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In fashion brand case, justices avoid saying four-letter word
The Supreme Court's nine justices discuss a trademark case involving a brand name that sounds like an obscenity.
By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — None of the Supreme Court’s justices wanted to say the four-letter word.
The high court was discussing a trademark case Monday involving a Los Angeles-based fashion brand, “FUCT.” But the justices did some verbal gymnastics to get through about an hour of arguments without saying the brand’s name.
Erik Brunetti, founder of the streetwear clothing company “FUCT,” in Los Angeles on Thursday. “We wanted the viewer to question it: Like, is that pronounced the way I think it’s pronounced?” he said of his streetwear brand, which began selling clothing in 1991. Associated Press/Damian Dovarganes
Chief Justice John Roberts described it as the “vulgar word at the heart of the case.” Justice Samuel Alito called it “the word your client wants to use.” And Justice Stephen Breyer called it “the word at issue.”
The case has to do with a portion of federal law that says officials should not register trademarks that are “scandalous” or “immoral.” Officials have refused to register the brand’s name as a result.
But the artist behind the brand, Erik Brunetti, argues that portion of law should be struck down as an unconstitutional restriction on speech.
The government is defending the century-old provision, arguing it encourages trademarks that are appropriate for all audiences. Lawyer Malcolm Stewart, who was arguing for the Trump administration, said the law is not a restriction on speech but rather the government declining to promote certain speech.
Stewart, for his part, also went to great lengths not to say the name of the brand, calling it “the equivalent of the profane past participle form of a well-known word of profanity and perhaps the paradigmatic word of profanity in our language.”
Brunetti and others like him who are denied trademark registration under the “scandalous” provision can still use the words they wanted to register for their business, nonprofit or brand, a point some justices underscored. They just don’t get the benefits that come with registering a trademark. For Brunetti, that would largely mean a better ability to go after counterfeiters who knock off his designs.
Brunetti’s lawyer, John R. Sommer, got the closest to saying the brand’s name, using the phrase “the F word” and noting his client’s brand “isn’t exactly” a “dirty” word.
“Oh, come on. You know, come on,” responded Alito, adding: “Be serious. We know … what he’s trying to say.”
It wasn’t clear from arguments how the case might ultimately come out, but Brunetti would seem to have a strong case. Two years ago, the justices unanimously invalidated a related provision of federal law that told officials not to register disparaging trademarks. In that case, an Asian-American rock band sued after the government refused to register its band name, “The Slants,” because it was seen as offensive to Asians.
During Monday’s argument, some of the justices seemed troubled by what they suggested are inconsistent decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office about what gets tagged as scandalous or immoral.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that the office has refused to register some trademarks both by saying they are scandalous and, ironically, too confusingly similar to something that is already registered. For example, the office refused to register “FUK!T” for being scandalous and immoral but also confusingly similar to the already registered “PHUKIT.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch said, “There are shocking numbers of ones granted and ones refused” that “do look remarkably similar.” Gorsuch suggested that the outcomes in such cases were as arbitrary as the “flip of a coin.”
“I don’t want to go through the examples,” he said to laughter. “I really don’t want to do that.”
The case is 18-302, Iancu v. Brunetti.
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After Mortgage Payment, Washington, D.C., Residents Have Greatest Remaining Income
Homeowners in Los Angeles and renters in the largest Florida metros have the least cash left over after paying for housing
-- Home ownership became less affordable across the country in 2018, but renting became marginally more affordable.
-- Among the largest U.S. metros, typical homeowners in Washington, D.C., have the greatest remaining income after paying their mortgages. Renters have the largest remaining incomes in San Jose, followed by Washington, D.C.
-- Residents of the Los Angeles metro and the three largest Florida metros have the least left over after paying for housing.
Zillow, Inc.
Mar 05, 2019, 08:00 ET
SEATTLE, March 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid worsening affordability in the U.S., people in the Washington, D.C., metro area have the most money left over after they pay their mortgage, according to a new Zillow® analysisi.
Assuming the median annual gross income and mortgage payment, homeowners in Washington, D.C., have almost $7,000 of their monthly income remaining after paying for their house, the most out of the 35 largest housing markets. The typical renter in Washington, D.C., has nearly $6,500 left over from their salary after their monthly rent payment, second only to San Jose at more than $6,800.
Residents of Los Angeles and Florida feel the pinch the most. Los Angeles homeowners have the least left over ($3,450) after paying their mortgage each month, followed by Miami, Tampa and Orlando. Renters in the three major Florida metros have the smallest pools of remaining spending money after they pay rent, with Los Angeles following just behind.
The outlook is even bleaker for those in Los Angeles when California's substantial income tax rates are considered. On top of housing costs, these taxes cut further into the income left over for variable cost-of-living expenses like transportation, child care and education.
"In our quest for happiness, or at least satisfaction, we must accept tradeoffs. A good-paying job with career growth potential often comes with expensive housing, leaving less for life's other essentials such as taxes, child care, transportation, medical services, food and leisure," said Skylar Olsen, Zillow Director of Economic Research. "Finding that balance where housing costs leave a comfortable amount of spending money is tricky, especially when the prices of life's non-housing essentials also vary widely by market."
Overall affordability for home buyers worsened last year due to rising mortgage rates and continued strong home value appreciation throughout most of 2018. At its November peak, the average 30-year fixed rate in the U.S. had increased to 4.94 percent from 3.95 percent at the beginning of the yearii. However, mortgage rates have reversed course in recent weeks and dipped below 4.4 percent as future guidance has softened, while home value appreciation in the nation's biggest markets is cooling rapidly – a signal that mortgage affordability could improve in the coming months.
A mortgage payment on the typical home in the U.S. required 17.5 percent of the median income in Q4 2018. This is up from 15.4 percent in the last quarter of 2017 but still below the historic average of 21 percent from the late 1980s and 1990s. Using this traditional measure of housing affordability, less expensive Midwest markets such as Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati top the list.
The typical U.S. renter spent 27.7 percent of their income on rent payments in 2018. This is down slightly from 28.1 percent in 2017, but higher than the historic average of 25.8 percent. Rent payments accounted for more than 30 percent of the median income in 13 large U.S. metros, widely considered the standard for unaffordable housing costs.
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Zillow is the leading real estate and rental marketplace dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with the best local professionals who can help. In addition, Zillow operates an industry-leading economics and analytics bureau led by Zillow's Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell. Dr. Gudell and her team of economists and data analysts produce extensive housing data and research covering more than 450 markets at Zillow Real Estate Research. Zillow also sponsors the quarterly Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey, which asks more than 100 leading economists, real estate experts and investment and market strategists to predict the path of the Zillow Home Value Index over the next five years. Launched in 2006, Zillow is owned and operated by Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z and ZG), and headquartered in Seattle.
Zillow is a registered trademark of Zillow, Inc.
i For this analysis, Zillow subtracted the median mortgage or rent payment from the median income in a given metro
ii https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US
SOURCE Zillow, Inc.
http://www.zillow.com
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Pleasanton parents host 'Angst' screening in son's memory
Nimmos want to spur conversation on anxiety, spread message that 'it's OK not to be OK'
by Erika Alvero / Pleasanton Weekly
Editor's note: Anyone in need of support can contact Crisis Support Services of Alameda County's 24-hour confidential crisis line at 800-309-2131 or CrisisSupport.org, or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, via text at 800-799-4889, chat or at SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
Anxiety is part of being human, a knot that affects people at different levels, in different scenarios. We accept it, and brush it off; often we're encouraged to bury it deep within us so as not to burden others.
But just over a month ago, anxiety led to Amador Valley High School freshman Zachary Nimmo's death. And so in his memory, and as part of their new mission to spur more conversations surrounding mental health, his parents Mannie and Steve Nimmo are hosting a screening and panel discussion of the documentary "Angst" on Monday at a Livermore church.
"We saw this film two days before he passed," Steve said. "It really spoke well, it spoke about all the signs, all the symptoms. When we saw it, we were like, 'That's Zachary.' It really described him well. But we only had a few days to really react to it.
"So that's why we're dedicated to preventing anyone from going through this. It's excruciating pain."
Zachary was a 14-year-old who loved fishing, his friends, soccer, lacrosse and gaming, his parents said.
"His friends called him a hybrid because he was half athlete, and then he was a self-proclaimed geek," Steve said.
He added, "You always knew who Zachary was, he didn't have a fake face. But what he did have was severe anxiety." Anxiety, according to the American Psychological Association, is "an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure."
Zachary was diagnosed with anxiety last summer, though the Nimmos say that he had been struggling for a while. He started withdrawing from his friends, stopped participating in team sports and spent more time alone.
"The symptoms were there, but we weren't educated," Mannie said.
"They blamed it on his thyroid, they blamed it on being a teen," Steve said. "They just thought he was shy. And all along it was a mask of anxiety."
He started seeing a psychiatrist over the summer, and seemed to be making progress. But he still struggled, and on Oct. 26, he died by suicide.
"You never know what's going on in someone's mind...The day he passed, which was a Friday, that day he actually stood up for a friend who was being bullied," Steve said. "A friend who's got some issues of his own, others were picking on him and then Zachary sought him out. That's more who Zachary was, right? If more people could live like that, we'd be in a much better place."
The ensuing weeks have been hard; they're just taking it day by day, Mannie said. Neighbors have rallied, though -- the community arranged everything for his Celebration of Life, which was attended by around 550 people. And so many friends have just been there to listen, to be a stalwart support for whatever they need, be it talking or crying.
A few days before Zachary's death, the Nimmos had seen "Angst" -- the parents during the city of Pleasanton's community screening and Zachary in his health class. The film is produced by IndieFlix, a company that produces and globally screens films that aim to create a positive social impact.
When she saw the film, Mannie said, she recognized the symptoms in herself as well. "But he was much, much worse," she said of her son.
The hour-long film was specifically made by Scilla Andreen, CEO and co-founder of IndieFlix. A friend of hers had approached her about creating a film about mental health, but Andreen had said no -- it was too heavy of a topic, and she didn't want to touch it.
"She ended up dying by suicide," Andreen said. "She had been asking for about a year to make a movie about mental health, and I didn't. I kind of pride myself on being able to read people, and am super empathetic. And I realized how mental health is invisible and silent. So I decided I would make a movie about mental health."
The documentary features interviews with teens, parents and celebrities, who share personal stories of how anxiety has touched their lives. A key component of the IndieFlix film screenings is the discussion afterwards, Andreen said.
"I think film is actually one of the most powerful mediums on the planet," she said. "Especially when you watch in a group. The reason we take it into schools and communities, and we don't just put it online on IndieFlix, is because watching in an existing community where you witness each other watching it and then have an open conversation -- you've just identified a community and a network and your people that you could go to."
This idea of having more conversations surrounding mental health and anxiety, and "being OK not being OK," is at the crux of what the Nimmos hope to do moving forward, in the next chapter of their lives.
Steve, Mannie and their daughter Samantha, a senior at Amador, are all spending time talking to therapists and pastors right now, they said.
"We want others to know that it's OK to go do that," Steve said. "There's nothing wrong with seeking someone to listen. And it doesn't have to be a doctor." Making this their mission going forward keeps them closer to their son, he said.
In addition to hosting screenings of "Angst," they are in the process of setting up a foundation in Zachary's name to work with schools and youth organizations to continue the conversations on mental health and anxiety.
Monday's event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at CrossWinds Church, 1660 Freisman Road in Livermore, and will include a screening of the film followed by a panel discussion involving Andreen, the Nimmos, a PUSD school counselor and some mental health professionals. This screening is sold-out, but another one is planned for February.
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Posted by EJ
a resident of Birdland
on Dec 5, 2018 at 8:17 pm
I'm sorry to hear the tragic reason why this family is hosting this film screening. So many people suffer and it's important to educate and talk about it more. It will help others and I thank them for that. RIP Zachary.
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Posted by Spudly
a resident of Laguna Oaks
on Dec 6, 2018 at 9:53 am
Thank you Nimmo family for helping others in light of your tragedy.
To all parents who think "my kid is ok" and "my child wouldn't do that." TALK to your kids...more are vaping, experiencing anxiety, and are most likely exploring the world in more ways than you think.
Posted by ConcernedParent
a resident of Stoneridge
on Dec 6, 2018 at 10:23 am
PUSD should be held responsible for the bullying and stressful environment festering in the Pleasanton schools, particularly at Amador. Last year, there were instances of PUSD student/s bullied by a teacher and the entire school district acted to protect itself, and no action was ever taken by the district. That is why, for those who know, Amador Valley High School is notorious with stress, anxiety, performance issues due to the poor quality of teachers and administrators. The school administrators should be held responsible.
I feel tragic for the Nimmo family. No family should ever go through what they have gone through. What an example they are setting for the entire community in coping with the tragedy and bettering the lives of others.
Posted by Christina Nystrom
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
I am so sorry for the Nimmo's loss. I am so impressed with their candor - I appreciate that they are talking about anxiety and how we, as a community, can help kids (and adults) cope with anxiety. It is a problem that won't go away and it's something that has always plagued our community - and every community.
When tragedy happens, I always wonder what I can do. It's easy to feel helpless with suicides, fires, earthquakes, youth death, shootings ... there's a lot of bad things going on in the world. But, I know what I can do - every day to make the world a better place. I can smile at people. I can look kids (and adults) in the eye and listen to them, so they feel heard. I can ask how they are doing, and wait for the response. I can put down my phone/apps/social media, and have real connections with real humans.
I have plenty of thoughts about how we can make life better for our kids. But right now, I want to express my sincere condolences to the Nimmo family and sincere appreciation that they are using this tragedy to help other kids. I don't know them, but I appreciate them.
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Forum of Chief Science Advisors – welcome Prof Tahu Kukutai and Dr Gill Jolly
Dec 20, 2018 | News, Reflections
Kia ora koutou
In my first reflection in October, I foreshadowed a few changes to the Departmental Science Advisory network. After a lot of conversations in Wellington and within the group of advisors, we have decided the best way to enable a team approach to advice is as a Forum of Chief Science Advisors. All the advisors have slightly different roles and responsibilities, to suit their home Department/Ministry/Agency, but there is much to be gained from formalising the group as a community of practice and provide a forum to discuss cross sector science issues. We now have a draft Terms of Reference under which we will operate in 2019 on our web pages. This forum provides a fantastic sounding board for me in my role advising the PM and Cabinet, and I am grateful for the constructive way in which we have agreed our new way of working.
The Forum of Chief Science Advisors is a natural evolution of the science advisory network which grew under Sir Peter’s tenure, as the case for ensuring a sound evidence base in government policy grew. With the group now well established, it has been a good time to take stock and survey the composition of the group around our table and co-opt new members to provide missing skills, perspectives, and expertise, where this hasn’t arisen naturally through individual appointments to different Departments/Ministries/Agencies. I am delighted to announce that we are co-opting two new members in 2019 to begin to address some of these gaps: Dr Gill Jolly and Professor Tahu Kukutai.
Dr Gill Jolly
Gill brings to the table a depth of expertise in volcanology and a breadth of experience in natural hazards. She also has experience in advising the government on a range of science issues connected to risk, disaster preparedness and response. Gill is well known in the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency and her co-option onto the Forum builds a bridge between this stream of science advice and the rest of the advisory network. Science advice in emergencies was highlighted in the Government response to the Technical Advisory Group on ‘Better Responses to Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies in New Zealand’ and Gill’s appointment to the Forum will assist in harnessing the best expertise across the country and internationally to ensure that the right people are ready to give the right advice at the right time. With generous support from GNS, Gill also has ready access to a range of experts in communication of risk, an important component of community preparedness.
Welcome Gill, great to have you on the team.
Professor Tahu Kukutai
Tahu (Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Kinohaku, Te Aupōuri) brings to the Forum a wealth of experience as an academic, has undertaken research with and for numerous iwi, Māori communities, and Government agencies, and provided strategic advice across a range of sectors. She is a founding member of the Māori Data Sovereignty Network, Te Mana Raraunga that advocates for Māori rights and interests in data in an increasingly open data environment. As a Professor of Demography, her insights will be of value across many Ministries, in particular those in the Social Sector. Tahu will also provide a much needed voice around the table to ensure that the Forum embraces and connects effectively to the strengthening network of Māori advisors, including the recently appointed Mel Mark-Shadbolt in the Ministry for Environment, the recently advertised Executive Advisor, Matauranga Māori reporting to the Deputy General of DoC, and the team of innovation and research advisors to the Federation of Maori Authorities (FOMA) led by Te Horipo Kairaitiana (more on which below).
Welcome Tahu, we are really looking forward to working with you.
It was a great privilege to join the FOMA conference in Gisborne this year at which the new partnership with the Science for Technological Innovation Challenge (SfTI) was announced. Recognising the importance of building capability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics within the Māori economy. SfTI is co-investing in the role of Chief Advisor Innovation and Research, which is a key role to help FOMA members and other Māori enterprises understand and navigate the science and innovation ecosystem. FOMA knows that science, innovation and technology are critical to the future diversification and development of their assets, including their people. They want to continue to be a thought leader in the science and hi-tech space. Te Horipo will be supported by Prof Stephen MacDonnell as Technical Advisor and Mr Rawson Wright as Enterprise Advisor and a yet to be appointed Rangatahi advisor. I am looking forward to working with Tahu and SfTI to strengthen the links between this group and the Forum of Chief Science Advisors.
In addition to the day-to-day behind the scenes advice that the advisors provide, two pieces of more formal work have emerged from the Forum over the last few weeks. Firstly, a short information sheet on antimicrobial resistance, and secondly a major report on family violence by Ian Lambie, the Chief Science Advisor to the Ministry of Justice. You can read the report here, and see the widespread coverage here. Congratulations, Ian, on producing a high impact discussion document which we hope will move the conversation forward in this very important area for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Finally, on a personal note I’d like to thank the advisors for their significant support since I started my role in July, and take the opportunity to thank the research community more widely for their engagement and warmth as I’ve travelled the country. I’m looking forward to harnessing the expertise of the community next year as we begin our work on plastics. In the meantime, I hope you all manage to have a relaxing holiday and that 2019 treats us well.
Meri Kirihimete e ngā mihi o te tau hou
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October 5, 2009 / 4:51 PM / in 10 years
Baby Boomers to inject new life into funeral industry
Mihir Dalal - Analysis
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Jennifer Austin Leigh, a 51-year-old psychologist from New York, is planning a big party with her favorite music — the Beatles and Prince, among others.
Regional funeral parlour employees place the lid on a coffin as they finish funeral preparations in Pessac, southwestern France in this September 18, 2009 file photo. As Baby Boomers choose unique ways to bid their final goodbyes, the funeral industry is set to see increased demand for pre-arranged funeral services and a flurry of consolidation activity in the coming years. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
However, it’s not for some birthday or anniversary, but rather for her own funeral — an event she hopes is far in the future.
“I want a really big celebration. I don’t want a traditional church service with people sitting around, looking at the casket and sobbing,” Leigh said. She has already set aside money for her last rites and plans to approach a funeral operator soon.
“It’s important to take that burden (arranging the funeral) off your children,” she added.
As Baby Boomers like Leigh choose unique ways to bid their final goodbyes, the funeral industry is set to see increased demand for pre-arranged funeral services and a flurry of consolidation activity in the coming years.
Pre-arranged funeral service contracts, which suffered in the recession, are expected to pick up as America’s 76-million-strong Baby Boom generation heads into retirement — good news for funeral service companies like Service Corp International and Stewart Enterprises Inc.
“Baby Boomers have seen a lot of their wealth wiped out (in the recession). The inclination will be to think, uh oh, I’d better think of what’s down the road and what’s going to happen to me,” said Ann Bastianelli, chief executive of Anthology Consulting, which specializes in marketing consulting.
Also, according to Vanderlyn Pine, professor emeritus of sociology at the State University of New York at New Paltz, many who arrange funerals for older relatives and friends these days are Boomers, who are driving changes in funeral customs.
Bill McQueen, president of the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), said these non-traditional funerals will take a lot of planning, including arranging for caterers and audio-video equipment.
These are things the financially stronger public players such as Service Corp, Stewart Enterprises and Carriage Services Inc are better equipped to handle than small funeral homes.
SPURRING CONSOLIDATION
As smaller players fail to cope with the fall in revenue during the recession and either close or cash out, the public companies are expected to pick up market share.
The funeral industry has also seen cremations — cheaper and more convenient than burials — rise to make up about 35 percent of all funerals, leading to a drop in funeral revenues.
“As cremation rates become a higher part of the mix, the mom and pop operators will find it hard to generate sufficient revenues,” CANA’s McQueen said.
“Within the next 10 years, you will likely see the number of funeral homes fall by 20 percent.”
Also, the variety of services and new amenities demanded by Boomers — the post World War Two generation born between 1946 and 1964 — will precipitate consolidation, said McQueen, who owns the Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home in Florida.
“The smaller operators may not have the resources to meet the level of demand by Baby Boomers,” McQueen said. “I see the pickup in demand going to the public companies and the big private firms.”
Chuck Gallagher, a 52-year-old resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, is a case in point.
Pre-planning funerals for himself and his wife, Gallagher said his demands for a more celebratory funeral service were resisted by at least two independent funeral homes, who suggested he opt for a more traditional service.
The Gallaghers finally went with Montlawn Memorial Park, Funerals and Cremations, owned by Stewart Enterprises, for their funerals, plans for which now include video footage of their lives and a mix tape of their favorite music.
UNTAPPED POTENTIAL
One of the biggest waves of the retiring Boomers, who make up a fourth of the U.S. population, is likely to crest between 2010 and 2014.
The fragmented funeral industry — private companies and mom and pop firms account for 80 percent of the market — should see a big spike in the years ahead as the number of deaths in the United States is projected to rise to 2.7 million in 2015 and to 3.1 million in 2025, from 2.4 million now, according to CANA.
Wisco Research analyst Vimal Nair said the opportunity offered by Baby Boomers was not priced into the shares of industry leader Service Corp, which currently trades at around $6.50.
“We have a price target of $10, and once we start getting a clearer picture of the Baby Boomer trends, we think the stock price is going to go even higher, because right now the market has overlooked (that) future potential,” Nair said.
Editing by Anthony Kurian
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Video of Panel: The California Prisoner Hunger Strike & Ending Long-term Solitary Confinement 7-17-13
Andres Thomas Conteris, CloseGitmo.net - Stop U.S. Torture in Gitmo and U.S. Prisons; Director, Program of the Americans of Nonviolence International -- recently interviewed hunger strikers in Pelican Bay SHU
Steven Czifra is a UC Berkeley student who spent a total of eight years in solitary confinement, including five in the Pelican Bay SHU. Along with other UC students and professors, he is taking part in a rolling solidarity fast in support of the prisoners and their demands.
Larry Everest, covers the prisoner hunger strikes for Revolution newspaper and is the author of Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda. (See Revolution Interview: Carol Strickman, from Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Prisoners' Struggle Against "Cruel and Unusual Punishment Amounting to Torture")
Michael Montgomery is a reporter for KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting who has covered California prison issues.
Danny Murillo was arrested at 16 years young, and sentenced to 15 years in state prison. 17 months were spent in Administrative Segregation (the hole) and six years in the Security Housing Unit (the SHU). Currently an undergrad student at UC Berkeley in the Ethnic Studies department and a George Miller Scholar.
On July 8, California prison authorities admitted that over 30,000 prisoners had joined the hunger strike by refusing meals. The Los Angeles Times said this "could be the largest prison protest in state history." Prisoner representatives from the Pelican Bay State Prison SHU Short Corridor Collective Human Rights Movement said, "our nonviolent peaceful protest of our subjection to decades of indefinite state-sanctioned torture, via long-term solitary confinement will resume...consisting of a hunger strike/work stoppage of indefinite duration until CDCR [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] signs a legally binding agreement meeting our demands, the heart of which mandates an end to long-term solitary confinement (as well as additional major reforms)." See statement here .
Co-sponsored by Revolution Books and the Stop Mass Incarceration Network-Bay Area
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The Untimely Death of Justin Ripley
[CORRECTION: Neil Cross wrote "Luther," not Nick Cross. Sorry about that. Now corrected.]
I have been in a turmoil recently over nothing, except that from another point of view, it’s over everything. My brain-box has been churning through a wash of thoughts concerning the death of Justin Ripley, Canada’s harvesting of baby harp seal pelts back in the late Sixties, the rise of Donald Trump, and what I think of as the metaphorical headlong approach of the United States to the brink of oblivion, otherwise called the 2016 Election. I will try to explain.
My husband and I have been watching a lot of slightly-used, but still very entertaining, British TV shows, one of which is of spectacularly-higher quality than the others, namely, the series, “Luther,” a crime drama set in London, written by Neil Cross, and starring Idris Elba, whom I had seen for the first time just last year in “Beasts of No Nation,” in his stellar performance as The Commandant, a complicatedly evil man leading a ragtag insurgent army of youths and boys through the towns and woods of a fictional African country. The scenario, set dressing and performances all were distinctively convincing, and the young boy, Abraham Attah, who played the hero, Agu, did as good a child actor performance as I have ever seen in a film. Mr. Elba, of course, having a mythic size and persona, was the most noticeable in any scene he inhabited, but still the young boy’s odyssey and his interactions with the other kids were memorably fine. We saw the film, because I am an SAG-AFTRA One Union voting member, and during the awards season, I received a screener of it for consideration.
“Luther” was launched on BBC in the United Kingdom in 2010 and aired for four seasons. PBS started showing it earlier this year here in the Western United States, and my husband and I quickly got interested and made it part of the group of programs that we regularly record to hard disk and then watch. I thought the program was up there in quality with “The Sopranos,” and even possibly nibbling at the heels of my top favorite, “Breaking Bad,” which I think was a perfectly written and acted television series. As we watched onward through the “Luther” episodes, my husband and I both noted to one another how dark the stories were and how tragic. I wondered what had thrown the hero, John Luther, so badly off-track in his life. His marriage was over at the start of the series, and things only got worse for him and his ex-wife as the episodes unfolded. Had Luther been mentally ill? You could think such a thing, seeing how violently he behaved in the very first installment, although the script was careful to have him torture only the very evil criminal he held at bay at the edge of a stair precipice to get the location of the child the criminal had hidden, or to kick and punch out an unfortunate living-room door in his former domicile, now taken over by his ex-wife and her paramour. At the time, in a rare humorous moment, Luther pointed out to his terrified ex-wife that he would never hurt her, how could she even think that? And of course, Luther’s posture, continually hunched when he walked the streets, and his very blackness (and Elba looks to be pure African, so almost blue-black in complexion), seemed to reflect the screenwriter’s expressed noir world-view. The overall light in the films is dark -- many episodes begin at night. The daylight sky usually is grey. The air seems mostly to look like it is chilly. A lot of what you see underlining the optics, even the soundtrack, and the story line, is dull, somber, and morbid. The show’s theme music has a throb that feels to me like a headache. It’s a fascinating, depressing, alternate view of everyday people in London, a city I have always loved, because of what I have perceived as its vibrancy and rush of life. I have always thought of London as the European city most like New York City in its energy. But I also lived for a long time in Los Angeles, and this show made London seem most like the absolute polar opposite of L.A., which is flooded with light for many months of the year, and always seems to my mind’s eye to be filled with flowers, sparkling things like the Pacific Ocean, or sequins, or jewels, and sunsets that are the very embodiment of Technicolor. The London of “Luther” is black, grey, dun, dirt-colored, everywhere looking like the prologue or epilogue of a funeral.
I don’t view myself as an absolute realist. I do try to be realistic. I am no longer young, so in some ways, I shouldn’t have the luxury of being a complete fantasist or idealist. I try to keep those mental indulgences down to a dull roar. Death and taxes inform my life these days, although it’s getting easier to pay the latter now that I am retired, and to make my peace with the former, which is peeking at me from not too great a distance of years. I didn’t believe I could get pulled in by a powerful unreality any more, but life and our existence seem to be here for us to prove our own self theories wrong. Let me try to explain.
I watched the Luther episodes, week by week, being introduced to stories of new villains, each one realistic and crueler than the last, some criminal, and some now Luther’s own gone-wrong colleagues on the force, and I began to perceive the growing constriction of Mr. Cross’ plotting starting to close in on Mr. Luther. Time after time, he would be at procedural odds with one higher-up officer or another, even those who had taken professional risks on his behalf. The stories didn’t allow us to see apparent resolutions to some of these conflicts, which would be business as usual in a typical American crime drama, but did not happen here in this English one, and while frustrating, it did add to the singular nature of the Luther series itself. I am still not certain why the George Stark character so hated Luther and why he seemed to make Stark go so crazy. I understood Erin Gray’s rancor, while she was working with Stark to take Luther down, because Luther had made her look bad to her colleagues in a prior episode. To the end, Stark remained somewhat of a mystery to me, although he seemed to have greater power over Luther than anyone else except Martin Shenk, his superior officer. We know Stark assembled a well-stuffed Luther file, but his explanations of everything in it all seemed to be his perceptions and wishful thinking rather than what we viewers all knew was the truth.
As I understand classical tragedy, there is always a doomed character, the person who meets Nemesis through no hubris or fault of his own. For me, this character was D.S. Justin Ripley, portrayed sympathetically and realistically by the actor Warren Brown. Ripley was introduced in Season One, Episode 1, and Mr. Brown had prominent cast member billing in the series credits, so I considered the Ripley character to be an ongoing part of the series. He joined Luther’s team, having made it clear that he wanted the assignment and had pressed hard to get it. As he developed, Ripley became the epitome of a hard-working, loyal, responsible and honest subordinate. In performing his job, Ripley waded unarmed into angry crowds, chased suspects down numerous back alleys and in one episode was strung up to a post and tortured by a suspect before managing to free himself and escape. As a viewer, I believed in Ripley and grew fond of him. In Seasons Two and Three, I watched anxiously as Stark and Gray tried to force him to gather evidence of Luther’s misdeeds in order to help them build a case against him. I was cheered when Ripley ultimately refused to turn against Luther. These scenes went by quickly, and I nearly missed Luther’s grateful realization of what Ripley had done for him.
Then in the next episode, Neil Cross killed Ripley off. He did it quickly, messily, and at the hands of an absolutely loathsome madman who had been made insane by grief and despair at the death of his wife. This character, named Tom Marwood, seemed to be the culmination of a number of insane murderers, each one nastier than the last, who paraded through the Luther series. Ripley, unarmed to the end, stood up bravely to Marwood, and Cross rewarded Ripley’s goodness and rightness by having Marwood unload a sawed-off shotgun into Ripley’s chest.
This episode was aired for the first time in the UK on July 16, 2013, when, if the Internet is correct, it caused a wave of dismay among fans. I saw it in May of 2016, and it absolutely knocked me for a loop. I cried out in shock when it happened, and I remained upset for quite a long time afterward. It was brilliant writing, and I’m sure Mr. Cross was quite satisfied with how he turned the plot, but I actually felt genuine grief for the imaginary D.S. Ripley, and sorry for his imaginary wife and children, and his imaginary family and friends. I felt I had been among them, and I was bereaved.
To be completely honest, it was more than bereaved. Somehow, I don’t know why this happened, but the untimely death of Justin Ripley brought up an ancient and extremely painful insight that I did not know still was swimming around in the inky depths of my subconscious. I had learned something from more than ten years of therapy starting in my mid-twenties until my thirties, and I recognized that this pain was old. I’m still not sure what originally caused it. It could easily have been something that happened to me before I could speak or even articulate a thought. In pondering it after I saw the “Luther” episode, I remembered another insight instance in my life, with similar pain, when I was twenty-four and visiting in Atlanta with my then-boyfriend, whom I did not end up marrying. He had that week’s copy of Look magazine, and I made the mistake of reading an article in it about seal clubbing in one of the Canadian Maritimes, probably Newfoundland, but now I don’t remember. The article, which I think was a polemic about animal rights, was illustrated with photographs, and they showed a succession of pictures of a baby harp seal, first alive, then with men clubbing it, and skinning it, and then a final picture of the skinned baby seal, bloody and still alive, left out on the ice. I put the magazine down and cried for three days, and I can tell you now, almost fifty years later, I still see that last picture in my mind’s eye. To me, it was and is a powerful, if extreme, illustration of the triumph of indifferent, inhumane cruelty over innocence, and if I thought enough about it now, I could cry again for three more days over that poor little baby seal. It wasn’t that Justin Ripley was the harp seal, but when he died in the Luther program, I was unexpectedly and sharply reminded again of that harp seal.
Which brings Donald Trump to mind, because it’s hard these days for me not to think of Trump when I think about indifferent cruelty. Let me try to explain. I just need to reassure you all, I mentioned earlier that I do try to be realistic, not too idealistic and to avoid letting fantasy take over in my real life. I break these promises to myself sometimes even more when thinking about politics than when thinking about television shows.
My husband and I have watched a relentless procession of liberal commentary programs, debates and other coverage of 2016’s endless cavalcade of candidates. We tend to vote Democrat. The last time I voted differently was for Jon Anderson in 1980. My husband was worse. He voted for Barry Commoner that year. I just want you to understand that I cannot in any way, even maybe in a former life, entertain a rationale for supporting Donald Trump for the presidency. After thinking about the “Luther” program, however, I believe I now can articulate an explanation that is not too idealistic or fantastic as to why I don’t want Mr. Trump for president.
It is because I think he is cruel. And further, I think he is indifferently cruel. I think he would be cruel to this nation in a way similar to Neil Cross, who with his Marwood character, was cruel to Justin Ripley’s fans by snuffing his light out, and to John Luther by yanking away yet another person who either loved him or was loved by him. The reason I think of Trump’s cruelty being indifferent is that I don’t think he really sees this country as a nation of individuals. I think he views all of us who are not rich like him as somehow being handy cash resources for his kind of people, the plutocratic ones. We are perhaps mere ideas, rather than being human beings. We are, in maybe a farfetched but not impossible metaphor, an ice field of harp seals being lined up for harvesting.
I think Neil Cross constructed a wonderful, if cruel, world in “Luther,” and I can picture this nation looking similar to that world if Trump takes over and redecorates the White House in his tacky 18th-Century French scrollwork and gilded plaster, and then pulls the blinds down. We haven’t been told yet the specific ways Donald Trump would be cruel to the people of this country, but he keeps dropping us hints. I’ve seen more than a few instances in which he has expressed his cruel intentions in some of the ugly things he has promised to people at his rallies -- the exclusion of Muslims, degrading of women, the Wall to keep out Mexicans, beating up anyone who protests. He has been absolutely masterful at playing to Americans’ worst qualities -- our provincialism, isolationism, bigotry and greed -- and one reason I think his supporters respond so strongly to him is because in a way, he embodies them, albeit dressed up in a bespoke suit and a sun-bed tan, and that weird hairstyle that looks like it is newly built for him every morning. To me, he seems like the classic negative archetype of a mid-twentieth-century American -- fat, ugly, and with a loud mouth. My recollection from the Sixties is that was how we Americans were viewed by people in other countries for many years after the end of World War II. It makes me think of Trump himself as one of those wealthy, loud-voiced, American tourists who go to spend the winter months at a small resort, in the Caribbean for instance, and to the locals, he is there seemingly forever, perennially demanding and boring, brazenly self-involved, and always tipping in small change.
As to the United States edging nearer to the brink of annihilation, I just made that up. I’m thinking after all the lies we’ve heard so far this year from televised debates and assorted politicians, my little fib won’t count for much. I’m fairly confident we would survive a Trump presidency, but most likely the nation’s recovery from the aftermath would not be completed within my lifetime.
© 2016 Raun MacKinnon Burnham
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Navy SEAL facing war crimes charges — but he’s a hero on Fox News
Stabbing a teenage prisoner to death, picking off a young girl and an old man with a sniper rifle and firing a heavy machinegun into a residential area: these are some of the charges facing an elite US Navy SEAL on trial for war crimes while deployed in Iraq.
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a decorated 39-year-old veteran of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, is still a hero in the eyes of many Americans and the rightwing Fox News channel — and his case may even become a factor in next year’s presidential elections.
Around 40 Republican members of Congress have written an open letter demanding Gallagher — who denies the charges against him — be set free until he stands trial. One has even called on President Donald Trump to step in and have the case dismissed.
Trump has weighed in on the case on Twitter, saying that he had intervened to ensure that Gallagher — who was nominated for the Silver Star for his service — “will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court.”
Trump said the move was made “in honor of his past service to our Country.”
Gallagher, a platoon commander of SEAL Team 7, will face a military tribunal at a Navy base in San Diego on May 28. He was arrested last September and has been held at the base ever since.
He was arrested after men under his command in the elite Navy unit were so horrified by his actions that they complained to their superiors, but were warned that their accusations could damage their careers, according to reports in The Navy Times and The New York Times this week.
Gallagher now faces charges of premeditated murder, attempted murder and obstruction of justice. He could be sentenced to life in prison if found guilty.
The crimes he stands accused of were committed in 2017 during a deployment in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. US special forces were fighting alongside Iraqi troops to take back parts of the town from Islamic State group fighters.
His lawyer did not respond to an AFP request for comment.
– ‘Propaganda manna from heaven’ –
According to testimony at a preliminary hearing last November, members of Gallagher’s Alpha platoon were so disturbed by his behavior that they tampered with his sniper rifle to make it less accurate, and would fire warning shots to make civilians flee before he could open fire on them.
“They said they spent more time protecting civilians than they did fighting ISIS,” Special Agent Joe Warpinski of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service told the military court.
Their chief allegedly boasted about the number of people he had killed, including women, according to The New York Times.
In May 2017, Iraqi troops captured a wounded teenage Islamic State fighter who appeared to be around 15 years old.
Two members of the SEAL team said that as a medic was treating the fighter’s wounds, Gallagher stepped up without a word and stabbed the prisoner in the neck and side several times.
He then posed for a photo holding up the teenager’s head in one hand and the knife in the other, the two SEALs said. He went on to stand over the youth’s body and perform a re-enlistment ceremony while another member of the team held up a US flag, they said.
According to the charge sheet, soldiers from his unit tried on several occasions to alert their superiors about the alleged war crimes, but without success. Seven of them said they were told they could face retaliation if they went public with the case, but finally managed to bring their concerns to a higher-ranking officer.
Gallagher’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Jacob Portier, reportedly posed in the photo with the dead teenager and is himself facing charges for failing to report the crimes and for destroying evidence.
Navy prosecutor Chris Czaplak said Gallagher had “handed ISIS propaganda manna from heaven” by deciding to “act like the monster the terrorists accuse us of being.”
On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "All In," The Atlantic staff writer and fascism expert Adam Serwer laid out in grim terms the stakes of President Donald Trump's incitement of racist anger against Democratic congresswomen of color.
"From the beginning, we have been haunted by this question: Is America a white man’s republic or a nation for all of its citizens?" said Serwer. "Throughout the last 200-some odd years, the greatest threat to American democracy has always been white nationalism, the defining of American citizenship in racial terms. It almost destroyed the country on multiple occasions. Now President Trump has drawn a line. He has now made it clear that the citizenship of American citizens who are not white is conditional and can be revoked. Quite frankly, there is lots of disagreement between the two political parties. There are lots of issues on which we differ, but this is not a question on which there can actually be disagreement. The choice is now quite clear."
On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "All In," former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) laid into his erstwhile party for its embrace of President Donald Trump's racial hatred and intolerance, as exemplified by the crowd of Trump rallygoers in Greenville, North Carolina chanting "Send Her Back!" of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
"It was heartbreaking," said Jolly, who renounced the Republican Party and became an independent last year. "In terms of what I felt, it was heartbreak, both last night and then to see the likes of Lindsey Graham [(R-SC)] today suggest that the only problem is Omar doesn’t wear a MAGA hat. If refugees would just wear MAGA hats, they could stay. The others deserve to go."
Bernie Sanders’ staff demand to be paid the $15-an-hour minimum wage he advocates: report
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The Original American Idol Makes New Music!
Kelly Clarkson has returned with her new single "Mr. Know It All" off of her upcoming album Stronger. In the video Kelly finally addresses all of the criticism she has received in the media over the past few years.
I love the idea behind the song and the video, however, the only disappointing thing about the vid is that it's shot in a way that disguises Clarkson's 'bodacious bod' with close ups from the shoulders up and distance shots. It's clear this is done in a way to hide her 'curviness'. This is something we often see done with Adele who is another beautiful, bigger woman. It's no wonder that girls and women in today's society still form body issues. It's a shame that after all the progress in Entertainment over the year that this still happens. Alright, alright...I'm done. Enjoy the music!
Source: Just Jared
Labels: Adele, Kelly Carkson new music, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Clarkson Mr KNow it All, Kelly Clarkson Stronger, Pop Music, Pop Singers
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This New Girl-Power Movie Is On Our "To-Do List"
Lexi Nisita
Aubrey Plaza. Alia Shawkat. Shameless teenage comedy. Set in the '90s. Can you think of a more perfectly fun antidote to action-packed summer blockbusters? Because we can't. In The To-Do List, writer/director Maggie Carey takes on the trope-filled genre of high school sex romps and turns it on its head, putting girls in the spotlight. But what we love about this movie isn't just the fact that it doesn't shy away from showing girls seeking out sex, being crass, and even masturbating on screen. In addition to all those sadly underrepresented themes, this flick does it all without attempting to make some grandiose statement about feminism. It's just a funny movie about sex and teenage awkwardness, and the main characters happen to be girls. And, also, it happens to be awesome.
Seeking to know more about this gem, we got cozy with Carey for a little one-on-one and, lucky us, discussed two of our favorite subjects: girl power and the power of the '90s. A force to be reckoned with, if we've ever seen one!
We thought this movie was such a refreshing take on the typical, male, sex-romp comedy — and really empowering to young girls exploring their sexuality. Was that something you kept in mind while writing it?
"You write what you know, and I really know 1993 and Boise, Idaho very well. I had my journals from that time, which I read to refresh my memory of being a teenage girl. And I was absolutely a feminist in high school! Hillary Rodham Clinton was a big deal to me, and she figures in the movie in a very earnest way. I loved how opinionated and how right I was about a lot of things, and I think that comes through in the voice of the girls in the movie. Brandy has awkward moments, but she's a very confident character who is really taking charge of her summer. I set out to write a comedy — that was really all I cared about, but there is always that truth in comedy, and feminism was definitely part of the point of view I was writing from. I didn't worry about it specifically, though, because it just came out. That's who I am. And who my cast is."
So, are you rooting for Hillary in 2016?
"Um, duh. Yes. Absolutely! And I want Chelsea to run for office, too."
What do you think about the annoyingly incessant debate on whether or not women are funny?
"I love the whole genre of Superbad-type comedy — that's why I like this movie. If it's funny, it's funny. I came from a place of theater where it didn't matter if you were a guy or a girl. That prejudice exists, but I never thought about it or took it seriously. I didn't ever think about the female perspective, because I'm a woman, I wrote the movie, and I directed it. It would have felt false to write a male lead for me, personally. You write what you know. But I do have male characters, and I hope they come across as whole and three-dimensional, too. But I think the whole thing is ridiculous. We got the right to vote so long ago, and things are still backwards — even stuff like Title 9 makes me mad."
Were you and the cast all friends before working on this project?
"The comedy world is pretty incestuous. Aubrey and I met at Upright Citizens Brigade [UCB] in NYC. I always had her in mind, but then it turned out that she liked the script, which was great! Bill Hader's character is not a big stretch — he's even named Billy — so, he had no choice. I knew Donald Glover from UCB as well. As for Scott Porter, Aubrey was shooting a movie with him, and she just texted me late one night and suggested him. I was like, "Yes, please!" So, she literally just knocked on the door of his trailer and gave him the script, and he said yes! The only person I didn't know was Rachel Bilson. I didn't even get to rehearse with her, but she was fantastic. Funny on the first take — super dirty but super hilarious."
Was the filming kind of a constant party?
"It was an indie film, we had a super-low budget, and we shot it in 24 days — so it was a little bit grueling, plus it was also like 110 degrees in the Valley. The cast was all on TV shows; they were doing me a huge favor to do this movie. We had them for such a limited amount of time. That said, I learned that Scott is not just a good singer, but he can totally dance and beatbox. For me, the whole film experience is like summer camp. You wake up and go to bed — okay, not go to bed, but at least say goodnight — with the same people every day, so it really does become a family."
Though it's obviously about teenage antics, when we saw this film in theaters so many of the adult — even middle-aged — reviewers there were just in hysterics. What was your intended audience?
"My intended audience was my high school girlfriends, for sure. From day one, that's been my goal: to just make a movie my friends would like. It definitely plays really well to the 18-24 demographic, but I think it works for older people, too. That's why there's a call-waiting joke in there — to identify the over-30s in the theater!"
Could this have been set in any time other than the '90s?
"I do think the '90s was important to the story. Even in the two years since we shot the movie, things have changed so much. It was important to me that this take place in the early '90s, before the Internet and before cell phones. It really has changed how teenagers communicate, and I can't pretend that I understand how it works now. I still think there are universal truths to teenage expression that technology can't really change. When I wrote the script, all of the studios passed...maybe they didn't like the idea of an R-rated teen movie, but some asked if it could be set in present day, and the answer was always "no." I don't know how, as a teen girl, you deal with all that technology. And I was too lazy to research it!"
So, how much of this is based on your actual journals from high school?
"I did not have a list — this movie is complete fiction. The journals were about being able to read what I wrote as a teenage girl just to get in the mindset. Brandy was the voice I had back then; I was super type-A and in every AP class possible, but I was also boy crazy and nowhere near having sex. Unlike her, though, I didn't have sex until long after high school. I used to iron my T-shirts before soccer practice — what a waste of time!"
Maggie Carey The To Do List Director Interview 2013
written by Lexi Nisita
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The Spectacle of Clouds, 1439–1650
Italian Art and Theatre, 1st Edition
By Alessandra Buccheri
The studies in which history of art and theatre are considered together are few, and none to date investigate the evolution of the representation of clouds from the early Renaissance to the Baroque period. This book reconsiders the origin of Italian Renaissance and Baroque cloud compositions while including the theatrical tradition as one of their most important sources. By examining visual sources such as paintings, frescos and stage designs, together with letters, guild-ledgers, descriptions of performances and relevant treatises, a new methodology to approach the development of this early modern visuality is offered. The result is an historical reconstruction where multiple factors are seen as facets of a single process which led to the development of Italy’s visual culture. The book also offers new insights into Leonardo da Vinci’s theatrical works, Raphael’s Disputa, Vasari’s Lives, and Pietro da Cortona’s fresco paintings. The Spectacle of Clouds, 1439-1650 examines the different ways Heaven has been conceived, imagined and represented from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, crossing over into the fields of history, religion and philosophy.
'This study offers a definitive chronology and morphology of stage machinery, including the emphasis on Florence and the rewriting of the ’Baroque cloud dome’ history from Correggio to Lanfranco. There is a mine of great information throughout the book and anyone seeking to use the book selectively to learn about one monument - e.g. Cigoli's dome in Santa Maria Maggiore - will find the structural elements of each example outlined and be able to understand where such a monument stands in the larger development of dome decoration.' Ian Verstegen (University of Pennsylvania) is author of Cognitive Iconology: When and How Psychology Explains Images
'One of the main achievements of Buccheri's study is … to give the reader a real sense of the central role of theatrical entertainments during this period, and of their extraordinary appeal.' Burlington Magazine
Contents: Introduction; Cloud machinery: a heritage from the Middle Ages; Designing paradise: Brunelleschi, Leonardo, and Vasari; Platform clouds vs bubble clouds: Raphael vs Correggio; Court theatre in the 16th century: only the Medici go to heaven; Why clouds can be trouble: the challenge of foreshortening; From volume to structure: towards a new heaven; The Tuscan School in Rome in the 17th century: a struggle for identity; A burst of heaven on earth: the Glory of Saints at Santi Quattro Coronati; The triumph of Baroque clouds in art and theatre; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Dr Alessandra Buccheri is specialised in early Modern Italian art. She studied at the universities of Florence and Oxford, where she received her PhD. She is currently a lecturer at the Fine Art University of Palermo, Italy.
Visual Culture in Early Modernity
A forum for the critical inquiry of the visual arts in the early modern world, Visual Culture in Early Modernity promotes new models of inquiry and new narratives of early modern art and its history. We welcome proposals for both monographs and essay collections that consider the cultural production and reception of images and objects. The range of topics covered in this series includes, but is not limited to, painting, sculpture and architecture as well as material objects, such as domestic furnishings, religious and/or ritual accessories, costume, scientific/medical apparata, erotica, ephemera and printed matter. We seek innovative investigations of western and non-western visual culture produced between 1400 and 1800.
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The Art of Misdiagnosis
by Gayle Brandeis
Beacon Press, 2017
Review by Christian Perring on Jan 2nd 2018
The title of Gayle Brandeis's memoir tells the reader what to expect, as does the description in the blurb. But as she writes it, she brings her readers along with the experience of the frustration of dealing with her mother Arlene, and the anxiety of wondering what has happened to her when she disappears. After her mother's body has been discovered, she copes with the grief at the same time as raising her new-born child. Arlene was a complicated and difficult person who was a candidate for psychiatric diagnoses. Gayle reflects on her childhood when her mother encouraged her and her sister to present with symptoms of physical illness in an apparent attempt to get the attention of medical doctors. In her later life, Arlene was convinced her husband was persecuting her, trying to ruin her life. She imagined elaborate scenarios of plots to get at her, and she made many accusations. It was very difficult to reason with her, and she would imagine that other people were in on the plot if they didn't believe her. Arlene was also busy at work making a never-released documentary titled The Art of Misdiagnosis which was meant to expose medical malpractice and incompetence, and the prevalence of little-known disorders that explain many people's mysterious symptoms. Spread through the book are excerpts from the documentary. Gayle reflects on what her mother says in her documentary, sometimes with appreciation and at other times with a more critical attitude.
So although the main story arc is fairly simple, there is a lot going on in this memoir, with flashbacks, digressions, and multiple voices. Brandeis herself is a talented writer with several other publications to her name, and here her approach is direct and reflective. While there is a very steady stream of memoirs of people coping with major mental illnesses, there are only a handful about surviving the suicide of a close family member, and Brandeis's, while very specific to her situation, deals with common themes. Her account of her anger at her mother for her difficult spells of difficult behavior, combined with her need to protect herself and her family from the corrosive effects of her mother's actions, is especially striking. She also makes clear her love for her mother, her gratitude for the good times they shared, and her admiration for her mother's achievements. Brandeis's experience of grief as she goes through her mother's belongings after the suicide, and learning about the details of the suicide, are especially moving.
