bands At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta. O’Rourke has waxed rhapsodic about Fugazi and Minor Threat (lead singer Ian MacKaye is pictured) in interviews, and even picked up an acoustic guitar to jam with Willie Nelson at a concert during his 2018 senate race against Ted Cruz. In an interview with The Breakfast Club, Senator Harris talked about smoking marijuana and listening to rap music during college at Howard. The seemingly innocuous comment resulted in backlash because she cited Snoop and Tupac as favorite artists of the era, which didn’t seem to line up with her completing undergrad in 1986. In Harris’ defense, she could have been thinking of law school, and Tupac was rapping as early as ’87, and there were three co-hosts suggesting artists to her, but regardless, the damage was done, and she looked like a cop. More recently, a staffer snapped footage of Harris getting down to “I Like It,” by another of the Senator’s favorite artists, Cardi B. Cory Booker Senator Cory Booker is the boyfriend of actress Rosario Dawson, and he identifies as a member of the “hip-hop generation,” but he’s not the candidate to look to for underground jams. His official Spotify account gives away his New Jersey roots with tracks by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, mixed with irrefutable classics from Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye. He’s more of a books guy and has talked up favorites including The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and Master of the Senate from Robert Caro. In 2003, South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay how Radiohead and Dave Matthews Band reflected the post-9/11 national mood. He still stans for Yorke and co., naming Hail to the Thief his favorite of the band’s records, as well as Phish and Spoon. When recently asked what books he would take to a desert island, Mayor Pete picked Ulysses and The Odyssey as well as Naive. Super by Erlend Loe, the Norwegian author who famously inspired Buttigieg to study the language. When Senator Warren kicked off her presidential campaign, she picked Dolly Parton’s feminist anthem “9 to 5” as the theme song, which is a classic song by an American treasure, and we support the choice. Small problem: Warren didn’t actually get Parton’s permission to use the song. We reached out to the Warren campaign for comment on the Senator’s personal music, book, or film picks, but did not hear back, but we did find this endearing video clip of her having the best time hugging everybody at a Boston Pride parade, including Melissa Etheridge, who is a musician. Ex-V.P. Joe Biden is less into “garage bands” than his literal garage, where he famously stores a prized 1967 Corvette which his father helped him buy as a young man. He’s also a big fan of Five Guys burgers, New Haven-style pizza, and the same pair of Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses he has re-bought over and over since taking a summer job as a lifeguard. In 2016, Biden and his wife shared their “summer playlist,” featuring hits from the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and Rod Stewart. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar cites Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities among her favorite books. When it comes to film, she names The Sound of Music as her number one, and has been known to sing along to every musical number. She’s also a big fan of biking, once cycling 1,200 miles from Minneapolis to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Years ago, Senator Bernie Sanders cut a direct-to-cassette recording of himself singing folk songs like “This Land Is Your Land,” but it didn’t get much in the way of praise (one publication wrote at the time that “he has absolutely not one musical bone in his body”). These days, when asked for his favorite music, he tells Rolling Stone that, “On my iPad, I have all of Beethoven’s symphonies.” When pressed for a more modern jam, he cited “the Motown sound.” When it comes to books, he has named Third World American by Arianna Huffington, Rebooting the American Dream by Tom Hartman, and The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko as favorites. Back in the 1990s, when O’Rourke and Yang were going through their “alternative” phases, California’s Eric Swalwell was a golden boy soccer star and occasional hula dancer. Fast forward to 2019, and he officially announced his presidential bid on Stephen Colbert’s talk show, and did personally slide into Cardi B’s mentions when the singer posted an Instagram about looking into the various Democratic challengers. At the time of this writing, his Twitter feed featured the most frequent and natural emoji use of any candidate. Andrew Yang has said that he identifies as “ex-goth,” and has listed ’90s music picks including the Smiths and Depeche Mode, but also Soundgarden and Alice in Chains (pictured). He claims to have attended three Lollapalooza festivals, and recently challenged Beto O’Rourke to a “skate-off.” Julián Castro Julián Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and former HUD Secretary under Obama, has joked that his staff prefer him not to talk about his favorite music because they worry his faves–Jay-Z, Vicente Fernández, Joan Baez, and the Rolling Stones–skew a bit fuddy-duddy. He’s said recently that if ’80s flick The Breakfast Club comes on TV, he’ll always stop to watch, and his current reading material goes back and forth between The Road to Camelot, the 2017 tome about JFK, and the Harry Potter books he’s reading along with his daughter. Though his mother was a noted Chicana activist in Texas, Castro didn’t grow up speaking Spanish; his friend, actress Eva Longoria, has been known to send him language tapes to practice. John Hickenlooper Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper’s hobbies include drinking beer and recalling having sex with various women, as documented in painful, awkward detail in his 2016 memoir. When he’s not too busy with all that, he’s been known to play a little banjo, hopping on stage at music festivals and concerts to play alongside Old Crow Medicine Show or introduce the Avett Brothers (pictured) at Red Rocks. He’s also been spotted in the crowd at Colorado concerts, sometimes wearing a discrete hoodie, checking out the Shins, Lumineers, and Katy Perry. He never misses the Los Angeles band X when they play in Denver; he’s said John Doe is one of his favorite musicians of all time. Hit the karaoke bar with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and you might hear her belt out Aretha Franklin’s classic “Respect,” according to Bustle. She’s a fan of coffee ice cream and, we’re told, New York-style pizza, though surely she’d be booted from office for expressing any other regional ‘za preference. In 2018, when other candidates were probably prepping their self-aggrandizing pre-campaign autobiographies, Gillibrand instead penned a children’s book, Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote, illustrated by acclaimed artist Maira Kalman. RELATED: Kamala Harris Is a Fave Among Wealthy, Notable Californians Stay on top of the latest in L.A. food and culture. Sign up for our newsletters today. Previous articleElizabeth Taylor’s Longtime Assistant Takes a Stroll Through 700 Nimes Road Next articleBehind Every Great L.A. 