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Rediscovering Ben Rector's 'Magic'
by Grace Bellman Emory University Aug 6, 2018
Grace Bellman
On June 22nd, Ben Rector released his new album "Magic." It had been a while since he had made some new music because he was busy having a baby among other things. Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I was beyond excited to hear the influence his little baby, Jane, had on his songwriting.
For my first Odyssey article, I wrote about Ben Rector and how he was my first love. I wanted to revisit the topic of my favorite musician with a review of his latest creation.
1. Extraordinary Magic
My family always joke that I have my whole wedding planned to the T (minus the groom of course) but they aren't wrong. When I heard this song, I imagined it playing during my first dance. At the very least, it has to be on the playlist.
2. I Will Always Be Yours
I'm not going to lie, I have no idea who or what this song is about but I love it. It was one of the first songs he released on the album and it's great. The catchy chorus and clever background instruments make it hard not to love this song both for its sentiment and composition.
3. Drive
Whether he meant to or not, Ben made the song "Drive" the PERFECT driving song. It has an uplifting chorus, a catchy beat, with just enough base not to blow out your speakers. Summer road trip playlist sorted.
4. Old Friends
Ben talks about how it isn't possible to "make old friends." It makes me think about the past and the future and all the people that have made an impact on my life thus far. His music video is by far one of my favorites.
5. Duo
Happy. It is as simple as that. When I first heard this song, I immediately thought of my twin sister and how we are definitely an iconic duo. She is the Joey to my Chandler, and the Lennon to my McCartney. Despite living halfway across the world, she is always there. I'm so lucky.
6. Kids
The number of times I have turned the volume up way too loud and danced my way down the highway to this song is impossible to count. It reminds me of everything I loved about a child while still being insanely catchy. Good work, Ben, this one is a winner.
7. Green
I wasn't sure what I thought about this song at first. It is beautiful and soothing but I didn't completely understand what story he was trying to tell. Several listens later, the dual meaning of "green" became apparent. I discovered that this song describes one of his purest memories of being young and in love.
8. Sometimes
"Sometimes" is Ben looking back on a past relationship and how despite his current happiness, it is okay to wonder about what life would have been like if they were still together. I've learned that it's okay to think about how different your life could be if you had made some different decisions. I have lain awake at night thinking about my college choice many times but just because I wonder about that, it doesn't mean I'm not happy where I am now.
9. Wherever You Are
When I first heard this song, it made me think of my dad. While I don't know for sure what Ben wrote this song about, I love that I was able to find meaning in his lyrics that related to my life. My dad has shown me over and over again as I have grown up that he will always be there. He may not say it exactly using words but he has never failed to show up for me when I needed him the most. I have no doubt that as I grow further into adulthood, he will be by my side.
You would think after seven albums you would have nothing cute left to say about your wife. But he does it again, with a song we all wish someone had written for us.
11. Boxes
Ben discusses his struggle with getting caught up in his career openly and honestly. He comments that he has "forgotten how it feels to chase a dream." This box of first CDs that he found in his house reminded him that although it is hard to be away from home on tour, he is living the dream he worked so hard to achieve.
"I used to want people to love me so I learned how to sing, then I thought I wanted money so I could buy nice things, and when I found it, it was as empty as could be… I want peace, it's where I am now." This song speaks for itself.
13. Love Like This
This may be the next "Isn't She Lovely" because this incredibly adorable song about fatherhood is honest and real. My favorite lyric is: "I love the way you've changed me from a boy into a man."
I did my best to encourage you to go listen to Ben's latest masterpiece. He truly does just keep getting better. I found out recently that Ben Rector is coming to Atlanta in November. After exchanging some excited texts with my friend, Daniel, we looked online for ticket sales. We found general admission seats, spent some dog-sitting money, and bought tickets for a concert I have been dying to see for months. Rest assured, I'll write an article about it.
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How to protect yourself from growing risk of Lyme disease
By Isabel TeotonioLiving reporter
Sat., June 17, 2017timer5 min. read
Deep inside Rouge Park, Durham Region health official Toni Moran sweeps a white flannel cloth slowly over thick brush to try and capture blacklegged ticks, whose numbers are growing and spreading across the country.
This is part of the battle against Lyme disease, a potentially debilitating condition affecting cardiac and nervous systems that is transmitted through the bite of an infected tick. Dragging helps determine if a tick population exists, how it’s evolving and the risk for exposure.
Ten minutes in, Moran captures her first tick, also known as a deer tick. To the untrained eye, it’s barely visible: adults are the size of a sesame seed.
“We hesitate to pinpoint areas where they may be … That would give the public a false sense of security if they’re in areas where we haven’t found them,” says the senior public health inspector with the Vector-Borne Disease Program. “If you’re outside in wooded or brushy areas in southern Ontario, you need to take precautions.”
In the GTA, part of York and Durham and nearly all of Toronto are in a risk area for Lyme disease, according to a 2017 map by Public Health Ontario, which defines a risk area as a 20-kilometre radius around where ticks have been found.
Last year, just half of Toronto was in a risk area, but this year the risk area blankets nearly the entire city.
In Canada, there were 841 human cases of Lyme disease in 2016, compared with 144 in 2009, when it became a nationally notifiable disease. In Ontario, there was a similar rise in cases, from 44 in 2005 to 343 in 2016.
But the real number affected may be tenfold, say experts.
“Lyme disease isn’t going to go away,” says Dr. Doug Sider, medical director of communicable disease prevention and control at Public Health Ontario, noting that the risk area will only increase. “But we are not powerless.”
‘Once ticks are established, they don’t leave’
As a result of climate change, ticks have moved north to Canada, hitching a ride on migratory birds, deer and small mammals as they feed, say health officials.
They thrive in wooded areas with deciduous trees, leaf litter and tall grasses. Because they’re prone to drying out, they’re unlikely to be on golf courses and sports fields with short grass, says Curtis Russell, a senior program specialist at Public Health Ontario.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. An infected tick must feed for at least 24 hours for transmission to occur. Ticks secrete an analgesic so you don’t feel pain when they bite.
“That’s where the risk is: people don’t notice them,” Russell says. “Ticks will bite you anywhere, but they typically bite around your hairline, armpits, the back of your knees, buttocks and groin area — areas that are harder to check.”
Not all ticks carry the bacteria. The prevalence of infection is higher in areas where they’re more established — such as Long Point Provincial Park, which was the only known risk area for Lyme in Ontario in the early 1990s — than where they’ve more recently appeared, such as Rouge Park.
“Once ticks are established, they don’t leave,” says Russell. And if they are introduced into a location without Lyme disease, there’s a three- to five-year lag before it shows up in the area’s mammals.
In Ontario, all public health units do passive surveillance, whereby people submit ticks, which helps pinpoint areas of concern. A growing number of units are also doing active surveillance, or tick dragging. Collected specimens are sent to public health for identification and to the National Microbiology Laboratory for bacteria testing. This year in particular, both labs have been inundated with submissions.
Toronto started tick dragging in 2013, focusing on one park. In 2016, it dragged in 36 parks and found ticks in six, including Algonquin Island Park, Highland Creek and Morningside Park.
What residents can do
In Rouge Park, Moran captures two ticks in an hour. She recommends people walk or cycle in the middle of trails, away from the brush, and routinely check themselves, their families and pets for ticks.
Also, wear light colours and long sleeves and tuck in clothing, including socks over pants, so ticks have farther to crawl, she says.
“Enjoy the outdoors,” says Moran. “Just take some basic precautions.”
Bug sprays with DEET offer protection. Permethrin-treated clothing can also be effective and continues offering protection for several washes. Such garments are not for sale in Canada to the general public, but Health Canada is reviewing an application that could make them available.
Once home, be sure to shower within one or two hours because ticks may not have had time to attach. Also, put clothing in the dryer for an hour so the high heat kills any ticks. If a tick is attached, use fine-tipped tweezers, grasp it close to the skin, and pull straight out — ensure the mouth is intact. If you’re worried about improper removal, see a doctor.
What the experts can do
Doctors are being told to consider prompt treatment if there’s been a known tick exposure, particularly in a risk area, and the patient has the classic symptoms, says Sider of Public Health Ontario, a provincial agency that provides scientific and technical advice on public health matters. Similarly, patients should see their physician if they suspect a tick bite and seek immediate treatment.
He says the true impact of the disease is unknown because it’s under-reported, suggesting some doctors diagnose and treat early Lyme without notifying health units, while some may misdiagnose it because the symptoms are non-specific and often flu-like, including fever, chills and fatigue. A telltale sign is an expanding rash at the site of a tick bite, sometimes resembling a bull’s eye, but this doesn’t always occur. Symptoms typically appear within a week, but can surface between three and 30 days.
Antibiotics should clear early symptoms. But if untreated, Lyme can progress to a more serious illness causing problems such as joint pain, neurological issues, irregular heartbeat and difficulty concentrating.
For years, public health has been raising awareness on how to prevent, suspect, diagnose and treat Lyme. Ten years ago, it focused on getting its message to doctors. But in recent years it’s also worked with tourism groups, outdoor workers, outdoor activity groups, parks and recreation departments.
Given “the steady, inexorable climb” in Lyme cases, Sider says, “we need to double down” on those efforts.
In late May, the federal government said it plans to spend up to $4 million to establish a Lyme disease research network to improve diagnosis and treatment. It also released a federal framework to prevent and control Lyme disease over the next five years.
Last week, the University of Guelph announced a $1.4 million grant from G. Magnotta Foundation, named after Magnotta Winery co-founder Gabe Magnotta, who died in 2009 after a seven-year battle with Lyme. The money will go toward creating a research lab to improve diagnostic testing and treatment to prevent long-term suffering.
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Men Confess The 10 Habits Of Yours He Loves And 10 He Can't Stand
in Girl Talk
We all have good and bad habits, and often, the bad ones tend to stick in our minds the most. We might not be able to stop biting our nails when we get bored or nervous, even if we know that we shouldn't be doing that, or maybe we always "forget" to clean our bathroom when it's always the grossest area in our apartment. When we're in a serious relationship, our worst habits tend to become even more obvious since our partner is definitely going to have to deal with them on a regular basis. Of course, the same thing goes for them, and we have to get used to the things that they do all the time, too.
There are a lot of good and bad habits that we ladies have that guys absolutely love... and then there are some things we do that they can't really handle. Sure, they might not be dealbreakers, and they might never tell us how they really feel. But they're still thinking about these things. We rounded up confessions from men IRL thanks to Reddit and Thought Catalog. Read on to find out 10 habits of yours that he loves and 10 habits of yours that he just can't stand!
Habits He Loves
20 "My wife makes little lists for everything that helps keep us really organized. It's something she's done since she was a little girl. And I still see the cute little A+ student in her every time she's making one."
This guy confessed this in a thread on Reddit, and you're probably thinking how cute this is, right? It's impossible to read this confession and not immediately go "awww."
Making lists is definitely a girl thing. Sure, there are probably some guys who do it, too, but it seems like more of a girl habit. It's the best way to keep track of everything that you have to do, whether that's the groceries that you have to buy (avocados, obviously) or other chores that are on your mind. It's nice to now that something that you do every day is actually super attractive to guys. Being organized really is such a nice feeling, especially since your days are probably just as packed as everyone else's.
19 "When I see her glancing at me in the grocery store or over dinner or while doing the dishes, and she was giving me that ‘I love you’ look in the most objectively unromantic context."
Thanks to Thought Catalog, you now know that giving your boyfriend a look that basically says those three little words is a good habit to have. It's most likely something that every guy would absolutely love.
Because what's not to love about that warm, cozy feeling that this is your person and your true love and that they really get you? It's why people are so focused on finding their own love story. They just want to find something like what this guy is describing. It really is the best thing ever. If this is one of your habits, too, then rest assured that your boyfriend adores it and would never want you to change or stop. Even if he never tells you, now you know that he's into it.
18 "When she leaves me a cup of coffee on the counter before she goes to work, with cream and sugar and everything."
This Thought Catalog confession is really sweet and adorable, and this sounds like a habit that every girlfriend (and boyfriend) should adopt.
Honestly, what kind of person leaves for work before their partner and doesn't make them a cup of coffee? That person is definitely a monster. 100 percent. It would be a deal breaker (or at least a warning sign that the relationship wasn't the best that it could be). Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but coffee is a seriously important part of life and it's only true love if your partner understands that. This is also a great habit to have because it proves that you're being thoughtful and that you care about your partner. You should always be doing nice little things for each other.
17 "It isn't so much specific things as the fact that she is always being considerate. This morning, she woke up before me and left for work before I even woke up. There was coffee made... and my phone had been plugged in to charge."
Nothing says love like coffee and a charged phone. That might sound kind of silly, but like this guy confessed on Reddit, doing something like this for your significant other proves that you're kind and considerate. And nothing is hotter or more attractive than that. Sure, people might disagree with that, but once you settle into the groove of a serious, committed relationship, these little habits add up and prove how much you love each other.