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Jay Wilds, the key witness in the case against Adnan Syed — the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 — has given his first public interview to The Intercept following the popular podcast, “Serial,” which reexamined the murder and subsequent trial.
While “Serial” host and producer Sarah Koenig spent the podcast’s 12-episode run dismantling various aspects of the State’s flimsy case against Syed, she honed in on Wilds, questioning the inconsistencies of his police interviews and trial testimony. Though Koenig never formally interviewed Wilds, she did track him down and confront him off the record; Wilds eventually declined to be interviewed for the show.
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Now, in his first chat with The Intercept, Wilds maintains his side of the story, and says “Serial” portrayed him and his involvement in the case unfairly. The interview is just the first installment of a multi-part series, and covers the basics of the case, Wilds’ motivation for helping Syed allegedly bury Lee’s body and his account of what happened on January 13th, 1999, the day she was murdered.
Like Koenig reported, Wilds and Syed were never close friends — classmates and smoking buddies at most. Still, Wilds remembers Syed being very distraught after he and Lee broke up and she began seeing another guy. Wilds recalled the moment a week before the murder when Syed told him he was going to kill Lee, but said he still wasn’t sure if Syed was just blowing off steam or, according to him, if the murder was pre-meditated.
“[T]here looked like there was real hurt and pain,” Wilds said of Syed. “What else could motivate you to choke the life out of someone you cared about? He just couldn’t come to grips with those feelings. However he ended up doing it — whether it was premeditated, an involuntary reaction at that point in time — he just couldn’t come to grips with being a loser and failing. He failed; he lost the girl.”
As for his account of what happened on January 13th, Wilds said Syed did not mention any plans to murder Lee when he loaned him his car and cellphone. The pair parted ways for several hours, and Wilds eventually picked up Syed from the Best Buy parking. And while this is when Wilds says Syed told him he had killed Lee, it was not when Wilds first saw her body in the trunk of her car.
“I saw her body later, in front of of my grandmother’s house where I was living,” he said. “I didn’t tell the cops it was in front of my house because I didn’t want to involve my grandmother. I believe I told them it was in front of ‘Cathy’s [not her real name] house, but it was in front of my grandmother’s house. I know it didn’t happen anywhere other than my grandmother’s house. I remember the highway traffic to my right, and I remember standing there on the curb. I remember Adnan standing next to me.”
Wilds maintains that Syed threatened to turn him over to the police for drug-dealing if he didn’t help bury Lee’s body; and, his own fear of going to jail, or implicating his friends or family, is what kept him from contacting authorities before the two buried the body in Leakin Park.
When he did finally start to cooperate with police, Wilds said he didn’t work with them fully until they assured him they weren’t interested in his drug dealing. “They had to chase me around before they could corner me to talk to me, and there came a point where I was just sick of talking to them. And they wouldn’t stop interviewing me or questioning me… I stonewalled them that way. No — until they told me they weren’t trying to prosecute me for selling weed, or trying to get any of my friends in trouble. People had lives and were trying to get into college and stuff like that. Getting them in trouble for anything that they knew or that I had told them — I couldn’t have that.”
Though he did eventually begin cooperating with police, Wilds said he was not the anonymous caller who tipped investigators off to Syed in the first place. “But there was a grand jury hearing on this case,” Wilds said, “and I have an idea who might have [called] based on that hearing.”
Despite Wilds’ certainty, not everyone is convinced. Though Koenig has yet to comment, lawyer and Syed’s family friend Rabia Chaudry — who first brought Syed’s case to Koenig’s attention — dismissed Wilds’ account on Twitter, writing: “I think Jay’s next move should be a live televised polygraph, preferably administered by Geraldo.”
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History Of Slavery In Washington Dc
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Home › African American History. On April 15, 1848, 77 slaves attempted to flee Washington, D.C. by sailing away on a schooner called The Pearl. abolitionists in Washington, D.C. Free blacks Paul Jennings, the former slave of President.
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The relationship between George Washington and slavery was complex, contradictory and evolved over time. It operated on two levels: his personal position as a slaveowning Virginia planter and later farmer, and his public position first as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later as President of the United States.
Many issues needed to be considered: the admission of California as a state, the territory dispute in Texas, slavery in Washington D.C., and the issue of slavery.
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*FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Washington, DC, was once known as the Congo of America. Read about the DC slave laws, White House slavery.
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Is it possible that African history, which is widely communicated from Western. Glen Mourning 4th Grade ELA Teacher at Friendship Public Charter school in Washington, D.C. Twitter: @Mourningknows.
After watching with disgust liberal ‘useful idiots’ tearing down Confederate memorials and with them American history, I realized early this. or you’ll lose your benefits!” is a form of slavery.
A project at a Washington, D.C, charter school was supposed to teach students. coming to grips with our history around slavery and racism," Moore said. "I feel very strongly that we should not.
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How Did The Political Parties Form Canada has not only financed and supported opposition parties in Venezuela. “What the hell is going on,” asks, “How did a small group seize control of the opposition? As Montreal writer and. James Madison Prep Tempe Robert James “Bob” Schuett, 86, of Watertown passed away at Highland House. He is survived by his wife of
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There are hundreds of instances of slaves suing slaveholders in the Washington court system alone, according to William G. Thomas III, a professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who.
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Marcia A. (Janisch) Hauck
April 20, 1944 ~ April 15, 2019 (age 74)
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Marcia A. Hauck, 74, of Aberdeen, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019, at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital in Aberdeen. Her wishes were to be cremated.
Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1620 Milwaukee Avenue NE, Aberdeen, with Pastor Kevin Bergeson officiating.
Burial will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Aberdeen.
Schriver’s Memorial Mortuary and Crematory, 414 5th Avenue NW, Aberdeen is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be 5-7:30 p.m., Friday, at the mortuary, with a public prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Family and friends may sign Marcia’s online guestbook and also view her service via the live stream service link at www.schriversmemorial.com.
Marcia A. Janisch was born April 20, 1944, to Benjamin and Beatrice (Wheeldon) Janisch in Aberdeen. This is the area where she was raised and attended Simmons Elementary and Central High School.
Marcia married Darwin Wagemann on December 9, 1960. They had four children.
Marcia was united in marriage to Ronald Adam Hauck on August 27, 1999. They made Aberdeen their home, where Marcia worked at many places including The Holiday Inn, K-Mart, and Control Data. In 1980 she started her own business, “The Other Mother Daycare”, which she operated for 26 years, retiring in 2006 due to health issues. Marcia and Ron shared 18 years of marriage before he passed away on May 5, 2018. She continued to reside in Aberdeen until the time of her death.
Marcia greatly loved children and had a special love for her own children and grandchildren. She also loved riding and traveling throughout the summer with Ron in their 1932 Ford. Marcia also loved to cook, bake, sew, and spend time with their beloved dogs, “Zoe” and “Max”.
Grateful for having shared in Marcia’s life are her children: Randy (Sheila) Wagemann of Sioux Falls, SD and Pam Evans, Brad (Melissa Schily) Wagemann and Brian (Brandi) Wagemann, all of Aberdeen; ten grandchildren: Justin (Rebekah) Harty, Bryce and Alyssa Wagemann, Chuck Evans, Jessica (Nate) Keogh, Jared (Kayla Leidholt) Wagemann, Alex Wagemann, and Trey Wagemann, and Darin and Cody Wagemann; six great-grandchildren: Gracie and Shaun Keogh, Andrew Harty, Lilah Leidholt, Noelle Wagemann, and Zachary Claremont; one brother, Marshall (Linda) Janisch of Vail, AZ; one sister, Marilyn (Albert) Erdmann of Leola, SD; one sister-in-law, Sr. Jean Hauck; and very special niece, Liz Korzan, as well as many other wonderful nieces and nephews.
Preceding Marcia in death is her husband, Ron Hauck; and her parents, Ben and Bea Janisch.
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Redwood Creek
21st Century Spirituality, Reflections and Questions
Swimming Upstream
At Muir Woods National Monument I recently watched the endangered Coho salmon prepare to spawn, which is shown in the video below as a male and female make a redd for their offspring. (A redd is a gravel depression salmon create with their tails and into which the eggs are laid and fertilized.) Coho salmon are making a comeback in the Redwood Creek that flows through Muir Woods here in Marin County, California. Each December after the first heavy rain, the sandbar at Muir Beach breaks. The seam allows salmon to leave the ocean and swim upstream to the creek where they hatched about three years before.
The parents undergo dramatic physical changes on this final journey. Their jaws and teeth become hooked. Their skin blushes with hues of red and pink. With immense effort, they make their way upstream. Finding a shallow spot for a redd, they create their nest, lay and fertilize their eggs, all the while maintaining their resistance against the incessant current. Having completed this final phase of the life cycle, they die having given their lives so that life may continue.
The final lines of The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi capture the spirit of the salmon's life cycle:
"It is in giving that we receive...It is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
Of course, their behavior is driven by instinct, a genetic imperative that lacks our tendency toward prolonged self-reflection and angst. It simply is the way of things. The salmon just keep working their way through the water.
I, however, am not as zen as the salmon. I want to know why the current is against me, how to control it, and what's the meaning of it all. I gripe about how wrong it is that I must swim upstream when life should be so much easier.
The salmon school me in living. They inspire me to swim with my whole body, heart and soul, whether the current is with me or against me. They invite me to remain open to the inevitable changes that will occur in life. They remind me that, ultimately, this existence is not really all about me. My individual life serves the greater cause of Life itself, of which I am part.
The salmon don't pause to ponder what the meaning of it all is. They embody their purpose. They live who and what they are with every ounce of energetic verve in their being. That's all they do, and it's enough...for them and for us. As Joseph Campbell said:
"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That's what it's all finally about."
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Hong Kong anti-extradition law protest on June 16, 2019.
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Hong Kongers are showing the world how to protest.
Hong Kong is an autonomous region of China that kind of runs on finance. Its stock exchange is the fifth largest in the world. And it's an attractive base for a lot of multinational companies, partly because Hong Kong has a predictable rule of law. Companies can set up a regional HQ when selling to China without having to be in mainland China itself. But that predictability is changing.
On June 16, around two million people marched, according to organizers. They're against a proposed law that would allow extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China. Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam apologized and suspended consideration of the bill. But protesters want the bill permanently withdrawn. Many are calling for Lam's resignation. Will they get what they want? What does research on successful resistance campaigns say?
The protesters in Hong Kong have two characteristics that really boost their chances: non-violence and more than 3.5% of the population have gotten involved.
Following Gandhi or the Bolsheviks?
First, why non-violence? Aren't guns and tanks effective, whether you like them or not?
Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth used to believe this. In 2006, she went to a non-violence workshop and picked a fight. Chenoweth says she told the academics there that she could "think of plenty of cases where violence worked pretty well, like the Algerian, French, and Russian revolutions."
Maria Stephan, now a director at the U.S. Institute of Peace was there. She said to Chenoweth, "If you're really skeptical about non-violent resistance... how would you prove that?"
Non-violence is twice as effective
So Chenoweth trawled through 323 campaigns for regime change or self-determination worldwide from 1900 to 2006.
Then Stephan and Chenoweth teamed up to write a paper and a book based on the data. They find that major non-violent campaigns are successful 53% of the time, while violent campaigns are successful only 26% of the time.
But does non-violence cause the higher success rate? Or are you more likely to choose sit-ins over shootouts when you know you're already likely to succeed? When they factored in additional data on why the campaigns turned violent, peaceful resistance still prevailed. The likelihood of success was not a factor in whether a campaign became violent or not.
"I was surprised," Chenoweth says. "I expected for there to be, basically, at best no significant difference between armed and unarmed action."
Protests' magic number
Next factor, that 3.5% figure. "One of the frequently asked questions that I'd gotten from activists was how many people it takes," Chenoweth says. "What's the threshold?"
Using historical accounts and news reports, her dataset coded the number of people visible on the front lines, whether striking, marching or taking part in a sit-in.
Unsurprisingly, the more participants recorded, the higher the likelihood of success. But as the campaign's participation reached 3.5% of the population, that likelihood became seemingly inevitable. Examples include the People Power Revolution in the Philippines, and the Rose Revolution in Georgia.
"Above that 3.5% threshold there hadn't been any failed movements and that was a little surprising to me in the sense that it's a pretty small threshold," Chenoweth says.
But Chenoweth is quick to emphasize, 3.5% suggests many multiples more sympathetic to the cause. That brings us back to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong protesters have numbers on their side
Hong Kong's protests were huge: nearly 30% of Hong Kongers in the streets by organizers' counts. Even the much lower estimate by police represents nearly 5%, well past the threshold.
Chenoweth says that the protests are more reform-minded than the campaigns in her dataset. But if the protesters stick to her and Stephan's rules, "then they're definitely among the types of campaigns that we see generally succeeding in the end."
Apart from isolated scuffles with police, the protesters have remained non-violent. Whether the Government will fully meet protesters' demands is unclear. What is clear is that the tactics — and the numbers — are on the protesters' side.
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70-year Old Chicagoan to Cycle More Than 500 Miles in the Camino de Santiago Journey in Spain
Sat, 19 Sep 2015, 13:49:42 EDT | From: St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church and School
CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 19, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Long-time Saint Robert Bellarmine parishioner and Jefferson Park resident, Jim Ryan, will cycle more than 500 miles in the Camino de Santiago journey to honor and raise funds for the vibrant Saint Robert Bellarmine parish and school community. At 70 years of age, Jim will embark on this historical pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago in Spain (also known as The Way of St. James) from Sept. 21 – Oct. 15, 2015. He is naming his ride the San Roberto Belarmino journey.
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SAN JOSE / Sitter of boy killed by train had problems / Care questioned -- she is charged with child endangerment
By Demian Bulwa
Published 4:00 am PST, Tuesday, November 29, 2005
There were questions about Katrina Hatton's ability to care for her own children before the 20-year-old woman was accused of allowing a 2-year-old boy in her care to be struck and killed by an Amtrak train last week in San Jose -- a tragedy involving three single mothers.
A ninth-grade dropout working at a bowling alley, Hatton had lost custody of her own 2-year-old daughter in Georgia and left the state. Her attorney said Hatton was fleeing an abusive relationship with the child's father. In the Bay Area, Hatton got involved with a waiter she met on a telephone date line; he's now fighting for custody of the girl she had three months ago.
On Nov. 21, the day Alexander Arriaga was killed, Hatton had been asked to watch him and his 4-year-old brother by her roommate, who needed to take a drug test. The roommate -- who has two daughters who don't live with her -- had been babysitting with the boys for a friend who was at a job orientation at Toys R Us.
Hatton, who planned to apply for a job at McDonald's, had never met the mother of the two boys.
"What this is, is a terrible tragedy for three mothers with very limited resources," said Hatton's attorney, Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender Craig Kennedy, noting that she has no criminal record. "This is not a situation where a substance abuser is being neglectful. This is a tragic accident that could have happened to anyone."
County prosecutors disagree. They charged Hatton Monday with felony child endangerment in connection with the death along Monterey Highway near Blossom Hill Road, and they added an enhancement alleging that she caused the death of a child. If convicted, she faces a sentence ranging from probation to 10 years in prison.
Wearing a yellow, jail-issued shirt over a pink flannel, Hatton made her first court appearance Monday afternoon. She did not enter a plea -- nor utter a word -- and was ordered to return Dec. 5 for further arraignment. Her bail was set at $100,000.
"It's our position that, under the law, this is not an accident. This is an act of willful child endangerment," said Assistant District Attorney Dan Nishigaya, addressing reporters outside the courtroom. "The bottom line is that Ms. Hatton was responsible for all three children. She was the adult. She was the caregiver."
Nishigaya also said his office had considered, but rejected, the idea of filing charges against the original baby sitter, Tiffany Ball.
According to police reports that were made public Monday, Ball told investigators that Alexander's mother, 22-year-old Nicole Wilson -- whom she met in high school -- had asked her at about 8 a.m. to baby-sit during the job orientation. She accepted and picked up the two boys.
At about 10:30 a.m., Ball told investigators, she walked with the two boys, as well as Hatton and her infant, toward McDonald's -- where Ball, an employee there, had recommended Hatton. Ball said she soon realized she was due at her drug test and left.
According to the police reports, Hatton first told officers at the scene that, as the group approached an overpass, Alexander "pointed to something and ran across the train tracks," and his brother, Elijah, got off his bike and followed. Hatton parked her stroller and followed to retrieve the boys, she said, but saw a train approaching as she reached the first set of tracks.
She said she had yelled to Elijah to hold onto his brother, but added that her voice might have been drowned out by the train. Alexander tried to return across the tracks when he was hit, she said.
However, in a police car later, Hatton reportedly admitted that she had walked over the tracks with the boys, then brought Elijah's bicycle over the tracks, and finally returned for the stroller carrying her infant.
"At this time, she saw a light on the tracks and saw that the train was coming," an investigator wrote. "She then yelled over to the boys and told Elijah to hold on to the little boy. She stated that the train was approaching and saw the little boy tugging."
According to an Amtrak report, the train engineer saw the boys crawling toward the track -- with Alexander placing his hands on the rail -- but couldn't stop in time. The train, moving at 76 mph, slowed only to 71 mph before impact.
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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2009, file photo, a bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon is dipped in red wax during a tour of the distillery in Loretto, Ky. Kentucky bourbon makers have stashed away their largest stockpiles in more than a generation due to resurgent demand for the venerable brown spirit. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File) (AP)
Bourbon production reaches high point since '70s
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2014/08/18/bourbon_production_reaches_high_point_since_70s_2/
Bruce Schreiner
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Kentucky bourbon makers are making a big bet by stashing away their largest stockpiles in more than a generation.
To put it in bartenders' lingo: Distillers are putting up the tab for millions of rounds of bourbon years before they are even ordered. The production poses an inherent risk, but hitting the moment right — a big supply meshing with big demand — could mean a serious payday for companies big and small.
Missing the target would leave bourbon makers awash with supply and leave future production in question, particularly for craft distilleries that have seen a surge in popularity.
"People keep asking us, 'When will the bubble burst?'" said Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association.
For most in the business, the answer is not anytime soon.
Large companies are banking on continued international demand from places such as China and a culture in the U.S. that currently has a taste for bourbon, which has to be aged at least two years in new charred oak barrels.
"We are busier than I ever could have imagined," said Chris Morris, master distiller at Brown-Forman Corp., producer of Woodford Reserve and Old Forester bourbons.
Last year, Kentucky distilleries filled 1.2 million barrels of bourbon — the most since 1970, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association. Inventory has topped 5 million barrels for the first time since 1977, the group said.
Production has surged by more than 150 percent in the past 15 years in Kentucky — home to 95 percent of the world's bourbon production.
"For many, many years, bourbon was considered a Southern gentleman's drink," said Jimmy Russell, the longtime master distiller at Wild Turkey. "Now bourbon's become a worldwide drink."
The last time the industry spiked production in the 1970s, distillers ended up with a glut when demand went in a tailspin.
Back then, the industry had grown stale and many consumers switched allegiance to vodka, Scotch and other spirits.
"You had the same old brands, you were pretty much on autopilot," Morris said.
Now, distillers are constantly dabbling with premium small-batch offerings or putting new twists on recipes and flavors and companies are looking to real-time data from the digital world.
Sales trends and developments are tracked in markets worldwide. The numbers are crunched to make the best educated estimate of future consumer demand for a product that takes years to mature.
Straight bourbon whiskey ages a minimum of two years, though the average maturity is four years or older. Many popular super-premium brands age six years or longer, which are the toughest to stock in bars, restaurants and liquor stores.
"Bourbon as a category is on fire," said Bill Thomas, a Washington, D.C., bar owner whose establishments include Jack Rose Dining Saloon. "Every week, there's stuff that's out of stock."
Expansions have occurred at Jim Beam, Evan Williams, Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace and Woodford Reserve. Global liquor giant Diageo PLC recently announced plans to build a new distillery in Kentucky. Microdistilleries are getting a foothold in the state.
Every drop of bourbon is precious for producers trying to keep up with demand.
"If they had more, they could sell it right now," said Fred Noe, Jim Beam's master distiller and descendant of Jacob Beam, who set up his first Kentucky still in 1795.
The disparity between supply and demand has put extra pressure on the distilleries.
In early 2013, Maker's Mark caused a backlash when it announced it was cutting the amount of alcohol in each bottle to stretch its whiskey supplies. The brand known for its red wax seal quickly scrapped the idea.
In the U.S., total revenues for bourbon and Tennessee whiskey reached $2.4 billion last year, a 10.2 percent increase, according to the Distilled Spirits Council. Volume was up nearly 7 percent to 18 million cases, it said.
The two spirits claimed 34 percent of the U.S. whiskey market in 2013, putting it ahead of the Canadian, Scotch, blended and Irish whiskey categories.
The industry lumps bourbon and Tennessee whiskey into one category. Both are produced in the same way with similar ingredients, but Tennessee whiskeys are charcoal mellowed before going into the barrel to age, while bourbon isn't.
Exports of bourbon and Tennessee whiskey surpassed $1 billion for the first time ever in 2013, the council said.
"It's never been like this in my lifetime," said Bill Samuels Jr., who retired after a long career as the top executive at Maker's Mark, the brand started by his parents. "It doesn't feel like a fad. It feels like a legitimate trend."
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Dog shoots Utah hunter in buttocks
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2011 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 14, 2018 at 12:00 am
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah bird hunter was shot in the buttocks after his dog stepped on a shotgun laid across the bow of a boat.
Box Elder County Sheriff”s Deputy Kevin Potter says the 46-year-old Brigham City man was duck hunting with a friend when he climbed out of the boat to move decoys.
Potter says the man left his 12-gauge shotgun in the boat and the dog stepped on it, causing it to fire.
Potter says the man was hit from about 10 feet away with 27 pellets of birdshot. He says the man wasn”t seriously injured, in part because he was wearing waders. The man was treated at a nearby hospital.
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The Family Firm: monarchy, mass media and the British public, 1932-53
Edward Owens
The Family Firm presents the first major historical analysis of the transformation of the royal household’s public relations strategy in the period 1932-1953. Beginning with King George V’s first Christmas broadcast, Buckingham Palace worked with the Church of England and the media to initiate a new phase in the House of Windsor’s approach to publicity. This book also focuses on audience reception by exploring how British readers, listeners, and viewers made sense of royalty’s new media image. It argues that the monarchy’s deliberate elevation of a more informal and vulnerable family-centred image strengthened the emotional connections that members of the public forged with the royals, and that the tightening of these bonds had a unifying...
Empty Spaces: perspectives on emptiness in modern history
Edited by Courtney J. Campbell, Allegra Giovine, and Jennifer Keating
How is emptiness made and what historical purpose does it serve? What cultural, material and natural work goes into maintaining ‘nothingness’? Why have a variety of historical actors, from colonial powers to artists and urban dwellers, sought to construct, control and maintain (physically and discursively) empty space, and by which processes is emptiness discovered, visualised and reimagined?This volume draws together contributions from authors working on landscapes and rurality, along with national and imperial narratives, from Brazil to Russia and Ireland. It considers the visual, including the art of Edward Hopper and the work of the British Empire Marketing Board, while concluding with a section that examines constructions of emptiness...
Suffrage and citizenship in Ireland, 1912-18
Senia Pašeta
Professor Senia Pašeta argues that our understanding of modern Irish and British politics would be enormously enriched if we recognized two things: that the Irish and British suffrage movements were deeply connected; and that the women’s suffrage movement across the United Kingdom was shaped in fundamental ways by the Irish Question from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth. In other words, the women’s suffrage movement did not exist in a political vacuum. It interacted with, influenced and was influenced by the other main political questions of the day, and with the main political question of the day - Ireland.
Pacifist and Anti-Militarist Writing in German, 1889-1928
Edited by Andreas Kramer and Ritchie Robertson
Historical research has dispelled a number of myths surrounding Word War I: whereas the outbreak of war was greeted by the urban middle classes with frenzied enthusiasm, in working-class areas and smaller towns the mood was more of foreboding. Little attention has so far been paid to those who opposed the war and its underlying culture of militarism, though opposition to war and militarism has a distinguished German pedigree. This volume explores opposition to war and militarism among a range of German-language authors in a period roughly defined by two international bestsellers: Suttner’s 'Die Waffen nieder' (1889) and Remarque’s 'Im Westen nichts Neues' (1928). Major figures (Kraus, Schnitzler, Zweig) have not...
Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society
Edited by Elizabeth Baigent and Ben Cowell
This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a broad range of social problems. Yet despite her early pre-eminence, and the remarkable success of the institutions which she helped to found, Hill fell from public favour in the twentieth century. This book provides a nuanced portrait of Hill and her work in a broader context of social change, reflecting recent scholarship on nineteenth-century society in general, and on philanthropy and preservation, and women’s role in them, in particular.
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Investors » Frequently Asked Questions
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Where can I obtain information on Sasken’s financial results?
Sasken’s quarterly and annual financial results can be accessed at: https://www.sasken.com/investors/quaterly-result/
In which stock exchanges are Sasken’s shares listed and what are the codes?
Sasken’s equity shares are listed on BSE and NSE in India. The respective codes are as below.
NSE SASKEN
BSE 532663
Exchange code SASKEN
Reuters code SKCT.BO
Bloomberg code SACT@IN
When does Sasken’s financial year ends?
Sasken’s financial year ends on March 31.
What is the address of Sasken’s registered office?
The registered office address of Sasken is as below.
Sasken Technologies Ltd (formerly Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd) 139/25, Ring Road, Domlur Bangalore 560 071, India.
Tel : + 91 80 6694 3000
How many offices does Sasken have?
Sasken’s current offices and their addresses can be accessed at: https://www.sasken.com/contact-us
What is the credit rating of the Company?
The credit rating of the Company is A+ (CRISIL rating), which is the highest rating for short term scale.
Does the Company have debt in its Balance Sheet?
Sasken is a debt-free Company. It doesn’t have any outstanding debt or fixed deposits. The Company presently generates sufficient cash internally to finance all its operational, financing and investment requirements.
What is Sasken’s employee strength, including that of its subsidiaries?
Sasken and its subsidiaries had 2200+, excluding contract staff as of March 31, 2016
What is Sasken’s financials for recently concluded quarter and for last 12 months?
Sasken’s financials for recently concluded quarter and for last 12 months can be accessed at: https://www.sasken.com/investors/quaterly-result.html
Where and in which year was Sasken incorporated?
Sasken was incorporated in the State of Gujarat on February 13, 1989 as ASIC Technologies Pvt. Ltd., as a private limited company under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. It changed its name to Silicon Automation Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. in 1992, to reflect the principal business that it was engaged in. A fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the Registrar of Companies, Gujarat on October 13, 1992. In 1993, Sasken changed its registered office from the State of Gujarat to the State of Karnataka. The Company changed its name to Silicon Automation Systems Ltd. and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the ROC on December 30, 1998.
Thereafter, the company changed its name to Sasken Technologies Ltd (formerly Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd)., in order to reflect the broader and diversified business interests. A fresh certificate of incorporation consequent to the change of name was issued by the ROC on October 17, 2000. Sasken went public in 2005.
What is Sasken’s area of operations?
Sasken is a leader in providing Product Engineering and Digital Transformation services to global tier-1 customers. Sasken’s deep domain knowledge and comprehensive suite of services have helped global leaders maintain market leadership in industries such as Semiconductors, Automotive, Enterprise grade Devices, Smart Devices and Wearables, Industrial Automation, Public Safety, Satellite Communication, Retail, and MVNO.
Where can I obtain details on Sasken's Shareholding Pattern?
Sasken’s Shareholding Pattern is provided at the link below:
https://www.sasken.com/investors/share_holding_pattern.html
Equity Shares Information
Does the company have any quiet periods?
Yes. Sasken follows quiet periods prior to its financial release every quarter. During the quiet period, the company or any of its officials will not discuss financial expectations with any external parties. It starts from 15 days prior to the month in which the financials are going to be released, and ends 24 hours after the information is made public.
When did Sasken have its initial public offer (IPO) and what was the initial listing price?
Sasken made an Initial Public Offer in August 2005 at a price of Rs.260 per share and its shares were listed on stock exchanges in India in September 2005.
When is the dividend declared?
Sasken pays its annual dividend during its AGM (Annual General Meeting). Further, the Company pays its interim dividend based on the discretion of the Board.
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Home » How Much Jail Time For Distribution Of Narcotics In California?
How Much Jail Time For Distribution Of Narcotics In California?
The laws surrounding narcotics distribution are numerous and often highly complex, as are the penalties (i.e.
The amount of jail time for a narcotics distribution conviction in California hinges on numerous factors. Sentences are often measured in decades (20 years to life) based on the severity of the charges. But sentencing is not always a simple “If/Then” scenario. In short, while drug possession does not invariably amount to a major (or felony) offense in the eyes of the law, drug distribution often does. Proving drugs in one’s possession are clearly intended to be distributed is the responsibility of the prosecution.
Narcotics distribution (a.k.a. dealing/selling drugs or controlled substances) is, from a legal perspective, is varied but sometimes very cut and dried. Take, for instance, the subject of quantity. If possession with the intent to distribute were a simple matter, the amount possessed would be of little consequence. But it is not simple, it is complicated, and the burden of proof lies with the accuser rather than the accused. This means the defendant does not necessarily need to prove their innocence, helpful though that might be. Instead, the prosecution must identify a provable link between the controlled substances in one’s possession and their suspected selling, transporting, or distributing of said controlled substances.
Another variable in this increasingly complex equation is the specific type of controlled substance suspected of being distributed or illegally transported. Marijuana, a Schedule I drug, is obviously viewed in a categorically different light than, say, cocaine, a Schedule II drug; but if present in suspiciously large quantities, even the former can result in jail time for the person in possession. With so many moving parts in play, the question of jail sentences for drug distribution defies a definitive answer. It does, however, merit consultation with a capable criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles if you find yourself charged with distribution of narcotics in California.
Drug Possession vs. Drug Trafficking
The relationship between drug possession and drug trafficking is a legal grey area in many instances. To engage in drug trafficking is obviously to possess drugs, but to possess drugs is not necessarily to engage in drug trafficking. Discerning a possessor’s intentions can prove impossible for law enforcement officers on the spot, which leaves the work of proving intent to the prosecution. Evidence of selling intent might include the presence of gram scales, money counting machines, large quantities of cash, or weapons. Even in the absence of such paraphernalia, a prosecutor might make a case based on known drug dealer/buyer affiliations or surveillance findings. So long as the suspicion exists, there is a case to be made…but not always a strong one.
Possessing anything more than a clearly recreational quantity of controlled substances invites considerable legal scrutiny. This is again dependent upon where this particular substance falls in the official drug schedule. It can also yield several years’ jail time if intent to sell or in any way distribute can be compellingly established. There is also the matter of transporting large quantities of narcotics across certain jurisdictions. This is not limited to state lines, as the common understanding would suggest, as counties also restrict the importing of controlled substances. A legal team with knowledge of these matters will be able to provide clarity on this complicated topic for your particular case.
Producing airtight proof of intent to sell drugs is the job of prosecutors whose profession centers on doing exactly that. If you have found yourself on the wrong end of drug distribution charges, you would do well to properly understand your rights and California’s laws pertaining to the specific charge.
Depends On The Type of Drugs Involved
Controlled substances differ wildly from one to the next. California and Federal law accounts for as much in its treatment of drug possession charges. But criminal treatment of drug distribution is not necessarily as discerning. Drug trafficking, or intended trafficking, is a serious offense and one that can lead to severe penalties for those convicted of it. It is worth pointing out that marijuana, which is legal in California, is still subject to transportation limitations and remains categorized as a controlled substance. Which is to say, a person must be licensed to sell marijuana, as is the case with alcohol and tobacco. Marijuana has effectively been legalized within a strongly enforced framework of regulation and overarching restriction.
Distribution to (or Near) Minors
Drug distribution charges depend in large part on the age of the parties involved, as well as on the potential threat posed to minors within the vicinity of illegal controlled substance selling/trafficking. Selling narcotics to or, for that matter, near a minor is a serious offense in California and can lead to an escalation of subsequent charges. Jail sentences are likely to be greater in duration under such circumstances.
Understanding California Drug Distribution Laws
Drug distribution is a serious crime and one often met with severe jail time sentences. And because laws and regulations are subject to change, knowing where matters stand with a particular controlled substance can prove elusive. Seeking guidance and insight from a legal team with express knowledge of the charges pertinent to your situation is a sensible course of action. Contact the Simmrin Law Group today at (310) 997-4688 or fill out that form on your right.
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Energy drinks could be banned from Yreka high school campuses
Jamie Gentner
Aug 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM Jul 1, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Red Bull may give you wings, but the Yreka Union High School District Board of Trustees may be altering students’ flight plans.
At the board’s first meeting of the school year on Wednesday, the board and audience members heard the first reading of a proposed board policy 5030.1(a), which would ban energy drinks.
“In an effort to support the district’s Wellness Policy, the consumption of energy drinks has been identified as an overall concern,” the policy states.
The Wellness Policy states that food and beverages should be available that promote “optimal health” and “meets or exceeds state and federal nutritional standards.”
The district’s health committee recently brought the concern before YUHSD Superintendent Mark Greenfield.
But a quick Google search reveals that the problem is being dealt with nationwide.
Many school districts have moved to ban the drinks.
Louisiana Sen. Robert Adley even introduced Senate Bill 128 that would make it an “unfair trade practice” for a retailer to “knowingly sell” an energy drink to a child. The bill was rejected in April.
“These energy drinks have raised more concern about student health and welfare,” Greenfield said.
In 2008, Johns Hopkins scientists released a study suggesting energy drinks should “carry prominent labels that note caffeine doses and warn of potential health risks for consumers.”
The board’s proposed policy says that energy drinks “contain large doses of sugar, caffeine and/or other stimulants like ginseng and guarana.”
The Johns Hopkins study states that a 12-ounce soda has about 35 milligrams of caffeine, and a 6-ounce cup of brewed coffee has 80-150 milligrams of caffeine. The caffeine content of energy drinks varies from 50 to more than 500 milligrams.
Because many energy drinks are marketed as “dietary supplements,” the limit that the Food and Drug Administration requires on the caffeine content of soft drinks (71 milligrams per 12-ounce can) does not apply, the study says.
In a comparison of drinks, the Daily News found that the amount of carbohydrates, sugars, calories and sodium was comparable between Red Bull, Rockstar and Amp energy drinks and Pepsi and Mountain Dew. The exception was Red Bull’s sodium content, which was significantly higher.
But the difference comes in the inclusion of ingredients like taurine, guarana seed extract and a much higher amount of caffeine.
A 16-ounce Rockstar contains 1,000 milligrams of taurine, 25 milligrams of guarana seed extract and 80 milligrams of caffeine per serving. There is also between 100 percent and 200 percent of the daily value of Vitamins B2-12 in each serving. There are two servings in a can.
The 16-ounce Amp contains 148 milligrams of taurine, 124 milligrams of guarana seed extract and 80 milligrams of caffeine in each of the two servings. There’s also 100 percent of the daily value of riboflavin, niacin and pantothenic acid.
The 12-ounce Red Bull boasts 140 percent of the daily value of niacin, 120 percent of Vitamin B12, 360 percent of Vitamin B6 and 70 percent of pantothenic acid.
Those are just three of the 73 energy drinks currently listed in the proposed policy that would be banned from the campus during school hours or at any school activity, athletic event or practice.
“It’s hard to find exactly what constitutes an energy drink and what does not,” Greenfield said. “So, our best bet is to stay on top of the name brands and types of energy drinks and edit the list when needed.”
Board member Ken Barnes asked the board and audience if energy drinks are “really an issue.”
There was a resounding “yes” from the board and audience, and statistics may support that.
Energy drink sales totaled $33 million in the last year, according to a Nielsen Company report.
The Nielsen report says the sale of energy drinks is increasing at twice the rate of carbonated beverages. Energy drink sales are up 19.9 percent while total carbonated beverage sales have increased 9.6 percent in the last year.
Greenfield said it is a health issue as well as an issue of classroom distraction.
“The consumption of energy drinks has been identified as a contributing factor in various learning environment/classroom disruptions,” the proposed policy says.
That can be especially true when some students consume about three a day, YUHSD’s Cheri Yates said. She said the drinks’ ingredients can cause heart concerns.
Yates said she knows a girl who was in one of her classes who developed a heart condition because of consuming energy drinks.
And a student who was in the audience said he knows some friends and classmates who consume several energy drinks a day.
Many students have even made extra money by buying the drinks in bulk from a place like Costco and then selling them to classmates, several people at the meeting said.
Many of the energy drinks can cost up to $3 each.
“But where do we stop?” Barnes asked. “Next, we’ll be restricting their diet because there is too much fat in what they are eating.”
Several board members pointed out that the school already does that to an extent, and Greenfield mentioned that he is not allowed to sell carbonated drinks on campus anymore because it is against educational code.
Overall, the audience and the board seemed in favor of the proposed policy, which will come back to the board in September for a second reading and action.
“I know a lot of coaches and parents who will back this,” board member Julie Kimball said.
For more information about the proposed policy, call the district at 842-2521 or visit www.yuhsd.net.
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Biodiversity’s Holy Grail Is in the Soil
Why are tropical forests so biologically rich? Smithsonian researchers have new evidence that the answer to one of life’s great unsolved mysteries lies underground, according to a study published in the journal, Nature.
"We’ve known for a long time that tree seedlings do not grow and survive well under their mothers or other adult trees of the same species," said Scott Mangan, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. "One explanation for the maintenance of the diversity of tropical trees is that adult trees harbor pests and diseases that harm seedlings of their own species more than they do seedlings of other species."
The experiments show that underground organisms are key to the maintenance of species diversity and patterns of tree species relative abundance. The detrimental effects of soil organisms from adult trees not only explain seedling growth and survival patterns, but moreover that these effects are much more severe for seedlings of rare species than for seedlings of common species.
Mangan planted seedlings of five species under adults of each species in the forest and coupled that experiment with a greenhouse experiment in which he grew seedlings of each species in soil collected around the base of each of the other species. Consistent across experiments, Mangan and colleagues found that the ability of seedlings of a species to survive when grown in soil from the same species actually predicted how common or rare they are as adults.
Their result closely mirrors results presented in Science magazine this week by Liza Comita and colleagues, based on a survey of survival of 30,000 tree seedlings—part of a major effort to understand forest dynamics worldwide sponsored, in part, by the HSBC Climate Partnership.
"It’s been more than 30 years since the idea that negative interactions between adults and seedlings of the same species may be driving diversity—the Janzen-Connell Hypothesis—was first proposed, and only now is this story really coming together," said co-author Allen Herre, staff scientist at STRI. "Two completely different approaches—analysis of long-term forest dynamics observations and direct experiments on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island—are telling us to look for the answer under the ground. Scott’s experiments provide a direct comparison across species of how much their seedlings suffer from a sort of ‘self inhibition’ mediated by these soil organisms."
Biologists refer to soil as a "black box" because it is notoriously difficult to study a tangle of roots, bacteria, fungi, tiny insects and other creatures without isolating or changing them. Very similar results in the greenhouse and in the field reveal that plant interactions with soil biota alone—not nutrients, insects, mammals or above-ground diseases—are sufficiently powerful and specific to explain why multiple species co-exist and importantly the strength of those interactions can be measured and plant species that are most abundant are least influenced by the soil biota around their parents.
"We have dealt yet another blow to the ailing Neutral Theory of Biodiversity, which is premised on the idea that all species are the same," said Herre. "These two publications provide strong evidence that there are stabilizing mechanisms that maintain diversity, and thus that neutral dynamics do not explain plant species diversity and abundance."
This study received funding from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the U.S. National Science Foundation.
STRI, headquartered in Panama City, Panama, is a unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The institute furthers the understanding of tropical nature and its importance to human welfare, trains students to conduct research in the tropics and promotes conservation by increasing public awareness of the beauty and importance of tropical ecosystems. Website: www.stri.org.
Ref. Scott A. Mangan, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Edward A. Herre, Keenan M.L. Mack, Mariana C. Valencia, Evelyn I. Sanchez and James D. Bever. 2010. Negative plant-soil feedbacks predict relative species abundance in a tropical forest. Nature.
Beth King
(202) 633-4700 x 28216
kingb@si.edu
Monica Alvarado
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Former Steeleye Span band member takes to the stage as FolkWeek comes to a close
Gigspanner with Peter Knight, right
Former Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight has a musical secret.
He was recording in the studio in the 1970s with the folk rock legends when producer Mike Batt asked a favour.
He was short of some Wombles for a Top of the Pops appearance by the children’s TV spin off band. Peter became Great Uncle Bulgaria.
Tonight (Friday) he sends festival goers on their way with a rousing final concert with his band Gigspanner in collaboration with Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, two young BBC 2 award-winning musicians.
“It’s absolutely lovely to be finishing the festival off. We want people to feel they’ve heard good music and been entertained in different ways,” he said.
“For me it’s important to leave a lot of space to reflect the moment without losing the essence of what you’re playing.”
The concert is at the Ham Marquee starting at 7.30pm.
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Genesis Shine Butler,
nominated by Dress for Success
By: Amy Huwel
“What’s in a name?” Names have power; they can inspire and transform. Native American tradition dictates that names should be given with the intent to promote change throughout life. Growing into a given name is the initiation of a journey.
Journey, then, with a young woman whose adolescent and teen years were spent in foster care. The fluctuating environments and family structures clouded her identity, but the desire to grow and to own her name — Genesis Shine — remained constant.
Butler’s path toward self-discovery was winding and convoluted. By the time she was 19, she was a single mother juggling school and work. As many women do, she put herself and her needs last. Without a solid sense of self and no “destination” in mind, she hit rock bottom: no income, no home, and little hope for the future. The name, as well as the woman, needed to be resurrected.
“[Figuratively speaking,] I always filled up the space around me more than other people did, and I thought I had to tame my ‘muchness.’ I [began to] realize the need to present myself as I truly am. In order for us to be great, as women, we must present our most powerful selves, and there is power in being your authentic self.”
Embracing the right and the need to rediscover herself, Butler enrolled at Columbus State with the goal of a Communications Advocacy degree. Genesis — a new beginning, a fresh start — a conscious claiming of individuality with a pointed vision to support ALL women in their pursuit of self. “There is talk about the footprint we leave on the environment, the physical world, but we need to be mindful of the footprint we leave on each other … People need to understand their commonalities. We are more alike than different, and my power does not take away from yours.”
This desire to see all women succeed while celebrating each’s singularity led Butler to become involved with Dress for Success, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. She is currently reclaiming her “Shine” while working hand-in-hand with Tracy Harrison, the organization’s vice-president, to bring Dress for Success to Columbus State so more young women can benefit from its mission. Harrison says, “Genesis brings a contagious level of energy to the things she is passionate about. She is quick to recognize an opportunity and is willing to do the hard work to make that opportunity available to everyone. She is our biggest advocate at Columbus State.” As a result of her endeavors, they recently hosted a women’s brunch to kick off HERstory Month and are offering workshops to help with job readiness, interview preparation, and to teach women how to recognize and assert their worth in the workplace.
Butler laughs as she says, “I want to Martin Luther King the world! People call me an advocate, but I am just being myself and speaking up.”
So, what’s in a name? Native American wisdom says that one’s name should remind her of “us,” not “me,” and that her identity consists of what she gives, not what she takes. If she was ever lost on the journey, Genesis Shine Butler is no more; her name is no longer simply given, but earned.
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INTERVIEW: Voyager Guest Star Titus Welliver
StarTrek.com Staff
June 26, 2014 10:00 AM EDT
Veteran character actor Titus Welliver counts among his 25-plus years of credits Deadwood, NYPD Blue, The Good Wife and Argo, as well as many dips into the sci-fi and horror realm. Among them are the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction, as well as Tales from the Crypt, Kindred: The Embraced, The X-Files, The Twilight Zone, Total Recall 2070, Lost, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Grimm and… Star Trek: Voyager. Star Trek fans will recall that he portrayed Lt. Maxwell Burke in the Voyager two-parter, "Equinox." StarTrek.com recently had the chance to chat with Welliver about his Trek experience, Transformers: Age of Extinction, which will open nationwide on June 27, and his other future projects. Here’s what he had to say…
How did you land your role on Voyager?
WELLIVER: Brannon Braga had been writing on that show, and he’d been a friend of mine. He said, “Would you like to come and do Voyager?” I said, “Of course.” I mean, what actor doesn’t want to get on the bridge of a Star Trek ship? Less than a month later I got a call saying that Brannon had written this really cool season finale/season opener arc for me to play second in command to this sort of Ahab-esque captain. I said, “Sign me up.” It really dawned on me when I went in for my costuming fitting and they put the costume on me. I was looking at piles of Klingon costumes all around me. I really can’t explain it. It just gave me a chill.
And then getting on the bridge?
WELLIVER: That was interesting. Although a lot of the instrumentation on the bridge is practical, as far as there’s writing and it’s illuminated and all that stuff, they typically put the graphics in after the fact. But just to be there on those sets, on that bridge, it was amazing. And it was just such a great group of actors.
You spent a lot of time on that episode with fellow guest star John Savage. What do you remember of Savage?
WELLIVER: I was Burke and John Savage was my captain. Savage was lovely and, on some level, he’d really, really inspired me. I saw him do American Buffalo on Broadway when I was a kid. It was him with him, Robert Duvall and Ken McMillan. I remember just being blown away. It was the first play I’d seen that had profanity, but the experience of it was that it wasn’t a musical. There was a real kind of voyeurism to it, which was a testament to their performances. I told that to John that the first time I met him on the set of Voyager. He laughed and said, “Aaaah, that was a long time ago,” but for me it was a privilege to work with him.
Did you watch the episodes with your family and friends when it premiered?
WELLIVER: I did. My eldest child at that point was only a couple of months old, actually, but I watched it with a couple of my buddies. We were serious fans of The Original Series. So that was a big thing. They were a little bit jealous that I got the opportunity to don the costume and get out there and shoot it out and, ultimately, get mummified. It was interesting to have shot it and then see everything that happens in post-production. But, shooting it, you didn’t have to use your imagination that much because the sets were so detailed. So doing Star Trek was a dream realized from my childhood, because I’d watched Star Trek as a kid religiously. I can even admit to the fact that I have a fully operational phaser and med kit in my toy collection.
Toy collection?
WELLIVER: I have some Star Trek stuff and I have a Han Solo blaster from Master Replicas, and the Jango Fett blaster. I was a toy collector for a few years, so… There you go; that’s the first time I’ve ever gone public with that information. I’m way out of the closet with Star Trek and Star Wars. I have a pretty formidable collection, I have to say.
We’ll next see you in the Michael Bay-directed Transformers: Age of Extinction. How on your radar was the Transformers franchise?
WELLIVER: Hugely. I have three children, two sons who are 15 and 12, and so I’ve been hip to the Transformers movies from the get-go and have always been a big, big fan. And I’d watched the cartoon when I was younger. I had younger brothers who were more into the cartoons, but that’s how I was initially introduced to the whole Transformers franchise. Then, when the films starting coming out, that’s when I got really pulled into the universe.
Is your character, Savoy, a villain or just a guy doing his job, which makes the audience not like him?
WELLIVER: I don’t think he’s a bad guy. I never really stigmatize characters that I play, even if on the page they might be doing awful things, being villains. Ultimately, there is a change in Savoy. I think that he’s a very righteous guy who is in the service of right, but in that process, to complete his task, his moral compass gets a little too close to the magnet and it bends and shapes him in a different way. But he’s also a very driven and hard-ass character. I’d say he should have the dun-dun, dun-dun-dun music behind him whenever he shows up because whenever he shows up, sh-t happens and it’s not always pleasant.
How involved were you with on-set explosions, and what was the ratio of practical effects to green screen work?
WELLIVER: There was a fair amount of green screen, but I will tell you, not nearly as much as I had anticipated. Michael really wanted it to be practical. I’m kind of stunned and amazed how much of it (Mark) Wahlberg and Nicola (Peltz) and Jack (Reynor) and everyone participated in that stuff. There were some things I can’t talk about that increased the pucker factor exponentially. They would sort of chide me that, for me, in my career, there were many first working on this film. But there was not as much green screen as I had anticipated. Those explosions are real. They’re happening. And I can tell you right now, having been in the proximity of them, they give off a lot of heat.
Age of Extinction is meant to kick off a second trilogy. Assuming you survive this film, how open would you be to reprising Savoy in sequels?
WELLIVER: Oh, I would love the opportunity to play Savoy more. I think he’s a really, really complex and interesting character. Just to participate in the one film alone, the learning curve was huge, just from the technical aspects of all this stuff. It was the most physically demanding role that I’ve ever played. I also just really adored the crew and Wahlberg, Kelsey Grammer, Stan Tucci, Nicola, Jack Raynor, just to name a few. Most of the crew had worked with Michael on all of these Transformers films. It’s a tight machine. Ian Bryce is a fantastic producer. And I liked Bay’s energy. You don’t sit down a lot when you’re working with Michael. You’re on your toes just watching and learning. So I’m very excited and interested to see the stories that will come after this.
And before we let you go, what else are you working on at the moment?
WELLIVER: It was officially announced that the pilot I did, Bosch, has been picked up by Amazon, and we will go into production sometime this summer. I’m extremely thrilled about that. I play Harry Bosch, who is a LAPD robbery-homicide detective. In our pilot episode and first season, he’s being sued for wrongful death. He was exonerated by the police departed, but is being sued in a civil court for the killing of a serial rapist and killer. And while that’s happening, he’s following the case of a child who was found buried in a shallow grave. It’s the most rewarding character I’ve played to date and we have a fantastic cast and wonderful writers. And it’s based on Michael Connelly’s books, which are really powerful. So the source material for the show is really fantastic. I’ve also done a few episodes of Michael Bay’s new show, The Last Ship. And then I’m looking at material for the next gig.
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Flooding causes street closures in Portage County; sandbags available for homeowners
People are urged to avoid driving through standing water whenever possible.