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__label__wiki	0.983666	0.983666	Lancaster City boss bolsters backline with two new signings Steve Williams, left, in action for AFC Fylde. Phil Brown has bolstered Lancaster City’s backline with two new signings. The experienced Steve Williams has signed on dual registration basis at Giant Axe while versatile former Stockport County man Sam Hibbert made his debut in the win at Sutton Coldfield Town on Saturday. Williams, 30, was part of the AFC Fylde squad that won the National League North title last year and having originally started his career in the Lancashire non-league scene he has also played professionally at Bradford City. Hibbert, who spent four years on a scholarship in America, can play anywhere down the spine of side, even acting as a forward at times. The pair arrive with Gavin Clark ruled out with a medial knee ligament problem and captain Ricky Mercer managing a groin issue. “We need a bit of strength in depth,” Brown said. “I’ve been happy with the squad in all areas. “We’ve got four strikers, quite a few midfielders and prior to the injuries we were fine in defence. “But over the last couple of weeks it’s become an area we need to strengthen and now we’ll have more flexibility and cover.” Williams, who played for Alfreton on Saturday, has an excellent pedigree having had spells with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Macclesfield, Halifax and Barrow. “He played for Alfreton on Saturday but has trained with us and we’re going to look at the situation going forwards,” Brown said. “He played 20-odd games for Fylde last year as they won the Conference North title. “I’ve known him for a long time and now he’s set up a new hairdressing business in Morecambe. Spring break is just the job for Garstang FC players “He’s a towering 6’3” defender.” Hibbert impressed in the 2-0 victory at Sutton Coldfield as he lined up at the back, Brown knowing the player from his time at Stockport. “He brings a real presence to the side wherever he plays,” the City boss said. “He came in on Saturday and did really well. “I thought him and Ben Hudson really shored up the right-hand side of the defence.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1436
__label__wiki	0.545837	0.545837	O.J. Simpson Says Khloe Kardashian’s Not My Daughter! Khloe K’s Not My Child!!! Never Hooked Up with Kris O.J. Simpson says he didn’t do it … making a VIDEO claiming he’s NOT the real father of Khloe Kardashian — because he NEVER hooked up with Kris Jenner. Simpson — who already shot to 600,000 followers in the 48 hours after joining Twitter — says he wants to set the record straight on the Kardashian rumors, starting with rumblings that he and Kris got busy back in the day. “I want to stress … never in any way shape or form had I ever had any interest in Kris romantically or sexually and I never got any indication that she had any interest in me,” Simpson said. “So, all of these stories are just bogus and bad and tasteless.” Of course, O.J. and Kris’ ex-husband, Robert Kardashian, were BFFs — but O.J. is adamant he never tried to make a move … even after they divorced. As for Khloe … people have been speculating that Simpson is her “real” dad for decades because she looked different than her sisters, Kim and Kourtney. “Khloe, like all the girls, I’m very proud of,” O.J. said … “just like I know Bob would be if he was here.” “But, the simple facts of the matter is she’s not mine.” It’s just the tip of the iceberg for Simpson … who says he has a lot of “getting even” to do on Twitter now that he’s learned to use it.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1437
__label__wiki	0.998795	0.998795	SAG Awards 2015: Show highlights SAG Awards 2015 \| Show highlights Naomi Watts, from left, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton and Edward Norton accept the award for cast in a motion picture for Alejandro G. Inarritu’s dark comedy “Birdman.” Lead actor Michael Keaton called acting “the ultimate team sport -- so collaborative.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Michael Keaton and Emma Stone celebrate their win for cast in a motion picture for their film “Birdman.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Kevin Costner announces the nominees for the cast in a motion picture award. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Actress Julianne Moore accepts the award for performance by a female actor in a leading role. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Matthew McConaughey announces the nominees for female actor in a leading role. (Vince Bucci/Invision/AP) Amy Poehler, right, at dinner gets busy on her cellphone with a fellow attendee. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Eddie Redmayne of “The Theory of Everything” accepts the SAG Award for male actor in a leading role. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Julia Roberts announces the nominees for the male actor in a leading role award. Part of the 20-actor ensemble from “Downton Abbey,” including, from left, Phyllis Logan, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt and Sophie McShera, celebrates its second win in the ensemble in a drama series category. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg announce the nominees for the ensemble in a drama series award. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Michael Keaton and Naomi Watts of “Birdman” chat backstage. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Liev Schreiber presents an in memoriam tribute to the actors who died in 2014. (Vince Bucci/Invision/AP) Carrie Fisher, right, presents Debbie Reynolds with the Screen Actors Guild life achievement award. Reynolds reflected on her 60-year plus career in show business, recalling memories such as the funky hairstyle she wore in “Singin’ in the Rain.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Carrie Fisher delivers a heartfelt speech to introduce life achievement award recipient Debbie Reynolds. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) Eric Dane and Emmy Rossum announce the nominees for male actor in a drama series, and later accept the award on behalf of Kevin Spacey for his work in “House of Cards.