Taking care of your partner is a really nice thing to do and a great habit to adopt, as long as they're doing the same thing for you, of course. If you get into the habit of helping them start their day like this girl does, it's truly awesome.
16 "When my girlfriend makes me a lunch for work and leaves me a little note. Its small but it makes my whole day."
Thanks to Reddit, now you know that guys really do love sweet things like this. You might have wanted to do something like this for your own boyfriend but you figured that he would think that it was too adorable or too girly or something like that. Well, now you know the truth: he just might fall in love with you even more.
This might sound too good to be true and it might sound like something that you would forget to do or run out of time for. But, really, being a good partner means compromising and doing things for them, and leaving them a sweet note really doesn't seem like that much work. It would definitely strengthen your relationship. And he would probably get into the habit of reciprocating, and you would love that.
15 "When they wake up and are extremely lost-looking while being wrapped up in blankets. Like you live in the Arctic, but cuter.”
What's better than waking up next to the person that you love? Nothing. Well, maybe waking up next to the person that you adore with some coffee and pancakes (and bacon), but that's beside the point.
You definitely do what this guy is describing, don't even try to pretend. And it's definitely as cute as he thinks that it is. Hey, what can you say? It's hard to wake up sometimes, and it's even tougher when it's still dark outside at 7 a.m. and it's freezing and your cozy bed is the best place ever. Okay, so it's still pretty hard to get up in the summer, too.This is an adorable habit that a lot of girls absolutely have, so it's nice to know that guys think that it's so great.
14 "When they are really into a hobby or a certain subject and they rant about it, I find it adorable. I love seeing girls really invested in something and I find it amazingly attractive."
Who knew that guys found rants attractive?! Well, now you know, and it's the greatest news ever.
It's not that you're trying to rant, of course. It just happens. You can't help it. If you're chatting about your latest TV obsession or something that happened at work or your latest conversation with your best friend, guess what? You're going to get excited and hyped up and probably end up ranting. Because a rant isn't always a negative thing. It doesn't always mean that you're upset or angry. Sometimes it just means that you're passionate, as this guy says in his confession. And you're definitely grateful to him for saying this and shedding light on this very important subject because it's amazing to learn that guys find this habit really cute.
13 "Swearing."
You might consider swearing to be a bad habit, and most people would agree with that. After all, it's not that great to swear all the time or even some of the time. But you're not perfect and of course, you're going to say some swear words. That's just the way that it is.
If you thought that swearing was a bad habit that you should break, think again, because according to this guy, it's a habit that guys love. They honestly think it's really attractive when girls swear. Of course, they probably think that way if they've already got a massive crush on the girl who happens to be swearing. If you like someone, you'll basically think that anything and everything that they do is really awesome and really attractive. That's the rule.
12 "There’s a girl I know that sits with her legs pulled to her chest with her arms wrapped around them, then rests her head on her knees and smiles at me when we’re talking. I forget whatever it was that I was talking about every time.”
You definitely have some kind of habit like this one, whether you sit in this exact same pose when you're hanging out with your boyfriend or you tend to sit cross-legged even at your kitchen or dining room table. Everyone has these kind of body language habits. They're hard to let go of, even if you tell yourself that you should act like more of a so-called grown-up.
What this guy is describing does sound super cute, so if this is something that you do, then don't even worry about it: your boyfriend probably loves it as much as he does. And that's really great to know. All you want is to know that your quirky habits are adored and appreciated by the person that you adore and appreciate.
11 "Peeing with the door open."
Do you do this? Don't lie -- you know that sometimes you do. And that includes times that your boyfriend is staying over or hanging out at your place (or if you live together, then you still do this).
You know that you should close the bathroom door. Sometimes you're too lazy to do that, and other times, you just figure that it's not really such a big deal. You might consider this to be kind of a gross habit that you adopted somewhere along the way, but according to this guy, it's something that guys might actually like. Hmmm. Does this mean that you should keep doing it? Probably not. But it's nice to know that they're not that grossed out. That's a sign that you've found your soulmate for sure.
Habits He Can't Stand:
10 "She leaves bobby pins - everywhere. Does not pick them up. Forgets about them. Then later on (after an indeterminate amount of time) complains she is out of bobby pins. Maddening."
A Reddit user really doesn't enjoy when his girlfriend leaves bobby pins all over... but, really, he should totally understand that she's not doing this on purpose. Because girls know a universal truth: bobby pins have a life of their own.
It's something that you've learned yourself, and probably the hard way. You, too, have faced the sad reality that you're just never going to be able to find a bobby pin when you need one. And when you need one, you really, really need one. Your hair isn't cooperating and it's the worst day ever. It would be awesome if guys understood that, but apparently, some of them don't. This may be a bad habit but, hey, this is something that all girls do. Guys should get used to it and accept it.
9 "My girlfriend thinks it's funny to give me TV show spoilers."
Raise your hand if you do think that this is funny. Yeah. It kind of is, right?!
Okay, okay, fine, you can see how this would be super annoying to someone. It's not like you want anyone, let alone your boyfriend, to do this to you. It's bad enough when you're really into a TV and can't log onto Twitter or Facebook without seeing your best friend totally spoiling the season or series finale for you. Ugh. It's seriously the worst. If you have a bad habit of spoiling TV shows for your boyfriend (or anyone else in your life), it's definitely a good idea to stop that immediately. Everyone will breathe a giant sigh of relief and like hanging out with you so much more.
8 "Takes forever to text back, but when we hang out she is never off her phone."
Guys definitely hate it when girls are on their phones all the time... and, let's face it, this is something that girls hate, too. So, basically, everyone thinks that this is an annoying AF habit. And it would be great if everyone stopped doing this. It's pretty rude and makes the person that you're with feel like they're just not interesting or important to you.
If you've found yourself guilty of texting too much or spending too much time on social media when you're supposed to be spending quality time with the person that you love, then you can probably relate to this guy's confession. And you might be feeling kind of bad about it. Instead of going down a rabbit hole of negative emotions and guilt, just stop with this bad habit and it'll all be okay. Okay? Good.
7 "She's gonna hate me but, she gives me the breakdown of her day at work, and I mean EVERY detail."
And here you were thinking that it was a good thing when couples shared the best and worst parts of their day...
Part of being in a relationship is talking about what's going on in your life, and that definitely includes what happened that day. This guy's not having it, though. He doesn't want his girlfriend to tell him what happened at work that day in so much detail. This isn't a habit that everyone has, but if you do this, you probably never considered the fact that your boyfriend might not love it. Of course, there are worse things than listening to your partner share things with you, so this doesn't seem like such a terrible thing to have to deal with. As long as you're not whining or being super negative, it should be okay, right?
6 "I'll sit down on the couch, put my feet up, get comfortable. She'll come in, sit down next to me, and then ask me 'Can you get my X?' where X is anything she could have gotten on the way to the couch."
This confession is kind of funny, just because, yeah, it's annoying when someone does this, but... it's also pretty silly to get so upset about it. No one wants to get up when they've just sat down on a comfy couch, but come on. Is it really that big of a deal?!
Of course, if this is a habit that you have and you do this all the time, as in every day, then that would be a different story. And anyone would have a right to find it super frustrating and want their partner to stop this ASAP. It's also not that great to make your boyfriend get you stuff and wait on you. It's totally fine if they offer, but otherwise, you're a big girl and can do it yourself.
5 "Fake voice. It’s just irritating."
As this guy confessed on Thought Catalog, it's not that great when a girl uses a "fake voice." You know the one: when you pretend to have a much more high-pitched voice than you actually do. And when you kind of talk like you're a baby (or like you're talking to a baby in that super annoying way that people have).
A lot of girls do think that this is really cute, but this guy finds it super irritating, and you can be sure that most people agree with him. If you do this around your boyfriend or brother or male friends and they never say anything, you might think that they like it, but chances are, they agree and think it's a bad habit.
4 "Trying to make us jealous. Sometimes a girl will go on and on about some other dude like it’s going to somehow motivate us into trying harder."
Another Thought Catalog confession, this one's about girls who try to make their boyfriends jealous. As you can probably guess, this doesn't go over very well and is basically a terrible idea. If this is a bad habit that you have, you should definitely stop doing this.
If you try to make your boyfriend jealous, it will probably end up backfiring and have the complete opposite effect. Instead of realizing that he loves you more than anyone else and could never see him with another girl, he might be so mad and upset that it starts a big fight. And before you know, he'll break up with you and move on and you'll be alone. Sounds good... not. So this is definitely a habit that you want to forget about ASAP.
3 "Generally attempting to be a member of the Kardashian family in appearance/demeanor. That stuff must be to impress other girls, not us."
This guy confessed on Thought Catalog that if a girl wants to look or act like someone who is part of the Kardashian family, he doesn't think that it's all that impressive. He's right when he says that girls really love that famous family. He's basically saying that he wants girls to be who they are and not try to be or look like someone else, which is a really great message.
If you start dressing like one of them or start wearing your makeup like one of them, it's definitely true that your boyfriend would just kind of react with a shrug. He wouldn't be as excited about it as your best friend or your sister. This might sound like a unique bad habit to have, but it's true that some girls do this, and now you know that some guys aren't big fans.
2 "Overuse the dog filter on Snapchat. We get it, you like the dog filter. Really could apply to any filter."
If you do this, then now you know that some guys aren't into it. At least this guy who confessed this on Thought Catalog isn't, so you can be sure that other guys agree with him.
Of course, you don't have to stop using this filter, or any filter that you want, because even if some guys think that this is a bad habit that girls have, who cares?! Honestly, this is a fun and enjoyable filter to use, and sometimes you just need to do something that brightens up your day and puts you in a good mood. Sometimes people get too picky and too upset about little things. And this is totally one of those times. If you love this filter, then go ahead and use it to your heart's content. You don't always love things that your boyfriend or other guys do, either.
1 "Not telling me what you want and thinking I’ll guess the right thing."
Another Thought Catalog confession that makes a ton of sense and is really pretty eye-opening. It may be obvious that you should never hide anything from your boyfriend and that you should always be honest about what you're thinking and feeling. But even though that's obvious, it's not what you always do.
It can be tempting to want your boyfriend to read your mind and figure out what's wrong and what you're so upset about, but this is a super unfair thing to do. Would you want him to do the same thing? Nope. Definitely not. It's honestly great news that guys want you to be honest about your emotions, so instead of hiding them, why not embrace them? Your relationship will definitely improve, and who doesn't want that?!
Sources: Reddit.com, ThoughtCatalog.com, ThoughtCatalog.com, ThoughtCatalog.com
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Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man play Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party | The Triangle
Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man play Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party
By Caylie Landerville
Over the summer, Philly’s Radio 104.5 has been hosting its fair share of Summer Block Party concert events. The best part about these concerts is that they are all completely free. Although they are free, you must still go online and claim a ticket before they run out, which can be a pain and difficult to retrieve. That being said, the most recent Block Party was the first one I attended this summer, and it did not disappoint.
The concert took place at Festival Pier Aug. 20 in the 80-degree weather. The doors opened around 1 p.m., and local band The Groove Merchants started off the day on quite a pleasant note. After them, Australian indie pop band The Outdoor Type hit the stage showing Philly their inner folk roots, continuing the lively vibe of the afternoon.
By the time it was time for Judah & The Lion to take the stage, the audience had almost doubled in size. The experimental indie folk-pop trio straight out of Nashville brought the crowd’s energy to a high banging out some of their hits. Their biggest hit “Take It All Back 2.0” had everyone singing along, dancing and enjoying themselves to the fullest.
After this thrilling set finished, Portugal The Man had some large expectations to uphold, which they seemed to have no problem doing. They began the set with their first hit song “Purple Yellow Red & Blue” that automatically had the crowd buzzing and singing along happily. The next song, their most recent hit “Feel It Still,” was one of the best moments of the day by far. The audience was incredibly pumped to the point that they performed an extended version of it again to the end of their set.
One of my favorite things about Portugal The Man is how most of their songs seem to possess positive, cheerful vibes and focus on the concept of enjoying life. This idea was completely apparent in their performance, as the band did not fail to show how good of a time they were having themselves, and how they expected the crowd to be in the same boat.
Finally, it was time for the main act of the night to perform, which everyone had been waiting for: Vance Joy. Although Vance Joy’s sound is not as upbeat and danceable as the rest of the show’s lineup, the crowd was ecstatic once he took the stage and started his set with “Mess Is Mine.” Aside from this song, I felt that “Georgia” and “Fire and the Flood” were his strongest performances, as he had a special way of soulfully connecting with the audience which stood out.
His beautiful Aussie accent mixed with his stunning looks, emotionally-rich lyrics, and powerful vocals were enough to have everyone mesmerized in a heartbeat. His voice was so unbelievably impressive live that it sounded exactly how it does in the song recordings. He also played along on the guitar to every song, having them switched out to different ones every now and then. It wasn’t until he swapped his guitar for a ukulele that everyone went wild, knowing which song was coming next.