Flooding causes street closures in Portage County; sandbags available for homeowners People are urged to avoid driving through standing water whenever possible. Check out this story on stevenspointjournal.com: https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2019/03/14/plover-stevens-point-portage-county-melting-snow-rain-cause-flooding-and-street-closures/3164140002/
Caitlin Shuda, Stevens Point Journal Published 1:37 p.m. CT March 14, 2019 | Updated 6:42 p.m. CT March 14, 2019
Rain and melting snow cause flooding in Stevens Point
A Stevens Point Public Utilities worker pumps out floodwaters from the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Regent Street on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
A tree is reflected in floodwaters on Harmony Lane on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
A mural is reflected in standing water on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in downtown Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
A woman crosses the flooded intersection of Indiana Avenue and Jordan Lane on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
A car drives through floodwaters on Jordan Lane on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
Water is pumped out near a storm drain on Indiana Avenue on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
Water drains from a downspout on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in downtown Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
A car drives through floodwaters at the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Regent Street on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin
PLOVER – Melting snow, rain and more than 4 feet of frost in the ground is causing flooding and street closures across Portage County.
Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas said a lot of problems were seen with flooding in the county, especially in Plover and Stevens Point. Although he did not have a list of streets affected, Lukas said some roads like parts of County BB were closed. Other road were still open with high water signs warning drivers of flooding, he said.
Portage County Highway Department crews moved from snow removal to flood mitigation, attempting to remove as much water as possible from roads, Lukas said. Officials say the water is not expected to subside overnight, and with dropping temperatures, traveling could be difficult Friday morning.
Several streets also were closed in Plover, according to village officials. Elm Street is closed from Willard Drive to Hoover Avenue. The intersection of Hickory Drive and Nottingham Drive is closed. Hickory Drive is also closed from Post Road to Seventh Street. Crabtree Avenue is closed from Tamarack Street to Ponderosa Street.
The Portage County Sheriff's office shared advice it cited from the Wisconsin Department of Health, advising against driving through flood waters. Just 12 inches of rushing water can carry a car away. The Wisconsin Department of Health also suggests people avoid flood water whenever possible, as flood waters can carry bacteria and sharp or dangerous objects.
The Portage County Sheriff's Office also provided municipalities across the county with access to sandbags, it said in a news release. Residents who have flooding in their homes are asked to contact their municipal leaders to get needed supplies.
Sandbags are available at the Plover Municipal Building, 2400 Post Road in Plover. Sand can be found at the southeast corner of the public parking lot at the intersection of School Street and Post Road. Village residents can also report flooding to the Plover Police Department by calling 715-345-5255 and pressing "2."
Village of Park Ridge officials also have set up a sandbag filling area at the new development site on Green Avenue, between Odessa Court and State 66, according to the Park Ridge Fire Department. Residents are asked to bring their own shovel to fill the bags with sand.
The Portage County Sheriff's Office suggested homeowners who have flooding in their homes drain their basements slowly, at a rate of 2 to -3 inches per day, according to information from the Wisconsin Department of Health. If it is drained too quickly, the water pressure can cause basement floors and walls to crack or collapse.
If you think there is water damage in your home, the Wisconsin Department of Health recommends shutting off electricity to avoid fire, electrocution or explosions. Use battery-powered lanterns, keep generators at least 20 feet from your home, and check your water supply if you have experienced flooding. If you have municipal water, the department suggests running the faucet for at least five minutes before using it. If you have a well and it touched flood water, you should take steps to disinfect it. If you experience flooding, you should also check for mold growth.
Those who experience a power outage should contact Wisconsin Public Service at 800-450-7240.
If you need further assistance, call the Portage County Communications Center at 715-346-1400 or dial 911 in an emergency.
RELATED: All of Wisconsin under flood watch until Friday morning
RELATED: Wisconsin homeowners prepare for flooding during rapid thaw; travelers also at risk
A car drives through floodwaters on Jordan Lane on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Stevens Point, Wis. Warmer temperatures and recent rainfall has led to flooding throughout the area, and more rain and snow melt is expected in the coming days. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin (Photo: Tork Mason/USA Today NETWORK-Wisconsin)
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The Straits Times says
Pursuit of all-weather diplomacy
Mar 2, 2017, 5:00 am SGT
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Much work was concluded in Beijing of late by Singapore ministers and their Chinese counterparts, related to the bilateral government-to-government projects in Suzhou, Tianjin and Chongqing. The third one was accorded priority, being a demonstration project falling under China's "Belt and Road" initiative, Western Region Development plan and its Yangtze River Economic Belt development. A number of commercial pacts between Singapore and Chongqing companies were inked as part of the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative; agreements were signed to improve infrastructure and services in Tianjin Eco-City; and new areas for collaboration in research and innovation were discussed for the Suzhou Industrial Park. There was also a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property signed for the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, which is a private sector-led and government-supported project.
The substantial progress being made in different fields and regions is a result of longstanding bilateral cooperation going back to 1994, when the Suzhou project was backed by founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and the architect of China's modernity, Mr Deng Xiaoping. Since then, different generations of leaders and officials have tended the relationship and achieved what the Chinese Foreign Ministry described recently as "great synergy between their development strategies and bilateral cooperation". These efforts are continuing, as reflected by the presence of younger ministers such as Mr Chan Chun Sing, who oversees Singapore's involvement in the Chongqing project, and Mr Lawrence Wong, who is in charge of the Tianjin project.
Yet for all that, there is an abiding sense of realism that even old ties are subject to the vicissitudes of geopolitical changes. That was borne out in past months when diplomatic friction surfaced between the two countries. Differences in perspectives are inevitable, given the varied histories, cultures and interests that countries have. The thinking of a new cohort of leaders, changing circumstances and public mood can also give rise to divergent expectations, even among close neighbours and friends.
A small nation's foreign policy, however, cannot afford to blow with the wind. Singapore has to continue to take an independent stance on matters vital to its survival, such as free trade, freedom of navigation, application of international laws and norms to settle disputes, and respect of treaties. In doing so, Singaporeans will have to be prepared for the inevitable ups and downs in foreign relations, and not allow themselves to get too rattled or unsettled when ties take a turn for the worse, nor too euphoric or complacent when relations look rosy. A certain equanimity is called for amid the vagaries of foreign affairs.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 02, 2017, with the headline 'Pursuit of all-weather diplomacy'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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Heyrettin Trophy memories
Manager of two-time winners Grays lifted The FA Trophy with Wycombe.
Saturday's forthcoming FA Carlsberg Trophy First Round Qualifying match with Whyteleafe has evoked fond memories for Grays Athletic manager Hakan Heyrettin.
The 41-year-old, who succeeded Julian Dicks as manager of the two-time winners in the summer, won the competition as a player with Wycombe Wanderers in 1993.
"I remember walking out and seeing over 30,000 people at Wembley - the majority of them Wycombe supporters. It was a great atmosphere, a great day and I'll never ever forget it," he said.
"I'll be telling my boys to go out and enjoy the occasion. Go out and enjoy it - you win this you may get a bigger scalp. You win that one and you may get an even bigger scalp.
"Are Grays Athletic going to win it? No, but at least they can have a fantastic run and see where it takes us, a bit of kudos for the club."
Heyrettin is fully aware of the club's previous in the competition - they won The FA Trophy in 2005 and 2006 - and he hopes to return the glory days to Rookery Hill.
He said: "They were fantastic times for Grays and they shouldn't really be where they are, they're only there by default. Great times and we have to try and make sure we get back up there.
"We've just re-signed Stuart Thurgood - we've got him back, that's good news, he's obviously won it as a player as well [in 2005 and 2006]."
The Gravelmen currently lead the Isthmian League Division One North after their first ten games of the season.
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Bryan speaks
Kean's a Blade
Kean Bryan's first interview since joining Chris Wilder's Blades
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Kean Bryan says he is 'excited' having penned a three-year deal with the Blades.
Bryan's move was rubber stamped on Thursday morning and the former Manchester City trainee is looking forward to life at Bramall Lane.
He remarked: "I first heard of the interest a couple of weeks ago and I've been training with City throughout the summer.
"I'm just so excited to get going now the deal is over the line. I've spoken to the manager and that's all it needed really, the positive football he wants to play and the ambition he has means I'm happy to be here."
The 21-year-old added: "I'm a ball playing centre-half who likes to get stuck and involved. I know how much this club means to the fans and I can't wait to repay the faith and belief the manager has shown in me.
"It's a big step up for me coming into the Championship as I've only experienced senior football in League One, but it is a great opportunity for me to come and play at this level."
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Spend an unforgettable evening with Leo Sayer at Venue 114
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Hot off the heels of his sold-out 2016, 2017 and 2018 UK tours, join Grammy-award winning, international chart-topping, British music legend Leo Sayer as he celebrates his 70th birthday year at council’s Venue 114 on Saturday February 16, 2019 at 8pm.
Leo is known for his classic songs Thunder In My Heart, More Than I Can Say, Moonlighting, The Show Must Go On, One Man Band, I Can’t Stop Loving You, Orchard Road and the transatlantic number one smash hits When I Need You and You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.
Leo is excited to be back on tour in his adopted homeland and can’t wait to celebrate his milestone birthday with audiences through high energy concerts that are jam-packed with hits from start to finish.
In the more than four decades since he embarked on his illustrious music career, Leo Sayer has written songs for some of the most influential names in the business, including the likes of Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Roger Daltrey, Dolly Parton, Three Dog Night, Gene Pitney and Jennifer Warnes.
Leo is revered worldwide for his songwriting and his live performances and is one of the most well-respected musicians on the touring circuit today.
Audiences can expect all his classic songs and more as the man they describe as “one of the greatest pop voices of our time” takes music fans on a musical journey that features more than 20 international Top 10 singles and five global Top 10 albums.
There isn’t much Leo Sayer hasn’t done throughout his career.
He’s made appearances with The Muppets, The Wiggles and features on the Charlies Angels’ soundtrack, endearing him to music fans young and old.
Leo has performed at every kind of venue imaginable from intimate showcases to the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Central Park in New York, the Las Vegas Hilton, the Royal Albert Hall in London and in his now home of Australia, the State Theatre in Sydney and Hamer Hall in Melbourne.
Leo became an Australian citizen in 2009 and hasn’t looked back since.
He is working just as solidly in his music career now as when he started and his music is reaching new audiences.
In 2007, his classic hit Thunder In My Heart got a dance remake, which went number one throughout England and Europe.
The age range of audiences at a Leo Sayer show is massive.
His music appeals to young and old and his shows are energy packed from the beginning.
His charismatic persona endears audiences immediately and he always has the audience on their feet.
An evening with Leo is certainly unforgettable and most importantly fun and shows to celebrate his birthday year are guaranteed to be one massive party.
Leo is also currently celebrating the UK release of his The Gold Collection, which saw him appear in the UK Top 40 for the 15th time.
The album will be available exclusively to Australian audiences on the Just A Boy At 70 tour.
Tickets are $83.65 per person for this all-ages, licenced, seated event and minors must be accompanied by an adult.
To book online or call 5413 1400 (phone charges do apply).
Event parking is free and public transport is available nearby. Venue 114, formerly known as Lake Kawana Community Centre, is located at 114 Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina.
Venue 114 presents the new stage adaptation of everyone’s favourite – Possum Magic
Head to Venue 114 for the biggest wedding expo on the Coast
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Search - Kopelman Quartet :: Shostakovich: Quartet No. 2, Elegy & Polka; Kissin: Quartett
Kopelman Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 2, Elegy & Polka; Kissin: Quartett
Shostakovich composed his String Quartet No. 2 in A major Op. 68 in just nineteen days during the summer of 1944 at a 'House of Rest and Creativity' in Ivanovo. Its allusions to Russian folk music made it a loyal response ... more »to the 'Great Patriotic War', but its incorporation of style elements of the sacred and klezmer music of Eastern European Jewry, historically oppressed within Russia and Eastern Europe, took its implications further afield. By including aspects of Jewish style, he may have desired to express his sympathy for the persecuted Jewish people, especially when news broke in 1944 of the atrocities carried out at the Treblinka concentration camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during WWII. While staying in Batumi, Georgia in late October/early November 1931, he adapted in one evening two short movements from earlier works as a gift to the Jean Vuillaume Quartet. His beautiful Elegy for string quartet is derived from Katerina Ismailovas aria 'The foal runs after the filly' in Act I, Scene 3 of Lady Macbeth, which he completed in its original version in 1932. The Polka derives from Shostakovich's first ballet The Golden Age Op. 22 (1929-30), which dramatizes the visit of a Soviet football team to a decadent Western European city. The footballers are subjected to various indignities, including imprisonment, but they are eventually freed when the working classes revolt against their bourgeois rulers and the ballet ends with a dance of solidarity between the footballers and the workers. Kissin's String Quartet is a fitting companion to Shostakovich's works on this disc, not least because both composers' musical language has much in common. The work is modernist, starkly constructed but deeply communicative and it comprises an eclectic mixture of styles that appertain to Kissin's life and career. « less
All Artists: Kopelman Quartet
Title: Shostakovich: Quartet No. 2, Elegy & Polka; Kissin: Quartett
Label: Nimbus
Style: Chamber Music
Shostakovich composed his String Quartet No. 2 in A major Op. 68 in just nineteen days during the summer of 1944 at a 'House of Rest and Creativity' in Ivanovo. Its allusions to Russian folk music made it a loyal response to the 'Great Patriotic War', but its incorporation of style elements of the sacred and klezmer music of Eastern European Jewry, historically oppressed within Russia and Eastern Europe, took its implications further afield. By including aspects of Jewish style, he may have desired to express his sympathy for the persecuted Jewish people, especially when news broke in 1944 of the atrocities carried out at the Treblinka concentration camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during WWII. While staying in Batumi, Georgia in late October/early November 1931, he adapted in one evening two short movements from earlier works as a gift to the Jean Vuillaume Quartet. His beautiful Elegy for string quartet is derived from Katerina Ismailovas aria 'The foal runs after the filly' in Act I, Scene 3 of Lady Macbeth, which he completed in its original version in 1932. The Polka derives from Shostakovich's first ballet The Golden Age Op. 22 (1929-30), which dramatizes the visit of a Soviet football team to a decadent Western European city. The footballers are subjected to various indignities, including imprisonment, but they are eventually freed when the working classes revolt against their bourgeois rulers and the ballet ends with a dance of solidarity between the footballers and the workers. Kissin's String Quartet is a fitting companion to Shostakovich's works on this disc, not least because both composers' musical language has much in common. The work is modernist, starkly constructed but deeply communicative and it comprises an eclectic mixture of styles that appertain to Kissin's life and career.
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Paul Carl smith
November 19, 1954 ~ July 11, 2018 (age 63)
Paul Smith, a life long resident of Condon, Oregon, passed away at the Regency Redmond Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, on Wednesday morning, July 11, 2018 after battling complications of diabetes for many years.
Paul was born in The Dalles, Oregon on November 19, 1954 to Dr. and Mrs. P.C. Smith. He joined his sister, Jeanne, in a household of strong personalities and unreserved opinions, blessed with love, laughter, friends, and faith. From an early age, his father encouraged Paul to hunt and fish, enjoy outdoor living, and practice mechanical skills that developed a strong sense of self-reliance. His mother, Pauline, nurtured an ability to participate in conversation and offer hospitality to those with whom he interacted.
Paul attended primary and secondary schools in Condon. During his studies, Paul forged a unique identity and life long friendships, which he capably maintained well beyond high school graduation in 1973. He attended George Fox University, earning a Bachelor degree in Psychology in 1977 as he concurrently attained an Associate degree at Portland Community College, in Welding.
The next phase of his life saw Paul’s return to Condon for work and to assist his aging parents, whose failing health challenged their desire to remain in their home. Paul approached all his endeavors as adventures. As river guide on the John Day River, working at the elevator for Condon Grain Growers, spending a summer digging a water line in Alaska, as Gourmet Harvest Chef “Extraordinaire”, Paul endowed his work with humor and enthusiasm. Paul’s years as an elected member of the Condon City Council were no less of an adventure for him, and likely, his constituents.
When Paul’s parents passed, Paul embarked on a new adventure. Accepted to Yeshiva University in New York City, borough of the Bronx, he studied and achieved a Master’s degree in Social Work. The “war zone” of 1980’s Bronx, ravaged by poverty, crime, and addiction, strengthened Paul’s devoted vocation to those in need. He assimilated the words of his namesake, the Apostle Paul: “so, faith, hope, love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
With a Masters in Social Work in hand, Paul returned to Condon to work for several local agencies, the last of which was as Medical Social Worker with the Morrow County Home Health and Hospice.
The desert is an academy for prophets. Paul often traveled with his nephews on lengthy road trips to Arizona and New Mexico. In the deserts of the Southwest, Paul experienced the familiar, yet enhanced...a harsh, arid earth of stark beauty, enveloping quietude, and the eccentricities of the inhabitants of this land.
On his last seven years of life, Paul embarked on his ultimate adventure, as he confronted complications from diabetes and high blood pressure that led to renal failure and dialysis. He became nearly blind and suffered an amputation. He addressed this final adventure with determination, at times good heartedly, and with fierce independence.
At the end of his life, lack of necessary health care required that Paul relocate to Central Oregon. He was greatly blessed to be in Redmond, the home of his lifelong friend from kindergarten days, Bill Trumbull, who devoted his attention and companionship to Paul, providing hours of joy in the final months of his life.
Paul is survived by his sister and her husband Drs. Jeanne and Ed Berretta of Port Angeles, Washington; a niece and nephews, Gretchen Berretta-Viglione and husband, Stefan; Matthew and wife, Yulia, Vincent and wife Dida, and Nicholas; two great nieces, Courtney and Elise, and a great nephew, Jayden.
With his sister and close friends present, Paul was buried beside his parents in the Condon Cemetery on Friday, July 13, 2018. A memorial service is planned for September 8, 2018 at the United Church of Christ at 1 p.m., with a gathering to follow in the fellowship hall.
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Symborg to be expert speaker at the Global Berry Congress in Rotterdam
The presentation will be on the advantages of using microorganisms and their application in the cultivation of berries.
The Global Berry Congress will be held from 27 to 29 March in Rotterdam, Holland.
The leading agricultural biotechnology and innovation company Symborg continues its work in disseminating the advantages of using microorganisms in agriculture. On 28 March, it will be giving a conference at the Global Berry Congress to be held in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Vincent Fuerte, Business Development Manager of the company, will give a presentation on the use of microorganisms in intensive production guarantees competitive advantage, using examples of success stories and results at a global level in the cultivation of berries.
Because berries have antioxidant properties and multiple health benefits, many public health organisations both in the United States and in Europe are promoting berries to their population. Berries are frequently displayed in the main supermarkets and have become a growing trend for improving the image and increasing the health profiles of sales outlets. Consequently, consumption of red fruit and other types of berries continues to grow and penetration into the world market has multiplied several fold in recent years.
Last year, the Global Berry Congress was attended by more than 350 company professionals spanning 12 different sectors from a total of 30 countries. This year, the organisers have scheduled several presentations that explore consumer behaviour with regard to these types of products and seek new opportunities for increasing sales. Experts at the Congress will analyse existing markets in countries with consolidated consumption and assess the possibilities of generating new demand in emerging markets. There will also be two presentations on blackberries and honeyberries.
Symborg has developed a range of bio-stimulant products with demonstrated efficacy in these types of crops. Its products have repeatedly achieved production increases from 7% to 10% in strawberry production and in some cases even higher in plantations of these types of fruit. For strawberries, various trials have shown constant increases in numbers, size, and quality of the crops.
Symborg biotechnology is based on Glomus iranicum var. tenuihypharum, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) that stimulates the growth and productivity of most plants. When it comes into contact with the roots, it achieves a symbiotic relationship with them, even in conditions of intensive agricultural management. It helps the roots to develop better and absorb and transport more nutrients to the plants, generating very significant increases in crop yields.
Symborg has two international patents on Glomus iranicum var. tenuihypharum for its biological properties protecting, for the first time, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF).
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Needham & Company LLC Initiates Coverage on Twilio (NYSE:TWLO)
Posted by Logan Wallace on Jun 20th, 2019
Needham & Company LLC assumed coverage on shares of Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) in a research report issued on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. The firm set a “buy” rating and a $165.00 price target on the technology company’s stock. Needham & Company LLC’s price target suggests a potential upside of 12.63% from the stock’s previous close.
Several other research analysts have also recently commented on TWLO. Guggenheim initiated coverage on Twilio in a research report on Monday, March 11th. They set a “buy” rating and a $140.00 price target for the company. Morgan Stanley began coverage on Twilio in a research report on Friday, March 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $130.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Investment Research cut Twilio from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank raised their price objective on Twilio from $130.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price objective on Twilio from $132.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 25th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $139.52.
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Shares of NYSE TWLO opened at $146.50 on Tuesday. Twilio has a 52 week low of $53.17 and a 52 week high of $148.80. The company has a quick ratio of 5.83, a current ratio of 5.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a market cap of $17.77 billion, a P/E ratio of -183.13 and a beta of 1.30.
Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 30th. The technology company reported ($0.39) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by ($0.40). Twilio had a negative net margin of 17.87% and a negative return on equity of 9.50%. The company had revenue of $233.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $223.45 million. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.04) earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 80.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Twilio will post -1.4 EPS for the current year.
In other news, CEO Jeff Lawson sold 20,830 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.35, for a total transaction of $2,527,720.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, General Counsel Karyn Smith sold 24,491 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $138.56, for a total value of $3,393,472.96. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 112,232 shares of company stock worth $14,768,888. 10.85% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TWLO. BlackRock Inc. increased its stake in shares of Twilio by 26.4% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 4,956,403 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $640,268,000 after purchasing an additional 1,034,624 shares during the period. Coatue Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Twilio during the fourth quarter worth approximately $86,056,000. Jennison Associates LLC bought a new position in shares of Twilio during the first quarter worth approximately $123,478,000. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Twilio by 1,128.3% during the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 973,397 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $125,743,000 after purchasing an additional 894,151 shares during the period. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Twilio during the fourth quarter worth approximately $72,497,000. Institutional investors own 73.04% of the company’s stock.
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Twilio Inc provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate communications within software applications in the United States and internationally. The company's programmable communications cloud provides a set of application programming interfaces that enable developers to embed voice, messaging, and video capabilities into their applications.
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Slaton, Johnson have Texans headed in right direction
Matt Trowbridge
Dec 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM Dec 26, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Ahman Green was supposed to save Houston’s ground game. When the $23-million free agent was hurt his first year, the Texans signed former 1,000-yard rusher Chris Brown as insurance. But rookie Steve Slaton turned out to be the key to the best rushing attack in Texans' history.
Ahman Green was supposed to save Houston’s ground game. When the $23-million free agent was hurt his first year, the Texans signed former 1,000-yard rusher Chris Brown as insurance.
They also used a low third-round pick on Steve Slaton to be a third-down back.
Plan B didn’t even make it to opening day; Brown was hurt in training camp. Plan A didn’t last much longer; Green, the former Packer star, has had another injury-plagued season, gaining just 294 yards. Plan C then became Plan D. The Texans junked the idea of Slaton as a change-of-pace back and made him their workhorse.
And that’s how they wound up with their best rushing attack in the team’s seven-year history.
“He has been exceptional,” coach Gary Kubiak said in a conference call. “He has been more than we expected. The way he has held up, the way he has handled protection, all the things that go with being a pro. We knew that he could run the ball, but just all the other things that you have to do in this league on every down has been a pleasant surprise.”
In short, everything Matt Forte has meant for the Bears (9-6), Slaton has meant for the Texans (7-8). Maybe even more so. The Bears tout Forte as only the seventh rookie in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards and catch 50 passes. Well, Slaton (1,190 yards) can match that feat with five catches against the Bears in Sunday’s season finale. And while Forte is tied for 33rd among the NFL’s top 40 rushers in yards per carry (3.9), Slaton is tied with Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson for sixth at 4.8.
“They are both really important to their team, I know that,” Kubiak said. “I knew that (Forte) was going to be a fine young back, too. ... It will be good to see both of them go to work. It is unusual to have a rookie make that much of an impact, especially at that position, but those two guys have made major impacts.
“Any time a rookie back in this league is a three-down player and on the field all the time, it tells you he’s something special. (Forte) can also go outside and run routes, which you don’t see much in this league.”
This is the second time Forte will be matched against a fellow, versatile rookie star runner. The Bears earlier played against Tennessee’s Chris Johnson (1,228 yards rushing, 43 receptions). Johnson, Slaton and Forte rank Nos. 6, 7 and 8 in the NFL in rushing.
“This is the best our running game has been since I’ve been here,” Texans receiver Andre Johnson said.
It’s the best their passing game has been, too. Thanks in large part to Johnson.
The Texans have passed for a team-record 4,146 yards, despite Matt Schaub missing five starts. Tight end Owen Daniels and wide receiver Kevin Walter both have more than 800 yards receiving. And Johnson leads the NFL with a team-record 1,427 yards on 105 catches.
“He has had as good of a year as I have ever been around, and I have been around some good receivers,” Kubiak said. “He is the leader of our offense.”
While the Bears hope a win vaults them into the playoffs, the Texans, after an 0-4 start, are hoping to finish with their second .500 season.
“We have a lot of guys who can go out and make plays,” Johnson said. “It’s all working out. The more we are together, the better we are going to get. It’s headed in the right direction now.”
Matt Trowbridge can be reached at (815) 987-1383 or mtrowbridge@rrstar.com.
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Outrage After Tree is Cut Down to Improve View of Billboard
Stephen Messenger smessenger
As living fixtures upon otherwise cold and stark scenes of urban sprawl, trees play a vital role in preserving the health and emotional wellness of a city and its denizens -- but to some, sadly, they are seen as just getting in the way.
For nearly three decades, a stately Linden tree grew in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio, its canopy offering a welcome sight to passing motorists and pedestrians along the major thoroughfare where it had been planted. Recently, however, the community was appalled to discover that that healthy, 30-foot tall tree had been reduced to a stump one day without a clear reason as to why.
After an investigation, ABC affiliate NewsNet 5 uncovered the culprit -- Clear Channel, the owner of a massive billboard installed nearby. The tree's oxygen producing leaves, so it seems, were partially obscuring the important message plastered along the roadside eyesore, apparently something about Kenny Chesney.
"I was shocked when I saw the tree. It was cut down, the head was lopped off, it was so upsetting," said local business-owner Maria Keckan. "It was a healthy tree, it could have been trimmed. The company did not call us. The city didn't notify us. It's on our tree lawn."
Those most familiar with the tree weren't the only ones bothered by the sudden loss of the tree. Although Clear Channel was issued a permit by the city to clear the obstruction, councilman Brian Cummins says that he's not sure why they were allowed to remove the tree entirely. He has pledged to delve deeper into the matter.
Still, that offer little comfort for Neil McCormick, who operate works near to where the tree had been cleared for the sake of a billboard.
"You can only cut down a tree if the tree is sick, or if somehow it's a hazard or danger," McCormick tells NewsNet 5. "Here we are tree city, the forest city, and to see a tree get whacked because of business interests?"
While this case may seem rather shocking to any sensible city-dweller, what may be more so is the fact that the it's not entirely uncommon. Thanks to the lobbying of big-business, like media giant Clear Channel, cities across the US have laws on the book that allow for the removal of trees to preserve the clear line of sight to billboards.
But, of course, that needn't be the case.
"I was shocked when I saw the tree. It was cut down, the head was lopped off, it was so upsetting," said one Cleveland business-owner.
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INTERIOR 3D RENDERING
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interiors, sometimes including the exterior, of a space or building, to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the end user. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, space planning, site inspections, programming, research, communicating with the stakeholders of a project, construction management, and execution of the design.
1History and current terms
1.1Commercial interior design and management
1.2Transition to professional interior design
1.3Expansion
2Interior decorators and interior designers
2.1Interior designer
2.2Color in interior design
3Specialties
3.1Residential
3.2Commercial
3.3Other
4Profession
4.1Education
4.2Working conditions
5Styles
5.1Art Deco
5.2Modern Art
5.3Arab Materials
6Media popularization
7Interior design examples
8Notable interior decorators
10References and sources
11External links
History and current terms[edit]
Typical interior of one of the houses in the Folk Architecture Reservation in Vlkolínec (Slovakia)
In the past, interiors were put together instinctively as a part of the process of building.[1] The profession of interior design has been a consequence of the development of society and the complex architecture that has resulted from the development of industrial processes. The pursuit of effective use of space, user well-being and functional design has contributed to the development of the contemporary interior design profession.[2] The profession of interior design is separate and distinct from the role of Interior Decorator, a term commonly used in the US. The term is less common in the UK where the profession of interior design is still unregulated and therefore, strictly speaking, not yet officially a profession.
In ancient India, architects used to work as interior designers. This can be seen from the references of Vishwakarma the architect - one of the gods in Indian mythology. Additionally, the sculptures depicting ancient texts and events are seen in palaces built in 17th-century India.
In ancient Egypt, "soul houses" or models of houses were placed in tombs as receptacles for food offerings. From these, it is possible to discern details about the interior design of different residences throughout the different Egyptian dynasties, such as changes in ventilation, porticoes, columns, loggias, windows, and doors.[3]
Throughout the 17th and 18th century and into the early 19th century, interior decoration was the concern of the homemaker, or an employed upholsterer or craftsman who would advise on the artistic style for an interior space. Architects would also employ craftsmen or artisans to complete interior design for their buildings.
Commercial interior design and management[edit]
In the mid-to-late 19th century, interior design services expanded greatly, as the middle class in industrial countries grew in size and prosperity and began to desire the domestic trappings of wealth to cement their new status. Large furniture firms began to branch out into general interior design and management, offering full house furnishings in a variety of styles. This business model flourished from the mid-century to 1914, when this role was increasingly usurped by independent, often amateur, designers. This paved the way for the emergence of the professional interior design in the mid-20th century.[4]
Illustrated catalog of the James Shoolbred Company, published in 1876.
In the 1950s and 1960s, upholsterers began to expand their business remits. They framed their business more broadly and in artistic terms and began to advertise their furnishings to the public. To meet the growing demand for contract interior work on projects such as offices, hotels, and public buildings, these businesses became much larger and more complex, employing builders, joiners, plasterers, textile designers, artists, and furniture designers, as well as engineers and technicians to fulfil the job. Firms began to publish and circulate catalogs with prints for different lavish styles to attract the attention of expanding middle classes.[4]
As department stores increased in number and size, retail spaces within shops were furnished in different styles as examples for customers. One particularly effective advertising tool was to set up model rooms at national and international exhibitions in showrooms for the public to see. Some of the pioneering firms in this regard were Waring & Gillow, James Shoolbred, Mintons, and Holland & Sons. These traditional high-quality furniture making firms began to play an important role as advisers to unsure middle class customers on taste and style, and began taking out contracts to design and furnish the interiors of many important buildings in Britain.[5]
This type of firm emerged in America after the Civil War. The Herter Brothers, founded by two German emigre brothers, began as an upholstery warehouse and became one of the first firms of furniture makers and interior decorators. With their own design office and cabinet-making and upholstery workshops, Herter Brothers were prepared to accomplish every aspect of interior furnishing including decorative paneling and mantels, wall and ceiling decoration, patterned floors, and carpets and draperies.[6]
Illustration from The Grammar of Ornament (1856), by interior designer Owen Jones.
A pivotal figure in popularizing theories of interior design to the middle class was the architect Owen Jones, one of the most influential design theorists of the nineteenth century.[7] Jones' first project was his most important—in 1851 he was responsible for not only the decoration of Joseph Paxton’s gigantic Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition, but also for the arrangement of the exhibits within. He chose a controversial palette of red, yellow, and blue for the interior ironwork and, despite initial negative publicity in the newspapers, was eventually unveiled by Queen Victoria to much critical acclaim. His most significant publication was The Grammar of Ornament (1856),[8] in which Jones formulated 37 key principles of interior design and decoration.
Jones was employed by some of the leading interior design firms of the day; in the 1860s he worked in collaboration with the London firm Jackson & Graham to produce furniture and other fittings for high-profile clients including art collector Alfred Morrison and the Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha.
In 1882, the London Directory of the Post Office listed 80 interior decorators. Some of the most distinguished companies of the period were Crace, Waring & Gillow and Holland & Sons; famous decorators employed by these firms included Thomas Edward Collcutt, Edward William Godwin, Charles Barry, Gottfried Semper, and George Edmund Street.[9]
Transition to professional interior design[edit]
This interior was designed by John Dibblee Crace, President of the Institute of British Decorators, established in 1899.
By the turn of the 20th century, amateur advisors and publications were increasingly challenging the monopoly that the large retail companies had on interior design. English feminist author Mary Haweis wrote a series of widely read essays in the 1880s in which she derided the eagerness with which aspiring middle-class people furnished their houses according to the rigid models offered to them by the retailers.[10] She advocated the individual adoption of a particular style, tailor made to the individual needs and preferences of the customer:
"One of my strongest convictions, and one of the first canons of good taste, is that our houses, like the fish’s shell and the bird’s nest, ought to represent our individual taste and habits.
The move towards decoration as a separate artistic profession unrelated to the manufacturers and retailers, received an impetus with the 1899 formation of the Institute of British Decorators; with John Dibblee Crace as its president it represented almost 200 decorators around the country.[11] By 1915, the London Directory listed 127 individuals trading as interior decorators, of which 10 were women. Rhoda and Agnes Garrett were the first women to train professionally as home decorators in 1874. The importance of their work on design was regarded at the time as on a par with that of William Morris. In 1876, their work - Suggestions for House Decoration in Painting, Woodwork and Furniture - spread their ideas on artistic interior design to a wide middle-class audience.[12]
By 1900, the situation was described by The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder:
"Until recently when a man wanted to furnish he would visit all the dealers and select piece by piece of furniture ....Today he sends for a dealer in art furnishings and fittings who surveys all the rooms in the house and he brings his artistic mind to bear on the subject."[13]
In America, Candace Wheeler was one of the first woman interior designers and helped encourage a new style of American design. She was instrumental in the development of art courses for women in a number of major American cities and was considered a national authority on homedesign. An important influence on the new profession was The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman in 1897 in America. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially those rooms that were decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argued that such rooms emphasized upholstery at the expense of proper space planning and architectural design and were, therefore, uncomfortable and rarely used. The book is considered a seminal work and its success led to the emergence of professional decorators working in the manner advocated by its authors, most notably Elsie de Wolfe.[14]
Elsie de Wolfe, taken from The House in Good Taste, 1913.
Elsie De Wolfe was one of the first female interior designers. Rejecting the Victorian style she grew up with, she chose a more vibrant scheme, along with more comfortable furniture in the home. Her designs were light, with fresh colors and delicate Chinoiserie furnishings, as opposed to the Victorian preference of heavy, red drapes and upholstery, dark wood and intensely patterned wallpapers. Her designs were also more practical;[15] she eliminated the clutter that occupied the Victorian home, enabling people to entertain more guests comfortably. In 1905, de Wolfe was commissioned for the interior design of the Colony Club on Madison Avenue; its interiors garnered her recognition almost over night.[16][17] She compiled her ideas into her widely read 1913 book, The House in Good Taste.[18]
In England, Syrie Maugham became a legendary interior designer credited with designing the first all-white room. Starting her career in the early 1910s, her international reputation soon grew; she later expanded her business to New York City and Chicago.[19] Born during the Victorian Era, a time characterized by dark colors and small spaces, she instead designed rooms filled with light and furnished in multiple shades of white and mirrored screens. In addition to mirrored screens, her trademark pieces included: books covered in white vellum, cutlery with white porcelain handles, console tables with plaster palm-frond, shell, or dolphin bases, upholstered and fringed sleigh beds, fur carpets, dining chairs covered in white leather, and lamps of graduated glass balls, and wreaths.[20]
Expansion[edit]
The interior design profession became more established after World War II. From the 1950s onwards, spending on the home increased. Interior design courses were established, requiring the publication of textbooks and reference sources. Historical accounts of interior designers and firms distinct from the decorative arts specialists were made available. Organisations to regulate education, qualifications, standards and practices, etc. were established for the profession.[18]
Interior design was previously seen as playing a secondary role to architecture. It also has many connections to other design disciplines, involving the work of architects, industrial designers, engineers, builders, craftsmen, etc. For these reasons, the government of interior design standards and qualifications was often incorporated into other professional organisations that involved design.[18] Organisations such as the Chartered Society of Designers, established in the UK in 1986, and the American Designers Institute, founded in 1938, governed various areas of design.
It was not until later that specific representation for the interior design profession was developed. The US National Society of Interior Designers was established in 1957, while in the UK the Interior Decorators and Designers Association was established in 1966. Across Europe, other organisations such as The Finnish Association of Interior Architects (1949) were being established and in 1994 the International Interior Design Association was founded.[18]
Ellen Mazur Thomson, author of Origins of Graphic Design in America (1997), determined that professional status is achieved through education, self-imposed standards and professional gate-keeping organizations.[18] Having achieved this, interior design became an accepted profession.
Interior decorators and interior designers[edit]
Interior design in a restaurant
Interior design is the art and science of understanding people's behavior to create functional spaces within a building. Decoration is the furnishing or adorning of a space with fashionable or beautiful things. In short, interior designers may decorate, but decorators do not design.[21]
Interior designer[edit]
Interior designer implies that there is more of an emphasis on planning, functional design and the effective use of space, as compared to interior decorating. An interior designer can undertake projects that include arranging the basic layout of spaces within a building as well as projects that require an understanding of technical issues such as window and door positioning, acoustics, and lighting.[1] Although an interior designer may create the layout of a space, they may not alter load-bearing walls without having their designs stamped for approval by a structural engineer. Interior designers often work directly with architects, engineers and contractors.
Interior designers must be highly skilled in order to create interior environments that are functional, safe, and adhere to building codes, regulations and ADA requirements. They go beyond the selection of color palettes and furnishings and apply their knowledge to the development of construction documents, occupancy loads, healthcare regulations and sustainable design principles, as well as the management and coordination of professional services including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and life safety—all to ensure that people can live, learn or work in an innocuous environment that is also aesthetically pleasing.
Someone may wish to specialize and develop technical knowledge specific to one area or type of interior design, such as residential design, commercial design, hospitality design, healthcare design, universal design, exhibition design, furniture design, and spatial branding. Interior design is a creative profession that is relatively new, constantly evolving, and often confusing to the public. It is not an artistic pursuit and relies on research from many fields to provide a well-trained understanding of how people are influenced by their environments.
Color in interior design[edit]
Color is a powerful design tool in decorating, and interior design which is the art of composition, and coordinates colors together to create stylish scheme.[22] Interior designers have knowledge about colors to understand psychological effects, and meaning of each color to create suitable combinations for each place.[23] Combining Color also gives a certain state of mind, and has positive and negative effects. It makes a room feel more calm, cheerful, comfortable or dramatic. It also makes a tiny room seem larger or smaller.[24]So it is the Interior designer profession to choose appropriate colors for a place in a way people want to look and feel in the space.[23]
Specialties[edit]
The interior of a private residence.
An electric wire reel reused as a center table in a Rio de Janeiro decoration fair.
Residential[edit]
Residential design is the design of the interior of private residences. As this type design is very specific for individual situations, the needs and wants of the individual are paramount in this area of interior design. The interior designer may work on the project from the initial planning stage or may work on the remodelling of an existing structure. It is often a very involved process that takes months to fine-tune and create a space with the vision of the client.[25]
Commercial[edit]
Commercial design encompasses a wide range of subspecialties.
Retail: includes malls and shopping centers, department stores, specialty stores, visual merchandising, and showrooms.
Visual and spatial branding: The use of space as a medium to express a corporate brand.
Corporate: office design for any kind of business such as banks.
Healthcare: the design of hospitals, assisted living facilities, medical offices, dentist offices, psychiatric facilities, laboratories, medical specialist facilities.
Hospitality and recreation: includes hotels, motels, resorts, cruise ships, cafes, bars, casinos, nightclubs, theaters, music and concert halls, opera houses, sports venues, restaurants, gyms, health clubs and spas, etc.
Institutional: government offices, financial institutions (banks and credit unions), schools and universities, religious facilities, etc.
Industrial facilities: manufacturing and training facilities as well as import and export facilities.[25]
Exhibition: includes museums, gallery, exhibition hall, specially the design for showroom and exhibition gallery.
Traffic building: includes bus station, subway station, airports, pier, etc.
Sports: includes gyms, stadiums, swimming rooms, basketball halls, etc.
Teaching in a private institute that offer classes of interior design
Employment in private sector firms
Other areas of specialization include amusement and theme park design, museum and exhibition design, exhibit design, event design (including ceremonies, weddings, baby and bridal showers, parties, conventions, and concerts), interior and prop styling, craft styling, food styling, product styling, tablescape design, theatre and performance design, stage and set design, scenic design, and production design for film and television. Beyond those, interior designers, particularly those with graduate education, can specialize in healthcare design, gerontological design, educational facility design, and other areas that require specialized knowledge. Some university programs offer graduate studies in theses and other areas. For example, both Cornell University and the University of Florida offer interior design graduate programs in environment and behavior studies.
Profession[edit]
Installment by L. Gargantini for the Bolzano fair, 1957. Photo by Paolo Monti (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC).
Main article: Interior design education
There are various paths that one can take to become a professional interior designer. All of these paths involve some form of training. Working with a successful professional designer is an informal method of training and has previously been the most common method of education. In many states, however, this path alone cannot lead to licensing as a professional interior designer. Training through an institution such as a college, art or design school or university is a more formal route to professional practice.
In the UK and the U.S, several university degree courses are now available, including those on interior architecture, taking three or four years to complete.
A formal education program, particularly one accredited by or developed with a professional organization of interior designers, can provide training that meets a minimum standard of excellence and therefore gives a student an education of a high standard. There are also university graduate and Ph.d. programs available for those seeking further training in a specific design specialization (i.e. gerontological or healthcare design) or those wishing to teach interior design at the university level.
Working conditions[edit]
There are a wide range of working conditions and employment opportunities within interior design. Large and tiny corporations often hire interior designers as employees on regular working hours. Designers for smaller firms usually work on a contract or per-job basis. Self-employed designers, which make up 26% of interior designers,[26] usually work the most hours. Interior designers often work under stress to meet deadlines, stay on budget, and meet clients' needs.
In some cases, licensed professionals review the work and sign it before submitting the design for approval by clients or construction permisioning. The need for licensed review and signature varies by locality, relevant legislation, and scope of work. Their work can involve significant travel to visit different locations. However, with technology development, the process of contacting clients and communicating design alternatives has become easier and requires less travel.[27] They also renovate a space to satisfy the specific taste for a client.
Art Deco[edit]
Terracotta Art Decosunburst design above front doors of the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles; built 1930.
The Art Deco style began in Europe in the early years of the 20th century, with the waning of Art Nouveau. The term "Art Deco" was taken from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, a world’s fair held in Paris in 1925.[28] Art Deco rejected many traditional classical influences in favour of more streamlined geometric forms and metallic color. The Art Deco style influenced all areas of design, especially interior design, because it was the first style of interior decoration to spotlight new technologies and materials.[29]
Art Deco style is mainly based on geometric shapes, streamlining, and clean lines.[30][31] The style offered a sharp, cool look of mechanized living utterly at odds with anything that came before.[32]
Art Deco rejected traditional materials of decoration and interior design, opting instead to use more unusual materials such as chrome, glass, stainless steel, shiny fabrics, mirrors, aluminium, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra skin.[29] The use of harder, metallic materials was chosen to celebrate the machine age. These materials reflected the dawning modern age that was ushered in after the end of the First World War. The innovative combinations of these materials created contrasts that were very popular at the time - for example the mixing together of highly polished wood and black lacquer with satin and furs.[33] The barber shop in the Austin Reed store in London was designed by P. J. Westwood. It was soon regarded as the trendiest barber shop in Britain due to its use of metallic materials.[32]
The color themes of Art Deco consisted of metallic color, neutral color, bright color, and black and white. In interior design, cool metallic colors including silver, gold, metallic blue, charcoal grey, and platinum tended to predominate.[30][34] Serge Chermayeff, a Russian-born British designer made extensive use of cool metallic colors and luxurious surfaces in his room schemes. His 1930 showroom design for a British dressmaking firm had a silver-grey background and black mirrored-glass wall panels.[32][35]
Black and white was also a very popular color scheme during the 1920s and 1930s. Black and white checkerboard tiles, floors and wallpapers were very trendy at the time.[36] As the style developed, bright vibrant colors became popular as well.[37]
Art Deco furnishings and lighting fixtures had a glossy, luxurious appearance with the use of inlaid wood and reflective finishes. The furniture pieces often had curved edges, geometric shapes, and clean lines.[28][32] Art Deco lighting fixtures tended to make use of stacked geometric patterns.[38]
Modern Art[edit]
"Modern design grew out of the decorative arts, mostly from the Art Deco, in the early 20th century."[39] One of the first to introduce this style was Frank Lloyd Wright, who hadn't become hugely popularized until completing the house called Fallingwater in the 1930s. "Modern art reached its peak in the 1950s and 60s which is why designers and decorators today may refer to modern design as being "mid-century."[39] Modern Art does not refer to the era or age of design. "Modern art is not the same as contemporary design, which is a term that interior designers apply to a shifting group of recent styles and trends."[39]
Arab Materials[edit]
“Majlis painting”, also called nagash painting, is the decoration of the majlis or front parlor of traditional Arabic homes in the Asir province of Saudi Arabia and adjoining parts of Yemen These wall paintings, an arabesque form of mural or fresco, show various geometric designs in bright colors: “Called 'nagash' in Arabic, the wall paintings were a mark of pride for a woman in her house.”[40]
The geometric designs and heavy lines seem to be adapted from the area’s textile and weaving patterns. “In contrast with the sobriety of architecture and decoration in the rest of Arabia, exuberant color and ornamentation characterize those of 'Asir. The painting extends into the house over the walls and doors, up the staircases, and onto the furniture itself. When a house is being painted, women from the community help each other finish the job. The building then displays their shared taste and knowledge. Mothers pass these on to their daughters. This artwork is based on a geometry of straight lines and suggests the patterns common to textile weaving, with solid bands of different colors. Certain motifs reappear, such as the triangular mihrab or 'niche' and the palmette. In the past, paint was produced from mineral and vegetable pigments. Cloves and alfalfa yielded green. Blue came from the indigo plant. Red came from pomegranates and a certain mud. Paintbrushes were created from the tough hair found in a goat's tail. Today, however, women use modern manufactured paint to create new looks, which have become an indicator of social and economic change.”[41]
Women in the Asir province often complete the decoration and painting of the house interior. “You could tell a family’s wealth by the paintings,” Um Abdullah says: “If they didn’t have much money, the wife could only paint the motholath,” the basic straight, simple lines, in patterns of three to six repetitions in red, green, yellow and brown.” When women did not want to paint the walls themselves, they could barter with other women who would do the work. Several Saudi women have become famous as majlis painters, such as Fatima Abou Gahas.[40]
The interior walls of the home are brightly painted by the women, who work in defined patterns with lines, triangles, squares, diagonals and tree-like patterns. “Some of the large triangles represent mountains. Zigzag lines stand for water and also for lightning. Small triangles, especially when the widest area is at the top, are found in pre-Islamic representations of female figures. That the small triangles found in the wall paintings in ‘Asir are called banat may be a cultural remnant of a long-forgotten past.”[40]
"Courtyards and upper pillared porticoes are principal features of the best Nadjdi architecture, in addition to the fine incised plaster wood (jiss) and painted window shutters, which decorate the reception rooms. Good examples of plasterwork can often be seen in the gaping ruins of torn-down buildings- the effect is light, delicate and airy. It is usually around the majlis, around the coffee hearth and along the walls above where guests sat on rugs, against cushions. Doughty wondered if this "parquetting of jis", this "gypsum fretwork... all adorning and unenclosed" originated from India. However, the Najd fretwork seems very different from that seen in the Eastern Province and Oman, which are linked to Indian traditions, and rather resembles the motifs and patterns found in ancient Mesopotamia. The rosette, the star, the triangle and the stepped pinnacle pattern of dadoes are all ancient patterns, and can be found all over the Middle East of antiquity. Al-Qassim Province seems to be the home of this art, and there it is normally worked in hard white plaster (though what you see is usually begrimed by the smoke of the coffee hearth). In Riyadh, examples can be seen in unadorned clay.[42]
Media popularization[edit]
Main article: Interior design magazine
Interior design has become the subject of television shows. In the United Kingdom (UK), popular interior design and decorating programs include 60 Minute Makeover (ITV), Changing Rooms (BBC), and Selling Houses (Channel 4). Famous interior designers whose work is featured in these programs include Linda Barker and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. In the United States, the TLC Network aired a popular program called Trading Spaces, a show based on the UK program Changing Rooms. In addition, both Home & Garden Television (HGTV) and the Discovery Home networks also televise many programs about interior design and decorating, featuring the works of a variety of interior designers, decorators and home improvement experts in a myriad of projects.
Fictional interior decorators include the Sugarbaker sisters on Designing Women and Grace Adler on Will & Grace. There is also another show called Home MADE. There are two teams and two houses and whoever has the designed and made the worst room, according to the judges, is eliminated. Another show on the Style Network, hosted by Niecy Nash, is Clean House where they re-do messy homes into themed rooms that the clients would like. Other shows include Design on a Dime, Designed to Sell, and The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price. The show called Design Star has become more popular through the 5 seasons that have already aired. The winners of this show end up getting their own TV shows, of which are Color Splash hosted by David Bromstad, Myles of Style hosted by Kim Myles, Paint-Over! hosted by Jennifer Bertrand, The Antonio Treatment hosted by Antonio Ballatore, and finally Secrets from a Stylist hosted by Emily Henderson. Bravo also has a variety of shows that explore the lives of interior designers. These include Flipping Out, which explores the life of Jeff Lewis and his team of designers; Million Dollar Decorators explores the lives of interior designers Nathan Turner, Jeffrey Alan Marks, Mary McDonald, Kathryn Ireland, and Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
Interior design has also become the subject of radio shows. In the U.S., popular interior design & lifestyle shows include Martha Stewart Living and Living Large featuring Karen Mills. Famous interior designers whose work is featured on these programs include Bunny Williams, Barbara Barry, and Kathy Ireland, among others.
Many interior design magazines exist to offer advice regarding color palette, furniture, art, and other elements that fall under the umbrella of interior design. These magazine often focus on related subjects to draw a more specific audience. For instance, architecture as a primary aspect of Dwell, while Veranda is well known as a luxury living magazine. Lonny Magazine and the newly relaunched, Domino Magazine, cater to a young, hip, metropolitan audience, and emphasize accessibility and a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to interior design.