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Viola Davis of “How to Get Away With Murder” accepts the SAG Award for female actor in a drama series. She spoke of the storytelling she offers her daughter at night, and how grateful she is to be a part of storytelling. This is Davis’ first win in this category. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Actors Laverne Cox and Matt McGorry announce the nominees for female actor in a drama series. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) Actors Ethan Hawke, left, Lorelei Linklater, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane introduce the film “Boyhood,” a picture that took 12 years to make. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ) Actors Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne introduce “The Theory of Everything,” in which they starred. From left, actors Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody get chatty during the show. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) From left, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum and Tony Revolori introduce their film “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Frances McDormand celebrates her first win in the category for female actor in a TV movie or miniseries for HBO’s “Olive Kitteridge.” She speaks of how she wishes actors could hang out in cozy slippers and watch the work of others. “If you haven’t seen ‘Olive Kitteridge’ you need to.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) J.K. Simmons and Viola Davis present the nominees for the female actor in a TV movie or miniseries award. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) From left, actors Matthew Beard, Keira Knightley and Allen Leech introduce their film, “The Imitation Game.” (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) Reese Witherspoon presents the male actor in a supporting role SAG Award to J.K. Simmons of “Whiplash.” (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) J.K. Simmons of “Whiplash” accepts the SAG Award for male actor in a supporting role. He expressed his gratitude to the 49 actors who appear in the intense drama for realizing director’s Damien Chazelle’s beautiful vision. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Patricia Arquette of Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” accepts the SAG Award for female actor in a supporting role. The six-time SAG nominee offered her thanks to her cast and crew. “I can’t tell you what this means to me,” Arquette said. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) Colin Farrell announces the nominees for the female actor in a supporting role award. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Lupita Nyng’o and Jared Leto announce nominees for the male actor in a TV movie or miniseries award, and later accept the award on behalf of Mark Ruffalo for his work in “The Normal Heart.” (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) Actors Robert Duvall, left, and Matthew McConaughey mingle backstage. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) The 40-actor ensemble of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” take the stage to accept the ensemble in a comedy series award. “Crazy Eyes” actress Uzo Aduba offers a “massive, massive thank you,” with a shout-out to the program’s creator, Jenji Kohan. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Musician Lenny Kravitz presents the nominees for the ensemble in a comedy series award. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) William H. Macy of “Shameless” accepts the SAG Award for male actor in a comedy series. The nine-time SAG nominee said he had “so many good acceptance speeches to make, but not tonight.” This is the first win for Macy in this category. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In a moment backstage, SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard, left, and Eddie Redmayne of “The Theory of Everything” are photographed amid the hustle and bustle that ensues. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Michael Keaton, from left, Emma Stone and Edward Norton introduce their dark comedy, “Birdman,” onstage. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) “Homeland’s” Claire Danes presents the nominees for the male actor in a comedy series award. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Uzo Aduba of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” accepts the SAG Award for female actor in a comedy series. “Oh my God. I really, truly do not know what to say,” the first-time SAG nominee and winner said. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The “Orange Is the New Black” cast celebrates Uzo Aduba’s win for female actor in a comedy series. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) “Breaking Bad’s” Bryan Cranston takes the stage as the evening’s first presenter. He introduces the evening’s first award, the female actor in a comedy series. Julia Louis-Dreyfus appears on screen, walking the red carpet, during the telecast’s opening. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Jennifer Aniston speaks of being an actor as she appears on screen during the telecast’s opening. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Show Slide Information	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1438
__label__wiki	0.568177	0.568177	New ranking finds Lawrence Tech near the top among Michigan schools in grads' earnings Lawrence Technological University ranks in the top four of 31 Michigan colleges and universities in average salary of its graduates 10 years after completing their education, according to a new ranking of more than 1,000 colleges and universities published by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, the United Kingdom’s top publication on higher education. The rankings are based on responses from more than 100,000 college students and schools’ internal data. “This new college ranking from business experts at The Wall Street Journal and a leading British publication provides further evidence of what Lawrence Tech alumni and employers have known for a long time – that an education at LTU is a sound investment,” Lawrence Tech president Virinder Moudgil said. “We are happy to see the efforts of our faculty, staff and corporate partners validated by this recognition.” Overall, LTU was listed 325th in the nation, in the upper third of the more than 1,000 schools ranked. The WSJ-THE rankings are based on four criteria: Resources, 30 percent of the total score, comprised of spending on teaching per student (11 percent), faculty per student (11 percent), and research papers published per faculty member (8 percent) Engagement, 20 percent of the total score, comprised of student engagement (7 percent), student recommendation (6 percent), interaction with teachers and students (4 percent), and number of accredited programs (3 percent) Outcomes, 