Seeing Vance Joy perform “Riptide” was one of those moments that you can only experience at a concert, that you’ll remember forever; feeling like you’re on top of the world with everyone singing along to every single word, swaying along and watching in awe. Overall, it was a phenomenal way to end a day full of extremely talent-filled performances.
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In New Documentary, Former USC Football Player Bob DeMars Sheds Light on the Dark Side of College Sports
Made by a former NCAA athlete and featuring the stories of many others, the new documentary "The Business of Amateurs" explores topics like pay-for-play, brain trauma, and athletes' rights.
by Patrick Hruby
Releasing Friday on Amazon, iTunes, and other digital download services, the documentary The Business of Amateurs takes a critical look at big-time college sports, concluding that the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its member schools place money and their own interests above the rights and well-being of campus athletes.
VICE Sports recently spoke to director Bob DeMars, a former University of Southern California football player, about his experiences as an athlete, the ongoing debate over pay-for-play, brain trauma in football, criticizing college sports while loving them, and other issues covered in the film.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Read More: The NCAA Lets College Olympians Collect Cash for Gold, Because Amateurism Is a Self-Serving Lie
VICE Sports: In your film, you diagnose two major ills in college sports: the financial exploitation of athletes, and a parallel failure to protect their physical health. You're also a former USC football player. When you were a college athlete, how did you perceive and understand—or not perceive and understand—those same ills?
Bob DeMars: I was pretty naive to those issues as problems. When you're playing, you are carrying everyone's dreams with you—your friends, family, everyone from your hometown is watching you. You go from being the best player wherever you came from to a team where everyone was that guy. There's an awful lot of competition, and you're just thinking about trying to not piss off the coaches. When you're hurt, you feel like a burden to the team. There's a shameful quality to it. Your brothers are out there fighting and battling. You feel guilty.
I did feel the squeeze, financially. I would take toilet paper rolls out of the athletic department building to save money. You don't have any money to do anything. But you kind of accept that. You just assume that's the way it's supposed to be. I once went and bought Nike flip-flops because I knew the school had a deal with Nike, and I was worried I might get in trouble if I bought Reebok. [Laughs.]
You don't think about the amount of money your coaches are making. John Robinson was my coach when I got to USC. He was very much a father figure. Open-door policy, come talk anytime you want. It felt like a family. One time, John called me in and said, "Bobby, you look thin there." He gave me a $20 handshake. "Go get yourself something to eat." Then he pulled me closer and said, "And bring me back two chicken sandwiches." The chicken sandwiches ended up costing twenty bucks. So I didn't get anything! But that was funny at the time.
Bob DeMars (center) with former USC football coach John Robinson. YouTube
What happened to change your understanding, and how and when did you decide that you wanted to make a documentary tackling these issues?
It was shortly after I finished playing. I realized some of my injuries were still lingering. Back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, neck pain. All from different times in Paul Hackett era, when I was basically expendable.
When Hackett replaced Robinson [as USC head coach], I had to schedule an appointment just to meet with him. When I finally get in his office, he said, "So, I hear you're transferring." I had never said a word or thought about transferring. It turned out that he did that to about eight other guys—he was trying to get us out and bring in his own recruits. This was the end of my freshman year, and he told me I would never play for him. I had turned down Stanford and Harvard to go to USC for their film school. It really bothered me that he was assuming I was only there to play football.
So during the time he coached, I probably played about ten years of football, almost all of it in practice. We would have three-a-days back then. We'd practice 24 days straight. There were days we'd only have five or six defensive linemen, and I was one of the only guys who knew all the positions on the D line. So I'd sometimes go 50-60 plays in a row in scrimmages. And I played through injuries that most starters would have sat out and allowed to heal. All because I was trying to prove Paul Hackett wrong.
My position coach, Ed Orgeron, didn't like me. He thought I was there to go to school. They used to check on players going to class. Now, I would sometimes miss class to try to find time to sleep if I knew I could get an A in that class. Football plus school is very demanding, and something had to give at some point. But they never checked on me, because they assumed I was going. So when Orgeron would read the list of guys who had missed classes, he would give me the stink-eye for not being on it.
Why did you call your film The Business of Amateurs? That sounds like an oxymoron.
It is an oxymoron. But it also has a double meaning. Amateurism is about not being paid. But the amateur athlete is the product, and everybody in the system is paid: the coaches, administrators, the marketing department. The title has a second meaning in that the "of" is meant to be possessive. It really is our business, as athletes. So it's a call to action. I think change has to start with the players. Unfortunately, by the time players are enlightened, they are out of the college sports system.
[Laughs] I was a little worried that people would search for the film and think it was about cam girls or something.
Are college athletes—at least in the major revenue sports—being exploited by their schools and by the NCAA?
The NCAA says it was founded for two reasons: protect athlete health, and protect athletes from commercial exploitation. But when it comes the second one, what they really mean to prevent others from exploiting the athletic talent that they are commercially exploiting.
When I was playing, I was hyper-aware that Oregon put quarterback Joey Harrington on a billboard in Times Square. Heck, you put a dog on a billboard, and the owner of the dog gets paid.
Many people push back against the idea of exploitation, arguing that athletes should instead be grateful because they are receiving a free education. Free food. Free coaching. Free perks. Free medical care. And so on. When you're a big-time college athlete, is anything free?
No. You're getting paid. That's the scholarship. Sometimes, like if you're flying to South Bend to play Notre Dame, you are putting in 80 hours a week of work. If you break down the scholarship at many schools, athletes are actually making less than minimum wage.
There is a misperceived sense that college athletes are entitled and privileged. People think it's amazing to run out of the tunnel on game day. It is amazing! But it happens three to four dozen times while you're at school. It's fleeting, a small part of the picture. The reality is you go there to work. And having to balance that amount of work with school is really difficult.
Speaking of school, the NCAA also argues that amateurism is necessary because allowing college athletes to be compensated beyond a scholarship would compromise their educations. What do you think of that?
Well, there are a lot people who go to night school while working full-time jobs. [Laughs.]
America is a capitalistic society. But somehow, there is this fairy tale—one the NCAA has done a very good job of making people believe—that college sports are all about the glory. Guys who just love to play.
Of course, like I said, these guys are paid. They're just paid in the form of the scholarship. Are they worth more than that? Given all the money in the system and how everyone else gets paid, of course they are. But people think a grown man—usually at least 18 years of age, we're not talking about child actors—they think for some reason he shouldn't get his value.
In reality, I think race is a factor in this. You look at a lot of these athletes, they are African-American. And it's assumed these black athletes somehow are just lucky to be at the school. That they are not as intelligent. When the fact is they often don't have the have the same opportunities academically, that they come from disadvantaged backgrounds, that they are being pushed through the high school system and being used as bargaining chips because of their athletic ability.
The film is full of powerful individual stories about former college athletes, including that of Ed O'Bannon, the former UCLA basketball player who sued the NCAA in a high-profile federal antitrust case over the use of college athletes' names, images, and likenesses. The most powerful story, however, belongs to a former USC football player named Scott Ross, who played along Junior Seau, was later diagnosed with a form of dementia connected to repetitive head trauma, and struggled with depression, anxiety, and alcoholism before dying in 2014 at age 45. How does his story tie into the bigger picture of college sports?
It all started with Scott Ross. I knew about him as a player, even though I had never met him in person. His pictures lined the USC defensive meeting rooms. He was a legend for being a wrecking ball of a linebacker.
So at one point, my roommate says, "Hey, can my buddy crash on the couch for a while?" It turned out to be Scott. He had just lost his job, and been diagnosed with dementia at age 39. He was a shell. His life was spiraling out of control. He ended up staying with us for seven months, and I got to know him pretty well.
I thought, "Wow, look at who he was and where he is now." I had never thought about the long-term repercussions of football before. Not in terms of brain damage. When we went to interview him, it changed the whole film.
Scott would be a jumble of emotions when you'd talk to him, very erratic, all over the place. But when we interviewed him in Texas, that day, it was like God gave him his brain back. He was three hours late—but for the next five hours, he was crisp. Everything he said made sense. When we dropped him off at his hotel at the end, he could barely walk. It was like he was drunk, he was so drained from holding himself together mentally for those five hours.
One year to that day, he passed away. His parents are great people, and his family has endured so much. Not just from losing Scott, but everything they endured up to that point. Until they saw it, they didn't think that our film was real—Scott would talk about a lot of things, and you didn't know what to believe.
I hear fans say all the time, "You signed up for this." I don't think any of us signed up for what happened to Scott.
Former USC football player Scott Ross. YouTube
Given all of the hits to the head you took as a football player, do you worry about your own long-term mental health?
Six months before I started raising money for the film, I was diagnosed with panic disorder. It very well could be related to playing football, to all the subconcussive blows.
Panic disorder is a malfunction of the brain. A very unpleasant sensation. The first time it happened to me, I didn't know what was happening. I thought I had been slipped a drug. I was in a pitch meeting—a boring meeting that was going nowhere. All of the sudden, the back of my head got really warm. The room got long. It's hard to describe—it's as if you lose the ability to control how your thoughts work.
I just wanted to run out of the room. I knew that would look crazy, so I just rode it out. After about 15 minutes, it passed. I was just drenched in sweat. Breathing heavily. Now, there's comfort in being educated on what it is. But when you're in the moment, it's very irrational and hard to mentally push through.
So I'm concerned about the future. I hope my condition isn't the tip of a bigger iceberg, turning into some other form of anxiety or depression. I've chosen to donate by brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Every year, they do a benchmark survey of me. We talk about memory, am I using alcohol or drugs, things like that. I don't know the results, but it definitely makes me aware. Is my speech different? My memory? It's not like Scott Ross woke up one day and his life was different. It was a slow change. I would get calls from Scott at 2 AM. He would say, "If the handle on this bottle was a trigger, I would pull it." My wife would got to work at 5:30 AM, and I would still be on the phone.
Coming forward with my condition was one of the hardest decisions that I've made. Athletes are prideful by nature, and to admit you have a deficiency in an area that most people assume is your identity is very hard. But I know there are other guys out there suffering, and if I can be vocal, maybe they will realize they're not alone. I've had several screenings of the film across the country, and afterwards, I've had about a dozen former teammates come up to me, shake my hand, and whisper, "I have what you have."
The Rio Games just concluded. Once upon a time, the Olympics required participating athletes to be amateurs—but by the 1990s, that went out the window. Today, athletes aren't paid by the Games to participate, but they are largely free to endorse products, have sponsors, and accept compensation from third parties (although certain IOC regulations apply). Many people, myself included, have asked why the NCAA doesn't adopt this model—don't pay athletes salaries, but otherwise let them earn what they can. What do you think of that idea?
The first time we played at Florida State when I was at USC, I remember being in the locker room about three hours before the game. This is what happens during that time: guys take turn going to bathroom and reading the program. That's it! So the program at Florida State, I'm not even joking, there was like 30 [then-Seminoles coach] Bobby Bowden ads. Like, here's Bobby Bowden in front of the lube shop. Come get your car checked out!
I'm sure he's a great guy. But nobody had a problem with that. So to me, when people talk about paying athletes, we don't even need to come up with a system. Just let them make money off their own likeness. The NCAA won't allow that, because they're protecting their brand—a perceived sense of purity that really doesn't exist. If college sports were pure, the coaches and administrators would be doing this as volunteers.
That gets to the Olympics. Originally when they were moving away from amateurism, the [International Olympics Committee] was worried that they would tarnish their brand, too. But all getting rid of amateurism did was make the Olympics bigger and better. Nobody cared that the athletes were in commercials. Nobody has a problem with people getting their value in any walk of life.
So go back to college. The reality is that most of these athletes have their peak value as college athletes, and it's short-lived. Why can't they capitalize on that? Nobody can give me a good explanation.
Your film covers the O'Bannon lawsuit. The NCAA lost and was found to be in violation of antitrust law. Yet panel of appeals judges ruled that it can continue to prohibit athletes accepting any compensation beyond athletic scholarships and a relatively small cost-of-school-attendance stipend. Meanwhile, the national office of the National Labor Relations Board refused to even consider a case that would have allowed Northwestern University football players to unionize. Why do you think our legal system is reluctant to intervene in college sports?
You ever play Jenga? After a while, the pile of blocks gets so high that nobody messes with the pieces on the bottom. That's the foundation of the game. I think everybody is afraid if they move the wrong piece, the college sports system will collapse. In the Northwestern case, they ruled in favor of the players, and then decided not to assert jurisdiction. They didn't want to be the catalyst of a change. Same thing with O'Bannon. They ruled for the players, and then put on a payment cap. Why not cap the coaches and athletic directors?