Interior design examples[edit]
Hotel San Domenico in Taormina
Villa del Balbianello
Apothecary room
Lenno Villa
A salong
Bar in Rotterdam
Balboa Bay Club
Springer- Hochhaus
Birendra rana house :-
Notable interior decorators[edit]
Main pages: Category:Interior designers and Category:Interior design firms
See also: Category:Interior designers by nationality
Other early interior decorators:
Sibyl Colefax
Dorothy Draper
Pierre François Léonard Fontaine
Syrie Maugham
Margery Hoffman Smith
Elsie de Wolfe
Arthur Stannard Vernay
Many of the most famous designers and decorators during the 20th century had no formal training. Some examples include Sister Parish, Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade, Kerry Joyce, Kelly Wearstler, Stéphane Boudin, Georges Geffroy, Emilio Terry, Carlos de Beistegui, Nina Petronzio, Lorenzo Mongiardino, and David Nightingale Hicks.
Notable interior designers in the world today include Scott Salvator, Jonathan Adler, Michael S. Smith, Martin Brudnizki, Kelly Hoppen, Kelly Wearstler, Andrew Martin International, Nina Campbell, David Collins, Nate Berkus, Sandra Espinet, Jo Hamilton, Premdas krishna and Nicky Haslam.
Design portal
British Institute of Interior Design
Environmental psychology and Interior design psychology
Experiential interior design
Fuzzy architectural spatial analysis
1960s decor
Getty Designs - interior design photo bank
Interior design regulation in the United States
Japanese Interior Design
Primitive decorating
Chartered Society of Designers incorporating the British Institute of Interior Design as of 1988 (formerly the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators founded 1894)
Worshipful Company of Painters and Stainers granted Inspeximus in 1466 with origins
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Jakarta / Sun, February 10, 2019 / 10:07 am
Despite a decrease in the number of corruption cases, incompetence among local leaders remains worrisome. (Shutterstock/Atstock Productions)
Antigraft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has released a report that details cases of corruption within local administrations in 2018, revealing that there has been a decrease in such cases over the past four years.
Despite the decrease, however, ICW researchers noted that incompetence among lower-level local leaders was a worrisome fact that explained the rampant level of corruption at the subnational level.
The report documented 454 graft cases involving 1,087 suspects, including two governors and 35 district heads and mayors, in 2018, compared to 576 cases involving 1,298 suspects, including 29 local leaders the previous year. East Java topped the list of provinces with the most cases, followed by Central Java.
Last year, corruption cost the government almost Rp 5.6 trillion (US$401.45 million), down 13.8 percent from Rp 6.5 trillion in the 2017.
“About 89 percent of cases occurred at the district and village level, while 11 percent of cases occurred at the national level,” ICW researcher Wana Alamsyah said during the launch of the report at the antigraft watchdog’s office recently.
He said 52 percent of all cases in 2018 were handled by state prosecutors, 36 percent by police and 13 percent by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Corruption in Indonesia is a major concern for the public, although hard data on such crimes is difficult to collect. Corruption has remained one of the country’s most persistent problems since the end of the New Order regime. While Indonesia’s score on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has shifted to 37thposition in 2017 from 20thin 1998, graft remains rife, and the country still ranks below former province Timor Leste. Two key areas of the public sector in which corruption remain prevalent are the judiciary and civil service sectors.
The ICW said that cases in regional governments typically involved abuse of the local or state budget, corruption in procurement projects, illegally obtaining permits for infrastructure projects, or bribery to secure promotions.
“There were more cases in East Java in 2018 than anywhere else, with 52 cases that caused a total of Rp 125.9 billion in state losses. Next in line was Central Java and then South Sulawesi,” Wana said.
He added that the ICW had identified East Java as the province with the most number of cases in the last four years.
Last year, the KPK named 41 of Malang’s 45 councilors suspects, along with then-Malang mayor Mochamad Anton, in an alleged bribery case related to the city’s budget deliberation for 2015. Half of the councilors were seeking reelection, while one was running in the mayoral election.
As for villages, the watchdog said it recorded 104 cases, costing the state Rp 1.2 trillion, across the archipelago last year. A number of cases were related to village funds, which is among the top five sectors most prone to corruption.
“The reports on the misallocation of funds and corruption are due to a lack of participation from villagers and poor monitoring,” Wana said. He said further that the village heads were “incompetent” in handling large amounts of money.
The village funds program, which has become a flagship policy of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration, has provided between Rp 800 million and Rp 1 billion to each of the 73,670 villages across the archipelago to stimulate infrastructure development.
KPK commissioner Agus Rahardjo has called on the government to strengthen the role of local administrations’ internal monitoring bodies to reduce corruption at the local level.
KPK deputy chairman Saut Situmorang also encouraged other local leaders to remain confident in leading their areas, while maintaining integrity amid a crackdown on corruption across the country.
“So long as they maintain their integrity, there’s nothing to worry about,” he said. (das)
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Austria pledges to house 1500 Syrian refugees
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Syrian refugees use wheelbarrows as makeshift baby carriages in Za'atari refugee camp, near the Syrian border in northern Jordan. Photo: UNHCR
At a high level meeting in Geneva on Friday, Austria pledged to resettle 1500 Syrian refugees over the next year.
At the meeting for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, the displacement of Syrian refugees has been high on the agenda.
The Swedish delegation has been leading an international working group with the task of finding homes for an estimated 34,000 Syrian asylum seekers, Sveriges Radio reports. It cited Austria in particular as pledging to accept 1500 Syrian asylum seekers over the next 12 months, slightly more than Sweden's commitment of 1200.
In the past, Sweden has accepted a disproportionately larger number of refugees from the region than other EU countries, consisting of nearly 20% of the EU's total asylum seekers in 2013.
Following talks between Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billström and dozens of other senior politicians, a total of 21 countries around the world have agreed to follow Sweden's lead in tackling the issue.
New offers of resettlement or humanitarian admissions for Syrian refugees were pledged by Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland and Uruguay. In all, 565 new places were announced during a high-level meeting of 42 countries, taking the total number of offers received since mid-2013 to more than 34,700 places. In addition, the United States has pledged open-ended resettlement numbers.
The majority of offers to date come from European states, with Germany having offered over half the global total. In all 22 countries have offered places for Syrian refugees so far.
High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said: "I hope this momentum continues over the coming months. Resettlement and other humanitarian admission programmes are critical and can be life-saving for the victims of the conflict in Syria. This represents another expression of solidarity with the host countries and the communities that have been suffering the impact of this terrible conflict on their economy and society."
Co-chair of the meeting, Billström said: "It is important that more states join UNHCR's resettlement and other forms of admission programmes. Providing resettlement for the most vulnerable Syrian refugees also clearly demonstrates our solidarity with the host governments in the region, as well as with the people who are fleeing and who are in need of our immediate protection."
UNHCR has asked States to provide 30,000 resettlement and humanitarian admissions places for Syrian refugees in 2013 and 2014. A further 100,000 places are being sought for 2015 and 2016.
UNHCR continues to urge States to consider all solutions that can provide secure, urgent and effective protection for Syrian refugees in need. UNHCR anticipates that in the coming years, there will be increasing numbers of vulnerable Syrian refugees who will be in need.
States are also being encouraged to offer programmes to complement resettlement for Syrians, for example allowing relatives to join family members, scholarships for Syrian students, or medical evacuations for refugees with serious health conditions.
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Vienna State Opera opens its doors for the 'ball of balls'
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The opening ceremony of the ball (2014). Photo: Gryffindor/Wikimedia
The Vienna State Opera House is rolling out the red carpet for the 5,000 guests expected to attend tonight's Opera Ball.
The prestigious social event attracts celebrities from around the globe. This year Austria's new president Alexander Van der Bellen will be attending, accompanied by his wife. Chancellor Christian Kern will also be attending, for the first time in his official function as head of the government. American actress Goldie Hawn will be Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner's celebrity guest.
The ball has taken place each year on the Thursday before Lent since the mid-19th century. Tickets cost from around €215 to €16,000 for one of the coveted private boxes.
For the first time a woman, Italian Speranza Scappucci, will conduct the ball. Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann will perform ‘La fleur que tu m'avais jetee' from Carmen. In another first, there will be a general smoking ban throughout the Opera House. There will be heated smoking zones with a bar under the arcades on either side of the building.
The Ringstrasse will be closed to general traffic between Schwarzenbergplatz and Operngasse from 8pm to around 11pm, while the guests arrive. From 7pm the tram lines 1, 2 and D will be rerouted via via Schwedenplatz and Schottenring. Bus lines 71 and 59A will also be affected.
For the first time in several years there will also be a demonstration against the ball, organised by the Communist Youth (KJÖ) and Communist Student Union (KSV), which will meet in the 15th district at around 4.30pm and march down Mariahilferstrasse to the Omofuma monument. They are protesting against what they see as a decadent display of wealth, at a time when many people are living in poverty.
ORF television will feature a live broadcast of the ball, for around three hours.
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Delusions of the US Intelligence Apparatus
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A document released every four years shows a startling disconnect between US intelligence and the rest of the world.
By Tom Engelhardt
The US Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, DC, December 20, 2016. (Reuters / Joshua Roberts)
They call themselves the US “Intelligence Community,” or the IC. If you include the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which in 2005 began as a crew of 12 people, including its director, and by 2008 had already grown to a staff of 1,750, there are 17 members (adding up to an alphabet soup of acronyms including the CIA, the NSA, and the DIA). The IC spends something like $70 billion of your taxpayer dollars annually, mostly in secret, hires staggering numbers of private contractors from various warrior corporations to lend a hand, sucks up communications of every sort across the planet, runs a drone air force, monitors satellites galore, builds its agencies multibillion-dollar headquarters and storage facilities, and does all of this, ostensibly, to provide the president and the rest of the government with the best information imaginable on what’s happening in the world and what dangers the United States faces.
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Since 9/11, expansion has been the name of its game, as the leading intelligence agencies gained ever more power, prestige, and the big bucks, while wrapping themselves in an unprecedented blanket of secrecy. Typically, in the final days of the Obama administration, the National Security Agency was given yet more leeway to share the warrantless data it scoops up worldwide (including from American citizens) with ever more members of the IC.
And oh yes, in the weeks leading up to the inauguration of Donald Trump, several of those intelligence outfits found themselves in a knock-down, drag-out barroom brawl with our new tweeter in chief (who has begun threatening to downsize parts of the IC) over the possible Russian hacking of an American election and his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the process, they have received regular media plaudits for their crucial importance to all of us, our security and safety, along with tweeted curses from the then-president-elect.
Let me lay my own cards on the table here. Based on the relatively little we can know about the information the Intelligence Community has been delivering to the president and his people in these years, I’ve never been particularly impressed with its work. Again, given what’s available to judge from, it seems as if, despite its size, reach, money, and power, the IC has been caught “off-guard” by developments in our world with startling regularity and might be thought of as something closer to an “un-intelligence machine.” It’s always been my suspicion that, if a group of smart, out-of-the-box thinkers were let loose on purely open-source material, the US government might actually end up with a far more accurate view of our world and how it works, not to speak of what dangers lie in store for us.
There’s just one problem in saying such things. In an era when the secrecy around the Intelligence Community has only grown and those leaking information from it have been prosecuted with a fierceness unprecedented in our history, we out here in what passes for the world don’t have much of a way to judge the value of the “product” it produces.
There is, however, one modest exception to this rule. Every four years, before a newly elected president enters the Oval Office, the National Intelligence Council, or NIC, which bills itself as “the IC’s center for long-term strategic analysis,” produces just such a document. The NIC is largely staffed from the IC (evidently in significant measure from the CIA), presents “senior policymakers with coordinated views of the entire Intelligence Community, including National Intelligence Estimates,” and does other classified work of various sorts.
Still, proudly and with some fanfare, it makes public one lengthy document quadrennially for any of us to read. Until now, that report has gone by the name of Global Trends with a futuristic year attached. The previous one, its fifth, made public just before Barack Obama’s second term in office, was Global Trends 2030. This one would have been the 2035 edition, had the NIC not decided to drop that futuristic year for what it calls fear of “false precision” (though projections of developments to 2035 are still part of the text). Instead, the sixth edition arrives as Global Trends: The Paradox of Progress, an anodyne phrase whose meaning is summarized this way: “The achievements of the industrial and information ages are shaping a world to come that is both more dangerous and richer with opportunity than ever before. Whether promise or peril prevails will turn on the choices of humankind.” According to the NIC, in producing such documents its role is to identify “key drivers and developments likely to shape world events a couple of decades into the future” for the incoming president and his people.
Think of Global Trends as another example of how the American world of intelligence has expanded in these years. Starting relatively modestly in 1997, the IC decided to go where no intelligence outfit had previously gone and plant its flag in the future. Chalk that up as a bold decision, since the future might be thought of as the most democratic as well as least penetrable of time frames. After all, any one of us is free to venture there any time we choose without either financing or staff. It’s also a place where you can’t embed spies, you can’t gather communications from across the planet, you can’t bug the phones or hack into the e-mails of world leaders, no drones can fly, and there are no satellite images to study or interpret. Historically, until the NIC decided to make the future its property, it had largely been left to visionaries and kooks, dreamers and sci-fi writers—people, in short, with a penchant for thinking outside the box.
In these years, however, in the heartland of the world’s “sole superpower,” the urge to control and surveil everything grew to monumental proportions leading the IC directly into the future in the only way it knew how to do anything: monumentally. As a result, the new Global Trends boasts about the size and reach of the operation that produced it. Its team “visited more than 35 countries and one territory, soliciting ideas and feedback from over 2,500 people around the world from all walks of life.”
As its massive acknowledgements section makes clear, along with all the unnamed officials and staff who did the basic work and many people who were consulted but could not be identified, the staff talked to everyone from a former prime minister and two foreign ministers to an ambassador and a sci-fi writer, not to mention “senior officials and strategists worldwide…hundreds of natural and social scientists, thought leaders, religious figures, business and industry representatives, diplomats, development experts, and women, youth, and civil society organizations around the world.”
The NIC’s two-year intelligence voyage into a universe that, by definition, must remain unknown to us all, even made “extensive use of analytic simulations—employing teams of experts to represent key international actors—to explore the future trajectories for regions of the world, the international order, the security environment, and the global economy.” In other words, to produce this unclassified report on how, according to NIC Chairman Gregory Treverton, “the NIC is thinking about the future,” it mounted a major intelligence operation that—though no figures are offered—must have cost millions of dollars. In the hands of the IC, the future like the present is, it seems, an endlessly expensive proposition.
A Grim Future Offset By Cheer
If you’re now thinking about tossing your Ray Bradbury, Ursula Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, and Octavia Butler novels into the trash bin of history and diving into the newest Global Trends, then I’ve done you an enormous favor. I’ve already read it for you. And let me assure you that, unlike William Gibson’s “discovery” of cyberspace in his futuristic novel Neuromancer, the NIC’s document uncovers nothing in the future that hasn’t already been clearly identified in the present and isn’t obvious to you and just about everyone else on the planet. Perhaps Global Trends’ greatest achievement is to transform that future into a reading experience so mind-numbing that it was my own vale of tears. A completely typical sentence: “The most powerful actors of the future will be states, groups, and individuals who can leverage material capabilities, relationships, and information in a more rapid, integrated, and adaptive mode than in generations past.”
Admittedly, every now and then you stumble across a genuinely interesting stat or fact that catches your attention (“one in every 112 persons in the world is a refugee, an internally displaced person, or an asylum seeker”) and, on rare occasions, the odd thought stops you momentarily. Generally though, the future as imagined by the wordsmiths of the IC is a slog, a kind of living nightmare of groupthink.
Whatever quirky and original brains may be hidden in the depths of the IC, on the basis of Global Trends you would have to conclude that its collective brain, the one it assumedly offers to presidents and other officials, couldn’t be more mundane. Start with this: published on the eve of the Trumpian accession, it can’t seem to imagine anything truly new under the sun, including Donald J. Trump (who goes unmentioned in this glimpse of our future). Even as we watch our present world being upended daily, the authors of Global Trends can’t conceive of the genuine upending of much on this planet.
Perhaps that helps explain why its leadership felt so caught off-guard and discombobulated by our new president. In him, after all, the American future is already becoming the unimaginable American present, tweet by tweet. (And let me here express a bit of sympathy for President Trump. If Global Trends is typical of the kind of thinking and presentation that goes into the President’s Daily Brief from the Intelligence Community, then I’m not surprised that he chose to start skipping those sessions for almost anything else, including Fox and Friends and spitball fights with Meryl Streep and John Lewis).
As the IC imagines it, the near-future offers a relatively grim set of prospects, all transposed from obvious developments in our present moment, but each of them almost mechanistically offset by a hopeful conclusion: terrorism will undoubtedly spread and worsen (before it gets better); inequality will increase in a distinctly 1 percent world as anti-globalist sentiments sweep the planet and “populism,” along with more authoritarian ways of thinking, will continue to spread along with isolationist sentiments in the West (before other trends take hold); the risk of interstate conflict will increase thanks to China and Russia (even if the world will not be devastated by it); governing will grow harder globally and technology more potentially disruptive (though hope lurks close at hand); and the pressures of climate change are likely to create a more tenuous planet, short on food and especially water, and filled with the desperate and migrationally inclined (but is also likely to foster “a twenty-first-century set of common principles”). In truth, even the grimmest version of the IC’s future seems eerily mild, given the onrushing present—from a Trumpian presidency to the recently reported reality that eight billionaires now control the same amount of wealth as the bottom 50 percent of the planet’s population. (Only a year ago, it took 62 billionaires to hit that mark.) According to the Engelhardt Intelligence Council, the likelihood is that we’re already entering a future far more extreme than anything the NIC and its 2,500-plus outside experts can imagine.
The Global Trends crew seems incapable of imagining futures in which some version of the present doesn’t rule all. Despite the global wars of the last century that leveled significant parts of the planet, the arrival of climate change as history’s possible deal-breaker, and the 9/11 attacks, disjunctures are simply not in their playbook. As a result, their idea of futuristic extremes couldn’t be milder. In one of the report’s three scenarios, even the surprise use of a nuclear weapon for the first time since August 9, 1945—in a 2028 confrontation between India and Pakistan—is relieved of most of its potential punch. The bomb goes off not over a major city, killing hundreds of thousands, but in a desert area. And at what seems to be remarkably little cost, the shock of that single explosion miraculously brings a world of hostile powers, including the United States, China, and Russia, together in a strikingly upbeat fashion. (By 2028, it seems that Mr. Smith has indeed gone to Washington and so, in Global Trends, “President Smith” heartwarmingly shares a Nobel Peace Prize with China’s president for the “series of confidence-building measures and arms control agreements” that followed the nuclear incident).
I, of course, don’t have thousands of experts to consult in thinking about the future, but based on scientific work already on the record, I could still create a very different South Asian scenario, which wouldn’t exactly be a formula for uniting the planet behind a better security future. Just imagine that one of the “tactical” nuclear weapons the Pakistani military is already evidently beginning to store at its forward military bases was put to use in response to an Indian military challenge. Imagine, then, that it triggered not world peace, but an ongoing nuclear exchange between the two powers, each with significant arsenals of such weaponry. The results in South Asia could be mind boggling—up to 21 million direct deaths by one estimate. Scientists speculate however, that the effects of such a nuclear war would not be restricted to the region, but would spark a nuclear-winter scenario globally, destroying crops across the planet and possibly leading to up to a billion deaths.
Living in an All-American World
Such grim futures are, however, not for the NIC. Think of them as American imperial optimists and dreamers only masquerading as realists. If you want proof of this, it’s easy enough to find in Global Trends. Here, in fact, is the most curious aspect of that document: The members of the US Intelligence Community evidently can’t bear to look at the last 15 years of their own imperial history. Instead, in taking possession of the future, they simply leave the post-9/11 American past in a roadside ditch and move on. In the future they imagine, much of that past is missing in action, including, of course, Donald J. Trump. (As a group, they must be Clintonistas. At least I can imagine Hillary wonkishly making her way through their document, but The Donald? Don’t make me laugh).
Give them credit at least for accepting the obvious: that we will no longer be on a “unipolar planet” dominated by a single superpower, but in a world of “spheres of influence.” (“For better and worse, the emerging global landscape is drawing to a close an era of American dominance following the Cold War…”) But you can search their document in vain for the word “decline.” Forget that they were putting together their report at the very moment that the first openly declinist candidate for president was wowing crowds—who sensed that their country and their own lives were on the downhill slope—with the slogan “Make America Great Again.”
Nor were they about to take striking aspects of present-day America and project them into a truly grim future. Take, for example, something that amused me greatly: You can search Global Trends in vain for all but the most passing reference to the US military. You know, the outfit that our recent presidents keep praising as the “finest fighting force” in world history. Search their document top to bottom and you still won’t have the faintest idea that the US military has been fighting ceaselessly in victory-less conflicts for the past 15 years, and that its “war on terror” efforts have somehow only fueled the spread of terrorist movements, while leaving behind a series of failed or failing states across the Greater Middle East and North Africa. None of that is projected into the future, nor is the militarization of this country (or its police), even though the retired generals now populating the new Trump administration speak directly to this very point.
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Or to pick another example, how about the fact that, in a world in which a single country—the very one to which the IC belongs—garrisons the planet with hundreds of military bases from Europe to Japan, Bahrain to Afghanistan, there is but a single futuristic mention of a military base, and it’s a Chinese one to be built on a Fijian Island deep in the Pacific. (A running gag of Global Trends involves future newspaper headlines like this one from 2019: “China Buys Uninhabited Fijian Island To Build Military Base”). What will happen to the present US military framework for dominating the planet? You certainly won’t find out here.
But don’t think that the United States itself isn’t on the minds of those who produced this document. After all, among all the stresses of the decades to come, as the IC’s futurologists imagine them, there’s one key to positive national survival in 2035 and that’s what they call “resilience.” (“[T]he very same trends heightening risks in the near term can enable better outcomes over the longer term if the proliferation of power and players builds resilience to manage greater disruptions and uncertainty.”)
And which country is the most obviously resilient on Planet Earth? That’s the $100 (but not the 100 ruble or 100 yuan) question. So go ahead, guess—and if you don’t get the answer right, you’re not the reader I think you are.
Still, just in case you’re not sure, here’s how Global Trends sums the matter up:
“For example, by traditional measures of power, such as GDP, military spending, and population size, China’s share of global power is increasing. China, however, also exhibits several characteristics, such as a centralized government, political corruption, and an economy overly reliant on investment and net exports for growth—which suggest vulnerability to future shocks.
“Alternatively, the United States exhibits many of the factors associated with resilience, including decentralized governance, a diversified economy, inclusive society, large land mass, biodiversity, secure energy supplies, and global military power projection capabilities and alliances.”
So if there’s one conclusion to be drawn from the NIC’s mighty two-year dive into possible futures on a planet we still garrison and that’s wracked by wars we’re still fighting, it might be summed up this way: Don’t be China, be us.
Of course, no one should be surprised by such a conclusion, since you don’t rise in the government by contrarian thinking but by going with the herd. This isn’t the sort of document you read expecting to be surprised, not when the nightmare of every bureaucracy is just that: the unexpected and unpredicted. The Washington bubble is evidently too comfortable and the world far too frightening a place to imagine a fuller range of what might be coming at us. The spooks of the NIC may be living off the money our fear sends their way, but don’t kid yourself for a second, they’re afraid too, or they could never produce a document like Global Trends: The Paradox of Progress.
As a portrait not of the future but of the anxieties of American power in a world it can’t control, this document provides the rest of us with a vivid portrait of the group of people least likely to offer us long-term security.
The last laugh here belongs to Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin, and other authors of their ilk. If you want to be freed to think about the many possible futures that face us, futures that we will help create, then skip Global Trends and head for the kinds of books that might free your mind to think afresh, not bind it to a world growing more dismal by the day.
Tom EngelhardtTom Engelhardt created and runs Tomdispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute where he is a Fellow. His next book, A Nation Unmade by War (Dispatch Books), will be published later this month.
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Posted by Ryan Meili on April 13, 2015
How to make the Social Determinants of Health Matter: An Interview with Sir Michael Marmot
By Ryan Meili
Recently, I was fortunate to attend the Global Symposium on the Role of Physicians and National Medical Associations in Addressing Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health held in London, England. The meeting was organized by the Canadian, British and World Medical Associations and had, among other goals, an agenda to assist public health pioneer Sir Michael Marmot in making such issues central to his upcoming role as president of the World Medical Association.
I sat down with Sir Michael to explore the stories, the evidence and the politics that come into play when doctors are actors for social change.
Ryan Meili: In 2012, you joined me for a Healthy Society book launch in Yellowknife, NWT. You had a lot of nice things to say about the book, but there was one thing you objected to. This was the idea that the social determinants of health reside in a “Phantom Zone” -- that the concept is stuck in academia and hasn’t made it into the public discourse. You said that wasn’t true, and that you being the keynote at the Canadian Medical Association annual meeting was one sign that it had changed. What are some of the signs you see of the success of this concept of social determinants of health reaching a wider population?
Sir Michael Marmot: That CMA meeting in Yellowknife is a good example. On my way home I was at the airport in Edmonton and somebody said to me “that was all very good, but I don’t think anything’s going to happen.” And then today, at the World Medical Association meeting on Physicians and Health Equity, we had a presentation from your Canadian Medical Association (CMA) president sharing all that’s been happening with the CMA, including the publication “What Makes Us Sick.” I was speaking with another Canadian physician, Gary Bloch last night. He said, “there’s so much activity now. Everybody’s talking about it.” So we go, in the space of less than three years, from that skepticism about whether the idea will go anywhere to it becoming the norm. When I started with the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, people said to me “What is this ‘social determinants of health?’ What does it mean? No one understands it -- why did you choose that language?” I didn’t give it much thought about the language, I just did it, and now everybody’s talking about it, in the most unusual places.
You touched there on one of the things we run into frequently: the debate around this term, ‘social determinants of health.’ Some people say it’s not complete, it should be socioeconomic, sociopolitical, etc. We’ve committed to this term with my own organization, Upstream. We really do want to popularize it, but we also realize there may be other ways to get into that concept. What are your thoughts on that criticism, that it’s incomplete, or perhaps a bulky or awkward term?
I think it’s the term we happened on, and as long as people know what it means, that’s fine. The concept is to engage the general population, and it’s the concept that’s important. Because, if you ask most people what causes ill health they’ll say, for places like Canada or the UK, that it’s difficulty getting to see the doctor. If they’re talking about low-income countries, they’ll say it’s dirty water or lack of food. And then they might also say smoking and drinking -- that sort of thing, is important as well.
And then you ask people, “What do you worry about?” and they’ll say, “Oh, what I worry about is the kids getting a good education, and not hanging out with bad company and being in a safe place to live, and being able to have money to meet the weekly bills. I worry about losing my job, or having a lousy job in which I don’t feel fulfilled or I have a terrible boss, and about what am I going to do in my old age.” And that’s what people worry about.
I tell them, “You know the things you worry about are the major influences on your health, and they, in fact, determine whether you’re going to smoke or drink or at least have an important influence on those things.” So what excited me about what Chris Simpson, President of the CMA reported from Canada yesterday, is that it’s a way of engaging people, that these things are practical in their lives: housing, jobs, neighbourhoods, security – they are important for health, and that the social determinants of health will do as an umbrella term. That’s fine, because how else do you describe them? What matters is that the idea gets translated into the reality of Canadian lives.
I think it’s really interesting the way that the CMA has done their Health Care town halls, with physicians, organized medicine, reaching out to the general public, trying to bridge that gap in understanding, and learn from the public. I’m wondering if your greater involvement with organized medicine in your role as president of the British Medical Association, and now president-elect of the World Medical Association as president-elect has changed your thinking at all about the role of physicians in advancing these determinants of health?
It has. When I made my acceptance speech as president of the BMA, and again at the WMA, I appealed to doctors’ better instincts. I said, “Why did you go into medicine? Remember why you went into medicine? You didn’t go into medicine to be a respected member of the community or to make money or to become a medical politician. You came to medicine because you wanted to help people. Remember?” And most doctors like to be reminded of that. That is why they went into medicine. And so my argument is: “You wanted to cure the sick. It’s not a huge leap from there to say, let’s address the condition that made them sick.”
So this isn’t a distraction from medicine, it’s the core purpose of it?
Exactly. If we want to make our patients well, that means that we want to make our communities and our populations well. And that means prevention, it means addressing the social determinants of illness. This is not to the exclusion of treating sick people, but it means addressing the conditions that made them sick in the first place.
How do you see physicians incorporating that concept into day-to-day practice?
Well, we need to provide the tools to help them to do so. For example, if you see a woman who doesn’t want to talk about it, but you suspect has been suffering domestic violence, an ordinary physician may think: “I don’t know what to do with this, I’m out of my depth. I suspect she’s not telling me about what’s going on and I don’t know how to deal with it if she does tell me.” There are trained professionals who do know how to help, so you must learn to make the link between what you do in your day-to-day practice and the supports that are out there, or indeed, to get trained yourself so you do know how to respond. It’s about helping the practitioner who’s got the patient in front of them to ask: “What do I do, how do I deal with this?” And to say, “it’s my problem. I can’t say I don’t deal with domestic violence. I don’t just dish out antidepressants and stitch up wounds; I have a responsibility. I’m not competent to deal with everything, and I recognize my limitations, but I can know who I need to partner with.”
That brings to mind a project we’re working on in Canada. Building on the poverty tool designed by Gary Bloch and his group, we’re designing a social determinants of health screening tool. Patients answer a series of questions on a tablet device and then it’s linked to a searchable database of all the social programs within our region. When the physician or other health care provider hits the submit button, up comes all the suggested services to which they could connect their patient.
That’s exactly the kind of tool we need. Just as now you could go online and find out what the side effect of drug X is, and that you shouldn’t eat grapefruit when you’re on warfarin or whatever, you can find out what’s available to assist patients with their social circumstances. I mean, it’s very frustrating as a physician to feel that you can’t deal with the real problems that your patients are facing, that all you can do is hand out blood pressure pills or anti-depressants, but can’t actually deal with the cause of the problem. It’s very frustrating.
Extremely frustrating. It’s exactly that frustration that’s driving more physicians to question current practices and think upstream. Now that’s a way of addressing the social determinants of health at the level of the individual. How do we get to what you call “the causes of the causes”?
I was walking down the street last night, and on the portico of St Pancras Church, just up the street from BMA house, there were wall-to-wall homeless people, out sleeping rough. Is that our job as physicians to be concerned about that? Absolutely. Absolutely it’s our job to deal with homelessness. Now, the homeless numbers went down in Britain, but they’re rising again. It’s a political issue. And we need to speak up about that.
There will be different views on the solutions, but to argue that, “Well, who cares, that’s just an unfortunate consequence of how we organize things in this country, but that’s nothing to do with us” -- that’s just not acceptable.
Now the line I’ve been taking in Britain, and in other countries, is that I’m not party political. I wrote a little blog about this when I came back from one of my many trips to Sweden. Somebody said, “the word on the street in Sweden is you’re getting more political.” Political, moi? Perish the thought. I argue from the evidence. Not, “You’re a rotten this or a rotten that.” I argue from the evidence. I’ve had right wing politicians say to me, “Isn’t your agenda really closer to social democracy?” And my response is, “if you’re saying your party doesn’t care about people’s suffering, then that’s most unfortunate.” I’m looking at how the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, age impact on their health and the evidence for that. There will be different views on the solutions, but to argue that, “Well, who cares, that’s just an unfortunate consequence of how we organize things in this country, but that’s nothing to do with us” -- that’s just not acceptable.
That’s what I think is so helpful about this lens. If you can get people to agree on a goal of health then the solutions on how to reach that goal can work themselves out.
One of the things that’s on Upstream’s agenda is to try to make the social determinants of health a political issue, something that all parties need to address, and are speaking about addressing. Have you seen any progress in terms of getting this on the agenda of the public’s political demands and the platforms of political leaders?
As we were saying earlier, it’s harder to get it on the public’s list of demands under the rubric of social determinants of health, but getting it on the public’s demands in terms of homelessness, not being able to afford to rent a house or a flat, having some private equity firm take over a housing association and then expel residents so they can put the rents up, that becomes a political issue, and that’s very much on the minds of the people. We want affordable housing, we want good neighbourhoods, we want good schools, where our kids can go and flourish. That’s very much on people’s minds. And all those things are practical to health, they’re part of the social determinants of health. So yes, I think we do have to engage the public, and the public has to engage the politicians.
Speaking of what engages the public. You’re an epidemiologist; you work with data. But the things you actually end up talking about much more are stories. What’s the importance of those stories, or case studies if you want to call them that, in communicating this concept?
Somebody wrote to me recently, and they said, “your combination of stories, evidence, passion and urgency are exactly what we need.” That was a very nice thing to hear, because I do think stories are important. I spend my life looking at evidence, combing through the statistical data. Whenever I’m writing something, I have the UNDP reports open on my desktop, looking at WHO or World Bank statistics or looking at the National Office for Statistics in Britain, data on poverty, wealth distribution. I look at evidence and data all the time.
But data is not enough. Logic is not enough. You need the passion, and it’s the stories that bring that passion forward. The stories are what empower us.
Not a day goes by, literally, where I’m not looking at some evidence that’s related to incomes or welfare, expenditures in health or education, and I talk about those things as well. But data is not enough. Logic is not enough. You need the passion, and it’s the stories that bring that passion forward. The stories are what empower us. And it’s not the stories of just the hard facts. Nobody sheds a tear when I talk about people sleeping rough. People do shed a tear when they hear the stories of triumph over adversity, of things betting better. Former CMA president Jeff Turnbull’s power to inspire is not, “Oh, it’s so awful that people are homeless and their health suffers.” His power to inspire is that he’s taken these down-and-out souls and improved their life situation and that’s helped us treat their illness. Those hopeful stories have a huge impact. Now, the evidence that he’s making a difference is vitally important as well. Just being a good fellow is inspiring, but that’s not enough. Being a good fellow is one thing, showing you’re making a difference is another thing entirely. That’s why you need both: evidence and stories.
Ryan Meili is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, a practicing family physician in Saskatoon, and founder of Upstream: Institute for A Healthy Society.
Want to read more Upstream interviews?
Read Gabor Mate Part 1: How Capitalism makes us Sick here and Part 2: On Storytelling, Health and the Ruling Class here.
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Michigan teen's family upset after priest lectures on suicide being a sin — at their son's funeral
By: Kim Russell
<p>Maison Hullibarger</p>
TEMPERANCE, Mich. — A high school football coach has lost his job and now a mom and dad are calling for a priest to be fired after events at their son’s funeral.
Eighteen-year-old Maison Hullibarger died on December 4. His parents say they knew him to be a young man with dreams and potential.
“He was at the University of Toledo. He was a freshman, studying criminal justice. All A's,” said Linda Hullibarger, Maison’s mom.
It is hard for his parents to talk about even the good times: How Maison loved his family, enjoyed eating the home cooked meals his mom made, camping and football.
“He was strong. He was confident. He enjoyed life,” said Jeff Hullibarger, Maison’s dad .
Everyone who knew and loved Maison is trying to come to terms with why he took his own life December 4.
His parents say when they met with Rev. Don LaCuesta at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Temperance, Michigan to plan the funeral, the reverend asked what they wanted him to speak about. They told him.
Then, when he began to speak during the funeral, they say he gave what they describe as a lecture on why suicide is a sin that can condemn you as you don’t have time alive to repent for taking a life.
“He called our son a sinner in front of hundreds of people and judged him when he didn’t even know him,” Linda Hullibarger said. “Jeff went up to the pulpit and asked him to stop. Twice.”
“I didn’t make a scene. I did it respectfully,” Jeff Hullibarger said.
“He didn’t stop. He didn’t miss a beat,” said Linda Hullibarger.
The Archdiocese of Detroit tells WXYZ it understands this family’s concerns.
It released a statement that said:
We share the family’s grief at such a profound loss. Our hope is always to bring comfort into situations of great pain, through funeral services centered on the love and healing power of Christ.
Unfortunately, that did not happen in this case. We understand that an unbearable situation was made even more difficult, and we are sorry. After some reflection, the presider agrees that the family was not served as they should have been served. For the foreseeable future, he will not be preaching at funerals and he will have his other homilies reviewed by a priest mentor. In addition, he has agreed to pursue the assistance he needs in order to become a more effective minister in these difficult situations.
We have been in contact with the family since learning of this situation, and we will continue to offer our support going forward.
Their son’s former football coach also came under fire for events at the funeral.
Bedford High School’s Jeff Wood was asked by a family member to leave the funeral on Saturday. Relatives say Wood had been “unkind” in the past to Maison.
Wood responded with a post on Facebook criticizing anyone blaming him for the young man’s death.
Bedford High School released a statement saying in part he is “no longer affiliated in any way with the Bedford football program. The District holds all of its staff to the highest standards of professionalism, as personal and professional integrity is the core of our service to our community. The District recently received allegations that those standards may not have been met by the coach. Therefore, we are in the process of thoroughly investigating those allegations.”
WXYZ reached out to Wood for comment, but have not received a response.
The Hullibarger family says they do not blame Wood for their son’s death. They simply did not want him at the funeral.
They are more upset about what happened with the priest.
“I don’t want to see him do that to anybody else, what he did to us,” Jeff Hullibarger said of the priest.
“If you can’t count on a priest to have compassion in such a situation, who can you count on?” asked Linda Hullibarger. “He doesn’t have the right to be a priest anymore.”
If you are struggling and contemplating suicide, there is help. Please reach out for support.
You can always call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. Additional resources can be found here .
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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., March 17) -- NBC mostly in the clover on St. Paddy's Day
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Again paced by The Voice, NBC had more luck o’ the Irish than its foes Tuesday night.
The Voice ruled the 7 p.m. hour with 376,596 D-FW viewers and 122,998 within the advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-old motherlode. It helps, though, when CBS’ NCIS is in reruns, as were the network’s other Tuesday night entries, NCIS: New Orleans and Person of Interest.
The Peacock’s Season 2 premiere of Undateable then fell to 167,376 viewers, with 78,845 in the 18-to-49 age range. Even so, only NCIS: New Orleans had more total viewers (258,038) while Undateable easily beat all competing programs in the key 18-to-49 demographic.
NBC’s following premiere of One Big Happy slipped further to 118,558 total viewers and 59,922 in the 18-to-49 bracket. Again, though, only NCIS: New Orleans outdrew the new sitcom in either of the two major ratings food groups.
At 9 p.m., NBC’s Chicago Hope and Fox4’s local newscast tied for the most total viewers with 174,350. The news narrowly put out the Fire among 18-to-49-year-olds.
The CW launched its newiZombie series in the 8 p.m. hour. It ran fifth in total viewers with just 41,844. But a high percentage of them -- 31,538 -- were 18-to-49-year-olds. So that’s not an overall bad showing.
ABC sandwiched a new 8 p.m. episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. between reruns. It fell on its shield with a third place finish in total viewers (111,584) while beating only Fox’s New Girl rerun (among the Big Four broadcast networks) in the key 18-to-49 measurement.
Here are Tuesday’s local news derby results.
Gannett8 won the 10 p.m. competitions in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming. The station also ran the table at 5 p.m. while CBS11 did likewise at 6 p.m.
It was another sweep at 6 a.m., with Fox4 claiming both golds. Gannett8’s Daybreak, touted as “The Official Show of Morning People” in an ongoing heavy promotional campaign, continued to run aground in the key 25-to-54 demographic. So much so that CBS11 again claimed third place while Gannett8 slipped to fourth after a solid second place finish in total viewers. CBS11 has outdrawn Gannett8 among 25-to-54-year-olds on four of the last five weekdays. And in the other case, the two stations tied.
NBC5 also has hit a rut -- in both ratings measurements. And although Fox4 continues to be the station to beat, its 6 a.m. viewer totals also have been slip-sliding lately. It’ll all bear watching when the May “sweeps” hit the runway. For now at least, CBS11 finds itself in the very unaccustomed position of finishing out of the cellar among 25-to-54-year-olds after coming close to beating Gannett8 in the February sweeps.
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Closing arguments in Al-Amin trial
ATLANTA,, Ga., March 8 (UPI) -- Prosecutors said Friday in closing arguments in the trial of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin that the former Black Panther known as H. Rap Brown murdered a police officer and injured his partner before fleeing the state two years ago.
As the case prepared to go to the jury, a defense attorney for the Muslim cleric said the prosecution never proved who fatally shot Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Kinchen and injured Deputy Aldranon English as they tried to serve a warrant on Al-Amin on March 16, 2000.
Al-Amin did not take the stand in his own defense during the three-week trial in Fulton County Superior Court. If convicted, he could be given the death penalty for the shootings in a neighborhood near downtown Atlanta.
Even though the surviving deputy identified Al-Amin as the man who shot him and killed his partner, defense attorney Tony Axam said prosecutors never proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Al-Amin was the gunman.
"You do not have what I call a confession. You do not have what I call a fingerprint that says he's the one who held the guns that fired the trigger that shot Kinchen and shot English," Axam told a jury that includes nine blacks, two whites and one Hispanic.
Assistant District Attorney Robert McBurney argued that Al-Amin's black 1978 Mercedes-Benz was recovered in a small Alabama town where Al-Amin was arrested four days after the shooting. He said bullets found in the car were linked to the deputies' handguns.
"Where was the defendant at 10 p.m. on March 16, 2000? He was standing outside his black Mercedes murdering Deputy Ricky Kinchen and trying to murder Deputy Aldranon English," he said.
"There is no conflicting evidence," McBurney said.
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Dec. 16, 2018 / 12:14 PM
Joe Biden top 2020 Democratic candidate in Iowa caucus poll
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Former Vice President Joe Biden was the most popular 2020 Democratic presidential candidate among potential attendees at the Iowa Democratic caucus, according to a CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden topped the list of potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a poll of potential Iowa caucusgoers.
Biden was the first choice of 38 percent of potential caucusgoers, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 19 percent and Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke in the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 8 percent and California Sen. Kamala Harris at 5 percent were the only other candidates in the 20-person field to garner more than 5 percent support.
The poll showed 54 percent of caucusgoers would prefer electing a candidate who could unseat President Donald Trump in the upcoming election, versus 40 percent who preferred a candidate that shares their ideals.
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Biden was the most popular candidate among both groups, garnering 36 percent of support from those focused on defeating trump and 30 percent from those more focused on ideology. Sanders and O'Rourke were equally popular candidates in the effort to defeat Trump at 14 percent, while Sanders was the more popular of the two among those looking for a candidate that shares their ideals, earning 26 percent of support to O'Rourke's 8 percent.
Biden's overall popularity was reflected in the fact that 49 percent of caucusgoers responded they would prefer a "seasoned political hand," versus 36 percent who favored a "newcomer."
The former vice president also campaigned for president in Iowa ahead of the 1988 and 2008 caucuses, and was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972.
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"This is obviously a warm welcome to some people who are really familiar to caucusgoers in the state," J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., the firm that conducted the poll told the Des Moines Register. But there's also some welcoming of newcomers who are only now starting to come to the state and get to know the people who could shape their future."
Biden was viewed favorably by 82 percent of caucusgoers, with 15 percent viewing him unfavorably and 4 percent saying they were unsure. Also near the top, 74 percent of caucusgoers had a favorable view of Sanders, with 22 percent viewing him unfavorably and 4 percent saying they were unsure.
Caucusgoers were generally supportive of the field overall, with 52 percent saying they would prefer a field of strong contenders and 46 percent saying there wasn't a single candidate in the field they would never support.
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Another presidential run by 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton was largely opposed by the respondents, with 72 percent saying they would detract from it, while 76 percent said they would support a run by former first lady Michelle Obama.
The poll was conducted over the phone by Selzer and Co. Monday through Thursday among a random sample of 455 likely Democratic caucusgoers. The results have a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points.
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Roane County Voter Registration
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Tour of UK and USA, 2000
Spread of Vipassana in ancient times
Spread of Vipassana in Modern Times
Spread of Vipassana around the World
Milestones in the Spread of Vipassana
Stories of Vipassana Centers
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Dhamma Tours: 1991 World Tour | Dhamma Tour to East and South East Asian countries, 1998 | Thailand Tour | Tour of UK and USA, 2000 | Speech at World Economic Forum, Davos | Vipassana Yatra 2001 | Tour of the West: April to August 2002: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 | Tour to the Golden Land of Myanmar-Part 1 | Tour to the Golden Land of Myanmar-Part 2 | Tour to Sri Lanka 2006 | Photos of Burma Yatra 2012 |
In August and September 2000, Goenkaji visited United Kingdom and United States after a gap of many years. Naturally, there was a lot of enthusiasm among meditators about his visit. Goenkaji undertook this tour to participate in the Millennium World Peace Summit at the United Nations and to visit various centers and cities in UK and USA for the spread of Dhamma.
It was a difficult tour given Goenkaji’s age and health. However, he did not want to spare any effort for the spread of Vipassana. In this landmark Dhamma tour he reached out to meditators and Dhamma workers from Europe, USA and Canada to understand their difficulties, to give them guidance and to inspire them on the path of Dhamma. Vipassana has struck deep roots in these regions due to Goenkaji’s efforts in the eighties when he used to visit these areas almost every year. However, advancing age and increasing demand on his time in South and South-east Asia had made it increasingly difficult for Goenkaji to travel to the West in the nineties. When he undertook this tour, ignoring the difficulties of extensive travel and his health problems, the meditators in the West were overjoyed. They worked hard to make best use of his time.
The UK Tour
He first went to UK on 11 August. From the airport Goenkaji went straight to Dhamma Dipa, the Vipassana center in Hereford. Hundreds of meditators had gathered there for the opportunity to meditate with him and to meet him. About 500 students from all over Europe attended the one-day course at the center, which was held in a marquee on 12 August. Goenkaji gave Anapana and Vipassana to the students many of whom had the opportunity to meditate with him for the first time in their life. He met various trusts, Dhamma workers and teachers from many countries in Europe, heard their report and gave them guidance on development of Vipassana activity in their areas. He was also interviewed by BBC World Service Radio and a German Weekly at Dhamma Dipa.
On Sunday, 13 August, Goenkaji gave dana to the Venerable Bhikkhu Sangha. Apart from the venerable monks, many distinguished expatriate Burmese came to visit the center and participate in the Sangha Dana. The occasion epitomized the feeling of gratitude from meditators of this tradition to the Sangha who had preserved Vipassana through the millennia. Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma gave words of blessings. Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma has been of much support to Goenkaji right from the beginning of his efforts in the spread of Vipassana. On this occasion, the Venerable Mahathera praised Goenkaji's work of teaching the Dhamma as the Buddha taught it and bringing the Triple Gem to so many people all over the world.
After traveling to London on the evening of 13 August, Goenkaji continued his busy schedule. He was interviewed by journalists from the Times and Asian Age. He also gave a short interview on BBC World Service Television. On 14 and 15 August he gave two public talks on "Vipassana Meditation and its Relevance in the 21st Century". The first talk was given at Kadwa Patidar Centre,Harrow, Middlesex. About 900 people attended and listened attentively to the Dhamma talk, which was covered by Zee TV. Press interviews followed after the talk. The second public talk at Friends' House, Euston Road, London was also keenly attended by about the same number of 900 people including venerable bhikkhus, many prominent citizens, and His Excellency the Ambassador of Myanmar to UK. It was followed by private interviews with the media covering the event.
The USA Tour
Goenkaji left UK on Wednesday, 16 August. He went to Vipassana Centre in Dallas, Texas, USA. On 17 August, he meditated with the students of the ten-day course, met assistant teachers and Dhamma workers in the morning and gave a public talk at the Garland Centre for performing Arts in the evening. A reporter from the Dallas Morning News interviewed him.
After the public talk he met many meditators who had come from cities such as Houston and Oklahoma. On Friday, 18 August he traveled to Chicago and gave a public talk on the same day on "Practical Spirituality, Vipassana Meditation in Secular Society." at "Unity in Chicago" Hall. After the talk he met various Vipassana student in the area. He also met Lucia Meijer, a serious meditator and a key Prison official who has been the force behind Vipassana courses in NRF prison in Seattle.
From Chicago he went to California Vipassana Centre (CVC), on Saturday 19 August. On Sunday 20 August, he met hundreds of meditators, Dhamma workers and assistant teachers at CVC, Dhamma Mahavana. He continued to meet meditators till 11 in the night. On Monday 21 August, he gave Anapana and Vipassana at the one-day course at CVC in which more than three hundred meditators took part. The same evening he traveled to Fresno, a nearby city, to give a public talk on Vipassana. After the talk he traveled to Los Angeles and continued his tireless activity. On 22 August, in the morning, he was interviewed by Michael Jackson, a popular host of a radio programme. In the evening he gave a public talk at Wilshire-Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. Like most of his talks, this talk was attended by people from diverse religious, racial, ethnic and socio-economic background.
Goenkaji traveled to San Francisco on Wednesday, 23 August to speak at the prestigious Commonwealth Club Radio Programme. He continued to meet Vipassana meditators throughout his stay in San Francisco. He was interviewed for the "Shambhala Sun" in the evening. The next day, 24 August, he was interviewed on KPFA Radio Programme. In the afternoon, "India West" magazine interviewed him. In the evening, he gave a public talk at Scottish Rite Center, Oakland, CA.
On Friday, 25 August he travelled to Silicon Valley from SF to address a select group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. In this small group of successful Indians in Silicon Valley, Goenkaji explained how Vipassana, a gift from India to the world, was preserved by Myanmar and how it is ancient but as relevant today as in the past and how it could be practised by one and all without any need for conversion from one organized religion to another organized religion. In the afternoon, he was interviewed by "Inquiring Mind" magazine.
The same day in the evening he gave a public talk at Stanford Memorial Auditorium on the Stanford University Campus in Palo Alto,CA to a crowd of about 900. After the talk and questions and answers, he met individual meditators as well as groups of meditators. While speaking at the Stanford university that has given so many prominent scientists and major scientific discoveries to the world, Goenkaji explained how the Buddha was a super-scientist: How he discovered the truth about mind and matter and their interaction, the truth of suffering and the truth of happiness. He said that Buddha was not a founder of religion but a scientist who investigated the reality inside to find out the root cause of suffering and the way to happiness; and with infinite compassion gave the technique of Vipassana, of investigating reality inside and finding eternal happiness within to the humanity.
During his stay in California, he met with trustees and assistant teachers from Seattle, Colorado, Mendocino, Canada and many other regions. On Saturday, 26 August Goenkaji traveled to New York. On Sunday, in spite of the hectic and tiring journey, he went to give Anapana and Vipassana at the one day course in Manhattan, New York where about 400 meditators had gathered. Before giving Anapana to the course, he met about 60 expatriate Cambodians and a few other meditators from Philadelphia and encouraged their plan to have a Vipassana center in their area in near future. In the evening, he was interviewed by the editor of "Tricycle" magazine.