40 percent of the total score, comprised of graduation rate (11 percent), value added to graduate salary (12 percent), value added to loan repayment rate (7 percent), and academic reputation (10 percent) Environment, 10 percent of the overall score, comprised of proportion of international students (2 percent), student diversity (3 percent), student inclusion (2 percent) and staff diversity (3 percent) For the full rankings, visit https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1446
__label__wiki	0.685382	0.685382	Legislature to convene for special session Enrique Rangel AUSTIN - The Texas Legislature will be back in session sooner than initially expected - this morning. Texas Senate Democrats on Monday - the last day of the regular session - held firm in blocking a Senate bill that would have been the vehicle to distribute the money to the state's public schools. So, the entire Legislature will be back early this morning for a special session that cannot last more than 30 days. "I tried but we were not able to suspend the rules," Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the presiding officer of the Senate told the entire body after the chamber's Democrats held a meeting to decide whether to allow to bring Senate Bill 1811 to the floor for debate and a vote. "So we'll be back tomorrow morning," Dewhurst told the senators. The bill the Senate blocked since Sunday night was Senate Bill 1811 by Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock. Duncan said what his fellow Democrats did - particularly Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth who filibustered his bill on Sunday night - didn't make sense. "The filibuster was pointless," Duncan said of the process in which a senator talks non-stop until the clock runs out for the passage of a bill. "There will be nothing good accomplished by going into a special session," Duncan said. But speaking at a news conference earlier in the day, Davis said she and the other Senate Democrats blocked the passage of SB 1811 because it was bad for public education. On Monday, the last option for the Senate was to replace its two-thirds rule with a four-fifths vote but Democrats held firm and blocked such a move, too. "This budget cuts $4 billion for education," Davis said as she and other Democrats from both chambers blasted the $172.3 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years both houses voted for on Saturday night. "It would affect every school district in Texas." Gov. Rick Perry, the only one with the authority to call a special session and decide the items on the agenda, is expected to add other items. They include an insurance reform bill by bill Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, killed in the Senate, too. Smithee said that although Perry had initially told him that his House Bill 272 would require a special session in mid-July, he expects it to be included in the package of items included in the session that starts today. SB 272 aims to reform the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the insurance of last resort for about 250,000 property owners living in 14 hurricane prone counties along or near the coast. The quasi government agency has come under close scrutiny in recent years, following allegations of mismanagement and corruption. Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, and other lawmakers said that although they realize only the governor can decide on the items on the special session agenda they hope congressional redistricting is included in the package, too. Others were making the same request. In a letter to Gov. Perry, Dewhurst asked the governor to include nine items on the special session agenda and the ninth on his list was congressional redistricting. Although the Legislature passed bills that set new boundaries for all Texas House and Senate districts and State Board of Education, the Senate and House redistricting committees never came up with a map for congressional districts. And because of that, if the governor does not include redistricting on the special session agenda, the boundaries of the 36 congressional districts - four more than a decade ago thanks to the explosive demographic growth the state experienced - will be drawn by a federal court. Despite the ups and down of an emotional last day of the regular session, members of the Panhandle/South Plains delegation said they are ready to go again. "We knew this was a possibility," Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo, said. "This is part of the process because we were unable to resolve our differences in a timely manner." To comment on this story: enrique.rangel@morris.com l 512-673-7553 terry.greenberg@lubbockonline.com l 766-8700	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1447
__label__wiki	0.890317	0.890317	Title 50. WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE Chapter 36. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE Subchapter II. PHYSICAL SEARCHES Section 1822. Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes 50 U.S. Code § 1822. Authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes (a) Presidential authorization (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, acting through the Attorney General, may authorize physical searches without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if— (A) the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that— the physical search is solely directed at premises, information, material, or property used exclusively by, or under the open and exclusive control of, a foreign power or powers (as defined in section 1801(a)(1), (2), or (3) of this title); there is no substantial likelihood that the physical search will involve the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person; and the proposed minimization procedures with respect to such physical search meet the definition of minimization procedures under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 1821(4) of this title; and the Attorney General reports such minimization procedures and any changes thereto to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate at least 30 days before their effective date, unless the Attorney General determines that immediate action is required and notifies the committees immediately of such minimization procedures and the reason for their becoming effective immediately. A physical search authorized by this subsection may be conducted only in accordance with the certification and minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall assess compliance with such procedures and shall report such assessments to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate under the provisions of section 1826 of this title. (3) The Attorney General shall immediately transmit under seal