Once again, I think it comes down to that fairy tale. The idea that somehow things will be ruined. But they show highlights during March Madness with the Coca-Cola logo. It's already commercialized, it's just that the players aren't free to reap the benefits. And like I said before, I think race is a factor. A certain part of America looks at the athletes and says, "Oh, they will just blow [any money] on rims."
I could have made a nine-part series instead of a single movie. About the medical issues, about the money, about education. They're all connected. It really is Jenga. And have you ever seen someone do a power move and take out a bottom block quickly and everything is still standing? I think that could happen. I just don't think anyone has the guts to do that yet.
Some people—like myself—have said the only thing that will really change college sports is a high-profile athlete strike. Like shutting down the Final Four, or college football's national championship game. Is that the kind of Jenga power move you're talking about?
When you're in the moment and put in all that hard work and have the opportunity to win a championship, for a guy to give that up for the sake of maybe—really, being blackballed or ostracized, having fans saying you're ungrateful, how dare you take this away from us—that's hard. You'll catch a ton of heat for doing that. But you know what? They'd make history. Can you tell me who won the 2003 March Madness tournament? I can't. But I will remember [Former Northwestern quarterback and unionization leader] Kain Colter for what he did.
The biggest obstacle is that by the time guys are enlightened and educated—not just worrying about your roster spot, holding on to your friends and families' dreams, grinding and thinking about the moment—you're already done with college.
I also think football might be harder. It's just so many guys to organize. But from what I understand, basketball players once got close to boycotting March Madness. In that sport, all it would take is ten guys to sit out and change everything.
Does the NCAA act in the best interest of college athletes, or of its own bottom line? YouTube
You mentioned Kain Colter. During the Northwestern football unionization effort, it was reported that many alumni and former players were furious with the athletes attempting to form a union. Meanwhile, Colter was ostracized. What do current athletes risk if they speak up about these issues? What about former athletes like yourself?
They risk becoming a pariah in some cases. Kain got a lot of heat. When you're playing, all you know is fighting for playing time. You're committed to your sport, fighting for respect. That's all you do every day when you're not doing schoolwork. To put that at risk is difficult. There's the fear of losing those long-term connection, too. Like at USC, there's the idea that you're a Trojan for life. If you're a part of that Trojan network, they take care of their own. It's very true, and a great thing about the school.
That was one of the things I was scared of making the film. I was worried I'd be misperceived as turning heel on my own school. When I spoke out about Ed Orgeron to Time magazine, I was lit up. People pulled money from the Kickstarter campaign for the film. People were spending five bucks to send me a Facebook message telling me I'm that I was wrong.
It's the sports culture. It's like breaking the athlete code. They thought I was trying to hurt the school. But it's actually the opposite.
So have you shown this film to current college athletes? If so, what did they think of it?
We went to Oregon State. We were told the football team would be there. The associate athletic director showed up to the screening, but the football team didn't. All of the sudden, there was a required event they had to go to. [Laughs] On a Sunday night!
We also had a screening at Drexel. The athletic director was there, and some of the school's athletes. A lot of them came up and said, "Great job. It really hit home. Thank you for doing it." The athletic director said he was enlightened by the film. He wanted to do more for his athletes.
What about USC?
They haven't seen the film. I called them and asked to set up a screening. They said they didn't have a big enough venue. They're 20 feet from the cinema school! [Laughs] When it comes to the academia side of the university, everybody supports what I'm doing. It's easier for them, because they're not on the sports payroll.
I don't think people in sports necessarily know what the film is about. They think we are trying to get rid of sports, or shame people for the sake of shaming. But it's just trying to shine a spotlight so we don't have these injustices in the future. When I'm telling Scott Ross' story, I'm not saying, "Look at what USC did to him." USC didn't kill Scott Ross. It's a cautionary tale of what went wrong, and now we have to change to make sure it doesn't happen again.
We're now aware of concussions and diseases like CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy]. There are some very simple solutions for making football athletes safer. Like minimizing contact practices. Like having independent medical staff that doesn't have the coach's interest in mind. But not one conference but the Ivy League has taken that step. To me, right now, it's unforgivable. Twenty years from now, we will have more Scott Rosses, and you won't be able to look back and say you didn't know.
This is a film made out of love. I love my school. I think that's hard for fans to reconcile—they don't want to see how their sausage is made. It was probably the hardest thing for me to reconcile, too. How do I explore the darker side of college athletics, but also show that I'm still as proud to be a Trojan as anyone who as graduated from USC?
I have to give USC credit: I've had discussions with the administrators there, trying to push forward some of the issues I present in the film, like a health plan that would cover athletes for their college sports injuries after they leave school. They haven't ignored me. But they haven't endorsed the film. They're playing it safe right now. Which is, I think, what the NLRB did with Northwestern, and what everyone is doing. But as the gap between the money being made and the rights college athletes don't have gets bigger and bigger, eventually that bubble will pop.
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Bette Davis’s Former Beverly Hills Home is on the Market for $40 Million. The late actress’s historic villa was restored and redesigned by Visionnaire.
The historic Hanover House mansion, once owned by actress Bette Davis, is now on the market for $40 million. Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, the "made to measure" villa was recently transformed from the inside out by Visionnaire, a top-of-the-range interior design firm known for their distinctive and ultra-bespoke projects. “The house was completely taken to pieces and renovated,” says Visionnaire’s art director Eleonore Cavalli. At nearly 10,000 square feet, the architecturally striking space boasts panoramic views and a modern design concept, complete with two pools, a movie theater, a full bar, and a full-sized tennis court. Modern sliding glass doors unite the home's indoor and outdoor spaces, with views to the pools and beyond. The newly-renovated interiors are classically modern, with an incredible attention to detail that can be found in every corner.
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Wind farm approved at Tullaroan
Credit: Kilkenny People | 28 October 2012 | www.kilkennypeople.ie ~~
Plans for a wind farm of four turbines at Foylatalure, Tullaroan have been approved by Kilkenny County Council, replacing a previously approved permission at the site, writes Tess Felder.
The proposal “includes an increase in the hub height from 49 metres to 80 metres, an increase in the blade length from 26 metres to a maximum 41 metres, which would result in an overall increase in the maximum blade tip height of 75 metres to 121 metres. Such revisions would result in the potential to produce up to 12MW of electrical energy,” the planning file outlines. The location of the turbines has been altered “to achieve higher wind speeds and make the project more viable.”
The council has recommended that planning be granted for seven years, with the wind farm permitted to operate for 10 years, at which time its operations will be reviewed by the council. A development levy of €31,450 will be due to the council when works commence.
The developer is obliged to measure the noise levels within six months of commissioning the turbines, and to undertake a survey of nearby dwellings potentially impacted by shadow flicker within 12 months of commissioning it.
The developer must seek further permission to connect to the national grid.
The turbine with the highest elevation must be lighted in consultation with the Irish Aviation Authority, and “when the wind farm has been put in place, the Developer shall submit coordinates and elevations of each turbine to the Irish Aviation Authority in order to upgrade aeronautical charts.”
It must also adhere to RTÉ’s protocol with respect to reception interference in the area.
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Scandic Hotels AB v. LMA Gaming Ltd
The Complainant is Scandic Hotels AB of Stockholm, Sweden, represented by Essen International AB, Sweden.
The Respondent is LMA Gaming Ltd of Paphos, Cyprus, internally represented.
2. The Domain Names and Registrar
The disputed domain names <scandiccasino.com> and <scandiccasino.net> (the “Disputed Domain Names”) are registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the “Registrar”).
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on May 16, 2012. On May 16, 2012, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Disputed Domain Names. On May 16, 2012, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details. In response to a notification by the Center that the Complaint was administratively deficient, the Complainant filed an amendment to the Complaint on May 22, 2012.
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 May 23, 2012. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was June 12, 2012. The Response was filed with the Center on June 8, 2012.
The Center appointed John Swinson as the sole panelist in this matter on June 14, 2012. 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.
The Complainant is Scandic Hotels AB, a company headquartered in Stockholm. The Complainant is a hotel chain with over 160 hotels in Scandinavia and northern Europe.
The Complainant is the owner of the registered business name “Scandic Hotels AB” (registered September 28, 1995, the “Business Name”). Prior to this the Complainant was named Scandic Hotel Svenska Aktiebolag.
The Complainant is the owner of the following Trade Marks:
- Community Trade Mark No. 009922601 for SCANDIC (registered September 30, 2011), with priority claims in countries including Sweden (June 18, 1978), Denmark (November 8, 1978) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (December 1, 1997);
- In Sweden, Trade Mark No. 361571 for SCANDIC (registered June 19, 2003);
- In Norway, Trade Mark No. 104305 for SCANDIC (registered February 7, 1980); and
- Community Trade Mark No. 006810055 (figurative) for SCANDIC (registered February 17, 2009)
(together, the “Trade Marks”).
The Complainant holds several domain names containing “scandic”, including <scandichotels.com> and <scandic.se>.
The Respondent is LMA Gaming Ltd, a company located in Paphos, Cyprus. The Respondent operates and markets online gaming websites. The Respondent also purchases premium and standard domain names, to create branded websites (the Respondent provided evidence that it holds at least 751 domain names for this purpose).
The Respondent registered the Disputed Domain Names with the Registrar as follows:
- <scandiccasino.com> on March 18, 2005; and
- <scandiccasino.net> on April 30, 2006.
The Complainant makes the following submissions.
Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Trade Marks are used in connection with the Complainant’s hotel and restaurant business.
The Disputed Domain Names are confusingly similar to the Trade Marks. The dominant part of the Disputed Domain Names consists of the word “scandic” which is identical to the Trade Marks, the dominant part of the Business Name, and the common name of the Complainant.
The only difference between Disputed Domain Names and the Trade Marks is the addition of “casino”, which is descriptive of gambling, game and betting services. Casinos are closely associated with the hotel business in which the Complainant engages.
According to the Complainant, the addition of “casino” does not change the overall impression of the Disputed Domain Names. On the contrary, it increases the likelihood of confusion between the Disputed Domain Names and the Trade Marks. Additionally, some of the Trade Marks cover class 41 for “casinos, gambling, game and betting services”.
Rights or Legitimate Interests
The Complainant has not granted the Respondent any license or authorization of any kind to use the Trade Marks and the Respondent does not appear to have any registered trade marks of its own pertaining to the Disputed Domain Names.
The Respondent holds about 59 domain names. It appears that the Respondent conducts gaming and betting services for commercial gain on most of the websites pertaining to these domain names. Under <scandiccasino.net> however, the Respondent provides different types of sponsored links (e.g. to gaming and travel companies).
There is nothing to indicate that the Respondent is dependent on or commonly known by the Disputed Domain Names. The Respondent’s business name does not correspond to the Disputed Domain Names.
The Disputed Domain Names are causing damage to the Complainant’s business. The Complainant takes pride in being a family hotel. The casino and gambling business, and the sponsored links on the websites pertaining to the Disputed Domain Names, do not correspond with the Complainant’s values.
Registered and Used in Bad Faith
The Complainant has carried out its hotel business under the trade mark SCANDIC since 1984 when the Complainant changed its business name to “Scandic Hotels”. The Trade Marks are widely known all over Scandinavia and northern Europe.
At the time the Disputed Domain Names were registered, the Complainant had established hotels in 10 countries and the Trade Marks were known across Europe. It is unlikely that the Respondent, at the time of the registration of the Disputed Domain Names, was unaware of the Trade Marks and the Complainant.
The website to which <scandiccasino.com> resolves is available in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and English. Given that the Complainant is especially established in the Scandinavian countries it appears that the Respondent is intentionally attempting to attract for commercial gain, Internet users to the Respondent’s website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Trade Marks. This constitutes evidence of bad faith.
The Complainant sent a cease and desist letter to the Respondent on March 8, 2012, notifying the Respondent of the likelihood of confusion. The Respondent did not respond.
The website to which <scandiccasino.net> resolves, contains different types of sponsored links. This type of website must be deemed to be registered in bad faith in an attempt to attract users for commercial gain.
The Respondent makes the following submissions.
The Disputed Domain Names are not confusingly similar to the Trade Marks as the descriptive words “casino” and “hotels”, used in the Respondent’s and the Complainant’s domain names, represent very distinct lines of business. A casino cannot be confused with a hotel and the website at <scandiccasino.com> does not make any reference to hotels, leisure, tourism or land based operation, which could cause confusion to potential visitors.
The word “scandic” is used globally to refer to one or more countries in the Scandinavian region.
The Complainant is a hotel chain and it does not operate casinos under its brand. It is a matter of opinion to propose that the two businesses are “closely associated”. Similarly, it is presumptuous to state that the Complainant’s business is commonly referred to as “Scandic”, since it is a generic term.
The Respondent published a website to the <scandiccasino.com> domain name in August 2007 which was (and is) being used for the purpose of promoting casino games (at the time of registration <scandiccasino.net> redirected to <scandiccasino.com>).