The Millennium World Peace Summit began on Monday, 28 August at the United Nations General Assembly Hall. On 29 August, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan gave the inaugural address to this first ever gathering of religious and spiritual leaders in the UN. On the same day Goenkaji was among the pre-eminent religious leaders who were invited to meet Kofi Annan. Goenkaji addressed an audience of about a thousand delegates plus hundreds of observers in the session entitled Conflict Transformation that focused on the themes of religious harmony, tolerance and peaceful coexistence. "Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion," said Goenkaji, "we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation and from cruelty to compassion." In keeping with the Summit’s theme of seeking world peace, Goenkaji stressed in his speech that peace in the world cannot be achieved unless there is peace within individuals. "There cannot be peace in the world when people have anger and hatred in their hearts. Only with love and compassion in the heart is world peace attainable."
An important aspect of the Summit is the effort to reduce sectarian conflict and tension. Regarding this Goenkaji said, "When there is anger and hatred within, one becomes miserable irrespective of whether one is a Christian or a Hindu or a Muslim." Similarly he said to a thunderous applause, "One who has love and compassion with a pure heart experiences the Kingdom of Heaven within. This is the Law of Nature, or if one would rather, God’s will."
In summing up Goenkaji quoted the Emperor Ashoka who in one of his Rock Edicts said, "One should not honor only one’s own religion and condemn other religions. Instead, one should honor other religions for various reasons. By so doing one helps one’s own religion to grow and also renders service to the religions of others. In acting otherwise one digs the grave of one’s own religion and harms other religions as well. Concord is good. Let all listen and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others."
On the same day in the evening, he addressed the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York to explain based on his own personal experience as to how Vipassana helps a businessman both in his/her business and personal life. During the summit programme Goenkaji met many religious leaders. He also spoke during the reception of Indian delegation at the Waldorf Astoria and also at an informal meeting of Hindu and Buddhist leaders conveyed at the Waldorf Astoria.
On Friday, 1 September he went to the Dhamma House in Flushing, New York to meet the meditators from New York region. A big group of expatriate Chinese meditators had the opportunity to seek his guidance on various issues as he spent more than three hours with them. On Saturday, 2 September his public talk at Sheraton Hotel in Flushing, New York was attended by a capacity crowd that included many expatriate Chinese and Indians along with Caucasian and African American people. During his stay in New York, he was interviewed by the Voice of America for their Hindi programme and by TV Asia.
After the talk Goenkaji traveled to Vipassana Meditation Centre, Massachusetts(VMC, Mass.). On Sunday, September 3 and 4, Goenkaji met many meditators and participants of the Conference on "Medicine, Science and Spirituality in the light of Vipassana Meditation" that was held at VMC, Mass. He met a group of scholars from Harvard Divinity School to discuss various aspects of theory and practice of the Buddha’s teaching and its non-sectarian nature. He also met the Sheriff and staff of a prominent local prison who were accompanied by a federal judge (an old student of Vipassana) and inspired them to start a Vipassana programme for the prisoners in their jail. He gave the closing address to the conference on the topic "Vipassana, Science of Mind and Body". The centre was full to its capacity and many meditators were staying outside the centre as they came from far off regions including Canada to meet Goenkaji and listen to him.
On Tuesday, 5 September he gave a public talk in Northampton at Smith College Chapel. He explained the practical, pragmatic, scientific, result-oriented, non-sectarian and here-and-now nature of Vipassana meditation. Like in many of his talks before he said, "Let us focus on the commonalties of all religions, on the inner core of all religions which is purity of heart. We should all give importance to this aspect of religion and avoid conflict over the outer shell of the religions, which is various rites, rituals, festivals and dogmas."
On the morning of Thursday, 6 September Goenkaji gave a talk to a huge gathering of old students at VMC, Mass. in which he told them, "You all are the torch-bearers of Dhamma! Your peaceful behavior and happy life alone would attract others to Vipassana." Many meditators from different areas were inspired by their meeting with Goenkaji. A big group of meditators from Canada also met him. He gave permission to meditators from Toronto to purchase land near Toronto, Canada for a new Vipassana centre. In the evening he gave an hour-long interview to the University of Massachusetts radio. Afterwards, he gave Anapana to ten-day course students.
Goenkaji left the centre on the morning of Friday, 7 September to go to New York city where he met a group of Global Leaders of Tomorrow (of the World Economic Forum) and a few staff-members of Fortune magazine. In this informal meeting, Goenkaji explained the importance of spirituality in business and business leadership; and how Vipassana due to its secular, non-sectarian, practical and result-oriented nature could be a tool to introduce spirituality in the business world. On 8 and 9 September, he had meetings with senior teachers of Vipassana about various aspects of Vipassana activity in USA. He also continued to meet meditators and assistant teachers on these days. Goenkaji left USA on 10 September after giving a new and historic impetus to the Vipassana activities in USA and Canada.
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A member of the "Portraits of Influence series, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, called the Queen of Tejano music; and the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. Her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is a member of the "Portraits of Influence series. According to Wikipedia, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the top-selling Latin artist of the 1990s decade, while her posthumous collaboration with MAC cosmetics became the best-selling celebrity collection in cosmetics history. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market.
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Swaffham museum says thanks for the memories
PUBLISHED: 09:47 17 July 2009 | UPDATED: 11:21 08 July 2010
It was a case of saying thanks for the memories as more than a dozen Swaffham locals came together at the town's museum on Monday.
With the museum's new seasonal exhibition, Swaffham at War, proving at hit with the public, volunteers brought together just some of those whose wartime memories have helped to shape the show.
Many of those present have recorded their experiences in a special log which visitors can flick through and a special DVD is also on show where people talk to the camera about their roles during the conflict.
Museum volunteer Christine Smith said: “We decide to give a thank you party to all those who have contributed their memories.
“I have been round to many people's houses collecting their recollections and there are still some more to come.
“They will all feature in the exhibition.”
Far from the days of wartime rationing, the afternoon featured cakes in abundance as well as some impromptu musical performances from waiting staff.
John Clarke, who filmed the DVD, said: “It is a way of preserving memories, stories and experiences.
“Everything that we have done will go in the archive so it is there for the future.”
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Holly Ann Music brings music downtown
At one time in her life, music saved Holly Reif from failing grades and getting into trouble.
Holly Ann Music brings music downtown At one time in her life, music saved Holly Reif from failing grades and getting into trouble. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/1sJ1cdq
Laura Schulte, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 12:44 p.m. CT May 31, 2016
Holly Reif looks through music in her studio at Holly Ann Music, the business she opened in February of this year.(Photo: Laura Schulte/ USA TODAY NETWORK- Wisconsin)
WAUSAU - At one time in her life, music saved Holly Reif from failing grades and getting into trouble. It became an alternative, an escape for her in high school.
And now, years later, as she returns to Wausau with a family, Reif said she hopes to do the same for other children in Wausau by inspiring them during vocal, guitar, piano and ukulele lessons.
Reif now runs her own music studio, Holly Ann Music, located in the building above Malarkey's Pub and Townies Grill.
"I like to think of music as having a function," Reif said. "It can be just for singing around the campfire, but for a lot of people, it's a way to cope."
Reif teaches about 20 students right now, all during private lessons. But for the summer, she and her husband Matt are going to switch up from private lessons. They will offer summer camps throughout the summer, focusing mostly on vocal skills.
The camps will be three hours long and grouped by age. The first hour will focus on singing — students will get to choose songs to learn and Reif will make them into a choir song for them to perform. The second hour will be spent writing songs in groups and the final hour will be spent improvising, doing everything from a drum circle to learning about a new instrument.
"Then at the end of the session, they'll record a song and be able to post it on YouTube," she said.
Reif has degrees in music therapy and music education, and she said hopes to put her studies to work in her studio.
"With my music therapy background, I'm skilled to teach people with autism," she said. "And I've covered most of the spectrum in children. It's another way to get them to communicate."
Reif said children and adults with disabilities might not be able to communicate through speech, but they're able to sing, and that's what she wants to help with. She wants to give people an avenue to express themselves through art. She's seen this approach work before, in her own life.
"My son was diagnosed with educational autism," she said. "So I can relate. He's an artist, he loves to draw. And he sings all the time."
The lessons Reif offers to those with disabilities aren't exactly music therapy sessions, but they are taught like them. She said she hopes they become a more affordable choice for the community, compared to actual music therapy sessions. Her classes usually range from $60 to $120, depending on what's being taught.
"I want (the lessons) to be open," she said. "I want people to know it's an option because of my music therapy background."
In addition to the summer camps, Holly Ann Music will also offer group lessons instead of individual lessons.
"It's a chance to be involved and for the kids to keep up with their skills," Reif said. "It's like I'm saying, 'Hey, remember you can still play.'"
In the future, Reif said she hopes to expand her business to include other teachers and an open-door policy, where families can buy a membership that would allow kids to stop by after school to work on their music.
"I'm thinking of using this space as a membership, where kids can come sign in, hang out and do music," she said. "I want it to be a safe space for kids to hang out. That's something that I wanted when I was younger."
She said she hopes instituting the open-door policy will help to keep kids out of trouble and give them something to focus their passions on. In the end, she just wants her music studio to fill the needs of the city and bring more music to the community.
"I'm trying to figure out what Wausau needs," she said. "But there aren't many female guitar and ukulele instructors here, so I'm hoping that will set me apart."
More information about Holly Ann Music Studio, classes and camps is available at http://hollyannmusicstudio.com.
Contact Going Out reporter Laura Schulte at 715-297-7532 or leschulte@gannettwisconsin.com; on Twitter @schultelaura.
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Home > Partisan Primary Election To Be Held Tuesday
Partisan Primary Election To Be Held Tuesday
Wisconsin Voters To Choose Partisan Candidates For Governor, US Senate
By Laurel White
Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:17pm
Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in the partisan primary races for governor and U.S. Senate, along with a number of other offices.
The election marks the end of a crowded Democratic race [1] for the chance to challenge Gov. Scott Walker in November’s general election. It also concludes an expensive and divisive battle [2] to determine the GOP challenger to incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
Offices on the ballot include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, odd-numbered state Senate seats and all state Assembly seats.
Some counties will also have races for sheriff, clerk of the circuit court and coroner.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Residents can find their polling place and see a sample ballot online at myvote.wi.gov [3].
Voters can register to vote in-person on Election Day at their polling place, as long as they provide proof of residence. A photo ID is required to cast a ballot.
"Something most people have, like a Wisconsin driver license or state ID card," said Reid Magney, spokesman for the state Elections Commission. "If you don't have one of those, a passport, a military ID, a veterans ID card ... there's also a number of student ID cards that will work."
Magney also reminded voters they can only vote in one party’s primary.
"Wisconsin's one of the few states that allow people to say, 'I'm going to be a Republican today, I'm going to be a Democrat, I'm going to be a Green, or a Libertarian,'" he said. "You get to decide on Election Day which race you're voting in."
Turnout is generally low in primary elections in years without a presidential race. Magney said the commission expects turnout to be between 15 and 20 percent.
Magney said the commission has taken recent steps to ensure greater election security, amid increased national attention on election hacking and voter fraud.
"We’ve done a lot of training with county clerks and municipal clerks," he said. "If any problems do arise, we can handle them."
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Hundreds of separated children not reunited amid slow progress
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<p>Angelica Gonzalez-Garcia and her daughter fled Guatemala for the United States citing abuse, domestic violence and discrimination in their homeland - they are finally being reunited this afternoon.</p>
There are still roughly 700 children who were separated from their parents at the border and have not been reunified with those parents by the Trump administration, as new court filings reveal the slow pace of reuniting the trickiest family separation cases.
That figure includes more than 40 children who are 4 years old and younger.
While the administration maintains there is a suitable explanation for each of those cases, the filing makes clear that a large share of those children remain separated because their parents were deported without them.
To date, 1,923 out of 2,654 children identified as separated from their parents have been reunified, the administration says.
The number was revealed in a weekly status report on Thursday that the government is required to file as part of an ongoing lawsuit over the administration's separation of immigrant families at the border. A federal judge has ordered the administration to reunite all the families, as long as they are not ineligible due to safety concerns or other excluding factors.
In a Friday court hearing, San Diego-based District Judge Dana Sabraw said the filing was nonetheless "very encouraging."
"There's real progress being made and real effort being made in some of these home countries, Guatemala and Honduras," Sabraw said. "(It) looks or is very encouraging, at least, that everything is being done to locate as many of these parents as can be. So the report would indicate to the court that the efforts on the ground are productive and certainly heading in the right direction."
There are 528 children in government custody who have not been reunited with a parent, including 23 who are under the age of 5, the filing said. For the first time, the administration also made clear how many children were not reunited with their parent but were otherwise released from detention: an additional 203, including 19 under the age of 5.
Those children may have been released to a relative or family friend or may have turned 18 while in custody. It is possible some have since reunited with a parent outside of government custody, but it's not known how many have been able to do so.
In the joint court filing with the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the original lawsuit on behalf of separated parents, it is apparent that the two sides still disagree over how the efforts to reunify are going. While the numbers have improved slightly since last week's update, the going remains slow.
Still, ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said in court Friday that he expects the pace to "accelerate" soon.
The filing also makes clear that the administration's accounting methods are painting a rosier picture of the pace of reunification than the ACLU's.
According to the list given to the ACLU by the government, 412 parents were deported without their children -- a group that has remained the most difficult problem in the reunification process. That tabulation makes the number seem smaller by only counting the children still in custody with deported parents, rather than the total number of parents who were deported.
There is also a dispute about how many parents have been actually found.
The administration said only four of its total have not been "contacted" -- but the ACLU says only 231 parents were "reached," either by phone or in person. Of those, 183 have indicated what they want to do going forward, either reuniting with their child or allowing them to continue to seek the ability to stay in the US, and 10 have been reunited with their parents in their home country.
In court, Justice Department attorneys attributed the discrepancies to out-of-date information or children being released from government custody. Administration attorney Scott Stewart said roughly two dozen children had been sent back to their home countries to be with their parents.
The process is complicated on a number of levels. The information for tracking down parents and children is still raw and not always reliable, the ACLU says. Also because of two separate lawsuits, the attorneys must make sure the parents' wishes and the children's wishes about their future are aligned. Of the handful that have been resolved so far, the majority have opted to be reunited in their home countries, with a much smaller group electing to remain separated.
Parents say they were coerced
Several key issues that came up in court last week remain unresolved: whether any parents who were deported should be brought back to the US as part of the reunification process, and next steps for children to continue with their asylum claims after reuniting with parents in the US.
Without going into detail, the ACLU noted its partners are also encountering parents who were deported who said they were coerced into agreeing to their own deportation.
That topic was the focus of a lengthy complaint also filed Thursday with the Department of Homeland Security's watchdogs.
Filed by two immigration advocacy and legal groups, the documents describe widespread instances of separated parents being coerced into signing forms agreeing to their deportation, verbal abuse and detention conditions repeatedly described as worse than being treated like a dog.
Calling the situation a "really ugly reality of coercion and intimidation," American Immigration Lawyers Association Executive Director Ben Johnson said in a call with reporters that the facts are far graver than merely separating families.
"This really is a systematic and intentional effort to take children away from their parents and hold them hostage in order to sabotage their right to seek asylum in the United States and to then use them as a threat to (others) who are contemplating coming to the United States to apply for asylum," Johnson said. "This kind of abuse is only possible in our immigration system because it just does not have the adequate protections to guard against this kind of conduct and abuse."
Department officials did not respond to requests for comment on the allegations, citing ongoing litigation.
Besides deportation, other reasons kids weren't reunited include parents declining reunification, red flags for safety or parentage, and parents who are in criminal custody. Additionally, a few dozen were determined to have not been separated in the first place.
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Timeless Retro Movie Posters We Adore
Elena Martinique
A philosophy graduate interested in critical theory, politics and art. Alias of Jelena Martinović.
With a one single image, posters immortalize the feeling and the atmosphere of a motion picture contributing to the cinematic history greatly. Often considered as important as the film they advertise, posters are a work of art that have entered the lexicon of graphic designers and cinematographers. At first including only a sensational description of the film, in the early 1900’ studios started hiring artists to create equally sensational illustrations. These stunning artworks have helped to draw in the crowds of people awaiting to see the fantastic poster imagery come to life on screen. The value of this art form was first fully realized in the 1980s by collectors and film historians. Iconic movie posters have been burned onto the public consciousness and have become so recognizable that they spring to mind whenever the film is mentioned.
Varying in techniques used and style, movie posters are also highly collectible and valuable. There is a great interest for posters for films released before 1940’s, since even major studios rarely saved them making them a rarity now. After the 1940s, an organization was set up to insure the posters would be returned to the studios. Collectors are also very interested in science fiction movie posters, but also horror movies, film noir, independent films and B-movies.
Throughout the history of cinema, various celebrated artists have created some paramount artwork and lettering that’s still recognized today. We went through different decades of movie history to bring you the collection of the most iconic movie posters of all time.
Editors’ Tip: 100 Movie Posters: The Essential Collection
The authority on vintage movie poster, Tony Nourmand has presented his personal selection of the 100 essential movie posters of all time. He has been playing a seminal role in redefining 20th-century movie posters as an art for and a valuable collectible for thirty years. Bringing his vast knowledge and experience, Nourmand defines these posters in terms of their design and impact. Featuring stunning artwork from celebrated designers including Saul Bass, Paul Rand and Bill Gold; renowned photographers like Philippe Halsman, Eddie Adams and George Hurrell and celebrated artists like Al Hirschfeld, Alberto Vargas and Richard Amsel, 100 Movie Posters: The Essential Collection is accompanied by Nourmand’s fascinating commentary. Featuring classic posters from moves such as King Kong, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Metropolis, as well as some rarities Eastern Europe or the silent era, this books is a must for any movie and art lover.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, 1922
This iconic and highly influential horror movie from 1922 is a unique feature when it comes to imagining a vampire that is corpselike and ghastly. A pioneering film in the silent German expressionist movement, Nosferatu was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film was even banned in Sweden due to excessive horror, and the ban was finally lifted in 1972. The film was only rediscovered in the 1960s and rightfully recognized as the masterpiece of the silent era. Werner Herzog called it the greatest German film ever made, and in 1979 he created a remake Nosferatu the Vampyre. This stunning artwork is the work of an unknown artist, and it portrays the atmosphere of the film perfectly.
Image via via bmoviebffs.com
Metropolis, 1927
This iconic German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic and utopian city populated by mistreated workers. The poster artwork shows stunning invention and complexity and it is the work by Heniz Schulz Neudamm. Themes of oppression and social hierarchy are dominant on the poster, and the sleek, powerful and machine-like illustration and distinctive typography capture the tone of the film perfectly. The exaggerated aesthetic conveys the emotional experience of a world surging toward industrialism. This stunning artwork broke all records when it was purchased by collector Kenneth Schacter for $696,000 several years ago. This crown jewel of the poster world will soon go on sale again, and the experts suggest it will be the first movie poster to sell for more than $1 million.
Image via scifimoviefilms.com.
Forbidden Planet, 1956
Forbidden Planet is arguably one of the best sci-fi movies from the 1950s. The poster featuring oversaturated colouring and beautiful work on the highlights is a work by an anonymous MGM artist, and it was duplicated all around the world spawning a thousand B-movie clones. The poster has little to do with the key plot of the movie, but since the robot was the most expensive prop created for the film he was treated as a full cast member.
Image via cool-download.org.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, 1958
During the 1950s, every B-Movie needed a stunning poster in order to beat the lures of the television that was conquering America and the rest of the world. This piece of art certainly stands out over the rest. The film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman follows an abused socialite that grows to giant size after an alien encounter, and it was an instant hit and a cult feature. The poster is a work by Reynold Brown, and it is a masterpiece of bold composition.
Image via pinterest.com.
Vertigo, 1958
Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller Vertigo is certainly a masterpiece of the cinema. Saul Bass’s poster artwork is nothing less in the world of design. This is why it is one of the most iconic Hitchcock posters ever. Following the hypnotic and haunting opening sequence of the film, this celebrated graphic designer with a prolific oeuvre has created this piece in stark flat colours with hand-cut typography that just gives you the impression of dizziness. This design is contemporary as ever and it is considered as the quintessential Bass design and the best movie poster of all time.
Images via impawards.com.
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
A masterpiece of science fiction and one of the most influential movies of all times, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a poetic meditation on the ingenuity of mankind. Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke have commissioned a famed illustrator Robert McCall to create the artwork for this visually stunning film. McCall, who has been working as an illustrator for Life magazine and NASA, has spent three months in England working on the illustrations. His illustrations captured Kubrick’s vision of the future perfectly, making it look like science rather than science fiction. His impressive vision of the wheel-shaped space station and of space-suited astronauts on the Moon lives up to this masterpiece of all times.
Image via mccallstudios.com
Rosemary's Baby, 1968
Horrifying and dark, Rosemary’s Baby was Polanski’s Hollywood debut and his second horror movie. With its satanic plot and sheer psychological terror, Polanski’s masterpiece has never been outdone by any other film from the world of occult cinema. The poster artwork is a work by the designer Stephen Frankfurt. With an evocative image and only four tiny words in white, this poster is a daring bit of promotion. With the silhouette of the pram against the haunting image of Mia Farrow’s face, this poster embodies the sinister atmosphere of the film perfectly.
A Clockwork Orange, 1971
The dystopian classic and Kubrick’s masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange is a disturbing and thought-provoking film with a dark sense of humor. The poster created by poster veteran Bill Gold features an amazing illustration framed by sci-fi triangles and some awesome typography. He initially designed the poster with the lead Character Alex DeLarge crucified on a computerized cross, but Kubrick wasn’t satisfied and wanted more flesh-and-blood violence look. This stunning poster also features a writing of the main concepts of the film: rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. This simple designed in black, white and orange made a huge impact and is one of the most memorable posters of all time.
Image via shopdeca.com
Apocalypse Now, 1979
One of the greatest movies of all time, Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is an epic and visually beautiful masterpiece showing the confusion, violence, fear, and nightmarish madness of the Vietnam War. Apocalypse Now was as chaotic behind the camera as well, as Coppola threatened suicide several times during the shooting. The poster designed by Bob Peak isn’t much about the plot, but it follows a general feeling of the film. Designed as a feverish, sinister enigma, it perfectly embodies the heat and the smell of napalm.
Image via limitedruns.com
The Shining, 1980
The poster for the iconic film The Shining is another collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and the celebrated designer Saul Bass. The making of the poster was intense as the movie itself, as two creative geniuses went back and forth until the design satisfied Kubrick’s infamous obsessive perfectionism. After around 300 versions, the poster finally has gotten his approval. Bass has created a pointillist impression of a terrified child’s face inside a T letter and it says almost nothing about the plot. But it is as sinister as the movie itself.
Image via reddit.com. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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May 17 8PM
F.M. Kirby Center 71 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18701
$39.50 $49.50 $59.50 $75.00 plus fees
https://www.kirbycenter.org/events/8bo/the_illusionists/
F.M. Kirby Center 71 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18701 570-826-1100
On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world’s best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ (www.theillusionistslive.com), will play the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, May 17 at 8:00 p.m. as part of its North American tour in 2019. THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ is produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson and MagicSpace Entertainment. Conceived by Simon Painter, the show’s creative team also includes executive producer Tim Lawson and director Neil Dorward. Full of hilarious magic tricks, death-defying stunts and acts of breathtaking wonder, THE ILLUSIONISTS has shattered box office records worldwide and thrilled audiences of all ages with a mind-blowing spectacular showcasing the jaw-dropping talents of six of the most incredible illusionists on earth.
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Dennis Williams
Former Senator Karen Peterson Endorses Dennis E Williams for State Auditor
Karen Peterson served as a State Senator in the Delaware General Assembly from 2002 to 2016 and as President of New Castle County Council from 1981 to 1989. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her work on good government and transparency issues.
I proudly support Dennis E Williams for Delaware State Auditor and urge Democrats to vote for him in the Democratic primary on Thursday September 6.
I know Dennis to be a person of integrity, with a strong commitment to public service. I met Dennis many years ago but really got to know him during the time we served together in the Delaware General Assembly. Dennis showed a commitment to government transparency and accountability from his first day in the Legislature, as a cosponsor and vocal advocate of HB1, expanding the Freedom of Information Act. We worked on several bills together and Dennis was always well informed, prepared, and effective in getting these bills passed in the House. His colleagues in both chambers and both parties respected his experience and valued his input, especially in matters of business and finance. Dennis served on the House Revenue and Finance Committee and the Joint Capital Budget Committee. He understands the state budget and budget process and worked to truly hold elected officials and agency heads accountable during the Capital Budget hearings.
Dennis was also one of the most progressive members of the General Assembly, passionate about advancing women’s rights, civil rights, worker’s rights, and protecting children and families. Dennis cosponsored legislation for nondiscrimination protections for sexual orientation and identity, for civil unions, marriage equality, raising the minimum wage, stronger rules to prevent workplace fraud, advancing gun safety, promoting renewable energy, preventing animal cruelty, and to repeal the death penalty. Dennis also comes from a union family and was a building trades union member himself. He understands and has always fought for working families. Dennis will also be a great addition to the Board of Pardons. I know he will be fair and open to giving the applicants a second chance if they have earned it.
Dennis has an impressive background, with degrees in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Delaware and a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and School of Engineering. He has worked as an auditor and accountant for 35 years. As a civilian Navy auditor he helped uncover millions of dollars in fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. He has led large teams of accountants and financial professionals for large corporations and has experience as a CFO for a non-profit organization.
I am convinced that Dennis’ education and experience make him the most qualified person to be our State Auditor.
Equally important, Dennis is the only person with the independence to do this job. He is the only candidate who has not accepted endorsements or campaign contributions from the very elected officials the office is legally required to audit and investigate. He is not beholden to anyone but the people of Delaware.
Dennis will work with honesty and integrity for the people of Delaware, always putting the people’s interest above any special or personal interest. Dennis E Williams has my vote for State Auditor and I urge you to also vote for Dennis on Thursday September 6.
Karen Peterson
Delaware State News 07/30/18 Democrats jockey for support in auditor race
This story by Matt Bittle appeared in the Delaware State News:
Democrats jockey for support in auditor race
Jul 30th, 2018 · by Matt Bittle
DOVER — Delaware’s auditor is an oft-overlooked position, with the officeholder generally working behind the scenes and ceding the spotlight to the governor and legislators, but every four years, the job receives more attention as candidates vow to intensify efforts to save taxpayers money.
This year, with Republican incumbent Tom Wagner not seeking reelection after 29 years in the post, that focus is even greater.
The three Democratic candidates for the position took part in a debate Monday night, seeking to make their case to a crowd of about 20. Each took a slightly different tack, although all three participants argued their experience makes them uniquely qualified for the position.
Dennis E. Williams cited his work as an accountant in the private and public sectors, while Kathleen Davies leaned on her time working for the auditor’s office in Delaware and Kathy McGuiness pointed to her background as a business owner and Rehoboth Beach commissioner.
Mr. Williams used an aggressive approach, alleging Ms. McGuiness is too closely tied to various state officials to properly do the job and challenging Ms. Davies on her termination from the auditor’s office.
“Anyone accepting the endorsements and/or financial help from elected officials, who the auditor would be responsible for auditing, under the law is compromised, is compromised and cannot do the job,” he said. “There’s independence of fact and there’s independence of appearance.
“For the people of Delaware to have confidence in their financial status, confidence in where the state money is going, confidence that these numbers are correct and that you’re looking out for the people of Delaware, you must be independent in appearance as well.”
Ms. McGuiness, who touts endorsements from several Democratic legislators and other officials, argued her support from members of the General Assembly would help her communicate the needs of the office to and receive support from the Legislature.
“They believe in me and they’re attaching their name to me,” she said.
Few details have come out about the situation involving Ms. Davies. She was placed on paid leave from the office for more than a year and a half before being terminated at the end of 2017. She declined to share details Monday, noting the process is still ongoing and she is legally unable to share documents related to her dismissal.
Ms. Davies, who worked for the office for six years as chief administrative auditor before being suspended, did push back against claims she leaked incomplete audits, noting her professional license has not been suspended.
Monday, she cited specific standards and practices, seeking to paint herself as the most qualified candidate and emphasizing she is the only one who has audited state entities.
The role of auditor is the “the ultimate career position” and the auditor cannot make a mistake, she said.
“It is very, very important that each and every report that goes out under the government standards, under the inspection standards, has to have the highest quality because the worst thing you can do is put out a report that is not accurate or falsely accuses someone or is not in the proper state in order to support some sort of enforcement for those that use our report after they are done,” she said.
She has been backed by the Delaware State Education Association and several legislators.
The auditor is responsible for ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent properly, although the office cannot in itself effect policy changes.
Mr. Williams, a former state representative, said he was part of a team working for the U.S. Department of the Navy that discovered defense contractors massively overcharging for routine items like toilet seats and hammers.
Ms. McGuiness argued her experience outside state government makes her best suited for the position and spoke of creating a new beginning with fresh eyes running the office.
All three candidates agreed the office faces significant staffing challenges, and both Ms. McGuiness and Mr. Williams were critical of Mr. Wagner.
“At the end of the day, we can pump out audits out of this office, like the past administration and the team has done, but if we don’t do anything with them and act upon them and follow up and make sure that the red flags are being addressed, it’s no different than … going into a restaurant and finding mice” and health officials doing nothing about it, Ms. McGuiness told the audience.
Mr. Williams said he has spoken to state employees who believe they would be ignored if they were to raise concerns about financial misconduct.
“They don’t feel that they’re necessarily being listened to or that something is going to come of what they’re reporting or that it’ll come in a timely manner,” he said.
The primary is Sept. 6. The winner will face Republican James Spadola.
Reach staff writer Matt Bittle at mbittle@newszap.com
Dennis E Williams calls McGuiness ‘Too Compromised and Flawed’ to remain in State Auditor’s race and calls on Compromised Elected Officials to Withdraw their Support.
Former State Representative Dennis E Williams today called State Auditor candidate Kathy McGuiness “too compromised and flawed" to remain in the State Auditor’s race and said that she should withdraw from the race.
Williams cited the assessment of accounting experts, including professors from the University of Delaware and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who concluded that McGuiness’ actions of seeking and accepting the endorsements and financial help - from elected officials who head the very departments, agencies, and branches of government that she would be required to audit if elected – “has compromised her independence and her ability to serve as state auditor”.
One of these experts, Dr. Araya Debessay, UD Professor of Accounting in the Lerner College of Business & Economics, appointed by former Governor Jack Markell to the Delaware State Board of Accountancy and the Delaware Public Employee’s Retirement Systems Audit Committee, said the ‘best course of action for someone who has compromised their independence by getting endorsements or by receiving financial contributions from constituent groups who will be audited by the State Auditor is to withdraw their candidacy.”
Williams noted that “McGuiness - in a desperate attempt to obtain higher office, any higher office - has sold herself and has compromised her ability to be independent. McGuiness’ claim that ‘she would be independent once in office’ is meaningless as she has already so seriously compromised herself that there is no other effective remedy available but to withdraw from the race. It is a case of ‘you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube’. Her actions are an affront to the voters of the State of Delaware who would be deprived of their right to receive honest and faithful services from their state government if she is elected. Further, her actions violate the ethical standards of independence of mind and independence in appearance as set forth in the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and the GAO Government Auditing Standards.”
McGuiness, who has no accounting or finance education or experience, does not possess the accounting qualifications necessary to understand the role of Auditor, to understand the auditing code of professional conduct and ethics, or to effectively serve as Auditor. She has declared that the state could be audited using Quickbooks, dismissed the importance of the financial audits mandated by Delaware code and necessary for Delaware’s capital infrastructure financing and other state borrowing through Wall Street and other financial markets,
Candidate McGuiness has tried to deceive voters about her qualifications and the support for her candidacy. She has been touting her experience as a ‘Certified Fraud Examiner’(CFE), failing to note, however, that she has never worked as a CFE, and – as she has admitted - obtained this certificate just last year. She obviously got the certificate after losing the primary race for Lt. Governor, clearly in preparation for running for Auditor, a race she began even while running for re-election as a Commissioner on Rehoboth City Council. Candidate McGuiness also misled voters by listing at least two Democratic Party officials – County Party Chairs – as having endorsed her candidacy, when if fact they had not endorsed her. She was told to remove their names from her website.
Despite her complete lack of education, experience, qualifications or understanding of the position, candidate McGuiness has received the endorsement of several elected officials who head agencies, departments, or branches of government that are required by Delaware Code to be audited by the State Auditor of Accounts.
In a display of incredibly bad judgment or utter contempt for the ethical standards of their offices, these elected officials, including the Insurance Commissioner, Speaker of the House, and House Majority Leader, and other state and local officials have publicly endorsed McGuiness and all are actively helping her raise money for her campaign. Another renowned accounting expert has stated that “campaign contributions and endorsements from elected officials and the branches of state government (the eventual ‘audit clients’) is a threat to Auditor independence”.
Knowing full well that Delaware Code MANDATES that the State Auditor audit all departments, agencies, and branches of government, Insurance Commissioner Navarro, Speaker Schwartzkopf, Majority Leader Longhurst, and other elected officials at the state and local levels have compromised themselves and candidate McGuiness and have opened themselves up to charges of collusion and conspiracy by seeking to choose the person who would be auditing and investigating the very departments, agencies, and branches of government that they head. We cannot allow this to happen in our state. These elected officials are doing a great disservice to the Democratic primary voters and to all the people of Delaware who would be deprived of their right to receive honest and faithful services from their state government should McGuiness prevail.
Governor John Carney, in a meeting with Mr. Williams earlier this year, clearly stated that he had no intention of getting involved in the Auditor race since he felt it was completely inappropriate for him, as head of the Executive Branch, to be involved in choosing the person responsible for auditing the Executive Branch.
These compromised elected officials must take action now to help restore confidence in our primary election and in our government. Insurance Commissioner Navarro, Speaker Schwartzkopf, Majority Leader Longhurst, and other elected officials at the state and local levels on Ms. McGuiness’ endorsement list should immediately:
· Renounce and Rescind their endorsements of candidate McGuiness
· Demand the return of any and all contributions they gave to candidate McGuiness
· Stop using their position to directly or indirectly cause others to contribute to candidate McGuiness’ campaign
· Urge candidate McGuiness to withdraw from the race for the good of the party and the good of the state
Mr. Williams, an accounting and operations management professional, with an accounting and financial management degree from the University of Delaware, a Master’s degree in Technology Management from the Wharton School and School of Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania, 30 years’ experience as an accountant, financial controller, and Chief Financial Officer, knows that independence is an absolute, unquestionable, unwavering requirement of the office of Delaware Auditor of Accounts.
Mr. Williams has not sought and will not accept the endorsements or financial support of any currently serving elected official or department or agency head at the state or local level. As State Auditor, Williams will hold every state agency and department accountable and work to increase transparency in state government and will always place the public interests above any special or personal interests.
More information is available on www.WilliamsForAuditor.org and on Facebook – Dennis E Williams for State Auditor – 302-373-0115
Democrat Dennis E Williams files to run for Delaware State Auditor of Accounts
The people of Delaware deserve a qualified State Auditor who will look out for them!
In January of this year, at the urging of Democrats throughout the state to bring my experience to this position, I filed to be the Democratic Candidate for State Auditor.
I will be an independent advocate for the people of Delaware, working to ensure that our tax dollars are spent efficiently and effectively.
My experience, education, and background has prepared me to be your State Auditor.
· University of Delaware BS in Accounting and Financial Management
· University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and School of Engineering – Master’s Degree
· 30 years’ experience in business, government, and non-profit accounting, finance, and management
· State Representative (2008 – 2014)
o Defeated a 10-year entrenched Republic incumbent
o State Budget Experience
o Voted for more Transparency and Accountability in Government and Campaign Finance
o Served on the Joint Capital Infrastructure Budget Committee
o Watchdog against wasteful spending
My goal is to focus on modernization and best practices, to eliminate the waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars, and to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent more efficiently and effectively, so we can invest in education, public safety, infrastructure, and the many non-profits that do so much for our communities.
I am asking today for your help in this campaign to bring experience and competence to the office of State Auditor. Please click on the Take Action button to volunteer or donate to the campaign. You can also like my Facebook page - Dennis E Williams for State Auditor.
'Right to Work' is Wrong
‘Right to Work’ is Wrong.
As Delaware State Auditor I will proactively work to find savings and efficiencies in our State Government. I will investigate fraud and abuse.
I will also speak out in support of proposals that will benefit the citizens of Delaware.
I will also speak out in opposition to proposals that will harm the citizens of Delaware.
One such proposal, being promoted by a member of the Sussex County Council, is to make Sussex County a ‘Right to Work’ county. This misrepresented proposal should really be called what it is – ‘Right to Work for Less’. The average worker in a Right to Work (RTW) state makes about $6,000 less than the average worker in a free bargaining state. The poverty rate is almost 15% higher in RTW states than in free bargaining states. Workplace fatalities are almost 55% higher in RTW states compared to states where the unions can speak up on behalf of workers.
I grew up in a Union family. My father was a heavy equipment operator in Operating Engineers Local 542. Several of my cousins and two of my uncles were in Local 542. Other cousins and uncles were Union pipefitters and Union Bricklayers. I worked as a member of Laborer’s Local 199 while I was a student at the University of Delaware. These unions and many others provided good paying jobs with health benefits and the unions aggressively worked to ensure that workers had a safe working environment.
Without the work of Organized Labor we wouldn’t have the 40 hour work week, employer provided health benefits, and workplace safety. Do we really want to risk all of this for the false promises of the Right to Work proponents? Right to Work is Wrong. It is wrong for Sussex County and it is wrong for Delaware.
Contact Sussex County Council. Contact your State Representatives and State Senators. Please join me in speaking out against this misguided, misleading, and wrong proposal.
DEMOCRAT DENNIS E WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES RUN FOR DELAWARE STATE AUDITOR OFFICE.
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:
Wednesday 10/11/17
DENNIS E WILLIAMS FILES WITH THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS TO FORM COMMITTEE TO RUN FOR DELAWARE STATE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
Former State Representative Dennis E Willliams announced this morning that he will be seeking the office of Delaware State Auditor of Accounts in the November 2018 election. Williams established a Statement of Organization with the Delaware Department of Elections for the committee ‘Williams for Auditor’ earlier today.
Representative Williams has been urged by voters, Democratic Committee members, and elected officials throughout the state to bring his experience and qualifications to the position of State Auditor. Dennis has had a career that makes him uniquely qualified for this position.
Representative Williams has over 30 years of experience in business, government, and non-profit accounting, finance, and management. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of a major research library and archive. Dennis is a lifelong Delawarean, a graduate of Concord High School and the University of Delaware, where he earned degrees in Accounting and Financial Management. Dennis also earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton/Engineering).
Representative Williams applied his knowledge and experience to his work as a member of the General Assembly’s Joint Capital Infrastructure Budget Committee, helping to maintain and bring new jobs to the state. He fought for more transparency, accountability, and efficiency from state departments that came before that committee and will bring that fight to the rest of state government. In announcing this campaign, Dennis said “My goal is to focus on modernization and best practices, to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent more efficiently and effectively, so we can invest in education, public safety, and the many non-profits that do so much for our communities and our state.”
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ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
TPI HOLDINGS, INC. v. Nadeem Qadir
Case No. D2008-1398
1. The Parties
The Complainant is TPI HOLDINGS, INC., of Georgia, United States of America, represented by Dow Lohnes, PLLC, of Washington D.C., United States of America.
The Respondent is Nadeem Qadir, of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <aututrader.com> is registered with eNom.
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on September 12, 2008. On September 15, 2008, the Center transmitted by email to eNom a request for registrar verification in connection with the domain name at issue. On September 15, 2008, eNom transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details. The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy”), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”).
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on September 24, 2008. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was October 14, 2008. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent's default on October 15, 2008.
The Center appointed William A. Van Caenegem as the sole panelist in this matter on October 30, 2008. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
Because only a postbox address for the Respondent was provided in the Registrar's response to the Request for Registrar Verification, the Notification of the Complaint proved undeliverable by courier. However, whereas notification to the ‘postmaster@aututrader.com'was returned as undeliverable, notification to another Registrant email address was not so returned. The Panel finds that the notification requirements of the Rules have been satisfied.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant owns the United States registered trade marks AUTO TRADER (No. 1247037 and 2390815, in relation to goods and services in international classes 16, 35, and 42); AUTOTRADER.COM (No. 2381590, in relation to services in international class 35); and a design mark representing AUTOTRADER.COM in a particular manner (No. 3449402, in relation to services in international class 35).
The Complainant licenses the relevant marks exclusively to Cox Auto Trader Inc. which in turn exclusively sublicenses the marks to AutoTrader.com, Inc. All use of the relevant marks inures to the benefit of the Complainant.
The <autotrader.com> domain name has been registered by Cox Auto Trader, Inc., an affiliate of the Complainant.
The disputed domain name was registered by the Respondent or its predecessor in interest on September 8, 2001.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant's exclusive licensee Cox Auto Trader, Inc. and its predecessors in interest have sold and distributed automotive periodicals under the Auto Trader trade mark since 1974 throughout the United States. Since 1998 the Complainant's exclusive sublicensee AutoTrader.com, Inc. has provided online classified advertising services under the AutoTrader.com mark owned by the Complainant. AutoTrader.com, Inc. offers the largest selection of vehicles on the Internet and also offers, via its website, information and assistance associated with the selling of vehicles, including with finance, insurance and warranty programs. Approximately 13 million unique users are logged on the Complainant's <autotrader.com> website each month. The Complainant asserts that it and its licensees have spent millions of dollars promoting their business, goods and services under the relevant marks.
The Respondent is not authorized or licensed to register the contested domain name, nor is it a licensee or authorized to use the Complainant's relevant marks in any other way. The Complainant learned in August 2008 that the Respondent had registered the contested domain name. The Complainant sent a letter of demand to the Respondent on August 18, 2008 to which no response was received.
The Complainant asserts that Internet users who type in the contested domain name are redirected to a website (“usseek.com.search/internet/”) which operates a generic search engine and contains a list of sponsored links to websites that operate in the same field as the Complainant's licensee and sublicensee, namely automotive-related goods and services.
The Complainant asserts that the contested domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's AUTOTRADER.COM and AUTO TRADER trade marks because it is virtually identical, differing only in the substitution of one letter and the contraction of the latter mark into one word. This elimination of the space between two words is an insubstantial difference. The addition of “.com” is irrelevant to the issue of similarity. The Complainant asserts that the substitution of ‘u' for ‘o' is inconsequential because internet users will commonly mistype ‘auto' in that manner. This practice of ‘typosquatting' has been consistently held by past Panels to create a confusingly similar domain name. The potential for confusion is exacerbated because the website to which the contested domain name resolves contains links to goods or services similar to those offered by the Complainant and its licensee and sublicensee. Given the similarity in the domain name and in the goods and services offered, an internet user seeking out the Complainant's website is likely to be confused into thinking there is some association, affiliation or sponsorship.
The Complainant asserts that where a registrant has knowingly registered a domain name that is confusingly similar to the Complainant's it is well established that there can be no bona fide use under Para 4(c)(i) of the Policy. The Respondent cannot establish rights as it has never made any use, or prepared for use of the contested domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. Instead the Respondent has parked the domain name at a portal site providing links to third party commercial websites. Using a confusingly similar domain name to misdirect potential visitors and then earn compensation by way of click through license fees related to third party commercial sites is not legitimate non-commercial use, as has been repeatedly affirmed by past Panels. The Complainant asserts that the Respondent is intentionally trading off the Complainant's goodwill in its registered marks, and there is no conceivable legitimate justification for the registration and use of the contested domain name.
The Respondent is not commonly known under the contested domain name, and the Complainant is not aware of any trade mark rights owned by him. His only known association with the Complainant's marks is through his <aututrader.com> website, but such association, based on a bad faith intent to capitalize on the Complainant's goodwill, cannot form the basis of a legitimate interest since it does not amount to a bona fide use. Additionally the Respondent has not been authorized to use the Complainant's mark in any way: unauthorized use of the kind the Respondent has engaged in cannot form the basis of a claim of rights or legitimate interests.
Nor can the Respondent establish rights on the basis of a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the contested domain name. Misdirecting potential visitors to its own website and then earning presumed click through license fees is not a legitimate noncommercial or fair use.
The Complainant asserts that the Respondent has deliberately chosen to register a domain name incorporating the Complainant's registered and well known mark, which constitutes registration in bad faith. The Respondent has then used the contested domain name in the deceptive manner already described, for commercial gain, constituting bad faith use. The Respondent's use of the contested domain name is in bad faith because it unfairly trades on the reputation of the Complainant's marks and threatens the integrity and valuable goodwill that are inherent in those marks.
The Complainant further asserts that the Respondent has also been involved in a number of other UDRP proceedings where findings of bad faith were made (the Complainant cites inter alia WIPO Case No. D2007-1500; WIPO Case No. D2005-1193; and WIPO Case No. D2005-1315). Accordingly it is clear that the Respondent has been engaged in the practice of ‘typosquatting' which in itself is evidence of bad faith registration and use, as has been held by numerous Panels in previous cases.
B. Respondent
The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant's contentions.
6. Discussion and Findings
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The contested domain name is not identical to either of the relevant marks of the Complainant. However, in comparison with the mark AUTOTRADER.COM of the Complainant the difference is minimal. It lies only in the single letter ‘u' substituted for ‘o'. In terms of the AUTO TRADER mark, the only differences lie in the contraction of the two terms, the substitution of the ‘u' for ‘o' and the addition of “.com”. None of these modifications separately or cumulatively are significant, or result in a sufficiently different and distinguishable domain name. The appearance of ‘u' rather than ‘o' is the most relevant difference, but this difference is so small that it would mostly go unnoticed. The change does not bring about a domain name with an inherently different meaning or association, nor does it cause a significant change in visual appearance or aural quality compared to the registered marks of the Complainant. Rather, the contested domain name closely shadows and immediately invokes the Complainant's relevant marks.
Therefore the Panel finds that the contested domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's trade marks AUTOTRADER.COM and AUTO TRADER.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
Neither the Complainant, nor its exclusive licensee or sublicensee have ever authorized the Respondent to register a domain name incorporating the AUTO TRADER marks or any mark that is confusingly similar to it.
There is no evidence of any bona fide offering of goods or services on the website to which the contested domain name resolves. The Panel when accessing the relevant website on November 11, 2008, was redirected to a generic website whose url begins with “http://usseek.com”, and which contains a list of hyperlinks. These links themselves referred to subject matter unrelated to any aspect of the automotive business, mostly relating to concert tickets and the like. The screenshots provided by the Complainant, dated August 12, 2008, and September 5, 2008 have the same appearance, also listing hyperlinks. While the Complainant contends that the website “contains a list of sponsored links to other websites that operate in the same field as [the] Complainant's licensee and sublicensee, namely automotive–related goods and services.” (Complaint at para [21]), this is not borne out by the screenshots provided in evidence. The links appear substantially unrelated to any aspect of the automotive business. The screenshot for the date of Notification (September 24, 2008) provided by the Center also does not contain hyperlinks that refer to subject matter within the sphere of activities of the Complainant. They mostly relate to bad credit problems and solutions. The Panel therefore finds that the Complainant has not made out that the hyperlinks provided at the website to which the contested domain name resolves are intentionally or systematically directed towards goods or services offered by third parties that compete with or cut across those provided by the Complainant under its relevant trade marks. Rather the hyperlinks vary over time, and on the evidence available appear to be randomly generated.
However, this does not detract from the conclusion that the Respondent is not using the contested domain name for a bona fide offering of goods or services which could form the basis of an assertion of rights or legitimate interests. Whereas it may in certain circumstances be perfectly legitimate to acquire a domain name and use it to establish a website on which sponsored hyperlinks are displayed, in the light of the fact that the Complainant's marks are well known and were so at the time of registration of the contested domain name, and of the apparently deliberate misspelling to approximate the Complainant's mark as closely as possible, the necessary bona fides are lacking in this case. As the argument has been submitted by the Complainant, it is open to the Panel to conclude that the Respondent has deliberately chosen to register a close shadow domain name, seeking to benefit from the mistakes and resulting misdirection of Internet users seeking to access the Complainant's own website.
The Respondent is not commonly known by the contested domain name, nor is there any evidence before the Panel that the Respondent has acquired trade mark or service mark rights that might assist him in making a case. Furthermore, since the Panel is persuaded that the Respondent has engaged in the practice of ‘typosquatting' in this case, with a view to making a commercial gain from misdirecting consumers to his website, it cannot be said that the Respondent is making a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the contested domain name.
Therefore the Panel holds that the Respondent has no right or legitimate interest in the contested domain name.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
At the time of the initial registration of the contested domain name, and at all times thereafter, the Complainant's marks were very well known, as established by the evidence of website use figures, advertising and promotional expenditure and volume of listings submitted by the Complainant. It is therefore highly unlikely that the Respondent was not aware of the Complainant's marks at all relevant times. Furthermore, it is difficult to conceive of any good faith reason to acquire a domain name that so closely shadows the Complainant's marks but incorporates a manifest misspelling as it does. The word ‘autu' or the words ‘autu trader' have no immediately apparent meaning or utility, and none has been put before the Panel by the Respondent. The terms leave no other impression than a misspelling of “auto trader”. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary the only conclusion open to the Panel is that the Respondent's registering of the contested domain name was for the purpose of “cybersquatting”, ie. to profit from the close resemblance with the Complainant's trade marks by misdirecting internet users to the Respondent's own unconnected website. Furthermore, the fact that the domain name resolves to a portal site with numerous hyperlinks, indicates that the Respondent has engaged in a deliberate scheme to derive some financial gain from the misdirection of Internet users. In other words, in terms of para 4(b)(iv) of the Policy, the Panel is persuaded that the Respondent has “intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to [the Respondent's] web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of [its] website or location or of a product or service on [its] website or location.”
Therefore the Panel finds that the contested domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith.
7. Decision
For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain name <aututrader.com> be transferred to the Complainant.
William A. Van Caenegem
Sole Panelist
Dated: November 13, 2008
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Linux Comes to the Big Screen
Author: Michelle DelioMichelle Delio
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Linux is more than just an alternative operating system. It's also a culture with its own ethics, gods, myths and heroes.