to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court a copy of the certification. Such certification shall be maintained under security measures established by the Chief Justice of the United States with the concurrence of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, and shall remain sealed unless— an application for a court order with respect to the physical search is made under section 1821(4) of this title and section 1823 of this title; or the certification is necessary to determine the legality of the physical search under section 1825(g) of this title. (A) With respect to physical searches authorized by this subsection, the Attorney General may direct a specified landlord, custodian, or other specified person to— furnish all information, facilities, or assistance necessary to accomplish the physical search in such a manner as will protect its secrecy and produce a minimum of interference with the services that such landlord, custodian, or other person is providing the target of the physical search; and maintain under security procedures approved by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence any records concerning the search or the aid furnished that such person wishes to retain. The Government shall compensate, at the prevailing rate, such landlord, custodian, or other person for furnishing such aid. (b) Application for order; authorization Applications for a court order under this subchapter are authorized if the President has, by written authorization, empowered the Attorney General to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge of the court to whom application is made may grant an order in accordance with section 1824 of this title approving a physical search in the United States of the premises, property, information, or material of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information. (c) Jurisdiction of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders approving a physical search for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information anywhere within the United States under the procedures set forth in this subchapter, except that no judge (except when sitting en banc) shall hear the same application which has been denied previously by another judge designated under section 1803(a) of this title. If any judge so designated denies an application for an order authorizing a physical search under this subchapter, such judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement of each reason for such decision and, on motion of the United States, the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review established under section 1803(b) of this title. (d) Court of review; record; transmittal to Supreme Court The court of review established under section 1803(b) of this title shall have jurisdiction to review the denial of any application made under this subchapter. If such court determines that the application was properly denied, the court shall provide for the record a written statement of each reason for its decision and, on petition of the United States for a writ of certiorari, the record shall be transmitted under seal to the Supreme Court, which shall have jurisdiction to review such decision. (e) Expeditious conduct of proceedings; security measures for maintenance of records Judicial proceedings under this subchapter shall be concluded as expeditiously as possible. The record of proceedings under this subchapter, including applications made and orders granted, shall be maintained under security measures established by the Chief Justice of the United States in consultation with the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. (Pub. L. 95–511, title III, § 302, as added Pub. L. 103–359, title VIII, § 807(a)(3), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3444; amended Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1071(e), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3691; Pub. L. 110–261, title I, § 109(b)(2)(B), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2465; Pub. L. 111–259, title VIII, § 806(a)(2), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2748; Pub. L. 115–118, title II, § 205(a)(2), (b)(3), Jan. 19, 2018, 132 Stat. 21, 22.) 2018—Subsec. (a)(1)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 115–118, § 205(a)(2), substituted “subparagraphs (A) through (D)” for “paragraphs (1) through (4)”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–118, § 205(b)(3), struck out “immediately” after “the court shall”. 2010—Subsecs. (a)(3), (4)(A)(ii), (e). Pub. L. 111–259 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 108–458. See 2004 Amendment note below. 2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–261 inserted “(except when sitting en banc)” after “except that no judge”. 2004—Subsecs. (a)(3), (4)(A)(ii), (e). Pub. L. 108–458, as amended by Pub. L. 111–259, substituted “Director of National Intelligence” for “Director of Central Intelligence”. Amendment by Pub. L. 110–261 effective July 10, 2008, except as provided in section 404 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as a Transition Procedures note under section 1801 of this title, see section 402 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under section 1801 of this title. For Determination by President that amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 take effect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memorandum of President of the United States,Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title. Amendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective not later than six months after Dec. 17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 3001 of this title. Section effective 90 days after Oct. 14, 1994, with exception for certain physical searches approved by the Attorney General to gather foreign intelligence information, see section 807(c) of Pub. L. 103–359, set out as a note under section 1821 of this title. Ex. Ord. No. 12949. Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches Ex. Ord. No. 12949, Feb. 9, 1995, 60 F.R. 8169, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 13383, § 2, July 15, 2005, 70 F.R. 41933; Ex. Ord. No. 13475, § 2, Oct. 7, 2008, 73 F.R. 60095, provided: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 302 and 303 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“Act”) (50 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), as amended by Public Law 103–359 [50 U.S.C. 1822, 1823], and in order to provide for the authorization of physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes as set forth in the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section. Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 302(b) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under section 303 of the Act to obtain orders for physical searches for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information. Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 303(a)(6) of the Act, the following officials, each of whom is employed in the area of national security or defense, is designated to make the certifications required by section 303(a)(6) of the Act in support of applications to conduct physical searches: (a) Secretary of State; (b) Secretary of Defense; [(c)] Director of National Intelligence; (d) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (e) Deputy Secretary of State; (f) Deputy Secretary of Defense; (g) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; (h) Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; and (i) Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. None of the above officials, nor anyone officially acting in that capacity, may exercise the authority to make the above certifications, unless that official has been appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The requirement of the preceding sentence that the named official must be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate does not apply to the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1448
__label__wiki	0.527636	0.527636	Gleneagles, Scotland: Golf Courses and Major Tournaments Famous Golfers Activities Sports & Athletics Aerial view of the PGA Centenary Course in Gleneagles, Scotland. David Cannon/Getty Images by Brent Kelley Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Gleneagles, Scotland is home to several significant golf courses, all housed within the historic Gleneagles Hotel. The Gleneagles Hotel is a resort whose offerings include 63 holes of golf plus an instructional academy. The most well-known golf course in Gleneagles, Scotland is the PGA Centenary Course. Gleneagles' golf courses have been the site of numerous important golf tournaments, including the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. The resort golf courses at the Gleneagles Hotel are open to the public. Golf Courses at Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel is home to three major 18-hole golf courses and one 9-hole course. One course in particular, the PGA Centenary Course, stands out as the site of numerous important professional golf tournaments, including the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. Courses at Gleneagles have been designed by legends such as James Braid and Jack Nicklaus. PGA Centenary Course The Gleneagles resort dates to 1924, but its best-known golf course is of more recent vintage. In 1988, the resort hired Nicklaus to design a new, 18-hole course. That course—which opened in 1993 with the name Monarch's Course—took the place of two other courses at Gleneagles (Glendevon and Prince's). Nicklaus' Monarch's Course was renamed PGA Centenary Course in 2001 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the British Professional Golfers Association. Nicklaus returned in 2011 and 2012 to lead a renovation of the course. King's Course King's Course opened in 1919 with an original design by British golf legend James Braid. It is a par-71 that plays 6,790 yards from the back tees. Queen's Course The Queen's Course, also designed by Braid, is a much shorter track (5,965 yards) with a par of 68. PGA National Academy Course Part of the PGA National Golf Academy at Gleneagles, this is a 9-hole, par-3 course designed for beginners. Its origins date to 1928, when it was called the "Wee Course." Auchterarder Golf Club The only other golf course in the town of Gleneagles is Auchterarder Golf Club, located adjacent to the Centenary Course. This course, which is not affiliated with the Gleneagles Hotel, is a parkland-style golf course, easy to walk at 5,800 yards. Golf Tournaments in Gleneagles Several important golf tournaments have been held on Gleaneagles golf courses, including the Scottish Open and the Ryder Cup. The tournament on the European Tour took place on Gleneagles' King's Course from 1987 through 1994. The champions in those years included Ian Woosnam (twice) and Jesper Parnevik. Johnnie Walker Championship Another European Tour event, this championship was played on the PGA Centenary Course from 1999 until 2013. Among the champions were Paul Casey (twice), Adam Scott, Thomas Bjorn and Tommy Fleetwood. 1936 Curtis Cup The third-ever Curtis Cup, a biennial USA vs. Great Britain and Ireland tournament for amateur women golfers, was played on the King's Course. Pam Barton and Helen Holm were among those on Team Great Britain and Ireland; Glenna Collett Vare and Patty Berg were among the Americans. The tournament ended in a 4.5 to 4.5 tie, and Team USA retained the Cup. Played on the Centenary Course, Team Europe won its third consecutive Ryder Cup. The final score was 16.5 to 11.5. Justin Rose lead the Europeans with a 3-0-2 record and four points earned; Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia were among Rose's teammates. For Team USA, Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler were all winless. 2019 Solheim Cup Scheduled for September 13-15, 2019 between Team Europe and Team USA squads comprised of LPGA and Ladies European Tour golfers. It will be played on the PGA Centenary Course. In 1966, the King's Course was the site of a match that pitted three golf's three biggest superstars—Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player—against one another. "The Big Three" was a made-for-TV series of four matches between the three golf stars, staged by the BBC. Palmer was the eventual series winner. Playing Golf at Gleneagles Gleneagles' golf resort courses are open to the public. The resort option allows golf travelers to book stay-and-play packages combining lodging and green fees with other resort activities. Golfers can also play any of the resort courses on a daily-fee basis: book a tee time, show up, pay your green fees, and tee off. May through October is the high season for Gleneagles, and green fees can run about £170 more for visitors during this time than in November/December. Hotel guests pay a lower green fee than visitors. Golfers can check the Green Fees & Pricing section of the Gleneagles website for the latest pricing info and to find online booking options. 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__label__cc	0.73379	0.26621	Challenging the New Hype About Antidepressants This week on MIA Radio, we interview Dr. Joanna Moncrieff. Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, academic and author. She has an interest in the history, philosophy and politics of psychiatry, and particularly in the use, misuse and misrepresentation of psychiatric drugs. As an author, Dr. Moncrieff has written extensively on psychiatric drugs and her books include The Myth of the Chemical Cure, A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs and The Bitterest Pills: the troubling story of antipsychotic drugs. She is one of the founding members of the Critical Psychiatry Network which consists of psychiatrists from around the world who are sceptical of the idea that mental disorders are simply brain diseases and of the dominance of the pharmaceutical industry. We talk about the recent meta-analysis of the efficacy and tolerability of 21 antidepressant drugs, widely reported in the UK news media on February 22nd. In the episode we discuss: The approach taken in the largest ever meta-analysis of efficacy and tolerability of 21 common antidepressant drugs. The problems inherent in comparing antidepressants with each other, as opposed to trials that compare the active drug to a placebo. That the main conclusion reached was that all the antidepressants studied were better than placebo at reducing depressive symptoms. The limitations of the study, particularly how response rate was selected as the primary outcome measure. That ‘response’ is mostly defined as a reduction in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (or other scale) rating of 50% or more during the study. That the response rate can artificially inflate the difference between drug and placebo. The problems with blinding in the supporting trials and the effects of including people who are already receiving antidepressant treatment. That the study did not include adverse effects or withdrawal difficulties, only dropout rates which are not representative of the whole picture of taking the drugs. The short-term nature of the supporting trials, mainly 8 weeks, with a range of 4 to 12 weeks, which cannot be easily compared with the real world experience of people taking the drugs for much longer periods. That, when the primary data is analysed (the depression rating scale scores) the differences between placebo and antidepressants are very small and probably clinically insignificant. The uncritical and sensational nature of the media reporting of the study and the link to the Science Media Centre. The concerns about the reporting that depression is under-treated in the UK which is not supported by the results of the study. That people should carefully consider the balance of benefit versus risk, taking into account the potential for adverse effects or difficulties stopping the drugs. Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis The Hamilton Depression Scale Empirically derived criteria cast doubt on the clinical significance of antidepressant-placebo differences Efficacy of antidepressants in adults The Science Media Centre Next articleOther Resources http://www.letstalkwithdrawal.com James Moore has experienced the psychiatric system and psychiatric drugs firsthand following a stress-related breakdown. Believing himself to be fundamentally broken, he spent many years on psychiatric drugs before awakening to the reality that psychiatry has few answers for human difficulties. 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__label__cc	0.707801	0.292199	Home > Careers > Become a Part of Our Growing Network of Rehabilitation Services > Medical Director, SCI Program, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Medical Director, SCI Program, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network MedStar Health Profile: As the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, DC region, MedStar’s 10 hospitals, the MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Medical Group, and its many other programs and services are recognized regionally and nationally for excellence in medical care. MedStar National Rehabilitation Network has over 50 locations in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware and provides inpatient rehabilitation services at its flagship hospital in Washington, DC as well as at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MNRN) seeks an experienced spinal cord injury physician who will lead its Spinal Cord Injury Program. The ideal candidate will have at least 3-years of experience in spinal cord rehabilitation and be responsible for direct oversight of the spinal cord injury system of care, including inpatient, day program, and outpatient care. Clinical duties are based at our flagship hospital, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (MNRH), and include inpatient rehabilitation on the CARF specialty-accredited spinal cord injury unit, inpatient call, and two half-days per week in the outpatient clinic. The candidate will be a part of a large spasticity program, including the use of chemodenervation and intrathecal baclofen pump management. At MNRH, the candidate has access to an on-site orthotics & prosthetics clinic, multidisciplinary seating clinic, driver’s evaluation program, adaptive technology services, and fitness program for persons with disabilities. The candidate will be part of the clinical leadership responsible for quality/safety outcomes, compliance, CARF accreditation, and success of the program. The candidate should possess a strong interest in academics. MNRN has a highly regarded PM&R residency program with 18 residents as well as 5 fellowship programs in Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury Medicine, Sports Medicine, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, and Cancer Rehabilitation. Our SCI fellowship became ACGME accredited in 2016 and the successful candidate will participate in selection of the initial fellow, helping to shape the program from the ground up. In addition, the ideal candidate will be a key player in mentoring our fellows and providing development and education to our residents. A key driver in the success of the SCI program is its portfolio of research. The Medical Director of the SCI program will work closely with the program’s Director of Research to integrate ours and others research findings into clinical practice, as well as provide input to our research initiatives. The Medical Director of the SCI program at MNRH will work very closely with the Medical Director of the SCI Program at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD to ensure consistency of programming, outcomes, and the development of rehabilitation strategic planning throughout the network. The candidate will be eligible for a faculty appointment commensurate with his/her experience in the Department Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, the academic partner of MedStar Health. Medical degree - MD, DO or equivalent Completion of an accredited residency program Fellowship trained (preferred) Licensed for the practice of medicine in Washington, DC Board certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board certification in SCI (preferred) This is a full-time employed position with MedStar National Rehabilitation Network and our website is www.MedStarNRH.org. We offer highly competitive benefits and a compensation package that is commensurate with training and experience. Professional malpractice and medical liability are covered by MedStar Health. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities. MedStar Health is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff. Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae to: Curtis Whitehair, MD Interim Vice President of Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer (202) 877-1504 [P] (202) 829-3487 [F] About MedStar National Rehabilitation Network At MedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MNRN), we've been treating adults and children with disabling illness or injury for more than 30 years. We're the post-acute care experts helping our patients regain independence, return to their community, and their lives. We offer the very best in rehabilitative services, including: Award-winning inpatient care, with 137 licensed beds at our flagship hospital in Northwest Washington, DC. Unique day treatment programs. Outpatient services at numerous sites throughout Washington, DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Delaware. Home care through MedStar Health Visiting Nurse Association. MNRH Highlights Accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. CARF Accredited Specialty Programs in: Amputation, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, and Stroke. An interdisciplinary team approach to care that puts the patient first. Advanced rehabilitation technology, such as the ZeroG gait training tool and AlterG anti-gravity treadmill. International leader in rehabilitation research. Respected center for the education of rehabilitation professionals.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1460
__label__wiki	0.930095	0.930095	There's something a bout Gilly! Former Millwall Lioness Gilly Flaherty is swapping her boots for boxing gloves tonight when she takes part in a boxing show in Camden to raise funds for Millwall Girl's Centre of Excellence. Bermondsey-born Gilly, who joined The Lionesses as a nine-year-old, now plays for Arsenal Ladies where she has won a multitude of awards including the FA Cup, National Premier League and Community Shield. She was also a 'Quadruple' winner in 2007, when The Gunners won the UEFA Cup, League, League Cup and Cup. But tonight Gilly will be putting all thoughts of football aside as she embarks on a challenge to raise some funds for her beloved Lionesses. "My aim is to try and raise a minimum of £500 towards Millwall's CofE for the coming season," she said. "This will enable us to have the financial freedom to plan alot more exciting activities for the Girls." You can donate on the link here and follow Gilly on Twitter @Gilly_flaherty	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1464
__label__wiki	0.870985	0.870985	EU adopts post-Brexit import quotas for farm produce France's glyphosate exit seen 80 per cent complete by 2021 Little excitement seen in mustard market U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks By David Lawder Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images) Washington \| Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” trade negotiating authority law, seek to reduce or eliminate EU tariffs on U.S. farm products and break down non-tariff barriers, including on products developed through biotechnology, the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office said. EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday that the 28-country bloc could not negotiate on agriculture. “We have made very clear agriculture will not be included,” Malmstrom told reporters after meeting Lighthizer, adding that the two sides had not yet agreed on the scope of the talks. Europe has been seeking more limited negotiations to cut tariffs on industrial goods, including autos, since last July, when U.S. President Donald Trump and EU president Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to start negotiations. Trump is considering levying tariffs on imported motor vehicles and auto parts of around 25 per cent on national security grounds, but has agreed to refrain from imposing such duties on European car imports while negotiations are underway. He has long complained about Europe’s 10 per cent import tariff on autos. The U.S. passenger car tariff is only 2.5 per cent, although U.S. tariffs on pickup trucks and other commercial trucks are 25 per cent. — Reporting for Reuters by David Lawder.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1466
__label__wiki	0.787428	0.787428	James Baxter Hits His 100th Game Against Mentone Round Eleven just got even bigger, as we congratulate James Baxter on his 100th game this weekend. Baxter has had an illustrious career with the Eagles. Starting out in the Under 19s, and winning a Best and Fairest there, Baxter continued his impressive form all the way to the Seniors. After floating between all teams at the club, Baxter has maintained a solid spot in the Seniors through his sleek work around the ball partnered with his contested marking ability. Where do we start with James Baxter? Baxter is our pink-sweater-donning, Cornetto-loving, subs-avoiding mate who we all love. Bax made his debut for the mighty Eagles in 2013, fresh out of school in the Under 19s, where he was a favourite of coach Jordy Wise. With the ability to play just about any position on the field, James finished off the year winning the Best & Fairest. From there, James has had successful stints in all levels; Thirds, Reserves and Seniors. At a young age, Jim played a lot of senior football in 2014 and 2015, before a couple of poor lifestyle choices got in the way. ANZAC Day in 2015 was when our Jim went rogue, telling senior coach Damien Theisz he was unavailable to play, as he had a mate working behind the bar at the ‘G, and he didn’t want to miss out on any free lemonades. Today, James is an extremely talented footballer, type of player who makes those around him walk taller. James combines outstanding athleticism with elite skills, which was highlighted in the 2017 Reserves Grand Final, where he took one of the great marks, sitting on the Caulfield ruckman’s head. While being a terrific footballer, James is an even better bloke. He’s always one of the first to get around the young fellas at every club function, ensuring they are hydrating responsibly at all times. So, Jim, here’s to many more great games, and even more refreshments at functions to come. – Nick Watty We congratulate James on hitting 100 games this weekend, and we cant wait for the next 100. Matthew Frost2019-06-28T13:00:16+10:00 Robert Di Roberto Hits Game 100 in Round 10 Ash Viney Plays His 200th Game in Round 9 Tim Clifford Notches Up Game 50	cc/2019-30/en_head_0022.json.gz/line1468

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