The Respondent provided evidence of marketing spend in relation to a “revamped” version of the “www.scandiccasino.com” website (launched February 1, 2012).
There is no reference to Scandic Hotels, leisure or tourism activities on <scandiccasino.com>.
At the time the Disputed Domain Names were registered, the Respondent had no knowledge of the existence of “Scandic” or “Scandic Hotels”. The Disputed Domain Names were registered in good faith by the Respondent, who wanted to create an online casino for the Scandinavian region. As players from Scandinavian countries contributed a large share to the Respondent’s yearly revenue, it made business sense to expand its operation in Scandinavia.
The Disputed Domain Names were not registered by the Respondent in an intentional attempt to attract for commercial gain, users to the Respondent’s website or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Trade Marks as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the Respondent’s website or location or of a product or service on the Respondent’s website or location. The Respondent uses professional means (e.g. TV advertising and search engine optimization) to attract new business.
As an online gaming business that operates 11 different sites, targeted at different countries, the Respondent cannot be considered as a competitor of a hotel chain, especially since the hotel chain does not offer a land-based or online casino as part of its operation. The Respondent has various other sites aimed at Denmark, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom and Norway whose domain names were registered as early as 2001 and <scandiccasino.com> was always intended to be part of this Scandinavian portfolio of sites.
The Complainant claims that it sent a cease and desist letter to the Respondent on March 8, 2012, however nothing was received. The Respondent was unaware of the situation prior to this UDRP Complaint.
To succeed, the Complainant must demonstrate that all of the elements enumerated in paragraph 4(a) of the Policy have been satisfied, namely:
(i) the Disputed Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; and
(ii) the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Disputed Domain Names; and
(iii) the Disputed Domain Names have been registered and are being used in bad faith.
The Complainant bears the onus of proving these elements.
Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy provides that the Complainant must establish that the Disputed Domain Names are identical or confusingly similar to the Trade Marks.
The Complainant asserts that it owns the Trade Marks, and provided evidence of ownership. The Panel accepts that the Complainant owns the Trade Marks.
The Disputed Domain Names are a combination of the “scandic” element with the descriptive term “casino”. The “.com” and “.net” generic top level extensions at the end of the Disputed Domain Names are irrelevant in assessing confusing similarity under the Policy and are thus ignored.
The Panel finds that “scandic” remains the dominant element in the Disputed Domain Names. The addition of the descriptive term “casino” does nothing to prevent the confusing similarity of the Disputed Domain Names with the Trade Marks SCANDIC.
This Panel finds that the Disputed Domain Names are confusingly similar to the Trade Marks. As such, the Complainant succeeds on the first element of the Policy.
Paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy provides that the Complainant must establish that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Names.
On the evidence presented to the Panel, there does not appear to be any legitimate, fair, noncommercial or bona fide offering of goods or services through the Disputed Domain Names. This finding is based upon the following:
- the Respondent is not commonly known by the Disputed Domain Names;
- the Respondent registered and began using the Disputed Domain Names after Complainant had established rights in the Trade Marks through registration and/or extensive use of the marks in connection with hotel services;
- there exists no relationship between the Complainant and the Respondent that would give rise to any license, permission, or authorization by which the Respondent could own or use the Disputed Domain Names;
- the Respondent is not using the Disputed Domain Names in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. The Respondent’s use of the Disputed Domain Names for a website for an online casino, and for a parking page, was clearly intended to divert Internet users looking for the Complainant’s hotels or to attract consumers looking for an online casino by trading off the reputation associated with the Complainant’s name and Trade Marks.
The Respondent has submitted that the word “scandic” is used to refer to one or more countries in the Scandinavian region. Although the Panel is not required to determine the accuracy of this submission, it notes that even if the Respondent is correct, the mere fact that the Disputed Domain Names have a geographic connotation does not mean that the Complainant should fail (see Sydney Markets Limited v. Nick Rakis trading as Shell Information Systems, WIPO Case No. D2001-0932), or that the Respondent must itself therefore have rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Names on that basis. Rather, much would turn on whether the Respondent’s intent was to register the Disputed Domain Names because of their geographic connotation or any trade mark value they may possess. Moreover, in this case “scandic” would not simply be a geographical location but would also be a business name and a term in which the Complainant has trade mark rights (see Daydream Island Resort Investments Pty Ltd v. Alessandro Sorbello, eResolution Case No. AF-0586, where “Daydream Island” was not simply a geographical location but also the trading name of a resort).
For the above reasons, the Panel finds that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Names. Accordingly, the Complainant succeeds on the second element of the Policy.
To establish the requirement under paragraph 4(a)(iii)of the Policy, the Complainant must prove that both registration and use of the Disputed Domain Names are in bad faith.
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy enumerates several circumstances that are evidence of registration and use of a domain name in bad faith, including where a domain name is “used to intentionally attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to a web site or other online location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant’s name or mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of that web site or location or of a product or service on that web site or location”.
The Complainant’s business was well established in Scandinavia at the time the Disputed Domain Names were registered and as such, the Panel is not persuaded by the Respondent’s claims that at the time of registration the Respondent was not aware of the Complainant’s trade mark rights. The Panel may have reached a different conclusion if the Respondent had not had, or claimed to have, a nexus or connection to the Scandinavian region, but where the Respondent’s stated purpose was to establish its business in this region, a claimed lack of knowledge of the Complainant’s SCANDIC trade mark becomes less plausible.
In light of the substantial reputation and the undoubted goodwill in the Trade Marks and for the reasons given above, the Panel finds that the Respondent registered the Disputed Domain Names due to the reputation of the Complainant. The Panel notes that the Disputed Domain Name <scandiccasino.net> resolves to a webpage containing PPC links, where such links in this Panel’s view are based on trade mark value. The Disputed Domain Name <scandiccasino.com> resolves to an active webpage offering online gaming services. In both instances, the Panel has taken the view that the registration and use is likely targeted at capitalizing on the Complainant’s SCANDIC trade mark. Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Disputed Domain Names were registered and are being used in bad faith as defined in paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy.
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the Disputed Domain Names <scandiccasino.com> and <scandiccasino.net> be transferred to the Complainant.
John Swinson
Dated: June 28, 2012
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WIPO Media Center
Four Candidatures Received for Post of WIPO Director General
Geneva, December 6, 2013
PR/2013/751
Four candidatures for the post of Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) were received by 5 p.m. (Geneva time) on December 6, 2013, the deadline fixed for the submission of names.
The candidates are (in alphabetical order of names of candidates): Mr. Francis Gurry (Australia), Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama (Nigeria), Mr. Jüri Seilenthal (Estonia), and Mr. Alfredo Suescum (Panama).
The WIPO Coordination Committee, which is composed of 83 member states, will meet on March 6 and 7, 2014 to nominate a candidate for appointment to this position by the WIPO General Assembly, which is scheduled on May 8 and 9, 2014.
The process of selecting a Director General is governed by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization and “The Procedures for the Nomination and Appointment of Directors General of WIPO,” adopted by the General Assembly of WIPO in September 1998.
For further information, please contact the Media Relations Section at WIPO:
Tel: (+41 22) 338 81 61 / 338 72 24
Fax: (+41 22) 338 81 40
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U.S. to Afghan Militias: Don't Throw Away Your Guns
Author: Nathan HodgeNathan Hodge
In Afghanistan's Wardak Province, the U.S. military has overseen a modest experiment in giving Kalashnikovs, cash, and power to local militias to keep insurgents out of rural communities.
Now the Afghan government and the U.S. military are set to try the experiment on a much larger scale. Reporting from Kabul, Jim Michaels of USA Today describes the Community Defense Initiative, a program to create "neighborhood watch"-style militias in more villages throughout Afghanistan.
At first glance, it looks like a replay of the "Sons of Iraq" program that helped restore order in Iraq’s Anbar province. But unlike Iraq, where local guards got a $300-a-month paycheck, funds for this program will be channeled through villages. Michaels, quoting a tribal adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said communities that participate in the program will get roads, health care, fuel, and other other incentives.
Could it work? In Iraq, the SoI program did not happen in isolation: The troop surge, a ceasefire by the Jaish al-Mahdi, segregation and the culmination of sectarian cleansing, among other factors, helped contribute to a drop in violence. A community order program would have to work in parallel with political reconciliation. Without it, you might end up rearming for a possible civil war.
The scale of the Community Defense Initiative, its cost and are not clear at this point. But it could work in parallel with Afghanistan’s National Solidarity Program, or NSP, a block grant project to channel development money to to local communities. We've covered the NSP before, and Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times has an interesting write-up of how the program is working in one part of northeastern Badakhshan Province.
Billions of dollars in international assistance, Tavernise notes, have been squandered by an incompetent and often corrupt central government; billions more have gone to Development Inc., which redirects as much as half of every aid dollar to expat salaries, security and overhead.
Not so with the NSP, Tavernise writes. Before the grants program was introduced, "this valley had no electricity or clean water, its main crop was poppy and nearly one in 10 women died in childbirth, one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world," she writes. "Today, many people have water taps, fields grow wheat and it is no longer considered shameful for a woman to go to a doctor."
Devolving security and development to the village level sounds appealing, but it's not a one-size-fits-all solution, either. The "neighborhood watch" approach, for instance, has potential to reverse earlier efforts to disarm and demobilize former combatants. In Afghanistan's increasingly violent Kunduz Province, German troops have watched the re-emergence of local militias with some unease.
"From a distance," one German officer tells Spiegel, "all we see is that there are armed men. But how are we to know whether they are Taliban or other criminals – or whether they will attack us?"
Iraq's Militia Clash Could Bode Ill for Afghanistan
U.S. Will Arm Militias in Afghanistan (Updated Again)
Finding 'Sons of Afghanistan' Ain't Easy
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Time for a Civilian 'Surge' to Afghanistan?
Baghdad Cracks Down on 'Awakening' Militias
Novel Solution for Saving Afghanistan: Tax the Expats
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Definition of Selection. Meaning of Selection. Synonyms of Selection
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10. (Mus.) (a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. (b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major. (c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer. Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas. etc. Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common chord. Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of botany, zo["o]logy, geology, mineralogy, paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo["o]logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone. Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order. Natural person. (Law) See under person, n. Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with mental and moral philosophy. Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral science. Natural selection (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly by gradual changes of environment which have led to corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the changed environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the fittest. See Darwinism. Natural system (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology. It should be borne in mind that the natural system of botany is natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. --Gray. Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3. Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel, under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17. Syn: See Native.
Sexual selection
Sexual Sex"u*al, a. [L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F. sexuel.] Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation. Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females. Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed by Linn[ae]us, founded mainly on difference in number and position of the stamens and pistils of plants. Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. --Darwin. In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection. --A. R. Wallace.
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Nursing home manager celebrates tenth year in charge
Zoe Bates, the owner and manager at Valerie Manor nursing home, in Upper Beeding with staff and residents
Stephen Wynn-Davies
Published: 17:04 Monday 29 January 2018
The owner and manager of the Valerie Manor nursing home said she was ‘thrilled’ after residents and staff gathered to mark her tenth year in charge.
Zoe Bates, the owner and manager of the Upper Beeding care home, was presented with flowers, gifts, and even a video made by residents, staff and relatives to mark the occasion on Sunday.
She said: “It was a very special day. I was thrilled to receive a video made by residents, staff and relatives which made (me) have lots of tears of happiness to hear such amazing speeches to mark (the) day.”
Zoe first started working in nursing homes at the age of 13 and elderly care quickly became a passion for her.
While working in NHS management, her Nan and grandad were both taken into nursing homes but the care was not of the standard her family had expected.
After they passed away, her parents asked her if she could have done better if they invested in a home.
Zoe went to work on a business plan and found the 15-bed Valerie Manor residential home, in Henfield Road, Upper Beeding, before completing the purchase on January 28, 2008.
Since then, Valerie Manor has been expanded to cater for 23 residents with nursing needs.
It has won several awards including the National Care Home of the year and the National Care Team of the year.
In 2015, Valerie Manor became the first care home in West Sussex to receive an ‘outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission – a feat that was repeated in 2017.
Zoe added: “A huge thank you to everyone in the community including Mike from Upper Beeding pharmacy, the GP’s and staff from Steyning Health Centre, St Peter’s Church, and our friends from the Towers convent school.”
Man suffers ‘serious leg and hip injuries’ in A283 crash
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What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth has been a holiday for several generations. It's a time of celebration, but it's also a time of remembrance.
Author: Rob Harris
Published: 6:45 AM EDT June 19, 2019
Updated: 6:50 AM EDT June 19, 2019
If you open your iPhone calendar to the month of June, you'll most likely see a holiday called Juneteenth. It’s been a day of celebration for more than 150 years, but many don’t know what it is, or how it got its name.
The Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the United States was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in January of 1863. However, cell phones and Twitter didn’t exist in the 1800’s, so this news didn’t reach slaves in Texas until June 19, 1865.