A new film, Revolution O.S., explores the human side of the open source and free software movements, telling the inside story of the hackers and programmers rebelling against the corporate machine.
Revolution O.S. also depicts the culture of the open source movement by documenting the Installfest parties where people can bring their computers to get free, expert Linux tech support, and the Refund Day protest marches, where Linux users demand reimbursement of the extra fees that get tacked onto the purchase price of new computers for pre-installed Microsoft applications.
Revolution O.S. was made by J.T.S. Moore, who was totally unfamiliar with the open source community when he started the project.
"It wasn't my idea," Moore said. "One day in June 1999, I was talking on the phone to a good friend from Stanford, Doug Bone. He had seen my various films and videos over the years, and out of the blue, he jokingly suggested I make a documentary about the history of Linux."
Moore looked into it and decided there was a great tale to be told about the people behind the software, a story rich with colorful personalities, creation and conflicts.
In an attempt to reflect the complicated culture he captured in his project, Moore bills Revolution O.S. as an "epic movie," and said that his one regret was that he didn't have enough money to hire Charlton Heston to narrate the film.
"Charlton Heston is a national treasure," Moore said. "I think any man who had the vision to star in Planet of the Apes, Omega Man and Soylent Green deserves respect. The bottom line is that if you love individual liberty you have to admire Charlton Heston."
Not that the movie needs Heston to establish itself as a bona fide epic, said Moore, because at its core, "the open source movement is about hundreds of thousands of hackers and programmers around the world trying to throw off the yoke of the most powerful corporation on Earth."
"If that's not epic, I don't know what is."
To capture what he saw as the nature of open source's ideas and struggle, Moore worked with the old Hollywood epic format of anamorphic 35mm film (Cinemascope). Most documentaries are shot in a square format to fit TV screens, but Revolution O.S. is shot in the wide, rectangle format of the movie theater.
Moore chose to work with film because "despite the delusional hype of the digital video community," he believes that 35mm film is superior to DV, at least for the intermediate future.
"Also, shooting in DV breeds bad habits and yields an inferior image," Moore said. "Filmmakers shooting in DV tend to shoot staggering amounts of footage because it's cheap – not because it's necessary. Ultimately, DV will probably trump 35mm film, but I will wait to use the format until it is undeniably better in terms of quality."
"Don't get me wrong, no one is gonna mistake my cinematography in Revolution O.S. for a slick Hollywood film, but at least it doesn't have the amateur porno aesthetic of DV."
The 90-minute film begins with Richard Stallman's quest to create a free operating system. It then follows the movement through its two decades-long evolution in interviews with Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Eric Raymond (author of The Cathedral and The Bazaar), Bruce Perens, (author of the Open Source Definition), Brian Behlendorf (leader of the Apache Web server project), Michael Tiemann (founder of the first open source company) and Larry Augustin (founder of VA Linux Systems).
Moore has worked as a screenwriter for Disney and has had his work appear at the Telluride Film Festival and on the Encore cable channel.
Revolution O.S. is his first feature-length documentary and, Moore said, it was the most challenging creative project. He wrote, directed, produced, photographed, and edited Revolution O.S.
At the end of the project Moore found he'd turned into an open source advocate –- but with some reservations.
Moore thinks the open source development model is here to stay, but is not convinced it will become completely dominant. He believes that it will probably co-exist with the closed source model.
Eric Raymond, in a piece of writing that is widely acknowledged to define the ethics and rational of the open source and free software community, uses two cultural structures, the cathedral and the bazaar as a metaphor to describe the virtues of open source.
Comparing the isolated model of the cathedral with the "babbling complexity" of the bazaar, Raymond makes a case for the seemingly chaotic marketplace as the cornerstone of a stable and resourceful economy and society.
But Moore also sees in Raymond's metaphor an example of the virtue of the closed source model.
"While bazaars are vibrant, fast-paced, evolving environments, a cathedral can be a stunningly beautiful creation of enduring purpose that lasts 1,000 years. As someone who approaches intellectual property rights from the artistic side, the cathedral model has its appeal," Moore said.
Moore thinks the biggest threat to the success of the open source movement is piracy, not Microsoft.
"If the voluntary ideals of the open source movement are further corrupted by a subculture of intellectual property theft, then the whole movement will be tainted. The owners of intellectual property will continue to fight the movement rather than cooperate with it."
Moore believes that while many are convinced open source will give rise to new business models based on service and a culture of celebrity, the creators of intellectual property should have the option to participate in these new business models rather than being forced into "a communist manner because some people figure that if they can copy something then it's fair game to steal it."
Revolution O.S. will be sneak-previewed Thursday night at Manhattan's AMC Empire 25 Theater, at 8:30. Those attending LinuxWorld this week can pick up tickets at the OSDN booth (#3000) in the dot-org pavilion.
The first public screening of the film will be at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 12. Moore said people who would like to see the film should feel free to call "and pester" film distributors such as Miramax, Lions Gate in Los Angeles, and Cowboy Booking International in New York.
"If enough people say they want to see the film, maybe they will distribute it," Moore said.
Moore also noted that most of the film was financed via his Visa card.
"So, if anyone wants to buy the film and get me out of debt, know that I will entertain any reasonable offer," he said, in true open source spirit.
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Put Away Your Machine Learning Hammer, Criminality Is Not A Nail
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Earlier this month, researchers claimed to have found evidence that criminality can be predicted from facial features. In “Automated Inference on Criminality using Face Images,” Xiaolin Wu and Xi Zhang describe how they trained classifiers using various machine learning techniques that were able to distinguish photos of criminals from photos of non-criminals with a high level of accuracy. The result these researchers found can be interpreted differently depending on what assumptions you bring to interpreting it, and what question you’re interested in answering. The authors simply assume there’s no bias in the criminal justice system, and thus that the criminals they have photos of are a representative sample of the criminals in the wider population (including those who have never been caught or convicted for their crimes). The question they’re interested in is whether there’s a correlation between facial features and criminality. And given their assumption, they take their result as evidence that there is such a correlation.
But suppose instead you start from the assumption that there isn’t any relationship between facial features and criminality. In place of this question, you are interested in whether there’s bias in the criminal justice system. Then you’ll take Wu and Zhang’s result as evidence that there is such bias — i.e., that the criminal justice system is biased against people with certain facial features, thus explaining the difference between photos of convicted criminals and photos of people from the general population.
The authors obviously never thought of this possibility.
Unlike a human examiner/judge, a computer vision algorithm or classifier has absolutely no subjective baggages, having no emotions, no biases whatsoever due to past experience, race, religion, political doctrine, gender, age, etc., no mental fatigue, no preconditioning of a bad sleep or meal. The automated inference on criminality eliminates the variable of meta-accuracy (the competence of the human judge/examiner) all together.
So humans are prone to bias, but this machine learning system isn’t? Despite the fact that the creation of the data set on which the system was trained had (biased) humans involved every step of the way, from the arrest to the conviction of each individual in it? The fact that the researchers didn’t notice this gaping hole in their logic is disconcerting to say the least. Even worse is that they seem to suggest that we should deploy a system like this in the real world. To do what exactly, the authors don’t say, but it probably wouldn’t be about targeting the right advertising at today’s discerning criminals. In the case of advertising, a false positive — an innocent person being identified as a criminal — wouldn’t have serious consequences. In more likely scenarios in which the system might be deployed, however, a false positive could have much worse results, e.g., unwarranted scrutiny of people who have done nothing wrong, or even worse, arrests of innocent people.
Coverage of this paper has drawn parallels with the movie Minority Report, where so-called pre-cogs have prior knowledge of crimes that will be committed in the future. But this comparison misses a crucial point. In the movie, the prediction made by the pre-cogs is always in relation to a particular crime’s being committed by a particular individual at a specified time in the future. And, as the movie suggests, it’s ethically problematic to arrest someone before they’ve actually committed a crime. But in the Wu and Zhang paper it’s even worse because a prediction amounts to nothing more than a statement such as, “this person’s features bear some similarity to the features of a lot of people who have been processed by the criminal justice system.” It says nothing whatsoever about whether this particular person has ever committed a crime.
What is criminality? The state of having committed a crime? The tendency to commit crimes? Cesare Lombroso, the 19th century Italian criminologist who put forward the theory that born criminals could be identified by congenital defects, coined the term “criminaloid,” to describe a different type of criminal from a born criminal. A criminaloid was someone who just occasionally committed crimes, but did not have the physical features of a born criminal. Presumably this category was necessary in order to account for individuals who had been caught committing crimes but who did not have congenital defects. Even if you buy into such an idea of born criminals, surely there are also some people who have the facial features of criminals, yet who have never committed a crime. Should they be treated as though they have? Wu and Zhang don’t bother asking such questions, and their machine learning algorithms certainly won’t yield answers to them.
Being proficient in the use of machine learning algorithms such as neural networks, a skill that’s in such incredibly high demand these days, must feel to some people almost god-like — even Thor-like! Maybe every single categorization task will start to look like a nail for Thor’s hammer. Cat pictures and handwritten digits are fair game as “nails.” Criminality is not.
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Hall of Fame: Jim "Duce" Ducibella and Jennifer Williams will be inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Media Hall of Fame on Saturday. Photo by Stephen Salpukas
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Although they have spent their careers reporting the news, two William & Mary staff members will be making their own headlines Saturday.
Jim “Duce” Ducibella and Jennifer Williams will be inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Media Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia. The two communications specialists in the W&M Office of Communications are part of the hall of fame’s inaugural class of recipients.
Ducibella, who is also a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, worked as a sports writer for The Virginian-Pilot for 27 years, much of that time covering the Washington Redskins. Williams, who started at W&M last year, covered local high school and college sports during her 25-year career as a journalist for the Daily Press.
“It’s wonderful that Jen and Jim are being honored this way,” said Brian Whitson, W&M’s chief communications officer. “Both are insightful reporters, exceptional writers and absolute professionals. They came to the university with well-established careers in newspapers and since that time have contributed so much to University Communications and our broader mission of telling the William & Mary story. Congratulations, Duce and Jen!”
The two compose 40 percent of the inaugural hall of fame class, with three others — Carol Hudson, former sports information director for Old Dominion University; the late Mike Minium, a sports reporter and editor for the Daily Press; and Bruce Rader, sports director for WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV — joining them as honorees.
“We want to congratulate the winners. This is an outstanding first class of inductees,” said Greg Bicouvaris, co-founder of the Hampton Roads Sports Media Hall of Fame, in a press release. “We look forward to growing every year and making this a signature event in Hampton Roads.”
According to the release, the hall of fame was founded in July 2017 by Bicouvaris and Chuck Hall, Langley Speedway promoter, to “honor broadcast, public relations and print professionals who have worked at least five years at a media organization in the greater Hampton Roads area and have been a productive member of the community in which they live.”
At W&M, Williams and Ducibella are part of the University News & Media Team and write for W&M News, covering general assignment stories and beats that include departments across Arts & Sciences. They also serve as liaisons to other W&M communications offices and work with local, regional and national press outlets to garner coverage of the university.
“The people whose stories we told were the reason we did the job,” Williams said. “So it’s great to have reporters recognized in this way in the community, and we’re very appreciative of this new Hall of Fame for media being established.”
Ducibella, who has worked at W&M since 2009, is also the author of the book King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938, which was voted golf book of the year in 2012 by the International Network of Golf.
"Although the media landscape is changing, and more and more newcomers to the business seem to crave fame over traditional strong reportage, I don't know any writers who sought to cover sports for that reason," Ducibella said. "I know I didn't, so to have my work remembered and celebrated so long after I left the industry is both humbling and tremendously flattering. I am grateful to the selection committee."
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In The Secret Windrush Files, historian David Olusoga pulls no punches in a revelatory film uncovering hidden truths behind the ‘Windrush scandal’.
Personal stories from men and women of the Windrush generation – Caribbean immigrants who arrived in Britain between 1948 and 1971 to help combat the UK labour shortage – reveal their heartache as changes to immigration law led to many being wrongly told they were in the country illegally.
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“My mum had arrived two years earlier, answering an advert for more workers – she thought she could make more money for the family as a seamstress in the UK.
“I sobbed when she left me with Gran, as I was only six, but I knew she was doing it for a better life and I loved the tins of corned beef and condensed milk she sent us – it was like Christmas!”
What Anthony didn’t know was that “the next time I’d be on a plane was 52 years later, being sent back to Jamaica.”
David’s research also uncovers secret files showing how successive UK governments looked for reasons to stop immigration from the Caribbean, despite knowing the migrants were citizens of the British Empire with full rights to live and work here.
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Equis Group (Equis), Asia's largest independent infrastructure private equity manager, has appointed Mark Warner as partner, to be located in the Singapore office.
Warner will take responsibility for the management functions of Equis and take a primary role in Equis' future fund-raising initiatives.
Prior to Equis, Warner spent 11 years at the University of Texas/Texas A&M Management Company (Utimco), based in Austin Texas. At Utimco, Warner served in various capacities including interim CEO/CIO and senior managing director. Warner was responsible for developing the firm's successful private natural resources, emerging markets and co-investment strategies. Prior to Utimco, Warner served as a director at Enron Capital and Trade Resources where he worked on the trading floor structuring complex commodity derivative transactions and subsequently leading a variety of energy-linked project and corporate equity investments.
David Russell, partner and co-founder of Equis comments, "Following a number of significant and successful divestments including the sale of the Equis Energy portfolio to Global Infrastructure Partners, we have identified significant new investment and growth opportunities and Mark's appointment to the partnership will significantly strengthen our operational capability and our ability to facilitate and manage such growth."
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Samir HusseinTom Petty’s widow has issued legal threats against his eldest daughter, Adria, accusing her of planning to create a Paul Newman-style range of salad dressings using her father’s image.The new allegations are part of a broader feud between Dana and Petty’s daughters from his first marriage that is ultimately about control of the Petty estate and intellectual property. Dana is the sole trustee of her late husband’s trust, however, Variety reports, the trust directs her to establish an entity to control Petty’s catalog, with, crucially, “equal participation” from his daughters. Daughters Adria and Annakim have interpreted “equal participation” to mean they should get control of the entity by a two-thirds majority vote. Dana Petty, who was married to Tom for the last 10 years of his life, has now accused Adria of sending her abusive text messages as a bitter struggle for control of the late rocker’s estate escalates, Page Six reports.The latest legal blast from Dana comes after Adria alleged in probate court that Dana has been “misappropriating” money from Petty’s estate and intellectual property for her own gain.Dana has strongly denied these claims, and in the new court documents filed by Dana and seen by Page Six, she says, “Adria wanted to authorize Tom’s name and likeness to be used to promote products akin to Paul Newman, whose face adorns bottles of salad dressing and so on. But Tom would never have permitted such a thing, he never ‘sold out’ while he was alive and refused to do any such thing despite numerous opportunities. Dana is certain Tom’s fans would also find it a sad perversion of Tom’s legacy.”Adria, who is Petty’s eldest daughter by his first wife, Jane, is a film director and artist living in New York. Alex Weingarten, the lawyer for Adria and Annakim, told Page Six the allegations in Dana’s new court filing are “completely false” and accused the stepmother of having failed to properly manage Tom’s intellectual property and music catalogue.Weingarten said, “Dana and her lawyer are basing their case on smoke and mirrors. Every claim they make is demonstrably false. Adria and Annakim are laser focused on one thing—honoring and protecting their father’s legacy and enforcing the terms of his trust, as written.” The rock icon died at the age of 66 from an accidental overdose in 2017. According to an autopsy, Petty’s system was found to have traces of fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetyl fentanyl, and despropionyl fentanyl. He was said by his family to have been suffering agonizing pain from a broken hip but wanted to continue to tour.In her new filing, Dana includes “abusive” text messages allegedly sent to her by Adria regarding the cover design for the four-CD box set of Tom’s posthumous work, An American Treasure. After Dana suggested an alternative cover, Adria fired back, “It looks like a redneck joke to me... don’t come in and fuck things up that I’ve been working on for months.”Dana’s attorney Adam Streisand told Page Six, “Dana Petty would have done almost anything to avoid all of this. Over the past weeks and months, however, the behavior of her stepdaughters Adria and Annakim has gone from unconscionable to unhinged—and it needs to be stopped.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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DSCP holds 2019 midyear ranking competition
Monday, July 15, 2019 4:00 am
The DanceSport Council of the Philippines, Inc. (DSCPI) headed by President Becky Garcia will hold the 2019 DSCPI Midyear Ranking and Competition at the Ballroom Hall of Valle Verde Country Club, Pasig City on July 20, 2019.
Garcia said she’s expecting 400 DanceSports athletes who will be joining the ranking competition backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, Flawless, Dance Results Philippines, Like-FM 105.9, Studio AK and The Greenery Bulacan ............................... Full Story»
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Category Archives: “Every Night”
Posted on October 23, 2015 by Zeroto180
NoBullying.com, in their April, 2015 piece entitled “Songs About Depression,” reminds us Beatles fans that the song “Every Night” from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album — recorded while still legally a Beatle — was created while the bassist was battling depression.
How nice to see Richie Havens take this song and imbue it with his own very upful feeling:
“Every Night” Richie Havens 1980
Elektra would release “Every Night” b/w “Here’s a Song” as a single. “Every Night” would also find itself in the enviable position of side one, track two on Havens’ Connections LP, released in 1980.
Richie Havens: Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Ann Lang & Gail Wynters: Backing Vocals
Andy Newmark: Drums
Chuck Rainey: Bass
Montego Joe: Congas & Tambourine
Elliot Randall, Jeffrey Baxter: Electric Guitar
Jack Waldman: Keyboards
Note: you have until Halloween to bid on a sealed 8-track of Richie Havens’ Connections.
When Were 8-Track Tapes Officially Put Out to Pasture?
1980 sounds a little late for 8-track tapes possibly — makes me wonder when production finally ceased for that lowly country mouse of audio playback formats (created by Bill Lear of celebrity jet fame). According to technology-and-society blog, For the First Time (or the Last Time):
“There is a debate about the last commercially released 8-track by a major label, but many agree it was Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits in November 1988. Some 8-track titles were still available through record clubs until 1989. Many of these late-period releases are highly collectible due to the low numbers that were produced. Among the most rare is Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Texas Flood. The record club-only 8-track cartridge that seems to sell for the highest amount is The Police’s The Singles, which has sold for over $200 for a single copy. Another highly sought-after title among collectors has been The Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols, which has sold for over $100 for an open copy in average condition.”
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In his interview on LBC on Saturday 30 May 2016, former London mayor Ken Levingston claimed that his alleged anti-Semitic comments that Hitler was in fact a Zionist and that Hitler had never intended to exterminate the Jews until one day he “went mad” were backed by similar comments by Israeli primes minister (and historian) Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ken Levingston repeated his claim about Benjamin Netanyahu at least 12 times during the radio interview. This was his unchallenged line of defence to the charge that he was anti-Semite.
So did Ken Levingston tell the truth about Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech or did he bent it in an attempt to rewrite history all over again?
Was Ken Levingston being honest with LBC’s listeners in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech or did he deliberately mislead them to avoid a charge that he was anti-Semite?
Judge for yourself.
Here is a link to the full transcript of the speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, which was referred to in Ken Levingston’s radio interview on LBC. http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechcongress201015.aspx.
To put things in context, Benjamin Netanyahu gave that speech to the 37th Zionist Congress on 20 October 2015. The section of the speech referred to by Ken Levingston was aimed to emphasis the active part played by the Mufti (Mayor) of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini, in the formation of Hitler’s final solution.
Haj Amin al-Husseini is considered by many as the forefather of the Palestinian nation so the point Benjamin Netanyahu was making was that Palestinian terrorism is not only motivated by nationalism but largely by deep routed anti-semitism.
The transcript of the paragraph of Benjamin Netanyahu speech referred to by Ken Levingston in aid of defending the charge that he was an anti-Semite is produced in full below:
“And this attack and other attacks on the Jewish community in 1920, 1921, 1929, were instigated by a call of the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini, who was later sought for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials because he had a central role in fomenting the final solution. He flew to Berlin. Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, “If you expel them, they’ll all come here.” “So what should I do with them?” he asked. He said, “Burn them.” And he was sought in, during the Nuremberg trials for prosecution. He escaped it and later died of cancer, after the war, died of cancer in Cairo.”
Reading Netanyahu’s words, it is clear that Ken Livingstone purposefully misstated what he had said. Hitler wanted to get rid of all the Jews. He did not care where they went. The Mufti convinced him that expelling them from Germany was not a good solution as they would come to Palestine instead. According to Mr Netanyahu it was the Mufti (clearly not insanity) which caused Hitler’s change of plans.
Did Benjamin Netanyahu say in his speech that Hitler was a Zionist as Ken Livingstone implied?
Clearly not. Netanyahu did not even mention the word Zionism in the relevant paragraph.
Did Benjamin Netanyahu say in his speech that it was insanity that drove Hitler to exterminate the Jews rather than a cold blooded plan? Definitely not.
There is clearly nothing in Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to even suggest that Hitler’s desire to expel the Jews from Europe was motivated by Zionism and it is clear from the speech that the Mufti influence the Hitler’s final solution. Not a word about insanity.
The only part that in Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech that Ken Levingston might have correctly quoted is Netanyahu’s suggestion that Hitler had not formed the final solution until 1929 after he met with the Mufti.
It is clear from reading Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech and from listening to Ken Livingstone’s interview that Ken Livingstone did not tell the truth when he claimed repeatedly that his comments were backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was his only line of defence. “The Truth”, he said, which we can see he falsely claimed was backed by an acting Israeli Prime Minister.
New internet trolls laws
Chris Grayling’s announcement of 2 years jail term for internet trolls is inconsistent with the ministry of justice’ reluctance to prosecute internet trolls. In 2013 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published clear guidance to prosecutors under which communications that are grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or false but deficient in detail (as most tweets are) will be unlikely to be prosecuted. This means that offences involving twitter in particular are subject to a high threshold and that in many cases a prosecution is unlikely to be in the public interest. Whenever prosecution is not in the public interest, police is unlikely to waste time investigating the offence in the first place. On the ground, it is clear that unless the police is given direction and resources to enable it to start investigate anti-social behaviour on social media, the imposition of longer maximum jail terms to internet…
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TECH-TAX: WITH DGIT
Yair Cohen Google Campus
So you’ve founded a start-up, now what?! You’ve had your big idea, you’ve researched your market, and you’ve taken the leap into the unknown… then what? Then, in amongst the long hours, the pursuit of the dream, the networking, the free beers and the pizza – suddenly there’s a tax return, a legal battle, a key team member gone…
Tax, talent and navigating online law will all feature in this event full of advice. Hear from the specialists that can help stop your mole hills becoming mountains!
Even information: http://london.techhub.com/events/techtax-with-dgit/
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Websites
Corporate social responsibility might no longer be a term that refers to saving the rain forest or to paying coffee farmers a minimum wage. It could soon mean much more.
Social media users are like the coffee farmers but only in the sense that they work extremely hard in return for very little. Social media users work for the social media corporation by producing never-ending internet content and by falsifying friendship and relationships. Social media users dance and sing before their masters and often strip themselves off the rights to privacy and basic dignity. Social media sites will not exist without the hard labour of users in the same way that coffee chains will not survive without an army of coffee farmers. Read the full article: Social Media Sites and Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Yair Cohen
Social Media lawyer
"Encourage the young to create our new internet laws"
The Internet and the laws that are meant to protect us are only in their infancy. At present, the law plays catch up, particularly because of lack of vision and the lack of understanding of trends. In reality, Read more on New Social Media Law
How to Remove Internet Pages from Google
19/01/2012 16:55 / 2 Comments on How to Remove Internet Pages from Google
It is possible to remove web content from Google quickly and here is how to do it:
Internet Law Centre. Keeping domain names secure
You do need to bear in mind however, the recent data which was published by Google which shows the type of requests to remove web content that Google is likely to accept.
This is good information to have for anyone who is involved in any sort of business or has been the subject of a recent threat of internet defamation against them. Unfortunately … Read More on Internet Law Expert Blog.
By Yair Cohen
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Mother pleads guilty to charges stemming from death of child left in hot car
Samantha Donohoe wipes away tears as Judge Mark Fleegle reads her charges in Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas Monday.
Christine Holmes
By Jessica Johnston, Assistant News Director
Samantha Donohoe broke down in tears Monday morning as she pleaded guilty to charges associated with the death of her 57 day-old child.
Donohoe, 27, pleaded guilty to one first-degree felony count of involuntary manslaughter and one third-degree felony count of endangering children.
During her plea hearing, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ron Welch stated that on Sept. 4 deputies with the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office and EMS were dispatched to Eagleview Apartments at 6:24 p.m. in reference to an unresponsive child.
Upon their arrival, Donohoe and her husband were found in the back bedroom of their apartment performing CPR. Donohoe’s husband told first responders that he believed the child had been in the car for roughly 30 minutes.
Paramedics discovered that the child had no pulse, and the nearly two-month-old child was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m., Welch stated in court.
Donohoe later told authorities that she had gone to run an errand and took the child with her. The baby had fallen asleep in the backseat and stopped making noises. When she arrived home, she grabbed her bags and went inside, leaving the sleeping child in the backseat.
She also stated that the baby had been in the car for about 30 minutes.
On Sept. 4, the temperature reached 93 degrees mid-afternoon. In court, Welch stated that the heat index around 4 p.m. was 97 degrees, and authorities stated that the vehicle the child was left in was in direct sunlight, which could have caused temperatures inside the car to exceed 130 degrees.
The child’s core temperature was 110 degrees.
During the time of the incident, Donohoe lived at Eagleview Apartments with her two other children and her husband.
Another child died while in Donohoe’s care in 2017, after the 31-day-old child suffocated when the two fell asleep on the couch together, Muskingum County Prosecutor Mike Haddox said in a previous Y-City News report. No charges were brought against Donohoe in that case as it was ruled accidental.
Donohoe’s bond was continued at $250,000. She will remain in the Muskingum County Jail until she is sentenced.
For more information on this story:
Donohoe pleads not guilty to murdering infant son
Mother indicted for infant’s hot car death
Muskingum Sheriff releases 911 call following baby’s apparent hot car death
Baby dies inside car in Zanesville
A previous version of this story stated that Donohoe pleaded to manslaughter.
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AT&T U-Verse TV: U-Verse and its TV packages are available in 21 states including the Midwest, south to Texas to the west and Florida to the east, as well as California and Nevada. You can check out AT&T U-Verse's channel lineup here. You can also bundle U-Verse high speed internet with U-Verse TV. Do be aware that U-Verse high speed internet is now called AT&T internet.
Prime Video is a nice hybrid of an all-you-can-eat streaming service like Netflix, plus a video-on-demand store, with plenty of original content to go with it. It's "free" to anyone with a Prime account, which is best known for giving customers free two-day shipping—but you can also get Prime Video for $8.99 a month as a standalone service, with none of the other Amazon extras.
US want back door access from all tech company, NSA tapped directly into the servers of nine internet firms, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, to track online communication in a surveillance programme known as Prism, caught spying and bugged EU office.also US : we have no evidence but evil communist may be spying on us! please use our trusted tech company from the US!
Many broadband providers require a cable modem with DOCSIS 3.0 so if you decide to go for a used modem, be sure you’re getting one that’s recent enough to be compatible with your local broadband provider. Your cable modem is the foundation of your Internet connection. Somehow, the importance of it is often overlooked by many people. There’s another building block also often overlooked, but worth re-visiting if you are entering the land of cord cutting.
PlayStation Vue plans aren’t that much cheaper than traditional cable or satellite, so it’s probably not the best option if you‘re cutting the cord to save money. It does offer a 5-day free trial, so you can test it out (two days shorter than any other streaming service), but make sure to cancel by day five, or you‘ll be charged for the whole month.
The good news is that nearly all of these services offer the ESPN family of networks as standard, at the lowest tier. Many then offer regional Fox Sports channels, and even an array of overseas sports broadcasts. Soccer fanatics should also look into FuboTV, which emphasizes the major sports leagues in general but is particularly generous with international football. Again, be sure to check with the various live TV providers to see what you’re allowed to see in your region and for what price. (If you can afford it, consider Playstation Vue, which offers easy access to the many games streaming every day on ESPN’s website.) ESPN also now offers ESPN+, which features a selection of live games from professional and college sports, along with access to the network's documentary films and some studio content exclusive to the subscription service.
Many customers may opt for the “cord-cutting” route and purchase streaming subscriptions directly from networks that have shows they like. Many users lean toward this service because it's cheaper and they can trim the fat by removing all the unnecessary programming they don't watch and pay for the ones they do. While this might seem like a good idea on paper, for just a few extra dollars a month, you don't have to limit yourself to just one network, or one free episode on these streaming services. Access all of your favorite shows and networks in a single place with providers like DIRECTV and Spectrum.
Fiber-Optic TV is one of the newest types of television technology. Light travels through glass or plastic cables to deliver all of your favorite channels. These cables are much stronger than the copper cables used for cable TV, and they can transmit data across further distances while still maintaining the same high quality picture and sound. Fiber is typically the most reliable option, because the connection isn't affected by power outages or bad weather like cable and satellite TV are. Many fiber TV providers offer bundles with fiber internet, which is extremely fast. One of the downfalls to fiber television is that it has limited availability because it's a newer technology, so it may not be offered in your area. These fiber cables must also be installed perfectly by a professional to function properly, which is part of the reason that availability is limited. Fiber TV tends to be a more expensive option, but its incredible HD quality and reliability are worth the price!
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In an effort to entice cord cutters and cord nevers, some cable television providers have begun offering Internet-only streaming services. Cablevision began to offer "Cord Cutter" packages that include a free digital antenna and access to its Optimum WiFi network, as well as the option to add HBO Now to the service, making it the first ever cable provider to do so.[32] In 2015, Comcast and Time Warner Cable (TWC) began to trial television services delivered via their managed internet infrastructures; Comcast's "Stream" service offered access to broadcast networks, HBO, Xfinity StreamPix, and their respective TV Everywhere services. Outside of TVE apps, the service can only be accessed via Comcast home internet on supported devices.[33][34] In October 2015, TWC began to trial a service under which subscribers are given a Roku 3 digital media player to access their service via the supplied TWC app, rather than a traditional set-top box. A TWC spokesperson emphasized that this offering would provide "the same TV and same packages delivered to the home today", but delivered over TWC-managed internet rather than a cable line.[35][36][37] This service has since been transferred to the current Spectrum service after Time Warner Cable's merger with Charter, with an equivalent Apple TV app forthcoming.
Streaming sticks, which include the Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick and Roku Streaming Stick, aren’t much bigger than a pack of gum, and they plug right into your TV’s HDMI port. You can then use your smartphone, laptop or—in Roku’s case—a remote control to launch hundreds of steaming apps. These devices are available for well under $50 apiece, and, on their own, don’t require a monthly fee.
Bear in mind that, if you’re on the ball, there’s also plenty you can watch for free — with no need to subscribe to anything. This may change in the future as major media companies put more of their products behind a paywall, but for now, some major channels (like ABC, Fox, the CW and PBS) make select episodes of their shows available online for nothing, for a limited time after their original broadcasts. You can watch them through a web browser or through an app on your set-top box.
This streaming service basically revolutionized the whole cable TV alternative thing and still stands as one of the best in the market. Sling TV’s subscription fee kicks off at ($20 per month), and it’s unlikely that you’ll get charged more for your add-ons. This service offers two basic packages of channels (Orange and Blue) and allows subscribers to select smaller add-ons, which usually cost $5 per month. Sling TV has something for everyone, kids, foreigners, and sports enthusiasts. Oh, and their DVR features are too shabby either.
One big advantage Roku offers though is a choice of four models ranging in features and price, from the $50 Roku LT to the faster and higher resolution $100 Roku 3. With over 1,000 channels, Roku has long had an edge over its Apple rival in terms of content, but unsurprisingly, many channels are of limited appeal. While it lacks support for iTunes, Roku counters with the Amazon Instant video store (unavailable on Apple TV). Roku also offers both a PBS and PBS Kids channel.
Netflix is a great place for binge-watching entire seasons all at once. But unless it’s a Netflix original series, you’ll just have to wait until a season finishes airing to get started. But hey, no commercials! Accessing the service shouldn’t be a problem either. You probably have 10 devices in your house right now that came preloaded with the Netflix app. But if you want to use Netflix on more than one device at once, you’ll have to upgrade to the Standard ($10) or Premium ($12) plan.
For more package options (and more channels) with Charter Spectrum, you’ll have to bundle with internet and phone service. Those bundles come at a fair price though, and include free installation (normally $35), WiFi set up (typically $10), and DVR service ($13 per month). That’s a potential savings upwards of $200 in one year. Spectrum also includes HD channels free of charge.
Another thing to consider is if you can set up antenna TV to catch local channels. While it might not work for everyone or everywhere, if there's a network TV show you just have to see live then this is the cheapest option. Digital TV antennas are easy to find with designs ready for home and apartments -- check out our guide for more info on how to choose the right one.
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An Incredible Conspiracy
Napísal: prof. František Vnuk
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In the last days of August 1944, Slovakia, a peaceful island in war-ravaged Europe, suddenly became a theatre of war. There occurred an armed rebellion against the Slovak Republic sponsored by Czech-leaning politicians, ambitious army officers and communists. On the pages of the world press the incident passed almost unnoticed; if it appeared it was completely lost alongside such events as the gallant stand of the Poles in the Warsaw rising (August-September), the Allied landing on the south coast of France (August 15), the fall of Paris (August 23), the capitulation of Rumania (August 23), the Finnish withdrawal from the war (September 2), the Soviet declaration of war on Bulgaria (September 5), etc. While on a world scale the Slovak uprising was an insignificant development (e. g. there is no reference to it in the 'Chronology of the Second World War' published by the Royal Institute of International Affairs), on the Slovak scale it was an undertaking of vast dimensions. It started spectacularly; in the first days it spread over more than a half of Slovak territory and, by the time it was liquidated with the help of the German troops at the end of October 1944, it had cost Slovakia some 40,000 dead, immense material losses and irreparable losses in terms of human suffering. It failed largely because of its untimely start, confused leadership and lack of popular appeal.
There are many puzzling features concerning this affair which to an outside observer must be without parallel in history: Here is a nation which takes up arms to fight against its own state, to sink its political individuality into a synthetic agglomerate state, to renounce its national birthright for a second-rate citizenship. However, beyond these absurd appearances lie more fundamental reasons which, if not more logical, are at least more plausible.
The emergence of independent Slovakia in March 1939 was an epoch-making event in the life of the Slovak nation. It was enthusiastically greeted by Slovaks of all political shades and there was definitely no active opposition either by the Communists or the pro-Czech elements. Unfortunately, but inevitably, the state was born with German assistance. It asked for, and was promptly granted, German protection and was only six months old when World War II broke out. Yet in this short space of time (March-September 1939) it secured recognition not only from its neighbours (Germany, Poland, Hungary) but also from the neutrals (Switzerland, Sweden, the Vatican) from and England, Italy and the Soviet Union.
The war and Slovakia's inescapable geography put the state into the Axis camp. With the approaching defeat of Germany its existence was placed in jeopardy. Dr. E. Beneš, the self-exiled president of pre-Munich Czechoslovakia, had no difficulty in convincing the Western Allies and the Soviet Union that the Slovak problem was an internal problem of post-war Czecho-Slovakia which would be best solved by the restoration of the status quo ante 1938.
This development led to a profound soul-searching among those politicians of pro-Czech orientation who in 1939 – expecting that the new state would outlast at least their life span – renounced and denounced their previous centralist past. When in 1943 they belatedly discovered that their appraisal of the situation was wrong, they cast their remorseful eyes towards Dr. Beneš. But they were somehow afraid to approach him empty-handed and decided to undo their former betrayal of pro-Czech sentiment by a new treason towards their own state. Dr. Beneš then conceived the idea of a Slovak uprising in his name and for the restoration of the Czecho-Slovak Republik in its pre-Munich form. In December 1943 – against a strong British advice – he signed a state treaty of mutual assistance and post-war cooperation with the Soviet Union. Within a fortnight the Slovak liberal-agrarian politicians concluded an agreement with the Slovak Communist underground. In this fateful alliance – called the Christmas Agreement – they vowed to take over the political, legislative, military and administrative power in Slovakia „at the first suitable opportunity“ and to restore Czecho-Slovakia as a common state of the Slovaks and Czechs.
For the Communists this step was a radical departure from their earlier political program. When in the spring of 1939 the Komintern approved an independent Communist Party of Slovakia, the party vehemently and persistently advocated a free and independent Soviet Slovakia. In a similar vein the Czech Communist leadership in Moscow in March 1940 informed the Czech Communist underground: „We are fighting for complete sovereignty of the present Slovak state . . . The old conceptions concerning Slovakia are being abandoned. The Slovak state is a given basis in the struggle for the full freedom of the Slovaks.“ This attitude was changed in the summer of 1941 when the Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union. Then the Soviet Union recognized Beneš as the president of Czecho-Slovakia and the Slovak Communists were ordered to twist their political line accordingly. With some reluctance they obeyed, since „theirs was not to reason why ....“
The Communist and liberal-agrarian conspirators found helpful allies among the army generals and officers, some of whom were of Czech origin and most of whom were trained in the old Czech schools and in the robust Czechoslovakism. It must also be said that the war against Russia was unpopular even while the Germans were winning. After the Stalingrad debacle its unpopularity among the people and soldiers only increased.
In April 1944 Dr. Beneš sent to Slovakia his special emissary, Cpt. J. Krátký. The plans of the military uprising soon took a concrete form. It was decided to open the Carpathian passes to the advancing Red army. The key role in this operation was assigned to two Slovak divisions (about 25,000 men) in Eastern Slovakia under Gen. A. Malár. Other military personalities involved in the preparation of this plan were: the Minister of National Defense Gen. F. Čatloš, the Chief of the General Staff Col. J. Golián, Col. Talský and a host of colonels, majors, captains, etc. It was said about them that „they were oppressed by the burden of their Iron Crosses, Knight Crosses and other German medals, impressed by the performance of the Allied and Red armies and depressed by the grim outlook concerning their future employment.“
The plan was well designed, but it took too much for granted. The Russians to whom the plan was submitted by two special envoys early in August 1944 did not like the idea of an uprising which was burgeois-conceived and sponsored, and refused to commit themselves to any coordinated action. Instead, in July and August 1944 they dropped over Central Slovakia several groups of trained partisans. These found Slovakia a fertile soil for subversive activity. The Slovak government was afraid to publicize their presence by a bold, energetic and large scale action. The small army units and police patrols – geared by their officers for a general uprising – when sent to fight the partisans were ineffective and in many cases even joined them. Late in August there were some 3,000 partisans (according to the Communist count 8,000) roaming the mountainous terrain of Central Slovakia. Their terror was aimed primarily against the Germans. But since there were no German troops in Slovakia, they looted and terrorized the indigenous German population (the so-called Volksdeutsche). On August 28 the partisans and the soldiers of the Turčiansky Svätý Martin garrison stopped the international express and massacred the German military mission on its way from Budapest to Cracow. On August 29 Gen. Čatloš announced over the radio that the Slovak Government had called the German army to restore law and order.
This call on German military assistance, triggered off by the provocations of the Soviet partisans, was later declared to be the beginning of „the glorious Slovak national uprising“. On August 30 Col. J. Golián indeed issued an order for a general rising, but it was obvious that the day was neither of his choosing nor to his liking. The untimely start caught the military leaders off-guard. One of them, Gen. Malár, spoke over the Slovak radio and denounced the action as suicidal and premature. As a result the two well-equipped divisions in the East did not join the uprising and were disarmed by the Germans early in September. Likewise the military garrisons in West Slovakia were willing to listen to Čatloš or Malár but not to Golián and thus in this crucial moment they did not join in. (The following West Slovak garrisons refused to join in : Nitra, Bratislava, Sereď, Trenčín, Hlohovec, Nové Mesto nad Váhom). The men of the Trnava garrison and some of those of Piešťany obeyed Golián's call, but they did not fight as expected of them. Instead they rapidly retreated towards the centre of the uprising.
The uprising spread only over those districts of Central Slovakia which were infested by the partisan infiltration. In the beginning the military leadership had at its disposal some 10,000 men under arms (16 batallions and 10 companies of infantry, 13 batteries of artillery) whose number was increased by military conscription to 60,000. (The number of partisans increased in the same time from 4,500 to 13,000) There was no lack of light arms and ammunition, but heavy weapons and aircraft were in short supply. (Altogether 26 aircraft and 12 tanks. On August 31, 38 aircraft flew from Eastern Slovakia to the Russians and these were never returned.)
But what the uprising lacked most was an able and united leadership. It was directed from at least three centers: London, Moscow and Banská Bystrica. In addition the soldiers did not see eye to eye with the partisans, who formed fighting units of their own. The partisans had their own Soviet commanders, received their orders and directives from Kiev and refused to coordinate their actions with those of the army unless it suited their own interest. They saw in the army a tool of the bourgeoisie and thus a class enemy – only a degree better than the political enemy, the Fascists. The partisans claimed for themselves all the equipment flown in or dropped over Slovakia by the Russians.
Originally the Communists shared the political power with the Democrats (i. e. the liberal-agrarian participants of the uprising) on a fifty-fifty basis. But by clever manipulation and aggressive action on their part, and inexperience on the part of their partners, they soon made themselves the dominating factor in the whole venture. With this development Moscow ceased to look at the Slovak revolt as it did at the Warsaw rising and started to provide some support. In military terms it was only a token help, often misplaced and ineffective (they sent some 150 bazookas which were of no use against the German medium and heavy tanks; the Czechoslovak fighter regiment of 21 planes after its arrival from the Soviet union was mostly grounded for the lack of fuel, spares and ammunition which the Soviets failed to provide), but on the political side they flew in the top Czech Communists operators (Rudolf Slánský and Jan Šverma) who were to help their Slovak comrades to get rid of the liberal-agrarian Kerenskys. After the Red army failed to force its way into Slovakia through the Dukla pass the Soviets allowed the transfer of the decimated 2nd Czechoslovak paratroop brigade (2,000 men) from the Carpathian battlefield into Central Slovakia. But it was too little, too late and was to no avail. The uprising was liquidated in less than two months, on October 27, with the Russian front 140 miles and 150 days away from Banská Bystrica.
The German troops, invited to restore law and order, set about liquidating the rebellion in their efficient, methodical and ruthless manner. The Reichsführer-SS, H. Himmler, entrusted SS-Obergruppenführer G. Berger with the task. Berger started the operation with 2,800 men, 9 light field guns and with an arrogant optimism („Ich hoffe, dass in 4 Tagen die Anglegenheit beendet ist“ — he wrote to his chief). The insurgents put up some tough resistance, especially the French partisans at Strečno (August 28 – September 4) and the Slovak army units counterattacked at Telgárt (Sept. 5-7). The Germans were forced to involve more and more troops. At the end of September SS-Obergruppenführer H. Höffle (who replaced Berger) was in command of some 18,000 troops. Towards the end of October this number was finally increased to 32,000.
In the pacification of Central Slovakia the following German army and SS units participated: Tatra Panzerdivision (178th), 14th SS-division („Galizien“), 18th SS-division („Horst Wessel“), 20th SS-division (regiment „Schill“), parts of the 19th the 108th divisions, the brigade „Dirlewanger“, and some smaller units of the police and mountain troops. It is, however, important to note that these troops were not all used simultaneously and continuously and that, being undermanned, understaffed and underequipped, they were divisions in name only (the so-called Schattendivisionen, i. e. shadow divisions). They moved in three directions – from west, east and south – towards the strategic center of the uprising – the triangle Banská Bystrica – Zvolen – Brezno nad Hronom. In spite of at least threefold numerical superiority and excellent defensive terrain the insurgents yielded one position after the other: a few fell after some hard fighting (Čremošné, Baťovany, B. Štiavnica), others were abandoned in panic.
After the liquidation of the armed rebellion the army units were either captured or dispersed. The partisans, led by more experienced Soviet officers, managed to retreat into the mountains in more or less coherent groups, leaving behind their heavy weapons, transport vehicles and ammunition. Their subsequent hibernation in the deep and often inaccessible forests of Central Slovakia was largely of a defensive nature and till January 1945 it did not interfere with the German war effort to any appreciable extent. The complete collapse of the military uprising in the midst of favorable circumstances cannot but remind one of the words of F. Engels written about the Slovak uprising of 1848: Die Slowaken die die Gebirgpässe innenhaben, würden bei ihren zum Parteigängerkriege vortrefflichen Gegenden gefährliche Gegner sei, wenn sie veniger gleichgültig gestimmt wären. (Neue Rheinische Zeitung, No. 194, Jan. 13, 1849).
The uprising was not the affair of the Slovak people. It was the concern of a small group of short-sighted politicians, mercenary officers and Communists. It lacked the spontaneity with which it was posthumously so generously credited. Apart from some sincere single-minded Communists most of its Slovak participants were either misled or forcibly conscribed into it. Cries like „Death to the German occupants!“ sounded hollow, because the German occupation was the result and not the cause of the partisan activity. Catchphrases like „For free Czecho-Slovakia!“ were uninspiring since even the simplest Slovak knew that – as far as freedom was concerned – no Czecho-Slovakia could ever be a substitute for Slovakia. The Slovak state of 1939-44 with all its drawbacks and limitations was still the richest form of freedom and independence within the memory of all Slovaks. To an ordinary Slovak the fruits of independence were real and tangible, the horrors of fascism hardly perceptible. Any attempts to make him rise against his own state in the name of antifascism were bound to fall flat.
Nobody with sense pours out the baby with the bath water. Yet that was what the self-appointed leaders of the armed rebellion against the Slovak state actually did. Twenty years later one may ask: „To what good?“ Definitely not to the benefit of their nation. And as for their own vain glory and mercenary rewards, these were all of very short duration. As for „dramatis personae“ of a Greek tragedy, the men of 29th August one by one fell in disgrace or worse at the hands of those to whose voice they had listened when conspiring against their own state. In 1948 the Communists got rid of their liberal-agrarian partners (Lettrich, Josko, etc.) and in the subsequent Communist purges of 1949-54 everybody who was anybody in the uprising (Žingor, Husák, Šmidke, Novomeský, etc.) was shot, imprisoned or degraded.
VNUK, František: Neuveriteľné sprisahanie. Trenčín : Vydavateľstvo Ivana Štelcera, 1993. 185-191s. ISBN 80-900537-6-9.
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Josh Fox
Josh Fox is the founder and producing artistic director of the International WOW Company, a theater and film group with membership of over 100 actors, dancers, musicians, technical and visual artists spanning 30 countries on 4 continents. Josh has written/directed/produced two feature films and over 25 full length works for the stage which have premiered in New York, Asia and Europe. His two most recent projects, RECONSTRUCTION, a stage drama, and GASLAND, a documentary film, represent a shift in his work towards work focused on sustainability. GASLAND, which Josh wrote, directed and shot, is about the largest onshore natural gas drilling campaign in US History which threatens to invade huge areas of the northeastern US, including New York city’s watershed. It premiered at the Sundance Film festival 2010, where it was won the Special Jury Prize for Documentary. In June 2010 it premiered on HBO to an audience of 3 million homes and was seen by over 100,000 people during its 110-city grassroots tour and has been released nationally by New Video. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for best documentary and for best documentary screenplay by the WGA. It also won the Environmental Media Association Award for best documentary and the Emmy Award for Best Directing. As a result of Josh’s activism and campaigning on the issue of gas drilling he was awarded the 2010 Lennon Ono Grant for Peace by Yoko Ono in a ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland. As a national spokesman on the issues of the contamination resulting from fossil fuel extraction, Josh has appeared on the Daily Show, The Keith Olbermann show, PBS Now, CNN, Democracy Now, MSNBC, CBS and NBC Nightly news among many others.
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GODS OF WAR – Historical Background
Hernán Cortés and his men departed from Cuba on September 11th, 1519 and embarked on one of the most extraordinary adventures in the history of mankind: the conquest of Mexico. In the following months, not only would they encounter different civilizations, walk through forests with new and strange plants and animals and eat exotic food and beverages; they would also engage in ferocious combats with the natives, suffer from new diseases and bear the harsh conditions of an unknown and sometimes hostile country.
On February 27th, they reached the island of Cozumel in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. When they arrived, they noticed that the inhabitants of the small and scattered villages had fled to the interior of the island, terrified by the sight of the ships. When Cortés sent two of his captains to find the population, they found and seized a native and asked him to find and bring the rest of the inhabitants with the promise that they would not be harmed. Some caciques returned, and Cortés knew from them that there were at least two other Spaniards kept as slaves on the peninsula, so he wrote them letters explaining they were on the island waiting for them.
Jerónimo de Aguilar had been enslaved in Yucatán for eight years after surviving a shipwreck and was the only one who returned with Cortés. The other, Gonzalo Guerrero, was already married with a Mayan woman and had children with her; he wanted to continue living among the Maya. The result of Jerónimo de Aguilar joining the expedition represented a great benefit for Cortés because through him he would be able to communicate with the Maya and learn more about this unknown land.
The expedition left Cozumel and on March 22nd they reached the Grijalva River in the present state of Tabasco. The natives there were hostile because they had already engaged in combat with Spaniards from a previous expedition. Cortés’ troops defeated the natives in the Battle of Centla, their first battle that allowed them to introduce horses as a new weapon. After this combat, the natives made peace with the Spaniards on April 15th and the cacique brought them several gifts that included food, jewels and twenty women to cook for them. Among these women was Malinalli or Malintzin, who was baptized as Marina, and Cortés gave her to one of his captains since he was already married to Catalina Xuarez.
They embarked again on their journey and reached the island of San Juan de Ulúa on April 21st. That night Cortés and his troops contacted the first Aztec ambassadors sent by Moctezuma, and exchanged greetings and gifts. Since Jerónimo de Aguilar only spoke Mayan he could not communicate with the Aztec ambassadors, on this occasion Malintzin would jump onto the stage, because she knew how to speak Mayan and Nahuatl (the Aztec language), so Cortés spoke in Spanish to Jerónimo de Aguilar who translated it into Mayan to Malintzin and then she translated it into Nahuatl to communicate with Moctezuma’s ambassadors. This was the beginning of a very close relationship between Cortés and Malintzin and she would become essential as interpreter because she soon learned Spanish.