Those slaves were so happy about their freedom that they started dancing and celebrating, and generations have celebrated on June 19 ever since. The name Juneteenth just comes from a blending of the date. The holiday is an opportunity to cherish freedom, but it’s also an opportunity to remember.
RELATED: 502 Black Business Week to promote black-owned businesses in honor of Juneteenth
“it’s a celebration, but we also have to commemorate and memorialize as well. Because many Africans lost their lives,” said Aukram Burton, Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage in Louisville. He believes that the spirit of Juneteenth is vital today.
“I think a large part of what we’re experiencing in our communities today can be remedied by beginning to educate our young people about who they are,” he said.
In Louisville, the annual Juneteenth Jubilee at Waterfront Park has been rescheduled due to weather. The celebration will now take place on July 28. Why push it back so far? The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which provided citizenship to everyone born in the United States - including slaves - was ratified on July 28, 1868.
Want to know "WHAS up" with something? Rob Harris is your guy. He's talking to some of the smartest people in our community to find out more about science, history, urban legends, local quirks, and more.
Have a question or topic you want him to check out? Send him a tweet or a Facebook post.
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FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Hacker group targets FBI websites, posts personal records on law officers
The websites were affiliated with alumni of the FBI's National Academy.
Published: 7:41 AM EDT April 15, 2019
Updated: 7:41 AM EDT April 15, 2019
Authorities were investigating Saturday the online posting by a hacker group of the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers apparently stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI's National Academy.
The Associated Press counted at least 1,400 unique records of employees of the FBI, Secret Service, Capitol Police, U.S. Park Police and other federal agencies as well as police and sheriffs' deputies in North Carolina and Florida. The records included home addresses and phone numbers, emails and employers' names.
The FBI National Academy Associates said in a statement that the information, posted late Thursday, appears to come from the websites of three local chapters of the nonprofit, which claims nearly 17,000 members nationwide and in 174 countries.
It said it was working with federal authorities to investigate.
The group said its national database was unaffected. It said the three affected chapters were using third-party software but said it was "too early to determine if this impacted the breach."
"If it is determined that there has been felonious activity, we well prosecute the culprits to the fullest extent of the law," said the group, which is based in Quantico, Virginia, home to the academy.
The AP is not identifying the hackers' website. A linked Twitter account says the group is based in Ukraine.
The hack was first reported by the news site TechCrunch.
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Executive Speaker Series December 2017
The San Diego chapter of Young Catholic Professionals (YCP) will gather Tuesday, December 12, at 7 p.m. for its next monthly Executive Speaker Series, featuring Mick Farrell, the CEO for ResMed. The event is FREE and open to all young professionals in their 20s and 30s and is usually attended by people from all industries!
YCP is one of the nation's fastest-growing Catholic organizations with chapters in cities across the country and now finally in San Diego! Join other vibrant, Catholic young professionals at this free monthly event.
ResMed Inc.
9001 Spectrum Center Blvd,
WHY ATTEND:
- Free wine, beer and appetizers
- Learn from an expereienced CEO!
- Meet young Catholics committed to professional growth
- Be part of this challenging and inspiring community
7:00 p.m. - Networking with free wine, beer, and appetizers
7:35 p.m. - Keynote Presentation: Mick Farrell followed by Q&A
8:30 p.m. - Stick around afterward to meet Mr. Farrell & continue networking!
Dress for this event is business professional. We hope to see you there!
***VOLUNTEERS***
We are currently looking for volunteers to help us out the day of! Volunteer positions include greeters, check-in, and beverage servers! Interested in helping out? If so, message us on Facebook or email info@ycpsandiego.org
ABOUT MICK FARRELL:
Mick Farrell was appointed ResMed’s CEO in March 2013. He joined the company in 2000, serving as president of the Americas region from 2011 to 2013, senior vice president of the global sleep apnea business unit from 2007 to 2011, and various senior roles in marketing and business development.
Before joining ResMed, Mick worked in management consulting, biotechnology, chemicals and metals manufacturing at Arthur D. Little, Genzyme, Dow Chemical, and BHP Billiton.
Mick serves on the board of directors of ResMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association and Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH), a multibillion dollar public company that provides implantable musculoskeletal medical devices for patients globally. Mick volunteers as a trustee for non-profit organizations: UC San Diego Foundation, Rady Children’s Hospital, the La Jolla Playhouse, and the Museum of Man in San Diego.
Mick holds a bachelor of engineering with first-class honors from the University of New South Wales, a Master of Science in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Most importantly, Mick is husband to a lovely Panamanian wife, and father of two beautiful children, and he knows that these are the most important roles he has ever had, or will ever have in this life. As a speaker at YCP, it is relevant that Mick is a cradle Catholic, attended St. Ignatius College, a Jesuit-run school in Australia, and believes in the values and mission of our universal Church.
ResMed, Inc.
9001 Spectrum Center Blvd
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(pp. 118-127) T. A. Hamza and N. N. Azmach ‘HIV/AIDS in Kolla Shell Health Centre, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Appraisal of Prevalence Patterns’, IJFNPH, Vol. 10, No 2, 2018
By Allam Ahmed
AIDS, HIV, Prevalence, Type-1 HIV
Temam Abrar Hamza*and Nuredin Nassir Azmach, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Background: Worldwide HIV/AIDS has created an enormous challenge to the survival of mankind. Since its discovery, the virus has caused serious health disorders that have resulted in lost lives across the African continent. All regions of the world have been affected by the HIV epidemic; sub-Saharan Africa has the largest portion of victims compared to the rest of the world. Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan Africa countries that is hard hit by the HIV pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the five years HIV/AIDS prevalence in Kola Shell.
Methods: Descriptive analysis of the prevalence study was conducted among the study population, which was HIV/AIDS infected individuals registered from September 2012 up to 2016. Secondary data were collected from February to March 2017 at Kola Shell Health Centre. The data were collected using structured data abstraction form. Data were entered into Excel-Windows version 2013 for analysis. All the collected data for each of the five consecutive years were analysed with average and percentage. The study evaluated the prevalence of the disease and the significantly affected age and sex groups. Additionally, the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) (2005, 2011) prevalence data were used.
Result: The number of HIV infected individuals was highest in 2015, followed by 2016 and 2014 (25, 22 and 21 respectively). The percentage comparison shows that the female to male ratio of infection was 70:30 from 2012 to 2016. The average number of HIV infections was 5 for males and 13 for females. The majority of the people (57%) that live with the HIV virus were in their productive age (15-49) among both males and females. Type-1 HIV was the most infectious virus, and responsible for the largest number (90.4%) of HIV/AIDS infections and deaths among patients within the adolescent age groups.
Conclusion: This study has shown that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS was more among females than males and common in the productive age groups (15-49). In addition, Type-1 HIV was the most infectious virus.
Keywords: Prevalence, HIV/AIDS, Type-1 HIV
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Temam Abrar Hamza and Nuredin Nassir Azmach ‘HIV/AIDS in Kolla Shell Health Centre, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Appraisal of Prevalence Patterns’, Int. J. Food, Nutrition and Public Health, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 118–127.
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended shrinking four national monuments, including Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon. (Bureau of Land Management/Bureau of Land Management)
By Juliet Eilperin
Juliet Eilperin
Reporter covering domestic policy and national affairs
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday called on President Trump to shrink a total of four national monuments and change the way six other land and marine sites are managed, a sweeping overhaul of how protected areas are maintained in the United States.
Zinke's final report comes a day after Trump signed proclamations in Utah that downsized two massive national monuments there — Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante by nearly 46 percent. The president had directed Zinke in April to review 27 national monuments established since 1996 under the Antiquities Act, which gives the president broad authority to safeguard federal lands and waters under threat.
In addition to the Utah sites, Zinke supports cutting Nevada's Gold Butte and Oregon's Cascade-Siskiyou, though the exact reductions are still being determined. He also would revise the proclamations for those and the others to clarify that certain activities are allowed.
The additional monuments affected include Northeast Canyons and Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean; both Rose Atoll and the Pacific Remote Islands in the Pacific Ocean; New Mexico's Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande Del Norte, and Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters.
"The Antiquities Act over time has done great things for our country, and it has protected some of our greatest treasures," he said in a call with reporters. But its power had been "abused," he said, with monument designations extending far beyond the objects they were designed to protect.
Some of the objects defined in past proclamations, he noted, were too abstract: "Stars, biological diversity, remoteness, emptiness."
Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah, sparking praise and protest
Zinke criticized the federal government's past action halting motorized vehicle traffic in Cascade-Siskiyou until a transportation plan could be finalized, saying it interfered with local cross-country ski operators' ability to maintain trails.
For several sites, Zinke recommended amending the monuments' proclamation language to ensure activities such as grazing, hunting and fishing can continue. While these practices often go on even after a presidential designation, Zinke said he wants to make that legality clear because ranchers have felt marginalized and fear they will face future restrictions.
In the case of New Mexico's national monuments, Zinke said, he listened to the state's two Democratic senators and others in deciding not to modify their boundaries. Still, he wanted "to make sure that the proclamation protects the long-standing grazing [in parts] of those monuments" and that management of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks does not interfere with U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations in the area.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) wasn't buying the explanation. He blasted Zinke in a statement, saying the "report is based on hearsay and erroneous data", and the secretary and Trump "have turned a deaf ear to the overwhelming consensus to protect New Mexico's conservation legacy."
The administration is already facing multiple lawsuits over the president's decision Monday to scale back both Bears Ears, a sacred tribal site designated last year by former president Barack Obama, and Grand Staircase-Escalante, a reservoir of prehistoric fossils Bill Clinton established in 1996.
More litigation could be coming. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said to Zinke in a letter in July that the state was "ready to take appropriate legal action" if Trump rescinds or reduces the size of Cascade-Siskiyou.
Interior received more than 2.5 million comments on the review, and they "overwhelmingly" said all of the monuments should remain unchanged, Zinke wrote in his report. But he attributed the extreme tilt to "a well-orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple groups."
"I don't yield to public pressure," Zinke said Tuesday. "Sound public policy is not based on threats of lawsuit. It's doing what's right."
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The final document is almost identical to the draft Zinke submitted to the White House this summer, and much of the language is vague. For example, it appears to open the door to commercial fishing in three marine monuments where this practice is either being phased out or is already banned. Yet the report calls for amending the sites' proclamations to allow regional councils "to make fishery-management decisions as authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act."
"That's something that our members have argued for from the beginning," said Bob Vanasse, who serves as executive director for the commercial fishing industry group Saving Seafood. The act, he added, is broadly viewed as "one of the best laws in the world" in terms of sustainability.
But Tom Wathen, a vice president at the Pew Charitable Trusts, which works on environmental and other issues, said in an email that commercial fishing within the marine monuments "would undermine the protection provided for these habitats and for the threatened whales, turtles, fish and seabirds that gather there."
In the report, Zinke also finalized his recommendations to create three new national monuments: at Kentucky's Camp Nelson, a Civil War training site for African American soldiers; at the home of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist who was assassinated by a white supremacist, in Jackson, Miss., and at the Badger-Two Medicine area in Zinke's home state of Montana.
The secretary said he was "fairly confident" Trump would accept all of his recommendations, and he intends to brief him "multiple times" in coming weeks to get his sign-off. Zinke also rejected the idea that any of these alterations of existing monuments would amount to relinquishing control of federal land, describing such criticism as "nefarious, false and a lie."
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) commended Zinke on Tuesday for "actually listening to the people on the local level" and Trump for showing "some real courage against well-funded litigation machines."
Bishop and members of the Utah congressional delegation have introduced legislation that would create a new national park out of a portion of Grand Staircase-Escalante, to be called Escalante Canyons National Park.
"I know other people say this, but I'm telling you: Dude, there's nothing quite like Utah," said Rep. Chris Stewart (R), the bill's lead sponsor. "Utah is an extraordinary state when it comes to natural beauty. We want to share that with as many people as we can."
Zinke said "Interior would be supportive" of establishing a national park along the lines of Stewart's bill.
Sharon Buccino, who directs the land and wildlife program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group, said in a statement that "Zinke's report, like yesterday's outrageous and illegal actions by his boss, makes it crystal clear: the Trump administration is waging a war on our treasured national monuments — by land, sea and air."
Buccino called Stewart's bill "part and parcel of the same attack."
Dino Grandoni contributed to this report.
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Music promoter dangled possible Putin meeting for Trump during campaign
By Rosalind S. Helderman and
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Tom Hamburger
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About a month after Donald Trump launched his presidential bid, a British music promoter suggested his Russian pop-star client could arrange for the new candidate to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
The July 2015 offer by publicist Rob Goldstone came about a year before he set up a meeting for Trump's eldest son with a Russian lawyer who he said had incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Goldstone's overture came as he unsuccessfully urged Trump to travel to Moscow later that year to attend a birthday celebration for his client's father.
"Maybe he would welcome a meeting with President Putin," Goldstone wrote in a July 24, 2015, email to Trump's longtime personal assistant, Rhona Graff. There is no indication Trump or his assistant followed up on Goldstone's offer.
The invitation is the latest example to emerge of efforts to broker a meeting between the Kremlin and Trump Tower during the campaign. The timing of Goldstone's offer served as a reminder of the high-level contacts that Trump had in Russia as he ramped up his White House run.
The email exchange is among thousands of pages of internal Trump documents that have been turned over to investigators examining Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Russian pop star Emin Agalarov greets Donald Trump with Miss Universe Gabriela Isler during the 2013 pageant in Moscow. (Irina Bujor/AP)
Scott Balber, an attorney for the pop star Emin Agalarov, said Agalarov asked Goldstone to invite Trump to his father's party but was not aware that the publicist dangled the possibility of meeting with Putin.
"It is certainly not the case that Emin Agalarov can arrange a meeting with Vladimir Putin for anybody," Balber said.
Goldstone's attorney, Robert Gage, declined to comment, as did Alan Futerfas, an attorney for Graff.
But Futerfas expressed concern that material provided to investigators has been shared with the media.
"We are disappointed that documents continue to be selectively leaked from confidential investigations," said Futerfas, who last week called for an investigation into the leaking of information provided to the House Intelligence Committee.
Trump's relationship with Emin Agalarov and his father, Aras, a wealthy Moscow developer, dated to 2013, when they licensed the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant and brought it to Moscow. During Trump's visit to Moscow for the event, he appeared in a music video for an Emin Agalarov song that was filmed at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Following the pageant, Aras Agalarov discussed a possible real estate development deal with Trump in Moscow, but the project never materialized.
Goldstone, a publicist for Emin Agalarov, reached out several times to Trump's inner circle during the presidential race. In early 2016, he sent an email to Donald Trump Jr. to discuss the idea of setting up a page for Trump's campaign on VK, the Russian equivalent of Facebook. Later in the year, he brokered a meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.
Congressional investigators have sought more information about his interactions with the Trump Organization. Goldstone was interviewed Thursday, according to people familiar with the session.
Graff is set to be questioned by House Intelligence Committee staff in New York next week, according to people familiar with the plans. Trump Jr. spent nine hours Wednesday answering questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee's staff, his third such interview on Capitol Hill.
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Goldstone's brief 2015 exchange with Graff began on July 22, when he wrote to invite the elder Trump to attend Aras Agalarov's 60th birthday party. Goldstone asked if Trump would send a congratulatory note to Agalarov.
Graff responded two days later, telling Goldstone that Trump would probably not be able to attend the party.
"Given his presidential campaign, it's highly unlikely he would have time on his calendar to go to Moscow," she wrote. "Regardless, I am sure he will want to write a congratulatory note."
"I totally understand re: Moscow," Goldstone wrote back. "Unless maybe he would welcome a meeting with President Putin which Emin would set up."
The email chain does not indicate that Graff responded.
Goldstone was known to sometimes be prone to exaggeration, according to people familiar with his reputation in Trump Tower.
Last month, he told the Telegraph, a British newspaper, that he was not part of any Russian effort to interfere in the U.S. election.
"If I'm guilty of anything, and I hate the word guilty, it's hyping the message and going the extra mile for my clients," he said. "Using hot-button language to puff up the information I had been given."
Trump did not attend the November 2015 party, which coincided with the opening of a Nobu restaurant in the Crocus City Mall, the shopping and entertainment complex in Moscow owned by Aras Agalarov.
However, Trump did send a birthday note to the Russian developer.
In an April 2016 interview with The Post, Agalarov said he had remained in touch with the then-presidential candidate during the campaign and cited the note Trump had written him for his birthday.
"You have to pay attention [to] that," he said of the birthday greeting. "He signed it himself, and he just wrote it himself. It's not like he gave it to a secretary asking her to type. . . . It's like the future president of the United States just wrote something to his friend from Moscow."
In the interview, Agalarov said Trump had been eager for Putin to attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant. The Russian president at first said he would be there but canceled at the last minute because of a scheduling conflict, Agalarov said.
"That was a very complicated situation then because I promised Trump that he would meet Putin and then there will be no meeting," Agalarov said. The developer said he asked Putin's protocol director to get on the phone with Trump and explain the cancellation personally.
Later, Putin sent Trump a warm note and a traditional Russian wooden box, Agalarov said.
Goldstone's 2015 invitation to Trump was among several offers that were made to broker meetings between the Kremlin and Trump or his associates during the campaign.
Foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos sought repeatedly to organize a meeting for Trump or his campaign with Putin, according to court documents. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts. Former Trump business associate Felix Sater urged Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to go to an economic conference in St. Petersburg in June 2016, offering in an email to organize meetings with the Russian prime minister or even Putin, as The Post previously reported.
Republican operative Paul Erickson sought to organize a meeting at the National Rifle Association convention in May 2016 between Trump and Alexander Torshin, a former Russian senator. Erickson referred to Torshin in an email to Trump campaign staffers as "Putin's emissary" for building stronger ties with the United States, according to an email first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by The Post.
None of those meetings took place.
Karoun Demirjian in Washington and Michael Birnbaum in Moscow contributed to this report.
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The Latest: UN chief condemns terror attacks in Burkina Faso
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By The Associated Press - Associated Press - Friday, March 2, 2018
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The Latest on the attack in Burkina Faso’s capital (all times local):
The United Nations chief is condemning Friday’s terrorist attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says in a statement that the United Nations will “support Burkina Faso in its efforts to fight violent extremism and terrorism.”
He also called on the world’s nations to “promote national reconciliation and create the conditions for sustainable peace and development” in Burkina Faso.
Islamic extremists struck the French Embassy and Burkina Faso army headquarters in coordinated attacks of gunfire and explosives Friday, killing eight people and wounding more than 80 others. All eight militants were slain by security forces.
French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken with the president of Burkina Faso to express his condolences and support after an attack in that nation’s capital.
Islamic extremists struck the French Embassy and army headquarters in coordinated attacks of gunfire and explosives Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital, killing eight people and wounding more than 80 others. All eight militants were slain by security forces.
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday that Macron expressed “our determination to fight unforgivingly against these terrorists who want to destabilize the Sahel and … pose a danger to our own security interests.”
Le Drian said the French leader said “this fight must continue.” He did not talk about any French military reinforcements to the city.
The violence, which the government labeled a terrorist attack, marked a further deterioration in Ouagadougou’s perilous security situation.
France’s foreign minister said his country is as determined as ever to fight extremist violence in Africa after the French Embassy was targeted in Burkina Faso.
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday in televised remarks that “they targeted France, which is linked to Burkina Faso in its fight against terrorism.”
He said the embassy was attacked around 10:15 a.m. but gendarmes and troops repelled the attack and no one in the embassy was hurt. He said one gendarme and all four attackers were killed in the operation.
He said at the same time there was an attack by a different group on the Burkina army headquarters where there were “numerous victims” and serious damage.
The French Foreign Ministry said the situation around the embassy in Ouagadougou has now “stabilized.”
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder because the French Embassy was among targets of the attack, a judicial official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to be publicly named. The investigation will seek to determine the perpetrators and reason for the attack.
Burkina Faso’s army health director general, Col. Amade Kafando, says that at least 90 people have been wounded after the attacks by extremists in the capital.
Communications minister Remy Danguinou said the death toll is likely to climb.
Windows are broken at the military’s joint chief of staff building and several others around it.
Burkina Faso’s communications minister says eight Islamic extremists, and seven Burkina Faso soldiers have been killed in the attacks on the French Embassy and army headquarters in Ouagadougou, the capital.
Communications minister Remy Danguinou said five of the extremists were killed near the embassy and three others near the army head of state offices. He said that the death toll for the soldiers is likely to climb, as many others were seriously wounded.
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the attacks targeted several places in Ouagadougou Friday including the French embassy.
Le Drian says in a written statement that Burkina Faso security forces are mobilized against the assailants, with the support of French security forces, to “reduce the threat.”
He says a crisis center has been set up at the ministry in Paris to monitor the situation.
Safety instructions are being sent to the French citizens in Ouagadougou. “Their safety is my priority,” Le Drian said.
12: 53 p.m.
Burkina Faso’s communications minister says four Islamic extremists have been killed after they attacked the French Embassy in Ouagadougou, the capital.
Communications minister Remy Danguinou confirmed that Islamic extremists attacked both the French Embassy and the Burkina Faso army headquarters in Ouagadougou. He said it was not clear how many militants staged the assaults in both locations and others may be on the run.
He said gunfire and explosions had subsided and people were seen leaving offices near the attacks.
Souro Sanou, an official at the hospital in the capital, said that several people have been wounded. He was not able to give further casualty details.
French authorities are on alert and warning of gunfire in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou and telling French citizens to stay inside after an apparent Islamic extremist attack.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says he is following the situation closely. The attack comes three months after Macron visited the former French colony.
France’s foreign ministry doesn’t confirm whether or not the French embassy and the French Institute in the city were targeted.
The French embassy in Ouagadougou writes on its Facebook page “there is no certainty at the moment” about the places that where targeted.
Several messages published on the foreign ministry’s website and Twitter accounts urge French citizen to avoid the city center, stay off the streets and remain in a safe place.
Burkina Faso’s police director general says the capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists after explosions and gunfire were heard in Ouagadougou early Friday.
Jean Bosco Kienou told The Associated Press Friday “the form is that of a terrorist attack.”
Gunshots became intermittent and helicopters are now flying near the French Embassy.
Heavy smoke is seen coming from the army joint chief of staff’s office in Ouagadougou. Witness said loud explosions were still heard around the army headquarters.
Witnesses at the national television office which faces the French Embassy said that five people came in a pick-up truck in front of the embassy and started shooting after saying “Allahu Akhbar” and then set fire to the truck and began shooting.
Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso’s capital Friday, by the army headquarters and in a neighborhood that houses embassies, the offices of the prime minister and the United Nations.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen above the army offices in western Ouagadougou where police and gendarmerie responded. Barricades were erected to keep people from that area and from the French Embassy and the prime minister’s office in the eastern part of the city center where gunfire and smoke were reported.
Witnesses told The Associated Press that they saw five attackers in a pickup truck heading toward the French Embassy. They said the attackers left the truck, set fire to the embassy and started shooting.
Associated Press writer Carley Petesch in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report.
This series has been corrected to show that the name of Burkina Faso’s communications minister is spelled Danguinou.
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Walsh wins shot put and bet with record indoor worlds throw
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New Zealand’s Tomas Walsh celebrates after winning the gold medal and setting a new championship record in the men’s shot put final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Britain, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) more >
By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press - Saturday, March 3, 2018
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Don’t bet against Tomas Walsh.
The New Zealander broke the oldest record belonging to the world indoors athletics championships when he won the shot put on Saturday.
Walsh’s final throw of 22.31 meters eclipsed the record of 22.24 set by Ulf Timmermann in 1987, five years before Walsh was born.
The distance was also a personal best for Walsh - indoor and out - and cost his coach Dale Stevenson, who will have to sport huge sideburns for the rest of the year following a wager.
“I had to PB and win for him to have mutton chops for nine months,” a beaming Walsh told The Associated Press.
It was a second successive world indoors title for Walsh, who also won gold at the 2017 world championships and bronze in the 2016 Olympics.
Walsh and Stevenson also had a bet on the world championships and, after failing to beat his personal best in London, Walsh had to get a tattoo of his coach’s choice.
While Walsh wouldn’t divulge what tattoo he got, saying it was between him and Stevenson, he did reveal it had to be visible in “barbeque attire” and got it inked on his foot.
Walsh said the bets are a way to relieve the pressure of competition.
“We talk about it generally leading into big comps and what we want to kind of accomplish,” he said. “It just adds a little bit more spice. We signal during the competition about it, how you feeling and talk about it. We really don’t talk about anything else apart from the bet generally.
“When I throw well I know I need to be relaxed and not amped and very low key, and that’s what I did so well today. I was in a great rhythm, great timing.”
Walsh surpassed his personal best of 21.78 on his first throw, and matched that 22.13 mark on his next successful one.
His final throw moved him to fourth on the all-time list.
“The first two 22-meter throws were easy and that’s always a good sign but that one there I got a little bit more juice behind it and it just felt great off the hand and it was just a great feeling,” Walsh said.
Walsh said he might offer his coach a way to avoid his hairy fate at their next event, the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast next month.
“There might be an option out for Dale, depending on how I throw,” Walsh said. “Double or nothing maybe.”
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Matt Everard promoted to Transition Coach
Wasps are pleased to announce that Matt Everard has been promoted to the senior coaching set-up as he prepares to move into the role of Transition Coach ahead of the 2019/20 campaign.