The ambassadors told Cortés that they welcomed him, that they served the great Montezuma and wanted to know who they were, what they were looking for and if they needed something that they would provide it. Two days later other Indians returned from a governor of Montezuma, they took them and put blankets over their huts to cover the sun, they brought Cortés presents of gold and a lot of food, Cortés thanked them and was told that another governor would come back with more. What Cortés gave them in return were things that they brought to rescue.
The next day Governor Tendile arrived and took him to Pitalpitoque, after them went many Indians with presents and chickens, after this Tendile made three obeisances to Cortés and he welcomed them.
With these meetings, Cortés realized that Moctezuma ruled a large, powerful and rich empire based in Central Mexico. From that time on his mind was set on one thing: to reach TENOCHTITLAN, the heart of the empire and meet Moctezuma II in person. Cortés also made a large display of his forces and fired the canons, something that had a tremendous impact on the ambassadors; he had now shown the superior combat forces of the newly arrived foreigners to Moctezuma II.
The next morning, the Spaniards crossed to the mainland and founded their first, however rudimentary, settlement in a sandy area known as Chalchihuecan and named it Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz that would become Spain’s first political centre in Mexico. Hernán Cortés was now Captain General and he ordered his men to start building huts to shelter them from the intense sun and heat. However, there was not much to eat, the environmental conditions were very harsh and the mosquitos impossible to cope with. After the ambassadors from the Aztec empire left Cortés’ camp at Chalchihuecan, other natives who were in the vicinity but did not approach because they were afraid of the Aztecs, finally came to the encampment. The Spaniards noticed that they were different, using other kinds of clothes and ornaments and spoke a different language. However, some of them could speak Nahuatl and so Cortés learned they were Totonacs, inhabitants of Veracruz and under Moctezuma’s yoke. They were sent by their leader to invite them to their city: Cempoala.
The Totonacs guided some Spaniards to Cempoala, where Cortés learned from the local cacique that Moctezuma indeed was a despotic ruler who demanded higher and higher tributes every year and that the Totonacs were severely punished if they did not comply in time. This was a great opportunity to make new alliances, so Cortés promised them to free them from the Aztecs if they joined him, and so they did. The Spaniards’ army started to increase in numbers.
The rest of Cortés’ men oversaw finding a better place to anchor the ships and moved the Villa Rica settlement to a new site. When Cortés arrived, he started the construction of a more developed settlement with houses made of rock, he designed the streets and planned the construction of a small fortress where he would leave one of his captains in charge.
While at this new settlement, Cortés heard that Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba, had been granted a royal decree that authorized him to conquer and populate the regions that were now being discovered by Cortés. In response he assembled his most loyal captains and decided to send ambassadors with great presents to the Emperor to gain his trust and validate their deeds. A few days after Cortés’ ambassadors had departed he found out that some of his men wanted to rebel by stealing a ship and returning to Cuba. To set an example to the rest of his men, he punished them severely by hanging two and cutting the toes off another.
Cortés then began preparations for the journey into Central Mexico. He left a strong garrison in their newly founded settlement in Veracruz, and took a brave decision: to sink their ships to avoid another rebellion attempt to return to Cuba. He argued that the ships were no longer fit to sail and decided to dismantle them and kept all that could be useful: ropes, cannons, wood, even the nails!
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Nine Sentenced in Dink Case - 9 hours ago
Israeli Police Launches Criminal Probe into Drone-Maker Suspected of Bombing Artsakh Targets
An Orbiter drone being launched
The Israeli police announced Tuesday that it has opened a criminal investigation in a drone manufacturer that allegedly live tested a suicide drone on Artsakh targets on the orders of Azerbaijan earlier this year.
The Times of Israel reported that a police statement confirmed that the Israeli Aeronautics Defense System Ltd. was the target of the criminal investigation.
“An investigation is ongoing against Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. in regards to a deal with a ‘significant customer,’” police said in a statement Tuesday.
A gag order issued by an Israeli court on Monday to limit the flow of information about the case prompted the news to come out. The police’s ability to identify the “significant customer” is among the restrictions imposed by the gag order.
The Israel Police’s Unit of International Crime Investigations, known by its Hebrew acronym, Yahbal, is leading the investigation, according to Times of Israel.
In August, the Israeli defense ministry’s Defense Export Controls Agency halted the sales license of Aeronautics Defense System after an investigation was launched on a complaint that company officials were ordered by Azerbaijan to carry out a live test on Artsakh targets of its Orbiter 1K model UAV, which can be outfitted with a 2.2 to 4.4-pound explosive load and flown on “suicide missions.”
The Hay Zinvor news outlet quoted Colonel Armen Gyozalian of the Artsakh army as confirming that two people were lightly wounded in an attack on Artsakh targets on July 7.
Aeronautics, which was poised to make a $20 million deal with the “significant customer” said it would “fully cooperate with any examination on any issue and would work to the best of its capabilities so the investigation will be as swift as possible.”
The gag rule revealed that the police investigation has been underway since September 4 against Aeronautics, which, according to Times of Israel, has had dealing with the Myanmar military junta, which is accused of ethnic cleansing for its treatment of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority.
The live test against Artsakh targets that is the focus of the investigation would be illegal under Israeli law. “It would require a seldom-granted permit to carry out demonstrations against real targets. In this case, Aeronautics Defense Systems would be even less likely to receive such a permit, as Israel does not consider Armenia to be an enemy state,” according to Times of Israel.
During a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, Armenia’s Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said that Armenia was concerned with any country selling weapons to Azerbaijan, because, according to the minister, Azerbaijan’s policies and its lack of respect for human rights did not guarantee that the country would utilize the weapons according to international norms and regulations.
Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev announced that last year that his country had purchased $5 billion in weapons and military equipment from Israel.
Asbarez Staff
Armenian Christ - November 17, 2017 said:
Hye - November 19, 2017 said:
nonsense. Don’t you need government approval before you sell weapons.
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Running Slows the Effects of Aging
Q. Glen. Is Running Good For You as You get Older?
A. Yes it has been said that Running Slows the Effects of Aging A new Study Shows Older Runners Have Fewer Disabilities Than Non-Runners
Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years.
Older runners have fewer disabilities, remain more active as they get into their 70s and 80s, and are half as likely as non-runners to die early deaths, the study shows.
"If you had to pick one thing to make people healthier as they age, it would be aerobic exercise," James Fries, MD, an emeritus professor of medicine at the medical school and the study's senior author, says in a news release.
Researchers tracked 538 runners over age 50, comparing them to a similar group of 423 non-runners. The runners were part of a nationwide running club.
The participants, now in their 70s and 80s, answered yearly questionnaires about their ability to perform everyday activities such as walking , dressing, grooming, getting out of a chair, and gripping objects. The researchers used national death records to learn which participants died and why. Nineteen years into the study, 34% of the non-runners had died, compared with only 15% of the runners.
At the beginning of the study, the runners ran an average of about four hours a week. After 21 years, their running time declined to an average of 76 minutes per week.
Everyone in the study became more disabled after 21 years, but for runners the onset of disability started later. Perhaps not surprisingly, running was linked to lower rates of cardiovascular deaths from causes such as stroke and heart attack. However, it also was associated with fewer early deaths from cancer, neurological disease, infections, and other causes, according to the findings.
Reference: Runners World
Glen's Bottom Line! Run!!!!!!
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Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 877. page
2016-03-05 03:05:00 Post No.7775096
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Anonymous 2016-03-05 03:05:00 Post No. 7775096 [Report] [View thread]
Convince me this isn't gibberish
Anonymous 2016-03-05 03:07:21 Post No.7775098
Anonymous 2016-03-05 03:07:21 Post No.7775098 [Report]
It's not gibberish lad I swear on me mum's life
Why would I. Don't read it if you don't want to read it. Though anti-intellectualism won't get you anywhere
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>I'm just gonna have Socrates talk about and point to shapes and lines you can't even see.
>implying is not Plato himself talking
>Implying not everyone comprehends that Socrates is Plato's mouthpiece.
>implying that Plato, by using Socrates as a mouthpiece for his own ideas, wasn't guiding himself by Socrates' own ideal of self-knowledge and subjective freedom.
Indian Literature 2016-03-05 01:30:39 Post No.7774780
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Indian Literature Anonymous 2016-03-05 01:30:39 Post No. 7774780 [Report] [View thread]
So how do I into Hindu/Indian Literature? do I start with the Mahabharata or Bhagavad Gita? what are the novels to digest or other religious texts that allow you to understand them?
Start with the Greeks.
I enjoyed The Namesake as far as novels go
DESIGNATED
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Who is the worst female writer?
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all of them desu
Reading in a second language 2016-03-04 22:36:58 Post No.7774098
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Reading in a second language Anonymous 2016-03-04 22:36:58 Post No. 7774098 [Report] [View thread]
As most Europeans I've studied English since I was born and have been surrounded with it ever since (from childrens shows on TV to advanced academic literature).
However, even today I still find myself going "tired" when reading English text, such as novels or longer articles. It's never the same as reading anything in my native language (even though I understand everything perfectly).
Can anyone relate to this? Does it ever pass?
>Does it ever pass?
Yes. Read more.
When did it pass for you?
After I read more.
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Anything in this worth reading?
almost everything you dip
So what isn't worth reading?
Petitioner 2016-03-04 22:23:45 Post No.7774041
Petitioner 2016-03-04 22:23:45 Post No.7774041 [Report]
"Hey guys, i want to start working out but i don't want to get too big. What should i do to not get too big?"
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How original are you, anon? Prove it by posting a book you've read but think nobody else on this board has read.
Locos.
Quarantine - Juan Goytisolo
Gil Blas, Moscow 2042, Saki short stories
What is literature equivalent of fap straight after waking up, and then going back to sleep?
Reading Hegel
Your mums diary entry after I banged her
Spencer Madsen.
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requesting lit about being perfectly average and directionless
suffering artists can fuck off
oblomov.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fuck-Up-Arthur-Nersesian/dp/0671027638
what makes you think you're "perfectly average"? And what's wrong with suffering artists? Are you in STEM by any chance? In which field do you work?
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Hi! I need an advice. I'd like to read something in English and, since it isn't my native language, it should be something that I can handle, something relatively easy to read and interesting for a person in his twenties. Thank you!
I'd argue anything by Hemingway, he's rather known for his succint and clear-cut writing style. I think it'd be very easy to understand, language-wise, as far as literature goes.
read the sticky
Untranslated japanese literature 2016-03-04 11:05:14 Post No.7772423
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Untranslated japanese literature Anonymous 2016-03-04 11:05:14 Post No. 7772423 [Report] [View thread]
Hey /lit/, what are some japanese books you wished you could read but can't because they have never been translated? I'm itching to practice my moonspeak and I'd love to read something good. Thanks!
Why would anyone be itching about books that haven't been translated / they know nothing about? If it's a good book it's already translated.
Anyways, just go read some Soseki, Kawabata etc. in Japanese and if you have trouble you can doublecheck with the English versions.
>If it's a good book it's already translated
I really don't think that's how the world works, you know.
Sorry to burst your illusion, but it does. And by 'good' I obviously refer to popular and critically acclaimed. If you're looking for extremely obscure books then it's pointless to come here.
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What am I reading?
I'm not even done chapter 2 and a can of hair spray, buzzing around, was destroying everything like you'd imagine in a bugs bunny cartoon.
just finish it first
A novel by Thomas Pynchon. They're generally a bit zany.
How many is too many protagonists? 2016-03-04 02:30:47 Post No.7771335
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How many is too many protagonists? Anonymous 2016-03-04 02:30:47 Post No. 7771335 [Report] [View thread]
How many main characters is too many?
the context for me being a story about a group of individuals surviving a catastrophic event and how they change/develop in the aftermath of said event. These developments would not be solo stories, but the would all be related, like they'd all be part of a group.
I'm going into this with the idea of "as many good characters as I can come up with" but I want to put a number on it, as well as see how many other stories I could work with and how many characters I could have.
Good examples would be...
pynchon
Stick with the greek tragedies and keep it to a maximum of three characters.
Depends on your ability to manage them, that's all. Books don't have size restrictions like movies, so I see no reason why you couldn't develop as many characters as you want to. But yeah, to give a meaningful role and growth for each protagonist, the story would wind up rather lengthy.
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this book is shit desu
i'm not very far in but should i see it out to the end? so far it's just bad western culture references, descriptions of weather, and descriptions of how totally mysterious everything is
>hating the Japanese Borges
dweeb
You're reading a book for girls, dude. You got memed into reading a fucking BOOK FOR GIRLS.
Haven't read it before. My friend who hadn't read a book since elementary school picked it up and read it in a week.
Maybe you're just a pleb?
Critique Thread 2016-03-07 03:48:26 Post No.7783011
Critique Thread Anonymous 2016-03-07 03:48:26 Post No. 7783011 [Report] [View thread]
post lit, give Crit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBFvEY263U3K9Y5ICqtGBXkHzL3W7Kfh4O5_AxM3EmY/edit?usp=sharing
Assignment for playwriting class to do 3 page scene with focus on use of time as a setting.
>Best Track
For Revered Green
>Worst Track
>Most Overrated
>Most Underrated
Cuckoo Cuckoo
8/10 Overall. Feels was better
>not Winter Wonderland
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Nominal Roll
Official history
War diaries
Military history resources
7th Battalion (1939-45) Association
7th Battalion's Story
Gallantry Awards
The Battalion was formed in 1936 in Mildura Victoria and was initially called the North West Murray Borderers. Over time, with additions and reinforcements the Battalion gained members from all around Australia. Highlights of 7th Battalion history include:
Fighting in 1945 on the Numa Numa Trail in central Bougainville, successfully repelling Japanese forces until hostilities ceased in August 1945. At least 62 actions were fought over 4 months;
Serving in British Solomon Islands on Stirling and New Georgia Islands defending US air force installations and supporting US operations;
Serving in Papua New Guinea - undertaking mapping/surveying activities near Wau; and
Serving in the defence of Darwin from Feb 1942 to Sept 1943, during the Japanese bombing raids.
At the end of WW2 the Battalion guarded 26,000 Japanese prisoners on Fauro Island, south of Bougainville until March 1946. Once all members had been discharged, the Battalion was disbanded on 10 May 1946.
For more detailed information on the activities of the 7th Battalion please go to the Our History tab at top of the home page.
(Photo: Local Bougainville men bringing Pte J. Sporn in for treatment at Wearne's Hill. Source Australian War Memorial)
The following members of the 7th Battalion lost their lives while on Active Service. We will remember them.
Each name has been linked to the relevant entry for that person on the Australian War Memorial website. Here you will find some further details such as date of death and the location of the person's grave or memorial site.
Quite a few 7th Battalion men were laid to rest in the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, pictured to the right.
I. R. Andison G. C. Clifford K. Gunter S. G. Lowe R. Phipps H. W. Stevens
R. Archer J. E. Dike M. K. Gurney D. W. MacTaggert V. G. Schiele J. A. Thomson
E. J. Bahr M. I. Dougherty L. B. Hateley H. K. Midgley K. F. Schmidt A. B. Watson
A. A. Bennett A. M. Dunbar R. Keenan R. Nash C. H. Schurr L. E. Williams
H. W. Brown W. J. Evans F. R. Longmore G. M. Norris C. W. K. Scott J. P. Zimmerman
A. T. Clarke L. G. Grange W. J. Lord L. E. North K. D. Smith
"Lest We Forget"
Please contact secretary@7thbattalionww2@org.au if interested in attending any of these events, unless an alternative contact is given.
Bombing of Darwin, 19 February (every year)
Mildura: Cenotaph, Deakin Ave Mildura, commencing at 9.30am. Organised by Mildura RSL.
Darwin: Cenotaph, The Esplanade, Darwin. Go to http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/media-centre/events/ for more information. Organised by City of Darwin.
ANZAC DAY, 25 April (every year)
Melbourne March: 7th Battalion veterans and descendants of veterans participate each year.
Reunion Lunch: Middle Park Bowling Club approx 12.00. It is necessary to advise attendance at this event no later than 15 April each year. Cost of lunch for 2019 is $30 pp
Annual General Meeting, 25 April (every year)
Middle Park Bowling Club, just prior to the ANZAC Day Reunion lunch each year, commencing around 11:30 noon.
Maryborough Weekend, November 2019
All Association members are invited to the annual Maryborough Weekend, held in early November each year.
17 members of the 7th Battalion were awarded gallantry awards at the end of the war.
Their Commanding Officer. LTCOL Harry Dunkley was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
16 were awarded Mention in Despatches for their "Exceptional Service in the field in the South West Pacific area" and they are listed below in alphabetical order by surname.
It can be difficult to find out why an award was made, especially for Mention in Despatches. It might be for a particular event or for actions taken over a period of time.
Click here for more information on Mention in Despatches. For information on the promulgation of these awards click here.
James Leslie BAINES Leo James Bernard CLOHESY Cecil Joseph GOOLEY William Ormond MCINNES
Arthur Allan BENNETT Glen William DAVIDSON William Edward James HOLMES Gareth RUSH
Lyell Tasman BUTLING Leith Eric DONALD Donald HOWSON Donald Crawford STIRRAT
Wallace Owen CAMERON Malcolm Howard ELLIOTT Cecil JONES George Henry WEEKS
The 7th Australian Infantry Battalion was formed in 1936 as a militia unit, also named the North West Murray Borderers because its members came from the area where Victoria, NSW and South Australia meet. In 1942 the battalion was formally moved into the Australian Infantry Forces (AIF) prior to being sent to serve overseas.
There were two other 7th Battalions. The first, or 1/7th Battalion served during World War 1. The 2/7th Battalion (part of the AIF from its inception) also served during World War 2, initially in the Middle East then Greece and Crete. Later the 2/7th fought in New Guinea near Wau (1943), then in the Torricelli and Prince Alexander ranges (1944).
This website, together with its associated links and resources, attempts to tell something of the real story about the men of the 7th Battalion who helped to defend Australia during the Second World War, and of the Association formed to honour their service.
All the information on this site is provided in good faith and is correct as best we have been able to establish.
Should visitors consider the information provided is incorrect or incomplete please contact us at enquiries@This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Content on the site is owned by the Association unless otherwise stated. No parts should be copied or reproduced without the permission of the Association.
Glen Waverley Vic 3150
Email: enquiries@7thbattalionww2@org.au
(c) 2017 7th Battalion (1939-45) Association
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Betty Ryan 1
Occupation 7
108 Holland Street West
The two-storey, brick house located at 108 Holland St. West was built by John Maurino on what was originally a 100-acre farm owned by John Skinner. Skinner lived on Church St. (at the southeast corner of John Street). There was a creek behind the ...
The building located at 120 Holland St. West in this photo from 1995 replaces one built by Watson (a cement block and sidewalk builder) just before, or during, WWI. That structure had a barn and shed for stock and chickens at the back. The Slothin...
185 Holland Street West - The Turner House
The Turner House is located at 185 Holland Street West (on the northwest corner of Holland and Toronto Streets). It was built in the 1880’s in the Eclectic Gothic Revival style. The two-storey, ‘L’-shaped building has an asymmetrical façade. The g...
The structure located at 21 Holland St. West is part of what is known as the Evans Block. The building was raised and Len Saint added a cellar and a foundation. The work was done by Mac Campbell and his team of carpenters. T.W.W. Evans had the bui...
22 Holland Street West - The Queen's Hotel
The Queen’s Hotel (located at 22 Holland St. West) was built circa 1850, and was originally the Western Hotel. This photo (taken in the fall of 1995) shows the structure just before a major renovation. The hotel went “dry” during World War I. Brad...
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Andrew Shvarts
Andrew Shvarts is an author of novels and video games. He has a BA in English Literature and Russian from Vassar College. He works for Pixelberry Studios as a designer, making mobile games like High School Story, Choices, and more. Andrew lives in San Jose, California, with his wife, toddler and two kittens.
Books by Andrew Shvarts
City of Bastards (Royal Bastards)
by Andrew Shvarts - Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult 14+
Tilla, bastard of House Kent, has it made. Safe from her murderous father in the dazzling capital of Lightspire, she lives a life of luxury under the protection of the Volaris King, alongside her boyfriend, Zell, and best friend, Princess Lyriana. So why isn't she happy? Maybe it's the whispers and stares that follow her wherever she goes, as the daughter of the traitor waging war against Lightspire. Or maybe it's the memories of her beloved brother, Jax, who lies cold in his grave even as she tries to settle into a life in the city's prestigious University.
Royal Bastards
by Andrew Shvarts - Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult 12+
Tilla secretly longs to sit by her father's side, enjoying feasts with the rest of the family. Instead, she sits with the other bastards. Then, at a feast honoring the visiting princess Lyriana, the royal shocks everyone by choosing to sit at the Bastards' Table. Before she knows it, Tilla is leading the sheltered princess on a late-night escapade. They stumble upon a crime they were never meant to witness. The group flees for their lives, relentlessly pursued by murderous mercenaries; their own parents have put a price on their heads to prevent the king from discovering their treachery.The bastards band together, realizing they alone have the power to prevent a civil war that will tear their kingdom apart.
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John Bagnall: Victoria’s first pianoforte maker
1860’s piano made in Canada
A piano or ‘pianoforte’ as it was also known, was a popular musical instrument during the BC gold rush era.
Many gold rush miners went to great lengths to have their musical instruments brought to their camps.
In 1863, a piano was carried from Quesnel to Barkerville. This same piano survived the Great Fire of Barkerville five years later. It was later purchased by the Kellys who made arrangements for the piano to be brought to Victoria where they retired.
The Canadian piano and organ industry started to gain momentum in the 1850s and was helped by advertisements in newspapers. Pioneering Canadian piano maker John Morgan Thomas was in operation in Montreal and Toronto from 1832 until his death in 1875. He was credited with the invention of the metallic frame which he and Alexander Smith patented in Toronto in 1840. In May 1866, Theodore Heintzman opened his own factory in Toronto and founded one of Canada’s most successful and longest-running piano-making firms.
Born in Staffordshire, England, John Bagnall arrived in Canada in 1862 from London where he worked at Collard and Collard, a piano manufacturing firm. He arrived In Victoria in early 1863, and advertised his services as a pianoforte maker and cabinet maker at a store on Fort Street. In addition to building pianos, Bagnall tuned and repaired pianos and harmoniums. He also sold music and lent instruments. His business prospered and just over a year later, Bagnall announced the opening of his piano factory. In 1881, Bagnall expanded his business by building organs.
Bagnall continued to work until shortly before his death in 1885 and advertised his company was “Sole Importers of English, French, German and American Pianos, Organs, and all kinds of Musical Instruments….”
Music during the BC gold rush
Arthur Thomas Bushby: music maker and policy maker
John Bowron: Gold Rush Postmaster and Librarian
This entry was posted in Gold Rush Notes, Gold Rush People on March 17, 2014 by M Poncelet.
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Sri Aurobindo: His Life Unique > Sri Aurobindo in England
Sri Aurobindo in England
Dr. Krishna Dhan Ghosh, who “was determined that his children should receive an entirely European upbringing”, took his three sons[1] to England, and “placed them with an English clergyman and his wife (Mr. & Mrs. Drewett) with strict instructions that they should not be allowed to make the acquaintance of any Indian or undergo any Indian influence. These instructions were carried out to the letter” and Sri Aurobindo “grew up in entire ignorance of India, her people, her religion and her culture.”[2]
Sri Aurobindo’s elder brothers, Benoy Bhusan and Manmohan, were sent to Manchester Grammar School, while Sri Aurobindo, being too young, was “educated privately by Mr. and Mrs. Drewett.” “Drewett was an accomplished Latin scholar”. He taught Sri Aurobindo Latin and English, while Mrs. Drewett taught him history, geography, arithmetic and French. Besides these subjects, Sri Aurobindo read himself the Bible, Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats, etc. Mr. Drewett grounded Sri Aurobindo so well in Latin that when Sri Aurobindo went to St. Paul’s School in London, the headmaster of that school “took him up to ground him in Greek and then pushed him rapidly into the higher classes of the school.”
When Sri Aurobindo was eleven years old, he had a sort of premonition that great revolutions were going to take place in the future and that he had a part to play in some of them. Not a mental idea, but a kind of inner feeling was growing within him that he had some great work to do, a mission to fulfil.
Sri Aurobindo “gave his attention to the classics at Manchester and at St. Paul’s; but even at St. Paul’s in the last three years he simply went through his school course and spent most of his spare time in general reading, especially English poetry, literature and fiction, French literature and the history of ancient, mediaeval and modern Europe. He spent some time also over learning Italian, some German and a little Spanish. He spent much time too in writing poetry. The school studies during this period engaged very little of his time; he was already at ease in them and did not think it necessary to labour over them any longer.”
Sri Aurobindo mastered French and learnt enough of Italian and German to be able to read Dante and Goethe in the original. His studies in the Classics, English and French literatures, and the entire history of Europe was not only extensive, but extraordinarily deep, ample evidence of which is found in his later voluminous writings, literary, historical, philosophical, political, cultural and sociological. His writings abound in such subtle and penetrating allusions and references that, unless one is very deeply read in those subjects, it becomes difficult to grasp the full import and catch the significant implications of his statements. He was a scholar possessing a wonderful memory, a revealing insight into the fundamentals of every subject, and a rare capacity for taking a synthetic and total view of the different aspects and the divergent provinces of knowledge — an integrating and harmonising faculty, global in its sweep and unfailing in its action. But, first and foremost, he was a poet, and a passionate lover of poetry — a seer-poet in the making, whose full-orbed splendour dazzles our eyes and thrills and illumines our soul in his later poetic creations, and particularly in his monumental epic, Savitri.
Mrs. Drewett, Mr. Drewett’s mother, wished to convert the three brothers to Christianity, but Mr. Drewett, who was a man of strong common sense, objected to it, and Mrs. Drewett had to give up her benevolent idea. In 1885 the Drewetts had left for Australia, and “the three brothers lived in London for some time with the mother of Mr. Drewett, but she left them after a quarrel between her and Manmohan about religion. The old Mrs. Drewett was fervently evangelical and she said she would not live with an atheist as the house might fall down on her.”
Sri Aurobindo’s name was registered at St. Paul’s and at Cambridge as Aravinda Ackroyd Ghosh, because when he was born, one Miss Annette Ackroyd, who later married Henry Beveridge, the then Officiating District and Sessions Judge of Rangpur, happened to be present at the christening ceremony, and was requested by Dr. K.D. Ghosh to give the child an English name. She gave her father’s name as that of the godfather of the child. But Sri Aurobindo “dropped the ‘Ackroyd’ from his name before he left England and never used it again.”
Regarding ‘Ackroyd’ having been tacked on to his name, which gave rise to a rumour that he had been converted into Christianity, and Mrs. Drewett’s pious solicitude for saving his soul, Sri Aurobindo once said: “There was once a meeting of non-conformist ministers at Cumberland when we were in England. The old lady in whose house we dwelt, i.e. Mrs. Drewett, took me there. After the prayers were over, all nearly dispersed but devout people remained a little longer and it was at that time that conversions were made. I was feeling completely bored. Then a minister approached me and asked me some questions. I did not give any reply. Then they all shouted, ‘He is saved, he is saved’, and began to pray for me and offer thanks to God. I did not know what it was all about. Then the minister came to me and asked me to pray. I was not in the habit of praying. But somehow I did it in the manner in which children recite their prayers before going to sleep in order to keep up an appearance. That was the only thing that happened. I did not attend the Church regularly. I was about ten at that time”.[3]
After his brother’s quarrel with Mrs. Drewett, Sri Aurobindo and his eldest brother, Benoy Bhusan, “occupied a room in the South Kensington Liberal Club where Mr. J.S. Cotton, brother of Sir Henry Cotton, for some time Lt. Governor of Bengal, was the secretary, and Benoy assisted him in his work. Manmohan went into lodgings. This was the time of the greatest suffering and poverty.” “During a whole year a slice or two of sandwich, bread and butter and a cup of tea in the morning, and in the evening a penny saveloy formed the only food”. This hardship was due to his father’s irregularity in sending them remittances from India. But Sri Aurobindo, neither in his youth nor ever afterwards, knew how to complain. Immersed in his studies, he took all privations and hardships in his stride with an unruffled calm. Subsequently Sri Aurobindo also “went separately into lodgings until he took up residence at Cambridge”.
Sri Aurobindo secured a senior classical scholarship of £.80 per annum when he joined the King’s College, Cambridge. This lessened his hardship to a certain extent. At Cambridge, Sri Aurobindo attracted the attention of Oscar Browning, a well-known figure there. In regard to Browning’s appreciation of his talent, Sri Aurobindo wrote to his father: “Last night I was invited to coffee with one of the dons and in his room I met the great O.B. otherwise Oscar Browning, who is the feature par excellence of King’s. He was extremely flattering and passing from the subject of Cotillions to that of scholarship, he said to me: ‘I suppose you know you passed an extraordinarily high examination. I have examined papers at thirteen examinations and I have never during that time seen such excellent papers as yours’ (meaning my classical papers, at the scholarship examination). ‘As for your essay, it was wonderful.’ In this essay (a comparison between Shakespeare and Milton), I indulged in my oriental tastes to the top of their bent, it overflowed with rich and tropical imagery, it abounded in antitheses and epigrams and it expressed my real feelings without restraint or reservation. I thought myself it was the best thing I have ever done, but at school it would have been condemned as extraordinarily Asiatic and bombastic. The great O.B. afterwards asked me where my rooms were and when I had answered he said: ‘that wretched hole!’ (and) then turning to Mahaffy: ‘How rude we are to our scholars! We get great minds to come down here and then shut them up in that box. I suppose it is to keep their pride down.’”
[1] The whole family went to England — Dr. Ghosh, Mrs. Ghosh, and their three sons and daughter Sarojini. Barindra, the fourth son was born in England.
[2] Unless otherwise stated, the quotations are from “Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on The Mother”, published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
[3] Life of Sri Aurobindo by Purani.
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Ruud To Arsenal?
December 1, 2009 RoshanLeave a comment
A section of the football press is talking about a possible move for Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy from Read Madrid to Arsenal. And they say it makes perfect sense and could benefit both sides considerably.
Why? Well, the Gunners were going great guns until November 14 after which they have lost two games in the English Premier league – to Sunderland and to Chelsea. And while the second is understandable, the first one is not. Fabregas was on fire scoring as well as assisting and Robin Van Persie looked like he would finally get an extended run without injury, then just 15 minutes into a 0-0 draw with World Cup holders Italy, Van Persie was challenged by Giorgio Chiellini and went down clutching his ankle.
So now the Gunners need an out & out striker, a target man up front who will knock in the goals and rack up the points for Arsenal, as Van Persie will likely miss 4-5 months of the season due to the injury. Former Manchester United player Van Nistelrooy has played in the Premier League before, having scored 95 league goals in his 5 seasons at Old Trafford. He can operate as a loan striker as well as part of a pair and would flourish with the number of chances that Arsenal create.
Van Nistelrooy has fallen down the pecking order at Real Madrid after the arrival of Kaka, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo and also finds himself behind Raul and Gonzalo Higuain. Thus with next year’s World Cup in mind Van Nistelrooy knows he needs to be playing if he is to go to South Africa. A move to Arsenal would benefit both parties, it just remains to be seen if a deal can be struck between both sides in order to resurrect Arsenal’s title hopes and Van Nistelrooy’s World Cup dreams.
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President Ronald Reagan's White House Science Adviser Warns: Ignoring The Vulnerability Of The Electrical Grid Is A Death Sentence For Americans
- Bureaucratic politics, negligence and gross incompetence account for why the U.S. government has failed to protect Americans from this existential threat
By Dr. William R. Graham and Dr. Peter Vincent Pry - All News Pipeline
In 2008, the statutory Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack delivered over 100 recommendations to Congress to protect the national electric grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures — including communications, transportation, energy, business and finance, food and water. We were hopeful the job would get done.
Following an EMP attack, another Carrington event or a massive cyber attack that takes down the grid, 326 million Americans could not long survive bereft of the electronic civilization that sustains their lives. It would be a civilization killer.
The EMP commission reports are “good news,” because they prove there is no excuse for the nation to be vulnerable. Electric grids and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures can be protected — affordably. For example, the 2008 report estimates that the electric grid’s bulk-power system can be hardened to survive for a few billion dollars.
So, in 2008, when the EMP Commission delivered what we thought then was our final report to Congress, we were hopeful America soon would be protected.
However, by 2015 — 20 years after the first open congressional EMP hearing in 1995 — the U.S. Government Accountability Office testified to Congress that not a single major recommendation of the EMP Commission had yet been implemented. Not one.
Consequently, Congress re-established the EMP Commission in 2015-2017 to re-examine the threat and to make further recommendations.
The commission concludes in its new reports that the threat to electric grids and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures is just as great, or greater, than in 2008. U.S. military power, the national economy and civil society are increasingly dependent upon electricity and electronics that are vulnerable to EMP.
And, now, North Korea has nuclear missiles and satellites that could execute an EMP attack on the United States.
Moreover, on July 23, 2012, a massive and energetic solar coronal mass ejection crossed the orbit of the Earth, narrowly missing our planet by a few days. NASA now estimates the likelihood of a solar superstorm, of worldwide magnitude like the 1859 Carrington Event, is 12 percent per decade.
Perhaps the most alarming conclusion of the new EMP Commission reports is that the U.S. government has been incapable of protecting our electronic civilization from EMP extinction.
The EMP commissioners mostly are from a generation accustomed to thinking of the U.S. government as having the wisdom, vision and competence to successfully accomplish great enterprises in the national interest and protect our nation from existential threats. For example:
- During World War II, the U.S. government transformed its almost nonexistent U.S. Army into liberators of Western Europe and Asia and the “Arsenal of Democracy” that defeated Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
- The Manhattan Project (1942-1945) invented the atomic bomb and built the scientific-industrial infrastructure that sustained nuclear deterrence, preserved peace and won the Cold War.
- In 1954, with the launch of the USS Nautilus, the so-called U.S. Nuclear Navy soon included nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, cruisers, attack and ballistic missile submarines.
- The 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways launched construction of the world’s largest highway system, 50,000 road miles costing $120 billion, for commercial and defense purposes.
- In 1958, President Eisenhower’s National Aeronautics and Space Act created NASA, responding to the USSR’s launch of a satellite causing the “Sputnik crisis.” NASA sent men to the moon in 1969 and won the space race.
Whatever happened to the U.S. government capable of such feats?
Bureaucratic politics, negligence and gross incompetence accounts for why the U.S. government has failed to protect Americans from the existential threat that is EMP. For example:
- The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is a rotating door for lawyers and lobbyists serving electric utilities and has been “captured” by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which is essentially a lobby for the electric power industry.
- The Department of Defense (DOD) over-classifies data on the EMP threat and hardening techniques needed by electric utilities and private sectors to protect the critical infrastructures, indifferent to the fact that DOD cannot defend the nation without electricity from the national grids.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), bereft of data on the real EMP threat from DOD, relies for EMP expertise on novices working for the Department of Energy.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) relies for EMP expertise on novices, bureaucrats and erroneous “junk science” studies by recent administrations and electric power industries.
- Despite President Trump’s direction to the U.S. government in his National Security Strategy that the nation’s electric grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures be EMP-protected, and despite Congress in the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act ordering protection of the nation from EMP as a legal obligation, bureaucrats in DHS and DOE have, to date, deliberately ignored or dismissed the guidance of the president, the Congress and the EMP Commission.
The bureaucratic Gordian knot preventing national EMP preparedness appears to be a greater challenge than winning World War II, the invention of the atomic bomb, the development of the nuclear navy, building the national highway system or sending men to the moon.
What is needed, as recommended by the commission, is White House leadership, an executive agent appointed by the president — or, perhaps President Trump himself taking charge of national EMP preparedness — to plough through a resistant federal bureaucracy, the way that President Roosevelt did with the Manhattan Project or President Eisenhower with the national highway system.
Protecting our electronic civilization is easy to do: A FERC regulation requiring utilities to protect the electric grid from 100 kilovolts/meter E1 EMP and 85 volts/kilometer E3 EMP would seriously address, and eventually solve, the problem.
This story was originally published here. Dr. William R. Graham served as President Ronald Reagan’s White House science adviser, led NASA and the Congressional EMP Commission, was on the defense science team that discovered the EMP phenomenon after the 1962 STARFISH PRIME nuclear test, and has played a leading role in protecting U.S. military systems from EMP since 1963.
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry was chief of staff of the Congressional EMP Commission. He served on the staff of the House Armed Service Committee and at the CIA. He is the author of a new book, “EMP Manhattan Project: Organizing For Survival Against An Electromagnetic Pulse Catastrophe.”
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What’s New with BIMS Faculty?
Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer, UVA Study Finds
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, of UVA’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, found that disrupting the microbiome of mice caused hormone receptor-positive breast cancer to become more aggressive. Altering the microbiome, the collection of microorganisms that live in the gut and elsewhere, had dramatic effects in the body, priming the cancer to spread.
This new research suggests that an unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body.
UVA Researcher Receives One of Science’s Highest Honors
The University of Virginia’s School of Medicine’s Edward H. Egelman has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors for a scientist.
Egelman is Harrison Distinguished Professor in UVA’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. His work focuses on using cryo-electron microscopy and 3-D modeling to map out the world that is far too small for even the most powerful light microscopes to see.
“This is an amazing honor,” Egelman said. “It is truly gratifying to have my work receive such recognition.” [Read more]
The Secret Superpower That Makes C. Difficile So Deadly
(l-r) Researcher Mahmoud Saleh and William Petri Jr., MD, PhD.
A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria — and possibly others like it — cause severe disease. C. diff is the most common hospital-acquired infection and estimated to result in 453,000 cases per year, with 29,300 associated deaths. The new finding from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why certain patients are highly susceptible to C. diff infections, provides doctors with a way to predict disease severity and points to a new way to treat the often-deadly condition. [Read more]
A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA
Francine Garrett-Bakelman, MD, PhD, is a cancer doctor and researcher at UVA. She worked with NASA on a twins study.
On March 3, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and a young physician-scientist, Francine Garrett-Bakelman, was waiting anxiously to receive samples of Scott Kelly’s blood that had been collected on the space station. Those samples, along with many others collected since 2014, would allow her and a massive team of colleagues to conduct far-reaching tests to determine how Kelly’s extended time in space had affected him. The researchers could then compare his results with those from his identical twin brother, who had remained on Earth. [Read more]
Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Yield Secret to Tiny Batteries, Big Medical Advances
UVA’s Edward H. Egelman and colleagues used cutting-edge technology to gain a greater understanding of how a bacteria, Geobacter sulfurreducens, conducts electricity.
Scientists at the University of Virginia and elsewhere have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity. The bacteria do so, the researchers determined, through a seamless biological structure never before seen in nature – a structure scientists could co-opt to miniaturize electronics, create powerful-yet-tiny batteries, build pacemakers without wires and develop a host of other medical advances. [Read more]
Surprise Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovery Points to New Treatment for Joint Inflammation
Kodi Ravichandran, left, and Sanja Arandjelovic led new research into the causes of rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an unexpected contributor to rheumatoid arthritis that may help explain the painful flare-ups associated with the disease. The new findings about rheumatoid arthritis came in an unexpected fashion. Sanja Arandjelovic, a research scientist in the Ravichandran group, was seeking to better understand what causes the inflammation associated with inflammatory arthritis when she noted that deleting a gene called ELMO1 alleviated arthritis symptoms in mice. This was particularly surprising because Arandjelovic and Ravichandran initially thought that loss of ELMO1 would result in increased inflammation. [Read more]
New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
Postdoctoral researcher Ting-Ting Du, left, led the research in the lab of neuroscientist Jung-Bum Shin, right, that explores the role of the inner ear’s cuticular plate in hearing loss. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could eventually help doctors identify people at risk. The finding suggests that genetic predisposition can cause this “cuticular plate,” as the foundation is known, to weaken over time.
The research was supported by the Virginia Lions Hearing Foundation, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. [Read more]
UVA Discovers Secret to Making Immune Cells Better Cancer Killers
Researchers Lelisa F. Gemta (left) and Timothy Bullock have determined why killer T cells can be so helpless against cancer. Their finding could allow doctors to make the cells more effective cancer killers.
Scientists at the School of Medicine have discovered a defect in immune cells known as “killer T cells” that explains their inability to destroy cancer tumors. The researchers believe that repairing this defect could make the cells much better cancer killers. Further, they predict their discovery could be used within three to five years to help identify patients who will best respond to cancer therapies.
OCD Medication Could Also Stop Deadly Sepsis, UVA Study Suggests
An antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder could save people from deadly sepsis, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
Sepsis is a significant cause of death around the world. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Infection calls it “the body’s extreme response to an infection.” Essentially, the body’s immune response spirals out of control, and the normally beneficial inflammation becomes harmful. The result can be tissue damage, organ failure or even death.
To evaluate the potential of one drug, the antidepressant fluvoxamine, to stop sepsis, Gaultier’s team tested it in a mouse model of the disease. The drug worked very effectively, they found. [Read more]
Study Shows that Exercise Before Surgery Can Protect Muscles and Nerves
UVA’s Zhen Yan, PhD, a top expert on the cellular benefits of exercise, and his team are working to better understand how the body is damaged by the restoration of blood flow – known as ischemia reperfusion injury – and to find ways to improve outcomes for people who suffer it, including surgery and trauma patients and soldiers injured on the battlefield. They found that pre-injury exercise clearly reduced the damage to both muscle and nerve, but it did not significantly reduce the amount of oxidative stress. “We know exercise made the muscle and nerve tougher,” Yan said. “The protection is very clear.” [Read more]
Brain Discovery at UVA Makes ‘Most Promising Medical Advances’ List
University of Virginia School of Medicine discovery about the role of the brain’s cleaning system in aging and Alzheimer’s disease has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as one of 2018’s most promising medical advances.
The finding, published in the prestigious journal Nature, suggests that impairments in the lymphatic vessels that carry waste from the brain could be major contributors both to Alzheimer’s and the cognitive decline that comes with age. The NIH included the discovery in its 2018 research highlights in the category of “findings with potential for enhancing human health.” [Read more]
Gene Discovery Reveals New Targets for Treating Atherosclerosis, Inflammatory Diseases
A group of genes that has been largely ignored by scientists could play critical roles in atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), inflammation, and likely obesity and other metabolic diseases, new research suggests.
“We came across the genes, called SLCs, kind of by accident,” said researcher Kodi Ravichandran. “Initially, just like everybody else, we were not paying much attention to the SLCs. But they kept coming up repeatedly in our gene expression analyses, and we realized this must be relevant. Then we took a serious dive into their biology, and we had a lot of fun surprises.” [Read more]
HPV Discovery Raises Hope for New Cervical Cancer Treatments
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a discovery about human papillomavirus, or HPV for short, that could lead to new treatments for cervical cancer and other cancers caused by the virus. Anindya Dutta said that despite a vaccine, HPV cancers are likely “here to stay. So we need new therapies.”
HPV is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer and 95 percent of anal cancers. It is the most common sexually transmitted disease, infecting more than 79 million Americans. Most have no idea that they are infected or that they could be spreading it. [Read more]
Kipnis Receives Prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, a School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our understanding of the brain’s relationship to the immune system has been awarded the prestigious Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.
As chairman of UVA’s Department of Neuroscience and director of its Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Kipnis will receive more than $5.6 million in research funding over five years as part of the award.
Kipnis Lab
In Scientific American cover story, “The Seventh Sense,” neuroscientist Jonathan Kipnis describes the relationship between the nervous and immune systems. “Mounting evidence indicates that the brain and the immune system interact routinely, both in sickness and in health,” he writes. The immune system may “qualify as a kind of surveillance organ that detects microorganisms in … the body and informs the brain about them, much as our eyes relay visual information and our ears transmit auditory signals.” [Read more…]
Leitinger Lab Discovery Reveals How Obesity Causes Disease and How We Can Stop It
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why obesity causes harmful inflammation that can lead to diabetes, clogged arteries and other health problems. Doctors may be able to use this knowledge to battle these chronic diseases and others driven by damaging inflammation.
“All these diseases have a common denominator,” said researcher Vlad Serbulea, PhD. “It may well be that we’ve identified what starts off the whole cascade of inflammation and metabolic changes.”
Check out the full story on UVA Health System Connect, 7/23/18.
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Top 100 of 2007 (31-40)
31. No End In Sight
While there has certainly been no shortage of documentaries on the Iraq war in the past few years, this one stands apart from so many of the others. Rather than pointing the finger at the Bush administration yet again for lying to the nation and getting ourselves involved in Iraq when they had nothing to do with 9/11 (by now, I think we're all well aware, and director Charles Ferguson avoids that - but the Bush administration doesn't get off easy here either). Instead, No End In Sight looks at everything since our invasion. It takes a very harsh view of how we've let the country go to shit through taking careful planning and throwing it out the window with utter disregard. It pinpoints exactly what was planned, what should have been done, and how we not only failed to execute it, but how we just flagrantly disregarded all of it and flew by the seat of our pants through one misguided decision after the next. And while some may be tempted to disregard this as another piece of "liberal propaganda," you have people who are very powerful and who were very much in the know speaking quite matter-of-factly about it: Folks like Richard Armitage speaking, as well as archive footage showing folks from the top down speaking about what should be done, and showing how it failed to be implemented. Now... after such glowing praise, why do I rank it so seemingly low? My biggest issue with the film is that hindsight is 20/20, and while these people all speak with a high degree of authority -- they'll know more that we ever will -- I only wish that they would speak about what we should do from here. What steps do we need to take to get out of the mess we're in now? What does the future hold? In a year with an election right around the corner, I would like to know so I could listen to the campaign speeches with a little more insight to judge the effectiveness of the suggested plans each candidate has on getting ourselves out of this quagmire. Even if they weren't definite answers, just to hear what these people thought the next step might be would have been helpful, especially going into the upcoming primaries and elections. But as it was, it ended up being a lot of talking about what we should have done, and not where we should go from here. And that's what I want to hear from people so knowledgeable on the state of affairs in the Middle East.
32. Lust, Caution
Ang Lee's lush, beautiful epic was unfortunately branded with an NC-17 by the MPAA, and it's just one more reason that organization is among the most useless entities on the face of the planet. By being branded with a commercial death, audiences were deprived of a truly wonderful film. It's an espionage story about a young Chinese girl who infiltrates the Japanese occupation forces in the late 1930's/40's, but gets a little too close to the enemy. It's a long film, but one that never had me squirming in my seat. And while the sex scenes are highly erotic, they aren't overly graphic. So I'm only left scratching my head at the MPAA's decision, especially after I watched a man's penis be severed and fed to a dog in the R-rated Hostel Part II.
33. Away From Her
I love me some Sarah Polley like no one's business. As an actress, she's the best actress going in the under-30 set, and I think there's very few people who bring so much integrity to the types of films they make. Her name attached to a project means I'll check it out, unconditionally. So, for her feature film debut as a srceenwriter and director, it makes sense that someone of Julie Christie's caliber (who is of a similar mindset when it comes to the projects she chooses), would be attached. And it's a wonderful debut for Polley behind the camera. She clearly has a gift, and while it's a flawed film, if this is her starting point, I can't wait to see her career behind the camera develop. And while most of the attention went to Christie's performance, I think Gordon Pinsent, who plays her husband, gave the strongest male lead performance of the year. He's incredible, and his omission from pretty much every award or nomination in the States was pretty inconceivable to me.
34. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jean Dominique Bauby, the French editor of Elle Magazine, suffered a terribly debilitating stoke leaving only his left eyelid mobile, and managed to blink out his memoirs. And while this sounds ripe for an overly sentimental and precious biopic du jour (you know, like 99% of them), Julian Schnabel is too good for that, and thankfully, isn't concerned with trying to pull the same tired tearjerking antics. Instead, his film is a beautifully crafted meditation on a mind trapped inside a body that doesn't work. Like most of Schnabel's films, it tends to get a little too cerebral for it's own good, but it's a damn fine film.
35. Across The Universe
This is another example where taking risks and having the balls to try affords the film a lot of goodwill. There are any number of criticisms you could make about the film, and chances are I'd agree with you on a lot of it: the story is thin, some of the musical numbers don't work, it's a little style over substance... all true. Yet, bizarrely enough, it worked for me. I think Julie Taymor is a gifted visualist and I'm pretty much up for anything she's willing to put out there. I really liked how a lot (not all) of the Beatles songs were reimagined and also how she incorporated the band's transformation from bubble gum to political and fashioned a story around it that follows the same path. Not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. However, I warn you that it's divisive as hell, you'll either like it or completely hate it.
36. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
This Palme D'Or winning film from Ken Loach shows the emerging conflicts in Northern Ireland that led up to the formation of the IRA, and does a commendable job of showing its impact on scales both large and small. It's beautifully filmed and wonderfully acted.
37. Paris Je T'Aime
A whole host of directors and actors collaborated on this one to create 18 short stories, each set in a specific arrondissement in Paris. The stories don't mesh or intertwine and each short film skips between genres. And while not all of them work, so much of it works, that it is a worthy experience. I can't recall a collaboration between directors and actors on this magnitude, and I really appreciated something like this that can show you just how wonderful short format films can be.
38. Knocked Up
While most comedies are quick to settle for the dick-and-fart joke and that's it, Knocked Up gives you that through the filter of something genuine, adult, and a realistic depiction of many relationships and the growth you make when life throws you a curveball. And that's why Knocked Up is one of those films that will still be remembered five years from now, while the rest fade off to the discount bins at WalMart.
39. The Band's Visit
Although this one is slowly rolling out in theaters now, it did officially open in Los Angeles for a limited qualifying run in December, so it gets included here. This Israeli import was just such a charming, sweetly written, superbly acted little film. It makes no great statements, nor does it politicize Arabic/Israeli tensions. It puts it all aside for a sweet and genuine little story that I really admired a good deal.
40. I'm Not There
The funny thing with Todd Haynes' films is that even when I don't really love him, I have to admire his chutzpah for trying, which is more than can be said for most filmmakers. This time out, I think it was a successful film even if it doesn't work completely. And while much has been made of Cate Blanchett's gender-bending portrayal, the real star of the film was Marcus Carl Franklin (above). This kid is someone to watch.
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Long-time BIRN staffer honoured for her contribution to democratization and better understanding in Southeast Europe.
The South East Europe Media Organisation, SEEMO, an affiliate of the International Press Institute, IPI, has named Jeta Xharra as winner of the 2012 Dr Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe.
A 10-member international jury chose Xharra for the award based on her outstanding contribution to the process of democratization and better understanding in South East Europe.