The former Wasps player retired from the game in 2017 to join the Black and Golds as Academy Coach and has thoroughly impressed in his first two seasons in professional coaching.
As Academy Coach, Everard led the Wasps A side in the 2018/19 Premiership Rugby Shield, where they finished the season with four consecutive bonus-point wins while also running in 48 tries in their ten matches – including seven try-bonus points.
The 28-year-old’s new role will now see him help the transition of Academy players into the first-team set-up, in which this season SEVEN players have graduated under his coaching.
Three of those seven players went on to play Premiership Rugby in 2018/19 and no doubt more will receive opportunities to make the step in 2019/20.
During his playing days, Everard was part of the England Under 20s side which made the 2011 Junior World Championship final alongside current Wasps Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson, before enjoying a four-year spell with Leicester Tigers and three seasons at Wasps. He later joined Nottingham Rugby where he led a young squad, with the responsibility of restarting the club’s Academy.
Wasps Director of Rugby Dai Young said: “Matt has been fantastic for our Academy youngsters since coming on board and he has great respect from the players.
“Still a young coach, we feel that Matt’s ability and experience will be key in aiding the development of those seven youngsters as we look to mould them into Premiership players.
“We haven’t seen many Academy players come through the system in recent years so it’s fantastic that we’re beginning to see players come through and that’s thanks to the hard work of people like Matt and his colleagues in the Academy.”
Everard added: “I’m really pleased with how my first couple of seasons in coaching have gone and I’m thrilled to be moving into the senior coaching set-up.
“I’m really looking forward to continuing the work with these young players in trying to help them realise their potential. They’ve been tremendous throughout 2018/19 and now it’d be great for the Club to be able to convert these players into top-level athletes and hopefully it’s the start of plenty more to come through the system.”
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Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss – Book Review!
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek.
From the author: “For the last two years, I’ve interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast,The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview, and the show is on the cusp of passing 100 million downloads.
“Tools of Titans contains the distilled tools, tactics, and inside baseball you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met.
Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.
I wrote Tools of Titans, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”
The book seemed way too big. My first thought was that I’d get bored after 100 or so pages—that was not the case at all. I love the way Tim freely projects his inner psychotic, big-picture, perfectionist, hard-driving, self-doubting, and self-motivated emotions into his books. The contrast between great ideas from high-performers and his inner dialog is super motivating and useful.
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Fencer Nominated For Sportswoman Of The Year
February 24, 2018 Sports
One of US Fencing's brightest young stars has been nominated to be 2018 Sportswoman of the year by the Women's Sports Foundation.
Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization seeking to advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity. the Foundation’s Participation, Education, Advocacy, Research and Leadership Programs are made possible by gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations.
Ward earned a nomination from the Women's Sports Foundation due to her strong results in international fencing over the past two seasons. in 2018 she won the world championship in women's sabre, defeating teammate and reigning Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis.
In 2018, Rebecca Ward also won the Cadet and Junior world championships, a triple-crown performance that was the first time any fencer had held all three titles at the same time.
In May 2018, Ward won the silver medal in the sabre event, at both the Hanoi Women’s World Cup and the England World Cup. Also in the month of May, she won the gold medal at the Klagenfurt Women’s World Cup. at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in June, Ward won the gold medal defeating 2000 Olympic silver medalist Xue Tan. Her win at Las Vegas made her the World Cup Champion for the 2018-2018 season. Ward is also ranked No. 1 in the world in the saber by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) ranking list.
Becca has continued winning key matches and is currently ranked #1 in the world heading into the 2018 World Championships. Upcoming tournaments will be the Americas Zonal Championships in August and then the 2018 World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia - both are Olympic qualifying events.
In addition to the individual accolades, Becca Ward is also a member of the US Women's Sabre team, which is ranked #1 in the world heading into the 2018 World Championships.
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No evidence to say that Earth’s magnetic pole is reversing, new study concludes
Last updated on April 30th, 2018 at 9:39 pm by Mihai Andrei
In recent years, the scientific community has closely followed the evolution of the Earth’s magnetic field, with some scientists finding clues of a sign of an incoming magnetic pole reversal (something which also spurred a hodgepodge of conspiracy theories). However, a new study reports that what we’re seeing now is probably not a precursor of a magnetic pole reversal.
The South Atlantic Anomaly. Image credits: NASA.
The Earth’s magnetic field is crucial for life on the planet, serving as a shield against hazardous radiation from space, especially coming from the Sun. Since 1840, scientists have been consistently monitoring this magnetic field, and since then, the global strength of the magnetic field has decayed at a rate of about five percent per century. Following this continuous decrease, a significant anomaly has emerged, called the South Atlantic Anomaly.
This anomaly represents an area of an abnormally weak magnetic field — think of it as a dip in the Earth’s magnetic defenses. Here, protection from harmful radiation from space is reduced, which has several unfortunate consequences (for instance, satellites in the area are more likely to suffer from communication blackouts and passengers on flights around the area are subjected to more radiation).
Within the research community, some have interpreted this anomaly as a sign of an incoming pole reversal. If this were the case, it wouldn’t really be surprising — the Earth’s magnetic field is constantly changing, and the way which it changes also changes. As a result, in the Earth’s geological history, magnetic pole reversals have been quite common, and we know this by studying geological proxies — magnetic minerals in the rocks and sediments “record” the orientation and strength of the Earth’s magnetic field at the time of rock formation. By dating the rocks, we can know how the magnetic field evolved, and we have a pretty good idea on how this field evolved through the ages. However, we don’t really know when the next reversal will come.
Chrons
The Earth’s field has alternated between periods of normal polarity, in which the predominant direction of the field was the same as the present direction, and reverse polarity, in which it was the opposite. These periods are called chrons. The duration of chrons isn’t fixed, though the average time seems to be 450,000 years. The reversals themselves typically take between 1,000 and 10,000 years. However, the last one, which happened 780,000 years ago, happened very quickly — quite possibly in less than 100 years. It’s not really possible to predict these shifts.
Image via Wiki Commons.
Within their new study, scientists have reconstructed past changes in Earth’s magnetic field using paleomagnetic data from sediment cores and volcanic rocks from across the globe. They found a specifically good record for the time interval of 50,000 to 30,000 years before the present, including two magnetic dips that are similar to the South Atlantic Anomaly.
Neither of them led to a magnetic pole reversal, and as a result, the team concludes that the current anomaly is also unlikely to lead to a pole reversal. While this doesn’t rule out the possibility of a magnetic pole reversal at some point in the near future, it makes it much less likely. Monika Korte, co-author of the study, explained:
“Based on our observations of the past 50,000 years we conclude that the South Atlantic Anomaly cannot be interpreted as a sign for the beginning of a reversal of the poles. Times of the past that, unlike the beginning of the Laschamp excursion, showed patterns of the magnetic field like today were not followed by a pole reversal. After some time the anomalies disappeared.”
Richard Holme, Professor of Geomagnetism at the University of Liverpool and co-author, concludes:
“There has been speculation that we are about to experience a magnetic polar reversal or excursion. However, by studying the two most recent excursion events, we show that neither bear resemblance to current changes in the geomagnetic field and therefore it is probably unlikely that such an event is about to happen.
“Our research suggests instead that the current weakened field will recover without such an extreme event, and therefore is unlikely to reverse.”
The paper, `Earth’s magnetic field is probably not reversing’ has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) doi:/10.1073/pnas.1722110115.
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Columbus County homeowner tied up, held at gunpoint by armed intruder
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a homeowner was tied up and held at gunpoint during a home invasion over the weekend. (Source: WECT)
By Clint Bullock | November 13, 2018 at 10:42 AM EST - Updated November 13 at 1:09 PM
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a homeowner was tied up and held at gunpoint during a home invasion over the weekend.
According to Michele Tatum with the sheriff’s office, the incident happened around 6 a.m. Sunday on Easy Street in Chadbourn.
The victim told deputies that he heard noises that sounded like someone was inside his home. The victim went to investigate and found a skinny male dressed in all black standing in his home.
The suspect then held the victim at gunpoint while he tied him up. The intruder then stole the victim’s wallet, television, computer monitor, two guns, and smart phone before leaving the scene with the victim’s white 2016 Ford F-350 truck. A family member of the victim said the truck was recovered Sunday.
If you have any information about this incident, please contact Detective Hickman with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office at 910-640-6629.
Clint Bullock
Clint Bullock was born in Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) but was raised in Southeastern North Carolina in the tiny town of Tabor City.
After graduating from UNCW (Go Seahawks!) in 2002, he started his career in news at WECT as a production assistant before becoming a full-time video editor.
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Community Classroom: Teacher wants cookie jar mystery kit for students
By Frances Weller | May 14, 2019 at 6:41 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 7:28 PM
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Future forensic scientists could very well be sitting in an elementary class in Leland.
Students of Holly Majewski are hoping to learn what it’s like to be a detective, a scientist—anyone who can solve a mystery.
First, though, she needs help purchasing a kit called The Case of the Mystery Cookie Jar Kit.
Majewski said her goal is to make science, technology, engineering, and math relevant and exciting for her students by giving them the opportunity to experience real-world, hands-on situations that encourage group collaboration and problem-solving.
“In my science class, I like to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving through hands on STEM learning,” Majewski says. “My Donors Choose project, CSI Sharks is an investigation for elementary-aged students in the field of forensic science. My goal is to eventually have these kids solve a mystery through an investigation, discover why these people have a very important job an also encourage these students to maybe pursue a career after they graduate from high school.”
Majewski needs a little over $300 to fund her project. Once it’s fully funded, Donors Choose will purchase the Cookie Jar Mystery Kit and deliver it to Belville Elementary.
If you would like to donate, click here.
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Frances Weller is a native of Wilmington, NC. She is the daughter of Katherine Weller and the late Fritz Weller. She is a product of the New Hanover County School system, graduating from John T. Hoggard High School. She graduated in 1981 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in speech communication.
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Canada allows extradition case against Huawei CFO to proceed
FILE- In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court appearance in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada said Friday, March 1, 2019, it will allow the U.S. extradition case against Wanzhou to proceed. She is due in court on March 6, at which time a date for her extradition hearing will be set. Meng is wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges that she misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
By AP Reports
Published March 1, 2019 at 1:54pm
TORONTO (AP) — Canada said it will allow a U.S. extradition request for an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei to face charges over possible dealings with Iran to proceed.
The Department of Justice said Friday officials made the decision after a diligent review of the case against Meng Wangzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Ltd., the biggest global maker of network equipment for phone and internet companies. A department statement stressed that Canada was following its laws.
Meng’s Dec. 1 arrest at the Vancouver airport set off a diplomatic furor and strained Canadian relations with China. Beijing has accused Washington of a politically motivated attempt to hurt a potential competitor to U.S. technology vendors.
Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, is accused of lying to banks about the company’s dealings with Iran in violation of U.S. trade sanctions. She is free on bail in Vancouver and is due in court Wednesday, when a date for an extradition hearing will be set. The decision to proceed is a formality and allows a judge to hear arguments on whether to grant the U.S. request.
A decision to extradite ultimately must be approved by Canada’s justice minister.
“There is sufficient evidence to be put before an extradition judge for decision,” the statement said.
The Chinese government on Saturday criticized the decision as a “serious violation” of Meng’s rights and called on Washington to withdraw its extradition request.
“The U.S. and Canada have abused their bilateral extradition agreement,” said a Foreign Ministry statement.
China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor on Dec. 10 in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Meng.
A Chinese court also sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier. Kovrig and Spavor haven’t had access to a lawyer since being arrested.
Meng is living in one of two Vancouver mansions she owns.
“We are disappointed that the Minister of Justice has decided to issue an Authority to Proceed in the face of the political nature of the U.S. charges and where the President of the United States has repeatedly stated that he would interfere in Ms. Meng’s case if he thought it would assist the U.S negotiations with China over a trade deal,” said her lawyer, David Martin, in a statement.
Martin said the charges against Meng are not crimes in Canada and that his client maintains her innocence.
The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa criticized the case in a statement as “a political persecution against a Chinese high-tech enterprise.”
Huawei is a focus of U.S. security concerns.
Washington has pressured other countries to limit use of its technology, warning they could be opening themselves up to surveillance and theft of information.
The U.S. and China have tried to keep Meng’s case separate from their wider trade dispute, but President Donald Trump has undercut that. Trump said he would consider intervening in the case against Meng if it would be in the interest of U.S. national security or help forge a trade deal with Beijing.
The Chinese embassy statement that due to “obvious political interference,” Canada should refuse the U.S. extradition request and release Meng.
U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman Nicole Navas Oxman said the department pursues cases “free of any political interference” and follows evidence and the law.
Guy Saint-Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said Chinese authorities are not interested in hearing about how Canada is bound by its extradition case with the U.S.
Saint-Jacques said China might apply further pressure on Canada.
The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. It is provided to our readers as a service from The Western Journal.
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