“This is recognition of BIRN’s contribution to raising journalistic standards in our region. I feel exceptionally privileged that it has been recognized that debates and investigative reporting that the BIRN team and myself have produced over the years have contributed to more rule of law, more accountability and more freedom of speech in our region and particularly in my young country,” Xharra said.
The award, which carries a cash prize of €3,000, will be presented on November 16 in Vienna by Dr Erhard Busek, president of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, and by Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO’s secretary general.
Since 2005, Xharra has been Kosovo director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, as well as a presenter and the editor-in-chief of Life in Kosovo, a TV programme that combines investigative journalism and discussions.
Kosovo’s most-watched television current affairs show is shown weekly on Radio Television Kosovo, RTK, and is credited with pushing the boundaries of debate, holding the authorities to account and opening up discussion on taboo subjects.
BIRN Kosovo has 70 staff members and contributors, producing English-language publications, such as Balkan Insight and Prishtina Insight, as well as broadcasting radio and TV programmes and printing publications in local languages, including the newsletter Justice in Kosovo and reports from BIRN’s Courts Monitoring Project.
Xharra started her journalistic career as a local producer for BBC News and Channel 4 in 1998, and rose to become manager of the BBC’s Kosovo Bureau. In 1999, she worked for BBC News in Albania and Macedonia. In 2003 she opened the Kosovo office of the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting, IWPR.
Xharra has lived most of her life in Pristina, where she attended school and university. She studied drama at the Academy of Arts in Kosovo. She also lived in London, where she obtained a Master’s in War Studies at King’s College in 2000 and a Master’s with distinction in Screenwriting from the London College of Printing in 2002.
In London, she wrote the play Warless, which was presented as a reading at London’s Royal Court Theatre during the Young Writer’s Festival in 2004.
She has contributed to various different publications in the United Kingdom, including theIndependent, the Economist, the Sunday Telegraph and Jane’s Intelligence Review. In Britain, Xharra worked for the Foreign News Planning Desk at the BBC World Service and for IWPR.
The Dr Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award honours journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers and journalism trainers in South East Europe who have contributed to promoting better understanding in the region and who have worked towards solving minority-related problems, ethnic divisions, racism, xenophobia, gender discrimination and homophobia among other issues.
Busek, a former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, is Jean Monet Professor ad personam, president of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, SECI, and former special coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.
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The shirt was designed in hopes of sharing information about climate change in a friendly, public way; to promote awareness, environmentally conscious actions, and the reduction of CO2. They are made to be simple, cordial talking points. The design is printed on the super soft and cozy 'Next Level' brand tri-blend t-shirts at an awesome local screen printer, Foundation Press, in Goleta, CA. 20% of the profits will be donated to 1% for the planet. Scroll down for more info about what's on the shirt, about climate change in general and what you can do about it!
The data come from isotopes measured in Antarctic ice cores.
We know the age of the ice cores by measuring chemical changes in the layers of ice (sort of like tree rings) and matching them up with things we know to have happened in the past. For example, the chemical composition of a layer of ash in the ice may match that of a volcanic eruption that we know to have happened 400,000 years ago (scientists can date the formation of minerals from that eruption).
The ratio of oxygen isotopes 18-O/16-O is used to determine the temperature of precipitation during that time. "Temperature anomaly" means how different the temperature in the past was from today (ie. -10C 300,000 years ago means that the temperature 300,000 years ago was 10C colder than it is today).
CO2 is measured from gas bubbles within the ice. ppm stands for 'parts per million'.
Yes, climate does change naturally. In fact, for over half a million years CO2 and temperature have been locked in tune rising and falling together during times of warming and cooling like two peas in a pod.
BUT humans ("Us") have increased CO2 levels by nearly 40% since the industrial revolution. A meer blip in geologic time.
What do you think temperature will do next?
Did you see us at Santa Barbara Earth Day?? If not, here's what we talked about:
Most of the information from these posters comes from 3 well-done, interesting, informative, fun, and interactive websites:
Causes/Effects of Climate Change: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/ https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
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Home Cannabis News and Updates How prohibition is losing to cannabis in the U.S.
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How prohibition is losing to cannabis in the U.S.
January 2, 2019 written by RJ Kavanagh
Cannabis is clearly winning against prohibition in the United States. At least that’s what 2018 has shown us.
But why do we say so? The events that have unfurled, especially in the later part of last year, have proven to us that federal prohibition in the country has gotten a lot weaker.
Successful ballot initiatives
We have to start our list with the successful ballot measures to legalize cannabis during the midterm elections in November. For one, voters in Michigan have approved the legalization of recreational cannabis in the state. With this, Michigan became the 10th state to fully legalize the drug. Then there are the voters in culturally conservative Utah and Missouri, who approved the legalization of medical cannabis in both states.
Last year, Vermont also became the first state to legalize recreational pot through a legislative process in January. It became the ninth state to legalize adult-use marijuana, joining California, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska, Washington, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, plus Washington D.C.
Jeff Sessions’ crackdown on cannabis failed
The beginning of 2018 saw California launching its cannabis retail market. But it was also around that time when (then) Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo. The Cole Memo was the Obama-era measure that kept the Department of Justice from cracking down on cannabis businesses that have licenses to operate under state laws but not under federal law.
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However, Sessions’ directive for the justice department to enforce federal cannabis laws in states that have already legalized the drug seriously backfired. Congress, for one, made a legislative move to prevent the Department of Justice from spending any money towards harassing cannabis businesses. This congressional rider is still in place even after Sessions resigned in November.
Hemp is now legal!
The Farm Bill of 2018 was approved in December. And because the bill includes the Hemp Farming Act, which ends the prohibition on growing hemp, this useful crop has become legal. The bill removes hemp containing up to 0.3 percent of THC from the Controlled Substances Act. This means that hemp has become a normal crop that’s readily available for research and eligible for crop insurance, and that it has been freed from federal regulation, with the exception of the Department of Agriculture, of course.
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The Food and Drug Administration has also cleared hemp seeds as an ingredient for food products.
FDA approves first CBD-based drug
The FDA made history when it approved anti-epilepsy drug Epidiolex in June. Epidiolex is the first pharmaceutical drug based on the cannabis compound cannabidiol. The FDA’s approval put the Drug Enforcement Administration in a corner. So, despite its strong insistence that all forms of cannabis — including CBD — should be kept under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the DEA was left with no other choice but to remove all FDA-approved CBD-based drugs from Schedule I. Epidiolex was placed under Schedule V.
These developments in the U.S. are just a few examples of how and why federal prohibition is slowly losing traction. This year is showing a lot of promise and we can’t wait to see more progressive reforms and actions in favor of cannabis. We are excited to see more changes in 2019, to say the least!
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Pearl of Africa may help fill post-Brexit trade gap
Posted on 20th December 2016 20th June 2017 Ricky MananiPosted in News
With Brexit threatening to destabilise trading links with Europe, talk is growing around building bridges with nations further afield.
Commonwealth states have been mentioned-as potential partners to grow trade with, as well as India, China and – pertinently with the new President - the United States.
But in a new twist, it’s being Suggested that Leicestershire should look to a country we have strong recent historic links with Uganda.
Some say the city and county are perfectly placed to make the most of opportunities with the East African nation - a growing economy with a population of 37 million and rising – in light of the many Ugandan Asians and their descendants who live here.
About 10,000 Asians took refuge here in 1972 following their expulsion by Idi Amin.
Many successful business people were forced to leave their homes, arriving with little more than the clothes they were wearing.
Like many African countries, Uganda - with a footprint roughly equal to the UK— is not without its problems.
There has been political unrest, sporadic violence and a few acts of terrorism, but according to the Foreign Office around 15,000 British nationals visit Uganda every year, and most visits are trouble-free.
The Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, based in Kampala, says there are now investment opportunities in everything from food and pharmaceutical processing to tourism, rural electrification, manufacturing, transport, packaging and forestry.
Doing business with the East African state was top of the agenda during a recent official visit to Leicester by Professor Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, Uganda’s High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda to the UK and Ireland.
Businessman Jaffer Kapasi, from Oadby, helped host the high commissioner’s visit, having been made an honorary consul general for Uganda several years ago.
His family was among those forced from Uganda.
He now runs his own accountancy firm, is a director of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, and a founder member, past president, vice president and now patron of the Leicestershire Asia Business Association (LARA).
Four decades ago, Uganda was seen as nothing but trouble for thousands of Asians forced to flee the oppression of Idi 'Amin. Today it is a potential land opportunity. Business Editor Tom Pegden reports
Mr Kapasi was granted an OBE in 1997 for services to business.
He said: “Uganda is having the opposite of Brexit right now - merging its currency with Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.
“There are lots of new opportunities out there in terms of trade.
“The country is experiencing GDP growth of 6.5 per cent, and the population is growing hugely, and because of their own common market there are opportunities in terms of business and trade.
“Really there are lots of opportunities there.
“We are going to suffer [because of Brexit] for quite a while before we adjust so this is one way to work with a former commonwealth country.
“English is the main language there, and there is free trade so you can transfer your profits back home.
“Industry there includes agriculture, with cotton, coffee and fruit, as well as tourism, with lots of national parks.”
During her visit, Prof Kikafunda took in Leicester University where she met Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle to discuss potential education partnership and the transfer of knowledge and technology Skills.
She also spoke with Professor Sarah Dixon, pro-vice chancellor international, and Suzanne Alexander, director of the international office.
Ms Alexander said: “Her excellency was very interested to hear about the university’s distance learning programmes, and that 30 Ugandans are currently studying for Master’s degrees, mainly in management – related subjects.
“And she acknowledged the important contribution of such graduates as potential wealth creators in regard to development of new business and job opportunities, which is a high priority for the Ugandan government.”
The high commissioner was also a guest at Clifton Packaging in Meridian Business Park, set up by a family which fled Uganda, and visited the Golden Mile in Belgrave, where many Ugandans settled
Mr Kapasi said: “One of the opportunities she saw was how Clifton Packaging can help with food production there, for processing and ex-port.”
Clifton managing director Shahid Sheikh said he was chasing ways to invest in and support Ugandan entrepreneurs and share the business knowledge he has gained in Britain.
His family launched Clifton Packaging in 1981, and the big break came in 2001 when Burton Biscuits called upon them to make re-sealable, four-sided, stand-up packs for their Jammie Dodgers.
Today it designs, develops and makes every conceivable plastic, flexible packaging you could think of – from squeezable, stand-up, baby food pouches, to pourable cooking mix pouches, crisp packets and shaped kids’ treat packs.
Mr Sheikh tries to visit his family homeland once a year.
He said: “I think Brexit should be about opportunities not problems and that should resonate globally.
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY: Uganda capital Kampala.
So in terms of Uganda we were born there and kicked out but now want- to put back what we have learned here, for the next generation to benefit.
“We want to share all our experience in packaging and food products and set up factories and help entrepreneurs understand the essence of business.
“Before they kicked the Asians out, it was the sweet spot of business in Africa – the pearl of Africa – se we know it’s a good place to do business, especially in the food industry.
“Uganda also has oil so who is to say it won’t become another Dubai in 10 years’ time?
“People there realise they’ve got to do something because the Chinese are moving into Africa now for the mineral opportunities while the Middle East is seeing Africa as a land bank to grow food to feed its own people.
“I’m saying we should support Uganda.
“We have a brand here called BABA – Buy African, Build Africa – created by my late brother Khalid Sheikh, born out of what we have experienced in Africa where the majority of products are imported. For instance, they have fresh fruit, but have never realised that dried fruit has premium value in the UK – they are missing out on that extra added value.
“It is the same with taking a potato and adding value by peeling, cutting, frying and packaging it and turning it into crisps.
“As a result, the West is buying in bulk and adding that value itself.
“Uganda has its own products. and if it learns how to package them it can add shelf life and export them.
“We want to set up factories and a centre of excellence in food and packaging.
“We are already working in other parts of Africa, but Uganda is missing out. We have tried in the past, but that fell flat so we went elsewhere.
Mr Sheikh would not be drawn on how much he would like to invest in Uganda, but was considering his projects and looking for existing projects and opportunities to support.
He is now trying to arrange a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni.
Ugandan Asians arriving at Stansted Airport on September 18, 1972 after being expelled by dictator Idi Amin.
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North Carolina Courage Wins Season Opener, Defeat Champs
March 26, 2018 /in Featured, North Carolina Courage, Soccer, Sports /by staff
Cary, NC – The North Carolina Courage’s first ever home game saw them defeat the Portland Thorns. One year later, and with the Thorns crowned as last year’s champions, the Courage returned home to take the Thorns on again with a similar outcome.
Victory Over the Champs
The women’s home team has taken on the Portland Thorns many times, most recently in the finals of the NWSL Championship where the Thorns defeated the North Carolina Courage. It was a tough loss as it seemed like the Courage might be the first team to both be #1 in the season and win the championship.
Fans at the Saturday, March 24, 2018 game at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park got to see how well these teams knew each other as the first half was scoreless. The Courage, like their men’s team counterpart North Carolina FC, were very aggressive and controlled both possession and shooting in the first half but were unable to score on Portland goalkeeper Adrianna Franch.
In the first half, the Courage were able to undo the Thorns’ back line and saw considerable help from new player Crystal Dunn. But as many passes as Dunn and Jessica McDonald were able to get, no players could score on the Thorns. But at the same time, the Thorns were unable to break the Courage’s defense either and the first half went 0-0.
It was not until the 70th minute that the tide changed. North Carolina’s Debinha got the ball from midfielder Denise O’Sullivan who made a risky charge into Portland’s box. Debinha was unmarked so she got the ball and let off a hard, straight kick. The ball went past Franch’s arms and the score was now 1-0.
There were many goal attempts by both sides and Portland nearly tied things up when Midge Purce charged at the net but Courage goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo came off the line to intercept and block. In the end, the game finished 1-0 for the Courage, winning their first home game of the season.
What to Expect This Year
In this first home game, it looks like the same North Carolina Courage have returned home. They had a lengthy win streak when they started their first season and they appear to have the same fire and skill.
However, it will be important to see them take on a team they are less familiar with since the Portland Thorns have crossed their path so many times. For those of you interested in statistics, the Courage and Thorns have had four games against one another, with two wins apiece. And all four of those games have ended 1-0.
“It was a good performance,” said NC Courage Head Coach Paul Riley. “We created five, six really good chances, I think, to win the game. We didn’t give a lot away, and it’s nice to start on a clean sheet at home. Last year, we kind of built it on clean sheets and, hopefully we can do the same this year.”
After last year’s narrow loss in the championships, a NWSL championship victory is hardly out of the question for the Courage and watching their journey this season will be intriguing at the very least.
Their next home game is against Sky Blue FC on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 3:30 PM.
Story by staff reports. Photos courtesy of North Carolina Courage and Hal Goodtree.
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Trump comments ‘harsh, offensive,’ Vatican newspaper says
Willy Vilson, who lost his home in the 2010 earthquake, sits with his sick wife and children in their tent in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Jan. 12 marked the eighth anniversary of the magnitude 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Caribbean nation. BOB ROLLER/CNS
VATICAN— In its continuing coverage of the U.S. immigration debate, the Vatican newspaper noted media reports that President Donald Trump “used particularly harsh and offensive words about immigrants” from several countries.
“No agreement on Dreamers” was the headline on the lead story for L’Osservatore Romano’s edition dated Jan. 13 and published late Jan. 12.
In the past few days, the paper reported, “the tension on the theme of immigration has risen noticeably” with Trump and a bipartisan group from Congress meeting Jan. 11 to discuss a measure that would keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program intact, but also include Trump’s demands for a border wall.
The program, known by its initials DACA, protects from deportation between 700,000 and 800,000 young people illegally brought to the United States as children.
Based on media reports about the meeting, L’Osservatore said, “Trump used particularly harsh and offensive words about immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and some African countries. The expressions immediately gave rise to controversy and indignation.”
The Associated Press and other media outlets reported that, according to people present at the meeting, Trump questioned “why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and ‘(expletive) countries'” in Africa.
While the Vatican newspaper noted that the White House did not immediately deny the remarks, Trump later tweeted, “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.”
The Vatican newspaper also noted that a U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked Trump’s decision to rescind DACA and that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 8 that it was ending a provision called Temporary Protected Status for some 200,000 citizens of El Salvador currently in the United States. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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Gibason, Deborah Ann was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3500 35Th AVE # 33, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6333595.
Gibason, Diane M was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4515 W 61St PL, ARVADA, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2767080.
Gibb, Allison Clemens was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13849 Single Leaf CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601112751.
Gibb, Amanda Rae was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 855 Humboldt Peak LN, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1532462.
Gibb, Amy Eileen was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3455 Fordham CT, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054525.
Gibb, Anthony James was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7124 County Road 17, FT LUPTON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 534969.
Gibb, Arthur J was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 420 Quartz LN, PITKIN, Gunnison County, CO. His voter ID number is 601122652.
Gibb, Aubriel was born in 2001 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5200 Trappers Creek CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601784836.
Gibb, Barbara Diane was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6498 S Blackhawk WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 771013.
Gibb, Bonita Sue was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7321 S Platte River PKWY # 207, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 816095.
Gibb, Bradley Scott was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 105 E Colorado AVE, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 602005246.
Gibb, Brenda J was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3585 Brunswick DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 213523.
Gibb, Brittany Lynne was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5368 S Louthan ST, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200016711.
Gibb, Charles Carver was born in 1958 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2300 Oakshire LN # 416, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Gibb voter ID number is 601689146.
Gibb, Christine Karen was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5954 S Ukraine ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 746558.
Gibb, Collin Michael was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2295 S Franklin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601757317.
Gibb, Cynthia Ann was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7395 Waterwheel ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601689443.
Gibb, Daniel G was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3585 Brunswick DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 213521.
Gibb, Danielle Lee was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1055 N Clarkson ST APT 8, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600799445.
Gibb, De Wayne Adam was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7395 Waterwheel ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 1585785.
Gibb, Donald A was born in 1959 and registered to vote, giving the address as 10950 Bartlett TRL, RYE, Pueblo County, CO. Gibb voter ID number is 601420468.
Gibb, Douglas O was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10501 Paxton CT, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 2762837.
Gibb, Elizabeth Downey was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2840 Quay ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054529.
Gibb, Eric Nicholas was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 230 N Gunnison AVE, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 642245.
Gibb, Gayle J was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 411 Sage LN, PITKIN, Gunnison County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601085006.
Gibb, George was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12472 W Tennessee PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601454141.
Gibb, Gregory David was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 636 N Elm ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 1535774.
Gibb, Gregory Hale was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10349 Erin PL, LONE TREE, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5947100.
Gibb, Greta Jean was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 39565 Pitkin RD, PAONIA, Delta County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3555475.
Gibb, Hayden Elizabeth was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 230 N Gunnison AVE, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601652752.
Gibb, Helen R was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1002 Turnberry CIR, LOUISVILLE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054531.
Gibb, Henry Forrest was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 141 Overland CT, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054532.
Gibb, James Bruce was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1002 Turnberry CIR, LOUISVILLE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054533.
Gibb, James Earl was born in 1927 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1950 S Dayton ST # 104N, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200380772.
Gibb, James Michael was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1164 S Acoma ST APT 382, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054534.
Gibb, Janice I was born in 1933 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 613 Sundown CT, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1587026.
Gibb, Jared Jonathan was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3585 Brunswick DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 213363.
Gibb, Jason was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 314 Parkview AVE, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 200249333.
Gibb, Jennifer Lee was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3643 Dixon ST, TIMNATH, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601478778.
Gibb, Jeremy Ronald was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14843 Studebaker PL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 601332453.
Gibb, Jill Michelle was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10349 Erin PL, LONE TREE, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5691183.
Gibb, Joan Koch was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9165 Kornbrust DR, LONE TREE, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5805103.
Gibb, John Daniel was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3015 Fireweed DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200154951.
Gibb, Joseph Edward was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9165 Kornbrust DR, LONE TREE, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5727360.
Gibb, Joseph R was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5426 N Uinta WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200123479.
Gibb, Kari Lye was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5200 Trappers Creek CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601209917.
Gibb, Kathe was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 141 Overland CT, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8035107.
Gibb, Katherine Brianne was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11635 Masonville DR, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600235238.
Gibb, Kathleen Marie was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 102 3Rd ST, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1583779.
Gibb, Kelsey Carolyn was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1030 County Rd 102, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601265243.
Gibb, Lance Allan was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5954 S Ukraine ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 746555.
Gibb, Larry Dean was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4662 Belford CIR, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 600096513.
Gibb, Laura Ann was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4730 W 37Th AVE APT 13, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2747610.
Gibb, Lewis Downey Iii was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2840 Quay ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 2743599.
Gibb, Lori Ann was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 32322 S St Vrain DR, LYONS, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6378078.
Gibb, Marguerite Emily was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10349 Erin PL, LONE TREE, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601525471.
Gibb, Marilynne Irene was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6511 W Brittany PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4102384.
Gibb, Martha Lillian was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4950 Thunderbird DR APT 1203, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6591534.
Gibb, Mary A was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10501 Paxton CT, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600104715.
Gibb, Matthew Hinton was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11635 Masonville DR, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 515359.
Gibb, Merion Robin was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8091 Meadowdale SQ, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054543.
Gibb, Miklo Anthony was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 810 Oxford LN APT 405, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601695255.
Gibb, Monica Gustin was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5200 Trappers Creek CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601536688.
Gibb, Natalie Jane was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14843 Studebaker PL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601407470.
Gibb, Nicholas Hamilton was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1 Olympic PLZ, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 5958467.
Gibb, Olivia Francine was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4662 Belford CIR, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600096484.
Gibb, Patricia Lea was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1803 Laurus LN, JOHNSTOWN, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6311911.
Gibb, Patsy D was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11142 Seton PL, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7155866.
Gibb, Paul Allen was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8091 Meadowdale SQ, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054549.
Gibb, Paul T was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 39565 Pitkin RD, PAONIA, Delta County, CO. His voter ID number is 3555476.
Gibb, Polly A was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1604 N Gaylord ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2558819.
Gibb, Quentin Turner was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8561 Concord LN, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 600671100.
Gibb, Rebecca Louise was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 92 Doris DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 916170.
Gibb, Ricardo Hermando was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 805 Bookcliff AVE UNIT 415, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 601122895.
Gibb, Roy Lynn was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 102 3Rd ST, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1584139.
Gibb, Samantha Marie was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4345 Sedate LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6406046.
Gibb, Samuel Christopher was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 778 S Tabor ST, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. His voter ID number is 600554455.
Gibb, Sara B was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 420 Quartz LN, PITKIN, Gunnison County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601128789.
Gibb, Susan L was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1210 N Chestnut ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 502093.
Gibb, Taylor Veronica was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 230 N Gunnison AVE, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600484700.
Gibb, Thomas B Iii was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1210 N Chestnut ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 500709.
Gibb, Thomas D was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 411 Sage LN, PITKIN, Gunnison County, CO. His voter ID number is 601084946.
Gibb, Thomas Leon was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1803 Laurus LN, JOHNSTOWN, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6311912.
Gibb, Thomas Matthew was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2170 Hillsdale CIR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054670.
Gibb, Timothy Dwight was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 143 S Perry ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054671.
Gibb, Trevor Stephen was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13849 Single Leaf CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601112512.
Gibb, Wayne A was born in 1933 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 613 Sundown CT, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1586949.
Gibb, Wayne William was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 778 S Tabor ST, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. His voter ID number is 581283.
Gibb, William John was born in 1925 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3377 Mill Vista RD # 3621, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 200076243.
Gibb, Wright A was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11142 Seton PL, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7140441.
Gibb, Zackarria C was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 855 Humboldt Peak LN, BERTHOUD, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1532624.
Gibbar, Cameron J was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9957 Elkhorn ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 600075031.
Gibbar, Christian Robert was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2268 W Maplewood AVE, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200348126.
Gibbar, James Michael was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2328 Wood AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600347564.
Gibbar, Kenneth Zachary Gabriel was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9019 W Highway 34, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200336020.
Gibbar, Lisa Kayleen was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9957 Elkhorn ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5787456.
Gibbar, Mary Jo was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2328 Wood AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600348437.
Gibbar, Timothy Joseph was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9957 Elkhorn ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 5907116.
Gibbard, Ariana Marie was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 709 Julian CIR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200312003.
Gibbard, Arthur Albert was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3415 Quail ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4029888.
Gibbard, Ashley Marie was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7153 Orchard AVE, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601711655.
Gibbard, Christine Ann was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13041 Emerson ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6853545.
Gibbard, Ericka Rose was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6890 E Mississippi AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600472362.
Gibbard, Evan Cameron was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 935 E Hopkins AVE, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6694344.
Gibbard, Graham Stewart was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3237 Summer Wind LN # 1016, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 4162207.
Gibbard, Henry F Iii was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13041 Emerson ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7007320.
Gibbard, Jamie Dale was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16825 County Road 240D, SALIDA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 631993.
Gibbard, Jeanne Marie was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3237 Summer Wind LN # 1016, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4162097.
Gibbard, Kathleen Anne was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 31091/2 Arrowhead TRL, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6694583.
Gibbard, Linda A was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3415 Quail ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4030220.
Gibbard, Morgan Monique was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1250 S Eaton CT, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601096832.
Gibbard, Shannon Darby was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1250 S Eaton CT, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601165749.
Gibbard Lawrence, Carol Lee was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3804 Ironhorse DR, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6332344.
Gibbeaut, Chase Dempsey was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 878 County Rd 509, FRASER, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 601310875.
Gibbens, Abby Kay was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 37063 Bald Eagle CT, SEVERANCE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600381162.
Gibbens, Alison C was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6754 Wellington PL, CASTLE PINES, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5648365.
Gibbens, Angela was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 707 W 9Th ST, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601421064.
Gibbens, Anita Marie was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2710 Crescent Cove DR APT 103, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6413673.
Gibbens, Anthony was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2501 Wapiti RD, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601148440.
Gibbens, Arthur D was born in 1932 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2909 Westwood BLVD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 173060.
Gibbens, Barbara Ellen was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 521 Deines CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1428916.
Gibbens, Brett C was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7058 W 74Th AVE, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 6320852.
Gibbens, Callista was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 612 E Nichols DR, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200085667.
Gibbens, Carolyn M was born in 1933 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2909 Westwood BLVD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 173080.
Gibbens, Christopher Robert was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 849 Essex DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600422063.
Gibbens, Clifford L Jr was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2450 Hwy 135 # 1, GUNNISON, Gunnison County, CO. His voter ID number is 600884315.
Gibbens, Constance Mae was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1394 28Th LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3089158.
Gibbens, Courtney Leigh was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 696 S Quentin ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600607890.
Gibbens, Cynthia Kaye was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 505 33Rd ST, EVANS, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6334826.
Gibbens, Danny George was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2063 S Rifle ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600389292.
Gibbens, Danny Scott was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1925 S Vaughn WAY # 421, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 702296.
Gibbens, Darryl Lynn was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2910 Vinewood LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 600015115.
Gibbens, David Alan was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6754 Wellington PL, CASTLE PINES, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5643307.
Gibbens, Diana Fay was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2910 Vinewood LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200120025.
Gibbens, Disa C was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12080 Ivy WAY, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6320895.
Gibbens, Dixie Dee was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 714 E Elizabeth ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1435742.
Gibbens, Dustin Patrick Levi was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 772 S Granby CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 6871384.
Gibbens, Edwin M was born in 1937 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 686 S Quentin ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 657354.
Gibbens, Felicia Renee was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2501 Wapiti RD, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1587906.
Gibbens, Gale L was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3614 S Ouray ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 916595.
Gibbens, Gary Jon was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 612 E Nichols DR, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 701643.
Gibbens, Gene Allen was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1394 28Th LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3089159.
Gibbens, Gerald Allen was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3804 Angora DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1661201.
Gibbens, Grace Catherine was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4402 N Weber ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600879739.
Gibbens, Harvey E was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1135 N Logan ST APT 209, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2916991.
Gibbens, Jackson Allen was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4987 Hames CT, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601191901.
Gibbens, James Michael was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7394 S Memphis ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 726768.
Gibbens, Jeffrey Roland was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3096 Thorn CIR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200262476.
Gibbens, Jenna Lee was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2930 Alamosa CT, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200204745.
Gibbens, Jill L was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7394 S Memphis ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 726039.
Gibbens, Kambria Shawn was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11459 Salem CT, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 388870.
Gibbens, Karen Anne was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5232 Mount Cutler CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 282035.
Gibbens, Karen Genevieve was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16378 Oakmoor PL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5735685.
Gibbens, Karissa Dawn was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2063 S Rifle ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 702282.
Gibbens, Karlee Leann was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 147 44Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601430604.
Gibbens, Kathleen Amber was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3614 S Ouray ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601163298.
Gibbens, Kenneth Charles was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 505 33Rd ST, EVANS, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6352203.
Gibbens, Kyle Joseph was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1104 Ponderosa DR # 04, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600878684.
Gibbens, Larry Adam was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5232 Mount Cutler CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 284159.
Gibbens, Lea Michaelle was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4004 Stringtown DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200166883.
Gibbens, Lee David was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1645 S Kenton WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601004738.
Gibbens, Loretta Carol was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 560 E 82Nd DR, DENVER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6899486.
Gibbens, Loxie Lou was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1763 N Wilson AVE # 210, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1648618.
Gibbens, Margaret R was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 814 N 5Th ST, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2347690.
Gibbens, Mark Duane was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 620 S Summit View DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1621673.
Gibbens, Mary F was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 686 S Quentin ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 657353.
Gibbens, Mary Lynn was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1450 S Hudson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2720327.
Gibbens, Michelle Lee was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3804 Angora DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200258163.
Gibbens, Mila May was born in 1933 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1803 Prairie RD APT 118, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601421473.
Gibbens, Naomi Ann was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2311 Winter Park ST, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600153750.
Gibbens, Patrick Sliss was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4490 E Pikes Peak AVE APT 169, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601951309.
Gibbens, Paul Kevin was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3383 E Fountain BLVD APT E, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200134987.
Gibbens, Richard Kenneth was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 147 44Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6404310.
Gibbens, Robert Murphy was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1793 Caddoa DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1628252.
Gibbens, Ronald Lee was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2710 Crescent Cove DR APT 103, EVANS, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6361792.
Gibbens, Ronald Ray was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 37063 Bald Eagle CT, SEVERANCE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 5826318.
Gibbens, Roy Gene was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2501 Wapiti RD, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601544342.
Gibbens, Sally Maija was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1831 S Fillmore ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601844225.
Gibbens, Samuel Harry was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13382 Alcott ST, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 3929756.
Gibbens, Sara Allen was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3614 S Ouray ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 916755.
Gibbens, Sarah Elizabeth was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1011 S Valentia ST APT 115, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600959606.
Gibbens, Shirley A was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4103 Lissa DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1576316.
Gibbens, Stefanie J was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13382 Alcott ST, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200166342.
Gibbens, Stephen Granville was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1763 N Wilson AVE # 210, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1650321.
Gibbens, Stephen Ray was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 37063 Bald Eagle CT, SEVERANCE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601074963.
Gibbens, Stephen Scanlan was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3330 Hemlock PL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054683.
Gibbens, Suzanne Denise was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1793 Caddoa DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1629588.
Gibbens, Theresa Marie was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8830 Boxelder DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600395881.
Gibbens, Thomas Allen was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4103 Lissa DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1574894.
Gibbens, Thomas Patrick was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 696 S Quentin ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601761493.
Gibbens, William Ray was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 714 E Elizabeth ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1435743.
Gibbens, William Richard Jr was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 560 E 82Nd DR, DENVER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7141103.
Gibbens, Zachary Daniel was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2930 Alamosa CT, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1627351.
Gibbens Deherrera, Christine Lee was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12583 Fifth ST, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 738865.
Gibbert, Gregory David was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 184 28 1/2 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 601687679.
Gibbes, Cerian was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 914 N Corona ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600346347.
Gibb-Harris, Matthew Aaron was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 844 15Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 4244987.
Gibbings, Colleen Shevawn was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6555 Schneider WAY # 544, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600383567.
Gibbins, Aaron Christopher was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 30801 Hilltop DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601171709.
Gibbins, Anne Mccaffrey was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13495 6900 RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5366339.
Gibbins, Ashlynn Larae was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2444 Cortland AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600950704.
Gibbins, Blake Anthony was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 983 Sir Galahad DR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601367315.
Gibbins, Christian Robert was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7545 E 121St PL, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601437066.
Gibbins, Daniel Steven was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3930 Loma Vista PT APT 203, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601933561.
Gibbins, David Dale was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 150 Cedar RD, EVERGREEN, Clear Creek County, CO. His voter ID number is 4164780.
Gibbins, Dwayne Anthony was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3122 E La Salle ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200132987.
Gibbins, George C was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 795 S Alton WAY UNIT D4, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2401041.
Gibbins, Janine was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 30801 Hilltop DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4286641.
Gibbins, Joseph David was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2031 W Caley AVE, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601327537.
Gibbins, Katie Ann was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 971 Brant Hollow CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601211346.
Gibbins, Kenita L was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 795 S Alton WAY UNIT D4, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2395835.
Gibbins, Kenneth Richard was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10974 W 102Nd CIR, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4185395.
Gibbins, Logan Christopher was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10974 W 102Nd CIR, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 200372533.
Gibbins, Maria Silvana was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7545 E 121St PL, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600720185.
Gibbins, Marisa Lynn was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17064 E Flora PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200286574.
Gibbins, Sonja Jane was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1329 E 7Th ST, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200078861.
Gibbins, Taylor John was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2444 Cortland AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 600093862.
Gibbins, Timothy Lee was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13495 6900 RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5366311.
Gibble, Benjamin Bryce was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1347 Mc Intosh AVE, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 600911009.
Gibble, Desiree Elyse was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3233 S Zeno CT # J, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 940649.
Gibble, Judith M was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 485 Florida RD # L-1, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4928966.
Gibble, Matthew C was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1347 Mc Intosh AVE, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 3921524.
Gibble, Michael Anthony was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16363 E Fremont AVE # 311, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601873175.
Gibble, Pamela S was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1347 Mc Intosh AVE, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3922118.
Gibb-Morgan, Delphyne Pattijean was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2922 Villa Loma DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601229570.
Gibb-Morgan, James Frank was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 120 Winters DR # 3, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 519386.
Gibb-Morgan, Lilyth Hattie Jane was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1328 N Twenty Fifth ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600653972.
Gibbon, Alyssa L was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 919 21 RD, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200185831.
Gibbon, Cleve Henry was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 919 21 RD, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2260955.
Gibbon, Dale Michael was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 290 Park Ave West UNIT 321, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600415151.
Gibbon, Drew Brandenburg was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2632 Blake ST APT 407, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600568693.
Gibbon, Eva Marie was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 102 S 4Th ST, HAYDEN, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6573488.
Gibbon, Gabrielle Araceli was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5341 W 76Th AVE # 213, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600182757.
Gibbon, Heather Georgette was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 170 N Spruce ST, HAYDEN, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600281232.
Gibbon, Jade Douglas was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 855 Miller ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4200313.
Gibbon, Kenneth Eugene was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 102 S 4Th ST, HAYDEN, Routt County, CO. His voter ID number is 6573489.
Gibbon, Levi was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8144 Irving ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 1501729.
Gibbon, Luke was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 170 N Spruce ST, HAYDEN, Routt County, CO. His voter ID number is 6593102.
Gibbon, Mary E was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 919 21 RD, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2256799.
Gibbon, Melody Gale was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 855 Miller ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4200314.
Gibbon, Sandra A was born in 1945 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9567 W Cornell PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3997317.
Gibbon, Trent William was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8155 E Fairmount DR APT 516, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600751074.
Gibbon, William Alex was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 28066 County Rd 17-21, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. His voter ID number is 200139911.
Gibboney, Cheryl Renee was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1597 Lola CT, FRUITA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200374912.
Gibboney, Deanne Leigh was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 710 Country Acres DR, JOHNSTOWN, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4238946.
Gibboney, Donald Lee was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 193 27 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2358944.
Gibboney, Haleigh Isabelle was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 710 Country Acres DR, JOHNSTOWN, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601096987.
Gibboney, Larry Lee was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5046 W 61St PL, ARVADA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601884813.
Gibboney, Leyla was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5046 W 61St PL, ARVADA, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600180161.
Gibboney, Marjorie Laverne was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 193 27 RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2358945.
Gibboney, Paul was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6486 Lakeside CIR, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5809237.
Gibboney, Richard E was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1536 12Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6347262.
Gibboni, Michael Angelo was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 207 Bella Vista CT, GRAND LAKE, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 8514373.
Gibboni, Michaela Rea was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 207 Bella Vista CT # 116, GRAND LAKE, Grand County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600274405.
Gibbons, Aaron Matthew was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1720 Kirkwood DR # 02, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600818476.
Gibbons, Abby Janette was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8201 W 59Th AVE, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4009452.
Gibbons, Abigail Patrick was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1130 Lefthand DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601088925.
Gibbons, Adam D was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1933 Grove ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054813.
Gibbons, Adam David was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1620 Remington ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600978079.
Gibbons, Adam Hogan was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 19691 W 59Th AVE, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 600120867.
Gibbons, Adrek Leon was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 28639 Douglas Park RD, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 7219431.
Gibbons, Adrian Austin was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 320 Strohm CIR, GYPSUM, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 6691708.
Gibbons, Agnes E was born in 1936 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12137 W 66Th AVE, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4080094.
Gibbons, Aidan D was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 820 Black Bear RD UNIT E27, TELLURIDE, San Miguel County, CO. His voter ID number is 601690122.
Gibbons, Allan C was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1115 5Th ST, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4237693.
Gibbons, Allison was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1850 Bassett ST APT 725, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601905470.
Gibbons, Alyssa Anne Mitchell was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4415 Cole DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1525919.
Gibbons, Alyssa Lee was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15839 Abbeylara LN, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600721830.
Gibbons, Alyssa Marie was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1960 Yarrow ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601956455.
Gibbons, Alysse Larae was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2512 W County Road 54G, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200319855.
Gibbons, Amber Jean was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5995 S Sycamore ST # 201, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 874970.
Gibbons, Anderson Walsh was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2970 E 3Rd AVE, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 601222314.
Gibbons, Andrea Danielle was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1706 Banyan DR # 3, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200374751.
Gibbons, Andrea Elizabeth was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2902 Apple AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6368056.
Gibbons, Andrew Hogan was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3223 N Race ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2863781.
Gibbons, Andrew James was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4527 S Lowell BLVD, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601887426.
Gibbons, Andrew S was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1120 3Rd ST, PAONIA, Delta County, CO. His voter ID number is 3557075.
Gibbons, Andrew Sean was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16196 E Baker PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 916811.
Gibbons, Angela Christine was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 660 N 17Th AVE, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600649427.
Gibbons, Anne Caroline was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 47 Morningside DR, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4030365.
Gibbons, Ann Ferry was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11039 Bear Creek DR, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4264193.
Gibbons, Annie Elizabeth was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 127 Sunny CIR, NATURITA, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5385882.
Gibbons, Ann Marie was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3201 N Brighton BLVD APT 158, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601344445.
Gibbons, Anthony Joseph was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1430 N Humboldt ST APT 402, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600962942.
Gibbons, April Dawn was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1211 Pando AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 424888.
Gibbons, Arthur Clark was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1017 Fairway LN, ESTES PARK, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1573993.
Gibbons, Ashley was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 325 S Ogden ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2504886.
Gibbons, Ashley Marie was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10400 Park Meadows DR # 319, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200022955.
Gibbons, Ashley Marie was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3380 Chaffee WAY, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5907543.
Gibbons, Ashley Renee was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9069 W Harvard PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4035228.
Gibbons, Austin M Jr was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 320 Strohm CIR, GYPSUM, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 6687151.
Gibbons, Austin Martin Sr was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 320 Strohm CIR, GYPSUM, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 6701317.
Gibbons, Austin Patrick was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6250 Moccasin Pass CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601846221.
Gibbons, Avery Dylan was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 708 Native Plant WAY # 733, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601978003.
Gibbons, Barbara A was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3080 Stagecoach RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600460728.
Gibbons, Baylee Norma was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4555 W Mineral DR # 521, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200038492.
Gibbons, Benjamin Augustine was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3080 Stagecoach RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601134307.
Gibbons, Benjamin F was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 112 Washington ST, MONTE VISTA, Rio Grande County, CO. His voter ID number is 4765145.
Gibbons, Bernadine Virginia was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1226 W Abriendo AVE, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3062852.
Gibbons, Beth Ann was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8276 Spinnaker Bay DR, WINDSOR, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600836921.
Gibbons, Betty Joan was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 325 S Ogden ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2767805.
Gibbons, Betty Lounsbury was born in 1926 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6021 S Liverpool ST # 163, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4752981.
Gibbons, Bonnie M was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 104 Tyrannosaurus TRL, DINOSAUR, Moffat County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5581990.
Gibbons, Bonnie Sue was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 50 Pineview LN, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1577805.
Gibbons, Bonnie Woolley was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8720 Redwing AVE, LITTLETON, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600968185.
Gibbons, Brad Jay was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4605 S Yosemite ST APT C402, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 771095.
Gibbons, Brandon Verel was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10127 W Dartmouth PL # 8307, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601936129.
Gibbons, Brandy Elizabeth was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2424 9Th AVE APT 5204, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601192410.
Gibbons, Brandy Lee was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7425 S Oak Hill CT, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601578258.
Gibbons, Breeann was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10127 W Dartmouth PL # 8-307, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601684704.
Gibbons, Brenda Lee was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2880 N Jackson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2765227.
Gibbons, Brendan Kevin was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1025 Oxford LN # 3A, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601670810.
Gibbons, Brendan Scott was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2049 Barberry AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 200030988.
Gibbons, Brennan James was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2985 N Tennyson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601719173.
Gibbons, Brett Donald was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6598 Windmont AVE, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054818.
Gibbons, Brett Thomas was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7425 S Oak Hill CT, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 883702.
Gibbons, Brian Jay was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4281 S Quintero WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 6573648.
Gibbons, Brian John was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17539 E Buchanan PL, AURORA, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7135601.
Gibbons, Brian Nicholas was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11520 Pine Grove LN, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600683950.
Gibbons, Bridget Janine was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4601 S Balsam WAY APT 414, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200341132.
Gibbons, Brittany Michelle was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 350 Andromeda LN, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600091606.
Gibbons, Brittney Elizabeth was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11520 Pine Grove LN, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200168277.
Gibbons, Bruce Leslie was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1455 Masters DR, WOODLAND PARK, Teller County, CO. His voter ID number is 601900686.
Gibbons, Bryan M was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 205 E 2Nd ST, MARBLE, Gunnison County, CO. His voter ID number is 8461105.
Gibbons, Byron J Jr was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 545 Fox Hunt CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5945597.
Gibbons, Caitlin Hessney was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4115 Florentine DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600495970.
Gibbons, Caitlin Meryl was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 47 Morningside DR, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4232003.
Gibbons, Candace E was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8331 S Valley HWY # 423, ENGLEWOOD, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 655458.
Gibbons, Candace Kay was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2589 Buckhorn LN, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3658802.
Gibbons, Candice Sue was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4150 Eaton ST, MOUNTAIN VIEW, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4027414.
Gibbons, Cara Dawn was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9003 State Hwy 125, WALDEN, Jackson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5387180.
Gibbons, Carl Robert was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6144 S Field ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4107573.
Gibbons, Carole Elaine was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5155 W Quincy AVE UNIT H103, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2696392.
Gibbons, Cassandra Ann was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9925 Spring Hill ST, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600782947.
Gibbons, Cassandra Rose was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2101 N Ursula ST UNIT 423, AURORA, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600775036.
Gibbons, Cassy Carmen was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3825 Lancaster DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3101172.
Gibbons, Catherine Marie was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3630 Gray ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600440411.
Gibbons, Chandler Dail was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1215 S Yosemite WAY # 54, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 4226449.
Gibbons, Charles Amos was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 312 Weant BLVD # 11, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 601646001.
Gibbons, Charles Edward was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 654 Moose CT, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 6960112.
Gibbons, Charles Robert was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2540 Sunset DR APT F114, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601635991.
Gibbons, Charon Culp was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 350 Andromeda LN, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601702034.
Gibbons, Chelsea Mccavit was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6147 W 83Rd WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200139344.
Gibbons, Cheree Marie was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8046 S Langdale CT, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7005352.
Gibbons, Cheryl Ann was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 765 15Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054819.
Gibbons, Cheryl Best was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8468 Chasewood LOOP, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 132714.
Gibbons, Christel was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8119 S Algonquian CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601464361.
Gibbons, Christina Marie was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3332 Boundless LN, TIMNATH, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1472207.
Gibbons, Christine Ann was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 545 Fox Hunt CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5671940.
Gibbons, Christine Elizabeth was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1130 Lefthand DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054821.
Gibbons, Christopher Bole was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9005 W 2Nd AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 8054823.
Gibbons, Christopher David was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17745 E Jamison AVE, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 1012124.
Gibbons, Christopher James was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8046 S Langdale CT, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 2747652.
Gibbons, Christopher William was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8276 Spinnaker Bay DR, WINDSOR, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600832921.
Gibbons, Clay Robert was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3332 Boundless LN, TIMNATH, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601295500.
Gibbons, Clayton Allen was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7896 S Fairfax CT, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601689461.
Gibbons, Colin Patrick was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9797 Independence ST, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601789354.
Gibbons, Colleen Elizabeth was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8460 Vance CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200085266.
Gibbons, Colten was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6851 S Gaylord ST # 2525, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601430669.
Gibbons, Connie L was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2251 Palm DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 187744.
Gibbons, Consuelo was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22051 E Alamo PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601123945.
Gibbons, Cory Michael was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 24363 E Mineral DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 200146967.
Gibbons, Cullen Joseph was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 703 S Depew ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601395552.
Gibbons, Cynthia Faye was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 23 Burlington WAY, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8054825.
Gibbons, Damien Arthur was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2922 Bellflower DR # 3, VAIL, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 200005573.
Gibbons, Damon C was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1238 Forest Svc 605 RD, CREEDE, Mineral County, CO. His voter ID number is 4794401.
Gibbons, Daniel Christopher was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8460 Vance CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600543081.
Gibbons, Daniel Gerard was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6946 Springhill DR, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 1577794.
Gibbons, Danielle Ann was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4166 N Winona CT, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200230139.
Gibbons, Danielle Denise was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 141 Dvorak LN, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200115993.
Gibbons, Daniel Patrick was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 318 Summit Hall # D, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600991988.
Gibbons, Daniel Ray Jr was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3345 Gopher LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3075217.
Gibbons, Daniel Ray Iii was born in 1993 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 400 Starlite DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 601630861.
Gibbons, Daniel T was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1585 N Fillmore ST APT 5, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600352662.
Gibbons, Daniel Thomas was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7679 Old Spec RD, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601428823.
Gibbons, Daniel Vincent was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1200 N Jasmine ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 898920.
Gibbons, Daniel Wayne Sr was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1409 Constitution RD, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3064935.
Gibbons, Daniel Wayne Jr was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1409 Constitution RD, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 600889676.
Gibbons, Darek Vanderhyde was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 25166 E Geddes CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 741939.
Gibbons, Darren F was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12460 W Auburn AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4004714.
Gibbons, David Chadwick was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 171 County Rd 5222, TABERNASH, Grand County, CO. His voter ID number is 600583104.
Gibbons, David G was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3225 W 29Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2461524.
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Giants RB Brandon Jacobs remembers Broncos’ Damien Nash
By Mike Klis
Brandon Jacobs, Damien Nash
Indianapolis — New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said his former junior college teammate Damien Nash still pops through his mind.
“I think about him all the time,” Jacobs said. “I’m talking about a talented guy who had it all.”
Jacobs and Nash shared the same backfield at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas. Nash was a Broncos backup running back in 2006 but he collapsed of a fatal heart attack on Feb. 24, 2007 following a charity basketball game he organized to raise funds for his brother, who was waiting for a heart transplant.
“A great friend of mine,” Jacobs said of Nash. “I was torn apart when I saw on TV what had happened. He was a great running back. Great kick returner as well. He was a good dude.”
Jacobs has enjoyed a nice, seven-year career so far with the Giants, rushing for 1,009 yards in 2007, when he helped New York win the Super Bowl, and another 1,089 yards in 2008.
But football hasn’t always gone smoothly for Jacobs, who has been a backup to Ahmad Bradshaw the past two seasons. Nash’s death at 24 helps Jacobs keep his tough times in perspective.
“Oh, no question,” Jacobs said. “You never know when it’s going to be taken away from you. You’ve got to enjoy and cherish every minute of it or it can be gone just like that.”
Categories: General Broncos, Super Bowl
Another Tebow song, courtesy of John Legend
Tim Tebow has big fan in ESPN’s Sean Salisbury
I still think about Nash sometimes too, along with Williams and McKinney!!! So sad to lose these cats so young!!!
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Sri Lanka: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in Sri Lanka, How Likely and What Will it Take to Reduce Poverty, Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and to Increase School Enrollment and Completion?
Aturupane, Harsha ; Deolalikar, Anil B.
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Lizenz: Sri Lanka: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in Sri Lanka, How Likely and What Will it Take to Reduce Poverty, Child Mortality and Malnutrition, and to Increase School Enrollment and Completion? von Aturupane, Harsha ; Deolalikar, Anil B. underlies the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany
This report focuses on the attainment of five major human development-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by sub-national units in Sri Lanka relating to poverty, under-five and infant mortality, child malnutrition, schooling enrollment and completion, and gender disparities in schooling. The selection of these MDGs for detailed analysis was based in large part on the availability of reliable sub-national data. The report concludes that of these MDGs, Sri Lanka has already attained the numerical goals relating to universal primary enrollment and completion. Indeed, the country had almost met these goals as far back as 1990-91, and is far ahead o f the other countries of South Asia in terms of having reached near-universal primary enrollment and completion. Sri Lanka has also attained the MD goal of gender parity in primary and secondary school enrollments, again having met this target as early as 1990-91. However, Sri Lanka faces considerable challenges in ensuring good quality primary education, with substantial shortfalls in cognitive achievement in the country as a whole. Further, Sri Lanka experiences sharp regional disparities in learning outcomes. Improving the quality of primary education in the country, with special emphasis on educationally disadvantaged areas, will require strategic policy development, effective service delivery and efficient investment of resources.
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Sri Lanka, Entwicklungspolitik
Sri Lanka, Millennium Development Goal, Menschliche Entwicklung / Sri Lanka, Millennium Development Goal, Human Development
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